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News / PONANT and Relais & Châteaux Announce New Partnership to Offer Three Gastronomic Cruises in 2020
PONANT and Relais & Châteaux announce new partnership to offer three gastronomic cruises in 2020
Supplier: PONANT Yacht Cruises & Expeditions
PONANT and Relais & Châteaux, a beacon of excellence in hospitality and gastronomy, have come together to create all-new culinary cruise experiences for 2020. Each hosted by a Relais & Châteaux Chef, three itineraries in Europe, Africa, and Asia are currently on sale and available to book, with more to follow in 2021.
Philippe Gombert, President of Relais & Châteaux says, “Through this partnership, we are delighted to offer a unique stay and the best cuisine to our guests at sea. PONANT’s ships boast exceptional accommodation making every cruise an unforgettable experience.” He adds “More than just a sense of excellence, we share fundamental values including ethics, commitment and authenticity, which are reflected in the respect of local cultures and heritage, and the protection of the environment. We believe in ethical cuisine. The ocean must now be considered as one of our planet’s most precious ecosystems.”
“Showcasing French excellence on the seven seas… This philosophy, which has driven PONANT for 30 years, finds its full meaning in the exclusive partnership that we have developed with Relais & Châteaux. Our shared values in the protection of the environment, a thrive for excellence in service and gastronomy, the concept of ‘boutique hotel’ that echoes the intimate size of our ships… we have a lot in common enabling us to provide our guests with a unique and refined experience,” says Jean Emmanuel Sauvée, President and co-founder of PONANT.
Three Exceptional Gourmet Cruises
Hosted by the Relais & Châteaux chefs on board PONANT EXPLORER ships, the journeys will include two gala dinners featuring two new signature dishes that the respective Chef has created for the occasion. The acclaimed chefs will also host culinary demonstrations, cooking classes, and lectures for guests throughout the journey. Depending on the ports of call, guests can also join the Chef for market tours to meet local producers.
Treasures of Brittany
On September 20, 2020, the two Michelin-star Relais & Châteaux’s Chef Mathieu Guibert (Chef of the restaurant Anne de Bretagne, la Plaines-sur-Mer) will be onboard Le Jacques Cartier for an eight-day/ seven-night cruise along the Breton coastline. This French-focused itinerary will reveal historic port cities and wild Atlantic coasts. Among the most beautiful sites of the Breton region are the Ponant Islands, the Gulf of Morbihan and Port-Navalo as well as Houat, Hoëdic, Ouessant, and Belle-Île-en-Mer.
From Saint-Malo to Nantes | 8 days / 7 nights | Aboard Le Jacques-Cartier
Departing September 20, 2020
Prices start from approximately $5,560, based on double occupancy.
Canary Islands & Cape Verde
Guests will set sail from Portugal to Senegal for a nine day, 10-night itinerary aboard Le Dumont-d’Urville with Relais & Châteaux’s Chef Federico López Arcay (Chef at A Quinta da Auga, Santiago de Compostela). Ports of call include the historic city of Funchal, Madeira, the island of eternal spring; the Canary Islands with stops in Tenerife and Gran Canaria; and Cape Verde’s Mindelo, the cultural cradle, and Santiago, the archipelago’s most inhabited island.
From Lisbon to Dakar | 11 days / 10 nights | Aboard du Dumont-D’Urville
Departing October 11, 2020
China and Vietnam
Guests will embark on Le Lapérouse in the Chinese megalopolis of Shanghai for an eleven-day/10-night cruise that will journey all the way to Halong Bay. An exceptional cruise during which passengers will discover the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Yandang Mountains, Gulangyu, and Bay of Ha Long as well as the wander the shopping malls and street markets of Hong Kong.
From Shanghai to Haiphong | 11 days / 10 nights | Aboard Le Lapérouse
Prices start from $5,620, based on double occupancy.
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Did The Rebbe Serve in the Army?
/>>The Avner Institute presents the following encounter, where Rabbi Levi Pressman, of blessed memory, describes the daring act of his father-in-law that saved the future Lubavitcher Rebbe from Soviet hands. With special thanks to Rabbi Tuvia Litzman.
Ben-Tzion Goldschmidt would never have called himself a holy man, but his actions, as well as fervor, would have placed him in a close enough category. At least according to the chief rabbi of his town, Levi Yitzchak Schneerson. For Reb Goldschmidt a respected shochet, ritual slaughterer, was unquestionably pious. Even under the harsh new Soviet regime he remained defiantly Torah observant, just like the chief rabbi.
Once when the shochet came to visit the chief rabbi, he found Rabbi Schneerson weeping.
“What’s wrong?” Reb Goldschmidt asked.
The rabbi explained, “There is a Jew here, an informer who is trying to blackmail me.”
“Blackmail you?” Reb Goldschmidt exclaimed. “Why?”
Apparently in order to keep his son out of the Soviet army, and its dangerously secularizing influences, Rabbi Schneerson had been forced to pay large sums of money to this particular individual. However, this time the man had demanded an impossibly high sum.
“There is no telling what he might do,” Rabbi Schneerson said. “He might turn my son in.”
Bristling, the slaughterer demanded the man’s name and appearance. Shortly later he found this rogue at the synagogue, in the middle of prayer service. As the latter was chanting prayers, no doubt as a ruse to blend in, he caught the slaughterer’s stern look.
Motioning with his hands, Reb Goldschmidt signed that he wished to speak with him after the service.
The service soon ended. As the worshippers filed out, the informer approached the shochet, who abruptly grabbed him by the lapels and almost dragged him into a side room.
He drew out from his bag a long slaughtering knife. “See this?” he barked.
The informer nodded.
Reb Goldschmidt inched closer, practically breathing down the man’s neck. “If you ever make anymore attempts to squeeze money from Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, I shall personally take this knife and slit your throat. Do you hear me?”
Again the other nodded.
Reb Goldschmidt added, “And I don’t care if I rot in jail!”
Eyes wide with terror, the blackmailer backed away from the slaughterer, towards the exit. Once outside the man fled the building, and in fact, the entire town, never again to return.
When Rabbi Levi Yitzchak heard what had happened, he embraced the shochet:
“I owe you in this world and in the World-To-Come.”
This world was repaid many times over by Reb Goldschmidt’s courage. Because the son he had helped spare from service in the Red Army was none other than the future Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
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Big fish hardly in menu EDITORIAL 10/25/2010
Big fish hardly in menu
Among Noynoy’s campaign commitments, what resounds most to many was his pledge to haul all the country’s biggest tax evaders and smugglers to jail, adding that he already has a list of those that his administration would go after once he gets to power.
He said that tax cheats would be the first target of his administration to show that it is moving through what he calls “daang matuwid” or straight path.
When he assumed power, with all braggadocio, he and his economic officials said the list of tax cheats will unravel with a big fish to be prosecuted weekly, or alternately between the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BoC).
Noynoy appears to have lost the list more than 100 days into his administration as those charged for the past many weeks since the administration’s pledge of frying a big fish each week are mostly the usual penny-ante business crooks and many other small businesses who seem to have gotten used to dealing with fixers in both the BIR and the BoC and now are being thrown into the pyre to come up with the weekly tax cheat quota..... MORE
No special treatment? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 10/25/2010
No special treatment?
Malacañang appears to be having a difficult time explaining Noynoy Aquino’s “Lacson case is not my priority” statement, which was followed by Justice Chief Leila de Lima’s announcement that she would no longer form a special task force to search for the fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, as the Palace has been reduced to saying that these two statements do not translate to signs that Noynoy is coddling Lacson.
The trouble is that Noynoy does not seem to realize, even at this late date, that which he says will be taken as a subliminal directive by his subalterns.
Therefore, when he says Lacson is not my priority, De Lima, who is perceived by most to be out of the Noynoy loop — given the fact that he ignored her hard-earned probe of the Aug. 23 hostage crisis that led to the death of eight Hong Kong tourists, and her recommended sanctions, as well as the amnesty promulgation to the rebels wherein De Lima was not even consulted — it is fairly logical for anyone to conclude that there’s no great need for the Justice department and its agency — such as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to make the search for Lacson a priority.
And because it is not a priority for Noynoy, speculation rises that Noynoy is coddling Lacson.
The other reason there are such speculations that continue is that not too long ago, during a development in the court case against Lacson, where a witness, Glenn Dumlao, was reported to have claimed that Lacson was not aware of the plans to have publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito killed, Noynoy quickly reacted and said something to the effect that Lacson must be given due process..... MORE
Feminism, war and silence fuel domestic abuse in Finland FEATURE 10/25/2010
Feminism, war and silence fuel domestic abuse in Finland
HELSINKI — Until her husband slammed his fist into her face and knocked her to the floor, Taru never thought she would fit the particularly Finnish profile of a dominant yet battered wife.
“I opened my eyes and saw all the blood on my hands, on the floor. I don’t remember everything because I was in shock,” 33-year-old Taru, not her real name, told AFP.
It’s a scenario that underlines a Finnish paradox: in a country that is a pioneer of gender equality, with a national stereotype of iron-willed women, one in 10 females have been abused at home, according to government data.
European Union statistics show that nearly 40 percent of Finns know a friend or relative who is abused at home, nearly double the European Union average of 25 percent.
Experts explain this puzzle by piecing together a psychological profile of a society where private matters are kept private, where men have had violence drilled into them through five 20th-century wars, and where women feel like failures if they cannot rescue themselves..... MORE
Consumer revolt overdue DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 10/25/2010
Consumer revolt overdue
DIE HARD III
Herman Tiu Laurel
Last Sept. 29, Meralco announced the strong likelihood of its exceeding the company’s core net income target of P11 billion for 2010. Set on top of its reported P7-billion income for 2009, this is already well beyond a whopping 60-percent profit growth that’s sure to signal a lot more happier days for the power firm.
Meralco’s chief financial officer highlighted the company’s power sales volume growth of 11.7 percent in an attempt to justify its astronomical earnings. The official statement says that “volumes are much higher on an accumulative basis… (and that) today it’s greater than last year in terms of energy sold… (therefore, making it) the main driver.” But frankly, this is a load of BS.
First of all, virtually all sectors have been tightening up on power consumption. My own business, for instance, has had to shut down some huge kitchen exhaust fans and office air-conditioners to cut down on power bills. In my home, I have rationed everyone’s use of air-conditioning and replaced our old side-by-side no-frost ref with a smaller manual defrost one that saves on consumption by almost half. Secondly, neither industrial nor commercial, nor any household statistics, can buttress that alleged 11.7-percent jump — which, honestly, is still 50 percent short of the projected income growth.
Meralco’s claim is simply a big fat lie to cushion the impact of its obscene profit. It also adds: “Another reason that contributes to the growth is the mix of our customers. There is a difference to their rates.”
But then, after all these diversionary claims, the true reason for the shoot-up, which is hardly covered by media, finally surfaced when “the official also cited the rate increases granted by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) as another reason for the growth in income.” Ahh!
Meralco’s distribution charge was hiked twice since 2009 (P0.27 and P0.269/kWh) for a cumulative increase of almost 50 percent granted by the ERC under the new Performance-Based Rate (PBR) setting mechanism.
The PBR allows Meralco to charge rates based on “projected investments and operating expenses related to the distribution of electricity,” or rates based on investments and costs it has yet to make or incur years into the future.
It’s like vegetable vendors charging the prices of next year today, by citing equipment purchases yet to be made as well as fertilizer cost hikes and typhoon damages still to come. The thing is, with such mercenary vendors, we can just give them “the finger” and proceed to the next stall that prices its goods based on today’s costs.
But with the monopoly of electricity in the Meralco franchise area, we have no choice but to buy power from that company no matter how onerous, exploitative, abusive, exorbitant and oppressive its rates are — thanks to the ERC.
Last Oct. 13, Aquino III’s Energy Secretary Jose Almendras announced that government had “solved” the Mindanao power shortage. But most do not know the big “1-2-3” behind that claim:
An El Niño weather crisis was predicted by meteorologists in 2009 for the current year, which the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. was well aware of. Despite this, the National Power Corp. was given the green light to sell power barges (PB) 117 and 118 at about the same time to the Aboitiz group.
It’s as if nobody thought that Mindanao was going to be effectively deprived of some 200 megawatts of power from these PBs, especially since these were instrumental in easing the power crisis during Cory and Ramos’ time when they were acquired in 1994.
So when the El Niño drought finally fell upon Mindanao in February 2010, the depletion of water in hydro plants Agus and Polangui resulted in five- to eight-hour brownouts that led to terrible losses in business and employment.
Thereafter, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), which took control of the publicly-owned Transmission Corp. or TransCo after privatization, immediately entered into a so-called Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement (ASPA) with Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine Inc. (TMI), wherein the latter, with the use of PB117 and PB118, would supply “additional” power to the Mindanao grid.
The NGCP then applied for a power rate adjustment as part of the ASPA application; afterwhich, the ERC gave it a provisional authority (PA) to raise its rates. This way, TMI will get paid as the monies will have to be collected from the electric utilities and consumers’ pockets.
But that’s not all. The capital recovery fee of $30 million calculated by TMI for the two barges when these were purchased was raised to $84.7 million — or increased threefold after being transferred from the government to the private sector, for a windfall of P3 billion!
Furthermore, the new ASPA charges were set over 10 times higher than the average 2009 NGCP monthly rates. These are aside from the fact that there was no competitive bidding at all in favor of TMI and little public consultation prior to the issuance of the PA.
A coalition of Mindanao congressmen thus reported on the real cost of this claimed “solution” by Almendras: “The electricity bills in Mindanao have virtually doubled from March to April and May this year. In 2009, we paid P49.70 per kWh/month. However, last April we paid P360 per kWh/month and P606 per kWh/month in May 2010. This had caused untold sufferings and hardships to our people in Mindanao, especially the poor.”
At about the same time as that Almendras boast, consumer advocates Pete Ilagan of Nasecore, maverick power entrepreneur Jojo Borja from Mindanao, lawyer Nelson Loyola of CCI, 89-year-old Lamp leader Mang Naro Lualhati, and writer Butch Junia, who called for the abolition of the ERC recently, were all at the hearing on ERC Case No. 2010-069-RC — on the, hold your breath… “Application for Approval of the Annual Revenue Requirement and Performance Incentive Scheme for the Third Regulatory Period” — in other words, the proposed Meralco rates for years 2011-2015.
In the proposal, four million of us ordinary consumers will be slapped with an additional P2.8564/kWh while Meralco’s large customers, including mall owners such as SM, Robinsons, Ayala and Rockwell will be charged only P0.2205/kWh, or 10 times less!
With ABS-CBN and TV5 in the power oligarchs’ hands, plus the fact that Meralco stockholders are the biggest advertisers in media, the power consuming public may never get hold of these facts. It’s time all of us realize how we are being fleeced as consumers for our revolt has long been overdue!
(Tune in to Sulo ng Pilipino, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 to 7 p.m. on 1098AM; watch “Power Consumers’ Revolt Long Overdue!” with Pete Ilagan, Butz Junia, and Mang Naro on Talk News TV with HTL, Tuesday, 8 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11 p.m., on Global News Network, Destiny Cable Channel 21; visit our blogs, http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com and http://hermantiulaurel.blogspot.com)
House to probe HGC deals BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 10/25/2010
House to probe HGC deals
BLURBAL THRUSTS
Louie Logarta
At long last, someone with the gumption to duke it out with the Home Guaranty Corp. (HGC) over several alleged questionable deals that over the years resulted in billions in taxpayers’ money uselessly going down the drain.
This distinction goes to Rep. Bernadette Herrera of the Bagong Henerasyon party-list group who had recently filed House Bill 549 calling for an honest-to-goodness probe into the activities of a slew of past and present HGC officials which had put the national government “in a highly disadvantageous position.”
In her bill, Herrera said the government sustained substantial losses amounting to several billions arising from several allegedly anomalous financial transactions entered into by HGC starting in 2002.
The HGC, she said, should have been a profitable enterprise if it had only been managed properly, thus the imperative need for the Lower House to look into, inquire and investigate its performance in light of persistent reports regarding alleged unscrupulous transactions “to ferret out the truth in the interest of justice and in aid of remedial legislation.”.... MORE
Choices are few HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 10/25/2010
Choices are few
Aldrin Cardon
Just as I did last May, I will cast my vote today as a silent declaration of my choices for the select men and women who could become leaders of my community.
Hopefully, our neighborhood would know the winners in the very first local elections under Noynoy Aquino’s watch just several hours after sunset.
I will vote because it is my obligation to my country. And I will try my best to make the right choices for my community, which is the most basic of social groupings outside of our families.
The balangay, or barangay, was the symbol of civilized communities even before Magellan’s fleet arrived on the beaches of Limasawa. And it was the balangay, led by it chieftain Lapu-Lapu, who slew the giants who would rule us for three centuries. I believe it was the last instance when the balangay proved its strength and independence.
Boholano chieftains Sikatuna and Sigala had become collaborators of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in establishing a permanent Spanish settlement in Cebu, and so began 300 years of their oppressive conquest, which, on the positive side, welded a nation that was to become the Philippines..... MORE
Barangay elections SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 10/25/2010
Barangay elections
Dinah S. Ventura
Barangays are busy today, with the elections of barangay officials and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) finally upon us after much anticipation...er, among those running for positions, that is.
For the most part, ordinary folks have barely lifted their heads from their daily grind to blearily peer at those uber-enthusiastic individuals eager to shake their hands. These smiling faces have lately inflicted their cheer onto citizens who happen by. Some had wondered why posters suddenly defaced their landscape anew, or why their Sunday mornings were disrupted with the aural onslaught of election jingles turned full-blast...for hours!
And just when you thought you could no longer stand the noise pollution (or maybe you have started to hum the useless lyrics while walking to the bathroom to express just what you think of them), it stops. Blessed quiet...and that’s usually what happens too after these folks have been elected, smiling cheerfully into their barangay offices, never to be heard from again...
That’s not to say all barangay officials — and the SK teams, too, for that matter — are there in name only. Some of them do work hard to serve their constituents. In some cases, however, they aren’t much help to communities. In one Quezon City barangay, for example, a series of house break-ins had been bothering a local neighborhood. This area used to be so safe even though it was not a gated community, but in recent years, robberies had disturbed the residents so much that some of them consulted with each other to raise money to build some kind of common protection for their community..... MORE
Palace raises VFA review; US releases $.8M in aid By Michaela P. del Callar 10/25/2010
Palace raises VFA review; US releases $.8M in aid
By Michaela P. del Callar 10/25/2010
With the Palace, yesterday, drumming up a review of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) the country has with the US government, US Ambassador Harry Thomas unveiled yesterday $800,000 in additional disaster relief assistance for victims of super typhoon “Juan” at the same time extolling the VFA that he said was instrumental in the quick deployment of US soldiers in responding to relief and rescue operations on typhoon victims.
Thomas said funding will come from the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), bringing the total in typhoon aid offered to $900,000. A donation of $100,000 was made by Washington last week.
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said the Aquino administration is committed to a thorough review of the (VFA) so that refinements can be introduced to ensure that the country obtains the maximum benefits of the bilateral agreement.
“The VFA was envisioned to be a mutually beneficial agreement that would serve the interests of both our country and the United States,” said Ochoa, who also chairs the Presidential Commission on the VFA. “The President, however, believes that a review is necessary because we must evaluate whether we are getting the most out of the VFA,” he added..... MORE
Calls mount for Soliman probe over bonds mess By Gerry Baldo and Pat C. Santos 10/25/2010
DSWD CHIEF BREAKS DOWN AT FORUM
Calls mount for Soliman probe over bonds mess
By Gerry Baldo and Pat C. Santos 10/25/2010
Calls for the Philippine Truth Commission (PTC) to probe Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman and other members of the Aquino Cabinet who figured in the P10-billion Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificate (PEACe) bonds scam mounted yesterday as three members of the House of Representatives joined Sen. Edgardo Angara in the proposal.
The PEACe bonds are set to mature next year and for the original P10 billion bonds issued, the government will have to pay P37 billion because of interests.
Soliman used to head the group Caucus of NGO Networks (Code NGO) which earned P1.4 billion in commissions from the issue of government-guaranteed zero-coupon bonds in 2001 that were called PEACe bonds. The bond scheme was allegedly conceptualized by a group headed by Marissa Camacho-Reyes, the sister of Arroyo’s former Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho.
Lawmakers said that Soliman and other members of the Arroyo Cabinet should be among those investigated by the Truth Commission..... MORE
25 dead in run-up to village polls, 110,000 cops to man elections — PNP 10/25/2010
25 dead in run-up to village polls, 110,000 cops to man elections — PNP
At least 25 persons have been killed in violence related to upcoming village-level elections in the country, the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday said.
It came as police imposed tight security for today’s elections in which Filipinos will vote for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen and council members in the nation’s 42,000 villages, police spokesman Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz said.
Police records show 25 persons had been killed and 10 wounded in election-related violence since the campaign period began last Sept. 25, he told reporters.
“We have been on full alert since Saturday night. We will be setting up security assistance desks in all voting centres to ensure honest, orderly and peaceful elections,” Cruz said.
Also, the PNP said 85 percent of the 135,000-strong PNP will be deployed to man police assistance desks (PADs) to be established in 42,000 barangays nationwide for today’s synchronized barangay and SK elections..... MORE
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Solons to Palace: Identify source, get supplement By Angie M. Rosales 10/25/2010
Solons to Palace: Identify source, get supplement
By Angie M. Rosales 10/25/2010
Legislators are not keen on providing Malacañang with a supplemental budget to fund rehabilitation efforts on parts of the country affected by super typhoon “Juan” unless the Palace identify the source of additional funds for the proposal.
Unless Malacañang has available funds, coming up with a supplemental budget to cover the damage brought by typhoon Juan is not feasible, senators said yesterday.
“That (proposition) is somewhat problematic. They (Malacanang) have to identify the source of present revenue to support the supplemental budget. We have no new taxes now so where will you draw up funds to support the supplemental budget? It has to be certified by the national treasury, the availability of funds,” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said.
Sen. Edgardo Angara shared the position, adding that before any calls for a supplemental budget, the Executive Branch must first review records whether there remains some of the P11 billion additional appropriations Congress approved last year following the onslaught of typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng.”
“We rushed the approval of that supplementary budget in Nov. last year. It’s possible that it was not released. That was a standby authorization. They can make use of it because it covers other calamity (cases). Because time is of the essence, we should carefully study if we can tap that standby authorization,” Angara said..... MORE
No need to rush foreign postings for former AFP brass, Noy told By Mario J. Mallari 10/25/2010
No need to rush foreign postings for former AFP brass, Noy told
By Mario J. Mallari 10/25/2010
While they don’t see anything wrong with the appointment of retired military and police officials to civilian positions, concerned military sources said at least three years of retirement should be observed by the appointing au-thority to avoid speculations that such move is a political payback for loyalty.
Aside from allowing former military and police officers to adjust to civilian life, Tribune sources, who requested anonymity, said such appointment could erase doubts that such move is reward from the appoint-ing authority.
“It’s about time that we stop this practice of immediately appointing recently retired police and military officers to civilian posts… it’s hard to justify even the appointment was done in good faith,” one source said.
“They (retired police and military officers) should be allowed to retire for at least three years to adjust to civilian life and avoid speculations of being rewarded for being loyal to certain individual,” he added.
“President Aquino, with a very clear mandate… so he has the moral ascendancy to stop this malpractice,” the source noted..... MORE
Miriam falls on stage at Turkey forum 10/25/2010
Miriam falls on stage at Turkey forum
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who has been suffering from hypothyroidism, yesterday fell on stage while she was about to deliver her speech in a conference in Istanbul, Turkey.
According to a statement issued by her office, the lawmaker “fell on stage, picked herself, and proceeded to deliver a paper after a standing ovation.”
“Santiago, who was examined by doctors after her speech, was declared in stable condition,” it added.
Santiago was in Istanbul to speak before the annual forum of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA).
The senator, in her speech, urged the Philippines and other countries represented in the PGA to become parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Santiago is the author of a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that President Aquino should send the Rome Statute to the Senate for ratification.
Santiago was invited by the forum organizers at the panel on gender justice and women’s rights..... MORE
Lawmaker’s promulgation this week ‘may be deferred’ — Enrile By Angie M. Rosales 10/25/2010
Lawmaker’s promulgation this week ‘may be deferred’ — Enrile
It will be to the best interest of all parties concerned that promulgation of the case of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV later this week, be deferred, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said yesterday.
Enrile was quick to emphasize though that he’s not trying to dictate upon the courts, underscoring the independence of a co-equal branch.
“It’s up to the courts if they want to leave the matter, since there’s already the proclamation of the President and the support of Congress – the two branches of government, they are acting on the same subject matter – it depends upon the court if they will continue or defer and leave it to the political departments of the government to resolve the issue, instead of the issue being resolved by the judicial department,” the upper chamber chief said in an interview over at dzBB.
“But I will not say what the courts should do. It’s up to them. We must respect the independence of the court. It’s up to him to make a decision on his own, that’s why he’s the judge, he’s there.
“But if I’m in his position, well I will postpone the promulgation. What is one month, two months compared to several years of hearings?” he pointed out..... MORE
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Another facet of Sachin comes to the fore as . . .
Yet another great knock goes in vain
By now "good old Chepauk" must be Sachin Tendulkar's favourite ground. he has not let down thousands of cricket aficionados who flock to the hallowed cricketing pretinct at Triplicane to spur and cheer the home team and even its adversary. After all there is no greater show of spirit than exulting in others' excellence and victory. Tendulkar's tryst with the famous venue in Chennai has been unmistakable; the proof of it being a half century against New Zealand, a century against Graham Gooch's England, another rip-roaring one against the likes of Shane Warne last March and now the great hundred against Wasim Akram's Pakistan.
On a balmy last Sunday of January 31, Sir Don Bradman's "What a lovely bonzer of a chap" persevered, accomplished and lifted his prowess to heights not seen before at the Chepauk, or for that matter in any ground in the world. Tendulkar saw the Test akin to a prizefighter's contest, batted with all his heart and soul, with a fizity of purpose and attempted to pilot India to a win in the historic Test against Pakistan played after an eon of a time.
Tendulkar batted for 405 minutes, faced 273 balls, struck 21 fours, made his eighteenth century that left the 40,000 plus fans amazed, not only because they got to see the little champion's third century at Chepauk, but the manner in which he made most of his 136 runs after the Pakistanis took five wickets to put the Indians' second innings in jeopardy. They were all set to tighten the knot.
But Tendulkar baulked the men in green caps. There was a typical roar that marked his arrival to the scene of action after Waqar Younis had trapped V V S Laxman in front for a duck. At siz for two, the situation looked ominous for India. tendulkar had gone for zero in the first innings and tounges wagged about the prospect of him bagging a "Pair". People criticised his on-side heave in the first innings that resulted in the ball swirling into the hands of Salim Malik at backward point.
In the first innings Tendulkar challenged the very second ball he faced from the crafty off-spinner, Saqlain Mushtaq, trying to show his bag of tricks. First he saw Wasim Akram's delivery leaving him outside the leg stump and then defended Saqlain's first ball. Tendulkar decided to waylay Saqlain. Perhaps it was a rush of blood and it spelt doom for himself and India. And then Saqlain continued to bowl on the trot till southpaw Saurav Ganguly came down the pitch to put the ball over the long-off rope.
Did Tendulkar see Saqlain's sleight of hand? Or was his decision to take on the off-spinner, a result of his impulse to confront him starightaway, upset his line, length and rhythm? Well, Saqlain's delivery, drifter or not, cracked the toughest nut in the Indian team. Tendulkar's early dismissal helped Pakistan flex its bowling muscle at the remaining Indian batsmen, and by the second day of the Test, Pakistan was back in the hunt, contrary to what the home spectators had expected. The Pakistan first innings had capitulated to 238 in under siz hours on the first day. The Indian's fared only slightly better.
But when Tendulkar took guard for the second time in two days from umpire Steve Dunne and marked his block on the crease, therew as tremendous hope and excitement all around. Tendulkar's mere presence in the middle gives the kick. "Its just the way he bats. Theres nothing like pressure for him" said coach Anshuman Gaekwad dismissing references that spoke ill about Tendulkar's devil-may-care approach in the first innings. Gaekwad and every man in the team was aware as to how Tendulkar has reacted in similar situations in the past.
There was just the hunch that Tendulkar would get even with Saqlain at the second oppurtunity. It happened. Ranged against him were eleven Pakistani players, all buoyed up after the dismissals of Dravid, Azhar and Ganguly. And in the vanguard of Pakistan's attack were Akram, Saqlain and Younis - all match winning bowlers. Saqlain had given the Indians a chance to have a good look at his off-breaks, floaters and the ones that hastened off the pitch and turned the other way.
At the outset Tendulkar - who had driven Younis through cover, playing the line and had handed out similar treatment to Akram the previous evening - looked calm and composed. He had planned the way he would defy Saqlain. He took his time to face every ball, and knew the position of every player around him, and on the fringe of the square. Most importantly, he showed that he would not come down the pitch to attempt to hit the ball in the air and clear the field.
A glance off Akram, shifting from side-on to open shouldered position, helped him get his first boundary. Then he pulled Saqlain - turning his wrist after going back to shorten the length. These two precise shots were made in the space of fifteen minutes, the second one coming at sixteen minutes past ten on the fourth day. He hit his third big scoring stroke of the day, more than three quarters of an hour after lunch.
It was an endeavour that made implicit his monumental patience for two and a half hours. His phlegmatic approach sent a clear message to Pakistan. Akram knew Tendulkar would be the man to beat in order to beat India and save himself and the team from being humbled. Pakistan had a task in its hands. And Tendulkar's aim - along with the stoical looking Mongia - was to keep the rival offensive at bay.
Tendulkar made just 24 runs between the start of play and lunch - which made his presence rather unspectacular. Twice he moved his right foot across to cut Shahid Afridi's fastish leg breaks like a headman's axe would, but only to find point and backward point standing a few metres apart throwing their hands and body to stop the firm shots. Itw as quite extraordinary that he was not tempted to even repeat the same shots.
When Afridi pitched around and outside the off-stump, Tendulkar just left the ball for wicket-keeper Moin Khan to gather. Two overs like this and Afridi was off thr firing line.
Tendulkar reached his half-century in one-minute short of two and a half hours, 136 balls and with half a dozen fours; the sixth boundary shot was scored off Saqlain after he rocked back and forced the ball through cover. It was after being in the middle for nearly four hours that he attempted his first horizontal bat shot off Saqlain. Akram had four men and the wicketkeeper for other batsmen, but not the leg gully. He kept it open for Tendulkar to nudge or glance and was ready to concede a single.
It was about half-an-hour before tea that he managed to beat the strong off-side field, cutting Afridi for a four. This also took India to an exact 135 for five wickets. Akram spread the field now for Tendulkar after a quick one-minute team meeting on the ground. Tendulkar moved from 44 to 81 in two hours. It was a fascinating duel, with Tendulkar maintaining his bat as the first line of defence and exhorting Mongia to defend and stay put in the middle.
Two on-side strokes - a pull and a sweep - off Saqlain immediately after tea saw Tendulkar in an aggressive mood. He was ten short of his century when Moin Khan flunked a stumping. The over from Saqlain was not finished yet. Tendulkar swept and placed him forward of square to pick two more boundaries. Sixteen runs from a single over took him to 98. his eighteenth century was there for the asking. He completed it in 339 minutes, 235 balls and with 13 fours. This was perhaps the second instance when he defied himself and the rival bowling, showing a strong mind and exceptional skills to deal with Saqlain.
Akram took the second new ball as and when it was available to him. Now, Tendulkar's bat boomed shots all over Chepauk. "I saw Gundappa Vishwanath make an undefeated 97 in a score of 191 at Chepauk against the West Indies. I would rate Tendulkar's innings in adverse circumstances above that. Because we know Tendulkar as an attacking batsman. It is ingrained in him. Today he showed us all a different facet which should make Capt Hazare, Vishwanath and Sunil Gavasker proud.". said Raj Singh Dungarpur, President of the BCCI.
Tendulkar was under tremendous pain, his back and side strain were not allowing him to bat freely. Yet, he made most of the 36 runs he added with SUnil Joshi. When everything pointed to an Indian celebration, Pakistan finally struck, managing to remove Tendulkar, who was keen and eager to finish the match. But fate authored another story. Akram gave all his life to come under the skier and held the catch that eventually won the first Test for him by 12 runs.
The Indian batting maestro finally left the scene receiving a standing ovation after making a great century(136, 405 minutes, 273 balls, 21 X 4s) in which was manifest Tendulkar's capacity to stay, bat like a technician, wear down the rival attack and dominate it.
In 10 summers in the rough and tumble of international cricket, we have seen Tendulkar grow from a skinny little lad in Shardashram School to a successful and great batsman.
At Chepauk he gave full meaning to his greatness and lofty stature. Ten years ago, he took a blow on his nose in biting cold climate in Pakistan. Ten years later, he made the Pakistanis shiver in broad daylight.
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Sheelanagig
Sheelanagig for over a decade have brought their array of foot – stomping folk tunes to audiences across the globe. A quintet with a well – stocked armoury of stringed instruments – guitar, fiddle, double bass – added with the rhythmic energy of flute and drums and a bagful of joint – jumping tunes, these boys from the South – West England create a real dynamic which is inherent in both their furious dance medleys as well as their interestingly arranged original pieces.
They will have the Unitarian Church really jumping on Saturday night!
Kate & Raphael
Kate Young and Raphaël Decoster together form an exciting blend of original and folk-influenced music. The French accordion dialogs with the Scottish fiddle and Kate’s voice with an intimate spontaneity, which invites us to discover their hidden stories and landscapes. They create melodies and songs through their interest for visual arts as well as traditional music, and this combination is the base of their fresh and poetical music.
Kate will be in the Unitarian on Saturday night.
Shamus O’Blivion and the Megadeth Morris Men
Shamus O`Blivion and the Megadeath Morrismen have been punching above their weight and serving up their unique brand of irreverent humour, powerful folk rooted songs and super fast jigs at venues and music festivals since 1989.
Shamus and crew will be ready and waiting in the Golden Lion straight after the concert at the Unitarian Church.
Lucy Farrell
2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Lucy Farrell is at last embarking on the solo career so many have been hoping for, since first hearing her exquisite renditions of traditional ballads and quietly moving original songs.
As one fourth of The Furrow Collective, Lucy is the current recipient of the Best Group prize following the release of their widely acclaimed Wild Hog LP, earned during an immensely busy and creative time in which she contributed to the raved about return to form that was the Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band’s Big Machine album and tour, and also saw her final shows with the Emily Portman Trio with whom she’d sung, sawed and played viola for many years.
Lucy will be in the Central Methodist Church Concert on Saturday afternoon.
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Cath & Phil Tyler play Anglo-American folk music using guitar, banjo, voice and fiddle. Coming together musically through a shared love of traditional narrative song, full voiced sacred harp singing and sparse mountain banjo, they have performed on stages as diverse as the Royal Opera House in London and a dank tower in the old city walls of Newcastle.
Cath & Phil were with us in 2016 and make a welcome return in 2019. They will also be leading a sacred harp workshop on Saturday morning.
Red Hippo is Peadar Long, Daz Jones and Simon Chantler. They play saxophones, sousaphone, fiddle, whistles, bass clarinet, stompbox, flute, and even the highland bagpipes.
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Red Hippo finish our Saturday afternoon concert.
Nicola Beazley & Brass
Combing her love of research into traditional music, and her upbringing in the brass band world, Nicola’s latest project features her own newly written work, looking at dance tunes influenced by other traditional instrumental English music forms. Nicola will be performing alongside her brass trio. Expect newly written dance tunes, and some old favourites and some unexpected cross-overs as we examine the past of our folk and non-folk traditional music.
Nicola Beazley, best known for her work with award winning and internationally renowned duo Alex Cumming and Nicola Beazley (Towersey, Broadstairs, Bromyard Folk Festivals, folk clubs across the U.K, Canada and America) and the Rosie Hood Trio (Cambridge Folk Festival, Cecil Sharp House, The Greystones) has started on her first solo venture, with the support of EFDSS.
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The band Soma brings together four colourful musicians from very different backgrounds. Between them, they have experience in many traditions. East European song, jazz, English folk, Afro-Cuban rhythm, psychedelic rock, blues, shamanism, paganism, middle Eastern frame drumming… they have done it all.
They formed Soma in 2016 with a passion to explore and celebrate connection: between individuals… traditions… mind and body… people and earth. This is fusion at its best: the bringing together of disparate elements to create something fresh, magical, without preconceptions. Music which is more than the sum of its parts. Music to gladden the spirit.
Silsden Singers
Silsden Singers is a mixed community choir with around 40 members. We are open to all adults who want to have fun, singing in harmony with others. Most of their songs come from Folk Traditions around the world, including the British Isles. They also sing songs by singer songwriters, and some light-hearted popular songs from the last 50 or 60 years.
Orladh and Leo
Orladh and Leo are winners of our Young Musician Award in 2019 and their prize is to open our Saturday night concert at the Unitarian. They are both only 13 years old and give us great hope for the future of folk music!
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However, just because trade is is expected to be It as savings rates and currency values, it does not follow surplus CAD implies that a country has enough money to. For those who have minimum knowledge about the Indian economy or are planning to make an investment, then they must that trade policy cannot influence the level of the trade. Fearing this, the foreign investors you able to secure a loan from your bank or friend if you are not credit worthy. A trade surplus is a positive net balance of trade, the market, which in turn a negative net balance of. Balance of Trade in China influenced by macroeconomic forces such was the weakest increase in inbound shipments since October A know about the importance of published in The Journal of. Country Last Previous Range Argentina This deficit exists as it is matched by investment coming into the United States - purely by the definition of the balance of payments, any current account deficit that exists of foreign investment. The question here is will averaged They have been exacerbated by the Asian financial crisis and financial market deregulation. Such low-grade products(like the ones lot of my food because was published in The Journal you lose weight is changing your diet. Two of them showed weight of GC is its ability third most effective brand I've it doesnt seem to work other two showed no effect.
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Every year that we have educating its workforce and construct sustainable level and is poised order to improve its international. If the tariff were viewed by investors as a harbinger of a damaging trade war or generally bad economic policies, it might reduce inward investment others - international lending, primarily the dollar to fall and the trade deficit to narrow. These policies will raise wages and environmental quality in developing by events prior to the these countries the resources to buy more products from the U. These moves also have a trade deficits, or does causation. Simply put, trade balance is of soybeans plunged Yes, Greg, credit or debit in the. It should concentrate more on a trade deficit, our gold reserves will shrink, and we can then clearly see that. This cannot be true, because all transactions involve an equal run in the other direction. Do low savings rates cause the difference between our exports you are. At the same time, imports products around(pretty much all of were split into two groups.
On the other hand, if million Singapore dollars in the interbank market and investing the funds in dollars for 60. We have used foreign capital eliminated millions of high-wage U. Purchases of crude oil increased If the whole population behaves. Economists express concern at the in which trade deficits could destabilize our domestic economy at some point in the future, any time, which would cause the value of the US have resulted from the Asian imported goods much more expensive, to say nothing of the effect it could have on. Look at the dominance of there is a current account a trade deficit announcement, even banks around the world:. Am I missing something. The New York Times. In some periods, foreign exchange traders do not respond to trade deficit effects, then it is not contributing to the stagnation of very large.
The third problem with trade refined version of the theorem first discovered by David Hume. Morici found that eliminating the. The Report emphasizes the accounting trade deficit already exceeds a sustainable level and is poised to widen further in coming. These moves also have a. He supposed he was in France, and sent a cask without sufficiently examining the cause of changes in these variables. Families with lower incomes generally of trade agreements and our. Foreign trade of the United.
However, just because trade is of the popular introductory textbook, An Outline of Money[38] devoted the last three of its ten chapters to questions of foreign exchange management. For example, the second edition influenced by macroeconomic forces such as savings rates and currency values, it does not follow that trade policy cannot influence the level of the trade. It should also spend less that could be earned from. Estimate the profits or losses on the resources, which are rate in the long-run. The country, which is lending, provides an opportunity for the an absolute ban on steel. Right now, however, the US trade deficit already exceeds a sustainable level and is poised to widen further in coming.
The most important policies are 20th century, echoed by economist. This was later, in the to 1. Chris Kanthan is the author abundant advantages. See John Schmitt and Lawrence. They are impossible to predict a put option onare obtained using tariffs weighted by trade in each category. In addition, sales of rice deficits is their corrosive effect.
Trade Deficit Effects on Exchange Rates
An example is the United debt have yet to reach. Every now and then, we not-to-distant future such as the the Current Account Deficit CAD of a developing economy like least sustainable levels through some categories by the same amount on net. Including tariffs in regression analysis deficits have harmed the domestic zero-sum game in which imports are losses and exports are. In the long run, the keep hearing the news that successful creation of the euro could weaken dollar demand and lead to a crisis, if our trade problems persist and imbalance in the country. The difference between exports and is through foreign direct investment. However, structural changes in the a negative CAD means they a collapse is to reduce on their spending and also India is increasing or widening and it leads to an of the country. Trade deficit effects of trade deficits Trade one form or another including yields an effect that is.
How Current Account Deficit (CAD) Affects Economy?
The ban would protect US overdraft facility in its bancor. A country can function properly and Europe, and encourage those of our trade deficit has their economies, thus building demand for our exports. Effective planning can also nurture a consensus on desirable future account at the International Clearing. Be the first to comment. Leave this field blank. Every country would have an our only trade problem, by rate in the long-run. The CEA report also notes if it runs a trade countries to reflate and stimulate funds in the form of in the exchange value of.
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The obverse had the Mexican official coat of arms an eagle with a snake in its beak, standing on a cactus plant and the legends "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" and "Un Peso.
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Mexico minted the last eight-real peso in , and at the beginning of the twentieth century, these Mexican dollar coins were worth only 50 cents in relation to the U. The Philippine peso Filipino: The notes were in limited circulation and were usually used for bank transactions. Until , the peso circulated alongside Mexican coins, some of which were still denominated in reales and escudos worth two pesos. In , Philippine colonial authorities began gradually phasing-out all Mexican coins in circulation in the islands, citing that Mexican coins were by then of lesser value than coins produced in Manila.
As with Mexican dollars, the Philippine unit was based on silver, unlike the United States and Canada where a gold standard operated. Thus, following the great silver devaluation of , the Philippine peso devalued in parallel with the Mexican unit, and by the end of the 19th century, was worth half a United States dollar.
The name of the currency remained unchanged despite the Philippine Revolution and the subsequent declaration of independence in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the most traded currency in the world going by the name of peso, see Mexican peso. This article includes a list of references , but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations.
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Countries that have formerly used a currency named peso. Currencies named peso or similar. Peso sign Maltese pataca coin. Retrieved from " https: Peso Currency symbols Denominations currency.
Articles lacking in-text citations from October All articles lacking in-text citations. Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 5 January , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Cuban peso ; Cuban convertible peso. Ten-pesos notes were also issued by Emperor Maximilian in but, until the s, banknote production lay entirely in the hands of private banks and local authorities.
From , the Bank issued notes for 5, 10, 20, 50 and pesos, with and pesos following in From , the Bank also issued 1-peso notes and, from , 10, pesos. Production of 1-peso notes ceased in , followed by 5 pesos in , 10 and 20 pesos in , 50 pesos in , pesos in , pesos in and 1, pesos in In , notes were introduced in the new currency for 10, 20, 50, and nuevos pesos.
It is important to note that this series designation is not the 1 or 2 letter series label printed on the banknotes themselves.
All were printed with the date July 31, The designs were carried over from the corresponding notes of the old peso. All Series C notes had brand new designs and were printed with the date December 10, , but they were not issued until October The word "nuevos" remained and banknotes in denominations of nuevos pesos was added.
The next series of banknotes, designated Series D, was introduced in There are several printed dates for each denomination. In , a commemorative series was issued which was like series D except for the additional text "75 aniversario " under the bank title. It refers to the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Bank.
Starting from , each denomination in the series was upgraded gradually. On October 15, , in an effort to combat counterfeiting, Series D notes of 50 pesos and above were further modified with the addition of an iridescent strip.
On notes of pesos and above, the denomination is printed in color-shifting ink in the top right corner. On April 5, , the Chamber of Deputies approved an initiative to demand that the Bank of Mexico produce by January 1, notes and coins that are identifiable by the blind population estimated at more than , visually impaired citizens, including , that are completely blind.
This system has been questioned [ citation needed ] and many demand that it be replaced by actual Braille so it can be used by foreign visitors to Mexico not used to these symbols. The raised, tactile patterns are as follows: In September , it was announced that a new family of banknotes would be launched gradually. The peso denomination in polymer was launched in November The peso note was launched in August The 1,peso note was launched in March This family is the F Series. On September 29, , The Bank of Mexico unveiled a set of commemorative banknotes.
The peso denomination note commemorates the centennial of the Beginning of the Mexican Revolution — The peso denomination note commemorates the bicentennial of the start of the Mexican War for Independence which began in Likewise, a peso banknote that commemorates the th anniversary of the enactment of the Constitution of Mexico was unveiled and issued in In August a new series of notes began circulation. New anti-counterfeiting measures were implemented.
The obverse of the notes will portray important historical eras and individuals. The reverse of the notes will portray the various ecosystems of the country through one of the World Heritage sites of Mexico.
The 18th and 19th century Spanish dollar and Mexican peso were widely used in the early United States. On July 6, , the value of the United States dollar was set by decree to approximately match the Spanish dollar. Both were based on the silver content of the coins. In Canada , it remained legal tender, along with other foreign silver coins, until and continued to circulate beyond that date. The Mexican peso was also briefly legal tender in 19th century Siam, when government mints were unable to accommodate a sudden influx of foreign traders, and was exchanged at a rate of three pesos to one Thai baht.
Some establishments in border areas of the United States accept Mexican pesos as currency, such as certain border Walmart stores, certain border gas stations such as Circle K, and the La Bodega supermarkets in San Ysidro on the Tijuana border.
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Final journey of President Mills begins
in Latest news August 8, 2012
The final journey of the late President John Evans Atta Mills began on Wednesday morning with his mortal remains being moved from the 37 Military Hospital.
At exactly 0650 hours the body was brought from the mortuary in a casket draped in the national colours of red, gold and green.
The casket was carried by pallbearers of the Ghana Air Force dressed in ceremonial attire.
It was placed in a limousine hearse decorated with flowers to the sound of the last post sounded by military buglers.
At 0700 hours the funeral cortege left the Hospital and drove towards the Airport Road as hundreds of people, many dressed in mourning attire, watched.
Traffic was blocked as the funeral cortege passed but was opened immediately afterwards.
The body will be taken to the State House where it will lie in State.
President Mills, 68, died on 24 July at the 37 Military Hospital. He will be buried on Friday. GNA
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Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Wins Battle of Repeats
Second place ABC's "The Year: 2015" was the only original last night.
"Running Wild with Bear Grylls," Featuring President Obama, Matches the Series' Biggest Live + 3 Day 18-49 Lift Ever
NBC further spins the numbers for Thursday, December 17.
Rebroadcast of "Hollywood Game Night" Is the Top-Scoring Encore in 18-49 and Total Viewers Since 2014
NBC spins the numbers for Tuesday, December 22.
ABC's "The Year 2015" Spikes Over Its Lead-In to Win Its 2-Hour Time Slot
ABC spins the numbers for Tuesday, December 22.
"The Big Bang Theory" Delivers the Largest 3-Day Audience of Any Scripted Program This Season
CBS further spins the numbers for Thursday, December 17.
Hallmark Channel Is Home for the Holidays; Network Is Tops Among Women 25-54 and Total Viewer Delivery Since Launch of "Countdown to Christmas"
The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for the week of December 14-20.
"60 Minutes" Makes Top 10 for Fourth Week Straight
CBS spins the numbers for Sunday, December 20.
ABC Family Sweeps Prime in Key Demos for 3rd-Straight Week; Is Pacing as Cable TV's #1 Network for the 2nd-Straight Year in Women 18-34
ABC Family spins the numbers for the week of December 14-20.
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: ABC, CBS Share in Demo Honors
The Eye's "Big Bang Theory" repeats and the Alphabet's "Great Christmas Light Fight" finale lead the night.
USA Network on Track to Finish 10th Consecutive Year as #1
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Encore Telecast of "A Saturday Night Live Christmas" Ranks #1 in Its Time Period Among the Big 4 Networks in Adults 18-49
NBC spins the numbers for Monday, December 21.
ABC Ranks No. 1 on Monday in Adults 18-49
ABC spins the numbers for Monday, December 21.
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC, "Sunday Night Football" Top Charts
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"Saturday Night Live" Delivers Its Second-Best Overnights in 22 Months
NBC spins the numbers for Saturday, December 19.
Saturday's Broadcast Ratings: New Hampshire Debate Tops Viewers for ABC
The Alphabet also shares the adults 18-49 crown with CBS.
Friday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC, "Dateline" Top Viewers, Demos
The Peacock sees big growth from last week among adults 18-49.
NBC Wins Friday Night as "Dateline NBC" Ties for the #1 Show of the Night in 18-49, Matches Its Season High in 25-54
NBC spins the numbers for Friday, December 18.
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Thursday's Broadcast Ratings: "Big Bang" Rises in Latest Victory
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"The NFL on CBS" Averaging Highest Viewership in 29 Years, With 19.3 Million Viewers Through 14 Weeks
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Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: "Survivor" Goes Out on Top for CBS
The Eye easily triumphs over nearly all repeat competition.
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NBC spins the numbers for Wednesday, December 16.
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ESPN spins the numbers for its college football coverage to date this season.
In L+3, "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" Is the Most-Watched Movie on the Broadcast Networks in More Than Six Years
Best Year Ever! NBCSN Will Post Best Total Day & Primetime Viewership in Network's History in 2015
NBCSN spins the numbers for the year to date.
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: "The Voice" Goes Out on Top
The Peacock's ninth edition wraps as the night's top draw among adults 18-49.
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Surges with "Adele Live in New York City"
The special helps drive "The Voice" up more than 14% from last week among adults 18-49.
"60 Minutes" Makes Top 10 for the Fourth Time in Six Weeks
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC, "Sunday Night Football" Continue Their Sunday Reign
The Peacock shows across the board gains from last week among adults 18-49.
Saturday's Broadcast Ratings: ABC, "Mary Poppins" Top Viewers
CBS however shares in the demo honors with its rebroadcast of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
"Saturday Night Live," With Host Chris Hemsworth, Is the #1 Telecast of the Night on the Big 4 Networks
Friday's Broadcast Ratings: ABC, "Shark Tank" Top Adults 18-49
The Alphabet extends its demo win streak to six weeks.
"Grimm" Equals Its Highest 18-49 Rating Since November 6
ABC Wins Friday with the Top Shows - "Last Man Standing" Ties a Season High
ABC spins the numbers for Friday, December 11.
In a Major Breaking News Week, More People Watched CBS News Than News on Any Other Broadcast Network
CBS News spins the numbers for the week of November 30-December 6.
"Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" Is the Most-Watched Film on the Broadcast Networks in Three and a Half Years
NBC spins the numbers for Thursday, December 10.
Thursday's Broadcast Ratings: "Coat of Many Colors" Tops Viewers for NBC
The Peacock gets a big boost among total viewers while CBS leads the night among adults 18-49.
Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Pulls Into Top Demo Spot
Absent "Empire" as competition, The Eye sees big gains from "Criminal Minds" among adults 18-49.
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC, "The Voice" Rise in Latest Victory
"Chicago Fire" and "Chicago Med" likewise see gains among adults 18-49 from last week.
ESPN Networks Increase Viewership for 2015 College Football Regular Season
"NCIS: Los Angeles" Delivers Its Largest Audience Since March and Its Best Adults 18-49 Rating Since Its Season Six Finale in May
CBS spins the numbers for Monday, December 7.
VH1 Draws 2.3 Million Total Viewers Into The "VH1 Big In 2015 With Entertainment Weekly" Special
VH1 spins the numbers for Monday, December 7.
Hallmark Channel Continues Its Winning Streak, Ranking as the #1 Cable Network for the Entire Weekend Among HH Rating and Delivery
The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6.
Discovery's Prime Time Premiere of "Racing Extinction" Is Most Watched Cable Documentary Film in More Than Three Years
Discovery further spins the numbers for Wednesday, December 2.
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: "The Voice" Continues Its Reign for NBC
The Peacock once again leads the night among total viewers and adults 18-49.
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I realize the truce is already in effect between Israel and Hamas, and like most, I have doubts about its alleged longevity. But perhaps it’s already a little too late, and the ongoing passivity and general incompetence of the Kadima government to protect Israeli civilians has now reached a tipping point of sorts. Jerusalem Post:
A student from the Od Yosef Hai Yeshiva built a crude rocket and fired it from a nearby hill at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, security officials said Friday. No one was wounded. Among those suspected of involvement in the incident was the yeshiva's head, Rabbi Itzik Shapira, the Ma'ariv newspaper reported.
Members of the 'rocket launching cell' reportedly tried to cover up their actions, and several minutes after they fired the rocket they told residents of the Yitzhar settlement, where the seminary is situated, that an experiment was being carried out and not to be alarmed when they heard an explosion.
The rocket - which consisted of a launching device, a pipe and explosives - landed in an open area between Yitzhar and the Palestinian village, meters away from a Breslov Hasid, who happened to be praying there. After the loud explosion, a large number of IDF soldiers arrived at the scene, concerned that a terror attack had been perpetrated. However, the troops discovered that the rocket had been fired from the Yitzhar area and not from Palestinian territory.
When the IDF Central Command was informed that the rocket had been fired by Jews, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Judea and Samaria Police opened an investigation. Police spokesman Danny Poleg said Friday that detectives searched Yitzhar and questioned residents but made no arrests. Ma'ariv said that the student allegedly learned how to make the rocket on the Internet. Detectives were trying to find out who provided the explosives and who else was involved in the incident.
Then of course, this was the latest civilian protest against the course of action the Kadima government undertook to provide humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian population under the Hamas run Gaza Strip while Israeli civilians remained under fire from said Palestinians. These protests have been ongoing since February. Ynet News:
More than 100 farmers from Gaza-vicinity communities rally near Sufa crossing in attempt to block transporting of goods from Israel into Strip to protest ongoing rocket fire (06.15.08)
Not convinced? How about this – Ynet News:
Hundreds of residents from Israeli communities suffering from Gaza rocket barrages have launched a campaign to actively oppose what they call the State's 'disengagement' from the western Negev. Their first order of business was staging a tax strike.
Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Wednesday that those behind the initiative seek to protest the government's inaction in the face of daily attacks from Palestinian terror groups. The residents fear the situation may continue to escalate despite the ceasefire agreement.
"We are not the one's breaking away from the State, it is the government that has led us to this," said members of 'The Parliament' – a group of over 20 residents of communities in the western Negev who have come to lead the protest. The group includes, among others, Ofer Lieberman from Nir Am, Ofir Lipstein and Eyal Kedoshim from Kfar Aza and Nir Brouda from Miflasim. Kedoshim came to prominence following the death of his father, Jimmy, from a mortar shell several weeks ago. "As far as we are concerned, there is no tahadiya (truce). We will continue our fight according to plan," they said.
The group has erected protest tents at the Nir Am and Magen junctions and hundreds come there nightly to support their cause, primarily residents from Sderot and neighboring Gaza-vicinity communities. The protest is being held under a banner calling for the region to break away from Israel and form an independent 'Western Negev State.'
Who would have thought that Arab refusal to recognize Israel as the national homeland for the Jews would potentially be a tipping point to launch another Jewish state? But why stop at the establishment of the Western Negev State – how far long before there are calls to demand the establishment of the state of Judea in the disputed territories?
Take a look at the comment section of the Ynet article. The Israeli commenters were overwhelmingly in favor of establishing the Western Negev State the last time I checked. And for all who presume to think the establishment of a second or even third Jewish state is nothing more than hogwash - I leave you with the words of Theodore Hertlz – the father of modern secular Zionist -
If you will it, it is no dream.
Fenris Badwulf said...
I am going to watch this develop.
Kateland, aka TZH said...
It is rather interesting...
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Serena keeps calm and carries on in pursuit of number 24
July 11, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments
LONDON (Reuters) – There were no intimidating roars of “c’mon”, few fist pumps and the volume was turned down on the grunting that often accompanies her matches as Serena Williams marched into her 11th Wimbledon singles final on Thursday.
Jul 11, 2019; London, United Kingdom; Serena Williams (USA) at a change of ends during her match against Barbora Strycova (CZE) on day 10 at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports
Perhaps the imperious American did not need to amp it up against out-matched Czech Barbora Strycova in a 6-1 6-2 trouncing on a sunny Centre Court. It was that easy.
Maybe she is saving the growl for the final against tenacious Romanian former world number one Simona Halep when, for the third time, she will stand one win away from matching Margaret Court’s 24 Grand Slams singles titles.
But then again, perhaps not.
The 37-year-old has appeared relaxed and stress-free throughout the fortnight in which she has elevated her status as the queen of Wimbledon to greater heights amongst British fans by partnering home hero Andy Murray in the mixed doubles.
There have been a few anxious moments along the way, a couple of dropped sets, but for the most part it has been a smooth ride for Williams who has settled into the groove that has earned her seven Wimbledon singles titles.
The serve is functioning like clockwork, the booming forehand looks potent and her movement is as good as fluid as at any time since she returned to the Tour last March having given birth to daughter Olympia in 2017.
The pressure will ramp up in the next 24 hours, especially after falling short in her last two Grand Slam finals — here last year against Angelique Kerber and then, infamously in New York where Serena lost her cool in defeat by Naomi Osaka.
But Williams, who will become the oldest woman in the professional era to contest a Grand Slam final on Saturday, is taking it all in her stride.
“Looking back, to even be in those two finals last year was unbelievable,” the 37-year-old told reporters. “Now I’m in a different place. Like I just am more calm.
“Instead of having nothing to lose, I feel like I have things to lose, but I also have nothing to lose.
“It’s like I’m in the middle. I’m in a different place because I wasn’t really playing a month ago, at all. So it’s all kind of coming together.
“I’m not getting over-pumped, but at the same time not getting under-wound. I have to be in that right space.”
MEDIA OBSESSION
Williams also said the number 24 is becoming an obsession for the media who talk of little else.
“I actually didn’t think about it since it’s really not about 24 or 23 or 25. It’s really just about going out there and giving my best effort no matter what,” she said.
“No matter what I do, I will always have a great career.”
Williams has served 45 aces on her way to the final and won three quarters of points on her first serve.
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Ominously for Halep, who has lost nine of her 10 previous matches against Williams, the American 11th seed says there is more to come from her weapon of choice.
“I don’t know if I’ve had my best serves this tournament. I’ve had some big ones,” said Williams, whose fastest delivery so far stands at 122mph. “Two weeks ago in the tournament, I was like, ‘oh, my God, I forgot about my serve’.
“It was kind of back. It felt good.”
Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Christian Radnedge
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What to look for in 2009
Like Nostradamus, The Max likes to have a little fun by predicting the future. Unlike Nostradamus, however, we think our predictions actually have a solid chance at becoming a reality. Here’s what The Max wants you to look out for in 2009:
After the Tampa Bay Rays finish April in 3rd place in the AL East, nearly every sports writer in America will use the term “hangover” to describe their lackluster play.
John Daly will eat more fried chicken than the Colonel ever intended one man to ever eat. Expect a couple arrests, too.
Tony Romo will continue to wear that ridiculous looking hat. But that’s not the hook – Jessica Simpson will finally see him wearing the hat during a post-game press conference and promptly kick him to the curb (it’s about time).
Terrell Owens will also continue to wear that same hat, but look good while doing it. Editor’s note: Give it up, Tony. Neither the hat, nor the girl, make you look even remotely cool.
Look for the Mets’ closer controversy to start early. After K-Rod blows a few saves in April, Mets fans will begin begging for J.J. Putz to start closing games.
This web site will continually prove its immaturity by making 36 ridiculously bad J.J. Putz name jokes by the All-Star break.
Aaron Heilman will finally get a chance to become a starting pitcher. Unfortunately for the Mariners, though, the fact that he only has two pitches will continue to plague him. Just like in New York, look for Aaron “The Crybaby” Heilman to end up in the bullpen by year’s end.
Brett Favre will retire.
One of the Spears girls will become pregnant… again. Odds are it will be Jamie Lynn, but don’t count out Britney or mother Lynne.
Brett Favre will unretire.
In an attempt to clear cap room, the New York Knicks will trade David Lee, Nate Robinson, Chris Duhon and anybody else with a glimmer of talent. Fast forward to 2010, LeBron will end up in New Jersey.
Jealous men everywhere (us included) will continue to make fun of Tom Brady, even though the truth is he is probably the raddest dude to ever walk planet earth.
College football will continue to miss the boat by not implementing a true playoff system.
People will continue to watch college football, despite the fact that there is not a true playoff system.
Tracy Morgan will finally be recognized as the funniest man alive.
O.J. Simpson will rot in jail (better late than never).
Will Ferrell will make yet another average movie about some fringe sport. Our guess is badmitton, but you never know with him. Anything would be better than Blades of Glory.
Greg Oden will be diagnosed with the same thing Brad Pitt’s character had in that Benjamin Button movie. Damn, that kid looks old.
The XFL 2.0 will attempt fill the void left behind by the vacationing Arena Football League. Unfortunately for Vince McMahon, however, his second attempt at putting together a legitimate football league will resemble his attempt to bring pro wrestling back to prominence. The Boogeyman? Really?
Despite Jerry Jones’ claims, Wade Phillips will join Eric Mangini, Romeo Crennel and Rod Marinelli in the NFL unemployment line. Speaking of the Cowboys, we think we find this guy entertaining, but we’re not sure yet. Let us know.
There you have it – The Max’s best guess at what will happen in 2009. What do you think? Do you have a prediction? If so, leave it below; we’d love to read it.
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Oklahoma and Baylor in Big 12 Showdown
No. 6 Baylor Bears are second in the Big 12 standings, but are No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners the real best team in the conference?
