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Custom Orthotics
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Whether you're treating an injury, preventing an injury, or just trying to be comfortable, Ski Tek Orthotics can help. Orthotics are inserts put into a shoe to improve comfort, prevent/ treat medical injuries. When your feet aren't supported, your body pays the price. Orthotics are a medically recognized treatment for collapsed arches, foot pain, neuromas, plantar fasciitis, traumatic injury, circulation issues, diabetic symptoms, congenital conditions, body alignment, and more.
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There are around 1000 certified Pedorthists in the US, but there's need for thousands more. There's an epidemic of collapsed arches in the US, due to life lived in bad shoes on concrete and unnatural surfaces. And in a valley full of adventurers, injuries are incredibly common. Pedorthics are more important than ever.
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Jeremy Hickey
is from From North Conway, New Hampshire. He studied at OSU Institute of Technology and at Southern New Hampshire University. He moved to Idaho because he heard Brent calling his name in his sleep. Outside of SkiTek, Jeremy is the "sole" owner and operator at SandSole, where he makes sand and wax casted ortotics and sandals.
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BLOG - Some News Under the Sun >
PUC backs selling of solar surplus (Press Democrat)
posted Jan 29, 2016, 10:05 AM by geoffrey@climateprotection.org [ updated Mar 1, 2016, 9:51 AM ]
PUC backs selling of solar surplus
Decision affecting homeowners, businesses hailed by SR advocate
By SCOTT SMITH ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRESNO — California homeowners and businesses installing rooftop solar panels can keep offsetting their energy bills by sending surplus power back to the grid, regulators said Thursday in a decision celebrated by the solar industry.
New guidelines narrowly approved by the Public Utilities Commission add fees to future solar users, but they fall short of what utility companies sought to charge customers for their use of the grid. Solar customers will pay up to $150 in a onetime fee for connecting to the grid and up to $10 each month. Existing solar customers aren’t affected by the changes approved by the commission in a 3-2 vote.
Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California Solar Energy Industries Association, said that the ever-dropping costs of solar equipment should offset the new fees.
“At the end of the day, going solar in California will remain a very good economic investment,” Del Chiaro said, adding that Nevada and other states have raised fees on customers, pushing the solar industry out of the market.
“This has been a clear signal that California is building our grid in a different way,” she said.
Geoffrey Smith of Solar Sonoma County, part of the nonprofit Center for Climate Protection, hailed the decision as a way to bring certainty to consumers considering whether to buy solar panels. A typical home installation costs $16,000-$20,000 and takes 5-7 years to pay for itself, he said.
“It’s very exciting,” said Smith, who attended the commission meeting in San Francisco. “I would say people are in a very celebratory mood tonight.”
Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and PG&E pressed the commission to charge solar owners heftier fees so the cost of running the grid doesn’t fall on non-solar customers.
PG&E spokeswoman Ari Vanrenen said in a statement that the power company supports the continued growth of rooftop solar in California, but she called the decision disappointing.
Chaz Mathias of Synergy Solar installs solar panels on a Santa Rosa home.
JOHN BURGESS / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
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Local Japanese Government Considers ICO to Revitalize Region
A local Japanese government is considering a municipal initial coin offering (ICO) in order to raise funds to revitalize the region. It has partnered with private enterprises to begin research into how to launch the mooted ICO.
Japanese Government Planning an ICO
Nishiawakura , a village located in Okayama Prefecture, has announced that it will “begin a joint research for the introduction of a local government ICO.”
The village has a population of approximately 1,500 and forests that occupy about 95% of its total area. In 2009, its “100 Year Forest” project was initiated with the aim of creating a beautiful “high-quality countryside.” According to the announcement:
We have actively worked on unique measures to revitalize the region. In order to continue investing in such sectors and realize a sustainable community development, we have started research on the introduction of a municipal ICO in collaboration with private enterprises, and how it is possible to use a municipal ICO as a new financial source for the village.
The village hopes that the municipal ICO will “encourage unprecedented inflow and circulation of funds,” the announcement read.
Collaborating with Private Enterprises
The village has begun a joint research project with three companies to determine how it can launch a municipal ICO.
The first company named is a blockchain development company, Chaintope Co Ltd. “We utilize blockchain technology and develop various regional virtual currencies,” the company describes itself. It also performs research and has developed a platform to support ICOs.
Chaintope’s blockchain platform.
Chaintope’s platform allows for blockchains to be added as needed. Each is modeled after Bitcoin and is specialized for different purposes. The platform uses Amazon Web Services for data storage and can also use Bitcoin’s blockchain for public timestamping. However, these blockchains are run “on a closed network separate from the Internet,” according to the company’s website.
Murashiki Co Ltd. will also participate in the project to develop an e-commerce platform for the system. The third company taking part in the project is A-zero Co Ltd. “We conduct regional revitalization projects in collaboration with municipalities, consult local startups, [and provide] regional marketing and other services,” it states.
ICOs in Japan
The ICO market in Japan has been growing. Small companies and large corporations have announced that they will engage in ICOs including GMO, DMM, and SBI Holdings.
While there are no laws and regulations specifically for ICOs in Japan, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) stated that two existing laws may apply to token sales. “ICOs may fall within the scope of the Payment Services Act and/or the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act depending on how they are structured,” the agency detailed in a recent statement.
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Shenavandeh, S., Sadeghi, E. (2018). The causes and the type of diseases of elderly patients lead to one or multiple hospital admissions in rheumatology wards of southwest of Iran: A 6 year review. Rheumatology Research, (), -.
Saeedeh Shenavandeh; Elham Sadeghi. "The causes and the type of diseases of elderly patients lead to one or multiple hospital admissions in rheumatology wards of southwest of Iran: A 6 year review". Rheumatology Research, , , 2018, -.
Shenavandeh, S., Sadeghi, E. (2018). 'The causes and the type of diseases of elderly patients lead to one or multiple hospital admissions in rheumatology wards of southwest of Iran: A 6 year review', Rheumatology Research, (), pp. -.
Shenavandeh, S., Sadeghi, E. The causes and the type of diseases of elderly patients lead to one or multiple hospital admissions in rheumatology wards of southwest of Iran: A 6 year review. Rheumatology Research, 2018; (): -.
The causes and the type of diseases of elderly patients lead to one or multiple hospital admissions in rheumatology wards of southwest of Iran: A 6 year review
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 09 November 2018
Saeedeh Shenavandeh 1; Elham Sadeghi2
1Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Department of internal medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
2Internal Medicine Department, Division of Rheumatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Physiologic changes associated with aging and the presence of comorbid diseases may complicate the elderly patients with rheumatic diseases. In our study, we aimed to determine the prevalence and main causes of admissions of elderly patients in rheumatology wards, and the number and duration of their hospitalizations.
The data of patients aged ≥ 60, who were admitted in rheumatology wards from 2008 to 2013, were studied. For making a good comparison, the last diagnoses of admissions of the younger patients in these wards were recorded.
In the elderly group, there were 399 admissions mostly of patients with a new or known case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with flare up. In addition, 480 young patients were compared. There was no significant difference in the duration of hospital stay between these groups.
In the elderly group, hypertension (62.4%) was the most common comorbid disorder. The presence of psychiatric problems showed a significant association with the number of admissions (p-value: 0.037), also receiving infliximab, rituximab and IV IG (p-value
Rheumatic diseases; hospital admission; elderly; review
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Magnet applications due (Local News ~ 01/25/11)
Webb Middle makes it 2 in a row (Community Sports ~ 01/25/11)
Webb Middle's girls logged their second straight victory by downing Riverside Christian Academy 31-15 in Fayetteville on Monday night. The Lady Feet (3-9) shot out of the gates to hop in front 10-2 in the opening quarter and never looked back. "It was great to get this win over a team that beat us by five at our place," Webb coach Kenneth Parker said. "We pressed again pretty well but got in foul trouble...
Snow layoff doesn't slow Harris teams (Community Sports ~ 01/25/11)
Harris Middle finally returned to the basketball court Monday night after a number of games postponed due to the weather and the Eaglettes returned to their winning ways with a 33-25 victory over visiting Tullahoma West in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup...
Shoplifter leads police on chase through woods (Local News ~ 01/25/11)
A suspected shoplifter struck a Kroger employee in the mouth and evaded police for some time before being captured in a wooded area Sunday afternoon, Shelbyville police said. Carey Henson, 18, of Tullahoma is accused of attacking the employee as store personnel called police to check on a false last name he had allegedly given. Henson then ran across North Main Street into a residential area, according to police...
County defends deputies, bail system in lawsuit (Local News ~ 01/25/11)
Attorneys for the county are denying the claims of a class action lawsuit and are asking a federal judge to dismiss it. In December, Ricky Robertson sued Bedford County, Deputy Kevin Roddy and John Does over alleged violations of the 4th, 8th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution...
Standoff ends in arrest (Local News ~ 01/25/11)
A man shooting guns and threatening anyone who approached was arrested after a standoff at his Patricia Drive home early today, Shelbyville police said. Bret Rollins, 41, was being evaluated at Heritage Medical Center his morning, Lt. Jason Williams said. Rollins will be charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of aggravated domestic assault, according to Williams...
Eagleville duo turns up heat, stops Cascade (High School Sports ~ 01/25/11)
EAGLEVILLE -- A 10-point second-half lead and a chance to take firm control over third place in District 9-A slipped through Cascade's fingers in on Saturday night thanks to a dynamic performance from Eagleville's Julia Adamowicz and Hannah Mayes. The pair of Lady Eagles teamed up for 53 points to guide the home team to a 61-52 overtime victory, which was their first over Cascade since Dec. 7, 2007...
Champs come out on top of OT thriller (High School Sports ~ 01/25/11)
EAGLEVILLE -- It took an extra period of play but Cascade picked up a much-needed District 9-A road victory by edging Eagleville 65-64 on Saturday night. The lead changed hands for the 27th and final time when Christian Edmondson sank a free throw with 18 seconds to go in overtime for the game-winning point...
Viqueens get revenge on Huntland (High School Sports ~ 01/25/11)
One down. Two to go. The Community Viqueens enter the toughest stretch of the season with three key District 9-A games this week that will be vital in determining where they will be seeded in the fast-approaching tournament. They passed the first test with flying colors with an impressive 45-38 win over visiting Huntland on Monday night to avenge a double-digit loss earlier in the season...
Coach's persuasive talk fires up Vikings (High School Sports ~ 01/25/11)
It was just what the doctor ordered for the Community Vikings in their 50-47 come-from-behind win over visiting Huntland on Monday night. The Vikings, who have struggled to find ways to win close ballgames all year long, rose to the challenge after finding themselves down by six points with just four minutes to play thanks mostly to their carelessness with the rock...
Owen Lee Blanton Jr. (Obituary ~ 01/25/11)
Owen Lee Blanton, Jr., 81, of Rome, Ga., a former Shelbyville resident, died Sunday in a Rome health care facility. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday at West Rome United Methodist Church with the Rev. Les Connell, the Rev. Horace Stewart and the Rev. Gary McWhorter officiating. Burial will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home of Rome and beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
Clyde Ernest Wiggand (Obituary ~ 01/25/11)
Clyde Ernest Wiggand, 81, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Lynchburg Nursing Center. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gateway Church with the Rev. Bill Woodruff and the Rev. Gary Glover officiating. At Mr. Wiggand's request the body was cremated. Hillcrest Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Crawford Henson (Obituary ~ 01/25/11)
Crawford Henson, better known as "B Cook," 88, died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.
George Dewayne 'Buddy' Henson II (Obituary ~ 01/25/11)
George Dewayne "Buddy" Henson II, 44, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at AnMed Health in Anderson, S.C. from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Per family request, his remains will be cremated. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
People's voices will be heard before final city garbage cut (Local News ~ 01/25/11)
Action to do away with the city's sanitation department will move forward quickly in February, with citizens being given a chance to express their feelings at an upcoming public hearing. Meanwhile, private trash collectors have already been making inquiries about setting up business in town to fill the void after the service is done away with...
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Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin: Theses & Dissertations
Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations
The multidemsionality of ecological stability
YANG, QIANG
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Ecological stability is a multifaceted concept, incorporating components such as variability, resistance, resilience, persistence, and robustness. Understanding and predicting the relationships among these many components of stability is fundamental to the optimal management of both biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In spite of this, the multidimensionality of ecological stability remains remarkably understudied, with most research focussing on one or two components in isolation. We know worryingly little about the mechanisms underpinning relationships among components of stability and whether there are any general features of these that are common across different types of ecosystem or disturbance. In this thesis, I explore the effect of perturbations on both the relationships between stability components and the predictability of these components. In Chapter 2, I examine the effects of perturbation intensity using theoretical simulations. By analysing the dynamics of food-webs following perturbations of different strengths, I discover that the predictability of stability components and the strength of relationships between them decrease with increasing perturbation strength. Importantly, this decoupling effect of strong perturbations was consistent across a variety of food-web structures. In Chapter 3, I test these predictions in natural communities using data from the Nutrient Network - a globally distributed grassland experimental system - to examine whether perturbations decouple relationships between components of stability at the global scale. Consistent with theory, I found weaker relationships between stability components in perturbed treatments compared to the unperturbed controls. Natural systems encounter a large variety of perturbations that vary in their spatial extents, durations, frequencies, and intensities. While most models and experiments predicting ecological responses have typically applied static steady- state approaches that focus on a single perturbation event or the mean level of environmental change, few have incorporated environmental stochasticity. Moreover, those that do tend to incorporate it as white noise. In Chapter 4, using food- web modeling I explore how the response and predictability of different stability components are regulated by key characteristics of environmental stochasticity, including its temporal autocorrelation (colour), and the strength of correlations in the responses of species to it. I found that different stability components showed distinct responding patterns to changing temporal autocorrelation of environmental noise. Increasing environmental autocorrelation stabilize communities in some dimensions yet simultaneously destabilize them in others. In contrast, the predictability of stability decreases consistently as the temporal autocorrelation of environmental noise becomes increasingly positive. This finding demonstrates the fundamental role played by environmental stochasticity in determining the dynamics and stability of ecosystems and challenges the credibility of models that overlook it or simply incorporate it as white noise. Taken together, results of the research described in this thesis highlight important difference between different components of ecological stability in their response to external perturbations and environmental stochasticity, and emphasize the necessity of exploring further the multifaceted nature of ecological stability.
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Author: YANG, QIANG
Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology
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stability, resistance, resilience, variability, food web, multidimensionality, relationship, correlation, predictability, Nutrient Network, environmental stochasticity, temporal autocorrelation
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Society Vietnam needs $13 bln to upgrade transport system over next 5 years
Vietnam needs $13 bln to upgrade transport system over next 5 years
Thanh Nien News
HO CHI MINH CITY - Friday, July 10, 2015 16:03 Email Print
Vietnam's public debt under control, says prime minister
Vietnam revives plan for multi-billion dollar north-south express railway
$114,000-plus bridge collapses merely 2 weeks after opening
Long Thanh - Dau Giay Highway between Ho Chi Minh City and the southern province of Dong Nai. Photo credit: SGTO
The Ministry of Transport has said it will need around VND288 trillion (US$13.03 billion) for transport infrastructure projects over the next five years, news website Saigon Times Online reported on Friday.
More than half of the projected cost will go to roads, according to the ministry's plan which is awaiting relevant agencies' feedback before being submitted to the government for approval.
The ministry recommended different funding measures, including calling for private investors' participation, the website reported.
It also proposed the government issue bonds to partly fund these projects.
The State Bank of Vietnam should launch a VND100 trillion ($4.52 billion) loan package specific for infrastructure projects, according to the ministry.
Vietnam's transport system is in urgent need for an upgrade as roads, airports and the sole north-south rail line are no longer able to handle the growing transport demand that comes with the fast economic growth.
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flats and houses for sale & rent in Lytham St Annes results 1-20 of 677
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Strauß, A., et al. "Opposing Patterns of Seasonal Change in Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity of Tadpole Assemblages." Plos One. 11.3 (2016): e0151744.
Résumé: Assemblages that are exposed to recurring temporal environmental changes can show changes in their ecological properties. These can be expressed by differences in diversity and assembly rules. Both can be identified using two measures of diversity: functional (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD). Frog communities are understudied in this regard, especially during the tadpole life stage. We utilised tadpole assemblages from Madagascan rainforest streams to test predictions of seasonal changes on diversity and assemblage composition and on diversity measures. From the warm-wet to the cool-dry season, species richness (SR) of tadpole assemblages decreased. Also FD and PD decreased, but FD less and PD more than expected by chance. During the dry season, tadpole assemblages were characterised by functional redundancy (among assemblages—with increasing SR), high FD (compared to a null model), and low PD (phylogenetic clustering; compared to a null model). Although mutually contradictory at first glance, these results indicate competition as tadpole community assembly driving force. This is true during the limiting cool-dry season but not during the more suitable warm-wet season. We thereby show that assembly rules can strongly depend on season, that comparing FD and PD can reveal such forces, that FD and PD are not interchangeable, and that conclusions on assembly rules based on FD alone are critical.
Mots-Clés: Animal phylogenetics; Ecological metrics; Frogs; Phylogenetics; Polynomials; Seasons; species diversity; Tadpoles
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Mouquet, N., et al. "Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives." Biological Reviews. 87.4 (2012): 769–785.
Résumé: Ecophylogenetics can be viewed as an emerging fusion of ecology, biogeography and macroevolution. This new and fast-growing field is promoting the incorporation of evolution and historical contingencies into the ecological research agenda through the widespread use of phylogenetic data. Including phylogeny into ecological thinking represents an opportunity for biologists from different fields to collaborate and has provided promising avenues of research in both theoretical and empirical ecology, towards a better understanding of the assembly of communities, the functioning of ecosystems and their responses to environmental changes. The time is ripe to assess critically the extent to which the integration of phylogeny into these different fields of ecology has delivered on its promise. Here we review how phylogenetic information has been used to identify better the key components of species interactions with their biotic and abiotic environments, to determine the relationships between diversity and ecosystem functioning and ultimately to establish good management practices to protect overall biodiversity in the face of global change. We evaluate the relevance of information provided by phylogenies to ecologists, highlighting current potential weaknesses and needs for future developments. We suggest that despite the strong progress that has been made, a consistent unified framework is still missing to link local ecological dynamics to macroevolution. This is a necessary step in order to interpret observed phylogenetic patterns in a wider ecological context. Beyond the fundamental question of how evolutionary history contributes to shape communities, ecophylogenetics will help ecology to become a better integrative and predictive science.
Mots-Clés: community ecology; conservation biology; ecological networks; ecophylogenetics; Ecosystem functioning; evolution; phylogenetics
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Unyts volunteer and blood drive host is inspired by his wife’s story
Eric Jankowski and Krista Lesinski knew each other in high school, when they both attended Cheektowaga Central. They drifted apart when Krista moved to New York City for college and Eric joined the military. Later, Krista moved back to Western New York. When Eric was transferred to the area, they reconnected through Facebook and soon started dating.
During their time apart, Krista had received an emergency liver transplant after being diagnosed with Wilson’s disease (click here to read her story). After the experience, Krista volunteered and spoke publically to raise awareness about donation and transplantation. As it happened, Krista’s liver transplant anniversary is the same day as Eric’s birthday. He was inspired by Krista’s experience and has worked to support related organizations.
Eric planned to run in the New York City Marathon on November 4, 2012. When the marathon was cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Eric mapped out his own marathon route from his home in Depew to his base in Niagara Falls. His effort raised $5,000 for the American Liver Foundation, and 500 pounds of clothing for disaster relief.
Krista, family members and Eric’s Army unit were waiting at the finish line, where he asked her to marry him. The couple will celebrate their anniversary in August.
Krista’s connection to transplantation also led Eric to volunteer with Unyts. Eric, who served in Iraq, is a staff sergeant and has reached out to other members of the military, as well as the general public.
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Future: Dungeons and Dragons
Revisit the ‘Dirty Sprite’ rapper’s 2011 FADER cover—his first ever.
By Felipe Delerme
Photographer Michael Schmelling
In 2011, Felipe Delerme interviewed Future for the cover of The FADER's 77th issue.
Though Future is from Atlanta, his St. Louis show at the club Amnesia, billed as a signing party, was a homecoming of sorts. The city was the first to crown him a star, allotting radio spins for "Notice Me" off his first mixtape, 1000, released in the summer of 2010. Since 1000, Future has delivered mixtapes in an abundance that would seem altogether counterproductive if not for the amount of underground hits each has birthed. On October 30th, for a crowd in equal parts street clothes and Halloween costumes, he did his best to cover them all, jumping from the ambitious "Notice Me" to the audacious "Watch This" to the jubilant "Racks" to the riotous "Same Damn Time," performing some songs two and three times, ultimately commanding the mic for nearly an hour.
But Future's performance was sabotaged by either incapable speakers or faulty wiring, one of which (or both) caused the sound to drop out sporadically, sound that was already distorted by the harrowing dog whistle of microphone feedback. For all this disruption though, Future remained cool, doing his very best to account for Amnesia's shortcomings. His poise seemed remarkable for an artist with such limited exposure, but he's been groomed by some of the finest minds hip-hop has ever produced.
Future's cousin is legendary Organized Noize member and Dungeon Family mastermind Rico Wade, largely responsible for the careers of Outkast and Goodie Mob. By the time they were introduced at a family member's funeral, Future was already rapping and had recorded (as a 14-year-old) with the full grown adults he was hanging out with. "My granddaddy was like, 'My grandson is into the streets, he needs to get out,'" Future says, mimicking his grandfather's pitch to Wade. "You know how your granddaddy is, 'See what you can do with him…'" Wade, then well established as a musical innovator and architect of the late '90s Atlanta renaissance, invited his little cousin to his home studio for a session. "I did the song and never came back," Future says. "He was working with Bubba Sparxxx at the time and 'Ugly' just dropped. Bubba was doing good, Outkast was working on they third album, Cee Lo's doing good— everybody in the Dungeon. And then out the blue, your cousin, who's 17, is gon' say he raps? When you're famous, everybody that's your cousin calls up." Another couple of months passed before the two would reunite, again at a funeral. Future summoned the courage to approach Wade himself and was surprised to learn that Wade had been playing the unfinished song, to promising reception, for other members of the Dungeon Family. Wade invited him back to the studio for another session and this time the young rapper made sure to take advantage. "I went to the house and did another song called 'Trapstar,'" Future says. "Right after I did that song, I just never left. I never went back to Kirkwood for like three to four months."
"It's music with no limits, trying new things. I'm singing, Ain't no way around it, but I'm being real—you listen to the content and you know I'm being true to the streets."—Future
Though focused on a solo career, Future, then known as Meathead, was packaged with a group of much older Dungeon Family affiliates in an effort to satiate other artists who'd been waiting patiently for their shot. "[Rico] felt like he owed them," Future says. "He was like, I want to focus on you but I can't. He was trying to figure a way to help everybody so he was like, I'm gonna put all of ya'll in a group." The five-man collective, members of which can be found sprinkled throughout Dungeon Family albums of the era, released Dungeon Family 2nd Generation in 2003 as Da Connect, the same year as Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, to little national fanfare. Though the group would dissolve soon after, Meathead hung around, writing for countless other artists as part of the Dungeon East's early 2000's in-house production team, before going on to adopt "Future" from Da Connect members telling him that he was the future of rap. He's credited under his real name, Nayvadius Wilburn, as a writer on Ludacris' "Blueberry Yum Yum," the marijuana ballad from Luda's 2004 Red Light District album.
But when writing money got slow, Future turned back from whence he came, the Kirkwood section of Atlanta, a neighborhood local hustlers had taken to calling Lil Mexico due to what they perceived as the boundless work ethic of the Mexican community. In fact, it was as a hustler that Future met and befriended fellow Atlanta rapper Rocko. Rocko is something of a young music magnate in his own right, having signed Young Dro before embarking on his own solo career. The two shared a penchant for fast living and bounced ideas off each other while navigating Rocko's come-up and Def Jam courtship.
Future can be seen in all of Rocko's videos, generally identifiable as the guy holding a cell phone and a Styrofoam cup in dark shades and designer sportswear. He looks like what he was, a drug dealer. Future explains the gap between writing for Dungeon projects and releasing music simply enough: "Everyday waking up and thinking illegal. All my thoughts was illegal, that's what I did up until I dropped 1000. I woke up [proud] today like, Man, I ain't gotta do nothing illegal."
He's speaking from a leather couch, the centerpiece of a cramped entertainment room on the third floor of his new condo, a place he purchased recently as a sort of hideout. It's two days past his St. Louis show and the morning after he capped a day he spent trick or treating with his daughter, with an impromptu strip club tour, the kind essential to his campaign. The walls of the condo are hung with commercial flower paintings and the house is decorated mostly with functional, innocuous furniture, save for a crumb-riddled Little Tikes dining room table in the shadow of Future's actual dining room table. "Only like four people know I stay here," he says. He's wearing dark Wayfarer sunglasses in his own home and a Burton ski cap over his dreads, accessories that complement the high cheekbones and immaculate teeth that make it easy to believe he was never wanting for female attention. He smokes a spindly blunt, but hasn't yet cracked open what is surely the biggest bottle of Promethazine-codeine cough syrup available to be mixed with a drum of Simply Lemonade. Normally he uses Sprite, he says, alluding to the name of his January 2011 breakout mixtape, Dirty Sprite.
"Take 'em somewhere when you got 'em. Now they feel like they growing with you."—Future
Musically, Future began picking up speed in Atlanta with Kno Mercy, the tape that followed 1000, but the rest of the country got a particularly harried introduction to him as the other guy on "Racks," the Sonny Digital-produced, club-killing single that crossed all the way over to pop radio. Though Universal would go on to secure the song for collaborator YC, Future wrote "Racks" by recycling the cadence from a song called "Getting It In," off of Kno Mercy.
For Future though, "Racks" was a leaf from his creative tree, a hit song of which he's already had plenty and will have more. Future's appeal owes much to his ability to incorporate melody into songs about the perils of chasing street money and getting high as a coping mechanism. On the surface, it's easy to miss, especially when buried in Auto-Tune like it is in "Racks," but it becomes that much more affecting listening to Streetz Calling's "Unconditional Love," or the unreleased "Never End," a synth ballad where he sounds so vulnerable it makes you want to give him a hug.
Through and through, Future is a chorus monster. He's mastered a formula of embedding such simple choruses into his songs that they're empowering. His first official single "Tony Montana," a runaway street hit that prompted Drake to release his own remix, features Future snarling the words "Tony Montana" over and over again until his Scarface drug empire parable sounds all in a day's work. "We making sing-along music," Future says. "It's music with no limits, trying new things. I'm singing, Ain't no way around it, but I'm being real—you listen to the content and you know I'm being true to the streets." For "Ain't No Way Around It," Future splits his delivery over producer Mike Will's ominous synth pendulum between the warm hum of the common sense refrain and a wizened, prickly toasting. At performances, the verses themselves become effectively choral.
"Aint No Way Around It," doesn't appear on Streetz Calling, Future's latest mixtape and the one Atlanta staple DJ Drama was supposed to host before the entire thing leaked to the internet untagged, weeks earlier than scheduled. Drama, however, released it as a single from his own Third Power album in October; complete with a 10-minute video that includes a vignette from Clifton Powell. Streetz Calling though is nothing short of an album in itself, one that with "Same Damn Time," another hyper-crunk Sonny Digital production, may yield Future's third national radio single after "Racks" and "Tony Montana." The song, though, is taking off a bit faster than interested parties foresaw. Following a brief bidding war this fall, Future signed with Epic Records, a decision that had as much to do with the courtship of music industry legend and Epic CEO LA Reid as with the label meeting his financial demands. Reid's own storied musical history shares a familial overlap with Wade in their dealings with the likes of Oukast and TLC at LaFace.
Gathered at the most recent incarnation of the Dungeon in northwest Atlanta this Tuesday afternoon are Wade, a young rapper named Tito Lopez, his manager Wok, a studio engineer, Khujo Goodie of Goodie Mob and Organized Noize's Ray Murray. A few minutes earlier, Wade was drinking tequila with his shirt off. In adjacent room there is seemingly just as much weed smoke in the air as there is air in the air. "LA Reid called me late at night, I hadn't even seen the video for [Tony Montana]," Rico Wade says. "He like, 'He's a star! You got it again Ric,' You did it!" Wade is in rare form and there are both camcorders and cameras shuttering off. The congregation is clearly interrupting Lopez' studio session, but he's indifferent, if not amused, by the spectacle.
"I been believed in him," Wade continues. "But he really paved the way. His first mixtape, he was getting there. But that Dirty Sprite…I was hearing it in other niggas' cars and I'm like, That's my lil cousin! At that point I knew it was on." Dirty Sprite, along with True Story and Streetz Calling are incredible mixtapes, each besting the former, but to let Future tell it, they are worlds away from his upcoming Epic debut, Pluto. Seconds into describing it, Future's monologue recalls something Goodie Mob or Outkast might have delivered some years ago: "Rico was like you need to dumb your shit down, or you ain't never gonna come out," Future says. "But then when you got 'em, that's when you come and give 'em substance. Take 'em somewhere when you got 'em. Now they feel like they growing with you, when you already was there, you just dumbed down to they level."
Wade is beaming. He actually starts clapping. "The city behind him," Wade says. One hundred percent…the lil girls! We was over [Big Boi's house], all their daughters, Outkast's, everybody going crazy about Future. And I'm looking at Big and Dre and everybody, Dre's son, Seven…they all like, 'Future, Future, Future…' It made Andre 3000 look cool. Future made all of us look cool that day. The kids are like, 'YOU KNOW FUTURE?!?' Awwww, you ain't know? That's your family."
Future Issue 77 Felipe Delerme
Felipe Delerme, Future, Hip-Hop, Issue 77
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Andrew Kieran1
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Andrew Kieran lived at Dowdstown, Ardee, County Louth, IrelandG.1
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Owen Noel Kieran+1
Francis Cyril Martin1
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Joseph John Flynn1
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Edward Herbert Creagh Maunsell1
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Edward Herbert Creagh Maunsell was born on 8 December 1908.2 He was the son of Edward Whitford Eyre Maunsell and Marion Tyrell-Smith.1,2 He married Sheila Maureen Flynn, daughter of Joseph John Flynn, on 23 August 1930.1 He died on 15 December 1964 at age 56.1
Child of Edward Herbert Creagh Maunsell and Sheila Maureen Flynn
Peter Creagh Maunsell2 b. 24 May 1932
Edward Whitford Eyre Maunsell1
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Edward Whitford Eyre Maunsell was born on 10 September 1864.2 He was the son of George William Maunsell and Alice Creagh.2 He married Marion Tyrell-Smith, daughter of Captain unknown Tyrell-Smith, in November 1902.2 He died on 5 November 1922 at age 58.2
He lived at Fort Eyre, County Galway, IrelandG.1
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Haidée Mary Maunsell+2 b. 15 Sep 1906, d. 1 Apr 1953
Charles William Eyre-Maunsell+2 b. 3 Jun 1908
Edward Herbert Creagh Maunsell+1 b. 8 Dec 1908, d. 15 Dec 1964
Winifred Eleanor Maunsell2 b. 15 Apr 1910
Miriam Justine Maunsell+2 b. 20 May 1919
Monica Doreen Mary Moran1
Monica Doreen Mary Moran is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Stanislaus Ewen Francis Moran.1 She married Donal Shemus Allingham Carroll, son of John Donal Carroll and Sheila Maureen Flynn, on 18 October 1951.1
From 18 October 1951, her married name became Carroll.1
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Jonathan Donal Ewen Carroll1 b. Oct 1960
Jane Monica Mary Carroll1 b. Jun 1962
Lt.-Col. Stanislaus Ewen Francis Moran1
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Monica Doreen Mary Moran+1
John O'Neil Donnellan1
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Sir Eric Errington, 1st Bt.1
M, #399459, b. 17 March 1900, d. 3 June 1973
Sir Eric Errington, 1st Bt. was born on 17 March 1900.1 He married Marjorie Bennett, daughter of Aida Grant Bennett, on 12 September 1924.1 He died on 3 June 1973 at age 73.1
He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1918 in the Gordon Highlanders.1 He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG, in 1923 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1923 entitled to practise as a barrister.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Bootle between 1935 and 1945.1 He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, EnglandG.2 He gained the rank of Pilot Officer in 1939 in the Auxiliary Air Force.1 He gained the rank of Wing Commander in 1944.2 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Liverpool.1 He was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1952.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Aldershot between 1954 and 1970.1 He was created 1st Baronet Errington, of Ness, in the County Palatine of Chester [U.K.] on 26 June 1963.1
Children of Sir Eric Errington, 1st Bt. and Marjorie Bennett
Sir Geoffrey Frederick Errington, 2nd Bt.+2 b. 15 Feb 1926, d. 3 Oct 2015
Stuart Grant Errington+2 b. 23 Jun 1929, d. 16 Nov 2017
Anne Jacqueline Errington2 b. 12 Sep 1935
Diana Kathleen Forbes Davenport1
Diana Kathleen Forbes Davenport is the daughter of Edward Barry Davenport.2 She married Sir Geoffrey Frederick Errington, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Eric Errington, 1st Bt. and Marjorie Bennett, on 24 September 1955.1
From 24 September 1955, her married name became Errington.
Children of Diana Kathleen Forbes Davenport and Sir Geoffrey Frederick Errington, 2nd Bt.
Sir Robin Davenport Errington, 3rd Bt.+2 b. 1 Jul 1957
John Davenport Errington+2 b. 23 Jul 1959
Andrew Davenport Errington+2 b. 23 Jul 1959
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TURN YOUR COUCH INTO A BUCKET SEAT WITH THE T60 OFFICIAL RACING WHEEL FOR PLAYSTATION®3!
Rennes, October 21, 2013 — With a brand new and exclusive system enabling gamers to place their racing wheel on their knees, Thrustmaster has graced its latest controller, the T60 – a racing wheel under official PlayStation 3 license – with a truly remarkable feature.
Ideal for playing everywhere:
At a first glance, the T60 Racing Wheel boasts two highly specific features: its official PlayStation 3 license and its original knee-top support system. The official license ensures that the T60 complies with the entertainment system's and brand's requirements, along with optimum gameplay. The distinctive, qualifying official logo adorns the racing wheel's hub; the T60 also features a Home button, located at the center of the wheel, enabling players to access all the PlayStation 3's menus. Its second specific feature is its unique attachment system, which lets gamers play while comfortably seated in their sofa – a most enjoyable perspective! To do so, users can simply place the racing wheel, with this attachment system, on their knees. The side parts are designed to wrap around players' thighs, ensuring optimal stability. The gaming comfort offered by this attachment system is surprising indeed, regardless how players choose to be seated. This removable system also allows users to opt for the traditional clamping system, included with the device, which is suited to tabletops and desktops.
Ready to face any challenge:
Combining comfortable use and high-performance gameplay, the T60 Racing Wheel Official Licensed Product for PlayStation 3 offers some highly convenient software characteristics: a mapping feature to program the racing wheel's buttons, adjustable sensitivity settings, linear wheel resistance and automatic centering. Its hardware characteristics are just as remarkable, with two wheel-mounted paddle shifters enabling players to control the sequential gearbox, one D-Pad and 12 ergonomic action buttons. Finally, the device includes a pedal set featuring two progressive pedals and a non-slip footrest.
· The T60 Racing Wheel Official Licensed Product for PlayStation 3 will be available in October 2013, at the suggested retail price of €49.99 (VAT included).
Check out all of our products at www.thrustmaster.com.
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THRUSTMASTER TX SERVO BASE RACING WHEEL – THE CORE OF THE NEXT-GEN FORCE FEEDBACK RACING ECOSYSTEM FOR XBOX ONE® AND PCs, INCLUDING WINDOWS 10
Cologne, August 5, 2015 — A world first, Thrustmaster is releasing the TX Servo Base Racing Wheel, a standalone version of the official wheel base for Xbox One of its acclaimed TX Racing Wheel. PC and Xbox One racers can now build their racing setup according to their preference, within the Thrustmaster racing ecosystem.
Designed to go as far as gamers want – and even further:
The TX Servo Base, released under official Xbox One license and PC compatible (Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10, via the Thrustmaster drivers available for download from the http://ts.thrustmaster.com/ website), is the cornerstone of a racing simulator that every player can configure according to their requirements on both these platforms. It revolves around an industrial-class brushless motor that delivers smooth and seamless Force Feedback effects that are both reactive and latency-free. The rotation angle is adjustable up to 900 degrees. The drive mechanism features a dual-belt system that provides realistic, smooth and vibration-free driving sensations by reducing mechanical constraints as much as possible; the only audible noise is produced by the motor itself, not by cogs. At the very heart of this machine, H.E.A.R.T HallEffect AccuRate Technology™* delivers extreme precision, thanks to its contactless magnetic sensors! This technology offers precision that won’t decrease over time, with 16-bit resolution (i.e. 65,536 values throughout the steering axis). And to ensure that this unit always delivers maximum performance, its firmware can be updated by means of its built-in internal memory.
The core of a customized configuration:
The TX Servo Base Racing Wheel is fully ecosystem-ready: players can select add-ons to obtain the ultimate racing wheel. A pedal set, such as the T3PA or T3PA-PRO three-pedal pedal set by Thrustmaster, will be required to experience the thrills of ultra-realistic racing sensations. And since a clutch pedal is designed to enable lightning-speed manual gear shifts, users can of course complete the TX Servo Base Racing Wheel with a gearbox, such as the TH8A. Lastly, to hone their equipment's configuration according to their racing preference and the type of car and competition, users can opt for any of the currently available Thrustmaster wheels: the TM Leather 28 GT Wheel Add-On, the Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On, the Ferrari GTE Wheel Add-On and the forthcoming 599XX EVO 30 Wheel Add-On Alcantara Edition!
The TX Servo Base Racing Wheel comprises a wheel base, an attachment system and a power cable suited to the geographical area.
The TX Servo Base Racing Wheel will be available in August, at the suggested retail price of £229.99 / €279.99 (taxes included).
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A touching story of a big sacrifice on Everest to save someone's life
Author Topic: A touching story of a big sacrifice on Everest to save someone's life (Read 1629 times)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p066pqjc
I wonder how many others would have done the same thing?
What a good man
"Who would've thought...... you are light and darkness coming through" words by Tim Armstrong
rural roamer
Re: A touching story of a big sacrifice on Everest to save someone's life
There's been a lot in the news recently about Everest and oxygen supplies failing. Ben Fogle was given an oxygen supply by a sherpa near the summit.
I remember watching a programme last year, where a very well respected expedition company, simply cut corners and forgot to provide sufficient numbers of oxygen cylinders.
The cylinders for one expedition had for some reason, been accidentally left at a lower camp, poor communication between the expedition leader and sherpas was sited as the reason that several climbers died.
Also, two climbers intent on reaching the summit come what may, ignored distressed calls from base camp, to turn around, and with no oxygen available at the required altitude, both died on the mountain.
The logistical nightmares of ensuring the safety of every climber on the highest mountain in the world, especially when the weather closes in, as well as ensuring sufficient oxygen is available for all, no, i certainly do not envy the responsibility of organising such a trip.
The lure of the summit is so great, that some climbers, experienced and inexperienced, simply ignore the pleas to turn back to safety, when the summit is so near.
Running out of oxygen should never happen, leaving the bottles at a lower camp on the mountain, knowing full well they would be needed, totally unacceptable, What went wrong ?.
I forget the name of the programme, but calamity after calamity happened.
Bad organising by a well respected and successful company, as well as climbers who really should not have been on the expedition, a big clash of personalities.
When the person in command of the expedition wants you off the mountain, respect his wishes.
Yes, an attempt on the summit costs well over £40k, but the lure of the summit is simply too great.
jontea
A very selfless act by a fine Yorkshire lad. Makes you proud to be British
Yeah apparently two of Ben Fogle’s Oxygen cylinders exploded, needing a Sherpa to give him his supply.
I think these days there is a lot of commercial pressure on these adventure companies to deliver summiteers each year. It must be such a hard call to make at times to abandon an attempt for safety reasons, as they’re judged by results by high paying customers.
If they don’t deliver the numbers to the summit, amateur climbers will look at rival companies with their cash.
Walking is the world’s oldest exercise and today’s modern medicine.
http://johntrowsdale.blogspot.com/?m=1
Twitter; @JohnTrowsdale
Innominate Man
I just came across this april and glad I did, what a marvellous story.
Full credit to Leslie and arguably a better finale to his summit bid - he saved somebody's life: What a privilege that must be, especially in such arduous conditions.
I have read many mountaineering books and plenty about Everest and since the big disaster of 1996 (and some beforehand of course) every year there are similar tales.
It's hard for us to judge as we don't know each set of circumstances and often numerous events build up to a final catastrophe. In some cases the effects of altitude and oxygen deprivation play a very clear role in effecting, otherwise rational, peoples' judgement. They won't listen to sense or to their own body - when everything is screaming out 'go down, turn back'.
Some are lucky and many are not so.
I have read of many base camps/ expedition leaders calling teams off the mountain and Sherpas pleading with the clients to turn back. But to those whose judgement is impaired and lured on by a summit, seemingly within grasp, who is going to tell them what to do if they've forked out £40k ?
There is no answer to that conundrum. But, a few good people (or even one) are all it takes to save another stricken climber.
Only a hill but all of life to me, up there between the sunset and the sea.
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In Marja, it's war the old-fashioned way
The ongoing fight in Afghanistan
A look inside the partnership between U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers in an area in southern Afghanistan called Marja
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By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Foreign Service
MARJA, AFGHANISTAN -- They had slogged through knee-deep mud carrying 100 pounds of gear, fingers glued to the triggers of their M-4 carbines, all the while on the lookout for insurgents. Now, after five near-sleepless nights, trying to avoid hypothermia in freezing temperatures, the grunts of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment finally had a moment to relax.
As the sun set Thursday evening over the rubbled market where they set up camp, four of them sat around an overturned blue bucket and began playing cards. A few cracked open dog-eared paperbacks. Some heated their rations-in-a-bag, savoring their first warm dinner in days. Many doffed their helmets and armored vests.
Then -- before the game was over, the chapters finished, the meals cooked -- the war roared back at them.
The staccato crack of incoming rounds echoed across the market. In an instant, the Marines grabbed their vests and guns. The 50-caliber gunner on the roof thumped back return fire, as did several Marines with clattering, belt-fed machine guns. High-explosive mortar rounds, intended to suppress the insurgent fire, whooshed overhead.
And so went another night in the battle of Marja.
The fight to pacify this Taliban stronghold in Helmand province is grim and grueling. For all the talk of a modern war -- of Predator drones and satellite-guided bombs and mine-resistant vehicles -- most Marines in this operation have been fighting the old-fashioned way: on foot, with rifle.
They hump their kit on their backs, bed down under the stars in abandoned compounds and defecate in plastic bags.
"This isn't all that different from the way our fathers and grandfathers fought," said Cpl. Blake Burkhart, 22, of Oviedo, Fla.
The battlefield privation here is unlike much of the combat in Iraq, which often involved day trips from large, well-appointed forward operating bases. Even when Marines there had to rough it, during the first and second campaigns for Fallujah, they didn't have to walk as far and they remained closer to logistics vehicles.
In Marja, U.S. military commanders figured, the best way to throw the insurgents off-balance and avoid the hundreds of homemade bombs buried in the roads was to airdrop almost 1,000 Marines and Afghan soldiers. That provided an element of surprise when the operation commenced, and it allowed the forces to punch into the heart of Marja. But it also meant they would have to tough it out.
Because they had to stuff their packs with food, water and ammunition, sleeping bags and tents were left behind. That seemed fine, because summer temperatures in southern Afghanistan often reach 140 degrees. But at this time of year, the mercury can dip -- and it did during the first days of the mission, to freezing temperatures at night.
Huddled under thin plastic camouflage poncho liners, the Marines lucky enough to get a few hours of sleep in between shifts of guard duty huddled close together, sometimes spooning one another, to keep warm.
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Love’s performance career began in repertoire theatre. He has worked under the direction of Neil Totty a former musical director of Mercury theatre and with screen and television writer Graeme Tetley, co-writer of Vincent Ward’s Vigil and of Mr Wrong.
In the 80’s Love was a regular at the Tahora Acoustic Music Festival and folk festivals around the country. An economic slump in 1987, his floating mortgage rate going through the roof, Love followed his musical interest and his needs and went busking.
1996 – 97 he was contributor of the Busker’s Beat column for the NZ Musician magazine. Troubadour Luke Hurley saw Love busking in Auckland. He put in a good word for him with Karen Q owner of the Temple Bar & Venue on Queen St. For three years Love organized the Temple’s jam nights.
This gig and venue were significant to people like AJ Bell, Donna Dean, Paul McClaney (aka Gramsci), gospel album nominee Alistair Brown and singer songwriter Jordan Reyne. Love paid some dues accommodating a new wave of NZ singer songwriters by organizing the Temple’s packed out sixteen-week Acid Test songwriters’ competition. This competition had a long six-year life.
At the Temple he also promoted his Cruel Swamp showcases for A J Bell (best NZ folk album in 1997) and Donna Dean, who went on to work with acclaimed American alternative country balladeers Russell B Smith and the Amazing Rhythm Aces.
Returning in 1999 to his hometown Wellington Love started to get attention for his own work from seasoned musicians. In 2000 formed the Warren Love Band playing at Wellington’s The Space, Te Papa, Bar Bodega, at the Wellington Folk Festival and The Bluegrass Society and was a popular solo performer at Indigo venues’ Acoustic Lounge sessions.
In 2003 began the recording of his first album at Braeburn Studio, joined by NZ’s top musicians in the genre. It would go on to be nominated ‘Best country music album’ at the NZ Music Awards 2006/7 and be described as a “classic”. Radio NZ said, “the vocals are magic – there’s a warmth and immediacy to warren love’s singing that makes me . . . want to hear more.”
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As of 2015 a new album was on the way with the working title ‘Somebody’s Darling’…
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But college kids, one sign of a wet t shirt and the party’s over.New Palm Beach Shop to Help Spring Breakers with Dungaree NeedsOur tourism industry is in the crapper and us working stiffs are living off the free Long John Silvers tartar sauce packets, but not on the island of Palm Beach. The discerning Palm Beach gentlemen can now shop at a men only Sak’s store, which recently opened for all your dungarees and duster needs. Again, spring breakers, don’t enter the store with wet blouses..
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ACC Roundup Separation At The TopCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA FEBRUARY 09: Head coach Tony Bennett of the Virginia Cavaliers calls a play in the second half during a game against the Duke Blue Devils at John Paul Jones Arena on February 9, 2019 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images But last place Miami nearly shocked UNC In Saturday’s ACC action, UNC and Florida State survived, with the Tar Heels barely nipping Miami 88 85 and FSU taking down Louisville 80 75, both games in overtime.
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July 27: OPERA Australia is putting on a special fundraising concert to support NORPA rebuild after the flood devastated the entire bottom floor of Lismore City Hall, leaving the theatre company without an office, box office and rehearsal space. The gala concert will feature the entire cast from The Marriage of Figaro with a live chamber orchestra performing a selection of arias and ensembles from some of the world most loved operas including The Barber of Seville, Carmen and The Marriage of Figaro. Tickets $50.
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The announcement came April 1 from Education Austin, but it was no April Fools’ Day prank. Outside Lanier High School, surrounded by teachers wearing “AISD 49ers” shirts, teacher and staff union President Louis Malfaro argued that the ranking is the result of years of underpayment, a failure by the district to remain competitive. After the press conference, he said, “There is a net outflow of teachers from the Austin school district into the surrounding urban districts.” Unless AISD does something serious about teacher pay soon, he added, the talent loss could become critical..
Brown says the hiring committee was impressed with his ideas and offered him the job, which he accepted. Days later, though, the offer was rescinded. Then, Brown says, university Athletics Director Don Batie didn return phone calls by press time a friend of Brown to have Brown reapply, which he did.
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Gaston was arrested Friday in connection with the Jan. 14 shooting of 34 year old Alicia Gaston at 37 Brookhaven Drive and is being held at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. After the shooting, told police he mistook his wife for an intruder, but police said in an affidavit filed with the court on Monday that Gaston gave inconsistent statements during the interview..
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In fact, historians largely dismiss this moment as nothing more than an orchestrated media affair, and in 1998 Mandela announced a commission of inquiry into rugby in South Africa because of administrators’ failure to deal with the continued exclusion of black players from top flight rugby. One American film critic said that “as history, (‘Invictus’) is borderline daft and selective to the point of distortion,” yet conceded that “as a portrait of a hero, the movie effortlessly brings a lump to the throat.” And that is what we remember. The old black freedom fighter and the young white rugby superstar saved South Africa..
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A senior administration official told reporters in a briefing that the President had made it clear that this does not need to happen, and he is open to meeting Iran leadership at any time to discuss a deal that will their regional ambitions, end their malign behaviour and deny them any paths to a nuclear weapon. Trump said in a statement: United States is fully committed to enforcing all of our sanctions, and we will work closely with nations conducting business with Iran to ensure complete compliance. Individuals or entities that fail to wind down activities with Iran risk severe consequences.
Statistics are damning when it comes to the disproportionate impact that the War on Drugs has had on communities of color, Mosby said. Your state attorney, I pledged to institute change and I refuse to stand by and be a facilitator of injustice and inequity when it is clear that we can be so much smarter and do so much more on behalf of the people we serve. The past year,Washington state,San FranciscoandManhattan, New York also announced they would retroactively dismiss thousands of pot convictions..
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Trump calls the Russia investigation a “witch hunt.”Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone says he believes he’s being “persecuted” because of his friendship with President Donald Trump.Stone spoke to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his InfoWars radio show after his arrest on Friday. He didn’t provide any details to support his accusation that he is being persecuted.He says he’s “going to continue to fight.” Stone said he’s innocent and intends to fight to “clear my name against these politically motivated charges.”Stone has been charged with witness tampering, obstruction and lying to Congress in the special counsel’s Russia investigation.Stone appeared before a judge in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday. A judge agreed to release him on a $250,000 personal surety bond.A handful of protesters have gathered outside of the courthouse.An attorney for Roger Stone says the former Trump campaign adviser is expected to be released from custody shortly.Defense lawyer Robert Buschel says Stone will be released from a Florida courthouse on a $250,000 personal surety bond.Stone was arrested early Friday at his Fort Lauderdale home.
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Active House Bills as of February 12, 2014
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*2165. By Del. Iaquinta, Longstreth, Fleischauer, Jones, Stephens and Azinger - Relating to death certificates of military veterans - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance - To House Finance 1/30/14 - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*2895. By Del. Fleischauer, Barill, Iaquinta, Lynch, Young, Pasdon, Poling, D. and Ferro - Requiring display of POW/MIA flag on county courthouses and other government buildings - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance - To House Finance 1/16/14 - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4067. By Del. Poore, Marcum, Eldridge, Fleischauer and Frich - Fire Commission, relating to the State Fire Code - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/12/14
4093. By Del. Poore, Marcum, Eldridge, Fleischauer and Frich - Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, requirements for licensure and certification - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/12/14
4094. By Del. Poore, Marcum, Eldridge, Fleischauer and Frich - Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, renewal of licensure or certification - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/12/14
*4149. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Allowing members of the Board of Public Works to be represented by designees and to vote by proxy - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Government Organization - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4151. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Relating to military members and their spouses who obtain licensure through professional boards - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/7/14 - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4154. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Fixing a technical error relating to the motor fuel excise tax - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Finance - On 3rd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4159. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Updating the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Finance - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4177. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Making a supplementary appropriation to various agencies - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Finance - Passed House 1/27/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 1/28/14 - To Finance 1/28/14 - Passed Senate 2/5/14 - Effective from passage - To Governor 2/12/14
4182. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing, amending, increasing, decreasing, and adding items of appropriations in various accounts - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Finance - Passed House 1/28/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 1/29/14 - To Finance 1/29/14 - Passed Senate 2/5/14 - Effective from passage - To Governor 2/12/14
*4188. By Del. Perdue, Fleischauer, Diserio, Eldridge, Kinsey, Lawrence, Marshall, Moore, Poore and Campbell - Updating the authority and responsibility of the Center on Nursing - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Education - To House Education 1/21/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4208. By Del. Fleischauer, Barill, Marshall, Barker, Perdue, Kinsey, Ellem, Pasdon, Hunt, Marcum and Border - Banning synthetic hallucinogens - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/23/14 - Amended - Passed House 2/12/14 - Title amended
*4237. By Del. Lawrence, Barrett, Guthrie, Skinner, Perdue, Campbell, Marshall, Poore, Fleischauer, Staggers and Evans, A. - Prohibiting the sale, distribution and use of electronic cigarettes, vapor products and other alternative nicotine products to persons under the age of eighteen - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/23/14 - Amended - On 3rd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4268. By Del. Iaquinta, Boggs, Fleischauer, Longstreth, Perry, Morgan, Wells, Poore, Evans, D. and Lane - Relating to the administration of veterans' assistance - Introduced 01/23/14 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization - To House Government Organization 1/30/14 - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4283. By Del. Barrett, Barill, Barker, Diserio, Lawrence, Manypenny, Marcum, Poling, D., Reynolds, Sponaugle and Young - Raising the minimum wage - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Industry and Labor then Finance - To House Finance 1/30/14 - Passed House 2/12/14
*4298. By Del. Manchin and Morgan - Changing the experience requirements of the composition of the members of the West Virginia Ethics Commission - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/5/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4301. By Del. Eldridge, Wells, Craig, Evans, A., Hamilton, Paxton, White, Marcum, Phillips, R., Perry and Young - Allowing limited reciprocal use of hunting and fishing licenses with the Commonwealth of Kentucky - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/6/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4302. By Del. Skaff, Guthrie, Poore, Wells, Perry, Pasdon and Walters - Relating to elections for public school purposes - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/6/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4309. By Del. Phillips, R., Hartman, Eldridge, Marcum, White, Barker, Tomblin, Craig, Sponaugle, Diserio and Moore - Permitting a person to keep a firearm in his or her motor vehicle upon the grounds of the State Capitol Complex - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4318. By Del. Fleischauer, Longstreth, Campbell, Pethtel, Barrett, Barill, Jones, Stephens, Iaquinta, Rowan and Ireland - Continuing education of veterans mental health - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization - To House Government Organization 2/12/14
*4343. By Del. Skaff, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Hartman, Miller, Barrett, Walters, Guthrie, Lawrence, Fragale, Young and Ashley - West Virginia Project Launchpad Act - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance - To House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 1/28/14 - To House Finance 2/6/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4345. By Del. Pethtel, Jones, Canterbury, Kump, Craig, Lynch and Ellem - Relating to the West Virginia State Police Retirement System - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance - To House Finance 1/30/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4347. By Del. Shott, Sponaugle, Sobonya, Manchin, Lane, Poore and Pino - Relating to affirmative defenses against mechanics' liens - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4349. By Del. Pethtel, Jones, Canterbury, Kump, Craig, Lynch and Ellem - Clarifying retirement dependent child scholarship and burial benefits under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Pensions and Retirement then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/6/14 - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4364. By Del. Pethtel, Jones, Canterbury, Kump, Craig, Lynch and Ellem - Relating to the Public Employees Retirement System - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance - To House Finance 1/30/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4366. By Del. Pethtel, Jones, Canterbury, Kump, Craig, Lynch and Ellem - Clarifying that the Teachers' Retirement System annuity calculation for a member with reciprocal service credit shall be based on the final average salary calculation - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance - To House Finance 1/30/14 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4371. By Del. Caputo, Longstreth and Manchin - Making the theft of a traffic sign or traffic signal a felony - Introduced 01/29/14 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4392. By Del. Morgan, Diserio, Jones, Poling, D. and Barker - Regulating persons who perform work on heating, ventilating and cooling systems and fire dampers - Introduced 02/03/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/12/14
*4394. By Del. Poling, M., Perry, Barrett, Lawrence, Campbell, Williams, Moye, Walker, Fragale, Tomblin and Young - Relating to the filling of professional personnel positions in the public schools - Introduced 02/03/14 - To Education - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4402. By Del. Manchin, Skinner, Sponaugle, Longstreth, Marcum, Lynch, Wells, Caputo, Marshall and Barrett - Providing a procedure for the conditional discharge for first offense underage purchase, consumption, sale, service or possession of alcoholic liquor - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Judiciary - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4412. By Del. Skaff, Barrett, Walters, Guthrie, Sponaugle, Nelson. E., Phillips, R., Gearheart and Reynolds - Relating to special one-day licenses for charitable events to sell nonintoxicating beer or wine - Introduced 02/05/14 - To Judiciary - Amended - On 3rd reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4414. By Del. Manchin, Longstreth, Lynch, Jones, Diserio, Caputo, Young and Barrett - Relating to the solicitation of public employees by a candidate for an elective office - Introduced 02/05/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/12/14 - Title amended
4417. By Del. Moore, Kinsey, Hartman, Reynolds, Campbell, Nelson. E. and Azinger - Relating to liens on vehicles - Introduced 02/05/14 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/12/14
4421. By Del. White, Skaff, Boggs, Barrett, Craig, Evans, A., Manchin, Reynolds, Storch, Swartzmiller and Marcum - Allowing the lottery to pay prizes utilizing other payment methods in addition to checks - Introduced 02/06/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/12/14
4432. By Del. Guthrie, Hartman, Perry and Ashley - Adopting Principle Based Reserving as the method by which life insurance company reserves are calculated - Introduced 02/06/14 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 2/12/14
4453. By Del. Manchin, Longstreth, Ferro, Pino, Sponaugle and Manypenny - Relating to the calculation of child support obligations - Introduced 02/10/14 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4454. By Del. Manchin, Skinner, Caputo, Guthrie, Hunt, Lawrence, Skaff, Sponaugle, Wells, Nelson. E. and Ambler - Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays by private licensees - Introduced 02/10/14 - To Judiciary - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
4477. By Del. Marshall, Skinner, Pasdon, Caputo and McCuskey - Relating to the practice of psychology - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
4478. By Del. Staggers - Requiring a certificate of insurance to be in effect during the entire term of the vehicle registration period - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
4479. By Del. Ireland, Ambler, Arvon, Evans, A., Faircloth, Howell, Kump, Romine, Smith, R. and Westfall - Relating to voting procedures - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
4480. By Del. Craig and Skaff - Relating to investment of the Acid Mine Drainage Fund - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Energy then Judiciary
4481. By Del. White, Hunt, Manchin, Marcum, Caputo and Swartzmiller - Removing restrictions on where certain lottery games may be played - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
4482. By Del. Morgan, Stephens, Howell, Hartman and Campbell - Relating to qualifications to practice speech-language pathology in public schools - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Government Organization then Education
4483. By Del. Gearheart - Removing limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Judiciary
4484. By Del. Gearheart, Ambler, Azinger, Butler, Canterbury, Evans, D., Hamilton, Hamrick, Miller, Smith, R. and Westfall - Establishing a maximum ratio of the number of employees of the West Virginia Department of Education to the number of students enrolled - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Education then Finance
4485. By Del. Morgan and Poore - Making it clear that municipalities have the power to both increase and decrease the number of voting wards and/or council members - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
4486. By Del. Ellington, Miller, Ellem, Arvon, Frich, Nelson. E., Gearheart, McCuskey, Reynolds, Howell and Shott - Relating to circumstances requiring a prescription to dispense drug products that contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine and other precursors - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
4487. By Del. Hartman, Perry, Sponaugle and Campbell - Relating to travel insurance limited lines producers - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
4488. By Del. Morgan, Poore, Poling, D., Fleischauer, Manypenny and Sponaugle - Eliminating the requirement for notarization of the articles of incorporation for cooperative associations - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Judiciary
4489. By Del. Reynolds - Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
ALL HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1. By Del. Kump - The March Legislative Session Amendment - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
2. By Del. Kump - Legislator Term Limit Amendment - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
3. By Del. Kump - Lieutenant Governor Amendment - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
4. By Del. Kump - Legislative Reapportionment Amendment - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
5. By Del. Lane - Citizens' Redistricting Commission Amendment - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
6. By Del. Sumner and Sobonya - Amendment clarifying that nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
7. By Del. Fleischauer, Ferro, Ellem, Kump, Overington and Romine - Active Military Personal Property Tax Relief Amendment of 2014 - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
8. By Del. Craig, Reynolds, Pasdon and Andes - The "Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
9. By Del. Lane and Walters - The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
10. By Del. Hamilton, Ireland, Romine, Rowan and Sobonya - The "Defense of Marriage Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
11. By Del. Fleischauer, Marshall, Poore, Morgan, Armstead, Lane, Overington and Espinosa - The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
12. By Del. Romine, Walters, Miller and Rowan - The "Super-Majority Required for Passage of Tax Bill Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
14. By Del. Overington, Householder, Andes, Cowles and Gearheart - The "Right to Work Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
15. By Del. Overington, Andes, Lane, Armstead and Walters - The "Super-Majority Required for Passage of Tax Bill Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
16. By Del. Longstreth - The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
17. By Del. Caputo, Manchin and Longstreth - The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
18. By Del. Caputo, Poling, D., Longstreth and Manchin - The "Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
20. By Del. Overington, Ellington, Sobonya, Miller, C. and Walters - The "Capital Punishment Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
21. By Del. Overington, Cowles, Householder, Rowan and Howell - The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
22. By Del. Overington and Walters - The "Homestead Exemption Calculation Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
23. By Del. Anderson, Ellem, Storch, Ellington and Howell - The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
24. By Del. Anderson, Nelson, E., Howell, Overington, Gearheart, Storch and Pasdon - The "Manufacturing Inventory Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
25. By Del. Hunt - The "Elimination of Individual Terms of Circuit Courts Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
26. By Del. Overington, Lane, Sobonya, Sumner, Walters, Canterbury, Andes, Frich, Raines, Border and Nelson, J. - The "Prohibiting the Governmental Taking of Private Property for Private Use Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
27. By Del. Overington, Armstead, Rowan, Walters, Andes, Lane, Shott, Gearheart, Nelson, J. and Sobonya - The "Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
28. By Del. Howell, Storch, Canterbury, Border, Smith, R., Folk, Overington and Kump - The "Taxpayer Bill of Rights Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
29. By Del. Swartzmiller, Ferro, Pethtel, Diserio, Jones and Caputo - The "Simple Majority Approval Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
30. By Del. Marcum, Barill, Marshall, Eldridge, Ferro and Poore - The "Simple Majority Levy Approval Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
32. By Del. Reynolds, Campbell, Eldridge, Phillips, R., Tomblin, Nelson, E., Andes and Smith, P. - The "Governor's Succession Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
33. By Del. Kump, Romine, Householder, Folk, Cooper, Lynch and Smith, R. - The "County Liquor Sales Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
34. By Del. Moye, Pino, Boggs and Walker - The "Marriage Protection Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary
35. By Del. Kump, Romine and Rowan - "Nonpartisan Election of the State Board of Education Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Education then Judiciary
37. By Del. Manchin, Boggs, Caputo and Longstreth - The "Homestead Exemption and Property Tax Limitation Amendment of 2014" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Finance
101. By Del. Kump, Cooper, Folk, Householder, Faircloth, Rowan, Shott and Romine - The "Homestead Exemption Calculation Amendment" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
102. By Del. Kump, Rowan, Folk, Armstead, Sumner, Evans, A., Canterbury, Smith, R., Ambler, Cooper and Gearheart - Empowering County Commissions to Determine Salaries of Elected County Officials Amendment - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
103. By Del. Sponaugle, Phillips, R., Tomblin, Eldridge, Barker, Skaff, Lynch, Young, Barrett, Hartman and Campbell - Protect the right of West Virginians to hunt and fish and to ensure access to hunting and fishing for future generations. - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Judiciary
104. By Del. Staggers, Longstreth, Phillips, L., Barker, Moye, Young and Lynch - Safe Highways Amendment of 2014 - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
105. By Del. Howell, Kump, Gearheart, Ireland, Ellington, Householder, Hamilton, Evans, D., Arvon, Storch and Cadle - Prohibiting a list or registry of firearms Amendment - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Judiciary
106. By Del. Hamrick, Sobonya, Miller, McCuskey, Ellington, Storch, Fragale, Iaquinta and Butler - Relating to reforming the West Virginia Board of Education so that its membership is made up of elected and appointed members - Introduced 02/10/14 - To Education then Judiciary
107. By Del. Sumner, Ambler, Cadle, Cooper, Folk, Frich, Hamrick, Kump, Romine, Rowan and Shott - Relating to increasing the homestead exemption to $40,000 - Introduced 02/11/14 - To Finance
ALL HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor - Introduced 01/09/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/8/14 - To Senate 1/8/14 - Committee reference dispensed - Adopted by Senate 1/8/14
*2. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin and Marcum - The "USMC CPL Larry G. Carnutte Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*3. By Del. Phillips, R., Marcum and Tomblin - The "Army Captain Thomas McElwain Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*4. By Del. Tomblin, Phillips, R. and Marcum - The "Army Corporal Eldred Jennings Hensley Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*5. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin and Marcum - The "Sergeant Elzie Mundy, Jr. Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*6. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin and Marcum - The "Marine LCpl Benny A. Gilco Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
7. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin and Marcum - The "Kerry Albright Road" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*8. By Del. Phillips, R., Marcum and Tomblin - The "Oral Gene Castle Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
9. By Del. Perry and Staggers - The "Army S/SGT Raymond Lawrence Berry Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules
*10. By Del. Walker, Perry, Pino and Staggers - The "Veterans Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 2/5/14
11. By Del. Evans, A. and Sponaugle - The "Pendleton County Union Veterans Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules
12. By Del. Sponaugle and Evans, A. - The "Pendleton County Confederate Veterans Memorial Highway" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules
*13. By Del. Perry, Pino and Staggers - The "Thomas H. Stafford Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 1/30/14 - To Senate 1/31/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 1/31/14
14. By Del. Walker - The "Army Specialist Fifth Class Elton Dale Workman Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 2/5/14
16. By Del. Staggers, Barill, Barker, Campbell, Caputo, Hartman, Jones, Kinsey, Lawrence, Marshall, Moore, Moye, Pethtel, Pino, Smith, P., Stephens, Walker and Williams - State of West Virginia not do business with CGI Federal - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Rules
17. By Del. Evans, A. and Sponaugle - The "Captain Isaac Alt West Virginia Militia Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Rules
18. By Del. Sponaugle and Evans, A. - The "Dr. H. Luke Eye Bridge" - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Rules
*19. By Del. Hamilton and Azinger - The "Army Specialist 4 William Lewis Reger Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 2/5/14
20. By Del. Evans, A., Staggers and Lynch - The "Army Corporal William Eugene Shank Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Rules
21. By Del. Ashley, Barill, Barker, Barrett, Kinsey, Lawrence, Marshall, Miller, Perry and Staggers - Study the rural health workforce in West Virginia - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Rules
22. By Del. Iaquinta, Fleischauer, Barill, Espinosa, Gearheart, Howell, Jones, Kinsey, Stephens and Walker - Studying the needs, challenges, and issues facing West Virginia military veterans - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Rules
*23. By Del. Hamilton - Army Sgt. Walter William Smith Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 2/5/14
*24. By Del. Marcum, White, Moore, Tomblin and Phillips, R. - Fredrick Dempsey Bridge - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
25. By Del. Williams, Moye, Campbell, Ferro, Manypenny, Marshall, Moore, Perdue, Pethtel, Perry, Pino, Stephens, Young, Rowan, O'Neal, Armstead, Ashley, Border, Ellem, Faircloth, Ferns, Householder, Raines, Sobonya and Westfall (Originating in House Senior Citizen Issues) - Urging the West Virginia Governor's Office and the Senate and House Finance Committees to include sufficient funds in the budget to eliminate the wait list for the Aged and Disabled Waiver program - Introduced 01/16/14 - To House Rules 1/16/14 - Laid over until 2/5, Daily Calendar - Adopted by House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Health and Human Resources 2/6/14
26. By Del. Marcum, White, Phillips, R., Barill, Skinner, Pethtel, Ireland, Perdue, Householder, Kinsey and Poling, M. - Requesting the Division of Highways to build the bridge on County Route 65/03 located near Tug Valley High School - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*27. By Del. Poling, M. and Hamilton - The Audra Park Bridge in Memory of Army Sergeant John A. Charnoplosky - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 1/30/14 - To Senate 1/31/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 1/31/14
*28. By Del. Marcum, White, Phillips, R., Moore and Raines - William S. (Bill) Croaff Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
29. By Del. Guthrie, Young, Eldridge, Moye, Lynch, Fleischauer and Boggs - Creating a Joint Standing Committee on Technology - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Rules
*30. By Del. Marcum and White - Everett Ronnie Fields, Sr. Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
31. By Del. Fragale, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Iaquinta - Rosalyn Queen Alonso Bridge - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 1/30/14 - To Senate 1/31/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 1/31/14
*32. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin, Barker and Eldridge - Joe "Toby" Slade Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*33. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin, Barker and Eldridge - Army Sergeant Andrew Clark Bridge - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*34. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin, Barker and Eldridge - Marine Private Rudy Varney Bridge - Purple Heart Recipient - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*35. By Del. Poling, M. - The Arden Bridge in Memory of Abbie Gall - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 1/30/14 - To Senate 1/31/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 1/31/14
*36. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin, Marcum, Eldridge and Barker - Army Sergeant Billy E. Vinson Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*37. By Del. Pethtel - Army Sergeant Charles Leo Dulaney Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 1/30/14 - To Senate 1/31/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 1/31/14
*38. By Del. Wells, Guthrie and Skaff - W.T. (Big Bill) Elswick Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
40. By Del. Gearheart, Arvon, Moore, Staggers, Ambler, Cooper, Sponaugle, Barrett, Hamrick, Overington and Ellington - Designating "Take Me Home Country Roads" an official state song. - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Government Organization 2/5/14
41. By Del. Guthrie, Longstreth, Fleischauer, Barill, Wells, Iaquinta, Fragale, Phillips, L., Campbell, Manypenny and Morgan - Designating shelter dogs and cats as the official state pet of the State of West Virginia. - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Rules
42. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Del. Swartzmiller, Ambler, Anderson, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barill, Barker, Barrett, Boggs, Border, Cadle, Campbell, Canterbury, Caputo, Craig, Diserio, Eldridge, Ellem, Ellington, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Ferns, Ferro, Fleischauer, Folk, Fragale, Frich, Gearheart, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hamrick, Hartman, Hunt, Iaquinta, Jones, Kinsey, Longstreth, Lynch, Manchin, Manypenny, Marcum, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Pasdon, Overington, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Phillips, L., Phillips, R., Pino, Poling, D., Poling, M., Poore, Reynolds, Romine, Rowan, Skaff, Skinner, Smith, P., Smith, R., Sobonya, Sponaugle, Staggers, Stephens, Storch, Sumner, Tomblin, Walker, Walters, Wells, Westfall, White, Williams and Young - Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 - Introduced 01/22/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/22/14 - To Senate 1/23/14 - To Banking and Insurance 1/23/14 - Amended - Adopted by Senate 2/10/14 - House concurred in Senate amendment and adopted 2/11/14
43. By Del. Shott, Gearheart, Ellington and Moore - Dr. William Prudich Memorial Highway - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Rules
*44. By Del. Moore, Phillips, L., Marcum and White - Carnie L. Spratt Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/24/14 - To House Rules 1/24/14 - To House Rules 1/24/14 - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
45. By Del. Miller, Craig, Eldridge, Phillips, R., Morgan, Barker and Sobonya - U.S. Army SFC Bob L. VandeLinde Bridge - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Rules
46. By Del. Marcum, White, Eldridge, Phillips, R., Tomblin and Barker - Ingram's Way - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
47. By Del. Phillips, L., Moore and White - Army SFC Michael Joe "Joey" Marushia Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/27/14 - To House Rules 1/27/14 - To House Rules 1/27/14
48. By Del. Phillips, L., Moore and White - Corporal Tracy Thurman Walls Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/27/14 - To Rules
49. By Del. Barker, Phillips, R., Tomblin, Eldridge, Barill, Marcum and White - Army PFC Lilborn Dillon Memorial Road - Introduced 01/27/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*50. By Del. Eldridge, Phillips, R., Tomblin, Morgan, Stephens, Barker, Craig, Miller, Sobonya and Reynolds - Fleming Drive - Introduced 01/27/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
51. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Del. Howell, Andes, Azinger, Barill, Barker, Boggs, Butler, Campbell, Canterbury, Craig, Diserio, Eldridge, Ellington, Espinosa, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Ferro, Folk, Fragale, Frich, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hamrick, Iaquinta, Ireland, Kinsey, Kump, Lane, Longstreth, Lynch, Manypenny, Marcum, Marshall, McCuskey, Miller, Moore, Moye, Nelson. E., O'Neal, Overington, Pasdon, Perdue, Poling, D., Poore, Reynolds, Romine, Rowan, Shott, Skaff, Skinner, Sobonya, Sponaugle, Staggers, Walker, Wells, Westfall, White, Williams and Young - Requesting the Joint Committee on Government Organization and Finance study the need for interconnectivity and other improvements in West Virginia's water distribution systems - Introduced 01/27/14 - To Rules
*52. By Del. Arvon, Staggers, O'Neal, Sumner, Moye, Perry and Pino - Kennenth A. Chapman Sr. Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
53. By Del. Barker, Eldridge, Phillips, R., Tomblin, Barill and Marcum - Julian, Earl and Edward Hill Brothers Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Rules
*54. By Del. Caputo, Longstreth and Manchin - Chief Denzil O. Lockard Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 2/5/14
*55. By Del. Caputo, Longstreth and Manchin - Alex Angelino Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/28/14 - To Rules - Adopted by House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure 2/5/14
56. By Del. Romine, Evans, A., Hartman, Campbell, Sponaugle and Pethtel - Army SSG Jesse Adam Ault Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/29/14 - To Rules
57. By Del. Williams, Moye, Campbell, Ferro, Manypenny, Marshall, Moore, Perdue, Pethtel, Perry, Pino, Stephens, Young, Rowan, O'Neal, Armstead, Ashley, Border, Faircloth, Ferns, Sobonya, Westfall and Ellington (Originating in House Senior Citizen Issues) - Providing for the licensing of adult day health centers that implement a hybrid model of care - Introduced 01/30/14 - To House Rules 1/30/14 - Laid over until 2/5, Daily Calendar - Adopted by House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization - To Health and Human Resources 2/6/14
58. By Del. Williams, Moye, Campbell, Ferro, Manypenny, Marshall, Moore, Perdue, Pethtel, Perry, Pino, Stephens, Young, Rowan, O'Neal, Armstead, Ashley, Border, Faircloth, Ferns, Sobonya and Westfall (Originating in House Senior Citizen Issues) - Requesting a study on the growing needs for in-home care and personal services for West Virginia's aging population - Introduced 01/30/14 - To House Rules 1/30/14 - Laid over until 2/5, Daily Calendar - Adopted by House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Rules - To Health and Human Resources 2/6/14
59. By Del. Williams, Moye, Campbell, Ferro, Manypenny, Marshall, Moore, Perdue, Pethtel, Perry, Pino, Stephens, Young, Rowan, O'Neal, Armstead, Ashley, Border, Faircloth, Ferns, Sobonya and Westfall (Originating in House Senior Citizen Issues) - Urging the Governor to direct the Bureau of Senior Services to issue a report on the needs for in-home care - Introduced 01/30/14 - To House Rules 1/30/14 - Laid over until 2/5, Daily Calendar - Adopted by House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Health and Human Resources 2/6/14
*60. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Del. Iaquinta, Fragale and Hamrick - Lester W. 'Cappy' Burnside, Jr. Bridge - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
61. By Del. Hartman, Campbell, Sponaugle, Phillips, R., Iaquinta, Perry, Craig, Guthrie, Lynch, Poling, M., Poore, Skaff, Smith, P., Staggers, Stephens, Tomblin, Walker, Wells and Young - Restoring federal funding for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, Pocahontas County - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*62. By Del. Fleischauer, Marshall, Manypenny, Pethtel, Williams, Iaquinta, Frich, Pasdon, Manchin, Caputo and Fragale - John W. Pyles Bridge - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*63. By Del. Hunt and Manchin - Army SPC Gary Wayne Hudnall Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
64. By Del. Smith, P. - SSG Earl F. (Fred) Brown Memorial Bridge - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Rules
*65. By Del. Paxton, Longstreth, Iaquinta, Andes, McCuskey, Guthrie, Wells, Young, Tomblin, Perdue, Smith, P. and Boggs - Army SP4 Harold "Skip" Grouser Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/03/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
*66. By Del. Paxton, Marshall, Craig, Young, Stephens, Westfall, Hamilton, Iaquinta, Kinsey, Barker and Reynolds - Quentin H. Wickline Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/03/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
67. By Del. Walters, Skaff, Fleischauer, Frich, Pasdon and Marshall - Recognizing that any additional cuts to the funding for higher educational institutions would be detrimental to the growth and the financial well-being of West Virginia. - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Rules
68. By Del. Boggs and Reynolds - Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to undertake a study of the development of a high speed commuter rail system in West Virginia. - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Rules
69. By Del. Cadle, Hartman, Smith, P., Butler, Andes, Arvon, Azinger, Cooper, Ellem, Ellington, Hamrick, Espinosa, Evans, A., Faircloth, Folk, Householder, Howell, Iaquinta, Ireland, Miller, Pasdon, Paxton, Poore, Romine, Rowan, Shott and Westfall - U.S. Army Corporal John L. Gibbs Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Rules
70. By Del. Ferns, Storch, Evans, D., Ferro and Diserio - U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew D. Hunter Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Rules
71. By Del. Wells - Army Private William C. Bias Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/05/14 - To Rules
72. By Del. Perdue and Kinsey - Roy Elmer "Doc" Moon Bridge - Introduced 02/05/14 - To Rules
73. By Del. Ferns and Storch - U.S. Army Captain David Van Camp Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/05/14 - To Rules
74. By Del. Perry, Staggers and Pino - Deputy Roger Lee Treadway Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/07/14 - To Rules
75. By Del. Armstead and Walker - Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury Memorial Highway - Introduced 02/07/14 - To Rules
76. By Del. Perdue and Kinsey - Army PFC Richard Lee Lakin Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/07/14 - To Rules
77. By Del. Ambler and Canterbury - U. S. Army Private Eskridge A. Waggoner Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/07/14 - To Rules
78. By Del. Eldridge, Barker, Hartman, Sponaugle, Lynch and Campbell - Army PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/07/14 - To Rules
*79. By Del. Cadle, Arvon, Boggs, Butler, Espinosa, Evans, A., Folk, Householder, Howell, Ireland, Romine, Rowan, Shott and Sumner - Ord Brothers Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/07/14 - To Rules - Unfinished Business, Daily Calendar 2/13/14
80. By Del. Border, Ellem, Raines, Poling, D., Azinger, Hamilton, Espinosa, Cooper, Smith, R., Lynch and Sponaugle - Requesting the Joint Committee on Health study the allocation of emergency room spending on oral health and ancillary costs - Introduced 02/10/14 - To Rules
81. By Del. Moye, Eldridge, Perry, Walker, Smith, P., Lynch, Staggers, Young, Pino, Marshall and Ellem - Recognizing February 10, 1954, as the anniversary of the addition of the words, "under God," to the United States Pledge of Allegiance - Introduced 02/10/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 2/11/14
82. By Del. Skaff, Wells, Guthrie, Poore, Armstead, Nelson. E., Lane, Hunt, Walters and McCuskey - Army Staff Sergeant Kenneth Amick Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/11/14 - To Rules
83. By Del. Azinger, Iaquinta, Cooper, Paxton, Williams, Sobonya, Frich, Rowan, Evans, A., Romine, Hamilton, Eldridge, Kinsey, Ambler, Anderson, Arvon, Ashley, Barker, Barrett, Butler, Cadle, Campbell, Cowles, Evans, D., Canterbury, Guthrie, Lawrence, Diserio, Ellington, Espinosa, Faircloth, Ferns, Folk, Gearheart, Hartman, Householder, Howell, Hunt, Ireland, Lynch, Marshall, McCuskey, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Nelson. E., Overington, Pasdon, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Phillips, L., Phillips, R., Pino, Poling, D., Poling, M., Poore, Reynolds, Shott, Skaff, Skinner, Smith, P., Smith, R., Sponaugle, Stephens, Storch, Sumner, Walker, Walters, Wells, Westfall and Young - Requesting Congress erect a national monument to motherhood - Introduced 02/11/14 - To Rules
84. By Del. Marcum, White, Moore, Kinsey, Barker, Tomblin, Phillips, R., Eldridge, Hunt, Caputo and Poling, D. - The Baisden Family Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/11/14 - To Rules
85. By Del. Pasdon, Frich, Barill, Fleischauer, Marshall, Pethtel, Williams, Iaquinta, Skaff, Westfall, Sponaugle, Arvon, Butler, Diserio, Espinosa, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Folk, Hamrick, Howell, Ireland, McCuskey, Miller, Nelson. E., Phillips, R., Rowan, Romine, Smith, R. and Walters - Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to schedule the October, 2014, Legislative Interim Committee meetings in Morgantown - Introduced 02/11/14 - To Rules
86. By Del. Overington, Ambler, Anderson, Andes, Arvon, Border, Butler, Cadle, Canterbury, Cooper, Cowles, Craig, Ellington, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Folk, Frich, Gearheart, Hamilton, Hamrick, Householder, Manypenny, Marcum, McCuskey, Miller, Nelson. E., Pasdon, Raines, Romine, Rowan, Shott, Smith, R., Sobonya, Sumner, Walters, Westfall and Williams - Calling for a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government - Introduced 02/11/14 - To Rules
87. By Del. Smith, R. and Williams - Army Sgt. Everett Wayne "Bud" Sell Memorial Bridge - Introduced 02/12/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 2/12/14
88. By Del. Iaquinta, Longstreth, Eldridge, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Cadle, Cooper, Evans, D., Ferro, Fleischauer, Folk, Howell, Jones, Lawrence, Nelson. E., Pethtel, Rowan, Smith, P., Staggers, Stephens and Storch (Originating in House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security) - Requesting the Congress of the United States to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure - Introduced 02/12/14 - To House Rules 2/12/14
ALL HOUSE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
1. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) - Authorizing the appointment of employees for this, the Second Regular Session of the Eighty-first Legislature, two thousand fourteen - Introduced 01/08/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/8/14
2. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) - Establishing the Calendars of the House, providing for the arrangement of business thereon, and providing for making public the vote on certain questions in connection with the preparation thereof - Introduced 01/08/14 - Motion to discharge committee rejected - To House Rules 1/8/14 - Adopted 1/9/14
3. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) - Authorizing the Clerk to have printed and to distribute the Acts of the Legislature and Journals of the House of Delegates - Introduced 01/08/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/8/14
4. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) - Re-establishing and realigning the Standing Committees of the House - Introduced 01/08/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted 1/9/14
5. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Del. Ambler, Anderson, Andes, Armstead, Arvon, Ashley, Azinger, Barill, Barker, Barrett, Boggs, Border, Butler, Cadle, Campbell, Canterbury, Caputo, Cooper, Cowles, Craig, Diserio, Eldridge, Ellem, Ellington, Espinosa, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Ferns, Ferro, Fleischauer, Folk, Fragale, Frich, Gearheart, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hamrick, Hartman, Householder, Howell, Hunt, Iaquinta, Ireland, Jones, Kinsey, Kump, Lane, Lawrence, Longstreth, Lynch, Manchin, Manypenny, Marcum, Marshall, McCuskey, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Nelson. E., Nelson, J., O'Neal, Overington, Pasdon, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Phillips, L., Phillips, R., Pino, Poling, D., Poling, M., Poore, Raines, Reynolds, Romine, Rowan, Shott, Skaff, Skinner, Smith, P., Smith, R., Sobonya, Sponaugle, Staggers, Stephens, Storch, Sumner, Swartzmiller, Tomblin, Walker, Walters, Wells, Westfall, White, Williams and Young - Enrolling a Memorial to an extraordinary individual, the Honorable Joseph Blair Talbott, former Member of the House of Delegates from the County of Webster, educator, public servant and friend - Introduced 01/20/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 1/20/14
6. By Del. Butler - Amending House Rule Nos. 25 and 26, relating to participation in House proceedings and voting by electronic teleconferencing by members not physically present due to serving on active duty - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Rules - Rejected by House 1/29/14
7. By Del. Lane - Relating to requiring that a Jobs Impact Statement be attached to proposed legislation affecting employment or taxes in the state. - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Rules - Motion to lie over adopted - Laid over until 2/5, Daily Calendar - Unfinished Business, House Calendar 2/13/14
8. By Del. Armstead, Lane, McCuskey, Nelson. E., Raines, Walters and all other members of the House - Memorializing the life of the Honorable Ruth Stafford Goldsmith, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, community advocate, and public servant - Introduced 02/03/14 - Reference dispensed - Adopted by House 2/3/14
9. By Del. Caputo, Craig, Marcum, Phillips, R., Moye, Perry, Stephens, Walker, Reynolds, Poling, D. and Ferro - Protecting West Virginia coal and electric generation jobs from U.S. EPA carbon regulations - Introduced 02/12/14 - To Rules
HOUSE BILLS PASSED HOUSE AND COMMUNICATED TO SENATE
*2020. By Del. Ellem - Relating to conditions of bond for defendants in cases of crimes between family or household members - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/24/14 - To Senate 1/27/14 - To Judiciary 1/27/14
*2387. By Del. Marshall and Moore - Relating to reasonable accommodations under the West Virginia Fair Housing Act for persons with disabilities who need assistive animals - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/28/14 - To Senate 1/29/14 - To Judiciary 1/29/14
2477. By Del. Overington, Barill and Sobonya - Permitting certain auxiliary lighting on motorcycles - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/16/14 - Passed House 1/24/14 - To Senate 1/27/14 - To Judiciary 1/27/14
*2757. By Del. Sponaugle, Lynch, Evans, A. and Andes - Private cause of action for the humane destruction of a dog - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary - Amended on 3rd reading - Passed House 1/23/14 - Title amended - To Senate 1/24/14 - To Judiciary 1/24/14
*2954. By Del. Caputo, Tomblin and Phillips, R. - Requiring that members of the Mine Safety Technology Task Force are paid the same compensation as members of the Legislature - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Government Organization then Finance - To House Finance 1/15/14 - Passed House 1/29/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 1/30/14 - To Energy, Industry and Mining then Government Organization then Finance - To Energy, Industry and Mining 1/30/14
*2966. By Del. Skinner, Lawrence, Barrett, Young, Sponaugle, Lynch, Tomblin, Eldridge, Poore and Caputo - Relating to employment and privacy protection - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/29/14 - To Senate 1/30/14 - To Labor then Government Organization then Judiciary - To Labor 1/30/14
*4002. By Del. Perry, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, Barrett, Barill, Lynch, Fleischauer, Craig, Eldridge and Barker - Relating to the computation of local share for public school support purposes - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Education then Finance - To House Finance 1/14/14 - Amendments pending - Amended on 3rd reading - Passed House 1/29/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 1/30/14 - To Education then Finance - To Education 1/30/14
*4003. By Del. Walker, Perry, Paxton, Poling, M. and Pethtel - Granting dual jurisdiction to counties where a student who lives in one county and attends school in another in order to enforce truancy policies - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Education - Passed House 1/22/14 - To Senate 1/23/14 - To Education then Judiciary - To Education 1/23/14 - To Judiciary 1/31/14
4006. By Del. Phillips, L., Rowan, Fleischauer, Sobonya, Guthrie, Sumner, Lawrence, Miller, Poore, Border and Arvon - Relating to the possession and distribution of child pornography - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary then Finance - To House Finance 1/16/14 - Passed House 1/27/14 - To Senate 1/28/14 - To Judiciary 1/28/14
*4010. By Del. Smith, P., Phillips, R., Ellington, Ferro, Reynolds, Skinner and Storch - Creating the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/15/14 - Passed House 2/7/14 - Title amended - To Senate 2/10/14 - To Judiciary 2/10/14
*4014. By Del. Phillips, R., Tomblin, Marcum, Ferro, White, Eldridge, Diserio, Iaquinta, Barker and Skaff - Increasing criminal penalties for littering - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/20/14 - To Senate 1/21/14 - To Judiciary 1/21/14
4135. By Del. Smith, P., Perry, Pino, Walker, Young, Lynch, Hamilton, Hartman and Kinsey - Designating the first Thursday in May the West Virginia Day of Prayer - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 1/21/14 - To Senate 1/22/14 - To Judiciary 1/22/14
*4139. By Del. Guthrie, Phillips, L., Rowan, Fleischauer, Border, Lawrence, Marshall, Staggers, Poore and Smith, P. - Restricting parental rights of child custody and visitation when the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault or sexual abuse - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Judiciary - Amended - Passed House 1/29/14 - To Senate 1/30/14 - To Select Committee on Children and Poverty then Judiciary - To Select Committee on Children and Poverty 1/30/14
*4147. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Relating to emergency preparedness - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/23/14 - Passed House 2/4/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To Government Organization 2/5/14
*4175. By Del. Skaff, Barrett, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Boggs, Hartman, White, Skinner, Lane, Ellem, Ireland and Pasdon - West Virginia Small Business Emergency Act - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Finance - To House Finance 1/15/14 - Passed House 1/16/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 1/17/14 - To Economic Development then Finance - To Economic Development 1/17/14 - To Finance 1/30/14
4186. By Del. Phillips, R., White, Tomblin, Marcum, Hamilton, Evans, A., Ashley, Barker, Boggs, Hartman and Sponaugle - Relating to the procedures for issuing a concealed weapon license - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Judiciary - Passed House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Judiciary 2/5/14
*4196. By Del. Marshall, Fleischauer and Cooper - Requiring the Workforce Investment Council to provide information and guidance to local workforce investment boards that would enable them to better educate both women and men about higher paying jobs - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Industry and Labor then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/23/14 - Passed House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Government Organization 2/6/14
*4214. By Del. Perdue, Fleischauer, Diserio, Eldridge, Kinsey, Lawrence, Marshall, Moore and Poore - Relating to persons being discharged from mental health facilities - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/23/14 - Passed House 2/10/14 - Title amended - To Senate 2/11/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To Health and Human Resources 2/11/14
*4217. By Del. Perdue, Fleischauer, Campbell, Ellington, Morgan and Stephens - Relating to Medicaid reports to the Legislature - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Health and Human Resources - Passed House 1/28/14 - To Senate 1/29/14 - To Health and Human Resources 1/29/14
*4220. By Del. Staggers and Manchin - Relating to waiver of jury trial in claims arising from consumer transactions - Introduced 01/17/14 - To Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/17/14 - Passed House 2/7/14 - To Senate 2/10/14 - To Judiciary 2/10/14
*4236. By Del. Fleischauer, Campbell, Pino, Longstreth, Ellem, Phillips, L., Hunt, Poore, Sobonya, Moore and Storch - Sexual assault nurse examination network - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/23/14 - Passed House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To Health and Human Resources 2/6/14
*4278. By Del. Perdue, Fleischauer, Morgan, Guthrie, Ellington, Staggers and Swartzmiller - Rewriting the procedure by which corporations may obtain authorization from the West Virginia Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery - Introduced 01/23/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To House Judiciary 1/28/14 - Passed House 2/10/14 - Title amended - To Senate 2/11/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To Government Organization 2/11/14
*4284. By Del. Perdue, Fleischauer, Barrett, Caputo, Sponaugle, Kinsey, Lawrence, Manchin, Skinner, Guthrie and Young - Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Judiciary - Amendments pending - Motion to modify amendment adopted - Passed House 2/5/14 - To Senate 2/6/14 - To Labor then Judiciary - To Labor 2/6/14
*4287. By Del. Fleischauer, Marshall, Barill, Manypenny, Fragale, Campbell, Pasdon, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), White, Pethtel and Tomblin - Administration of health maintenance tasks - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Health and Human Resources - Passed House 2/4/14 - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To Health and Human Resources 2/5/14
4332. By Del. Border, Anderson, Ellem, Azinger, Perdue, Poling, D., Staggers, Ellington, Cowles, Fleischauer and Lane - Extending the time that certain nonprofit community groups are exempt from the moratorium on creating new nursing home beds - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Health and Human Resources - Passed House 2/4/14 - Effective from passage - To Senate 2/5/14 - To Health and Human Resources 2/5/14
*4336. By Del. Marcum, White, Poling, M., Ferro, Pethtel, Perry, Moore, Reynolds, Caputo, Pino and Barrett - Relating to state control of county schools - Introduced 01/24/14 - To Education - Passed House 2/10/14 - To Senate 2/11/14 - To Education 2/11/14
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
COMMUNICATED TO SENATE
ALL SENATE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE
AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE
3. By Sen. Kirkendoll, Cookman, Blair, Fitzsimmons, D. Hall, Nohe, Wells, Miller, McCabe, Tucker and M. Hall - Creating Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate 1/22/14 - To House 1/23/14 - To Judiciary
*12. By Sen. Stollings - Relating to expedited partner therapy treatment - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/17/14 - To Judiciary 1/17/14 - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - To House 1/29/14 - To Judiciary
*29. By Sen. Green - Clarifying requirements for certain motor vehicle searches - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/17/14 - Passed Senate 1/22/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/23/14 - To Judiciary
*32. By Sen. Snyder - Authorizing Legislative Auditor to collect sunrise application review fees - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Government Organization - Com. sub. reported 1/30/14 - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/5/14 - To Government Organization then Finance
*58. By Sen. Cookman, Miller, Plymale and Fitzsimmons - Relating to basis for voidable marriages and annulments - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/21/14 - Passed Senate 1/24/14 - To House 1/27/14 - To Judiciary
*90. By Sen. Laird, Cookman and Fitzsimmons - Creating criminal offense for interfering or preventing call for assistance of emergency service personnel - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/6/14 - Passed Senate 2/11/14 - To House 2/12/14 - To Judiciary
*133. By Sen. Snyder - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary - To Judiciary 1/21/14 - Com. sub. reported 2/7/14 - Passed Senate with amended title 2/12/14 - Effective from passage
*165. By Sen. Snyder - Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/30/14 - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/5/14 - To Judiciary
*196. By Sen. Snyder - Authorizing Division of Rehabilitation Services promulgate legislative rule relating to Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Act Board - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - To Judiciary 1/17/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/23/14 - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/29/14 - To Judiciary
208. By Sen. Plymale - Relating to Rural Health Initiative Act - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Education then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate with amended title 1/28/14 - To House 1/29/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Education
209. By Sen. Beach, Miller, Cookman, Walters and Fitzsimmons - Allowing special needs students to participate in graduation ceremonies - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Education - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/29/14 - To Education
251. By Sen. Palumbo, Cann and Cookman - Implementing terms of Uniform Arbitration Act - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Interstate Cooperation then Judiciary - To Judiciary 1/21/14 - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - Effective July 1, 2014 - To House 1/29/14 - To Judiciary
257. By Sen. Palumbo and Cann - Relating to real property possessor's liability for harm to trespassers - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/5/14 - To Judiciary
*267. By Sen. Palumbo, Kessler (Mr. President), Cookman and Fitzsimmons - Ensuring state courts' jurisdiction of fraudulent or unauthorized purchasing card use - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary - To Judiciary 1/23/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Amended on 3rd reading - Passed Senate with amended title 2/3/14 - To House 2/4/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
*278. By Sen. Palumbo - Redefining "scrap metal" - Introduced 01/08/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/15/14 - Passed Senate 1/20/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/21/14 - To Judiciary
*310. By Sen. Palumbo and Cookman - Adjusting penalties for willful failure to pay child support - Introduced 01/09/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/21/14 - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - To House 1/29/14 - To Judiciary
314. By Sen. Williams and Sypolt - Appropriating hotel occupancy tax proceeds to counties with no more than one hospital - Introduced 01/10/14 - To Government Organization then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - To House 2/5/14 - To Finance
*316. By Sen. Palumbo - Relating to tolling with regard to civil actions - Introduced 01/10/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/22/14 - Amended on 3rd reading - Passed Senate 1/30/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/31/14 - To Industry and Labor then Judiciary
325. By Sen. Kessler (Mr. President) and M. Hall [By Request of the Executive] - Providing State Fire Marshal serve at will and pleasure of Fire Commission - Introduced 01/10/14 - To Government Organization - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - To House 2/5/14 - To Government Organization then Judiciary
*336. By Sen. Stollings, Laird, Boley, Cole, M. Hall, Kirkendoll, Miller, Palumbo, Plymale, Prezioso, Tucker, Walters, Yost, Jenkins and Cookman - Relating to possession and administration of opioid antagonist - Introduced 01/13/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/31/14 - To Judiciary 1/31/14 - Com. sub. for com. sub. reported 2/4/14 - Passed Senate 2/7/14 - To House 2/10/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
341. By Sen. Kessler (Mr. President) and M. Hall [By Request of the Executive] - Making supplementary appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to Division of Human Services - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/29/14 - To Finance - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar - Passed House 2/5/14 - Effective from passage
346. By Sen. Kessler (Mr. President) and M. Hall [By Request of the Executive] - Making supplementary appropriation from Lottery Net Profits to DNR and Bureau of Senior Services - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Finance - Passed Senate 1/22/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/23/14 - To Finance - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar - Passed House 1/29/14 - Effective from passage - To Governor 2/4/14 - Approved by Governor 2/4/14
350. By Sen. Miller, Stollings, Snyder, Plymale, Laird, D. Hall, Unger and Beach - Requiring Agriculture Commissioner propose legislative rules for Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program - Introduced 01/14/14 - To Agriculture and Rural Development - Amended - Passed Senate 1/24/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/27/14 - To Judiciary then Finance
*353. By Sen. Williams, Beach, D. Hall, Miller, Sypolt, Stollings, Tucker and Plymale - Relating to timber theft in state forests - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Natural Resources then Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/30/14 - To Judiciary 1/30/14 - Com. sub. for com. sub. reported 2/3/14 - Amended - Passed Senate with amended title 2/6/14 - To House 2/7/14 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
*357. By Sen. Williams, Beach, D. Hall, Miller, Sypolt, Plymale and Tucker - Relating to Logging Sediment Control Act civil and criminal penalties - Introduced 01/15/14 - To Natural Resources then Judiciary - To Judiciary 1/30/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/31/14 - Passed Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
359. By Sen. Beach, Palumbo, Cann, Cookman, Fitzsimmons, Jenkins, Kirkendoll, Carmichael, Nohe, Walters, Plymale, Stollings and Snyder - Removing hand canvassing requirements of electronic voting machines - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - Effective from passage - To House 1/29/14 - To Judiciary
*373. By Sen. Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Palumbo, Plymale, Laird, Yost, Miller, Prezioso, Fitzsimmons, Wells, Cann, Chafin, Tucker, Stollings, Cookman and Snyder - Relating to water resources protection - Introduced 01/16/14 - To Natural Resources then Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/23/14 - To Judiciary 1/23/14 - Com. sub. for com. sub. reported 1/24/14 - Amended - Passed Senate 1/28/14 - To House 1/29/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary then Finance
380. By Sen. Beach and Stollings - Redefining "all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles" - Introduced 01/20/14 - To Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary - To Judiciary 1/29/14 - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - To House 2/5/14 - To Judiciary
*381. By Sen. Stollings, Plymale and Unger - Requiring CPR and care for conscious choking instruction in public schools - Introduced 01/20/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Education - Com. sub. reported 1/22/14 - To Education 1/22/14 - Com. sub. for com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Amended - Passed Senate with amended title 2/3/14 - To House 2/4/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Education
*387. By Sen. Cole, Blair, Carmichael, D. Hall, M. Hall, Jenkins, McCabe, Walters, Williams and Nohe - Clarifying duly authorized officers have legal custody of their prisoners while in WV - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Judiciary then Finance - Com. sub. reported 1/31/14 - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Judiciary
394. By Sen. Laird, Stollings, Plymale, Wells, Beach, Chafin, Tucker, Boley, Carmichael and Jenkins - Redesignating Health Sciences Scholarship Program as Health Sciences Service Program - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Education then Finance - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 1/30/14 - To House 1/31/14 - To Finance
*395. By Sen. Palumbo - Relating to operation and oversight of certain human services benefit programs - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - To Judiciary 1/29/14 - Com. sub. for com. sub. reported 1/31/14 - Amended - Passed Senate with amended title 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
*397. By Sen. Williams, Laird, Unger, Tucker, Plymale, Palumbo and Stollings - Expanding scope of activities considered financial exploitation of elderly - Introduced 01/21/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/4/14 - Passed Senate 2/7/14 - To House 2/10/14 - To Senior Citizen Issues then Judiciary
403. By Sen. Laird, Barnes, Edgell, Facemire, Prezioso, Snyder, Unger, Miller and Beach - Regulating importation and possession of certain injurious aquatic species - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Natural Resources - Passed Senate 2/11/14 - To House 2/12/14 - To Judiciary
*405. By Sen. Cookman, Miller and Plymale - Requiring presiding judge's permission to release juror qualification forms after trial's conclusion - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Passed Senate 2/3/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/4/14 - To Judiciary
*408. By Sen. Plymale - Relating to parole - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 1/30/14 - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/5/14 - To Judiciary
415. By Sen. Wells, McCabe and Palumbo - Changing due date of certain county commission tax reports - Introduced 01/22/14 - To Government Organization - Passed Senate 2/4/14 - To House 2/5/14 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
426. By Sen. Plymale - Relating to appointments to certain higher education commissions, councils and boards - Introduced 01/23/14 - To Education - Passed Senate 2/10/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/11/14 - To Education
435. By Sen. Palumbo, Kessler (Mr. President) and Beach - Correcting code reference relating to handgun safety training for certain court personnel - Introduced 01/27/14 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate 2/3/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/4/14 - To Judiciary
*450. By Sen. Walters, Blair, Carmichael, McCabe, Palumbo and Wells - Relating to sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors in certain outdoor dining areas - Introduced 01/30/14 - To Judiciary - Com. sub. reported 2/5/14 - Passed Senate 2/11/14 - Effective from passage - To House 2/12/14 - To Judiciary
454. By Sen. Miller, Cookman, D. Hall, Laird, Tucker, Williams and Snyder - Defining dam "owner" - Introduced 01/30/14 - To Agriculture and Rural Development then Judiciary - To Judiciary 2/4/14 - Passed Senate 2/11/14 - To House 2/12/14 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
*458. By Sen. Kessler (Mr. President), Barnes, Fitzsimmons, Kirkendoll, Walters, Laird, Yost, Cookman and Stollings - Dedicating certain circuit court fees to fund low-income persons' civil legal services - Introduced 01/31/14 - To Judiciary then Finance - Com. sub. reported 2/7/14 - 2nd reference dispensed - Passed Senate 2/12/14 - Effective July 1, 2014
470. By Sen. Cookman, Miller, Snyder, Fitzsimmons, Williams, D. Hall and Stollings - Providing completed grand jury questionnaires are confidential - Introduced 02/03/14 - To Judiciary - Passed Senate 2/10/14 - To House 2/11/14 - To Judiciary
483. By Sen. Laird, Plymale, Miller and Stollings - Renaming administrative heads of Potomac campus of WVU and WVU Institute of Technology - Introduced 02/04/14 - To Education - Passed Senate 2/12/14 - Effective from passage
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY SENATE AND COMMUNICATED TO HOUSE
*1. By Sen. Barnes and Tucker - Requesting DOH name Becky's Creek Bridge, Randolph County, "U. S. Army Sgt. Cecil W. Kittle, Jr., Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/08/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
*2. By Sen. Cann and Yost - Requesting DOH name bridge in Harrison County "U. S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Kevin S. Rux Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/10/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
*3. By Sen. Cann and Yost - Requesting DOH name bridge in Gypsy, Harrison County, "U. S. Navy Seaman First Class Sam Lopez Bridge" - Introduced 01/10/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
4. By Sen. Cann and Yost - Requesting DOH name new bridge crossing West Fork of Monongahela River at Shinnston "Veterans Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/10/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/22/14 - To House 1/23/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/23/14
5. By Sen. Wells, McCabe, Palumbo, Walters, Yost and Stollings - Requesting DOH name bridge in Kanawha County "Army PFC William Floyd Harrison Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/10/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/22/14 - To House 1/23/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/23/14
*8. By Sen. Cann, Stollings, Plymale and Wells - Requesting DOH name bridge in West Milford, Harrison County, "USMC Cpl. Gene William Somers, Jr., Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/17/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
*9. By Sen. Cookman, Stollings, Plymale, Wells and Jenkins - Requesting DOH name portion of U.S. Rt. 522 "Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper Charles Henry Johnson Memorial Highway" - Introduced 01/17/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
*10. By Sen. Kirkendoll, Stollings, Plymale and Jenkins - Requesting DOH name bridge in Switzer, Logan County, "U. S. Army Cpl. James Melvin 'Pete' Spradlin Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/21/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
*11. By Sen. Kirkendoll, Stollings, Plymale and Jenkins - Requesting DOH name bridge in Logan "U. S. Army Major Thomas McElwain Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/21/14 - Com. sub. reported 1/29/14 - Adopted by Senate 1/29/14 - To House 1/30/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 1/30/14
*13. By Sen. Cann, Prezioso, Beach, Wells, Williams and Miller - Requesting DOH name bridge on Rt. 58 in Anmoore "U. S. Army PFC Nick A. Cavallaro Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/22/14 - Com. sub. reported 2/5/14 - Adopted by Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 2/6/14
*14. By Sen. Kirkendoll, Stollings, Beach, Jenkins, Edgell, Plymale, Williams and Miller - Requesting DOH name bridge crossing Madison Creek, Logan County, "U. S. Army Sergeant Bernard C. Maynard Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/23/14 - Com. sub. reported 2/5/14 - Adopted by Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 2/6/14
*15. By Sen. Plymale, Beach, Stollings, Jenkins and Edgell - Requesting DOH name bridge on Rt. 2 Cabell County, "U. S. Army PFC Homer 'Clyde' Farley and U. S. Army PFC Max O. Farley Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/23/14 - Com. sub. reported 2/5/14 - Adopted by Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 2/6/14
*17. By Sen. Laird, Miller, Unger, Plymale, Stollings, Cole and Jenkins - Requesting DOH name bridge in Greenbrier County "U. S. Army Sgt. James Lee Holcomb Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/24/14 - Com. sub. reported 2/5/14 - Adopted by Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 2/6/14
*19. By Sen. Stollings, Kirkendoll, Unger, Plymale and Jenkins - Requesting DOH name bridge in Lincoln County "U. S. Army Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman Memorial Bridge" - Introduced 01/28/14 - Com. sub. reported 2/5/14 - Adopted by Senate 2/5/14 - To House 2/6/14 - To Rules - To House Rules 2/6/14
27. By Sen. Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Stollings, Plymale, Laird, McCabe, Prezioso, Yost, Wells, Miller, Cookman, Palumbo and Jenkins - Urging President and Congress establish provisions to prevent and respond to chemical spills in state and national waters - Introduced 02/05/14 - Adopted by Senate 2/12/14
HOUSE BILLS PASSED LEGISLATURE
4177. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Making a supplementary appropriation to various agencies - Passed 2/5/2014; Effective from passage - To Governor 2/12/14
4182. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing, amending, increasing, decreasing, and adding items of appropriations in various accounts - Passed 2/5/2014; Effective from passage - To Governor 2/12/14
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES
1. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley) - Extending an invitation to His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver an address to the Legislature and raising a Joint Assembly therefor - Adopted 1/8/14
42. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Miley), Del. Swartzmiller, Ambler, Anderson, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barill, Barker, Barrett, Boggs, Border, Cadle, Campbell, Canterbury, Caputo, Craig, Diserio, Eldridge, Ellem, Ellington, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Ferns, Ferro, Fleischauer, Folk, Fragale, Frich, Gearheart, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hamrick, Hartman, Hunt, Iaquinta, Jones, Kinsey, Longstreth, Lynch, Manchin, Manypenny, Marcum, Marshall, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Pasdon, Overington, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Phillips, L., Phillips, R., Pino, Poling, D., Poling, M., Poore, Reynolds, Romine, Rowan, Skaff, Skinner, Smith, P., Smith, R., Sobonya, Sponaugle, Staggers, Stephens, Storch, Sumner, Tomblin, Walker, Walters, Wells, Westfall, White, Williams and Young - Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 - Adopted 2/11/14
SENATE BILLS PASSED LEGISLATURE
341. By Sen. Kessler (Mr. President) and M. Hall [By Request of the Executive] - Making supplementary appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to Division of Human Services - Passed 2/5/2014; Effective from passage
346. By Sen. Kessler (Mr. President) and M. Hall [By Request of the Executive] - Making supplementary appropriation from Lottery Net Profits to DNR and Bureau of Senior Services - Passed 1/29/2014; Effective from passage - To Governor 2/4/14 - Approved by Governor 2/4/14
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES
7. By Sen. Beach, Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Miller, Williams, Jenkins, Prezioso, Wells, D. Hall, Stollings and Cann - Requesting Star City interchange on I-79 in Morgantown be named "Michael A. Oliverio, Sr., Interchange" - Adopted 1/22/14
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WipEout HD & Fury Coming to PlayStation Vita
Posted by Niraj Shah - June 19th, 2012 - News
A screenshot of the trophy list for WipEout 2048 suggests that the PS Vita game will be getting WipEout HD and the WipEout HD Fury DLC pack as downloadable content. The addition of the new content will add a further 22 trophies to the game, and most likely add cross-save features to the game, allowing PS3 owners to continue their campaign on the PS Vita, though this has yet to be confirmed.
The DLC might also increase the online features of the PS Vita version of the game and allow full cross-play with the PS3 version.
Sony has confirmed that the WipEout HD and Fury expansion packs hit the PlayStation Store today in North America, and tomorrow in Europe.
The first pack is the “WipEout 2048 WipEout HD Add-On Pack” for $7.99, which includes the full single-player WipEout HD campaign mode and all of the WipEout HD online multiplayer tracks. With 12 new tracks for your PS Vita (including eight reverse tracks), 12 additional ships, and a Zone Mode Ship, you’ll be put to the test after conquering WipEout 2048. As an added bonus, you’ll have access to an additional 12 crossplay tracks outside of the original four tracks included in WipEout 2048 for simultaneous multiplayer action on your PS3 and PS Vita.
The second pack is “WipEout 2048 WipEout HD Fury Add-On Pack” for $7.99, which includes the full single-player WipEout HD Fury campaign mode with all 12 tracks (including four reverse tracks and four Zone Mode tracks), 24 ships to choose from, and a Zone Mode Ship. The HD Fury Add-On pack also gives you access to another 12 crossplay tracks, granting you a ton of options when racing against your friends online.
If you’d like to own both of these new DLC packs, you can purchase the special bundle package for a value price of $12.99. With the “WipEout 2048 WipEout HD Fury Bundle,” you’ll receive all 24 beautifully designed WipEout HD tracks, 12 reverse tracks, four Zone Mode tracks, all 24 ships from the Wipeout HD titles, plus a Zone Mode ship and full crossplay access.
For those of you who already own WipEout HD or WipEout HD Fury on your PS3, you can automatically download the PS Vita versions for free! And the same works vice-versa as well: Anyone who purchases these new WipEout HD expansion packs from PlayStation Store on their PS Vita can download the packs for free on their PS3.
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WipEOut 2048 Updated to v1.04 | XTREME PSP / PSVita says:
[…] The changelog in the update simply states “Various Bug Fixes” but following on from the post this morning about WipEout HD DLC content, the trophy list for the game has indeed been updated. The update is 142 MB in size – a […]
WipEout HD is Free for PlayStation Plus Subscribers in North America | XTREME PS3 says:
[…] As part of today’s PlayStation Store update in North America, it looks like WipEout HD is free to download if you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber. The game was previously given away as part of the “Welcome Back” initiative after the PlayStation Network was hacked. The game is likely part of the upcoming DLC for WipEout 2048 on the PlayStation Vita. […]
Zeph Cook says:
I don’t have either of the games. Looks like I will have to get one to benefit from the offer.
WipEout HD & Fury DLC for WipEout 2048 Available from Today | XTREME PSP / PSVita says:
[…] has confirmed that the WipEout HD and Fury expansion packs for WipEout 2048 on the PS Vita will be available on the PlayStation Store today in North America. For those of you […]
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Favourite Five: Musicians who look like Librarians
February 20, 2018 by Aphoristical41 Comments on Favourite Five: Musicians who look like Librariansfavourite five
There’s a definite stereotype in pop music of youth and charisma, but there’s plenty of room for different aesthetics. Here are five very talented individuals whose personal style choices are more suited to the public library than to the pop charts.
Lisa Loeb
I’ve never heard anything else that Loeb’s released, but ‘Stay (I Missed You)’ from 1994’s Reality Bites soundtrack was a sweetly delivered hit that holds up well. Listening to it with fresh ears, the most striking thing is how Loeb’s girlish vocals and vulnerable/accusatory lyrics sound like a dry run for Taylor Swift’s chart topping hits.
The bearded, bespectacled lead guitarist of The Grateful Dead was a key figure in the 1960s counter-culture, even while looking like a college professor or librarian.
Despite being a fellow New Zealander, Reid was under my radar until very recently, but she’s impressing me as a singer-songwriter with a distinctive artistic voice. Her second album, 2017’s Preservation, was ranked by Mojo as the second best album of the year.
Perhaps the greatest waste of potential in pop music, Holly cranked out a series of effortless sounding hits in the late 1950s, before perishing in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 (“the day the music died”).
Sill’s sadly brief musical career was enigmatic, making music filled with religious imagery, and inspired by Bach, that was at odds with her personal turmoil. I featured ‘Jesus Was A Crossmaker’ recently, so here’s another favourite, ‘The Kiss’ from 1973’s Heart Food.
Did I leave anyone off who would fit into the staff at this musically gifted library? Let me know below.
41 thoughts on “Favourite Five: Musicians who look like Librarians” Leave a comment ›
turntabletalk says:
Nice post. Personally, I’m a fan of Will Toledo from Car Seat Headrest. Looks just like a literary boy. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/car-seat-headrest-on-going-from-dorm-room-prodigy-to-indie-rock-sensation-20151124
I haven’t caught up with Car Seat Headrest yet, but he looks like he could join the crew.
Ha! Lisa Loeb for sure! I’d add Paul McCartney, too.
Also, Wayne Coyne looks like the wackiest and coolest librarian ever.
I can see that with Wayne Coyne. What era of McCartney are you thinking of?
The sweater wearing McCartney. Is it Wings era? I can’t say for sure… I don’t much like him, but I’ve seen enough images of the guy. In fact, I guess any era?
Sure, the sweater works for me. Welcome to the library Mr McCartney.
What a great idea for a post! I’d add The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy to this list and he’s got the literary lyrics to his credit as well.
Goodness, I should have thought of him. He’s written kids books too.
I know! They’re fantastic!
My daughter might like them as a bedtime story soon. We’ve almost finished The Hobbit.
Definitely. The Wildwood books have a definite C.S. Lewis/Lewis Carroll vibe.
All 4 dudes from Weezer …
I did toy with the idea of Rivers Cuomo – my thought process was that Buddy Holly did that look first, and people like Elvis Costello and Rivers Cuomo were along in his wake. Some of the other guys look worthy of consideration though.
You should check out Lisa Loeb’s album Firecracker. It’s got some great songs on it
If you ever have one for a guy who looks like a dork, then Ed Sheeran.
I don’t think he’d make a favourite five of anything on this site – I find him pretty shallow and emotionally manipulative. I don’t want to do the categorising people based on looks thing often, although it does throw up an interesting mix of otherwise unconnected artists.
Yes, it does. It’s a fun idea. I was going to mention Elvis Costello but you beat me to it.
I might do it again if I can think of interesting enough categories. Just don’t want to go anywhere too derogatory or sexist.
Top 5 Dorky looking musicians would probably include Simon and Garfunkel (perennially awkward) and Radiohead (need more sun).
And Kraftwerk.
Devo!
Yup, they should be on there too I guess – crossed my mind, but they kind of went purposefully dorky instead of inadvertently dorky.
Did you ever heard an Aussie 90’s band called The Paradise Motel? She was a real life librarian before becoming the singer, you know? I wrote something about them at the start of this year, where is that now? Here for you: https://a1000mistakes.wordpress.com/2018/01/18/classic-albums-still-life-by-the-paradise-motel/
Cheers, great post 🙂
William wins the Internet this week!
I haven’t heard of them – they mustn’t have got super big in New Zealand. Thanks for the link.
chrismorvan says:
Jerry Garcia? Not in my local library.
Judee Sill? As long as you didn’t know what she was up to at home.
My vote goes to Jarvis Cocker, who not only looks like a 1970s student-turned-librarian, but is in my view vastly overrated. The sub-Squeeze hit Common People makes me cringe.
But Al Stewart, now there’s a lyricist and if you’ve ever heard him talk, his voice was just made to tell you to keep quiet – in fact he did just that when people were talking during a small gig in Portsmouth in 1972.
I totally see Jarvis Cocker as a librarian, especially now. And Al Stewart doesn’t really have a librarian look, but he definitely has a penchant for historical epics – I need to hear more than the Year of the Cat album.
I think I’ve only heard a couple of Lisa Loeb songs – but I’ve liked all I’ve heard.
Nice idea!
Does everybody know Al Stewart’s “Roads to Moscow?” It deals with the German invasion of Russia in WWII. Pretty heavy stuff for a pop song. Only one I can think of that name checks General Guderian.
Nope, but I know The Waterboys’ Red Army Blues, which has a pretty similar setting, and the protagonist gets sent to a gulag afterwards.
Unfortunate.
I’m sure I’ll get more one day – I just never saw his albums.
Actually, the ‘unfortunate ‘ I was referring to was the poor SOB in the gulag.
I really like Year of the Cat, so sounds like I need to hear Past, Present and Future.
Yeah I recall it being pretty good. It was out before he went mainstream.
chrismorvanChris Morvan says:
Yes, he carved out a niche for himself in that respect. I’ve heard Nostradamus too often to be awestruck and stuff like Warren Gamaliel Harding is nice but hardly great. I prefer his love stories such as Not The One on Modern Times. Aphoristical, you should check out that album.
verian says:
Throwing my hat in the ring with Laura Veirs
Hackskeptic says:
Blur’s Graham Coxon has my vote.
cincinnatibabyhead says:
My librarian is a cross between Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart.
The librarian is fast, bulbous, and got a Christmas letter from a hooker in Minneapolis?
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Bachelor In Paradise 2019: Vanessa Brings The Sunshine To Paradise
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“I’m Vanessa Sunshine and I’m from Nick Cummins’ season. Do I even need an introduction? People know who I am.”
With that, Vanessa Sunshine was back, bringing the sunshine to Paradise. Sharing that “people know [her] best for [her] attitude of giving zero fucks”, Vanessa is best remembered for being “not thrilled” about the Honey Badger.
Viewers were quick to note that despite her surname, Vanessa’s disposition was perhaps less than sunny, but Vanessa ensured everyone that she does know how to have fun.
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“After being on the show, I didn’t expect people to have such a ‘oh my God, why are you called Sunshine? When you’re not even like, sunshiney?’ I’m like, yeah look, I have a good resting bitch face, but I do smile!” she said.
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Asked what brought her to Paradise, Vanessa wasn’t about to start sugarcoating now.
“Well obviously, I got a s**t Bachelor, so I’m hoping that I have a bit more of a chance in Paradise,” she said, laughing.
“Tell me what you really think,” Osher replied, and Vanessa doubled down.
“What a joke,” she said. “ It might sound a little bit harsh but he was a prize I didn’t want to win.”
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Clearly, Nick Cummins was not the man for Vanessa. So who would be?
According to Vanessa, she’s looking for someone “funny and genuine, someone whose sincerity is something I don’t have to question and who doesn’t question mine”. And while looks may be a bonus, Vanessa is looking for more than that.
“You can be hot, but if that’s all you’ve got and that’s all you’re bringing to the table, like ‘oh, good for you, you’re hot!’ But I’m not willing to compromise and to settle on less than what I know I deserve,” she finished.
Vanessa knows exactly what she wants (Network 10)
Osher high fived Vanessa for her response, calling it “the best answer” to the question he’s ever had, before revealing that she’d be entering Paradise with a date card -- one that came with a catch. Instead of being able to enter Paradise and scope out the man of her dreams, she was going to choose her date sight unseen, by smelling the shirts of all her potential suitors.
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“This is f**ked. All right,” Vanessa said, cautiously sniffing at the shirts.
Well reader, after declaring that the type of man she wasn’t looking for was “a party boy”, Vanessa unwittingly picked Nathan for her single date, and neither of them was particularly excited.
“Oh f**k,” Vanessa said in an interview, as Nathan approached her on the beach. “I picked Nathan.”
“I was... surprised... and I didn’t have super high hopes for the date,” she added.
Paradise or massage nightmare? (Network 10)
For their date, Vanessa and Nathan were set to give each other ~sensual~ oil massages, but after quickly coming to the mutual realisation that there were not going to be any sparks flying between them, they settled into having a laugh with one another. In fact, we even got to see Vanessa squeal with laughter as Nathan squirted a ton of oil on her back and massaged her with his “new technique” -- using his torso.
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“I will not be reciprocating that… technique,” Vanessa laughed, telling him that the massage was a “2.5” out of 10.
In an interview later, Vanessa added: “Honestly, the date was s**t”.
Will Vanessa find love in Paradise? It’s early days, but so far, no one has caught her eye. After meeting the rest of the men so far, Vanessa was once again left underwhelmed.
“Obviously, I was not thrilled. Based upon looks alone, I know what I’m wanting and what I’m feeling and, none of these men are it,” she said.
Better luck tomorrow, Vanessa!
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SSA Car Ferry Has "Fender Bender" Sunday Night
SSA Car Ferry/Fender Bender
High winds on Nantucket Sound Sunday night literally knocked a steamship authority ferry out of service.
The Inquirer and Mirror reports that the M/V Eagle, an SSA car ferry, was approaching the South slip at the Nantucket Terminal, with winds gusting to 50 miles per hour, when it had a hard impact with the outer most fender just before 5 P.M.
After the impact the crew was able to maneuver the vessel into the slip.
SSA officials said the ferry sustained damage to its rub rail and was taken out of service for repairs.
The boat was back on schedule Monday afternoon.
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Meet the Bay Area NFL Draft Prospects: Cal Running Back Patrick Laird
By Dustin Dorsey
BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- As the eyes of the sports world turn to the 2019 NFL Draft, ABC7 is introducing you to some of the best of the best on Bay Area college football rosters.
FULL LIST: Top Bay Area college football prospects for NFL Draft
37 players from Cal, San Jose State and Stanford all eagerly await the chance for their names to be called, thus making them a professional football player.
This includes Cal running back Patrick Laird.
From walk-on to Cal star, Laird was a difference maker on and off the field for the California Golden Bears.
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He was voted the team's Most Valuable Offensive Player award for the production he had in his senior season.
His record-setting 2018 included 961 rush yards and nearly 300 receiving yards for a team-high 1,249 all-purpose yards.
Where he found his name in the record books came in the air, as he set a Cal record with 51 catches for the team.
Thank you @BurlsworthTrust for honoring the legacy of a walk-on. #EarnIt pic.twitter.com/PtTddqsc1f
— Cal Football (@CalFootball) December 4, 2018
Laird's season came to an unfortunate end in the team's bowl game where he broke his clavicle.
His best statistical season came in 2017, where he set most of his offensive career high marks.
This included 1,127 rush yards, eight rushing touchdowns and a total of 1,449 all-purpose yards.
He also matched a mark set by Bay Area native Marshawn Lynch.
Laird became the first Cal player since Beastmode to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back Big Games against rival Stanford.
While his success on the field was noticeable, it may have been the injury that kept him from receiving an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine.
This made the Pro Day for the running back his one and only chance to run the field drills in front of NFL coaches and scouts.
"So basically my pro day was the time that I could showcase my athletic ability," Laird said. "Some teams put more weight in those drills than others. But every team has my tape. They like my tape but the pro day was a way to come in and show my athletic ability and how it stacks up against everyone else."
It may have been a pressure packed scenario for some, but not Laird.
He caught the eye of evaluators with a blazing time on his 20-yard shuttle and three-cone drill. They would have been the fastest among running backs at the combine.
3⃣.9⃣6⃣ 20-yard Shuttle @PatrickMLaird posts ANOTHER mark that would top all the RB's at the combine! #ProDay // #EarnIt pic.twitter.com/Hybqxgw2vO
— Cal Football (@CalFootball) March 22, 2019
After the Pro Day, Laird, alongside other local Bay Area football stars, competed in the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders local pro days to work out with the individual teams.
Listen. Learn. Execute. Putting your best foot forward for the next level. #BayAreaUnite // #EarnIt // #ProBears pic.twitter.com/uQwjOFFGG8
— Cal Football (@CalFootball) April 12, 2019
Still, Laird is just focused on what he can control.
For as successful as he was on the field in Berkeley, his work off the field is where he continued to make a difference.
If you ever watched a Cal Football game, when Laird scored, he celebrated by making a hand gesture as if to be opening a book.
He saw the importance of making sure kids were reading in and out of school.
Laird created the "Patrick Laird Summer Reading Challenge", with winners receiving tickets to a Cal game.
Excited to announce that the Summer Reading Challenge is back and sign-ups opened up today. 4 free tickets to Cal’s opening game for every kid who completes the challenge. More information and how to get involved here: https://t.co/1NAvyoZHTR pic.twitter.com/pHiaNqKN2E
— Patrick Laird (@PatrickMLaird) April 15, 2019
In addition, he published a digital series of "#ReadWithPat" videos featuring Cal Football Head Coach Justin Wilcox, Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton, best-selling author Michael Lewis and UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ.
He believes the work off the field is just as important as the work on the field.
Laird made his mark at Cal, now he looks to continue that in the NFL.
His agents tell him many teams consider him a late-round selection or possibly an unrestricted free-agent once the 7 rounds of the draft end.
One thing is for sure, when the time comes, you know Laird will be looking to make a difference any way he can.
"It would be nice if a team selected me," Laird said. "But whatever happens, I'll be happy with the opportunity that I get. Either way, if I get drafted, or I'm a priority free agent, you still have to show up. There's a lot of guys that get drafted and they don't play. Some guys don't get drafted and they end up playing. So it's all about what you do when you show up."
Follow along with ABC7 Sports Anchors Larry Beil and Mindi Bach as well as Community Journalist Dustin Dorsey for updates throughout the NFL Draft.
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The Latest: Turkey's Erdogan calls for cease-fire in Idlib
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Syria talks in Iran (all times local):
Turkey's president is calling for a cease-fire and an end to airstrikes amid a looming campaign for Syria's Idlib province.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the comments Friday at a trilateral meeting between Iran, Russia and Turkey in Tehran.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says "we have to force the United States to leave" Syria.
Rouhani did not elaborate on the comment, which he made while speaking about Idlib. America has some 2,000 troops in Syria.
Friday's summit may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action ahead of an anticipated offensive targeting the northwestern Syrian province.
Idlib province and surrounding areas are home to about 3 million people — nearly half of them civilians displaced from other parts of Syria. That also includes an estimated 10,000 hard-core fighters, including al-Qaida-linked militants.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the fight in Syria should continue until all extremists are "uprooted," especially in Idlib.
Rouhani made the comment Friday at a trilateral summit between Iran, Russia and Turkey held in Tehran.
The summit may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action ahead of an anticipated offensive targeting the northwestern Syrian province.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says America's intervention in Syria should immediately end.
Rouhani also said that "the fires of war and bloodshed in Syria are reaching their end."
The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey have begun a summit on Syria as a bloody offensive on Idlib province looms, despite warnings from the U.S. and others not to launch the attack.
The summit Friday between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action ahead of an anticipated offensive targeting the northwestern Syrian province.
Iran, Russia and Turkey all have their own competing interests over Syria. All also face U.S. sanctions under the administration of President Donald Trump.
Residents in Syria's northwestern Idlib province are holding mass rallies in the rebels' last bastion, protesting an imminent government offensive there and chanting against the country's ruler President Bashar Assad.
The Friday rallies came as Presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia are meeting in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria. The summit may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action in Idlib and its surrounding areas, home to more than 3 million people. Nearly half of the area's residents are already displaced from other parts of Syria and have refused to reconcile with the Syrian government. The area also includes opposition fighters and some of Syria's most radical groups.
"Come on, leave Bashar!" hundreds of protesters chanted in Saraqeb, a town in eastern Idlib. "We will defend our revolution."
A spokesman for a Syrian rebel alliance says the least the summit in the Iranian capital can do is avert a humanitarian crisis in the last bastion for the opposition in northwestern Syria.
Naji al-Mustafa, spokesman for the Turkey-backed National Front for Liberation, said Friday his fighters are prepared for battle. But they expect a major humanitarian crisis, a large wave of displacement and a lot of destruction and death if a Russia-backed offensive takes place.
Idlib and surrounding areas are home to more than 3 million people, nearly half of them already displaced from other parts of Syria.
Al-Mustafa said his rebel alliance is looking to Turkey's efforts to prevent the attack and "to protect Idlib." Turkey has deployed 12 observations points and hundreds of fighters that ring Idlib, separating them from government and allied fighters, as part of a de-escalation agreement with Russia and Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have both arrived in Tehran for a trilateral summit on Syria.
The two presidents landed at Mehrabad International Airport.
They will attend the summit with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
The summit may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action ahead of an anticipated offensive targeting Syria's northwestern Idlib province.
Activists and residents say warplanes have struck areas on the southern edge of the Syrian Idlib province, the rebels' last bastion, killing one and causing loud explosions and large plumes of smoke.
The airstrikes Friday come hours before presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey meet in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake bastion of Idlib.
Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said a series of airstrikes struck a few villages in southwest Idlib and along the borders with the adjacent Hama province, targeting insurgent posts and killing a fighter. Abdurrahman said suspected Russian warplanes carried out the airstrikes.
Idlib province and surrounding areas are home to more than 3 million people.
The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry is calling a summit on Syria between Iran, Turkey and Russia an "invaluable opportunity."
Bahram Ghasemi wrote an opinion piece published across Iranian media on Friday that the summit in Tehran helps as all the nations "have faced similar challenges and joint threats by bullying foreign powers."
Ghasemi wrote: "The summit has double significance since all the three nations have faced ambitions and greediness of an illogical international big power." That refers to the United States, which has some 2,000 troops in Syria after its war against the Islamic State group.
The summit Friday between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action ahead of an anticipated offensive targeting Syria's northwestern Idlib province.
The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey will meet in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib.
The summit Friday, the third between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, may determine whether diplomacy halts any military action.
Northwestern Idlib province and surrounding areas are home to about 3 million people — nearly half of them civilians displaced from other parts of Syria. That also includes an estimated 10,000 hard-core fighters, including al-Qaida-linked militants.
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An Open-label Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of a Single Intrathecal Dose of ISIS 396443 in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Who Previously Participated in ISIS 396443-CS1
Phase of Trial: Phase I
Drugs Nusinersen (Primary)
Indications Spinal muscular atrophy
Sponsors Ionis Pharmaceuticals; Isis Pharmaceuticals
14 Jul 2014 Status changed from active, no longer recruiting to completed as reported by ClinicalTrials.gov.
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17 Sep 2013 Status changed from recruiting to active, no longer recruiting as reported by ClinicalTrials.gov.
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ESPN 'What about us" (2018) :30 (USA)
By kidsleepy on March 11, 2018 - 18:36
Celebrating NCAA Women’s Championship and International Women's Day, ESPN created an anthem for female athletes of every sport.
Featured in the spot are:
Pat Summitt – legendary Tennessee women’s basketball coach who was a pioneer for the sport
Danica Patrick – most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing
Becky Hammon – assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs (second female asst. coach in NBA history, first full-time), former WNBA player
Laila Ali – former professional boxer and philanthropist, health advocate and TV personality; daughter of the late and great Muhammad Ali
Mia Hamm – Two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the best female soccer players in history
Ibtihaj Muhammad – American sabre fencer and Olympic bronze medalist; first American Muslim woman to wear a hijab while competing for the US in the Olympics; first female American Muslim athlete to earn Olympic medal
Billie Jean King – tennis great who fought for equal prize money for women in the sport
Chloe Kim – the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal
“Final Five” USA Gymnastics team – Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian; won team gold at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Annika Sorenstam – one of the best female golfers in history
Janet Evans – Five-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Serena Williams – one of the greatest tennis players of all time
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DCMS/Wolfson museum fund awards £4m to 35 museums across England
Main Image: Derby Silk Mill's Museum of Making has been awarded £90,000 to enhance its temporary exhibition space
The 35 museums and galleries across the country will receive grants of up to £300,000 as part of the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, which supports national and regional museums across England to improve the quality of displays, enhance exhibition spaces and public access, and increase awareness of their collections
The Wolfson Foundation won the Special Recognition Award at last year’s Museums + Heritage Awards (deadline for this year’s entries is 1 February)
The successful museums and galleries are part of the 13th round of funding from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund.
Jointly funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and philanthropic charity, the Wolfson Foundation, the fund has so far given £48m to help 382 projects at 114 museum groups and galleries since it was started in 2001.
Our longstanding partnership with DCMS [is] an excellent example of how we as a charity can work together fruitfully with government
Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation
Among the successful museums receiving funding was the Horniman Museum and Gardens where Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis and Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation announced the news yesterday.
The Horniman will receive a grant of £90,000 to redevelop its Music Gallery to support the ‘Music in the Making’ project. Musicians from a range of genres including classical, grime and R&B will be commissioned to create and perform works inspired by the Horniman’s collection, transforming the way in which audiences interact with the museum.
“Our museums and galleries are among the best in the world and we are rightly proud of these institutions,” said Michael Ellis. “The DCMS/Wolfson Fund demonstrates how the government and philanthropic organisations can work together to boost our museum sector. We want people up and down the country to enjoy culture and heritage wherever they are. The 35 grants awarded today will make important contributions towards improving the visitor experience; ensuring our wonderful collections are open to as many people as possible.”
Geffrye Museum has been awarded £90,000 towards its major capital project Unlocking the Geffrye and specifically its Collections Study Room and Reading Lounge
The fund aims to provide capital funding to deliver projects in the following key areas:
Material improvements to the display and interpretation of collections, in both permanent galleries and exhibition spaces
Improvements to access and/or interpretation for visitors with disabilities
Physical improvements to public spaces to enhance visitor experience
Improvements to environmental controls, collections storage and conservation facilities to enhance the care of collections
“Our longstanding partnership with DCMS [is] an excellent example of how we as a charity can work together fruitfully with government, said Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation. “One of the great treasures of this country is the sheer quality and range of our heritage collections – stored and displayed in wonderful museums and galleries. This funding will help to provide even better visitor experiences and greater awareness of these fascinating collections. A particular joy of this funding round has been the impressive mix of the projects supported: from a dress collection at Carlisle’s Tullie House to temporary exhibition space in Falmouth’s National Maritime Museum.”
Other successful museums include three museums in Manchester who are set to receive a joint total of more than £240,000 to support projects at the Manchester Museum, the People’s History Museum and Chetham’s Library. Manchester Museum will receive £190,000 for their project ‘hello future’, which will create inclusive and imaginative exhibitions on zoology, earth sciences and archaeology.
Tullie House in Carlisle has received a grant of £252,000 for their project ‘Dressed to Impress’. The Museum looks after an outstanding collection of fine art, natural science and archeology and this project will significantly improve access for visitors to an exhibition looking at changing fashion styles dating from 1720 onwards. The DCMS/Wolfson funding will allow the museum to conserve and display 40 outfits for the first time.
The Museum of East Anglian Life looks after 17 historic buildings and their successful project, Heritage Farm, will receive £250,000. The project is the first part of a 10-year plan to become the national museum of food and will help to address issues such as childhood obesity, conservation conscious farming and increase the number of visitors to Suffolk.
The Black Country Living Museum’s Forging Ahead project aims to save landmark community and commercial buildings from demolition and rebuild them at the open air museum. It has been awarded £90,000 towards its Cast-Iron Houses
Successful projects by region:
Museum of East Anglian Life, Heritage Farm: enabling the masterplan – £250,000
Black Country Living Museum, BCLM: Forging Ahead, Cast-Iron Houses – £90,000
Potteries Museum, Stoke-On-Trent, ‘Operation Spitfire’ – £210,000
Chetham’s Library, Manchester, Opening up Chetham’s Library – £25,500
Manchester Museum, Manchester Museum: hello future – £190,000
People’s History Museum, Manchester, Improving Storage at the People’s History Museum – £25,000
Tullie House, Carlisle, ‘Dressed to Impress’: Showcasing a collection of national significance; transforming a historic space – £252,500
Dorset County Museum, Tomorrow’s Museum for Dorset: Collections Care and Access – £175,000
National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, Investment in infrastructure to develop major temporary exhibition programme – £96,500
Russell-Cotes, Bournemouth, Reinterpretation and Reconnecting Project – £115,500
Southampton City Art Gallery, Lighting Up – £98,000
SS Great Britain, Bristol, environmental monitoring improvements and Conservation in Action display – £50,000
Tank Museum, Wareham, Second World War Galleries Redisplay (Phase 1) – £120,000
The Wilson, Cheltenham, Observation, Imagination and Making; 100 years on – Ernest Gimson and the Arts and Crafts Movement – £100,000
Cannon Hall Museum, Cracking Ceramics! – £60,000
Hull Maritime Museum, Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City – £150,000
Weston Park, Sheffield, Stories from Ancient Egypt to Sheffield – £187,000
Derby Silk Mill, Museum of Making – Enhancing the temporary exhibition space – £90,000
National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Nottingham, Enhancing the Visitor Experience – £31,000
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, The Story of Nottingham Lace: a new Lace Gallery – £200,000
Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields, Pioneers from the Dawn of Railways: Killingworth Billy & the Willington Waggonway – £94,500
Sunderland Museum, Sunderland Museum, Library and Winter Gardens Development (Phase 2 – Increasing Audiences) – £156,000
Oriental Museum Durham, Silk Road Gallery – £50,000
Bucks County Museum, Touch of Bucks Gallery Redevelopment – £200,000
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Essential Enhancements to the Victorian Ropery Gallery and Visitor Experience – £100,000
Luton Culture, Hat Works – The renovation and reanimation of the heritage of Luton’s Industrial past – £100,000
Pitt Rivers, Oxford, Engaging the senses: activating the museum’s Photograph and Sound Collections through digital audio-visual technology – £70,500
Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Connects – £100,000
Geffrye Museum, Unlocking the Geffrye: Collections Study Room and Reading Lounge – £90,000
Horniman Museum and Gardens, Music in the Making – Gallery Improvements – £90,000
IWM London, Transforming IWM London: Phase 2 – £100,000
London Transport Museum, London’s Transport at War – bringing the story to life – £82,500
Petrie Museum, London, Petrie and Edwards: Gateway to the World of Egyptology – £110,000
Science Museum, London: Science City – £70,000
Tate Britain, Tate Britain New Displays 2020: Gallery Improvements – £70,500
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$1 billion per year lost to corruption: a Nigerian saga
$1 billion per year lost to corruption
Recently, AAF reported on the multi-faceted PR efforts of the new Buhari regime to clean up the soiled image of “corrupt Nigerian politics” — among other things, by staging photo ops with World Bank leaders, charging former government officials with bribery, and moving ahead on basic appointments.
Today, the Guardian reports that the Nigerian Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, “kicked off a corruption awareness campaign appealing to Nigerians to join the fight,” noting that the previous regime’s embedded corruption had “enriched a small elite but left many Nigerians mired in poverty, despite the country being Africa’s top oil producer and having the continent’s biggest economy.”
AAF spoke with John Oxenham, a legal expert on anti-corruption measures with Africa advisory firm Pr1merio. Oxenham comments:
“The Buhari administration is finally making good on its promises, it would seem, as it had thus far been slow to implement even the most basic of administrative tasks, such as appointing a proper cabinet. As previously pointed out on your site, the visit with Ms. Lagarde and her advisors serves to enhance visibility and (hopefully) honest dedication to the anti-corruption efforts. At Primerio, we work with several foreign private entities that express concern over doing business in Nigera, given its reputation. While we can advise on compliance and risk-avoidance (keyword FCPA etc.), the Nigerian government’s efforts to stamp out corruption from within are helpful, as well, in developing a more robust foreign-direct-investment climate.”
That said, the Buhari camp must be careful not to create the appearance of using the “war against corruption” as a sham front for silencing the opposition under the guise of rooting out fraud. “Employing the help of the courts — presumptively more impartial and fair than the political process — is therefore key to the government’s fight against graft in Nigeria,” says Andreas Stargard, also with Primerio.
“The estimated $1 billion per year lost to corrupt dealings over the past 7 years is staggering, especially when taking into account that these are merely the official figures — our Africa economists estimate that the actual loss to corruption amounts to an even larger share of the (significant) Nigerian GDP.”
And so the Nigerian saga continues…
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From Managing Director to President: Get rid of corruption!
Posted on January 6, 2016 by Editor
IMF’s Lagarde to Nigeria’s Buhari: Country needs to strike balance, yet ensure long-term anticorruption measures
By Michael James Currie.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, welcomed Nigeria’s anti-corruption campaign which has been significantly pushed by President Buhari who was elected in May 2015.
The Buhari administration is moving towards developing a strong independent central body to deal with corruption in one of Africa’s wealthiest countries. The task will not be easy as their does appear to be a degree of consensus that the Nigerian judiciary is in itself corrupt and inefficient and cannot meaningfully tackle corruption without substantial reform.
An expert on African anti-corruption measures, Andreas Stargard, with Africa advisory firm Pr1merio, notes:
“The apparent inability by the Buhari administration to make timely ministerial appointments (which were over half a year delayed) and its failure to create a dedicated anti-corruption ministry do not bode well for a solely internally-driven strategy to combat governmental misconduct. In our view, having Ms. Lagarde and her advisors (as well as privately outsourced firms) looking closely over the shoulder of the current administration would only serve to strengthen any existing anti-corruption efforts underway in Nigeria, and we’re happy to see the meeting took place as a first step in the right direction.”
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) shakes hands with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (L) as Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele (Far Right) and Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Far L) look on after their meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria January 5, 2016. (c) REUTERS/IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe/Handout
A further challenge, however, in the fight against corruption is that Nigeria is on the brink of a credit crunch due to the low oil prices which brings about additional considerations that must be taken into account when developing and implementing anti-corruption policies.
One of the Buhari administration’s most dramatic moves in its fight against corruption was to issue a directive (which came into effect in September 2015) that all income generating federal institutions pay their revenues into the central bank as opposed to local banks. This would see an estimated $6.6 billion flow from local banks to the central bank.
Economists had warned that a move such as this may put pressure on the Country’s financial position in the short term given that Nigeria is facing a credit crunch and there is already minimal lending going on.
The IMF has also pointed out that Nigeria is overly reliant on oil and in order to ensure long term stability, anti-corruption measures must be coupled with a move away from relying so heavily on oil.
Nigeria’s fiscal situation must be closely monitored to evaluate the impact of Buhari’s policy changes on the economic landscape in Nigeria, however, it does appear at this stage that the anti-corruption campaign will bring about long terms benefits which outweigh short term fiscal concerns.
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TOPICS:1. FC KölnAnthony ModesteBundesligaIvan PerisicKevin DeBruynematch previewVfL Wolfsburg
Posted By: Randall Hauk August 21, 2015
1. FC Köln vs VfL Wolfsburg
Müngersdorfer Stadion (a.k.a. Rhein Energie Arena)
9:30 a.m. EST
The 1. FC Köln open the home schedule Saturday with arguably their toughest visitor of the first half of the season, when 2014-15 vice-champion and 2015 DFB Cup winner VfL Wolfsburg come calling Saturday.
Here is Planet Effzeh’s methodical breakdown of how the two clubs stack-up.
Timo Horn’s second Bundesliga season did not start quite as spectacularly as his debut in the league, when he posted four clean sheets in his first four matches.
The goal allowed, though, did come from the penalty spot, so that can be easily explained away as belonging more to Simon Zoller for his questionable decision to tackle when and where he did than to Horn’s performance. Timo did have the right side for Daniel Didavi’s conversion attempt, but the Stuttgarter had placed it well enough and with enough power behind it to elude Horn’s mitts.
Otherwise, Horn did have to make a few saves in a match where VfB Stuttgart had the Köln end under continual waves of attack. Horn kept the sheet clean at least long enough for his teammates to win the breakthrough, leading to victory.
Koen Casteels is not the first-choice keeper at Wolfsburg, but with Diego Benaglio continuing to battle issues with his back, the Belgian will get the call on Saturday for his fourth competitive match since returning from a loan to Werder Bremen.
Casteels has had a fine start to his season, most-notably having made the only penalty save to help Wolfsburg beat Bayern for the DFL Supercup earlier this month. The one goal conceded Sunday to Eintracht Frankfurt in a 2:1 Wolfsburg victory was the only challenging shot Casteels faced all day, but a win is a win.