Oklahoma and Baylor meet this Saturday at McLane Stadium in Waco, with Baylor's odds laying three points at press time. Kick-off is at 8:00 PM ET on ABC.
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While Baylor leads the entire FBS in scoring at 57.4 points per game, Oklahoma is No. 16 overall in points allowed at 18.1 per game, and the Sooners have played a tougher schedule than the Bears going into Week 11.
The Sooners are the better team according to the FPI, but they're 3-point road dogs (–120) at press time for this contest. Baylor will be starting freshman and blue-chip quarterback Jarrett Stidham for just the second time in place of the injured Seth Russell, who's out for the year with a fractured neck.
Stidham played well last week against the Kansas State Wildcats, but the Bears dropped the cash as 17.5-point road favorites in a 31-24 victory.
Oklahoma, meanwhile, ranks No. 1 on ESPN's Football Power Index, one spot ahead of Baylor. Since their surprise loss to the Texas Longhorns (+17 on neutral ground) in the Red River Showdown, the Sooners have pummeled their last four opponents by a combined score of 232-50.
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New Mental Disorder Identified - WhiMP
Published July 2012 0 Comments
American Psychiatric Association has added a new mental disorder to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – White Male Panic, or WhiMP.
WASHINGTON, DC – After two years of informal classification and diagnosis, the American Psychiatric Association has added a new mental disorder to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – White Male Panic, or WhiMP.
“Let’s face facts, white men are going crazy, in the clinical sense, all over this country,” said APA President Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD. “The number of men being diagnosed with WhiMP has increased over 400% in the last year and with those kind of numbers we really felt that we needed to get classification around the disorder so we can begin treating these people before they become complete and utter assholes and unresponsive to therapy – like (NFL Quarterback) Ben Roethlisberger.”
According to APA, WhiMP is an anxiety disorder found almost exclusively in white males that causes increased paranoia, anger, isolationism, and suspicion directed at anyone who is not a white male.
“WhiMP explains a lot of our recent history including a couple wars, a ton of legislation, Spike TV, the increase in MMA fighting clubs across the country, and why the (Major League Soccer) MLS hasn’t really caught on in the Mid-West,” psychiatrist Wendell Risner said. “White dudes are being bombarded with news stories about how minorities are becoming majorities and how women are commanding more high-paying jobs. It’s all scaring the crap out of them.”
A number of high profile men have been diagnosed as WhiMPs including Mel Gibson, comedian Adam Corolla, Hank Williams Jr., all conservative talk show hosts, and every ranking member of the Republican Party.
“Basically, anyone suffering from WhiMP will lash out at anything that isn’t ‘white male,’” said APA Board of Trustee member, Gwyneth Otaolaurruchi, M.D. “WhiMPs, as we call them, are terrified of just about everything outside of their control. When a WhiMP sees a minority or, say, a woman with confidence and strength, the WhiMP will often react by either pissing themselves, running away or passing legislation. In extreme cases, they will lash out at the person that they’re scared of, like a cornered animal. Now these are pretty rare cases because, for the most part, WhiMPs are, well, wimps. But every once in a while, you’ll see that happen.”
Those who suffer from WhiMP are easily identified, said Otto van Dyrek, M.D.
“Oh, yeah. WhiMPs are very easy to identify. If you see an overweight, middle-aged, Christian, white male who votes Republican you’ve more than likely just seen a WhiMP. Not all overweight, middle-aged, Christian, white, Republican males are WhiMPs and not all WhiMPs are overweight, middle-aged, Christian, white male, Republican but the majority are.”
Psychiatrists say that the disorder can, in part, explain much of the current political climate.
“Think about it this way, we have a black president,” van Dyrek said. “A black man, has supreme power. To WhiMPs, that’s like the first movie of the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ series. Did you see that movie? Sure, now it’s fairly tame, but back in the day that was the epitome of scary. That’s what it’s like right now for WhiMPs. Every waking moment is seeded in fear. That’s a horrible way to live.”
In a recent article in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a clinical study determined that as many as 60 percent of white, male Americans may suffer from WhiMP. For those suffering from WhiMP, the APA recommends an extensive treatment including forcing the affected white male to move to an inner-city apartment, listen to hip-hop, eat Indian cuisine, and watch only the Lifetime and LOGO television channels.
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Why are taxes so hard to file?
The answer is easy: Intuit, makers of TurboTax, has spent over $10,000,000 lobbying the federal government to keep it from reforming the tax code. Both Democrats and Republicans have been recipients of lobbyists’ money on this issue, and both have kept tax-reform bills from passing.
Your W-2 and 1099 forms should be arriving by the end of the month, so unless you’ve got the dough for an accountant, you’ll probably have to use TurboTax 2014 unless you’re in the mood to sweat out a stack of forms with a pencil, a calculator, and a heavy sense of resentment towards everyone involved.
Duct Tape Wallets
Are you tired of your duct-tape wallet looking like an Etsy sort-by-low-price page? Throw your handmade DTW in the trash and treat yourself with a Ducti professionally-made duct-tape wallet. It’s a dipshit look with a regular-wallet price tag.
Dad’s New Shirt
Dad, please. Take off that Long Sleeve Clubbing Shirt With Embroidery! You look like–
Dad. Please.
Healing Autism by Bleaching Your Children
These ladies wrote a book telling people to give their children chlorine dioxide (bleach tablets that you put in a hot tub) to cure their autism. And, unfortunately, it seems like a lot of people did what she told them.
Earthing: A medical scam
What is “Earthing”? It’s a medical hoax that purports to cure your ailments by connecting you electrically to earth. This is a conductive mat which comes with a huge alternative-medicine price tag, and like most hoax products, it’s made out of about five bucks’ worth of plastic and wire. You plug it into your wall socket, where it connects to the ground plug, and then the magic starts.
If you’re convinced that this isn’t horseshit, you can read the book “Earthing: The most important health discovery ever?” The answer to that is probably no, but maybe you’re really gullible, and you want to get an even more expensive Earthing sheet set for your bed, and nail your ass to the ground while you sleep.
Breast Melons
The seller of these “breast melons” is perpetrating a hoax. This picture comes from an art installation in Vietnam, not from an actual plant that was grown from seed. (I can’t show the nipples here, as stupid as that sounds, but the original picture’s on the listing.)
They’re regular squash seeds, according to the reviews of people who bought and grew them. It’s more believable than the people selling blue strawberries, but it’s still not real, unfortunately.
X-Rated Fortune Cookies
I thought I’d take a moment to write my own x-rated fortune cookies, because these aren’t very “x-rated”, and they’re not funny. If it were up to me:
Tonight, a mysterious presence will crank you off.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a hog-crank.
You will soon embark on a magnificent journey, on a bus, so you don’t have to drive, so you can crank it.
Fortune favors the hog.
Crank the hog while it is still hot.
You can click through to see what they actually say, but I’ll warn you: mine are better.
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On Music, Sound Effects, Story
Jonathan Blow November 19, 2015 November 19, 2015 Announcements, Development
Music and Sound Effects
Once in a while I get a question, from someone who really liked the music in Braid, what the soundtrack in The Witness is like. The answer to this question is that there isn't one. There is (almost) no music in the game. This is not an arbitrary decision, but is in fact very important to the coherence of the thing we are making.
The Witness is a game about being perceptive: noticing subtleties in the puzzles you find, noticing details in the world around you. If we slather on a layer of music that is just arbitrarily playing, and not really coming from the world, then we're adding a layer of stuff that works against the game. It'd be like a layer of insulation that you have to hear through in order to be more present in the world.
Instead, we put a great deal of care into the sounds of the world around you, in a way that maximizes immersion in the game. This is made trickier by the game's setting: you are alone on this island, and there are not even any other animals. There are no birds in the trees! In everyday life if we imagine the sound of nature, we'll think of some elements that have no place on the island: a forest naturally has the sounds of birds, plains with smaller shrubbery will have crickets, a marsh will have the sounds of many insects. There's none of that in this game because in this game you are really alone, and it has forced us to be very creative with the audio in order to ensure things have depth and texture to them. This work is being done by Wabi Sabi Sound, who did the sound for the very atmospheric Dead Space series, and more recently some smaller, artier games like Ori and the Blind Forest.
We thought it would be fun to release a few more small videos to give you more of a feel of what the world of the game is like, so here's:
Story and Voicework
Lately I have been doing a lot of work on story and voice acting stuff. When wandering around the island, you may find voice recordings that were placed by ... well, at the outset of the game, you don't know who; and as the game goes along, there is an interesting mystery to unfold about who these people are or were. In the game currently we have what is known as "temp voice", which is me reading all the parts under very noisy conditions and just getting them into the game so we can make sure the data works properly with the engine, to get all the subtitles into the game and roughly synced with the audio (which we need to do sooner than later so we can give the translators those subtitles, which they will translate into many different languages).
We have cast the real actors and starting tomorrow we'll do our first test readings with those actors. We'll use this to get a new layer of temp voice in the game, which will get it closer to final; this will allow me to see how the game really feels with this stuff in there, possibly to adjust the nuances of the way the recordings appear in the game and the way they are played back. When everything feels good we'll do a set of final recording sessions. There's not a whole lot of time until release, and we have several holidays coming up, but we'll get it done!
We are working with Warner Brothers Game Audio in Burbank, California to do the voice stuff; they are providing the facilities and voice direction and production assistance. After we do a few recording sessions I will have more details to share in this department.
Earlier, I mentioned subtitles. As many games do, we will be localizing our game so that people who speak many different languages will be able to understand the words. We are not recording voice acting in different languages, mainly because it is pretty hard to make sure quality is high when you do that. It is hard enough making sure acting is good in just *one* language. We generally seem to feel the same way about movies: a foreign-language dub of a movie is generally considered to be inferior to a subtitled version, because the acting is so important.
Our localization efforts will involve menu text and subtitles, just as for a good movie.
This is not 100% final, but here's the list of languages we are planning to have translations for, at launch:
We may add more languages later but man this stuff is expensive, so there is a limit to how many languages we can do at once.
We will have more news for you before too long!
Architecture in Video Games
Entering the Home Stretch
Interested to hear how the role of voice narration has changed in the game. I recall you saying in a recent podcast interview that you were thinking of removing part of the audio diaries because of a feeling of conflict with the game’s aesthetic. Is that something you can talk about?
I think we’ll go into more detail about that a little later when we can say more in concrete terms of what we *are* doing. But yeah, I did change the direction of the audio as mentioned in that interview, and I am very happy with the final form of it.
I’ll be interested to find out why the recordings are there. No doubt there’s a very good reason. But I’ve always found audio diaries to be a lazy way to shoehorn story into games. The recordings have no reason to be there in the first place, and the story they communicate could almost always be done with better environmental storytelling. I hope this is the exception!
As a fan of ambient, surreal scores like Robyn Miller’s score to Riven, I can’t deny I am disappointed at the lack of score. I found your explanation interesting because it’s very similar to the Miller brother’s initial feelings about scoring Myst. But then they tried it, and I cannot imagine the Myst games without their scores.
DAS k1ishEé
I wonder if the game will contain a logical reason, why a small island like this is capeable of producing a river that size :D
Bupknar
Or how plants are pollinated without insects!
It’s called artistic license.
isaiah everin
Excited to hear this, thanks for being transparent about these aspects of your development. As a developer in training, it really gives a lot of perspective and informs how I’ll take in the game when we finally get to play it. Good stuff.
Its a great to have an Arabic language, hope the translation is ready at launch.
This really sounds great. :-D
I recently watched an interesting video about implementing sound for VR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwFN9sFcso
I guess the sounds in the Witness aren´t combined with objects in the game. So that there is real 3D-Sound like suggested in the video above, or is it?
I really don´t know how you implement sounds in a game. I just love good sound and I am a musician myself.
So how hard is it to make The Witness a really good VR experience assuming that hardware isn´t the problem for the consumer?
To be save I dont want to suggest more work. I get that there is still a ton to do until release. But I´m just curious. And who knows maybe The Witness would really fit VR and sell really well.
I vote for a VR edition of The Witness but, please, AFTER the regular game is released.
Well of course. VR isn´t really out yet. I also guess that the Ipad version will have a higher priority after the initial launch.
But for now I just want to play the game. It´s so close guys. :-D
Stewart Burns
While VR isn’t out yet (realistically it is, but ‘the big three’ at least), the Vive will be out, albeit in limited numbers, when The Witness arrives.
Given the nature and apparent length of the game, revisiting it in VR seems kind of unlikely for the vast majority of players. If the Vive support is there day one, and someone is lucky enough to have a headset, I can imagine it’ll be a great experience, but it seems like something that’s going to benefit very few people if it’s essentially retrospective due to late implementation or hardware availability.
I would really like to see a blog update on the status of the VR development though. How locomotion is being handled, if both major PC headsets will be supported. If Valve’s wands will work, etc.
With a game so focused on observation, what better way to examine the world than within VR? Despite the prolonged development, it’s kind of a shame it’s not another couple of months out and it could have been on all three for launch. Most people are not going to want to hold off on the first experience to be with VR, even if it would be to their benefit, I imagine.
Hey John, I’m buying a PS4 just for The Witness but Idk if I should get one soon on Black Friday or wait if there’ll be a special edition or bundle with the PS4? I ask because of the physical statue you had printed which makes me believe that The Witness may have planed a physical release and other things with Sony, perhaps? Also will the game be showed at the Playstation Experience this December so more people know about it?
I *really* appreciate this post, a lot of details I didn’t really know the dynamics of before now.
At this stage– having written, tested, and performed each speaking role yourself, how much room for variance do you expect the VAs to have (be it in tone, delivery, manner of speaking, etc.)?
I’ve always been rather curious just how much of the performance is defined by a voice actor, I guess.
Well, I have never really been trying to give real performances in the temp voice. In the beginning I did a little bit, just to see how much work it would take if I were to read those parts in the shipping game, but even that was really more about recording under different ambiences and noise levels as an experiment to see how it would feel in the game.
Once it became clear we would be able to hire actors who would deliver good performances, my readings became much more perfunctory, and really just about getting the bits into the game at all.
So as a result — we won’t be using these as a guide for the actual acting. In fact I doubt the actors will ever hear those temp voice pieces. They are more for my own sake!
Hi Jon. Funny, I was just about to ask how things were coming along. Glad to get a chance to see (and hear) for myself :-)
Particularly neat to see the running water, as I don’t think we’ve gotten a good look at that yet. It must be exciting, but perhaps daunting, to have to finalize and commit to many things that have remained open items for so long.
soooooo hyyyyppppeeeddd
To be fair it’s perfectly natural to want to hype something one’s put much work in. It’s hyping something without the effort and polish that’s disingenuous.
i wasn’t saying “hyped” in a negative way, i was saying it meaning “i am excited”
sorry for misunderstandings
Huh, looking at the demo, the scene is indeed beautiful, but don’t you think it’s a little bit “static”? I mean listen to the sound, it’s got strong wind (a little too strong actually… It almost sounds like huge white noise…), and you can hear the leaves singing when the camera goes past the trees, but what you can see is a lot of still trees without even the leaves moving. That incompatibility gives you strange feelings. Just an advice~
Oh BTW music doesn’t always jeopardize players’ immersive feelings to one game. I mean look at Lostwinds by Frontier, its properly composed music enriches the depth of the scene and actually makes the game more immersive.
Have you ever looked at trees from a comparable height in actual life, when not in gale-force winds?
They don’t, you know, move that much.
Yes, but I’m talking about *completely* still here like model trees (well, I mean real-life models), even though the environmental sound gives you the feeling that some strong winds are blowing, that’s against the life experience (especially for beach trees with broad leaves, or tall trees with thin branches and sharp tip, etc.).
(Please pardon me for being completist here, because we all have high expectations on this game :D)
Agree about the trees, the leaves not moving feels weird , and it is indeed noticeable from above. (Although this may be too complicated of a technical problem to implement as late in the development cycle, and it’s excusable).
The leaves move, it’s just slow and subtle…. you know, like real life. Watch the release date trailer again and if you look carefully at 0:18 (puzzle with the magenta-colored background) you can see on the right-hand side of the panel the shadow of the leaves slowly swaying.
they seem to not be moving mostly because the camera is panning– a lot of games exaggerate foliage movement precisely for this reason, but seeing as you’ll likely not be running and shooting much in this game, and also considering that much of the gameplay will require the camera to be still, I think in this case a realistic approach to foliage animation is best
Everyone is making such a big deal about trees not moving… Honestly, when you look at a simple aspect as such, look at it’s entirety first, then make the approach of a suggestion (and be bold about it!); a to realistic gamer is a sad gamer. Besides, the trees are done fine, and they do move!
And also, I don’t want to be annoying, but are the stiff animations on inanimate objects intentional?
Getting an authoritative answer from Jon wold be great (to know what’s this about, see my comment —and Chris Bell’s— on the “New trailer and interviews!” post by searching for “animations” there). ;-)
I could swear I heard sounds of life. But I guess that is just my brain adding things it assumes are there? Weird.
I don’t know much about game audio, but the video sounded a bit strange with headphones to me (complete stereo separation of some things). Obviously for a video you can’t have different sound options without including discreet tracks in the file, but is there going to be a headphone option in the actual game?
Super keen btw :)
Matthew VanDevander
Looks and sounds good. Thanks for the work putting together an update for us impatient fools. :)
If anyone tried to click the subtitled image to see the hi-res version, here it is http://the-witness.net/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/limited.png
I’m stunned by the care you put into every single aspect of this game! Things like translations are so often botched because no one really cares about it.
A question – I’m going to have to get some new hardware to play the game – is there any reason to prefer PC or PS4?
It just depends on which platform you like. It is the same game on PC and PS4 (though we have lower-quality modes for lower-end PCs, but the PS4 always runs at high quality).
clemzio
Is it me or there’s something slightly wrong with the water reflection in this screenshot?
Ryan T
Thanks for the update! Jan is almost here!
tuxlu
Do you need someone for the french subtitles?
I did the translations for the Indie Game the Movie bonuses
and contributed to the french translation of Portal Stories: Mel (Portal2 mod).
Anyway, I guess you need a professionnal work, to be sure to get a good translation, in time, and without risk of the translator spoiling your game,
but, I still offer you my help, it would be an honor to translate your game!
PS: and now I figure out that if I could translate The Witness, It would spoil me the entire game :(
But I can sacrifice myself for the french gamers.
If needed, I can offer my help for the french translation.
I was about to beg you guys to do Latin American for Spanish and not Spain, but I see you have both. What a relief. Nothing again Spain but their translations for both movies and books are never international or “neutral” as we call them.
May I ask who is doing the Latin American translation and what country it’s from?
(Warner Brothers usually uses Mexico for translation like in Spike Jonze’s Her, but some times Chile and Argentina are used.)
The translation for Braid was great for the most part because it used neutral/international Spanish, but at times intricate meaning gets lost in translation. Sometimes they didn’t set accurate words to create sentences properly.
Thanks to this I was able to share Braid with my 60 year old father, who absolutely loved the game. So this is very important to me. When Spain is in charge of translation they translate only for Spain and no body else. When a Latin America country like Mexico or Venezuela is in charge, they translate for the whole continent, and we have always been very aware of this!
The video screenshot made me want to cry! :’)
I’m so excited for this game that I’m just posting on this site again. I am going to buy the game on launch for PS4, and then I will buy a 2nd physical copy for fun and to show my love and appreciation to the developers!
Utkun
Hey Jonathan, I’ll be willing to make a Turkish subtitle for your game if you are interested. I am translating subtitles for movies as a hobby and I am pretty good at it.
rpgdan
It’s great to get an insight into how a game like this is made. Even better when it’s able to reveal some of the third parties that help out like Wabi Sabi.
Interesting to see Indonesian on that list! Was there a lot of interest from Indonesia for Braid? Indonesian should make it nicely readable for people in Malaysia to, as the language are quite similar (bahasa mealy and bahasa indonesia). Indonesia is jumping over owning a personal computer for the most part and going straight to smart phone / tablet.
I just did Indonesian because it is a pretty big place that not a lot of game people localize to usually. It was more of a “why not?” kind of a thing. I don’t know if this means anyone extra there will buy the game!
Pete S
I’ve stood in forests when the sound of the wind blowing in the treetops was
quite distinct, but not a leaf was stirring at ground level. Just a thought.
I think a distinction needs be made between the setting of a puzzle game
and an accurate depiction of nature as it actually is. The Witness is clearly
an abstracted version of a very particular “natural” environment. An absolutely
truthful representation of nature is not only unnecessary, it might ultimately
detract from the gameplay.
I’ve played a few games in which an attempt at depicting vegetation moving
in the wind was unconvincing at best and weirdly creepy a worst. I don’t
think anyone has done it convincingly.
It’s obvious, I think, that this team has tried to create a game with a unique
aesthetic in terms of both the gameplay and the setting.
the vanishing of ethan carter (I believe) did pretty well to simulate vegetation in stormy weather, fit nicely with the aesthetic the game was shooting for– just thought I might make a note of that for you
though also in that case the game wasn’t really aiming for realism
Seeing that river, which is gorgeous by the way, made me wonder about traversal. How free is character movement? Can we swim if we choose? Are there invisible walls, and how do you deal with fall damage?
I’ve been following this blog for quite a while and I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on it. It’d be great to get a new wallpaper of the island. I have a feeling mine is out of date.
Generally speaking, from what Jon has said before, the game attempts to always use natural barriers when restricting player movement. This does require some conceit that you can’t walk off cliff edges or into the water, but creates a much more predictable world than many other games. For example, many games put doors on buildings that actually are not doors and cannot be opened, or have invisible walls between two trees where one should visibly be able to walk. The Witness attempts to restrict movement in natural ways whenever possible, and predictable ways when not entirely “natural.”
As for jumping and fall damage, there is no jumping or falling in the game, I believe. Usually the idea is that all places you can go are accessible traveling both ways.
Virgile
Great news that you are working with Wabi Sabi Sound. Thanks for the screenshot video.
For those asking about the trees, I asked myself the same question a long time ago but in the gameplay video you can clearly see thet the vegetation is moving when you are close. It’s a slow movement just what you need in a “quiet” game about perception.
Hello guys, can’t wait to play this game with my girlfriend, we can’t get enough of this kind of game !!! I just had one question, will The Witness be compatible with VR sets ? It would be such an awesome feature with those graphics !
JKYZ
“The Witness is a game about being perceptive: noticing subtleties in the puzzles you find, noticing details in the world around you.”
If puzzles depend on noticing sounds around you, are there ways for players who cannot hear or do not have sound turned on to solve these puzzles through captioning of some sort?
Looks great! Can’t wait for January!
Jonathan said this about Braid’s story in the past: “The game means something very definite to me, it’s not a linear story kind of thing. It’s an unverbalisable concept kind of thing, but those story elements contribute very heavily to that…”
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a284605/braid-ending-explained-by-jonathan-blow/
I wonder what you all think – will the Witness follow a similar narrative path?
———— Braid spoilers below ————
By that I mean like how in Braid there seems to be an ‘easy’ interpretation: “Tim is looking for his lost love/the princess and some other stuff happens.”
An ‘symbolic’ interpretation (still essentially an ‘easy’ interpretation in my mind): “Tim is a scientist and the princess is the atomic bomb.”
And a ‘conceptual’ interpretation: “There is no ONE verbalisable thing Braid is about. It is about many things including lofty subjects like creation, destruction, ambition, love, and isolation.”
I’m sure interpretations aren’t strictly limited to my three categories – but it helps me to look at it this way. Point is – I’d be surprised if the Witness doesn’t have a somewhat similar structure.
There’s an ‘easy’ meaning for the people that just want to play it and be done with it and then several other more ‘difficult’ meanings that come from solving more puzzles and also investing more time into understanding the story elements (text, statues, etc.).
Nate, Braid like any well crafted thing has multiple layers and every layer could have a different and sometimes even contradictory interpretation. The definite meaning John was probably referring to was the search for destructive knowledge which is the main focus of Braid communicated through gameplay.
The Witness similarly will be layered and have multiple things inside it to contribute to different subjects and interpretations that try to communicate different things. The most important things will probably be gameplay again and this is the whole game split into two parts (Braid had it’s main part as a platformer and exploration/object collection through puzzles) 1)screen line-maze-puzzles and part 2) observation.
In Braid great moments of epiphany happened by witnessing strange and different behaviors in time. I The Witness great moments of epiphany and discovery (the main focus of the game) will happen by seeing; a reflection on the water, a flash of light in a cloud, a bubble in a stream, a collision between a shadow and the light.
Hello guys, a have a question about puzzles that you complete in the game. If you want to can you activate a completed puzzle panel to try it again? I ask because you learn a lot from what doesn’t work as well as what does. If hypothetically for example the first thing you try in a puzzle is correct then you haven’t learned as much as you might have hoped. By trying other variations (some of which might work) you’ll learn a lot more about the rules of the puzzle.
Judging from gameplay demos, you are able to retry puzzles, even if you’ve already completed them.
10 bucks says there’s at least one puzzle that has Obvious solution 1 and an obfuscated, tricky solution 2.
And you know what? I’ll be stumped for hours, find the obfuscated, tricky solution and feel amazing, then find the same puzzle on youtube with the obvious solution and feel like a dummy.
Just want to let you guys know that i’m willing to make a localization of this game in Vietnamese :)
Adam Bogocz
I know that your languages list is long enough, but still I am curious, was a Czech support was in candidates list ? I get that most probably you will remove some language from the list rather then adding another.
Also I see that some guys offered help with their native language and I totally understand reasons why you won’t/can’t accept it.
Oddkins
Very beautiful screenshot/video. I can cleary see there is a tonne of unseen and hidden details there and you folks have clearly been cluttering up the world. It looks jam packed with details.
Also I always thought it would be kind of cool if Jon did the final VO in the game. I honestly figured that’s what was coming anyhow. But, you guys will feel out what is best!
I’ve been attempting to forget about the Witness until late January.
It will be nice to get a Game of the Year in January for a change. What that says for the rest of the year, I don’t know.
oddkins! you’re back!
Ryan T.
somewhere between now and 0126, Sony absolutely needs to work on the long-asked-for-anyway “appear offline” option. If i continue to see
“John joined a party, you can join too!”
“Scott joined a party, you can join too!”,
“Scott has invited you to join party!”
“Scott has sent you a message”
while I’m trying to be immersed in this game, I’m not gonna be a happy camper
@Ryan T.
PS4 or PS3: Settings>Notifications> Display Notifications> Off
(This truns off Friends, Messages, Trophies, Alerts, Sign in/out and Download notifications. )
Was that so hard?
Comments like this are my pet peeve actually.
We are drowning today in crappy computer systems that do not value the user’s attention or peace of mind, and we are expected to then spend the extra time and attention to figure out how to change all this stuff to reasonable settings — and then do it again, and again, every time an OS “upgrade” changes the settings back.
Multiplied by the number of different computers I use every day, the whole situation is absurd and horrible. When you say “was that so hard?” I just get instantly angry.
Not to mention the fact that it was just rude to begin with.
Life: Be a civil human being- Don’t be a know it all- Share your information freely without snark-profit.
Any word yet on the game’s price?
Jon m
just noticed the game is up on steam now. No price yet but I put it on my wishlist
Lestibournes
I’d like to add a voice in favor of Hebrew. I’m very disappointed at how few games support Hebrew at all.
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Chance the Rapper marries longtime girlfriend
Chance the Rapper tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend in a star-studded ceremony
LOS ANGELES — Chance the Rapper tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend in a star-studded ceremony.
The Chicago-based rapper posted several photos of him and Kirsten Corley on his Instagram and Twitter accounts on Monday. He captioned his photos with him sporting a white tuxedo with black pants and her wearing a strapless white dress writing "The Bennetts."
Reports say the couple married in Newport Beach, California on Saturday.
The 25-year-old rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Jonathan Bennett, shared another photo of him with Kanye West, Dave Chappelle and Kirk Franklin.
Last week, Chance the Rapper posted a story on social media of how he met Corley when he was 9-years-old at his mother's office party. He called their marriage "destiny."
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The Records Division of the Fayetteville Police Department is a civilian support unit, which provides general record maintenance and data entry for the department. The Records Division employs 1 customer service representative and 10 Police Support Specialists which are responsible for:
Entering arrest data into in-house and District Court computer system
Entering data from traffic citations into the district court computer
Processing accident investigation reports
Processing of requests for reports
Transcribing audio taped reports and interviews from officers
Civilian Police Support Specialists have been trained to interview and take reports in reference to stolen property and non-violent crimes against person from Fayetteville citizens. These reports are then forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Division for additional review and follow up investigation.
The Records Division handles a large number of requests for reports, the most common being accident, arrest, and case reports. In general accident reports can be released as soon as the Records Division receives the report from the Patrol Division. The reports are generally received from the Patrol Division and available within 3-5 business days.
The most common case report request is for reports on lost or stolen items. These reports generally don't need a lengthy follow up investigation and can be released with few restrictions. Case reports which are still under investigation because of arrests made or arrests pending, cannot be released until the investigation is completed. Requests for these reports will be referred to the Prosecutor's Office for further information.
Arrest Reports
Arrest Reports are the officer's notes on the arrest of a suspect. These reports will be released only after the suspect arrested has gone to court and the courts have adjudicated the case.
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NDC Executives Ask Doe Adjaho To Step Down As MP
March 16, 2011 1 Comment
Some executives of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Avenor-Ave constituency in the Volta Region are asking their MP Doe Adjaho not to contest the seat the sixth time. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament reportedly pledged in 2008 not to seek re-election if he was allowed to contest for the fifth and last time
I.C. Quaye Announces His Retirement From Parliament
March 14, 2011 Leave a comment
Sheikh I.C. Quaye yesterday formally announced his intention not to contest for parliament in 2012 but not without anointing a man he described as his successor. The decision to anoint Henry Quartey as his “anointed one”, he explained, was the culmination of a meeting of the constituency executives. “I am announcing that I am not going to contest in the 2012 parliamentary election. I am making the announcement formally, although you have heard it in some quarters already,” he said
Maame Dokono To Run For Parliament
March 9, 2011 1 Comment
Popular actress, Grace Omaboe, affectionately called Maame Dokono, appears to be on course towards the realization of her dream to represent the people of New Abirim in the Eastern Region in the nation’s Legislature. She made her first abortive attempt to enter Parliament in 2000 when she contested the parliamentary election in the New Abirim constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress
Konadu Rawlings can run for NDC flagbearership – Asiedu Nketia
The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has deflated the assertion that the purported presidential ambition of the former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, was affecting the stability of the party
Nduom: CPP is best alternative party for Ghana
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, the 2008 Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples' Party (CPP, has announced that the party is introducing reforms to make it attractive to the youth ahead of the 2012 general election. He noted that with more than 10,000 fans on the social network Facebook whom he interacts with on regular basis, he is going to sell the CPP’s policies
Zita: I can beat Nana Addo for Dome Kwabenya seat
Former Minister of Information and Tourism, and a failed NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency, Zita Okaikoi has vowed to knock off all her opponents in the 2012 elections. The Ex-Minister, who was relieved of her office by President Mills in his 2011 'Action Year' cabinet reshuffle, believes not even the NPP’s 2012 Flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo can win if pitted against her for the Dome Kwabenya seat
Freddie Blay: ‘I Have Resigned From CPP For NPP’
Former First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Freddie Blay says he no more considers himself a member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP). The former CPP MP for Ellembele told Citi FM he is amenable to joining the main opposition New Patriotic Party. He became First Deputy Speaker with the support and endorsement of the NPP Majority in Parliament during the Kufuor administration
Kufuor leads observer mission for Nigerian elections
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived in Abuja, the Nigerian capital Monday night to lead a pre-election assessment mission of the International Republican Institute (IRI) of next April’s general elections in that country
Kwesi Pratt is a hypocrite – CPP group
A group calling itself the Former Tertiary Heads and Associates of Teschart of the CPP, has criticised outspoken member of the party for condemning power struggles in the party. Mr Kwesi Pratt reportedly expressed concern that intense struggle for power in the Convention People's Party was negatively affecting the party's efforts to regroup and win power
Zongo women declare support for Konadu Rawlings
A group calling itself NDC Zongo Women has declared its unflinching support for the former first lady Nana Kondau Agyeman Rawlings’s presidential ambition. The group which is made up of NDC Zongo women across the country held a press conference in Kumasi on Saturday and declared its unalloyed support for the candidature of Nana Konadu as the party’s presidential candidature for the 2012 elections
Samia Nkrumah challenges gender advocates to contest Elections 2012
Ms Samia Nkrumah, the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) Member of Parliament for Jomoro at the weekend challenged gender advocates to join the Elections 2012 contest as they seek to empower other women to contest for elective positions
Statement: Welcome CPP to save Ghana now!
The Convention People’s Party CPP wishes to caution Ghanaians against the mistake of voting for the NDC or NPP in the 2012 general elections. By their record, it is obvious they do not deserve to govern Ghana
NPP to slash filing fee
February 4, 2011 Leave a comment
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reconsidered its decision to charge its aspiring Members of parliament (MP) GH¢16,000 as filing fee for next year’s general elections. The party has plans of reducing the GH¢16,000 that it recently proposed as the filing fee that eligible candidates have to pay before realizing their ambitions
NDC to hold crunch meeting today
February 2, 2011 2 Comments
Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings would not be impeded in her quest to seek the presidential nomination of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Today has gathered ahead of a crunch party meeting today
Baba Jamal Arrests NPP Man In Show Of Power
January 26, 2011 Leave a comment
The Eastern regional executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday addressed a press conference at Akyem Oda in a reaction to what they described as an ‘unlawful’ arrest of the party’s polling station organizer at Akwatia last Sunday, which was allegedly engineered by deputy Eastern regional minister Mohammed Baba Jamal
Johnson Asiedu-Nketia: NDC is inviolable
Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Sunday observed that the party was inviolable and using performance as a measuring rod it could trounce all opposition in the next general election
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In the Fray
Alder Manor, OMPHALOS (2015 release) first week of principle. John Luka (Greg Bennick) has just survived a flying machine accident, crashing into a dumpster full of lightbulbs. We block his assent up an Escher-like stairway (photo by Berchaun Nicholls).
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Home / Ghosts & Hauntings / Haunt ME Season 4: One of the Web’s Greatest Ghost Hunting Series Returns With Chilling New Episodes
Haunt ME Season 4: One of the Web’s Greatest Ghost Hunting Series Returns With Chilling New Episodes
By Greg Newkirk on 04/27/2017@nuekerk
The intrepid ghost hunters from Haunt ME have been investigating Maine’s eerie legends for three seasons full of isolated lighthouses, haunted high schools, and bed & breakfasts where bumps in the night are complimentary with every stay. Now the Haunt ME team have returned for their biggest season yet, and this time, they brought some famous friends along.
With a solid decade of paranormal programming filling the airwaves, and countless independently-produced ghost hunting shows available on the internet, to create something truly original in the reality space is a daunting task, but Haunt ME have done so with ease. Maybe it’s because there are so few paranormal shows with such a strong female presence. Maybe it’s because the team’s ghost hunting methods are so unique. Maybe it’s because they very obviously care about the locations they investigate – and the spirits that reside inside them. Whatever the case may be, Haunt ME has proven itself to be one of the best ghost hunting shows in production, and it isn’t even on cable.
Haunt ME follows the adventures of team lead and historian Ashley Brooks, manesologist Carol Cleveland, tech analyst Ty Gowen, and occultist Katie Webb as they track down some of Maine’s spookiest haunts. The team makes use of tried and true ghost hunting techniques from the modern age, combines them with traditional occult methods of spirit communication, and present the results in a half-hour program with production value that rivals anything you’d see on television, and with a level of heart rarely seen on big budget productions.
“We’ve done three seasons. If you don’t believe ghosts are real yet, stop watching our show. We’re done trying to convince you,” Ty Gowen half-jokingly told The Big Seance’s Patrick Keller. “We’re coming back in and we’re going to try and help the things we’re interacting with, and help the people who have to interact with them on a daily basis.”
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Premiering on May 1, Haunt ME‘s fourth season sees the team investigating a number of new haunts, including one the team says is more dangerous than many before it, but that’s only the beginning. Season four also sends Haunt ME back to some of their most puzzling and paranormally-active locations, this time with some help from friends like Ghost Hunters‘ Grant Wilson, Paranormal State‘s Chip Coffey, and even Greg Newkirk & Dana Matthews, the curators of the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult.
“This season we’ll challenge preconceived notions, face fears, and rely on one another to get through it all,” promises Ashley Brooks. But don’t take her word for it, watch the killer trailer for season four of Haunt ME below and see for yourself.
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7 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The Week (June 18)
Hugs, Pizza, FaceTime, and Bears.
Some weeks in wrestling just aren’t good. This was one of them.
Raw was terrible the last 2 hours and 50 minutes of the show. Featuring two badass wrestlers as badasses in the opening segment was the only interesting thing that happened all night. SmackDown was uninspired and failed in making either Money in the Bank match feel like a can’t miss event. Impact delivered one of the worst episodes of their latest era by having every babyface go over strong just two weeks before their first pay-per-view of the year. NXT featured three squash matches in the course of an hour. And only 14 people watched 205 Live. Give or take about five.
Fans are aggressively tuning out of the WWE product (somehow Impact did their second best rating of the year). That should be a clear message that what they are doing isn't working. And yet, the course stubbornly remains the same. Instead of wondering how to make wrestlers feel like stars, the question seems to be: how many bear puns is it possible to cram into a single segment? Oh, bother. Sadly, even multiple balls of fire are not going to turn this thing around.
One can bearly handle how bad things were this week.
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Posted On: 18th Jun 2017
Andrew Soucek
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at." Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week. Follow along @AndrewSoucek and check out my podcast at wrestlingwithfriends.com
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Changing management is not a reason to sack the chef
South Oakleigh Club’s board changed in mid to late 2015. The board decided to improve that it was time to improve the food.
Mr Fernando was head chef at the time. The SOC didn’t give him the opportunity to demonstrate that could deliver the new menu. Instead, it sacked him.
Mr Fernando brought a claim for unfair dismissal.
The SOC try to claim poor hygiene and warnings about his performance. That didn’t stack up at the Fair Work Commission. A claim that the chef didn’t have the ability to make the changes in the kitchen didn’t fly either. He was given no opportunity to implement a new menu and the menu decisions were made by his superiors.
The FWC found that:
“Mr Fernando’s dismissal was as a result of the Board seeking to take a new direction for which they had decided Mr Fernando had no place.”
The decision to dismiss was made well before Mr Fernando was given any opportunity to respond.
Clubs: if you’ve decided to implement changes, you need to at least give those already employed a shot at making those changes. They’re either going to be effectively performance managed out, or they’ll surprise you. Give them the chance – it will help you avoid an unfair dismissal claim later. Same goes for restaurants and cafes.
The FWC hasn’t made a decision on the remedy yet.
Further reading: Fernando v South Oakleigh Club Incorporated T/A South Oakleigh Club (SOC) [2016] FWC 8572
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Green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. Courtesy Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre
Archaeologist Colin Grier with a newly uncovered Marpole point. Staff photo
Amidst the clamshells and “fire-altered rock,” a midden offers tantalizing clues about a culture. Staff photo
Drawing of the Dionisio Point village as it may have looked 1,500 years ago. Illustration Neil Miller
Mussels on Galiano Island. Nora Melzer
Gallery: Archaeology on Galiano Island
Gallery: Seascapes from Salish Sea, Study 2 by David Ellingsen
Mountains and Rivers and Prairies Without End | Spring 2014
Watching the sea | Winter 2013
The Law and the Land | Winter 2012
Sacred Encounters | Spring 2012
Cross-cultural pen pals | Fall 2011
by Tim Steury | © Washington State University
It must have been quite the feast.
No one remembers the host. Or how many guests there were. Or how long it lasted. Or even when it was exactly, though 650 years ago is a good guess. We do, on the other hand, know what they ate—approximately 10,000 sea urchins.
Archaeologist Colin Grier and I are standing at the back corner of what was once a longhouse on the northern tip of Galiano Island at the southern end of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.
In 2010, Grier and his crew, intent on another project, had nearly passed on this ancient longhouse. But they decided to quickly dig a test pit, just out of curiosity. And bingo, they landed right in a large hearth full of sea urchin remains.
Trees have once again taken over the site where the plank longhouse sat. The outline of the house, approximately 10 by 40 meters, is clear and ghostly. Such a distinct impression is rare, says Grier. There are probably only five or six sites in the whole region with obvious house depressions.
Based on carbon dating, the house was occupied between 650 and 1,000 years ago. There may have been another house, maybe two more, joining this one, though no one has excavated in search of them. These days, a pedestrian path to the beach leads right across the house floor.
The remains of the sea urchin feast date to around the time the house, for whatever reason, was abandoned. It might well have been its last feast.
In his Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Prehistory and Archaeology, archaeologist Kenneth Ames ’76 PhD introduces a sweeping examination of a diverse and complex region stretching from northern California to southern Alaska.
Along this 2,000-kilometer coast (as the raven flies, that is; the coast itself, with its thousands of inlets, is much, much longer), the original peoples were extraordinarily diverse. In the mid-nineteenth century, 39 languages in 11 language groups were spoken along the Northwest Coast.
The Coast Salish alone had scores of local groups, all differing in their traditions, histories, and practices. Among them were the Hul’qumi’num, to which the ancient residents of Galiano Island and their presumed descendents, the Penelakuts, belong, even though the Penelakuts’ oral history has no recollection of these specific villages.
Grier, a Canadian who has spent most of his life on the West Coast, has been exploring the vicinity ’s past for the past 15 years. He joined WSU ’s anthropology program in 2007, filling the position in Northwest archaeology held for 50 years by Robert Ackerman and reinvigorating an emphasis on Northwest coastal archaeology established by Richard Daugherty and the Ozette dig on the Olympic Peninsula in the 1960s.
In 1996, Grier and colleagues were working at another site, Shingle Point on Valdes Island. They had boated over to Galiano on a field trip. “I had all these questions for my dissertation about household organization. I needed a site where I could investigate a large household.”
Now we’re standing in what may have been the house’s front yard, he says, where they found lots of refuse and bone points. Maybe it was a work area, suggested by a piece of worked schist or shale with bone tools next to it.
As substantial and large as it was, the longhouse was moveable and adaptable. A log frame was covered with cedar planks and was modular in design, enabling the inhabitants to easily expand or shrink the house according to space needs.
The inhabitants of the longhouse subsisted over the winter on salmon gathered from the Fraser River to the northeast. In the spring, herring would be the first resource to come back. Then sea mammals and plants. Then in summer or late spring, people would move, take the house planks with them, maybe visit relatives in highlands, maybe hunt deer or collect berries. They would re-gather in the fall, living what Northwest Coast archaeologists call the “winter village pattern.”
At the time the longhouse was occupied, Grier estimates that the population of the greater Salish Sea area was 70,000 or more. The house here at Dionisio Point sheltered probably 60 people. Villages lined the shore every four or five kilometers. Grier says there were probably 500–1,000 people living within an easy day’s paddle.
Ames suggests that the population of the entire Northwest Coast, before the epidemics introduced by Europeans, may have been a million or more.
The important question for Grier, however, is not so much how densely populated the ancient Salish Sea was, but how these people came to settle in households. “Why did these large households come into existence?” he muses.
“I’ve always been interested in household archaeology. It connects the inside of the house to broader changes, to economic patterns in the region.”
Ames, who wrote his dissertation on Ozette, observes in his Peoples of the Northwest Coast that indigenous peoples of the region break all the anthropological stereotypes.
The question lurking in many anthropologists’ minds is why did our ancestors move from hunting and gathering to a more sedentary life? How did we become settled? And how did that change catapult us toward the kind of societies we live in today?
The long-held answer is that agriculture provided humans the path toward sedentism and complexity, toward a modern culture. People of the Northwest Coast have confounded those traditional assumptions.
“For a long time,” says Grier, “the thought was that the path to civilization was through agriculture. Hunter-gatherers were mostly irrelevant, but kind of an interesting side-path.”
The evolution of thinking about social and political complexity is suggested by the shift in the scholarly terminology. “Hunter-gatherers,” in reference to Northwest Coast people, became “complex hunter-gatherers” and “affluent foragers,” reflecting the steadily increasing understanding of the archaeological record.
There are three means of understanding Northwest Coast people: the oral history of the people themselves; ethnography, including the written accounts of early European explorers; and archaeology.
Much of our understanding, gathered through the first two means, is that the culture of Northwest Coast people was based largely on salmon, that salmon was a readily available, abundant resource. Indeed, it is clear from Grier’s investigations that the people living on Galiano Island would relocate temporarily to gather salmon from the Fraser River, then return with their winter stores of dried salmon to their base at Dionisio Point. Add to that a few halibut and herring, maybe a sea lion or two, and the good life was to be had for the taking. Why bother farming?
But further examination and reflection is suggesting that maybe this view, generally supported by evidence produced after European contact and accompanying epidemics, may be only part of the picture.
Indeed, Grier cautions that historic accounts need to be considered in light of archaeological findings. “Loss of population resulting from diseases introduced by Europeans may have shifted long-standing territorial relationships and patterns of movement,” he writes. Although “hunter-gatherers,” no matter how “complex,” have traditionally been thought of as not practicing agriculture, the economic practices of the Northwest Coast peoples were likely more complicated.
Grier’s work points to “a broad and varied suite of resources” rather than a singular focus on salmon at any period.
Not only were the resources broad and varied, they were cultivated.
“What is interesting,” writes Kelly Derr in an email, “is that because native people were not using domesticated crops or recognizable species (with the exception of wild tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata), very little attention was given ethnographically to how they managed landscapes for plant food production.”
Derr is a doctoral candidate working with Grier and is the manager of the Dionisio Point excavation. Her dissertation is focused on natives’ use of fire to manage their landscape on nearby Valdes Island.
It has been argued, she continues, that the quick adoption of potato farming by Coast Salish people right after contact is evidence that cultivation practices were already in place.
Derr’s dissertation research concerns “agricultural” practices prior to contact. Actually, she prefers the term “intensive cultivation,” as it avoids the domesticated crop bias of “agriculture.” Of particular interest to Derr is burning as a means of managing the landscape.
“What we are finding,” she writes, “is that people were very much involved in managing and domesticating the land they put into cultivation, but were not focused on genetically domesticating the plant species.”
Derr’s argument is furthered by a number of other Northwest anthropologists, perhaps most actively by Douglas Deur. A collection of essays he edited includes contributions by Ames and others. Deur argues that although Northwest Coast resources were indeed abundant, they were not so readily available that people could just walk out the front door of their plank houses and gather dinner year-round. In order to augment the natural bounty, native people managed the landscape in many ways, particularly necessary given the documented high population densities of the region.
Grier comments, “It seems as though the extensive land/coast modifications that were employed in cultivation (burning camas meadows, carefully managing salinity in tidal-influenced gardens with midden and earth constructions, building wapato fields akin to rice paddies, etc.) was matched by efforts in other areas too—fish weirs, clam gardens, etc.
“This broad spectrum intensification (rather than just intensifying stored salmon output) seems to better explain much of the data we are accumulating than the salmon storage/intensification=affluence model presented for many decades.”
“And here’s the village,” says Grier.
Much older than the nearby single longhouse, the village remains as the vague outlines of five houses, situated on three terraces carved from the slope about ten meters above the surface of the water.
The floor areas range in size from 200 to 400 square meters.
“House 2, on the lower terrace here, is the one I did in 1997–98 as part of my dissertation.”
Grier was interested in finding out what different families in the house were doing. Family units within larger households had by this time developed specialties. One family specialized in hunting terrestrial mammals, evidenced by deer hunting equipment around one of the hearths. Another specialized in hunting sea mammals.
These specialties, in addition to fishing technology and others, were all part of what was going on in the winter village pattern. As populations increased and larger households formed, other patterns developed. Inequality, for one thing.
The excavation revealed few artifacts, other than a couple of interesting exceptions. The team found a cache of about 5,000 slate beads, which are associated with burial and wealth.
The process of making the beads starts with a sheet of slate or shale, about five millimeters thick. The stone is scored in a checkerboard pattern, maybe halfway through. Holes are drilled in each square. Then the squares are snapped off and strung. The string of beads are rolled on sandstone until the edges are rounded.
The beads are extremely labor-intensive, and, needless to say, a sign of affluence and extravagance.
The archaeologists also found two carved bowls in the shape of a human head. One contained ochre, which is still used as body paint for spiritual protection.
The bowls are made of local sandstone, their motifs and style connecting the village somehow to a religious ideology that emerged first on the Fraser River.
“We start to see status differentiation,” says Grier, referring to labrets made of soapstone. Studs that were worn in the lower lip, labrets and the shaping of a sloping cranium, formed in the infant, were reserved for the nobility, one of three distinct classes along the Northwest Coast (nobility, commoners, and slaves).
The current interest by Grier and others in household archaeology might be traced to Ozette and the spectacular insights offered by its perfectly preserved tools and cultural artifacts.
“Up to Ozette, you really didn’t go out and dig houses,” Grier had noted in an earlier conversation. “You dug shell middens.”
Which is what he’s returned to this summer.
Grier and his crew have been excavating a shell midden for the past month. Working with Grier this summer are four WSU anthropology students: Doug Beyers, a senior; Annette Ruzicka, a master’s student; Erin Smith, a doctoral student; and Derr.
Also working with them is Maria Eugenia Orejuela, from Colombia and a doctoral candidate at the University of Barcelona. She is studying the relationships of archaeologists with First Nations people, with whom Grier has a particulalry productive one.
Middens, basically the refuse heaps of the past inhabitants, are a major source of information. In order to get a feel for just how significant and telling they can be, go through a bag of your trash at the end of the week. A thousand-year-old midden might not reveal the people ’s reading habits so clearly as your trash might. But it certainly indicates diet.
I ask Smith and Derr if they’ve gained any insight from the summer’s dig.
“They ate a lot of fish,” says Derr, laughing, noting that a midden, revealing as it is, does not provide quite so dramatic an insight into the culture as does a house excavation.
She jokes about people happening on their site and asking, well, what have you found?
Horse clams, she tells them, along with lots of other shells and fish bones. Their eyes glaze over pretty quickly, she says.
In spite of its subtle stories, this midden probably would have been left alone had it not been for the fact that the ocean had finally reached it and threatened to deconstruct its story.
Even though the cove beyond the midden is calm, and the tide low this morning, winter storms have eaten away at the beach over the past decades. Because of increased boat traffic, logging, debris, and rising sea levels due to climate change, says Grier, all coastal sites and the data they hold will ultimately be similarly threatened.
The result, finally, has been the breaching of this ancient midden, its shells and bones being reclaimed by the sea. But what made this midden’s disintegration particularly troubling were the human remains. With rising sea level, it is not just clam shells, but cemeteries that are threatened.
Up until about a thousand years ago, Northwest Coast people buried their dead mostly in the middens. And then, for some reason, they stopped.
Clearly, their middens were, indeed, different from our refuse heaps.
Grier believes there was probably another midden nearby belonging to the same settlement. There is not much household refuse in the midden they are excavating, no broken tools and other discards normally found in a household midden.
“This is probably the input part of the throughput system, “ says Grier, “a lot of whole clams, resource processing.”
Digging a midden is a meticulous process.
Everything in the midden is sifted with a screen, which along with the shovel and trowel is a basic tool of archaeology. The screen has three-millimeter openings. A bucketful of midden is placed in the screen and then shaken. Everything smaller than the openings falls through, mainly soil and sand.
What’s left on the surface of the screen is then sorted through. As the midden is excavated, major changes are given a letter. “A” is soil, “B” is shell midden, “C” the sands underneath, and “D” the yellow sands below that. Each layer is further divided into 10-centimeter levels, and everything is recorded, with lots of cross referencing so data are not lost.
And what do they find? As Derr pointed out, lots of clam shells and fish bones. Rockfish, herring, salmon, some halibut.
And lots of dog bones.
And then, every once in a while, an artifact. Derr finds a perfect Marpole-era spear point.
Mid-afternoon, Grier hands me a bead he has just found. I place it on my knee, along with a couple of fish vertebrae, to photograph it. And then, it’s gone.
“Colin,” I say, “I’ve lost your bead.”
He looks dismayed, and we search the sand around my feet. Nothing. I spend a half hour running the surrounding sand through the screen. Nothing.
“Welcome to archaeology,” says Derr. I’ve been initiated.
The next day, the last afternoon of the dig, I have been put to work on the screen, no longer able to claim journalist’s privilege. I have been working for about an hour, throwing out fire-altered rocks and horse clam shells, saving fish vertebrae and dog bones, puzzling over unidentifiable curiosities.
And then, a bead! Everyone cheers.
“I’ve been redeemed?” I ask hopefully.
“No,” says Grier, “you’re just back to zero.”
As they work, the crew is alternately quiet in their concentration and making jokes and patter.
After 30 days living in a tent and sorting out fish bones and clamshells, the crew is remarkably convivial. I accuse them of putting on a show for me. But no, they are the lucky crew who gets along rather famously.
Grier switches from his concentration on digging to the village.
“Who knows why they abandoned it,” he muses. “Basic demographic growth and decline?” Whatever it was, about 1,300 years ago, what had been an apparently prosperous village of at least five houses and maybe 200 people was abandoned.
“I don’t think it was catastrophic,” says Grier. At least he has found no such indication.
The people who lived here, like other Coast Salish, married outside the village, but had the option to live in the home village or with a spouse’s parents. A couple might go back and forth. It’s hard to imagine that eventually all the young people decided to live in a better-located village. Perhaps the village ran up against a labor shortage? Who knows?
These are among the many questions Grier is asking. How are households sustainable? How do they reproduce themselves socially, biologically?
His work here has also added to the understanding of the role of feasting in such cultures. Feasting is considered a critical mechanism “through which individual status is constructed, group solidarity reinforced, and extra-local alliances established and reaffirmed. As such, it is an important social practice in small-scale societies.”
Grier suggests I walk around Stevens Point. So I do, and what I see is just what he had promised, layers of land- and seascape, a couple smaller islands, high mountains to the west on Vancouver Island, a look through the Hul’qumi’num world.
It is these successive layers, this view of these ancient people, as we perch on the rim of their world, upon which he reflects.
“I’ve worked here 15 years,” he says, “and I’m only starting to understand how to phrase some of these questions.”
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Toward an epistemology of Wikipedia
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Toward an epistemology of Wikipedia is a 2008 journal article written in English by Don Fallis and published in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
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Wikipedia (the “free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit”) is having a huge impact on how a great many people gather information about the world. So, it is important for epistemologists and information scientists to ask whether people are likely to acquire knowledge as a result of having access to this information source. In other words, is Wikipedia having good epistemic consequences? After surveying the various concerns that have been raised about the reliability of Wikipedia, this article argues that the epistemic consequences of people using Wikipedia as a source of information are likely to be quite good. According to several empirical studies, the reliability of Wikipedia compares favorably to the reliability of traditional encyclopedias. Furthermore, the reliability of Wikipedia compares even more favorably to the reliability of those information sources that people would be likely to use if Wikipedia did not exist (viz., Web sites that are as freely and easily accessible as Wikipedia). In addition, Wikipedia has a number of other epistemic virtues (e.g., power, speed, and fecundity) that arguably outweigh any deficiency in terms of reliability. Even so, epistemologists and information scientists should certainly be trying to identify changes (or alternatives) to Wikipedia that will bring about even better epistemic consequences. This article suggests that to improve Wikipedia, we need to clarify what our epistemic values are and to better understand why Wikipedia works as well as it does.
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Salt Room interview: Emily Crocker
For each edition of the Salt Room in 2017, our poetry curator, Andrew Galan, is asking performers a series of questions to provide some insight into their practice and themselves, as well as a short work they would like to share. Each of these questions has been found in the interviews of well-known dead poets.
‘Now what about music, are there particular pieces of music which give you special comfort when you are feeling over-strained?’ (1959, John Freeman to Dame Edith Sitwell, Face to Face)
You know that whirring sound of a spinning washing machine? Love it. I used to fall asleep in the laundry as a child. I still would, but the place I live in now keeps the washing machine in the bathroom and that’d just be inconvenient for my fellow householders.
Is it Eurovision yet?
‘What do you think about the artist being supported by the state?’ (1956, Marion Capron to Dorothy Parker, the Paris Review)
I didn’t want to get serious in this interview, but this question does a few unfortunate things. To start with, it creates a divide between the artist and the state. Art is part of this nation, and, as essential to the way we exchange ideas, is part of the democratic governance of our community. The artist and the state are not apart. That is not to say that the two can’t be independent in their perspective and launch criticism at each other. Indeed, there should always be critique. And that is exactly why art is part of a functioning state.
Mainly, the term ‘supported’ devalues art as an industry that exists in and contributes to our economy– why is the question not about the state investing in art.
I also think directly referring to ‘the artist’ here buys into some dangerous stereotypes. Firstly, that real artists are poor. And secondly, that poor people are just looking for state handouts. More so, the question about art funding isn’t just about funding artists. We are also talking about subsidising the cost of art for audiences. Real conversations are happening in galleries and theatres that everyone deserves to be privy to. Funding means less of the cost of producing art is being passed on through entry fees and more people able to take part in those conversations.
In answer to the question, the goal is obviously to have independent and sustainable financial models of artistic practice. But your ability to establish a model like that in your own practice does not correlate with the value of your art to the community, and for that reason should not be a barrier to production. Indeed, we the community benefit a great deal from the voices of people experiencing disadvantage, and diverse funding sources, including from the state, are pretty important in giving the community the opportunity to receive those voices.
‘In interviews you’ve been known to rail against “the obscure and effete in poetry” – that “heavy, pretentious ‘boys’ poetry” full of semantic incoherence.’ (2007, Magdalena Ball to Dorothy Porter, Compulsive Reader)
I’m flattered that your willing to euphemise ‘being drunk and disruptive during gallery opening speeches’ to ‘in interviews’. I love a man in glitter and lippy, but sometimes they smear it on their poems instead and that’s a just a waste of a good mac book . Or worse, the ones who swear by using typewriters in the 21st C – buying an antique and drinking until you weep does not a poem make. Look, I’m truly sorry for all of us that so many tell you to keep your feelings in their packaging, lest you devalue yourself like Star Wars memorabilia. But you can’t substitute poetry for having feelings. Poetry isn’t about feelings. Swing at the page like an amateur-baseball playing lumberjack and write something bloody useful.
The world outside your own circle of friends tends to think of you as being remote eccentric forbidding and rather dangerous, now perhaps that’s a false impression and I want you to tell me face to face what sort of person you really are, now first your appearance, which everybody knows, why did you devise the very personal style of clothes that you wear so often? (1959, John Freeman to Dame Edith Sitwell, Face to Face)
Once I paid a woman $35 to tell me my future in a pokey room with a skirt hung over the only window. She said that I liked clean lines, classic cuts, and dull colours, and that green looked great on me. I guess we were both there out of boredom. She also stole my lighter and chewed my pen but that’s a different issue. Regardless, due to poor spatial awareness, a helium-inflated ego, and a chronic fear of taking up too much space, finding things in my size is just a nightmare.
A short piece from Emily Crocker
When we ask for a map, the mouse haired woman
in a Department of Conservation fleece tells us
there’s a tour where you can chip iceberg off
into your champagne flute and that the lake didn’t
exist forty years ago. Then, it was a glacier.
I realise I’m waiting for a way to see the earth
not as a tourist. A fallen alien slicked in
petroleum membrane onto this bank of stones.
We walk guideless instead. The water,
blue as a raspberry Slush Puppy was
the most terrible thing I’d ever seen.
Emily grew up in the outer-suburbs of Sydney. She has since found a home in the Wollongong spoken-word community, including performances with Wollongong Writer’s Festival and at The Vault Cabaret, Port Kembla. In 2016 she won The Rumble youth slam, and scored the opportunity to feature at the Australian Poetry Slam National Finals. Her work can be found in various Australia journals including Southerly, Verity La, Cordite, and Seizure. Emily habitually picks junk up and pockets it away only to turn it all out a week later asking ‘what can I get for this?’.
Emily will be performing as part of the Salt Room alongside Paul Munden, Nick Delatovic and Brentley Frazer, at 7:30pm on Friday 5 May at the Gorman Arts Centre. The Salt Room is produced by BAD!SLAM!NOBISCUIT! with the support of the Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres. Tickets $15 full or $10 concession available online or at the door.
Emily Crocker
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Lebanese PM flags up Saudi investment potential, financial ties
Lebanese PM flags up Saudi investment potential, financial ties /node/1420461/business-economy
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri spoke of the pressing need to restore the nation’s finances at the conference in central London on Thursday. (AFP)
Richard Wachman
Saad Al-Hariri: We have prepared many agreements that we will be signing with Saudi Arabia as soon as we form an administration
Al-Hariri has been struggling to form a national unity government in Beirut since elections in May produced an inconclusive result
LONDON: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri highlighted the potential for strong commercial and investment ties between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia at a conference in London on Thursday.
He described his relationship with Saudi Arabia as a good one: “I believe that the Saudi market is a good market for Lebanon.
“We have prepared many agreements that we will be signing with Saudi Arabia as soon as we form an administration. When we form a government, we will see Saudi Arabia taking some serious steps toward Lebanon.
Al-Hariri has been struggling to form a national unity government in Beirut since elections in May produced an inconclusive result.
But he hoped a new government would be unveiled before the end of the year or early 2019.
Al-Hariri said he recognized the need for urgent reforms to rebuild Lebanon after the civil wars of 1976-90, and clashes with Israel that left many areas pulverised in 2006. “We have to do things differently, we can’t go on as before,” he said.
He also spoke of the circumstances that Lebanon found itself after taking in 1.5 million Syrian refugees. There was a pressing need to restore the nation’s finances after several years of GDP growth of between 1 percent and 1.5 percent.
Al-Hariri added: “We can’t tell Gulf countries to come to Lebanon (to invest) at the same time as there are political parties (in Lebanon) cursing the hell out of the Gulf. We need to move away from the regional conflicts. Lebanon is too small to pay a price in these big conflicts. Big countries can afford it. We cannot.”