The former Hoffenheim number one showed both good and bad as a regular Bundesliga goalkeeper, but his fluctuating form led him to being cast aside for the purchase of Oliver Baumann from Freiburg. He also finished the season as the starter in Bremen last season.
While he has shown enough in the past to be the top keeper for a club with European aspirations and to have earned some national-team attention, Casteels has already faded into a second-choice guy at the young age of 23. If and when Benaglio is again healthy, he’ll be back on the bench.
Meanwhile, Horn remains a guy on the radar of bigger clubs across the continent. He’ll be taking a backseat to nobody anytime soon.
Strong Advantage: 1. FC Köln
The new tandem in the center of the Köln defense played a significant role in keeping the game scoreless Sunday, having been kept fairly busy turning away repeated Stuttgart advances. Frederik Sørensen left a strong impression, especially with is work in the air, while Dominique Heintz showed no signs of being intimidated by the shift from second division to first.
Jonas Hector continued to show that he’s growing into his own big boots, playing with the confidence of an established national-level player, rather than the “Aw, shucks!” guy with the humble nature of a small-town guy still a bit surprised to have made it there. Hector has really begun to assert himself on the field the way a good leader should.
Right back Pawel Olkowski was pointed out as being one of the primary underperformers Sunday. He eventually was taken off and replaced by midfielder Marcel Risse, so ineffective was he against Stuttgart. It wasn’t so bad that one would rethink allowing Miso Brecko to go, but more will definitely be expected moving forward.
All in all, the Stuttgart offense kept the Köln defense very actively busy, but the quality chances ended up being fairly few for the possession advantage.
The Wolfsburg defense is anchored in by the center-back duo of Naldo and Timm Klose, who are formidable both on land and in the air. There is little to be gained by attacking the center of that defensive back four, as Eintract Frankfurt learned Sunday. Additionally, Naldo is a legitimate weapon in the offensive part of the game. He’s just a dangerous player for Wolfsburg.
Left back Ricardo Rodriguez, too, is a well-known Bundesliga commodity. He’s a dominant presence on the left flank, often providing service into the penalty area with accurate crosses. He’s also a threat from dead-ball spots. Rodriguez was not too impressive in the season opener, with Haris Seferovic continually taking charge on that side of the field, but his value is unquestioned.
If there was a weakness in the Wolfsburg back line Sunday, it was on the right side, with Vierinha losing one-on-one battles with even Bastian Oczipka. That said, he did lead his team in number of victorious two-fights.
All in all, Wolfsburg’s Bundesliga rise is generally credited to the star-powered offense, but the reliably stout back line is as much a factor as anything else.
Advantage: VfL Wolfsburg
Lehmann & Arnold will likely be pivotal.
Matthias Lehmann was kept busy Sunday, as was Kevin Vogt when he entered the match at halftime for Yannick Gerhardt as a well-needed second defensive-orientedmidfielder. But, as with the defensive back line, the fact is that the job was done successfully. The problem was in keeping the ball and transitioning to offense, but when it came to preventing goals, it was achieved through the collective effort on the defensive end.
But that transition game . . . not good enough!
Gerhardt and Milos Jojic had little influence on the game as Köln could not gain a foothold in the offensive phase. Stuttgart can, and should, be credited for their play, but an answer from the guys in the middle of the field would have been beneficial.
Risse and Bittencourt, at least in the first half, were similarly absent from proceedings, though both played important roles in the eventual victory. Risse’s move to right back to replace Olkowski so Simon Zoller could move into his right-midfield spot helped solidify the right side. The addition of Vogt seemed to help Bittencourt find some room to work on the left.
Jojic eventually made way for Yuya Osako who was simply more active going forward than the guy he replaced. Then again, as a striker, Osako tends to want to be forward.
Wolfsburg used Joshua Guilavogui and Maximilian Arnold as the double-pivot in a 4-2-3-1 Sunday to stand fast against a supposed attacking Frankfurt side. For the most part, they were very effective in the same was Köln’s was: they conceded the lion’s share of chances, but not much of grave threat. Arnold is usually deployed in more of an attacking role, but was no more effective than when flopping to the ground when brushed by Frankfurt attackers. He won several free kicks with his antics. Köln would be wise to beware of such shenanigans.
Normally the biggest threat in the Wolfsburg midfield, Kevin DeBruyne, appears to be no threat for Saturday. If his long-rumored transfer to a big-money English club goes through in time, he’ll simply no longer be part of the club. If not, the lingering question of his status seems as good a defense as a team needs to stop him. DeBruyne was utterly ineffective against Frankfurt Sunday. He rolled two soft shots to keeper Lucas Hradecky, but nowhere to be seen were the passes delivered with precision into dangerous spots that made him many folks’ pick for “player of the year” last year. Complicating his mental game was a brutal tackle by Carlos Zambrano just before the half. DeBruye, visibly irritated, stood up and shoved the Peruvian known for his physical style. Both players earned their yellow card, but Zambrano ended up the victor in having helped keep KDB off his game.
On the opposite side, Ivan Perisic was a legitimate problem for Frankfurt, but between a nagging issue with his knee and the dangling of huge piles of money for him by Inter Milan, his status for Saturday continues to be in doubt.
Max Kruse, newly arrived from Borussia Mönchenlgadbach, will play, though, and showed he’s ready to contribute. His first scene for his new club was beating two defenders to get the space to deliver a terrific cross to Perisic for the first goal of the game. Kruse otherwise shined whenever the opportunity presented. He’s quality and will flourish in the Wolfsburg attack.
If no Perisic and no DeBruyne, then who? Andre Schürrle is also out injured. Daniel Caligiuri is close to returning from his injury, but may not be fully ready for a full 90 on Saturday. Perhaps Aaron Hunt, who came on late against Frankfurt, could jump into the action. It could be that Dieter Hecking uses a back in the defensive midfield and moves Arnold up to help fill some gaps.
Whatever the answer, we might not know what the Wolfsburg midfield will look like until twenty minutes have been played Saturday. A fully healthy and complete squad would give a very strong edge to the visitors, but we can assume it will be at least not that.
Slight Advantage: VfL Wolfsburg
Anthony Modeste didn’t get many chances to shine last weekend, but when they came, shine he did. His effort chasing after a ball from Bittencourt led to his being fouled by keeper Przemyslaw Tyton and then converting his own penalty for the first goal of the game. He later won a ball near the center line and led a two-on-Tyton attack before getting an assist for giving Osako a can’t-miss chance.
Bas Dost just keeps scoring.
Bas Dost, too, had a great Sunday. He grabbed a goal in his usual “right time, right place” fashion, burying the ball in the top of the net when a boffed clearance boundedright into his area. Additionally, Dost showed he can deliver a well-chosen and -placed pass from his forward position and that he’s not above tracking back and challenging the ball being brought out of his end by the opposition.
Dost got one of his 16 goals last season from the two times he played against 1. FC Köln.
Modeste, however, loves playing against Wolfsburg. In three starts against the VfL the last two seasons, he has four goals and an assist.
Let’s hope that Modeste’s dominance against Wolfsburg continues and the Bas Dost goal parade takes a slight break, but the more proven scorer entering this season comes with the visitor.
Relatively speaking, Peter Stöger has found little other than success since arriving in Germany. Granted, most of that has come in the second division and then with modest goals in the first.
Winning is fun!
Dieter Hecking struggled in Nürnberg with a roster that was good enough to get his eventual successor fired as the team headed to relegation to the second division. His reputation continues to grow following the Wolfsburg accomplishments of last season.
You can look at the lukewarm returns Wolfsburg has gotten from acquiring Schürrle and wonder what Hecking will eventually unlock in the German national player considering what he eventually got from guys like DeBruyne and Dost.
Köln enter knowing they won their opener despite not having their best performance, but also knowing that Wolfsburg is a many shades a better opponent than is VfB Stuttgart.
Wolfsburg, too, got a win in a game they didn’t exactly dominate. They scored on their first shot on goal and barely threatened again, eventually credited with five shots, from which two goals were earned. They won’t always convert at that high a rate, nor would anyone expect they’ll take so few shots on most days.
Advantage: Push
Köln will likely go without Yuya Osako Saturday. Otherwise, everyone from last weekend is available to Peter Stöger.
Central defenders Dominic Maroh and Mergim Mavraj remain unavailable due to longer-term injuries.
As noted, Wolfsburg could now be without Perisic Saturday, along with Schürrle, Caligiuri, and Benaglio who are continued absences from the team.
Advantage: 1. FC Köln
Intangibles
Köln will be boosted by a raucous packed house Saturday . . . or will those who’ve not yet played in white before the 1. FC Köln faithful shrink before the new background?
Because the club lifted a stadium ban of a fan group imposed due to their part in the “storming” of the pitch at last year’s derby in Mönchengladbach, the organized fan groups in the ‘South Curve’ expect to be at their fullest voice since they opted to silence themselves in support of their banned brethren. The lifting of the ban is not without its detractors or controversy, but it will undoubtedly have the effect of returning Müngersdorfer to it’s status as one of the best home atmospheres in all of football.
Meanwhile, Wolfsburg arrives a club worried about a lot of off-pitch issues. Transfer sagas continue to swirl around two of the team’s biggest offensive entities. DeBruyne, by all appearances, will be a non-presence, but will his pending departure be a distraction? Even if everyone mentally adjusts fairly easily, the whole left behind by the Belgian is immense. He was a huge reason Wolfsburg finished second, won the DFB Cup, and advanced deep in Europa League last season.
Whatever the case, 1. FC Köln will be playing with the team they expect to have the rest of the season. Wolfsburg aren’t sure who all is leaving or who will arrive to replace them. Without question, they’ll be a strong team before and after the deadline, but all the uncertainty makes them as ripe for an upset this weekend as they’ll likely be all season long.
I get a feeling that last year’s season finale might be a template for what we see Saturday, though instead of two clubs playing out the string, it’s one still finding its feet with a new collection of players and another unsure of what it’ll look like the next day.
Wolfsburg have the talent, without question, but can they mentally overcome the continued distractions to perform better than they did last weekend?
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HomeAmerican IdolAmerican Idol 2015: Top 10 Performances Recap [VIDEO]
American Idol 2015: Top 10 Performances Recap [VIDEO]
March 19, 2015 Matt Boyer American Idol, American Idol 2015 10
The American Idol 2015 Top 10 contestants perform live tonight for your votes as another finalist is eliminated and Idol’s own Jennifer Lopez takes the stage with a guest performance.
Joey Cook performs on stage for American Idol 2015 – Source: FOX
Tonight’s theme will be songs from the cinema so get ready for those soundtrack hits which hopefully won’t be including anything from “Frozen.” Please. So let’s settle in for eleven performances as the last of the night will be a last ditch effort by one contestant to remain in the competition.
Making the Top 10 mark is a huge milestone, but as Harry Connick Jr. pointed out before, all of these Hopefuls are wildly talented and have great potential with their music careers. Of course you don’t want to see your favorites go home so check our details on how to vote for American Idol 2015.
We’ll be recapping tonight’s American Idol right here so keep us refreshed as we share performances, voting details, and results throughout the show. Check out our Idol chat room for more discussions with other fans.
The show kicks off with Nile Rodgers meeting with the Top 11 and they’re singing “Get Lucky” on set before the show transitions to the live show where the Top 11 are performing the song. So yeah, the group numbers are back, but luckily for most of them they’re just singing in place.
Adanna Duru sings “Love You I Do” by Jennifer Hudson
Nile says Adanna was nervous in rehearsals as this song seemed to be near her limits, but he’s confident that she can pull it off. Taking on a Hudson song is no easy task, but she’s doing well with it here though I’m not wow’d by the song choice this time around.
Keith says it was tricky to hear Adanna Duru at the start, but she looked amazing and he thought it was a good song choice. Jennifer thinks she did great with the high points, but struggled on the low points and expressing emotions. Harry says “everything was good, was strong.” He wants her to focus on singing rather than walking the stage and touching hands with the audience.
How to vote for Adanna
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Daniel Seavey sings “Lost Stars” by Adam Levine
Jennifer worries that Daniel has picked too “heavy” a love song but hopes he can bring the emotion it needs. Nile advised Daniel that performing this one behind the piano might be the right choice so he’s switched over to playing the guitar. Oh my, this is not good. You could practically hear the puberty croaking through his voice tonight.
Jennifer says it was an “okay job” for Daniel Seavey but says it wasn’t his best. Harry thinks it sounded too much like a rehearsal instead of an impromptu performance. Keith thinks it was “good” and wants him to “dig in” more without getting distracted by the audience.
How to vote for Daniel
Text: 3 to 21523
Rayvon Owen sings “Stayin’ Alive” by The Bee Gees
Rayvon is working with Niles and Scott to hone his performance and they’re giving him smart feedback. Harry says the challenge here for Rayvon Owen is to take a famous song and do something new with it.
Harry gets some boos for telling Rayvon he needs more depth to his performance especially because Harry thinks Rayvon is better than what he’s doing. Keith says he felt a bit lost as Rayvon wandered the stage. Jennifer agrees that he started out lost but later when he moved to the front and took control.
How to vote for Rayvon
Nick Fradiani sings “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins
Nick wants to break out of his shell this week and is planning to perform without his guitar. Nile jokes with Scott that this is no easy transition but I agree that he needed to do something different. Let’s see if this is what it takes.
The crowd is roaring for Nick Fradiani as Keith tries to give his feedback. Keith says he’s getting more comfortable and wants him to keep going in that direction. Jennifer says Nick is their “cool, hot guy” and he needs to “own your hotness” while ditching his worries and just sing. Harry says that song didn’t give him anything to work on with the silly lyrics and it was the wrong song.
How to vote for Nick
Joey Cook sings “Mad World” cover by Gary Jules
Joey knows she needs to focus on her eye contact and that’s what Niles asks her to try and do better with this week. Thankfully Joey didn’t break out the accordion and she isn’t butchering making over an already excellent cover by Jules.
Jennifer says Joey Cook was giving her “Sia vibes” and this was pared down, serious, and it felt beautiful. Harry says this was a great song and great choice while widening the lines of her style. Keith says Joey is such an artist and keeps showing us more depth.
How to vote for Joey
Tyanna Jones sings “Circle of Life” by Elton John
Harry says Tyanna has yet to have a bad performance and wonders if she can keep the streak going. I’m thinking that won’t be a problem for her tonight with this smart song pick.
Harry thinks she was trying really, really hard and may have overshot the mark tonight. He says Tyanna Jones had intonation issues and it felt like she was yelling. Keith thinks she was one of the best singers in the mix but she did have pitch trouble tonight. Jennifer thinks she has a powerful voice but this was a tough song and she’ll look forward to next week.
How to vote for Tyanna
Quentin Alexander sings “You’re The One That I Want” from Grease
Judges wonder if Quentin can bring his performance style to the song while the mentor worried Quentin wasn’t paying attention to the words. I’ve gotta admit this is much, much better than I thought he could pull off with this song pick.
Keith says he’s heard that version before and thought it was interesting. Jennifer called it “haunting and beautiful” but worries it might not have translated like Quentin Alexander had hoped. Harry praises his emotion in the performance but says he must focus on the pitch.
How to vote for Quentin
Maddie Walker sings “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” by Deniece Williams
Jennifer loves Maddie’s youth and energy but worries that won’t be enough weight to her performance in this one. Maddie says she missed out on some of the rehearsals due to her health troubles, but she’s ready to go.
Jennifer tells Maddie Walker it was cute and sweet but she questions if it was great. Harry didn’t think it was good because he doesn’t know she is as an artist in part because of how she fakes her twang. “It wasn’t good tonight,” says Harry. Keith doesn’t think the song choice was right and wonders if she would have been better suited by a ballad this week.
How to vote for Maddie
Clark Beckham sings “Sunday Morning” by Maroon 5
Keith hopes this will be the link for Clark looking to crossover with fans and the audience. Clark Beckham is performing the song slowly and softly with just his guitar and a darkened stage. I’m told the ladies will eat this up, so there you go.
Harry says Clark knocked it out of the park with the arrangement he put on this song. Keith says he’s a fantastic singer, but wants a little smile. Jennifer says the girls want that smile. She really loved how he did that song in such a Clark style and made it his.
How to vote for Clark
Jax sings “Grow Old With You” by Adam Sandler
Niles worries the song may be too quirky and Jennifer echoes that same concern about Jax decision to pick a fake song from “The Wedding Singer.” I’m sure she’ll do fine, but this was a flippant choice and Jax is not doing well with her artistic freedoms.
Keith loves that she picked the song even though he’s only ever heard Adam Sandler sing that. Jennifer thinks Jax’s pick played well in to her quirkiness though she thinks she could have picked some other great options. Harry says it was a good choice but cautions her to avoid rushing in her performance.
How to vote for Jax
This leaves Qaasim Middleton in the elimination seat and he’ll perform for the Judges Save. He’ll be performing “Come Together” by The Beatles in hopes that the Judges will want to keep him in the competition for another chance at the big win.
Harry says this was arguably the best performance of the night but when it comes to the Save they only have one chance and… yes! They use the Judges Save on Qaasim! Congrats to Qaasim on returning to the competition and renewing the Top 11!
How to vote for Qaasim
What did you think of tonight’s results and the Top 11 Round 2 performances? Who were the standouts for you and deserves a spot in the Top 9? Those American Idol results will be revealed next Wednesday but we’ll have our predictions before that. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and by Email for more Idol coverage.
American Idol 2015 Top 11 – Round 2: Who Had The Best Performance?
American Idol 2015 Top 11 Surprise Revealed After Tonight’s Elimination
American Idol 2015: Vote For Best Top 11 Round 2 Performance [POLL]
Janis J says:
Quentin!? Get out of here! He’s terrible! Should NOT have been saved. Steven Tyler would be appalled! Sorry!
Robin52 says:
Qaasim was saved, he deserved it. AND Quentin is awesome!
Templar says:
Did you mix up Quentin and Qaasim? Quentin was never in jeopardy.
greenleaf says:
Oh my god not again! You know what happened last time they used the save too early! Now Jax is gonna get voted off in 9th place like Pia Toscano and the judges will be unable to save her!
Apps98 says:
Yup. The stage is set for a shock boot.
Plus…we lose 2 singers next week now.
Lucian Crowe says:
I couldnt even watch Qassims performance, it was so jokey, he didnt sing he was just being an idiot with a microphone I cannot believe they saved this joker…
ITA. I’d unfriend anyone who tried to give me free tickets to see him in concert.
How To Vote For Top 10 On American Idol 2015 - American Idol Net
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Crews are making sure Atlantic salmon don’t get stranded and stressed at Milford dam
John Holyoke | BDN
Workers from Brookfield Renewable check the waters below the Milford Dam for Atlantic salmon that may have ended up following an attracting flow after flash boards, or hinge boards, were installed on the dam.
By John Holyoke, BDN Staff • June 20, 2019 12:29 pm
Updated: June 20, 2019 1:20 pm
About 20 fish were temporarily stranded last year.
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MILFORD, Maine — In what is being described as an annual, well-monitored event, crews at the Brookfield Renewable’s Milford Dam are paying particular attention to the pools below the dam so that they can make sure endangered Atlantic salmon do not become stranded in areas that could prove hazardous to their health.
Andy Davis, director of communications for Brookfield, explained that during the annual installation of flash boards on the dam, crews do not seal up the boards with caulking immediately so that salmon and other fish don’t get stranded in rapidly decreasing water levels on the downstream side.
Instead, crews allow some water to flow between the boards, so that any salmon who linger too long in their respective pools won’t end up in an oxygen-free environment.
About 20 fish were temporarily stranded last year, but were rescued by crews. The flash boards, or “hinge boards” were installed recently, and some fish have had to be redirected toward a fishway on the dam or netted and lifted into the head pond since that installation.
“This is a totally normalized stranding of Atlantic salmon in some pools that are on the north side of the dam,” Davis said. “It does happen when spring flows are high and we start to put flash boards up. Fish get in the water in that area and get stranded. What we do is we work with federal agencies, [Department of Environmental Protection] as well as [National Marine Fisheries Service], and we go through a process of allowing a certain amount of water in there to keep the salmon healthy, as they get pushed back out into moving water.”
Initial reports to the BDN indicated that several dozen Atlantic salmon had become stranded and died. That is not the case, according to Davis.
“No fatalities. Obviously, as you know, Atlantic salmon fatalities are a really, really big deal,” Davis said. “So, right now, that would be on everyone’s radar. But no fatalities. We’re just currently working through moving them safely where they need to be.”
Davis said Brookfield is working with federal partners to find a permanent solution for the recurring situation.
“Everyone’s kind of working together on what the best, best solution is,” Davis said.
Jeff Nichols, communication for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, said five DMR staffers have been monitoring the situation at the dam and are ready to intervene if needed.
“[A DMR employee] said there were about a dozen or so [salmon] in a deep hole that’s about 10 to 15 feet deep, that are being monitored right now by Brookfield staff,” Nichols said. “The fish are in good condition, they’re not experiencing stress at this point.”
Nichols said should water temperature rise above 25 Celsius, the fish would begin to experience stress, and DMR staff members would make an effort to extract the fish.
“If they’re still in there and the [water level] is getting low, or the temperature is getting high, the fish will be moved out of there,” Nichols said.
Atlantic salmon are listed as “endangered” under the federal Endangered Species Act in all Maine rivers. As of Sunday, 240 salmon had been counted at the Miflord Dam fishway this year.
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The More Things Change …
I haven’t played for several years (my original group is scattered across the continent, and starting a new group doesn’t appeal to me), but I played Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) through its manifold iterations from the mid-1970’s to the early 2000’s. The people I gamed with were all smart, clever, and generally fun to be with, and we have formed deep and lasting friendships based upon our common experiences through high school and the games we played.
Back in the late 70’s, a group hilariously misnamed the Moral Majority decided that D&D was evil, because it mentioned demons and devils and magic and the names of other gods. The fact that those demons and devils were intended to be enemies for the players to vanquish apparently never registered with the religious pinheads, and they labored mightily to get the game banned whenever and where ever possible (along with rock and roll, motorcycles, alcohol, and probably dancing).
Despite their hysteria, the Moral Majority utterly failed to destroy D&D, and legions of kids and adults play it to this day- albeit in lesser numbers since the advent of powerful personal computers and the high-quality games which can be played therewith. The lasting legacy of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson- who created the game- is itself testament to the inoffensive nature of role-playing games in general and D&D in particular (Jack Chick to the contrary notwithstanding). Those gaming friends from high school are all stable, successful members of society, with jobs, families, and homes. I am the sole exception to this otherwise infallible rule, being not only a Gummint employee (and therefore by definition evil incarnate), but also a taciturn curmudgeon with few redeeming qualities- just ask my wife.
It is with no little surprise, then, that I read the decision by the US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a Wisconsin prison’s decision to prohibit inmates from playing D&D.
One would think that keeping the inmates mentally stimulated would help prevent boredom and the attendant discipline problems, and that this would be a Good- or at least desirable- thing. The prison sees it differently. Based upon an anonymous inmate complaint that the inmates who played the game were actually a gang, the prison’s alleged expert on gang activity- Captain Bruce Muraski- searched the cells of the inmate gamers and confiscated all of the D&D material he could find. Note that these materials (books, dice, and character sheets) were all purchased by the inmates and delivered to their cells after being examined by the prison officials for contraband. Capt. Muraski even confiscated an extensive hand-written manuscript detailing a D&D campaign which had been written by one inmate.
Despite- or perhaps because of- his long experience as the prison’s Disruptive Group Coordinator (gang expert), Capt. Muraski declared that the inmates’ pastime represented a threat to prison security, and issued an order banning all fantasy games at the prison.
The inmates tried to seek redress through the prison complaint system, but that proved less than useful. The complaint examiner ruled that the complaint should be dismissed, and so it was. One inmate then filed a pro se suit against the prison, Capt. Muraski, and the Wisconsin official in charge of prisons. The inmate presented fifteen affidavits from other inmates, relatives, and three role-playing game experts that there was no connection between D&D and gang activity. The various affidavits contended that D&D had the opposite effect- helping rehabilitate inmates and keeping them out of gangs or other mischief. The prison’s response to this was an affidavit from Capt. Muraski, citing his 20 years of experience as a gang expert in making his decision that D&D- and other role-playing games- “have been found to promote competitive hostility, violence, and addictive escape behavior, which can compromise not only the inmates’ rehabilitation and effects of positive programming, but endanger the public and jeopardize the safety and security of the institution.”
Displaying yet more utter ignorance about the game, Muraski drew imaginative (not to say imaginary) parallels between the authority of Dungeon Master (DM) over a gaming group and the power wielded by a ganglord over his subordinates. I fail to see any resemblance to objective reality in this assertion, since the members of my gaming group showed me little respect and next to no obedience. A better description would be more like the relationship between a screenplay writer and the actors in that play, but even this analogy falls apart because the players are under no obligation to follow the “script” (the campaign or adventure created by the DM).
Let us not ignore the ruling by the Court. In the ruling found here, the Court held that the collective 100 years of prison experience represented by the inmates who filed affidavits were completely over-ruled by Capt. Muraski’s 20 years- solely because they were on the wrong side of the bars. The Court also held that- despite the prison’s concession that D&D has never been associated with gang activity in the past or at any other prison- the concerns by prison officials that D&D might possibly do so in the future was good enough for the judges. In their citations of precedent, the Court used a wide variety of lower court filings (not judgements, just cases filed in lower courts) about D&D supposedly causing various people to go nuts and commit murder or other crimes. I can just imagine the judges passing around a Jack Chick tract or watching some of the hysterical 1980’s TV shows on the subject before reaching a verdict.
In short, despite my 30+ years of playing D&D, the fact that I have not yet murdered hundreds of people, raped their pets, and sacrificed their children to Zorkon the Space God is merely a strange anomaly among the millions of D&D-inspired serial killers who apparently roam the streets, blinded by the insidious menace of the so-called “game” to the harm they do. I guess I’ve fallen way behind the curve, so I’ll have to run out and butcher a few families to start catching up. The Court has issued a ruling, and therefore objective reality has no bearing on the matter.
Or perhaps the Court is composed of drooling old dotards in black mumus, and the prison officials are humorless idiots-in-uniform who are more interested in maintaining their petty dominion by petulantly prohibiting a harmless pastime.
Current status: Shaking my head in amazement
Current music: Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp
Tags: Dungeons & Dragons, Judicial Stupidity, Prison, Willful Ignorance
Categories : Uncategorized Blather
Here are a few bits and pieces of interest to me.
Stupid Gets Smacked Down
And yet fails to learn its lesson. The Glenn County Board of Education has reversed Gary Tudesko’s expulsion for the horrific crime of having firearms in his truck … off campus. The board saw the firestorm of protest (mostly online) generated by the case and decided to trim the sails of the Willow High School administrators.
Those worthies are expressing outrage. The district superintendent was particularly insane in his complaint:
Steve Olmos’ response was one of confusion.The decision “has left me dumbfounded, almost speechless,” he said. The county board “is undermining our authority. They are definitely saying we don’t have jurisdiction off campus,” he complained.
Here’s a clue chit: You don’t have any authority off the fucking campus. If Gary Tudesko had brought those shotguns to school, he would have deserved expulsion- and probably some jail time. The fact that those shotguns were legally stored in a private motor vehicle off campus means he hadn’t broken any laws. He hadn’t broken any school regulations, either. The fact that he’s apparently a redneck of the first water is not an expulsion offense.
Score one for reason and rationality.
Hoist One for our Founders
I like the Brits. I like a lot of things about the UK. I am profoundly less enthusiastic about the UK’s libel laws and their State religion.
It turns out that a certain blogger has been pointing out the very stupid writings and sayings of a certain Anglican vicar, who complained to the police. The police sent an officer around to talk with the blogger, who thereafter agreed to move his blog from Blogspot to WordPress (he had apparently started the blog while in school, and the school wanted no part of the controversy). The police stressed that the blog’s author was not being “cautioned” or warned.
The vicar apparently decided that he now had all kinds of authority. Here is what he wrote to an Australian blogger who was also tormenting him with his own words and deeds:
You must take a little more care who you brand as anti-semitic otherwise you too will be receiving a caution from the police as the young former student of Leeds did recently. One more reference to me and you will be reported.
Vicious little bastard, isn’t he? The vicar, Stephen Sizer, is an anti-semitic loon of the first water and a Holocaust denier who is apparently a favorite read among the thugs ruling Iran.
One wonders why the police felt it necessary to confront a blogger over what is surely a matter for civil courts- even in the UK. Imagine that sort of crap taking place here in the US.
Pastor: I want to complain about this guy who’s been writing things about me. On the internet.
Police: You got the wrong number, buddy. That’s not a police problem.
Pastor: But … he’s making me look bad!
Police: Sue him. Not our problem.
Not that I have that much faith in most police agencies in this country, but they have more than enough on their plates without getting involved in purely civil matters.
Take a soldier out to your local watering hole, and buy that worthy a drink in honor of Major Richard (Dick) Winters (retired), formerly of Easy Company, 516th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne. He turned 92 this week. For those who have not managed to catch Band of Brothers on TV, here’s a clip. Here is a clip showing Maj. Winters in person.
There are several worthwhile reads regarding Dick Winters and the men he served with. Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers. Winters’ war memoir is Beyond Band of Brothers. Wild Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron wrote Brothers in Battle: Best of Friends. Buck Compton wrote Call of Duty.
These men were heroes all, and they would likely be the first to remind you that they weren’t alone in their heroism. Thousands of ordinary men were thrust into a world of savagery and fire and blood and fought their way through it, making the world a much better place by doing so. We owe these men, and their brothers in arms wearing the uniforms of Great Britain, France, Poland, Russia, and China. Those men and women who fought and bled and all too often died to rid the world of a monster. We were lucky to have them.
If there is a just god, then Dick Winters should be enjoying all the nonagenarian trim he could handle. People who have met him claim he is extremely modest and very private, so we can’t drag him down to a bar and pay for his drinks in perpetuity. Happy birthday, sir.
Currahee!
Current status: Tired
Current music: Skye Boat Song
Tags: Censorship, Hero, Random thoughts, Stupidity
Speaking of Stupidity …
…We’re back to the subject of school administrators as tin-plated dictators with delusions of competence.
back in October, a high school student named Gary Tudesko went bird hunting before school with one of his friends. The two hunters were running a bit late, so they didn’t have time to take Gary’s truck home and drop off the shotguns. Rather than breaking the rules by parking the truck in the school parking lot, Gary parked on the street- off school property. The shotguns were behind the truck seats, unloaded, and the truck was locked.
For some reason, the school’s sniffer dog was run past the vehicles parked on the street. The dog alerted on Gary’s truck, and the police were duly called. The cops determined that the owner was Gary Tudesko, and the school discovered that he was a student, so Gary was summoned to his truck to explain matters. He told the police what had taken place, and opened the vehicle to show them the shotguns. The police and the local District Attorney later determined that Gary had broken no laws. He was not arrested or charged with any crime. It should be noted that the fields near town are a well-known hunting area.
The school, unfathomably, determined that Gary was a threat to himself and others, and promptly expelled him for a year. When Gary’s aprents objected that the vehicle wasn’t parked on school grounds, and that he had not broken any rules, the school administrators claimed state law gave them “the right to search any of the student’s vehicles no matter where they’re parked or what they’re doing during school hours.”
For those of you playing at home, this is a load of fascist bullshit. By this logic, a student who is sick in bed at his home ten miles from the school can expect to have his vehicle searched in the driveway by school administrators or their hired agents. Zero tolerance seems to equate to zero thought, whether the subject matter is drugs, guns, and tobacco.
If any of you who read this have children in school, how do you like the idea that school administrators or their agents can conduct searches of your child’s room or car at any time during school hours? Isn’t it comforting to know that your kid’s school administrators care so much for the safety of your child that they’re willing to violate your child’s rights? Where does it end? Does the school get a say in what religion your kid is allowed to practice? What if your child wants to ride dirt bikes? That’s dangerous! The school administration gets a say in whether or not that will be allowed. Perhaps the school will start interfering in what you serve your kid at dinner.
Why does this school believe they have the power to extend their draconian authority far outside school grounds? I’ll tell you why: It’s for the chi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ildren! Every time some alleged parent or another publicly bitches about protecting the children from every potential hazard on the planet, the autocratic despots in school administrations get to exercise more and more authority over the children under their “care”.
Far too many parents today spend huge amounts of time and energy trying vainly to remove any possibility of harm from their child’s life. This bubble-wrap mentality is actually increasing the danger to their children, and everyone with whom those children come into contact. Little Bobby gets a sniffle? Dope him up with antibiotics. There might be germs on the playground equipment where little Suzie is playing! Better wipe down every surface with disinfectant wipes or bleach. This ridiculous paranoia about supposed perils in everyday life are making things worse. Over-use of antibiotics is creating newly-evolved strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Wiping down every surface with bleach to kill germs makes it a certainty that some germs which are inevitably missed will find the child’s immune system weakened from inactivity.
Worst of all are those who wet their panties over the thought that their precious sprogs might possibly see a firearm. Horrors! Little Johnny saw a gun! Sign him up for therapy.
A commenter on FARK.com named cobrasmity posted this gem:
SCHOOL — 1957 vs. 2007
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 – Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 – School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 – Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 – Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to cl ass, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 – Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 – Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 – Billy’s dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 – Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 – Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1957 – Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.
2007 – Pedro’s cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 – Ants die.
2007 – BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated; Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 – In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 – Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
That’s a little absurd, but so is the nonsense being spouted by the school administrators in this case.
School administrators are public servants. We pay their salary. Let’s try exercising some influence in how these nimrods do their jobs. Go to school board meetings and speak up. Read the student handbook at your kid’s school and find out what sort of powers the school claims to have. If you don’t like what you read, do something about it. The reason school administrators are getting away with this petty despotism is because we let them.
That’s something we, the People, can change.
Current status: Hacked off
Current music: Banditos by The Refreshments
Tags: Illegal Search and Seizure, School Misconduct, Stupidity, Zero Tolerance
The Anthropomorphization of Stupidity
Hey, Pat Robertson! Shut up, you cock!
“Mr. Madison, Robertson, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”
Why is this douchebag still permitted to pollute the airwaves with his drivel? Why is this allegedly-religious pinhead not behind bars for his terroristic threats against the US government and foreign leaders?
For those of you living in an isolation chamber, Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake yesterday. Early reports have around one hundred thousand people dead. US military personnel are already either on the ground or on the way- along with hundreds of relief groups, rescue teams, charitable organizations, and individuals from around the world.
Rather than acting quickly to provide aid by calling upon his legions of deluded followers to donate time, money, or services to the relief and rescue efforts, this eccentric and evil Yoda look-alike has decided that his god smote the Haitians because they allegedly made a deal with the devil. In 1791.
Apparently, Robertson’s imaginary friend takes a really long time to get around to punishing those he dislikes. Anything living in Dover, Connecticut a few hundred years from now had better watch out.
I say imaginary friend because Pat Robertson is living proof of the non-existence of a just and loving god. This alleged human is the antithesis of the christian ideals he supposedly believes. No one acting the way this shithead acts could possibly claim to be a religious leader, could they? With a straight face?
God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent—it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.
You’re probably sick to death of quotes from Robert Heinlein, but this one is directly on point. Pat Robertson seems to believe that he can get away with actions which are squarely against the tenets of his supposed religion and no one will notice. Perhaps he’s merely stupid, or senile from drinking his miraculous energy drinks. It’s more likely that he’s simply batshit insane. What else would you call someone who hears voices no one else can hear?
Current status: Filled with loathing
Current music: Name Your Poison by Richard O’Brien
Tags: Earthquake, Evil, Haiti, Hypocrisy, Pat Robertson, Religious stupidity, Stupidity
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The rabid fundamentalist christians are very close to getting their version of reality included into every textbook in America for the next decade or so.
Read this article, and weep for the future of our nation.
Because Texas (pronounced takes-ass) has a set of rules which mandate all schools in that state use the same textbooks, and further has rules which have allowed the fundie-loonie Governor to pack the board which approves those textbooks with his batshit crazy fundamentalist cronies, wholesale re-writing of the past may soon be required reading in your child’s school. Texas would normally not have quite so much influence, since California is an even larger market and tends to pull textbook publishers back toward the center. However, California’s economic Chernobyl means that they will not be purchasing textbooks for another five years at the earliest. This in turn means that any textbook publisher who wishes to make money for the next couple of years has to comply with the religious fuckwits who control the textbook appropriation process in Texas.
Despite the fact that we have scads of hard evidence indicating that the Universe is roughly fourteen billion years old, the new science textbooks will not have this tidbit of information, thanks to a small group of hardcore religious extremists in Texas who believe it to be their duty to cram their pigheaded, willful ignorance down the throats of your children.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.
Heinlein’s words have been proven true repeatedly- most recently by the Taliban. The only differences between the Taliban in Afghanistan and the christian loonies in this country are language and dress code. The fundamentalist christians gripping the hilt of this subtle dagger do not even bother to conceal their goals. They boast of their belief that their god wants them to conquer this country, and then the world.
But first, they will try to enslave the minds of your children. They will use America’s traditional open-mindedness and laws against us, and enshrine their version of reality in your childrens’ textbooks. I’ve been saying for years that these willful ignorami are the enemies of our civilization- is anybody listening?
America’s current status as a world power was grown by our farmers; dreamed up by our scientists; built by our engineers and technicians; and paid for by our bankers, industrialists, and workers (in one coin or another). Maintaining that status is- and will continue to be- dependent upon scientific and technical progress. That key scientific and technical progress is in turn dependent upon new generations learning the lessons taught by the scientists of the past, then adding their own unique additions and advances to the works of those giants who broke new ground- from Copernicus to Galileo to Newton to the Curies to Bohr to Einstein to Hawking.
But that apparently isn’t good enough for these religious pinheads. They would seemingly prefer that we dumped everything that didn’t conform to their precious holy-book-written-down-from-the-oral-traditions-of-desert-sheep fuckers.
“If all the achievements of scientists were wiped out tomorrow, there would be no doctors but witch doctors, no transport faster than horses, no computers, no printed books, no agriculture beyond subsistence peasant farming. If all the achievements of theologians were wiped out tomorrow, would anyone notice the smallest difference?” -Richard Dawkins, in his book, The Emptiness of Theology.
That quote from Richard Dawkins is not precisely correct, of course, since many of the early scientific pioneers were religious (particularly Newton), and some were actual clergymen. The point, however, remains valid. The barbarians won’t be happy until we return to some non-existent Golden Age of Christian America- probably based upon a poor understanding of life in the early 19th century. All of our scientific and cultural progress since that mythical time must make way for the greater glory of their desert storm deity. These old white guys are deeply unhappy with uppity furriners and colored folks disturbing their precious little dystopian ideal White nation. Check out the following quote from the article I linked earlier:
Barton and Peter Marshall initially tried to purge the standards of key figures of the civil rights era, such as César Chávez and Thurgood Marshall, though they were forced to back down amid a deafening public uproar. They have since resorted to a more subtle tack; while they concede that people like Martin Luther King Jr. deserve a place in history, they argue that they shouldn’t be given credit for advancing the rights of minorities. As Barton put it, “Only majorities can expand political rights in America’s constitutional society.” Ergo, any rights people of color have were handed to them by whites—in his view, mostly white Republican men.
If this doesn’t bother you, you probably aren’t paying attention. It bothers the Hell out of me. These pernicious fuckwits are hell-bent on destroying the very soul of America and replacing it with the Republican Plantation of Jesusland, a slightly more technologically advanced version of the Taliban’s thirteenth-century paradise on Earth which will be nonetheless equally destructive. If you aren’t white, male, and christian, you just won’t matter. Black, asian, and hispanic minorities will be graciously permitted to till the fields and work in the factories, while women will return to being sexual commodities for their “betters”. Non-christians will be economically and physically persecuted until they conform, emigrate, or die.
When will the people of this country realize that they’re allowing the barbarians in our midst to undermine what we (the People) have spent the last 230+ years building? Why do we allow these willful idiots to spew their nonsense in public without constant justifiable denunciation and opprobrium? They make no secret of what they want. Are we to sit idly by and let them build their racist theocracy upon the smoldering ruins of our flawed but wonderful republic?
Judging by the apparent total lack of interest in dealing with these morons … I believe the answer is probably yes.
Current status: Outraged
Current music: Seen All Good People by Yes
Tags: Fundamentalists, Intelligent Design, Racism, Religious Extremism, Stupidity, Texas, Textbooks
Tasty, Delicious Murder
Red meat is bad for you in large quantities. So sayeth the food scientists and the FDA. I accept this to the extent that I don’t pitch a fit when my beloved wife cuts the portion size of meat servings to rational levels (as determined by the health nazis). I don’t have to like it, but I accept a modest reduction in my meat intake as a necessary evil in the interest of staying healthy. There are limits, however.
A couple of years ago, my wife asked me if I wanted to try an experiment. She would serve vegetarian meals once or twice a week and see how it worked out. Despite the fact that I am a dedicated carnivore, I had read the relevant health-nazi literature and agreed to give it a try. We had a variety of meals with no meat a few times a month for about six months, then my wife threw in the towel. It turns out that my meat consumption had either remained stable or actually increased because I had a tendency to eat larger portions (and second helpings) of meat the day after a veggie meal.
The next idea was to reduce meat portion sizes with each meal and increase the amount of vegetables. The theory was that using smaller plates and filling the non-meat space on the late up with greens would reduce the psychological desire for larger portions of meat. We’ve been on this particular gimmick for a while, now, and it has been largely successful. Unfortunately, we discovered that the portion-reduction scheme runs into a serious physiological limit- at least in my case. After a few months, I started getting a strange feeling around the hinges of my lower jaw and started having cravings for meat.
The wife began increasing the amount of protein in my meals, on the theory that this would abate the cravings. This reduced the cravings slightly, but only for a few weeks. The next trick was to increase my vitamin intake, hoping that I was just not adjusting well to the reduced levels of iron and other meat-related vitamins. This had no effect at all. Finally, my wife went to see my doctor. She told the doc all that she had done to try and get me to stop craving meat, but none of it had worked. What could she do to eliminate these meat cravings?
My doctor shook her head and said, “Give him meat.”
Dejected, my beloved wife slowly increased my meat portion sizes until my meat cravings vanished. I still get that weird feeling in my lower jaw from time to time, but we have a cure for that, too.
Once a month, we buy a large amount of pork and beef from one of the warehouse stores. We get long pork loins and large eye-of-round beef cuts in bulk, because the unit price per pound makes it a bargain. Since one of the stores mislabeled the beef early in our adventure and the pork loin comes in a long, suggestively-shaped cylinder, we call it a “Pig-dick and Round-eye Safari”.
Once we bring home our load of meat, the ritual begins. I start by sharpening every knife in the house. I’m not going to use them all, but this is a good time to perform basic maintenance on the blades. We get out a large, flat tray and an industrial-sized box of ziploc bags, and I begin cutting the meat up into useful portions for freezing. Pork loin is usually cut into quarters, and the eye-of-round is usually cut into thirds. The resulting smaller portions are then trimmed of excess fat, if needed, and popped into freezer bags for long-term storage in our chest freezer.
While I am engaged in meat-cutting, I carefully cut a few slices off either the pork or beef, and set these aside. I also trim a few tidbits for the cat, who gets fussy when her servants fail to provide such tribute. Once the meat is whisked off to the freezer, I break out a skillet and some spices and cook up some herbivore flesh.
Any trimmed fat is tossed into the skillet first, with the fire low. This greases the pan and adds additional flavor. Once a thin layer of fat has coated the bottom of the pan, I add in a few shakes from my wife’s special spice mix. Her father taught her to take a few common spices and mix them up in certain proportions, and it really adds a lot to many dishes- especially if one is trying to avoid salt.
Increase the heat to medium, lay the slabs of meat in the spiced pan, and lightly pepper the meat. Cover and cook until done to taste (I like my beef rare), turning the meat occasionally to ensure even cooking. While the meat is cooking, get out some bread, mayonnaise, mustard, and cheese. I use a spicy brown mustard and the sharpest cheddar or jack cheese I can find. Place cooked meat on bread, with cheese between slices of meat, and devour. If you wish, make growling noises to indicate that you are a carnivore. Bonus points if you finish the meal without pausing for breath or a drink.
Dennis Leary has a comedy routine where he talks about vegetarians. Roughly paraphrased, he says, “A tomato tastes like a tomato. A carrot tastes like a carrot. But meat tastes like murder, and that’s fucking delicious.”
Tasty, delicious murder.
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Current music: Deacon Blues by Steely Dan
Tags: Cooking, Diet, Meat
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A character has undergone a complete physical sex change, usually through magic or Applied Phlebotinum. Depending on the medium, genre, and storyline, this may be a one-time temporary change, a recurring change (causing the character to jump the gender line often), or even permanent.
Sometimes it's the same person, sometimes it's a man and woman sharing one body. If a man and a woman swap bodies, it's a variant of Freaky Friday Flip. Male-to-female transformations tend to vastly outnumber the opposite when this trope is in play.
The trope can be played many different ways. It might be Played for Laughs, Played for Drama, or even played for horror if Loss of Identity or an unusual amount of Squick is involved.
For Laws related to this trope, see First Law of Gender Bending, Second Law of Gender Bending, Third Law of Gender Bending. Man, I Feel Like a Woman, Different for Girls, and Attractive Bent Gender are also common enough that they approach the level of Law.
Contrast with Rule 63 and Gender Flip, two tropes generally related to "alternate" versions of characters who, In-Universe, have always had the "opposite" gender from what the audience would expect. She's a Man In Japan is basically "Gender Flip via Localization," where Executive Meddling results in a character's sex being changed to meet the perceived needs of another market. But as with the aforementioned tropes, Gender Bender characters who previously wore a distinctive outfit may wear a Gendered Outfit, tailored to their new sex, after the change.
For this trope's impact on relationships, see Dropped a Bridget On Him, Jumping the Gender Barrier and Gender Bender Friendship.
Contrast with Transsexual and Hermaphrodite, which are real-life phenomena (though on rare occasions, a Gender Bender character might turn into a hermaphrodite instead of, strictly speaking, the "opposite sex"; also, Gender Bender stories can intersect with transsexual characters, by having someone transition unexpectedly by magic, or have the experience of being gender-changed bring a transsexual character out of denial. Not to mention all the possibilities of using Gender Bender stories as metaphors for transsexuality...). Also contrast with Easy Sex Change, which deals with idealized but somewhat realistic takes on the Transsexual experience. Not related to Was Once a Man.
Note that the definition of "gender" being used here (and in most TV Tropes trope names) refers to a character's physical sex, not gender identity.
Finally, in accordance with the aforementioned Laws, as well as certain demographic reasons, male-to-female changes are far more likely than female-to-male ones, and the rare female-to-male ones are usually less susceptible to the Three Laws of Gender Bending. Truth in Television to some degree, as the ratio of real life Transwomen to Transmen is roughly 3:1, but the ratio in fiction is still a much higher number.
Examples of Gender Bender include:
In one Mountain Dew commercial, a guy finds out his car remote can transform objects. Since he just broke up with his girlfriend, he conveniently uses it to turn his best friend into a hot girl.
A series of Italian "Coloured is better" laundry commercials play this as a joke. The first has a woman throwing her pencil-necked white partner into the washing machine after he fails to seduce her, and he emerges as a sexy, muscled black man. The second has her partner throw her in after comparing her to models in a gentleman's magazine -- and she emerges as a sexy, muscled black man.
There are this two commercials for Snickers, each featuring a rather cranky middle aged woman amongst a group of young men. Annoyed by her, they tell her that every time she gets hungry, she turns into a diva, and offer her a Snickers. After taking the first bite, it turns out that she is a young man too, who literally turned into a diva.
Ranma ½ is wholly built around Involuntary Shapeshifting, with the main character being an example of this trope. Both of Ranma's forms have their own Love Dodecahedron, though most pairings are unrequited. Particularly for the female "Ranma-chan", who has no interest in guys (Because his mind stays that of a straight male).
Birdy the Mighty, in which the female title character has to share her body with a boy after she accidentally kills him. They are still discrete bodies, with Birdy able to switch them (and assume control over Tsutomu) at will.
There is a short-lived exception to this, when Birdy receives heavy physical and mental trauma after a battle, and Tsutomu becomes the default personality, while stuck in Birdy's body.
In Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, space aliens reanimate a shy, diminutive and sensitive Ordinary High School Student as a girl after they 'accidentally' crush him under their crashing spaceship. Unlike some other examples of this trope no "cure" is even possible so Hazumu stays a girl, and seems quite a bit happier that way.
.hack//Sign does it a bit differently; one character is a Cross Player; trapped in a game which perfectly replicates sensation. More than that, this character thoroughly believes that they are male offline; and is offended at the idea that they aren't.
Maze Megaburst Space is a complicated example. The title character changes gender at sunrise/sunset but each form has a separate personality and could almost be considered distinct individuals. The straightest example is when an artifact meant to lock the transition results in Male Maze inhabiting female Maze's body and vice versa come the next morning.
The Sailor Starlights from the final season of Sailor Moon (in the Anime -- the manga had them as simple crossdressers). Just to clarify, they aren't "men who turn into women to fight" but "men who revert to being women to fight", everything points to them having been born female. In the Sailor Moon manga, and it's parent manga Codename: Sailor V Usagi and Minako use their disguise devices to disguise themselves as men on a few occasions. It isn't clarified how far reaching this disguise magic is.
Naruto has a special technique called "Oiroke No Jutsu" (usually known in Western fandom as "Sexy No Jutsu" thanks to fan translations, officially translated by Viz as the "Sexy Jutsu"), used occasionally near the beginning of the series, where he temporarily turns into a cute, naked girl in order to give his opponents The Nose Bleed. It's stated that this is a "very easy technique" as the normal disguise technique is standard for any ninja (this one just transforms into a non-existent female); however, it's also a reference to the fact that Naruto has a kyuubi fox spirit within him. Traditionally, they had the power to shapeshift into beautiful human women.
In the anime and manga he teaches the technique to the Third Hokage's grandson, and we later see the fruits of the training during the first couple of episodes/chapters of Naruto Shippuden.
In the earlier editions of the Ultimate Ninja video game series, this is one of Naruto's special attacks. Users of the Sharingan technique can copy the special attacks of their opponents. The results are about as entertaining as you could imagine.
Prince of Tennis has special 'chibi' episodes, where Fuji, Oishi, and Momoshiro are all female. (And Eiji's a cat, to boot.)
Tenshi na Konamaiki -- a mischievous spirit twists a young boy's wish to be a "man among men" and turns him into a beautiful girl instead. No one except she and her best friend remember she was ever male. It's eventually revealed that she'd been a girl all along and the spirit had hypnotized them into believing she'd once been male because he lacked the power to actually change her sex. Even if he did have the power he probably wouldn't do it anyways given his trickster nature.
Everyone in the world of Simoun is born female, and doesn't commit to a permanent sex until age 17.
Also not quite an example, Cinderella Boy is about two detectives (a man and a woman) who are badly injured in a car accident and put back together in the same body by an ambiguous doctor -- they switch places with each other at the stroke of midnight, with the twist that neither one can remember what the other did while in control of the body.
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: Berg Katse changes gender, at first at random, then on whim. In the heavily edited dub, s/he became two people.
Vision of Escaflowne: Allen Schezar's long-lost sister Celena isn't so much lost as "transformed by lunatic Emperor Donkirk into Ax Crazy antagonist Dilandau".
A case of a voluntary gender bender is Kuugen Tenkou in Wagaya no Oinari-sama.. Kuu can be either female or male and is comfortable in either form. This is because Kuu lived for so long s/he forgot what gender s/he was, and being a fox spirit, can change at will. Kuu seems to prefer female form, though.
One episode of The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk had the entire main party switch genders as a result of a magical trap. Ahmey and Kaaya in particular found the experience quite distressing, as they were unaccustomed to walking with the, er, alteration in body balance.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Yubel seems to self identify as female but is a hermaphrodite, with the Japanese version possessing a male voice about half the time. Further complicating issues are the fact that in the past lives of Yubel and Judai, they were apparently both male.
Futaba Kun Change has a rather unfortunate scenario. The title character's entire family changes sex whenever they get sexually aroused. which means his the person he always thought was his father is actually his mother.
Not quite an example, Pretty Face is about someone whose face was constructed to look like a girl's, but still remained physically male (except for some fake breasts that he occasionally uses).
Cute X Guy follows the life of Sumi Takaoko, a girl whose father promises her a serum he concocted will make her mature looking and sexy. She uses it because she hears that's the type of woman her crush likes; sadly, her eccentric dad neglected to tell her that it will make her a mature and sexy man. One she turns into whenever her heart rate increases, which happens all too often when she's near her crush. She goes on to make friends with several guys who turn into girls, all with different triggers.
Vampire Doll (with the added subtitle of Guilt-Na-Zan in the west) is a Gender Bender story about a vampire aristocrat called Guilt-Na-Zan who was vanquished many years ago and later brought back by the descendant of the man who offed him. Because the descendant is a perv with a Moe obsession, he brought Guilt-Na-Zan back in the form of a cute teenage girl by placing the vampire's soul into a wax doll, Guilt-Na-chan. Guilt-Na-chan can become Guilt-Na-Zan for brief periods when (s)he drinks the blood of the girl Guilt-Na-chan was modeled on (the resurrector's little sister, which implies he has a crush on his sister).
The second half of the manga Gacha Gacha, Gacha Gacha Secret (volume six and onward) has a malfunctioning virtual-reality pod turn a guy into the game's female instructor whenever he sneezes. Unlike most he never even tries to reverse it, and instead becomes friends with the girl he likes to get to know her better and get closer to her as a guy. Towards the end, the game's developers get him to try to cure it, as -per the manga's approach to science- each switch causes reversible (but fatal without treatment) brain damage.
In the Cute Witch series Ultra Maniac this is the first major spell we see Nina cast. Ayu needed to beat Hiroki in a tennis match as the girls' and boys' tennis clubs were feuding over the use of the school tennis courts and had bet on a match between the two. So when Ayu says she could use a spell to make her strong, Nina casts a Gender Bender spell without thinking much. While Ayu was able to pass herself of as her own cousin all the spell did was throw Ayu's balance and timing off because of the size and strength difference. Later Nina and Ayu both use the spell because of mildly convoluted reasons surrounding a triple date.
Several examples in To Love Ru:
Ren/Run switches gender at a sneeze.
Lala designed a rocket to improve women's physical appearance, but Rito landed on it. When the rocket exploded, Rito changed into a girl.
Afterwards, Lala creates a Transformation Ray for the express purpose of doing this, except with that he'll eventually turn back on his own. She uses it at least 4 times, usually so that Rito/Riko can go on a date with his male best friend. He obliges once, but whenever she tries it again, he runs.
Akane-chan Overdrive is a short, humorous ecchi manga where the main character, Amamiya, gets knocked unconscious and then sucked into the body of an attractive high school girl (Akane). Later in the story Amamiya manages to return to his own body, but his best friend Murai is then sucked into Akane's body. Amamiya proceeds to propose marriage.
One Piece has "Miracle Worker" Emporio Ivankov, a man who ate the Horu-Horu Fruit, which allows him to affect the hormones in a person's body, to the point where a man can become a woman and a woman can become a man, with Ivankov refusing to say which of the Newkama were altered and which weren't.
An April Fools joke made by some people created a page in which Luffy was a girl because of Ivankov, mainly to disguise himself.
Yuuri in Tayutama has a magic charm that can turn him into a girl, mostly used for infiltrating Flawless Girls' School for purposes that are honestly good. As long as he doesn't make a habit out of it.
One reason why Chrome remains relatively popular in Katekyo Hitman Reborn, a series whose fandom is dominated by Yaoi Fangirl is probably because half the time she turns into local Draco in Leather Pants Mukuro.
In the first season of Ojamajo Doremi, the girls once use their magic to turn into boys, in order to investigate in their stolen Magic-Shop. Doremi, however, blew the cover by chanting her Catch Phrase ("I'm the unluckiest pretty Girl in the whole world!!") upon seeing magic charms who are claimed to be able to prevent said Catch Phrase.
Boku no Shotaiken is perhaps the Ur-example of Gender Bender Manga: After a partially successful suicide attempt the main character has his brain transplanted in the body of a young woman. He then goes back to school seeking vengeance on the girls who drove him to jump off the cliff in the first place, only to strike up a Gender Bender Friendship with his old crush instead.
In Kämpfer, Natsuru Senou, the (orignally) male lead character, transforms into a girl whenever he becomes a Kämpfer whether he wants to or not.
In the manga Otome no Iroha, twins Iroha (female) and Hifumi (male) are transformed into their opposite genders by their Dead grandmother because Iroha is so masculine and Hifumi so feminine that they would never get married and have children. The supposed cure is to act as closely to their original gender's stereotypes as possible, so either way, the grandmother wins.
The premise of Kedamono Damono revolves around this: the main character's boyfriend, Haruki, turns into a lascivious girl at night. Naturally, it involves some Bi the Way.
Homura in Sekirei had an unstable sex, and so started turning into a woman in response to the main character. It's not been revealed if the transformation was complete or not, but Homura now has a more feminine body and face as well as breasts.
In Sora no Otoshimono, through some Applied Phlebotinum, protagonist Tomoki transforms himself into "Tomoko", his female identity. After gaining the trust of the school by acting like the anime girls he's familiar with, his main objective becomes clear: to get into the baths with the girls and get intimate under the pretense of "we're all girls, aren't we?". His plan nearly succeeds, if he hadn't succumbed to the excitement of it all.
He uses the transformation again in the second season; since everybody knows what "Tomoko" looks like, she decides to use another Applied Phlebotinum to turn herself into swimming pool water (to grope the girls in it, of course). After she is found out and transforms back into her girl body, she runs into the girls bathroom, where she is trapped in one of the stalls. Rather than go out and get beaten up by the girls, she instead flushes herself down the toilet.
Kenzo in Blue Drop: Tenshi no Bokura has been turned into a girl by aliens intent on conducting sexual experiments on human beings. He/she is supposed to get impregnated, and chooses his/her best friend Shouta as a partner.
In the Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru game/manga, Wholesome Crossdresser Mizuho finds out that being possessed by Ichiko turns him into a real girl, just in time to solve his swim class predicament. This doesn't make it into the anime.
A recent chapter in Soul Eater features all of the main characters (as well as some other weapons and masters) being gender flipped. In context, they were experiencing the Seven Deadly Sins. In the Lust area, they became their own versions of lust. For example, Tsubaki is a tall Bishonen, Maka is a straightlaced male student, Soul is a very stylish and feminine woman (Soul admits that he makes up his usual slacker look to look cool), and Black☆Star has an impressive chest (What other size would a person that loves attention that much have?).
Its also worth noting that the twist of them being their own ideal sexualization has interesting ramifications for shippers. While Black Star is not quite the bishonen that Tsubaki is pinning for he is certainly working his way towards it and Tsubaki certainly has the one ahem.. aspect that Black Star seems obsessed with. However it is almost pathetically obvious with Soul Eater himself, whose ideal woman just happens to be the elegant small chested woman that his "excitement" transforms Maka into.
Recently Giriko has done this via Body Surf into an Opposite Sex Clone. Not entirely pleased about the fact but it was the only body available.
The two chapter manga Kanaete Aizen tells the story of a young man who desperately wants a girlfriend. However, with the exception of his childhood friend, who he sees more of as a friend than a girl, he can't even talk to a girl without going into a full-blown panic attack. One night, he wishes on a temple charm for a cute girl of his very own, only to wake up the next morning to find out the spirit of the charm granted his wish by turning him into a girl. Going to school as his 'cousin', he, well you should be able to figure out the rest.
Played for angst with Ranmaru of the manga series Kagerou Nostalgia. Formerly a woman, Ran was transformed into a man by the series' Big Bad before the story even began and now serves as one of his two Dragons. This sucks for her partner, Rikimaru who had a huge crush on her female form. And did we mention that they're now forced to serve together as Heterosexual Life Partners? And that once a month she changes back to a woman? And that fifteen years ago he told her how he felt and pretty much destroyed their relationship? As previously stated, it's played entirely for angst.
Kanata from Oto X Maho is a guy who becomes a Magical Girl as a result of his mother's Xanatos Roulette.
Arguably, Sechs in Gunnm Last Order is a female-to-male version of Gally, thereby becoming her Spear Counterpart. He (?) starts off looking like a very tough and 'masculine' woman and ends up opting for a male cyborg body. (Lampshaded when Elf and Zwolf ask him if he misses having breasts and he answers "What's the use of having them?").
He may have a point; being a full android, it's just useless padding to him.
His situation is given a very weird touch (well, weirder in addition to the whole robot body thing) by the fact that his brain chip is in a separate, chibi-fied, female body that's connected to the male one and which rides around on his shoulder. Yes, really.
"Mini-Sechs" probably doesn't have any gender at all. Either way, it at least assumes the same male clothing after getting trashed in the first round. Although, if the interactive interface does have gender, then during the first round, he had a still female chibi on his shoulder, which from there on out crossdressed but was still female. Wrap that around your head for a while.
Arguably, Gally herself qualifies for a while. Her second body from the original series was originally male until Dr. Ido reconfigured it for her.
Sechs's decision may be seen as a Continuity Nod, because in the original series, after Hugo dies Gally shows a desire to give up her female body in order to abandon her past emotions and become nothing but a "gun".
In the manga Aragami Hime, the female protagonist Kazuki is the reincarnation of Akoumaru, who is a male in her past life. The reason behind this is because Akoumaru wanted to become the aragami hime, which led to the main plot of the story. Though this became a huge blessing for the male protagonist Shirou in the ending. The same goes for Kazuki's brother, Masaki, who was a female as well as Akoumaru's lover in his past life.
In the Steel Angel Kurumi manga Kurumi's accidental use of Applied Phlebotinum temporarily turns Nakahito into a girl.
Yona Rouma, the protagonist of Sekainohate De Aimashou, gets turned into a woman when Emillio slips him a potion while unconscious. Rouma gets turned into a female in order to be Emillio's wife, much to Rouma's dismay.
In the second season of Seikon no Qwaser, Alexander Nikolaevich Her infiltrates an all-girls school, having to crossdress to do so. Normal so far, until the girls enter a virtual reality program that causes their thoughts to manifest in the program. When Alexander enters the program, he quickly realizes that his perverted thoughts have given him some...extra parts of anatomy.
In the manga Ame Nochi Hare, there are not just one, but five protagonists who were transformed into girls after a freak thunderstorm. The effects are temporary but they will transform whenever there's rain.
Examples from Maken-ki!:
In chapter 37 of the manga, a magic spell briefly turns the male protagonist Takeru and his friend Kengo into girls. But they are drunk at the time and don't recall anything about the experience.
Syria has the power to reverse things. Such as being a guy.
In Sorcerer Stabber Orphen, we have a combination of Gender Bender and Transsexual in the local Cool Big Sis and Orphen's first travel partner, Stephanie. Orphen explains to Majik and Cleao that she used to be a male magic user named Stephan until few years ago, when she was seriously injured and her male body was horribly torn apart. During her recovery, she asked the healers if they could turn said male body into a female one; they accepted, and now Stephanie has a female body that she's very comfortable with.
Ohiri from Gestalt. Not revealed in the OAV, but in the last volume of the manga, Ohiri is a false body & she's actually a male god.
In Asuka Hybrid, Asuka got magically turned from a boy into a girl by a mystery woman who interpret his wish wrongly.
The protagonist Eita Chinami from Idol Pretender gets turned into a girl overnight when he mistook the "female beauty" pills as cold medicine. The story centers around Chinami becoming an idol, trying to earn lots of money to purchase the same pills in order to change himself back.
Fairy Tail has Natsu turning into Lucy for a transformation test. His reaction to the change is a typical one.
Lucifer, in Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn series, has been shown at least once to be able to take on a female form. Considering he is a former angel and the gay lover of Ahura Mazda (the series' God analogue), this has some interesting potential ramifications.
In Ultimate Spider-Man, Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, is the end result of the Ultimate Clone Saga. She is a clone of Peter Parker, implanted with his memories and genetically modified in vitro to be female and develop additional powers. During the Clone Saga she fills the same role as Ben Riley did in the 616 Clone Saga. Afterwards she assumed the CIA/FBI created identity of Jessica Drew and has only recently returned to active crime fighting as Spider-Woman. She confessed that along with inheriting Peter's memories, she is still in love with Mary Jane Watson.
In Shade the Changing Man, Shade's consciousness leaps into the body of a recently murdered woman. Unfortunately, he was unable to alter her body to resemble his old one until he solved her murder and put her soul at rest. This led to various comical scenes with Shade experiencing the Male Gaze, his first period and sex as a woman.
The second Infinity, Inc. series, from the writer of Shade, Peter Milligan, featured team member Fury, who involuntarily switches between genders.
In DC Comics' Resurrection Man, title character Mitch Shelley spends a couple of issues as a woman, after being tortured to death several times (with each time being more painful than the last). His persecutor has a theory (opinions differ as to the amount of Truth in Television therein):
Mr. Bland: Women have appreciably higher pain thresholds than men. If Shelley reconfigures from each termination in a form suited to "protect" him from that method of death, then a female version would make sense.
In one story, the Earth-2 version of Superman finds himself in the body of his cousin Power Girl, while the Earth-2 Batman is in the body of his daughter, the Huntress.[1]
In one issue of Guy Gardner: Warrior, the title character's demonic archenemy Dementor turns him into a woman ("Gal Gardner") for no clear reason. (It would be highly cynical to suggest that the real reason was that, at the time, Guy was a rare example of a male character in a Stripperiffic costume, so naturally they wanted to show what it looked like on a female character.)
X-Men examples:
Supporting character Courier has the power of complete control of his body's cells, allowing for shapeshifting as well as other abilities. While undercover as a woman, he was discovered by Mr. Sinister and injected with drugs that would cause his body to break down. Gambit made a deal with Sinister to have Courier stabilized, and Sinister kept up his end of the bargain -- but didn't know Courier was originally male. The female form is now Courier's default form.
Due to a consciousness transfer to a cloned body gone horribly wrong, Sinister himself is now Miss Sinister.
In Legion of Super-Heroes stories, the trope has been used several times:
Played for Drama in an infamous retcon that long-time supporting character Shvaughn Erin had been taking the gender-changing drug "ProFem" the entire time we'd known her. After going off the drug, she becomes "Sean."
"Grandin Gender Reversal Disease" causes a temporary change of gender. It temporarily transforms Matter-Eater Lad into Matter-Eater Lass as part of an infiltration mission.
Played for Laughs in a very silly Legion of Substitute Heroes one-shot, when Color Kid becomes Color Queen.
Alpha Flight member Walter Langkowski spent several years as "Wanda," due to having possessed a dead female teammate's body.
Iron Man is even subjected to this; his armor (which, at this point, is partially fused with his body) gets hijacked by Ultron and reshaped into the image of Janet van Dyne, Ultron's "mother". After it's undone, the entire Mighty Avengers team teases him about it.
The Skrulls from the Marvel Universe are a race of shapeshifters. One obvious application of this inherent ability didn't come to light (at least, in canon) until the male Skrull Xavin turned up in Runaways and asked for Karolina's hand in marriage. Karolina, being a lesbian, refused... until Xavin transformed into a female human, because for a Skrull to change his/her physical sex is as easy as blinking. (Later, when Xavin and Karolina returned to Earth, Xavin turned out to be less comfortable with the transformation than s/he had first claimed...)
It seems that during Joss Whedon's run on the series Xavin finally accepted femininity. Although, being a Skrull, he/she did continue to shapeshift as occasion and whim permitted, Xavin referred to male forms as being "false". Interestingly, when Terry Moore took over the series we saw Xavin assume a female Skrull form for the first time, perhaps indicating his/her deeper level of comfort with the whole thing. The issue of whether Skrulls even have set gender identities and, if so, whether it's common to attempt to change like this, has been left ambiguous.
In any case, Skrulls changing into other genders have been seen from their very first appearence (the four Skrulls that attempted to replace the Fantastic Four were all male). It's just that nobody had noticed the detail or thought on it.
At the end of the XXXenophile story "Vici, Vidi, Veni", an invading army is turned into frogs by a god they have angered. The sole survivor (who was in the god's temple at the time) announces that he believes in the god and is promptly turned into a woman and made an acolyte of the god, being led off to the novice quarters (and, implicitly, hot lesbian sex).
In the comic book Mantra from Malibu Publishing, the main character is a warrior employed by a wizard. He's continually reborn by having the wizard transplant his soul into a new male host whenever he died. At the start of the series, the wizard is betrayed and has only enough strength to move his most loyal warrior's soul one more time. He tells the warrior that this time it will be different. The warrior awakes to find himself in the body of a single mother. The series deals with him coping with this and having to learn magic to cope with his lack of martial abilities.
In Camelot 3000 by Mike W. Barr and Brian Bolland, King Arthur is awakened from his sleep during an alien invasion. A number of Arthur's knights have been reincarnated, sometimes into distinctly different bodies (e.g., black, Asian, hideous mutant.) Sir Tristan, quite a womanizer in his former life, is reincarnated as a young woman. The appearance of Isolde (also reincarnated, but still female) complicates the matter further, although they end up in a surprisingly sweet lesbian relationship.
When IDW comics started their Transformers comic, it was decided that there would only be male Cybertronians. When they decided to include female transformer Arcee into the universe, they decided not to Retcon their decision, and so they made Arcee the victim of a forced alteration by a Mad Scientist specifically to introduce gender to the race. She's understandably pissed off about it.
In The Sandman, Desire can be either gender whenever it wants to be, and is frequently depicted with both male and female traits. In its first appearance, Desire greatly resembles another being who is "whatever it wants to be": Gozer from Ghostbusters.
Loki of The Mighty Thor spent some time in a female body (eventually revealed to be that of the goddess Sif); he eventually returned to his usual body, though as in the original Norse mythology, his sorcery also allows him to turn into a woman whenever he feels like it, which he has done on a few occasions.
In the comic Locke and Key, by Stephen King's son Joe Hill, one (of many) magic keys can open doors and allow whoever steps through them to swap genders.
In Alan Moore's Promethea, Roger, a member of the supporting character team "the Five Swell Guys". Roger used to be a man until an unseen incident at "Suffragette City" turned him into a woman. Roger's original form was never depicted in the comic.
Averted/Misdiagnosed once by Ambush Bug, who spends most of the story trying to cure Superman of the dastardly plot that transformed him into a young blonde woman. It's a case of Critical Research Failure for Ambush Bug, though. Despite his Genre Savviness, he somehow was completely unaware of the existence of Supergirl. He does, however, turn out to be Genre Savvy enough to figure out Supergirl's secret identity at the end.[2]
Zatanna's beautiful assistant Mikey is the result of an as-yet-unspecified magical Gender Bender. In a "three years ago" dream sequence, she's depicted as a burly male.[3] Word of God from writer Paul Dini says "Zatanna didn't do it & can't reverse it; Mikey brought it on him/herself. Now Mikey's in an interesting place where she has to sort out her feelings about this." While there's a lot more to Mikey's story, with the book's cancellation, it doesn't seem likely that the story will be told any time soon, if ever.
Invoked in a Captain America storyline, "The Superia Stratagem". Supervillain Superia plans to establish "Femizonia" - a female-ruled utopia from which she will Take Over the World. Captain America and his allies infiltrate her base to stop her, but Cap and Paladin are captured at one point, and subjected to Superia's feminization process. (She believes that, as women, the heroes will see the light and join her cause.) The two male heroes are rescued before the process does anything to them, however.[4]
Mighty Man of The Savage Dragon is an ancient entity passed from host to host at the point of death. The current host is female Ann Stevens (or New Ann...it's complicated) - the host, regardless of their sex, is able to transform into a tall blonde man with Flying Brick powers, by tapping their wrists together.
In a 1960 Superboy story, "Claire Kent: Super-Sister," Superboy is turned into a girl by an alien girl from a telepathic alien girl from a matriarchal planet who's insulted by Superboy's chauvinistic thoughts. Superboy has to adjust to being a girl in both his secret and super identities... but in the end, it turns out to be All Just a Dream.
Believe it or not, Superboy's dog, Krypto, had not one, but two Red Kryptonite Gender Bender adventures!