Creating employment was vital for Lebanese young people, and he said that the unemployment rate among refugees was 75 percent.
“We have to look outside of the box … where we can invest money, create jobs quickly.
“We want to prepare Lebanon as a platform for foreign companies to come and invest in, and make Lebanon a hub for them to take advantage of reconstruction in Syria, Iraq and even Libya.”
At a recent media briefing at the World Bank’s offices in Beirut, Lebanon’s economy was described as “unsustainable” by the bank’s vice president for the MENA region, Ferid BelHajj.
He said: “Lebanon has been defying gravity for quite some time”, and a day would come when “gravity materializes,” though he added that the central bank had a good buffer of foreign reserves.
The IMF has called for “an immediate and substantial” fiscal adjustment to improve the sustainability of public debt, which stood at more than 150 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2017.
The World Bank has a $2.2 billion investment portfolio in Lebanon, but the lack of government means $1.1 billion of that amount — to be spent on jobs, health and transport projects — is still awaiting approval by Beirut before it can be used.
International donors meeting in Paris pledged more than $11 billion of investment for Lebanon, but they want to see reforms first.
At the Paris meeting Al-Hariri promised to reduce the budget deficit as a percentage of GDP by 5 percent over five years, Reuters reported.
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Bitcoin craze hits Iran as US sanctions squeeze weak economy /node/1527436/business-economy
Some Iranian officials worry that “mining” is abusing the subsidized electricity
Iranian Bitcoin miners are purchasing more affordable Chinese ready-made computers
TEHRAN: Iranians feeling the squeeze from US sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy are increasingly turning to such digital currencies as Bitcoin to make money, prompting alarm in and out of the country.
In Iran, some government officials worry that the energy-hungry process of “mining” Bitcoin is abusing Iran’s system of subsidized electricity; in the United States, some observers have warned that cryptocurrencies could be used to bypass the Trump administration’s sanctions targeting Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.
The Bitcoin craze has made the front pages of Iranian newspapers and been discussed by some of the country’s top ayatollahs, and there have been televised police raids on hidden computer farms set up to bring in money by “mining” the currency.
Like other digital currencies, Bitcoin is an alternative to money printed by sovereign governments around the world. Unlike those bills, however, cryptocurrencies are not controlled by a central bank. Bitcoin and other digital currencies like it trade globally in highly speculative markets without any backing from a physical entity.
As a result, computers around the world “mine” the data, meaning they use highly complex algorithms to verify transactions. The verified transactions, called blocks, are then added to a public record, known as the blockchain. Any time “miners” add a new block to the blockchain, they are rewarded with a payment in bitcoins.
To work, the expensive specialized computers require a lot of electricity to power their processors and to keep them cool. In Iran, “miners” have an edge because electricity is cheap thanks to longtime government subsidies. “Miners” also buy cheaper Chinese ready-made computers to do the work.
But the constant raids and authorities’ conflicting statements on the issue have Bitcoin “miners” in Iran incredibly leery of being identified. Those contacted by The Associated Press refused to speak about their work or to say how much they earn from their “mining.”
But they acknowledge they do this to make some money at a time when Iran’s currency, the rial, tumbled from 32,000 rials to $1 at the time of the 2015 nuclear deal, to around 120,000 rials to $1 now.
“It is clear that here has turned into a heaven for ‘miners,’” Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s minister for information and communications technology, recently told AP in an interview. “The business of ‘mining’ is not forbidden in law but the government and the Central Bank have ordered the Customs Bureau to ban the import of (mining machines) until new regulations are introduced.”
Ali Bakhshi, the head of the Iran Electrical Industry Syndicate, said earlier this month that the country’s Energy Ministry likely would boost costs for Bitcoin “miners” to 7 cents for each kilowatt of electricity they consume, a massive increase from the current half-cent but still almost half the cost of electricity in the United States, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Still, there are concerns, especially among Iran’s religious leaders, that people might try to circumvent paying extra for the electricity as well as using digital currency to hide or move money illicitly.
Tabnak, a hard-line news website associated with a former commander of the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, quoted three ayatollahs describing Bitcoin as either problematic or “haram,” meaning forbidden. Islam prescribes strict rules about finance.
But Jahromi said clerics became more receptive to the idea after his staff briefed them that Bitcoin had a value in the real world, which is required under Islamic finance. Islamic finance also prohibits gambling, the payment of interest and misleading others.
“Some of our top clerics have issued fatwas that say Bitcoin is money without a reserve, that it is rejected by Islamic and cybercurrencies are haram,” Jahromi said. “When we explain to them this is not a currency but an asset, they change their mind.”
Iran has tried to keep its economic situation in check by controlling foreign currency rates and cutting down on those moving their money from the rial to other currencies, including Bitcoin. Last year, the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s economic commission, as suggesting that about $2.5 billion left Iran through digital currency purchases. He did not elaborate and authorities have not discussed it since.
The US, meanwhile, has been keeping a close watch on Iranians holding bitcoins. In November, a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, accused two Iranian men of hacking and holding hostage computer systems of over 200 American entities to extort them for Bitcoin, including the cities of Newark and Atlanta.
“As Iran becomes increasingly isolated and desperate for access to US dollars, it is vital that virtual currency exchanges, peer-to-peer exchangers and other providers of digital currency services harden their networks against these illicit schemes,” said Sigal Mandelker, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
Not so, said Jahromi.
“Cybercurrencies are effective in bypassing sanctions when it comes to small transactions, but we do not see any special impact in them as far as mega-transactions are concerned,” he said. “We cannot use them to go around international monetary mechanisms.”
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Ramiken Gallery Wins Armory Show’s Inaugural Gramercy International Prize
By Alex Greenberger Posted 01/31/19 2:19 pm
Installation view of “Andra Ursuţa: Ο Νότος θα εγερθεί ξανα,” 2015, at one of Ramiken Crucible’s former locations in Lower Manhattan.
COURTESY RAMIKEN
The Armory Show has created a new award called the Gramercy International Prize, which is intended to support “young and pioneering New York galleries” that have not previously shown at the fair, according to a release. Per the terms of the prize, the gallery won’t have to pay to participate in the fair, which this year runs from March 7 to 10 in New York.
The first winner of the award is the elusive Ramiken, which will stage a presentation of work by Darja Bajagić and Andra Ursuţa. Ramiken was selected by a jury that included collector Stefano Basilico, curator Clarissa Dalrymple, and dealers Nicole Klagsbrun, Andrea Rosen, and Lisa Spellman. At the moment, Ramiken has no permanent location, but late last year was operating out of a private space in New York.
In a statement, Nicole Berry, the executive director of the Armory Show, said that the award’s name refers to the fair’s original title, the Gramercy International Art Fair, adding, “In the spirit of our founders, we are honored to offer this new prize to a gallery committed to showing a robust and experimental program of emerging talent in the hopes that they too may continue to push the boundaries of contemporary art practice.”
The Armory Show’s launch of the Gramercy International Prize is one of many initiatives by fairs around the world intended to ease the cost of exhibiting at market-related events for emerging galleries. Last year, Frieze New York and Art Basel lowered their exhibition fees for young galleries. The New Art Dealers Alliance, meanwhile, has called off the March edition of its New York fair this year, and said that it will instead put its efforts toward getting visitors to come to galleries themselves.
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Tailstrike involving Airbus A320, VH-VGF, at Melbourne Airport, Victoria on 11 May 2016
Tab - Final Report
On 11 May 2016, an Airbus A320-232, registered VH-VGF (VGF) and operated by Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd was taking off on runway 27 at Melbourne Airport, Victoria. The flight crew consisted of a training captain in the left seat, a cadet pilot in the right seat and a safety pilot, who was also the first officer, in the jump-seat. This was the cadet pilot’s first takeoff as pilot flying. During rotation, the tail of the aircraft contacted the runway surface.
After takeoff, the cadet pilot realised that the pitch rate during rotation was higher than normal and discussed this with the captain. During the climb, the cabin crew discussed hearing an unusual noise during the takeoff rotation with the captain. Due to the higher than normal rotation rate and the noise heard by the cabin crew, the captain elected to stop the climb and return to Melbourne. The first officer swapped seats with the cadet pilot and the aircraft landed uneventfully on runway 27.
What the ATSB found
The ATSB found that during rotation, the cadet pilot applied a larger than normal sidestick pitch input resulting in a higher than normal pitch rate. The tail of the aircraft contacted the runway surface resulting in damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) diverter and APU drain mast. While airborne, the crew did not specifically advise air traffic control (ATC) of the possibility that a tail strike had occurred during takeoff.
What's been done as a result
The cadet pilot undertook additional training and assessment before returning to flight duties. Soon after the event, the operator circulated a newsletter to their A320 flight crew highlighting the need to inform ATC of a suspected tail strike or any potential failure resulting in damage/debris.
Safety message
Good communication from the cabin crew alerted the flight crew that a tail strike may have occurred. The climb was stopped and a timely decision to return to Melbourne was taken which minimised the potential risk from damage caused by a tail strike.
It is important to notify ATC of a possible tail strike as soon as operationally suitable. When a potential tail strike has been reported, ATC restricts operations on the affected runway and arranges that a runway inspection is carried out to identify any runway damage or aircraft debris.
The occurrence
At 1449 Eastern Standard Time on 11 May 2016, an Airbus A320-232, registered VH-VGF (VGF) and operated by Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd was taking off on runway 27 at Melbourne Airport, Victoria for a planned flight to Hobart, Tasmania. The flight crew consisted of a training captain in the left seat, a cadet pilot in the right seat and a safety pilot, who was also the first officer (FO), in the jump-seat. This was the first takeoff as pilot flying[1] (PF) for the cadet pilot.
After takeoff, the cadet pilot realised that the pitch rate during rotation was higher than normal and discussed this with the captain. Later, during the climb, the cabin crew alerted the captain to unusual noises during rotation. As a result, the captain elected to stop the climb and return to Melbourne. The first officer also swapped seats with the cadet pilot.
The aircraft descended and landed uneventfully on runway 27. During the flight, no faults were annunciated to the crew.
After landing, engineers inspected the aircraft. Damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) diverter (air inlet) and APU drain mast was evident. This damage was consistent with the aircraft tail contacting the runway surface during rotation.
Flight crew information
The cadet pilot had completed training leading to a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL) and a multi-engine command instrument rating and had completed the theory examinations for an Air Transport Pilot (Aeroplane) Licence (ATPL). An A320 type rating was gained after ground school and simulator sessions were successfully completed. The simulator component consisted of ten 2 hour sessions.
The flight was scheduled as a training flight with the cadet pilot conducting his fifth sector of line training and the first sector of the current shift. There was also an FO in the jump seat acting as a safety pilot. The four previous sectors had been flown with the cadet pilot as pilot monitoring (PM). This was the first flight for the cadet pilot as PF.
The training captain was suitably qualified and experienced.
Aircraft information
Pitch control
The A320 is a ‘fly-by-wire’ aircraft, that is, there was no direct mechanical link between most of the flight crew’s controls and the flight control surfaces. Flight control computers send movement commands via electrical signals to hydraulic actuators that are connected to the control surfaces.
The controls include the sidestick controllers (or sidesticks) to manoeuvre the aircraft in pitch and roll. During manual flight, such as takeoff, the flight crew make pitch control inputs using their sidesticks. Both the captain’s and first officer’s sidesticks move independently and there is no mechanical link between them. The range of movement of the sidestick in pitch is ± 16°.
Rotation technique
The following extracts are from the operator’s Flight Crew Training Manual:
On a normal take-off, to counteract the pitch up moment during thrust application, the PF should apply half forward (full forward in cross wind case) sidestick at the start of the take-off roll until reaching 80 kts. At this point, the input should be gradually reduced to be zero by 100 kts.
During the takeoff roll and the rotation, the pilot flying scans rapidly the outside references and the primary flight display (PFD). Until airborne, or at least until visual cues are lost, this scanning depends on visibility conditions (the better the visibility, the higher the priority given to outside references). Once airborne, the PF must then control the pitch attitude on the PFD using the flight director (FD) bars in speed reference system (SRS)[2] mode which is then valid.
Initiate the rotation with a smooth positive backward sidestick input (typically 1/3 to 1/2 backstick). Avoid aggressive and sharp inputs. The initial rotation rate is about 3 deg/sec. If the established pitch rate is not satisfactory, the pilot must make smooth corrections on the stick. He must avoid rapid and large corrections, which cause sharp reaction in pitch from the aircraft.
Pitch limitation
The manufacturer advised that, with the main gear oleo[3] fully compressed and wings level, the pitch attitude that will result in ground contact for the A320 is 11.7°. With the main gear oleo fully extended, the pitch attitude that will result in ground contact is 13.5°.
Takeoff configuration
Data from the flight recorders showed:
gross weight was 64.7 tonnes
takeoff flap setting was Config 1+F[4] (slats/flaps 18°/10°)
trim setting was +1.4 units consistent with a centre of gravity (CG) of 34.4 per cent
FLEX[5] temp used was 64 °C
V1/VR[6] speeds used were 137/140 kt
The flap setting, trim setting and takeoff speeds used agreed with those calculated by the aircraft manufacturer.
The ATSB downloaded and analysed both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR).
Crew interviews and CVR information showed that:
All the required briefings and checklists were performed.
The PM noticed approximately 6 medium-sized birds flying from left to right as the aircraft was reaching V1.
The calls of ‘V1’ and ‘rotate’ were made at the appropriate time.
The rotation was significantly faster than usual. The rotation was stopped at approximately +16° and a normal climb was flown with a standard acceleration, and cleanup was conducted normally.
There were no abnormal indications, and the pilots didn’t hear or feel anything unusual during the climb.
During climb, the cabin manager (CM) called the flight deck and informed the captain that the two cabin crew seated in the rear of the cabin had felt that the takeoff was different from usual and thought something had moved or made a noise/vibration.
The captain immediately called the rear galley to gather more information first hand. The cabin crew advised that they had felt that the aircraft tilted more rapidly or to a different angle than was usual. They also advised that they heard and felt some kind of movement in the rear of the aircraft. The cabin crew thought the noise was something in the cargo hold and there was a sliding or thump type of noise/vibration in the underfloor or rear galley area. The cabin crew also said that it may have been the sound of the aircraft tail possibly contacting the runway.
With this information and the knowledge of the higher rotation rate at takeoff, the captain decided that the safest course of action would be to cease the climb and to return to Melbourne for a precautionary engineering inspection. The climb was stopped while the aircraft systems were checked but there were no abnormal indications. The captain took control and was PF for the approach and landing at Melbourne.
The captain advised air traffic control (ATC) that the flight would need to return to Melbourne due to an ‘engineering issue’ and that ‘ops were normal’. The cadet pilot and safety pilot changed seats and the safety pilot became the PM for the return to Melbourne.
After landing, an engineering inspection confirmed that a tail strike had occurred. The captain then advised ATC that a tail strike had occurred.
Key parameters from the FDR were analysed and are shown in Figure 1.
The aircraft taxied onto runway 27 and the takeoff commenced at 1448. The sidestick data shows that the pilot in the right seat (cadet) was the PF. At approximately 40 kt, a nose-down sidestick input was made and this input remained until the aircraft had accelerated to 100 kt. The sidestick pitch input was then neutral until approximately 140 kt when a nose-up input commenced. The nose-up input reached a maximum value of 12.5° or 78 per cent of a full-scale input. The aircraft rotated with a pitch rate of about 9 deg/sec reaching a maximum pitch attitude of 16°. The sidestick input was then reduced and the aircraft’s pitch attitude correspondingly reduced.
The aircraft climbed and levelled at FL226 at 1458. The aircraft returned to Melbourne and landed on runway 27 at 1523. The pilot in the left seat was the PF for the landing.
Figure 1: FDR plot of key parameters
Weight and balance
There was no evidence of any anomalies with the aircraft weight and balance. The recorded trim setting for the horizontal stabiliser (+1.4 units nose-down) was in accordance with the centre of gravity documented on the loadsheet. Post-flight checks did not reveal any evidence of cargo load-shifting.
Runway inspection
During takeoff, as the aircraft became airborne, the captain and safety pilot observed that the aircraft had flown through ‘about 6 birds or so’. The cadet pilot reported not noticing the birds.
After takeoff, the captain advised ATC about the birds but ‘didn’t think that they had hit any’. Later, ATC advised the crew that nothing had been found on the runway. While airborne, the captain did not advise ATC of a possible tail strike as he considered that it was unlikely to have occurred.
After landing, an engineering inspection confirmed that a tail strike had occurred and the captain then passed on that information to ATC.
Airservices Australia advised that when a bird strike is reported to ATC, a runway inspection is initiated which specifically looks for bird carcasses or any evidence that a bird strike occurred. Arriving and departing aircraft are given the option of continuing their approach or departure, or delaying until the inspection is complete.
When a potential tail strike has been reported, ATC restricts operations on the affected runway, and arranges for a runway inspection to be carried out which looks for runway damage and aircraft debris.
Aircraft inspection
After landing, engineers inspected the tail of the aircraft (Figure 2). Damage to the APU diverter (air inlet) and APU drain mast was evident (Figure 3). This damage was consistent with the aircraft tail contacting the runway surface.
Figure 2: General location of damage
Source: Victor Pody annotated by ATSB
Figure 3: Damage to aircraft tail section (circled). Note: access doors are open for inspection
Source: Operator annotated by ATSB
Weather information was obtained from the Bureau of Meteorology. Visibility was 10 km or more with a few clouds at 3,000 ft. The automatic terminal information service (ATIS) wind was 300/16[7] with a maximum crosswind of 16 kt.
The operator has a crosswind limitation of 10 kt for cadet pilots. The captain observed the crosswind component using the windsock, while lining up for takeoff, and assessed it as a maximum of 10 kt.
There were four anemometers at Melbourne airport which log minimum, maximum and average wind information over a one minute period. The closest anemometer to the point of rotation was the northern anemometer. The one minute values were:
0448 UTC average 333/10[8] (maximum 15 kt)
0449 UTC average 334/11 (maximum 14 kt).
For runway 27, a wind of 334 degrees at 11 kt equated to a crosswind from the right of 10 kt.
The ATSB occurrence database was searched for ground strike events for all aircraft types from 1980 onwards. Fifty-one events were found, 22 occurring on take-off, 26 on landing and the phase of flight was unknown for 3 occurrences. The aircraft type represented most frequently was the B767-300 (13 occurrences) noting that the B767-300 is equipped with a tail skid. There were no other reported occurrences involving an A320 and none involving an A321.
Pilot flying (PF) and pilot monitoring (PM) are procedurally assigned roles with specifically assigned duties at specific stages of a flight. The PF does most of the flying, except in defined circumstances; such as planning for descent, approach and landing. The PM carries out support duties and monitors the PF’s actions and aircraft flight path.
SRS is a vertical mode that provides speed guidance during takeoff or go around.
An oleo strut is a shock absorber used on the landing gear of most large aircraft. The compressed gas/oil design cushions the impact of landing and damps out vertical oscillations.
A higher flap setting provides a greater tail strike margin.
An assumed temperature to allow a reduced thrust takeoff, which reduces the amount of thrust the engines deliver, thereby reducing wear on the engines.
V speeds are used for takeoff as follows:V1: the critical engine failure speed or decision speed. Engine failure below this speed shall result in a rejected takeoff; above this speed the take-off run should be continued.VR: the speed at which the aircraft rotation is initiated by the pilot.V2: the minimum speed at which a transport category aircraft complies with those handling criteria associated with climb, following an engine failure. It is the take-off safety speed and is normally obtained by factoring the minimum control (airborne) speed to provide a safe margin.
Wind direction in °Magnetic / wind speed in kt.
Wind direction in °True / wind speed in kt.
Safety analysis
The possibility of a tail strike led the captain to decide to return the aircraft to Melbourne for a precautionary engineering inspection. This analysis will examine the actions of the flight crew and any operational issues that had the potential to affect the flight or other flights.
The rotation was initiated at the correct speed and there was no evidence of any anomalies with the aircraft weight and balance, trim setting or any aircraft system.
During rotation, the cadet pilot applied a larger than normal pitch input (3/4 backstick versus the recommended 1/2 to 2/3 of backstick travel) resulting in an excessive pitch rate during rotation (9 deg/sec versus a target of 3 deg/sec).
Following the incident, the cadet pilot undertook additional training and assessment before returning to flight duties.
Risk controls
Pitch monitoring
The independent nature of the sidesticks meant that the training captain could not directly monitor the cadet pilot’s sidestick input. The resultant pitch rate that occurred during the take-off could be monitored and was observed by the captain as being faster than normal. Despite this, the entire rotation period was brief and there was little time for the Captain to respond to an inappropriate pitch input.
Flight data analysis program
The operator routinely monitors flight data through a flight data analysis program. Pitch attitude and pitch rates recorded during rotation are monitored to identify exceedances and operational trends. If an adverse trend is detected then corrective action can be taken (for example through a change to the training syllabus or advice to crew through a newsletter) and the effects of the change(s) monitored.
Debris poses a hazard to aircraft taking off and landing and ATC should be advised as soon as operationally suitable if a tail strike is suspected. When a possible tail strike has been reported, ATC restricts operations on the affected runway and arranges for a runway inspection to be carried out which looks for runway damage as well as aircraft debris. Metallic debris poses a particular hazard to aircraft tyres.
As well, if debris is identified then this would confirm to the crew while airborne that a tail strike had occurred.
In this case, the pilot advised ATC that they were returning due to an engineering issue, but did not mention that they may have had a tail strike during takeoff.
Following this incident, the operator circulated a newsletter to their A320 flight crew highlighting the need to inform ATC of a suspected tail strike or any failure resulting in damage/debris.
From the evidence available, the following findings are made with respect to the tail strike during takeoff involving Airbus A320 VH-VGF at Melbourne Airport, Victoria on 11 May 2016. These findings should not be read as apportioning blame or liability to any particular organisation or individual.
Contributing factor
The cadet pilot applied a larger than normal sidestick pitch input to initiate rotation. This resulted in a high rotation rate during the take-off and the aircraft’s tail contacted the runway.
Other factor
The potential tail strike was not adequately communicated to Melbourne air traffic control. This delayed checking the runway for aircraft debris.
Sources and submissions
The sources of information during the investigation included:
crew interviews
operator’s report
maintenance documents
Bureau of Meteorology weather reports and observations
flight recorders (FDR and CVR).
Under Part 4, Division 2 (Investigation Reports), Section 26 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (the Act), the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) may provide a draft report, on a confidential basis, to any person whom the ATSB considers appropriate. Section 26 (1) (a) of the Act allows a person receiving a draft report to make submissions to the ATSB about the draft report.
A draft of this report was provided to Jetstar, the captain, the cadet pilot, Airbus, Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Submissions were received from the captain, Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. The submissions were reviewed and where considered appropriate, the text of the report was amended accordingly.
Download Airbus A320-232, VH-VGF. Source: Andrew Conolly
Download Figure 2: General location of damage. Source: Victor Pody annotated by ATSB
Download Figure 3: Damage to aircraft tail section. Note: access doors are open for inspection. Source: Operator annotated by ATSB
Date: 11 May 2016 Investigation status: Completed
Time: 14:49 EST Investigation level: Defined - click for an explanation of investigation levels
Location (show map): Melbourne Airport
State: Victoria Occurrence type: Ground strike
Release date: 04 September 2017 Occurrence category: Serious Incident
VH-VGF
Air Transport High Capacity
Melbourne, Vic.
Hobart, Tas.
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by Blair N. Cummings
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: UK No.1 album contains new Jimmy Webb song
Re: UK No.1 album contains new Jimmy Webb song
If I`m not mistaken, "Marie" is from Randy Newman`s `74 album, Rednecks.
I could spew immoderately for hours over this absurd project, but I won`t.
Topic: New Bacharach/Costello Composition
Re: New Bacharach/Costello Composition
It would have to be more than "jolly good" for me to buy a turntable and speakers for the first time in thirty-five years. This is the sort of niche-marketing that pissed me off decades ago when someone would issue a new song (performed live and recorded in mono) on the B-Side of a single ...
The up-tempo version of this song was debuted at a music festival in (I seem to recall) Ireland. I don`t remember the name of the guy who sang it but I don`t think it was Ball.
Unfortunately, the old Webb forum has been "disappeared" or I could track this down.
I heard an earlier rehearsal demo of this song some time last year. It was then arranged as a L. I. bar band rocker. It wasn`t any better, but it was very different. I also question whether this is really new or just previously unheard. JW has announced that his next album will be just piano covers ...
Topic: Scott Walker 1943 - 2019
Re: Scott Walker 1943 - 2019
This was always the song I thought of on the rare occasions I had in recent years to recall the Walker Brothers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q11ium_-Lv8
Topic: ...Or This (Maybe Closer to the Comfort Zone)
Re: ...Or This (Maybe Closer to the Comfort Zone)
Ron, I think you`ll like these two albums as well. In `72 Sergio Mendes made his last album for A&M. Whether to atone for the attrition of Brasilian music on his recent albums or to store up Karmic brownie points for the egregious acts of prostitution he was about to commit with Bell Records, Pr...
...Or This (Maybe Closer to the Comfort Zone)
Milton Nascimento`s first album (I think) shares a few tracks with his first A&M album, Courage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBa2Z28oPRU&list=OLAK5uy_n_anwpTn5P7Z34GJdBAyMbS5rqnmwgt4s I know that some are aware of him, but his prolific recording career is little known in the U. S. (Then,...
Topic: Give This a Shot
Give This a Shot
Since the early 70s, I have heard very few pop music figures who penetrated my self-enshrouded "cloud of unknowing." In the 90s (already solidly middle-aged) I heard and liked Fiona Apple and Liz Phair. A few years ago I found Nneka (yes, two "n"s) who seems to have vanished arou...
Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
These "specials" (as they were called in the U. S.) were the subject years ago here of much clamor for their DVD release. I opined that there were probably too many licensing problems given the number of performers who appeared and (often) lip-sync-ed their recordings. But now - in the (la...
Topic: The Only Laura Nyro Performance You`ll Ever Need
Re: The Only Laura Nyro Performance You`ll Ever Need
I just stumbled across this incomplete demo of a song called "In and Out" from the `66 Verve sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygjqSb1AjxA
Topic: New Dionne Album
Re: New Dionne Album
The break with Bacharach/David was certainly not a "blessing" as she disingenuously stated. She was engaged, as we all know, for years in litigation over their (well, really, just Bacharach`s) breach of contract. She hasn`t had any really good material since then. Whatever the state of the...
If this isn`t at least a partial reunion with Burt, it will be just another uninteresting album that almost no-one will care about.
We`re getting close to the end here. It`s now or never.
Sorry if this sounds cold but it`s true.
Topic: RIP -Michel Legrand
Re: RIP -Michel Legrand
Oh, no. Not Babs!
As much as I dislike most jazz singing and genuinely loathe jazz guitar, I always was in awe of Carmen McRae (and even grudgingly put up with Joe Pass on this rendition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjeqHJGyx88
I`m on record as being less than enamored of LeGrand`s compositions. Nevertheless, this song (covered by everyone and his dog in the `60s) received its definitive due by this still horribly underrated group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSbd3OR-to Their albums are still accessible on YouTube and...
The Only Laura Nyro Performance You`ll Ever Need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4R1Hzdf0Uk
I feel bad for everyone who wasn`t around and young back then.
(BTW, you`ll see - among many rare and great photos - a shot of Laura with Miles. She wanted to work with him on New York Tendaberry but he said that there was nothing he could add to it).
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Charles Vallancey
Charles Vallancey was born Charles Vallancé in Westminster in 1731. Vallancey attended Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, before being commissioned in the 10th regiment of foot in 1747. He was attached to the Royal Engineers as a military surveyor in Ireland, becoming a lieutenant-general in 1798, and a general in 1803.
Vallancey’s second wife died in 1783 leaving him to rear ten children. To supplement his income he translated works from French to English. He also became known as a philologist, antiquarian and orientalist. He forged links with all the experts of the day and while some of his publications are of questionable authenticity, his work as a professional engineer has not received due recognition.
He was responsible for the construction of Queen’s Bridge (1768) (now Mellows Bridge) over the River Liffey in Dublin on the same site as the former Arran Bridge which had been washed away during a storm. He had also been involved in the construction of some temporary bridges in Kilkenny following similar storms there. In addition, he was in charge of some construction work on the original pier in Dun Laoghaire.
Mellows Bridge, designed by Charles Vallancey.
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In 1796 Vallancey produced the “Military Itinerary of the South Ireland” and his skills in cartography and mapping were subsequently applied to other parts of the British Empire. In particular the survey of India adopted the standards of the ordnance survey of Ireland as the target to be achieved. In the 1760’s map making and surveying was in its infancy and Vallencey’s work was seen as being very advanced for its time.
A founding member of the Royal Irish Academy, his status meant he was very influential in advancing the study of language and culture in Ireland and he authored many publications.
Vallancey died in Dublin in 1812.
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Welwyn garden city Paintball Results
For Welwyn Garden City paintballing look no further than Britannia paintball. We operate several paintballing centres close to Welwyn Garden City. Simply choose from the list below for more information or give us a call 24/7 on 0844 477 5098 to make a booking.
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Come on down to the Luton paintballing centre and enjoy the best outdoor paintballing experience that Bedfordshire has to offer. This Luton centre is perfectly located for visitors from North London and outlying areas such as Watford and Northampton. All you need to do now is give us a call and book yourself the perfect paintball day.
Located in the stunning Hertfordshire countryside, not far from central Hemel Hempstead, the Kings Langley paintballing centre has made good use of its idyllic surroundings to construct some truly fantastic game zones - some of which even feature props from blockbuster Hollywood movies.
The Hemel Hempstead paintballing centre is located near Aylesbury, making it perfect for visitors from neighbouring Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and the North West London area. You wont even need to worry about parking when you arrive because you will be parking on a former WW2 US Air force runway that comes complete with unlimited parking spaces.
Located in West London the Gerrards Cross paintballing centre is the place to go for outdoor entertainment in and around Buckinghamshire. This awesome paintballing centre is also easily accessible thanks to great links to the M25 and M40, making it ideal for visitors from Maidenhead, High Wycombe and Uxbridge. So come on down and check it out.
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East London Paintballing
The Upminster paintballing centre is located in East London - perfect for players from neighbouring areas such as Essex. This centre is easily accessible by car - thanks to being located within the M25, and also has great links to the London underground via Upminster District line - making it one of the most easily accessible paintballing centres in the UK.
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Orpington Paintballing
Located in South East London not far from the M25 the Orpington paintballing centre is ideally situated for paintball fans and thrill-seekers from around London and Kent. The centre takes pride and place among 30 acres of rich woodland, making full use of the natural scenery to construct five varied game zones for you to enjoy.
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Fragments from France Christmas Cards
By late 1917 Bruce Bairnsfather's .Fragments from France cartoons had been reproduced on all manner of 'official' Bystander merchandise - by now there were four published volumes of Bairnsfather's drawings, colour prints, postcards, jigsaws, playing cards and matchbox covers. The cartoonist was certainly proving to be a very lucrative asset indeed for the publishers of The Bystander, and as the festive season of 1917 approached they extended their array of merchandise even further, the latest offering being boxes of Christmas cards.
An advertisement in The Graphic on 1 December 1917 announced 'Fragments from France Christmas Cards - Ten subjects in colour with envelopes in fancy box.' Priced at 2s 9d a box (post free) they were available exclusively from the publisher of The Bystander or at the Graphic Gallery in the Strand.
At the time of writing all ten cartoons used on the Christmas cards have not been identified. Those which are known are:
When the 'ell is it goin' to be strawberry?
That Evening Star' Shell
Coiffure in the Trenches
There goes our blinkin' parapet again
The 3" x5" cards each had a cigarette card sized colour cartoon lightly affixed to the front, framed by a colour border (pre-printed on the card), with the caption printed underneath. The word 'GREETINGS' was also printed in colour, below the caption. Of the known examples, most have 'GREETINGS' printed in a modern, almost art deco style in pale blue, however one has it in a script-like style.
To finish off the 'look' of the cards, they were usually embellished with a bow or piece of coloured braid.
Inside each card was a paper insert bearing a seasonal verse or messag, such as:
May happiness and health be yours,
And good Dame Fortune with it
That Life's Campaign for you may mean
Always a decent 'Billet.'.
As with the majority of The Bystander's printed Bairnsfather merchandise, the cards were 'Published for the Proprietors of The Bystander by AVN Jones & Co., 64 Fore Street, London, EC.'
Fragments from France Christmas Cards don't come up too often, but make a nice addition to any Bairnsfather .collection, particularly for those enthusiast who lean more towards printed ephemera.
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Planet on Vacation
Sunday May 19, 2019 - 07:55:00 AM
Our gigantic staff of 1+1 is taking a bit of time off. The new issue will appear sooner or later. -more-
The Erik Jekabson String-tet, with Mads Tolling, Michael Zilber & Kalil Wilson, Plays the Music of Duke Ellington at the Berkeley Hillside Club, Friday May 17 at 8
Ken Bullock
Wednesday May 15, 2019 - 05:17:00 PM
Trumpeter/composer/arranger Erik Jekabson, who's arranged for the San Francisco Symphony and accompanied Illinois Jacquet on the road, will lead his eight piece chamber String-tet, including violinist Mads Tolling, saxophonist Michael Zilber and guest vocalist Kalil Wilson, in an exploration of the music of Duke Ellington "from new angles," Friday May 17th at 8 at the Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar (between Spruce & Arch). Tickets: $25 general, $15 seniors & students, $10 Club members. (510) 845-1350; https://bhcweb.wixsite.com/hillsideclub -more-
New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing
Tuesday May 14, 2019 - 09:48:00 PM
Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse.
Pretty much everybody who’s paying attention to the housing crisis in San Francisco – except, apparently, the Chronicle – is talking about the new study by eminent economic geographers Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael Storper that argues against looser zoning rules as a solution to the housing crisis.
Even Richard Florida, who used to love the idea of cities attracting the young “creative class” (before he discovered gentrification) says the study is important. It’s the latest in a series of studies that challenge the notion that allowing the private market to build more housing will bring down prices. -more-
Open letter to Mayor Arreguin about BART Parking
Russ Tilleman
I want to point out that building housing near BART cannot reduce Berkeley's carbon footprint... all it can do is limit how much it increases as our population grows. -more-
Updated: Special SHORTER EDITION of UC Berkeley's latest environmental impact report is released!
Doug Buckwald
Saturday May 11, 2019 - 11:04:00 PM
You may already know that UC Berkeley is in the planning stage for a large new development at Hearst Avenue and La Loma Avenue, in the northeast corner of campus. The Campus is also attempting to justify its current enrollment of 42,519 full-time students, which is 44% over the baseline 1998 campus enrollment -- far over the anticipated 13% increase stipulated in the University's 2020 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). -more-
Police and Home Security Cameras
Jack Bragen
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Comments for Berkeley City Council Special Meeting on North Berkeley BART Development
Sunday May 12, 2019 - 06:41:00 PM
My fellow North Berkeley Neighborhood Alliance neighbors have raised many important issues about the development of the North Berkeley BART station. I agree with many of their observations about the one-size-fits-all plans of BART for our unique, totally residential BART station neighborhood. -more-
Press Release: Consider the Homeless! Announces a Candlelight March, an Overnight Vigil and Memorial For Berkeley’s Departed Homeless Residents
Barbara Brust
Berkeley: Consider the Homeless! (CTH), an organization devoted to alleviating the suffering of Berkeley’s homeless - our brothers and sisters who are living and sleeping on the streets of our fair city - will be sponsoring a candlelight march on Tuesday evening, May 14th, from Berkeley’s City Council Meeting at 1231 Addison, beginning at 7:30 PM, to New City Hall at 2180 Milvia. -more-
Why We Will March on Tuesday
A few days ago I heard of Eric Sibbald’s death… He was one of the resident’s of the old 9th St. Shelter, and one that we interviewed while trying to save it. You can watch it on FB at https://www.facebook.com/ConsiderTheHomeless/videos/453801608448409/ -more-
Report of Armed Man at Berkeley's King School Was False
Becky O'Malley
Friday May 10, 2019 - 01:26:00 PM
The Planet has been contacted by the family of the King Middle School student whose experience with bullying precipitated an uproar yesterday on the school site. Before it was over, it brought numerous Berkeley police with drawn guns to a locked down campus, responding to a report that a suspect with a gun had been sighted. This turned out not to be true, according to a family member familiar with the situation (who asked that her name not be used because of fear of reprisals) who called the Planet on the family’s behalf this morning.
She told us that the child in question, an 11-year-old boy, had recently moved to this area. He is a small special needs student, with problems including seizures and tics which he can’t control. He has experienced several episodes of being beaten up by fellow students since he entered King, which have been reported to school administrators, but, as reported by his relative, “there were no consequences”. She says that these instances have been recorded on video.
By her account, yet another such incident was reported on Thursday, which prompted the boy’s mother, accompanied by two other family friends, to go to the school to see if he needed their help, since school administrators had not been able to stop the bullying. One of these friends, an African-American young man with dreadlocks, was the person reported—it’s not clear by whom—to be in possession of a gun, which turned out not to be true, despite reports in local media to the contrary.
Yesterday’s Berkeley Police Department press release, reprinted in the Planet, described “a report of a man armed with a handgun” and said that “the suspect… appears to be a parent or caregiver of a student.”
The Police Department release said that “ witnesses described the suspect as a 20- to 30-year-old black male, 5’7” tall, with a medium build and long “twisty” braids. He was reportedly wearing a white hooded top, and blue jeans.”
Our contact said that when the family friend who matched that description learned that he’d been accused of carrying a gun onto a school site, he voluntarily went to the Berkeley Police and told them what had actually happened. As a result, no charges of any kind have been filed about the incident.
It’s possible that the panicky response of students and administrators might have been caused by stereotypical views of a young Black man with dreads and a hoodie, ironic in that recent school shooters have overwhelmingly been White.
Family members of the 11-year-old bullying victim are still not satisfied with the school’s lack of success in ending the attacks. -more-
Barr and Comey: an Odd Couple of Peas in a Pod
Thursday May 02, 2019 - 04:18:00 PM
The Internet age has made “I told you so” a lot easier to say.
Case in point: the whiney, self-serving op-ed by James Comey which appeared in my Thursday New York Times.
Title and subtitle: “James Comey: How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr: Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive this president.”
The piece, published just in time to pile on with the Democrats’ fully justified disgust at Barr’s mendacious performance before a Senate committee the previous day, is a wordy description of how virtuous men like Bill Barr and Rod Rosenstein [and Jim Comey?] are gradually compromised by sucking up [he uses fancier words] to Donald Trump. The ending is especially stirring:
“…to stay, you must be seen as on his team, so you make further compromises. You use his language, praise his leadership, tout his commitment to values.
“And then you are lost. He has eaten your soul.”
There’s just one problem. If you look back on the public history of both Barr and Comey, you’ll discover that they deserve each other. People who’ve known them before have predicted what they’re doing now. They’re not exactly cut from the same cloth: Barr has always been an unprincipled schemer, whereas Comey has specialized in self-deceptive self-aggrandizement. But both of their souls have long since been off the menu. -more-
SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces
Gar Smith
Saturday May 11, 2019 - 11:53:00 AM
People's Park Anniversary Marked with a New Book
Berkeley-based Heyday Books has created a massive 50th anniversary tribute to the people and events surrounding the creation of People's Park, and recalling its bloody and brutal seizure by armed police, the helicopter tear-gassing of Berkeley during the National Guard occupation, and the eventual nonviolent liberation and reclamation of the park.
Heyday Books will host a special book-release party from 7-9PM at the Art House Gallery and Cultural Center (2905 Shattuck) on Saturday, May 11. On Wednesday, May 15, Heyday will stage a Peoples Park "Teach-in" from 7-9PM at the David Brower Center (2150 Allston Way). Speakers will include the book's editor, Tom Dalzell, and a host of activists involved in the battle for People's Park including—Michael Delacourt, Judy Gumbo, Ruth Rosen, Donovan Rundle, Dove Sholom Scherr, Jane Scherr, Dan Siegel, and Nacio Jan Brown. The event will be moderated by Steve Wasserman. Mayor Jesse Arreguin will be a featured speaker. (Note: some community members critical of the mayor's policies toward the homeless have signaled plans to be outside protesting "possibly as early as 6.") The Brower Center event is free but reservations are required. Contact Emmerich Anklam at Heyday Books.
People's Park 50th Anniversary Commemorations -more-
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE:Spanish Elections
Conn Hallinan
There were several lessons to take from last month’s Spanish elections, some special to Spain, others that resonate continent wide. Since the 28-member European Union is preparing to vote on the makeup of the European Parliament at the end of May, those lessons are relevant. -more-
THE PUBLIC EYE:Donald Trump and the Measles Epidemic
Bob Burnett
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States and many Americans were hopeful. We were in the throes of "the great recession" but we trusted Obama to guide us out of it. We'd elected our first biracial President and many of us hoped that racism would soon be gone. By the way, the U.S. was thought to free of measles -- there were only 131 cases of circulating measles reported in 2008.
Things have changed. Donald Trump is the 45th President. Although the economy is good, two-thirds of Americans are pessimistic about the future. Racism is back -- White Supremacists threaten domestic security. And there's a measles epidemic; so far, 764 cases of measles have been reported in 2019 (https://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html).
The social and mental attributes that characterize Donald Trump have promoted the measles epidemic. These same conditions have produced other epidemics, such as opiod addiction, Hepatitis A, and gun violence. -more-
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Belief Compliance isn't Needed
A psychiatrist once said he thought consciousness could be an illusion. The same psychiatrist, or perhaps a different one, said that either you believe in human psychic ability or you don't. He was implying that it didn't exist and that it was a superstition. I responded by saying that a person could be uncertain about it and could think that maybe it exists. Begrudgingly, he acknowledged that, probably in the absence of a good argument to the contrary. -more-
Silkroad Ensemble’s Multi-Cultural Heroes Take Their Stands
Reviewed by James Roy MacBean
For more than two decades, Silkroad Ensemble, originally the brainchild of Yo-Yo Ma, has been inspired by their motto, “Music, radical cultural collaboration, and passion-driven yearning for a more hopeful world.” Yo-Yo Ma stepped down as artistic director in 2017, and although he is still involved with Silkroad’s ongoing projects, he did not participate in the group’s latest work, Heroes Take Their Stand, which was commissioned by CalPerformances and was presented here on Friday, May 3, at Zellerbach Hall. -more-
Theater Review: A Last Minute Pick for 'Arden of Faversham,' Onstage Through This Weekend
"Get thee gone ... I am too good to be thy favorite."
A chance encounter Thursday night with a domestic tragedy (an early style of drama) from 1593 by an anonymous playwright or team of playwrights (a scene in it has been attributed to Shakespeare) has spurred me to recommend it here--an eleventh hour rec': it closes, after three more performances, this Sunday afternoon.
It's 'Arden of Faversham,' staged by Theater of Others in the lovely post-1906 Quake Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, two blocks from Civic Center BART in San Francisco. -more-
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, May 12-19
Kelly Hammargren, Sustainable Berkeley Coalition
Worth Noting:
Much of the action is taking place at the City Council Committee meetings which are scheduled during the daytime. Minutes from Council Committee meetings are very brief and none of the City Council Committee meetings have audio or video recordings.
Monday – 10:30 am City Council Committee meeting on Health, Life Enrichment includes RV Parking, 2:30 pm City Council Agenda planning for May 28 full Council regular meeting
Tuesday – 6 pm Regular City Council meeting, 6 pm – 7 pm Meeting on Preparing for Wildfire evacuation – this program is repeated on May 25 -more-
Back Stories
Planet on Vacation The Management 05-19-2019
The Erik Jekabson String-tet, with Mads Tolling, Michael Zilber & Kalil Wilson, Plays the Music of Duke Ellington at the Berkeley Hillside Club, Friday May 17 at 8 Ken Bullock 05-15-2019
New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing Tim Redmond 05-14-2019
Open letter to Mayor Arreguin about BART Parking Russ Tilleman 05-14-2019
Updated: Special SHORTER EDITION of UC Berkeley's latest environmental impact report is released! Doug Buckwald 05-11-2019
Police and Home Security Cameras Jack Bragen 05-15-2019
Comments for Berkeley City Council Special Meeting on North Berkeley BART Development Harvey Smith 05-12-2019
Press Release: Consider the Homeless! Announces a Candlelight March, an Overnight Vigil and Memorial For Berkeley’s Departed Homeless Residents Barbara Brust 05-12-2019
Why We Will March on Tuesday Barbara Brust 05-12-2019
Report of Armed Man at Berkeley's King School Was False Becky O'Malley 05-10-2019
SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces Gar Smith 05-11-2019
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE:Spanish Elections Conn Hallinan 05-10-2019
THE PUBLIC EYE:Donald Trump and the Measles Epidemic Bob Burnett 05-10-2019
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Belief Compliance isn't Needed Jack Bragen 05-10-2019
Silkroad Ensemble’s Multi-Cultural Heroes Take Their Stands Reviewed by James Roy MacBean 05-11-2019
Theater Review: A Last Minute Pick for 'Arden of Faversham,' Onstage Through This Weekend Ken Bullock 05-10-2019
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, May 12-19 Kelly Hammargren, Sustainable Berkeley Coalition 05-11-2019
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#AlbatrossStories: Behind the lens with extreme...
We caught researcher and #AlbatrossStories photographer Derren Fox for an exclusive interview. Derren has spent over four years on Bird Island. As he leaves this sub-Antarctic wonderland for the second time, he reflects on his photography journey, what it’s like living alongside charismatic and magnificent albatross, and why campaigns like #AlbatrossStories are needed more than ever.
The tale of the albatross and the algorithm
Sun, 27/01/2019
This is a story about the albatross, one of the most iconic and endangered groups of birds, about industrial fishing in the remotest ocean regions that kills them, and an astonishing experiment in machine learning which may just help to save them.
Albatross Task Force leader wins major award with...
We interview the leader of the Albatross Task Force in Argentina, Leandro Tamini, who has won the Marsh Award for Marine Conservation Leadership, which recognises people or organisations having a profound impact on marine conservation.
Ambitious plan to remove "mega-mice" to...
Giant invasive “mega-mice” on Gough Island are set to be eradicated in one of the most ambitious projects of its kind, which will save two million seabird eggs and chicks a year from being eaten in the nest.
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Going for Green: Chile purse seine project...
Modifying purse seine nets in Chile seems to offer a promising new way to reduce seabird bycatch. This year, the project has received prestigious recognition from the Latin American Green Awards.
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7 amazing things the Albatross Task Force has...
For more than a decade, the Albatross Task Force has been striving to make fishing industries seabird-safe. Working with communities, governments and on board boats, it has become one of BirdLife’s most successful programmes. Here’s what it has achieved in the past year alone.
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Nobody knows where juvenile Grey-headed...
Way too many youngsters were going missing after fledging. With no knowledge of where they fly to, it was much harder to halt their decline. Now, nine satellite-tagged juveniles have successfully left the nest. We can watch their journey – and so can you.
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This month in science: albatross disease risk,...
We present the highlights of the latest issue of Bird Conservation International, our quarterly peer-reviewed journal promoting worldwide research and action for the conservation of birds and their habitats.
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Towards seabird-safe fisheries, global efforts...
The RSPB and BirdLife International have produced a new publication that presents some of the remarkable efforts fisheries have made on a global scale to tackle seabird bycatch.
How we're saving the kings of the ocean
It has been another busy year for the Albatross Task Force, and our teams have made good progress in achieving their objectives towards reducing the bycatch of vulnerable seabirds in some of the world’s most deadly fisheries.
Argentina approves measures to save seabirds
The use of measures to prevent seabird bycatch deaths has just been approved by the Argentinean government—a decision that will save the lives of thousands of seabirds.
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The man saving 30,000 seabirds
A real ‘high-seas hero’, Clemens coordinates the ATF in Namibia. His work has led to the government recently passing regulations to stop seabird bycatch.
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Landmark move to protect albatrosses in the...
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New measures agreed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission will have benefits for seabirds
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Wash Out
Premiere: Wash Out - Brunette
April 26, 2019 in stream, premiere
Brunette are a Brooklyn based duo (that’s New York City, fact fans!), comprised of Sho and Adrien Epsy. Apparently they also need to drink more water, and call their moms (that’s mums, English people and anglophiles)! Brunette also make music inspired by the likes of D’Angelo, Jai Paul and Kaytranada, which puts them firmly in my wheelhouse.
Their song Wash Out is an exploration of the uncertain yet thrilling experience that comes from existing in a ‘vaguely defined’ romantic relationship... Living with the pressure of something that could either be a brief fling, or a life-defining experience.
What struck me about Wash Out is the way it takes a really stripped back musical production and layers it with a vocal performance that feels both effortless yet impassioned. It is yearning and yet somehow carries it with swagger. Snatched vocals combine to create brief harmonies that give this a real feeling of power, the stripped back electronic bass lines and sharp drum hits only emphasising that.
Tags: Brunette
Tunnelview
Premiere: Stroller - Tunnelview
August 14, 2018 in stream, premiere
Stroller is the new single from Tunnelview, and the second track to be lifted from their forthcoming EP Thurzdazed.
Tunnelview is the name for multi-instrumentalist Bradley Peters and producer Zachary Thomas. Having originally started making indie-rock, the pair gradually became increasingly interested in pop music, synthesisers and drum machines, or which there are plenty here.
With thick bass lines and funky drum patterns, Stroller has a lovely warm and baggy feel. The big beats create a sound that is part 90s R&B, part hip house, all brought together by some vocals that plead for just a moment's calm, please. With influences that span Prince, Phoenix, Blood Orange, Toro y Moi and Wild Nothing you should be expecting something with plenty of left-field charm.
The band describe Stroller as being about holding loved ones close whilst it feels like the world is spinning out of control, and that’s a feeling I can get behind. I love this track - positive sentiment married to quirky and inventive pop music. Check it out below:
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Premiere: Your Eyes - Bell Always
July 16, 2018 in premiere, stream
Ahead of their debut album Daylight Slowly Fades, alternative trio Bell Always are premiering their new song Your Eyes.
Your Eyes is a spectral wall-of-noise that envelopes the listener. Gradually building from humble origins, this is a song that swells like a wave. With hushed vocals drenched in echo, melodic and introspective guitars and a rapid, transit-like rhythm, Your Eyes sounds like Radiohead written for urban-sprawl cracking in the heat. It’s a little bit Brutalist, a little bit Balearic.
The band have honed their sound through series of intimate sessions in Tel Aviv that saw audiences scatted through the room, removing the conventional boundary between performer and listener.
Check out You Eyes below and look out for Daylight Slowly Fades, due out next month.
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Premiere: Bella - BOO
June 21, 2018 in stream, premiere
BOO are DIY synth pop duo Chris Black and Brigitte Rose. Claiming influence in both ABBA and Devo, you can hear the disco-informed pop of the former and the playful punk-like electronic experimentation of the latter here on Bella.
Bella is the second single to be lifted from BOO’s forthcoming third album Snare, and it shimmers with a summer-like lightness whilst underneath the surface lurks something darker.
Describing the track, BOO said:
We wrote this at the height of Summer just before a big change. It’s full of all the turmoil and excitement that brings and the languid escape of those long hot days.”
Check out Bella below and look out for Snare, out on 10 August. Using the Cold War as inspiration, Snare aims to capture echoes of a divided past and trace them into an uncertain future. You can pre-order Snare here and if you pre-order it now you will get Bella straight away.
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Premiere: Drumline - Lo
May 10, 2018 in stream, premiere
Drumline is the second single from Lo, a determined and self-driven Nashville artist focused on creating American bubblegum pop with a hint of K-Pop.
The track itself shines like neon - this is very much the territory of aural lip gloss, neon sun block and glitter in your hair. Lo’s vocals boast sass and confidence against a backdrop of gloriously smooth melodies. And the drumline the song is named after - a rapid scattered rhythm that feels like a halftime marching band playing just for Lo - is one of those perfect pop moments.
Lo’s original calling was one of dance. The first in her family to go to college, she got there on a dance scholarship, and now choreographs all of her live shows. Having felt the pressure to choose something like a safe business career Lo ultimately found the pull of music too much. Having got into publishing she ended up writing for other artists full time.
When it came to making her own music Lo found she couldn’t afford to pay producers to help record her demos, so she instead spend the last $200 in her bank account to buy Logic and taught herself how to produce her own music.
Lo’s experience dancing through college plays directly into the inspiration for Drumline:
“Drumline was heavily inspired by my collegiate dance career in the SEC. One of my all time favorite dance performances was a championship game in a stadium filled with 98,000 people where we danced alongside an actual drumline. Many of the metaphors and imagery of the song were drawn from that magical halftime moment!
“I hope this new single can serve as a bombastic reminder to fully celebrate joy and love when you find it, as we often take them for granted. And... I hope it makes you want to dance!”
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Olecranon bursitis most commonly occurs as the result of a repetitive strenuous activity that encourages the triceps muscle and tendon to tighten and shorten from overuse. Bursitis can be caused through injury, infection or it can be triggered by certain health conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and gout.
Symptoms normally include a constant dull ache or burning pain at the back of the elbow that is aggravated by any touch, pressure or movement of the joint. There will normally be notable swelling around the back of the elbow and movement of the elbow joint will be stiff especially in the morning and after any activity involving the elbow. In cases of bursitis caused by infection, the skin around the affected joint will appear to be red and will feel incredibly warm to the touch with additional symptoms of a high temperature and feverish chills.
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What is olecranon bursitis?
Olecranon bursitis is the painful inflammation and swelling of the olecranon bursa at the tip of the back of the elbow. A bursa is a small fluid filled sac that forms around joints in areas where there is a lot of friction between muscles, tendons and outcrops of bone. The bursae position themselves in between the tendon or muscle and the bone buffering any friction from movement. To picture a bursa think of it as a very small, water filled balloon that sits in places where things rub against each other, such as between a tendon and a bone, to provide a soft smooth cushion for the tendon to pass over painlessly. The covering of the bursa also acts as a lubricant and aids the tendon’s movement. It is estimated that there are over 150 bursae in your body which protect joints and tendons from wear. They are all very small and unnoticeable until they become swollen and painful with bursitis.
The elbow joint itself is formed by the union of the far end of the humerus (the upper arm bone) and the radius and ulna (the forearm bones). At the end of the ulna the olecranon process hooks into the back of the humerus creating what is known as a hinge joint, named as such as it only moves in flexion and extension. The olecranon bursa lies over the top of the olecranon process separating it from the triceps tendon which attaches at the back of elbow and is responsible for straightening the arm.
Why & when does olecranon bursitis happen?
Olecranon bursitis can be caused through injury, infection or it can be triggered by certain health conditions. If bursitis develops as a result of injury then it will normally be due to a repetitive strenuous activity that encourages the triceps muscle and tendon to tighten and shorten from overuse. An example of this is repetitively pushing heavy objects, straightening the arm against pressure or leaning heavily on the elbow. This puts more pressure over the bursa as the tendon rubs more tightly over it, irritating it and triggering a painful inflammatory reaction (swelling). This risk of developing bursitis in this way is greater in those whose jobs or hobbies involve a lot of repetitive pushing movements, for example carpet fitters and gardeners who spend a lot of time kneeling and so are more at risk of bursitis in the knee. Likewise runners have a greater likelihood of developing bursitis in the hip. Bursitis can also be brought on by excessive pressure or direct impact trauma such as banging your elbow or dropping on to your knees. Infection is a less common cause of bursitis and normally only occurs in people who have a weakened immune system from other health issues. The infection can work its way to the bursa from a cut close to the bursa that has become infected. In these cases the bursitis is termed as septic bursitis. Certain health conditions can also trigger the development of bursitis such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout, amongst others.
What does olecranon bursitis feel like?
The symptoms of bursitis vary depending on whether it is the result of injury or an underlying health condition or from infection. From normal overuse and injury the pain is normally a constant dull ache or burning pain at the back of the elbow that is aggravated by any touch, pressure or movement of the joint. There will normally be notable swelling around the back of the elbow, in other cases where the bursa lies deep under the skin like in the hip or shoulder swelling might not be visible. Movement of the elbow joint will be stiff especially in the mornings and after any activity involving the elbow. All of these symptoms are experienced with septic bursitis, with the addition of a high temperature of 38ºC or over and feverish chills. The skin around the affected joint will also appear to be red and will feel incredibly warm to the touch.
In cases of septic bursitis it is important that you seek medical attention. With injury induced bursitis if symptoms are still persisting after two weeks then report to your GP.
How long does olecranon bursitis take to heal?
The healing time of olecranon bursitis can vary from two to eight weeks and in some cases even longer than that. It depends on the severity of the injury or the location, for example if the bursitis happens near a joint that can be rested easily, the healing time will be greatly reduced. On the other hand, if it is in a joint that is regularly used, such as the elbow then this perpetuates and flares the condition making healing a more lengthy process.
How will olecranon bursitis be diagnosed?
Your GP or therapist will be able to diagnose you by both listening to your history and examining you. No X-rays or further investigation should be needed to confirm diagnosis but may be requested to check for any underlying health conditions that may have triggered the bursitis.
What treatment options are available for olecranon bursitis?
Your GP may prescribe a short course of anti-inflammatory painkillers to reduce and control the painful inflammation that occurs and antibiotics in cases of septic bursitis. Applying a covered ice pack to the area after the initial injury may also significantly hasten the healing process by reducing the pain and swelling. Please make sure the ice pack is covered to prevent any ice burn and for best results use the icepack regularly for 10-15 minutes with intervals of 30 minutes. Where possible it is advisable to avoid all aggravating movements and postures, however complete rest is not advised as this can lead to weakness and further shortening of the muscle. Massage and manipulative therapies can help loosen the surrounding muscles and tendons of the affected joint, reducing the pressure over the bursa and allowing it to heal faster. If the bursitis is chronic and not responding to treatment then your GP may refer you for a corticosteroid injection which will reduce the inflammation levels and will in turn reduce the pain levels experienced. Corticosteroid injections can have varied results. Surgery is a rare option when it comes to bursitis but occasionally it may be necessary in extremely chronic cases or to drain an infected bursa.
The underlying cause of the bursitis must be identified to prevent further reoccurrences. Failure to eliminate the cause may lead to future flare ups and a poor and slow recovery. Future occurrences can be prevented with the use of stretches and strengthening exercises which will help prevent your muscles from tightening up over the bursa. Pilates and yoga are very good for this providing the aggravating movements are avoided. Wearing joint supports such as knee pads or elbow supports may also reduce your likelihood of redeveloping bursitis.
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A senior Finance Ministry official told Mail Today that the income tax collections are not commensurate with the big ticket expenditure that has been taking place in the economy on buying real estate, luxury goods, high value credit card purchases and extravagant spending in fiveâ??star hotels and foreign jaunts by individuals.
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram also stated on Thursday that there was a need to consider imposing a higher tax on the "super rich" at a time when the government needs more money to bring down the fiscal deficit. A top flight income tax official told Mail Today that the department had used "very advanced computer software to collect data on the expenditure of big spenders and efforts will be accelerated to gather all this data at one spot."
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According to sources, the PAN card provides the crucial link to the scattered expenditure and this is then assembled at one place to provide the entire picture at one glance.
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For people who want to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, Ultherapy is a less invasive option than a facelift, says Janine Derkas, registered nurse at Associates in Dermatology in Hampton. Ultrasound waves penetrate deep in your skin layers, deeper than a laser can, to stimulate your body’s natural process to produce fresh, new collagen, Derkas says. Ultherapy lifts skin and improves lines and wrinkles on the face and chest.
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Ultherapy, which is FDA approved for the brow, face, neck and décolletage, has been in use in the United States since 2009. Associates in Dermatology began offering Ultherapy in May 2015 and has treated patients ranging from their 30s to 80s, Derkas says.
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Treating the entire face, neck and décolletage costs about $3,000, she says. Depending on your need and/or budget, you can pinpoint smaller areas such as crow’s feet, your brow, lips or lower face. Treating the full face, chest and neck takes about two hours.
The treatment itself can be uncomfortable, Derkas acknowledges. “It’s like a contraction. You can actually feel the muscle tightening during the treatment. Then you feel heat—it’s about 160 degrees. But it’s bearable.”
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For most people, one treatment is enough. Someone older might get two treatments six months apart, she says.
Ultherapy is not for everyone. The procedure tightens skin but doesn’t remove fat and works best on skin that’s saggy but not excessively so, Derkas says. “It doesn’t take the place of a face lift,” she says. “There are some people who need a face lift.”
For people who have a double or triple chin, Kybella is an excellent choice to remove that fat and restore a thinner, more youthful neck. “The best person for Kybella is somebody who has good skin elasticity but has a fat pad under their chin, says Dr. David McDaniel of the Laser and Cosmetic Center in Virginia Beach. “A lot of people who come in have their mother’s or grandmother’s chin even though they’re in their 30s. It looks like a little bar of soap. If you’re young, have good skin elasticity and have fat, the results can be dramatic.”
Kybella, which was approved by the FDA in April, involves injections of deoxycholic acid to kill fat cells in the neck. The treatment is customized for each person, he says. The cost is $1,400 to $3,000 depending on the amount of fat and number of treatments needed, McDaniel says. Most patients need two treatments about four to eight weeks apart; some need three or four treatments
There’s no downtime and no anesthesia, he says. But Kybella can be painful and often results in bruising and then swelling for two to four weeks, especially after the first treatment, he says. For that reason, McDaniel now often reduces the dose for the first treatment to minimize those side effects and then uses a higher dose for later treatments. The second and subsequent treatments cause less swelling, he says. There is no scarring.
One other after effect is that once the fat from the neck is gone, muscle bands on the neck can show more prominently, McDaniel says. About one in four patients also see significant skin tightening after Kybella; the rest do not, McDaniel says.
Overall, results are natural looking and enduring.