"The Handsome Hound of Steel" has a plot that wouldn't be at all out of place in modern TG fiction. Krypto wants to change into a handsome collie to impress a female collie, but a Red K cloud ends up turning Krypto into a duplicate of the bitch he fancies -- and it turns out she's pregnant! Krypto actually delivers puppies in his altered form (though they vanish from existence when he changes back to normal.)[5]
In "Krypto's Three Amazing Transformations," a time-traveling Krypto gets turned into a cow (and definitely a female, because she gets milked!) And not just any cow, but the cow that started the great Chicago fire of 1871! (As it happens, the wrongly accused Mrs. O'Leary's cow was innocently grazing in a pasture at the time.)[6]
Given its premise (a dial that transforms its user into a random superheroic identity), you'd think this trope would have turned up in Dial H for Hero more often than this:
In the Chris King/Vicki Grant series, it showed up once in circuitous fashion. The dial turned Chris into a hero named "Any-Body" -- a hero with shapeshifting powers that Chris used to take the form of Naiad, a villainess, in order to trick another bad guy.
One storyline in the 2003-2005 H.E.R.O. revival had a chauvinistic male character use the dial, after which he turned into a buxom blonde female hero. Unfortunately he had no means of changing himself back. The story was not played for laughs, and included such low points as the hero being date-raped by his male best friend.
In the Albanian story The Girl Who Became A Boy, uh...well, Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Similar to Mulan, a girl pretends to be a boy to give her family honor. After adventures and even getting married, she gets cursed into changing gender.
This is surprisingly congruent with Albanian culture. The practice is dwindling now, but Albanian girls would swear themselves to celibacy and be considered men socially. This was often done to make sure there would be a 'male' head of the household.
Happens in a rare myth of Guanyin, the Chinese interpretation of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who is recognized as almost exclusively female due to a mixture with his/her own Tara and some fertility goddesses (although Avalokiteshvara truly appears only in 4 of his 32 incarnations as female). It is connected with a school of Shaolin, there, Guanyin changes into a man for the sake of the group and later is "allowed" to stay that way.
Fan Works
Harry Potter:
Played with in "The Girl Who Loved", via a crossover with Ranma ½.
In "Polyjuice, Memory Charms, and More" Harry and Ginny switch bodies via Polyjuice Potion.
In This World and the Next has Ron turn into a girl as a consequence of a Groin Attack by a troll. It Makes Just as Much Sense in Context.
There are several fan-written sequels to the "Claire Kent: Super-Sister" Superboy comic book story (see above). In these stories, Clark's transformation into Claire is not All Just a Dream. The first story in the series can be read here.
In "Blessing in Disguise", a Spider-Man fanfic, the radioactive spider who bites Peter Parker is female, which results in Peter not only gaining spider powers, but turning into a girl.
The 1940 Hal Roach feature Turnabout concerns a bickering husband and wife, each of whom wishes they could have the "easy" life of the other gender. Their wish is subsequently granted by an enchanted Indian sculpture sitting on their mantelpiece. By the end of the film things are seemingly back to normal... until the Indian god confesses that he screwed up and informs the husband that he's now pregnant. The film was an adaptation of Thorne Smith's 1931 novel, which was later adapted as a short-lived TV series in 1978.
Zerophilia, a live-action Futaba-kun Change-style genderbender, directed by Martin Curland. The story concernes a young man named Luke who obtains the rare Z chromosome after a sexual encounter with a mysterious woman which turns him into a zerophiliac, a person whose sex changes with the act of sex (either by your lonesome or with another person). For more information just go here.
Sex with another zerophile induces mode locking.
Several movies have used the same basic plot, wherein a womanizing playboy dies and is reincarnated as a woman:
In Goodbye Charlie, Tony Curtis becomes Debbie Reynolds
Cleo/Leo wasn't a porn movie, but it was made by a cast and crew of adult film veterans, and explores the sexual aspects of the transformation more frankly than most movies of this type.
In Blake Edwards' Switch, Perry King becomes Ellen Barkin.
All of Me uses the "shared body" variation, as Lily Tomlin's character dies and partially inhabits Steve Martin's body.
The Hot Chick has a lowlife thief (played by Rob Schneider) accidentally swapping bodies with a snotty teenage girl.
There are several films which take the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and, while keeping Jekyll male have Hyde be a beautiful but evil woman:
Hammer's Doctor Jekyll And Sister Hyde, exploited the startling similarity in appearance of leads Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick.
Played for Laughs in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, starring Tim Daly of Wings.
The obscure spoof Dr Heckyl And Mr Hype puts the doctor through a number of transformations, including one where he becomes a woman.
In the sex comedy Sexual Chemistry, a chemist's attempt to create a sex-enhancing drug backfires, turning him into a woman. He keeps changing back and forth over the course of the movie. Hilarity Ensues.
Something Special (aka Willy/Milly) is a rare female-to-male example, where a tomboyish teenager wakes up to find herself magically transformed into a male after making a wish during a solar eclipse.
In Splice, Ginger, one of the two transgenic creatures created by Clive and Elsa, turns from female to male due to hormonal changes, and fights Fred (the other transgenic creature, who was male from the start) during a press conference that unleashes a shower of blood on the front row. This turns out to be Foreshadowing for similar changes in Dren.
In Jurassic Park, the all-female dinosaur population gradually has some of them turn male. This is due to the dino DNA that created them being mixed with the DNA of a frog species that can change gender.
Its a Boy Girl Thing gives bickering teenagers Nell and Woody a Freaky Friday Flip via a Mayincatec God.
The Hong Kong action comedy Holy Weapon features this towards the end. In the movie, Ghost Doctor creates "Feminine Wine" for an intersexed woman, warning that if a man drinks even just a drop, he'd become a woman. They then have the male Idiot Hero Ng Tung look after the brew without telling him what it is or what it does. Ng Tung unwittingly drinks the brew, thinking it's a nutritious soup. Then his penis tells him that from now on, whenever his body gets wet, he'll turn into a woman. He'll become a man again when he dries his body. This becomes useful during the final battle, when the Big Bad's Mooks throw Ng Tung into the river as a sacrifice, only for him to emerge fully female, complete with Gainaxing and Girlish Pigtails. Thus, he/she becomes the Seven Virgins' Eleventh-Hour Ranger (since one of them is trapped in a net throughout the battle).
In The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, Luster is constantly switching between female and male due to her player forgetting and being reminded of her true gender. It's lampshaded several times, both in-character and out-of-character.
In Frankenstein Created Woman, Doctor Frankenstein successfully transfers the soul of a man into the just-drowned body of a young woman. As with most of the Doctor's experiments, things start going downhill from there.
The premise of the Sex Gates trilogy by Darrell Bain & Jeanine Berry: Portals appear at random all over the world. If they don't make you vanish when you pass through them, they cause you to emerge as a flawlessly healthy 18-year-old...of the opposite gender. Hilarity Ensues. Well, not so much hilarity as extreme societal upheaval. The Middle Eastern response - namely, chucking various imams and abusive husbands through, was highly amusing. Other aspects, like the Trans Equals Gay implications of homosexuals lining up for their Gender Bender or women eager for the chance to be the "superior" sex, may be less amusing.
In Iain M Banks' Culture novels, citizens of the Culture are able to change their gender at will. The process is slow, taking several months, but is done entirely using consciously-released hormone, not requiring any external assistance. The change is so complete that they begin to produce the appropriate sex cells, and a newly-female person can get pregnant and give birth. Most people in the Culture will spend a year or two as the opposite sex at some point in their lives, just to see what it's like. A popular expression of love is for a couple to conceive a child, then change gender and conceive another, so both partners are pregnant with the other's child at the same time (they are also able to temporarily arrest the development of the embryo/foetus, so that they can time it so they come to term together -- if the embryo is only just conceived, they can even keep it alive while they become male).
In Gael Baudino's Dragon trilogy, an enemy wizard does this to an entire troop of soldiers from an extremely sexist country. The transformation is permanent, and the characters' adaptation to their new state is dealt with at length; the new women's situations are dealt with with surprising sensitivity, given that at the time Baudino was a Dianic Wiccan.
Princess Ozma of L. Frank Baum's Oz series was magically changed into a boy as a baby, and grew up this way (under the name "Tip") until the spell was discovered and she was changed back.
The fact that their personalities are total opposites has led to at least a century of many fans trying to explain this away via either Fan Discontinuity or Retcon. Lampshaded when the Gump mentions he thought Ozma was nicer when she was a boy.
The Gump also mentions that Ozma didn't much like him talking since she changed her name.
Lois McMaster Bujold's A Civil Campaign has, as a significant character, Lord Dono Vorrutyer...formerly Lady Donna Vorrutyer.
Not to mention Bel Thorne the hermaphrodite, who, while technically both male and female, is quite fond of switching its perceived gender around just to mess with people's heads.
A common motif in Jack L. Chalker books. Usually it's a) to show just how indomitable the transformed character is, and b) to showcase the sheer evil of the individuals responsible...and make their eventual Karmic Deaths--or at least karmic comeuppance--all the more appropriate.
Appropriately enough given how deeply Chalker is associated with this trope, his immortal hero Nathan Brazil's last act in Chalker's final book is to "accidentally" inflict a Gender Bender on himself; it may have been a Freudian Slip on the character's part.
Neil Gaiman has played with this trope a few times:
In Stardust, Bernard the goat herder is first turned into a goat by the Big Bad, and later into a woman to pose as her daughter.
The short story "Changes" has Gender Bending as its premise, as a cancer cure called Reboot that works by altering the patients DNA has the side-effect of transforming the patient into a fully functional and fertile member of the opposite gender. The story takes place over several decades, analyzing how society would react to the effects introduced by such a drug. The middle eastern response is especially horrific, in contrast to the Sex Gates example above.
The entire basis of the plot of James Alan Gardner's novel Commitment Hour.
This is the ending twist of the Clive Barker short story The Madonna from The Books Of Blood. All men who enter The Madonna's lair become women. Though it can be Nightmare Fuel for some people, he/she ended up better than most other characters.
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness is basically 'what if everyone were of negotiable sex'.
An important point in Charles Stross' Glasshouse is that the characters come from a society where Gender Benders are ridiculously easy. It's implied that most people tend to settle on a particular gender for the sake of convenience; the protagonist is usually male, but doesn't even remember what his original body's gender was.
This is pretty much the point of Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography.
The middle part of The Making of a Mage is basically "The Making of a Priestess". When Elminster agreed to serve the goddess of magic, he finds himself teleported without any warning to an unknown location and turned into a lass -- "to see the world through the eyes of a woman"[7], having nothing on her save half of broken ancestral sword, and no magic abilities save innate magic vision. Later he learned the spell himself. In the next book, Mystra pushes a silent sex-inverting spell into his mind, to give him a way to circumvent controls built into his body. Which he used while embraced... er... restrained by his current Love Interest, no less. "Well met. Call me Elmara, please!"
Several Animorphs characters do cross-gender human morphs. Marco morphs the female governor in one book, and presumably, Cassie and Rachel morph male when they acquire sailors for a mission on an aircraft carrier.
In The Wheel of Time, after Balthamel dies, he is resurrected as the beautiful woman, Aran'gar. This is situational irony, because Balthamel had been known as a tremendous lecher.
In the 1952 French short story Héloïse by Marcel Aymé, the thirty-five-year old Martin turns into the titular female character on each evening, causing her to clash with his wife. Things get complicated when Martin falls in love with Héloïse, and when Héloïse gets out and sleeps with other men. At the end of the story, Martin's wife gives him out that Héloïse is pregnant; Martin/Héloïse will give birth to a boy who will soon turn into a girl. Ouch.
In the Chanur novels, the trigendered Stsho change gender when "phasing" (a personality breakdown and reformation caused by emotional or physical trauma).
In Walter Jon Williams' Cyberpunk novel Hardwired, the rich elite often transfer their consciousness to a younger body to extend their lives. The book introduces one who used to be an elderly man but got himself transferred to a young, female body to live his sexual fantasies of submission and vulnerability. S/He gets what s/he asked for and more when Sarah, one of the protagonists seduces, and then murders him/her.
In the novel Cycler by Lauren McLaughlin, the main character Jill changes into a boy, Jack, before (or during) her period.
In the Safehold series by David Weber, Nimue Alban (or, specifically, the robot with Nimue Alban's personality) crafts the persona of Merlin Athrawes. Her robotic body has the capability to shift genders, which she uses to complete the image.
The whole idea of a man being turned into his own fantasy woman is brutally deconstructed by Angela Carter in The Passion of New Eve.
Used by Piers Anthony in his Incarnations of Immortality series.
Pretty much the whole plot of Death's Master, the second novel in Tanith Lee's Flat Earth fantasy series. Lee also explores gender-switching in her Four BEE series, where changing bodies and genders is almost as easy as changing clothes. Officially you're only supposed to change once every thirty days, but nobody pays attention to that.
In Judith Tarr's Avaryan Rising series, a young nobleman from one nation is turned female—by way of a dangerous magic ritual—so that s/he can marry the prince of another nation for diplomatic reasons. Predictably, s/he's smokin' hawt in female form.
Malahide in the Havemercy series.
In the Vampire the Masquerade series, Sasch Vykos was once Myca Vykos, but changed genders via Vicissitude.
Polyjuice Potion in the Harry Potter series has been stated to do this, although we never actually learn how far the gender bending goes. Some examples in the series:
In Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, Crabbe and Goyle take the Polyjuice Potion many times to pose as first year girls, in order to allow Malfoy to repair the Vanishing Cabinet.
In Goblet of Fire, Barty Crouch, Jr. escaped Azkaban by swapping identities with his mother via Polyjuice Potion.
Deathly Hallows, in order to get Harry out of Privet Drive, five of his friends (and Mundungus Fletcher) disguise themselves as Harry using Polyjuice potion. Two of the decoy Harrys are Hermione and Fleur. Amusingly, Fleur isn't too happy about being Harry; after the transformation is complete, she tells Bill not to look at her because she's hideous.
In the Mercedes Lackey and Piers Anthony novel, If I Pay Thee Not In Gold, there be demons. They look ordinary, if beautiful, and with awesome eyes, but normal for normals where they come from. What distinguishes them is immortality... and gender bending when they have sex. Imagine losing your virginity and learning that. How can demons die? By being killed, or if a partner is unfaithful.
In Warrior Cats, the others often can't keep up with the massive cast, especially characters who were created just to flesh out the allegiances, so this has happened to several characters (most notably Sedgewhisker and Rowanclaw).
In Dread Brass Shadows, Garrett encounters a couple of characters who magically disguise themselves as other people, sometimes of the opposite sex. Finding the corpse of one of them, he's squicked out to discover that the dead man is reverting from his assumed female form to his natural one only gradually, from top to bottom.
In Sphere, the protagonist tests out his reality-warping abilities on some nearby mummified corpses, changing men to women and women to men. That's right: gender-bending corpses.
In Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality short story, "The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal," the Arachosians made their women into man-like things (klopts) on purpose. It was a Fate Worse Than Death.
In Peter Pan In Scarlet, the former Lost Boys must wear their children's clothing in order to become children again and return to Neverland. Unfortunately for Tootles, he has no sons, so must wear his daughter's ballet dress, and turns into a girl.
Delenn from Babylon 5 was originally supposed to have been male or neuter in the first season, before entering the chrysalis and becoming female, but the idea was dropped. Sources differ as to whether the exact reason was one of these, or perhaps a combination:
They couldn't get Mira Furlan's (electronically altered) voice as "Male Delenn" quite right.
Furlan refused to play Delenn as a male.
They did use this idea in the original pilot as aired, but dropped it for the series and later rebroadcasts of the pilot have Mira Furlan's unaltered voice. Unfortunately, there's nothing that can reasonably be done about the Male Delenn makeup (which looks remarkably like the original G'Kar makeup, particularly noticeable in their scenes together).
Examples from Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Glory, a female goddess, goes around as her "brother" Ben most of the time. When Ben gets his body back, he generally finds himself in a glamorous dress somewhere.
Invoked by Willow, who suggested this as one of the possibilities after Buffy touched a demon and was set to take on a part of it.
In the episode "Him", a Jerk Jock uses a magic jacket to make any girl who sees him wearing it fall madly in love with him-- including Willow, who (after being reminded she's a lesbian) decides to "prove" her love by magically changing him into a girl. Fortunately, Xander interrupts her before the ritual can be completed.
Later that same season, Willow was cursed with a Glamour that caused her to take on Warren's[8] appearance after she shared a kiss with her new girlfriend. The curse started as an illusion, but the longer Willow looked like Warren, the more his personality began to overtake her own -- eventually causing her to try to recreate his attack on Buffy.
The 1998 version of Fantasy Island has the episode "Estrogen," in which a man asks Mr. Rourke to give him a better understanding of women. Guess what happens.
In Heroes, guess what's the first thing Sylar turns into after getting the ability to transform?
Monkey (also known as Monkey Magic, based off the Chinese epic Journey to the West) features this on occasion:
Buddha, in order to become more "compassionate" appears in his female incarnation.
The bodhisattva Quan-yin (Guanyin) the Compassionate is only seen in her "male incarnation", in pale blue robes and a lacey veil.
The priest Tripitaka is a man, played by a woman, who when entering the City of Nightmares is magically transformed into a woman as a disguise. (And is promptly hit on by Pigsy).
Monkey transforms into a woman in order to trick the Unicorn King.
Red Dwarf examples:
The hologram Arnold Rimmer changes his appearance to that of Lister's dead love interest, Kochanski. Even though he is a hologram he is quite able to...touch himself.
Holly redrew himself after an encounter with his Distaff Counterpart. And became male again.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch has an episode where Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda use a magical potion in the form of a soft drink called "Boy Brew" to become temporarily male. Though Zelda only briefly.
In a minor example, Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by way of The Nth Doctor. She's female through both incarnations in the main series, but Sisko (who knew her before the current incarnation) calls her "old man" (despite appearing to be a young woman). One of her male forms is seen in a flashback, and others are seen through a psychic-body-swap-thing, including one of her previous female forms in a male host.
In another episode, Quark (for reasons having to do with a Ferengi diplomat) has to have a temporary sex change. Not only does he pop out of Sickbay as a physiologically-complete Ferengi woman, his personality has suddenly altered to be completely feminine. Cue the parade of human female stereotype behaviors.
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno plays with the trope on occasion:
A fake ad for something called For Men Only (a parody of men's haircare products) showcases a liquid that turns men into women. There are several male to female morphs in it, including one of Jay himself using the product.
Another episode has Jay in drag (a supermodel with his voice).
On the episode where Pam Anderson is the guest, Jay asks several questions about implants and then asks her.."If you could be a man, who would it be?" Pam responds "I could be you!" Jay then exclaims "That's perfect. Why?" Pam's answer is "So I could sit there, torturing you, asking about your implants."
Season One of The X-Files gives us the aptly named episode "Gender Bender" , which revolves around a sect of humanoid aliens with the ability to change sexes at will. Said aliens also have a voracious sexual appetite...which is unfortunate, as mating with one them is inevitably fatal to humans.
Doctor Who has used this trope a couple times, at least in the context of the titular character's potential regeneration as a woman:
In "The Curse of Fatal Death," an Affectionate Parody created for the 1999 Comic Relief appeal night, the Doctor cycles through all of his remaining regenerations in quick succession, with the final one being Joanna Lumley. The Doctor's female companion (who was engaged to him) is understandably rather disturbed; his arch-nemesis, the Master, somewhat less so. The former enemies walk off arm in arm.
The episode The Doctor's Wife from the actual series revealed that it's indeed possible for a Time Lord to regenerate as the opposite sex (assuming the Doctor wasn't joking):
Doctor: See that snake? The mark of the Corsair. Fantastic bloke. He had that snake as a tattoo in every regeneration. Didn't feel like himself unless he had the tattoo...or herself a couple of times. Oh hoo, she was a bad girl!
Neil Gaiman (who wrote the episode) also mentions the Corsair having a couple of female regenerations in The Brilliant Book 2012.
Zig-zagged in the episode "New Earth", in which the villainous Cassandra[9] possesses the body of companion Rose Tyler. When the Doctor orders her to leave Rose's body, she complies...by transferring herself into his body. Cassandra is amused by her newfound maleness, reveling in her handsome figure and new "parts" ("And hardly used!"). However, circumstances force her to abandon the Doctor's body, and she spends the rest of the episode jumping between numerous other female hosts before settling on the body of her cloned male servant.
In the French TV series Vice Versa, due to a lab accident the main character Thomas turns into his female self Emmanuelle (then Julia, in season two) whenever he hits his elbow.
An episode of Tomica Hero Rescue Force has the Big Bad, inspired by the sex changing ability of clownfish (see the fish example under "Other"), create a virus to turn all men into women, thus robbing humanity of their ability to reproduce, and eventually causing our extinction. She's stopped, naturally, but not before she manages to transform the male heroes.
In one episode of Malcolm in the Middle, Lois, tired of her three boys constantly arguing, imagines them as girls instead, in a world where everything's better and they give her unconditional love. But she realizes by the end of the episode that girls would be bad in different ways -- bitchy and keeping all their secrets from her -- and that her boys love her in their own genuine way. (The episode is also funny to watch to see Hal in a fatsuit and Francis, the eldest son, as a girl -- unlike the other three, Christopher Masterson actually played the female version of himself.)
Occasionally used on The Carol Burnett Show. It's played for laughs, of course.
Weird Science has several examples:
At the end of the pilot episode, after Wyatt (the cautious one) tells Lisa (hot computer-created genie) that he's happy and she disappears, Gary (slacker) is ticked and states he'd only be happy if Wyatt was a killer babe. At that point, Wyatt is turned into a hot blonde.
Later in the series, Gary is accidentally zapped into a phone sex worker.
In the episode "Feminine Mistake," Wyatt and Gary want to understand women better, but aren't satisfied with Lisa's help. So, of course, Lisa makes them look like girls. "Wynona" and "Garyette" get hit on by everyone including Wyatt's brother Chett. Played for laughs as Wyatt and Gary see themselves as girls only in mirrors and the audience sees them as girls when they flirt with their minor friends (or have a hissy fit.) But when boys try to pick them up....
Occurs in Charmed. Prue makes quite a handsome man.
The Gumbies on Monty Python's Flying Circus briefly turn into girl-Gumbies at the end of "The Buzz Aldrin Show" for no particular reason. Their only reaction upon turning back is "OOH! THAT WAS FUN!"
In the third season of Misfits Curtis gains the ability to change genders.
There are several instances of gender bending in Greek Mythology, all of which are Older Than Feudalism.
The prophet Tiresias was transformed into a woman by Hera as punishment for killing a mating female snake. Seven years later, he killed a male snake in the same location and was changed back into a man. In some versions of the story, he continued to change sex every seven years afterwards for the rest of his life. As a result of his unusual experience, Tiresias was later called upon to settle an argument between Zeus and Hera over which gender enjoyed sex more (as he alone had experienced it from both perspectives).[10]
And Tiresias' youngest daughter, Bio/Bion/Vita/Vito/Roland/Orlando, began to develop this ability at the age of ten.
The goddess Artemis turned the Cretan hunter Sipriotes into a woman for staring at her naked body while she was bathing.
In his Metamorphoses Ovid wrote of Iphis, a daughter of Telethusa and Ligdus, who Ligdus had said - when Telethusa was pregnant - he would kill if born a girl. The goddess Isis told Telethusa to bring Iphis up as a boy, and Iphis eventually fell in love with a woman - Ianthe. So Isis turned Iphis into a man. They lived Happily Ever After.
In the Mahabharata, Shikandin, the reincarnation of Amba, was born specifically in order to kill Bhishma. He was born as a girl but was brought up as a boy due to Prophecy Twist. He exchanged his female body with a Yaksha and was turned into a man.
The God Vishnu in Hindu Mythology turned temporarily into a beautiful woman called Mohini in order to seduce the demons away from eating nectarine that would lead to immortality. He coyly teased them about it, transformed back to his original self and gave the pot to the gods.
Norse Mythology is full of this trope:
The gods hired a contractor to build their heavenly city. They let him name his price after he did the work, he asked for the goddess of love's hand in marriage. He was a giant, with a giant horse, so they had to distract the horse and get him outa town. How'd they distract the horse? Why, by having the trickster god Loki, noted male, transform into a hot mare, of course! Loki actually got pregnant from this and bore the eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, who Odin nicked to be his warhorse. Loki didn't mind, presumably wanting to drown the memories in mead as quickly as possible and never see a reminder again.
Another version of the myth has the Giant getting Odin's wife if the work is completed by a certain date, and Loki distracts the Giant's horse as above to delay the work past the due date so she doesn't have to pay up.
In the myth where Loki invades the gods' banqueting hall to insult them all, he and Odin both charge the other with having turned into a woman -- a real woman, who had borne a child and nursed it.
An odd bit of folklore claims that kissing one's own elbow will cause a person to change sexes. (Did you just try it? It works!)
According to Herodotus' Histories some Scythian raiders once made the mistake of sacking a temple of Venus Castina (the aspect of Venus who looks after the souls of women locked in male bodies.) The Goddess responded by turning the raiders into women.
FoxTrot parodied Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, transforming Jason into a miniature version of his own sister during a week-long arc. Thankfully, it was All Just a Dream.
Sherman's Lagoon had Filmore the sea turtle turn into a female for a while in an early arc. Then he turned back.
Dungeons and Dragons examples:
The "Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity" is a magic item dating back to AD&D. It changes the wearer's sex.
The Changeling race from Eberron can change appearance at will, this includes gender.
Most shapechanging magic (such as Alter Self) allows the caster to choose the gender of the assumed form, along with more typical alterations such as height and build.
Many "random" magic effects in D&D include involuntary sex change as one possible result. Wild Mages in particular tend to suffer from it.
The infamous Tomb of Horrors has this as a result of one of the many, many traps, with the added bonus of alignment reversal.
In the third-party supplement The Book of Erotic Fantasy, there is a sex-change spell with the memorable flavor text "I'm a girl! I'm a girl! I'm a...no, wait, let me check."
Forgotten Realms had a special spell for this, that was repeatedly used in the Elminster Saga novels, though didn't make it into sourcebooks.
Eilistraee allowed this as an option for her rare male priests (being a female is the only way to understand her divine dance). Mystra at least sometimes did this too, though her high-ranked servants are likely to shapeshift into lots of forms either way while going about their usual business.
Greyhawk got Zagig's Gender Shift spell introduced in Dragon (magazine) #270. 3rd level, but unlike Alter Self remains until dispelled or negated.
In the Animesque Tabletop Game Teenagers From Outer Space, the Boy/Girl Gun is a standard item, and one alien power replicates the effect on the user. It's probably best to not speculate about the non-standard items.
Mekton Zeta cites this as a sample use of the "Special Effect Weapon" Stupid Mekton Trick.
In GURPS, "Hermaphromorph" is a cheap (5 point) Advantage that allows a character to change sex at will.
Similarly, Eclipse Phase has the "Sex switch" augmentation that allows one to change sex at will, but the transformation takes a week. For some reason it only takes a day in a healing vat to permanently switch sexes.
Exalted examples:
The Lunar Exalted have access to a charm which allows them to change sex at will. Their God/Patron Luna enjoys the same power and has no set gender.
If that wasn't weird enough, Luna is the lover of Gaia, who is very female. Make of this what you will.
Luna sometimes appears in the form of a Pregnant Boy.
Alchemical Exalted have a charm that allows them to shift their physical appearance, allowing them to be males, females, and even hermaphrodites or sexless. Since they are sterile in any case, the changes are purely cosmetic, though.
Scion has an Epic Appearance perk mentioned in the God rulebook, that allows the Scion to change everything about his/her body, including gender, and becoming a hermaphrodite. They're even fully fertile.
Unknown Armies provides players with at least three permanent ways to magically change their character's sex, a few more temporary methods, and several canonical one-off accidents. In addition, since the game is set in the Present Day, gender-reassignment surgery is also available - and explicitly necessary for correcting some magical accidents.
In Warhammer 40000, the Chaos God Slaanesh typically uses the pronoun 'He'. However, he in fact is neither male nor female yet both at the same time. He assumes whatever form the person viewing him would find most attractive, which means that he can either be a fully functioning male, female, hermaphrodite or whatever else a person finds attractive at any given time. His traditional form is a weird sort of hermaphrodite, being split down the middle vertically as a woman on the right side of the body and a man on the left. The same goes for his/her breeds of daemon, including the more animalistic ones.
Cthulhu Tech has a First Order (low level) spell of the Transmogrification style called "Beckon the Unexpressed". Its other names are Aphrodite's Touch and Gender Bender, which sums it up fairly well. By magically 'tweaking' the target on a chromosomal level, the target switches gender in a painless fashion over a period of three days. The ritual is legal (though it requires a permit), and implicitly a person "switched" in this manner is fully functional in their new role -- the spell has replaced surgery for gender reassignment. Because the ritual only requires an effigy of the target and not the target's actual presence, it's noted that immature occultists like to use it for pranks. Especially in college. As well as merely switching men to women and vice versa (the change is permanent, but easily undone with a second spell), casters with sufficient occultic skill and knowledge of physical medicine can use this spell to create different varieties of fully functional gender ambiguities (people with the body of one sex and the reproductive organs of the other, or a "true" hermaphrodite with the body of one sex and the organs of both).
The Mage: The Awakening Legacy known as the Daksha become Hermaphrodites after a certain degree of initiation, but also have the ability to shift between a male and female form as they see fit (although they will generally consider the hermaphrodite form their true one). They do this because they believe it is the mark of their superiority.
Munchkin includes at least one Gender Bender card in each iteration, and sometimes two! (Might come in handy if you're a low level and poorly geared male facing a deadly Amazon!)
In Chess, pawns are generally promoted into queens when they reach the far end of the board. (On the other hand, how do you know the pawns are male?)
Microprose's Rex Nebular And The Cosmic Gender Bender did indeed apply this trope to its titular hero, who becomes its heroine.
A series of ero Dating Sims known as X-Change is centered around this trope (with a boy becoming a girl).
Visual Novel Ying-Yang X-Change Alternative uses both this and Transsexual, and despite its comedy tone plays both surprisingly seriously at times. With the Phlebotinum being a medicine designed to increase the feminine attributes of women, the scene where the doctor who made it has to explain quite why it worked on the 'male' main character is one of the funniest in the game... yet explains and adds considerable pathos to his late father's constant attempts to beat the slightest hint of femininity out of his son.
This is hammered in further by the refusal of several characters to buy the Phlebotinum excuse and proceed to refer to him as a post op transsexual. Even he eventually gives in to the description, at one point shouting it down the phone at his parents amid mad cackling.
Darkstalkers: Demitri Maximoff (or Maximov; it changes) has a move called Midnight Bliss, in which he turns an opponent into a woman before sucking the life out of her. (What happens when he uses it on female opponents varies wildly between victims.)
In regards to this, in SNK vs Capcom Chaos, Goenitz is one of the playable charcters. His Midnight Bliss form (called Goeniko) has become very popular as a result, ironically turning every gamer's worst nightmare into every hentai artist's dream.
It gets weird when Hugo is Blissed. Just... look at him when Demitri is draining his lifeforce... he becomes Poison!!!
It just gets weird in this fanvid made in MUGEN. For example, Miyako turns into Hatsune Miku when Blissed.
Zohar, The Rival in Silhouette Mirage, has two forms with opposite attributes and gender. As Zohar Metatron, he's a Silhouette-attribute who wields a sword; as Zohar Sandalphon, she's a Mirage-attribute with a gun.
Edwin in the Baldur's Gate series is transformed into a woman by a Netheril practical joke in Shadows of Amn (he believed it would transform him into a lich), and is unable to turn back. The game even gives him a second soundset for his female form (though it does nothing to his portrait). He is eventually turned back after many trials, tribulations and being snarked at by most of the other party members. However, by keeping Edwin in your party through Throne of Bhaal, his Where Are They Now? Epilogue reveals that he later tried to make his name by challenging Elminster to a magic duel, who had apparently heard of his previous mishap and made sure to apply the effect permanently this time...
Being based on D&D, the Wild Mage class has it as one of the random effects.
There's also a girdle from the first game that has no effect but to instantly and permanently change the gender of whomever puts it on.
NiGHTS Into Dreams has a rather interesting example. NiGHTS, the character of the games gender depends on what gender the person viewing NiGHTS sees NiGHTS as. Since NiGHTS combines with people to escape the Ideya Palace, you've got to wonder what happens when someone sees him as the opposite gender...
Disgaea allows you to transmigrate any non-story character into another class, with the option of changing gender in the process. If that's not enough, you can choose to turn him into a penguin instead.
Another Nippon Ichi example comes from Soul Nomad. The player character, Revya, was explicitly born as Median's firstborn son all of about 200-some years back. This trope comes into play if you choose to play as a female. And considering the Disgaea 3 DLC has Female Revya...
A stranger example comes from the Disgaea light novels. Lamington states that angels have no set gender to begin with, instead taking in traits from the environment and their own emotions having an effect. Apparently their choices in weaponry also affect the outcome as well, which gets weird when you figure that the angels in-game are all female.
In the Japanese version of Bonk's Revenge, your secondary form is not a scarred Bonk like in the overseas version, but rather a female Bonk! This occurs at around 1:30 of this video if you don't believe me.
Neo Mr. Do has a powerup that turns the titular character into a woman, as if Mr. Do wasn't creepy enough...
In Persona 4, Shadow Naoto tries to turn its creator into an adult male through body alteration. Luckily, you can stop it before that happens.
In Fable II, The Temple of Shadows has the "Wheel of Misfortune", which kills human sacrifices through random means. Among its possibilities are electrocution, impalement, beheading and "Gender Change."
The player has a chance to use a sex changing potion after buying Castle Fairfax. This potion is one-time use and irreversible (the game saves immediately after you use it), unless you play Co-Op online and use someone else's potion. The change is generally acknowledged by the NPCs, but your spouse couldn't care less and your child readily starts calling you 'mum' or 'dad'.
Toward the end of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Sheik, in a shocking twist everyone knows, turns into the princess herself. There's contradictory information on whether the change was just clothes and hair (and color contacts), but it certainly looks magical.
It is now possible to have different body types (and, therefore, change your sex when you change your costume) across different costume slots in City of Heroes.
Specific to Pokémon Crystal, if the player chooses the female avatar, they must be changed into the male avatar if they want to trade with any other game, as the sprite data for the female avatar doesn't exist in any other compatible version. However, in this game the player's gender choice was purely aesthetic, so nothing is made of it.
Azurill has a 1 male to 3 female gender ratio, while its evolution Marill has an even gender ratio, meaning 1/3 of female Azurill become male upon evolution. In other words, it grows a dick. (This is most likely unintended.)
World of Warcraft examples:
Chronormu, a bronze dragon who 1) had a name consistent with the naming standards of male bronze dragons, and 2) prefers to take the humanoid form of a female gnome named Chromie. This appears to have been an error, though, as her rare appearances in dragon form have since been changed to either just say Chromie, or Chronormi (the female suffix for bronze dragons).
Player characters gained access to character appearance resets for $25 in 2008. This includes the ability to change your character's gender. This was used as an explicit selling point for the resets.
In "Wrath of the Lich King", the player is led through quests to a village entirely inhabited by Hyldnir, female Giants. For purposes of disguise it the player must transform into a Hyldnir, regardless of original gender.
Using an Illusion Potion near a character of the opposite sex.
Certain items that transform you into traditionally male creatures do (or did) cause you to be considered male as far as gender specific titles are concerned, such as the Iron Boot Flask which turns you into a male Iron Dwarf. Strangely, while the Pygmy gnome transformation of Pygmy Oil turned the player into a female Pygmy gnome, it would also result in female characters' titles changing to the male equivalent.
Drag Queen's ending in Twisted Metal 4.
Actually a play mechanic in CAVE's Bullet Hell series Esp Galuda - entering "awakening" mode causes your character's gender to flip, and for all the bullets to move in slow motion. It also makes it possible to cancel opposition bullets by killing the shooter to rack up huge scores. However, if the meter showing how long you can remain gender flipped runs out, you're immediately shunted back to your original gender, with bullets moving at double speed.
Runescape: The Makeover Mage in Falador will change your gender for a fee of 3,000 coins.
There is a members quest where one of the tasks requires you do do this if you are male, as, in the words of the enemy in question, "No man can kill me!"
In Jade Empire you can encounter the Furnace of the Mad Science God Lord Lao. There are various recipies of combinations of working parts and fuel that can upgrade your character, and experimenting with other mixtures will usually just summon demons or light you on fire. However, there is one unmentioned combination that will briefly swap your character into the opposite gender (Complete with matching clothes!). This is temporary however and you shift back five seconds later.
In Geist, John Raimi, the ghost of a man, has to possess several women to progress through the game. This actually becomes important gameplay-wise when you possess towel-clothed Anna, who will not walk past a male-guard without proper clothes.
Gaia Online lets you change your avatar's gender three times for free, then begins charging on the fourth. A "Gender Bender" potion was also made available.
Civilization II, like most games in the series, has a "unit upgrade" mechanic - the "Leonardo's Workshop" wonder, in this case. When built, this wonder will turn all your Diplomat units into the more advanced Spy. The Diplomat is depicted as a stereotypical old-fashioned diplomat, a little man wearing tails, a top hat, and grey striped trousers. The Spy, however, is a busty female wearing a Little Black Dress. So your diplomatic corps not only gets better skills, but free sex changes!
The Amulet of Change from Nethack switches the player, then disintegrates, leaving him/her stuck. Since this has next to no consequences on gameplay (foocubi will seduce the opposite sex and attack the same, only females can lay eggs, and strange monsters' hatched eggs sometimes ignore male characters), the amulet is considered Vendor Trash except for stunts like making male Valkyries, and a possibility that it's what an unidentified amulet is isn't considered a good reason not to try it on.
Can be done in Kingdom of Loathing at a very dodgy street doctor's clinic in the sleazy back alley.
Although not necessarily a true case of Gender Bending, the 1996 game Pandemonium by Crystal Dynamics has a cheat labeled; BODYSWAP, which, when inputted shows the statement "Gender Bender!" The cheat itself, however, only enables in-level character swapping between Nikki and Fargus.
El Goonish Shive is notable for the sheer number of gender-bending gags and storylines; all of the major characters have their gender swapped at least once. As a birthday party theme. A Transformation Ray in the Chivalrous Pervert's hands, a character able to transform others without such a device, a Half-Human Hybrid Shape Shifter who can change forms, including both male and female at will, though seldom has an actual reason to do specifically this, and finally Elliot ends up with a suspiciously specific shapeshifting ability but tries not to use it.
So, of course, the phlebotinum behind Elliot's hijinks builds up, and either he uses it several times a day to keep it controllable or it activates spontaneously anyway. The author is on record about how much fun it is to torment Elliot.
EGS also gives us this wonderful line when Sarah and Susan are arguing over whether it's healthy or not when Elliot "fails at perversion":
Sarah: Don't you remember what it's like to be a teenage guy?
Susan: I try not to.
Similarly, The Wotch is pretty much based around the trope; whole groups of male students at Tandy Gardens HS (note the initials) have been permanently transformed into females (four of whom would later be featured in a Spin-Off series, Cheer!), and some of the other male characters seem to have become addicted to being temporarily in female form. (The authors of both comics readily admit to being a little too interested in Shapeshifting. Their readership is in the tens of thousands. We blame 1980s cartoons.)
In one particularly strange example, the Wotch herself has an older brother who likes to relax by taking on the form and personality of a four-year-old girl.
In Order of the Stick, Roy has to don the mystical "Belt of Femininity/Masculinity" to escape a pair of would-be assassins. This is an actual magical item in Dungeons and Dragons, though this one reacts to Remove Curse better. Breaking the trend slightly, Roy is NOT a beautiful woman, and is still bald.
Also a common theme is the fics written in the Crack Pairing thread on the forum. And a theme week for avatars every year.
The same object shows up in this Something Positive strip, as a way of shutting up an obnoxious player.
The basic premise of Misfile has Ash, the hero, getting accidentally "misfiled" in heaven by a stoner clerk. This not only changes him from a teenage boy to a teenage girl overnight, it changes the entire world to fit. Some aspects are convenient (no need to explain anything or shop for new underwear), some are comically disturbing (Bikini shots and prom pictures in the photo album,yaoi magazines under the bed), and some are not-so-comically disturbing ("girl-Ash" had reconnected with her estranged mother via a letter that "boy-Ash" had been too ashamed to send and had already lost "her" virginity to his oldest and best friend.)
Umlaut House has a gender-bending Transformation Ray, originally built by Mad Scientist Dr Hundecoph to help his Transsexual friend Dr Pegasus become female, but later accidentally set off by Volair, who takes it in stride before changing back a few days later. For the second series, author Allen Ecker explains elsewhere that when Hundecoph reformed, he took the unusual step of releasing the design to the public (he'd already made a fortune selling his other inventions, but he wanted to make sure that this particular one was open-source).
A storyline near the end of It's Walky switches the genders of Walky, Joyce, Head Alien, Monkey Master, and the aliens' computer due to Unpredictable Results. Entropy nearly kept them that way, but The Wanderer intervened.
The trope is played with somewhat as well. Joyce points out to Walky that despite having changed genders, they're still straight, leading to humorous moments between them and their team mates. It's later revealed that male-Joyce's "equipment" was bigger than Walky's regular package. Walky is not happy to know this, to say the least.
In Gender Swapped, the main characters are hit by a ray gun that changes their sex and rewrites their lives while they sleep. The machine, known only as the 'GSM' has been built by scientists for a yet to be announced reason. Two of the three main characters were hit by a split beam setting the plot in motion, the third character Elise, whose name is now Elyps, due to an odd set of circumstances, has to live as a boy without the luxury of the people closest to her thinking she was always that way. This comic has followed both the First and Second Laws of Gender Bending.
Done briefly in The Last Days of Foxhound, in which Decoy Octopus (who, through drinking their blood, can take on another person's appearance) disguises himself as Sniper Wolf. It's a very complete transformation.
In Narbonic, Mad Scientist Helen Narbon invents an instant gender-change formula. She gleefully uses it in several storylines, not least to make her sex life more interesting[11] (along with the antigravity generator, and the nutrient vats, and the teleporter...)
The Insecticomics has several instances of characters spontaneously changing their gender, although being that they are mostly androgynous Transformers gender isn't much of an issue for them. The most notable was the time that Lazorbeak was voted female in an effort to make the comic less male-dominated.
In a later strip, the resident Moral Guardian Lady Jaye protested that the male Thrust was pursuing a relationship with Dreadmoon (also male), whereupon Thrust promptly declared himself female and went off to hit on Dreadmoon again. Since the characters and the author both refer to Thrust as "she" from this point on, apparently Thrust never bothered to change back.
DDG explains why, when you are a disembodied soul you shouldn't fool around with magic cloaks. Something recently deceased Zip wishes s/he had known to start with.
The misogynistic Stunt from Dominic Deegan gets briefly turned into a woman after defiantly taking a bite of an onion labeled "do not eat" in a land of chaos magic.
Exiern is about a mighty barbarian who went to save the Damsel in Distress princess from the evil wizard. Accidentally nullifying his own ability to cast dark magic, the wizard resorts to pouring all the power he can into a light magic spell, transforming the barbarian into a beautiful woman.
The What If donation comic Exiern: Dark Reflections has an Alternate Universe take on this. In this, the aformationed Damsel in Distress ends up possessed by the evil wizard, or the evil god the wizard was summoning, or something. The result is a Princess with Evil Overlord ambitions, a very Stripperific outfit, and a mildly annoyed evil male spirit having to deal with the Princesses's libido taking over every few minutes. Also, the wizard manages to use Mind Control on the barbarian, now his enforcer in another Stripperiffic "outfit".
One of the many cameos in the Fan Web Comic Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha R'r by Entropy Max are the space aliens from Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, making this trope inevitable for a feminine-looking male down on his luck in regards to the (ambiguously lesbian) girl he likes. Meet Yuuno Scrya (second image NSFW).
A major plot-point of The Dragon Doctors, affecting the aforementioned doctors, every (former) male in the first town the Doctors visit, and several minor characters.
MSF High: See especially Rainer. Though it frequntly happens to others as well.
Various Slipshine comics, but most prominently The Key to Her Heart.
She !s me (Oh no! I'm a girl!) [1] The story of a guy who one day wakes up as a gal. Don't think of this as a funny bodyswitch comedy, but as a serious evaluation about the question "What would you really do if ...?"
Ninmu Nanmu: Anarchy and Rad features this trope.
Jet Dream (the Remix Comic), along with its Spin-Off series It's Cookie! and My Jet Dream Romance, are built around this trope. These Affectionate Parodies of Silver Age comic books take as their premise the notion that the male members of the "Thunderbird Squadron" (Blackhawk Expy) have all been turned (permanently and irrevocably, natch) into girls via Applied Phlebotinum. As Joint Elite Team, Division of Raiding-Expert Aeronautical Maidens, they continue the good fight as T-Girls instead of T-Birds. In addition, the most talented teenage boy recruits in Junior Echelon, Teen T-Girls, Elle-Boys, and Esprit-Girls (Natural!) (J.E.T. T.E.E.N.) may themselves be voluntarily turned into girls after a period of training in Advanced Crossdressing and T-Girl combat specialties.
The Rise and Fall of Little Red Riding Hood: Pablo.
Keychain of Creation: Naturally, Marena is able to do this.
Axe Cop has two prominent examples of this trope, both revealed in "Ask Axe Cop" installments:
In a What If scenario, Axe Cop revealed that he'd only want to have kids "in a jillion years when I am done with my job" (i.e., the last bad guy in the world has been killed.) Axe Cop would then use unicorn magic to turn his best friend Sockarang into a girl, and they'd have a family together.
In another (canonical!) example, Axe Cop teamed up with Abraham Lincoln, who turned into Abraham Lincoln: Explosion God and "put a bomb inside every bad guy." With all the bad guys in the world destroyed, Axe Cop used his magic unicorn horn and wished for Abraham Lincoln to be a girl. They got married, and lived Happily Ever After... until Axe Cop got bored. Presumably, the bad guys were resurrected and Axe Cop went back to doing his job, but the final fate of Girl Abraham Lincoln is, as yet, unrevealed.
This is the main power of the Tiresias Orb (see the "Mythology" section) from Eerie Cuties, which Blair steals, uses irresponsibly, and accidentally breaks, leaving Ace stuck long-term; much, much later, kissing Kade after touching Blair causes Ace to transfer the curse to him for a while, until Chloe figures how how to use this effect to break the curse completely.
Magic and Physics has Shelly, who, oddly for this trope, doesn't seem to remember being a guy ever. However, her brother does, and seemingly the Author and the Writer do too.
In Jix, one of Remula's personalities, Lamerix creates a device that does this. She tests it out on Lauren, changing her into a guy. Lauren gets mad about being temporarily stuck and uses it on Lamerix, but with no noticeable change (due to no major sexual dimorphism in Ambis and the fact that fur covers their private parts). Lauren convinces Lamerix to temporarily change her husband Paul while she's trying to figure out how to reverse the change.
In Cherry, Kirsch repeatedly tries to sell the eponymous Steve on the idea of actually becoming a girl. (He's not keen.)
In Quantum Vibe, Nicole meets a female Sex Bot named Hitomi who starts coming onto her. When Nicole wants to back out ("I really don't, y'know, flop that way"), Hitomi simply swaps gender to suit Nicole's inclinations. This simply leaves Nicole aghast.
In Dragon Ball Multiverse, Syd from Universe 6 can switch genders with others upon eye contact. She tries this on U13's Prince Vegeta to even out their power differences, only to find out that Vegeta is still Vegeta, woman or not.
In Girl in My Dream, Ji-Hoon gradually becomes a female named Ji-Hyun as he dreams.
The Whiteboard: After pressing a button with a Shmuck Bait warning sign, in the May 22, 2012 strip, Roger is transformed into a woman.
In Homestar Runner, Strong Bad explains what he would do if he ruled Free Country USA. Things start out plausible, like the King of Town being stuck in a box of peas, Coach Z getting a new jacket, and Homestar leaving, and then they get weirder (such as Pom Pom looking like an ABA basketball and Strong Sad being the devil). The weirdest of all? He plans to turn Homsar into a "modestly hot" girl. After realizing that this is Homsar he's talking about, Strong Bad proceeds to decide that his imagination is broken.
This is a major point of many of the Whateley Universe tales, due to them taking place in a LGBI dormitory at the titular Boarding School. Several of the main characters are gender bent by an "Exemplar" mutant power, which involves involuntary shapeshifting to a "BIT" (Body Image Template). A BIT is that person's mental image of a perfect body, which is occasionally the "wrong" gender -- although Exemplar mutations tend to have a side effect of a certain level of acceptance. It should be noted that the First Law is in full effect in the Whateley 'verse -- as a rule, it is not possible to undo or really change an Exemplar mutation.
Other than the Exemplar mutants, one main character is changed to a girl by being bonded with a powerful female elf spirit, another due to a poorly worded prank by her little brother, another by a magic sword, and yet another hasn't changed at all but is actually a Transsexual trying to find a way to become a real girl. Oh, and then there's Hank, who's gender bending the other way.
In Take a Lemon, Marshall Steen wakes up one day as Marsha. S/he decides that it was caused by a scientific experiment gone awry and then decides not to change back for a few months, just to prove that s/he can cope with the situation.
The plot of Transplanted Life. In fact, in that story, the only way a mind-transfer works is between genders.
Most of the characters in The Trading Post, one of whose writers is also behind Transplanted Life.
FictionMania (NSFW) is a massive archive specializing in gender bending stories of all kinds. The site isn't limited to this trope, however, as it also accepts Real Life (or Very Loosely Based on a True Story) stories of sexual reassignment and transitioning, Crossdressing, and Easy Sex Change fiction.
The Satyri series (and possible future webcomic) by Deviant ART artist DP Ragan is about a series of virgin males who are cursed by a group of succubi, either by being pulled into hell and having their soul infected with a fragment of a succubus' soul, or by using a cursed item (usually bodywash) that causes their skin to melt off, revealing their new, permanent form. The face is the last part to melt off -- if the victim doesn't give in to the horrible uncontrolable itching as their skin bubbles and melts at the edges the face will regenerate their human body over a few weeks of constant torture; the gender bending, however, is permanent.
If they don't manage to keep their hands away (and it's not common knowledge to do so, most people don't last more than a few seconds), or if they managed to get pulled into hell for the personal treatment by another succubus, they are now permanently stuck as a Satyri -- a vaguely Satyr-like half-Succubus. Satyri traits include a tail, horns, elflike ears, Unguligrade hooves (think "Draenei"), inhuman (yellow iris on black) eyes, unnatrually colored latex skin and hair (red, blue, and "bubblegum" being the most common), and an enforced lack of nudity taboo. Wings are also common, especially with Satyri who have completely "went native" and turned into outright Succubi.
Deviant ART in general has entire communities surrounding this trope. Just put "TG" into the search engine and enjoy.
In the Paradise setting, human beings are randomly, permanently changed into Funny Animals (though the change is Invisible to Normals). A small percentage of Changed also change their gender. Given the Wish Fulfillment nature of the setting, the number of gender-Changed who appear within stories is somewhat disproportional to the amount that exist setting-wide.
Deconstructed rather viciously in Lola. Some random guy--who happens to read GenderBender porn--is turned into a hot chick by a Mysterious Website That Wasn't There Yesterday. He hates it, on account of the trouble being someone who doesn't, y'know, legally exist. And being objectified by men. The story ends with the implication that they're going to end up shipped off to some mysterious government facility for a nonspecified fate.
The Vulvoid Transformation is a story about evil panties that turn their hosts into girls and make them give birth to more evil panties.
AH Dot Com The Creepy Teen Years plays with this trope a lot. Ynnead tends to switch genders between episodes.
Okashina Futari is a story of two siblings, a boy named Ayumi and a girl named Satori, who have the ability to change each other's gender (which cannot be done onto themselves) merely by wishing it. As expected in most gender-bending, the boy-to-girl transformation is more frequent. They can also change the other's clothing, including undergarments, but they can't change the gender and not change the clothing, nor can they change the clothing into garments worn by the other's gender (e.g. Ayumi as a girl wearing a man's suit).
Benzaie of That Guy With The Glasses winds up being turned into a woman in this video as a side effect of watching Jem and The Holograms too much.
Spoony becomes the teenage Valley Girl "Spoonette" after he's banished to the Party Mania universe (which, oddly enough, is already home to gender flipped versions of Benzaie and 90's Kid).
The premise of The Finite Life of a Dating Sim Heroine, which is a Web Serial Novel about a boy who gets sent into a Dating Sim and forced into the body of the game's heroine.
In Equestria Chronicles, transgender transformation pins exist. However, they've only been shown to last acouple weeks at the most; hourly transformations are more common.
In one entry of the blog "F*cking In Brooklyn", the writer imagines himself swapping bodies with a glamorous lady friend for a day.
In Chakona Space skunktaurs, which were a competing project to the chakats' development, can switch between male and female. They're born male then change to female for the first time at puberty and can trigger the change at will from then on.
Lloyd in Space hangs an entire episode on a one-shot who's "Neither Boy Or Girl" and of a species that chooses its own gender at the age of thirteen.
In The Emperors New School episode "Girls Behaving Oddly," Kuzco and Kronk use one of Yzma's potions to turn themselves into girls so that they can befriend Malina, whose "girlfriends" have abandoned her.
In one episode of Johnny Bravo, "Witch-ay Woman", a fortune teller tries to teach Johnny a lesson in showing women respect by turning him into one.
In an episode of OzzyAndDrix, when Ozzy accidentally ends up in the body of a girl instead of his usual (for the TV show) human host Hector, Ozzy's own sex starts changing. He very nearly becomes completely female, but never loses his beard.
Codename: Kids Next Door examples:
"Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E." has a young misandric lass who gets a "Girlifyier" gun from her alternate future self. Numbah 4 gets his hand zapped, and in the dystopian alternate future is the only adult male left. He becomes the leader of the Boys Next Door and with the help of Numbah 3's granddaughter develops an "Boyifyier", and a sex-swapping battle ensues. He manages to evade this future by going back in time and changing things.
In "Operation: C.A.R.A.M.E.L." where Numbuh Five's candy-hunting rival, Heinrich von Marzipan, turns out to have once been a girl, who was turned into a boy through some magic caramels. And, through some very weird logic, this is the reason he has such a big grudge against Abby.
The Fairly Odd Parents examples:
In "The Boy Who Would Be Queen," Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda all change sexes. (Wanda is not very attractive as a man.)
In "The Good Old Days!" Timmy wishes himself, his grandfather, Cosmo and Wanda into a 1930s style cartoon where Wouldn't Hit a Girl is a law of the universe. He therefore makes an additional wish that the Vicky analogue was a boy so he can defeat "him".
It's never been revealed how Timmy's parents, who dressed as each other for the Halloween Episode, were affected by Timmy's "Real and Scary" wish. Apparently, it wasn't traumatic for them, as they dressed as each other again in "Take and Fake".
Johnny Test examples:
In one episode, an invention turns Johnny into a hot girl for about 5 seconds, then overloads and turns him into a hulking female monster. She turns back to normal a few seconds later.
In a later episode, an invention turns Susan and Mary purple, then huge headed, then male. They revert after a while, but it was All Just a Dream anyway.
Another episode has Johnny and Dukey turn into female rollerbladers to win a roller derby.
The last episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog has Sonic and Tails transported into various fairy tales. In the first one they visit, they're Hansel and Nettle (Gretel). Sonic is Hansel...and Tails is Nettle. Disturbingly, four-year-old Tails gets boobs as a girl. He even lifts up his dress to verify it: "I'm a girl!"
Bender from Futurama blurs the line between the "already ill-defined robot sexes" more than once:
In "Raging Bender", he becomes a fighter for the Ultimate Robot Fighting league, and is first billed as "Bender The Offender"; as his popularity falls, however, he's forced to play the Gorgeous George Heel role of "The Gender Bender", dressed in a blonde wig and pink tutu.
In "Bend Her", Bender poses as a fembot from "Robonia" to compete in the Olympic games, wins several gold medals, then has to have a sex change in order to pass the gender check. As the fembot "Coilette," Bender begins a relationship with the robot actor Calculon -- planning initially to marry and divorce him so she can take half his stuff. However, it turns out that Calculon is genuinely in love with Coilette, and prepared to give up acting to be with her. Bender and the gang have to hatch an elaborate scheme to fake Coilette's death at her wedding, soap opera-style, so Bender can undo the sex change without hurting Calculon.
And now, "Neutopia" brings the entire Planet Express crew to a planet where gender is unknown, and an alien swaps their sexes. Leela and Amy do not enjoy being male, while Fry, Bender, and the other men-turned-women find the experience fun.
And in a Call Back, Bender's female form is Coilette.
In the Batman Beyond episode "Out of the Past", it turns out Ra's Al Ghul has taken over his daughter's body... which is even more disturbing than it sounds. Ra's can speak with his Ra's voice, even though he has the body of a woman... the transition is outright creepy. Scratch that - everything he/she says is outright creepy. Furthermore, Ra's still acts in a very effeminate manner, despite the voice. Remarking on the situation:
Terry: Lady, that is the sickest thing I've ever seen. You're creeping me out!
Bruce: You? She kissed me.
In Thundercats the evil Mumm Ra has transformed into a female on at least four separate occasions:
In "The Garden of Delights," Mumm Ra assumes the form of a faerie queen to lure Tygra into a trap.
In "The Mask of the Gorgon," he turns into Nada of the Warrior Maidens.
In "The Queen of Eight Legs," Mumm Ra turns into a tiny female fairy called Diamondfly.
In "The Astral Prison," Mumm Ra transforms into the Nether Witch, which is implied to be an alternate identity he regularly assumes.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: In "Seven Little Superheroes," the Chameleon, a male villain, displays his shapeshifting powers by assuming the forms of female heroes Shanna The Jungle Queen and Firestar (as well as several male characters.)
Hogatha in The Smurfs switches genders when she becomes a Smurf in "The Fake Smurf".
Tuff Puppy has The Chameleon, who wears an Applied Phlebotinum suit which allows him to transform into anything, including into a woman twice, once as Bunny the Real Estate Agent and again as FiFi Oui Oui.
In Wakfu, season 2, episode 10, Evangelyne and Amalia temporarily turn male to be able to play Gowbbowl.
The opening to an episode of Arthur had Arthur wondering how life would be easier if people had various special abilities, including being able to turn into other people should the need arise. The Imagine Spot shows Arthur about to be caught by his mother for making D.W. mad, so he transforms into his grandmother and confuses his mom.
Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable once swapped bodies. However, the only time the fact they don't have the same gender affected the episode was when Kim forgot which bathroom at school "Ron" was supposed to get in.
It's never been stated how far Camille Leon can go while shapeshifting into males.
5-alpha-reductase deficiency (5-ARD), known crudely as "Guevedoche" ("Balls at twelve") in the Dominican Republic and simply "Kwolu-aatmwol" ("female thing transforming into a male thing") in Papua New Guinea, in which a genetic male is born with what appears to be female genitalia under casual scrutiny, only to "turn" male when they hit puberty. This is a rare but inheritable genetic disorder, seldom seen outside the above-mentioned places. Allegedly, because it is comparatively common in small, highly insular communities, most of those affected adjust with surprising ease.
Meet Wolbachia, a bacteria that primarily affects arthropods (insects, arachnids, and other bugs). It can, very rarely, turn infected males into completely fertile females. (More commonly, it turns them into infertile pseudo-females, and even more commonly it just kills them).
Some fish start out as male then change gender to female if the female dies. Others do the opposite.
There have been cases of chickens changing sex.
There are also documented cases of peahens changing into peacocks.
One study shows that the popular herbicide atrazine can change male frogs to female.
Frogs and other amphibans are extremely susceptible to hormonal changes and can undergo severe physical changes that appear just weird for vetrebrates.
↑ Superman/Batman #27
↑ Supergirl (2nd Series) #16 (1984)
↑ Zatanna #13 (2011)
↑ Captain America #387-392 (1991)
↑ Superboy #101 (1962)
↑ Superman Family #165 (1974)
↑ and to hide him from Magelords out for his blood
↑ the man responsible for the death of her first girlfriend Tara
↑ (a Transsexual woman from the future who has surgically altered her body so many times that only her eyes and a flap of skin remains)
↑ Tiresias said that women enjoyed it more. Hera's response to that is why he became known as "the blind prophet".
↑ When Dave and Helen briefly separate near the end of the comic, his reaction is "Good lord, I'll never have lesbian sex again!"
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Sister Act’s ‘Fabulous’ Ta’Rea Campbell Dishes on Playing the ‘Driven and Sensitive’ Deloris Van Cartier
January 30th, 2013 | By Jesse North
A choir of funky nuns are shaking up the Boston Opera House, where the national tour of Sister Act is playing. The show, which runs through February 3, is a musical comedy (based on the hit film) that focuses on disco diva Deloris Van Cartier, played by Ta’Rea Campbell, who witnesses a crime and goes into hiding in a convent. Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her new “sisters” find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. Before you see the show, get to know the woman behind the feisty diva. In the video below, Campbell talks about playing a “wise-crackin’ lady” and the thrill of seeing dancing nuns on stage.
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Professor Robert Langdon gazed up at the forty-foot-tall dog sitting in the plaza. The animal's fur was a living carpet… - Dan Brown, Origin.
Penguin Launches-Downloadable Short-Stories by Top Authors
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NEW YORK, NY/3/27/2008–Starting 18 March, Penguin UK launched its most ambitious digital writing project to date. In collaboration with fêted alternate reality game designers SixtoStart http://www.sixtostart.com/) Penguin has challenged some of its top authors to create new forms of story – designed specially for the internet.
Over six weeks, writers including Booker-shortlisted MOHSIN HAMID, popular teen author KEVIN BROOKS, prize-winning NAOMI ALDERMAN, bestselling thriller author NICCI FRENCH, young British novelist TOBY LITT, popular thriller author CHARLES CUMMING, and debut author MATT MASON, will be pushing the envelope and creating tales that take full advantage of the immediacy, connectivity and interactivity that is now possible. These stories could not have been written 200, 20 or even 2 years ago.
But somewhere on the internet is a seventh story, a mysterious tale involving a vaguely familiar girl called Alice. Readers who follow this story will discover clues that will shape Alice’s journey and help her on her way. These clues will appear online and in the real world and will drive readers to the other six stories where they will have the chance to win some wonderful prizes, including The Penguin Complete Classics Library, over £13,000 worth of the greatest books ever written.
Expectation is already high — the gaming community has been awaiting the first project from SixtoStart and the next digital publishing initiative from Penguin whose last project, the wikinovel (http://amillionpenguins.com) generated 85,000 unique visitors in five weeks, arriving at a rate of 10 per second at one point. We Tell Stories (www.wetellstories.co.uk) will be widely promoted, through traditional and new media channels and will be a significant event in publishing, gaming and new media communities.
We Tell Stories will create new fiction and offer a unique, immersive and innovative experience to readers everywhere, the company says.
(Note: Authorlink’s own CelebWire offers downloadable original short stories by New York Times Bestselling authors, and StoryWire offers short story downloads by a variety of authors.)
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‘My eye, they do seem bitter about Gallipoli’
Lady Mary Glyn and her daughter Meg Meade both wrote to Meg’s brother Ralph. Lady Mary was staying with her other daughter Maysie Wynne-Finch in Windsor, while Meg was in Portsmouth caring for a sick friend’s children, and mixing with senior naval figures.
Elgin Lodge
The Cabinet Crisis is a real one & may bring about great events, but Asquith … seems to be able to keep together the Coalition at all hazards.
Trebizond is the good news of today’s paper. Well, the French are teaching is what it is to “hold”, and it is my belief we are to hold for the Kingdom that will surely come and we are all to think of the Christ as St John saw him… and He will make no mistake and order no sacrifice that is unavailing – the only leaders now are those who are “joyful as those that march to music, sober as those that must company with Christ” and we see them at all the fronts, but not yet among those who have made of statecraft a craft for self and for selfish ends. It is lamentable how few there are who are trusted & who can “hold” now for the Kingdom of that Lord & His Christ you soldiers know and obey. And yet I cannot believe that a country is ready to win the war so long as there is no real love and faith in God or man as a nation through its representatives. And our power will crumble if we give way to a carping spirit of criticism, and sometimes in perfect despair I find myself trying to believe in AJB and Walter Long, Bonar Law & those in whom the “Party” have consented before the Coalition. But as you know I have never had much belief in AJB’s power to impart a conviction which is founded on the rubble of the failure to find an absolute conviction….
Your own Mur
Admiralty House
I have to be with them [the children] all day long to keep them busy, & we spend a lot of the time going over ships & running about the harbour in the barge, & playing golf, & the Flag lieutenant, who’s a nice lad called Murray, comes everywhere with us & we have great fun. Mr Murray was wounded about a year ago when his ship Swift was in the Canal, or no, when she was somewhere round by Smyrna, & he had been sent with some men in a boat to rescue some stranded boats on a beach where they were told there were no Turks. However the wily Turks were in hiding, & fired when the boat was at 80 yards range, so poor Mr Murray got badly hit through the tummy & for some time they never thought he would survive. The Flag Captain & Commander for the present are the same as Hedworth Meux had, Captain Stapleton Cotton & Lord Francis Osborne….
As a meter of fact I don’t know what damage the Zepps have done, & you know as much as the British Public are allowed to know. Unless one meets a native of the place the Zepps have been at, one never hears anything. As usual the Zepps only hurt the poor quarters of Edinburgh. The Grassmarket was worst off. A whisky distillery was blown up, & one bomb dropped by the castle within 15 feet of the Hun prisoners, a pity it missed them, but it’s just as well it failed to touch the Castle. You take quite the right view of Jim going to keep Royalist!
I think the parents have had the idea of a raid on Jerusalem broken to them by Aunt Alice, who had it from Harry who is a busy Transport official in those parts. I hear that Generals in France refuse to have the Anzacs until they have learnt some discipline. That Maori dance must have been a weird sight! We are a wonderful & elastic nationality without any doubt.
The day I came here I met at a luncheon in London a Roumanian who said he had come to England to collect ammunition for his country who would them come in on our side. As we make a practice of supplying every other nation except ourselves with ammunition I see no reason why it shouldn’t be true.
I don’t like your accounts of tummy trouble & fever, so be careful, & get some sick leave before you do a breakdown. You have never really got rid of the old Gallipoli complaint. I met a Marine yesterday who is taking an enormous naval gun out to France & he was in Gallipoli all the time. My eye, they do seem bitter about the sketchy work done by some of the Staff about the landing operations, but I suppose that’s inevitable, & someone’s got to bear the brunt of failure, & I can’t help always feeling that Ian Hamilton is blamed unduly harshly! He had an awful job to do, & he can’t be entirely blamed for that old disastrous habit which the CO showed of dreading the burden of any responsibility. That seems at the bottom of most of the failure…
From for ever your loving
Letters to Ralph Glyn (D/EGL/C2/4)
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Compulsion and martial law would be the work of a strong man at the top
“I cannot but dread the wave of war-memorials in churches which we must expect after the war”
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Khalilzad Embarks On Seven-Country Trip On Afghan Peace
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(Last Updated On: April 3, 2019)
U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in a renewed effort to restore peace in the war-weary country has embarked on another multi-nation trip to seven countries, the U.S. Department of State says in a statement.
According to the statement, Khalilzad has begun his trip on Afghan peace to Afghanistan, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Qatar from March 25 to April 10, as part of the overall effort to facilitate a peace process that brings all Afghan parties together in inclusive intra-Afghan negotiations.
“In Kabul, the Special Representative will consult with the Afghan government and other Afghans about the status of U.S. talks with the Taliban, encourage efforts to form an inclusive negotiating team, and discuss next steps in intra-Afghan discussions and negotiations,” the statement adds.
The statement says that Khalilzad will meet with the Allies and partners regarding the status of peace talks and to coordinate sustained commitment by the international community to peace and development in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the U.S Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass in a special interview with Ariana News said that there is some “fundamental” difference of perspective between Taliban views its role in society and how the rest of the society views the Taliban’s role, behavior and actions in Afghanistan.
“There is a fundamental difference between the United States and all of our allies, recognition of the current government in Kabul as the legitimate representative of the Afghan people to other countries and in the United Nations and of course how the Taliban views the current government, “ Bass said. “So that is the difference that needs to work it out in the course of discussions.”
The envoy also talked about another key challenge in the Afghan peace process which according to him is the Taliban’s relationship with the countries in the region.
“Another key challenge, a degree of ambiguity about the Taliban’s relationships with some other governments and the extent to which the Taliban would implement an agreement faithfully with respect to its relationships which currently clearly exists with some other government in the region,” Bass said.
Ambassador Bass, meanwhile, said that achieving a degree of certainty about that dimension of the conflict will be quite important for the Afghan people “to have confidence in the outcome and confidence that any agreement would actually be important”.
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On May 13, 2015 4:21 am
Election results from Eureka Springs are in. It’s a win for LGBTQ rights.
71 percent of voters cast ballots to keep intact Ordinance 2223, the nondiscrimination measure passed by the city earlier this spring. The final tally: 579 votes for, 231 against. That’s a total of 810 votes total — a higher turnout than the 792 votes cast in the 2014 midterms last November.
Eureka is certainly not a bellweather for Arkansas (um, see picture above) but today’s vote still represents a major victory in the battle for equal recognition of LGBTQ people in the eyes of the law.
In addition to its symbolic importance, the Eureka ordinance poses the clearest legal challenge to Act 137 (previously known as SB 202), the state law passed in the 2015 legislative session that will prevent city and county governments from adding protected classes to civil rights law. That law will go into effect on July 22.
That’s all for me. I’m too tired to gloat, but the rest of you have at it.
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UO President addresses Lane County League of Women Voters
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University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson and his wife Karol attended the Lane County League of Women Voters monthly luncheon in Eugene on Thursday (Feb. 14) and the UO president spoke to the large audience celebrating the league's 93rd anniversary, Oregon’s 154th birthday and Valentine’s Day.
Gottfredson pointed out the cross-over between the League of Women Voters and the UO’s missions to inform people and serve the public good. He then offered his personal history of attending a public university in California and how important it is to provide accessible higher education so that Oregon can continue to reap the benefits of an educated population.
He emphasized the importance of the UO being a public research university that can attract the brightest faculty and students who work to make the world a better place, which benefits those in Oregon and beyond.
Two bills in the Oregon State Legislature will help higher education. Senate Bill 270 will establish institutional boards for the UO and for Portland State University.
Gottfredson described some of the authorities that are critical for an institutional board. For example, if the UO's board is given authority to issue institution-backed bonds, capital projects for additional classrooms, modernized science laboratories and student residence hall renovations can begin sooner, he said. (See UO Governance Resource Page for links to articles on UO-related legislative matters.)
The other bill that will help students, House Bill 2787, addresses tuition equity. The president gave testimony in support of that bill on Wednesday.
- by Aria Seligmann, UO Office of Strategic Communications
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expanding, the slowness of Ruby, thorough reflection system, turn Ruby into any other language, turn Ruby into any other language on the planet, typing system, unobfuscated, up-his-own-ass Guido Van Rossum, valid Perl code, very graceful, very interesting programmatic interfaces, very powerful language, very powerful typing system, very solid syntax, VM support, without the slowness of Ruby, written by retards, written in Perl, XML, XML processing, Yukihiro Matsumoto, zealots
it’s like Il Triello between Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco at Sadhill Cemetery, but worse. you’ll pardon some Very Strained Metaphors to follow, but it’s time to shoot off at the foodmouth, here come Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo, Il Strangolato:
4:02 PM me: yo, sifu t-lo, do me a favor and make up a sentence (or twenty) with Python, Perl, PHP, and Ruby in it demonstrating their relationship. an example: “Perl is powerful and can be written in a fairly clean and unobfuscated style, but can quickly get out of control with insanely complex regex statements.”
4:07 PM tyler: ok, soooo… Alphabetically (w.r.t. case):
PHP is a fairly hideous programming language. It lacks any major significant system relevant to dominating types, i.e. some languages are good at X but not Y, for all features X such that X is in PHP, PHP is not good at X. PHP, however, is fairly simple to understand and therefore easily adopted by many beginning programmers, often valued for its lack of a typing system, loose enforcement, depth of standard library (which is extremely large), but is also burdening because of its lack of documentation, poor examples written by retards and the fact that there is a general lack of cohesion within the PHP language, i.e. many functions which you’d think would take the same variables do not, which requires another documentation hit.
Perl:
4:14 PM tyler: PERL, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language, contrary to claims or otherwise belief, is not a fairly clean and unobfuscated syntax. It is a very powerful language developed by an academic linguist, building a Library which was good at Practically Expressing things and Reporting them. As such the nature of Perl is built to be “quick and dirty” and most one-offs are typically written in Perl. It is fundamentally different to almost every other programming language* (note coming), and once a year the “Perl monks” (read: zealots) hold a contest, “The annual Perl Obfuscation Contest” in which participants attempt to write valid Perl code which no one but themselves are capable of understanding and typically contestants themselves forget how their program works
4:15 PM (*Perl, developed by Larry Wall, was a huge influence to Yukihiro Matsumoto in developing Ruby, however “Matz” hated Perl’s nasty fucking syntax)
4:16 PM me: (N.B.: C zealots have a similar obfuscation pointer circle-jerk.)