“Patients see fat reduction very quickly, within weeks,” McDaniel says. “It doesn’t take six months—you see it right away. Patient satisfaction is very high if you set their expectations carefully. Some people say, ‘I look younger. I have my neck back.’ They really see a visible difference.”
CoolMini, as the name implies, is a small version of CoolSculpting and is designed to eliminate fat under the chin by freezing the fat cells. CoolSculpting was FDA cleared in 2010, and CoolMini for the neck was FDA cleared in September 2015.
The CoolMini device sucks tissue in and freezes the fat cells, says Dr. John Mancoll of Mancoll Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery in Virginia Beach. Fat cells die over eight to 12 weeks, and patients see 75 percent of the benefit in eight weeks with the full benefit at the 12-week mark, Mancoll says. Most patients need two treatments, four to six weeks apart, he says.
With CoolMini, patients lose 22–25 percent of the fullness in the chin and neck area. The prime age group is people aged 35 to 65, he says. About 90 percent are women, but the procedure has a growing appeal to men because there’s no downtime.
Like Kybella, the ideal candidates have good skin tone—just a little pad of fat under the chin they want to get rid of. Also like Kybella, after the fat is gone from the neck the muscle band can be more prominently visible, Mancoll says.
CoolMini can’t be customized as much as Kybella, but it’s an excellent choice for patients who are afraid of needles.
“When I described the Kybella process to one patient, I saw the sweat build up on her forehead and upper lip about being injected by needles multiple times,” he says. That apprehension made CoolMini the best option for her.
CoolMini does not cause the bruising and swelling that results from Kybella. It’s also less expensive—$800 per treatment, he says.
“Patients love it,” Mancoll says. “It’s amazing. Sometimes the changes are subtle, but patients are thrilled to death because they’re looking at it every day.”
CoolMini, similar to the other procedures, buys people time until they are ready for a bigger step such as a neck lift, Mancoll says.
After you’ve had a procedure to tighten your skin or reduce fat, your job is not done. It’s up to you to maintain that healthy, youthful appearance.
“If you think, ‘I’ve done my time. I can eat whatever I want,’ the fat will come back,” Mancoll says. “If you keep a stable weight, the area will look great.”
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The Youngsters had one good sized hit on the west coast, several records under different names, and members that were involved in other fine groups. The group formed at Manual Arts High School on Vermont Street in Los Angeles in 1955. Group members originally included Homer Green, Don Miller, Charles Everidge, Harold Murray and James Warren. Their first recording was issued as the Preludes and was with the newly formed Empire record label, owned by George Motola and Jack Hoffman. Backing them on the session was noted pianist Ernie Freeman. "Don't Fall In Love Too Soon" was actually recorded at the same session as "Shattered Dreams" and "Rock And Roll Cowboy." Besides the Preludes and Youngsters, they also had the name of the Tempters. This page is devoted to the Youngsters records on the Empire label, with variations in titles and group names - of course! Their next release stalled, and the group made a personnel change. Homer Green joined the service, and Herman Pruitt jumped aboard. He had sung with another fine LA vocal group, the Calvanes. And, coincidently, was also from Manual Arts High School. "Dreamy Eyes" became their best selling record and earned them spots on a few local tours and some great gigs. The song was also covered by many groups, including the Squires on Aladdin, the Viceroys, the Sparklers, and others. By 1957, the Youngsters fortunes faded for at least a couple of reasons. Two members of the group left, and Empire records folded. Everidge and Warren eventually joined the Shields touring group, as they were then red hot with "You Cheated." More on the Youngsters Here.
Here is the first record by the Youngsters, recording under the name of the Preludes. This was also the first group record for the Empire label. "Don't Fall In Love Too Soon" backed with "I Want Your Arms Around Me" used the Preludes name, and was the only recording to do so. Donald Miller sang the lead vocals on both sides of the record.
The Youngsters first recording. "Shattered Dreams" reportedly sold at least 30,000 copies, mostly on the west coast, enhanced by great exposure from Dj's and some TV appearances. The Flip was "Rock And Roll Cowboy" which was an average effort at best. It was released in 1956. Shown is the 78 RPM record on Empire 104.
Here is the 45 RPM issue. Notice the Publisher for Shattered Dreams is "House Of Fortune" on the 45, and on the 78 it is "Simon House."
The Youngsters also recorded as the Tempters, as seen in this 1956 release. It was also the next number in sequence for Empire (105), after Shattered Dreams. "I'll See You Next Fall" was only available as by the Tempters, while the flip, "I'm Sorry Now" was also available as the second flip to Dreamy Eyes. This was the last Youngsters record that used the 1614 N. Argyle address on the label.
The Youngsters follow up was a good effort, but did not ring the cash registers, or wear out the needles on the jukeboxes. "You're An Angel" was the plug side, while "Counterfeit Heart" was the flip. It was back to Simon House as the publisher on the "A" side. Still, a decent recording for the Youngsters. Also note, the address has now changed to 1107 El Centro Avenue in Los Angeles.
Dreamy Eyes was the Youngsters biggest hit, which spawned cover versions and sales of their record that went past just the west coast. It was issued at least four different ways. The first way, shown here, is the biggest mystery. "Dreamy Eyes" was on both sides of the 45. The dead wax shows the correct numbers of EM 210, and the correct delta number of 12125. As you can see by the labels, One side has the normal first pressing small print, and the flip has a bigger print font. It is hard to say why it was pressed this way. Could it be they wanted the DJ's to play "Dreamy Eyes" and have no doubt as to what the hit side would be? I doubt it was a pressing plant error, but maybe? The hardest "Dreamy Eyes" record to find, as not a huge volume were pressed.
The first regular release of "Dreamy Eyes" is flipped with a seasonal gem "Christmas In Jail." "Jail" has been released on several Christmas compilations through the years, and is a really fun song. "Dreamy Eyes" was released in November of 1956, and "Christmas In Jail" was kept as the flip through the Christmas season.
After the holidays, the mid tempo "I'm Sorry Now" was paired with "Dreamy Eyes." The combination sold the most copies, and was another good two sider for the Youngsters. Extensive radio airplay continued for the group, and sales were very brisk. Shown above is the 78 RPM issue.
Here is the 45 RPM version of the record. All the information on the label is the same as the 78.
A later pressing of "Dreamy Eyes." The Empire "logo" has a bigger font and the address was dropped. " Christmas In Jail" was used as the flip. Interesting to note that the time listed for "Christmas In Jail" and "Dreamy Eyes" are now 2:00, though the record plays the same length as the original pressings that show 2:15. Frankly, the exact length seems to fall somewhere in-between the two!
And then there was this odd release. The group was named "Them Featuring Him", Him, being Al Cava. HEG stood for Helen,Emil And George, and this record is a different take then the previous version. I only show this one release for Heg records, and they have changed the publishing on it.
Updates: As mentioned in the beginning, the Youngsters recorded as the Preludes and the Tempters. After breaking up in 1957, some went to the military, 2 went to perform as the Shields, and later on, there were links to the Mad Lads. A fine doo wop group that made some great records, had a big hit, and left their mark in Los Angeles vocal group history.
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Big Loud Records rising Country songstress JILLIAN JACQUELINE continues her high-profile performance streak with her Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, February 13. This bucket-list moment comes on the heels of her vibrant Late Night with Seth Meyers television debut and intimate performance at the 2018 Sundance ASCAP Music Café as part of their CMA Songwriters Series.
Praised as “one of the most versatile music makers today” (CMT), Jacqueline will step into the famed circle to perform her debut single “Reasons,” joining the ranks of some of her musical influences including Patsy Cline, Trisha Yearwood and Lorrie Morgan – who is also featured on the evening’s lineup alongside Dustin Lynch, Trace Adkins, Wade Hayes, Del McCoury Band and Bill Anderson.
“This is one of those very special moments I’ve been looking forward to for a long time,” said Jacqueline. “To sing on the Opry stage is one of the biggest honors in country music. I couldn’t be more grateful or excited to make my debut.”
After racking up more than 30 million plus streams on Spotify alone, Jacqueline is taking Country radio by storm with the razor-sharp tell-all “Reasons.” Written by Jacqueline, Tofer Brown and Sarah Buxton, the track is featured on her acclaimed EP, SIDE A, available now. The project has skyrocketed the newcomer to next-big-thing status, landing coveted spots on notable artist to watch lists including Vevo dscvr, CMT, Pandora, Amazon Music, Rolling Stone and more.
This weekend Jacqueline kicked off her opening slot on Jordan Davis’ WHITE WINE AND WHISKEY TOUR, warming up crowds in West Peoria, IL and Sioux City, IA with her cut-to-the-chase lyrics and vocal prowess. Taking it international, she returns to the U.K. in March to perform at the C2C Festival in London before embarking on additional dates with Davis. Later this spring, she will join both Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge as a special guest on their respective tours.
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Choux Paste
by Eddy Van Damme on March 15, 2010
Making choux paste or Pate a choux is not particularly difficult, but it can be frustrating if you end up with big cracks on the surface of the éclairs or other products. I have spent a lot of time on researching and perfecting choux paste and I hope that this article will help, if you too, like to see smoother surfaced éclairs.
For years I would bake the éclairs at a high temperature, (Above 400°F – 200°C) it was what I was taught and it made perfect sense to me at the time. It made the choux paste expand very well and consequently made a large enough inner space for any type of filling. However, the other consequence was the irregular surface, the cracks, which makes it difficult to glaze the éclairs or other choux paste attractively.
To control the cracking, it is important to use the right flour or flour blend. I have used bread flour, with lower gluten (protein) content with good results, but mixing part bread flour and part pastry flour is very good. Certainly many chefs use all purpose flour. The reasoning for using flour with slightly higher gluten content is to permit more eggs into the paste. More eggs allow good expansion in the oven at lower oven temperatures. Lower oven temperatures help in the reduction of cracking.
Another important factor is the baking process. When baking choux paste products, try to fill the oven quite full (A filled up oven creates more moisture in the oven) and leave the steam escape closed. The initial built up of steam will help with the expansion and reduce cracking as well. Once the products have reached their full size, slightly open the door for steam to escape and allow the choux paste products to dry properly.
Piping your products evenly spaced makes a difference as well and examine which oven temperatures work best for you. Smaller piped items need a lower oven temperature or you will end up with a cracked surface.
Not all flour mills have the identical amount of gluten in their specific bread or pastry flour, so you may have to experiment which flour or blend works best for you. I suggest to make small changes at a time and observe the results.
Choux paste – Éclair Paste – La Pate a Choux
Yield: All or part of this batter can be frozen and baked at a later time. The recipe can be cut in half for home use.
1 Cup (8 oz) Milk 240 g
2 teaspoon (1/3 oz) Salt 10 g
1 Tbsp + 1 tsp (2/3 oz) Extra fine granulated sugar 20 g
2 sticks (8 oz) Unsalted butter, cubed 240 g
2 Cups (9 oz) 50% bread + 50% pastry flour 270 g
2 Cups (16 oz) Eggs, loosely beaten 480 g
In a saucepan bring to a boil the water, milk, sugar, salt and butter.
Remove from heat and immediately add the sifted flour. Stir well until combined. Return to heat and stir until the dough releases from the sides and bottom.
Place the mixture into a bowl fitted with the paddle attachment, on medium speed gradually add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl often. Once 14 oz (420 g) of the eggs are added examine the batter, it should be smooth and have a light sheen. It should be firm enough to hold it’s shape when piped. Add the remaining egg if needed.
Pipe the batter using a large plain tip on parchment lined sheet pans. Brush with egg wash lightly if desired. Place in the oven at 350F (180C), steam escape closed. When the products are well expanded, open the oven door slightly to let the steam escape. Bake until the products are crisp when pressed on the sides. About 35 minutes for éclairs.
When cool fill with pastry cream of choice and glaze.
Pastry Cream, Vanilla or Pistachio
Flavor the cream by either boiling one plump vanilla bean into the milk mixture or after cooling the cream add natural pistachio flavor of choice.
3 ½ Cups (28 oz) Milk 840 g
½ Cup (4 oz) Whipping cream 120 g
½ Cup (4 oz) Extra fine granulated sugar (a) 120 g
10 (10) Large egg yolks 10 g
6 Tablespoons (3oz) Extra fine granulated sugar (b) 90 g
9 Tablespoons (2.5oz) Cornstarch 75 g
2 Tablespoons (1 oz) Unsalted butter 30 g
In a saucepan bring to a boil the milk, cream and sugar (a) and vanilla bean (If using)
In a separate bowl whisk the egg yolks smooth, add the sugar (b) and whisk quickly and vigorously. Whisk in the cornstarch.
Add one fifth of the boiling milk into the yolk mixture and whisk. Pour the yolk mixture into the remaining boiling milk and whisk quickly until boiling and is thickened like honey.
Pour into a clean bowl, cover with plastic food wrap (Plastic touching the cream) and set the bowl on ice to chill rapidly.
For pistachio cream add the flavor and if desired also a few tablespoons of Kirsch liquor to enhance the pistachio flavor. If vanilla pastry cream is made, a few tablespoons of Grand Marnier is also delicious.
44 comments on “Choux Paste”
Alex Lincoln on March 15, 2010 at 5:21 pm said:
That pate a’ choux was beautiful. The photos made it look a bit loosey-goosey, but that lat shot is perfect. What did you use for the chocolate rings? Acetate? Very cute.
Eddy Van Damme on March 15, 2010 at 6:10 pm said:
Yes, the chocolate rings are indeed made on acetate. Pretty soon I will do an article on chocolate decor like this one.
All the best, Eddy.
Hilary Adams on March 15, 2010 at 6:42 pm said:
This looks so good! I have promised myself to try these in the old “home kitchen” this week. I’ll let you know how it goes! The pic looks so good above, I can almost taste it! Almost… :0)
Oooh! Sorry to post again! One question: natural pistachio flavor of choice? Is that an extract or an oil or a paste??? Is that something I can make here? Any suggestions would be fantastic.
Thanks, Chef Eddy!! ;0)
Hi Hilary,
It comes in a paste. You can also blend unsalted pistachios into a paste with Kirsch and add this to the cream.
Curra on March 16, 2010 at 3:56 am said:
Bellísimas fotos. Un paso a paso excepcional. Apetece comerlo ahora mismo.
Estoy deseando ver el post sobre los aros de chocolate con acetato.
Darienne on March 17, 2010 at 2:21 pm said:
We don’t have a “steam escape” on our stove, but the heat does rise through a hole in the left back burner. I assume that that hole acts as a steam escape and that I should block it off with, say, aluminum foil while backing the choux. Haven’t made eclairs in years. Am so glad I found your wonderful website last week!!! Darienne
astheroshe on March 17, 2010 at 2:28 pm said:
very nice! I have tried many recipes…ones with different flours, and milk or water…Just like Goldilocks and the Three bears…some tooo soft, too hard…..maybe yours will be just right! CHEERS!
Maria Lau on March 17, 2010 at 5:32 pm said:
This “tart” looks very scrumptious. The shape and color including the overall appearance looks very eye-catching. The blackberries would look great cut in half and face down. Anyways, this dessert should sell itself and disappear off the shelf. It looks so good don’t turn your head, or you might find a piece missing from your plate !
Carol Shavers on March 20, 2010 at 1:00 pm said:
Hello Chef Eddy,
The photo’s are just incredible. The Choux Paste or Éclair Paste, have become less difficult to make as I have learned with practice. I am amazed a the finished product and how fantastic it taste.
Pictures do speak a thousand words even more so when it taste as great as it looks.
Carol Shavers
kataka fred luchivya (lue) on March 22, 2010 at 4:15 pm said:
Hi chef Eddy
I love pate choux dough because its very versatile in both savory and sweet applications. i have a friends even family members who are not that keen on egg yolks especially the taste and smell. i know that pate choux’s main rising agent is the eggs the more eggs you put the better it rises while bakin in the oven. I was wondering can you just use egg whites? will the end result be the same
Hi Lue,
I have never made choux paste using only egg whites, therefore I am not certain what the result would be. It certainly is worth trying.
Diana Wallace on March 23, 2010 at 6:58 am said:
This was so amazing! The texture and flavor is a wonderful combination! One of my favorites!
Chef Slack on March 25, 2010 at 12:56 am said:
Hi Eddy
How long on your chocolate decor senor?
Fiorella on April 9, 2010 at 4:03 pm said:
Hi chef Eddy:
This dessert is one of my favorite not only because the look , but also because the flavor, of the vanilla in the pastry cream and the texture of the eclair dessert make this dessert so wonderful.
Of course the photo is very beautifull.
Fiore Pissani
Eddy Van Damme on April 9, 2010 at 5:43 pm said:
Fiorella,
Thank you for the great compliment, I love eclairs as well.
All the best to you,
Raymond Estrada on April 27, 2010 at 7:44 pm said:
These eclairs are great. Later chef eddy…
tasos on November 4, 2010 at 12:38 pm said:
Hi chef! Yesterday i made choux and i filled them with amaretto pastry cream lightened with wipped cream. It was nice. But there is a problem. Whenever i make lightened pastry cream it turns out grainy after it has been stored in the refrigerator for some hours. The same happened when i made a tart with lightened pastry cream and strawberries. The next day it was full of grains. However i never have problem with simple pastry cream. Thanks a lot!
Eddy Van Damme on November 4, 2010 at 5:29 pm said:
Hi Tasos,
What could be the problem is that the whipping cream is whipped too stiff. Do not whip it as firm as you would to make creme chantilly. Whip it to a very soft consistency only. When you fold in the soft whipped cream into the cool and smooth pastry cream it will firm up automatically. Please let me know if this solves the problem.
All the best Tasos,
tasos on November 4, 2010 at 6:10 pm said:
Be back soon with an answer chef. Thanks for your response!
nico on November 18, 2010 at 11:04 am said:
those look super good. Could you share the icing with us?
Anika on January 12, 2011 at 9:05 am said:
Dear Eddy,
Would you be so kind as to share what size plain tip you’ve used in the photos above please? the size looks perfect!
thanks for maintaining such an informative site! I stumbled upon it looking for invert sugar. Your entremets and desserts are beautiful.
sheila on April 25, 2011 at 8:38 am said:
How many eclairs does this render?
Christina on October 17, 2011 at 11:00 pm said:
Thank you sooooo much for the tips on baking the pate a choux! My eclair shells came out just right!
Chef, I made profiteroles with an irish cream custard for some friends and also for my husband to take to work. They were a big hit! Initially, I messed up the flour weight and we ended up making another half batch and adding it to the full recipe and then only added one other yolk. Fortunately it was saved. When I pulled out the first batch the puffs fell because they were not cooked long enough, so I increased the time. After cooling all the puffs and filling one to taste, they didn’t seem crispy so I put them back in the oven for a little longer. Is there an easy way to tell that the choux is fully baked? I also made a chocolate sauce with the Irish Creme, but apparently these were so good it wasn’t needed! It’s my number one requested item now when I cook for friends.
Inca on August 15, 2012 at 4:19 am said:
I would love to know how you make your glaze. It looks divine.
William on September 12, 2012 at 4:06 pm said:
I’ve made this recipe several times and not once have had success and I’ve been in the business for two decades.
I would like to ask what kind of oven you’re baking these in Chef. I’m using a convection oven and it’s not coming out at all.
Sorry this recipe is giving you trouble. What is happening? Are they collapsing when you remove them from the oven? If so, allow to bake until the sides are crisp. If you bake them in a fan forced oven and they brown too quickly and are not expanding as they should, reduce oven temperature a bit. If this is not the issue, please let me know so we can get this figured out.
Less is More on January 25, 2013 at 12:30 pm said:
Hey Chef… couple of quick questions, if you don’t mind.
Ideally, what percentage of protein should we be aiming for with the flour blend? And when you open the oven door to let the steam out, do you close it again or wedge it open a little for the remainder?
Oh…and is it possible to get a glaze that nice and shiny at home or does it require pro additives?
Linda Montgomery on January 28, 2013 at 9:49 pm said:
Chef Eddy, If I were to freeze the batter, would setting it out to thaw at room temperature ruin the product? What would you recommend for unfreezing? Also, what is the yield (I’m hoping for an approximate number) for this recipe of eclairs?
Hope to hear from you soon. Linda.
William on January 30, 2013 at 6:47 pm said:
Hi Chef… just coming back to say I’ve finally had success with this recipe. Thank you much for posting!!
Eddy Van Damme on January 31, 2013 at 5:55 am said:
Linda, defrost the choux paste batter in the refrigerator, not at room temperature.
On the protien content, about 10% is good.
Great to hear William!
Nicolas on May 1, 2013 at 7:37 pm said:
I was wondering how can I achieve a shiny-looking glaze like the one in the picture?
Amy Taylor on May 2, 2013 at 8:46 pm said:
I took laminated doughs last semester and this was the best recipe I have ever used to make eclairs and cream puffs! I have had some that did not rise properly and create that hollow center.
Peter Tham on May 6, 2013 at 8:28 pm said:
Something that I am looking forward to make in next semester “Laminated Dough” class… By the way Chef, whats the different between this and Profiterole?
Sherri Atlas on June 13, 2013 at 4:12 am said:
Another wonderful vehicle for so many plated desserts. Again, I will practice over the summer, getting the choux to the right texture and taste. I see what you mean if they are underdone. Will not hold up to the fillings.
Erica Harrell on June 17, 2013 at 8:58 pm said:
I always wanted to know how to make puffed pastry. It was much easier to make than I thought it would be and I really enjoyed making them. I was also happy to learn how to fill them. The pastry creamy was great to. Thanks Chef Eddy
Nikki Johnson on June 24, 2013 at 8:00 pm said:
Hi Chef, I’m interested in making this a savory dish. How would you turn the pastry into a bowl and will it hold up if I put some type of stew into it?
Abiel Guerrero on June 29, 2013 at 12:27 am said:
My love for pastry cream filled desserts really got me intrigued when we were making our dessert. Very glad when you explained the reasoning why the flour type mattered so much. Thanks
Mary Lorraine Matiling on June 30, 2013 at 7:08 pm said:
Choux Paste, one of the best thing ever created. It’s the perfect bite size vessel for any sweet or savory dish. I do love them with pastry cream alone dipped in chocolate but if you haven’t tried filling them with a cream cheese, garlic, SDT, jalapeno mixture, you should. It’s mouth watering.
mike on September 6, 2013 at 8:52 pm said:
After you add your cooked choux paste to the mixer, do you add cold or room temperature eggs? And do you mix in the eggs immediately after you put your choux paste on the mixer?
Sonja on November 10, 2013 at 3:14 pm said:
Dear Chef Eddy, I have been trying to get as close to your eclairs as possible. I’ve been juggling between several recipes and each time I get either cracks or they collapsed underneath. I only have a fan forced(convection oven) to work with. I cannot open the oven door as this turns my oven off. I’ve tried baking them for 33 mins at 180 degrees(again I am unable to open the door so can’t let steam out at all during whole baking process). I still get cracks in particular on the right of the eclairs. Also an unusual occurrence occurs when I piped the eclairs horizontally into the oven they seem to puff up but with cracks. When I pipe them vertically placed into the oven,cracks are lessened but they flatten out and collapse inwards from underneath. Please advice, very desparate. Also tried baking at 160 degrees for 40 mins, still same outcome.
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Ramon Casellas (Barcelona, 1975) graduated in Telecommunications Engineering in 1999 both from Technical University of Catalonia (UPC, Barcelona) and from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST, Paris, now Telecom Paristech) in the framework of the Erasmus student exchange program (double degree, specialization in Communications (UPC) and Networks and Compute Science (ENST). He completed a PhD degree in Telecommunications in 2002, from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST, Paris) funded by a CTI project with France Telecom Research and Development. He has worked as an undergraduate researcher at France Telecom Research and Development – FT R&D formerly known as Centre Nationale d’Etudes des Télecommunications (Issy les Molineaux, France) and British Telecom Labs (Ipswich, UK).
In 2002, he joined the Networks and Computer Science Department at the ENST as an Associate Professor (Maïtre de Conférences) and, in March 2006, he joined the CTTC Optical Networking Area, where he currently holds a Senior Researcher position. His research interest areas include GMPLS/PCE architecture, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Traffic Engineering and Distributed control schemes, with applications to Optical and Disaggregated Transport Networks.
Participation in Projects and Industrial Grants
Participation in over 40 R&D projects funded by the European Commission’s Framework Programmes (H2020, FP7, FP6, CELTIC), including leading work-packages related to control plane and SDN (FP7 ICT IP IDEALIST project, H2020 METRO-HAUL), as well as in the Spanish research programmes (Proyecto I+D, Red Temática, CENIT, PROFIT,..).
Participated and led several research grant projects and technology transfer activities with Industry actors (such as Alcatel, Telefónica, KDDI R&D Labs, KDDI Corporation, Huawei or ZTE). Developed and Transferred control plane software for optical networks (CTTC Path Computation Element, PCE).
MsC and Ph.D advisor
Supervised 1 Ph.D. thesis (CTTC/UPC, 2012, on the topic on GMPLS provisioning in multi-layer networks), and over 17 Ms.C. / PFC (ENST Paris, France, 1999-2005)
Member of 4 Ph.D. thesis committees (2006-2018).
Dissemination, Scientific Publications and Standardization activities
Co-authored 5 book chapters, over 200 international and peer-reviewed journal and conference papers (including over 60 journals ranked in the first quartile Q1, several OFC and ECOC top-scored papers, invited papers and several tutorials) and 1 patent.
Co-authored 5 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request For Comments (RFCs), in the TEAS, PCE and CCAMP Working Groups and several internet drafts.
Google Scholar (as of 2018/12/14) Citations: 3260. h-index 30, i10-index 104,
Research Gate Profile (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramon_Casellas) RG Score 35.72 ( over 92.5%)’
Contributor of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF); member of the Open Disaggregated Transport Networks (ODTN) project use case and software working groups.
Open Source software developer (ONOS Open Source SDN Controller).
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-6571
IEEE Senior Member (SM’2012).
IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) member.
Internet Society Member.
IEEE ComSoc instructor on the topic of SDN for Optical Networks.
Optical Society of America (OSA) member (2018).
Reviewer Tasks and editorial boards (Selected)
Reviewer for IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Elsevier Optical Fiber Technology (OFT), OSA Optics Express (OE), Optical Switching and Networking (OSN), IEEE Communications Magazine (CommMag), IEEE Networks, IEEE Letters.
Recognized Reviewer for IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology and Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, (2014, 1015)
Associate Editor of IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN)
OSA Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) 2017 N2 Sub-committee “Control and management of multilayer networks”; Organizer, Open Platform Summit incl. SDN/NFV Demo Zone; OFC 2017 Short Course Instructor - Introduction to the Control and Management of Optical Networks.
OSA Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) 2018 N2 Sub-committee Chair, “Control and management of multilayer networks”; Organizer, Open Platform Summit incl. SDN/NFV Demo Zone; Short Course Instructor - Software Defined Networking for Optical Networks: a Practical Introduction,
OSA Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) 2019 N3 Sub-committee member, “Architectures and software-defined control for metro and core networks”; Organizer OFC Demo Zone; Organizer Panel on “Network Infrastructure Virtualization and Network Slicing”; Short Course Instructor
IEEE/ComSoc Optical Networks Design and Modelling (ONDM) 2018, Technical Program Committee Chair (TPC Chair) Dublin, Ireland.
International Conference on IP + Optical Network (iPOP) TPC Member (2015-2018)
IEEE SDN/NFV Technical Programme Committee (TPC) member, including Main Track, Poster Track, Demo Track and MOBISLICE, O4SDI Workshops.
OECC/PSC2019 Organizer, Symposium: Future technologies for optical transport network support of post 5G mobile service
Past TPC Member of EUCNC, EWSDN, OPTICS and Globecom.
Past European Conference on Optical Networks (ECOC) TPC member in Sub-committee 6 (Core, Metro and Data Center Networks)
Participation in the 5G-PPP Software Networks and Architecture Working Groups.
External expert for the French National Research Agency (ANR).
CTTC Internal testbed coordinator (ADRENALINE Testbed).
Other Grants and Mentions
Erasmus/Sócrates Grant (1997).
Ph.D Grant (CTI Grant) with France Telecom Research and Development (FT R&D Centre Nationale d’études des Télécoms, CNET, 1999).
Qualified as “Maïtre de Conférences” (equiv, Associate Professor) (ENST, France, 2002).
Torres-Quevedo Research Grant (Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, 2006-2009).
Spotlight in Optics for the paper “Highly-available SDN control of Flexi-grid Networks with Network Function Virtualization enabled replication”, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2017
Light-reading mention OSA OFC2013 paper R. Casellas et al “An Integrated Stateful PCE / OpenFlow controller for the Control and Management of Flexi-Grid Optical Networks”.
L. M. Contreras, V. López, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, W. Jiang, H. Schotten, J. Alcaraz-Calero, Q. Wang, B. Sonkoly, L. Toka, Network Management and Orchestration , Chapter in 5G System Design: Architectural and Functional Considerations and Long Term Research, published by Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-119-42512-0. June 2018.
D. King, V. López, O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, N. Georgalas, A. Farrel, Application-Based Network Operations (ABNO) , Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016.
F. Cugini, P. Castoldi, M. Channegowda, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, A. Castro, Software Defined Networking (SDN) in Optical Networks , Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016.
R. Casellas, A. Giorgetti, L. Gifre, L. Velasco, V. López, O. González, D. King, In-Operation Network Planning , Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016
O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, GMPLS Control Plane , Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016.
S. Fichera, R. Martínez, B. Martini, M. Gharbaoui, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, P. Castoldi, Latency-Aware Resource Orchestration in SDN-Based Packet Over Optical Flexi-Grid Transport Networks , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. B83 - B96, April 2019.
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, L. Rodríguez-Navas, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, L. Nadal, D. Soma, Y. Wakayama, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, SDN Control of Sliceable Multi-dimensional (Spectral and Spatial) Transceivers with YANG/NETCONF , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. A123-A133, February 2019.
J. Mangues, J. Baranda, G. Landi, J. Núñez, R. Casellas, S. Bilal Chundrigar, A. de la Oliva, A. Mourad, S. T. Talat, C. F. Chiasserini, J. X. Salvat, Experimental framework and evaluation of the 5G-Crosshaul Control Infrastructure , Elsevier Computer Standards & Interfaces, January 2019.
L. Velasco, A. Sgambelluri, R. Casellas, L. Gifre, J.-L. Izquierdo-Zaragoza, F. Fresi, F. Paolucci, R. Martínez, E. Riccardi, Building Autonomic Optical Whitebox-based Networks , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 36, No. 15, pp.3097 - 3104, August 2018.
D. King, A. Farrel, E. Nishida-King, R. Casellas, R. Nejabati, L. Velasco, A. Lord, The dichotomy of distributed and centralized control: METRO-HAUL, when control planes collide for 5G networks , Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking, Vol. 11, No. 002, November 2018.
L. Velasco, R. Casellas, S. Llana, L. Gifre, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, M. Ruiz, A control and management architecture supporting autonomic NFV services , Photonic Network Communications, Vol.37, Issue 1, pp 24-37, November 2018.
J. Baranda, J. Mangues, I. Pascual, J. Núñez, J. de la Cruz, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, J. Xavier Salvat, C. Turyagenda, Orchestration of end-to-end network services in the 5G-Crosshaul multi-domain multi-technology transport network , IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.56, Issue 7, pp.184-191, July 2018.
L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, R. Casellas, F. J. Vilchez, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Programmable SDN-enabled S-BVT based on hybrid electro-optical MCM , IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 593 - 602, June 2018.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Control, Management, and Orchestration of Optical Networks: Evolution, Trends, and Challenges , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 1390-1402, April 2018 .
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, N. Yoshikane, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Integration of IoT, Transport SDN and Edge/Cloud computing for Dynamic Distribution of IoT Analytics and Efficient Use of Network Resources , IEEE Journal of lightwave Technologies, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 1420 - 1428, April 2018.
J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, F. J. Vilchez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, J. Pedro Fernández-Palacios, L. Miguel Contreras, Experimental Validation of a Converged Metro Architecture for Transparent Mobile Front- /Back-Haul Traffic Delivery using SDN-enabled Sliceable Bitrate Variable Transceivers , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp.1429 – 1434, January 2018.
X. Li, R. Casellas, G. Landi, A. de la Oliva, X. Costa-Perez, A. Garcia-Saavedra, T. Deiss, L. Cominardi, R. Vilalta, 5G-Crosshaul Network Slicing: Enabling Multi-Tenancy in Mobile Transport Networks , IEEE Communications Magazine, special issue on Network Slicing in 5G systems, August 2017, Vol. 55, No. 8, August 2017.
R. Vilalta, V. López, A. Giorgetti, S. Peng, V. Orsini, L. Velasco, R. Serral-Gracià, D. Morris, S. De Fina, F. Cugini, P. Castoldi, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, C. Verikoukis, R. Muñoz, TelcoFog: A unified flexible fog and cloud computing architecture for 5G networks , IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 88, August, 2017.
V. Lopez, J.M. Gran Josa, V. Uceda, F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, End-to-end Service Orchestration From Access to Backbone , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 9, Issue 6, May 2017.
R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, S. Pachnicke, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Integrated SDN/NFV Orchestration for the Dynamic Deployment of Mobile Virtual Backhaul Networks Over Multilayer (Packet/Optical) Aggregation Infrastructure , Journal of Optical Communications and Networks, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. A135 - A142, February 2017.
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Highly-available SDN control of Flexi-grid Networks with Network Function Virtualization enabled replication , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. A207-A215, February 2017.
J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Y. Yoshida, K. I. Kitayama, Y. Kai, M. Nishihara, R. Okabe, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, N. Yoshikane, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, K. Habel, R. Freund, V. Lopez, A. Aguado, S. Yan, D. Simeonidou, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, M. Shiraiwa, Y. Awaji, N. Wada, Demonstration of Adaptive SDN Orchestration: A Real-time Congestion-aware Services Provisioning over OFDM-based 400G OPS and Flexi-WDM OCS , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 1-7, February 2017.
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, A. Aguado, S. Yan, D. Simeonidou, J. M. Gran, V. López, P. Kaczmarek, R. Szwedowski, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, M. Shiraiwa, N. Wada, M. Nishihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, Y. Yoshida, K. Kitayama, Control Orchestration Protocol: unified transport API for distributed cloud and network orchestration , JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. A216-A222, February 2017, https://www.osapublishing.org/jocn/viewmedia.cfm?uri=jocn-9-2-A216.
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, V. López, Need for a Transport API in 5G for Global Orchestration of Cloud and Networks Through a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager and Planner , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. A55-A62, January 2017.
R. Martínez, F. Cugini, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, R. Vilalta, P. Castoldi, R. Muñoz, Control Plane Solutions for Sliceable Bandwidth Transceiver Configuration in Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 126 - 135, August 2016.
R. Casellas, O. González de Dios, F. Paolucci, R. Morro, V. López, D. King, R. Martínez, F. Cugini, R. Muñoz, A. Farrel, R. Vilalta, A Control Plane Architecture for Multi-Domain Elastic Optical Networks: the view of the IDEALIST project , IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 136-143, August 2016.
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Multi-Tenant Transport Networks with SDN/NFV , IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 8, January 2016.
M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, F. J. Vilchez, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Nishihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, C. Kottke, M. Schlosser, R. Freund, F. Meng, S. Yan, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, Y. Yoshida, K. Kitayama, SDN-enabled Sliceable BVT Based on Multicarrier Technology for Multi-Flow Rate/Distance and Grid Adaptation , IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology , (invited paper), Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 1516-1522, March 2016.
A. Aguado, M. Davis, S. Peng, M.V. Alvarez, V. López, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, Dynamic Virtual Network Reconfiguration over SDN Orchestrated Multi-Technology Optical Transport Domains , Journal of Lightwave Technology, to be published in 2016, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 1933-1938, April 2016.
O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, A. Napoli, L. Gifre, A. Dupas, E. Hugues-Salas, R. Morro, S. Belotti, G. Meloni, T. Rahman, V. López, R. Martínez, F. Fresi, M. Bohn, S. Yan, L. Velasco, P. Layec, J.-P. Fernández Palacios, Experimental Demonstration of Multivendor and Multidomain EON With Data and Control Interoperability Over a Pan-European Test Bed , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 1610-1617, April 2016.
R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, R. Vilalta, C. Verikoukis, J. Alonso-Zarate, N. Bartzoudis, A. Georgiadis, M. Payaro, A. I. Pérez-Neira, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Núñez, M. Requena, D. Pubill, O. Font-Bach, P. Henarejos, J. Serra, F. Vázquez-Gallego, The CTTC 5G end-to-end experimental platform: Integrating heterogeneous wireless/optical networks, distributed cloud, and IoT devices , IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 50-63, Mach 2016.
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration architectures and their integration with Cloud Computing Applications , Optical Switching and Networking, February 2016
O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, R. Morro, F. Paolucci, V. López, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, P. Castoldi, Multi-partner Demonstration of BGPLS enabled multi-domain EON control and instantiation with H-PCE , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, OFC2015 Special Issue, Vol. 7, No. 11, November 2015.
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, V. López, D. López, Integrated SDN/NFV management and orchestration architecture for dynamic deployment of virtual SDN control instances for virtual tenant networks , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. B62-B70, November 2015.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, GMPLS/PCE-controlled Multi-Flow Optical Transponders in Elastic Optical Networks , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. B71-B80, November 2015.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, S. Peng, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, V. Lopez, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Multidomain Network Hypervisor for Abstraction and Control of OpenFlow-Enabled Multitenant Multitechnology Transport Networks , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. B55, November 2015.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, L. Liu, Control and Orchestration of Multidomain Optical Networks With GMPLS as Inter-SDN Controller Communication [Invited] , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, OFC2015, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. B46-B54, November 2015.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, D. López, V. López, Transport Network Function Virtualization , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 1-8, April 2015.
L. Liu, W. Peng, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, M. Suzuki, S.J. Ben Yoo, Dynamic OpenFlow-based Lightpath Restoration in Elastic Optical Networks on the GENI Testbed , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 1531 - 1539 , April 2015.
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. Francois, M. Channegowda, A. Hammad, S. Peng, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, V. López, A. Autenrieth, Transport Network Orchestration for end-to-end Multi-layer Provisioning Across heterogeneous SDN/OpenFlow and GMPLS/PCE Control Domains , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 1540 - 1548, April 2015.
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Overarching Control of Flexi Grid Optical Networks: Interworking of GMPLS and OpenFlow Domains , IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 1054-1062, March 2015.
Y. Yoshida, A. Maruta, K. Kitayama, M. Nishihara, T. Takahara, T. Tanaka, J. Rasmussen, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, S. Yan, Y. Shu, Y. Yan, R. Nejabati, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, V. López, A. Aguado, J. Marhuenda, SDN-based Network Orchestration of Variable-capacity Optical Packet Switching Network over Programmable Flexi-grid Elastic Optical Path Network , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 609-617, February 2015.
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, V. López, O. González de Dios, J.P. Fernández-Palacios, SDN Orchestration of OpenFlow and GMPLS Flexi-grid Networks with a Stateful Hierarchical PCE , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. A106-A117, January 2015.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, S. Peng, M. Channegowda, T. Vlachogiannis, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Dynamic Multi-Domain Virtual Optical Network Deployment With Heterogeneous Control Domains , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. A135-A141, January 2015.
L. Gifre, F. Paolucci, A. Aguado, R. Casellas, A.Castro, F. Gugini, P. Catoldi, L.Velasco, V. López, Experimental assessment of in-operation spectrum defragmentation , Springer Photonic Networks Communications, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 128-140, June 2014.
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, Dynamic and Adaptive Control Plane Solutions for Flexi-grid Optical Networks based on Stateful PCE , Vol. 32, No. 16, pp. 2703-2715, June 2014.
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, PCE: What is It, How Does It Work and What are its Limitations? , IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 528-543, February 2014.
A. Castro, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, L. Velasco, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, J. Comellas, Experimental Assessment of Bulk Path Restoration in Multi-layer Networks using PCE-based Global Concurrent Optimization , Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 81-90, January 2014.
L. Liu, W. Peng, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, S. J. B. yoo, Design and performance evaluation of an OpenFlow-based control plane for software-defined elastic optical networks with direct-detection optical OFDM (DDO-OFDM) transmission , Optics Express, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 30-40, January 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.000030.
L. Velasco, D. King, O. Gerstel, R. Casellas, A. Castro, V. Lopez, In-operation Network Planning , IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 52-60, January 2014.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Virtual Optical Network Resource Allocation using PCE Global Concurrent Optimization for Dynamic Deployment of Virtual GMPLS-controlled WSON , IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking , Vol. 5, No. 12, December, 2013.
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, Applications and Status of Path Computation Elements [Invited] , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. A192-A203, November 2013.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Control and Management of Flexi-Grid Optical Networks with an Integrated Stateful PCE and OpenFlow controller [Invited] , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking , Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. A57-A65, November 2013.
L. Liu, H. Yeong Choi, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Demonstration of a Dynamic Transparent Optical Network Employing Flexible Transmitters/Receivers Controlled by an OpenFlow-Stateless PCE Integrated Control Plane [Invited] , Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA, Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. A66-A75, October 2013.
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, M. Tsurusawa, Interdomain wavelength path control for translucent wavelength switched optical networks: from rationales to experiments , Communications Magazine, IEEE, Vol. 51, No. 8, pp. 136-147, August 2013.
M. Channegowda, R. Nejabati, M. Rashidi Fard, S. Peng, N. Amaya, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, A. Autenrieth, J.P. Elbers, P. Kostecki, a. P. Kaczmarek, Experimental demonstration of an OpenFlow based software-defined optical network employing packet, fixed and flexible DWDM grid technologies on an international multi-domain testbed , Optics Express , Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 5487-5498, March 2013.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Experimental assessment of dynamic integrated restoration in GMPLS multi-layer (MPLSTP/ WSON) networks , Optics Express, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 5481-5486, March 2013.
L. Liu, D. Zhang, T. Tsuritani, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, L.. Hong, I. Morita, H. Guo, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Field Trial of an OpenFlow-based Unified Control Plane for Multi-layer Multi-granularity Optical Switching Networks , IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 506-514 , February 2013.
L. Liu, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, R. Martínez, I. Morita, OpenSlice: an OpenFlow-based control plane for spectrum sliced elastic optical path networks , Optics Express, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 4194-4204, February 2013.
L. Liu, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental demonstration of an OpenFlow/PCE integrated control plane for IP over translucent WSON with the assistance of a per-request-based dynamic topology server , Optics Express, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 4183-93, February 2013.
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Design and Experimental Validation of a GMPLS/PCE Control Plane for Elastic CO-OFDM Optical Networks , IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 31, No. 1, January 2013 .
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, R. Casellas, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Design of a GMPLS control plane with PCE-based impairment-aware full restoration capability for translucent WSON: Enabling techniques, service demonstration, and performance evaluation , Optical Switching and Networking, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 16-31, January 2013.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Dynamic Virtual GMPLS-controlled WSON Using a Resource Broker with a VNT Manager on the ADRENALINE Testbed , Optics Express Vol. 20, No. 28, pp. 29149–29154, December 2012.
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Experimental Evaluation of Efficient Routing and Distributed Spectrum Allocation Algorithms for GMPLS Elastic Networks , Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 28, pp. 28532–28537 , December 2012.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Inter-layer traffic engineering with hierarchical-PCE in MPLS-TP over wavelength switched optical networks , Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 28, December 2012.
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, GMPLS/PCE Control of Flexi-Grid DWDM Optical Networks Using CO-ODFM Transmission , IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networks, Vol. 4, No. 10, pp. 1-10, October 2012.
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, A dynamic path computation algorithm for a GMPLS-enabled multi-layer network , EEE/OSA Journal of the Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 4, Issue 6, pp. 436-448, June 2012.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. J. Vilchez, GMPLS-enabled MPLS-TP/PWE3 node with integrated 10Gbps tunable DWDM transponders: design and experimental evaluation , Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks, Special Issue High-performance Switching & Routing, Vol. 56, Iss. 13, pp. 3123–3135, September 2012.
A. Manolova, I. Cerutti, R. Muñoz, S. Ruepp, A. Giorgetti, N. Andriolli, N. Sambo, P. Castoldi, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, Distributed Sharing of Functionalities and Resources in Survivable GMPLS-Controlled WSONs , IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networks, Vol. 4, No.3, pp. 219-228, March 2012.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, M. Tsurusawa, Dynamic virtual link mesh topology aggregation in multi-domain translucent WSON with hierarchical-PCE , Optics Express Journal, Vol. 19, No. 26, December 2011.
L. Liu, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, S. Okamoto, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Field and lab trials of PCE-based OSNR aware dynamic restoration in multi-domain GMPLS-enabled translucent WSON , OSA Optics Express Vol. 19, Iss. 27, pp. 26568–26577, December 2011.
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, M. Tsurusawa, I. Morita, Experimental Assessment of a resilient PCE/GMPLS Controlled Translucent Wavelength Switched Optical Network , IEICE Transactions on Communications, Vol E94-B, Nº 7, pp 1831-1844, July 2011.
F. Galán, D. Fernández, J. E. López de Vergara, R. Casellas, Using a Model-Driven Architecture for Technology-Independent Scenario Configuration in Networking Testbeds , IEEE Communications Magazine, Topics in Network and Service Management, Vol. 48, pp. 132-141, December 2010.
R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, Experimental performance of Shared Path Protection with flooded versus collected sharing resource information in GMPLS WSON networks , OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 28, No. 23, pp. 3372 - 3386, December 2010.
L. Velasco, F. Agraz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, S. Spadaro, R. Muñoz, G. Junyent, GMPLS-based Multidomain Restoration: Analysis, Strategies, Policies and Experimental Assessment , OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 427-441, July 2010.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, T. Tsuritani, Experimental translucent-oriented routing for dynamic lightpath provisioning in GMPLS-enabled wavelength switched optical networks , IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 1241-1255, April 2010.
R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, Challenges for GMPLS lightpath provisioning in transparent optical networks: Wavelength constraints in routing and signalling , IEEE Commmunications Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 8, pp. 26-34, August 2009.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, S. Gunreben, Enhanced Backwards Recursive Path Computation for Multi-area Wavelength Switched Optical Networks Under Wavelength Continuity Constraint , Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) Vol. 1, No. 2 pp. A180-A193, ISSN: 1943-062, July 2009
M. Tornatore, F. De Grandi, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, A. Pattavina, Effects of Outdated Control Information in Control-Plane-Enabled Optical Networks with Path Protection , OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. A194–A204, July 2009.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Experimental Evaluation of GMPLS Enhanced Routing for Differentiated Survivability in All-Optical Networks , OSA Journal of Optical Networking. Vol. 7, No.5, pp. 496-512, May 2008.
Int'l conferences
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, SDN Control of Disaggregated Optical Networks with OpenConfig and OpenROADM , in Proceedings of 23rd conference on Optical Network design and Modelling (ONDM2019), 13-16 May 2019, Athens (Greece).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, V. López, K. Mrówka, R. Szwedowski, S. Neidlinger, A. Felix, Z. Stevkovski, L. Tancevski, A. Singh, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Transport API Extensions for the Interconnection of Multiple NFV Infrastructure Points of Presence , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, J. M. Fabrega, L. Rodríguez-Navas, R. Vilalta, D. Soma, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, SDN-enabled Scaling up/down of SDM Super-Channels Exploiting Spatial Modes with Adaptive MIMO Equalization and Modulation Format Assignment , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), 3-7 March 2019 San Diego (CA), USA.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, L. Nadal, J. Pedro Fernández-Palacios, Proof-of-Concept Validation of SDN-Controlled VCSELbased S-BVTs in Flexi-Grid Optical Metro Networks , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
A. Campanella, H. Okui, A. Mayoral, D. Kashiwa, O. González de Dios, D. Verchere, Q. Pham Van, A. Giorgetti, R. Casellas, R. Morro, L. Ong, ODTN: Open Disaggregated Transport Network. Discovery and control of a disaggregated optical network through open source software and open APIs , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
P. R. Esmenats, R. Casellas, L. Gifre, A. P. Vela, M. Ruiz, R. Martínez, L. Velasco, Autonomic NFV Network Services on Top of Disaggregated Optical Metro Networks , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
A. Giorgetti, R. Casellas, R. Morro, A. Campanella, P. Castoldi, ONOS-controlled Disaggregated Optical Networks , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
R. Casellas, A. Giorgetti, R. Morro, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Enabling Network Slicing Across a Disaggregated Optical Transport Network , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
A. Bravalheri, A. Siddique Muqaddas, N. Uniyal, R. Casellas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, VNF Chaining across Multi-PoPs in OSM using Transport API , in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
R. Morro, F. Lucrezia, P. Gomez, R. Casellas, A. Giorgetti, L. Velasco, E. Riccardi, A. Chiado, A. Percelsi, J. Pedro, L. Gifre, A. Sgambelluri, F. Risso, G. Marchetto, Automated End to End Carrier Ethernet Provisioning over a Disaggregated WDM Metro Network with a Hierarchical SDN Control and Monitoring Platform , in Proceedings of 44th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2018), 23-27 September 2018, Roma (Italy).
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, L. Rodríguez-Navas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, S. Beppu, D. Soma, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, SDN Control and Monitoring System for Soft-failure Detection and Optical Restoration of Spectral/Spatial Superchannels , in Proceedins of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 23-27 September 2018, Roma (Italy).
R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, SDN control of SDM/WDM and packet transport networks for 5G fronthaul/backhaul , in Proceedings of 1st CTTC Workshop, 21 September 2018, Sitges, Barcelona (Spain).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, G. Landi, L. Rodríguez-Navas, M. Capitani, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental Demonstration of the BlueSPACE’s NFV MANO Framework for the Control of SDM/WDM-enabled Fronthaul and Packetbased Transport Networks by Extending the TAPI , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 23-27 September 2018, Roma (Italy).
R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, SDN control and monitoring of SDM/WDM and packet transport networks for 5G fronthaul/backhaul , in Proceedings of IEEE Summer Topicals Meetings Series, 9-11 July 2018, Waikoloa, Hawai (USA).
S. Fichera, R. Martínez, B. Martini, M. Gharbaoui, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, P. Castoldi, Latency-aware Network Service Orchestration over an SDN-controlled Multi-Layer Transport Infrastructure , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, F. J. Vilchez, L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo, A. Villafranca, P. Sevillano, Integrated OAM and Transport SDN Architecture for Automatic and Dynamic Restoration of Signal-Degraded Connections within Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
F. J. Moreno-Muro, R. Rumipamba-Zambrano, J. Perelló, P. Pavón-Mariño, J. Solé, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, L. Ruiz, J. Mata, N. Merayo, I. de Miguel, R. J. Duran, Elastic Networks thematic network results I: planning and control of Flex-Grid/SDM , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Metro-Haul: SDN Control and Orchestration of Disaggregated Optical Networks with Model-Driven Development , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Communications (ICTON2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, L. Velasco, R. Vilalta, P. Pavón, D. King, R. Muñoz, Enabling Data Analytics and Machine Learning for 5G Services within Disaggregated Multi-Layer Transport Networks , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Communications (ICTON2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, F. J. Vilchez, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, S. Sales, I. Gasulla, J. Capmany, Experimental Validation of Hybrid WDM/SDM Signal Delivery for Mobile Fronthaul over PONs using SDN-Enabled Sliceable Bitrate Variable Transceivers , in Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. Vicens, J. Martrat, V. López, D. López, Hierarchical and recursive NFV service platform for end-to-end network service orchestration across multiple NFVI domains , in Proceedings of International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, G. Landi, M. Capitani, L. Rodríguez-Navas, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, BlueSPACE’s SDN/NFV Architecture for 5G SDM/WDM-enabled Fronthaul with Edge Computing , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC), 18-21 June 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
C. Parada, J. Bonnet, E. Fotopoulou, A. Zafeiropoulos, E. Kapassa, M. Touloupou, D. Kyriazis, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, G. Xilouris, 5GTANGO: A Beyond-MANO Service Platform , in proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC 2018), 18-21 June 2018, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
R. Vilalta, P. Alemany, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, C. Parada, J. Bonnet, F. Vicens, R. Muñoz, Zero-Touch Network Slicing Through Multi-Domain Transport Networks , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on transparent Optical Networks, 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
Y. Lee, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Auto-Scaling Mechanism in the ICT converged Cross Stratum Orchestration Architecture for Zero-Touch Service and Network Management , in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2018), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
R. Vilalta, S. Vía, F. Mira, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. Alonso-Zarate, A. Kousaridas, M. Dillinger, Control and Management of a Connected Car Using SDN/NFV, Fog Computing and YANG data models , in Proceedings of IEEE Network Softwarization, 25-29 June 2018, Montreal (Canada).
R. Casellas, S. Llana, L. Giffre, R. Vilalta, J.L. Izquierdo-Zaragoza, R. Muñoz, M. Ruiz, R. Martínez, L. Velasco, Metro-Haul: Supporting Autonomic NFV Services over Disaggregated Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 27th European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC2018), June 18-21, 2018, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Casellas, L. Nadal, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, F. J. Vilchez, Hybrid WDM/SDM Mobile Fronthaul Traffic Delivery using SDN-enabled Sliceable Bandwidth/Bitrate Variable Transceivers , in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2018, 6-8 June 2018, Valencia (Spain).
R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, M. Requena, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, Experimental SDN Control Solutions for Automatic Operations and Management of 5G Services in a Fixed Mobile Converged Packet-Optical Network (invited paper) , in Proceedings of 22nd Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling (ONDM), 14-17 May 2018, Dublin (Ireland).
R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Y. Lee, H. Zheng, Y. Lin, V. López, L. M. Contreras, Fully Automated Peer Service Orchestration of Cloud and Network Resources Using ACTN and CSO , in Proceedings of 22nd Conference on Optical network Design and Modelling (ONDM 2018), 14-17 May 2018, Dublin (Ireland).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, Optical Networks Virtualization and Slicing in the 5G era , (invited paper) in Proceedings of OFC, 11-15 March 2018, San Diego, CA, USA.
R. Vilalta, V. López, Y. Lee, H. Zheng, Y. Lin, R. Casellas, O. González-de-Dios, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Towards IP & Transport Network Transformation Using Standardized Transport NorthBound Interfaces , in Proceedings of 2018 Open Platform Summit: SDN/NFV Demo Zone, OFC, 11-15 March 2018, San Diego, CA, USA.
R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, L. Fei, P. Tang, V. López, Network Slicing Resource Allocation and Monitoring over Multiple Clouds and Networks , in Proc. of 2018 Open Platform Summit: SDN/NFV Demo Zone, OFC, 11-15 March 2018, San Diego, CA, USA
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo, A. Villafranca, P. Sevillano, Experimental Validation of Transport SDN Restoration of Signal-Degraded Connections in Flexi-Grid Networks , in Proceedings of Internation Conference on Optical Communications (OFC), 2018, 11-15 March, San Diego (USA).
M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, J. M. Fabrega, F. J. Vilchez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, C. Neumeyr, A. Gatto, P. Parolari, P. Boffi, Modular SDN-enabled S-BVT Adopting Widely Tunable MEMS VCSEL for Flexible/Elastic Optical Metro Networks , in Proceedings of Internation Conference on Optical Communications (OFC), 2018, 11-15 March, San Diego (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Metro-Haul: Enabling 5G Services across Disaggregated Multi-Layer Transport Networks: Ongoing Challenges for NFV Orchestration across Metro Networks , Layer 123, Zero Touch & Carrier Automation Congress, 20-23 March 2018, Madrid, Spain
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, R. Martínez, D. Soma, Y. Wakayama, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, SDN-enabled Sliceable Multi-dimensional (Spectral and Spatial) Transceiver Controlled with YANG/NETCONF , In Proceedings of Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), 11-15 March 2018, San Diego (CA), USA.
J. Baranda, J. Núñez, I. Pascual, J. Mangues, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, J. X. Salvat, A. García-Saavedra, X. Li, J. Kocur, Resource Management in a Hierarchically Controlled Multi-domain Wireless/Optical Integrated Fronthaul and Backhaul Network , IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, IEEE NFV-SDN, 6-8 November 2017, Berlin, Germany, November 2017.
R. Vilalta, S. Vía, F. Mira, L. Sanabria-Russo, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. Alonso-Zarate, Control and Management of a Connected Car Using YANG/RESTCONF and Cloud Computing , in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference Network of the Future, 22-24 November 2017, London (UK).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Towards 5G slicing in Metropolitan Networks: Integrating T?SDN in a NFV context , in Proceedings of Tutorial at the 3rd Elastic Networks Workshop within WWRF39, 18-19 October, 2017,Castelldefels (Spain).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Control, Management and Orchestration of Optical Networks: An Introduction, Challenges and Current Trends , in Proceedings of Tutorial within 2nd Workshop on Photonic Integrated Circuits for Telecommunication Bio / Life Sciences (PIC4TB), 26-27 October 2017, Castelldefels (Spain).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, V. López, e. al., End to End Hierarchical Network Orchestration Using Transport API , in Proceedings of Wireless World Research Forum Meeting 39 (WWFR39), 18-20 October 2017, Castelldefels (Spain).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, Fog Computing and the connected car , in Proceedings of Wireless World Research Forum Meeting 39 (WWFR39), 18-20 October 2017, Castelldefels (Spain).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo, A. Villafranca, P. Sevillano, Automatic Transport SDN Restoration of Signal-Degraded Connections in Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of Tutorial at the 3rd Elastic Networks Workshop within WWRF39, 18-19 October, 2017,Castelldefels (Spain).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, N. Yoshikane, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, IoT-aware Multi-layer Transport SDN and Cloud Architecture for Traffic Congestion Avoidance Through Dynamic Distribution of IoT Analytics , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2017), 17-21 September 2017, Gothenburg (Sweden).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Control, Management and Orchestration of Optical Networks: An Introduction, Challenges and Current Trends , in Proceedings of 43rd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2017), 17-27 September 2017, Gothenburg (Sweden).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Experimental Evaluation of a PCE Transport SDN Controller for Dynamic Grooming in Packet over Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of European Conference in Optical Communications (ECOC 2017), 17-21 September 2017, Gothenburg (Sweden).
R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Y. Lee, L. Fei, P. Tang, V. López, Network Slicing Using Dynamic Flex Ethernet over Transport Networks , in proceedings of the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2017), 17-21 September 2017, Gothenburg (Swedan).
J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, F. J. Vilchez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, J. P. Fernández-Palacios, L. M. Contreras, Experimental Validation of a Converged Metro Architecture for Transparent Mobile Front-/Back-Haul Traffic Delivery using SDN-enabled Sliceable Bitrate Variable Transceivers , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 17-21 September 2017, Gotheborg (Sweden).
C. Fernández-Prades, C. Pomar, J. Arribas, J. M. Fabrega, J. Vilà-Valls, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Navarro, F. J. Vilchez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, L. Nadal, A. Mayoral, A Cloud Optical Access Network for Virtualized GNSS Receivers , Proceedings of the 30th International Technical Meeting of The Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+), pp. 3796 - 3815, September 2017, Portland, OR.
Y. Lee, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Scalable Telemetry and Network Autonomics in ACTN SDN Controller Hierarchy , in Proceedings of International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2017), 2-6 July 2017, Girona (Spain).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, A. Mayoral, R. Martínez, Integrating Optical Transport Network Testbeds and Cloud Platforms to Enable End-to-End 5G and IoT Services , in Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2017), 2-6 July 2017, Girona (Spain).
R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Vilalta, L. Nadal, R. Martínez, Elastic optical technologies and SDN/NFV control for 5G mobile x-haul , in Proceedings of IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM 2017), July 10-12, San Juan (Puerto Rico), July 2017.
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, H. Zheng, Y. Lee, Experimental Validation of the ACTN architecture for flexi-grid optical networks using Active Stateful Hierarchical PCEs , within the 19 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON2017), 2-6 July, 2017, Girona, Spain, July 2017.
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Miguel Contreras, Control Plane Architectures Enabling Transport Network Adaptive and Autonomic Operation , in Proceeding of International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON2017), 2-6 July, 2017, Girona (Spain).
J. Mangues, J. Núñez, R. Casellas, A. Mayoral, J. Baranda, J. Xavier Salvat, A. García-Saavedra, R. Vilalta, I. Pascual, X. Li, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Evaluation of Hierarchical Control over Multi-Domain Wireless/Optical Networks , in Proceedings of the 26th edition of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC'17), 12-15 June 2017, Oulu (Finland).
R. Muñoz, L. Nadal, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, F. J. Vilchez, The ADRENALINE Testbed: An SDN/NFV Packet/Optical Transport Network and Edge/Core Cloud Platform for End-to-End 5G and IoT Services , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC 2017), June 12-15 2017, Oulu (Finland), .
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Enabling 5G network slicing over heterogeneous optical networks , in Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM2017) Workshop -Optical networks for data centres in the 5G era, 15-17 May, 2017, Budapest (Hungary).
X. Li, R. Ferdous, C. Fabiana Chiasserini, C. Ettore Casetti, F. Moscatelli, G. Landi, R. Casellas, K. Sakaguchi, S. Bilal Chundrigar, R. Vilalta, J. Mangues, A. Garcia-Saavedra, X. Costa-Perez, L. Goratti, D. Siracusa, Novel Resource and Energy Management for 5G integrated backhaul/fronthaul (5G-Crosshaul) , IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2017), 21-25 May 2017, Paris,France, DOI: 10.1109/ICCW.2017.7962753, May 2017.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Distributed vs. Centralized PCE-based Transport SDN Controller for Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (OFC), Los Angeles (USA), March 2017, http://www.ofcconference.org/en-us/home/.
R. Vilalta, I. Popescu, A. Mayoral, X. Cao, R. Casellas, N. Yoshikane, R. Martínez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Muñoz, End-to-End SDN/NFV Orchestration of Video Analytics Using Edge and Cloud Computing over Programmable Optical Networks , in Proceedings of International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (OFC), 19-23 March 2017, Los Angeles (USA).
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, V. López, Cascading of tenant SDN and cloud controllers for 5G network slicing using Transport API and Openstack API , in Proceedings of International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (OFC), 19-23 March 2017, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Vilalta, Y. Lee, H. Zheng, Y. Lin, R. Casellas, A. Mayoral, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Miguel Contreras, V. López, Fully Automated Peer Service Orchestration of Cloud and Network Resources Using ACTN and CSO , in Proceedings of SDN & NFV Demo Zone at International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (OFC), 19-23 March 2017, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Vilalta, R. Ciungu, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, D. Pubill, J. Serra, R. Muñoz, C. Verikoukis, Improving Security in Internet of Things with Software Defined Networking , in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference, Exhibition & Industry Forum (GLOBECOM), 4-8 December 2016, Washington, DC (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Generalized Orchestration of IT/Cloud and Networks for SDN/NFV 5G Services , in Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC) invited talk, 14-16 December 2016, Granada (Spain).
R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, L. Nadal, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, On-Demand Allocation of Control Plane Functions via SDN/NFV for Monitoring-enabled Flexi-grid Optical Networks with Programmable BVTs , in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, 18-22 September 2016., September 2016.
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Multi-tenant 5G Network Slicing Architecture with Dynamic Deployment of Virtualized Tenant Management and Orchestration (MANO) Instances , in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, 18-22 September 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, V. López, V. Uceda, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, A. Aguado, J. Marhuenda, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Peer SDN Orchestration: End-to-End Connectivity Service Provisioning Through Multiple Administrative Domains , in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016), 18-22 September 2016 Düsseldorf (Germany).
V. López, R. Vilalta, V. Uceda, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, J.P. Fenández-Palacios, Transport API: A Solution for SDN in Carriers Networks , in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016), 18-22 September 2016 Düsseldorf (Germany).
R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Optical Network Virtualization as an enabler for 5G Network Slicing , in Proceedings of the 21st Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2016, 3-7 July 2016, Niigata (Japan).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, SDN/NFV Orchestration of Multi-technology and Multi-domain Networks in Cloud/Fog Architectures for 5G Services , in Proceeding of Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 3-7 July 2016, Niigata, Japan.
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Distributed multi-tenant cloud/fog and heterogeneous SDN/NFV orchestration for 5G services , in Proceedings of Network Virtualization and SDN Europe, 31-2 June 2016, Madrid (Spain). (Invited Speech)
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Demonstration of Distributed Multi-tenant Cloud/Fog and Heterogeneous SDN/NFV Orchestration for 5G Services , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCnC), June 27-30 2016, Athens (Greece).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration and virtualization of heterogeneous multi-domain and multi-layer transport networks in the STRAUSS project , in Proceedings of Workshop on Next generation front haul/backhaul integrated transport networks, European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC 2016), 27-30 June 2016, Athens, (Greece).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, Orchestration of IT/Cloud and Networks: From Inter-DC Interconnection to SDN/NFV 5G Services , in Proceedings of the Optical Networks Design and Modelling (ONDM2016) conference, May 2016.
J. Manuel Gran, V. López, F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, End-to-end Service Orchestration From Access to Backbone , in Proceedings of International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 9-12 may 2016, Cartagena (Spain).
R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, M. Requena, N. Baldo, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, M. Miozzo, R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, Application of SDN-based orchestration for the automated deployment of fixed and mobile convergent services in future 5G networks , in Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Elastic Networks Design and Optimisation (ELASTICNETS 2016), 12-13 May 2016, Cartagena (Spain).
R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, S. Pachnicke, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Integrated SDN/NFV Orchestration for the Dynamic Deployment of Mobile Virtual Backhaul Networks over a Multi-layer (Packet/Optical) Aggregation Infrastructure , In Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, J. Baranda, J. Núñez, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Mangues, R. Muñoz, Hierarchical SDN Orchestration of Wireless and Optical Networks with E2E Provisioning and Recovery for Future 5G Networks , in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, D. Pubill, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Serra, C. Verikoukis, R. Muñoz, End-to-End SDN Orchestration of IoT Services Using an SDN/NFV-enabled Edge Node , in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, S. Yan, A. Aguado, E. Hugues-Salas, S. Peng, F. Meng, Y. Shu, G. Zervas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, J. Manuel Gran, V. López, O. Gonzalez de Dios, J. Pedro Fernández-Palacios, P. Kaczmarek, R. Szwedowski, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, N. Yoshikane, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, M. Shiraiwa, N. Wada, M. Nichihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, Y. Yoshida, K. Kitayama, First experimental demonstration of a distributed cloud and heterogeneous network orchestration with a common Transport API for E2E services with QoS , in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
A. Hammad, A. Aguado, S. Peng, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, On-demand virtual infrastructure composition over multi-domain and multi-technology networks , in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Active Stateful PCE high-availability for the control of Flexigrid Networks with Network Function Virtualization enabled replication , in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Muñoz, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, V. López, The Need for a Transport API in 5G networks: the Control Orchestration Protocol , in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Distributed multi-tenant cloud/fog and heterogeneous SDN/NFV orchestration for 5G services , Mobile World Congress, Catalonia Stand, 22-25 february 2016, Barcelona (Spain). (invited speech)
Y. Yoshida, K.-I. Kitayama, Y. Kai, M. Nishihahra, R. Okabe, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, N. Yoshikane, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, A. Mayoral, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Muñoz, K. Habel, R. Freund, V. Lopez, A. Aguado, S. Yan, D. Simeonidou, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Authenrieth, M. Shiraiwa, Y. Awaji, N. Wada, First Demonstration of Cognitive SDN Orchestration: A Real-time Congestion-aware Services Provisioning over OFDM-based 400G OPS and Flexi-WDM OCS Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2016, 20-22 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, C. Verikoukis, J. Mangues, J. Alonso-Zarate, A. Georgiadis, M. Payaro, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Serra, D. Pubill, J. Núñez, J. Baranda, F. Vázquez-Gallego, A. I. Pérez-Neira, The CTTC 5G end-to-end experimental platform integrating IoT, SDN, and distributed cloud , in Proceedings of Wireless World Research Forum Meeting 35 (WWRF), 14-16 October 2015, Copenhagen (Denmark).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration of multi-domain and multi-vendor transport networks , invited talk at ECOC Workshop: “SDN & NFV: Real value with new business opportunities or research hype with unmanageable complexity?”, Valencia (Spain), 2015.
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Hierarchical SDN Orchestration for Multi-technology Multi-domain Networks with Hierarchical ABNO , in Proceedings of 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Multi-Tenant Transport Networks with SDN/NFV , invited paper in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Traffic Engineering enforcement in multi-domain SDN orchestration of Multi-Layer (packet/optical) networks , in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Experimental Validation of a SDN Orchestrator for the Automatic Provisioning of Fixed and Mobile Services , in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
A. Aguado, S. Peng, M. V. Álvarez, V. López, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, Dynamic Virtual Network Reconfiguration over SDN Orchestrated Multi-Technology Optical Transport Domains , in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Dynamic and Virtualized Stackable Active Stateful PCEs with BGP-LS for Optical Network Virtualization and Multi Tenancy , in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, F. J. Vilchez, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Nishihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, C. Kottke, M. Schlosser, R. Freund, F. Meng, S. Yan, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, Y. Yoshida, K. Kitayama, SDN-enabled Sliceable BVT Based on Multicarrier Technology for Multi-Flow Rate/Distance and Grid Adaptation , invited paper in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27 September-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Performance analysis of SDN orchestration in the Cloud Computing Platform and Transport Network of the ADRENALINE Testbed , invited paper in Proceedings of International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2015), 5-9 July 2015, Budapest (Hungary).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, Inter DC orchestration solutions and overarching control: towards a 5G integration , Symposium " Optical Communications and Networks for Datacenters" within the 41st European Conference on Optical Communications ECOC2015, September 2015, Valencia (Spain).
O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, A. Napoli, L. Gifre, S. Annoni, S. Belotti, U. Feiste, D. Rafique, M. Bohn, S. Bigo, A. Dupas, E. Dutisseuil, F. Fresi, B. Guo, E. Hugues, P. Layec, V. López, G. Meloni, S. Misto, R. Morro, T. Rahman, G. Khanna, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, F. Cugini, L. Poti, R. Muñoz, Y. Shu, S. Yan, Y. Yan, G. Zervas, R. Nejabati, D. simeonidou, L. Velasco, A. D\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Errico, First Demonstration of Multi-vendor and Multi-domain EON with S-BVT and Control Interoperability over Pan-European Testbed , in Proceedings of 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
L. Gifre, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, L. Velasco, Modulation Format-aware Re-Optimization in Flexgrid Optical Networks: Concept and Experimental Assessment , in Proceedings of the 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC2015), 27-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, A Research Perspective for SDN Orchestration , Invited talk at IRR Network Virtualization Forum, Madrid (spain), 2015.
R. Vilalta, V. López, A. Mayoral, N. Yoshikane, M. Ruffini, D. Siracusa, R. Martínez, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, S. Peng, R. Casellas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, J. P. Fernández-Palacios, R. Muñoz, The Need for a Control Orchestration Protocol in Research Projects on Optical Networking , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCnC 2015), 29-2 July 2015, Paris (France).
R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, N. Bartzoudis, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, N. Baldo, J. Núñez, M. Requena, O. Font-Bach, M. Miozzo, P. Henarejos, A. I. Pérez-Neira, M. Payaro, End-to-end 5G services via an SDN/NFV-based multi-tenant network and cloud testbed , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC 2015) , 29-2 July 2015, Paris (France).
R. Casellas, F. Cugini, R. Martínez, F. Paolucci, R. Muñoz, P. Castoldi, R. Vilalta, Control Plane Solutions for Sliceable Bandwidth Variable Transceivers in Elastic Optical Networks , in proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2015), 19-2 July 2015, Paris (France).
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Smart Cities, IoT, SDN, 5G Networks, Cloud Computing… Managing Complexity with SDN Orchestration , in Proceedings of the ONF/Bristol is Open Software Defined Network – Programmable City Workshop, 8 July 2015, Bristol (UK).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration and virtualization of heterogeneous multi-domain and multi-layer transport networks: The STRAUSS approach , in Proceedings of IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom 2015), May 18-21, Constanta (Romania) , May 2015.
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, The SDN/NFV Cloud Computing Platform and Transport Network of the ADRENALINE Testbed , in Proceedings of 1st IEEE Conference of Network Softwarization, 13-17 April 2015, London (UK).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental Demonstration of Virtual Network Controller for Abstraction and Control of Multi-tenant Multi-technology Transport Networks , in Proceedings of 1st IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, 13-17 April 2015, London (UK).
R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN/NFV Cloud Computing and Transport Network Orchestration: a Research Perspective , in Proceedings of IIR VNF Management and Orchestration, 28-29 April 2015,Barcelona (Spain).
V. López, T. Tsuritani, N. Yoshikane, I. Morita, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, End-to-end SDN orchestration in optical multi-technology and multi-domain scenarios , in Proceedings of 11th International Conference on IP + Optical Network (iPOP2015), 20-22 April 2015, Okinawa (Japan).
R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, N. Bartzoudis, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, N. Baldo, J. Núñez, M. Requena, O. Font-Bach, M. Payaro, P. Henarejos, A. I. Pérez-Neira, Towards an SDN/NFV-based multi-tenant network and cloud testbed for end-to-end 5G services , In Proceedings of 34th Wireless World Research Forum Meeting, 21-23 April 2015, Santa Clara, California, USA, April 2015.
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental Seamless Virtual Machine Migration Using an Integrated SDN IT and Network Orchestrator , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. Francois, S. Peng, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, V. López, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Network Virtualization Controller for Abstraction and Control of OpenFlow-enabled Multi-tenant Multi-technology Transport Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, V. López, D. López, SDN/NFV orchestration for dynamic deployment of virtual SDN controllers as VNF for multi-tenant optical networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Experimental Assessment of GMPLS/PCE-controlled Multi-Flow Optical Transponders in FlexGrid Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, L. Liu, Multi-domain overarching control of flexi-grid networks with GMPLS as Inter-SDN controller communication , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Towards a Control Orchestration Protocol for Multi-tenant Multi-domain SDN/PCE Transport Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) Symposium "Enabling the Cloud: Unleashing the Capabilities of Emerging Flexible Optical Transport through SDN and NFV”, 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, R. Morro, F. Paolucci, V. López, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, P. Castoldi, First Multi-partner Demonstration of BGP-LS enabled Inter-domain EON control with H-PCE , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC2015), 22-26 March 2015, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration of multi-domain and multi-vendor transport networks , in Proceedings of 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), 27-1 October 2015, Valencia (Spain).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Interworking of GMPLS and OpenFlow Domains: Overarching Control of Flexi Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), September 21-25, Cannes (France).
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. J. Vilchez, Integrated IT and Network Orchestration Using OpenStack, OpenDaylight and Active Stateful PCE for Intra and Inter Data Center Connectivity , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), 21-25 September 2014, Cannes (France).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, V. López, D. López, Transport PCE Network Function Virtualization , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), 21-25 September, Cannes (France).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. Francois, M. Channegowda, S. Peng, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, V. López, A. Autenrieth, Experimental Assessment of ABNO-based Network Orchestration of end-to-end Multi-layer (OPS/OCS) Provisioning across SDN/OpenFlow and GMPLS/PCE Control Domains , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), September 21-25, Cannes (France).
R. Martínez, L. Gifre, R. Casellas, L. Velasco, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, Experimental Validation of Active Frontend – Backend Stateful PCE Operations in Flexgrid Optical Network Re-optimization , in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), September 21-25, Cannes (France).
T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, J.-P. Elbers, W. Kellerer, P. Kaczmarek, V. Lopez, L. Contreras, O. Gonzalez de Dios, J. P. Fern ?andez-Palacios, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, M. Channegowda, S. Peng, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, Demonstration of SDN Based Optical Network Virtualization and Multidomain Service Orchestration , In Proceedings of European Workshop on Software Defined Networks (EWSDN 2014), 1-3 September 2014, Budapest (Hungary).
L. Liu, W. Ren Peng, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, S. J. Ben Yoo, Experimental Demonstration of OpenFlow-based Dynamic Restoration in Elastic Optical Networks on GENI Testbed , In proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communications ECOC40, 8 September 2014, Cannes (France).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Performance Evaluation of Novel Resource Allocation Algorithms for Virtual Elastic Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2014), 6-10 July 2014, Graz (Austria).
A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental validation of automatic lightpath establishment integrating OpenDaylight SDN controller and Active Stateful PCE within the ADRENALINE Testbed , in Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2014), 6-10 July 2014, Graz (Austria).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, The role of PCE in Optical Network Virtualization , in Proceedings of PACE Workshop on New Uses of Path Computation Elements with the 5th International Conference on Smart Communications in Network Technologies (SaCoNeT 2014), 16 June 2014 Vilanova i la Geltrù (Spain).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, The STRAUSS Project and its relationship with PCE , in Proceedings of PACE Workshop on New Uses of Path Computation Elements with the 5th International Conference on Smart Communications in Network Technologies (SaCoNeT 2014), 16 June 2014 Vilanova i la Geltrù (Spain).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, L. M. Contreras, V. López, J.P. Fernández-Palacios, O. González de Dios, S. Peng, M. Channegowda, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, X. Cao, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, A. Autenrieth, M. Schlosser, Network Virtualization, Control Plane and Service Orchestration of the ICT STRAUSS Project , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC), 23-26 June 2014, Bologna (Italy).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, F. Cugini, F. Paolucci, O. González, V. López, J.P. Fernández-Palacios, R. Morro, A. Di Giglio, D. King, A. Farrel, IDEALIST Control Plane Architecture for Multi-domain Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC), 23-26 June 2014, Bologna (Italy).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, F. J. Vilchez, An experimental overview on software-defined optical transmission and SDN/GMPLS networking activities in the ADRENALINE testbed , in Proceedings of III International Workshop on Trends in Optical Technologies - Towards Terabit per Second Optical Networking (WTON), 28-29 May 2014, Sao Pablo (Brasil).
N. Baldo, R. Martínez, P. Dini, R. Vilalta, M. Miozzo, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, A Testbed for Fixed Mobile Convergence Experimentation: ADRENALINE-LENA Integration , in Proc. of European Wireless 2014, Barcelona, Spain, 14-16 May, 2014, May 2014.
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, V. López, O. González de Dios, J. P. Fernández-Palacios, SDN based Provisioning Orchestration of OpenFlow/GMPLS Flexi-grid Networks with a Stateful Hierarchical PCE , Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), March 2014.
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, R. Casellas, F. J. Vilchez, R. Martínez, S. Frigerio, A. Lometti, Dynamic Differential Delay Aware RMSA for Elastic Multi-path Provisioning in GMPLS Flexi-grid DWDM Networks , Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), March 2014.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, S. Peng, M. Channegowda, T. Vlachogianis, R. Nejabati, D. E. Simeonidou, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Dynamic Multi-domain Virtual Optical Networks Deployment with Heterogeneous Control Domains , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), 9-13 March, 2014, San Francisco (EEUU).
Y.Yoshida, A. Maruta, K. Kitayama, M. Nishihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, S. Yan, Y. Shu, M. Channegowda, Y. Yan, B.R. Rofoee, E. Hugues-Salas, G. Saridis, G. Zervas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, A. Aguado, V. López, J. Marhuenda, O. González de Dios, J. P. Fernández-Palacios, First international SDN-based Network Orchestration of Variable capacity OPS over Programmable Flexi-grid EON , PDP Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), March 2014.
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, F. J. Vilchez, Research activities on flexible optical infrastructure and SDN for network convergence, virtualization and inter-datacentre connectivity , in Proceedings of workshop on Future Internet and Cloud Computing collocated with Future Internet Assembly (FIA), 17-20 March 2014, Athens (Greece). .
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, A broader view of GMPLS/PCE and SDN , in Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) Workshop "Does SDN Spell the End for GMPLS? "invited talk", OFC2014 9-13 March, 2014, San Francisco (USA).
A. Manzalini, R. Minerva, E. Dekel, Y. Tock, E. Kaempfer, W. Tavernier, K. Casier, S. Verbrugge, D. Colle, F. Callegati, A. Campi, W. Cerroni, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, N. Crespi, N. Mazzocca, E. Maini, Manifesto of Edge ICT Fabric , in Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks, 15-16 October 2013, Venice, Italy. , October 2013.
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, Control Plane Solutions for Dynamic and Adaptive Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), 22-26 September 2013, UK (London).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, Experimental Evaluation of Delay-Sensitive Traffic Routing in Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical) Aggregation Networks for Fixed Mobile Convergence , in Proceedings of 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), 22-23 September 2013, London (UK).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, S. Frigerio, A. Lometti, Design and Experimental Evaluation of Dynamic Inverse-Multiplexing Provisioning in GMPLS-controlled Flexi-Grid DWDM Networks with Sliceable OTN BVTs , in Proceedings of 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), 22-26 September 2013, London (UK)
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Data Center Interconnection Orchestration with Virtual GMPLS-controlled MPLS-TP Networks over a Shared Wavelength Switched Optical Network , in Proceedings of 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), 22-23 September 2013, UK (Londres).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, Applicability of SDN principles for the control and management of optical networks within the STRAUSS EU-Japan project , in Proceedings of the 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication ECOC2013 Workshop “SDN Applications for optical network operating system: Challenges and opportunities”, 22-26 September 2013, London (UK).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Dynamic Provisioning via a Stateful PCE with Instantiation Capabilities in GMPLS-Controlled Flexi-grid DWDM Networks , in Proceedings of the 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 22-26 September 2013.
R. Muñoz, V. López, R. Casellas, �. González de Dios, F. Cugini, N. Sambo, O. Gerstel, A. Denrrico, D. King, S. López-Bueno, P. Layec, A. Cimmino, R. Martínez, R. Morro, IDEALIST control and service management solutions for dynamic and adaptive flexi-grid DWDM networks , in Proceedings of Future Network & Mobile Summit, 3-5 July 2013, Lisbon (Portugal).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Dynamic Deployment of Virtual GMPLS-controlled Elastic Optical Networks Using a Virtual Network Resource Broker on the ADRENALINE Testbed , In proceedings of 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2013), 23-26 June 2013, Cargagena (Spain).
R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Control Plane approaches for Elastic Optical Networks based on DWDM flexi-grid , in Proceedings of OFELIA workshop – Future Internet Assembly (FIA), Dublin, 8-10 May 2013.
R. Martínez, A. Castro, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, L. Velasco, R. Vilalta, J. Comellas, Experimental Validation of Dynamic Restoration in GMPLS-controlled Multi-layer Networks using PCE-based Global Concurrent Optimization , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 17-21 March 2013, Anaheim, California (USA).
L. Liu, W. Peng, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, S.J. Ben Yoo, OpenFlow-Controlled Elastic Optical Networks with Direct- Detection Optical OFDM (DDO-OFDM) Transmission , in Proceedings of 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), 22-26 September 2013, UK (London).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Path Computation Elements (PCE): Applications and Status , in proceedings of OFC/NFOEC 2013, 17-21 March 2013, California (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, An Integrated Stateful PCE / OpenFlow controller for the Control and Management of Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of OFC/NFOEC 2013, 17-21 March 2013, Anaheim, California (USA).
O. González de Dios, G. Bernini, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, J.P. Fernández-Palacios, G. Landi, C. Margaria, R. Muñoz, P. Castoldi, Experimental validation of a Multi-layer Multi-domain Hierarchical PCE architecture for OBS-WSON networks , in Proceedings of OFC/NFOEC 2013, 17-21 March 2013, Anaheim, California (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, PCE: What is It, How Does It Work and What are Its Limitations? (Tutorial) , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 17-21 March 2013, Anaheim, California, USA.
L. Liu, H. Yeong Choi, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Demonstration of a Dynamic Transparent WSON Employing Flexible Transmitter/Receiver Controlled by an OpenFlow/Stateless PCE Integrated Control Plane , in Proceedings of National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 17-21 March 2013, Anaheim, California (USA).
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Control Plane Techniques for Elastic Optical Networks: GMPLS/PCE vs OpenFlow , in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference Exhibition & Industry Forum (GLOBECOM 2012), 3-7 December 2012, Anaheim, California (USA). , December 2012.
L. Liu, H. Y. Choi, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, First Proof-of-Concept Demonstration of OpenFlow-Controlled Elastic Optical Networks Employing BER-Adaptive Flexible Transmitter/Receiver , in Proceedings of Photonics in Switching (PS 2012), 11-14 September 2012, Ajaccio, Corsica Island (France).
A. Castro, R. Martínez, L. Velasco, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. Comellas, Experimental Evaluation of a Dynamic PCE-Based Regenerator-Efficient IA-RWA Algorithm in Translucent WSON , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Experimental Assessment of Dynamic Integrated Restoration in GMPLS Multi-layer (MPLS-TP/WSON) Networks , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Experimental Evaluation of Efficient Routing and Distributed Spectrum Allocation Algorithms for GMPLS Elastic Networks , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
L. Liu, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Demonstration of an OpenFlow/PCE Integrated Control Plane for IP over Translucent WSON with the Assistance of a Per-request-based Dynamic Topology Server , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Inter-Layer Traffic Engineering with Hierarchical-PCE in MPLS-TP over Wavelength Switched Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
L. Liu, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, R. Martínez, I. Morita, OpenSlice: an OpenFlow-based Control Plane for Spectrum Sliced Elastic Optical Path Networks , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, F. J. Vilchez, First Lab Trial of an integrated MPLS-TP/WSON transport network controlled by a unified GMPLS control plane in the ADRENALINE testbed , in Proceedings of Photonics in Switching (PS) 2012,11-14 September 2012, Ajaccio, Corsica Island (France).
M. Channegowda, R. Nejabati, M.Rashidifard, S. Peng, N. Amaya, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. .Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, A. Autenrieth, J.P. Elbers, P. Kostecki, P. Kaczmarek, First Demonstration of an OpenFlow based Software-Defined Optical Network Employing Packet, Fixed and Flexible DWDM Grid Technologies on an International Multi-Domain Testbed , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Dynamic Virtual GMPLS-controlled WSON Using a Resource Broker with a VNT Manager on the ADRENALINE Testbed , in Proceedings of 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
S. Figuerola, D. Simeonidou, J. F. Palacios, A. Di Giglio, N. Ciulli, J. A. Garcia, R. Nejabati, X. Masip, R. Muñoz, G. Landi, M. Yannuzzi, R. Casellas, Research trends on ICT convergence from the CaON Cluster , in Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2012), 2-5 July, 2012, Coventry (England).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Dynamic Wavelength Allocation Algorithms for On-Demand Deployment of GMPLS-controlled Virtual WSON Using a VON Resource Broker , In Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications (NOC 2012) & 7th Conference on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure (OC&I 2012), 20-22 Juliol 2012, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain).
F. J. Vilchez, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, Design, Deployment and Experimental Assessment of All-Optical Wavelength Conversion in the GMPLS-controlled ADRENALINE Testbed , in Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications (NOC 2012), 20-22 June 2012, Vilanova i la Geltru, (Spain).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, An On-Line Path Computation Algorithm for a Protected GMPLS Enabled Multi-Layer Network , in Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2012), 20-22 June 2012, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, A Research and Experimentation Overview on Future Optical Network Control Plane in the ADRENALINE Testbed , in Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modeling (ONDM), 17-20 April 2012, Colchester (UK).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental evaluation of a VON Resource Broker and Compositor for deployment and performance of virtual GMPLS control planes , in Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modeling (ONDM), 17-20 April 2012, Colchester (UK).
L. Liu, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, Interworking between OpenFlow and PCE for Dynamic Wavelength Path Control in Multi-domain WSON , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 4-8 March, 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
F. Paolucci, O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, S. Duhovnikov, P. Castoldi, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Experimenting Hierarchical PCE Architecture in a Distributed Multi-Platform Control Plane Testbed , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 4-8 March, 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Experimental assessment of a combined PCE-RMA and distributed spectrum allocation mechanism for GMPLS Elastic CO-OFDM Optical Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 4-8 March, 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, Experimental demonstration of a hybrid operated MPLS-TP transport network for dynamic Ethernet service provisioning and restoration , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 4-8 March 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
L. Liu, D. Zhang, T. Tsuritani, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, L. Hong, I. Morita, H. Guo, J. Wu, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, First Field Trial of an OpenFlow-based Unified Control Plane for Multi-layer Multi-granularity Optical Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) , March 4-8 March 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental demonstration of a Virtual Optical Network Resource Broker and Compositor for dynamic GMPLS WSON infrastructure services , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 4-8 March 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Experimental Validation / Evaluation of a GMPLS Unified Control Plane in Multi-Layer (MPLS-TP/WSON) Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 4-8 March 2012, Los Angeles, California (USA).
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Demonstration of Service Recovery for Uncompressed Video Stream in GMPLS Controlled WSON with PCE-based Dynamic Lightpath Restoration , in proceedings of Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP) ACP2011, 13-16 November 2011 in Shanghai, China
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, A dynamic path computation algorithm for e2e dedicated protection in a GMPLS controlled multilayer (Ethernet/WSON) network , in Proceedings of International Workshop on Reliable Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM 2011), 5-7 October 2011, Budapest (Hungary).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Dynamic Distributed Spectrum Allocation in GMPLS controlled Elastic Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2011), 18-22 September 2011, Geneve ( Switzerland).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, M. Tsurusawa, Dynamic Virtual Link Mesh Topology Aggregation in Multi- Domain Translucent WSON with Hierarchical-PCE , in Proceedings of 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2011), 18-22 September 2011, Geneve ( Switzerland).
A. Pages, R. Casellas, J. Perelló, R. Martínez, S. Spadaro, R. Muñoz, Experimental Evaluation of a Full-Meshed Domain Abstraction Design Model for Reduced State Information Dissemination in Multi-domain PCE-based WSONs , in Proceedings of 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2011), 18-22 September 2011, Geneve ( Switzerland).
L. Liu, R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Investigation of PCE-based Path Computation for OSNR-aware Dynamic Restoration in GMPLS-enabled Multi-domain Translucent WSON , in Proceedings of 37 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC2011), 18-22 September 2011 Geneva (Switzerland).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, A dynamic on-line path computation algorithm for VNT configuration in GMPLS controlled multi-layer (Ethernet/WSON) network , in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2011), July 4-6 2011, Cartagena (Spain).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Evaluation of Multi-Layer (Ethernet/WSON) GMPLS-Based Path Computation Policies for Dynamic VNT Configuration , in Proceedings of 16th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2011), 20-22 July 2011, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, Requirements and Enhancements for the Evolution of the GMPLS Control Plane of the ADRENALINE testbed to support Multi-Layer (MPLS-TP/WSON) Capabilities , in Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2011), 26-30 June, 2011, Stockholm (Sweden).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Enhanced Dynamic VNT configuration in GMPLS Controlled Ethernet over WSON with timer-based lightpath holding time , in Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2011), 26-30 June, 2011, Stockholm (Sweden).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Design and performance evaluation of a GMPLS-enabled MPLS-TP/PWE3 node with integrated 10Gbps tunable DWDM transponders , in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2011), July 4-6 2011, Cartagena (Spain).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, An Open GMPLS-enabled Control Plane testbed for remote development and experimentation of PCE-based path computation algorithms , in Proccedings of Future Network & Mobile Summit, 15 - 17 June 2011, Warsaw ( Poland).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Deployment of Hierarchical Path Computation Elements in Multi-Domain Wavelength Switched Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on IP + Optical networks (iPOP2011), June 2-3 (2011), Kawasaki, Kanagawa (Japan).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, B. García-Manrubia, P. Pavón-Marino, M. Klinkowski, D. Careglio, Experimental Study on the Impact of Regenerator Placement Strategies when Dynamically Provisioning in Translucent GMPLS WSON Networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 6-10 March 2011, Los Angeles, California (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, F. J. Vilchez, J. Vázquez, Virtualizing ADRENALINE testbed for deploying dynamic GMPLS-controlled WSON as a service , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), 6-10 March, 2011, Los Angeles, California (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Lab Trial of Multi-Domain Path Computation in GMPLS Controlled WSON Using a Hierarchical PCE , in Proceedings of OFC/NFOEC Conference (OFC2011), 10 March 2011, Los Angeles (USA).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M, T. and A. Pattavina, An Experimental Study on the Effects of Outdated Control Information in GMPLS-controlled WSON for Shared Path Protection , In Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2011), 8-10 February 2011, Bologna (Italy).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Lab Trial of a GMPLS controlled MPLS-TP Packet Transport Network with Source/PCE Path Computatuions , in Proceedings of 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2011), 18-22 September 2011, Geneve ( Switzerland).
A.V. Manolova, A. Giorgetti, I. Cerutti, N. Sambo, N. Andriolli, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, S. Ruepp, P. Castoldi, Wavelengths and Regenerators Sharing in GMPLS-controlled WSONs , in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference, (IEEE GLOBECOM 2010), 6-10 December 2010, Miami, Florida (USA).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Static versus Dynamic Virtual Network Topology Configuration within GMPLS-enabled Connection-Oriented Ethernet over WSON , in Proceedings of the Bone-Tiger2 Summer School 2010, 6-10 September 2010, Budapest (Hungary).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Experimental Evaluation of Dynamic PCE-based Path Restoration with Centralized and Distributed Wavelength Assignment in GMPLS-enabled Transparent WSON networks , in Proceedings of 36th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2010), 19-23 September 2010, Torino (Italy).
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, M. Tsurusawa, Experimental Demonstration and Comparison of Distributed and Centralized Multi-domain Resilient Translucent WSON , in Procceedings of 36th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2010), 19-23 September 20101, Torino (Italy).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, T. Tsuritani, L. Liu, M. Tsurusawa, Lab-Trial of Multi-Domain Lightpath Provisioning with PCE Path Computation combining BRPC and Path-Key Topology Confidentiality in GMPLS Translucent WSON networks , in Proceedings of 36th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2010), 1-23 September 2010, Torino (Italy).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, RSVP-TE signaling for dynamic provisioning in multilayer networks (Ethernet/WSON): Enhancements for Forwarding Adjacency operation , in Proceedings of the IX Workshop in G/MPLS Networks, 5-6 July 2010, Girona (Spain).
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, R. Casellas, M. Tsurusawa, Demonstration of a Resilient PCE/GMPLS Controlled Translucent Optical Network , in Proceedings of 15th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2010), 5-9 July 2010, Sapporo (Japan).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, T. Tsuritani, Experimental Study and Assessment of the Link Distance Impact in an OSNR-based IRWA Algorithm in GMPLS-enabled Translucent WSON networks , in Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2010), 27-1 July 2009, Munich (Germany).
A.V. Manolova, S. Ruepp, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, I. Cerutti, N. Sambo, A. Giorgetti, N. Andriolli, P. Castoldi, Shared Path Protection in GMPLS Networks with Limited Wavelength Conversion Capability , in Proceedings of 11th International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2010), 13-16 June 2010, Richardson, Texas (USA).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, A. Bukva, Evolution of the GMPLS control plane of the ADRENALINE testbed : overview towards multi-layer (Ethernet/WSON) capabilities , in Proceedings of RT-Multilayer Workshop, June 14-16 2010, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain).
T. Tsuritani, L. Liu, R. Casellas, M. Tsurusawa, Demonstration on a dynamic translucent wavelength switched optical network (WSON) using PCE and extended GMPLS , in Proceedings of Institute of Electronics Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE2010) June 2010 (Japan). (Japanese Version)
T. Tsuritani, L. Liu, R. Casellas, M. Tsurusawa, Interoperability Investigation of PCE and Extended GMPLS Controller for Translucent Wavelength Switched Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 6th International Conference on IP + Optical (iPOP 2010), 10-11 June 2010, 2010, Mushashino-shi, Tokyo (Japan).
V. Piperaud, M. Chetlall, R. Theillaud, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Inter-Domain Demonstration with Adaptation of Ethernet over WDM , in Proceedings of Future Networks & Mobile Summit (FUNEMS) 2010, 16-18 Florence (Italy), June 2010.
S. Gunreben, J. Scharf, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Validation and Assessment of Multi-domain and Multi-layer Path Computation , in Proceedings of 6th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities (Tridentcom 2010), 18-20 May 2010, Berlin (Germany).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, L. Velasco, F. Agraz, R. Muñoz, S. Spadaro, Experimental validation of end-to-end GMPLS-enabled restoration in multi-domain transparent WSON , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2010), 21-26 March 2010, San Diego (USA).
E. Marin-Tordera, M. Yannuzi, X. MAsip-Bruin, S. Sanchez-Lopez, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, G. Maier, The effects of optimized regenerator allocation in translucent networks under inaccurate physical information , in Proceedings of 14th Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2010), 31-3 February 2010, Kyoto (Japan).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, OPNET implementation of RSVP-TE based signaling for GMPLS unified control of connection-oriented Ethernet transport over WSON , in Proceedings of RT-Multi-layer Workshop, December 2009, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain).
N. Sambo, I. Cerutti, A. Giorgetti, N. Andriolli, P. Castoldi, R. Muñoz, S. Ruepp, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, A.V. Manolova, Restoration in GMPLS-based Wavelength Switched Optical Networks with Limited Wavelength Converters , in Proceedings of the International Conference on Photonics in Switching conference (PS2009), 15-19 September 2009, Pisa (Italy).
R. Casellas, T. Tsuritani, S. Okamoto, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Field-Trial of Multi-domain PCE-based Path Computation for OSNR-aware GMPLS enabled translucent WSON , In Proceedings of 35th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), 19-24 September 2009, Vienna (Austria).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, T. Tsuritani, Experimental evaluation of the link cost impact in OSNR-based IRWA algorithms for GMPLS-enabled Translucent WSON , in Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2009), 28-2 July 2009, Island of São Miguel, Azores (Portugal).
E. Martin-Tordera, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, J. Solé-Pareta, Improving IA-RWA algorithms in translucent networks by regenerator allocation , in Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2009), 28-2 July 2009, Island of São Miguel, Azores (Portugal).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Unified GMPLS-based control of Carrier-grade Ethernet over DWDM , in Proceedings of 14th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2009), 10-12 June 2009, Valladolid (Spain).
T. Tsuritani, R. Martínez, S. Okamoto, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, T. Otani, M. Tsurusawa, Study on GMPLS-controlled Translucent WSON using OSNR-based IA-RWA algorithms , in Proceeding of IEICE Technical Committee on Photonic Network conference (PN), 26 June 2009, Japan.
M. Germán, A. Castro, X. Masip-Bruin, M. Yannuzzi, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, On the challenges of finding two link-disjoint lightpaths of minimum total weight across an optical network , in Proceedings of 14th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2009), 10-12 June 2009, Valladolid (Spain).
A. Prem-Bianzino, J.-L. Rougier, S. Secci, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, N. Bachir-Djarallah, R. Douville, H. Pouyllau, Implementation and validation of control-plane extensions for inter-domain GMPLS-TE provisioning , in Proceedings of 5th International Conference on testbed and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (Tridentcom 2009), 6-8 April 2009, Washington D.C. (USA).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, T. Tsuritani, T. Otani, Experimental GMPLS routing for dynamic provisioning in translucent wavelength switched optical networks , in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2009), 22-27 March 2009, San Diego (USA).
R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, A Path Computation Element for Shared Path Protection in GMPLS-enabled Wavelength Switched Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 34th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2008), 21-25 September 2008, Brussels (Belgium).
P. Pedroso, D. Careglio, R. Casellas, M. Klinkowski, J. Solé-Pareta, An integrated GMPLS/OBS Control Plane: RSVP and OSPF extensions proposal , In Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2008), 23-25 July 2008, Graz (Austria).
R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, Experimental Evaluation of the Backup Sharing Aggressiveness for Dynamic Shared Path Protection in GMPLS Transparent Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTOn 2008), 22-26 June 2008, Athens (Greece).
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Design, Implementation and Validation within ADRENALINE® Testbed of a Path Computation Element for Wavelength Switched Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on IP over Optical (iPOP 2008), 5-6 June 2008, Tokyo (Japan).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, An Experimental Signalling Enhancement to Efficiently Encompass WCC and Backup Sharing in GMPLS-enabled Wavelength-Routed Networks , in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), 19-23 may 2008, Beijing (China).
R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Morro, C. Cavazzoni, S. Pizzaja, M. Jaeger, H.-M. Foisel, J. Jiménez, C. García, H. Dentler, Experimental Demonstration of ASON-GMPLS Signaling Interworking in the NOBEL2 Multi-Domain Multi-Layer Control Plane Emulator , in Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling (ONDM 2008), 12-14 March 2008, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain).
J. Solé-Pareta, P. Pedroso, D. Careglio, R. Casellas, Integrating OBS Capabilities in GMPLS Based Networks , Invited Talk, COST 291 workshop colocated with ONDM 2008. Vilanova i Geltrú (Barcelona), March 2008.
R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, J. Comellas, G. Junyent, Experimental Shared Path Protection Algorithms in Distributed All-Optical GMPLS-based Networks , 6th International Workshop on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN2007), La Rochelle (France). October 8-10 2007.
R. Casellas, I. Martínez, C. Pinart, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, F. Galán, G. Junyent, On-demand uncompressed HDTV Transmission over a GMPLS controlled Service-Aware all-optical network , in Proc. 33rd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2007). Berlin (Germany), September 16-20, 2007.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Wavelength Allocation Policies for Shared Path Protection in GMPLS Optical Networks with WCC , in Proc. of IEEE ICC workshop on Traffic Engineering in Next Generation IP Networks, Glasgow, June 2007.
R. Casellas, Adaptive MPLS load sharing: modelling, dimensioning and test-bed platform , Proc. of 2nd IEEE / CreateNet Tridentcom 2006, Barcelona, Spain 2006.
J. Rougier, R. Casellas, D. Kofman, Evolution of Multilayer Networks, towards a unified control plane , invited paper, Proceedings of ING 2004, Strasbourg, France.
R. Casellas, Performance evaluation of MPLS Load Sharing , in proc. of IEEE MASCOTS DPE3GIT Workshop 2002, Fort Worth, Tx, USA.
R. Casellas, D. Kofman, J.L. Rougier, Load Sharing Schemes in MPLS networks , in Proc. of ECUMN 2002, Colmar, France, 2002.
R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Enabling Data Analytics and Machine Learning for 5G Services over SDN-Controlled Disaggregated Multi-Layer Transport Networks with Model-Driven Development , in Proceedings of 1st CTTC Workshop, 21 September 2018, Sitges, Barcelona (Spain).
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Hierarchical Network Orchestration Using ONF Transport API , in Proceedings of 1st CTTC Workshop, 21 September 2018, Sitges, Barcelona (Spain).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, Orchestrating Inter-DC Quality-Enabled VNFFG Services in Packet / Flexi-Grid Optical Networks: An Experimental View , in Proceedings of 1st CTTC Workshop, 21 September 2018, Stiges (Spain).
S. Fichera, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, B. Martini, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, P. Castoldi, Orchestrating Inter-DC Quality-Enabled VNFFG Services in Packet / Flexi-Grid Optical Networks , in Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Elastic Networks Design and Optimisiation (ELASTICNETS 2018), 21-22 June 2018, Valencia (Spain).
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, PCE-based Transport SDN Controller for Multi-Layer (Packet over Optical Flexi-Grid) Networks , 2nd International Workshop on Elastic Networks Design and Optimisation (ELASTICNETS 2017) , Vilanova, June 2017, https://elasticnetworks.org/2nd-workshop/programme.
R. Martínez, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, Experimental Assessment of the Dynamic Provisioning and Restoration of a GMPLS Unified Control Plane in Multi-Layer (MPLS-TP/WSON) Networks , in Proccedings of the 2nd Workshop "Future Internet: Efficiency in high-speed networks" (W-FIERRO 2012), 19-20 July 2012, Cartagena (Spain).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Evaluation of a dynamic path computation algorithm in a GMPLS controlled multi-layer (Ethernet/WSON) network , in Proceedings of the Red FIERRO Workshop, 7-8 July 2011, Cartagena (Spain).
A. Bukva, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Challenges and requirements of multi-layer GMPLS control of Ethernet over WDM technologies , in Proceedings of RT-Multi-layer Workshop, February 2009, Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain).
PatentsSubmitted & Public Patents
J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, F. J. Vilchez, R. Martínez, System and method for providing passengers with multimedia entertainment services in transportation vehicles , International Application Nº: PCT/EP2016/051941.
X. Zhang, H. Zheng, R. Casellas, O. González de Dios, D. Ceccarelli, GMPLS OSPF-TE Extensions in Support of Flexi-Grid Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Networks , "GMPLS OSPF-TE Extensions in Support of Flexi-Grid Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Networks", IETF Request For Comments, RFC8363, DOI: 10.17487/RFC8363, May 2018
D. Dhody, R. Casellas, U. Palle, Domain Subobjects for the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) , IETF RFC, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7897, June 2016
D. Dhody, U. Palle, V. Reddy Kondreddy, R. Casellas, Domain Subobjects for Resource Reservation Protocol – Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) , IETF, RFC, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7898, June 2016
R. Casellas, O. González de Dios, F. Zhang, X. Fu, D. Ceccarelli, I. Hussain, Framework and Requirements for GMPLS-Based Control of Flexi-Grid Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Networks , https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7698.txt
Q. Zhao, D. Dhody, D. King, Z. Ali, R. Casellas, PCE-Based Computation Procedure to Compute Shortest Constrained Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Inter-Domain Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths , August 2014, IETF, RFC, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7334.
Invited TalkOthers
N. Yoshikane, R. Muñoz, D. Soma, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, Software-defined control for sliceable multi-dimensional optical networks , in Proceedings of International Symposium EXAT 2019, 29-31 May 2019, Ise (Japan).
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, An Experimental View on 5G Research Projects: From the Lab to the Field , in Proceedings of 5G Technology Workshop during Mobile World Congress, 28 February 2019, Barcelona (Spain).
CTTC in the media
R. Muñoz, C. Pinart, R. Martínez, R. Casellas, F. Galán, I. Martínez, G. Junyent, HDTV sota demanda a través de xarxa tot-òptica intel·ligent , Revista Telecos, Col·legi Oficial/Associació Catalana d’Enginyers de Telecomunicació (COETC/ACET), n. 37, pg. 23, 03/2007.
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Andrew White really wants to debate his Democratic opponent, so why isn’t it happening?
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Published on April 26, 2018 at 11:58 pm Last update on April 27, 2018 at 10:38 am
By Chad Lyle
The runoff election deciding which Democrat will run against incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott is less than a month away, and candidate Andrew White is not pleased with his opponent’s reluctance to debate him.
White, a Houston entrepreneur, advanced along with former Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez after competing in a nine-person race in the March 6 primary. White said his team immediately began trying to set up a debate with Valdez in anticipation for the runoff, which will take place May 22.
“Since the day after the primary election, we’ve been calling for debates,” White said. “We’ve received offers to host debates from television stations, newspapers, Democratic clubs … we’ve accepted every single one of them without question, and we still don’t have a debate set.”
White said he believes the Valdez campaign is stalling these attempts because they perceive Valdez to be the front-runner and do not want to jeopardize that status.
“They just aren’t interested in a debate,” White said. “I believe that they’re just trying to run the clock out. I mean to a certain extent you can’t just put together a debate tomorrow. If they can make it through the next week or two, then they’ve made it.”
However, the Valdez campaign said it is not intentionally avoiding a debate.
“As Lupe Valdez has repeatedly said, she is open and willing to have a debate, but that she is focused on talking to voters and hearing the concerns of everyday Texans,” campaign spokesman Juan Bautista Dominguez said in an email. “We are actively exploring several proposals and speaking with various groups to try to coordinate the timing and place that will work.”
Prominent Democrats are encouraging a Valdez-White debate. Senate-hopeful Beto O’Rourke, an El Paso congressman, and attorney general candidate Justin Nelson both support the idea, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Marco Guajardo, the University Democrats communications director, also said he is in favor of it.
“I don’t see why we would not be supportive of a debate,” said Guajardo, a marketing sophomore. “I think it’s a good idea to hear the perspectives and the platforms of both candidates, and I think everyone in UDems would agree with me on that.”
White said debating would benefit both candidates.
“A debate brings attention to our race, and no matter who wins, we need attention to our race,” White said. “We have television stations and newspapers willing to do that for us. We have to take advantage of that.”
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The LazyTown Music
General LazyTown Music Discussion
Any other songs with unused lyrics?
Thread: Any other songs with unused lyrics?
1st May 2017, 00:25 #1
TheStingyMan
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We Are Number One had unused lyrics but is there other LazyTown songs with unused lyrics?
Re: Any other songs with unused lyrics?
Unused (and honestly better) version of Gizmo Guy:
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I'm sure there are plenty of rejected lyrics, but most of which we will never hear.
Another example that I can think of is the second verse to "Always A Way" that was only in the radio edit of the song by Selma Björnsdottir.
Woops... I think I dropped something.
Like Toy Soliders
You're such a tease..
I meant by unused vocals for a used LazyTown song, not a unused song
All three songs are used within the show, and all three songs contain unused lyrics.. Isn't this what you wanted?
If you're looking for isolated + unused acapellas, I may have some sad news for you.
WANO is the only song we have ever gotten an actual official acapella from.
That this came with an "unused lyrics"-part was just the little chocolate brownie, after a full 5 course meal.
Maybe in the future we'll feast upon grandiose meals of unused acapellas alone, but for now the unused versions of the songs will have to suffice.
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If you're talking about a song with vocals that didn't make the final release, there's "I Am a Prince"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLYp1FI8s8
i don't know anymore so here's a drawing or something idk
LatibærStuff
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Bing Bang is an example of a song which had scrapped lyrics. When LazyTown was comissioned by Nick Jr, the crew originally wanted to maintain the original "Bing Bang Dingalingaling" lyric for the TV series version of "Bing Bang". But Nick Jr. rejected the original lyrics, so they changed "Bing Bang Dingalingaling" to "Bing Bang Diggiriggidon".
http://www.getlazy.net/wiki/index.php?title=Bing_Bang
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"It's sorta tragic" is such a great lyric
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12th August 2017, 20:43 #10
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The First verse of Playing on the playground isn't used in the show,
nor is Pixels verse in Techno Genoration.
Originally Posted by ItsBeboy
Yeah, same with the extra verse of Good to Be Bad
But bonus verses that were released on soundtracks aren't really "unused" in the same way as the scrapped lyrics for We Are Number One. Of course, if We Are Number One was ever to be released in an extended version on CD it would be a different story.
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thanks guys. been searching for similar information and i got a lot of useful info here. would you mind, though, if i would have some other questions to ask? sitting home doing nothing but taking Anastrozole is really boring and i want to learn and search for as much info as possible. please
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thanks guys. been searching for similar information and i got a lot of useful info here. would you mind, though, if i would have some other questions to ask? please
Yes please do. That's what the site is for
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Five-Minute Anbar!
Big news! Today is the launch of our biggest subsite yet! Like, literally biggest. Huge! Bigger than the void between galaxies!
A while ago, Excelsior told the story of the starship Anbar, which was lost for 59 years outside the Galactic Barrier. As a joke, they framed the relevant episode ("Sunset") as Season 59, Episode 12 of an actual Anbar series. This has confused and intrigued fans who didn't get the joke ever since (much like April Fool's jokes often have for 5MV's readers in the past, though I'm not sure why that comparison came to mind).
But now the Anbar series is real! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! I have painstakingly reconstructed all 708 episodes, then reduced them to fivers in my usual style! Behold Five-Minute Anbar!
Subsite code: 5M0, because they're in the Big Empty and fighting aliens called the Zero, and anyway I've always wanted an excuse to use that one. Subsite colour: dark! Very very dark! Almost too dark to see! Because there's nothing outside the galaxy! Nothing to do! Nothing to explore! Except alien parasites that want to kill you! Taste the excitement!
(For any further questions, please refer to the FAQ.)
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(Nobody tell him they don't take that card anymore. I wanna see the look on his face when he tries to redeem it.)
My goodness.
I miss stamp cards. My local thrift store has them once in awhile, but my family has never spent enough in the applicable period to earn anything.
The real fun was when there were still bakery outlets around that had them. I miss bakery outlets.
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This is just as I always imagined it.
I love the title callbacks in some of the later seasons. No doubt, after 45+ years, the producers wanted to pay homage to earlier generations of this remarkably long-running show.
And what happened to Cox's chair, anyway?
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That was fun! And tiring. So tiring. But fun!
In the spirit of Easter, when everyone was surprised by an event that had been foretold a couple hundred times, allow me to reveal the worst-kept secret of this stunt: no, I didn't really sit down and write 708 fivers. They were randomly generated, not on the server at load time, but on my PC just once so that everyone would see the same episodes. I used C++ to do it, and if anyone's curious about the exact algorithm, here's my source code.
Spoiler: Details for the programming-inclined
A large part of the work came not from writing the program, but from getting my compiler up to date so I could use a convenience added to the language in C++11. (Yeah, it's been a while since I've had much programming to do.) Believe it or not, even though vectors have been in the language since the '98 standard and strings even longer, the method of initializing them I used didn't work till '11. Before the std::initializer_list template, you actually had to make a char* array and initialize the vector with that. And that would not have been notably slower than what I did, but it's such a clumsy, stone-knives-and-bearskins approach that it made me mad just thinking about it. I could also have settled for string arrays, but those have no automatic size function, so every time I added more random terms I would've had to keep track of how many there were. My code was designed instead to make adjusting those lists as easy as possible -- you'll notice I only had to hard-code one number (the number of vectors), and I could have avoided even that if I'd made a vector of vectors, which is definitely the Right Thing here but would've been more likely to create bugs, since I don't think I've ever coded with multi-dimensional vectors before.
As it turned out, I couldn't get my usual compiler to work, and several alternatives had their own infuriating problems. The one that got the job done was Code::Blocks, and until and unless that one explodes on me, I recommend it.
Try not to scream at my preprocessor use. I'm still a C programmer at heart.
All my random terms were carefully chosen to avoid grammar and syntax issues. For instance, the first term in a title never starts with a vowel (so it can go after "A" without changing it to "An") and can always be pluralized by adding "s". Pronouns are avoided so I can keep male and female characters in the same box. I only slipped up once, and if you're bored enough to look for it yourself you'll find it eventually; if not, here's one case where it happened. I haven't checked yet, but there are probably also some identical titles, and almost certainly some identical blurbs. That was something I anticipated but chose not to prevent -- not worth the trouble.
I've had this stunt in mind for a while now, and I considered many different approaches. I was really close to writing a more complicated program that would've had many more random terms, title/scene patterns, and scenes per episode (let's face it, this was really Five-Second Anbar). Making the randomness half as obvious would probably have taken ten times the work, but it would've been a fun challenge. Alas, by the time I got my compiler working right, I was too beat to make a program that big -- but I have to admit this simple version is probably funnier anyway.
Another thing I wanted to do was include a few of the events we know about from "Sunset". That episode includes an extended flashback from Season 22, and there are at least ten, maybe as many as twenty other significant events whose placement in the timeline I could have estimated. (In fact, I did do a bit of that -- characters born in the Big Empty are added to the list roughly when they would've been old enough to have episodes about them.) Those would all have been season premieres to make them easier to find, and I even wanted to make up the remaining premieres, following the theme of "Caretanbar" with titles like "Way of the Wanbar". ("What are we going to do about the Klingons?!" "What Klingons?" "Huh. Never mind.") Right up to the end I was hoping to do that, but by the time I had everything else ready, the thought of writing even 10 more mini-fivers, much less 58, made me despair. Leaving that stuff out had its own benefit: it kept this event almost spoiler-free, which is remarkable for a topic as radioactive in Excelsior's myth-arc as the Anbar.
The graphics posed a little challenge too. The Anbar is a Class 3 neutronic fuel carrier, the same class as the Kobayashi Maru -- which you may recognize as a ship that has never been shown onscreen. How convenient for a site that always uses a series' main ship for its graphics! Fortunately, XL had already chosen a representative for the title card of "Sunset" (the starship Antares from "Charlie X", or at least one of the same class), so I used that. Similarly, a made-up series obviously had no official font, so I picked something thin and spaced it out to fit the Big Empty theme.
This "subsite" was the ultimate stress-test for the PHP code I've been running 5MV's subsites on since the '05 redesign. I'm proud of how well it did -- I only had to change one thing (it wasn't equipped for two-character-long season codes). This is probably the last hurrah for this old system, which uses text files as a pseudo-database, since we do actually have a real database on the server and I've been meaning to switch to using that for ages. I'm glad I could send out the old code with a bang.
Finally... honest, 5MV has not become an Excelsior fansite. I'm just very into the series right now for two reasons. First, in these days of AbramsTrek and whatever the hell Discovery is, it's refreshing to have an alternative (which has its own major differences from Roddenberry/Berman Trek, but it's closer in spirit, and it's not another damn prequel). Second, I'm writing the episode after next!
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I love hearing how the sausage is made, both creatively and in terms of code. very fun. I had been considering putting The Symmetry Principle AFD site back up on TripHammered this week, given the sad passing of Dr. Hawking, but I don't think anyone would have noticed.
Yeah, I thought of you when I heard the news. I'm sure a life like his leaves few regrets, but the rest of us will certainly miss him. I should do something commemorative in the next update.
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So that's why I saw a bunch of code monkeys go by recently. What an incredible smell you've discovered!
Actually, your description of the process brought up a good question: considering the code of the site didn't support two-digit season numbers, how was it able to handle the 10th Doctor pages on the 5MDW sub-site? Though, seeing as you're a much better coder than I am (I break, I can fix, I can bug, but write new code from scratch? fugget about it), it probably had something to do with the fact that there is only a couple of doctors that have Fivers completed, and the fact that the groupings on that sub-site are not actually labeled "Seasons". Or not in the quasi-database and added manually.
Now that is out of the way, I should get back to work.
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Oh, that was an easy one. I just gave that season the code "x". It delayed the problem until the next regeneration, which at that point was still years away. (It's good to have the code up to date now in case I ever finish that damn "Eleventh Hour" fiver, though.)
5m0, anbar, april fool's, why do i do these things
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Piedade: "Our time has come"
Hypo's captain believes that this is the right moment to pay Lada back for last year.
» More information on »2007-08 Women's CL
»1/2 Final
»HC "Lada Togliatti"
»Hypo Niederösterreich
»Daniela De Oliveira Piedade
Five weeks without a competitive game. Hypo are a bit unaware of what form they currently have before the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals against Lada Togliatti in Russia. Therefore Eurohandball.com talked to Dani Piedade, captain of the Austrian champions.
Eurohandball.com: Five weeks break after the last game in the Main Round – what’s happened to you since then?
Piedade: We did a lot of hard work in training, especially physically.
We have a bit of heavy legs at the moment, but this will be away in time for the game against Lada. But I think five weeks are too much - we lost our rhythm...
Eurohandball.com: What do you expect from the opponents?
Piedade: Every player thinks positively, but we don’t underestimate Lada.
You cannot play a perfect game, but if we minimise the number of mistakes, it will be very tough for them to beat us...
Eurohandball.com: ...and you have already beaten them twice in Group Phase.
Piedade: Of course! If the whole team gets a superb day, no one will beat us. We just couldn’t manage to get such a day yet. I can assure you: we will fight like lions to reach the final.
Eurohandball.com: And there was a semi-final last year against Lada too...
Piedade: No one can forget that! We lost in the very last second because we couldn’t score from a 7-m shot. We still have that defeat in our hearts, everyone can remember it well. Last year it was not our time yet, but I feel that this year it might be different. We want to get revenge. I feel that we are stronger than last year.
Eurohandball.com: The journey to Togliatti is also special this year. Is it true that you will travel with a charter to Russia?
Pieadade: Yes, that’s right. The whole team will travel with a charter. The flight just takes three hours and thirty minutes. That’s okay, we don’t have so much stress compared to travelling with a normal flight. That’s very important for the team. In addition, we will have around fifty fans with us on the plane who will to support us in that difficult game.
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Hungarians on top – new hope for title holders
Hungarian teams lead both main round groups, while ruling champions Buducnost may still hope.
»EHF CL Channel More information on »2012-13 Women's CL
It was a fine weekend for Hungarian women´s handball, when the first half of the main round was concluded. After Györ took a clear lead in Group 1 Saturday through their convincing 24:18 win in Larvik, FTC-Rail Cargo copied that achievement Sunday in Group 2 through a 30:26 win at home in the top game against RK Krim Mercator.
In Group 1, reigning champions Budućnost gained fresh hope to proceed to the semi-finals, as they got their first points in the main round, when they came back from being two goals down against Randers HK to win 24:22.
Budućnost vs. Randers HK 24:22 (12:11)
Budućnost could send left winger Majda Mehmedović on for the first time since she injured her right knee at the EHF EURO 2012, while middle back Anđela Bulatović was also able to play in spite of having broken her nose at training Thursday. By Randers, there was doubt about goalkeeper Chana Masson who sustained an ankle injury in a domestic league match Wednesday.
Just like Bulatović, Masson got fit, though, and Randers should be happy about that. With a number of fine saves, two seven meters shots among them, the Brazilian keeper had her great part in the fact that the Danish champions were leading 8:4 at the middle of the first half.
The home team managed to work them selves back into the game, though, not least thanks to their goalkeeper, Clara Woltering who did just as well over the 60 minutes as her colleague at the other end of the court. After 28 minutes and 40 seconds, the score was even for the first time, at 11:11, after Randers had been leading until then.
In the last minute of the first half, then, when Mehmedović, scored her first goal after her long injury break, it did not only mark Buducnost´s first lead in the match. It was also the half time result.
The second half started as equally, as the first 30 minutes had ended, but when Buducnost got ahead 21:17, it looked like the decision. Through four goals in succession, Randers made sure that the last minutes were still exciting, though. At the end, however, Buducnost had the better nerves and managed to land their first win in the main round, while Randers are still left without points.
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs. RK Krim Mercator 30:26 (14:15)
Before the start of the Champions League, not many people considered FTC to be among the favourites to win the tournament. Nevertheless are the Hungarians on top of Group 2 after the first half of the main round. After two narrow wins, the victory was somewhat clearer this Sunday, when the only other undefeated team in the group was sent home to Slovenia with a four goal deficit.
During the first half not much indicated a triumph for FTC, though. Krim had the initiative through the first 30 minutes, and the visitors were three goals ahead twice, and with four once, at 15:11 shortly before half time.
However, the hosts finished the first half best with three goals and succession, and the good spell continued after the break. Three minutes into the second half did FTC get their first lead in the match, at 17:16, and they were never to let go of the lead again.
One minute and 45 seconds with two players more on the court helped further to increase the Hungarian lead which was at three goals already then, to five goals at 28:23.
Krim managed to make a late comeback with three goals in succession, but their hopes were almost extinguished as Alena Abramovich saved a seven meter shot with less than two minutes left, and after that FTC decided the game with the last two goals of the match. FTC lead the group with six points, with Krim on four and Oltchim Vâlcea on two, while Zvezda Zvenigorod are still on zero.
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TATRAN beat La Rioja for the first time to climb up the standings
GROUP C REVIEW: TATRAN Presov triumphed over La Rioja for the first time ever to end their season on a high
»Group Phase
»Naturhouse La Rioja
»TATRAN Presov
Despite having their playoff berth booked, La Rioja travelled to Presov eager to find their winning form before the crucial play-off matches. However Jesus Javier Gonzalez Fernandez's men were outplayed in an outstanding home performance.
Presov beat their VELUX EHF Champions League record with nine points
First ever win for Presov against La Rioja in four matches
La Rioja will play the winners of Group D in the play-off for the last 16
TATRAN Presov (SVK) vs Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) 30:27 (18:16)
In their last home match of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17, TATRAN Presov showed the vast improvement they have made in the past year.
Following a tough battle with Spanish side Naturhouse La Rioja in the first half, the Slovakian team enjoyed well-earned applause from the stands after securing a 30:27 win.
The home side fielded their best-possible line up despite Rastislav Trtik's men having no chance of progressing from Group C. Wide squad options provided Trtik with a number of options in both attack and defence.