4:17 PM tyler: yeah. now, PYTHON, developed by the ever-up-his-own-ass Guido Van Rossum now of Google, Inc., developed Python because he “hated everything else”. Python has a very solid, easy to understand syntax, and has a loose type system with very excellent supporting data structures. Python is good at structured data, i.e. parsing XML, reading databases, etc., and also has some very interesting programmatic interfaces built in (i.e. any given function has access to its stack, the stack has previous pointers to goto the previous functions stack and get their local variables)
4:18 PM tyler: Python is an object-oriented system focused around classes and objects and therefore lends itself very well to a wide array of meta-programming techniques which are coveted by the Python zealots. Python performs poorly in many respects but was also one of the first dynamic languages to have developed a byte-code interpreter, pre-compiling scripts and executing them on a “Python-VM”. Since that date python-bytecode has been ported to run on the Java Virtual Machine and to this date this subset of Python is known as “Jython”.
4:20 PM Python also has a very distinct and clean C api for expanding itself, but at the same time has a regular expression library that no one to date has ever figured out.
Il Strangolato:
4:23 PM Finally, RUBY, the “Perl Successor” supports a highly “human” intuitive syntax, a powerful object oriented system implemented as a low-level message passing system, all of Perl’s amazing ability to move data in and out, to read and write, parse, unparse, match and manipulate data. Ruby has a very thorough reflection system allowing objects to be altered at runtime, and as such has amazing potential for metaprogramming. However because of Ruby’s very intricate subsystems it is by nature horribly slow and has not to date had a successful VM built to support is horrid slowness.
4:25 PM Ruby is very much like Python in that it dedicates the notion that functions are indeed first-or-second-order objects, and indeed both systems are a very graceful, elegant mix of functional and object oriented programming. Ruby also is in essence the “play-doh” of all programming languages, it allows alteration of some of its own internal operators and syntax, effectively allowing a developer to turn Ruby into any other language on the planet. Ruby has also like Python been ported to run on the JVM although this project is still immature and needs work.
4:26 PM …and for added bonus, let’s talk about SCALA, a relatively new programming language developed in Switzerland in an academic environment (EPFL in Lausanne), is a new dynamic language built directly on top of the JVM from the ground up. It sports a very powerful typing system (strict as well as loose types), has a 50/50 blend of functional to object constructs, and effectively feels like a mix of Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, and Python. It has native XML processing support which is incredibly fast and has a highly evolved parsing syntax. Scala, like Ruby, has a dynamic object interface allowing objects to be inspected, altered, and abstracted at runtime allowing for insane metaprogramming, but without the slowness of Ruby.
(Tyler votes Scala for the future of world domination)
4:29 PM EOL
Time to make haste, sounds like the Federales around the bend… and they don’t mess around.
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#8 Stanford Preview
December 8, 2011 balancebeamsituation 1 Comment
While the increased parity in NCAA women’s gymnastics has been overstated in some quarters, everyone can agree that postseason results are certainly not the foregone conclusion they once were. The best evidence for this evolution is how exciting regionals day has become in recent years as we all switch from meet to meet, follow the scores, and watch for which top team will be the latest to miss out on championships. While Florida pulled through by the thinnest of margins after the tension of that Boise State beam rotation last year, Stanford was not so lucky and rode a truly dismal performance right out of contention.
I made the comment in an earlier post that the team had to count a fall and therefore missed out, but that doesn’t tell the whole tale. Stanford found themselves in a rather weak regional and could easily have pulled through even with the two falls on beam. However, in their regional performance, 13 of 24 scores fell below 9.8, and they had a grand total of one 9.9. Even if they hadn’t counted a fall, they still wouldn’t have broken 196.
Stanford got into an advantageous position in the rankings last season (#4 regionals seed, #2 for most of the season) largely on the strength of their 9.850 routines. While UCLA and Alabama were falling all over the place early on, Stanford kept scoring in the mid to high 196s to jump ahead of nearly everyone else and look like a contender. This was an illusion. They were very consistent, but they never had the big scoring routines to take them far, even if they had made championships.
A quick look at the returning gymnasts for 2012 bears this out. Stanford will have Ashley Morgan and Alyssa Brown on 3 events; Nicole Pechanec, Shona Morgan, and Nicole Dayton on a couple events; and potentially a routine from Jenny Peter. While this group is capable of popping up with a 9.9 here and there (with Ashley Morgan’s floor the biggest potential routine), each of them would be very pleased with that score in competition. That’s the difference between this group and a championship team. On a championship team, the 5th and 6th gymnasts expect 9.9s with the potential for 9.950. A 9.9 is regular. It’s not a peak performance. For Stanford in 2011, a 9.9 was a treat, not an expectation.
If Stanford is going to have those expected 9.9s in 2012, it will fall to the stellar freshman class to get it done. There’s not really a dud in this group. Kristen hit the jackpot. She just has to keep that jackpot out of the hospital.
If you were to design a gymnast to excel in NCAA, she would look a lot like Ivana Hong. She has those wonderful GAGE basics, an elegant line, and strong skill variety and difficulty across all events. Seeing Ivana compete for the first time in over 2 years is one of the most anticipated events in the new season, but it is that lack of competition that causes some trepidation. Does she have the competition confidence back? (Did she ever really have it?) Has she changed? If all goes to plan, she should be a late lineup worker on all events. As an elite, bars became her most discussed weakness, but routine composition will be her friend. Without a stalder full and a tkatchev, and with a dismount that works for her, she should perform exceptionally.
Samantha Shapiro’s body just couldn’t handle being a senior elite. She suffered injury after injury and ended up having the career of your average second-tier elite, which is a discredit to her talent level. She’s been conspicuously absent from Stanford’s training videos (just a few skills on beam with a wrapped ankle), but as we’ve seen in short spurts, she is capable of wonderful gymnastics. Depending on her health, it may be prudent to limit her numbers on the leg events and focus on getting her into competition shape on bars and beam (which would be a shame, since her floor work is a delight). Remember when she was supposed to be the next great hope on bars? As a senior, her handstands deteriorated along with her body. Getting that routine precise should be a major focus.
Becky Wing is another one we haven’t seen in a while, but the joy of watching her gymnastics is undeniable. She was an Olympian in 2008 and will bring that experience along with her excellent line and presence (and the bangs) to this Stanford team. Unlike the two above, she hasn’t been put through the US elite system and therefore should have a better chance of staying healthy for longer periods. Vault is a weakness (she’s British), but beam and floor are her best pieces and we should expect her to contribute consistently on them. Hong and Shapiro will get more attention, but Wing may end up being just as important.
The team is also bringing in Pauline Hanset this year who, if the recent training videos are any indication, is going to be a sturdy necessity. Balancing all the team’s eggs on Hong and Shapiro’s legs is a rickety proposition. Hanset will be expected to stay healthy and consistent to keep the team afloat when needed, though it’s hard to imagine her bringing in the 9.9s. Her handspring pike 1/2 on vault will provide good diversity in that lineup.
I didn’t speak much about Stanford in my discussion of where the 9.9s will come from because they just have too many unproven entities (at least in an NCAA context). They will be relying on freshman for at least half of their competition routines (potentially more), and we haven’t seen any of those freshman compete in over a year. Certainly, the potential is there. Judges will want to throw 9.9s at Ivana Hong like rice at a wedding, but putting the majority of the scoring responsibility on freshmen with significant injury histories will not be easy. Stanford fans can only sit back and hope for health and greatness.
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I can not even express how fantastic your posts are! They are so detailed and informative, with the perfect amount of opinion and insight. I only began following NCAA gymnastics last year, and your blog is helping me learn so much! Please, keep up the fabulous work!
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Bhaangarh trailer video launch
By Mallika Kulkarni -
Upcoming Bollywood Horror film ‘Bhaangarh’ had its trailer video launch in Mumbai.
Bollywood has always had its fascination with horror films, upcoming film Bhaangarh takes this fascination a step forward. Bhaangarh had its trailer video launch in Mumbai on June 3, 2014.
The film is directed by Dilip Sood and is all set to hit theatres on September 5, 2014.
The film’s horror USP is upped by the fact that it is associated with the folk legend of the Bhaangarh fort in Rajasthan, India. The fort is often known as ‘India’s officially haunted place’. Entry into the fort’s premises before and after sunset is legally prohibited for residents and tourists alike.
The film’s three minute long trailer manages to effectively spook audiences. Headless ghosts, bloddy gore, mysterious noises, freaky occurrences and death, the film has it all.
Director Dilip Sood spoke to the media about his fascination with horror films, he said, “Since childhood I have been a huge horror fan with a special interest in slasher and psychological horror films. Through ‘Bhaangarh’, I have tried to deviate from the traditional Indian horror film and give audiences a new experience which draws from both these sub-genres.”
‘Bhaangarh’ is a story of six friends who carelessly pay no heed to the warning board outside Bhaangarh’s fort gates, which state that – entering the borders of Bhaangarh before sunrise, and after sunset is strictly prohibited. Legal action would be taken against anybody who does not follow these instructions – followed by a spooky night in the forts horrifying confines.
The film also stars Aneet Kaur Sekhon, Herry. T, Debonita Sur, Adeel Chaudhry, Suzzana Mukherjee and Tom Alter.
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Citroen Total World Rally Team
The Most Important Man in the 2009 WRC Driver's Championship Battle
Patrick AllenAnalyst ISeptember 8, 2009
Last weekend was a crucial one in, arguably the most exciting season in the WRC for a long time. (I don't care what the misery guts say....I know you lot argue that Hirvonen only has a chance through Loeb’s mistakes...but duh that’s what sport is all about!).
Anyway, with just three rallies left Mikko Hirvonen was only three points ahead of his arch rival Sebastian Loeb. For both drivers then, the rally of Australia was a crucial one.
Seb did exactly what was needed to keep his title hopes very much alive. The Frenchman was unstoppable and thanks to some great driving and excellent Citroen tactics the reigning World Champion conquered the new stages of New South Wales.
Mikko drove his Focus to the limits and was clearly showing the immense pressure he must be feeling; nevertheless the Fin did exactly what was needed of him and came in a strong second.
I thought the rally was fantastic; it was exciting, tense, and by the end of it all the Championship contenders were separated by just one point! However, then came the news that Citroen would be penalised when post event scrutineering found that Loeb's Citroen C4 WRC was fitted with a front anti-roll bar link which did not comply with the homologation form of the car.
Citroen agreed with the steward's findings and Loeb, Sordo, and Ogier were each given a one minute penalty. This meant that Hirvonen gained P1 and Loeb was set back to P2.
I can't really explain how I felt when I heard this news. The Hirvonen fan in me was delighted as the Fin’s new five point lead was extremely welcome. However, the Loeb fan in me felt slightly cheated; after all that excitement and hard work the Frenchman had been let down by his team.
This makes the next round in Spain even more crucial than had previously been thought. This is also where I think the most important man in the 2009 WRC Championship battle will help decide the final standings either way.
For me it all comes down to Sordo this year; to a great extent the young Spaniard has the title in his hands and is one of Sebastian's last chances in 2009 of re-writing the record books again.
In 2008 Citroen dominated the Spanish event and although last year it wasn’t as important, if Dani can wedge his way in between Sebastian and Mikko again the Championship will go right to the wire, which in my opinion can only be a good thing for the WRC.
The promising young Citroen number two has had a mixed 2009. A great start in Ireland with a P2 was followed by mixed results with another P2 in Argentina and a P23 in Italy. Since his P12 finish in Greece, Sordo has really worked hard and showed us the raw pace he has, finishing no lower than fourth in the last three rallies.
In Australia, Sordo was great with four stage wins and an eventual P3 finish. Last year Loeb and Sordo were untouchable and strong performances from the BP Ford team were no match for the C4's raw pace.
If Sordo can take his speed and consistency from New South Wales to his home event, this, coupled with Citroen's expected dominance of the black stuff, will make the 2009 Season even better than I previously thought!
I do realise that when all is said and done, if the British Rally gives us the same results as last year, (Loeb P1 and Hirvonen P8), all this pontificating about Spain is pointless. That’s the thing I love about Rally, there are so many aspects to take into consideration and the smallest error could cost you the Championship. However, Mikko did a great job to fight back to P8 after his day one crash and don't forget his win in 2007. If both Sebastian and Mikko have eventless rallies in Wales they should finish first and second.
If we think like that, Spain is truly the most important rally of the season. For me, if Mikko can even get P2 the Championship is his to lose in Wales. But if Sebastian and Sordo can get Citroen’s third one two finish of 2009 in Catalunya, just one tantalising point will be the difference into the final event of the year. I’m almost certain after his performance in Australia that Seb has the talent to do his job and win the rally. The Question is can Dani keep Mikko on that third step of the podium?
As I say I love the WRC and there are no drivers I dislike. I have three favourite drivers this season and two of them are in the Title battle. Perhaps if you pushed me I’d tell you that Mikko is my top driver and for that reason I’d like to see him crowned Champion in Wales. However, I believe that Sebastian’s performance in Australia earned him a shot at the title decider in the final round; realistically, this is only possible if Citroen can get that one two in October.
Therefore, as of now, it’s not just up to Mikko and Sebastian but more to the man who could now be the most significant driver in the 2009 WRC Title...Dani Sordo!
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Police seek man who exposed himself in Webster
By Robert Stanton on March 13, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Residents of a Clear Lake area apartment complex are keeping a watchful eye out for a man who exposed himself to a resident last week, Houston police said.
A tenant at the complex told police that she was walking from the parking lot when a man exposed himself near the laundry room, Smith said.
Patrol officers searched the area but could not find the man.
In an earlier case, police arrested an alleged peeping Tom they say was peering into an apartment Feb. 17 at the same complex, The Bradford Apartments in the 15000 block of Texas 3 in Webster, police said.
The suspect, Jordan Godwin, 23, of Houston, was charged with disorderly conduct in the case, a Class C misdemeanor offense, Houston Police Department spokesman Kese Smith said.
While the incidents occurred at the same complex, the cases do not appear to be linked, Smith said.
“HPD is looking into both incidents and made an arrest in one of them,” he said. “It is not believed to be related to the second incident. However, the investigation is continuing.”
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And Now For a Word
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Ben Folds: Way To Normal
Ben Folds’ last album, Song For Silverman was, on reflection, a little staid. It’s not a bad album by any stretch, but it’s basically 11 plodding piano ballads.
There’s a couple of slightly rockier bits but it never really takes off. Any of the songs are good individually, some are phenomenal, but the album as a whole drags a fair bit. It was reflective of a Folds that had settled down with a wife and family and was writing serious songs about serious issues for serious people. Of course, were you to see Folds live during this period you’d have seen a rockier, upbeat crazy bloke doing his regular weird stuff that wasn’t reflected in Songs For Silverman at all. While not a bad album it seemed to be ‘targeted’ at a ‘demographic’ rather than truly representing the artist.
On to Way To Normal. Folds has got divorced and remarried and put out something far more upbeat and fun than Silverman. While he’s stated in interviews that this record isn’t about his divorce in particular, it’s certainly a break-up record.
Hiroshima (B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head)
This is the quintessential Folds funny song. It’s basically a verbatim discussion of him falling off the stage and getting concussion. Piano, bass, drums, silly lyrics, crowd noises… it’s a bit of simple fun but has a brilliantly catchy central refrain.
Dr Yang
In the days of Ben Folds Five, Robert Sledge was all about the fuzzy bass. Perhaps it’s for that reason that Folds has mostly avoided that particular motif in his solo career, but it’s back and bassist Jared Reynolds seems to be having as much fun with it as Sledge ever did. Many have used that link to suggest this is a very Ben Folds Five track stylistically, but I don’t think it is. It’s actually done in a style that we’ve never really heard Folds use before. Check out the bit about 55 seconds in where Folds pretty much switches to an entirely different vocal style and suddenly there’s a whole new set of possibilities for future songs.
The Frown Song
This one returns to one of Folds’ favoured themes of social and class differences. It’s a brilliant lyric and plays about synths and harmonies and all sorts.
You Don’t Know Me
A duet with Regina Specktor which is the second track on the album that sounds like nothing else Folds has ever released. The melody is actually carried by the strings here while the piano is relegated to an accompaniment, and the lyrics are all done in a very dis-jointed style that Ben probably picked up from Shatner.
It’s also the first of those songs about failing relationships and break-ups.
The mid-album 6 minute epic. A slow, heart-breaking ballad, it’d be at home on Songs For Silverman but has so much more impact here where it’s one of only two. The whole thing builds slowly, with the strings slowly becoming more prominent until they just soar through at the end and conspire with lyrics to break your heart into pieces.
Errant Dog
A bit of fun about a dog that ran off. Or it’s about a man that consistently cheats on a woman that can’t bear to leave him. It’s short and silly regardless so doesn’t really matter.
The third of the truly unique tracks on the album. Folds stuck a bunch of metal tins inside his piano and ran it through a distortion pedal and ended up with something that bears a strange resemblance to a C64 synth. Again, it’s about social division: famous people that can afford it anyway get free stuff but poor people that need it don’t. The lyrics have been criticised for being a bit ‘simple’ and just describing every day life: “Called in sick one day, stepped out my front door, squinted up at the sky…”.
But that’s the point. Folds and other famous people are just normal people like us that do normal things like sending text messages and eating ice cream. But he gets treated differently because of fame.
It’s not actually one of my favourites from the album, it seems to be missing something but it’s certainly interesting.
Bitch Went Nuts
Another break-up track dealing with the after-effects of a separation and the way friends end up taking sides. One of my favourites.
Brainwascht
Leading on nicely from the previous track, this deals with someone who took sides and wrote a song about it. The album’s lyrical tour-de-force “There’s something wrong with being copied on a memo / In the form of a bad country demo” and plenty of others I won’t spoil. Musically it’s vintage Folds, much like previous track.
Effington
Again, one of those perfect Folds piano-pop songs, that reflects on getting away from your life and doing something else entirely. And just in case you were wondering where it was this is the track with the fast piano solo in it…
Kylie From Connecticut
A ballad about a break-up that becomes inevitable. Somewhat resembles Carrying Cathy musically, not my favourite track to be frank as it drags on a bit too long and its a shame the album didn’t have a stronger closer, but it’s a decent track.
What truly stands out about the album (besides the reflections on break-ups and the fuzzy bass) are how many new, original and interesting songs and ideas there are in this. This is the first album Folds recorded with his band in the studio, and it seems that the inevitable mixing in of their musical interests and stylistic quirks has given us the most interesting and original Folds album since Reinhold Messner.
Downsides: well Folds has developed a strange tendency to go “unh” and “uh” at various points on the record and it just feels a bit weird. He’s been doing it live for a while but he’s really over-doing the grunting on this one. Still it can worked into a fun drinking game.
Apart from that this is a truly brilliant album and hints at so many possible new musical directions that Mr Folds could take now I can’t can’t wait to see what he does next.
Way To Normal is released in stores on Monday 29th September
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A strange neighbour, that doesn't have curtains on her window
I don’t normally move too far out of my limited musical fandom of around ten artists, but one of those artists happened to be Ben Folds. One day I obtained a recording of a live gig by “The Bens”: Messers Kweller, Lee and Folds, performing together and solo bits and such. The intention was just to listen to the Folds stuff, but the other bits were really good as well, to the point I went out and bought* thier albums: Kweller’s Sha Sha and Lee’s Awake is the New Sleep.
Turns out, Sha Sha is one of the best albums I’ve heard all year. It did take me until now to realise I liked it that much though – I listen to it so much and generally find myself compelled to sing along with the loud bits, admire the beauty of the slow balladid bits (often both in one song), and generally just smile along to whole album as there’s not one bad song on there.
From the rock of Commerce, TX and No Reason to the more measured loveliness of Harriet’s Got A Song. I’m just crap at relaying the greatness of music by words, but seriously, go buy it, especially if you’re a Folds fan. Because it’s ace.
Oh, and I thought Lee’s Awake is the New Sleep was a bit pants.
*not true, actually staying in and bought via iTunes
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Andy Vences hopes to land title shot with win over Albert Bell on June 8
Undefeated junior lightweight Andy Vences struggles to understand why his name is not mentioned alongside the top names in the 130-pound division. On June 8, the San Jose, California, native hopes to come one step closer to realizing his world title dreams when he faces unbeaten Albert Bell on the undercard of the Oscar Valdez-Jason Sanchez featherweight title bout in Reno, Nevada, airing live on ESPN.
The 28-year-old Vences (22-0-1, 12 knockouts) promises to take out years of frustration on Bell in hopes of convincing his promoter Top Rank to line up the one fight he has been yearning for, against newly-crowned beltholder Jamel Herring, who picked up the WBO title by defeating Masayuki Ito last weekend.
“I’m so much better than these guys,” Vences told RingTV.com during fight week. “Congratulations to Jamel. His family deserves the belt for what his family went through and he’s a marine but his performance was very disappointing. He put rounds in the bank and by the fifth round, he was tired. He was just holding on. I want Jamel to know I’m coming for him.”
Vences admits there is some history of tension between him and Herring going back to when they each had separate bouts on the same card.
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“When he first joined Top Rank, I went on Instagram to congratulate him and welcome him to Top Rank,” Vences recalls. “Then we fought on the same card one night and the crowd booed me but they were upset because the main event that night was canceled, so it wasn’t directed just at me. Well the next time it was announced that we would be fighting on the same card together, he tweeted something saying hopefully the crowd won’t have reason to boo this time. I knew who he was directing that tweet at, so I answered him back and, since then, we butted heads a few times. I respect his story but I’m a better fighter than he is and I will take his title away from him.”
Vences and his team know they have to win impressively against Bell (14-0, 5 KOs) to unlock any future big-money fight opportunities.
“I know Bell from the amateurs,” Vences said, “but he’s still fighting like he’s an amateur. He taps opponents, trying to score points. We are in the hurt business. I haven’t seen him make that transition yet. He hasn’t even fought past six rounds and now he thinks he can beat a top fighter with 23 pro fights? I’ve been tested; I’ve been hurt and I’m still undefeated. I’m one of the best fighters in the division and I just hope people start to realize it and give me the respect I deserve.”
Vences is coming off a dominant, one-sided performance against Dardan Zenunaj last February in a bout he almost didn’t take because of surgery to repair a torn bicep he suffered in his victory over Frank De Alba last year.
“I’ve never said no to a fight ever,” Vences proclaims. “I was coming off surgery and wanted to see how my arm would feel but they gave me a hard time about it, so my manager Peter Kahn and I decided to take the opportunity and of course I dominated (Zenujaj) like I thought I would. To be a world champion, you have to be ready and willing to fight anyone at anytime, so that’s what I did.”
With an upcoming wedding coming up in August, Vences is focused on making a statement on June 8, then forcing his promoter’s hand for a big fight before the end of the year.
“It would be great to fight three times this year,” Vences said. “I just hope, after (next) Saturday, I finally get the respect I deserve. It hurts me that I have to keep proving myself but I’m lucky to have my father, my fiancée and my manager Peter to re-direct me and remind me of what I’m capable of.”
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Wildrose in Calgary: Pulled in the cheques, not the votes
Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald
Danielle Smith’s party had lofty hopes in Calgary last election, but only hung on to two seats.
If dollars equalled votes, however — what a grand, democratic shame they don’t — Wildrose would have 13 MLAs in Cowtown. An analysis of the newly released Elections Alberta financial disclosures shows that many longtime or senior Tories were badly outgunned in fundraising during the writ period by their right-wing challengers.
For ages, the ruling Progressive Conservatives faced nothing close to a rival when it came to fundraising prowess. Their organizational advantage had clearly been eroding in the Danielle Smith era, as the gap in party contributions narrowed quickly. Clearly, the trend’s being matched at the candidate level, too.
Many of the Tories were able to shore up their war chest with their constituency association piggy banks. But a lot of them have now drained their riding’s coffers, which could pose problems if the Wildrose remain strong moneymakers through 2016.
While there have been reports about Alison Redford raising much more than Danielle Smith, it’s also worth noting that Calgary-Elbow’s WRP hopeful James Cole also raised much more than Smith: $81,800 to $57,000 (compared to Redford’s $191,000).
Cole raised the most of any Wildrose candidate in Calgary. But many of his colleagues were big rollers, or at least big enough rollers to outdo their veteran Tory rivals.
Yvonne Fritz, the veteran ex-minister, pulled in a measly $10,375 in contributions to her Calgary-Cross opponent Happy Mann. Solicitor-General Jonathan Denis was outraised by Wildroser Rich Jones, $20,044 to $46,040.
Other Tory losers in the fundraising war: Alana DeLong, Christine Cusanelli, Wayne Cao, Linda Johnson, Rick Fraser, Jason Luan, Dave Rodney, Kyle Fawcett and sixrh-termer Moe Amery, who only pulled in $5,400.
Amery’s war chest in Calgary-East proved to be greater than that of his opponent, thanks to what there was in the constituency association’s account. Several WRP ridings had strong constituency reserves as well, and five Calgary ridings did declare greater revenue.
The numbers also show other Calgary fundraising juggernauts among the new-ish crop of Tories: Ken Hughes ($55,273), Donna Kennedy-Glans ($56,452) and Manmeet Bhullar ($122,959).
Also in the high rollers camp? Liberal incumbents Darshan Kang ($82,236) and Kent Hehr ($44,785).
But a democratically encouraging reminder that money can’t win elections: Farouk Adatia in Calgary-Shaw (now Redford’s chief of staff) had $106,961 in campaign revenue, but lost to a challenger with only $15,358 in the bank.
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Alien Labs Blasts Off
How to Avoid the Bogus Dab Carts Flooding the Illicit Market
Trichomes take on an alien form on the Melonade strain. Photos Erik Christiansen
Ride along on a quest for the best bud with one of California’s top cultivators, using only 60 lights, great branding and quality collaborations.
Jimi Devine
In recent years, few names have taken the world of California cannabis by storm quite like the cultivators at Alien Labs.
Through the sheer quality of its cannabis and sense of charm the team brought to California’s previously thriving event circuit, Alien Labs has become a household name faster than most. As its extraterrestrial-covered purple jars have come to be embraced in local markets up and down the state, it is easy for us to see that we have a winner on our hands.
Alien Labs founder Ted Lidie gave us the exclusive rundown on how the ship took off across the Golden State, abducting sobriety to the fullest as they entered each California market. Lidie dove into every twist and phenotype of the journey that led to the cultivators sweeping the first fully legal Cannabis Cup in California in 2018.
Back in 2010, Lidie and his partner Tyler Meeks owned a club called Medi Cali in Redding, a small city due east of the Emerald Triangle. Lidie had just moved back to Redding from San Francisco and was well aware that consumer-friendly brands were about to take off as the plant normalized in the public eye.
“In Redding, it was all hippie — not that that’s a bad thing,” Lidie says. “You went into a club and there were 50 strains of outdoor.”
So Lidie and Meeks began their own cultivation efforts, following the same philosophy that Alien Labs employs today: It’s always worth it to go the extra mile when you’re trying to produce the best flower possible.
Before the days of Alien Labs’ current spread of boutique cuts, they were working with classics like Green Crack and Purple Skunk. In 2011, they got their hands on Cookies, after paying someone $20,000 for the genetics. That’s when they started the strategy of trying to bring the best out of strains that were already on the map, Lidie says.
“We were growing Lemon Fuel and selling all throughout California as Mars OG,” he says. “That was our biggest thing before Alien Labs. Just selling Mars OG in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles.”
A few years later, Lidie noticed that the cannabis industry was starting to shift towards branded cannabis, particularly thanks to brands like Cookies, so he founded Alien Labs in March of 2014.
“Cookies was the only one I knew about because I wasn’t on the weed internet like that,” he says. “In the forum days, we were on IC Mag and that kind of thing, but it was usernames, it wasn’t brands. I started making Alien Labs in my sh*tty little eight-light trap house. Every time I would harvest, I would go sell it as Alien Labs.”
Everything they were doing in those early days was an attempt to be ahead of the curve.
“When we started Alien Labs, legalization wasn’t even a thing yet, but we knew it was about to happen,” says Lidie. “It obviously paid off. We’re one of the few known brands in the legal space now.”
Alien Labs’ first big event was the NorCal Cannabis Cup in 2014 at San Francisco’s Cow Palace, former home of the Golden State Warriors. They placed well with Dosidos, the delicious pairing of the OGKB Girl Scout Cookie Phenotype and Face Off OG. Alien Labs was now on the radar after its maiden contest. They returned to the competition in 2015 with Dosidos again, riding on the strain’s blend of cookies and kush flavor.
Lidie had scored the cut of Dosidos off the internet — and it turned out his cut was different than everything else on the market.
“I bought it off a guy on the internet, and we ended up having a different cut of Dosi than everyone else,” Lidie says. “I hit up NorCal, the breeder who made the original selection, and asked what was up with our cut. He says it was his number two selection that was more of an OG leaner. He didn’t mean to release it, but we ended up getting it and we were able to give it back to him.”
Lidie believes that those lucky runs of Dosidos put both the strain itself and Alien Labs on the map.
After Dosidos, Alien Labs helped establish another strain’s popularity in Northern California: Wedding Cake. In 2016, the cultivators obtained Wedding Cake from The Jungle Boys, the legendary cultivators who were behind the strain’s success in Los Angeles. Wedding Cake is a clone-only phenotype of Triangle Mints that was originally bred by Seed Junky Genetics from an awesome Triangle Kush mother dusted with pollen from an Animal Mints father. The Wedding Cake nickname came from the Jungle Boys, who noticed the strain’s strong vanilla cake frosting aroma.
In early 2018, Alien Labs’ Wedding Cake took first place in the Sacramento Cannabis Cup’s hybrid category, while Alien Labs’ Gelato # 41 collaboration with the Connected Cannabis Co. took home the indica cup with one of the spiciest renditions yet of Gelato’s increasingly complex flavor profile. Not to be outdone, the fruity upbeat blast provided by Alien Labs’ Melonade took home the sativa top prize. This meant a clean sweep of the three flower categories at California’s first legal Cannabis Cup.
Lidie noted that after their victory, Alien Labs has been “compared to these guys with thousands of lights, but we had 60.” Lidie believes those kinds of comparisons with the best in California are a testament of their branding effort. “We definitely chose the fake it til’ you make it route and it worked,” he says. Today, a new facility has tripled the capacity for Alien Labs to 180 lights.
“We’re riding the wave right now,” Lidie says. “There have been some ups and downs, and legalization was really tough. We only had 60 lights and there was no way we were going to survive without teaming up with someone.”
A Biscotti strain photographed at 2:1 magnification.
Interplanetary Truces
Lidie says Alien Labs has chosen to partner with other extractors, rather than angle for more profits by producing the concentrates in-house. He says he is always excited to work with the world’s best extractors with the goal of providing them the best material possible to work their magic. Working with big name extractors was also a good way to get the word out about Alien Labs.
“That was a really big thing for spreading our name early when we weren’t packaging our own flower except at events,” he says. “So when people would use our trim or flower for concentrates, they would put our logo on it and that helped a lot. I love concentrates, that’s personally how I smoke.”
Lidie says producing concentrates is always a loss. Producing concentrates means losing weight on the freeze and splitting the profits with the extractor, but for Lidie, it’s mostly about taking part in the process of creating something really special.
One forthcoming collaboration involves some Melonade and Gelato #41 going to Royal Key Organics for the brand’s relaunch. Lidie says Alien Labs will only make a few hundred dollars profit per pound, but they will have the boss sauce by the jar.
Today, Alien Labs continues to collaborate with Connected Cannabis Co., occasionally using space in their facility.
“We just did a 180-light run of pure Melonade — crazy enough, it’s the best Melonade I’ve seen and we didn’t grow it,” says Lidie with a laugh. “When Connected grows in their rooms, they use their style, it’s similar but still different.”
Lidie says Connected’s Melonade is almost a whole new take on the strain, with different purple shades than he’d never seen on it before. He believes it’s further proof that Alien Labs’ scale up via Connected is going well. Back in the day, Connected was the first company ever to buy a pound of Alien Labs’ weed.
Alien Labs has always been at the forefront of the collaboration scene. Lidie says it’s not necessarily a business ethos, but just a way they’ve chosen to structure their lives. He says a hatred for drama and the general goal of putting out the best weed possible has played a major role in their ability to form new relationships.
“But obviously when I see someone do something cool like come out with a new strain or hit 32 percent THC, even though that could be bullsh*t, I’m still like, damn I want to hit 33 percent. But it’s not an unfriendly competition, it’s just the competitive spirit.”
Alien Labs’ current effort to expand its genetics stock is taking place under eight lights. Lidie says they could have turned it into another flowering space and made good money but, “we like to hunt, we like to find new strains.”
“That’s what people like in the weed industry,” Lidie says of consumers’ thirst for new varieties. “There is never going to be one strain over all the rest. OG Kush, that’s about it. That’s the only strain that’s never really gone out of style.”
Taking the Saucer to SoCal
Of all the California markets, Los Angeles blew up the fastest for Alien Labs, according to Lidie. He believes things around cannabis just don’t matter anywhere else in California like they do in Los Angeles.
“Brands are built in LA, that’s why we’ve given so much out- reach to the LA area,” he says.
While he appreciates the other markets in California where Alien Labs is popular, he says they don’t push the dial for the brand. For Lidie, the fact that Los Angeles is now a legal cannabis destination for travelers from across the globe is a big plus.
“I feel like all my homies from London, everyone hitting me up on Instagram, they always go to Los Angeles,” he says.
But at the end of the day, you can expect Alien Labs to be very popular wherever the ship lands.
TELL US, what’s your favorite strain from Alien Labs?
Originally published in Issue 35 of Cannabis Now. LEARN MORE
Related Topics:Alien Labs, California, Cannabis, Cannabis Cup, concentrates, emerald triangle, In The Magazine, Issue 35, phenotype, Ted Lidie
stoney tony
sherbacio and melonade! best of the best
Jonathan King
I’m curious about Alien b/c have bought a couple of their strains recently, on advice from the web, but know nothing about the company The relationship with Connected was puzzling to me too, but is now cleared up!
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Displaying items by tag: Brand architecture
The importance of branding for B2B businesses
Friday, 13 April 2018 17:28
In the past, brand positioning was considered extremely important for B2C businesses, but largely irrelevant for B2B businesses.
The majority of views were that:
price is the driving force behind decision-making purchases in B2B
B2B buyers are rational decision makers unmoved by emotional factors, including brands
relationship between sales reps and buyers and that the sales reps are more important than the brand
B2B products are too complex to be reduced to a tagline
However, those views have changed, and most people now understand that branding is every bit as important for B2B businesses as for B2C businesses.
B2B buyers are people, and people are emotional. People largely make decisions relying on their first impressions of stored memories, images and feelings. These emotions impact economic decision making. In one sense, brands inherently operate on an emotional level by stimulating that part of the brain that stores emotional reactions. By nurturing the right brand associations in your prospects’ minds, you can begin closing the deal before the selling has even started. Trust can be achieved by being the dominant player in your market, or by achieving thought leadership early in the buying cycle.
The benefits of a strong B2B brand
B2B businesses can benefit greatly from a strong brand. A strong B2B brand:
ensures your brand stands out and cuts-through in its category – it gives customers a reason to choose your brand over competitors
creates customers with a predisposition towards your brand, and an increased willingness to try it
shortens the sales cycle
enables your brand to charge and sustain a price premium
enables your brand to build trust with its key stakeholders – customers, employees, shareholders, distributors, partners, intermediaries etc.
it creates loyal customers, advocates, and even evangelists, out of those who buy
lowers sensitivity to price increases
attracts and retains the best employee talent.
the financial pay-off
Because brand-influenced emotional reactions impact buyer decision making, those companies with strong brands usually achieve better financial performance. In fact, McKinsey states that their analysis shows that B2B companies with strong brands outperform weak ones by 20 percent.
Examples of strong, successful B2B brands
A global brand known around the world as the leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft, Boeing has successfully owned this positioning. However, from a B2B perspective, they are also leaders in manufacturing defence, space and security systems, with a vision to be the largest aerospace company with innovation at its core. Boeing’s focus on innovation attracts and retains the best talent, which is vital in a company that relies on the best and brightest to continually innovate in their industry.
The most recognised email marketing service provider, MailChimp has traditionally positioned themselves as the ‘lead in’ or ‘go-to’ email marketing tool for beginners or smaller businesses. Mailchimp has managed to grow the brand and its values into a more professional B2B offering that can scale as your business scales. Awareness, ease of use and technical integration abilities has driven larger companies to buy into the brand and remain loyal. By targeting beginners to email marketing, MailChimp also wins loyalty from users who don’t have time to learn a new system as their business grows.
Adobe showcases its superior products direct to the consumer by utilising the branded house approach with each of their product offering (eg. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Cloud, Adobe Spark), this has increased the awareness of their brand to consumers. Adobe’s B2B offering is positioned as more of a partnership than a product or service offering. Adobe has positioned the brand as the creative solutions partner for businesses. Therefore, Adobe has pitched their brand squarely at ‘creatives’ who are also seen as trendsetters or forward thinkers, and have thus altered their brand strategy.
Perpetual is an ASX-listed, diversified financial services company with three separate, yet connected lines of business. These are Perpetual Investments, Perpetual Private and Perpetual Corporate Trust. Perpetual is one of Australia’s largest and most awarded wealth managers, an expert adviser to high net worth individuals, families and businesses, and a leading provider of corporate trustee services. It’s a brand that has a very positive culture and prides itself on building teams around its strong investment philosophy and process, rather than creating “rock star” fund managers.
We’re proud to have assisted Perpetual across brand strategy development and see them as the most trusted financial services brand in Australia.
The BrandMatters team are experts at creating strong, relevant and enduring B2B brands. Check out our many B2B case studies and contact us to find out more.
The role & benefits of corporate branding
Product brands used to be the focus of attention for multi-brand companies, but the role of the corporate brand has become more and more important over the years, as CEOs and boards have realised the enormous value a strong corporate brand can deliver.
What is corporate branding?
Corporate branding is the practice of promoting the brand name of a corporate entity, as opposed to specific products or services. The corporate brand is the “umbrella” brand that sits over all a company’s product and service brands. The scope of a corporate brand is therefore much broader than a product brand.
The way a company’s corporate brand and its product/service brands sit and interact in relation to each other is known as the brand architecture.
Why is corporate branding so important?
People now really care about the corporation behind the product. They no longer separate their opinions about a company from their opinions of its products or services. This is largely due to the digital revolution and social media, which has created incredible corporate transparency. Like never before, customers, communities, government, suppliers, partners, investors and employees have a clear view into corporations’ actual behaviour and performance. They can freely share in their knowledge of, experiences with, and opinions of, organisations.
While this transparency and scrutiny can be problematic for some organisations, it can offer an enormous opportunity to savvy organisations. Those that grab this opportunity with both hands, and leverage social media and other digital platforms, can grow their profile, amplify their organisational purpose, shape their reputation, generate positive sentiment, and ultimately, increase the value of the company.
Creating a powerful corporate brand
The creation of a powerful corporate brand stems from a clear strategic vision and compelling organisational purpose, combined with employees who understand, believe and behave in a way that supports the vision and purpose in every way, every day. The corporate brand is also built and strengthened over time through visible, consistent actions and communications to the market.
The benefits of a successful corporate brand
Let’s have a look at the benefits that a strong corporate brand offers the different areas and stakeholders of a business.
For human resources / organisational development
Employee behaviours are aligned to business goals – a clear understanding of who the business is and what it stands for ensures staff act in a way that aligns to the strategic needs of the business.
Increased staff retention – clarity around what it means to be part of the organisation increases staff satisfaction.
Ability to attract the best – consistent word of mouth and a clear proposition to the talent market ensures the company will stand out from the myriad of competitors.
Reduced recruitment costs – as the best talent seeks the business out.
Increased productivity – as a result of increased satisfaction and understanding of the organisation’s purpose.
For the corporate and business functions
Deep alignment, cohesion, understanding and focus across the entire organisation, of who the business is, how it is different and how that difference turns up as a benefit for stakeholders on a daily basis.
Overall higher levels of innovation through working more constructively and collaboratively.
Increased trust with key stakeholders - customers, employees, shareholders, distributors, partners, intermediaries etc.
Improved and aligned customer experience, as employees communicate and deliver against the company’s overarching intent with clarity, conviction and confidence.
Reduced confusion and ambiguity when important decisions need to be made.
Improved returns on company programs and initiatives through increased company presence, understanding and leverage.
For marketing
Economies of scale – one advertising or promotional campaign can serve multiple brands, as they all sit underneath the corporate brand umbrella.
Stronger brand equity for product brands, as the positive corporate brand equity “rubs off” on the product brands.
Increased acceptance of new products launched by the company, as potential buyers are already familiar with the corporate brand and its reputation.
A stronger negotiating position – a stronger brand brings a stronger negotiating position and more favourable terms.
Increased customer resonance – customers have a clear understanding of the value of the business, creating more sustainable relationships with existing customers, and providing new customers with a clear reason to choose the business.
For the value of the portfolio
Increased value of the company’s product and service brands – as the equity in the corporate brand builds over time, there is the opportunity to transfer the benefit that it brings to the company’s portfolio of brands.
Increased opportunities for expansion – by establishing the reputation and value of the business, we open up opportunities to move into additional markets.
For relationships with Government and media
Supports Government stakeholders – smooths the way for Government to support our concerns, views and opinions.
Increased positive sentiment and commentary in the media, ensuring the company’s brands receive the “benefit of the doubt” in times of crisis.
Protection from possible industrial activity – through positive, accurate understanding of the company and its overall contribution.
Increased awareness of the benefits the organisation offers the wider community – by establishing and communicating what the organisation believes in and the role it plays in the community.
Given all these benefits, building a strong corporate brand is a worthwhile investment for any business. At BrandMatters, working with corporate brands is our daily fare. If you’d like to learn more about how we’ve brought concepts like those described above to life for our clients, don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’ve performed this sort of work for clients including Perpetual, Suncorp, Downer, Wesfarmers and Sage amongst many others.
Decoding marketing and brand jargon
All industries overflow with jargon. The legal industry. Professional services. Construction. Government. Science and research. Jargon provides a useful and accurate shortcut to communicate concepts or processes with specific meanings.
The marketing and brand worlds are no different. Yet in the absence of the need for specificity or accuracy (such as legal or scientific definitions), the use of marketing and brand jargon can become problematic for many clients. Brand ecosystem. Omnichannel marketing. Social media influencers. Brand architecture. What do any of these mean?
For a raft of clients and industry sectors, marketing and brand speak is considered at best a necessary evil and at worst, puffery. In an environment where avenues through which to engage audiences are forever multiplying– jargon also multiplies and compounds. New terminology is coined by compounding existing terminology, such as clickjacking or slacktivism1, and enters the marketing and brand vernacular. The adoption is swift: even buzzwords from 24 months ago such as digital disruption are now everyday vernacular in business.
All organisations engage in brand and marketing . Yet its vernacular to describe brand and marketing activity may be perceived as self-manufactured and devoid of concrete meaning. Often brand, marketing and associated vernaculars are either not understood or derided by those not in marketing roles. “Never mention the word brand” is an sometimes heard phrase for branding consultants when engaging brand resistant organisations.
So how can this vernacular be decoded in order to have substantial meaning? For those who are resistant, how can it be made real? As in all cases where confusion may cloud clarity, it’s best to go back to basics.
Here are some of the more common “brand” terms:
Brand – Brand is who your organisation is, what it stands for, and why a customer or client would select it over the brand and offer of a competitor. Seen from a different angle, brand is the disincentive for a customer or client to choose any other alternative.
Brand is more than an organisation’s logo. Many components cumulatively feed into creating a brand: the crafted customer/client experience of a product/service mix, the customer/client perception of that experience, the tangible and intangible assets required to create that experience and the positioning of the organisation in relation to a sector or competitive environment to create differentiation and advantage.
Brand architecture – The structure of an organisation’s brands and/or products/services to achieve maximum market impact, and, minimum cannibalisation where an organisation may own brands competing in the same market. Stated simply, brand architecture is the way you frame and go to market with your brands. It’s the way your brands are connected or kept separate in the consumer’s mind. Multiple brand architecture models can be applied and organisations need to carefully select an approach that will assist in maximising revenue and sustainability.
Branding – The active process by which organisations create and communicate their overall value and positioning via the development and protection (trademarking) of tangible brand assets (eg logo, tagline) and intangible brand assets (eg characteristics, attributes and behaviours) to achieve a specific position in a market.
Brand equity – The resultant comparative value, influence and impact of a brand in relation to its competitive set, and as evidenced by the loyalty and advocacy of its customer/client base and market share. Unto itself, a strong brand equity can be used as a brand tool to strategically further pricing strategies, positioning and competitive advantage within markets.
Brand experience – Arguably for many organisations, this is the brand. The positive and fulfilling direct interaction between customer/client and the organisation, and ongoing affirmation of that experience will define the brand. This creates loyalist behaviour; it creates advocacy.
Brand loyalty / brand advocacy – The ideal for any brand: the creation of long-term loyal clients disincentivised to pursue other brand options given their ongoing and vocal advocacy of a brand’s value.
1 Oxford English Dictionary http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/september-2016-update/new-words-list-september-2016/
The Alphabet of Google's new identity
Alphabet has taken over Google - but does this new structure mean people will stop 'googling' and start 'alphabetting?' Paul Nelson argues on Mumbrella that this change is more than skin deep. Read the full article on Mumbrella here.
Despite the omnipresence of the Google brand we argue the recent logo change is at best peripheral compared to the changes made at a brand architecture level.
The revised organisation of its brands and its creation of Alphabet means Google escapes the constant market and investor scrutiny and is freed up to focus on what it does best.
This is the main game – the logo change is really summed up improving scalability and readability on digital devices – and after 16 years it was due for a refresh.
Over the past few weeks, there has been considerable commentary in the press about the change of structure at Google, and its adoption of Alphabet as a name for the new parent.
The transition within Google – Alphabet – culminated in Tuesday night’s launch of the new Google logo. Prior to the logo launch, much of the commentary had surrounded the choice of the name ‘Alphabet’, and the fact that the name was not universally well-received and not available as a clear URL. Again, this is peripheral in our view.
What some of the commentators were overlooking is that this shift to Alphabet is about something far more significant than simply choosing a new name that either is either popular or not.
The move to Alphabet signals a fundamental shift in the way Google – or rather, Alphabet – has chosen to structure its organisation and its brand architecture, in order to prepare for future acquisitions and expansion into new markets.
Yesterday, with the launch of the new Google logo, people were back to talking about Google. Do we like the San Serif font? Do we dislike the San Serif font? Have they moved far enough? Have they moved too far?
But in a sense this is not that material, any more than it matters that the Alphabet URL isn’t clear and available. What matters is that under the new Alphabet brand architecture, Google now has ‘permission’ to change its logo, to change its corporate identity and to highlight its focus on sourcing and sorting information, without impacting the broader scope of Alphabet’s interests.
The creation of Alphabet has enabled Google to operate in the sphere which it knows best – to be single-minded – without limiting the broader business’ growth trajectory.
Under this new architecture, Google will retain search, YouTube and most of the biggest divisions while smaller operations such as Nest home appliances, life sciences, drone deliveries and venture capital investments will operate as individual companies.
Alphabet is essentially a corporate holding company and never consumer facing – consumers won’t start ‘Alphabetting’ any time soon.
Google’s co-founder Larry Page has long been keen to explore new areas for growth and less interested in creating incremental improvements to Gmail. He’s made no secret of wanting to explore transportation, connectivity and life itself.
Over the years many business analysts have enquired as to the relevance of these new acquisitions and how they align to Google’s mission, now Page can honestly and confidently answer, ‘they don’t’.
Swisse brand marketing pays off
Dig out your shoulder padded power suits and puffy shirts and get ready for a return to eighties-style mass marketing advertising and sponsorship.
At a time when most marketers are funnelling budgets into online advertising and social media, Swisse Vitamins is bucking the trend and returning to one-way communication directed at consumers. The Australian-owned company is spending up big on mainstream prime time television and print media advertising.
You would be hard pushed to miss the recent proliferation of Swisse television commercials. They feature a host of high-profile sporting and media celebrities including Ricky Ponting, Cadel Evans, Marcia Hines, Sonia Kruger, Dr Chris Brown and Mark Webber.
As the broadcast sponsor of Channel 9’s Olympic Games coverage, Swisse was also the “Choice of the Australian Olympic Team” and is the “Official Vitamin of the AFL”. Other sponsorships include lifestyle and news programs such as The Block, Young Talent Time, The Voice and Channel 7 News plus a range of sports sponsorships that include Australia’s Paralympic Team, the Qantas Wallabies, Swimming Australia and the Victorian Institute of Sport. Swisse has shaken up the relatively boring vitamins and dietary supplements category and the bold move is seems to be paying off at the moment. The company reported a 131 per cent rise in net profits to $8.9 million for the 2011 financial year. Swisse now has products ranked in the top ten selling lines in various supplement segments. Thus, Swisse's well-thought-out brand archiecture achieved maximum market impact.
With Australian consumers’ health and wellness concerns driving this fast-growing category, it’s not surprising to see other supplement brands are racing to mimic the success of the Swisse approach.
Bioglan is now sponsoring brand ambassadors Jennifer Hawkins and Sophie Falkiner and has started a program of mainstream, prime time television advertising for some of its flagship products. Likewise, Nature’s Way has jumped on the bandwagon, securing Antonia Kidman, Michelle Bridges and Shannan Ponton as its spokespeople. Not to be outdone, Nature’s Own also has a new television campaign airing in prime slots – “What does your body want?”.
But is there a risk in using celebrities to endorse your brand? Celebrity endorsement of brands only works when the endorser is relevant, credible and performs in line with the brand’s aspirations.
Swisse has already been challenged on this point. The company sponsored 2011 Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans, who withdrew from the Olympics due to fatigue. He clearly does not fit the Swisse tagline “You’ll feel better on Swisse”. And there’s been plenty of social media comments about the [lack of] performance of our Olympic team despite taking Swisse vitamins.
There are many other examples where celebrity sponsorships have been quickly withdrawn in order to protect a brand. Grant Hackett’s drunken rampage last year meant his major sponsor, Uncle Tobys, had to quickly review their relationship with the swimmer despite sponsoring him since before the Sydney Olympics in 2000. And Hackett’s ambassador role for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation – an anti-violence charity – has since been withdrawn.
Jaguar terminated its sponsorship of swimmer Stephanie Rice after her gay slur on Twitter while a host of companies including AT&T, Accenture, Gatorade and Tag Heuer dumped Tiger Woods in the wake of the golf star’s sex scandal in 2009.
Swisse may be reaping benefits from its marketing approach right now but its message has to resonate with its customers – and that will only happen as long as its celebrities continue to perform.
UPDATE 28 August 2012: According to B&T Swisse attracted the highest recall rate of all Olympic advertisers demonstrating that, in the short term at least, the celebrity mass marketing approach is successfully driving heightened awareness of their brand.
Outside in and inside out strategy
Where does your business sit on the continuum? Are you utilising an Inside Out or an Outside In brand strategy?
The Outside In strategy takes customer value as its starting and end point. Companies using this approach are focused on creating and nurturing their customers by providing high calibre customer value. They put themselves in the position of their customers, and view themselves from their perspective. It's also about having a firm vision that drives you forward; there's no room here for looking behind your shoulder.
In contrast, the Inside Out perspective begins with a focus on the company's own capabilities and strengths. With this approach a business will take account of its resources and look at providing them more efficiently.
The problem with the latter approach is that by nature it's limiting and demonstrates slowness in adopting changes in the market place.
Shareholder or Customer Value?
Comparing these two approaches suggest a conflict between two fundamental stakeholders businesses need to deliver to: customers and shareholders.
If incorporated appropriately, pleasing and keeping customers will increase profits, which will feed shareholder returns. However, it does suggest a shift in emphasis away from directly trying to deliver to shareholders. Having a chief focus on shareholder value can lead to short-term thinking, and an Inside Out approach to business.
The key is understanding that the customer is the source of value, and the market will reward a better value proposition. This is a realignment of values that places shareholder value as an outcome of customer value: customer value should be the primary focus.
Outside In Case Study: Amazon
Amazon has set a new standard for Outside In brand strategy. They began as an online bookshop, and built an incredibly strong brand around that. But they put themselves in their customer's shoes and asked what else their customer base wanted. This allowed them to expand into the Kindle, and then into cloud computing, web services for their channel partners, and massive online retailing of a range of products outside their initial offering. Rather than dwelling on what they were good at (selling books), they asked 'Who are our customers and what do they need?' By shifting their focus, they were able to leverage their brand to seize opportunities in other areas.
Barriers to This Approach
Executives and CEOS face a number of challenges that keep them focussed on an Inside Out focus. Focussing on annual budgets, outsourcing, day-to-day management etc. are the typical concerns that continue to lose focus from a bigger perspective. Without effective and visionary leadership, it can be hard to rise above these matters. Without an emphasis on innovation, experimenting, and taking a step outside the corporate framework and into the minds and hearts of customers, a business will not be ready for that moment when markets open and their opportunity to outperform competition and increasing market share and brand loyalty arrives.
Outside In Strategy
There are three ways to ascertain whether your business is oriented more towards an Inside Out or Outside In approach. The first place to look is your competition and channels. If you're continually surprised by new competitors, your own poor results, or the appearance of new product categories from out of nowhere, this is probably a strong indication you're reactively focussed, rather than setting the pace in the market.
The second question concerns your customers: do you know who they are and what kind of value you're delivering them?
The third matter to examine is whether your brand stands up. Are you viewed as credible? Do your customers understand you? Are insights from the market and foresight driving the organisation? Are your marketing efforts aligning with your core values and strengths?
How Can Brands Reach Out?
Customers buy the expectation of benefits they will receive from forming a relationship with a brand. Buying from and interacting with a business is guided by a businesses brand. An Outside In strategy means a change of focus and entering into a collaborative relationship with the customer.
New brand for Queensland
The State of Queensland has rebranded itself as part of a major global push for tourism. The State now has a new 'Q' logo, and are using the tagline 'Queensland, Where Australia Shines'.' It's part of an international social media campaign, an updated website and advertising in major international markets.
New online media avenues have made it easier, according to the State Tourism Minister, to position the state differently for both Australian and international audiences.
It's been twelve years since the state's previous brand campaign, with the "˜Where else but Queensland" tagline, and has been guided by the tourism body responsible for the uber successful Best Job In The World campaign.
Full article here: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/queensland-launches-new-brand/story-e6frg996-1225930886245
ASX new brand architecture
The Australian Securities Exchange Ltd (ASX) has reconfigured the brand architecture between its holding company and subsidiaries.
On Monday the ASX announced that the ASX Group will be its new overarching brand, with ASX, ASX Clearing Corporation Ltd, ASX Settlement Corporation Ltd, ASX Compliance Pty Ltd and other subsidiaries sitting underneath.
The ASX logo will feature the words ASX Group.
Continuing from our examination of brand architecture earlier this week, this is a good example of a Branded House where all products support the same message with the same core brand values against the similar buying group.
This type of branding structure is used to:
Reflects broad strength
Present a single focused offer
Clarifies layering
Act as a clear reference point
Establishes a point of trust and assurance
It requires:
A clearly articulated vision and values set applicable across the business
Unilateral support
Strong brand management
Examples above and beyond the ASX include Virgin Group, General Electric, BMW and American Express
Brand architecture models - branded house and house of brands
Brand architecture is the way we organise, manage and go to market with brands. Think of it as the external face of our business strategy. To work effectively, the architecture must be well defined, reflect a clear understanding of the market and the brand strategies of our competitors, and align and support our business goals and objectives. While there are many different models of designing brand architecture, this article will look at two approaches: House of Brands, and Branded House.
Separation and connectedness in brand architecture strategy
Many companies maintain a portfolio of brands, with sub-brand sitting underneath or alongside a parent brand. Consider:
Apple and iPad, iPod, iTunes
Channel Nine and Nine News, Wide World of Sports, A Current Affair
Tooheys and Tooheys New, Tooheys Old, Tooheys New White Stag
Each of these brands are connected strongly to the mother brand, whilst retaining a strong individual brand identity and market capture.
Let's dive into this scenario, looking at how you create separation but connectedness across a branded portfolio.
Diet Coke and Coke Zero
We'll start by taking a look at one of the world's greatest brands: Coca Cola. Within the Coca Cola portfolio sit Coke, Diet Coke and Coke Zero, amongst others. Functionally they all do the same thing - quench thirst and satisfy taste buds.
Let's take a closer look at two of those brands - Diet Coke and Coke Zero. What really is the difference between these products? It's been argued that that Diet Coke has no calories, while Coke Zero has zero calories. Hmmm. Here's the actual difference: Coca-Cola Zero is sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame potassium (ace-k). The only chemical difference between Coca-Cola Zero and Diet Coke is that Coca-Cola Zero has about half the aspartame, but more ace-k. Not surprisingly, none of this is part of Coke's marketing collateral, and probably amounts to almost nothing in terms of tangible or discernible differences...
The drinks are essentially the same, but the one named Zero is marketed towards men, who are more aligned to associations of "zero" than "diet"; whilst Diet Coke has traditionally been geared to women who feel more reassured drinking a "diet" product. So, adding the Zero brand allows Coke to expand its market beyond making Diet Coke appealing to both genders.
So what is important is not so much the actual difference, but rather how your target audience perceives the difference.
So how do you have a separation, yet connectedness across each of the brands in your architecture or portfolio? Well, it's all about having a clearly defined:
Brand Role and Positioning
Visual Identity identified (eg Coke Zero has a prominent use of black teamed with traditional Coke red)
Messaging and tone of voice ... which then reflects all of the above.
Let's look at another well-known beverage brand. Johnnie Walker has a number of brands within its portfolio - Black Label, Red Label, Blue Label etc. Every type of Johnnie Walker scotch has a different colour. The purpose of that is to denote the different type of Scotch and to position them differently. For example, Johnnie Walker Blue Label reflects exclusivity through device (eg serial numbering), placement, rarity and cost. These give the portfolio a clear sense of separation, whilst allowing them the necessary level of connection via;
Clear brand positioning
Target audience and occasion
Visual Identity systems
Developing additional brand personalities requires a classic process of brand positioning to achieve the requisite balance between separation and connectedness. The aim here is to find the distinctive position a brand adopts in its competitive environment and to reflect it accordingly - internally so it's recognised within its portfolio and externally, within its competitive context. Good positioning ensures the target audience can tell the brand apart from others, as it specifies and express the brand's point of difference. You do this by defining the brand's benefits to the customer and then identifying differentiating brand attributes.
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17 Former Nerds That Were Ignored at School — Their Classmates Were so Wrong
If someone had shown these unpopular schoolkids photos of what they would look like in adulthood, they probably wouldn’t have believed their eyes.
Today, Bright Side presents you with a list of celebrities whose transformation from nerds to international heartthrobs is strongly reminiscent of the tale of the Ugly Duckling. Way to go, guys!
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Once a puny doe-eyed youngster, Jake Gyllenhaal has not only become a talented actor but a professional heartbreaker as well. He regularly tops the lists of the most eligible bachelors and hottest and most handsome men on the planet. He’s already had affairs with half of the female stars in Hollywood, but no beauty has yet managed to conquer his heart for good.
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Richard began appearing in movies at the age of 11 — back when he was just starting to get rid of his chubby cheeks. The peak of Madden’s acting career came with the role of Robb Stark in the Game of Thrones TV series.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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You might find this impossible to believe, but the shaggy and clumsy Dave Lizewski from the movie Kick-Ass and the handsome Vronsky from the recent adaptation of Anna Karenina were played by one and the same actor!
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Zac is only 29, yet he already can boast a 15-year career in the movies. And, from one onscreen appearance to another, he just gets more and more good looking.
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Matthew grew up right before our eyes playing Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter saga. The chubby boy with uneven teeth has suddenly transformed into the hunk from the Hugo Boss adverts. Magic wands really must exist!
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Who would have thought that this ordinary teenager would go on to play Captain America in The Avengers? Since his childhood, Chris dreamed about being in movies. He is one of those lucky few whose dreams have come true.
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As a teenager, this Romanian-American actor appeared in modest roles in TV shows. Nowadays, Sebastian is an integral part of the Marvel cinematic universe. He plays Bucky Barnes in The Avengers.
Daniel Sharman
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Daniel once was an unremarkable teenager, playing episodic characters in TV series. But now he is undaunted by any role, including that of the god Ares in Immortals.
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Josh Peck became famous thanks to playing chubby teens in comedy series like Drake & Josh. Then one day he hired a personal trainer, went on a diet, and soon turned into a slim and handsome individual. Josh’s latest movie performances include characters in The Wackness and Red Dawn.
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Back in his childhood, Nicholas starred with Hugh Grant in the movie About a Boy. These days he seems ready to give Hugh a run for his money. Most recently, Nicholas has appeared in Warm Bodies and the X-Men movie series.
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Ryan Seacrest is the permanent host of the television show American Idol. In 2009, he became the highest-paid reality show presenter in history, signing a contract for $45 million.
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As a teenager, Liam often suffered the jeers of his classmates. At the age of 12, he joined a basketball team. Today, Liam is one of the five members of the famous British-Irish band, "One Direction."
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It turns out that back in his school days this future Superman used to have a nickname: "Fat Cavill." Well, Henry, where are all those taunters now?
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Looking at photos of Jude in his childhood, it is difficult to believe that this boy has grown up to be the biggest heartbreaker in Hollywood!
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Once gangly and bespectacled, Joe Manganiello has now become one of the most handsome actors in Hollywood. His acting successes include the TV series True Blood and movies like Magic Mike and Justice League. He is the husband of the beautiful Sofia Vergara.
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When Justin got rid of his weird peroxide curls, his career took off. Now he is one of the most successful music performers on the planet. Not to mention an actor, a dancer, a composer, and a happy husband and father.
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It is so hard to imagine that these photos show one and the same person, but you’d better believe it! British singer and songwriter Craig David not only conquered the world’s music charts but also won the struggle with himself to achieve the perfect body.
Preview photo credit Marv Films, Rex Features
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We've heard from the first ladies. Where are their husbands?
National Political Columnist
Yahoo News June 21, 2018, 9:00 a.m. UTC
Former Presidents, from left, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP [5], U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)
There are weeks that can define a presidency for all time, moments that seem to reveal the essential character of an administration as the world remembers it.
You think of George W. Bush flying over a drowning New Orleans in 2005, seemingly oblivious to the chaos and incompetence below. Or those weird summer days in 1979 when Jimmy Carter, returning from a self-imposed spiritual retreat, offered the country a sermon on moral drift and then demanded the resignations of his entire Cabinet. (Although maybe Carter’s defining episode actually occurred that spring, while he was vacationing in Georgia, when his fishing boat was chased by a vicious “swamp rabbit.”)
And so might we look back on this week, decades from now, as the one that cemented the enduring impression of the Trump administration, which, for all its entertaining gyrations, always seems to end up at a place of meanness and misdirection.
The images of wailing toddlers in cages, the sound of their anguished crying for Mommy, the initially defiant pose of a president who is never happier than when he’s arousing the basest of emotions — all of these seemed to crystallize some revolting need in this White House to isolate and punish otherness.
So tasteless was this week’s episode of Trump Unbound that, in addition to the outcries even from cowering Republicans in Congress, every former first lady felt moved to publicly oppose the policy of snatching immigrant children from their parents and throwing them into detention centers.
In a Washington Post op-ed, the normally reticent Laura Bush compared Trump’s short-lived policy to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. (It was an imperfect comparison on the facts, given that the vast majority of detainees in 1942 were American citizens, but it rang true in terms of imagery and prejudice.)
All of this, I thought, reaffirmed the basic goodness and resilience of our political culture, but raised a few questions about who wasn’t yet speaking out more forcefully about the ugly arc of our politics.
Namely: Why have the husbands of all these political wives been so tepid? And if this isn’t a time for the other five living presidents to put basic American values above the tradition of not criticizing their successors, then what would such a moment look like?
To be fair, Bill Clinton did tweet a few lines criticizing the border policy on Father’s Day. Barack Obama posted some box-checking stuff on Facebook. OK.
But I’m not talking about opposing any single administration policy, or about issuing a few sentences of mild dissent before tee time.
I’m talking about the oath each of these guys took, hand on the Bible, to protect and defend the Constitution. Presumably that wasn’t only about enforcing the letter of the law. Presidents aren’t federal judges.
No, what each of them pledged was to vehemently defend the basic ideals of American pluralism and tolerance, here and abroad. And I don’t think that pledge expired on the day the moving van showed up at the White House.
Maybe we didn’t know exactly what we were getting when Donald Trump took the same oath on Jan. 20, 2017. It was fair to wonder, after a career in self-promotion and a campaign centered on cheap hats, whether Trump had any real ideology at all, and how he might evolve once the considerable burdens of the office were his.
And we probably assumed that Trump would make some dumb and erratic policy choices along the way. That’s fine. All presidents do.
But we know now who Trump really is, at his political core. He’s an ethnic and economic nationalist. He fervently believes that countries — ours and others — do better when they rally around a mythical common heritage and repel outsiders. He believes that leaders who rule under the banner of national superiority are men to be admired and trusted.
How else to read the recent tweet in which Trump taunted Europeans, and especially Germans, for “allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture”? Or the one a few days ago in which he talked about immigrants who would “infest” our country, like vermin? It’s like Trump made a bet with someone that he could recycle Nazi propaganda and no one would care.
How else to explain his evident idolatry for strongmen like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, his public longing for showy military parades, his war on global trade agreements and multilateral alliances?
Trump isn’t just an isolationist; he idealizes national purity and imperial order. His politics isn’t “America First”; it’s “Americans First,” and he gets to decide who qualifies.
None of this is against the law. It’s not impeachable. It’s just inherently un-American, and it blows up an age-old consensus about what our president is supposed to represent in the world.
The last three presidents certainly suffered their share of failures in trying to lead an integrated world and repel the forces of radical nationalism. Clinton championed a kind of unrestrained globalism that hollowed out communities. George W. Bush initiated a calamitous war. Barack Obama couldn’t get his own party behind a landmark trade pact.
But all of them, like every president for a century before them, saw the American presidency as an essential platform for integrating societies and transcending ethnic divides. They disagreed sharply about how best to embody those values, but they did not consider the proposition that America could embody anything else.
All of which leads me back to my initial point. When do these ex-presidents, who generally bond over funerals or humanitarian crises, call one another and say, “You know what? If nothing else, we need to go out there together and tell the world that the America we represented still exists.” That would count for a lot.
Because there are moments in our national life when you know you’ll look back and wish you’d said more. The Japanese-American internment after Pearl Harbor was one. Or the turning away of Jewish refugees from Europe as the Holocaust was beginning. Or the systematic smearing of alleged Communists and sympathizers during the McCarthy years.
Maybe, for our most admired living politicians, seeing the president of the United States wave the flag of nationalism and ethnic separatism like some backwoods Balkan militia leader doesn’t sink to that level of betraying the office.
But then that really does prompt the question that each should be asking himself.
What would?
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We The People In Court
Submitted by ub on Mon, 07/08/2019 - 04:56
Back In February 2019, a U.S. district judge ruled that prosecutors violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act by not allowing more than 30 victims know about a plea deal so they would have a chance to oppose it.
Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of fired FBI director James Comey reportedly, happens to be one of the new prosecutors in the Epstein case, as the people’s plot thickens, according to well placed sources with knowledge of the case.
Another wealthy little big man in town and a registered sex offender was arrested over the Independence Day Weekend in NYC on sex-trafficking charges involving allegations that apparently date to the 2000s.
He was taken into federal custody and is expected to appear in federal court today.
This arrest comes following renewed scrutiny of a 2008 plea deal in which Epstein pleaded guilty to Florida state prostitution charges, ending a federal investigation that could have landed him in prison for life. But he was sentenced to 13 months in jail and reached settlements with victims and was required to register as a sex offender.
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Jeffrey Epstein due in court after sex trafficking arrest https://apnews.com/f995d90cbfd943169f74a0dbb3b1eadc …
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London 3D Film Festival 19 & 20 November
By Karel Bata, July 23, 2014 in 3-D
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London - a rather posh bit
The London 3D Film Festival is a celebration of independent S3D film from across the globe, an opportunity for peers to meet, and a chance for the public to engage with the very best in Stereo 3D.
L3DFF is run by a group of 3D professionals keen to promote the subtle artistry of what is the most significant development in cinema since the introduction of colour.
For the 2014 Festival we will screen 3 programmes showcasing 50 shorts, premiere 2 independent 3D features, and 3 3D classics. We will also have a few surprises in store.
The range and breadth of what we’ve seen has really impressed us, as it will you.
Submissions open late August.
Website: http://L3DFF.com
Mailing List: http://bit.ly/L3DFFMailingList
Twitter: https://twitter.com/L3DFF
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Can I bring my little "I have a headache now!" placard?
Usually it takes five minutes before I have to hold it up, but of course techniques may have improved!
If you don't like 3D there's a simple solution: don't go.
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There was a 3d festival at the Egyptian in LA last year that showed all original dual 35mm 3d films. I went to "Gorilla at Large" and "Robot Monster". I was really struck by how great they looked and how convincing the 3d was when everything was set up and calibrated properly. So much fun.
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Cyber Stewards Network partner ICT Watch wins 2016 WSIS Award
By Amitpal Singh
Citizen Lab’s Cyber Stewards Network Partner ICT Watch was selected for a 2016 WSIS Champion Projects Award, for their project entitled “”Internet Sehat” (Healthy Internet) Towards Indonesian Information Society.” Winners were announced at the 2016 WSIS Prize Ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland on May 3. WSIS Stocktacking documents the activities carried out by governments, international organizations, businesses, and civil society actors since the launch of the World Summit of Information Society conferences.
ICT Watch’s project was selected based on over 245, 000 votes, as well as a selection phase conducted by WSIS’s Expert Group. ICT Watch was one of five organizations selected under the “Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society” subcategory.
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Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (v.403, #10)
Recent advances in food analysis by Jana Hajslova; Rudolf Krska; Michel W. F. Nielen (2795-2796).
is a Professor at the Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague (CZ). Her research interests focus on the fate of contaminants and toxicants in food chains and issues related to the implementation of novel strategies for their analysis. She is a board member of the EU-backed Advisory Group on Food Quality and Safety and a member of the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks. Professor Hajšlová has participated in many international research projects and has established close collaboration with several institutions, for example the UN’s WHO and FAO, and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. She has published widely on organic contaminants and food safety. is Full Professor of Bioanalysis and Organic Trace Analysis and is head of the Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln, at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). He obtained his degree in chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology and is an expert in food and feed analysis by chromatographic, mass spectrometric, and immunoanalytical techniques. As member of JECFA (Joint Expert Committee for Food Additives) of the FAO/WHO he has evaluated the effect of trichothecene mycotoxins on humans. He has received 6 scientific awards and is (co-)author of more than 258 scientific publications. In 2009/2010 he worked for a year as A/Chief of Health Canada´s Food Research Division in Ottawa. is senior scientist in residue analysis at RIKILT and scientific director of TI-COAST, the Dutch public–private partnership on analytical science and technology. He holds a chair in detection of food contaminants at Wageningen University. He obtained his degree in analytical chemistry at the Free University of Amsterdam. He is co-founder and co-chairman of the symposium series on recent advances in food analysis. He is (co-)author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications.
Dioxin food crises and new POPs: challenges in analysis by Jean-François Focant (2797-2800).
is Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department of the University of Liège, Belgium. He has worked on the development and implementation of emerging analytical strategies for food control and human biomonitoring since the very beginning of his career. Known as a dioxin expert, he is also active in other areas of separation science, for example characterization of complex mixtures of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for medical and forensic applications. Working on the hyphenation of state-of-the-art analytical techniques to solve practical analytical issues is what he enjoys doing most
Analytical method for the accurate determination of tricothecenes in grains using LC-MS/MS: a comparison between MRM transition and MS3 quantitation by Chee Wei Lim; Siew Hoon Tai; Lin Min Lee; Sheot Harn Chan (2801-2806).
The current food crisis demands unambiguous determination of mycotoxin contamination in staple foods to achieve safer food for consumption. This paper describes the first accurate LC-MS/MS method developed to analyze tricothecenes in grains by applying multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) transition and MS3 quantitation strategies in tandem. The tricothecenes are nivalenol, deoxynivalenol, deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside, fusarenon X, 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol, diacetoxyscirpenol, and HT-2 and T-2 toxins. Acetic acid and ammonium acetate were used to convert the analytes into their respective acetate adducts and ammonium adducts under negative and positive MS polarity conditions, respectively. The mycotoxins were separated by reversed-phase LC in a 13.5-min run, ionized using electrospray ionization, and detected by tandem mass spectrometry. Analyte-specific mass-to-charge (m/z) ratios were used to perform quantitation under MRM transition and MS3 (linear ion trap) modes. Three experiments were made for each quantitation mode and matrix in batches over 6 days for recovery studies. The matrix effect was investigated at concentration levels of 20, 40, 80, 120, 160, and 200 μg kg−1 (n = 3) in 5 g corn flour and rice flour. Extraction with acetonitrile provided a good overall recovery range of 90–108% (n = 3) at three levels of spiking concentration of 40, 80, and 120 μg kg−1. A quantitation limit of 2–6 μg kg−1 was achieved by applying an MRM transition quantitation strategy. Under MS3 mode, a quantitation limit of 4–10 μg kg−1 was achieved. Relative standard deviations of 2–10% and 2–11% were reported for MRM transition and MS3 quantitation, respectively. The successful utilization of MS3 enabled accurate analyte fragmentation pattern matching and its quantitation, leading to the development of analytical methods in fields that demand both analyte specificity and fragmentation fingerprint-matching capabilities that are unavailable under MRM transition. Figure The power of QTRAP® technology
Keywords: LC-MS/MS; Grains; MRM transition; MS/MS/MS (MS3); Quantitation; Tricothecenes
Evaluating a direct swabbing method for screening pesticides on fruit and vegetable surfaces using direct analysis in real time (DART) coupled to an Exactive benchtop orbitrap mass spectrometer by Elizabeth Crawford; Brian Musselman (2807-2812).
Rapid screening of pesticides present on the surfaces of fruits and vegetables has been facilitated by using a Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART®) open air surface desorption ionization source coupled to an Exactive® high-resolution accurate mass benchtop orbitrap mass spectrometer. The use of cotton and polyester cleaning swabs to collect and retain pesticides for subsequent open air desorption ionization is demonstrated by sampling the surface of various produce to which solutions of pesticides have been applied at levels 10 and 100 times below the tolerance levels established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Samples analyzed include cherry tomatoes, oranges, peaches and carrots each chosen for their surface characteristics which include: smooth, pitted, fuzzy, and rough respectively. Results from the direct analysis of fungicides on store-bought oranges are also described. In all cases, the swabs were introduced directly into the heated ionizing gas of the DART source resulting in production of protonated pesticide molecules within seconds of sampling. Operation of the orbitrap mass spectrometer at 25,000 full-width half maximum resolution was sufficient to generate high-quality accurate mass data. Stable external mass calibration eliminated the need for addition of standards typically required for mass calibration, thus allowing multiple analyses to be completed without instrument recalibration.
Keywords: Direct analysis in real time (DART); Pesticide screening; High-resolution accurate mass (HRAM); Benchtop orbitrap; Surface analysis
Implementation of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the simultaneous determination of halogenated contaminants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fish by Kamila Kalachova; Jana Pulkrabova; Tomas Cajka; Lucie Drabova; Jana Hajslova (2813-2824).
In the presented study, comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC–TOFMS) was shown to be a powerful tool for the simultaneous determination of various groups of contaminants including 18 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), seven polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Since different groups of analytes (traditionally analyzed separately) were included into one instrumental method, significant time savings were achieved. Following the development of an integrated sample preparation procedure for an effective and rapid isolation of several groups of contaminants from fish tissue, the GC × GC–TOFMS instrumental method was optimized to obtain the best chromatographic resolution and low quantification limits (LOQs) of all target analytes in a complex mixture. Using large-volume programmable temperature vaporization, the following LOQs were achieved—PCBs, 0.01–0.25 μg/kg; PBDEs, 0.025–5 μg/kg; PAHs 0.025–0.5 μg/kg. Furthermore, several capillary column combinations (BPX5, BPX50, and Rxi-17Sil-ms in the first dimension and BPX5, BPX50, Rt-LC35, and HT8 in the second dimension) were tested during the experiments, and the optimal separation of all target analytes even of critical groups of PAHs (group (a): benz[a]anthracene, cyclopenta[cd]pyrene and chrysene; group (b): benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[j]fluoranthene and benzo[k]fluoranthene; group (c): dibenz[ah]anthracene, indeno[1,2,3–cd]pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene) was observed on BPX5 × BPX50 column setup. Moreover, since the determination of target analytes was performed using TOFMS detector, further identification of other non-target compounds in real life samples was also feasible.
Keywords: Fish; GC × GC–TOFMS; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PTV
Development and validation of an SPE HG-AAS method for determination of inorganic arsenic in samples of marine origin by Rie R. Rasmussen; Rikke V. Hedegaard; Erik H. Larsen; Jens J. Sloth (2825-2834).
The present paper describes a novel method for the quantitative determination of inorganic arsenic (iAs) in food and feed of marine origin. The samples were subjected to microwave-assisted extraction using diluted hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide, which solubilised the analytes and oxidised arsenite (AsIII) to arsenate (AsV). Subsequently, a pH buffering of the sample extract at pH 6 enabled selective elution of AsV from a strong anion exchange solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge. Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS) was applied to quantify the concentration of iAs (sum of AsIII and AsV) as the total arsenic (As) in the SPE eluate. The results of the in-house validation showed that mean recoveries of 101–104% were achieved for samples spiked with iAs at 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mg·kg−1, respectively. The limit of detection was 0.08 mg kg−1, and the repeatability (RSDr) and intra-laboratory reproducibility (RSDIR) were less than 8% and 13%, respectively, for samples containing 0.2 to 1.5 mg kg−1 iAs. The trueness of the SPE HG-AAS method was verified by confirming results obtained by parallel analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. It was demonstrated that the two sets of results were not significantly different (P < 0.05). The SPE HG-AAS method was applied to 20 marine food and feed samples, and concentrations of up to 0.14 mg kg−1 of iAs were detected.
Keywords: Inorganic arsenic; Marine samples; SPE HG-AAS; Microwave-assisted extraction; Food and feed control; Speciation
Quantification of nanoparticles in aqueous food matrices using Particle-Induced X-ray Emission by Omar Lozano; Jorge Mejia; Tijani Tabarrant; Bernard Masereel; Jean-Michel Dogné; Olivier Toussaint; Stéphane Lucas (2835-2841).
Nanoparticles (NPs) of SiO2 (15 nm) or Ag (20 – 40 nm) were dispersed in water, coffee and milk at several aqueous dilutions. The NPs dispersions concentrations were quantified with an ion beam technique: Particle-Induced X-ray Emission. Additional measurements in relation to the state of the NPs dispersions were done: particle size distribution by centrifuge liquid sedimentation and the extreme surface composition by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The particle size distribution of SiO2 and Ag NPs dispersions in water and Ag NPs in coffee remained mostly as primary particles with hydrodynamic diameters close to the reported pristine NPs diameter. SiO2 NPs agglomerated in coffee. In milk, both NPs presented an adsorption with milk lipids. Extreme surface composition corroborated adsorption in milk and showed that SiO2 agglomerates adsorb some coffee components. A linear tendency in the measurement of the concentration dilutions of all dispersions was measured, and a lack of media influence in the slope of each curve was found. Limits of detection with the current setup were estimated at 0.5 and 0.3 mg/ml for SiO2 and Ag NPs, respectively.
Keywords: PIXE; Nanoparticle; Liquids; Food; Particle size distribution
Development of surface plasmon resonance-based sensor for detection of silver nanoparticles in food and the environment by Sabina Rebe Raz; Maria Leontaridou; Maria G. E. G. Bremer; Ruud Peters; Stefan Weigel (2843-2850).
Silver nanoparticles are recognized as effective antimicrobial agents and have been implemented in various consumer products including washing machines, refrigerators, clothing, medical devices, and food packaging. Alongside the silver nanoparticles benefits, their novel properties have raised concerns about possible adverse effects on biological systems. To protect consumer’s health and the environment, efficient monitoring of silver nanoparticles needs to be established. Here, we present the development of human metallothionein (MT) based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor for rapid detection of nanosilver. Incorporation of human metallothionein 1A to the sensor surface enables screening for potentially biologically active silver nanoparticles at parts per billion sensitivity. Other protein ligands were also tested for binding capacity of the nanosilver and were found to be inferior to the metallothionein. The biosensor has been characterized in terms of selectivity and sensitivity towards different types of silver nanoparticles and applied in measurements of real-life samples—such as fresh vegetables and river water. Our findings suggest that human MT1-based SPR sensor has the potential to be utilized as a routine screening method for silver nanoparticles, that can provide rapid and automated analysis dedicated to environmental and food safety monitoring. Figure Surface plasmon resonance biosensor for rapid detection of silver nanoparticles was developed. Human metallothionein 1A (hMT1A) was immobilized on the sensor chip surface and showed dose dependent binding to the silver nanoparticles with part per billion sensitivity.
Keywords: Silver nanoparticles; Metallothionein; Food; Environment; Surface plasmon resonance
Production and characterization of antibodies against crosslinked gelatin nanoparticles and first steps toward developing an ELISA screening kit by Vincent Dehalu; Stefan Weigel; Sabina Rebe; Ringo Grombe; Raimar Löbenberg; Philippe Delahaut (2851-2857).
Nanotechnologies are finding a growing range of applications in the food sector. Nanoparticles are used notably to add vitamins and other nutrients to foods and beverages without affecting taste and color. They are also used to develop new tastes, preserve food texture, control the release of flavors, improve the bioavailability of compounds such as antioxidants and vitamins, and monitor freshness with nanosensors. Crosslinked gelatin nanoparticles are a component of nano-sized carriers for nutrient and supplement delivery in foods and related products. This paper describes the production and characterization of polyclonal antibodies against gelatin nanoparticles. Two immunization schemes were investigated: subcutaneous injection with and without a first intravenous injection. Two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay formats were used to characterize the antibodies: an inhibition format with an antigen-coated plate for detection of the immune response and a sandwich format for development of the method. The antibodies showed good sensitivity with an IC50 equal to 0.11 ng mL−1 using indirect ELISA format and a good specificity for the nanomaterials, without significant cross-reactivity against native gelatin. The limit of detection was determined—0.42, 0.27, 0.26, and 0.24 μg mL−1 for apple, orange juice, milk, and soft drink matrices, respectively. ELISA technology offers rapid, low-cost assays for screening foods, feeds, and beverages. We have studied a prototype ELISA for detection of gelatin-based nanocarrier systems. Fruit juices, milk, and a soft drink were the matrices selected for assay development.
Keywords: Gelatin nanoparticles; Nano-sensor; Antibodies; ELISA screening
DART-Orbitrap MS: a novel mass spectrometric approach for the identification of phenolic compounds in propolis by Elena S. Chernetsova; Maciej Bromirski; Olaf Scheibner; Gertrud E. Morlock (2859-2867).
This is the first direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) study of propolis and a first study on the analysis of bee products using high-resolution DART-MS (DART-HRMS). Identification of flavonoids and other phenolic compounds in propolis using direct analysis in real-time coupling with Orbitrap mass spectrometry (DART-Orbitrap MS) was performed in the negative ion mode for minimizing the matrix effects, while the positive ion mode was used for the confirmation of selected compounds. Possible elemental formulae were suggested for marker components. The duration of one sample analysis by DART-MS analysis lasted ca. 30 s, and all benefits of high-resolution mass spectrometry were used upon data processing using the coupling of DART with the Orbitrap mass spectrometer. The possibility for scanning analysis of dried propolis extract spots on a planar porous surface was investigated in the heated gas flow of the DART ion source with adjustable angle. As an independent method, the approach of scanning analysis is of high interest and of future potential for confirmation of the results obtained from liquid sample analysis. Scanning analysis is highly promising for further development in the bioanalytical field due to the convenience of the storage and transportation of dried sample spots.
Keywords: Direct analysis in real-time; DART-Orbitrap MS; Negative ion; Phenolic compounds; Propolis; Dried extract spots
Analytical tools for identification of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) coming from polyurethane adhesives in multilayer packaging materials and their migration into food simulants by Juliana S. Félix; Francesca Isella; Osvaldo Bosetti; Cristina Nerín (2869-2882).
Adhesives used in food packaging to glue different materials can provide several substances as potential migrants, and the identification of potential migrants and migration tests are required to assess safety in the use of adhesives. Solid-phase microextraction in headspace mode and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) and ChemSpider and SciFinder databases were used as powerful tools to identify the potential migrants in the polyurethane (PU) adhesives and also in the individual plastic films (polyethylene terephthalate, polyamide, polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyethylene/ethyl vinyl alcohol). Migration tests were carried out by using Tenax® and isooctane as food simulants, and the migrants were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. More than 63 volatile and semivolatile compounds considered as potential migrants were detected either in the adhesives or in the films. Migration tests showed two non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) coming from PU adhesives that migrated through the laminates into Tenax® and into isooctane. Identification of these NIAS was achieved through their mass spectra, and 1,6-dioxacyclododecane-7,12-dione and 1,4,7-trioxacyclotridecane-8,13-dione were confirmed. Caprolactam migrated into isooctane, and its origin was the external plastic film in the multilayer, demonstrating real diffusion through the multilayer structure. Comparison of the migration values between the simulants and conditions will be shown and discussed. Figure Cross-section of multilayer packaging material (polyethylene terephthalate/adhesive /oriented polyamide/adhesive/cast polypropylene) viewed by optical microscopy
Keywords: Food safety; Multilayer food packaging; Polyurethane adhesives; Migration; NIAS
Rapid analysis of caffeine in various coffee samples employing direct analysis in real-time ionization–high-resolution mass spectrometry by Hana Danhelova; Jaromir Hradecky; Sarka Prinosilova; Tomas Cajka; Katerina Riddellova; Lukas Vaclavik; Jana Hajslova (2883-2889).
The development and use of a fast method employing a direct analysis in real time (DART) ion source coupled to high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) for the quantitative analysis of caffeine in various coffee samples has been demonstrated in this study. A simple sample extraction procedure employing hot water was followed by direct, high-throughput (<1 min per run) examination of the extracts spread on a glass rod under optimized conditions of ambient mass spectrometry, without any prior chromatographic separation. For quantification of caffeine using DART-TOFMS, an external calibration was used. Isotopically labeled caffeine was used to compensate for the variations of the ion intensities of caffeine signal. Recoveries of the DART-TOFMS method were 97% for instant coffee at the spiking levels of 20 and 60 mg/g, respectively, while for roasted ground coffee, the obtained values were 106% and 107% at the spiking levels of 10 and 30 mg/g, respectively. The repeatability of the whole analytical procedure (expressed as relative standard deviation, RSD, %) was <5% for all tested spiking levels and matrices. Since the linearity range of the method was relatively narrow (two orders of magnitude), an optimization of sample dilution prior the DART-TOFMS measurement to avoid saturation of the detector was needed.
Keywords: Ambient mass spectrometry; Direct analysis in real time; Coffee; Caffeine
Qualitative aspects and validation of a screening method for pesticides in vegetables and fruits based on liquid chromatography coupled to full scan high resolution (Orbitrap) mass spectrometry by Hans G. J. Mol; Paul Zomer; Maarten de Koning (2891-2908).
The analytical capabilities of liquid chromatography with single-stage high-resolution mass spectrometry have been investigated with emphasis on qualitative aspects related to selective detection during screening and to identification. The study involved 21 different vegetable and fruit commodities, a screening database of 556 pesticides for evaluation of false positives, and a test set of 130 pesticides spiked to the commodities at 0.01, 0.05, and 0.20 mg/kg for evaluation of false negatives. The final method involved a QuEChERS-based sample preparation (without dSPE clean up) and full scan acquisition using alternating scan events without/with fragmentation, at a resolving power of 50,000. Analyte detection was based on extraction of the exact mass (±5 ppm) of the major adduct ion at the database retention time ±30 s and the presence of a second diagnostic ion. Various options for the additional ion were investigated and compared (other adduct ions, M + 1 or M + 2 isotopes, fragments). The two-ion approach for selective detection of the pesticides in the full scan data was compared with two alternative approaches based on response thresholds. Using the two-ion approach, the number of false positives out of 11,676 pesticide/commodity combinations targeted was 36 (0.3 %). The percentage of false negatives, assessed for 2,730 pesticide/commodity combinations, was 13 %, 3 %, and 1 % at the 0.01-, 0.05-, and 0.20-mg/kg level, respectively (slightly higher with fully automated detection). Following the SANCO/12495/2011 protocol for validation of screening methods, the screening detection limit was determined for 130 pesticides and found to be 0.01, 0.05, and ≥0.20 mg/kg for 86, 30, and 14 pesticides, respectively. For the detected pesticides in the spiked samples, the ability for unambiguous identification according to EU criteria was evaluated. A proposal for adaption of the criteria was made. Figure Extracted ion chromatograms showing availability of various diagnostic ions after analysis by LC with full scan high resolution MS, enabling selective detection and identification of pesticides. Example shown: propoxur at 0.01 mg/kg in apple.
Keywords: Screening; LC–high-resolution MS; Validation; Identification; Pesticides; Vegetables and fruits
Common wheat determination in durum wheat samples through LC/MS analysis of gluten peptides by Barbara Prandi; Mariangela Bencivenni; Tullia Tedeschi; Rosangela Marchelli; Arnaldo Dossena; Gianni Galaverna; Stefano Sforza (2909-2914).
A method to detect the presence of common wheat in durum wheat flour samples was developed and tested. Flour samples, or ground wheat samples, were digested by pepsin and chymotrypsin, and the peptide mixture obtained was analyzed by LC/ESI-MS and LC/ESI-MS/MS, which led to the identification of two marker peptides. One peptide was coded only in the DD genome, and thus present only in common wheat; the second was present in all wheat samples (both common and durum), so it was used as marker of the total wheat content. The ratio of the chromatographic areas of these two peptides, as determined by LC/ESI-MS, was related to the proportion of common wheat in the sample using a calibration curve that was constructed with standards of known composition. The proportions of common wheat in samples obtained by mixing different common and durum wheat varieties were accurately determined by this method. Finally, the method was applied in a survey of several durum wheat flour brands present on the Italian market. The results of the survey revealed that contamination of durum wheat flour with common wheat is commonplace.
Keywords: Common wheat; Durum wheat; Food authenticity; Gluten peptides; LC/MS
Rapid determination of amino acids in foods by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry by Vural Gökmen; Arda Serpen; Burçe Ataç Mogol (2915-2922).
This study describes a rapid and sensitive analytical method for the determination of amino acids in foods and drinks. The method entailed dilution or extraction of amino acids from foods using the mixture of acetonitrile and 0.1% aqueous formic acid (50:50, v/v). Chromatographic separation of underivatized amino acids was performed using a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography within a runtime of 6 min. Both hydrophobicity and charge of the side chain played important roles on the elution order of amino acids under the chromatographic conditions. High-resolution mass spectrometry allowed qualitative and quantitative detection of amino acids in complex food matrices. Its response was found linear over a concentration range of 0.25–10 μg/ml. The method could be successfully applied to various foods and drinks to profile individual amino acids. Mean percentage recoveries of amino acids from different matrices were 88.5% or higher with residual standard deviation of less than 5.0%.
Keywords: Amino acids; Food; Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography; High-resolution mass spectrometry
Identification and quantification of six major α-dicarbonyl process contaminants in high-fructose corn syrup by Sabrina Gensberger; Stefan Mittelmaier; Marcus A. Glomb; Monika Pischetsrieder (2923-2931).
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a widely used liquid sweetener produced from corn starch by hydrolysis and partial isomerization of glucose to fructose. During these processing steps, sugars can be considerably degraded, leading, for example, to the formation of reactive α-dicarbonyl compounds (α-DCs). The present study performed targeted screening to identify the major α-DCs in HFCS. For this purpose, α-DCs were selectively converted with o-phenylendiamine to the corresponding quinoxaline derivatives, which were analyzed by liquid chromatography with hyphenated diode array–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-DAD-MS/MS) detection. 3-Deoxy-d-erythro-hexos-2-ulose (3-deoxyglucosone), d-lyxo-hexos-2-ulose (glucosone), 3-deoxy-d-threo-hexos-2-ulose (3-deoxygalactosone), 1-deoxy-d-erythro-hexos-2,3-diulose (1-deoxyglucosone), 3,4-dideoxyglucosone-3-ene, methylglyoxal, and glyoxal were identified by enhanced mass spectra as well as MS/MS product ion spectra using the synthesized standards as reference. Addition of diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid and adjustment of the derivatization conditions ensured complete derivatization without de novo formation for all identified α-DCs in HFCS matrix except for glyoxal. Subsequently, a ultra-high performance LC-DAD-MS/MS method was established to quantify 3-deoxyglucosone, glucosone, 3-deoxygalactosone, 1-deoxyglucosone, 3,4-dideoxyglucosone-3-ene, and methylglyoxal in HFCS. Depending on the α-DC compound and concentration, the recovery ranged between 89.2% and 105.8% with a relative standard deviation between 1.9% and 6.5%. Subsequently, the α-DC profiles of 14 commercial HFCS samples were recorded. 3-Deoxyglucosone was identified as the major α-DC with concentrations up to 730 μg/mL HFCS. The total α-DC content ranged from 293 μg/mL to 1,130 μg/mL HFCS. Significantly different α-DC levels were not detected between different HFCS specifications, but between samples of various manufacturers indicating that the α-DC load is influenced by the production procedures.
Keywords: High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS); Sugar degradation products; α-Dicarbonyl compound (α-DC); o-Phenylenediamine (OPD); Quinoxaline derivatives; Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC)
Glycidyl fatty acid esters in food by LC-MS/MS: method development by A. Becalski; S. Y. Feng; B. P.-Y. Lau; T. Zhao (2933-2942).
An improved method based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the analysis of glycidyl fatty acid esters in oils was developed. The method incorporates stable isotope dilution analysis (SIDA) for quantifying the five target analytes: glycidyl esters of palmitic (C16:0), stearic (C18:0), oleic (C18:1), linoleic (C18:2) and linolenic acid (C18:3). For the analysis, 10 mg sample of edible oil or fat is dissolved in acetone, spiked with deuterium labelled analogs of glycidyl esters and purified by a two-step chromatography on C18 and normal silica solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridges using methanol and 5% ethyl acetate in hexane, respectively. If the concentration of analytes is expected to be below 0.5 mg/kg, 0.5 g sample of oil is pre-concentrated first using a silica column. The dried final extract is re-dissolved in 250 μL of a mixture of methanol/isopropanol (1:1, v/v), 15 μL is injected on the analytical C18 LC column and analytes are eluted with 100% methanol. Detection of target glycidyl fatty acid esters is accomplished by LC-MS/MS using positive ion atmospheric pressure chemical ionization operating in Multiple Reaction Monitoring mode monitoring 2 ion transitions for each analyte. The method was tested on replicates of a virgin olive oil which was free of glycidyl esters. The method detection limit was calculated to be in the range of 70–150 μg/kg for each analyte using 10 mg sample and 1–3 μg/kg using 0.5 g sample of oil. Average recoveries of 5 glycidyl esters spiked at 10, 1 and 0.1 mg/kg were in the range 84% to 108%. The major advantage of our method is use of SIDA for all analytes using commercially available internal standards and detection limits that are lower by a factor of 5–10 from published methods when 0.5 g sample of oil is used. Additionally, MS/MS mass chromatograms offer greater specificity than liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry operated in selected ion monitoring mode. The method will be applied to the survey of glycidyl fatty acid esters in food products on the Canadian market.
Keywords: Glycidyl fatty acid esters; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS); Food analysis; Oils
Validation of a multi-residue method for the determination of several antibiotic groups in honey by LC-MS/MS by Detlef A. Bohm; Carolin S. Stachel; Petra Gowik (2943-2953).
The presented multi-method was developed for the confirmation of 37 antibiotic substances from the six antibiotic groups: macrolides, lincosamides, quinolones, tetracyclines, pleuromutilines and diamino-pyrimidine derivatives. All substances were analysed simultaneously in a single analytical run with the same procedure, including an extraction with buffer, a clean-up by solid-phase extraction, and the measurement by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in ESI+ mode. The method was validated on the basis of an in-house validation concept with factorial design by combination of seven factors to check the robustness in a concentration range of 5–50 μg kg−1. The honeys used were of different types with regard to colour and origin. The values calculated for the validation parameters—decision limit CCα (range, 7.5–12.9 μg kg−1), detection capability CCβ (range, 9.4–19.9 μg kg−1), within-laboratory reproducibility RSDwR (<20% except for tulathromycin with 23.5% and tylvalosin with 21.4 %), repeatability RSDr (<20% except for tylvalosin with 21.1%), and recovery (range, 92–106%)—were acceptable and in agreement with the criteria of Commission Decision 2002/657/EC. The validation results showed that the method was applicable for the residue analysis of antibiotics in honey to substances with and without recommended concentrations, although some changes had been tested during validation to determine the robustness of the method.
Keywords: Honey; Veterinary drug residues; Antibiotics; Multi-group method; LC-MS/MS; Validation
Determination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and their metabolites in milk by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry by Piotr Jedziniak; Teresa Szprengier-Juszkiewicz; Konrad Pietruk; Edyta Śledzińska; Jan Żmudzki (2955-2963).
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are widely used for treatment of animals. According to Council Directive 96/23/EC, residues of these drugs must be monitored because of the potential risk they pose to the consumers’ health. For this reason an LC–MS–MS method was developed for detection of wide range of NSAIDs, including both “acidic” NSAIDs (carprofen, diclofenac, flunixin, meloxicam, phenylbutazone, oxyphenbutazone, tolfenamic acid, mefenamic acid, naproxen, ketoprofen, ibuprofen, firocoxib, rofecoxib, and celecoxib) and “basic” NSAIDs (four metamizole metabolites). Analytes were extracted from milk samples with acetonitrile in the presence of ammonium acetate. One portion of the extract was directly analyzed for the presence of metamizole metabolites; a second portion was cleaned with an amino cartridge. All NSAIDs were separated on a Phenomenex Luna C8(2) column and analyzed by LC–MS–MS in negative (acidic NSAIDs) and positive (metamizole metabolites) ion modes. The method was validated in accordance with the requirements of Commission Decision 2002/657/EC. Within-laboratory reproducibility was in the range 7–28%, and accuracy was in the range 71–116%. The method enabled detection of all the analytes with the expected sensitivity, below the recommended concentrations. The method fulfills the criteria for confirmatory methods and, because of its efficiency, may also be used for screening purposes. The procedure was also successfully verified in the proficiency test organized by EU-RL in 2010. As far as the authors are aware, this is one of the first methods capable of detecting diclofenac residues below the MRL in milk (0.1 μg kg−1). An additional advantage is the possibility of simultaneous determination of “acidic” NSAIDs and metamizole metabolites.
Keywords: Drugs in milk; Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Diclofenac; Metamizole
LC-MS/MS fast analysis of androgenic steroids in urine by Barbara Wozniak; Iwona Matraszek-Zuchowska; Jan Zmudzki (2965-2972).
The liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated to detect androgenic steroids: trenbolone, nortestosterone, boldenone, methylboldenone, testosterone, methyltestosterone, 17β-1-testosterone and their metabolites in bovine urine. Sample preparation before LC-MS/MS analysis involved an enzymatic hydrolysis with glucuronidase AS-HP, isolation of free hormones from urine on C18 SPE column and purification of the extract using liquid–liquid extraction with n-pentane and SPE NH2 column. For the chromatographic separation of steroids, the Poroshell 120-EC C18 column (150 × 2.1 mm, 2.7 μm) was used. Mass spectrometric measurement was achieved using the API 4000 triple quadrupole (QqQ) instrument with a TurboIon-Spray source operating in positive electrospray ionization mode. The procedure was validated according to the Decision 2002/657/EC. Recovery ranged from 76.5% to 118.9% for all examined compounds. The repeatability was below 20% and reproducibility did not exceed the 25%. The linearity was good for all analytes in the whole range of tested concentrations, as proved by the correlation coefficients greater than 0.99. The decision limit (CCα) ranged from 0.10 to 0.17 μg L−1 for all analytes, whereas the detection capability (CCβ) ranged from 0.17 to 0.29 μg L−1. The application of an innovative Poroshell column allowed for very good chromatographic separation of steroids with a much shorter time of analysis. Figure MRM chromatogram of 30 ng of androgenic steroids
Keywords: Androgenic steroids; Validation; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry
Thyreostatic drugs, stability in bovine and porcine urine by J. Vanden Bussche; S. S. Sterk; H. F. De Brabander; M. H. Blokland; Y. Deceuninck; B. Le Bizec; L. Vanhaecke (2973-2982).
Thyreostatic drugs, illegally administrated to livestock for fattening purposes, are banned in the European Union since 1981. For monitoring their illegal use, sensitive and specific analytical methods are required. In this context, the knowledge of the stability in a matrix is of primary importance. This study aimed at evaluating the effects of preservation, number of freeze–thaw cycles, and matrix-related variables on the stability of thyreostatic drugs in the urine of livestock. Finally, the developed conservation approach was applied on incurred urine samples, which displayed traces of the thyreostat thiouracil below the recommended concentration of 10 μg L−1. The stability study confirmed the negative influence of preservation (8 h) at room temperature and at −70 °C, decreases in concentration of more than 78.0% were observed for all thyreostats, except for 1-methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole and 2-mercaptobenzimidazole. Additionally, investigation of matrix-related variables indicated significant impacts of the presence of copper (p = 0.001) and the pH (p = 0.002). Next, an optimised pre-treatment (pH 1 and 0.1 M ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dehydrate) significantly differing from the original conservation approach (p < 0.05) was developed, which proved capable of delaying the decrease in concentration and improved the detection in time for both spiked as well as incurred urine samples. In the future, it seems highly advisable to apply the developed pre-treatment on incurred urines upon sampling, before thyreostat analysis. Additionally, it is recommendable to limit preservation of urine samples at room temperature, but also in the freezer prior to thyreostat analysis. Figure Schematic representation of experimental design
Keywords: Thyreostatic drugs; Stability; Urine; UPLC; Mass spectrometry
Rapid identification, by use of the LTQ Orbitrap hybrid FT mass spectrometer, of antifungal compounds produced by lactic acid bacteria by Brid Brosnan; Aidan Coffey; Elke K. Arendt; Ambrose Furey (2983-2995).
Fungal contamination of food causes health and economic concerns. Several species of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have antifungal activity which may inhibit food spoilage fungi. LAB have GRAS (generally recognised as safe) status, allowing them to be safely integrated into food systems as natural food preservatives. A method is described herein that enables rapid screening of LAB cultures for 25 known antifungal compounds associated with LAB. This is the first chromatographic method developed which enables the rapid identification of a wide range of antifungal compounds by a single method with a short analysis time (23 min). Chromatographic separation was achieved on a Phenomenex Gemini C18 100A column (150 mm × 2.0 mm; 5 μm) by use of a mobile-phase gradient prepared from (A) water containing acetic acid (0.1%) and (B) acetonitrile containing acetic acid (0.1%), at a flow rate of 0.3 µL min−1. The gradient involved a progressive ramp from 10–95% acetonitrile over 13 min. The LC was coupled to a hybrid LTQ Orbitrap XL fourier-transform mass spectrometer (FTMS) operated in negative ionisation mode. High mass accuracy data (<3 ppm) obtained by use of high resolution (30,000 K) enabled unequivocal identification of the target compounds. This method allows comprehensive profiling and comparison of different LAB strains and is also capable of the identification of additional compounds produced by these bacteria.
Keywords: LAB; Antifungal compounds; LTQ Orbitrap XL; High mass accuracy data; LC–FTMS
Accurate mass screening of pharmaceuticals and fungicides in water by U-HPLC–Exactive Orbitrap MS by Carmen Lidia Chitescu; Efraim Oosterink; Jacob de Jong; Alida Adriana Maria (Linda) Stolker (2997-3011).
The use of pharmaceuticals in livestock production is a potential source of surface water, groundwater and soil contamination. Possible impacts of antibiotics on the environment include toxicity and the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Monitoring programs are required to record the presence of these substances in the environment. A rapid, versatile and selective multi-method was developed and validated for screening 43 pharmaceutical and fungicides compounds, in surface and groundwater, in one single full-scan MS method, using benchtop U-HPLC–Exactive Orbitrap MS at 50,000 (FWHM) resolution. Detection was based on calculated exact masses and on retention time. Sample volume, pH conditions and solid-phase extraction (SPE) sample clean-up conditions were optimized. In the final method, 74 % of the compounds had recoveries higher than 80 %, 15 % of the compounds had recoveries between 60 % and 80 %, and 7 % of the compounds had recoveries between 40 % and 50 %. One of the compounds (itraconazole) had a recovery lower than 10 % and nystatin was not detected. The level of detection was 10 ng L−1 for 61 % of the compounds, 50 ng L−1 for 32 % and 100 ng L−1 for 5%. In-house validation, based on EU guidelines, proves that the detection capability CCβ is lower than 10 ng L−1 (for β error 5 %) for 37 % of the compounds, lower than 50 ng L−1 for 35 % of the compounds and lower than 100 ng L−1 for 14 % of compounds. This study demonstrates that the ultra-high resolution and reliable mass accuracy of Exactive Orbitrap MS permits the detection of pharmaceutical residues in a concentration range of 10–100 ng L−1, applying a post target screening approach, in the multi-method conditions.
Keywords: Antibiotics; Antifungal compounds; Water contamination; Mass accuracy; Post-target approach; Multi-residue analysis
Quantum dot based rapid tests for zearalenone detection by N. V. Beloglazova; E. S. Speranskaya; S. De Saeger; Z. Hens; S. Abé; I. Yu. Goryacheva (3013-3024).
Three different kinds of immunosorbent assays with luminescence detection were developed for the determination of zearalenone (ZEN), a secondary toxic metabolite of Fusarium fungi. CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) were used as a label in quantitative micro-well plate immunoassays (fluorescent-labeled immunosorbent assay, FLISA) and in qualitative column test methods. As carriers for QD-based column tests, sepharose gel (for covalent binding of antibody) and polyethylene frits (for physical absorption of antibody) were used and compared. The application of QDs as a label resulted in a fourfold decrease in the IC50 value with FLISA (0.1 ng mL−1) with a detection limit of 0.03 ng mL−1 when compared with the traditional immunosorbent assay which makes use of horseradish peroxidase as the enzyme label. The cutoff levels for both qualitative column test methods were selected based on the maximum level for ZEN in unprocessed cereals established by the European Commission (100 μg kg−1) as 5 ng mL−1 taking into account extraction and dilution. The different developed immumoassays were tested for ZEN determination in raw wheat samples. As a confirmatory method, liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry was used. The obtained results allow using FLISA and both qualitative column test methods for the analysis of analytes with very low established maximum limits, even in very complicated food matrices, owing to the high dilution of the sample extract.
Keywords: Quantum dots; Immunoassay; On-site method; Enzyme-linked immunoassay; Fluorescent-labeled immunoassay; Zearalenone
Development of a molecularly imprinted polymer-matrix solid-phase dispersion method for selective determination of β-estradiol as anabolic growth promoter in goat milk by J. Gañán; A. Gallego-Picó; R. M. Garcinuño; P. Fernández-Hernando; S. Morante; I. Sierra; J. S. Durand (3025-3029).
A simple, fast, and sensitive method for determination of 17 β-estradiol (E2) in goat milk samples has been developed by combining selective molecularly imprinted matrix solid-phase dispersion (MIP–MSPD) and liquid chromatography with diode-array detection (DAD). The molecularly imprinted polymer was synthesized by use of 17β-estradiol as template molecule, methacrylic acid as functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as crosslinker monomer, azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator, and acetonitrile as porogen, and was used as selective solid support for matrix solid-phase dispersion. The selected dispersant had high affinity for E2 in the goat milk matrix and the extract obtained was sufficiently clean for direct injection for HPLC analysis without any interferences from the matrix. The proposed MIP–MSPD method was validated for linearity, precision, accuracy, decision limit (CCα) and detection capability (CCβ), in accordance with European Commission Decision 2002/657/EC criteria. Linearity ranged from 0.3–10 μg g−1 (correlation coefficient r 2 > 0.999). Mean recovery of E2 from goat milk samples at different spiked levels was between 89.5 and 92.2%, with RSD values within 1.3–2%. CCα and CCβ values were 0.36 and 0.39 μg g−1, respectively. The developed MIP–MSPD method was successfully applied to direct determination of E2 in goat milk samples. Figure Determination of 17β-Estradiol by using a MIP-MSPD method in goat milk sample
Keywords: β-estradiol; Growth promoters; Milk; MSPD; HPLC
Quantification of cow’s milk percentage in dairy products – a myth? by Helmut K. Mayer; J. Bürger; N. Kaar (3031-3040).
The substitution of ewe’s and goat’s milk for cheaper cow’s milk is still a fraudulent practice in the dairy industry. Moreover, soy-based products (e.g., soy milk, yoghurt) have to be checked for cow’s milk as they are an alternative for people suffering from an allergy against bovine milk proteins. This work reports the evaluation of different protein-based electrophoretic methods and DNA-based techniques for the qualitative detection as well as the quantitative determination of cow’s milk percentage in dairy and soy milk products. Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of γ-caseins using an optimized pH gradient was appropriate not only for the detection of cow’s milk, but also for an estimation of cow’s milk percentage in mixed-milk cheese varieties. Urea-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) proved the method of choice to detect cow’s milk in soy milk products, whereas IEF and SDS-PAGE of proteins were not applicable due to false-positive results. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis was used to confirm the results of protein-based electrophoretic methods. Problems inherent in quantitative analysis of cow’s milk percentage using protein-based techniques and even more using DNA-based methods were emphasized. Applicability of quantitative real-time PCR for the determination of cow’s milk percentage in mixed-milk cheese was shown to be hampered by several factors (e.g., somatic cell count of milk; technological parameters influencing the final DNA concentration in ripened commercial cheese samples). The implementation of certified reference standards (of major relevant cheese groups) containing 50% cow’s milk was urgently recommended to enable at least a yes/no decision in commercial mixed-milk cheese samples. Figure Austrian cheese variety manufactured from cow’s, sheep’s and goat’s milk
Keywords: Milk species identification; Cow’s milk percentage; Mixed-milk cheese; Electrophoresis; PCR; Quantitative real-time PCR
Novel approach for the simultaneous detection of DNA from different fish species based on a nuclear target: quantification potential by Marta Prado; Ana Boix; Christoph von Holst (3041-3050).
The development of DNA-based methods for the identification and quantification of fish in food and feed samples is frequently focused on a specific fish species and/or on the detection of mitochondrial DNA of fish origin. However, a quantitative method for the most common fish species used by the food and feed industry is needed for official control purposes, and such a method should rely on the use of a single-copy nuclear DNA target owing to its more stable copy number in different tissues. In this article, we report on the development of a real-time PCR method based on the use of a nuclear gene as a target for the simultaneous detection of fish DNA from different species and on the evaluation of its quantification potential. The method was tested in 22 different fish species, including those most commonly used by the food and feed industry, and in negative control samples, which included 15 animal species and nine feed ingredients. The results show that the method reported here complies with the requirements concerning specificity and with the criteria required for real-time PCR methods with high sensitivity.
Keywords: Real-time PCR; Nuclear DNA; Fish DNA; Quantification; Rhodopsin gene; Degenerate primers/probe
Development of an Evidence biochip array kit for the multiplex screening of more than 20 anthelmintic drugs by J. Porter; N. O’Loan; B. Bell; J. Mahoney; M. McGarrity; R. I. McConnell; S. P. Fitzgerald (3051-3056).
Anthelmintic drugs are used in clinical and veterinary practice for the treatment of infections caused by parasitic worms. Their extensive use in food-producing animals can cause the presence of residues in food. For consumer protection it is necessary to monitor the levels of anthelmintic residues to ensure that they remain within the legally permitted maximum acceptable concentrations. For this purpose, the use of multiplex screening methods is advantageous. Biochip array technology allows the simultaneous determination of multiple analytes from a single sample at a single point in time. This study reports the development of an Evidence biochip array for the multiplex screening of anthelmintic drugs. Simultaneous competitive chemiluminescent immunoassays are employed. The solid support and vessel is the biochip, which contains an array of discrete test sites. The assays were applied to the semiautomated bench-top analyser Evidence Investigator. The aminobenzimidazoles assay detected aminomebendazole, albendazole 2-aminosulphone and aminoflubendazole, the avermectins assay detected emamectin benzoate, eprinomectin, abamectin, ivermectin and doramectin, the benzimidazoles assay detected albendazole sulphone, albendazole, albendazole sulphoxide, oxibendazole, oxfendazole and flubendazole, the thiabendazole assay detected cambendazole, thiabendazole and 5-hydroxythiabendazole and the triclabendazole assay detected ketotriclabendazole, triclabendazole and triclabendazole sulphoxide. The limits of detection ranged from 0.3 ppb (aminobenzimidazoles) to 2.0 ppb (levamisole) in milk and from 0.15 ppb (aminobenzimidazoles) to 6.5 ppb (levamisole) in tissue. The average recovery range was 71–135 %. This multianalytical approach on a biochip platform is applicable to the screening of more than 20 anthelmintic drugs in different food matrices, leading to consolidation of tests and enhancement of the test result output.
Keywords: Anthelmintic drugs; Biochip array; Multiplex screening; Simultaneous immunoassays
Validation and application of reporter gene assays for the determination of estrogenic and androgenic endocrine disruptor activity in sport supplements by Monika Plotan; Christopher T. Elliott; Michalina Oplatowska; Lisa Connolly (3057-3067).
Previously developed estrogen and androgen mammalian reporter gene assays (RGAs) were assessed for their potential use as a quantitative screening method in the detection of estrogenic and androgenic endocrine disruptors (EDs) in sport supplements. The validation of both RGAs coupled with dispersive solid phase extraction (dSPE) was performed in accordance with European Commission Decision EC/2002/6579 for biological screening methods. Decision limits (CCα) and detection capabilities (CCβ) were established for both the estrogen and androgen RGAs. All samples were compliant with CCα and CCβ in both bioassays. Recovery rates were 96 % for 17β-estradiol and 115 % for dihydrotestosterone as obtained in their corresponding RGA. Both estrogens and androgens were stable in samples for more than 3 weeks, when stored at −20 °C. Specificity, good repeatability (coefficients of variation (CV), 12–25 %), reproducibility and robustness of both bioassays were also observed. Four different ED modes of action were determined for estrogens and androgens in 53 sport supplements, using the validated RGAs. This study revealed that 89 % of the investigated sport supplements contained estrogenic EDs and 51 % contained androgenic compounds. In conclusion, both bioassays are suitable for sport supplement screening of estrogenic and androgenic EDs.
Keywords: Validation; Sport supplements; Androgen; Estrogen; Reporter gene assay; Bioassay
Normalisation of data from allergens proficiency tests by Mark Sykes; Dominic Anderson; Bhavna Parmar (3069-3076).
The problem of allergen analysis using ELISA kits from different commercial products giving significantly different results is widely acknowledged. The effect on proficiency testing results is that different assigned values have to be generated for the different kits used. Some experimental Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme (FAPAS) proficiency tests aimed to establish whether the use of a standardised calibrant could be used to normalise the complete data set without recourse to differentiation. Three recent FAPAS proficiency tests (2776 peanut, 2778 soya and 2781 gluten) sent out a second spiked sample, in addition to the usual spiked and unspiked samples. Further analysis of the data was undertaken after the completion of the tests. The ratio of the submitted results for the two spiked samples yielded complete data sets which could be tested for normality of the distribution. Where the raw data for each individual test sample was clearly non-normal and multi-modal, the ratio data yielded a much more normal and symmetrical distribution. The use of one of the test samples as a single-point calibrant has some limitations but the principle of applying a standardisation clearly works. The development of internationally recognised sets of certified reference calibration standards for use by allergens testing laboratories would greatly benefit the analysis.
Keywords: Proficiency testing; Allergens; Calibration standard
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CEDIL Inception Paper 4
Authors: Kneale D, Thomas J, Bangpan M, Waddington H, Gough D
Understanding the extent to which an intervention ‘works’ can provide compelling evidence to decision-makers, although without an accompanying explanation of how an intervention works, this evidence can be difficult to apply in other settings, ultimately impeding its usefulness in making judicious and evidence-informed decisions. In this paper, we describe causal chain analysis as involving the development of a logic model, which outlines graphically a hypothesis of how an intervention leads to a change in an outcome. This logic model is then used to anchor subsequent decisions in the systematic review process, including decisions on synthesis. In this paper, we outline the steps taken in building a logic model, which usually consists of a series of boxes depicting intervention components and processes, outputs, and outcomes with arrows depicting connecting relationships. The nature of these connecting relationships and their basis in causality are considered, through a focus on complex causal relationships and the way in which contextual factors about the intervention setting or population may moderate these. We also explore the way in which specific combinations of intervention components may lead to successful interventions. Evidence synthesis techniques are discussed in the context of causal chain analysis, and their usefulness in exploring different parts of the causal chain or different types of relationship. The approaches outlined in this paper aim to assist systematic reviewers in producing findings that are useful to decision-makers and practitioners, and in turn, help to confirm existing theories or develop entirely new ways of understanding how interventions to effect change.
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Examples of the 'XML2RFC' Version 2 and 3 Vocabularies
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Open site to go with the recently locked one
Dave's Daily Drivel
I’ve neglected this blog while dealing with various issues.
The largest of these has been Mum’s move to a dementia wing about a mile or so away from our house.
The last six months have seen her raging at the injustice of the move and demanding to be returned to her house – a move made somewhat impossible by it being refurbed and occupied by a new tenant.
They’ve medicated her and she is calmer now.
She has no recollection of arriving shortly after New Year and “learns” every day that there is a sitting room she can use and a sealed garden too. Her hair is done every week, not that she remembers.
She claims that she is never fed despite maintaining her ample figure.
Photo albums and other possessions are tucked away in drawers and rediscovered every day.
It is sad but all part of Alzheimers.
At home my eldest daughter is planning to move out. Her boyfriend and her have it all planned out and are viewing rentals. It is time as there is friction at home. She has recently dropped out of her course to rethink things.
My e£ay account is busy at the moment as I try to clear the mountain of valuables left behind after the house clearance. The plan is to establish an “estate” for Mum which can be used for her benefit or simply divided up after she passes.
It’s an odd pastime. I realised quickly that many of the things Dad thought were valuable were actually tat, especially stamps and first day covers. I’m keeping track of fees and income on a spreadsheet and learning the ropes of how to appeal to collectors.
There is a feeling of guilt about selling this collection. Guilt is salved though by knowing that a heap of stuff is a depressing thing and that the money this generates will ultimately do some good.
Oh one last thing. WP has notified me on several occasions recently that many more people are following me. I find this curious for two reasons. Firstly, my absence is hardly appealing to folk wanting a good read. Secondly, all of them are just email addresses, not WP pages and all are absent from my Followers list.
If you’re one of these people I’d love to know what drew you to this quiet little corner of the internet.
dderbydave
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Hangaku Gozen says:
Recently WordPress has been plagued by bots who claim to follow your blog, apparently expecting you to follow them back. I’ve seen jokes about Russian hackers and trolls, but I have no idea where these new “followers” are coming from. It does make me a bit more wary about leaving comments and “likes” at blogs with a large international following, since your Gravitar will lead people back to your own blog.
I don’t think you should feel guilty about selling off your parents’ “treasures.” In the end, they’re just things that we ascribe value to. If they were sitting in a neglected pile in some garage or attic, it’s better to let them go. I used to think my children would want the things I saved from my grandmother’s and mother-in-law’s houses, but they’ve expressed no interest. I think their generation prefers to travel light, especially when it’s so hard to purchase a house here in the US. And maybe it’s best to take a lesson from them.
muminamerc says:
I read your update with anticipation as your silence in the blogworld worried me. I am sorry that you are having to still deal with so many changes – especially with your mum. Not just time consuming but emotionally draining. I am happy that you have found her a place in a dementia home however as she will now be safe. I was just watching a UK clip about a dementia ward where they had ‘installed’ a bus stop in the corridor as a lot of the residents still got confused about where they were and why they couldn’t go home – a ‘bus stop’ seemed to bring them comfort in a way – they could go there and still be safe. Sad but a way to connect still through the Alzheimers fog. In the library where I volunteer we have home visits and believe it or not, mechanical pets (cat and dog) that those in the ravages of alzheimers etc can hold and relax with. It is still a field which is infinite to those who want to help….
I so feel for you with going through the belongings. I had that too – the valuables that I had always been told ‘were worth something’ felt a burden. I didn’t WANT the value as such but it felt wrong to just dump them. Having been told all through childhood that they were ‘special’ and ‘valuable’ I was amazed when I took them to a ‘coin and stamp expert’ and she basically called them ‘tat’ and ‘worth nothing.’ The sum she suggested also had the air of ‘I am really doing you a favor’ and so I brought them back here to America where they sit in a drawer – untouched and still without value….. and I am not sure where they will ‘go’ but it seemed wrong to have such an undeserving end. So I do feel for you.
Good luck with going down to 3 kids. It will no doubt change the house dynamics. It did when our eldest made a move. But despite the distance, in some ways she is closer to us than ever (currently in Africa).
Change is good, right? If we keep saying that…… Chin up. Onwards and upwards and all that.
dderbydave says:
Mum said something similar about me and big bro leaving – that she had better conversations when we went away to college. Thank you for the kind words. Are you still blogging. you dont appear on my reader now.
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The FightsBoxing
David Haye Showed Up At Dereck Chisora's Post-Fight Presser, Tried To Beat Him With A Tripod
Timothy Burke
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Vitali Klitschko
Fights and/or boobs
The circus that surrounded British heavyweight Dereck Chisora during his unsuccessful attempt to take the WBC title from Vitali Klitschko continued after the fight, when fellow Brit David Haye arrived to, apparently, start some shit.
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It's the seventh round of Dereck Chisora's WBC title challenge against Vitali Klitschko,…
And shit was started, as you can see in the video above. Haye, who lost to Wladimir Klitschko in his last fight before retiring, interrupted Chisora's post-fight presser and then decked him in the face. (See the Daily Mail for an unreal photo of the punch.) What came next is tough to see from the video we have, though we cranked up the gain so you can see a bit more. At one point Haye swings a photographer's tripod, while Chisora weaponizes a beer bottle. Haye's manager Adam Booth ended up with a bleeding gash on his head, though it's unsure who caused it—a close inspection of the video reveals he might have taken the blow from Haye himself.
It's a complete clownshow, and the fact it takes place in what appears to be a nightclub makes the whole scene that much more surreal/awesome/ridiculous. If Haye is angling to come out of retirement for a bout with Chisora, he'd be smart to, in the future, leave the planning up to somebody else.
h/t to Balls.ie, with help from the BBC & SportingLife.
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Will Indian Army get $8-billion, made in India, Future Infantry Combat Vehicle? Fate to be decided soon
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The fate of the $8-billion Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) project for the Indian Army is expected to be sealed when the Defence Secretary Production Ajay Kumar will meet with the stakeholders next week. Sources confirmed to FE that, “During the expected meeting on Dec 12, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will decide the fate and the future line of action for the project which is expected to come under the ‘Make II’ category in an effort to involve the private sector in the defence sector to get more active in Make in India initiative.”
If all is clear then the Project FICV will go to the Defence Acquisition Council for approval. To be `Made in India’ it will have minimum 40% indigenous content.
According to sources, “The government is keen that this project is fast-tracked and it will speed up the modernisation of the armoured vehicles of the Indian Army.”
So far three companies including Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance Defence and Engineering and Titagarh Wagons have sent their proposals to the MoD. The potential Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) include US-based General Dynamic, Russian companies under the umbrella of Rosoboronexport, and German Rheinmetall – subject to approval – among others.
As has been reported by Financial Express Online earlier, initially the FICV project which was approved under the strategic partnership model for the armoured vehicle segment was considered under the ‘Make’ category under DPP-2008.
Under the Make II category no funding is required from the MoD, unlike the ‘Make’ category, where the ministry has to provide 90% of funds up to the prototype stage. As per the Chapter–III of DPP-2016, the ‘Make’ procedure for indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment/ weapon systems was simplified in 2016.
Later a new subcategory — Make-II (industry funded) — was introduced with a major focus on development of equipment/ system/platform or their upgrades or their subsystems/sub-assembly/assemblies/components. In this subcategory, no government funding is envisaged for prototype development purposes, but there is assurance of orders on successful development and trials of the prototype.
Under the initial proposal of `Make’ category, the plan was to have three development agencies (DAs) – two from the private sector and one from the Ordnance Factory Board, and the MoD had to give minimum of Rs 500 crore each to the three DAs as per the procedure. While under the Make II category, the ministry hopes to save money, it will ensure that the delayed project will move faster, sources told FE.
The Project FICV which has a lifespan of 32 years, around 2,600 FICVs will replace the Army’s old Russian-origin BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles.
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Movie Review: Smallfoot.
Neil Worcester September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 1
animated film, Channing Tatum, Movie Review, Smallfoot, Yeti, Zendaya
Smallfoot is an arctic animated blast of fresh air that’s smart, funny, and topical.
Wow. I did not expect this. WB animation has been making hits as of late, most notably with their LEGO franchise. Smallfoot looked to be another airy confection in that mold: catchy songs, funny characters, frenetic action with a cookie cutter plot. Instead director Karey Kirkpatrick delivers all of the fun, wrapped around a nugget of incisive cultural commentary. Smallfoot is a cartoon that will entertain the kids while challenging viewers young and old to think about the state of the world around them.
Smallfoot (2018).
Migo (Channing Tatum) is a happy yeti living in a mountain village utopia for abominable snowpersons. The Stonekeeper (Common) passes down the lore of the tribe, etched in tablets he wears, that guide all of their lives. Everyone does their job and nobody asks questions, and they all love it.
That changes when Migo encounters a “Smallfoot” – a human that according to the stones does not exist. Banished for telling his story, Migo and his friends head below the clouds surrounding their home to discover the truth about the Smallfoot…and about the rigid rules of their culture.
Soft as Powder.
Yup. That’s pretty.
As an animated kids flick, Smallfoot checks all of the boxes. The animation is fluid and frenetic, with plenty of rubber band physics and pratfalls. It also manages to be graceful and beautiful in many places. The sweeping vistas of the yeti mountain and human town are drop dead gorgeous. The mostly jokes play well, blending G and PG humor into the mix. The story is multifaceted but has enough time-worn elements that it won’t throw kids for a loop.
Zendaya’s songs just knock it out of the park.
There are several memorable songs, which are a delight. Zendaya delivers a rousing theme song that is sweeping and beautiful. Channing Tatum does a fun opening number, and James Corden, who plays the human Percy, riffs on “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie. I was impressed by Common’s song “Let it Lie”: it starts in an ungainly talk-as-rap manner and then builds into a powerful and subversive hip hop ballad.
Hard as Ice.
Karey Kirkpatrick (The Secret World of Arrietty, Imagine That) layers everything with insightful social commentary. The rigid nature of Migo’s society, the Stonekeeper’s willingness to hide the truth for cultural expediency, and Percy’s quest for YouTube fame are all in the crosshair. If that was all that Smallfoot had to say, it would be a solid, thoughtful offering. Like an ice core, however, there are even more layers under those.
Subtext. This movie has it in spades.
It’s hard to find a topic the movie doesn’t touch on. The use of gaslighting to silence dissent, especially female dissent to power, is covered. The marginalization of outside-the-bubble voices gets significant time. The struggle between preserving peace versus sacrificing liberty becomes a central tenant. The in-group versus out-group tribalism. The nature of mob mentality. The uneasy passing of power from one generation to the next. The injustice of modern capitalism and banking. I’m not making this up!) It’s all there. Kirkpatrick is making the fricking Citizen Kane of singing and dancing yeti movies, and I was staggered by the effort.
Cracks in the Ice.
It takes a while for Percy to stop being a turd.
Smallfoot isn’t flawless. It’s humor is mostly of the Loony Tunes variety with a reliance on physical violence. Some of the songs are a bit clunky or forced. You could argue that the ending undercuts some of the messages of the film. Side characters voiced by LeBron James and Yara Shahidi don’t have enough to do. On the levels of kid’s movie, smart adult movie, and cultural critique film, each is about a B+. It’s by weaving them together in such a seamless manner that the film really shines.
Ice Sculpture.
Dont’worry, kids will like it…and might learn a thing or two!
I really enjoyed my time with Smallfoot. I went in with no particular expectations and was delivered a fun and thoughtful experience. I thought the central motif of respectfully questioning authority and received wisdom was deftly done, and an important lesson for kids. There’s nothing mean-spirited or snarky about the film’s handling of touchy cultural issues. When Zendaya’s character asks what could be wrong with being curious, she means it. Even if you’re not looking to engage the film on its deeper levels, it is a fun animated romp. As it stands, it looks as if a musical starring Zendaya is going to be my “surprise favorite” of the year two years in a row!
We got a winner folks!
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What You Need to Know About the Upcoming Broadway Bike Lane Demo
A scene from last year’s weekend “pop-up” bike lane on Broadway. A longer, more robust demo begins August 15. Photo: BikeDenver
If Mayor Michael Hancock decides to install a permanent, two-way protected bike lane on Broadway, it would be his most concrete step to follow through on promises to make Denver a great city for bicycling.
The Broadway project isn’t a done deal yet, however. First, Public Works will install a temporary, five-block demonstration between Bayaud and Virginia avenues. The two-way demo bike lane will be next to the curb, separated from moving traffic by a parking lane. After implementation in the first half of August, the temporary bike lane will stay in place at least three months.
Here’s a look at why this project matters, and how you can help make it permanent.
Redesigning Broadway is about creating a safer street and a better neighborhood, not moving car traffic
Too many city streets are designed to maintain “level of service” for automobiles — a measure of how well a street speeds drivers to their destinations. The Broadway redesign sets different priorities. It aims to make the street safer for pedestrians and cyclists (as well as drivers, who also benefit from non-lethal traffic speeds), improve bus service, and create a better environment for the people who live and work in the area.
Average speeds tend to be above the posted limit on the corridor. Image: DPW
A study of driving speeds on the Broadway/Lincoln corridor is clear: Speeding is the rule, not the exception, increasing the risk of injury or death. We know that narrower roads induce safer speeds. Without the redesign, dangerous conditions on Broadway will persist.
It will take political will to make the Broadway redesign permanent
As Boulder’s Folsom Street bike lane debacle taught us, city officials have to be prepared for an adjustment period after a significant street redesign and can’t cave at the first sign of disgruntled motorists like the Boulder City Council did last year. Otherwise, the project will never have a chance to succeed.
It’s a good sign that the Broadway redesign has been publicly endorsed by Hancock and City Councilman Jolon Clark, who reps the South Broadway commercial district. That’s a better situation than in Boulder, where the mayor was never on board with the Folsom project. But people who support the Broadway redesign can’t assume that everything will just take care of itself. If you want the bike lane to be permanent, contact Clark and Hancock and show your support at public meetings — there are two scheduled for Thursday. You can also email the project team.
The Broadway redesign has been a long time coming
Neighborhood residents and city planners have been talking about this project for years. It is consistent with six official city plans, including the first iteration of Blueprint Denver, which City Council passed in 2002. Last year Public Works held public meetings and met with business owners to get feedback on the redesign. The project team knocked on every single door in the Broadway/Lincoln corridor to get the word out about the redesign. And Public Works held a weekend “pop-up” bike lane last September to give locals a taste of what’s to come.
High-profile projects like this can’t avoid potshots from the local press and from drivers speeding to and from the suburbs. The best way to counter the inevitable crankiness is to stay positive, ride the bike lanes, tell your elected officials that you support the project, and be vocal at upcoming public meetings.
Filed Under: Broadway, Broadway Bike Lane, Broadway/Lincoln corridor
mckillio
Is measuring the number of users planned for this? If so, do you have the details for it?
Am looking into it, but demos typically do include users as a measurement. Will update when I have more information.
I’m told that bicyclist volume will be measured (as well as car volume),
but it is one of several metrics. I wouldn’t expect any transportation
planner to take that one statistic and declare the project a success or
failure, especially given the placement of the bike lane, which does not
connect to any others. For comparison, Boulder’s Folsom Street had more
than 300 additional riders in just a couple weeks after the redesign.
That small success obviously did not dictate the project’s fate. This
project is about adding safe travel options, so qualitative pieces, like
how drivers and bicyclists interact with the lane, will have to play a
role as well.
All the performance measures will be available at the two public meetings Thursday (one is mid-day and one is int he evening). http://denvermovesbroadway.com/get-involved/
I imagine they’ll be online after that.
How will success be assessed? I’m concerned that the demonstration is designed to fail. Running it from just Virginia to Bayaud doesn’t connect to any other bikeways (like the cherry creek trail). If measuring usage is key that is a real problem that will hold down the number of bikers who will use the temporary route. I’m also concerned about how the travel lane will be cut. If that isn’t designed properly the sudden need to merge traffic will cause unnecessary delays and driver frustration that wouldn’t exist if the traffic lane was gone for the entire length. It seems to me that starting the lane at Speer would make a lot more sense.
All the performance measures will be available at
the two public meetings Thursday (one is mid-day and one is in the
evening). I imagine they’ll be online after that. http://denvermovesbroadway.com/get-involved/
Agreed that testing a longer, better-connected demo would be great, but it would be a much, much more expensive prospect that would include engineering around bulb-outs, for example. The point of a smaller test area is an inexpensive and nimbler project that can be adjusted relatively easily. If the design needs tweaks, it’s better to mess up small and on the cheap than it is to mess up big. Demos are to help planners deduce currently unknown patterns and project their findings in the context of the bigger redesign — just as in political polling, where professional pollsters use a sample size to predict results. This demo crosses Alameda, which is a major intersection. Understanding how the lane works there will give planners an idea of how it will work on other parts of the strip, for example.
And yes, even if it were just five blocks long Speer would make more sense to me as a starting point. Maybe the worry is about that there aren’t as many commercial destinations along that route? I really encourage people to go to these public meetings!
Elayna McCall
I agreed. It should connect to other multi-modal transportation routes, like the light rail stations or Cherry creek trail.
How many demonstration projects does Denver need? These facilities have been tried elsewhere. Denver is not so significantly different from any other place in the US that if a properly designed facility were installed it wouldn’t work. There is a time for trials but sometimes it is nice to actually see something get done. Installing a bike lane shouldn’t take the better part of a decade. Minneapolis has re-configured Hennepin Ave several times in the same span of time Denver has been “studying” this.
Robert Elia
That survey is so biased .. it has to be cooked or said differently; the sample population had to be taken from mostly bikers because anyone who drives Broadway regularly hates that thing. GET RID OF IT !
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The Sunday Poet: Nina R. Alonso
Nina Rubinstein Alonso, editor of Constellations, has published in Ploughshares, The New Yorker, Sumac, Avatar, Women-Poems, U. Mass. Review, and New Boston Review, among other places, and her first book This Body was printed by Godine Press.She taught English literature at Brandeis University and U. Mass., Boston, while continuing training in ballet and exploring modern dance.Saturated with academia, she taught at Boston Ballet for eleven years, and performed in their Nutcracker, until sidelined by injuries. She makes her living teaching at Fresh Pond Ballet in Cambridge, MA. She says, “Now is the time for fresh voices in poetry and fiction. I’m looking for a new constellation.
The tall man unfolds
a cloth and spreads it
like a bed on icy ground
he says, “Lie here
and I will come to you.”
his face is shaded
by something inside him
an echo a warning
and I hold myself apart
because the cloth is
too much like a sheet
too much like a grave
too much like death
and nothing like
my beloved
who doesn’t have
a shadow face
or cloud blank eyes
I walk away slowly
while he stands there
gesturing as if
to a warm soft place
sprinkled with roses
but I know he will
wrap me in bitterness
fold that last piece
over my face
--Nina R. Alonso
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8th Annual Jewish Poetry Festival at Temple Sinai, Brookline, MA
2017 JEWISH POETRY FESTIVAL
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Email: dleipziger@gmail.com
Sunday, March 5 from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.
Deborah Leipziger, curator of the 8th Annual Jewish Poetry Festival, announced the event will take place Sunday, March 5 from 2-4 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 50 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, MA.
Founded by Ms. Leipziger the Jewish Poetry Festival brings together Jewish poets as well as non-Jewish poets who write on Jewish subjects.
Ms. Leipziger said, “Now in its eighth year the Jewish Poetry Festival has grown beyond Brookline’s borders and is a welcoming venue for not only our feature poets, but also for many people both Jewish and non-Jewish who have written poems on the central themes of family, community and Jewish life. All are welcome to attend and to read their poetic work”
This year’s featured poet is Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, named in 2016 by the “Forward,” a national Jewish newspaper as one of America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis. Ordained by ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal in 2011, she is the author of four book-length collections of poetry as well as several poetry chapbooks.
Since 2003 she has blogged as The Velveteen Rabbi and in 2008, TIME named her blog one of the top 25 sites on the Internet. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print media.
Rabbi Barenblat serves as spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel in western Massachusetts, which is affiliated with the Reform movement and is also part of the ALEPH network. Since the spring of 2016 she has been interim Jewish chaplain to Williams College.
Following Rabbi Barenblat’s reading there will be an open mic for people to read an original poem on the themes of family, community or Jewish life. Open mic readers may sign up at the entrance.
Master of Ceremonies for Festival is Professor Larry Lowenthal.
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Susan Tepper Interviews author Alex M. Pruteanu
Susan Tepper: Every book of note that I’ve ever read has one line that cements the heart of the story. In your new novel The Sun Eaters it is this line:
Everything that was alive was hungry, always.
Alex M. Pruteanu: I can certainly speak to that. Hunger gives a certain kind of clarity and awareness of everything around you. The senses, all of them, are almost working overtime. You’re ultra-aware of your biology and how it’s changed, of your digestive system in particular.
To get back to this idea that everything that was alive was hungry, always. If you look around at whatever is left of nature, you’ll see that every animal is engaged actively and aggressively in finding food. Everything about an animal’s life from the time it opens its eyes involves hunting/gathering/scavenging for food. It’s daily warfare. Finding food is what they all do every day of their lives.
ST: And, conversely, warfare brings hunger to those who manage to stay alive.
In the narrative you wrote:
Our hunger was chronic… Every spring we would forage for dandelions and nettles. Dandelions were bitter in the summer and autumn, but if we plucked them while they were young, in the spring, they had a sweeter taste… We ate everything from the flower all the way down to the root… Nettles were tricky… Their leaves bit back…
AP: I thought about the immense difficulty a person has to face if he or she is engaged in the never-ending battle of finding food on a daily basis. Food that doesn’t exist or isn’t much available. Imagine living a life like that. Being in competition with not just your fellow humans, but every living thing around you, every animal, to merely find food for the day.
ST: I’ve read tidbits about your own life, from time to time, in other interviews. I know you were born in Romania and emigrated to the states at some point. Can you tell us how your origins helped craft The Sun Eaters.
AP: I was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1969. My mom defected to the States in 1979 and after close to a year of working to obtain our passports, my father and I were let out of the country to come join my mom here as political refugees. I arrived in the States in late January, 1980.
ST: You were eleven years old. How did it feel to leave your homeland? Was it easy for a boy just entering puberty to connect with American kids?
AP: It felt wrong to leave, initially, and beyond. I was basically told that we were leaving, not asked. And I was kept in the dark about the plan of my mother's defection, so it came suddenly for me. As I knew it, she had taken a trip to the United States as part of an economic delegation, and she never returned. In Romania, I had social connections and a lot of friends that I was told I'd have to leave behind. Plus, from the time my father applied to have our passports released and get permission to leave the country for good, I became sort of a cancer. People didn't much feel like being associated with both my father and I. Everyone was being watched/monitored by the secret police, so being associated with someone who was applying to leave for good and join a person who had defected— which officially meant that treason was committed by the defector— was not in the best interest of those staying behind.
ST: It must have been terribly strange and stressful for a child.
AP: When it became official that my father and I were trying to leave the country, my friends backed off. It was a strange period. At one point, I didn't even have to go to school. As I remember it, I went anyway, but I wasn't really part of the class anymore. I wasn't given tests or projects to complete. I didn't get any more grades on anything. I would just go and sit in class. It was all surreal.
ST: Extremely. There are points in The Sun Eaters that are also quite surreal. The two brothers live with their mother in a decimated Eastern European village populated by women doing the labors of men. The men, including their Da, have gone to war and not come back. An exchange between the older brother, Vladi, and their mother begins:
“I dreamed of bird-fish, Ma. They howled and wailed and whistled hot flames from their lips. There were so many it got dark. I couldn’t see.”
“Those are airplanes, Vladi. Don’t be scared. Come to me.”
This dialogue, I believe, is unconsciously lifted, part and parcel, from your own uncertain path as a child who was forced to leave home and country.
AP: Probably. I recall vividly the times I spent (vacations/holidays) at my paternal and maternal grandparents’ homes, which were both in villages in the countryside, although my maternal grandfather had a country house, but just on the outskirts of Ploesti—a town that was bombed by the Allies in WWII due to its several working oilfields (for some time during WWII Romania was allied with Germany).
ST: Perhaps that is what stirred up the section of the book that concerns their visit to the enigmatic and mysterious Uncle Miki who does have food and other luxuries.
Your narrator tells us:
Because of its oil fields and refineries, Uncle Miki’s city was under siege nearly the entire duration of the war… bombed from above by bird-fish every day, so Uncle became part of an invisible force of resistance… Vladi said he was a resistance administrator… he would shuttle very important papers sewn in the lining of his coat…
Secret agents, another dark unfolding in the plight of humankind.
AP: A lot of material in the novel is written from recollections of “adventures” I had as a young boy with friends I had made during my times spent in the countryside. As I recall, one of the toughest inconveniences was having to use an outhouse quite some ways away from the house, and in winter. Winters in Romania are notoriously tough; the country lies on the same parallel as Montreal, Canada. But having to get up in the middle of the night to use the outhouse in the dead of winter was particularly brutal. We also didn’t have running water, so bathing was not a pleasant experience, even though the water—brought in large pails from the well by my grandparents—was boiled on the wood stove first, before being dumped into a wooden tub. Other events in the book I simply made up. Some parts are influenced by stories I’ve heard from village friends, and some are re-imagined and re-told from stories my father recounted about his own life with his brother in the village of Blagesti, in northeastern Romania. It’s all spun into fiction.
ST: The Sun Eaters is a brilliant and intensely readable novel that deals with hardship and extreme resiliency when faced with the devastating realities of life after war. Whether or not deliberate on the part of its author, this story stretches well beyond, sifting into the political environment of hunger and deprivations the world is facing now.
******Susan Tepper is the author of seven books of fiction and poetry. Her latest title 'Monte Carlo Days & Nights' (Rain Mountain Press, NYC) is a novella set on the French Riviera. More at www.susantepper.com
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The Contrarian Voice and other poems by Ernest Hebert
The Contrarian Voice
and other poems
by Ernest Hebert
Peterborough, NH 03458
What a pleasure to pick up a book of poems and find myself well into it without once halting in puzzlement, encountering poems clothed in obscurities of diction, syntax and metaphor. Poems that seem designed to make you feel as if the appreciation of poetry requires membership in a cult of superior sensibility, from which you, philistine, are excluded for your unfashionable taste. I feel that such poems, like the emperor, have no clothes, while these poems of Ernest Hebert are made of solid, worn from labor, denim, because, from the beginning lines of the book,
I loved what I could compare to what I loved.
The surface of a pond is slightly curved
as is music from a violin and the violin itself.
as I tried them on, one after another, they fit.
Twenty minutes later, when I finished the first of the book’s four sections, “Septuagenarian Look-Back,” I felt that Ernest Hebert deserves as much attention as Billy Collins. His poetry shares a sardonic perspective with Collins. Here is “The Dogs of Tunapuna, Trinidad” from this section in support of my thesis:
The streets are full of them,
big-balled dogs with torn up flanks
and limping bitches with prominent tits.
They sleep the day and roam the night
to mate, quarrel, and carry on.
for a couple of hours you hear
only an occasional bark or yelp,
then all of a sudden half a dozen will start in.