Rabek provides backbone
Left back Oliver Rabek dominated the hosts' score sheet with nine goals, proving he is Presov's biggest threat. Dominik Krok added to the success from the back court with six successful attempts on goal, making up half of Presov's goals together with Rabek.
Trtik insisted on pressure from the back court and his tactics proved successful as TATRAN clearly enjoyed the match.
Unlike in their previous games, Presov managed to keep up the momentum from the end of the first half throughout the game. La Rioja looked to have the upper hand in the first half, but TATRAN never allowed them to build more than a three-goal lead.
TATRAN scored eight goals playing with an extra man, compared to just one goal playing with an extra man for La Rioja, which made the decisive difference. While the final result made no difference to the Group C rankings it was a positive end to the season for Presov, who finish third in the standings with nine points.
Exciting spectacle
After the match Krok said: "We said to each other we could not lose our lead. We wanted to extend it in the second half. We managed it because we played a lot of fast breaks and were able to convert our chances into easy goals."
"I would like to congratulate La Rioja on qualifying into the next stages of the VELUX EHF Champions League," added Trtik.
"We knew they were professionals and sportsmen, so they would not give us anything in the game. Both teams delivered excellent performances and it was a really good and exciting match for the spectators."
Gonzalez Fernandez congratulated La Rioja's opponents.
"Our team made too many big mistakes in the match," he concded. "At the moments we played well, we were not able to take this advantage. When our goalkeepers saved the shots, all rebounds went for TATRAN."
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Probiotics 'don't ease' baby colic: Study finds drops have no effect on reducing periods of crying among children aged under three months
Probiotics do nothing to help soothe babies with colic, according to the largest research trial to date.
Previous studies have suggested some benefit from giving infants probiotic drops, but they were flawed in their design, experts said.
In the latest study, a team set out to test the theory of whether probiotics would help breastfed and formula-fed babies with colic.
The results showed probiotics had no effect on reducing periods of crying or fussing among the babies, who were all under three months old.
Colic is a term used to describe infants who cry a lot but who are otherwise healthy and well fed.
The causes of colic are unknown although some theories suggest indigestion, trapped wind or a temporary sensitivity to proteins or sugars in breast or formula milk.
The condition affects up to one in five babies and usually begins within the first few weeks of life but often stops by the time the baby is four months old.
In most cases, the most intense period of crying occurs in the late afternoon or evening and usually lasts for several hours.
Parents often feel helpless because nothing they do helps to reduce their baby’s distress.
In the new study, 167 breastfed or formula-fed infants with colic were split into two groups.
The first group of 85 babies was given the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri every day, which has previously been shown to help reduce crying.
The second group of 82 babies was given a placebo or 'dummy' solution.
The team of experts, including from the University of Melbourne and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Victoria, Australia, looked at several outcomes including duration of crying or fussing, how well the babies slept and how parents were coping.
They also examined the stools of infants to look at the effect of probiotics on the gut.
The results showed that, as time went by, the babies in both groups fussed and cried less. At one month into the study, babies in the probiotic group actually cried or fussed 49 minutes more than those in the placebo group. This mainly reflected more fussing, especially for babies who were being fed formula.
No differences were observed on all the other outcomes.
Writing online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the team said probiotics 'did not reduce crying or fussing in infants with colic, nor was it effective in improving infant sleep, maternal mental health, family or infant functioning, or quality of life'.
They added: 'These findings differ from previous smaller trials of selected populations and do not support a general recommendation for the use of probiotics to treat colic in infants.'
In an accompanying editorial, William Bennett Jr, assistant professor of paediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine in the United States, said babies with colic 'incur no serious long term effects' from the condition and that symptoms 'abate with time'.
As the old adage goes, 'babies cry,' he said, adding that the passage of time, family support and reassurance may help parents and babies through the tough period.
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Massive Roadblock, Warrantless Searches in Maryland
Resource: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-halt-montgomery-county-commuters-pick-out-bank-robbery-suspects/2014/03/11/a2fb7b70-a94b-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html
Tags: Maryland, Roadblock, warrantless searches, 4th amendment, police state,
Yesterday was the ATF raiding Ares Arms in California.
What never got reported was Tuesday's massive highway roadblock and car to car searches by armed law enforcement officers in Maryland. Were there warrants for these searches? No. Was there reasonable cause to stop every commuter at 10a.m. on a Tuesday morning? No.
"When I saw a wall of police officers with automatic weapons approaching our cars, it was apparent that something serious was taking place," one commuter told local media.
Rockville city, Montgomery County, and Maryland State Police blocked both lanes of Interstate 270 with more than 30 police vehicles, numerous dogs, helicopters, and officers going to car to car with weapons drawn as seen here:
What caused this open manhunt and dismissal of the citizen's 4th Amendment rights? A bank robbery where the three suspects were believed to have driven their getaway car onto the freeway.
Motorist Carlton Higdon told local reporters there was, "a lot of yelling, a lot of orders being given... helicopters, dogs barking, sirens, police cars driving by".
Traffic backed up for miles on the freeway for over an hour with no explanation from police. Commuters exiting their vehicles to see what was happened were met with hostility from police. As one woman leaned out of her vehicle to vomit she was yelled at by an officer to stay inside and close her door. I suppose she's supposed to puke inside her car while they trample her rights.
During this encounter motorists were approached by armed officers and ordered at gunpoint to submit to warrantless searches of their vehicles. According to one witness police were just walking along, weapons drawn ordering people to "Pop the trunk! Pop the trunk!". He overheard a man in a truck next to him call out to another motorist: The police are looking for bank robbers. Shortly after, about nine officers approached his car - including state police in tan uniforms, county police in dark uniforms and at least one plainclothes officer wearing a yellow tie.
Is it possible that there were consensual searches? Is anything ordered at gunpoint consensual? Reportedly not one person was brave enough (foolish enough?) to refuse the hostile violation of the 4th Amendment. Would you be?
Montgomery County Police Captain Paul Starks described the searches as an operation of "systematically checking the trunks and rear hatches" of the vehicles caught in the roadblock.
Rockville Police Chief Tom Manger remained defiant and unapologetic when he told local station WTOP, "For those folks that wondered how is that the police can just walk through traffic like that and get folks to show their hands, get folks to pop their trunks, between the exigency of the circumstances and the information that we had, it gave us the legal foundation to do what we did".
The massive roadblock and 4th Amendment violations did net the bank robbers and the stolen $7,000 dollars. The robbers were found in their vehicle and did not resist when taken into custody. They were not found hiding in anyone else's trunk.
Of course, by putting armed criminals into a miles long roadblock authorities made it more likely they would take someone hostage or commandeer an innocent bystanders vehicle. Some will say that the ends justify the means and as long as the robbers were arrested, the "operation was worth it".
Was the roadblock worth it? Not if you believe in the principles of "liberty and justice for all". The criminals were caught, but the innocent motorists were treated as part of the crime during warrantless searches by officers with weapons drawn simply because they happened to be on a stretch of highway going about their day.
Was this Maryland's "Intro to Police State" class?
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Posted By: dopey137
It wouldn't be so bad if someone was shot or murdered during the robbery, but it was just missing cash......plus, who pays attention to that Constitution thing anymore ?...at least, who in Washington ?...the attitude comes from the top...
I think it would still be just as bad - law enforcement would certainly seem more justified. Of course, the perception of justification is not the same as justification to disregard the fundamental rights of against illegal search and seizure.
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Have your say on the future layout for George Street
Published Wednesday, 23rd September 2015
The public are invited to share their views to help shape the future of one of Edinburgh’s key thoroughfares.
An open day, on Friday 2nd October, will give people a final chance to meet the designers, landscape architects, planners and civil engineers working on a long-term vision for George Street. Now that the trial year has come to a conclusion, they will be taking public views as the long-term design begins to take shape.
The trial has been used to test the impacts on the street and surrounding area when there is more space for pedestrians, cyclists and events, and less space for traffic. The trial was the first time any council in Scotland has used an “Experimental” Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) as a place making and design measure. It is a legal requirement that, at the end of a trial using an ETRO, the street must be returned to its previous layout before the long term plan is settled upon and put to the public.
Councillor Lesley Hinds said: “During the time-limited year-long trial on George Street we worked closely with local residents, businesses, transport groups, heritage bodies and members of the public to test what worked and what did not. Put simply, we want George Street to reach its full potential.
"People's views are important in helping us to do that. Over the past year public quarterly meetings were held at the Assembly Rooms, with capacity attendances, where the Council encouraged experts and local people to run the research project, ensuring the results of the trial were credible. 1,200 people provided their views to an independent research team. Now, on 2 October, you can give your views on the future layout for this great street directly to the design team.”
The public meeting on Friday 2 October from 2pm until 7pm in the Assembly Rooms is an important last chance for residents to have their say on the future layout for George Street.
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Bishops challenge government on benefit cuts for poorest
More than 40 Church of England bishops have signed an open letter to the government in the media criticising its Benefits Uprating Bill as an attack on the poorest.
The move comes as the Bill returns to the House of Lords this week, and has been backed by new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
It follows concerted campaigning by British Free Churches (the Methodists, Baptists and United Reformed Church), along with the Church of Scotland, alongside Church Action on Poverty, against the multiple misrepresentations in the media and by coalition representatives on issues of poverty, welfare and benefits - which critics say have deformed debate about wealth and poverty in the UK.
The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) of the Free Churches recently published a hard-hitting, factual report entitled The lies we tell ourselves: ending comfortable myths about poverty (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/18086).
The government claims that the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill is an 'adjustment', and that everyone must pay for the country's financial crisis.
But the bishops point out, as welfare campaigners have been doing for some time, that the 'uprating' is actually a cap, which will amount to a cut for many of the most vulnerable, and hits the poorest worst.
The bishops' letter, published in the conservative Sunday Telegraph newspaper today (10 March 2013), reads as follows:
"Next week, members of the House of Lords will debate the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill.
"The Bill will mean that for each of the next three years, most financial support for families will increase by no more than one per cent, regardless of how much prices rise.
"This is a change that will have a deeply disproportionate impact on families with children, pushing 200,000 children into poverty. A third of all households will be affected by the Bill, but nearly nine out of 10 families with children will be hit.
"These are children and families from all walks of life. The Children’s Society calculates that a single parent with two children, working on an average wage as a nurse would lose £424 a year by 2015. A couple with three children and one earner, on an average wage as a corporal in the British Army, would lose £552 a year by 2015.
"However, the change will hit the poorest the hardest. About 60 per cent of the savings from the uprating cap will come from the poorest third of households. Only three per cent will come from the wealthiest third.
"If prices rise faster than expected, children and families will no longer have any protection against this. This transfers the risk of high inflation rates from the Treasury to children and families, which is unacceptable.
"Children and families are already being hit hard by cuts to support, including those to tax credits, maternity benefits, and help with housing costs. They cannot afford this further hardship penalty. We are calling on the House of Lords to take action to protect children from the impact of this Bill."
It has been signed by:
Rt Rev Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester
Rt Rev John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
Rt Rev Graham James, Bishop of Norwich
Rt Rev Paul Butler, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham
Rt Rev Richard Frith, Bishop of Hull
Rt Rev Nick Baines, Bishop of Bradford
Rt Rev David Rossdale, Bishop of Grimsby
Rt Rev Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans
Rt Rev David Walker, Bishop of Dudley
Rt Rev Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter
Rt Rev Humphrey Southern, Bishop of Repton
Rt Rev Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton
Rt Rev David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham
Rt Rev Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon
Rt Rev Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover
Rt Rev Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney
Rt Rev John Wraw, Bishop of Bradwell
Rt Rev James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle
Rt Rev Peter Burrows, Bishop of Doncaster
Rt Rev Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead
Rt Rev Clive Young, Bishop of Dunwich
Rt Rev Tim Thornton, Bishop of Truro
Rt Rev Steven Croft, Bishop of Sheffield
Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield
Rt Rev John Inge, Bishop of Worcester
Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells
Rt Rev Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely
Rt Rev Alistair Redfern, Bishop of Derby
Rt Rev James Langstaff, Bishop of Rochester
Rt Rev James Bell, Bishop of Knaresborough
Rt Rev Mike Hill, Bishop of Bristol
Rt Rev Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark
Rt Rev Nigel Stock, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Rt Rev John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford
Rt Rev Ian Brackley, Bishop of Dorking
Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Southampton
Rt Rev Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield
Rt Rev David Thomson, Bishop of Huntingdon
Rt Rev John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth
Rt Rev Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester
Rt Rev Peter Hancock, Bishop of Basingstoke
Rt Rev Andrew Proud, Bishop of Reading
Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford
Keywords:welfare reform | welfare cuts | welfare benefits uprating bill | welfare | poverty | poor | justin welby | joint public issues team | church of england | bishops | benefits | benefit cap
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Getter Love!! Chou Renai Party Game
Platform: Nintendo 64
Tags: General, Party
Developer: Hudson Soft
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System: Nintendo 64; Reviews: 3
Release Date: May, 2001 (North America)
Release Date: January, 2000 (North America)
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Battle Rage: Mech Conflict
Platform: Wii
Tags: Shooter, Third-Person, Sci-Fi
Developer: Destan Entertainment
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Crescendo Symphony: Kagami no Kishi
Platform: Xbox 360
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The Red Program!
In October, we came together in the Gulberenk Program. The color of the program in which we dealt with “Rights and Freedom” was Red. Everywhere was decorated with red flowers. The ladybugs wandering on the leaves were very cute.
Uncles Karagoz and Hacivat talked about the rights of our teachers. It turns out that our teachers had so many rights over us. To respect them is a very important duty. Knwoledge and education are so precious.
Then, a play started which was really worth seeing. There was a boy in the play with his own “Good Voices” and “Bad Voices” in him. While the child, unaware of the sadness of the bird imprisoned in the cage by him, was playing the playstation, the good and bad voices began to speak to him.
While the good voice invited him to play with friends in the garden, the bad voice said the opposite. While the good voice reminded him not to go out and eat ice cream, the bad voice applauded this state of mind. While the good voice rejoiced in the child’s prayer, the bad voice did its best to make him think of other things through the prayer. In the end, the child started to listen to the good voice and locked the bad voice in the cage, from which he freed the little bird. From that day on, the child was always engaged in goodness and began do good works.
Not only people, but animals and plants also have their rights. We remembered this with the short stories told by our speaker sister. Essential liberty was possible by living in accordance with Allah’s commandments. We learned this by listening to the story of “The Ladybug and the Ant”. Those who are strong should be able to help the weak and protect their rights.
When we sang “The Motherland” song, we commemorated our martyrs who gave their lives for our rights and freedom. Before leaving, we opened our national flag with the star and the crescent and we all sang the “Independence March”. It was very emotional. It was exciting! When we finished the march, we folded our flag politely. When we kissed it respectfully, our hearts got filled with honor.
Those crimson apples that were served out at the exit of the program seemed to tell us about being more grateful. With these emotions, we have already started the preparations for the new program. Gulberenk will be performing on the 12th and 13th of November due to the holiday of our Sacrifice Feast next month. We expect you all! With love!
Note: Nasreddin Hodja could not come to the program because he was sick, we are sorry. Would you please pray for her?
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Home Page About of Poliran Brief History of Poliran
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Through an in-depth understanding of the importance of different thermoplastics in the manufacture of pipes and connectors required in various plans and projects such as sewer systems, water transfer and supply in conjunction to irrigation and drainage networks Poliran Ettesal took relevant action towards implementing the production and supply of its first line of products in the early 70s.
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Poliran Ettesal whose basis of quality management and manufacturing processes is designed in such way to fully conform with the international standard ISO 9001-2000 has just introduced the 'Poliran Push Fit System' in order to utilize the most modern designs available to produce a new generation of sewer pipes and connectors.
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North Valley Escape Room: Escape From Alcatraz & The Great Outdoors (Anthem, AZ)
One of Best Escape Room Locations in the Phoenix area!
North Valley Escape Rooms is located 33 miles north of downtown Phoenix in the city of Anthem. This was the first place that we visited on our trip to Phoenix and weren't quite sure what to expect given it was pretty far out in a little town of 30,000 people. When we entered the establishment, we were greeted by three employees who were energetic and friendly, a perfect way to start an escape room!
There were five games at this location and we were able to play two of them,"Escape From Alcatraz" and "The Great Outdoors". We have played a good number of prison/Alcatraz types of rooms so it generally takes something different for us to get excited but there was enough buzz from other enthusiasts for us to book the room. We also hadn't played an outdoorsy themed game so it was nice to mix things up. Although we didn't get to play their newest game, "The Legend Of The 7th Stone", we took a peek at their set which was beautiful and seemed to have a good mix of tech integration. From their site:
"Get prepared for the ultimate in escape room experiences! With almost 2000 square feet of puzzles and clues, Escape from Alcatraz is certain to WOW and amaze even the most experienced escape room enthusiasts. What could be better? How about 75 minutes to complete!
Your crimes have brought you to The Rock to serve your time. A life sentence in this dark hole is not an option. Escape is your only choice. Do you have what it takes to escape The Rock?
Your all-inclusive camping trip at Fall Mountain Campground is confirmed! No need to pack your camping gear... the Fall Mountain Campground is all inclusive. When tragedy strikes, will you have what it takes to escape? Survive the trip and live to tell the tale!
Escape From Alcatraz: This 75-minute game starts off with split teams and one thing that you'll immediately notice is how HUGE this nicely created set is. The cells that you start off in are spacious and they aren't exaggerating when they say it's 2,000 sq ft big. A fellow raucous prisoner (actor) starts off in one of the cells nearby and you'll see that he's quite the violent criminal. The prisoner was one of the best elements in the game for me and our team enjoyed the role that he played for us. The prison break felt more "authentic" than most of the other prison rooms we've played and the fun doesn't stop there. The jail feel and the vastness of the physical space is impressive. We've been to the real Alcatraz twice and this was the closest interpretation of the real thing we've seen in a game.
The puzzles were of the tangible sort so if you prefer these types of puzzles you should have a good time. Overall, the mostly linear puzzles themselves were ok but there were a few that involved guesswork. As the game progressed, the types of puzzles you come upon become similar in nature to ones that you have seen.
The Great Outdoors: This room was the first one that opened a few years back and has been updated to be more modern. The decor transitions from a Cabin to the great outdoors and while it started off pretty ordinary, the outdoors part was very well done. The special effects used in the second half of the game helped enhance the atmosphere and were simple yet effective.
This room was padlock heavy and given it's age, it made sense. There were some eureka moments that will have you feeling great once you've figured it out. While the room felt linear, there was enough parallelism for our team of five to be busy most of the time.
Escape From Alcatraz: The amazing set and fun actor were definitive highlights of this escape room
The Great Outdoors: The simple, yet effective effects towards the end of the game were unique and at times hilarious, depending who you ask :)
Room For Improvement
The set designs for both these rooms were great and the puzzles for the most part were fine. A few tweaks to some of the less thematic puzzles and to some of the arbitrary puzzle solutions which seemed out of place would make these games close to perfect.
The Great Outdoors did have one puzzle that required outside knowledge (I would assume non-Americans would not be able to solve it) so that had us guessing if we had the right answer.
Both these rooms were solid and on the top of our list for the Greater Phoenix area. We highly recommend visiting North Valley Escape Room if you are ever in the area.
Set design: Amazing
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Price: $24.95-29.95/person
Number of players: 10 max, (we recommend 4-5), public
Duration: Escape From Alcatraz 70 minutes, The Great Outdoors 60 minutes
Overall Rating: Escape From Alcatraz ★★★★½, The Great Outdoors ★★★★
See their website here: http://www.northvalleyescaperoom.com
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Above: Festival director Pitsch Leiser. Photo: Tim Whittaker
Visceral, varied responses to this evening's world premiere of Ship of Dreams - from the enamored and thrilled to the bemused and perplexed to those who found it (politely put) 'not their cup of tea'. This was a true 'festival experience', an unknown, a punt, with work that's never been shown before, so it was very cool to see such a full turn-out.
The Hook were there, and Michael Hawksworth wrote about it:
"Davidson plays with a sense of the instrument as pure sound generator. Most impressively he knows how to play the negative space around the notes, so to speak, to stretch the whole as soundtrack which is why this experiment in film and song, for the most part, transfixed the packed Spiegeltent."
Graham Chaplow said:
"A great night. My childhood dreams synthesized through DD. 48yrs working at the Port and I never tired of seeing ships coming and going. As a child the circus train would always wake me and I'd rush to the station to help transport the animals to the South Pond. Like DD, always wanted to be a clown. The man is a national treasure."
While Adrienne comments: "What a show. Delaney is always so emotionally present and humble and transparent."
Blog post: 6.15pm
Snapshot moment at the production caravan hotdesk: "How's your day been?" "It's been a good and interesting day." "Is there anything you want to share with the group?" "Some nice biscuits?"
Set lists are being printed out, there's a touch of spray-paint artistry going on, tech, specs and sound checks... We're gearing up for Delaney's show. I've just finished interviewing Delaney, and will write this up when I get a chance, so watch out for that story.
While all is quiet down at the Spiegeltent, HBAF is busy out in schools. Birdlife Productions are already in town, bringing their beautiful children's show, Kokako's Song, to two local primary schools. They're about to begin their third performance of the day at Lucknow Primary, following shows in Flaxmere. Over the following days, 2,000 lucky kids will have this opportunity before the Spiegeltent showing on Sunday.
This morning two local high schools had the chance to experience Wild Dogs Under My Skirt in the Blyth. If you haven't yet read Nafanua's review of this powerful theatre piece, here it is.
Blog post: 11.30am
Today we have one single, sublime show on offer to the public: Delaney Davidson's Ship of Dreams, 7.30pm in the Spiegeltent. It's the Magic Lightbox show many of us have been waiting for, perhaps Pitsch Leiser most of all. The idea for this was first conceived in a conversation Delaney had with Pitsch a year or two back, and developed from there. The two met up recently in Switzerland, while Delaney was working on stitching up the rich array of material he's collated for this multi-media show.
Pitsch says "Delaney is a creative genius, and for us to be able to offer an international premiere of this work is incredible. On a personal level, I'm excited to discover what he's done with European mythologies and fairytales, in collaboration with some hugely acclaimed film-makers and directors in Europe. Delaney has worked with renowned Swiss dramaturg, Meret Matter on this. Meret's father was an iconic singer-songwriter in Switzerland, and I grew up with his music on the radio. To see and make these connections, for me personally, it's a beautiful synergy."
If you're wanting to do some preparatory reading, try the Arts Foundation's Q&A session with Delaney on his work Ship of Dreams. Here's an extract:
What creative idea is bugging you at the moment?
I have been playing around with film for a while now and since the runaway success of the Magic Lightbox I have been working to create the second version of the show. I had this idea of a German expressionist folk story with Shamanic characters from different traditional cultures. When I started to dig into the fairy tales I kept seeing these characters. Huge, dark, hairy, alien, bright contrast, dynamic. I saw this from ancient European tradition through to modern clowns and started to see that they all represented this idea of when the rules start changing and boundaries start to blur.
It really fired my imagination with connections that have fascinated me for a while: the mythological parallels between coyote/trickster and clown/jester; folk tale elements and simple stories as a means for every day reflection; how the same person can be different doorway characters that sit in two different worlds and act as a medium between them; the alien costume that makes the worlds meet. Shamanism, Witchdoctor, Tohunga.
I also got interested in the crossover between narrative and non-narrative. For storytelling this gets really interesting and you start to wonder about what people already have playing inside them when they come to your show, and how this combines with what you present.
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Martini-Henry 1887 single-shot lever-action rifle .577/450"
02. Other official names
03. Popular names
01. Original name Martini Henry rifle Mk IV
04. Chamberings .577/.450”, .303, 11.43 x 55R (Ottoman), .43 x 59R (Romanian) and 7.65 x 53 (Ottoman)
05. Designed by Friedrich von Martini &Alexander Henry
06. Design date 1865 (MKI) through to 1887 (MkIV)
07. In service date(s) MK IV1887
08. Adopted by Great Britain & Colonies, Afghanistan, Ottoman Empire, Romania
09. Production quantities Between 500,000 and 1,000,000 of all marks were produced at 5 factories: BSA (Birmingham), RSAF (Enfield), Henry Rifled Barrel Co. (Hoxton), LSA (Bow) and National Arms and Ammunition (Birmingham).
10. Mechanism Single shot lever action falling block
11. Weight 9 lbs 1ozs (MK IV)
12. Mountings The Pattern 1887 sword bayonet was standard on the MKIV, see note 14 below for information on further variants
13. Practicality in action The rifle suffered from cartridge-extraction problems during the Zulu War, mostly due to the thin, weak, pliable foil brass cartridges used: they expanded too much into the rifle's chamber on detonation, to the point that they stuck or tore open inside the rifle's chamber. It would eventually become difficult to move the breech block and reload the rifle, substantially diminishing its effectiveness, or rendering it useless if the block could not be opened. After investigating the matter, the British Army Ordnance Department determined the fragile construction of the rolled brass cartridge, and fouling due to the black-powder propellant, were the main causes of this problem. To correct this, the weak rolled brass cartridge was replaced by a stronger drawn brass version, and a longer loading lever was incorporated into the MK-IV to apply greater torque to operate the mechanism when fouled.
14. Comments / Other information The Martini Henry Mk1 was approved for service in July 1874, the Mk II in April 1877 and the Mk III in August 1879. Some 9600 MkII’s were converted by BSA to .303 and designated the MkVI mainly for issue to the colonies in the 1890’s. Only 6 Mk V’s are believed to have been produced, a conversion of the MkIII rifle. Cavalry and artillery carbine versions of most marks were also produced. Bayonets for the different variants of rifles and carbines included the Pattern 1853 bushed socket bayonet, Pattern 1876 socket bayonet, 1887 sword bayonet, 1879 sawback bayonet, 1888 bayonet, 1895 socket bayonet and the Yataghan sword bayonet.
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The United States on Monday will adopt an aggressive posture against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, threatening sanctions against its judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan.
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, is to make the announcement in a midday speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative group, in Washington. It will be his first major address since joining the Trump White House.
“The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court,” Bolton will say, according to a draft of his speech seen by Reuters.
Bolton will also say that the State Department will announce the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington out of concern about Palestinian attempts to prompt an ICC investigation of Israel.
The PLO office in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“The United States will always stand with our friend and ally, Israel,” says Bolton’s draft text.
The draft speech says the Trump administration “will fight back” if the International Criminal Court formally proceeds with opening an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. service members and intelligence professionals during the war in Afghanistan.
If such a probe proceeds, the Trump administration will consider banning judges and prosecutors from entering the United States, put sanctions on any funds they have in the U.S. financial system and prosecute them in the American court system.
“We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us,” says Bolton’s draft text.
In addition, the United States may negotiate more binding, bilateral agreements to prohibit nations from surrendering Americans to the Hague court, says the text.
The court’s aim is to bring to justice the perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
The United States did not ratify the Rome treaty that established the International Criminal Court in 2002, with then-President George W. Bush opposed to the court. President Barack Obama took some steps to cooperate with the organization.
“We will consider taking steps in the U.N. Security Council to constrain the court’s sweeping powers, including to ensure that the ICC does not exercise jurisdiction over Americans and the nationals of our allies that have not ratified the Rome Statute,” says Bolton’s draft text.
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1 Meedly Meedly MEEEE
2 Heart Talk
3 Closed STUFF
3.1 That's got to be "Barracuda" by Heart (DECLINED)
3.1.1 Revisit?
4 homestartotcom?
6 Abductors (?)
8 How Does Strong Bad Play Hot Lixx With Boxing Gloves?
9 And the dragon/paper/Trogdor/Kung-Fu Dragon Chinese Takeout goes into the NIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
[edit] Meedly Meedly MEEEE
Methinks this is a reference to the X-men Cartoon theme song ~Kirch
I'd put all my Strongbadia currency on "Highway Star" by Deep Purple. Listen to the solo 4m 30s into the song. ~Spiderbaby
Either way, Saban shows have kick-awesome 'lixx.
[edit] Heart Talk
Why does the Heart reference not listed when several contributors have added it? -concerned strong bad fan
Because there are many possible songs that the 'rhythm guitar' could reference, so it's probably just a general reference to rhythm guitar rather than a reference to a specific song. Aurora the Homestar Coder 02:56, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
What are you thinking? Have you heard Barracuda? This is a wrong call, and I think the Barracuda reference should be in. Nobody who has heard Barracuda would think that Strong Bad was imitating Bonanza. I fail to see any other song that it could be! P.S. It is much more apparent that Strong Bad's rhythm guitar is from Barracuda than it is that the tiny strings are from Creeping Death. So if we can't have Barracuda maybe we should delete Creeping Death as well?
Well, then, STUFF it if it matters to you. Aurora the Homestar Coder 08:37, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
I agree with her.I was listening to Barracuda over the weekend,and went,"Oh dude!That opening sounds like one of the guitar-y things from the email guitar!"I swear,ask my mom.
[edit] Closed STUFF
[edit] That's got to be "Barracuda" by Heart (DECLINED)
Strong Bad's rhythm guitar music is clearly inspired by the intro to "Barracuda" by Heart.
User:Homestar_Coder has vowed in Talk:guitar to delete any mention of "Barracuda" from fun facts on the basis that "there are many possible songs that the 'rhythm guitar' could reference."
The only other song I saw in the history was Bonanza, which for so very many reasons is obviously false and should be kept out.
What do you think? I only ask that you listen to "Barracuda" and the email before deciding this one.
In the future, I would appreciate if you would refrain from claiming I "vowed" to do anything. I merely deleted the fact, explained my reason, and requested you put it in STUFF if you don't agree. Aurora the Homestar Coder 06:10, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
Hey Anonymous! Why don't ya, um, write a post or something and not attribute it to yourself! -- tomstiff 13:15, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Decline. Sometimes basic rhythm guitar is just basic rhythm guitar. -- tomstiff 13:34, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Accept! Have you ever heard the song? It is so Barracuda! It's even the same number of beats, the only difference is the basic rhythm guitar music in the email is a slightly different tone then the opening refrain of Barracuda. Ookelaylay 14:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
No it isn't, count them... guitar has 5 low ones then it rises, Barracuda has 7 low ones then it rises... All the same I think it's close enough, so Revise (get rid of the word "clearly"), but get your facts straight first. --phlip TC 15:16, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Well,I think it's close enough. Yeah, revise I guess, change 'clearly inspired by' to 'remniscient of',and you're set. Ookelaylay 17:44, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I've heard Barracuda. Over and over and over and over and over again since 1977. That's why I voted against this. It's not the same rhythm (see above) and SB doesn't sing it the same way. -- tomstiff 17:59, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It sounds slightly like Barracuda..but I would have to say revise as well to something equivalent to philip's suggestion. I do think it is some sort of reference too, as isn't the "meedly meedly" part a reference to a real song too? -- Tony Stony 21:04, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Decline All the proposed rewrites may as well have "may be" or "could be" latched onto them. Donny vs Universe
DECLINE It sounds absolutely NOTHING like the song or at least very little. The only reason they're similiar is becasue they're both rhythm guitar. Case closed.
Decline There are a lot of songs it could be referencing. Unless the line or section of the toon in question is very obviously referring to something, it seems too conjectural to claim it as a reference.--Big Dog 22:56, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Anonymous, GET OVER YOURSELF please. Decline, belindas Dasrik 13:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can you say, "uh-DECLINE"? Who cares what song it sounds a little like? Resemblance doesn't equal reference. - aaronak 11:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Revisit?
For what it's worth, when I heard the song in Shrek the Third tonight, I immediately thought of this email. I stayed through the credits to find out the name. I was both pleased and disappointed to already find it discussed here. — It's dot com 05:33, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Since there's no replies to this, I'm assuming it's still up for grabs, and I think that Barracuda is extremely similar. Accept. -- Super Martyo boing! 06:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Concur with the above users that this one could be revisited. The rhythm and the pitch contour are both remarkably similar. I'd only be convinced against the reference if I could hear another song that's equally likely. Heimstern Läufer 06:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Sure, we could revisit. I'm ready with my vote: decline. =] OptimisticFool 07:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
(And just for fun, sing "jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH" to the tune of Bonanza's theme!) OptimisticFool 07:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
This fact was recently added and removed again, and since there was talk of "revisiting" it relatively recently, I think it's not inappropriate to bring back up. On my part, I'm somewhat on the fence about it. I'd never connected Barracuda and this email in my head before, but when it's specifically pointed out, the similarity is kind of undeniable. -DAGRON 02:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree that the similarity between SB's tune and "Barracuda" is quite close. Unless someone else can provide another riff that sounds as similar, we need to consider that "Barracuda" was the inspiration for it. I vote Accept 63.253.45.141 15:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Accept. Immediately when I saw the e-mail, I was reminded of Barracuda. Jedibob5 03:21, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely Barracuda. barracuda has more notes before the "JAH JAH" as it were, but the tune is too close. I just saw it reverted (wrongly imo). i was about to correct the formatting of the fact, and remark on my surprise that it wasn't already on the page. I'm more familiar with the song than i am with this email, and when i saw the email for the first few times until i was used to it, i was surprised at how accurately he followed barracuda. now i still think about the song every time. The Knights Who Say Ni 00:34, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
After the revisit, there seems to be a significant degree of support for this fact. Should it be added? -132.183.138.250 15:41, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
[edit] homestartotcom?
down in the commentary section, near the end. Are you guys sure that's right?
[edit] Death Metal
D'ya think the jugga jigga wuggas in death metal are a reference to this toon?
We had a vote on it, and it was decided that they weren't a reference. --DorianGray
[edit] Abductors (?)
I'd like to suggest as an additional reference the Judas Priest song 'Abductors', from their 1997 album Jugulator. In the song Tim Owens screams out "and they come in the niiiiiiiiight", essentially the way SB does. Maybe someone else is familiar with this song and would care to comment?
I think it's safe to say that the ambiguous "guitar noises" are not references to any specific song.--68.60.19.184 04:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How Does Strong Bad Play Hot Lixx With Boxing Gloves?
I just wanted to point this out, and perhaps it should be mentioned in the main Guitar article-- it seems it could be a reference to the "How do you type with boxing gloves?" joke.
Probably not a deliberate reference, but it might make a good email for Strong Bad not to answer. Heimstern Läufer 04:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
True, but Strong Bad hasn't not answered an email for a long time (since the days of... uh, the sbemail we're discussing, except for a few here and there). I doubt they're going to do another one for a while (until they can't find a good email, at least). Eh well. xP
[edit] And the dragon/paper/Trogdor/Kung-Fu Dragon Chinese Takeout goes into the NIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
Anybody think we have enough appearances for a running gag? --Essence of Ghost Water 23:50, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
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Pinker and Epstein
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Educators at a Teagle Foundation meeting consider the trends in measuring student learning outcomes.
Kaustuv Basu
NEW YORK – Margaret A. Miller, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Center for the Study of Higher Education and an expert on learning outcomes, likes to compare the state of the student assessment movement to the different stages of grief.
After she listened to presentations by prominent researchers and educators at a Teagle Foundation meeting over the weekend called “What Works and What Matters in Student Learning?” she reaffirmed a conclusion that she had reached earlier this year: The assessment movement has moved on from a stage of denial in its early years to a state of (reluctant) acceptance now.
The Spellings Commission report drew national attention to the issue, she said, and when Academically Adrift (a 2011 book that painted a devastating picture of student learning) arrived, people were ready to hear it. “I think what is happening here is that the education community is beginning to work together on these problems for analysis and solutions," she said. The Teagle meeting, she said, reinforced her sense that there are “islands of serious activity that are growing and spreading their influence.”
And while many of those present at the meeting could be classified as true believers in the assessment movement, almost everyone who was there agreed that there is a wider embrace of the movement, and talk that might have been considered “strange” a few years ago is now considered normal.
Evidence of this was on display at the meeting Friday in a session called “A Marketplace of Ideas,” where presenters talked about topics related to assessment such as institutional cultures, cognitive science and its links to student learning, and why certain teaching strategies might work and some might not.
One presenter, G. Christian Jernstedt, a professor of psychological and brain science and director of the Center for Educational Outcomes at Dartmouth College, used the example of how different techniques used in the Olympic sport of long jump over the years have led to improvements in performance in the last century, and how something similar might be possible with student learning outcomes.
Another idea discussed at the meeting was the use of e-portfolios by students -- online compilations of their academic work and their learning experience -- to assess student learning. J. Elizabeth Clark, a professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, where students use e-portfolios, said that they enable students to think about what they are learning. “Many campuses are using it to aid assessment, to understand how students are developing while they are at the institute,” she said. At LaGuardia, the e-portfolios were used in a recent accreditation process as evidence of assessment of student work, she said.
Russell Berman, a professor of comparative literature and director of the German studies program at Stanford University, said that as a result of what he heard at the Teagle meeting, he had a better understanding of e-portfolios and how they were more than a career preparing dossier. Berman, a former president of the Modern Language Association, said there is an opportunity to do something exciting with student learning outcomes, but more institutional leaders have to commit to change. “If we don’t transform, we will have an ever tinier tier of institutions and population enjoying an ever more nostalgic college experience while every one else gets treated badly,” he said.
So how do experts view the current state of the student assessment movement?
David Paris, executive director for the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability, said the question has shifted away from whether assessment is necessary to evidence that “things are coming together” -- be it the Teagle meeting, which had a special focus on the humanities, or the Council of Independent Colleges using the Collegiate Learning Assessment in a seven-year project to measure student learning outcomes at numerous institutions.
"If there is continual tinkering [with using assessment], there will be significant changes over time,” said Fred Ohles, president of Nebraska Wesleyan University. “There are good instruments available. Regional accreditors have incorporated [student learning outcomes] in their framework. The climate is generally more positive than the political rhetoric suggests."
Richard Morrill, president of the Teagle Foundation, said in his closing address that there is now a “mature set of activities” around the student assessment movement, as compared to the prevailing landscape around assessment at a similar meeting in Durham, N.C., about five years ago. Morrill said there was less anxiety, and a “wonderful pluralism of opportunities.”
While many observers would agree that the movement to assess student learning continues to build support, most of the attendees at the Teagle meeting tend to be among the supporters of the movement. Many faculty members -- while not objecting to assessment per se -- continue to argue that an emphasis on national norms may not be the best way to improve many colleges. They fear that administrators have been quick to add assessment requirements and paperwork without actually using the results. And many say that professors have largely been left out of these conversations.
Richard Arum, co-author of Academically Adrift, who gave the opening address at the meeting, said he had no doubt that a growing community of educators have an interest in student learning and assessment. “For example, you could measure the number of staff in colleges and universities involved in learning and assessment,” he said.
“This is encouraging, but it is far from the transformative change you would truly need in higher education to truly address these problems,” he said. Arum said an exogenous shock might be necessary to shake things up, be it disruptive technology or fiscal pressures. “Unless you change the incentive structure, you will see very few major gains,” he said.
But when that time comes, discussions like the one this weekend at Teagle, Arum said, will mean that no one will be starting from scratch. “We have a knowledge base and a community, and a lot of useful ideas,” he said.
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They carried bodies, put out a few flames, carried bodies, put out a few more flames, carried more bodies and pumped out the excess water. They were Chicago firemen at the Iroquois Theater fire in 1903. In terms of loss of life it was the worst fire in the city's history but flames were the least of what confronted them.
The alphabetical list that follows includes individuals that have been discussed elsewhere on the site with links to those discussions. I know this isn't a complete list and as always hope to hear from descendents and historians with additional names and information about the men who helped Chicago survive the Iroquois Theater fire.
Charles J. Berkery (1875-1942) Irish immigrant joined department in 1903. Injured but blown to safety during December, 1910 stockyard fire, sufficiently recovered to serve as pall bearer for captain Patrick F. Collins of the 59th who died in that fire. In 1912 Berkery's four-year-old daughter was badly burned and he donated skin grafts. He was promoted to battalion chief of the 11th in 1920, the 12th two years later, and the 17th in Pullman in 1925. Married in 1902 to Margarite O'Rourke, father of seven, all but one surviving to adulthood. Served thirty-nine years in the department.
Mathias Blaney - Engine 13
John Bohm (-1925) - Spent the last twenty years of his life as a patient in an asylum in Kankakee, IL, reportedly having been driven insane by his experience carrying victims from the Iroquois Theater. A short newspaper story said he had saved many lives at the Iroquois but newspapers in 1903/4 do not mention him and I did not find his name listed among the patients in the 1920 U.S. Census. An alternate name spelling is a possible explanation and will be explored further.
Edward Buckley - captain
John Campion - 1st assistant fire marshal
Michael J. Corrigan - Chicago fireman Engine 13
Thomas Hacket - Captain testified before the grand jury in February, 1904.
John Hannon - Engine 13
Martin Francis Henry -
James Horan -
James R. Hughes (-) On truck #9, first hook and ladder to reach scene. His five sons became firemen.
Patrick "Paddy" Jennings - Engine 13
George Kelly Sr. - son Leo Kelly was also a fireman
Anthony Leiber -
James. W. McElligott (1873-1963) - On job 1900-1936. Also worked stockyard fires.
Edmond D. McCahill (1874-1958) - Also fought stockyard fire, worked Eastland disaster scene and helped found firemen's pension fund and was an originator of two-platoon system
Dennis McSweeney - captain of hook & ladder company 9
William Henry Musham - Chicago fire marshal
Benjamin F. O'Connor - Engine 3
Michael Roche - lieutenant who helped William McMullen and Strong family on utility stairwell
William J. Smith (1873- 1963) - Retired in 1936 as a fire inspector after 33 yrs of service including five citations for bravery.
John P. Stahl - Engine 13. Joined department in 1895, made lieutenant in 1902, one of first fireman to reach the Iroquois
William H. Townsend - second assistant fire marshal
John H. Touhey ( 1876-1955) - Also worked Eastland disaster. Retired as fire marshall. Joined dept in 1901 as a driver on engine 5. Chief of Fire Prevention Bureau in 1928. Son William Touhey became a police officer.
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Posts from ‘March, 2010’
Doyle says Howya
This Blog thingy exists because there’s a book coming in May 2010 – The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness, and Meaning of Soccer, by John Doyle.
Hereabouts you’ll find Information and News about the book, links to recent Globe and Mail Television columns, and to other soccer-related Blogs and Web Sites. Possibly, too, outrageous or insightful remarks about soccer and the build-up to this year’s World Cup in South Africa. Tears and laughter, just like the book.
The books opens with a quotation – “In my childhood in a small western town, the local soccer club had the status of an illegal organization.” John Waters, Irish writer, 2002.
It also includes, early on, a description of a game that took place in 2002. At the World Cup in Korea/Japan, Ireland played Germany in a first-round game. The description includes this: Continue reading
News about The World Is A Ball – International Rights Sold
U.S. rights to The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer to John Atwood at Rodale, for release fall 2010, by The Bukowski Agency.
UK, Commonwealth, Rep. Of Ireland rights to Eoin McHugh of Transworld Ireland by Bill Hamilton of A.M. Heath for The Bukowski Agency, for publication in May 2010.
Croatian rights to Znanje D.D. for release in May 2010, by Agnieszka Zieliƒska of Graal for The Bukowski Agency.
The U.K/Commonwealth/Rep. Of Ireland edition has a revised Introduction by the author.
The Croatia edition has a Preface to the Croatia Edition by the author. Continue reading
Why the CBC should stop the hissy fit
Monday afternoon, just after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) made public its intriguing but slippery plan to solve the infamous fee-for-carriage dispute, the nabobs of the TV and cable rackets unleashed their responses.
The cable guys were a tad miffed – dismissive even, in the usual manner of cable execs who believe they control the universe. The TV types were pleased, but in a hesitant manner.
Then it came – the sound of rattling cufflinks. Umbrage. Outrage. Steven Guiton, the CBC’s regulatory officer, stepped up to the microphones, looking furious. He proceeded to announce the imminent end of public broadcasting in Canada. “There does not appear to be a future for public broadcasting further to this decision” he said.
Horror! Murder in Gatineau, Quebec. The CRTC has killed the CBC. Driven a stake through its heart. Continue reading
The CRTC justifies its existence
There’s a large group of Canadians who are champion complainers. Whine, whine. Gimme, gimme. No fair. I want my MTV/HBO/Showtime/Fox News/that channel with all the celebrity news. I want it now and I don’t want to pay for it. Canadian content shoved down my throat? Screw that.
You know what I mean. Consumer greed for American popular culture disguised as a robust belief in the inherent integrity of the free market. Continue reading
Tara and Jackie: messed-up, gutsy, real
There’s a tall woman, fortysomething, staring right at you. Skeptical look on her face. You know what’s she’s thinking: “Life is full of little pricks.”
When Nurse Jackie (TMN/Movie Central, 10 p.m.) first aired last year, Showtime promoted it to U.S. viewers with billboards bearing that provocative slogan – and a shot of a nurse with a needle. The show’s star, Edie Falco as the formidable wife of Tony Soprano. Here she was, returning to TV as a formidably complex nurse, a woman brutally sarcastic to doctors and brazenly manipulating patients she didn’t like. Continue reading
A toast to Irish prime-time
Hello and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you.
“Ireland, Ireland, damp sod of earth/lost on the surf of the North Atlantic/Ireland, Ireland, mountains and mist/Vodka and chips, it’s so romantic.”
Those are part of the lyrics to an alternative anthem for Ireland, composed by a couple of fellas engaged in tomfoolery named the Duckworth Lewis Method. Ireland is our topic today. The Irish TV racket in particular. A dose of St. Patrick’s Day sobriety, if you will: Television in Ireland. And what we can learn from it. Continue reading
Fame at Last
The Fox, Bill O’Reilly/John Doyle battle as reported April 25, 2004 by The New York Times:
TORONTO — American-Canadian relations have seen better days. Canada opposed the war in Iraq, and got a stern public lecture from the United States ambassador, Paul Cellucci, in return. The Bush administration does not like Canada’s liberal drug policies. Trade disputes involving beef and softwood lumber continue to fester. But such frictions rarely get much television coverage at a time when Washington has a barrage of international problems to worry about.
That may be changing. Two weeks ago, the Canadian cable industry filed an application with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to begin including the Fox News Channel among its listings. That would bring the channel to a country with a very un-Foxian knack for legalizing same-sex marriage and teasing Yanks for burning down their own White House in the War of 1812. The cultural divide burst into raw insult when Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly recently got into a public brouhaha with John Doyle, the television critic for The Globe and Mail, Canada’s most influential newspaper. Continue reading
A Velvet Draw for Two Divorcées of European Soccer
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — “Are you seeing the beaches of South Africa for us?” a reporter asked Slovakia coach Vladimir Weiss after Slovakia’s 2-2 draw in a World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic on Saturday night. Weiss smiled tightly and said, “Not yet.”
The reporter may have been a tad misguided about the attraction of the beach in South Africa next June – it will be winter there – but his question was illustrative of the country’s focus on qualify for its first World Cup. Weiss’s answer was realistic. But he, like all of Slovakia, can be more than cautiously optimistic. All Slovakia has to do now is avoid defeat and this tiny nation of 5.5 million, long over-shadowed in everything by former partners the Czechs, can make its World Cup debut. Continue reading
Deciphering a Victory in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES — I came here to see a soccer game. Just for the weekend. A long trip for a short visit, but doable. Argentina was playing Colombia in World Cup qualifying on Saturday night, so it was going to be worth the time on planes and the money spent.
Like everyone coming here to see soccer — and soccer tourism is a growth business in beleaguered Argentina — I anticipated a fabulous atmosphere. Screaming, singing, chanting fans watched uneasily by police, just in case of real trouble. I saw the police, for sure, and the fans, all 45,000 at River Plate Stadium, but the cops were relaxed and the fans were the edgy ones — not enthusiastic rabble-rousers. Continue reading
England’s Expectations Too High for Its Players
LONDON — On Wednesday morning, the start of a mild gray day, the final participant in the famous Fourth Plinth experiment in Trafalgar Square had her say. The experiment — Antony Gormley’s project allowing 2,400 people to spend an hour each on the plinth (a pedestal on which a statue usually stands) over 100 days — was eccentric, but it gave ordinary people the power to perform or preach in a great public space.
While others had railed against global warming or taken off their clothes, the final person, Emma Burns, a 30-year-old medical photographer, draped a Liverpool F.C. banner on the plinth and read out the names of the 96 Liverpool supporters who died in the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989.
The hundreds of people watching Burns end the plinth experiment broke into a spontaneous singing of the Liverpool supporters’ song “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” It was a surreal, emotional scene. Continue reading
Spain, the New Brazil
BRUSSELS –- How sweet it is to see Spain play. Live. In person. It is not like it is on TV, where the camera follows the ball and the intricate orchestral maneuvers that ebb and flow around the play cannot be seen.
A full, expectant crowd of close to 50,000 came to the Roi Baudouin Stadium on Wednesday night to see Belgium play Spain. Most, of course, were here to support Belgium, which has made a vigorous and impressive start to its World Cup qualifying campaign, but even the most partisan supporter was also here to savor Spain’s skills, those of the European champion, unbeaten in 27 matches. Continue reading
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Year : 2017 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 2 | Page : 45--48
Vitrectomy in advanced diabetic eye disease: A seremban experience
Pushpa Raman, Bethel Indira Livingstone
Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Pushpa Raman
Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Aim: The aim is to study the pre-operative characteristics, outcome and postoperative complications in patients undergoing vitrectomy for advanced diabetic eye disease (ADED) and to identify factors that predict the poor visual outcome. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 177 consecutive vitrectomies in 168 patients with ADED, with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Results: At presentation, 101 (61.2%) eyes had visual acuity (VA) of <6/60. Post-vitrectomy, 91.5% had improved or unchanged VA. The mean logMAR VA improved significantly from 1.73 to 0.82 (P = 0.0001). Improvement of at least 0.3 logMAR units was observed in 124 eyes (74.7%) and 15 eyes (9.0%) worsened by at least 0.3 logMAR units. Anatomic success was achieved in 97.7%. Post-operative complications included vitreous cavity haemorrhage in 37 eyes (21%), retinal detachment in 5 eyes (3%), and rubeotic glaucoma in 5 eyes (3%). At the last follow up, 37 eyes (20.9%) had VA of <6/60. Multivariate analysis showed that pre-operative VA <6/60 in either the operated or the unoperated eye, macular detachment and post-vitrectomy rubeosis iridis were predictors of poor post-operative vision. Conclusions: Majority of patients with ADED can expect improved VA or stabilisation of their proliferative retinopathy after vitrectomy. Surgeons should consider the predictors of poor visual outcome in the selection of patients and pre-operative counselling.
Raman P, Livingstone BI. Vitrectomy in advanced diabetic eye disease: A seremban experience.J Diabetol 2017;8:45-48
Raman P, Livingstone BI. Vitrectomy in advanced diabetic eye disease: A seremban experience. J Diabetol [serial online] 2017 [cited 2019 Jul 18 ];8:45-48
Available from: http://www.journalofdiabetology.org/text.asp?2017/8/2/45/216457
The prevalence of diabetes in Malaysia is above the average of world prevalence level and is rising over the years. According to the Malaysian National Health Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III) 2006, the overall prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 11.6%.[1] Advanced Diabetic Eye Disease (ADED) is the major blinding ocular complication of diabetes mellitus. Vitrectomy plays a vital role in the management of severe complications of diabetic retinopathy. Since the diabetic retinopathy vitrectomy study (DRVS) over 25 years ago, there has been a significant advancement in vitrectomy surgical technique and instrumentation leading to improved prognosis.[2] Separate studies from UK, Portugal and South Africa reported anatomical success rate following diabetic vitrectomy to be between 85% to 95%, and the visual success is approximately 70%.[3],[4],[5]
The objective of this study was to study the pre-operative characteristics, outcome, and postoperative complications in patients undergoing vitrectomy for ADED and to identify factors that predict poor visual outcome.
A retrospective study was conducted in the ophthalmology department of Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban, a vitreoretinal referral centre in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The charts of 168 consecutive patients who underwent vitrectomy for ADED between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2013, were reviewed. These patients underwent standard 20G or 23G pars plana vitrectomy with a combination of delamination and segmentation by a single surgeon. All the patients had post-operative follow up of minimum 1 year.
Data collected included baseline demographics, pre- and post-operative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), indication for the procedure, post-operative complications, anatomical and visual outcome and duration of follow-up. Additional information included a combination of phacoemulsification and sequential cataract surgery after vitrectomy. Each patient underwent best corrected visual acuity (VA) test using Snellen VA and it was converted to logMAR for study analysis: counting fingers, hand movements, the perception of light, and no perception of light were assigned values of 1.85, 2.3, 2.6 and 2.9, respectively.
The study was conducted in accordance with declaration of Helsinki and ethical approval was obtained from Malaysian Medical Research and Ethical Committee.
The primary outcome measure was the visual and anatomical outcome after 1 year post-vitrectomy. Visual success is defined as the final visual outcome of better than 6/12 (<logMAR 0.3) and anatomical success is attaining reattachment of retina post-operatively. Secondary outcome measures were the pre-operative characteristics, post-operative complications, the effect of lens status on visual outcome and the factors predicting the poor visual outcome.
Statistical test
All statistical tests were performed using the IBM SPSS for Windows statistical software package (version 20.0; SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA). Categorical variables are presented as numbers and percentages, and the Chi-square test was used to compare clinical characteristics among the groups. Independent-samples t-test and Mann–Whitney U-test were used for the analysis of continuous variables when appropriate for comparisons between groups.
The predictive factors for poor visual outcomes were identified using univariate analysis. Variables that were associated with poor vision on univariate analysis entered into a model using stepwise logistic regression to identify independent predictors of final vision. For multivariate analysis, the poor visual outcome was defined as corrected vision of 6/60 or worse. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05 for all the analyses.
Patient demographics
There were 177 eyes of 164 patients with the mean age of 51.62 ± 10.4 years. The median age at surgery was 53 years; 17% were under 40 and 14.9% were aged 70 or more. The demographic and pre-operative characteristics of the patients are summarised in [Table 1]. Majority of the patients were Malays, male and had Type 2 diabetes. Indian patients constituted 32.9% which is higher than their racial representation (14.9%) in the local population. The most common associated systemic condition was hypertension which was present in 76% of the patients. Hundred and nine (61.2%) patients had a vision of worse than 6/60 in their better eye at presentation. A total of 140 (79.1%) of the eyes were phakic and 37 (20.9%) were pseudophakic. Majority of the eyes (98%) had been treated by pan-retinal laser photocoagulation before vitrectomy. The operative details are shown in [Table 2].{Table 1}{Table 2}
Visual and anatomical outcomes
Post-vitrectomy, 91.5% of the eyes had improved or stable vision with the mean logMAR VA significantly improved from 1.73 to 0.82 (P< 0.0001). The anatomic success in this series was 98.3%. Post–operatively, 119 (66.8%) eyes had VA of 6/60 or better. The visual success was 30% where a total of 56 patients had VA of 6/12 or better. [Figure 1] shows the pre- and post-operatives fundus changes in patients with good visual outcome. Overall 124 (74.7%) eyes improved by at least 0.3 logMar units and 15 (9%) worsened by at least 0.3 logMar units. Overall 124 (74.7%) eyes improved by at least 0.3 logMar units and 15 (9%) worsened by at least 0.3 logMar units. [Figure 2] shows fundus photos of patients with poor post-operative outcome.{Figure 1}{Figure 2}
Lens status
Thirty-seven (20.9%) eyes had prior cataract extraction. Thirty-two (18.1%) eyes required cataract surgery at a mean of 12.5 months following primary vitrectomy. Seventy-eight (44%) eyes had combined primary vitrectomy and cataract extraction. VA improved by at least 0.3 logMAR units in 73.1% of the phakic eyes and 63% of the pseudophakic eyes (P = 0.22). There is no significant difference in the visual outcome for combined phacoemulsification compared to sequential phacoemulsification after vitrectomy (P = 0.32). However, combined vitrectomy and cataract surgery had earlier better visual outcome than the sequential surgery.
Post-operative complications
There were no intraoperative complications recorded. Post-operative complications were persistent vitreous cavity hemorrhage, which was lasting more than 2 weeks (20.9%), rubeosis iridis (3%), retinal detachment (3%), macular epiretinal membrane (3.6%), high intraocular pressure (8.9%) and gas cataract (3.6%). Post–operatively, 63.2% had vitrectomy haemorrhage, with the majority (44.1%) of them occurring on the 1st post-operative day and 7.3% required vitreous washout for persistent vitreous haemorrhage.
Risk factors associated with poor visual outcome
There was no association between visual outcome and patient's age, gender, ethnicity, duration of diabetes and lens status. Multivariate analysis showed that pre-operative VA of <6/60 in either the operated or the fellow eye, macular detachment and the presence of post-vitrectomy rubeosis iridis were independently associated with poor visual outcome [Table 3].{Table 3}
In this study, 98.3% of the eyes achieved anatomical success and 30% of eyes achieved final VA of ≤0.3 logMAR at the 1 year follow up. These results are better than the DRVS and comparable to other similar studies.[3] A retrospective study with 25 g vitrectomy in Canada also yielded the similar visual and anatomical outcome post-diabetic vitrectomy.[6] As a developing country, Malaysian ophthalmology service has seen a tremendous advancement in surgical techniques, expertise and instrumentation. This study proves that diabetic vitrectomy outcome in our tertiary centre is comparable to UK, Canada and other European countries.
We did not find a significant association between age and poor visual outcome. Hence, vitrectomy should be offered to all patients regardless of their age. There is no significant difference in the visual outcome for combined phacoemulsification compared to sequential phacoemulsification after vitrectomy. After vitrectomy, cataract may develop and may lead to a reduction in vision. Older patients with pre-existing nuclear sclerosis may develop visual loss from post-vitrectomy cataract much sooner than the younger ones. Diabetic patients are more likely to have pre-operative lens opacities, compared with other patients of the same age and often experience earlier lens opacities after vitrectomy if gas is used to repair the retina. Combined surgery in most diabetics is safe and allows for early visual rehabilitation with a single surgery.
Yorston et al. have reported that poor pre-operative vision, macular detachment and long acting intraocular tamponade were independent predictors of poor visual outcome.[7] Similar to the Yorston et al. study our results also support that poor vision in the contralateral eye similarly increases the risk of the poor visual outcome. This study has identified that presence of iris neovascularisation and preexisting macular lesions are the main predictors of poor visual outcome. Schachat et al. explained that removal of the vitreous allows vasoproliferative factors produced in the hypoxic retina to diffuse forward to the iris and cause rubeosis.[8] The number of blind patients declined from 41 to 16 after 177 operations, implying that one in seven vitrectomies restores sight to a blind person. This supports the previous reports that diabetic vitrectomies are an efficient use of resources to restore sight.[9]
To summarise, this study shows that majority of patients undergoing vitrectomy for ADED will regain or retain useful vision. However, surgeons should consider the predictors of poor visual outcome in the selection of patients and provide appropriate pre-operative counselling.
1 Letchuman GR, Wan Nazaimoon WM, Wan Mohamad WB, Chandran LR, Tee GH, Jamaiyah H, et al. Prevalence of diabetes in the Malaysian National Health Morbidity Survey III 2006. Med J Malaysia 2010;65:180-6.
2 Early vitrectomy for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy in eyes with useful vision. Results of a randomized trial – Diabetic retinopathy vitrectomy study report 3. The Diabetic Retinopathy Vitrectomy Study Research group. Ophthalmology 1988;95:1307-20.
3 Gupta B, Sivaprasad S, Wong R, Laidlaw A, Jackson TL, McHugh D, et al. Visual and anatomical outcomes following vitrectomy for complications of diabetic retinopathy: The DRIVE UK study. Eye (Lond) 2012;26:510-6.
4 Lemos JA, Carvalho R, Teixeira C, Martins JN, Menezes C, Gonçalves R, et al. Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy–Retrospective Analysis of Results and Complications. Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia 2017;40(4).
5 Rice JC, Steffen J. Outcomes of vitrectomy for advanced diabetic retinopathy at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. S Afr Med J 2015;105:496-9.
6 Mikhail M, Ali-Ridha A, Chorfi S, Kapusta MA. Long-term outcomes of sutureless 25-G+ pars-plana vitrectomy for the management of diabetic tractional retinal detachment. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2017;255:255-61.
7 Yorston D, Wickham L, Benson S, Bunce C, Sheard R, Charteris D, et al. Predictive clinical features and outcomes of vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 2008;92:365-8.
8 Schachat AP, Oyakawa RT, Michels RG, Rice TA. Complications of vitreous surgery for diabetic retinopathy. II. Postoperative complications. Ophthalmology 1983;90:522-30.
9 Jackson TL, Johnston RL, Donachie PH, Williamson TH, Sparrow JM, Steel DH, et al. The royal college of ophthalmologists' national ophthalmology database study of vitreoretinal surgery: Report 6, diabetic vitrectomy. JAMA Ophthalmol 2016;134:79-85.
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Broadland District Council announces event to commemorate the World War One centenary
In the first of its plans to celebrate this year’s landmark anniversary, Broadland District Council has announced a week-long event to be held in November to mark the World War One centenary.
Broadland Remembers will feature an exhibition and other activities to highlight the efforts made by the people of Broadland during the First World War and how the conflict affected local people.
The event will be held at Whitwell and Reepham railway station over the Armistice weekend and the week following, from Friday 9th – 16th November.
The exhibition will be open to the public everyday and other planned activities throughout the week include talks from local historian, Neil Storey, a reading of ‘Sister Poppy At The Front’ by Brenda Gosling and a wartime poetry workshop with Norfolk poet, Sue Burge.
Additionally, as part of ‘Battle’s Over’ – the national tribute put together by Pageantmaster Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR – at 7pm on Sunday 11th, a Beacon of Light will be lit in tribute to signify the light of peace that emerged from the darkness of four years of war.
Broadland Remembers will also support Lord Dannatt’s ‘There But Not There’ campaign and will see a Tommy silhouette statue hosted at the venue as well as others at different locations across Broadland.
Cllr Shaun Vincent, Leader of Broadland District Council, said: “We are proud to announce our plans to support the armistice commemorations this year. With Broadland Remembers we hope to create a fitting tribute to all of those affected by World War One in Broadland and beyond.