Soon the entire island is howling.
It all sounds comic,
until you realize that these creatures
are killing and maiming one another
over useless territory and loveless fucking,
just like the rest of us,
a response to evolution,
spittle from the God Roar.
The last three words of that poem reappear in the long title for the second section: “Poems Inspired by, The God Roar (a novel I never wrote, which in turn was inspired by a sculpture by Brenda Garand.)” The section begins with “Hypothermia,” when “I” discovers “You” in a snowdrift, near death from the cold. “I” rescues “You” and undresses “You’s” unconscious body and warms it with his and “You” recovers as they share his sleeping bag and have this conversation:
"Come to consciousness, I said.
"Do I know you?" You said.
"I hardly know myself," I said.
We lay quiet and still for an hour,
then I asked why you came into these woods.
You said, "Listen."
"I don't hear anything."
"Yes you do – listen."
"I hear it now,
the tick and scrape of tree branches."
"How nice when the wind blows through the tops
of the trees and underneath it's still."
"You came for that, a sound?"
"Yes, the God Roar, to record it for posterity.
However, the possibility of intimacy contained in this beginning remains unfulfilled in the seven poems of this section that are the fragments of a strange and dreamlike story told by "I." The plot elements sketched in these poems left me intrigued but dissatisfied. They are analogous to Sargent’s studies for the murals in the rotunda of Boston’s MFA, which are engaging in reference to the complete work, but of marginal interest without it.
Fortunately, with the third section, “Poems and Songs in the Darby Chronicles,” Hebert is back in full voiced empathy for the Yankees and French Canadians who worked in the mills and were abandoned when Capital moved their work south to our Free Trade Zone with the Carolinas. The “Darby Chronicles” are a series of seven novels Hebert has written about a fictional New Hampshire town and the inhabitants of the surrounding hills; each poem in this section is attributed to a character in one of those novels. This one, “Untitled,” is belongs to Hadly Blue in A Little More than Kin:
This sea in her gift for composition
has made a place, if not self,
for that rock, that kelp.
Thus I am unconcerned
that my hat has blown away,
that the gulls are laughing:
"There is less of him than usual."
By the fourth section, "Howard Elman: An Old Working Man's Meditations," the sardonic humor of Septuagenarian that is the muscle in the voice of the first section has matured by 10 years:
Plow Guy's Lament
…[four lines]
Octogenarian walked over to the truck.
Junior rolled down the window.
"How come you, not your dad?"
"He bought the farm yesterday,"
Junior said, just as calmly
as one talking about the weather.
…[14 lines]
Junior's only emotion
at the moment was glee
at the thought of inheriting
an almost new truck.
The grief would come later.
The concluding and title poem of the volume, "The Contrarian Voice," that follows, begins as Elman, now a widower, gives us a catalog of grieves that for him came later:
Munch on a village store grinder
while you imagine Wife
standing at the sink
and gazing out the window
at her birdfeeder,
just as she had done in life.
Tell her how sad you are:
connections and conniption fits
that enriched your life,
the Centenarian’s stew pot,
involuntarily memorized glimpses
of trees, stone walls, ledges,
old mossy gravestones,
fences and hosses and cows
This poem of 309 lines is a collection of more catalogs; some are angry; some are nostalgic (and of those some are regretful); and some are playful and speculative, as when he sends an email to his Sane Daughter:
Saint Peter, cranky gatekeeper of Catholic heaven
and frequent lurker on the Internet,
intercepts message to Sane Daughter.
Checks it off as a venial sin
and files it in the database.
Saint Peter is tired. This job is a lot of work.
Slips a note in the Judgment Day Suggestion Box:
How about an honorable mention
for the lab mice who did more
for the species who enslaved them
than the species did for themselves?
This introduction of Saint Peter is followed by a catalog of possible ways that Elman might die framed as an argument with himself. At its conclusion, “You don't have a prayer./‘I don't have a prayer,” Hebert reintroduces Saint Peter to answer Elman's assumption of damnation with one final catalog, which suggests that redemption will be granted to Elman and to all working stiffs just for the virtue of their being working class:
You don’t have a prayer.
I don’t have a prayer.
Saint Peter doesn't have a prayer,
so he checks the historical record,
bumps his forehead with his palm,
and calls out in Octogenarian’s voice,
talking in his sleep,
“Jesus, I get it now:
the ones with no education,
the ones who made mistakes in youth
and paid for them over a lifetime,
the ones who built the idiot pyramids,
and the useless cathedrals,
and that stupid wall in China,
…[seven lines]
and who appeared in apparitions in the minds
of soldiers calling for their mothers
as they lay bleeding out on the battlefield,
and who fucked the bosses to save us all –
they are all fucked.
And fucked again.
And fucked over.
And fucked forever,
us, the working people.”
After speaking this I think Peter should exchange his mythic robes of white silk for working ones of denim, faded from hard use and many washings.
-- Wendell Smith
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Tenth anniversary of the 2008 Dylan Thomas Tribute Tour of America
Peter Thabit Jones/Aeronwy Thomas
On the tenth anniversary of the 2008 Dylan Thomas Tribute Tour of America, featuring Aeronwy Thomas, his daughter, and Swansea poet and dramatist Peter Thabit Jones, a commemorative book will be published by The Seventh Quarry Press, UK, and Cross-Cultural Communications, USA.
The Tour, which was organized by Peter’s and Aeronwy’s American publisher Stanley H. Barkan, in consultation with poet and emeritus professor Vince Clemente of New York, saw Aeronwy and Peter travel from New York to California, whilst taking in many other states and reading at prestigious venues, such as the National Arts Club, New York, the Chrysler Building, which was then the home of the Welsh Government in New York, the Walt Whitman Birthplace, Knox College, Illinois, and the Monterey Peninsular College in California. At the end of the Tour, Peter and Aeronwy were commissioned by Catrin Brace of the Welsh Government in New York to write the first-ever Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greewnich Village, which is now available as a pocket-book, a smartphone app, which was developed especially for the 2014 Dylan Thomas Centenary, and a guided tour by New York Fun Tours.
The forthcoming book, entitled America, Aeronwy, and Me/Dylan Thomas Tribute Tour of America, which is being edited by Peter Thabit Jones will contain the Tour schedule, prose memories by Peter of each event they did and other prose memories, some poems by Aeronwy and Peter inspired by America, relevant Tour photos, and contributions from those who hosted them at universities and venues across America.
Stanley H. Barkan will write the Preface to the book, which will be in memory of Aeronwy who died in 2009. The book, which will be published this autumn, has had the blessing of the family of Aeronwy Thomas.
Peter Thabit Jones
Author, with Aeronwy Thomas, of the Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greenwich Village
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Tuesday’s Letters: Discarding the vulnerable
Re: “Ex-Michener resident ‘died of a broken heart’: brother,” Aug. 23 My brother Larry has lived at the Michener Centre for 50 years; he is fragile and unlikely to survive relocation. In part, that’s because when clients leave, continuity of care is completely lost.
This original Michener Centre building is now Alberta Health Services offices in Red Deer. Moving fragile and vulnerable clients from the Michener is wrong, writes Diane Esslinger, whose brother has lived there for 50 years. Bruce Edwards / Edmonton Journal/file
Re: “Ex-Michener resident ‘died of a broken heart’: brother,” Aug. 23
My brother Larry has lived at the Michener Centre for 50 years; he is fragile and unlikely to survive relocation. In part, that’s because when clients leave, continuity of care is completely lost.
Clients are non-verbal. The level of funding/staffing at Michener — and, consequently, care — cannot be replicated. Clients who move lose all they have ever known: staff who have worked with them for many years and are like family, decades-long friendships and, for many, their only home.
These vulnerable souls are gifts to us, for those who wish to see that. And they are being discarded.
Michener staff’s mission has been to provide the best quality of life possible, advocate for their charges and care for them as their own. But now when caregivers express concerns, they are told they can no longer speak for beloved clients, they are to follow orders and move ’em out.
Elderly parents of residents continue to love, worry about and advocate for their voiceless, choiceless, voteless middle-aged children. The parenting of a disabled child never ends. Larry is a 52-year-old infant.
Diane Esslinger, Edmonton
Look at Esks’ history
Re: Eskimos coach doesn’t agree with CFL fine, Aug. 25
Congratulations to the Eskimos on their latest win. I had hoped that their record might give head coach Chris Jones the confidence to look at the bigger picture and how he is positioning the Eskimos in the community and throughout the league.
Last Friday, he was fined by the CFL for “disregarding pre-game timing protocol.” In other words, turning his back on introductions and our national anthem. Not once, but three times during road games.
Jones said if there had been a problem, he assumed somebody would have contacted him. Does that mean he was waiting for the league to stand up to him before he started respecting the league’s protocol?
Given he has “been up here 13 years,” he would be well aware that the introduction of players and the singing of the national anthem are part of the game. So is shaking hands at the end, for that matter.
Fans and some of our leading sports writers now question his respect for both our game and country.
When you look at Eskimos’ history, gains on the scoreboard, community involvement and respect for tradition are all part of being a winner.
Douglas Campbell, Leduc County
Tarnishing our reputation
As an Edmonton Eskimos season ticket holder, I am appalled by the poor sportsmanship and lack of respect for the CFL and Canada put forth by new head coach Chris Jones.
Maybe some supporters don’t care whether he shakes the opposing coach’s hand after the game, knows anything about the history of the team he coaches or holds his players back from participating in the national anthem.
He is tarnishing the reputation of the city he represents and should remember that respect and humility will take him farther in life than any number of games won.
David Martell, Edmonton
Re: “Seniors’ care workers win retirement plan from employer,” Aug. 18
The successful contract negotiation by a group of seniors’ care workers, represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, and their employer, Revera Churchill, sharply contrasts with the ongoing labour dispute between the AUPE and SAIL (Supports for Artspace Independent Living) Inc.
The first dispute pitted Alberta’s largest union against a national, for-profit home care provider. In the second case, instead of taking their demands for higher wages to Alberta Health Services, which is SAIL’s sole funding source, AUPE seems quite content to simply continue to bully residents of Artspace by picketing outside their home.
Does AUPE actually want a resolution or are they actively trying to bankrupt SAIL so AHS will bring in a big-box home-care provider to take over the contract at Artspace?
Heidi Janz, Edmonton
Somebody knows killer
Re: “Obama vows ‘relentless’ effort to end Islamic State ‘cancer,’ ” Aug. 21
The Jihadi who beheaded U.S. journalist James Foley is believed to speak with a London accent. Somebody in England must know who that masked person is by his voice.
If that somebody doesn’t turn in the suspect, then he or she must be charged as an accomplice to murder.
A.P. Kolinsky, Edmonton
Agree more than disagree
Re: “Leo, let’s talk about this like adults,” Gary Lamphier, Aug. 23
In his critique of the documentary film Carbon, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, Gary Lamphier cites a number of points he disagrees with, but fails to mention an important point he does agree with. And what makes his omission so surprising is that this particular point dominates the film.
By my calculation, 75 per cent of the DiCaprio film is devoted to carbon pricing.
For too long, fossil fuel industries have been able to ignore the externalities associated with the production, sale and distribution of fossil fuels — the polluting of the atmosphere, the damage to our health, the degradation of the environment, the disruption to our climate.
Carbon pricing is a way to remedy this injustice, and DiCaprio’s film is a call for action on carbon pricing.
“I’d also support a simple global carbon tax — provided it’s fairly and uniformly applied to all emissions, whether domestic or foreign, from industry or consumers, or tied to exports or imports,” Lamphier wrote in January 2013.
DiCaprio would be pleased to see that column.
Peter Adamski, Edmonton
No laughing matter
Gary Lamphier’s column reminds me how our emotional brains do not want to comprehend the urgency of the carbon problem.
Lamphier states “not that they (fossil fuels) are destroying the planet.” This is untrue: Just ask northern Canadians, sub-Saharan Africans, flooded-out southern Albertans, parched Californians, insurance companies, etc. I agree that picking solely on the oilsands is a bit unfair, given that other fossil fuels — especially shale oil and gas from fracking and coal — are equally or more harmful. A revenue-neutral carbon tax, applied to all fossil fuels, would go a long way toward levelling the playing field for solar energy and renewables.
Mocking Leonardo DiCaprio and telling us how many birds perish due to wind and solar power downplay the vastly more harmful effects of fossil fuels. Climate change is close to the point of no return. Ask the scientists, not the celebrities: Our children’s future is at stake, and that is no joking matter.
Victor Dorian, Edmonton
Tuesday’s Letters: Discarding the vulnerable Monday’s Letters: Superstar an environmental hero
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The Irish News and Resurgence
The following review of Resurgence written by Dr. Robert McNamara, History Lecturer at the University of Ulster, was published by the Irish News on 28 July. It has been reproduced below without comment. A reply will appear in good time:
“Catastrophe and Resurgence: The Catholic Predicament in ‘Northern Ireland’ Volumes I and II, by Pat Walsh, published by Belfast Historical and Educational Society
IN THE mid-1970s, Michael Farrell, the People’s Democracy activist, wrote The Orange State, a well argued, if occasionally heavy-handed, history of Northern Ireland from a nationalist Marxist perspective. It still remains a useful case for the prosecution regarding the ‘factory of grievances’, as Patrick Buckland termed the north.
Contrary to the claim of Dr Walsh, there is a long tradition of books from the Northern Catholic perspective. Indeed, contemporary academic literature contains few pro-unionist books. (There are, admittedly, plenty of books critical of the Provisional IRA, which are not the same thing, which may explain the author’s confusion).
Moreover, he has decided to use only a tiny proportion of the vast body of literature on Northern Ireland in these extraordinarily long, wearying, badly written, poorly edited and frustrating books.
The central and very opaque argument, which is advanced but never properly sustained, is that Britain established “an arena for communal conflict in the Six counties that it hoped would provide leverage over the greater prize, regaining hegemony over the Twenty Six” (p.244 of Resurgence). Few historians would accept this. Does the author really think that Lloyd-George in 1920 was able to foresee that the ‘Troubles’ in the era of Ted Heath, would allow Britain to supposedly regain influence in the Republic?
The comprehensibility of these volumes is not aided by the method that the writer deploys. Long quotations from books and documents, which will put off all but the most enthusiastic reader, are often followed by what can only be described as sweeping and curious conclusions.
This is combined with frequent, unhelpful and misguided digressions, which greatly inhibit any coherence and flow. Regarding his conclusions: take his following assertion about Irish government policy around 1970: “The policy of Dublin was nonsensical. If Dublin believed the cause of trouble in the North to be Partition and that trouble was incapable of being eradicated without an end to Partition and it was ruling out the use of force to achieve it, how was it to end the trouble in the North?” (p.84 of Resurgence). It is possible to argue, depending on your perspective, that this was, on the one hand, wise or prudent, or on the other, wrong or cowardly. The policy was not, however, nonsensical.
The writer, almost to the point of absurdity, makes sweeping and simplistic judgments about protagonists operating in an often terrifying and complex situation. For example, Jack Lynch is portrayed as virtually a British puppet. In contrast, ludicrously, Charles Haughey is described as “the only true statesman of Nationalist Ireland” (p.338 of Resurgence).
Haughey clearly used public office to enrich himself and his cronies. In his defence of Haughey, Walsh gives credence to John Feehan’s laughable Operation Brogue book, which claimed that Charlie was the victim of British ‘dirty tricks’ in the early 1980s. The only problem with this is that when the real story of Haughey emerged in the late 1990s, the alleged stories planted by Britain barely scratched the surface of how corrupt and venal Haughey was.
It would be easy, if space allowed, to list the numerous misspellings, poorly drafted sentences, repetitions of quotations, bizarre capitalisations, narrow reading, odd interpretations of events, and non-standard names given to organisations and treaties, which mar these volumes.
Dr Walsh has contempt for most other Irish historians. Indeed, he implies that Britain has re-educated them since the 1970s (p.90). He will, therefore, be reassured to know that my historical training is from the Republic of Ireland and uncontaminated by these nefarious foreign influences.
Robert McNamara teaches History at Ulster University”
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Biggest animals face extinction for food
March 17, 2019 Tim Radford Animal Rights & Environment, Climate News Network
Megafauna is a mouthful of a word. And that is the problem. The biggest animals are being hunted for their meat.
The world’s biggest animals – the largest birds, the bigger mammals and even reptiles, sharks and amphibians – are in increasing danger of extinction. Climate change, habitat loss and pollution may all be part of the problem, but the biggest and most direct threat is a simple one.
They are being hunted to death. They are being killed for meat, for trophies such as horns and tusks, and for body parts used in Asian medicine.
The findings, reported in the journal Conservation Letters, are stark. Of 362 mammals, sharks and rays larger than 100 kilograms and birds and reptiles larger than 40kg, 200 species or more were in decline and more than 150 could become extinct. And when the researchers composed a catalogue of hazards to species survival, they found that hunting was for most large animals the biggest danger.
“Our results suggest we’re in the process of eating megafauna to extinction,” said William Ripple, an ecologist at the Oregon State University school of forestry in the US.
Traditional medicine’s toll
“Through the consumption of various body parts, users of traditional Asian medicine also exert heavy tolls on the largest species. In the future, 70% will experience further population declines and 60% of the species could become extinct or very rare.”
Biologists already have databases of the body mass and habitats of most described species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has for decades kept and updated a catalogue of extinction risks.
Professor Ripple and colleagues from the US, Canada, Australia, France and Mexico selected all the information they could about the bigger species, and those known to be threatened. They subdivided the potential threats into a range of categories – ranch and livestock farming, logging and wood harvesting, aquaculture, fishing and so on – for 362 species, and found to their surprise that hunting was the biggest danger for 98% of those species for which they could find threat data.
The lesson is: it’s bad to be big. “Megafauna species are more threatened and have a relatively higher percentage of decreasing populations than all vertebrates together,” they write. “Notably, the top-ranked threat within each megafauna class was direct harvesting by humans, although there were typically multiple co-occurring threats, mostly related to habitat degradation.”
“Our results suggest we’re in the process of eating megafauna to extinction”
Meat consumption, they found, was the most common motive for hunting mammals, birds and the cartilaginous fish; the reptiles were more likely to be pursued for their eggs.
The loss of species – and the decline in numbers of surviving individuals – is not news: researchers have repeatedly warned that climate change, driven by ever-increasing fossil fuel use, raises the odds of extinction.
But the sheer growth in human numbers and national economies in the last century has devastated what was once the wilderness, and biologists now believe they may be witnessing the sixth great extinction.
The latest study fits into this pattern. What makes it different is the unequivocal identification of human beings as the super-predators, pursuing the biggest and most charismatic of the surviving large animals, sometimes simply as sporting trophies, more often for food or for parts that can be sold.
In retreat everywhere
Nine megafauna – the word for a large animal – have gone extinct in the wild in the past 250 years. But large species numbers everywhere are falling. Their numbers were always fewer, and often their meat more prized.
With first the spear and the arrow, and then the gun, humans mastered the art of killing from a safe distance. And bigger animals became the most obvious targets. In 500 years, 0.8% of all vertebrates have gone extinct. For large animals, the ratio of extinction is 2%.
“Preserving the remaining megafauna is going to be difficult and complicated,” said Professor Ripple. “There will be economic arguments against it as well as cultural and social obstacles.
“But if we don’t consider, critique and adjust our behaviours, our heightened abilities as hunters may lead us to consume much of the last of the Earth’s megafauna.”
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Actors: Jeremy Bulloch
Escape from the Dark
Escape from the Dark (1976)
G 104 min - Drama, Family - 26 May 1976
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right
Director: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne, Susan Tebbs, Andrew Harrison, Chloe Franks, Benjie Bolgar, Prunella Scales, Leslie Sands, Joe Gladwin, Jeremy Bulloch
Collections: Charles Jarrott
Genres: Drama, Family
Production Companies: Walt Disney Productions
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
PG-13 140 min - Science Fiction, Adventure, Action - 17 May 2005
Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice – Darth Vader. The Jedi are decimated, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. The only hope for the galaxy are Anakin's own offspring – the twin children born in secrecy who will grow up to become heroes.
Director: George Lucas
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Jimmy Smits, Peter Mayhew, Oliver Ford Davies, Ahmed Best, Silas Carson, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Matthew Wood, Temuera Morrison, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Bulloch, Wayne Pygram, Nick Gillard, Aidan Barton, James Earl Jones, George Lucas, Jett Lucas, Amanda Lucas, Katie Lucas, Jay Laga'aia, Rohan Nichol, David Bowers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Matt Sloan, Rebecca Jackson Mendoza, Tux Akindoyeni, Matt Rowan, Kenji Oates, Amy Allen, Bodie Taylor, Graeme Blundell, Trisha Noble, Claudia Karvan, Keira Wingate, Hayley Mooy, Sandi Finlay, Genevieve O'Reilly, Warren Owens, Kee Chan, Rena Owen, Christopher Kirby, Kristy Wright, Coinneach Alexander, Mousy McCallum, Michael Kingma, Axel Dench, Steven Foy, Julian Khazzouh, James Rowland, David Stiff, Robert Cope
Collections: George Lucas
Tagline: The saga is complete.
Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Official Website: http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith
Budget: $113,000,000
Production Companies: Lucasfilm
Return of the Jedi (1983)
As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave girl. Now a master of the Force, Luke Skywalker rescues his friends, but he cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against Darth Vader, who has sworn to win Luke over to the dark side of the Force.
Director: Richard Marquand
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, James Earl Jones, Sebastian Shaw, Alec Guinness, Warwick Davis, Caroline Blakiston, Michael Pennington, Kenneth Colley, Michael Carter, Denis Lawson, Tim Rose, Dermot Crowley, Jeremy Bulloch, Femi Taylor, Annie Arbogast, Claire Davenport, Jack Purvis, Mike Edmonds, Jane Busby, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Cottrell, Nicki Reade, Adam Bareham, Jonathan Oliver, Pip Miller, Tom Mannion, Margo Apostolos, Ray Armstrong, Eileen Baker, Michael Henbury Ballan, Bobby Bell, Patty Bell, Alan Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Pamela Betts, Danny Blackner, Linda Bowley, Peter Burroughs, Debbie Lee Carrington, Maureen Charlton, Willie Coppen, Sadie Corre, Tony Cox, John Cumming, Jean D'Agostino, Luis De Jesus, Debbie Dixon, Margarita Fernández, Phil Fondacaro, Sal Fondacaro, Tony Friel, Daniel Frishman, John Ghavan, Michael Gilden, Paul Grant, Lydia Green, Lars Green, Pam Grizz, Andrew Herd, J.J. Jackson, Richard Jones, Trevor Jones, Glynn Jones, Karen Lay, John Lummiss, Nancy MacLean, Peter Mandell, Carole Morris, Stacie Nichols, Chris Nunn, Barbara O'Laughlin, Brian Orenstein, Harrell Parker Jr., John Pedrick, April Perkins, Ronnie Phillips, Katie Purvis, Carol Read, Nicholas Read, Diana Reynolds, Danielle Rodgers, Chris Romano, Dean Shackelford, Kiran Shah, Felix Silla, Linda Spriggs, Gerald Staddon, Josephine Staddon, Kevin Thompson, Kendra Wall, Brian Wheeler, Butch Wilhelm, Dalyn Chew, Celia Fushille-Burke, Mercedes Ngoh, Jennifer Jaffe, Mark Dodson, Simon J. Williamson, Richard Bonehill, David Gonzales, Barrie Holland, Peter Roy, Erik Bauersfeld, Mike Quinn, Bill Kipsang Rotich, Deep Roy, Alisa Berk, Hugh Spight, Swee Lim, Richard Robinson, Gerald Home, Phil Herbert, Tim Dry, Sean Crawford, Phil Tippett, Michael McCormick, Toby Philpott, David Alan Barclay, Larry Ward
Collections: Richard Marquand
Tagline: The Empire Falls...
Official Website: http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi
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IIS 7 Installation and Deployment
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
This topic contains links to information and resources that will help you install and deploy Internet Information Services (IIS) 7. IIS 7 refers to the versions of IIS that are included in some editions of Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Vista®, and Windows® 7. IIS requires a Windows operating system to install, and the version of IIS available depends on the operating system that you are using. Not all IIS features and extensions are supported on all operating systems.
IIS 7.0 is the Web Server (IIS) role in Windows Server 2008, and the Web server in Windows Vista. IIS 7.5 is the Web Server (IIS) role in Windows Server 2008 R2, and the Web server in Windows 7.
Using the Web Platform Installer
You can use the Web Platform Installer (Web PI) to easily install IIS and applications that run on IIS. The Web PI is a free, lightweight tool that lets you install IIS and related technologies such as ASP.NET, SQL Server Express, Visual Web Developer, other popular Web applications. Because the Web PI installs the latest versions of available Web Platform offerings, with just a few simple clicks you can download and install any new tools or updates. To learn more about the Web PI, see Web Platform Installer.
Installing IIS 7
Available Role Services in IIS 7.0
Learn about which features of IIS 7.0 are available in the different editions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
Available Web Server (IIS) Role Services in IIS 7.5
Learn about which features of IIS 7.5 are available in the different editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
Installing IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008
View information about how to install IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008, including Server Core.
Installing IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2
View information about how to install IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2, including Server Core.
Installing IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate
View information about how to install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Business or Ultimate.
Installing IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate
View information about how to install IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate.
Installing IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Home Premium
View information about how to install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Home Premium.
Installing IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic, or Home Starter
View information about how to install IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 Premuim, Home Basic, or Home Starter.
Deploying IIS 7
IIS 7 Deployment Guide
View the IIS Deployment Guide, which contains task-based and scenario-based guidance that will help you design an IIS 7 solution.
Web Deployment Tool
Get information about the Web Deployment Tool that simplifies deployment, management, and migration of Web applications, sites, and servers.
Web Site Deployment Made Easy
Describes how the new configuration system in IIS 7 has simplified the deployment of Web sites.
IIS.NET: Web Deployment Tool
View the Web Deployment Tool documentation on IIS.net.
Learn About IIS 7
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-041 - Important
Vulnerability in DirectShow Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2975681)
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker first exploits another vulnerability in a low integrity process and then uses this vulnerability to execute specially crafted code in the context of the logged on user. By default, the modern, immersive browsing experience on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 runs with Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM). For example, customers using the touch-friendly Internet Explorer 11 browser on modern Windows tablets are using Enhanced Protected Mode by default. Enhanced Protected Mode uses advanced security protections that can help mitigate against exploitation of this vulnerability on 64-bit systems.
This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 (excluding Itanium), Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (excluding Itanium), Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2. For more information, see the Affected and Non-Affected Software section.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DirectShow manages objects in memory. For more information about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability in this bulletin.
For enterprise installations, or administrators and end users who want to install this security update manually (including customers who have not enabled automatic updating), Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update at the earliest opportunity using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service. The updates are also available via the download links in the Affected Software table in this bulletin.
Known issues: None
**Operating System** **Maximum Security Impact** **Aggregate Severity Rating** **Updates Replaced**
**Windows Vista**
[Windows Vista Service Pack 2](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4c7c83eb-3ee3-4969-a367-7a87dc9dde19) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c5040e8d-6170-4098-bffc-6192c464de4f) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
**Windows Server 2008**
[Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=629a179f-b77d-4825-ac74-4824ac2bb32e) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6449d943-52f3-4d64-a08f-5f9c1a719d83) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
**Windows 7**
[Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b09c9372-af1a-4090-af16-2fdb53929fea) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d557eb75-9e42-4593-a6f9-22b6af290855) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
**Windows Server 2008 R2**
[Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a95c8a0c-2038-4a93-a834-78443669271a) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
**Windows 8 and Windows 8.1**
[Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e2b58450-1626-445c-a435-9189463dfe19) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows 8 for x64-based Systems](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c94f0808-69eb-484c-b897-b2ee0bef31fd) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a1d24a0c-81ba-4bba-b4b5-1768c9ed2cc2)[1] (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems[2] (2973932) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30f1e184-3d4e-4cee-9fcc-3d1240a4379b)[1] (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems[2] (2973932) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
**Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2**
[Windows Server 2012](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bff9812f-7340-4513-a670-5ef638900249) (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[Windows Server 2012 R2](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3e2fd79f-6b5a-439a-9a7a-f0a3a9a1ab1b)[1] (2972280) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
Windows Server 2012 R2[2] (2973932) Elevation of Privilege Important 2929961 in [MS14-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=392071)
[1]This update is for systems that have the 2919355 update installed. See the **Update FAQ** for more information.
[2]This update is for systems that do not have the 2919355 update installed. This update is not available via the Microsoft Download Center. See the Update FAQ for more information.
Non-Affected Software
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows RT 8.1
Server Core installation option
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
Update FAQ ---------- **There are multiple updates listed for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Do I need to install all the updates?** No. Depending on how your system is configured to receive updates, only one of the updates for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will apply. For systems running Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2: Update 2972280 is for systems that already have the 2919355 (Windows 8.1 Update) update installed. Update 2973932 is for systems without the 2919355 update installed. Note that the 2973932 update is only available for customers managing updates using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Windows Intune, or System Center Configuration Manager. **For Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are there any prerequisites for the 2972280 update?** Yes. Customers running Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 must first install the 2919355 (Windows 8.1 Update) update released in April, 2014 before installing the 2972280 update. For more information about the prerequisite update, see [Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2919355](https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355). **I am running one of the operating systems that is listed in the affected software table. Why am I not being offered this update?** On supported editions of Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2, the update only applies if the Desktop Experience feature is enabled. For more information about the Desktop Experience feature, refer to the following: For Windows Server 2008, see [Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 947036](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947036). For Windows Server 2008 R2, see [Desktop Experience Overview](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc772567). For Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, see [Desktop Experience Overview](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn609826). **How are Server Core installations affected by the vulnerabilities addressed in this bulletin?** The vulnerabilities addressed by this update do not affect supported editions of Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 as indicated in the Non-Affected Software table, when installed using the Server Core installation option. For more information on this installation option, see the TechNet articles, [Managing a Server Core Installation: Overview](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ee441255), [Servicing a Server Core Installation](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff698994), and [Server Core and Full Server Integration Overview](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831758). **I am using an older release of the software discussed in this security bulletin. What should I do?** The affected software listed in this bulletin has been tested to determine which releases are affected. Other releases are past their support life cycle. For more information about the product lifecycle, see the [Microsoft Support Lifecycle](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=21742) website. It should be a priority for customers who have older releases of the software to migrate to supported releases to prevent potential exposure to vulnerabilities. To determine the support lifecycle for your software release, see [Select a Product for Lifecycle Information](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=169555). For more information about service packs for these software releases, see [Service Pack Lifecycle Support Policy](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=89213). Customers who require custom support for older software must contact their Microsoft account team representative, their Technical Account Manager, or the appropriate Microsoft partner representative for custom support options. Customers without an Alliance, Premier, or Authorized Contract can contact their local Microsoft sales office. For contact information, see the [Microsoft Worldwide Information](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=33329) website, select the country in the Contact Information list, and then click **Go** to see a list of telephone numbers. When you call, ask to speak with the local Premier Support sales manager. For more information, see the [Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=169557). Severity Ratings and Vulnerability Identifiers ---------------------------------------------- The following severity ratings assume the potential maximum impact of the vulnerability. For information regarding the likelihood, within 30 days of this security bulletin's release, of the exploitability of the vulnerability in relation to its severity rating and security impact, please see the Exploitability Index in the [July bulletin summary](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-jul). For more information, see [Microsoft Exploitability Index](http://technet.microsoft.com/security/cc998259).
**Affected Software** **DirectShow Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CVE-2014-2780** **Aggregate Severity Rating**
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows 8 for x64-based Systems (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows Server 2012 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
Windows Server 2012 R2 (2972280) **Important** Elevation of Privilege **Important**
DirectShow Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CVE-2014-2780
A vulnerability exists in DirectShow that could allow an elevation of privilege.
By default, the modern, immersive browsing experience on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 runs with Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM). For example, customers using the touch-friendly Internet Explorer 11 browser on modern Windows tablets are using Enhanced Protected Mode by default. Enhanced Protected Mode uses advanced security protections that can help mitigate against exploitation of this vulnerability on 64-bit systems. See the FAQ section for this vulnerability for more information about Enhanced Protected Mode.
Microsoft has not identified any workarounds for this vulnerability.
This is a local elevation of privilege vulnerability.
The vulnerability is caused when DirectShow improperly handles certain objects in memory, which results in the execution of code in the same context as the logged on user.
What is DirectShow?
DirectX consists of a set of low-level Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) used by Windows programs for multimedia support. Within DirectX, the DirectShow technology performs client-side audio and video sourcing, manipulation and rendering.
Microsoft DirectShow is used for streaming media on Microsoft Windows operating systems. DirectShow is used for high-quality capture and playback of multimedia streams. It automatically detects and uses video and audio acceleration hardware when available, but also supports systems without acceleration hardware. DirectShow is also integrated with other DirectX technologies. Some examples of applications that use DirectShow include DVD players, video editing applications, AVI to ASF converters, MP3 players, and digital video capture applications
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause code to execute within the context of the logged on user and take complete control of an affected system.
To exploit this vulnerability an attacker would first have to have successfully exploit another vulnerability in a low integrity process and then use this vulnerability to execute specially crafted code in the context of the logged on user.
Workstations and terminal servers are primarily at risk. Servers could be at more risk if administrators allow users to log on to servers and to run programs. However, best practices strongly discourage allowing this.
Does Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM) and 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode help mitigate attacks that could attempt to exploit this vulnerability?
Yes. For Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, enabling Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM) and 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode helps mitigate attacks that could attempt to exploit this vulnerability on 64-bit systems. Enhanced Protected Mode does not mitigate against this vulnerability on 32-bit systems because the 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode feature is not available.
Note Enhanced Protected Mode is enabled by default for the modern, immersive browser. For Internet Explorer on the Desktop, EPM must be enabled manually.
For Internet Explorer 10 on the Desktop running on Windows 7 for x64-based systems and Windows 8 for x64-based systems, you must enable Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM). When you enable EPM on these operating systems, 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode is also enabled. There is no separate option to turn this feature on or off in Internet Explorer 10.
For Internet Explorer 11 on the Desktop running on Windows 7 for x64-based systems and Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems, you must enable both Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM) and 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode separately.
Note that after you enable Enhanced Protected Mode, incompatible add-ons will automatically be disabled. If you encounter a site that needs a disabled add-on in order to work, you can disable Enhanced Protected Mode just for that particular website. If you disable Enhanced Protected Mode for a website, any protections that EPM would provide will not apply when visiting the website. For more information about EPM, see Enhanced Protected Mode on desktop IE.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DirectShow manages objects in memory.
No. Microsoft received information about this vulnerability through coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
No. Microsoft had not received any information to indicate that this vulnerability had been publicly used to attack customers when this security bulletin was originally issued.
Windows Vista (all editions)
Security update file names For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Vista:
For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Vista:
Restart requirement In some cases, this update does not require a restart. If the required files are being used, this update will require a restart. If this behavior occurs, a message appears that advises you to restart.
Removal information WUSA.exe does not support uninstall of updates. To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, click Control Panel, and then click Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
Registry key verification Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.
### Windows Server 2008 (all editions) **Reference Table** The following table contains the security update information for this software.
Security update file names For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008:
For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008:
### Windows 7 (all editions) **Reference Table** The following table contains the security update information for this software.
Security update file name For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 7:
For all supported x64-based editions of Windows 7:
Removal information To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
### Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions) **Reference Table** The following table contains the security update information for this software.
Security update file name For all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008 R2:
### Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (all editions) **Reference Table** The following table contains the security update information for this software.
For all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8.1:
For all supported x64-based editions of Windows 8.1:
Removal information To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, click Windows Update, and then under See also, click Installed updates and select from the list of updates.
### Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (all editions) **Reference Table** The following table contains the security update information for this software.
Security update file name For all supported editions of Windows Server 2012:
For all supported editions of Windows Server 2012 R2:
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Upgrading a Huge Monolith from Rails 4.0 to Rails 5.1
Emily Cohen on Rails, Upgrades, Case Study
Created at: February 16, 2018 - Updated at: July 15, 2019
We recently collaborated with Power Home Remodeling on a Rails upgrade for their self-described “monolith CRM/ERP application” and were able to speak to them about their experience with Ombu Labs.
We talked to Ben Langfeld, Application Solutions Architect at Power Home Remodeling, about the work on their app, Nitro. According to Ben, their monolithic CRM/ERP application is continuously built by a team of approximately 50 developers, system administrators, testers and support staff. The application contains over 500,000 lines of Ruby on Rails and Javascript code, and by their own definition, is one of the most complex Rails applications out there in terms of scope.
Like many companies, Power Home Remodeling was having difficulty allocating developer attention to the Rails upgrade project due to the demands of feature work coming from other areas of the business. That is why they decided to come to Ombu Labs for help.
Nitro is a Component-Based Rails Application. CBRA is an approach which organizes Rails applications into Ruby Gems and Rails Engines. By using this approach, they're able to parallelize their test suite, therefore making CI faster, and reducing merge conflicts due to the large size of their team. Also, they are able to onboard new developers faster by having the ability to separate them into teams based on gems/engines instead of having them work their way through the entire codebase. For more information about CBRA, check out this video: "Scaling Your Rails App Codebase with CBRA - Ben Klang".
We executed a full upgrade of the application from Rails 4.0 to 5.1 and prepared the company for an eventual 5.2 upgrade. This necessary upgrade of their application led to a “reduction of risk in terms of repeat bugfix/feature development work compared to what is available in a more modern stack”.
According to Ben, “Ombu augmented our in-house team with a specific capacity for the upgrade project, enabling our other developers to retain focus on direct business goals.” Ombu Labs' exclusive focus on the Rails upgrade allowed the developers at Power Home Remodeling to continue their work on features and other goals without distractions. In the end, Power Home Remodeling received an application with up-to-date Rails versions and was able to make progress on their other work as well.
For more information about upgrading your Rails application, check out our "Upgrade Rails Series", a series of do-it-yourself guides to upgrading Rails.
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The Top 20 Most Popular Business Books of 2015
Toye Oshunbiyi 0 Comment January 15, 2016
What are the top 20 most popular business books of 2015? Well out of the millions of business books sold on Amazon in 2015, the following emerged as the most popular. The Top 20 Most Popular Business Books of 2015 was recently announced by amazon in December. I have provided a small snippet with a link if you decide to purchase or find out more.
The Top 20 Most Popular Business Books of 2015:
1. “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert
In her Ted Talk, Elizabeth Gilbert commentedthat her best work was behind her, however, the author of the best-selling book Eat, Pray, Love is back with another bestseller. Big Magic will encourage you to live without fear, Identify your ideas and inspirations.
Gilbert walks us through her ‘create process’ about how to deal with difficulties and roadblocks, and adopt the right habits that can lead to success.
By the book from here
2. “Rising Strong” by Brené Brown
How do you deal with failure, mistakes and setbacks?
Author, Scientist and storyteller Brene Brown takes us into the very heart of her own pain and shows us how to rise not just again but even stronger.
Rising Strong leverages on her previous best sellers ‘Gift of Imperfection’ and ‘Daring Greatly’.
Pick up this book if you want to learn how to rise above your mistakes and use them as inspiration for improvement.
Buy the book here
3. “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance
Elon Musk could be compared to a real life Tony Stark!This fascinating entrepreneur has achieved extraordinary accomplishments in his lifetime. The Author, Ashlee Vance, has done some extensive research and has compiled detailed insight into the life, thinking and ambitions of Elon Musk.
If you are looking for how to dream big and make it happen, how to get the most out of people that work for you and yet still learn how and what Elon Musk struggles with plus lots more, then make it a must read!
4. “Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction” by
Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
Imagine you could predict the future… how would that benefit you? Wharton Professor, Philp Tetlock and Dan Gardner have been researching this topic and have some interesting insights. Most of us are terrible at forecasting, even the so called experts. However, they found that some people do have real foresight.
Superforecasting offers a masterclass on prediction, drawing on decades of research. It will provide you with a demonstrably effective way to improve your ability to predict the future – whether in business, finance, politics, international affairs, or daily life.
5. “Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few”
by Robert B. Reich
In this book, Author, Robert B. Reich, is speaking on the current situation in America where the middle class is shrinking day by day.
Reich wants to help reframe the way Americans understand and talk about the economy. He says bluntly “there is no such thing as the “free market” or a natural governing economic principle that “the market knows best.”
Reich who is an ex-Secretary of Labour and political economy scholar outs “the new monopolists,” debunks their “free-market” ideology and rhetoric and offers a pragmatic reform-filled path forward.
6. “Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics” by Richard H. Thaler
If you’ve come back after shopping and looked at your purchase and asked ‘Why did I buy this?’ then this book is for you.
Richard H. Thaler (author of Nudge) educates us about how behavioural economics can teach us how to make responsible financial decisions. Find out why behavioural economics was developed and how it explains the irrational economic decisions we make every day.
This book will give you great advice and savvy techniques for overcoming these illogical biases in your own life so you can make better, shrewder and smarter financial decisions.
7. Team of Teamsby General Stanley McChrystal and Tantum Collins
The retired four-star general and bestselling author of ‘My Share of the Task’ shares a powerful new leadership model.
Former General Stanley McChrystal held a key position for much of the War on Terror, as head of the Joint Special Operations Command. In Iraq, he found that despite the vastly superior resources, manpower, and training of the U.S. military, Al Qaeda had an advantage because of its structure as a loose network of small, independent cells.
Team of Teams is an examination of the process he began of restructuring the Joint Special Operations Command management style, from a rigid command structure to a cooperative team comprised of smaller specialized teams.
8. Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Tech giant, Google, is a company known for having one of the most innovative and productive work atmospheres in the world. Many have tried to replicate its success and failed, but now, Google’s unique methods and strategies have been revealed! In Work Rules, you’ll get a guided tour of what sets Google apart from other companies and why its employees love working there, all from the man who knows it better than anyone: Senior Vice President of People Operations, Laszlo Bock!
9. The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?
Expert journalist Dale Russakoff delivers a story of high ideals and hubris, good intentions and greed, celebrity and street smarts – as reformers face off against entrenched unions, sceptical parents, and bewildered students.
The Prize is an absorbing portrait of a titanic struggle, indispensable for anyone who cares about the future of public education and the nation’s children.
10. Triggers: Creating Behaviour That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Drawing on his unparalleled experience as an international executive educator and coach, Marshall Goldsmith invites us to understand how our own beliefs and the environments in which we operate can trigger negative behaviours, or a resistance to the need to change. But he also offers up some simple, practical advice to help us navigate the negative and make the most of the triggers that will help us to sustain positive change.
11. Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
In Rise of the Robots, technology expert Martin Ford systematically outlines the achievements of artificial intelligence and uses a wealth of economic data to illustrate the terrifying societal implications. From health and education to finance and technology, his warning is stark – all jobs that are on some level of routine are likely to eventually be automated, resulting in the death of traditional careers and a hollowed-out middle class. The robots are coming and we have to decide now whether the future will bring prosperity or catastrophe.
12. Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family
She had her dream job and a position of power, but she couldn’t make it work as a mother. So Anne-Marie Slaughter resigned from her position in the Obama White House and wrote about her struggle. The response from women was overwhelming. It was clear that a fundamental change needed to be made to ensure genuine equality between working men and women.
Slaughter has surveyed thousands of women and men, employees and employers, from around the world, in this effort. She delivers a charter of workplace principles that will give women full opportunity to pursue their careers and their roles as mothers, identifying best practices that should be effected everywhere. And she shows why we must change the ways in which women and men work for the good of women and society.
13. Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. Criminals are often the earliest, and most innovative adopters of technology and modern times have led to modern crimes.
In Future Crimes, Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils. Reading like a sci-fi thriller, but based in startling facts, Goodman raises tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives. Future Crimes is a call to action for better security measures worldwide, but most importantly, will empower readers to protect themselves against these looming technological threats – before it’s too late.
14. Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
Jon Acuff offers a guide to making bigcareer changes—by choice or necessity—and escaping the horrible feeling of beingtrapped in the wrong job.Acuff finds it amazing that people spend more thaneighteen years studying and preparing for college but little or no time honingtheir careers between graduation and retirement. He offers an empowering toolhe calls the Career Savings Account, which will change the way you think about yourskills, relationships, character, and work ethic.
Everyone can benefit from Do Over, from new graduates to fifty-somethings and beyond.
15. Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
Your data is stored, studied, and bought and sold by corporations and governments for surveillance and for control.
In DATA AND GOLIATH, Bruce Schneier reveals the full extent of surveillance, censorship, and propaganda in society today, examining the risks of cybercrime, cyber terrorism, and cyberwar.
Bruce offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us exactly what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day.
16. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Drawing on incredible and sometimes exclusive access, Schlender and Tetzeli tell a different story of a real human being who wrestled with his failings and learned to maximize his strengths over time. Their rich, compelling narrative is filled with stories never told before from the people who knew Jobs best, and who decided to open up to the authors.
17. Do the KIND Thing by Daniel Lubetzky
While other companies let circumstances force them into choosing between two seemingly incompatible options, people at KIND say “AND.” At its core, this idea is about challenging assumptions and false compromises.
Engaging and inspirational, Do the KIND Thingshows how the power of ‘AND’ worked wonders for one company—and could empower the next generation of social entrepreneurs to improve their bottom line and change the world.
18. Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out
Gelles’ revelatory book picks up where bestsellers like ‘Thrive’ and ‘10% Happier’ leave off, by detailing how mindfulness works in and for the companies that adopt it, revealing the profound impact mindfulness can have on the world of work. Mindful Work goes beyond other books on the subject by providing evidence for the practical benefits of mindfulness and showing readers how to become more mindful themselves.
19. Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
Empire of Deception by Dean Jobb is the stranger-than-fiction saga of con man Leo Koretz, the Bernie Madoff of the 1920s and a fraud artist extraordinaire the New York Times dubbed “the most resourceful confidence man in the United States.” It is detailed account of a man and an era; looking at the methods of swindlers throughout history. Interested to know how swindlers operate? Well it made the list so some people are!
20. Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo! by Nicholas Carlson
MARISSA MAYER AND THE FIGHT TO SAVE YAHOO! is the inside story of how Yahoo got into such awful shape in the first place, Marissa Mayer’s controversial rise at Google, and her desperate fight to save an Internet icon.
This book captures Mayer’s rise and Yahoo’s missteps as a dramatic illustration of what it takes to grab the brass ring in Silicon Valley. And it reveals whether it is possible for a big lumbering tech company to stay relevant in today’s rapidly changing business landscape.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to make feature directing debut in comedy co-starring Scarlett Johansson
By Adam B. Vary
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As years go, 2012 is shaping up to be The Best Ever for at least one Hollywood multi-hyphenate. In April, EW has confirmed that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will step behind the camera for his feature directing debut in an untitled comedy starring Gordon-Levitt as a ladies man attempting to reform himself. The actor also penned the original screenplay, and will co-star with Scarlett Johansson. (Deadline first reported the story.)
The news comes as Gordon-Levitt is set to star in four high profile feature films this year: The Dark Knight Rises, the Manhattan bike messenger thriller Premium Rush, the sci-fi thriller Looper, and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.
Gordon-Levitt premiered his first short film, the Elmore Leonard adaptation Sparks, at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. His film Morgan and Destiny’s Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo — made in collaboration with Gordon-Levitt’s online filmmaking collective hitRECord.org — premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. You can watch it below:
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ACP YAKUBU Yakubu presented in the play as an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He stands out as an incorruptible and honest police officer. He withstood pressures from his boss, the Commissioner to stop investigating Chief’s activities at the Ministry of External Relations. His investigations led to the arrest and prosecution of Chief, Ochuole, Madam Hoha, the Commissioner of Police and the corrupt Justice. In other words ACP yakubu, laments bitterly on why the judge frees Aloho. And ACP yakubu asks Ojo to work on the embezzlement and smuggling allegations placed against Chief Ade Haladu-Amaka, the minister. He became very angry when his boss treates matters with levity. His actions ensures that the culprits are brought to book. His persistance in maintaining and upholding his integrity makes him a good officer.
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Asagu Joseph as portrayed in the play is a Nigerian and Beneatha’s hand in marriage. His role in the play provided an international perspective on Africa. Asagi is proud of his African heritage in that he hopes to return to Nigeria to help bring positive charge and modern advancement. He makes more efforts to teach Beneathea about his heritage and identity as well. His peaceful ways and calm manner give Beneatha an appreciation of his views even when they disagree. It is clearly seen in the play that Asagi stands in obvious contrast to Beneatha’s other suitors. George Muchuson, who is an arrogant African-American and who has lost his identity by assimilating to the white world. Contrasted with George Murchison’s abrasive put-downs of Beneatha and George’s insistence on retaining his narrow-minded views, Asagai appears as Beneatha’s savior from the potential tragedy of her eventually becoming George’s wife. Asagai as a custodian of African heritage, he criticizes Beneatha’s long hair and persuaded her to cut it just to look more of Africa and natural.
Moreno, Asagai criticizes Beneatha for not being independent as she claims to be because according to him, since her dream of attending medical school is dependent on her father’s life insurance money. Asagai is helpful and concerned about the welfare of others. He volunteers to assist in the move to Clybourne Park and offers much-needed consolation and good advice to Beneatha when she is at her lowest. He counsels Beneatha spiritually and emotionally, helping her to get back “on track” as she rails against her brother’s foolishness in having lost the money.
Asagai is a motivational speaker who instills acceptable values in Beneatha. This was shown in Beneatha’s willingness to accept asagai’s marriage proposal and relocate to Nigeria thereby recovering her lost identity. He was used in the okay to make a radical point about race.No.9(9)
The poet employed rhetorical questions in the poem to express the vanity of crying and weeping Africans who are reaping what they sowed. Eg in (line 5) “who indeed will hear them without laughter?”
The poet described our complaints as ridiculous and absurd. It justifies the fact that we (the black whole) are suffering from self afflicted “torments” which could be averted by listening to our fore-fathers instructions.
Again the poet employed another rhetorical question in (line 8) ” what eyes will watch over large mouths?” This is used by the poet with sarcastic humor to show the mouth of black people weeping hopelessly and unabashedly without a comforter.
Also, “what heart will listen to our clamouring”? in(line 11) he is of the opinion that life and it’s adverse challenges more subjected us to “clamouring” and “pitiful anger” so much that it has grown like a tumor in the womb.
“What ear to our pitiful anger” in(line 12) is another rhetorical question employed by the poet to show the sense of self pity which can only earn the contempt of others. In another way the poet used “pitiful anger” to represent a punny feeling of anger which has an unpleasant effect on them and makes other to look at them with pity.
Finally in (line 30) “what ear to our sobbing hearts”?. This by all indication and in a nutshell shows the rational behind our weeping and crying today is the resultant effects of our negligence in ramifications.
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According to the poet in the above poem, the summer has many defects unlike his beloved. In the line “Rough winds do shake the darling bad of may”; he explains that summer’s day can destroy the bud of flowers unlike his beloved. He goes on further to say that the summer is known for its extreme temperature. It could be too hot as well as too dim, hence making one uncomfortable – the sun can also be divided and hence obscure the earth.
The poet also asserts that the summer’s day is too short unlike the days of his beloved. The defects of a summer’s day no doubt leads to the withering of trees. Hence the defects of a summer’s day makes it impossible to be compared to the poet’s beloved
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Exposing Feminism
Feminism purports to concern itself only with equality – but in reality propagates mistrust, tension and hatred between the sexes.
‘The Catalogue of Anti-Male Shaming Tactics’
‘Ghost Nation’
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If you’re not the type to keep up with ugly, soul-killing political controversies, let me catch you up: A while back, hugely popular political commentator Rush Limbaugh lost a bunch of advertisers because he publicly called a college girl a slut and a prostitute after she suggested that health insurance plans should cover birth control. But he’s paid to say outrageous things. If you really want to feel all dead inside, you need to listen to what the regular folk were saying.
For instance, on crazy political message board FreeRepublic.com, posters referred to the girl in the above-referenced story (Sandra Fluke) as a “Nasty, disease-ridden plodding uterus, an utter skank crack-ho filthy whore, a prostitute slutbag juice-receptacle” and a “Sperm-burpin’ gutter slut,” and said she “… is so encrusted and used, that I had to throw out my flat-panel TV because her appearance on my TV infected it with AIDS, gonorrhea and syphilis.” There are many, many more worse comments collected here and here and here.
Now go to the front page of any mostly male discussion site like Reddit.com and see how many inches you can browse before finding several thousand men bemoaning how all women are gold-digging whores (7,500 upvotes) and how crazy and irrational women are (9,659 upvotes) and how horrible and gross and fat women are (4,000 upvotes). Or browse the “Men’s Rights” section and see weird fantasies about alpha males defeating all the hot women who try to control them with their vaginas.
This current of white-hot rage has to come as a surprise to some of you, because we tend to think “sexism” is being dismissive toward women, or paying them lower salaries — we don’t think of it as frenzied “burn the witch!” hatred. Yet occasionally something like this Limbaugh thing will come along to prick that balloon, and out it pours. Like it’s always waiting there, a millimeter below the surface.
Why? Well, you see …
#5. We Were Told That Society Owed Us a Hot Girl
Does it seem like men feel kind of entitled to sex? Does it seem like we react to rejection with the maturity of a child being denied a toy?
Well, you have to keep in mind that what we learn as kids is really hard to deprogram as an adult. And what we learned as kids is that we males are each owed, and will eventually be awarded, a beautiful woman.
“Surprise! Just a little something for graduation.”
We were told this by every movie, TV show, novel, comic book, video game and song we encountered. When the Karate Kid wins the tournament, his prize is a trophy and Elisabeth Shue. Neo saves the world and is awarded Trinity. Marty McFly gets his dream girl, John McClane gets his ex-wife back, Keanu “Speed” Reeves gets Sandra Bullock, Shia LaBeouf gets Megan Fox in Transformers, Iron Man gets Pepper Potts, the hero in Avatar gets the hottest Na’vi, Shrek gets Fiona, Bill Murray gets Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters, Frodo gets Sam, WALL-E gets EVE … and so on.
Hell, at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman, Richard Gere walks into the lady’s workplace and just carries her out like he’s picking up a suit at the dry cleaner.
“I’ll take the one in brown flannel. I don’t need a bag.”
And then we have Star Wars, where Luke starts out getting Princess Leia (in The Empire Strikes Back), but then as Han Solo became a fan favorite, George Lucas realized he had to award her to him instead (forcing him to write the “She’s secretly Luke’s sister” thing into Return of the Jedi, even though it meant adding the weird incest vibe to Empire). With Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling played with the convention by having the beautiful girl get awarded to the sidekick character Ron, but she made it a central conflict in the story that Ron is constantly worried that, since Harry is the main character, Hermione will be awarded to him instead.
In each case, the woman has no say in this — compatibility doesn’t matter, prior relationships don’t matter, nothing else factors in. If the hero accomplishes his goals, he is awarded his favorite female. Yes, there will be dialogue that maybe makes it sound like the woman is having doubts, and she will make noises like she is making the decision on her own. But we, as the audience, know that in the end the hero will “get the girl,” just as we know that at the end of the month we’re going to “get our paycheck.” Failure to award either is breaking a societal contract. The girl can say what she wants, but we all know that at the end, she will wind up with the hero, whether she knows it or not.
“Wait right there. I need to go defeat my demons and realize the strength was in me all along.”
And now you see the problem. From birth we’re taught that we’re owed a beautiful girl. We all think of ourselves as the hero of our own story, and we all (whether we admit it or not) think we’re heroes for just getting through our day.
So it’s very frustrating, and I mean frustrating to the point of violence, when we don’t get what we’re owed. A contract has been broken. These women, by exercising their own choices, are denying it to us. It’s why every Nice Guy is shocked to find that buying gifts for a girl and doing her favors won’t win him sex. It’s why we go to “slut” and “whore” as our default insults — we’re not mad that women enjoy sex. We’re mad that women are distributing to other people the sex that they owed us.
Yes, the women in these stories are being portrayed as wonderful and beautiful and perfect. But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.
“Careful, you’ll make my tie smell like whore, ‘friend.'”
Which brings us to the next problem …
#4. We’re Trained from Birth to See You as Decoration
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with putting a pretty girl on the cover of a magazine or posing her next to a shiny new car. The pretty girl gets a good job, men want her, women want to be her, everybody is happy. Right?
The problem is that it goes way deeper than that.
“Brought to you by the American Corn Farmers Association.”
From my experience, if there is a fundamental difference between male and female sexuality, it’s this: There are actual occasions where women aren’t thinking about sex. Here, let me show you an extreme example. I’m going to quote a Free Republic thread again, because I quite frankly can’t stop reading them. These are some comments they made about a female public figure, and I want you to guess who it is:
“Her face is so ugly you can smash it into some dough and make gorilla cookies.”
“So fugly, I’d say ‘don’t even look’!!!”
“At least Medusa was modestly attractive by comparison.”
“This person is disgusting and I would never trust ‘it’s’ opinion on ANYTHING!”
Have you guessed? They’re talking about Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.
Via Wikipedia
A woman who didn’t just graduate from Harvard Law — she became the fucking dean.
Yes, even in that setting, when judging a female for a position on the highest court in the land, our instinct is still to judge her suitability as a sex partner. It’s the first thing we notice. And you could just write that off as a bunch of douches being shallow, but then you have to realize how all of society has conformed to this. Forget about objectification in the media or fashion industry — go to a diner, they’ve got the pretty girl waiting tables. Go to a department store, they’ll have a pretty girl selling you pants.
See, that’s the difference. With men, there are some scenarios where it stops mattering how he looks. With women, it always matters. In a comedy movie, the male wacky sidekick can be the chubby Zach Galifianakis or the nearly deformed Steve Buscemi. But if the female wacky sidekick isn’t attractive, like the overweight Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids, then every scene needs to be about how ugly and fat and mannish she is. That has to be the core of her character.
“You mean there’s other things in the world besides food? Surely you jest.”
Her role in society or level of accomplishment doesn’t matter. Even if she’s a damned candidate for the Supreme Court, the female always has a dual role: to function as a person, and to act as decor.
And we get pissed if she doesn’t do her job. Check out any article about a female celebrity who has gained weight. Here’s literally the first one I found on Google, a blog post about how fat Christina Aguilera has gotten. Check the comments:
“fuck her! I have a full-time job, go to grad school full-time, cook at home every night and still find time to get my ass to the gym. lazy ass fat bitch …”
Don’t get me wrong — if it’s a male celebrity in the article, you’ll get lots of people making fun of his fatness. If it’s a female, you get anger.
That’s her, two months ago, by the way. How dare that fucking bitch?
She owes it to us to be pretty. That’s the social contract as we’ve understood it from the time we were toddlers.
And it’s a no-win situation. We hate you if you’re ugly; if you’re pretty, then …
#3. We Think You’re Conspiring With Our Boners to Ruin Us
… aka, Why Do You Think the Garden of Eden Story Has a Snake?
First, you need to understand something about the unique love/hate relationship men have with their penises.
Do you remember that story about police having to free a guy who got his dick stuck while humping a pool filter? Or that other guy who got stuck humping a park bench, or the other guy who got stuck humping a picnic table? Or that judge who got caught jerking off while on the bench listening to testimony?
“Do me a solid and bring that one chick with the huge boobs back up to testify.”
You see this type of story come up a lot — check your local police blotter. And they all have something in common: They’re all guys.
Seriously, do a Google search for “masturbating in public library.” Notice something in common with all of those stories? They’re all dudes. Obviously I’m not saying women don’t pleasure themselves (every single study would prove me a liar); I’m saying that men are far, far more likely to engage in extremely high-risk masturbation in public. They’re more likely to do it at work, and they’re more likely to do it in situations where they could go to jail.
No, it’s not some rare, weird exhibitionist fetish, either. It’s that they can’t even wait the couple of hours it’d take to do it safely at home.
It’s why we refer to the IT guy as “cockblocker.”
It makes absolutely no sense. All calculation of risk goes out the window. Why?
It’s because, in males more so than females, the sex drive is completely detached from the rest of the personality. The part of the male brain that worries about job security or money or social reputation or legal consequences has almost no veto power over the sex drive. You’ve heard guys say they were “thinking with their dick” or “I was thinking with the little brain” or “I took an order from Captain Bonerhelmet.” That’s what they’re referring to.
Science doesn’t seem to totally understand why the “base urges” part of the brain reacts differently in men. Maybe it’s just a matter of having 10 times as much testosterone in their system, or maybe society has trained us to be like this, or maybe we’re all spoiled children. My theory is that evolution needs males who will stay horny even in times of crisis or distress, and thus cuts off the brain’s ability to tamp down those urges. Whatever — nailing down the cause isn’t the point. The point is that a man can be giving the eulogy at his own grandmother’s funeral, and if there is a girl in the front row showing cleavage, he will be imagining himself pressing those boobs in his face, with his own dead grandmother not five feet away.
“And that’s why I know that grandma is boobing down on our cleavage today in this titties time.”
When that happens, when we get that boner at the funeral, we get mad at the girl showing the cleavage. Because we, ourselves, our own rational personality that knows right from wrong and appropriate from inappropriate, knows this is a bad place to get a boner. So it comes off like cleavage girl is conspiring with our penis to screw us over.
Is that a crazy thing to think? Yep! That’s why it’s so frustrating, especially if you don’t have a whole lot of emotional maturity, and grew up with male role models who had even less.
No, this doesn’t excuse anything. Obviously, “She was asking for it!” is still a bullshit rape defense. All I’m saying is when you see guys actually get annoyed or angry at the sight of a girl showing too much skin, or if you see them eager to degrade or humiliate the girls at the strip club, this is why. It’s probably why some Muslims make their women cover themselves head to toe.
“Where’s your eye drape? You trying to get us arrested?”
And in the Bible, it’s Eve who tempts Adam to sin … by conspiring with a snake.
Every male reading this is going to think I’m belaboring the obvious (after all, the world is full of comedy bits like this one about how hot girls are almost demonic in their ability to control males against their will). But I have never explained this to a woman who didn’t look at me like I was insisting that all men are secretly werewolves.
But even this isn’t the thing that makes us angriest …
#2. We Feel Like Manhood Was Stolen from Us at Some Point
You know how every comedy has that stock character of the womanizing, amoral guy who just says what he thinks all the time, and cares only about himself? Joey in Friends, Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men, Sterling Archer in Archer, Gob in Arrested Development, Ashton Kutcher’s character in That ’70s Show, Michael in our Web series, the title character in my books?
Guys love that character because he’s doing what, on some level, we all wish we could do. It’s also why you have all of these ad campaigns desperately appealing to males who fear that they’ve lost their masculinity (“If you use a competitor’s product, we’re going to have to take away your Man Card!“)
See, every single male can remember the first time, when he was 5 or 6 years old, he showed his penis to a stranger and everybody started freaking the hell out. He can remember the first time he got in trouble for hitting somebody, for peeing in public, for trying to jump off some high object or set something on fire. All of the core male urges, all the suggestions whispered to us by Darth Penis, all of it gets us in trouble.
And, when we get nostalgic for the past, we always dress it up in some ridiculous fantasy like 300, where everybody is shirtless and screaming and hacking things with swords. We are fed this idea that at one time, this is how the world was — all of these impulses that have been getting us grounded and sent to detention from kindergarten on used to be not only allowed, but celebrated.
“No, just hold on. I’m gonna ramp you over that car.”
And then at some point, women took it all away.
A once-great world of heroes and strength and warriors and cigars and crude jokes has been replaced by this world of grumpy female supervisors looming over our cubicle to hand us a memo about sending off-color jokes via email. Yes, that entire narrative is a grossly skewed and self-serving version of how society actually evolved. It doesn’t matter.
The result is a combination of frustration and humiliation and powerlessness that makes us want to get it back in the only way we know how: with petty, immature acts of meanness.
“Now, maybe next time you’ll remember who has the dick in this business.”
#1. We Feel Powerless
I don’t know what it’s like to be a woman. I haven’t been one in a long time. So as a result, it’s not easy for me to describe what it’s like to be a man, because I don’t know what you’re using for context. I’m going to do my best:
Did you ever watch old cartoons where a character is starving on a desert island, and when another character approaches, he’s so hungry that he imagines the other character as a talking piece of food?
Via TV Tropes
Third panel omitted due to graphic content.
It’s like that for most men, most of the time. We’re starving, and all women are various types of food. Only instead of food, it’s sex. And we’re trying to conduct our everyday business around the fact that we’re trying to renew our driver’s license with a talking pair of boobs. So, from about age 13 on, around 90 percent of our energy and discipline is devoted to overcoming this, to behave like civilized human beings and not like stray dogs in a meat market. One where instead of eating the meat, they want to hump it.
Right now I’m reading a book from mega-selling fantasy author George R. R. Martin. The following is a passage where he is writing from the point of view of a woman — always a tough thing for men to do. The girl is on her way to a key confrontation, and the narrator describes it thusly:
“When she went to the stables, she wore faded sandsilk pants and woven grass sandals. Her small breasts moved freely beneath a painted Dothraki vest …”
That’s written from the woman’s point of view. Yes, when a male writes a female, he assumes that she spends every moment thinking about the size of her breasts and what they are doing. “Janet walked her boobs across the city square. ‘I can see them staring at my boobs,’ she thought, boobily.” He assumes that women are thinking of themselves the same way we think of them.
Do you see what I’m getting at? Go look outside. See those cars driving by? Every car being driven by a man was designed and built and bought and sold with you in mind. The only reason why small, fuel-efficient or electric cars don’t dominate the roads is because we want to look cool in our cars, to impress you.
We also assume you have the taste of a pimp.
Go look at a city skyline. All those skyscrapers? We built those to impress you, too. All those sports you see on TV? All of those guys learned to play purely because in school, playing sports gets you laid. All the music you hear on the radio? All of those guys learned to sing and play guitar because as a teenager, they figured out that absolutely nothing gets women out of their pants faster. It’s the same reason all of the actors got into acting.
All those wars we fight? Sure, at the upper levels, in the halls of political power, they have some complicated reasons for wanting some piece of land or access to some resource. But on the ground? Well, let me ask you this — historically, when an army takes over a city, what happens to the women there?
It’s all about you. All of it. All of civilization.
Nope. Can’t see a single symbolic thing about this illustration.
So where you see a world in which males dominate the boards of the Fortune 500, and own Congress, and sit at the head of all but a handful of the world’s nations, men see themselves as utterly helpless. Because all of those powerful people only became powerful because they heard that women like power.
This is really the heart of it, right here. This is why no amount of male domination will ever be enough, why no level of control or privilege or female submission will ever satisfy us. We can put you under a burqa, we can force you out of the workplace — it won’t matter. You’re still all we think about, and that gives you power over us. And we resent you for it.
“Now you squat down and crap your pants, or you never touch these boobs again.”
All of the most bitter disputes work like this, by the way: Both sides think they’re the powerless party. It’s why tipping servers is such a bitter topic among some people — the server feels like the customer has all of the power (because their entire income comes from tips), and the customer feels like the server has all the power (because they can deny them food and drink and ruin their one night out). It’s why the richest people in the world can talk like they’re besieged victims, and mean it. It’s why the male leaders of the most powerful and richest church in the world can talk like they’re being made martyrs due to women asking for birth control. And mean it.
Which brings us back to where we started. If you add all of this together, you get a world where this woman can testify before Congress about her friend suffering from ovarian cysts …
… and a male political cartoonist will draw her like this:
Via Caglecartoons.com
Sorry, ladies.
Sweden’s Gender War (Könskriget)
July 23, 2012 in exposing feminism | 7 comments
From http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/konskriget-fallt-i-granskningsnamnden , (translated by Google);-
“Gender War” hands down in the Broadcasting Commission
Published 2006-03-22 18:00
Review Board has unanimously decided to trap SVT bias in Document inifråns “Gender War.” SVT believes that the Board’s reasons for dropping the program is incorrect.
The program, which aired in two parts in the spring of 2005, depicting, among other things, a fleeing from a Satanic pedophile network which is largely based on a young woman’s story. Application to Review Board was made by two other women who also was in flight.
The Broadcasting Commission considers that the events described in the program were startling and should have been commented on by one or more of the other people involved. It also recognizes that the notifying parties’ version of events given inadequate space.
In addition, states the Board held that an assignment in the program for participants in flight did not dare to contact the police in Norway was wrong. This, together with other shortcomings in objectivity attributed to the alleged bias.
SVT believes that the Board’s reasons for dropping the program is incorrect.
“The Board is to assess whether programs are contrary to the requirement of impartiality and objectivity, but will not comment on the editorial practices. It is not the Board to decide whether and when different informants should be contacted for program production. Precipitate appears, therefore, aim to restrict journalists’ access to employment, which is incompatible with free television. editors have made it clear that escape from the Satanic network is correctly depicted in the program and also confirmed by three independent sources, writes Hans Hernborn, head of SVT’s program secretariat, in a statement. ”
Linda Andersson
Ann Persson
Parental Alienation – a light at the end of the tunnel?
June 7, 2012 in exposing feminism | Leave a comment
“it is extremely important, both for courts and advisers, to spot at an early stage those cases which have the hallmarks of difficulty, let alone intractability, about them … it is extremely important that the parties at a relatively early stage have an opportunity to give evidence not against each other, as happens in fact-finding hearings, but in respect of the interests of the child which are all too easily lost in the maelstrom of allegations”
Click to read more.
BBC News: “Email and web use ‘to be monitored’ under new laws”
April 1, 2012 in exposing feminism | 1 comment
The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon. Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time.
More here.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745
Call me a ‘feminist’ when..
March 14, 2012 in exposing feminism | 31 comments
..feminists do something about events like this , rather than discuss ‘issues’ like this.
A stupid defence against sexism
February 19, 2012 in exposing feminism | 5 comments
From Cracked;-
The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of Sexism, no. 6:
Cracked isn’t doing a good job of keeping up with the times by failing to treat men’s issues with any degree of legitimacy.
Also any comment using “feminazi” or “misandry.”
“Misandry” may be the most efficient word in the English language. In just one word it condenses the self-denying assholery of “I’m not a racist, but …” with the misogyny of “All women are bitches,” throwing in a free persecution-complex bonus, because it’s not like the user was going anywhere. Our previous codeword for “biggest asshole on the planet” took two words because Donald Trump has a first name.
If you think hot women have it easy because everyone wants to have sex at [sic] them, you’re both wrong and also the reason you’re wrong. Most people don’t base their quality of life around how hard it is to get laid, because they actually do get laid, and it isn’t that hard to do. Being a straight male is tremendous fun and sexuality’s lowest difficulty setting: You know what you want and everyone else in your demographic will praise you for being able to do it. No one else on the spectrum of sexual orientation can say that. If women hate you for cursing about how stupid “bitches” are, it’s not because you’re the victim of an anti-male conspiracy: It’s because you’re you.
Let’s examine this logic, step-by-step.
The use of the word ‘misandry’ is indicative of a deficiency within the user. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem ].
This deficiency is often rooted in jealousy with respect to female sexuality. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur ].
This word is most often used by straight males. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question ].
And so..
It follows that straight men who use this word are jealous of female sexuality.
This is despite men having the most privilege when it comes to sexuality.
I would argue that the writer has a great deal to teach us about the nature of sexism – but perhaps not in the way that he imagines!
“More women directors will rein in excessive pay, says David Cameron”
October 28, 2011 in exposing feminism | 2 comments
From The Guardian, Oct 28th 2011;-
Deborah Hargreaves, the chair of the High Pay Commission, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that a closed shop of executives were driving up pay.
“I think it is very hard to justify these sorts of pay increases,” Hargreaves said.
“When you think the average pay is going up 1% or 2%, it’s not even meeting price rises. These pay packages have become so complex that executives don’t even understand it themselves. We have got a closed shop here and someone needs to break it open.”
The prime minister indicated some sympathy with this view, and went further by saying that increasing the number of women in boardrooms would help drive down pay levels.
“At the moment I think there is too much of a closed circle of people made available to be non-executives. By opening this up, by increasing the number of women in our boards – I think that would have a beneficial effect.”
If we hold as true the assertions that;-
Most boards are closed environments
These environments are dominated by men
Women work for less pay
Introducing women to these environments would save money
It follows that David Cameron percieves that sexual discrimination is commonplace in the UK (despite being illegal).
It also follows that he has not acted upon this, despite being elected to do so.
As routine sexual discrimination is tolerated in the UK, it also follows that any company would be able to hire women only.
Following the last point, this company would gain a financial advantage over competitors due to less spending on wages.
It futher follows that David Cameron would favour being replaced by a woman, as this would add value to British civil service in the form of saved money.
Anyone see any holes in this logic..?