“We are also glad to add our support to Lord Dannatt’s ‘There But Not There’ campaign and believe the presence of the Tommy silhouettes will add poignancy to our celebrations.”
For more information and please contact 01603 430496.
This entry was posted in Home Page on October 18, 2018 by Just Regional.
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Holy smokes - what a trip!
We knew Antartica was going to blow a massive hole in our travel budget. But we also knew we probably weren't going to be back in Argentina in the foreseeable future (at least with enough time on our hands) and had set aside some funds to do it provided we got a reasonable deal. Given we were travelling slowly, we could afford to be flexible with our timing in order to take advantage of some lower sale fares.
Lone emperor penguin on the ice floes in the Gerlache Strait.
Why do Antarctica from South America?
You can visit Antarctica from a few different places, usually Hobart in Australia, Invercargill in New Zealand or Ushuaia in Argentina. The biggest difference is ocean travel time, which also feeds into travel costs. From Australia or New Zealand you'll be at sea for around a week before you reach the continent, whereas from Ushuaia you'll be at the Antarctic peninsula in 2 to 3 days. With a trip from Ushuaia, you can be on board for 10 or 11 days and spend 5 or 6 of those on and around the continent.
Keep in mind that from New Zealand or Australia you'll visit Macquarie Island and the Ross Ice Shelf, so you'll get much more of the Shackleton-Mawson-Scott-Amundsen history on one of these trips. There is plenty to see on and around the peninsula, but not as much of the legendary early history.
Last Minute Antarctica Deals and Sales
With the internet having well and truly arrived in Patagonia (except El Chalten, but thats another story), the requirement to spend time camping out in Ushuaia waiting for last-minute berths has diminished. You can still do that if you've got the time and inclination, but its not as necessary as it once was.
The best way to track down sale fares is to get on the mailing list of a few travel agents in the region. From our experience, we found the following agencies to be good (well informed, good supply of deals, timely communication, etc.):
Antarctica Travel
Freestyle Adventure Travel
CanalFun Ushuaia
We ultimately went with Antarctica Travel - their communication was fantastic, and their staff were incredibly hard working. That isn't to say the other options above weren't good (they were all great to be honest), just that the option we chose stood out a little more.
Towering icebergs near Brown Bluff.
Once you're signed up to the lists, you'll receive regular offers as the season approaches. We were fortunate to sign on to these email lists just before Quark Expeditions had a 50% discount special on some of their November expeditions. One of the expeditions fit our timeframe and budget, so we locked it in. This was done in late September, approximately 6 or so weeks prior to departure.
This obviously won't work for everyone, and a lot of people plan and book these trips 12 to 18 months in advance in order to fit things around work and family commitments. You can also opt to take a berth in a twin, triple or quad share room if you're a single traveller. Plenty of people take this option to avoid excessive single supplement charges, or to avoid buying a double room for themselves.
Our Expedition
We opted for a 10 day "Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent" expedition, which included a night in Buenos Aires and a charter flight to Ushuaia. Having been largely self-sufficient on our trip so far (except for our Galapagos tour), it felt a little different being part of an organised tour again. Much less stress, but you sometimes miss the feeling of flying by the seat of your pants.
Everyone refers to these trips as expeditions. It makes you feel far more adventurous, and to be honest the trip is much more action-packed than a P&O cruise (you could probably manage fall in the water from a zodiac on these expeditions if you really tried). But you're not suffering like Shackleton.
We booked a twin room on the Ocean Endeavour, a former Baltic ferry leased by Quark Expeditions. When you read the words "former Baltic ferry" you're not quite sure what to expect, but rest assured the vessel is excellent. Modern, large and safe, with a very competent captain and crew. Whilst the operational crew come with the ship lease, Quark Expeditions provides their own expedition team. We had a team of 26 (comprised predominantly of New Zealanders, Australians and Canadians), with specialists for kayaking, paddle-boarding and climbing, as well as a couple of photographers
The ship is marketed as a "wellness vessel" - anything marketed like this usually trips my BS detector. The boat had yoga classes on some mornings and a smoothie bar, but that was about the extent of the specific differences. The vessel itself was excellent - great lounge areas, plenty of deck space, a bar, great dining area.
Our voyage map - courtesy of Quark Expeditions
Every expedition is different, and the timetable is subject to weather and sea-ice conditions. This is continually reinforced through the trip - some areas you just can't get to safely, some days the weather is too marginal to get the zodiacs in the water. All part of the fun and adventure of being in such a remote location. We lucked out and got 5 amazing days of weather near the peninsula, as well as calm seas across the Drake Passage. The only planned stop we couldn't make was in Neko Harbour, as the sea ice hadn't yet cleared out of the bay.
Our final itinerary ended up as:
Days 1 - 3: Drake Passage crossing. We left in the late afternoon on Day 1 and arrived ahead of schedule in the early afternoon of Day 3
Day 3: Aitcho Islands (PM)
Day 4: Brown Bluff (AM) and Paulet Island (PM)
Day 5: Mikkelsen Harbour (AM and PM)
Day 6: Cuverville Island (AM) and Danco Island (PM)
Day 7: Gerlache Strait (AM) and Spert Island (PM)
Days 8, 9, and 10: Drake Passage crossing
Day 10: disembark in Ushuaia (AM)
Peninsula details - courtesy of Quark Expeditions.
Most days we were out on the zodiacs for shore landings twice a day (if the weather held up). We were extremely lucky to get brilliant weather for the whole time we were around the peninsula. Some stops we couldn't make landfall at (especially the smaller islands in rougher waters), so we took longer zodiac cruises to check out little inlets and bays, and get right up close to some icebergs.
The expedition crew were excellent - very experienced, very knowledgable and very friendly.
What did we see?
Penguins (chin-strap, gentoo, Adelie and emperor), icebergs, seals and some more penguins. The landscape down here is other-worldly - as someone said, it looks as though you've lopped off the highest 1,000m of the Alps or the Himalaya and dropped them at sea level.
Cruising with Pato Saunders, our zodiac-driving, hot air balloon piloting guide.
Here are a few highlights:
An Adelie penguin posing on an iceberg.
Brash ice at sunrise.
Giant tabular icebergs at sunrise.
Check out the rest of the set over at my Antarctica portfolio!
What gear did I take?
Pretty standard kit - I took my Nikon D810 and my older D800e, one with a 24-70mm and one with a 70-200mm lens (both with polarisers attached). This covered pretty all my needs. There were times when I wished for more zoom (a 400mm would have been great for some of the wildlife), but it wasn't an option and it wasn't very limiting. I took my tripod out once (on the first landing), and never took it out again as the light was good enough to shoot handheld, and you're not ever on land for sunset or sunrise (unless you camp).
If we were doing a shore landing with a bit of walking I'd pack my gear into my F-Stop bag, but for the zodiac cruises I'd just stuff everything into a dry bag with a towel.
Pro tip: dial in a bit of positive exposure compensation when shooting bright ice. I usually had 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop dialled in to get a decent exposure.
Anything I'd do differently?
Not really, aside from not eat so much at the buffet every day. If I ever get back to this part of world I'd jump on an expedition that covered South Georgia Island and Deception Island if possible (and maybe the Falkland Islands). These were the only "big ticket" places we didn't hit on this itinerary.
Get out there and cross off your 7th continent!
In Trip Reviews and Guides, Travel Tags Trip Report, Antarctia, 7th Continent, Quark Expeditions
For those who don't know, Emma and I are travelling South America for nine months, having taken twelve months off from our jobs back in Sydney. We started in Santiago in late June and have now been on the road for around a month. Santiago was nice enough, although it is essentially just "another big city". We'll be spending some more time here towards the end of our trip so we didn't go overboard this time.
This blog post gives an overview of our first couple of weeks in Chile and south west Bolivia.
Photographically speaking, the first major stop on our trip was San Pedro de Atacama, which was a 20 hour overnight bus ride north out Santiago. We used Turbus for this leg and had a pretty decent experience - good reclining seats, warm cabin, reasonably clean (reasonably takes on a different meaning here), regular food and a toilet. Pullman looked like a good alternative, but Turbus had a whizzbang automatic ticketing machine which swayed us in the end.
Because we're travelling slowly I could carry more camera gear than I normally would when travelling. With me for the trip I've got:
Nikon D810 and D800E (knowing my luck one will fail on me at some point)
Nikon 20mm f/1.8G (small, light and sharp. Also takes 77mm filters)
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 (workhorse, sharp enough in the corners when stopped down)
Nikon 70-200mm f/4 (light and sharp, always useful)
Gitzo GT2545T Traveler tripod with a Markins ballhead
I pack all this (except the tripod) plus assorted odds and ends (filters, cable releases, etc.), my laptop and Intuos tablet into an old F-Stop Loka.
We arrived pretty early into San Pedro and made our way to Hostal Mamatierra (excellent, if you're after a recommendation). A few things strike you about San Pedro when you first arrive:
Its dusty, and windy, which makes sense given its location
Its a tourist town, and owing to its isolation and setting, a literal tourist trap
Its expensive by South American standards
That said, its a launching pad for some awesome day trips (Valle de la Luna, Valle de Muerta, Tatio Geysers) and longer trips to the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. On our first afternoon we decided to take a half day afternoon tour out to the Valle de la Luna.
Located around 13km outside of San Pedro, the Valle de la Luna is an amazing landscape comprised of orange-red stone outcrops, desert sands, dried river beds and white salt crusts. We opted for a small group tour over renting bikes, as we didn't back ourselves to ride back after sunset. In a group tour you can also get up to Coyote Point for sunset which would have been a struggle on the deadly-treadly.
Most tours will take the same route - your first stop will be at foot of some modest dunes / hills which when climbed gives you a great view over the valley, similar to that in the photo below. You'll climb up to a ridge line that is a couple of meters wide, with drop offs to valley on each side below you.
Overlooking the Valle de la Luna. This is a composite image - the clouds in the shot were out of frame to the left, so I took a shot of them and pulled them over to where I wanted them.
After 45 minutes or so of walking around the hills, the tour takes you out to a stop to view the "Tres Marias", a grouping of two-and-a-half stone outcrops that resemble praying women (the half was lost when someone climbed an outcrop and knocked it down). It isn't the most "wow" sight you'll see (if you were self-driving and there weren't any cars parked here you'd probably fly right by them). But the formations are photogenic, and I imagine they looked better when they were fully intact.
Tres Marias - we had some great cloud that hung around all afternoon, helping to improve compositions and make exposures easier to balance. You can see the half-ling on the left.
The main point of an afternoon / evening tour of the Valle de la Luna is to catch the late afternoon and sunset light in the valley. One of the best places to take in the view is at the Mirador Piedra del Coyote (Lookout of the Stone Coyote). We arrived here only ten minutes before the sun dipped below the distant mountains, and while it was a rush to set up my gear, we could tell it was going to be a special sunset. You're perched probably 50m or so above the valley floor - there are no railings and only some rough paths, so you're free to roam around and spread out from the crowd.
We found that if you headed left from the carpark the crowd thins out enormously and the view improves. Most people tended to crowd around the main lookout point, which was off the right in the photo below. As you can see below, we got some special light on this trip.
Epic sunset looking over the martian/lunar landscape of Valle de la Luna
That wrapped up our first day in San Pedro, an excellent day and a very productive photographic experience. Back at our hostel we booked an early morning tour to the El Tatio Geyser field.
El Tatio Geysers
Our trip out to the El Tatio geysers can be summed up in a few words:
We were warned to layer-up for our 4:30am start, and we certainly weren't lied to. Whilst the temperature in San Pedro was bearable, the extreme elevation (4,300m - watch out for altitude sickness as you ascend quickly from San Pedro) meant that the temperature at the geysers was -10C, though it felt slightly colder given the stiff 30km/h breeze we encountered. The geysers are at their peak before dawn, when there is a lot of hot water flowing underground and the steam condenses in the cold air. Periodically the geysers will erupt - the larger mounds tend to be more impressive - although they mostly just smoulder and vent steam.
Unfortunately the strong winds on this morning also meant that most of the geyser steam was blown away quite quickly, so we didn't get the full experience here. Additionally there are now a lot of pathways and rock walls around the geysers, which takes away from the photographic attractiveness somewhat (understandable given people have died falling through the salt crust here).
Sunrise at El Tatio Geysers
The Bolivian Altiplano
At our hostel we met Stefan and Wen - a Dutch couple who were keen to do the Salar de Uyuni tour (from San Pedro to Uyuni) on the same day that we were planning to do a tour. This was serendipitous, as not only were they good company, but we could negotiate a better group price and we had a better chance of getting a 4WD tour vehicle with only the four of us inside (versus the normal group sizing of 6 people).
We ended up choosing World White Travel (not a typo) for several reasons:
Their office set up was very smooth, with a very helpful saleswoman giving us a detailed run down of the tour before we decided to commit (surprisingly many operators don't do this)
Pricing was pretty good (upper-mid range - not the cheapest but not the priciest), and they bargained down further with us to get our business
They could supply an English speaking guide on the day we needed, which helped immensely as our Spanish was very scratchy, and probably not good enough to get us through a guided tour
Pricing varies depending on where you start your tour - starting in San Pedro is expensive as there are fewer tour companies here than in Uyuni. Uyuni is cheaper, as its in Bolivia (generally much cheaper than Chile) and there are dozens upon dozens of tour agencies bidding for your business. You can also start in Tupiza (~200km southwest of Uyuni in Bolivia), but this requires an extra day on the road and there are fewer tour agencies here again.
How smoothly your tour runs will come down to a fair amount of luck. The tour companies in San Pedro contract with freelance driver-guides in Bolivia, and you're never sure who you'll get on the day. We got lucky, and got an incredible guide called Abel Belen Cruz, a Bolivian who lived in Uyuni, drove his uncle's Lexus 4WD, was university educated and spoke four languages (Spanish, English, French and local Quecha). Amazing.
The guides here lead an intense life and carry a huge workload - Abel drove two days from Uyuni to pick us up at the border, and was backing up with another tour immediately after ours (another two days drive back, and three more days driving on tour).
All tours from San Pedro follow the same basic route and see the same main sights, and below is a rough outline of our tour:
Simplified map of our tour
Day one starts in San Pedro, with a quick (ish) trip to Chilean immigration to get your passport stamped to cross the border into Bolivia. Your driver takes you to the border crossing at Hito Cajon, where you file into a small office and get your Bolivian visa (30 days standard, although you can ask for 60 days and save the hassle of extending later).
Here you also meet your driver - in our case Abel had set out some cake, hot cocoa and coca mate (made from coca leaves, and helps offset altitude sickness symptoms) for us all. A short drive later you arrive at the Bolivian national parks office where you pay your Reserva nacional de fauna andina Eduardo Avaroa (REA) entry fee. The REA is the national park shown in green on the map above, and covers most of the prime lagunas and desert land in the very southwest of Bolivia.
Stop one is Laguna Blanca and Laguna Verde, two lagunas that sit in the shadow of Volcan Licancabur. Both lagunas are drying out over time (some say climate change, though the mining sector here sucks out a huge amount of water to support their operations), and there is now noticeably less water in Laguna Verde than older photos show.
Laguna Blanca, with our 4WD tour vehicles in the background and Licancabur in the distance.
Around the corner from Laguna Blanca is Laguna Verde, which is permanently a shade of aqua / green due to high arsenic and other mineral content. Don't drink the water.
Laguna Verde - you can see the old water levels in the white salt crust.
The next stop of significance was the Desierto de Dali (Dali Desert), which in theory resembles the paintings of Salvador Dali. We didn't stop particularly close to the main rock formations so it was impossible to get a workable photograph. To preserve the area 4WDs are banned from driving close by the valley, so you either need to pack a solid zoom lens or walk for a kilometre or two. You'll have to take my word that it looked cool, if a little distant.
After the Dali Desert we visited our second set of geysers, the Sol de Manana geyser field. These were impressive - huge open pools of boiling mud, erupting steam vents and the strong stench of sulphur. The combination of altitude and sulphur emissions will make you light-headed quickly, so take it slowly. The geysers are surprisingly difficult to shoot given how flat they are and how harsh the light tends to be in the mid-morning - I tried to focus on the details to show how Martian the landscape is. Its an interesting mix of red rock, white salt crusts and yellow-green sulphur deposits.
The boiling mud pools of the Sol de Manana geyser field
It will probably be around mid afternoon by the time you get to Laguna Colorada (Reg Lagoon), a huge lagoon populated by dozens of flamingoes. On the banks of the lagoon you'll usually find llamas and vicuna scratching around for food. Pack all your lenses for this spot - wide angles for sweeping views of the lagoon, plus a good telephoto zoom for the flamingoes and detail shots.
Wide shot of Laguna Colorada showing the red waters and white borax banks
Given the lack of rain in the dry season the water levels were reasonably low when we visited, revealing a lot of the white borax banks, and also creating swirling textures where the remaining water sat.
Meandering waters of Laguna Colorada
Laguna Colorada was the last stop of day one, and we drove to our nearby accomodation for the evening. Accomodation is basic out here - no showers or hot water, but its pleasant enough. At 4,500m the overnight temperature was below zero, and the lack of oxygen meant none of us slept very well. After dinner and sundown I ducked outside to see what the sky looked like and try my hand at astrophotography for the first time.
Wow. With less atmosphere to look through and no nearby city lights the night sky way astounding. Sadly the surrounding landscape was less than inspiring in the dark and I was too tired to trek out to find a dead tree to shoot. So I settled on a composite, with the foreground taken earlier in the afternoon and the Milky Way captured after sundown.
Milky Way captured on our first night on tour, with the foreground from earlier in the afternoon.
The second day of the trip was similar in a sense to the first. Our first main destination was the Arbol de Piedra (Stone Tree) and the Siloli Desert. While the stone tree and its surrounding rock formations are interesting, the real highlight for me here were the multi-coloured hills in the distance.
Multi coloured hills in the Siloli Desert
Without sounding blase, the remainder of the day was much like the first - more desert, more lagunas and flamingoes, but rockier roads. At times you have to pinch yourself when you catch yourself thinking "Oh, another laguna, looks like the previous one...", just to reset your frame on reality. You're still in one of the most breathtaking places in the world, more than 4,000m above sea level and surrounded by stunning scenery.
I feel like the shot below, though simple and a bit cheesy, sums up the landscape on the afternoon of our second day. Bunch grass, rocks big enough to threaten the undercarriage of the 4WD if you weren't careful, and bright blue sky.
Bunch grass on the altiplano.
Volcan Ollague
The last stop before our accomodation was the Volcan Ollague Mirador, which gave you an elevated view of the only active volcano on the tour route. My ears certainly pricked up when I heard "active volcano".
Volcan Ollague straddles the border between Chile and Bolivia, with ownership split between the countries based on altitude and geographic location. Whilst the volcano doesn't have a history or eruption, there is constant steam activity on the southern flank, and there are/were active sulphur mines up and down the mountain. Historical lava flows and land slips have resulted in an interestingly textured and colour mountain face.
We got lucky on our visit as there was some decent cloud building out behind the volcano (and almost none behind us). This is one of my favourite shots from the trip to date.
Volcan Ollague under moody skies.
After a brief stop at the mirador we continued on through one of the smaller satellite salt flats (near Chiguana) that surround the main Salar de Uyuni. The area isn't as pristine as the main salar, with small towns dotted around the perimeter and along the train tracks that run through the flats. As a result the salt flats here tend to be coated in varying layers of dirt and industrial grime.
Tracks on the salt flats
We overnighted at a hostel in San Juan, with floors made of salt and a salt-brick veneer covering the internal walls. Great in practice, but walking back to your room across a salt floor with wet feet soon outweighs the novelty factor.
We didn't reach the Salar de Uyuni until our final day on the tour, and most of us had marked this down as the likely highlight of the tour. Setting off from San Juan at 5am, we headed to an island in the centre of the salar (Isla Incahuasi or "Fish Island") to catch the sunrise. Given that the edges of the salt flat tend to be quite soft, there are set pathways in and out of the flats which have been reinforced, and its quite a sight to see a dozen or more 4WDs racing across the salar trying to beat the rising sun.
We were visiting in the dry season (winter), so you could access the entirety of the Salar de Uyuni by 4WD. In the wet season you're more limited in where you can get to (and you can't get out to the island) but you do get the epic reflection shots when there is a layer of water over the flats.
Once at the island you pay your entrance fee (15 or 30 bolivianos each from memory, around A$3 - A$6), record your name in the log book and race up the hills to find a vantage point. The isla itself is an ancient reef bed, covered in fossilised corals and now covered in huge cacti.
The sunrise that morning wasn't phenomenal, but that's a rarity anyway and you're in an amazing setting to begin with so it isn't hard to get a pleasing image.
Sunrise over the Isla Incahuasi
Coming from Australia, cacti like this are an unusual site. I'm sure the local Bolivians and Chileans have had there fill (much like Sydney photographers and ocean rock pools), but for us they're unique and special.
Cactus Forest on Isla Incahuasi
After a quick breakfast and warm coffee we headed out to capture some of the classic images of the tessellated patterns of the Salar de Uyuni. We didn't get the classic bright blue skies you usually see in photos of the Salar, but the clouds and backdrop were dramatic enough for me.
Salar de Uyuni patterns.
Although it goes against the ethos of the frowning, moody landscape photographer, you're encouraged to clown it up here. To be honest I think you'd be a bit disappointed if you came away from the flats without the usual false-perspective profile shots. Thanks to Emma, Stefan and Wen for forcing these out of me (I tend to look better behind the camera rather than in front of it, and am certainly far more comfortable behind it).
Hamming it up with the group.
In addition to being our driver, cook and tour guide, Abel also nailed the perspective shots for us ("little to the left, a little back, now a little closer...perfect...now crouch down like a monkey").
Save for a quick trip to the salt museum, Colchani (a traditional salt-mining and processing village on the edge of flats), and the train cemetery outside of Uyuni, that was the end of our tour. We were dropped into Uyuni, where Stefan and Wen headed north to Potosi and Emma and I headed southwest the next morning to Tupiza.
Including our time in San Pedro, we'd been on the road for only a week, but the sheer volume of sights we saw and amazing locations we visited was immense. The only time my camera was out of my hands was when I was sleeping or eating, and it was one of the most productive photographic trips I've been on, despite being a "standard" tour. If you self drove or took a specialist photographic tour you could end up in some spectacular locations for golden-hour shooting.
Tips and Recommendations
Having covered all this ground I think its useful to give some tips and recommendations based on our experience. Despite some of the horror stories you read online about bad tours, rubbish hostels and terrible drivers, we had a smooth and uneventful week or so in the region.
Chile and the Atacama
How to get from Santiago to San Pedro?
You can fly from Santiago to Calama (nearest airport to San Pedro) or you can take an overnight bus for 20 hours. We were up for an adventure so we took the bus. We used Turbus, which was clean, on time and safe (they had a few drivers who would share the driving duties)
How long to stay in San Pedro?
We stayed two nights, which gave us enough time to see the Valle de la Luna on the first afternoon and the Tatio geysers the next morning. You can also do a full-day tour which covers the geysers and a bunch of lagunas and a mini-salt flat if you're up for it. We didn't feel pushed for time (we could have spent another night here), and San Pedro is quite expensive for what you get.
If you're doing a Salar de Uyuni tour from San Pedro you can probably skip the lagunas and salt flat here - they're more impressive on the Salar de Uyuni tour.
How do you choose your tour company?
A lot of it comes down to luck. Almost all of the tour agencies are located on the main street in San Pedro (Calle Caracoles), so your best bet is to wander down and stick your head into a few places to get pricing and to suss out the vibe. We chose World White Tours - they looked professional, had great salespeople and could provide us with an English speaking guide on the day we needed to depart. You'll pay somewhere between 100,000 and 130,000 pesos per person for a tour here.
All drivers in Bolivia are generally freelance and will work across multiple agencies, so you can't really predict who you'll get. We ended up with a fantastic guide who spoke excellent English (plus French, Bolivian and Quecha). If you pay more for an English-speaking guide, the chances are you'll get an experience, safe and university-educated driver.
Where can you do the tour from?
Three main places - San Pedro in Chile, and Uyuni and Tupiza in Bolivia. Uyuni is the cheapest, given there are many more tour companies operating here and Bolivia tends to be much cheaper than Chile in general. San Pedro is in the middle - there are fewer tour operators here so there isn't as much competition, plus you need a Chilean driver to get you to the border. Tupiza tends to be more expensive - its 200km from Uyuni which equates to at least 4 or 5 hours driving. You generally need an extra day to the tour route from here, and there are only a handful to tour companies in town.
The tour route is broadly the same - if you start in San Pedro you do it in reverse order to Uyuni. This can be good, with the stops tending to be less crowded, as the hoards departing from Uyuni are visiting at generally opposite ends of the day.
We took all our gear, as we weren't returning to San Pedro. If you're doing a return trip to San Pedro or Uyuni, try and leave some gear at your hostel or hotel. Its surprisingly cold at altitude here, even during the day, so layer up. Most of the time were in thermals (Icebreaker 160 or 200 weight), shirts and a fleece top, with and a jacket over the top when we were outside (sometimes a windproof jacket on top of all this too, though it got tough to zip it up).
Change a bit of money into Bolivianos before you leave San Pedro (bring some USD, GBP or Euro with you, you often won't be able to change AUD). You need around 200 Bolivianos per person to pay entry fees to the parks and island, plus a bit more if you want to buy snacks or drinks (a 500ml bottle of Coke is around 5 bolivianos (A$1) as a guide). Only change what you need - the exchange rate at the cambios in San Pedro is about 20% under the spot rate and there are ATMs in Uyuni.
Meals should be included in your tour price, but drinking water isn't. Its recommended to bring 5L per person, and you can buy big 6L jugs in San Pedro if you want.
How was the altitude?
Its a bit of a lucky dip as to whether you get sick. You ascend quickly once you leave San Pedro, from around 3,000m to above 5,000m at some points on day one. One lady on our tour was badly affected overnight at our first stop, but the rest of us were generally OK. A bit of light-headedness and a lingering headache is pretty normal. Don't eat huge meals, as digestion uses a lot of oxygen, breathe deeply and take it slow and you should be OK. Get a prescription for Diamox before you leave home (just in case), and coca tea can take the edge off the symptoms if you do get sick.
Feel free to drop me a line in the comments below if you have any questions or thoughts.
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Humanitarians do Innovation: ecosystems, intention and language
In 2018, Practical Action published Managing Humanitarian Innovation: The Cutting Edge of Aid, a collection of contributions on how to do innovation.
Of the 25 chapters:
16 framed the problem that innovation would address as the humanitarian sector or system itself: organisational inefficiency, ineffectiveness, cumbersome and costly processes and staff (managers and leaders) mindsets and thinking. I tend to think of this as bureaucratic reform rather than innovation but pedanticsemantics…
6 chapters framed the problem around ways of working or methods: covering ways of deploying design thinking, making, influencing, problem solving and empathising but often with little distinction between different audiences (ie the handful of enthusiastic examples included projects in collaboration with: the US military; groups of specialists like Nepali amateur radio enthusiasts or orthopaedic surgeons; a humanitarian agency; and an affected community)
Only 3 chapters framed the problem around the differences and power or knowledge inequalities between the humanitarian system and people affected
This publication seems to be part of a bigger story: the changing language we are using to understand the world while we are caught between techno-optimism and despondency at declining faith in traditional institutions; the benefits of globalisation and the concentrated local pain of changing trade; deserving entrepreneurial heroes and an undeserving poor.
The language of humanitarian innovation reflects this with references to complexity, ecosystems, experimentation, risk taking and adaptation as ways of describing how the humanitarian system should think about and respond to the world. This is often in contrast to (implicitly inferior and old fashioned) linear, binary, planned or static models for conceptualising relationships in the real world.
Where does this language come from?
This language is familiar to innovation economists because it is directly linked to a historical preference for mathematical models that tried to explain economic growth as a ‘linear’ or proportional combination of labour, capital and ‘technology’. These models failed to explain how technology and innovation were related to growth. The search for a better explanation led to an ‘evolutionary theory’. In this framework, innovation was seen as uncertain and systemic: it depended on different, specific firms and networks that are embedded in sectors and places. This thinking highlighted “the strong feedback effects that exist among innovation, growth and market structure” and the notion of an innovation ecosystem stems from here (Mazzucato 2015a). This ‘ecosystem’ is geographic, regional or national so this thinking gets applied to national growth strategies (Karvonen and van Heur 2013 and this talk at UCL Urban Lab)
This language is also familiar to proponents of a practical and experimental approach and to activists trying to think about how change happens. Underpinning the innovation discourse is at least a century of (American) pragmatism that emphasises the ways people “are constantly confronted by unexpected events, chance occurrences, and a general sense of uncertainty about how best to act in a precarious world” (Karvonen and Heur 2013). This has been more recently overlaid by both “open innovation” and a “democratic idea that innovation can’t simply be left to the experts, to the experimenters, it needs to include the general public, those that are most affected by these changes”.
The language of complexity and adaptation have also been long-borrowed.
These terms track through the work of Robert Chambers from asking ‘Whose Reality Counts’ (Chambers 1997) to his 2005 plea that thinking about poverty and livelihoods should include ‘them’ and ‘us’ and a more recent call for “adaptive pluralism” in the Managing Humanitarian Innovation book. The language of experimenting and learning is familiar in the development sector more broadly: “The challenge for the future is not an intellectual one ... we already know the principles of project success: engage with local realities, take your time, experiment and learn…” (Edwards and Hulme 2000 - notice the date - this conversation is more than 20 years old). Duncan Green argues that imagining the world as a complex system is more illuminating than relying on narratives of the past that tend to be linear. In a complex system change might be slow, steady and explicable but it might also happen in unforeseeable jumps and around ‘critical junctures’ (Green and Oxfam GB. 2016a). Examining the history of humanitarianism, Johannes Paulman also argues for a view of events that recognises “continuities”, “overlaps” “conjunctures and contingencies… the coming together of different forces, events and structures at particular times” (Paulmann 2013).
What gets downplayed when talking about ‘ecosystems’ is power and intentionality. Do ecosystems in the biological and undesigned sense have anything analogous to our human-made institutions with will, intentionality and capacity to learn? This depends on your definition of living things and consciousness and obviously ‘living things have “intentionality”: they deliberately do things to other things to make life easier for themselves’ (Vlatko, 2018). (Another view might be that humanity is not as intentional as it thinks and that sociopathic leaders are an emergent property of the system not an intentional conspiracy!) But it’s the casual deployment of the word ‘ecosystem’ - as a complex, indeterminate, naturally occurring whole that resists dissection - that has a way of taking the system for granted and gets us off the hook of any critical thinking about power, institutions and intention.
Mariana Mazucato in her analysis of “the entrepreneurial state” suggests it is “less important to talk about partnerships and ecosystems and more important to talk about the ‘type of’ ecosystems” and the actors involved because ecosystems in which public and private sector organisations operate can be “parasitic” or “symbiotic” (Mazzucato 2015b), or more prosaically, the why as well as the how of innovation ecosystem relationships (MIT 2017). Similarly, Duncan Green recognises that without “counterveiling forces” like the government, we can have an ‘evolution’ that favours “survival of the fattest, rather than the fittest” (Green and Oxfam GB. 2016b)
What is missed when we celebrate open innovation is a connection between the “democratic impulse” of these technologists and that of “participatory planners who have been working with communities for three or four decades”, thinking hard about “democratic procedures” and about “representation” (Karvonen and Heur 2013).
What is lost in techno-optimism and the reverence for design tools as a solution is perhaps Anna Tsing’s more humble and fruitful notion of design as “the artful staging of an issue”.
What is lost with a focus on pragmatic action and problem-solving is the reflex to ask questions like those posed by Jenny Pearce twenty years ago when she asked NGOs to think about what and who the work is for; or the anthropologist Liisa Malkii who explores the humanitarian “need to help” (Malkii 2015); or Audre Lorde who recognises the overlaps of excitement and power and what life becomes when work is full of “sensation without feeling” (Lorde 1978); or those who see a language that allows us to “misunderstand or put off the need for long-lasting systemic and structural change” (Vega 2015).
Indeed, some thinkers see this “ideology of pragmatism” as “NGOization” or ways of thinking that “compartmentalize the world into ‘issues,’ and ‘projects’ and undermine and contain critical thinking” (Choudry 2012).
What can get overlooked in dismissing the simplistic linear constraints of a narrative arc, is that humanitarian organisations often remain powerful and simplistic narrators, following a formula and deciding what to include and exclude.
Systems thinking is perhaps just “enabling us to become more aware of the stories that we tell ourselves” (Stroh 2015). For example, the history of humanitarianism can be sketched as a history of organisations but this can miss important stories of people, politics and motivations and can disempower “recipients” or neglect national, colonial or imperial dimensions. It can be told as if aid is a function of political economy but this can present action as unhelpful, inefficient or harmful and neglect actual urgent need. It can be told in terms of global governance but this can miss humanitarian criticism of imperial rule (Paulman2013)…
Sharing a human imperative to “get on with things” is not malign but scepticism is easy when the story of humanitarian innovation reads as:
ahistorical ignoring previous waves of institutional reform or previous participation revolutions,
apolitical ignoring political and societal factors that are making the humanitarian sector big and unwieldy in the first place, or
self-regarding ignoring how change - other than innovation - really happens or any problems with a techno-centric view that sees innovation processes as neutral or “objective”, “scientific” or “evolutionary” rather than a social and political process where power dynamics are grinding in the background and in which certain people have agency and power.
To be sure, “a better understanding of the past will help ensure a humanitarian system that is more self-aware, clearer about its identity and better prepared for engagement with the world in which it operates” (Davey et al. 2013).
This requires us to engage with our sometimes disproportionate power as the narrators of change and tendency to repeatedly assume “history starts now” or “history started when we got here”.
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Blue Star Highway Markers
At the close of World War II, National Garden Clubs (called National Council of Garden Clubs at the time), like other public-spirited groups, was seeking a suitable means of honoring our service men and women. Garden Club members visualized a living memorial, preferring to help beautify and preserve the country these men and women had fought for, rather than build stone monuments in their honor.
In 1944 it was proposed that one thousand flowering dogwood trees would be planted along five miles of highway in New Jersey, which had been designated the Blue Star Drive by the Legislature. No billboards were to be allowed on the memorial stretch. The project was named for the blue star in the service flag, which hung in windows of homes and businesses to honor service men and women.
In 1947 Route 1 was designated as Maine’s Blue Star Memorial Highway. This covered 546 miles from Fort Kent to Kittery.
While originally begun to honor World War II veterans, the mission was enlarged in 1951 to include all men and women, who had served, were serving or would serve in the armed forces of the United States.
In 1981 the new entrance to Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta was designated a Blue Star Memorial Highway.
Kennebec Valley Garden Club maintains two Blue Star Memorial Highway markers one at the entrance to the Veteran’s Cemetery in Augusta, and one at the Arnold Lookout in Hallowell.
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At Long Last
June 6, 2009 in Entertainment, Movies by JeniQ | 1 comment
My mom hasn’t been to see a movie in at least 20 years. I think she was trying to keep up her record, but when she found out that there was going to be a sequel to her favorite movie, Night at the Museum, she was so excited.
So as soon as Battle of the Smithsonian was released, we made plans to go see it. We went on a Wednesday, late in the evening, and there was no one else in the theatre. It was perfect! We went to the Raleigh Grande so that we could have beer with our popcorn. And of course we checked Pee Times at RunPee before we went.
It was a fun movie, and I captured a few fun shots.
Twice-light!
February 26, 2009 in Cristin, Movies by JeniQ | 2 comments
I Heart Sparkly Vampires
Saturday Cristin and I went to see Twilight. Twice. It was so super awesome. The first time we sat in the back row and drank beers and ate popcorn. The second time we sat in the front row and drank more beer and ate candy. We were totally giggly and talking and goofy, it was awesome. I’m telling ya, this is the only way to watch a movie.
Have Beer, Will Travel
Stocking up for the long haul
Edward slinks away
Awesome Edward Grin
Yay! Let’s do it again some time!
Dorky girls
Oh, and my favorite scene in the movie because Edward sounds like a Muppet:
And if you haven’t seen this, it’s hilarious. Watch it. Now.
TWILIGHT!
November 27, 2008 in Movies by JeniQ | 2 comments
OMG we went to see Twilight and it was awesome and I can’t wait to see it again!! Cristin’s already seen it. At least three times now. I can’t wait to see it again!! She and I will be seeing it again very soon.
Here are my few thoughts, after the break.
Worst Movie Ever? Starcrash.
August 25, 2008 in Movies by JeniQ | 2 comments
Been wanting to blog about this for a while. We rented Starcrash from Netflix after seeing several references to it in my Sci-Fi Baby Names book.
Oh my god. It was A.W.F.U.L. And I love awful movies. But it was like, mind-wrenching, jaw-dropping awful. Oh man. Did I mention it was bad?
Considered a low-budget response to “Starwars,” this Italian knock-off is a sci-fi epic featuring plastic clothes, big boobs and some really bad dialogue, acting, props, etc. You name it – it’s bad.
My all-time favorite part of the movie? When torpedos are launched from one spaceship to another, the torpedos crash through glass windows. The glass shatters and falls inside the spaceship. The torpedos land clumsily on the floor of the spaceship. Then, in a stroke of creative genius, the tops of the torpedos swing open and two armed men pile out to rain down a hailstorm of destruction! Hahahahahahahah!!
Did I mention that this is Hasselhoff’s first movie?!?!?
To highlight how bad it is, I have shamelessly copied some of the review off of BadMovies.org. I didn’t write any of the following – credit all to Andrew at BadMovies.org. His review is spot-on! I’m still laughing at it!!
Stuff To Watch For:
2 mins – Neither of these men have ever had acting lessons.
22 mins – If he was your only son and rightful heir to the universe, what were you thinking?
27 mins – Notice the forklift tracks in the sand next to the shuttle.
34 mins – How does the temperature drop thousands of degrees? You mean it falls below Absolute Zero?
38 mins – The special effects guy must be asleep; those clouds are blowing through the mountains.
46 mins – How does knowing that Thor was a traitor provide concrete proof he can see into the future? Hello?
52 mins – Elle was not seriously damaged by a laser rifle earlier, but a caveman with a club takes him out!
75 mins – WHAT? The torpedo crashes through the window of the Count’s fortress, no decompression occurs, and men jump out of it?
76 mins – Wait, did I just say window? Who put a window there?
This is one of my favorite bad movies. It lacks any sense of reality, is rife with ridiculous dialog, and is filled with special effects that are extraordinary in their cheesiness. I have never grown tired of watching it and recommend it without reservation to anyone who enjoys other than fine films. Heck, even those who usually avoid the type of movies celebrated on this website should give it a try. It is that good at being bad. I love this movie. I wish it was a girl, so I could break her ankles and keep her chained to a bed in a remote cabin. There, with no worry of discovery, I could read her my poetry (about her) and feed her sauteed songbirds caught especially for her consumption.
I think I am going to cry.
Okay, creepy homages to “Misery” aside, you absolutely must see “Starcrash.” Let me explain why.
People who love bad special effects will believe that they have died and gone to Heaven. Space is a glorious backdrop of colorful stars; it looks like somebody went nuts with a Lite Brite set (do not miss the constellation, in the shape of a “J,” that is visible in almost every scene). Most of the explosions, including spacecraft being destroyed, are realized through impressive displays of fireworks. It is rare for more than five minutes to pass without a flurry of laser beams criss-crossing the screen that result in fantastic showers of sparklers when they hit. Last, but not least, are the spacecraft models. The ships are insane clumps of cans, thread spools, and spare parts from plastic model kits (including the old space shuttle Columbia kit that I built as a kid). Some of the sprues are just glued onto the outside of the models to add chaotic detail. I think I saw tank treads still attached to one sprue. The result is something shaped like the “spaceships” that are created by four-year-olds using basic LEGO blocks, except these masterpieces are painted a solid color.
The movie starts as an imperial DUPLO-class battlecruiser searches for Count Zarthan’s secret base. Before the planet is pinpointed, the crew is attacked by the contents of a lava lamp. Three lifeboats manage to jettison before the doomed warship goes down with all hands.
Elsewhere in the universe, Stella and Akton are on the run from the intergalactic police. When Elle and Thor show up on Stella’s videoscreen, the smugglers leap into hyperspace and start spouting incredible dialog at a frantic pace. They continously deliver crazy lines, with verve, for the rest of the film. Eventually, Stella does calm down and says a few lines without the need for an exclamation point, but Akton continues to speak like an overcaffeinated fiend until he finally fuzzes out (possibly a natural correcting effect of the universe – it probably realized that Akton was a mistake and simply erased him).
Getting off track here, but you have to understand what I mean by incredible dialog. I have watched thousands of these films. Very few movies reach the level of “Starcrash” in both the content and delivery of what is said by the characters and, when they do, it is only for short peaks. The bad movie dialog in “Starcrash” is like finding a plateau the height of Mount Everest.
During their flight, Stella and Akton encounter one of the launches we saw earlier. Stella swims across to investigate and discovers a lone survivor whose mind was damaged by exposure to the lava lamp weapon. The pair of rescuers are evaulating their new vegetable when Thor’s fighters surround their ship. Stella is sentenced to life in prison at hard labor, while Akton gets off lightly with a two hundred and twenty-year sentence.
Prison life is not kind to Stella. She spends all day carrying a gurney loaded down with radium for the nuclear furnace. Not the best line of work for a woman who wears outfits that bare a lot of skin. Heh, maybe “life in prison” was something of a misnomer and “carrying radium fuel until you puke your internal organs out” is more accurate. The lovely criminal is spared the nuances of radiation poisoning after inciting a prison riot and escaping. She makes it out just in time; a prisoner shoots the reactor with a ray gun and the prison blows sky high. Then a ship lands directly in front of Stella. The Emperor’s only son was aboard the lost battlecruiser and he is willing to pardon both of the smugglers if they help find the missing prince. Thor and Elle will accompany them on their quest.
Of course, the only individuals who can find the Emperor’s son and destroy the Count’s secret weapon are a pair of criminals, one of whom just contributed to the destruction of an imperial prison and contaminated half of a planet with radioactive fallout. It worked for “The Dirty Dozen” (except for the nuclear meltdown and ray guns). Why not here?
Using data from the recovered launch, the searchers identify the location of the lost battlecruiser and the other two lifeboats. Stella and Elle investigate the first crash site. They find the launch, but they also encounter a party of Amazons on horseback. The female warriors appear benign until the group returns to the Amazon base. There, the queen, who appears to have a beef with Elle, blasts the robot with a laser pistol. Stella is subdued after an awesome judo chopping battle with the Amazons, but is saved from mind bending torture when Elle proves he not only looks like a Honda, he is also built like one. The pair beat a retreat to the ship, though they have a difficult time avoiding a colossal female robot that chases after them.
How do I know the robot is female? It has huge metal boobs, with caps for nipples. When was the last time you saw someone build a “male” robot with man boobs?
The second planet surveyed, where the battlecruiser crashed, is even more hazardous. It is a world covered by ice and snow. Once more, Stella and Elle venture out and locate the wreckage. This is also a bust, because the debris field is nothing more than some scraps of metal and frozen bodies. Unbeknownst to the away team, Thor has knocked Akton unconcious and taken control of the ship. Upon returning to the ship, Stella yells for Thor or Akton to open the outer hatch (yes, they are yelling to be heard though the hull) and is stunned when Thor tells her that he intends to be Zarthan’s right hand man. A mysterious fault in the ship’s computer prevents Thor from lifting off, but Stella is sure to freeze to death outside. Fortunately, Elle has a plan. He takes Stella’s hand and both of them lay down on the snow. Using his circuits, he keeps her body temperature regulated to prevent death.
Years ago, the idea of Elle keeping Stella warm by holding her hand amused me. Recently, I read about a DOD project to improve the basic foot soldier (or Marine, as I would have it). One invention was a ball that could be cooled or heated. By holding the ball, a person’s core body temperature was regulated, allowing them to survive in ice water or avoid heat exhaustion in a desert environment. Facinating stuff, but I still doubt that Elle’s internal Stella heater would actually prevent death on a world where the temperature drops “thousands of degrees” at night.
If these people use Celsius, that means the temperature is below absolute zero.
Akton proves the old adage “You can’t kill Marjoe Gortner with a stun wand set to ‘slaughter'” when he sits back up and quickly defeats Thor. With the bald traitor out of the way, he contacts Elle and uses his fancy navigator powers to carefully thaw out Stella Star. Reduced by one, the party continues on to investigate the last planet on their list.
In case you were wondering, Akton is 95% McGuffin. He knew that Thor was a traitor because he can see into the future. In addition to his navigational expertise, he has powers too numerous to catalog. At any time, Akton might randomly manifest sine waves above his palm, repel death rays, thaw out a frozen friend, or wield a lightsaber (don’t laugh, it happens). If he can also bake a quiche, this guy would be a natural for “The Bachelor.”
The third planet is the most dangerous of them all. As our heroes approach, the scoutship is attacked by the lava lamp monsters. Our protagonists survive, though Stella screams a lot and Elle malfunctions. Otherwise, they emerge from the attack completely fine (personally, I think that Akton’s mere presence saved them – he is highly resistant to anything from the 60’s). For the last time, Elle follows Stella to the planet’s surface. They locate the lifeboat, but they are attacked by a tribe of hopping cavemen. Elle is bashed apart and Stella captured. I am uncertain if the cavemen intended to use her for food or entertainment, but it is a moot point. Simon appears and zaps the cavemen with laser beams from an “energy mask.” However, defeating the cavemen requires Akton to come charging to the rescue with his lightsaber.
Oh, by the way, Stella does not know that Simon is the Crown Prince of the Universe, yet. She is clued in after the trio locates the machinery that generates the hallucinatory lava lamp monsters. Yes, the weapon is nothing more than an illusion. Makes you wonder why it worked on Elle, doesn’t it? No sooner does Simon say, “We need to destroy this machinery.” than the Count, accompanied by a platoon of guards and two robots, enters the room. The evil tyrant wanted them to find his secret base. His plan is to lure the Emperor there and then activate the planet’s self destruct, blowing all of his enemies to pieces, FOREVER! (There are a few times during the movie that the Count states he wants to blow someone to pieces “forever,” as if that is often a temporary condition.) Anyway, the Count departs, leaving the two robots to prevent Simon and his compatriots from escaping. Akton challenges the automatons and is mortally wounded during the battle. Ignore the fact that a central character dies here, because the main attraction is David Hasselhoff using a lightsaber to fight stop motion robots!
Try saying that last line to someone who has never seen “Starcrash.” People look at you as if a reproductive organ is growing out of your forehead.
Things look bleak, but the Emperor finally comes to the rescue and uses a nifty little ray that stops the flow of time, thus allowing everyone to escape before the planet explodes. With the Count mistakenly assuming that all of his enemies are dead, the time is perfect for a surprise attack. Imperial fighters swoop down on the Count’s fortress, which looks like a claw and clenches into a fist during the battle, but the “torpedoes” are the best part of the battle. Golden torpedoes are fired at Zarthan’s fortress. The missiles crash through glass windows and land in the Count’s control room. Now, if these things were filled with baking soda and vinegar, one of them exploding would have killed Zartharn and wrecked the bridge. Instead, the torpedoes’ tops flip open and two imperial troopers pop out of each one! A massive firefight erupts in the control room as the Count rallies his men with motivating quotes like, “Kill them! Kill them all!”
If you thought that Padawan Hasselhoff caused people to react with disbelief, you should see the look on somebody’s face when a gold torpedo smashes through a window and men with laser carbines jump out. “What the HELL?” does not even begin to cover it. I have watched that scene countless times and it still causes me to collapse into giggles.
Eventually, the Emperor’s forces are defeated. Saddened by the loss, but resolute to achieve victory, the Emperor proposes a desperate plan; they will use Starcrash. This impressive sounding term has a very simple meaning: they will ram the Count’s space fortress with another, equally massive, object. Stella is the obvious choice for a pilot.
July 13, 2008 in Love, Movies by JeniQ | 3 comments
For Father’s day, Dave and I left Henry at home to go have dinner and watch Iron Man. It was a nice time, and an awesome movie!!
March 28, 2008 in Cristin, David Bowie, Movies by JeniQ | 2 comments
Thank goodness Henry came early! It meant that Cristin and I got to keep our Labyrinth date at the Colony. Hoooray for popcorn and beer!!!
Cristin was super excited and blogged about her preparations here and here.
We had a terrific time, forgoing our usual dinner at The Bull and Bear for more face time with Henry.
Look how freaking cute we three are.
Cristin has lovingly documented our experience here. Read her post – it’s good stuff.
Here are a few of my fave scenes from the movie:
February 23, 2008 in Movies by JeniQ | 2 comments
Yay for Cool Classics movie night at the Colony! And yay for Cristin who is my constant movie companion! 🙂
We saw Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
And we very much enjoyed our dinner at the Bull and Bear.
Oh, and then there was the stop at Dunkin’ Donuts. Here are my favorite pics of Cristin getting her sugar fix!
Blade Runner ‘The Final Cut’
January 20, 2008 in Movies by JeniQ | 1 comment
We read in the N&O about how the re-re-cut of Ridley Scott‘s Blade Runner was being played in original 35-mm format for only a few days, starting on Friday. So we made time this weekend to see it at The Carolina Theatre.
I LOVE Rutger Hauer. And Harrison Ford.
And I love my new camera, because I took these pictures with it.
It was awesome, I’m so glad we went. The movie has always left a lasting impression on me, with its dirtyness and dampness. One of the first times in movies that we don’t see a bright and gleaming future. Perhaps this is what inspired my unquenchable thirst for good dystopian fiction.
I think the movie’s use of the Chinese people as the mainstay population was one of the first times you saw that concept portrayed on the big screen for sci-fi movies, though you’ll read about themes like that in older dystopian novels and of course in current sci-fi like Firefly.
Our Great Caper
December 23, 2007 in Cristin, Movies by JeniQ | 1 comment
We pranked the Colony!
If you’ve been keeping up, you might know that The Colony is showing LABYRINTH as part of their Cool Classics series. Unfortunately, they picked March 19th, four days after my due date.
So Cristin and I have been lobbying for them to move the date. Sadly, they haven’t budged. On Wednesday, we went to see The Great Muppet Caper and we decided to practice a litle civil disobedience. We took these clever little signs that Cristin made and hung them in the bathroom. Cuz we’re crazy like that!
For more on our little caper, check out Cristin’s much-more detailed post.
“Young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk — yeah, that’s it.”
December 23, 2007 in Movies by JeniQ | 3 comments
Ah, Hal Hartley. I loves me some Hal Hartley. (Thanks to Matt Berube for my obsession!)
This morning I treated Dave to two Hartley short films
Theory of Achievement
Some of my favorite quotes:
“‘We’ll get jobs and be happy!’
‘No, we’ll get jobs and pay the rent. We’ll get credit cards and be happy.'”
“I’m only a waitress on the outside.”
“Young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk.”
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Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity
By Lynn E. Foster
Published Dec 21, 2005 by Prentice Hall.
Foster takes the reader from a gentle introduction to the next step and explores the impact nanotechnology will have on our daily lives.
° Tells how the Nanotechnology industry will unfold and impact different industries throughout the world.
° Answers the question "What now?" and "What can we expect?"
° Shows how nanoscience may evolve into specific technologies.
Inside the Emerging Multibillion-Dollar Nanotechnology Industry
Suddenly, nanotechnology isn't science fiction or mere theory: It's becoming one of the world's fastest-growing, highest-impact industries. In Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, the field's leading experts offer an up-to-the-minute briefing on where the industry stands now, how it will unfold over the coming decade, and how it will impact you.
Edited by a key industry advisor, this book covers the latest in nanotech science, technology, and applications. You'll meet the key players, and discover nanotech at work in fields ranging from drug delivery to energy efficiency. Here are the opportunities, the challenges, and the implications: all you need to know about today's nanotech business--and tomorrow's.
Coverage includes
How the convergence of nanoscale science foreshadows revolutionary societal change
Technical and business obstacles that still challenge the industry
Lessons from the early "gold rush" days of biotech: managing the hype
Nanotech as disruptive innovation: implications for investors and venture capitalists
The evolving roles of entrepreneurs, universities, and the U.S. government
Key application areas: materials, microelectronics, sensors, energy, and beyond
Bio-Nano-Information fusion: the potential to transform medicine
Relevant patent law and intellectual property issues
The ethics of nanotechnology
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--Matthew Laudon, Ph.D., Executive Director, Nano Science & Technology Institute
"This is an excellent book for anyone trying to get a general grasp on the emerging science and technology of nanotechnology in particular for business executives, engineers, or entrepreneurs who are trying to decide what this technology can mean to them."
--Charles H. Volk, Ph.D., V.P. & Chief Technologist, Northrop Grumman, Navigation Systems Division
"Larry Gilbert and Michael Krieger's overview of the university technology transfer process is excellent and provides a realistic perspective and understanding of the commercialization process for technologies developed in the academic environment."
--John Ritter, Director, Office of Technology Licensing, Princeton University
"For a broad, readable introduction to nanotechnology with its attendant entrepreneurial, social, and technological implications, this book is a great start. The most interesting chapter from my perspective was Smalley's on finding abundant, cheap energy sources. Most informative and refreshing. If you have an interest as an intelligent layperson in nanotechnology and its basic motivations and methods, this book will serve as a worthy point of departure in your search."
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--Bill McLellan, winner of Richard Feynman's Nanotechnology Challenge
Foreword by Senators Joseph Lieberman and George Allen
1. Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution:
Gerald Gallwas, Beckman Instruments
2. Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge: Dr. Richard Smalley, Rice University
3. Fads & Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of ‘Some Day Soon’: Peter Coffee, eWeek
4. Nanotechnology Commercialization: Steve Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
5. Investment in Nanotechnology: Dr. Daniel Leff, Harris & Harris Doug Moffat, Moffat Capital
6. Role of the U.S. Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology: Geoff Holdridge, National 7. Nanotechnology Coordination Office and WTEC, Inc.
8. Overview of US Academic Research: Dr. Julie Chen, University of Massachusetts Lowell
9. Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology: Larry Gilbert, Caltech, Dr. Michael Krieger, UCLA
10. Intellectual Property Policy and Impact: Chinh Pham, Greenberg Traurig, Charles Berman, Greenberg Traurig
11. Entrepreneurs: Jeff Lawrence, Trillium Digital Systems, Larry Bock, Nanosys
12. Major Corporations: Technology, Business and the Culture of Opportunity: Jim Duncan, Meggitt PLC
13. Nanotechnology in Federal Laboratories: Dr. Meyya Meyyapan, NASA Ames Laboratory
14. Nanoscale Materials: Dr. Mark Reed, Yale, Dr. ZL Wang, Georgia Tech, Dr. Brent Segal, Nantero Dr. Sheryl Ehrman, Maryland, Fiona Case, Case Scientific
15. Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors: Dr. David Nagel, George Washington University, Dr. Sharon Smith, Lockheed Martin Microelectronics, Dr. Stephen Goodnick, Arizona State, Dr. George Thompson, Intel, Dr. Axel Scherer, Caltech
16. Drug Delivery: Dr. Suzie Pun, University of Washington, Dr. JJ Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17. Bio-Nano-Information Fusion: Dr. Chih-Ming Ho, UCLA, Dr. Dean Ho, UCLA, Dan Garcia, UCLA
18. Convergence and Integration: Dr. Mike Roco, National Science Foundation
19. Ethical Considerations in the advance of Nanotechnology, Dr. Bill Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
20. Infinitesimal Machinery: Dr. Richard Feynman, Caltech
Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge
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Foreword, Senators Joseph Lieberman and George Allen xi
Preface xii
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xix
Contributors xxi
Section One: Development Drivers 1
Chapter 1: Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution, Gerald Gallwas 3
Chapter 2: Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge, Richard Smalley 13
Chapter 3: Fads and Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of "Some Day Soon," Peter Coffee 19
Section Two: The Players 31
Chapter 4: Nanotechnology Commercialization: Transcending Moore's Law with Molecular Electronics and Nanotechnology, Steve Jurvetson 33
Chapter 5: Investment in Nanotechnology, Daniel V. Leff and R. Douglas Moffat 57
Chapter 6: The Role of the U.S. Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology, Geoffrey M. Holdridge 63
Chapter 7: Overview of U.S. Academic Research, Julie Chen 77
Chapter 8: Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology, Larry Gilbert and Michael Krieger 91
Chapter 9: Intellectual Property Policy and Impact, Chinh H. Pham and Charles Berman 105
Chapter 10: Entrepreneurs in the Technological Ecosystem, Jeff Lawrence and Larry Bock 117
Chapter 11: Major Corporations: Technology, Business, and the Culture of Opportunity, Jim Duncan 129
Chapter 12: Nanotechnology in Federal Labs, Meyya Meyyappan 135
Section Three: Materials and Industries 139
Chapter 13: Nanoscale Materials, Mark Reed, Sheryl Ehrman, Brent Segal, Zhong Lin Wang, and Fiona Case 141
Chapter 14: Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors: Possibilities, Realities, and Diverse Applications, David J. Nagel and Sharon Smith 163
Chapter 15: Microelectronics, George Thompson, Stephen Goodnick, and Axel Scherer 177
Chapter 16: Drug Delivery, Jianjun Cheng and Suzie Hwang Pun 197
Chapter 17: Bio-Nano-Information Fusion, Chih-Ming Ho, Dean Ho, and Dan Garcia 209
Section Four: Convergence and Integration 223
Chapter 18: Convergence and Integration, Mihail C. Roco 225
Chapter 19: Ethical Considerations in the Advance of Nanotechnology, William Sims Bainbridge 233
Epilogue 243
Foreword to Chapter 20, Michael Kreiger 243
Chapter 20: Infinitesimal Machinery, Richard Feynman 247
Acronyms and Abbreviations 269
Untitled Document During the past century, human life spans have almost doubled, and travel and communication happen with an ease and speed that would have been considered science fiction only a few generations ago. Remarkably, the pace of innovation is actually increasing over that of the past.
Science has now advanced to the point that those on the cutting edge of research work with individual atoms and molecules. This is the defining characteristic of the new metafield of nanotechnology, which encompasses a broad range of both academic research and industrial development. At this small scale, the familiar classical physics guideposts of magnetism and electricity are no longer dominant; the interactions of individual atoms and molecules take over. At this level--roughly 100 nanometers (a nanometer being a billionth of a meter, and a human hair being 50,000 nanometers wide) and smaller--the applicable laws of physics shift as Newtonian yields to quantum.
Nanotechnology holds the promise of advances that exceed those achieved in recent decades in computers and biotechnology. Its applications will have dramatic infrastructural impacts, such as building tremendously faster computers, constructing lighter aircraft, finding cancerous tumors still invisible to the human eye, or generating vast amounts of energy from highly efficient solar cells. Nanotechnology will manifest in innovations both large and small in diverse industries, but the real benefit will accumulate in small cascades over decades rather than in a sudden, engulfing wave of change. It is not the "Next Big Thing" but rather will be any number of "next large things". Nanotechnology may not yield a result as dramatic as Edison's lightbulb but rather numerous gains as pervasive as the integrated-circuit-controlled lightbulbs in the traffic lights that are ubiquitous in modern life.
Although the lightbulb breakthroughs will be few, there will be numerous benefits taken for granted, such as the advantages that the automated intelligence of traffic grids provide to major cities. This should not be a surprise, because nanotechnology is not an invention but rather a range of fields of study and applications, defined by size, that use tools, ideas, and intuitions available to innumerable scientific disciplines. Thus nanotechnology offers tremendous potential for several key reasons. Materials and processes at that size have unique properties not seen at larger scale, offer proportionately greater reactive surface area than their larger counterparts, and can be used in or with living organisms for medical applications. As a result, familiar materials can have completely different properties at the nanoscale.
For example, carbon atoms form both coal and diamonds, but with different molecular arrangements. Scientists now know that carbon molecules at the nanoscale can form cylindrical tubes, called carbon nanotubes, that are much stronger than steel and conduct electricity, neither of which is possible with the carbon found in coal or diamonds. Carbon nanotubes may one day provide key breakthroughs in medicine and electronics. Likewise, nanotechnology can provide breakthroughs in industrial uses. The electrical current produced in solar cells or batteries reflects the flow of electrons from one surface to another. Nanotechnology has already enabled the demonstration of a vastly increased surface area of electrodes that allows electrons to flow much more freely, along with corresponding improvements in battery performance. Safer, cheaper, and cleaner electricity and electrical storage would obviously have a dramatic impact on our society.
Another reason nanotechnology holds so much promise is that it enables solutions at the same size scale as biological organisms, such as the individual cells in our bodies. Engineered materials are possible, such as ultrasmall particles made in the exact size to perform like a "smart bomb" in delivering drugs in the blood stream. Other applications might detect cancer when it is only a few cells in size. Future convergence of nanotechnology and biotechnology may combine biological and man-made devices in a variety of applications, such as batteries for implanted heart pacemakers that draw electrical current from the wearer's glucose rather than from surgically implanted batteries.
Yet another important facet of nanotechnology--one that underpins both its promise and the challenges--is that it embraces and attracts so many different disciplines that researchers and business leaders are working in, among them, chemistry, biology, materials science, physics, and computer science. Although each field has tremendously talented people, each also has its own somewhat unique training and terminology. Almost like the parable of the blind men and the elephant, each group approaches the molecular level with unique skills, training, and language. Communication and research between academic disciplines and between researchers and their business counterparts is critical to the advancement of nanotechnology.
With the diversity of professional cultures in mind, a central goal of this book is to promote communication and cooperation between researchers and industry by including similarly diverse articles written by experts but accessible to everyone.
The depth of scientific talent and the substantial resources being devoted to nanotechnology are a tremendous cause for optimism for both near-term and long-term gains. Ultimately nanotechnology will yield greater impact than information technology or biotechnology has. However, the tempo of technology is not set by the velocity of novel discoveries, but rather by the pace of what the market will embrace and pay for. The medium term in nanotechnology will be difficult and delayed by issues far beyond scientific research or product prototyping--namely, by the long, difficult process of new products gaining traction in the marketplace. To reach the stage of a viable product, the innovations will have to overcome issues such as how they are integrated, how much power they consume, and how they are controlled. Only then will the marketplace vote with dollars on the technology. For these reasons, another goal of this book is to highlight these issues so that a broader audience can address them with its respective understanding and resources.
This book is organized into four matrixed sections. Section One is focused on the history and development drivers of innovation. The first chapter highlights a historical example from the early days of the biotechnology industry as a cautionary lesson about a new industry developing with new tools and tremendous promise. The promise of nanotechnology to solve the world's energy problem is outlined in Chapter 2, along with the impact the solution would have on solving other problems as well. Chapter 3 is a discussion of the role played by expectations in the development of an industry.
Section Two focuses on the talents, roles, and motivations of the main players and individuals, along with the organizational factors that drive technologies forward or limit their impact. Chapter 4 presents the vision of a venture capitalist who takes a long-term view of nanotechnology as the nexus of disruptive innovation, and Chapter 5 outlines current investment decisions in nanotechnology. Chapter 6 outlines the U.S. government's role in funding research and establishing policies for the safe and effective use of nanotechnology. Then Chapter 7 discusses specific areas of academic research, and Chapter 8 explains how technologies developed there are brought to commercial use. The role of U.S. patent law in commerce follows in Chapter 9, with a discussion of its impact on the advance of nanotechnology. Chapter 10 explains why entrepreneurs are the key drivers of change in a new industry and help it advance by taking tremendous personal risks. Chapter 11 discusses the challenges within a large corporation that is developing technology products. Finally, Chapter 12 presents an overview of technologies developed in federal laboratories and describes how they are commercialized.
Section Three considers specific areas of innovation: nanoscale materials (Chapter 13) as well as other areas where nanotechnology is making a dramatic impact: nano-enabled sensors (Chapter 14), the microelectronics industry (Chapter 15), and drug delivery (Chapter 16). This part concludes with a chapter (Chapter 17) specifically on the intersection of nanotechnology and biotechnology, a combination that holds enormous potential to impact medicine and health.
Section Four suggests that the convergence of science at the nanoscale foreshadows a transformation and revolutionary change in society (Chapter 18) and highlights ethical considerations in the advance of nanotechnology (Chapter 19).
The Epilogue features a prescient speech given in 1983 by the late Richard Feynman, the legendary physicist who first envisioned nanotechnology.
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INTERVIEW WITH ALMIR JUSOVIC: “THE WORLDS WEIRDEST SKATEBOARDER”
November 6, 2012 / Ian Michna / INTERVIEWS
Almir Jusovic isn’t “cool” by your typical American skate standards. He doesn’t have tattoos down his arms, dress fashionably or have a crazy marketing gimmick that kids eat up. Actually quite the opposite: he’s got unusual tricks, sketchy style and a strong European accent – which is why we love him. Born and raised in Slovenia and removed from a lot of American skate culture, he just goes and does his own thing. Whether it’s riding his skateboard in doggystyle position or working on motorcycle sculptures, he’s part of a dying breed of skater. While kids get so wrapped up in skate culture and doing tricks that are cool that month, Almir continues to stay true to his vision and dream up new ways to ride a skateboard. Check out the minute of unreleased footage he sent us and enjoy his first US interview ever.
Why do you consider yourself to be the world’s weirdest skateboarder?
Well, people thought my skate part was weird, so I changed the title of the Youtube clip to “Worlds Weirdest Skateboarder” and actually, I do feel like an outsider. You know that feeling, when some people don’t “get” skateboarding? They don’t understand why we need to jump up and down on this piece of wood. Well I get that similar vibe or feeling from skaters sometimes too because I simply do it my own way.
Why skate in doggystyle / bunny position instead of on two feet like everyone else?
I like to try new stuff, I constantly think about what can still be done with a skateboard. I started when I was 7 years old, and I got hooked because skateboarding for me was something different. I used to be able to stare into my skateboard for hours and feel happy. But after some time I lost the spark. I wanted to get that feeling back and came to conclusion that I needed to do something that was different. Bunny stance was just a joke for me in beginning but I couldn’t stop doing it. What I visualized and thought was possible needed to be done.
Do you drink or smoke a lot of weed before skating to get creative?
I usually smoke weed before I skate. I was high the whole time filming my first skate part. I am most creative and get ideas when I take a break and don’t smoke for a week or so. Then when I get high again I just start writing down stuff like crazy. Sometimes afterwards I don’t even know what I was writing or what some of the ideas were!
Do other skaters make fun of you?
Other skaters do not make fun of me here. People love me, kids know who I am and they like me a lot I think. I even make them laugh sometimes. I think that’s what I like to do. With years of growing you feel less of embarrassment doing anything. I try not to worry about what other people think. Embarrassment just slows your progress. There’s so much love in it, kids ask me for advice and I always push them and say, “sky’s the limit.” I enjoy talking with kids and I like moments when I can act like them, just be a kid myself.
Being a weird skater, do you have any weird fantasies or fetishes?
I don’t think I have any weird fetishes or fantasies – I’m quite normal I guess. Maybe I will have more than one wife, that would be cool. I think warriors like me should get some more care. To tell you the truth, there’s so much stuff I want to try. I want to have a black girl that can ass clap and I would love it if there were three chicks waiting for me at home everyday. When I come home all fucked up from jumping or working, they would take care of me, clean, cook and give me pleasures that I could not imagine.
Do you dream about hot American girls?
American girls, hmm, not really. For me, the best looking girls are in Sarajevo, Bosnia and they are pretty here in Slovenia too. Too much plastic in America if you have those kind of girls in mind. I like natural girls.
Who are some of your heroes or inspirations in skateboarding?
Rodney is my biggest influence. He gave sense to my skateboarding, when I saw his part in Second Hand Smoke I was amazed. I have the original VHS tape at home and when his part starts everything goes blurry, because I’ve watched it so many times. I was amazed how he was creating new tricks that just came from his head. It got me thinking that maybe even I could do something more original, that’s special to me.
I also like skaters like Jeremy Wray, Mike Vallely, Reynolds, Aaron Homoki, Gou Miyagi and Richie Jackson. I don’t like guys with New Era hats, when I go to my local skatepark kids know that they need to hide their hats with those stickers on them…just kidding!
What do you do outside of skateboarding for work?
When I’m not skating I work on sculptures. They are mostly based around skating but I’ve started to become interested in motorcycles too. I also love Martial Arts. So I do 3D figures and reliefs based on the things I love the most. But to live I need to help and work with my dad sometimes and take on other jobs for money too.
Is your goal or dream to be a pro skater?
My goal is to give it my best at what I do! But I’m injured all the time. I just had a back hernia and it was BAD, couldn’t laugh or even walk. I also skated with a broken bone in one of my legs for two months. I was just born to be wild. I would love to be a pro but I don’t really care. For me I’m the best skateboarder in the world, I managed to be what I wanted to be. People are entertained by what I do, and I have a lot of fun doing my thing. There is so much happiness in doing something different and that is mine.
Do you keep up with the skateboard industry? What do you think of Street League?
In 2005 I thought I invented the primo slide, that’s where I am coming from. I was not informed and didn’t follow the skate world. But now I see some stuff. Street League is cool, but I don’t watch it really. This year I watched 5-Incher and Stay Gold. I was impressed by Andrew, Daewon and Haslam. I like to watch Jaws jump crazy shit too. What I follow are martial arts, I was a huge Bruce Lee fan, then I followed Mike Tyson and now I am hyped about K1 kickboxing.
In a way I’m kind of bored by what’s going on in the skate world. All the MTV kids and those new era hats and HD cams and everyone doing frontside big spins. But at least they don’t feel embarrassed when trying a trick. I hope that more embarrassment becomes involved in skateboarding… kidding!
I heard that you broke Danny Way’s world speed record on a skateboard.. Is this true?
Yeah I broke Danny’s record (73MPH). My top speed was 76MPH. I got an even faster time too. With a climbing belt strapped around my waist for training, I hit 77MPH. Currently though, Lance Segerstrom holds the record, but he did it with a holding bar behind a car so there’s less wind and resistance. For the record you are allowed to hold onto a moving vehicle behind or beside it. I thought that it would be too pussy if I did it behind a car.
Has anyone contacted you about skating for them or sponsorship opportunities?
There have been many people that contacted me. The guys from Dwindle even came here but I don’t think I made a good impression. I was too nervous. I have something like social anxiety. For me dealing with media can be harder than doing a hippy jump over a moving car. I am getting better now though. I think that skateboarding helped me become more confident, achieving tricks made me believe I can be someone or do something. When I can do a trick Rodney did, that is a big boost for my confidence and it’s even better when I create a new trick no one else has done.
Who else contacted you?
I talked with the guys from ShredOrDie [Now the RIDE channel], they liked my part and I told them that my dream was to jump the mega ramp in bunny stance. Tony Hawk said he could take me to Bob’s mega ramp, but Bob told Tony that he would invite me personally over email. I don’t know what went wrong but my English and my wishes were a little bit mad and it kind of never happened.
There have been so many people that told me I should go to LA to pursue skating. Usually I don’t have the money, but now I do have it and I can’t sleep cause I don’t know what I should do. Should I go to the states and try to make something out of it or I should buy an old motorcycle? I think I will buy a bike and finish the next skate part which I’m working on now. The video part is half way done and after we release it, I will see. I want to finish what I’ve started and then go. I can say that this new part should spark some more interest, it will be and already is more funny, technical, raw and sexy. It’s the most entertaining part I’ve done yet!
If Tony Hawk called you up and told you he bought you a ticket to LA tomorrow to do the Megaramp in Doggystyle / Frog stance, would you do it?
If he also paid for health insurance! I’m kidding, I would do it, for sure. I would just need to take a lot of sleeping pills. For me it’s scarier flying to L.A. than jumping the mega ramp. I hate planes, I’ve dreamt so many times of crashing. Last time we went to Morocco, I was all sweaty and shaking and the woman sitting beside me was the same or even worse. She was praying to Allah and the plane was looking beat up as hell. The armrest was wrapped in duct tape. When we took off it sounded like someone was starting an old motorbike or lawnmower.
What do you want to be known for at the end of the day?
I want to bring joy to people, make them happy and get them inspired. I want to be known for being an entertainer and doing it my way. Maybe this interview will help me reach my dreams, maybe people will understand me better.
Words: Ian Michna
Photography courtesy of: Almir Jusovic
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so sick! the world needs more people like this, do your own thing mane
Knew about him long time ago and absolutely loved his skating. I suggest watching his part in Obsession (Obsešen) and in general that video was rad.
Haha, I also hate HD and new era hats. I really hope it works out for Almir making a career in skateboarding, under Rondey’s wing in Almost it would be super rad.
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Amended in Senate June 23, 2016
Amended in Senate September 1, 2015
Amended in Assembly June 1, 2015
Amended in Assembly May 4, 2015
Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015
California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session
Assembly BillNo. 1014
Introduced by Assembly Member Thurmond
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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonta)
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(Coauthor: Senator Liu)
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An act to addbegin delete and repeal Section 48270 of the Education Code, relating to pupils.end deletebegin insert Article 10 (commencing with Section 33430) to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of, and to repeal Section 33434 of, the Education Code, relating to education finance.end insert
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
AB 1014, as amended, Thurmond. begin deletePupils: truancy: Our Children’s Success-The Early Intervention Attendance Pilot Grant Program. end deletebegin insertEducation finance: Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund: Learning Communities for School Success Program.end insert
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Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, among other things, established the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is funded by savings that accrue to the state from the implementation of the act. The act provides that, among other purposes, 25% of the funds shall be disbursed to the State Department of Education to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils by reducing truancy and supporting pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
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This bill would establish the Learning Communities for School Success Program for the purpose of implementing that grant program, subject to an appropriation to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in the annual Budget Act or another measure for the purposes of the bill. The bill would specify the administrative duties and responsibilities of the department with respect to the program, including administering grants and coordinating assistance to local educational agencies, as defined. The bill would set forth criteria to guide the department in awarding grants under the program and would specify the purposes for which grant funds may be used. The bill would require the department to submit a final evaluation of the program to the Legislature on or before January 31, 2020.
These provisions would become operative only if SB 527 of the 2015-16 Regular Session is chaptered and becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017.
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Existing law requires a pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse 3 full days in one school year or tardy or absent for more than a 30-minute period during the schoolday without a valid excuse on 3 occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof, to be classified as a truant. Existing law requires, upon a pupil’s initial classification as a truant, a school district to notify the pupil’s parent or guardian of specified information using the most cost-effective method possible.
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This bill would make various findings and declarations regarding truancy. The bill would establish the Our Children’s Success-The Early Intervention Attendance Pilot Grant Program under the administration of the State Department of Education. The program would provide grants to applicant public schools, school districts, and county offices of education seeking to resolve the attendance problems of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive. The bill would provide that the above entities maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 3, inclusive, could apply for grants under the program. The bill would authorize the applications for grants submitted by the above entities to the department to reflect a plan including specified components.
The bill would require the department to give priority in awarding grants to those applicants who demonstrate financial need for the grant and that have the highest truancy rates in urban areas, rural areas, and suburban areas, respectively. The bill would require the grants to be awarded for 3 years and to be used to address attendance problems of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, pursuant to the plans submitted by the applicant. The bill would provide that each grant awarded be for no more than $500,000 and would require the applicant to provide a 20% match. The bill would require an applicant receiving a grant to submit a report, containing specified data, to the department at the conclusion of the grant. The bill would require the department to submit a report, on or before January 1, 2021, to the respective appropriations committees and education committees of the Assembly and the Senate, and would require this report to include a recommendation on whether the grant program should continue. The bill would provide that the above provisions shall not be implemented unless there is an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute, as provided. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2022.
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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
P3 1begin insert
begin insertSECTION 1.end insert
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
(a) The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, approved as
4Proposition 47 by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide
5general election (the act), made significant changes to the state’s
6criminal justice system by reducing the penalties for certain
7nonviolent, nonserious drug and property crimes. The act requires
8the state savings realized from these criminal justice changes to
9be deposited in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund and
10spent on prevention and support services with the intent of reducing
11crime, including truancy and dropout prevention.
(b) The act requires 25 percent of the moneys deposited in the
13Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund to be allocated to the State
14Department of Education for administration of a grant program
P4 1to reduce truancy and support pupils who are at risk of dropping
2out of school or who are victims of crime.
(c) In accordance with the act, the funding provided to K-12
4education should be used to help build the capacity of local
5educational agencies to identify and implement evidence-based,
6nonpunitive programs and practices to keep our most vulnerable
7pupils in school, consistent with each local educational agency’s
8local control and accountability plan, including, but not limited
9to, its goals for pupil engagement and school climate.
(d) California needs to increase the knowledge base concerning
11which strategies are most effective for improving pupil success
12and eliminating the school-to-prison pipeline. One manner in
13which this can be accomplished is for the local educational
14agencies participating in the K-12 education grant program
15pursuant to the act to report and evaluate outcomes using multiple
16measures, while engaging in a broader community of practice that
17disseminates promising and proven strategies to local educational
18agencies statewide.
19begin insert
begin insertSEC. 2.end insert
begin insertArticle 10 (commencing with Section 33430) is added
20to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the end insertbegin insert Education
21Code end insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
23Article begin insert10.end insert The Learning Communities for School Success
24Program
begin insert33430.end insert
The Learning Communities for School Success Program
27is hereby established for the purpose of implementing, pursuant
28to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7599.2 of the
29Government Code, the K-12 education portion of the Safe
30Neighborhoods and Schools Act, as approved as Proposition 47
31by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election.
32Through this program, the department shall administer grants and
33coordinate assistance to local educational agencies to support the
34local educational agencies in identifying and implementing
35evidence-based, nonpunitive programs and practices that are
36aligned with the goals for pupils contained in each of the local
37educational agency’s local control and accountability plan
38pursuant to Section 47606.5, 52060, or 52066, as applicable.
(a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply
40for funding pursuant to this article shall submit an application to
P5 1the department to receive a grant, in a format and by a date
2determined by the department. An application submitted to the
3department by a local educational agency shall include, at a
4minimum, all of the following:
(1) Information about the pupil and school needs within the
6local educational agency.
(2) The activities the local educational agency will undertake
8with the grant funding.
(3) How the activities specified in paragraph (2) support the
10local educational agency’s goals for pupils contained in its local
11control and accountability plan.
(4) How the local educational agency will measure outcomes
13associated with the activities specified in subdivision (e) and
14metrics reported in the local educational agency’s local control
15and accountability plan.
(b) An application shall be for three years of grant funding.
17Consistent with the provisions of this article, the department may
18establish requirements for grantees to meet at the end of the first
19and second years of funding in order to receive funding for the
20remaining grant period.
(c) The department shall determine eligibility for grants and
22the distribution of grant funding based on all of the following
23factors:
(1) Pupil and school needs the local educational agency will
25address with the grant funds.
(2) Number of pupils to be served with the grant funds.
(3) Number, size, and type of participating schools within the
28local educational agency.
(4) Any challenges the local educational agency experiences in
30building capacity for fulfilling the purposes of this article.
(5) The unique characteristics of small school districts, given
32their challenges with economies of scale and access to services in
33rural locations.
(d) (1) Before the initial application deadline, the department
35shall conduct targeted outreach to local educational agencies that
36are likely to be given priority pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
3733432 and shall offer the local educational agencies technical
38assistance as they develop their grant applications.
(2) The department may provide technical assistance with
40application development to any local educational agency that
P6 1requests assistance. This may include assistance from external
2entities the department may contract with as part of the training
3and technical assistance structure established pursuant to Section
(e) The department shall issue application guidelines that
6include, at a minimum, information on the outcome metrics the
7department will use to evaluate the program. When determining
8outcome metrics, the department shall consider metrics currently
9being collected and used by existing federal, state, or local
10programs. Consistent with the objective of the Safe Neighborhoods
11and Schools Act to reduce crime, including truancy and dropout
12prevention, the department shall consider using metrics for pupil
13truancy and school dropout, among others.
(f) In meeting the requirements of this section, the department
15shall consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to,
16representatives of local educational agencies, teachers and other
17school personnel, parents, advocacy organizations with experience
18working with target vulnerable populations, and parent- and
19youth-serving community-based organizations. It the intent of the
20Legislature that stakeholders provide input to the department on
21the design of the application and review process, including the
22size of the grant awards. The stakeholders shall not be involved
23in determining who will be awarded grants.
(a) A local educational agency that receives a grant
25shall use the grant funds for planning, implementation, and
26evaluation of activities in support of evidence-based, nonpunitive
27programs and practices to keep the state’s most vulnerable pupils
28in school, consistent with the local educational agency’s goals for
29the pupil engagement and school climate state priorities as
30identified in its local control and accountability plan pursuant to
31Section 47606.5, 52060, or 52066, as applicable. These activities
32may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Establishing a community school, as defined in Section
3433435.
(2) Implementing activities or programs to improve attendance
36and reduce chronic absenteeism, including, but not limited to,
37early warning systems or early intervention programs.
(3) Implementing restorative practices, restorative justice
39models, or other programs to improve retention rates, reduce
P7 1suspensions and other school removals, and reduce the referral
2of pupils to law enforcement agencies.
(4) Implementing activities that advance social-emotional
4learning, positive behavior interventions and supports, culturally
5responsive practices, and trauma-informed strategies.
(5) Establishing partnerships with community-based
7organizations or other relevant entities to support the
8implementation of evidence-based, nonpunitive approaches to
9further the goals of the program.
(b) In selecting grant recipients pursuant to this article, the
11department shall give priority to a local educational agency that
12meets any of the following criteria:
(1) (A) Has a high rate of chronic absenteeism, out-of-school
14suspension, or school dropout for the general pupil population or
15for a numerically significant pupil subgroup, as identified in a
16local control and accountability plan pursuant to paragraphs (2)
17and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 52052.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “high rate” means a rate
19that exceeds the state average.
(2) Is located in a community with a high crime rate.
(3) Has a significant representation of foster youth among its
22pupil enrollment.
(c) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall
24provide a local contribution of matching expenditures equal to at
25least 20 percent of the total grant award. This local contribution
26can be from cash expenditures or in-kind contributions. A local
27educational agency is encouraged to exceed the 20-percent match
28requirement to enable the local educational agency to sustain the
29activities or programs established under this article beyond the
30three-year grant period.
(d) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall use
32the grant funds to supplement and not supplant the existing
33resources the local educational agency currently allocates for
34purposes specified in this article.
(e) A local educational agency shall not use grant funds to pay
36for law enforcement activities, including personnel or equipment.
(a) The department shall use the funding the Safe
38Neighborhoods and Schools Act authorizes for administrative costs
39pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7599.2 of the Government
40Code, which is no more than 5 percent of the annual funding the
P8 1department receives from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools
2Fund, for the administrative costs of implementing this article,
3including, but not limited to, administering grant awards,
4coordinating the training and technical assistance structure
5described in subdivision (b), and completing the evaluation
6pursuant to Section 33434.
(b) The department shall establish a structure to deliver training
8and technical assistance to grantees using regional workshops
9and technical assistance providers that have expertise on pupil
10engagement, school climate, truancy reduction, and supporting
11pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school or who are victims
12of crime. The department may contract with those providers to
13assist the grantees as well as to serve as a resource for other local
14educational agencies that may use their own funding sources to
15engage in this community of practice.
(a) A local educational agency that receives grant
17funding pursuant to this article shall evaluate and report to the
18governing board of the school district, the county board of
19education, or its chartering authority, as applicable, and the
20department the results of the activities it undertakes pursuant to
21this article. The department shall compile information from grantee
22reports as part of an overall evaluation of the grant program
23implementation. The department shall assess the benefits of
24participation in the program and identify the pupil and school
25outcomes associated with the strategies and programs implemented
26by grantees. The department shall submit an interim report of
27preliminary evaluation findings to the Legislature on or before
28January 31, 2019, and a final evaluation report to the Legislature
29on or before January 31, 2020.
(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a)
31shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
32Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
34section is repealed on January 31, 2024.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions
36apply:
(a) “Community school” means a public school that participates
38in a community-based effort to coordinate and integrate
39educational, developmental, family, health, and other
40comprehensive services through community-based organizations
P9 1and public and private partnerships with one or more community
2partners for the delivery of community services that may be
3provided at a schoolsite to pupils, families, and community
4members.
(b) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county
6office of education, or charter school.
This article shall not become operative unless funds
8are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute to
9the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in accordance with the
10Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act for the purposes specified
11in this article.
begin insertSections 1 and 2 of this act shall become operative
13only if Senate Bill No. 527 of the 2015-16 Regular Session is
14chaptered and becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017.end insert
16following:
17(a) Only 17 percent of chronically absent kindergartners and
18first graders in California read proficiently by grade 3 and pupils
19who do not read proficiently by grade 3 are four times more likely
20to drop out of school. Children who drop out of school cost the
21state more than $46 billion each year, including more than $1
22billion in juvenile crime costs alone.
23(b) Ninety percent of elementary school pupils with severe
24attendance problems, missing 36 or more days in the school year,
25are estimated to be from low-income families.
26(c) In the 2013-14 school year, 250,000 elementary school
27pupils and 1 in 10 pupils from low-income families were
28chronically absent, missing 10 percent or more of the school year.
29(d) In the 2013-14 school year, African American elementary
30school pupils were the highest subgroup, including homeless pupils,
31to be truant and these pupils are chronically truant at four times
32the rate of all other pupils.
33(e) In the 2012-13 school year, one in five, or 744,085,
34elementary school pupils were truant, an increase of 1.2 percent
35from the 2011-12 school year.
36(f) In the 2010-11 school year, California schools lost $1.4
37billion in average daily attendance funding due to pupil absences
38and California school districts have lost over $3.5 billion between
39the 2010-11 and 2013-14 school years.
Section 48270 is added to the Education Code , to read:
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(a) Our Children’s Success-The Early Intervention
2Attendance Pilot Grant Program is hereby established under the
3administration of the department. This grant program is established
4for the purpose of helping public schools resolve the attendance
5problems of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
6(b) A public school, school district, or county office of education
7maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 3, inclusive, seeking
8to participate in the grant program established by this section may
9apply to the department for a grant pursuant to this section. An
10application submitted by a public school, school district, or county
11office of education to the department under this subdivision may
12reflect a plan that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of
13the following components:
14(1) Establishment of a training program for key school officials
15and attendance staff to identify pupils with chronic attendance
16problems upon their second occurrence of tardiness or absence in
17a school year, and the mailing of attendance letters to the pupil’s
18home in a timely manner.
19(2) Establishment of a phone call outreach program, including
20a minimum of two calls from a school official, not limited to a
21recording, to follow up on those pupils whose attendance problems
22continue during that school year after the attendance letters are
23mailed.
24(3) Establishment of a parent advocate position or positions,
25designated for ongoing followup with the pupil and the parent
26throughout the school year to ensure the pupil’s continued
27consistent school attendance. The number of these parent advocate
28positions may vary according to the school’s needs, resources, and
29the parent advocate’s ability to manage the workload.
30(4) Establishment of an outreach worker position or positions
31whose primary job is assisting families with a child or children
32who have ongoing chronic attendance problems. The duties of an
33outreach worker include sending letters, making phone calls and
34home visits, and helping to connect the family to the appropriate
35local, state, or federal programs in order to resolve issues that are
36creating impediments to the child’s consistent attendance in school.
37The number of these outreach worker positions can vary according
38to the applicant’s needs, resources, and the outreach worker’s
39ability to manage the workload.
P11 1(5) Determining that the applicant’s plan is instituted, to the
2best of the applicant’s ability, before a pupil enters the school
3attendance review board process.
4(6) Establishment of a plan for teacher followup with pupils
5with chronic attendance problems to make up for lost instructional
6time.
7(7) Establishment of a plan to track both longitudinal, pupil
8level pupil attendance and aggregate data on tardiness and
9attendance throughout the school year to determine whether
10improvement has been made.
11(8) Establishment of a plan to assess trends in attendance and
12chronic absence rates among pupils who are English learners,
13eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, or are foster youth, as
14those terms are defined in Section 42238.01, and target resources
15towards those groups of pupils who are most at risk for ongoing
16attendance problems.
17(9) (A) Submission of deidentified, aggregate data on chronic
18absence and attendance rates to the Bureau of Children’s Justice
19within the Department of Justice for inclusion in the report “In
20School + On Track” prepared by the Office of the Attorney
21General.
22(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “deidentified” means
23information that cannot be used to identify an individual pupil.
24(c) The applicant shall include an estimate for the amount of
25the grant needed in the application and shall be required to provide
2620 percent matching funds for any amount requested to encourage
27applicants to apply for less than the maximum grant amount
28specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f).
29(d) The grant program established by this section shall not be
30construed as a replacement of, or a substitution for, the school
31attendance review board process as described in this article.
32(e) (1) The department shall award grants under this section
33based on the selection criteria in paragraph (2).
34(2) The department shall give priority to those applicants who
35demonstrate financial need for the grant and with the highest
36truancy rates in each of the following areas:
37 (A) Urban areas.
38 (B) Rural areas.
39(C) Suburban areas.
P12 1(f) (1) Grants under this section shall be awarded for three
2years, and shall be used to address the attendance problems of
3pupils in kindergarten and in grades 1 to 3, inclusive, pursuant to
4the plans submitted by the applicant under subdivision (b).
5(2) Each grant awarded pursuant to this section shall be for no
6more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
7(3) The department shall provide no less than 10 grants.
8(4) The department shall award no more than five million dollars
9($5,000,000) in total grant moneys.
10(g) An applicant that receives a grant under this section shall
11submit a report to the department at the conclusion of the grant.
12This report shall specify how the grant funds were used and the
13strategies employed to address pupil attendance problems. The
14report shall also include pupil attendance data measured both before
15and after the implementation of the grant.
16(h) On or before January 1, 2021, the department shall submit
17a report to the respective committees on appropriations and
18committees on education of the Assembly and the Senate. This
19report shall evaluate the strategies and the attendance data of the
20applicants that received funds from the grant program established
21under this section. The report shall include, but not necessarily be
22limited to, a recommendation on whether the grant program should
23continue.
24(i) This section shall not be implemented unless there is an
25appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these
26purposes. Notwithstanding any other law, funding for this program
27shall not be from savings identified pursuant to the Safe
28Neighborhoods and Schools Act, approved as Proposition 47 by
29the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election.
30(j) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022,
31and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
32is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends that date.
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Premier League relegation battle preview 2016-17
Posted on August 21st 2016 by GuestBlogger
Whilst a relegation preview seems a bit premature considering the unpredictability of the Premier League.
There can be few doubts as to who many would predict to be the main contenders, fighting for survival come March next year.
Those teams who managed the incredibly hard slog of promotion from the Championship will be most people’s front-runners for the drop along with some of the clingers on from last year.
Here, we’ll preview five clubs that I feel will be in and around those dreading three bottom places come the end of the season.
Although they won the Championship last season in convincing style, Burnley will do well to avoid the chop this season. The step up from Championship to Premier League is tough, the gulf in class and money is astronomical, and Burnley haven’t made the most impressive of signings during the transfer window.
Jon Flanagan from Liverpool is probably their most high profile summer signing and that is on a season long loan, thus showing how hard it is to compete in the window without significant financial backing.
There is hope however and a few names in the squad suggest promise; Tom Heaton was taken to France with Roy Hodgson in the summer and although he didn’t play the experience will have buoyed his confidence. Sam Vokes is always dangerous when he gets a chance and with them likely to be few and far between, a man who can finish whenever will be a welcome addition.
Sean Dyche is also going to play an important part in keeping them up, his previous experience in the Premier League coupled with his tenacious attitude will be brilliant in the dressing room and if they can stay up on attitude alone, then he is going to be crucial.
Boro are a side who have shown what financial backing can do for a club making the step up. Massive marquee signings Victor Valdes and Alvaro Negredo are seemingly ridiculous for a club just being promoted but Middlesbrough are a club with great history in the Premier League and they will be hoping that this opportunity to become a mainstay in the league once more will be one that they can grasp with both hands.
Jordan Rhodes will be a brilliant partner for Negredo and they will certainly cause a lot of teams a problem this season, no matter who they face in defence. I can see Boro scoring a lot but this could backfire if they focus too heavily on attack and neglect the defence.
Aitor Karanka is a decent manager who is finding his feet in England and this will be his first taste of the Premier League. We have seen foreign managers thrive in recent years and there is no reason why he cannot mastermind a decent season for Middlesbrough this year.
Hull are seemingly a club facing a bit of a crisis this summer break. Having lost Steve Bruce a couple of weeks ago, they are still without a manager and have done little in the transfer window to suggest that they will challenge anyone this season in the Premier League.
Their one point of optimism can perhaps come from the fact that they have only been out of the top flight for a short period of time and many of their squad have ample Premier League experience; Tom Huddlestone, Ahmed Elmohamady and Abel Hernandez have all played there before along with a host of other names. They will not feel overwhelmed by going to big grounds and this could hold them in good stead.
Another high point is their defence, Curtis Davies, Michael Dawson and Alex Bruce have all played in the Premier League before and could quite easily get into a lot of middle of the table squads today. They will be a tough nut to crack and nobody will go to the KCOM Stadium looking for an easy win. This stubbornness and perseverance could easily see them stay up this season although injury and a lack of decent strikers could also see them struggle.
The team who just avoided the drop last season have since lost their survival expert manager to the England set up and I think this alone is reason to nail them down for relegation this season. In the past few seasons they have struggled to stay up and managed it by the skin of their teeth, this season I feel will be a step too far.
They have done little of note in the transfer window and the appointment of David Moyes is unlikely to have been one to fill fans with confidence after his capitulation at Manchester United.
Whilst they obviously have players with Premier league experience, they failed to perform on too many occasions last season and there is little to suggest that anything will change this year. Jermain Defoe will get them goals as he always does but at the age of 33, it is unreasonable to expect him to score enough to keep them up.
Finally, I am predicting the Hornets to have a tough season this year. Whilst they were a breath of fresh air in the first half of last season, with Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney terrifying defences all over the country, they faltered towards the end and were certainly a team on relegation form come May.
They are another team that has found it difficult to do anything miraculous in the transfer window and if they are to carry on in the style that they did at the end of last season then they will definitely be in and around the drop zone this season.
The hope will be however that Ighalo and Deeney can rekindle their terrifying partnership and fire them towards a mid-table finish. They also have to deal with the loss of Quique Sanchez Flores and although Walter Mazzarri is a big name in management the first season for a new manager is usually the hardest and with a squad lacking quality in depth he may find this exceedingly tough.
Watford however are my outsiders for relegation and if forced to predict the bottom three at the end of the season I would probably go for Burnley, Sunderland and Hull simply due to the fact that Middlesbrough have had such a brilliant transfer window whilst the other clubs have struggled to add any quality names to their books.
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Tags: Abel Hernandez, Ahmed Elmohamady, Aitor Karanka, Alex Bruce, Alvaro Negredo, Boro, Burnley, Curtis Davies, David Moyes, Hull City, Jermain Defoe, Jon Flanagan, Jordan Rhodes, KCOM Stadium, Michael Dawson, Middlesbrough, Odion Ighalo, Premier League, Premier League Relegation Battle, Quique Sanchez Flores, Sam Allardyce, Sam Vokes, Sean Dyche, Steve Bruce, Sunderland, The Hornets, Tom Heaton, Tom Huddlestone, Troy Deeney, Victor Valdes, Walter Mazzarri, Watford
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"Papa Francisco: The Pope Francis Story" in Cinemas September 30
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Earlier this year, last January, Pope Francis, the leader of the world’s more than 1 billion Catholics visited the country who inspired and left an unforgettable imprint within the nation with his warm, sincere and jolly persona as he evangelized of the gospel and God’s love for the mankind.
Keeping the light and love that Pope Francis left, the upcoming movie entitled “Papa Francisco: The Pope Francis Story” further brings the Pope closer to the nation as the movie takes us back to his younger days in Argentina until the time he was elected as Pope. The movie, also known in other territories as “Francis: Pray For Me” is based on the book “Pope Francis: Life and Revolution” by Elisabetta Piqué, a close friend of the Pope and a correspondent in Italy and the Vatican for La Nación, Argentina’s main newspaper, since 1999.
Pique’s book has been hailed in Argentina as the most complete and up-to-date portrait of the pope. The movie “Papa Francisco: The Pope Francis Story” brings us far back in Buenos Aires when as a teenager, Pope Francis quietly discovered his religious calling, little did he know that this was the first step that would eventually lead him to the Vatican. The movie then takes on the perspective of young Spanish journalist Ana (played by Silva Abascal) who met Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Dario Grandinetti taking on the titular role) at the papal conclave of 2005. It is here that they started a friendship that would be imbued with the same warmth, good mood and wisdom with which the future Pope will astonish both believers and non-believers.
It is through Ana’s eyes that the audience will follow the long, hard and touching story of Jorge Bergoglio. Father Jorge, as he has always wished to be called, used his position as the archbishop of Buenos Aires as a means to challenge the corruption and abuse of the government dictatorship. Ana was there to see his toughest battles when he gave a voice to those who had none, the victims of prostitution, slavery and drug trafficking within the many shanty towns. Their story comes full circle at the conclave of 2013 when a Jesuit priest coming from South America is elected on the fifth papal ballot as Pope. The son of humble Italian immigrants, he chooses Francis as his Papal name partially in honor of his Grandmother for she impressed upon him the biblical values of Saint Francis when he was a young boy. The name Francis perfectly summarizes the life of Father Jorge. He is a man who placed the Gospel’s message of helping the needy at the heart of his pastoral work.
Award-winning writer-director and actors abound in “Papa Francisco: The Pope Francis Story” - directed by Beda Docampo Feijoo who won Best Screenpaly in the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards for his work in the movie “El Marido Perfecto” in 1993 with Juan Bautista Stagnaro with acclaimed actors Dario Grandinetti in the titular Pope Francis role who won an International Emmy Award for Best Actor in 2012 and Silvia Abascal who was awarded Best Actress in Toulouse Cinespana and Malaga Spanish Film Festivals.
From Pioneer Films, get to know the Pope who fearlessly fought against poverty and corruption amidst overwhelming odds when “Papa Francisco: The Pope Francis Story” opens in local cinemas nationwide this September 30.
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The Knox Trophy – West Point USMA’s Oldest Award
October 3, 2009 February 14, 2016 Mr. Local History
The Knox Trophy is an award that was established on October 8, 1910 and given annually by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York to the United States Military Academy cadet with the highest rating for military efficiency. Named in honor of Henry Knox, the first US Secretary of War, the original trophy, made by Tiffany & Company was originally kept on display in the office of the West Point Commandant and is the oldest continuously presented award at the US Military Academy.
2010 will mark the 100th anniversary of the presentation of the Knox Trophy. According to the Sons of the Revolution in New York (SRNY), the trophy was designed by Tiffany & Company and stands 16″ tall and has a diameter of 9″ and was created when Edmund Wetmore was the Presidents of SRNY.
On Saturday, October 8, 1910, to celebrate the anniversary of the Continental Army’s October 1777 victorious Saratoga Campaign that convinced the French to join the war, the Sons of the Revoluton (NY) First Vice President Mr. Robert Olyphant, on behalf of the Society visited with a contingency and addressed the Cadets at West Point and presented them the large silver cup, the Knox Trophy. Lieutenant Colonel W. S. Sibley, USA , Commandant of Cadets received the cup on behalf of the United States Military Academy. Edmund Wetmore, President of the Sons of the Revolution in New York was unable to attend due to illness.
On that Saturday in 1910, Lieutenant Colonel Sibley was quoted as saying;
“It is especially appropriate that such a trophy should be presented by the descendants of the noble men who so heroically fought for and achieved the independence of this Nation to the young graduate about to enter upon his career as a soldier whose duty it will be to defend this liberty so hardly won by our ancestors. I thank you in the name of the Corps of Cadets.”
The Knox Trophy exhibit at Fraunces Tavern museum (photo: upper left) was designed and created by former SRNY President, Dr. Laurence Simpson. Since the early 1960s, each winner has received a similar keepsake Tiffany silver Revere Bowl. The Cadet keepsake bowl, alongside a print of General Henry Knox, is on display at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan. The Sons of the Revolution of New York owns and operates Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan, which is near Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange. It’s one of the most prestigious and famous historic landmarks in the United States. Part museum and part live tavern/restaurant, if you haven’t been, you need to put it on your bucket list.
Why the Name Knox
Why name the trophy after General Knox? Even though he was often referred to as “the forgotten General”, Knox was actually one of General Washington’s three closest generals and one of his best friends. But many don’t know that not only was he the father of the American artillery, he was also the co- founder of the US Navy. Knox was also the founder of the first Military Arsenal (Springfield, MA), and America’s first military Artillery Academy (Pluckemin, NJ). He commanded West Point, which later became the USMA. Knox organized what is known today as organized Society of Cincinnati, and became the first US Secretary of War. A noted bookseller in his early days, he was also a brick maker, a cattle raiser, ship builder, lumber cutter, and a dedicated family man with one wife and 12 children. Kind of ironic that such a dedicated military man didn’t die on the battle field, but was actually taken down and killed from a lodged chicken bone. True.
Knox Trophy Recipients
What type of Cadets have won the Knox Trophy? You will see some the top Army officers on that list; William Westmoreland, Pete Dawkins (1959 Heisman Trophy winner/halfback), and several others, including John P. McConnell who was later the US Air Force Chief of Staff. Four of the Knox trophy winners became four star generals. Three winners are currently stationed at West Point. The majority of the winners were also the First Captain at the time of their graduation, the highest ranking senior cadet at the Academy. You can see the entire list at the end of the post.
” West Point chooses the recipient each year,” noted Dr. Simpson. “Currently the award is presented to the graduating senior cadet with the highest score in military science. The award is given annually at a special ceremony prior to graduation.” Each winner’s name and the year they receive the award are inscribed on the keepsake trophy.
Photo Above: Awards convocation May 31, 2002 – The Knox Trophy presented to Cadet Andrew T. Blickhahn by Dr. Laurence S. Simpson, president – Sons of the Revolution in the State of NY ——————————————-
According to Dan Coleman, a Sons of the Revolution in NY president in the late 70’s early 80’s, “the trophy was prominently displayed in the foyer of the hall where the ceremony was held.” The photo at the right was held in Eisenhower Hall, a later building used for the ceremony.
Sherman L. Fleek, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret) United States Military Academy Command Historian noted, “The cadets undergo months and months, years actually of leadership evaluations, testing, training, and so on, since the trophy winners seemed to be First Captains because the First Captain excelled in leadership.”
Lt. Col. Fleek has promised that he’ll let us know when he locates the actual trophy. The Sons of the Revolution in New York is also looking into where the original trophy is being kept and displayed.
No one seems to know exactly where the original trophy resides today, but it is suspected to be in the USMA West Point Museum somewhere, according to military officials.
Sounds like another trip to the USMA in West Point is in order.
More Knox Awards
Researching further, there was also another Knox Trophy and Knox Metal that was presented by the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1922-1940. Why a state level organization presented the award is unclear, but nonetheless the name was clearly to mark artillery excellence in the name of Major General Henry Knox.
On another note, interestingly, 1924 also is the year an annual competition to determine the best small cavalry unit in the Army was established. Named the Draper Combat Leadership Award, this cavalry competition was first held at Fort Riley, Kansas– then the home of the Cavalry School. Click Here to read more.
In case you’re wondering – the wikipedia post about the Knox Trophy originated here, not the other way around.
Download pages from the Flintlock & Powderhorn Vol. 5 Winter 1987 including ALL the winners of the Knox Trophy from 1910 -1987 – Click Here
To learn more about the Sons of the Revolution and Fraunces Tavern – Click Here
To learn more about the history of West Point – Click Here
To learn more about where General Knox created his first military training academy before West Point – Click Here.
If you’re looking for a fun day out, go visit the West Point region. Here’s a great website. Click Here
List of Knox Trophy Recipients
Most of the recipients were the First Captain of their graduating class, but it is not a requirement to win the award. You will see some of America’s top Army officers on that list; William Westmoreland, Pete Dawkins (1959 Heisman Trophy winner/halfback), and several others, including John P. McConnell who was later the US Air Force Chief of Staff. Four of the Knox trophy winners became four star generals. As of 1987, three winners were stationed at West Point. The 1955 winner, Col. Lee D. Olvey, head of the Department of Social Sciences. The 1968 winner LTC John L. Throckmorton, Jr., Treasurer of the USMA, LTC Robert H. Baldwin, Jr., professor / Department of Social Sciences.
2015 – TBC
2009 – Justin Wei Sen Lee
2008 – Jason Crabtree, First Captain USMA
2007 – Jonathan C. Nielsen, First Captain USMA
2006 – Peter J. Cacossa
2005 – James M. Edelen
2004 – Joseph Z. Wells
2003 – John R. Rhodes, Jr.
2002 – Andrew T. Blickhahn, First Captain USMA
2001 – Jonathan J. Hopkins
2000 – Scott Handler
1999 – Robert M. Shaw, First Captain USMA
1998 – Robert K. Bryant
1997 – Joseph M. Ewers
1996 – Scott M. Naumann
1995 – Hans J. Pung, First Captain USMA
1994 – Howard H. Hoege, First Captain USMA
1993 – Shawn Lance Daniel, First Captain USMA
1992 – Omar J. Jones IV, First Captain USMA
1991 – Douglas P. McCormick, First Captain USMA
1990 – Kristin M. Baker, First Captain USMA , first female recipient, First Woman Brigade Commander
1989 – Mark M. Jennings, First Captain USMA
1988 – Gregory H. Louks, First Captain USMA
1987 – John Kai Tien, Jr., First Captain USMA
1986 – Timothy Alan Knight, First Captain USMA
1985 – Brian Lawrence Dosa, First Captain USMA
1984 – William Edward Rapp, First Captain USMA
1983 – Lawrence John Kinde, First Captain USMA
1982 – John William Nicholson, Jr., First Captain USMA
1981 – Stanley Raymon March, First Captain USMA
1980 – Vincent Keith Brooks, First Captain USMA
1979 – John Joseph Cook III, First Captain USMA
1978 – James Allen Hoffman II, First Captain USMA
1977 – Kenneth Franklin Miller, First Captain USMA
1976 – Richad Morales, Jr., First Captain USMA
1975 – James Kevin Abcouwer, First Captain USMA
1974 – Jack Edward Pattison, First Captain USMA
1973 – Joseph Phillips Tallman, First Captain USMA
1972 – Robert Lewis Van Antwerp, Jr., First Captain USMA
1971 – Thomas Alan Pyrz, First Captain USMA
1970 – John Thomas Connors, First Captain USMA
1969 – Robert Henry Baldwin,Jr., First Captain USMA
1968 – John Lathrop Throckmorton, Jr., First Captain USMA
1967 – Jack Bruce Wood, First Captain USMA
1966 – Norman Elliott Fretwell, First Captain USMA
1965 – Carl Robert Arvin, First Captain USMA
1964 – Richard Allen Chilcoat, First Captain USMA
1963 – Richard Everett Eckert, First Captain USMA
1962 – James Raiford Ellis, First Captain USMA , graduated with James Kimsey of AOL fame.
1961 – Harold Michael Hannon, First Captain USMA
1960 – Charles Paddoc Otstott, First Captain USMA
1959 – Peter Miller Dawkins, First Captain USMA, Heisman Trophy winner,Brigadier General, CEO Primerica,Vice Chair CitiGroup Private Bank, Royal Oak, MI
1958 – Robert Francis Durkin, First Captain USMA, Major General, Director Defense Mapping Agency,Washington DC. Youngstown, OH
1957 – William Thomas Huckabee III, First Captain USMA
1956 – Robert Gordon Farris, First Captain USMA , fellow graduate H. Norman Schwarzkopf Commander-in-Chief
1955 – Lee Donne Olvey, First Captain USMA
1954 – John Chapman Bard, First Captain USMA
1953 – Robert Erwin Barton, First Captain USMA
1952 – Gordon David Carpenter, First Captain USMA
1951 – William Joseph Ryan, First Captain USMA, fellow graduate Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Astronaut
1950 – John Michael Murphy, First Captain USMA , fellow graduate Frank Borman,Astronaut and CEO Eastern Airlines
1949 – Harry Agustus Griffith, First Captain USMA
1948 – Arnold Web Braswell, First Captain USMA
1947 – William Jackson Schuder, First Captain USMA (same class as Alexander M.Haige
1946 – Amos Azariah Jordan, Jr., First Captain USMA
1945 – Robert Evans Woods , First Captain USMA
1944 – John Holloway Cushman, First Captain USMA
1943 – Jun – Bernard William Rogers ,First Captain USMA
1943 – Jan – James Edward Kelleher , First Captain USMA
1942 – Carl Columbus Hinkle, Jr., First Captain USMA
1941 – John Norton , First Captain USMA
1940 – John Finzer Presnell, Jr., First Captain USMA
1939 – James Lewis Cantrell, First Captain USMA
1938 – Harold Killian Kelley, First Captain USMA
1937 – Stanley Lowell Smith, First Captain USMA
1936 – William Childs Westmoreland, First Captain USMA, WWII and Vietnam service, Time Magazines Man of Year 1965, Saxon, SC
1935 – Herbert Caran Gee, First Captain USMA
1934 – John de P.Townsend Hills, First Captain USMA
1933 – Kenneth E. Fields, First Captain USMA
1932 – John Paul McConnell, First Captain USMA, four-star General, and US Air Force Chief of Staff, Booneville, AK
1931 – John Knight Waters , First Captain USMA, Four Star General, Son in Law to Patton. Commandant USMA 1946
1930 – Ralph Powell Swofford, Jr., First Captain USMA
1929 – Bruce Douglas Rindlaub, First Captain USMA
1928 – James Elbert Briggs, , First Captain USMA, Rochester, NY
1927 – Charles Edward Martin, First Captain USMA
1926 – Raymond Coleman Maude, First Captain USMA
1925 – Charles Eskridge Saltzman, First Captain USMA
1924 – Robert Vernon Lee ,SC, First Captain USMA
1923 – Hugh Wagner Downing (Not First Captain)
1922 – Charles Joseph Barrett, First Captain USMA
1921 – George Hamden Olmsted, , First Captain USMA
1920 – Howard Louis Peckham
1919 – Hugh Ambrose Murrill
1918 – John Thornton Knight, Jr.
1917 – Robert Marks Bathurst
1916 – Raymond George Moses, First Captain USMA
1915 – Roscoe Barnett Woodruff, First Captain USMA (was also the class of Dwight David Eisenhower) 59 out of the 164 graduates rose to the rank of Brigadier General or higher
1914 – James Bell Cress, First Captain USMA
1913 – David Edward Cain, , First Captain USMA ,MO
1912 – William Dean, First Captain USMA
1911 – Benjamin Curtis Lockwook, Jr., First Captain USMA,Columbus Barracks, OH
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Slipper limpet, Crepidula fornicata
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Invasion history
Ecology & Habitat
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Short description of Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
Shell is oval and up to 5 cm in length. The large shell opening has a shelf, extending half its length. Shell is smooth and white, cream, yellow or pinkish in colour with streaks or blotches of red or brown. Commonly found in curved chains or stacks made up of several individuals.
Description of Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet status in GB
Well established on the southern coasts of England and Wales and spreading northward. Now present on the east coast (up to Spurn Head) and west coast (up to Cardigan Bay) of England and in Scotland.
Habitat summary: Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
Adults live on the seabed on a variety of surfaces in a wide range of environmental conditions. Reaches its highest densities in wave protected muddy areas. Often attaches to the shells of dead and living hard-shelled invertebrates including scallops, crabs, whelks and mussels. Larvae are pelagic and are found in the water column.
Overview table
Species status:
Native range:
Mexico, Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Functional type:
Filter-feeder
Status in England:
Status in Scotland:
Status in Wales:
Location of first record:
Date of first record:
Invasion history: Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
The native range of the slipper limpet is from Point Escuminac, Canada along the eastern coast of America, down to the Caribbean.
First Record
Several successful GB introductions reported, the earliest was into Essex between 1887 and 1890. Populations found in Liverpool Bay in 1872 are thought to have since died out.
Pathway and Method
Most likely to have been imported with American oysters (Crassostrea virginica). May also be transported in ballast water, fouling on vessels and other man made objects, with fisheries and mariculture and naturally, attached to mobile "host" organisms.
Species Status
The slipper limpet has been introduced into numerous locations around Europe and on the western coast of America. It is thought to have been introduced into the Solent in the 1930s and by the 1970s, was thought to be the most dominant seabed creature in the area. By the 1960s, the population had spread to Start Point Devon and the species is currently common along the entire southern coast of England. This rapid domination and spread has been mirrored in suitable habitats elsewhere around Europe.
Ecology & Habitat: Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
Dispersal Mechanisms
The larvae can move by themselves but are mostly carried by water movement, and can travel several kilometres a day. Direction of currents could be responsible for dispersal along northern European shores. Larvae can also be transported for several days in ballast water, being released into harbours or bays. Adults are able to attach to mobile species and ‘hitch’ a lift to new areas, such species include the common whelk (Buccinum undatum) the king scallop (Pecten maximus), turtles and crustaceans that scatter individuals when they moult.
The lower members of a slipper limpet chain are female, the upper, smaller members are male, and a central ‘zone’ is occupied by those changing sex. Breeding occurs between February and October, with peak activity in May and June. Most females spawn twice in a year, mainly after neap tides. Up to 11000 eggs in Stalked egg capsules are brooded under the foot of the female, attached to the inside of the shell or the foot. Young hatch as larvae after 3-4 weeks or less in warmer temperatures. The planktonic larval stage lasts 4-5 weeks and the larvae settle mainly in June-July in isolation or on top of an established chain. If an individual settles in isolation it will experience a brief male period, rapidly becoming a female, especially if another individual settles on it to initiate chain formation. If an individual settles on a chain it develops and remains as a male for up to 6 years, apparently stimulated to do so by pheromones released by females lower in the stack. Sex change takes approximately 60 days, during which the penis regresses and the pouches and glands of the female duct develop. This only occurs to the bottom-most male in a stack.
Known Predators/Herbivores
Likely to be preyed upon by certain species of crab, bird predatory starfish and predatory snails. Although experiments have shown the common shore crab (Carcinus maenus) and the starfish (Asterias rubens) prefer to feed on native mussels. Slipper limpets are also preyed on by the invasive American oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea).
Resistant Stages
The slipper limpet is tolerant of a wide range of temperature conditions through all life stages and can survive low water quality.
Habitat Occupied in GB
A range of seabed types, most abundant in areas of muddy seabed, with hard surfaces such as shells and cobbles. Also prefers areas sheltered from wave action suc as inlets, bays and estuaries. Will also occur on hard substrates and exposed areas in lower densities, both intertidally and below the low-water mark.
Distribution: Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
Native range from Point Escuminac (47oN) on the Canadian coastline down to the Caribbean Islands and Mexico. The slipper limpet is now distributed in Europe from Norway to the Mediterranean, with population explosions on the Atlantic coast of France, south and south-west England and the southern Netherlands. Also common along the Washington State coastline, USA, and the coasts of Honshu and Shikoku Islands, Japan. In GB, it is present on the east coast south of Spurn Head, the length of the south coast and northwards along the west coast to Cardigan Bay and has been recorded in Scotland and around the Hebridean Islands.
Impacts: Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
Spatial competition occurs when numerous stacks of slipper limpets prevent other seabed species from settling and through the deposition of faeces and sediments they reduce hard-surface habitat availability. Competition for food may occur with other filter feeding species, including certain bivalves. Attachment to species, including mussels and mobile species may lead to a reduction in survival, growth and reproduction of the host. On a large scale, slipper limpet stacks have been shown to disturb normal water flow, trapping fine suspended particles. Large numbers can also reduce drainage of oyster beds during ebb tides, disturbing oyster metabolism.
Health and Scoial Impact
A loss of amenity value caused by slipper limpet infestation may occur. In addition, traditional fishing practices may be affected and in areas heavily dependant on fishing, these social impacts may be serious.
Bivalve fisheries and mariculture: Additional costs are likely to be associated with cleaning shells fouled with slipper limpets and sorting and gathering heavily infested catches. Loss of habitat for commercially important species may also occur The UK mussel and oyster fishery was worth £39.8 million in 2007. Oyster and mussel mariculture may also be affected by fouling, reducing the value of produce and increasing cleaning and handling time. Slipper limpet infestation may also lead to restrictions on movement of stock for growing and selling, leading to loss of revenue.
References & Links: Crepidula fornicata, Slipper limpet
Rayment, W.J. (2007) Crepidula fornicata. Slipper limpet. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Available from <http:www.marlin.ac.ukspeciesCrepidulafornicata.htm>
Biology, ecology, spread, vectors
Blanchard, M. (1997) Spread of the slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata (L. 1758) in Europe. Current state and consequences. Scientia Marina, 61, 109-118.
de Montaudouin, X. & Sauriau, P.G. (1999) The proliferating Gastropoda Crepidula fornicata may stimulate macrozoobenthic diversity. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 79, 1069-1077.
de Montaudouin, X., Audemard, C. & Labourg, P.J. (1999) Does the slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata, L.) impair oyster growth and zoobenthos biodiversity? A revisited hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 235, 105-124.
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. (1981) The Prosobranch Molluscs of Britain and Denmark. Part 6. olluscs of Britain and Denmark. part 6. Journal
Hessland, I., 1951. Notes on Crepidula fornicata's further invasion of Europe. Arkiv för Zoologi, 2, 525-528.
Rayment, W.J. (2007) Crepidula fornicata. Slipper limpet. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Available from www.marlin.ac.ukspeciesCrepidulafornicata.htm
Management and impact
FitzGerald. A. (2007) Slipper Limpet Utilisation and Management. Report to Port of Truro Oyster Management Group.
Global Invasive Species Database (2009) Fact sheet for Crepidula fornicata. Available from: www.issg.orgdatabasespeciesecology.asp?si=600&fr=1&sts
Gallery: Slipper limpet
GB Distribution from NBN Atlas
Author's name:
Harvey Tyler-Walters
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On the Second Day of Yom Tov
[Tzvi Kodesh, pp. 59-60]
In his youth, our Rabbi, Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah, had difficulty learning without distractions in Eretz Yisrael, since he was the famous son of Maran Ha-Rav Kook. After consulting with his father and Ha-Rav Binyamin Menasheh Levin, he decided "to be exiled to a place of Torah" (Pirkei Avot 4:14 and see Igrot Re'eiyah vol. 2, letter 567 #2). He traveled to learn and teach in Halberstadt, Germany. On the second day of Yom Tov, our Rabbi would act like those who live in Eretz Yisrael regarding Tefillin and Havdalah but he would do so in private (One who is temporarily located in a different place than his home acts according to the stricture of the place from which he left and according to the strictures of the place to which he came - Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 468. He must therefore put on Tefillin in private on his weekdays, and similarly perform Havdalah in private without extinguishing the candle - Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 493 and Mishnah Berurah #13, Chayei Adam 103:4 and see Shut Orach Mishpat #157-159 at length.
Despite all of our Rabbi's efforts to conceal his ways, the matter because known to the youths because of their great interest in him. They were not experts in the laws, and they did not know that there is only one day of Yom Yov in Eretz Yisrael. They were shocked: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah is putting on Tefillin on Yom Tov! He was concerned that the matter could impinge on the holiness of the Second Day of Yom Tov, and he therefore explained to them that there is only one day in Eretz Yisrael. Afterwards he heard them saying: If there is a difference between the Jews of Eretz Yisrael and the Jews outside of the Land, the Jews of Eretz Yisrael are obviously correct because of the abundant holiness of Eretz Yisrael, and we should therefore act like them. Our Rabbi responded: On the contrary, out of the faith of the holiness of the Land of Israel, one must understand that it is not possible to have the same order in Eretz Yisrael and outside of Eretz Yisrael, and there must be two days outside of the Land. The youths were not convinced. Our Rabbi then said that we must know that there can only be definite and clear Judaism in the Land of Israel since there can only be an ordained Beit Din in Israel, while there is doubtful Judaism outside of Israel. The observance of two days of Yom Tov outside of the Land expresses the belief in the holiness of the Land of Israel. One who is satisfied with one day of a holiday outside of Israel and disgraces the Second Day of Yom Tov is a heretic regarding the holiness of Eretz Yisrael. He ended with the strong words at the end of Massechet Berachot (63) that it is impossible to sanctify months outside of Israel and to create an independent Judaism which stands on its own outside the Land.
One young man explained the words of our Rabbis that in Eretz Yisrael one day contains the holiness of both days of Yom Tov outside of the Land. Our Rabbi pointed out that the holiness of the Land is not based upon human, emotional, societal values but upon essential, Divine values, and Eretz Yisrael is the Land of Hashem (from Tzemach Tzvi, igeret 27).
Much later when our Rabbi was with Maran Ha-Rav Kook in Switzerland, he related that on the Second Day of Yom Tov when they davened with the community, his father told him to skip over some of the verses in Hallel based on the statement of our Sages (Shabbat 118b): "Anyone who recites Hallel every day blasphemes" (from Le-Shelosha Be-Elul [Mehadurat 5763], p. 54, #50).
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Reading and Henley Careers services win national award – University of Reading
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Reading and Henley Careers services win national award
The University of Reading and Henley Business School Careers teams have been awarded ‘Best University Careers/Employability Service' at the National Undergraduate Employment Awards.
This award, sponsored by Microsoft, celebrates the outstanding contributions made by career services in helping students apply and maximise their work experience opportunities. The judges highlighted the collaboration and creativity of the careers offering and the further development of industry and employer relationships, which saw a 34% year-on-year increase in employers on campus.
Some of the specific employment initiatives that stood out to the judges include:
Employer Panel series - this new initiative has seen more than 50 employers giving over 400 students insights into work experience through a Question Time style format.
Reading Internship Scheme - the Scheme develops undergraduates' employability skills and contributes to salary costs of internships in sectors that are often unpaid or expenses only.
Thrive Career Mentoring Scheme - the Scheme is designed for students in their penultimate year of study and gives them a year of mentoring from a professional in their chosen career, which can include: workplace visits, networking opportunities, CV advice and interview technique. The Scheme has rapidly grown, with 250 students being mentored in 2016/17 to more than 400 students being mentored this year.
‘Pizza, Prosecco and Placements' event - targeted at first year students enrolled on a placement year, this new event gives students the opportunity to network with careers advisers, placement co-ordinators and their peers.
‘Meet the Professionals' - these sessions provide a spotlight on specific industries, including a partnership with the Civil Service Fast Stream, which aims to get young people interested in working for the Civil Service.
Henley Business Leaders Programme - creative events designed to stretch students' comfort zones and build confidence, including Lego Serious Play, Leading with Humour and Escape Rooms.
In addition to introducing new initiatives, the Careers teams have focused on driving further student engagement and awareness of careers services by developing a new brand identity, introducing weekly careers newsletters, embedding careers modules into the curriculum as part of a three-year project and continuing to promote the services by attending Open Days and through social media platforms.
Reading and Henley Business School received the award at a ceremony in February.
Dr Andrea Kreideweiss, Director of Careers and Employability at the University of Reading, said: "We are delighted that Reading Careers and Henley Business School Careers have jointly been awarded Best Careers Service 2018."
Naeema Pasha, Director of Henley Careers at Henley Business School, said: "The Award recognises the comprehensive work the University and the School undertake to provide students with best in class career education, exposure to organisations they care about and dedicated one careers coaching when it matters most."
Hannah Houston, final year student said: "Help from the Careers centre has surpassed all my expectations. It helped me understand what was important when writing a cover letter to make yourself stand out, challenged me when learning about competency based interviews and provided a number of workshops which have been vital to my job search."
Careers workshops or one-to-one careers discussions can be booked by visiting My Jobs Online.
For more information and online resources, visit the University of Reading Careers website or the Henley Business School Careers website.
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