Think carefully now – if you are in the UK, you are paying David Cameron £142,000 Per Annum for it.
“Is it sexist?” A simple test.
September 13, 2011 in exposing feminism | 14 comments
Let’s take the movie “Alexandra’s Project”, and look at the related wikipedia page.
Now let’s look at the same page with the genders reversed.
“If it were easy, men would do it too”
From “Feminism? Forget it, sisters” by Neil Lyndon, Daily Telegraph 6th August 2010 ;-
Many of those men had lived alone, learnt to cook and run a home before they lived with women; and some of them – me included – have looked after children alone after marriages failed. More than 300,000 men in this country are the sole parents of children, fully responsible for every element of their domestic lives. Are they to be told – as Fay Weldon declared with majestic stupidity last year – that they are congenitally incapable of picking up a sock?
Confiscatory Child Support
Families Against Confiscatory Child Support
Dating rights
Marriage and Migration
Online Dating Rights
Divorce support
Brutal Divorce Tactics (DVD)
Dads Against the Divorce Industry
Divorce Aid
Divorce coach for dads
Illinois Mens Rights Divorce Lawyer
Domestic abuse / rape support
About Passive Aggressive Personalities
Abused Empowered Survive Thrive
Battered Men – The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence
Erin Pizzey’s Blog
Men’s Aid
Mental Abuse
Shrink 4 Men
The Mankind Initiative
Students For Academic Freedom
‘Combatting Feminist Ms-Information’ by Robert Sheaffer
‘If Men Have All The Power, Why Do Women Make The Rules?’ by Jack Kammer
‘Is There Anything Good About Men?’ by Roy F. Baumeister
‘The Fatherless Family’ by Rebecca O’Neill
‘The Origins of Political Correctness’ by Bill Lind
‘Women Fleeing the Feminist Fold’ by Carey Roberts
Misandry Review
MRA documents
Orwell Today – Malebashing
Fake MRA blogs
X Y Online
False allegation support
False Allegations Support Organisation
Falserape .net
The False Rape Society
Feminists!
‘S.C.U.M Manifesto’ by Valerie Solanas
1001 Feminist Quotes
Dear Misandrist
Miss Andrist
Antimisandry .com forums
Highly recommended MRA blogs
Angry Harry
Davout
End of Men
Fedrz’ Blog
Freedom Theory UK
Glenn Sacks
Heretical Sex
Holistic Gender
Khankrumthebulgar
Kumogakure School
No Nonsense Man
One Man’s Kingdom
The Counter Feminist
True Equality
American Women Suck
Captain Save’Aho
Dennis The Peasant
Men Are Better Than Women
marriage strike
Alternatives to marriage project
Dealing with Women
Don’t Marry .com
Dump Your Wife NOW!
Eternal Bachelor
Marriage Strike Central
Bernard Chapin
Men’s Bibliography
Men’s Movie Guide
National Organization For Men
R.A.D.A.R.
The Spearhead
MRA blogs
Men’s Rights Blogs (RSS)
Men’s news daily
Men’s rights news and info
Misandry News
‘A Guide To Parental Alienation Syndrome’ by Stan Hayward
Cycling 4 Children
Dads America
Dads in distress
Dads Rights
Fathers 4 Justice
Ohio Council For Fathers Rights
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization
Parental Alienation dot org UK
S.P.A.R.C. (US)
Separated Families
Shared Parenting Information Group (SPIG) UK
Angry White Dude
Breaking The Science
E U Truth
Father’s rights-responsibilty party (Ireland)
Harriet Harman Sucks
Men’s Representative Party (UK)
Political Correctness – The Awful Truth
Political Correctness Watch
Spinwatch
The Complete Newspeak Dictionary
The Devil’s Kitchen
Antimisandry.com
Men’s Action To Rebuild Society
Women against feminism
Equal But Different
Female Misogynist
Ladies Against Feminism
The Bonnie View
The Mad Jewess
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Grill Smoke Bbq
Author(s): Ben Tish
There's so much more to barbecues than sausages and burgers. At Ember Yard, chef director Ben Tish excels in creating stunning grilled, barbecued, smoked, charred and slow-roasted dishes that enhance the flavour of meat, fish and vegetables.You can make fantastic food on a barbecue, be it in a country garden, on a tiny urban balcony or on a campsite. All you need is the simplest barbecue with a lid and some charcoal, and you can make everything from pizzas to ribs, desserts and even Sunday roasts on a rainy winter's day; there's no need to wait for the summer to get the barbecue out. Try Chargrilled Duck Breast with Peas, Broad Beans and Hot Mint Sauce, Paella, Crispy Artichokes with Lemon and Sage, and amazing Smoky Bitter-Chocolate Puddings.The smoky, rich taste of food cooked over an open fire is one of life's true pleasures and these recipes will inspire you to use your barbecue for much, much more than just steak.
Ben Tish is Chef Director of the Salt Yard Group which comprises Salt Yard in Fitzrovia, Dehesa and Ember Yard in Soho and Opera Tavern in Covent Garden, all specialising in a rare mix of food and wine from both Spain and Italy. Prior to joining Salt Yard, Ben spent much of his career working with Jason Atherton. He also spent time at the Crinan Hotel in Scotland, where Ben was awarded Best Gastro Pub in Scotland, as well as Best Newcomer from the Good Food Guide. Ben has appeared on Saturday Kitchen, the Food Network, Masterchef, Good Food Channel's Market Kitchen and BBC Radio Four's Food Programme. He has appeared in Waitrose Food Illustrated, the Guardian and has demonstrated at many food events including Taste of London, Foodies Festival and the Slow Food Show.
Publisher : Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Imprint : Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Dewey classification : 641.5784
Author : Ben Tish
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Speech March 16, 2016
Neil Chapman
President, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Foundation for petrochemical success in a changing energy environment
Rex W. Tillerson, IHS World Petrochemical Conference
Hilton Americas, Houston, Texas
Thank you and thanks to IHS for inviting me to speak here today.
Over the past three decades, this conference has earned its reputation as a premier gathering for insights into the petrochemical industry’s future.
A focus on the future requires us to look beyond the volatility that we’ve seen in the energy and petrochemical markets over the last 18 months. Crude is down; naphtha is down; the North American ethylene advantage is down.
But have any of the fundamentals changed? At ExxonMobil, we don’t believe so.
Petrochemicals is subject to cycles that all commodity businesses go through. To plan for these inevitable cycles, we assess the full range of economic scenarios that our investment decisions must withstand. Our major investments must be based on advantages versus the rest of industry. This enables us to mitigate the impact of bottom-of-cycle conditions as well as maximize returns at the top of the cycle, thereby ensuring a satisfactory return for the shareholder.
We based our investment to construct a third steam cracker at Baytown on two simple long-term beliefs. First, the growth in petrochemical demand remains robust. And, second, the North American resource base, driven by unconventional oil and gas, is abundant.
Chemical demand outlook is positive
Let’s start with our confidence in demand. We continue to see a world in which global living standards improve and demand for chemical products continues to grow.
A main driver of this growth is population. From now to 2040, the global population is expected to rise from about 7 billion people to about 9 billion.
More important to our business, however, are rising incomes. Even conservative estimates say the number of people earning enough to be considered middle class will more than double, from just over 2 billion people today to nearly 5 billion by 2030.
This middle-class growth will continue to drive consumption of chemicals.
We see global demand for chemicals rising by nearly 45 percent, or about 4 percent per year, over the next decade. That’s significantly faster than projected growth in global GDP, and faster than overall energy demand.
Asia Pacific leads growth
Two-thirds of this growth will come from Asia Pacific, with the majority of that growth in China and India. These two countries alone are forecast to see a threefold rise in per-capita income through 2040. Their growing, urbanized middle classes will drive higher demand for products made from petrochemicals – everything from packaged goods to automobiles to appliances.
But it’s not just China and India.
We are gearing up to meet the needs of other developing countries whose rising populations and living standards will require significantly more petrochemicals in coming decades. These include Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Nigeria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.
Developed countries will see much lower growth. In general, the increased need for chemicals there will be more focused on the penetration of new materials supporting the development of advanced products and innovations.
The role of sustainability
Beyond population and living standards, there is a third factor driving petrochemical demand – and that is sustainability.
Now, more than ever, the world is looking for affordable, sustainable and safe products.
Many of these products are made from chemicals – products like insulation that reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool homes, lightweight packaging that extends the life of food and reduces the energy needed for shipping, and advanced plastics that make cars safer and more fuel-efficient.
According to a study by McKinsey, over their lifecycle these chemical products save twice the amount of greenhouse gases that they create.
Sustainability will remain a driving force behind demand for chemicals.
The North American opportunity
So how can chemical producers meet this growing product demand?
It starts with access to competitive feedstock and energy. Today, thanks to shale and other unconventional oil and gas, North America has one of the largest resource bases in the world. That’s why we have seen nearly $160 billion in announced capacity investments, including ExxonMobil’s expansion at Baytown, about 25 miles from here.
Until recently, U.S. petrochemical producers were enjoying a shale gas cost advantage compared to regions that ran mostly oil-based naphtha feedstock that was at an all-time high. Of course the 70-percent decline in Brent over the past 18 months has reduced that advantage.
Will some producers in North America start to rethink their investments? If they were banking on that advantage lasting for the long-term, then maybe they will.
But for ExxonMobil, nothing has changed. We designed our Baytown expansion to be resilient over a wide range of feedstock and energy scenarios.
Baytown and the toolkit
So how can chemical companies succeed despite the ups and downs of energy markets they can’t control? For us, it is all based on ensuring we retain an advantage over competition that enables us to outperform across the business cycles. It is an objective that we relentlessly pursue.
Key to our investment decision at Baytown is a toolkit of advantages that we have developed over many years.
It starts with integration
At ExxonMobil, we have long understood the value of a diversified, integrated business that is robust to industry cycles. We optimize our integrated businesses across the entire value chain.
Our chemical facilities are highly integrated with our refineries around the world or have access to attractive upstream feedstocks, such as ethane.
Our refining and chemical facilities share an unwavering focus on operational excellence and increased efficiency. At our large, integrated manufacturing platforms we pursue efficiencies enabled by interconnected facilities, harmonized operating practices and sophisticated modeling to optimize all streams on a day-to-day and even hour-to-hour basis.
Our expansion at Baytown includes installation of the largest production units in operation today. The site, which is already the largest refining and petrochemical complex in the U.S., is very efficient and will get even more so.
We believe that we have attracted, trained and retained the most skilled workers in our industry. This is critical as our optimization tools become more complex and more technical. Locally, we committed $1.5 million to Houston-area community colleges to create a new workforce training program for good-paying, in-demand, skilled positions in the chemical industry.
In the U.S. our crackers produce a significantly higher percentage of ethylene from ethane than the industry average.
But we can’t bank on North American ethane or any other single feedstock remaining cost-advantaged forever. Even as we expand ethane steam cracking capacity at Baytown, we continue to enhance our ability to run liquid feeds from our integrated refineries and even crack crude oil directly.
High-value products
Another advantage in our toolkit is a portfolio of performance products unique to industry that creates additional value for us and for our customers.
Our expansion here in Texas includes the addition of two of the largest polyethylene reactors in the world at our Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant. This new capacity is not focused on commodity products, but on high-value performance polyethylene.
After years of technology and market development, we are already the leader in single-site catalysis metallocene polyethylene, and we’re rapidly extending that family of products which serve the packaging industry – particularly food packaging.
Our innovations have enabled customers to make heavy-duty shipping bags 40 percent thinner while also improving product strength and ease of processing. This decrease in material use benefits the entire value chain – by reducing packaging weight, shipping costs, energy consumption, emissions and waste.
Today, we’re adding new products for film applications that extend the performance and processing attributes of our polyethylene portfolio. And we’re working with our customers who manufacture films for packaging applications and targeting prospects in new applications that require very tough, damage-resistant films.
Not only do these performance polyethylenes bring new value to our customers but they are pivotal in our drive to ensure our investments are robust across the industry cycles.
A global supply chain
We also recognize that all of our investments – from Baytown to Singapore – are individual links in a petrochemical supply chain that is growing more global by the day.
A supply chain is more than putting a container on a ship. Meeting demand growth requires sophisticated logistics tools and a global organization to optimize cost and provide exceptional service to customers.
Moving products across the world is a significant cost component. Ten years ago, the volume of chemicals traded between regions represented only about 10 percent of the global production. Today it’s about 15 percent. And after this wave of crackers on the Gulf Coast, that will be up to 20 percent. It’s a big change.
Over the past several years, we have accelerated our program to build a world-class global supply organization and equip them with a sophisticated tool set. We’ve invested in an advanced enterprise IT system to get faster delivery at a lower cost. This technology has enabled us to optimize our system, not just on an annual but a daily basis. And now we can see our transaction right to our customer’s door.
The need for a world-class supply chain is nothing new to companies like Amazon and McDonald’s. And it will become increasingly important to the petrochemical industry as it continues to globalize. So will working more closely with our customers in developing countries.
Serving global markets and customers directly
That’s why we have established the leading commercial and technical organization across the developing world.
This on-the-ground presence enables us to work directly with our customers to develop the innovative, sustainable products their customers seek.
We know that customers in developing economies are hungry for innovation. They want new ideas to grow their businesses quickly. Close integration with our customers enables us to develop those advanced solutions for their businesses, and they can take them to their customers.
When you are this integrated with your customers, you are better able to create additional value, and enjoy long-term relationships that can help mitigate market volatility.
So to sum up, we believe the only way to ensure these major investments will be financially robust across the industry cycles is to ensure the projects are advantaged across the entire value chain. Our toolkit contains advantages of integration on the operating and the feed side; differentiated products; a sophisticated and global supply chain; and people on the ground in the high growth developing economies to deliver the support our customers require.
In our industry, where opportunities abound, we must deal with volatility as the norm, not the exception.
As we look to the future, the advantages we capture today will inform the investment decisions we make tomorrow.
Thank you for your time and attention.
ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat to advance breakthrough atmospheric carbon capture technology
IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat said today that they have signed a joint development agreement to advance breakthrough technology that can capture and concentrate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources, including power plants, and the atmosphere.
Newsroom News • June 27, 2019
ExxonMobil to provide $3 million to USAID programs in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique – ExxonMobil and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said today that ExxonMobil will provide $3 million to USAID to design and administer programs that improve social and economic development in Mozambique
ExxonMobil, SABIC to proceed with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project
IRVING, Texas and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – ExxonMobil and SABIC today announced the decision to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 million metric ton ethane steam cracker in San Patricio County, Texas, leading to thousands of high-paying jobs and billions in economic output.
ExxonMobil completes Singapore expansion to enhance Group II base stocks supply
IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil today said that it has completed an expansion at its Singapore refinery to upgrade its production of EHC™ Group II base stocks, strengthening the global supply of high-quality base stocks and enhancing the integrated facility’s competitiveness.
ExxonMobil proceeds with Argentina expansion project in Vaca Muerta Basin
IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil said today it is proceeding with a long-term oil development in Argentina’s Bajo del Choique-La Invernada block. The project is expected to produce up to 55,000 oil-equivalent barrels per day within five years and will include 90 wells, a central production facility and export infrastructure connected to the Oldeval pipeline and refineries.
ExxonMobil, partners to redevelop Angola Block 15 to increase production
IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil and its partners said today they will further invest in Block 15 offshore Angola to increase production as part of an agreement with Angola’s recently established National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels. As part of the agreement, Sonangol, Angola’s state oil company, will receive a 10 percent equity interest.
Newsroom News • June 5, 2019
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BBC: Bush’s Grandfather Planned Fascist Coup In America
A BBC Radio 4 investigation sheds new light on a major subject that has received little historical attention, the conspiracy on behalf of a group of influential powerbrokers, led by Prescott Bush, to overthrow FDR and implement a fascist dictatorship in the U.S. based around the ideology of Mussolini and Hitler.
In 1933, Marine Corps Maj.-Gen. Smedley Butler was approached by a wealthy and secretive group of industrialists and bankers, including Prescott Bush the current President’s grandfather, who asked him to command a 500,000 strong rogue army of veterans that would help stage a coup to topple then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Naomi Wolf: America’s Fascist Coup Owes Legacy To Bush’s Nazi Grandfather
Author Naomi Wolf, who made headlines earlier this year after she identified the ten steps to fascism that were being followed to a tee by the Bush administration, spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about the origins of what we see unfolding today, Prescott Bush’s attempt to launch a Nazi coup in 1930’s America.
Speaking on the Alex Jones Show, Wolf said that she was first alerted to begin researching America’s slide into fascism when her friend, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, warned her that the same events that laid the foundations for the rise of the Third Reich in early 1930’s Germany, when it was still a Parliamentary democracy, were being mirrored in modern-day America.
Categories: Bush, Bush's family history, War crimes, War profiteering, World domination, World war III . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
How Bush’s grandfather helped Hitler’s rise to power
Some more Bush family history.
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today’s president
Ben Aris in Berlin and Duncan Campbell in Washington
Saturday September 25, 2004
George Bush’s grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
His business dealings, which continued until his company’s assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy.
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Official probing Rove now under investigation himself
The federal official helming a probe into potentially illegal partisan political activities conducted by Karl Rove and other White House officials is himself the focus of a federal investigation.
Scott Bloch, the Bush-appointed head of the US Office of Special Counsel, is under investigation for the alleged improper deletion of emails on office computers, The Wall Street Journal‘s John R. Wilke reports.
“Recently, investigators learned that Mr. Bloch erased all the files on his office personal computer late last year,” writes Wilke. “They are now trying to determine whether the deletions were improper or part of a cover-up, lawyers close to the case said.” The inspector general of the Office of Personnel Management is examining the case at the urging of the White House.
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CIA Operation “Pliers” Uncovered in Venezuela
Last night CNN en Español aired the above image, which captions at the bottom “Who Killed him?” by “accident”. The image of President Chavez with the caption about killing him below, which some could say subliminally incites to assassination, was a “production error” mistakenly made in the CNN en Español newsroom. The news anchor had been narrarating a story about the situation between Colombia and Venezuela and then switched to a story about an unsolved homicide but – oops – someone forgot to change the screen image and President Chavez was left with the killing statement below. Today they apologized and admitted it was a rather “unfortunate” and “regrettable” mistake. Yes, it was.
On a scarier note, an internal CIA memorandum has been obtained by Venezuelan counterintelligence from the US Embassy in Caracas that reveals a very sinister – almost fantastical, were it not true – plan to destabilize Venezuela during the coming days. The plan, titled “OPERATION PLIERS” was authored by CIA Officer Michael Middleton Steere and was addressed to CIA Director General Michael Hayden in Washington. Steere is stationed at the US Embassy in Caracas under the guise of a Regional Affairs Officer. The internal memorandum, dated November 20, 2007, references the “Advances of the Final Stage of Operation Pliers”, and confirms that the operation is coordinated by the team of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) in Venezuela. The memo summarizes the different scenarios that the CIA has been working on in Venezuela for the upcoming referendum vote on December 2nd. The Electoral Scenario, as it’s phrased, confirms that the voting tendencies will not change substantially before Sunday, December 2nd, and that the SI (YES) vote in favor of the constitutional reform has an advantage of about 10-13 points over the NO vote. The CIA estimates abstention around 60% and states in the memo that this voting tendency is irreversible before the elections.
Categories: Chavez, CIA, Venezuela . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
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Help us build our profile of Roy Dupuis and Peta Wilson! Login to add information , pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your. employment-agency.info: La Femme Nikita: Season 3: Peta Wilson, Roy Dupuis, Alberta relationship and the further suspicion about the true nature of Section One. Oct 11, “I should call the guy up,” Roy Dupuis responds with laughter when asked whether he most is whether it's an honest relationship—with time though, this can be verified. . Nikita co-star Peta Wilson says, “I call him Royal.
Operations and Madeline send Nikita to kill Michael, but he kidnaps her instead. Into The Looking Glass Nikita continues to suffer the negative effects of Gelman's brain reprogramming, which becomes permanent in five days. With Birkoff and Walter's support, Michael kidnaps Nikita to deprogram her. Man In The Middle Nikita and Michael pose as heroin dealers to get close to a dashing, drug-using playboy and arms supplier with ties to Red Cell.
When the weapons dealer proposes marriage to Nikita, Operations orders her to accept.
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After disobeying an Interpol directive, Helmut becomes a man on the run. Walter kills Willie to prevent Operations from learning the truth about his hero No One Lives Forever Chosen for a pilot program allowing her to leave Section One but have no contact with either her former or Section lives, Nikita wonders if she's about to be cancelled.
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George orders Nikita to kill Operations, who supposedly killed her father. Dupuis attributes his ability to decipher a character to instinct. This instinct often guides him in the creation of the character he is portraying. Nonetheless, he still gives serious thought beforehand to the qualities that will eventually define each personage.
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Now there is an emphasis on under-reality and intimacy. In that type of film, something has to happen between two people. It almost looks like improvisation.
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Dupuis is going for truth in his private life as well. She gave me a lot in life. Then on the 26th of December my father died.
This was a big surprise. What used to be outside of you is now inside of you. For example, he makes an analogy between his life and the on-going renovations at the s farmhouse where he lives: I now have time to look at myself, inside myself, as I am inside the house. I had a lot of cleanup.
Perhaps audiences will have the opportunity to see Dupuis in the role of auteur next.
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Yes, I wish to make a film one day. During the course of a long day, non-verbal communication assumes an important role. The film is based on Dallaire's autobiographical book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. Prior to its release, a "draft of the film" was screened as a courtesy by the producer, Laszlo Barnato Paul Kagamethe President of Rwanda, and his cabinet, who found it emotionally very moving.
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Taliban announce cease-fire over Eid holiday for 1st time
In this Feb. 23, 201, file photo, Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during the integration ceremony of TAPI pipeline in Herat city, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan Taliban announced a three-day cease-fire over the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a first for the group, following an earlier cease-fire announcement by the government.
A statement released Saturday by the Taliban said that they would defend themselves in case of any attack. They say foreign forces are excluded from the cease-fire and Taliban operations would continue against them.
The statement added that the leadership of the Taliban may also consider releasing prisoners of war, if they promise not to return to the battlefield.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced a weeklong cease-fire with the Taliban to coincide with the holiday.
A statement sent from the president's office on Thursday said the government's cease-fire will begin on 27 Ramadan, or June 12 on the Western calendar, and last through the Eid al-Fitr holiday, until around June 19, adding the cease-fire does not include al-Qaida or the Islamic State group.
The palace statement referred to a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics last week in which they issued a decree against suicide attacks and called for peace talks. A suicide bomber struck just outside the gathering as it was dispersing, killing at least seven people and wounding 20 in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
The Taliban had denounced the gathering, insisting that its jihad, or holy war, against foreign invaders was justified. It instead urged the clerics to side with it against the "occupation."
The U.S. and NATO formally concluded their combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, but the U.S. still has thousands of forces based there in a support and counterterrorism role. The Trump administration has sent additional troops to try to change the course of America's longest war.
Just hours before the Taliban's Saturday announcement, at least 17 soldiers were killed when their checkpoint came under attack by Taliban insurgents in western Herat province, said Gelani Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Farhad said one soldier was wounded. He added that eight insurgents were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded during the gun battle in Zewal district.
In northern Kunduz province at least 13 local policemen were killed early Saturday when their checkpoint came under an attack by Taliban fighters, said Nematullah Temori, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Temori said that seven others were wounded in Qala-e Zal district. Around 10 insurgents were also killed and nine others wounded during the battle, he said.
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Counterpoint: Don’t Confuse or Reject the Role of Renewables
February 8, 2019Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on Counterpoint: Don’t Confuse or Reject the Role of Renewables
Isaac Orr, a member of the Center of the American Experiment, used the polar vortex last week to advocate against the use of renewables. By using a confusing mixture of statistics, he attempts to evaluate energy usage and argues the necessity for a return of coal as an energy source. Anderson, of the Energy Transition Lab (ETL); Jessica Hellmann, of the Institute on the Environment (IonE); and Sabine Engel, director of International Partnerships, come together in this article to clarify some of Orr’s misunderstood statistics and approaches to energy in regarding the validity of a future with renewable energies. To hear the counter analysis against Orr’s take and some other realities regarding renewable energy integration in Minnesota from lead members in the ETL and IonE click here.
To wit: A solar array connected to a battery recently installed by Connexus Energy generated 147 percent more power than average on Jan. 30, when it was colder than 20 below at noon. In fact, Connexus’ solar and battery storage system performed so well… it provided power to reduce peak demand and helped reduce strain on the electric grid.
Subsidized Energy Efficiency Could Curb Renter Costs
January 31, 2019Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on Subsidized Energy Efficiency Could Curb Renter Costs
Energy efficient developments could be crucial in reducing carbon emission rates as stated by the Energy Transition Lab’s Ellen Anderson. The City of Minneapolis has also recognized the importance of energy efficiency and has been working on developing more affordable ways to reach this goal. One initiative of this work is the research being done by ETL to find a financial model that helps reduce energy-efficient installation costs for the consumer. To read more about this inclusive energy financing project and the importance of energy efficiency for all Minnesotan citizens click here.
[Students] need to know that the fastest, cheapest and cleanest way to reduce carbon emissions is with energy efficiency,” said Ellen Anderson, director of the University Energy Transition Lab. “It’s not the shiny object that renewable energy is, but it needs to be the beginning of any kind of energy solution.
Line 3 fight brings PUC higher profile, lots of applicants
January 14, 2019Andrew ButtsNews1
Thanks to the heated Line 3 project in Northern Minnesota, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was brought into center focus this last year. This project has awakened the public’s mind to Minnesota’s energy transition to a more decentralized, carbon-free, and renewable future. This transition will be largely shaped by what happens behind closed doors at the Public Utilities Commission. To ensure the best possible transition for the future of the state, many have applied for the upcoming commissioner opening. The Energy Transition Lab’s own Ellen Anderson, who was once a commissioner on the Public Utilities Commission panel, touches on the nature of Minnesota’s PUC and the necessity for a future of greater balance regarding clean energy and fair economics. To read more about the Public Utilities Commission, the details behind the opening position, and those contending for the newly highlighted position click here.
For a long time, that regulatory work was fairly predictable. Utilities had a few really big, mostly coal-fired power plants, and long transmission lines to carry electricity to customers. State regulators, for the most part, focused on keeping electricity reliable and cheap, said Ellen Anderson.
“Basically that was the bottom line,” she said. “What’s the lowest cost option?”
Now, that energy system is being flipped on its head. Electricity is being produced all around the state, in wind farms, community solar gardens, and on homeowners’ rooftops, and in the future, will be increasingly used to power our vehicles.
Keeping the buzz alive: ETL receives $50,000 gift for research on pollinator-friendly solar
December 21, 2018Andrew ButtsETL Blog, FeaturedComments Off on Keeping the buzz alive: ETL receives $50,000 gift for research on pollinator-friendly solar
Could we do right by pollinators while harvesting an irreplaceable renewable resource? A new IonE press release spills the BEEns on ETL’s new Solar + Pollinators project, which has received generous support from Connexus Energy and is investigating the costs and benefits of co-locating pollinator friendly habitat with solar farms. To read more, check out the press release!
Pollinator-dependent crops surrounding solar arrays lead to a natural increase in pollinators, which the Minnesota Department of Agriculture describes as “an irreplaceable public resource” integral to 35% of the world’s crop production.
Weekend Watch: Climate Smart – Cities Working Together
December 14, 2018Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on Weekend Watch: Climate Smart – Cities Working Together
Minnesota has recently undertaken a global initiative by partnering with Germany, a global role model in energy initiatives. By partnering five cities in Minnesota to five cities in Germany, the initiative hopes to foster mutual innovation around shared environmental goals and a commitment to inclusion and equity. In an regional emmy-winning short film, Sabine Engels, of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, explains that “change is difficult” but reminds the viewers that change is possible if we “live together, work collaboratively, and do so in a way that is beneficial to all of us and the environment as well.” To watch more on Minnesota’s partnership with Germany click here. (26 min)
Ellen Anderson Presents: Carbon Neutral Minnesota – IonE Impact Goal
December 12, 2018Andrew ButtsETL Blog, FeaturedComments Off on Ellen Anderson Presents: Carbon Neutral Minnesota – IonE Impact Goal
At the 2018 Institute on the Environment Annual Meeting, Ellen Anderson introduced a new IonE “Impact Goal” that the Energy Transition Lab would be championing within the IonE Community: Minnesota can be a model for a low-carbon economy that benefits people and the environment.
Two additional Impact Goals were announced at the same event: Safe Drinking Water (By Kate Brauman) and Sustainable Land-Use Planning (By Eric Lonsdorf). To learn more about the IonE Impact Goals, read about them here!
Future arrives in Minnesota as electric cooperative unveils battery project
December 11, 2018Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on Future arrives in Minnesota as electric cooperative unveils battery project
A local Minnesota initiative led by Connexus, an electric cooperative, could make Minnesota a trailblazer in the nation’s current renewable energy transition. Oct. 26, 2018 marked the unveiling of the Connexus initiative in Minnesota to create the state’s first large-scale solar-plus battery storage project. This project, unlike anything produced in the country yet, will set the tone for what energy storage is capable of. A key current project of ETL, investigating the costs and benefits of co-locating solar generation with pollinator habitat, was made possible through a generous grant by Connexus. To read more about the history leading to this solar-plus-storage project and the Connexus initiative click here.
“It’s no doubt that storage is a disruptor,” Ridderbusch said. Some see giant battery systems that store renewable electricity akin to cell phones or digital cameras — they change the world. And they could definitely change the way electric cooperatives work, said Duane Ninneman, executive director of Clean Up the River Environment. “They could leapfrog from an innovation point of view and actually put those member-owners to work in being generators themselves.”
UMN adds new solar panels as part of renewable energy plan
December 7, 2018Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on UMN adds new solar panels as part of renewable energy plan
Ellen Andersen, executive director of the Energy Transition Lab, has recently collaborated with departments and students at the University of Minnesota to evaluate an onsite solar panel project. As part of the University’s initiative to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2050, this project intends to add solar arrays to nine different sites across the east bank, west bank, and St. Paul campuses. To read more about those involved, the work behind the panels, and the benefits of the onsite solar panels click here.
Ellen Anderson, executive director of the Energy Transition Lab, led the SUN Delegation Team. “We got the students together and we formed strategies … to do solar site assessments.” Anderson is confident the University will continue to bolster sustainable energy practices. “Every year it gets more cost effective,” she said.
New Report Shows Minnesota Can Reliably Power Economy on Clean Energy
December 4, 2018Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on New Report Shows Minnesota Can Reliably Power Economy on Clean Energy
The McKnight Foundation, a family-based organization, has been providing grants to initiatives in Minnesota to improve the overall quality of life through everything from the arts to clean energy. The Energy Transition Lab has been fortunate to count itself among those. A new report from Vibrant Clean Energy, commissioned by the McKnight Foundation, reveals that Minnesota can simultaneously reach its greenhouse gas emission reduction rate of 80% by 2050, triple energy jobs, and decrease average household bills. These benefits are just a start, to read more about how McKnight’s energy efforts could inspire a statewide transition to a cleaner and healthier tomorrow click here.
“It is heartening to see this report that presents various scenarios under which the Minnesota economy can be heavily decarbonized, leading to lower cost of electricity to consumers, cleaner air and creation of new jobs,” said Ned Mohan, Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronics and Systems in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota.
Renewable energy in Minnesota receives a battery boost with Connexus project
November 28, 2018Andrew ButtsNewsComments Off on Renewable energy in Minnesota receives a battery boost with Connexus project
As the price of batteries are dropping, renewable initiatives nationwide are starting to take form. States like Arizona, Colorado, and California are working on battery storage and frequency regulation to improve the efficiency of renewable methods. Over the next few years, Minnesota will be making large movements towards renewable energy as well. Connexus, a Minnesota based energy cooperative, has just developed the largest commercial-battery deployment in the nation. Energy Transition Lab’s own Ellen Anderson was quoted in this article talking about the importance of the energy transition and the possibilities held in battery storage as well. To hear more about Minnesota’s energy initiative amid the nationwide transition click here.
The sun shines only during the day, and clouds can obscure it when it does. Prime time for wind gusts is often at night, when power demand is low. With a battery, renewable energy can be captured and pushed onto the grid when it’s most needed. “The holy grail for renewable energy is to have storage you can dispatch at any time,” said Ellen Anderson, executive director of the University of Minnesota’s Energy Transmission Lab.
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Kerala's own rooster makes it to Rs 1 lakh club
Our Correspondent May 17, 2019 06:20 AM IST
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Kottayam: How much are you ready to shell out for a rooster? Couple of hundred rupees, would be the usual answer.
However, a rooster that was on auction at the St George Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church Ponpally, Nattasserry, in Kottayam district has the distinction of being purchased for Rs 1.10 lakh.
The auction, held as part of the annual church festival, saw some frenzied bidding. The first rooster that goes for auction is called as 'Ponnum Kozhi' (golden rooster).
Manoj Joseph, who runs a construction firm in Coimbatore, got the rooster for the highest bid.
His wife Susan of Manoor is from the parish and they are regular attendees of the fest. Manoj had been winning the auction for the past 18 years, said trustee Anil K Kurian.
Though past years had also seen heated bidding, this is for the first time that the Rs 1-lakh mark has been crossed.
A country rooster that would fetch Rs 500 in the market was sold for over Rs 1 lakh.
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Through Hellenistic Eyes: Joseph as Scientist in post-Biblical Literature
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Amy-Jill Levine Committee Member
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Levitical tradition
Joseph tradition
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Joseph story
The Hellenistic period witnesses the expansion of ancient science encompassing many diverse schools of thought. Similarly, multiple interpretations of biblical texts thrived, promoting the simultaneous continuation of diverse interpretive traditions. This work aims to show that the popularity of the image of a Hellenistic scientist nourished a flourishing contemporaneous Hellenistic literature on Joseph, wherein an image of Joseph was constructed by associating his divinatory practices and dream interpretations with the professional activities of Hellenistic scientists.
After an introductory chapter that establishes perimeters for this study, analyses are presented of relevant elements in the works of Josephus and Philo, The Ethiopic Story of Joseph, Rabbinic midrashim, Jubilees, The Testaments of 12 Patriarchs, and Joseph and Aseneth. They show that Joseph’s specialty was the science of vision or ancient optics. Joseph’s dream interpretations and divinations through a cup are said to belong to the same scientific phenomena. Given that the literary genre has social and cultural dimension, this study proposes a new category of cultural adaptation at a distinct period in Jewish history, with oneiromancy and lecanomancy belonging to the genre we might call “revelation by visual effects.” In the process, the still accepted scholarly division of dreams between symbolic and message dreams is shown to be artificial. My research indicates that those texts that supported Joseph’s holistic scientific approach generally selected him as the chosen brother through whom the divine secrets and mysteries of the world were transmitted to future Hebrew and Jewish generations.
The popularity of Joseph and the boom in the literature about him were due to the existence of a sufficient number of Hellenistic Jews who held that their creative integration into Hellenistic culture could be successful and indeed sharpen their own identity as Jews.
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Voting & Points 1963 United Kingdom
United Kingdom 1963
Eurovision 1963 United Kingdom:
Ronnie Carroll - "Say Wonderful Things"
United Kingdom finished 4th at Eurovision 1963 with 28 points.
Who gave points to United Kingdom at Eurovision 1963?
Say wonderful things
Say wonderful things to me
I think you're wonderful too
Especially 'I love you' (I love you)
They say I was living before we met
All of my yesterdays I forget
Now you are the one that I'm living for
And each day I love you more
So you must say wonderful things to me
The more that I see you, the more it seems
People should always believe in dreams
Now all of my dreams I'm dreaming of you
And someday they'll all come true
I'll never hurt you or make you cry
Love will grow stronger as years go by
Forever you'll be the one girl for me
I'll love you until I die
Especially 'I love you'
(Say wonderful things)
Ronnie Carroll
Eurovision Song Contest 1963 London
Real name: Ronald Cleghorn
United Kingdom 1962: Ring-a-ding Girl (artist)
Philip Green
Norman Newell
Eric Robinson
United Kingdom 1965: I Belong (conductor)
Switzerland 1963: T'en Va Pas (conductor)
Luxembourg 1963: A Force De Prier (conductor)
Netherlands 1963: Een Speeldoos (conductor)
United Kingdom 1960: Looking High, High, High (conductor)
Luxembourg 1960: So Laang We's Du Do Bast (conductor)
United Kingdom 1959: Sing Little Birdie (conductor)
United Kingdom 1957: All (conductor)
United Kingdom 1966: commentator
United Kingdom 1957: spokesperson
United Kingdom • News
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The previous year’s winner hosts Eurovision but it’s so expensive that nations have pleaded poverty to get out of it. The countries who have opted out include the Netherlands, France, Monaco, and Luxembourg and the job went to the UK four times
From 1956 to 1998 all the songs were accompanied by a live orchestra. From 1999 and onwards the orchestra was dropped, so the entries could use recorded backing track during their performances
There have been five barefoot winners in Eurovision history: Sandie Shaw (1967), Sertab Erener (2003), Dima Bilan (2008), Loreen (2012) and Emmelie De Forest (2013)
When Ukrainian singer Ruslana won Eurovision in 2004, she was rewarded with a seat in Parliament
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Brian Haggerty 2 October 2018
According to the latest official registration data released in Norway, the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country touched a new record high in September 2018.
Going by the data from Norway, the total number of new passenger car registrations in the country stood at 10,620 in September, with all-electric vehicles accounting for nearly 45% of these registrations. The EV registrations for the month further increased to 60% when plug-in hybrids are included.
The new EV sales record achieved by Norway is noteworthy but not unsurprising, because the country has already emerged as a leader of the ‘electrification’ movement, and has been setting impressive new records in terms of EV adoption.
The latest figures indicate that Norway is not only touching new heights in electric domination, but is also reaching new levels for low emission average because of increasing number of EVs on the road. In September 2018, the country achieved a new record low of ‘55g per km’ of average CO2 emissions, thereby marking a notable reduction of 16g per km as compared to September 2017.
About the record low CO2 emissions of 55g/km in Norway in September 2018, Oyvind Solberg Thorsen -- Director of the Road Traffic Advisory Board -- said: “Although we in Norway are accustomed to average CO2 emissions falling from month to month, this is the lowest level we have ever measured.”
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Yuki Kajiura
Vocalists & Musicians
Koichi Korenaga
Thread starter ninetales
I have reached Yuki nirvana
是永巧一
Composer: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, The Legend of Black Heaven, Love Hina, etc.
Arranger: BGCT2040 songs, Aiko Nakano's "Rosa", FJ Keiko's "Synchronicity", etc.
Producer: Unlimits, ONE OK ROCK, etc.
Guitarist: FJ, FJ YUUKA, Saeko Chiba, See-Saw, Kalafina, Yuki Kajiura, etc.
Twitter: KORE1225
Nickname: Korechan (コレちゃん)
...He began his career in 1985 at age 24, becoming a part-time guitarist for the pop band Rebecca; although always credited as a "support musician", he played for them in recordings and concerts until their breakup six years later in 1991.
...After Rebecca's breakup, he and other ex-Rebecca members Noriyuki Takahashi (bass) and Yutaka Odawara (drums) formed the group BABY'S BREATH together with singer/guitarist Manabu Miyahara and keyboardist Toshifumi Shibata. They released two albums in 1991, both of which included one song he composed. Although they have apparently not dissolved, they perform rarely due to the members' involvements in other projects.
...In late 1993, he joined the backing band for pop/rock singer Takashi Utsunomiya. He was featured in three of Utsunomiya's music videos (Trouble in Heaven, Dance Dance Dance, and Innocent Blue), and performed in concerts and several TV lives, but left the band before Utsunomiya's next major concert in 1996.
...In 1998, he wrote the soundtrack of the anime Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040; in 1999, the soundtrack of the anime The Legend of Black Heaven; and in 2000, the soundtrack of the anime Love Hina. Working with fellow musician Ryo Sakai under the name '4Peace', he composed the soundtrack for the anime Maburaho in 2003. The soundtracks have normally received positive reviews: AnimeNewsNetwork.com reviews cited the "thumpin' soundtrack" as one of Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040's pluses, calling it "the best thing about [the show]"; described the soundtrack of Love Hina as "cute and emotional" as well as "pleasant"; and called Maburaho's soundtrack "remarkable at times" (though also "synthesized light pop at its most mediocre").
...At an unknown date, most likely sometime between 1999 and 2001, he joined the band JUNGAPOP, which had previously released two albums as a trio. It is currently a five-person unit, comprised of Korenaga, singer/guitarist Ippei Onoe, bassist Tomoharu "Jr" Takahashi (no relation to Rebecca's bassist), drummer Ryoji Sakaguchi, and keyboardist Hitoshi Minowa. As this unit, JUNGAPOP released a third album in 2003 and, according to Jr's official blog, the members are currently working on another.
...In 2009, he and other ex-Rebecca musicians - Noriyuki Takahashi, Odawara, Obawo Nakajima (percussion), and Akio Dobashi (keyboard) - formed a group called FIVE JAM, which as its name implies is a casual unit. However, they have not performed together more than twice.
...He began work as an arranger in the early 1990s; his earliest known arrangement work was for Ruriko Kuboh's single "Otoko". He has since arranged songs for various artists, including Savage Genius and Yuki Kajiura, as well as re-arranging several vocal insert songs for the Bubblegum Crisis Collector's File 1999 release. Also, he has arranged/co-arranged a total of 17 songs for the group ONE OK ROCK. As a producer, he has worked with ONE OK ROCK and Unlimits, producing the former's single "Re:make/No Scared" and seven songs from Unlimits' album "Tranquilizer".
...Currently, he mainly performs in recordings and lives for Yuki Kajiura, but also participates in various live sessions around Tokyo and works for other artists.
I'm an endless fan of this guy, as I'm sure mostly everyone knows. In my opinion, there's no guitarist in Japan or the rest of the world who can measure up to him.
So basically, this thread is for the Korechan fandom - his performances, his singing, his tweets, his OSTs and arrangements. Anything positive related to Korechan goes here!
I'll be posting a short list of his best Youtube videos and such soon~
ZoaKaizer
HA! I live in her CLOSET!
The Niney finally made this thread
^ Wait...you mean everyone was waiting for me to do it?
^ Oh that's neat! Well you were the first fan of him around so you were diserving to be the one to make the thread.
wintersviolet
Must admit, I half-expected to see your treatise instead of a factual post LOL
^ Oh, I'm going to post my treatise at some point
KP-X
ninetales said:
Please rearrange more songs!
Golden daffodil at her window
Yep. I knew I could count on a fellow fan!
I'm a self-confessed guitar geek and I have to say he's a brilliant musician. Not just because of his own playing style but also because of the fact that his playing fits into the arrangements of the songs...none of that 'lead guitarist syndrome' where the musician's ego gets the better of him. He gets those little moments in the limelight - remember the foot-on-the-monitor solo in the FJ anniversary performance of Salva Nos? - but his work with Kajiura is that of a talented guy working hard on stage *as part of the band*.
I'm not sure where his influences come from, so if anyone has interviews where he talks about that stuff I'd really like to read them. He does some really cool bluesy jams but it also sounds like it's in the style of the 80s virtuoso players like Joe Satriani too...the solo in Kalafina's Destination Unknown is every bit as good as what Kirk Hammett's done with Metallica btw.
Honestly, there are some really good players out there who don't get as much credit as the more well-known ones, just because they're not on mainstream TV and radio...Korenaga-sensei's a case in point.
I'm going to leave it there before I start going through Google Images to find out what guitars and amps he uses...
^ +1
And on that exact note, here's my aforementioned treatise. Slight fangirling ahead~
Why I like Korechan!
Let's get the trivial reasons out of the way first, shall we?
1. He's good-looking. As aesthetic as this is, it certainly helps when you're watching him. And what's more, he's always been good-looking. In his 20s he was utterly adorable, in his 30s he was smoking hot, in his 40s he was handsome, and he seems to be carrying on the tradition in his 50s now.
2. He puts on a visual performance you wouldn't believe, every single time. If he hits a certain note or runs through a certain melody, you can be sure that his face will reflect the mood he's creating. I've seen him look arrogant, pained, happy or even lost in thought, and all those expressions help to create an atmosphere around him.
a. Add to that the way he moves on stage; whether it's dropping to his knees, doing a random high kick, spinning around, or even just taking a step or two backwards, he's done it.
b. He also holds his guitar like it's an extension of his body, but never moving it unless doing so would fit into his performance. Compare this to that guitarist Yuki who performed in Kala's Progressive tour - the guy had to hold his guitar straight up every time he played a solo, which in my opinion resulted in him struggling to get anything out. Korechan never does this except in certain situations, and it works.
3. He seems to be a reasonably nice guy. Take, for example, when I've asked him questions now and again on Twitter. Back in the day I used to just ask whenever he was tweeting, which wasn't the best idea - once he apparently didn't have time and tweeted back "no more questions please". After I stopped feeling like an idiot (although I still want to crawl into a deep hole whenever I think of that), I started to realize that this was polite.
In contrast, take Nozaki Morio, who sells his own CDs and T-shirts, and has consistently ignored every email I've sent to try ordering anything. Korechan could very easily have started ignoring everything I asked him, but since then he's answered me at least twice with messages amounting to "sorry, I'm busy so I can't answer you". To me, that says he's a nice guy.
Now, on to the more important stuff - his guitar playing.
1. First and foremost, the sound of his guitar is unparalleled no matter which one he uses - even acoustics. When you listen to the full Hello live with Korechan and two other guitarists, his solo is easily recognizable just because of the rich, full, jazzy tone, which fits the song unbelievably better than the two other guitarists' more trebly, "hard rock" sounds.
This extends to any (and I mean ANY out of everything I've heard) song he plays in. No matter what style he's playing, you can be sure that his guitar will have the most pleasant (or headbanging) sound possible.
2. And that brings me to his endless amount of playing styles. He can play rock, hard rock, jazz, and acoustic, each with the same amount of detail and emotion. Take D.U. or E.G.O., in which he blasts away without stopping for a good minute; or take Inca Rose or Amai Yuuwaku, in which he wanders through a softer jazzy solo; or take Wednesday Morning, in which he provides an almost nostalgic-sounding background to the song. Outside the Kajiura lineup, we've got his happy and Southern-sounding Hick It Up, his bluesy and mournful I've Tried, and his absolutely lovely acoustic Though I Have To Leave Soon.
3. And that, in turn, brings me to his sense of place, so to speak. In explaining this, I'll compare Korechan to Niikun of girugamesh. Now, giru is mainly a metal-rock band with hints of pop, so they don't have many ballads aside from the melodramatic Saikai. But when you listen to Niikun's solo there, it's basically the same as any of his other solos - loud and a tad whiny. Compare this to any of the ballad-style songs that Korechan's played in: in Emerald Green or Mune no Yukue he played somewhat '90s-esque solos, in Lirica his style was bold and deep, in Sajin no Kanata e live it was almost jaunty and joyful, in Utsukushisa he filled his solo with something undeniably tragic and epic...in short, he changes the mood of his playing depending on the mood of the song, not just its tempo. For upbeat examples, just listen to the difference between the solos in E.G.O., Frenetic and Magnolia - the first is a truck with no brakes, the second is smooth and dangerous, and the third is exotic and just plain joyful.
4. Lastly are all the little things he adds to his performance. I've actually got names for all of them, believe it or not...
a. The trills - running back and forth between two close-together notes for a while
b. The rolling chords - going through four notes of a chord quickly, while alternating between chords
c. The inflections - quickly whipping his hand up and down the fretboard to make the slightest effect in between notes
d. The diesel engine - can't be described as anything but a roar, like the beginning of his Salva Nos Vol. 4 solo
e. The humming - using the volume control to cut off the beginning of a note, "fading" it in gradually instead
Naturally, he uses these to perfection in anything he plays. Trills and rolling chords are a basic part of his repertoire, used in a lot of long improvised solos; inflections can be fit in almost anywhere, but I've noticed that he only uses them when there's enough time to fit them in properly; the diesel engine is reserved for the most powerful performances; and the humming is reserved for the most gentle.
aero.senpai
So, this is the thread you talked about Yes, I like Korenaga a lot; he deserves a place in my sign basically because of what Niney and Martin already said: his musicality, which can adapt to different styles and moods, and deliver beautiful solos and accompaniments, fitting the songs precisely. As Martin said, he doesn't let his ego take over; I commented to him and Niney before how I like his melodic style, like the solo of Toki no Mukou, the ending melodies of stone cold, and nearly anything I can recall right now - even the solo of a rocking tune like Ongaku, where he starts with a melody line and heat things up gradually, whereas other guitarists would just shower notes around like kids with machine guns. And I also like double-stops (playing two or more notes together) hell a lot, and he uses them greatly. I don't think I know even 5% of his work that can be heard around, but I already like him a lot.
The diesel engine
That is called a dive bomb - but "The Diesel Engine" is a name ten times better!! And indeed, that on vol.#4 was one of the best guitar roars I ever heard. Sounded really like
And it's quite funny (in a good way) to see Niney talking about things like guitar tone and techniques like a guitar geek, when she admits that Korenaga is the only guitar player she likes. Just shows how big this love is
Kugayama
Hi ninetales, could you post some links to clips or just reference particular recordings or YK lives that highlight the best of Koichi Kernaga's performances?
Shizu_Iliya
Yeah meeen! Luv this thread! :P
Alphard Sokaina
HAHA count me in those who were silently waiting for Niney making such a thread
Indeed, it was inevitable.
Kerahna
omg i just heard him sing from that link in the vol 9 thread and woooowwww
AYYX
^ I'm no fan of his... but I do share thy sentiment (minus the nosebleed).
Agreed on the distinctive-ness of his playing...after a while you start to spot what songs he plays on. It says a lot when you can recognise a musician's playing like that! I went back and listened to the Fiction II album again earlier today, and his style is all over it. E.G.O. is breathless and almost techno; and yet on the Kalafina tracks like Aria he does all these fast tapping/trills (not sure which unless I see a vid of it) and jumps up and down the fretboard. I wasn't sure if he uses a whammy or some other pitch-shifting effects pedal on Magnolia but nope...that's probably just pure speed and skill.
Then again, the guitar parts on, say, Sandpiper, Hikari no Senritsu or Te to Te to Me to Me are folk-y or take on an exotic vibe. Taking those, the synthpop, rock-y and the blues/jazz stuff he does with other artists, is there any style of guitar music that this guy doesn't do?
While I'm on the subject of Fiction II: the album version of the Image Theme from Xenosaga II is a good example of how Korenaga-sensei works his guitar part so well into the context of the arrangement. There are palm-muted chords early on during the vocal parts to ramp up the tension, but it's mostly the lyrics that drive those parts of the song. It's when the vocals drop out that he lets a solo fly...it's a great version of the tune, but the guitar track really enhances it (all the vids on YT are of a different version, sadly).
HIS MASK
Sailor Yuki
WHAT!?! He was the one who arranged 'synchronicity'..!?!
That's the song I fell into KEIKO!!!
^ Yes it was him. :)
http://canta-per-me.net/lyrics/synchronicity/
george1234 said:
Ah, now I remember: When 'Everlasting Songs' was released, after reading Yuki's comments on the album in the translation of her blog post I thought the arranger of 'synchronicity' was female because I didn't know his name back then & 'Koichi' sounded female to me..no offense though
Kerahna said:
Sing!?!
Wasn't that just a guitarXpiano duet between him and Yuki..!?!
AAAAAnd..HE'S IN HIS 50S!?!?!
I can't believe that he's in his 50s!!!! He looks like if he's in his 40s at most!!!
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Here’s What Hedge Funds Think About Ryanair Holdings plc (RYAAY)
Nina Todic
Insider Monkey• June 18, 2019
Our extensive research has shown that imitating the smart money can generate significant returns for retail investors, which is why we track nearly 750 active prominent money managers and analyze their quarterly 13F filings. The stocks that are heavily bought by hedge funds historically outperformed the market, though there is no shortage of high profile failures like hedge funds' 2018 losses in Facebook and Apple. Let’s take a closer look at what the funds we track think about Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) in this article.
Is Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) a buy right now? Prominent investors are in a bullish mood. The number of long hedge fund positions moved up by 9 in recent months. Our calculations also showed that ryaay isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
Hedge funds' reputation as shrewd investors has been tarnished in the last decade as their hedged returns couldn't keep up with the unhedged returns of the market indices. Our research has shown that hedge funds' small-cap stock picks managed to beat the market by double digits annually between 1999 and 2016, but the margin of outperformance has been declining in recent years. Nevertheless, we were still able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the market by 40 percentage points since May 2014 through May 30, 2019 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that underperformed the market by 10 percentage points annually between 2006 and 2017. Interestingly the margin of underperformance of these stocks has been increasing in recent years. Investors who are long the market and short these stocks would have returned more than 27% annually between 2015 and 2017. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 in our quarterly newsletter.
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Paul Marshall Marshall Wace
Let's check out the new hedge fund action regarding Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY).
Hedge fund activity in Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY)
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 18 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of 100% from one quarter earlier. On the other hand, there were a total of 12 hedge funds with a bullish position in RYAAY a year ago. With the smart money's sentiment swirling, there exists an "upper tier" of notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
No of Hedge Funds with RYAAY Positions
Among these funds, Renaissance Technologies held the most valuable stake in Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY), which was worth $257.2 million at the end of the first quarter. On the second spot was Marshall Wace LLP which amassed $41 million worth of shares. Moreover, Woodson Capital Management, Teewinot Capital Advisers, and Everett Capital Advisors were also bullish on Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY), allocating a large percentage of their portfolios to this stock.
Consequently, some big names have been driving this bullishness. Marshall Wace LLP, managed by Paul Marshall and Ian Wace, assembled the biggest position in Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY). Marshall Wace LLP had $41 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Kelly Hampaul's Everett Capital Advisors also initiated a $15.7 million position during the quarter. The other funds with new positions in the stock are Noam Gottesman's GLG Partners, Paul Singer's Elliott Management, and Andy Redleaf's Whitebox Advisors.
Let's now review hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY). We will take a look at Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH), Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI), Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG), and HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP). This group of stocks' market valuations resemble RYAAY's market valuation.
[table] Ticker, No of HFs with positions, Total Value of HF Positions (x1000), Change in HF Position LH,39,1198920,1 DRI,38,1016976,1 CFG,41,1207295,-2 HCP,26,661094,-2 Average,36,1021071,-0.5 [/table]
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 36 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $1021 million. That figure was $429 million in RYAAY's case. Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP) is the least popular one with only 26 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) is even less popular than HCP. Hedge funds dodged a bullet by taking a bearish stance towards RYAAY. Our calculations showed that the top 15 most popular hedge fund stocks returned 1.9% in Q2 through May 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 3 percentage points. Unfortunately RYAAY wasn't nearly as popular as these 20 stocks (hedge fund sentiment was very bearish); RYAAY investors were disappointed as the stock returned -11.3% during the same time frame and underperformed the market. If you are interested in investing in large cap stocks with huge upside potential, you should check out the top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds as 13 of these stocks already outperformed the market so far in the second quarter.
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd (RNR) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript
Motley Fool Transcribers, The Motley Fool
Motley Fool May 8, 2019
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd (NYSE: RNR)
Q1 2019 Earnings Call
May. 8, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET
Prepared Remarks
Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Good morning. My name is Scott, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the RenaissanceRe First Quarter 2019 Financial Results Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers remarks there will be a question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions)
Thank you. Keith McCue, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, you may begin your call.
Keith Alfred McCue -- Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations
Good morning. Thank you for joining our first quarter 2019 financial results conference call.
Yesterday, after the market closed, we issued our quarterly release. If you didn't get a copy, please call me at 441-239-4830, and we'll make sure to provide you with one. There will be an audio replay of the call available from about 1:00 p.m. Eastern time today through midnight on June 8. The replay can be accessed by dialing 855-859-2056 U.S. toll-free or 1404-537-3406 internationally. The passcode you will need for both numbers is 9009829.
Today's call is also available through the Investor Information section of www.renre.com, and will be archived on RenaissanceRe's website through midnight on June 8, 2019. Before we begin, I'm obliged to caution that today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially from those discussed. Additional information regarding the factors shaping these outcomes can be found in RenaissanceRe's SEC filings, to which we direct you. With us to discuss today's results are Kevin O'Donnell, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Bob Qutub, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
I'd now like to turn the call over to Kevin. Kevin?
Kevin Joseph O'Donnell -- President and Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Keith. Good morning and thanks for joining today's call. I'll open with an overview of our performance. And then Bob will go over financials. And finally, I'll come back on to talk a little bit more about our segments before taking questions. Last night, we released our first quarter earnings, and I'm pleased to report that once again, we had a strong quarter with growth in book value per share of 6.6% and growth in tangible book value per share plus accumulated dividends of 7%. I should clarify that these numbers are not annualized, but rather represent an absolute growth from the previous quarter.
We also reported an annualized return on average common equity of 23.5% and an annualized operating return on common equity of 13.3%. The strong results were driven by high net earned premiums following a successful January 1 renewal, significant gains in our investment portfolio and a low level of catastrophe activity. Overall, I am pleased with both the growth and profitability of our business this quarter. This growth came across our segments and platforms and has resulted in the largest and the most profitable underwriting portfolio in our history on an expected basis.
This success was the culmination of a well-planned and aggressively executed strategy that uniquely positioned us to recognize and benefit from positive rate trends in the market. Part of this strategy was the methodical cultivation of our Casualty business as part of our larger multiline offering to our customers. We thoughtfully and patiently developed our value proposition and strategic positioning with brokers and customers, building positions with them on the most desirable programs.
Once these positions were established, we were preferentially positioned to grow profitably as rates began rising above trend. In our Property business, where we pioneered the hybrid approach to owned and partner capital, we applied our integrated system and gross-to-net strategy to quickly and efficiently match capital to risk as markets improved. As previously announced, we closed the TMR transaction on March 22. Bob will provide you with more details on the purchase price and how the integration is progressing. Because the transaction closed late in the quarter, however, TMR's results are not reflected in our income statement, although our closing balance sheet does include the full scale of the combined organization. From my perspective, TMR is already integrated, and we have moved from planning to execution.
Among other strategic aspects, we expect the addition of the Swiss balance sheet to prove advantageous over time. From an underwriting and risk management perspective, we have modeled and captured TMR's risk and are operating on a single integrated underwriting risk and capital management system. This was critical as we can now construct our portfolios on the basis of a comprehensive view of risk reflecting the full impact of TMR. We have identified customers where we can grow and improve our portfolios and are positioned to begin managing the TMR portfolio and renewing TMR deals across our various platforms, moving business to where it is most efficient.
I have also now had the opportunity to meet many of our new employees who are impressive additions to our already strong team, and I'm excited about the numerous contributions they will make to RenaissanceRe over the coming years. Once again, this year, we experienced strong renewals, both at January 1 and at April 1. I'll discuss our outlook on the June and July renewals in greater depth after Bob updates you on the financials, though, we anticipate that the year's strong momentum on rates will continue, which will benefit our portfolios. While we are seeing recent market dynamics reflected in better pricing, they're also resulting in increased retro costs.
As I've discussed many times, our goal is to build efficient portfolios of risk and buying retro can play an important role in implementing our gross-to-net strategy. We are indifferent to anyone component contributing to the net return of our portfolio, and we'll shift from a buyer to a seller of retro as pricing dictates. So as risk-adjusted prices increase and buying retro becomes less efficient, we will likely be exposing more of our equity, both on an absolute and relative basis compared to the last several years. We will only do this, however, if we believe the risk return characteristics justify the increased exposure to our shareholder and partner capital.
We have always been good stewards of capital, and we'll continue to be so going forward. As we grow, we continue to find success in increasing our underwriting and operating investment leverage. Since the beginning of 2015, we have grown our gross written premiums by 150%, while only increasing shareholders' equity by 44% and operating and corporate expenses by 16%. This makes us increasingly efficient with our capital, which should result in superior returns over the long term.
I'll address the opportunities we're seeing in 2019 later, but first, let me turn the call over to Bob to look at the financials.
Robert Qutub -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Kevin, and good morning, everyone. We had a strong first quarter. And today, I would like to highlight a few of our key financial results. But first, I would like to update you on the TMR transaction and the progress we have been making. And finally, I'll turn it back over to Kevin. We closed the transaction on March 22, paying consideration of $1.56 billion, which was comprised of $814 million in cash and a closing dividend of $500 million and 1.74 million common shares worth $250 million.
We reported nearly $26 million of corporate expenses this quarter related to the TMR acquisition, which breaks down into $13 million of transaction cost; $6 million of integration cost; and $7 million of compensation cost. We also booked $18 million of identifiable intangible assets and $13 million of goodwill. Now that TMR is closed, we have shifted from integration planning to execution.
Thanks to extensive preparation. Day 1 went smoothly, and we are optimistic, the integration will be quick and successful. To date, we have reduced the TMR expense base by approximately 40% and have identified continued synergies, the majority of which, we will action in the first year. The TMR transaction was immediately accretive, and I remain confident that it will make a significant contribution to shareholder value this year. We continue to estimate retaining over $700 million of TMR's gross premiums written and anticipate the TMR will contribute $100 million to net income.
From a financial reporting perspective, as Kevin pointed out, we have not included any of TMR's earnings in our reported Q1 results. However, our balance sheet is now reflective of the combined entities. And consistent with SEC regulations, we have filed a Form 8-K pro forma financials for both companies as of year-end 2018. I would caution you, however, that without reunderwriting a TMR's book, anticipated synergies and onetime items, year-over-year comparability with TMR's 2018 results will be difficult.
Now moving on to a few large financial events during the quarter. In anticipation of TMR transaction, last fall, we upgraded our revolving credit facility from $250 million to $500 million, while extending the tenure to 5 years. During the quarter, we also completed a large liquidity exercise in order to close the purchase of TMR. We tried to complete this process as efficiently as possible, and consequently, we drew down $200 million against the revolver. We had sufficient assets to complete the TMR transaction without drawing down against the revolver, however, doing so allowed us to minimize the impact on our investment results.
Moving on now to consolidated results. Our annualized return on average common equity was 23.5%. Our results this quarter benefited from significant mark-to-market gains in the investment portfolio. We also had a solid quarter on an operating basis, posting annualized operating return on average common equity of 13.3%. Reported net income for the quarter of $274 million or $6.43 per diluted common share.
Our operating income was $154 million or $3.60 per diluted common share, which excludes $153 million of net realized and unrealized gains on investments as well as $26 million of transaction and integration expenses associated with the TMR acquisition. We had underwriting income for the quarter of $154 million and reported an overall combined ratio of 72%. Now before moving on to our segment results, I'd like to briefly update you on our operational efficiency.
Our direct expenses, which are the sum of our operational and corporate expenses, totaled $84 million for the quarter, which is up from $48 million in the same quarter of last year or an increase of $36 million. The $32 million of this increase was in corporate expenses and was primarily driven by the $26 million in expenses associated with the TMR acquisition that I referred to earlier. Adjusting for the impact of TMR this quarter, direct expenses would have been $58 million, an increase of $10 million or 21% from the comparable quarter. This increase was split 50-50 between nonrecurring charges unrelated to TMR and ongoing expenses to support the continuing growth of our business.
As I previously discussed, direct expenses have been increasing as we invest in the business, and we'll continue to do so as we integrate TMR. However, after backing out the impact of the TMR integration, the ratio of direct expense to net premiums earned improved this quarter and should continue to improve over time as we expect to leverage our expense base as we grow our net premiums earned. Now moving to our segments, and starting with the Casualty segment, where our gross premiums written were up $79 million or 18% in the first quarter of 2019 over the comparative quarter.
Reported underwriting income of $1.7 million and a combined ratio of 99.3% for the quarter. The current accident year loss ratio for the Casualty segment was 68%, which is up 1 percentage point from the prior year quarter. This increased loss ratio is not related to any specific event and is in line with our expectations. Now moving to our Property segment, where gross premiums written in the first quarter grew by $325 million or 43% over the comparative quarter to just over $1 billion. This is the first quarter that our Property business exceeded $1 billion in gross premium, a significant milestone.
Of the growth, at about $255 million was from Property cat and about $70 million was from other property. The growth in Property cat gross premiums written was divided between what we retained, which was about $80 million or 30% of the increase, and what we shared with our joint venture vehicles, which was about $175 million or 70% of the increase. Now after adjusting for our participation in these vehicles as well as ceded premium, the Property cat premium we retained only increased by about $108 million. Additionally, we also wrote a large transaction at January 1 that followed on from a deal that was inceptive midyear last year, though some of the apparent growth in the first quarter represented timing.
Overall, however, our growth this quarter demonstrates the flexibility of our integrated system as well as our ability to act quickly and efficiently when we find opportunities. In total, our Property segment reported underwriting income of $152 million and a combined ratio of 48% in the first quarter, with Property catastrophe reporting 19% combined ratio, and other Property reporting a 95% combined ratio. On an accident year basis, other properties loss ratio was 46%, which is down 1.5 percentage points from the comparable quarter.
During the quarter, other Property experienced 18 points of adverse development. This adverse development came predominantly from nonproportional covers in our per-risk book and was the result of a number of large risk losses over the prior 2 years. We're watching claims development closely on these losses and felt it was prudent to bolster IBNR for these events.
Now moving to fee income, where total fee income was $29 million for the quarter. While fee income was up compared to both the prior quarter and the prior year ago, the performance fee component has still experienced the effects of last year's catastrophic events. So this business will probably not be back to it's long-term potential run rate for a few more quarters and depending on loss experienced.
Turning now to investments. For the quarter, the return on our fixed maturity and short-term investments was $73 million, and overall net investment income was $81 million. Net investment income was up $25 million from the comparable quarter due to a combination of higher invested assets and increased yields. We posted total investment results of $252 million for the quarter driven by mark-to-market gains of $171 million, of which, $104 million was on our fixed maturity investments and $53 million on our equity investments. As you will recall, last quarter, we began splitting out our investment results between our managed portfolio and our retained portfolio. In the first quarter, our managed portfolio reported yield to maturities of 2.7% in a duration of 2.5 years on assets of $13.5 billion.
While our retained portfolio reported a yield to maturity of 2.8% in a duration of 3 years on assets of $9.8 billion. As a reminder, the managed and retained portfolios include our fixed maturity and short-term investments, but exclude our equity investments and other investments as well as investments in other ventures. For the quarter, we grew our managed investment portfolio by almost $3 billion from the prior quarter and $4.5 billion from the prior year. About $2.3 billion of this increase was due to TMR, with the remainder being organic growth and the issuance of common and preferred shares last year.
As a reminder, the impact of TMR on our net investment income and total investment results was not included this quarter. Our investment returns this quarter were impacted by the TMR acquisition as we liquidated material portions of our investment portfolio during February in order to generate liquidity in advance of the closing. As we integrate the TMR portfolio into the RenRe portfolio, we will increase the duration of the portfolio and add exposure to equities and credits. We also plan to divest the tax-exempt municipal bonds that we acquired from TMR. And now with the capital management.
We did not repurchase any of our shares during the first quarter. Our priority has always been to deploy capital into the business. We issued an aggregate of $500 million of RenRe shares to State Farm and Tokio Marine over the last 2 quarters. The January and April renewals also provided us with ample opportunities to grow organically. Moving forward, I anticipate additional opportunities to deploy capital into the business, which is consistent with our previously stated preference. That said, we are proud of our strong track record of being good stewards of capital and repurchasing shares when it makes sense.
We'll always keep all options on the table. In April, we raised $400 million in 10-year senior unsecured debt paying a coupon of 3.6%. Since this transaction close after the first quarter, it is not yet reflected in our financials. Now consistent with our track record, we executed quickly when conditions were optimal, pricing at very close to the lowest 10-year rates inflate 2017 at a spread of 138 basis points, the lowest to date on our debt. I should note, this debt was not necessary to complete the TMR acquisition, although we did use $200 million of the proceeds to pay down the outstanding revolver draw for TMR.
Consequently, the net effect on our debt at the end of the second quarter should be a $200 million increase from the first quarter. In March of 2020, a $250 million tranche of our senior notes with a 5.75% coupon will mature. And this recent debt offering was partly in an anticipation of replacing this amount. And combined with our other senior notes, which have coupons of 3.45% and 3.7% on a fixed basis for another 6 to 8 years, we believe we have one of the lowest cost senior debt borrowings in the P&C industry. Excluding the notes, maturing in 2020, our average borrowing cost across all senior debt maturities was 3.6%, with maturities in 2025, '27 and '29.
And with that, I'll now turn it back to Kevin for more details on our segments.
Thanks, Bob. I'll divide my comments between our Casualty segment and our Property segment. As a reminder, my comments do not include the impact of TMR unless otherwise stated. Starting with our Casualty segment. Gross written premiums were up $79 million or about 18% versus the comparable quarter. This growth came predominantly from our financial lines and other specialty major classes of business.
In financial lines, for example, we continued to demonstrate market leadership in the U.S. mortgage space, which has afforded us growth opportunities. While our casualty book has not grown as much as our specialty, our team has shown strong leadership, and we have used our market-leading monitoring tools to stay ahead of trends and began evolving the portfolio to where it is today. Top line growth, however, does not adequately quantify the amount of change in our casualty book this quarter. So while overall gross premiums written were up $79 million, we wrote $158 million of gross premiums that represent either new deals or growth on existing deals.
At the same time, we nonrenewed or reduced $81 million of premiums on deals that, in fact, no longer met our return hurdles. We're always shaping the portfolio to maximize efficiency and return, and top line net changes do not always tell the full story of the underlying portfolio or it's visions. Overall, we remain satisfied with the financial lines results of the Casualty segment in terms of overall profit and the stability of the core business.
After adjusting for the opportunistic Wildfire deals in the fourth quarter of 2018, we have been experiencing a stable trend, with each of the last 6 quarters being profitable with an overall average combined ratio of 96%. For certain Casualty and Specialty lines, we are seeing moderate rate increases and capacity withdrawals, specifically from certain large global carriers in Lloyd's we've had through the market momentum. While the recent trend of increasing rates have been roughly offset by rising loss costs, it now appears that rate might finally be winning out.
In addition to underlying rate increases, we're also seeing improvements to reinsurance terms and conditions, including reductions and ceding commissions on many accounts. At this point, we expect to retain a significant portion of TMR's casualty portfolio and have completed the necessary work to align it with our risk appetite. For example, we will be reunderwriting U.S. nonstandard auto and U.K. motor and expect to exit this business and other business that does not meet our underwriting criteria upon renewal. Overall, we grew gross premiums written in our Property segment 46% over the comparable quarter last year.
Property cat grew by 43%, while other property grew by 60%. As I mentioned earlier, we have not yet included TMR in the statement of operations in our financials, so the growth we are reporting is organic. This growth was the result of a combination of rate increase and new business. As you know, April 1 is the primary renewal date for Japanese business. Due to significant losses from Typhoon Jebi and the other events impacting Japan in 2018, we enjoyed rate increases in the Japanese market in the region of 15% to 25% on loss-affected layers. Nonloss impacted wins covers were up between 2.5% and 10%, and earthquake was relatively flat.
Unfortunately, it appears that the market overall is continuing to experience substantial adverse development through Typhoon Jebi with anticipated losses now more consistent with our original much larger estimate. From our perspective, we continue to remain confident with our reserves for the 2018 large cat events. That said, if Jebi continues to develop adversely, we will increasingly impact the retro market, and we have potential exposure to our retro book as we retain more of this business relative to our reinsurance book. Consequently, we'll be monitoring events like Jebi closely further -- for further development in 2019.
We're in the the busiest period of our Florida renewal, and I'd like to give you some color on the market and our strategy of engagement. As we have frequently discussed in the past, the Florida insurance market has been experiencing significant headwinds for many years. Hurricane losses ironically are not among the biggest problems faced by this market. As a writer of hurricane exposed catastrophe contracts, one should expect losses, even consecutive years of losses from time to time. The macro drivers of the headwinds in Florida come from several other factors.
One, Florida companies have poorly estimated the impact of the cat events and have substantially underestimated their losses in both 2017 and 2018. For example, the largest Florida event in 2018 was the adverse development on 2017 Hurricane Irma. Two, loss adjustment expenses have been unprecedentedly high rates. These elevated levels have been the cause of material adverse development for many reinsurers as reimbursement for loss adjustment expenses recoverable under reinsurance contracts. Three, in Florida, we've come to expect fraud, and the politically correct term for which is social inflation.
But what we've seen has been significantly higher than even we anticipated. Social inflation includes the assignment of benefits of insurance policies, but also includes conventional litigation. The impact of which have not been addressed and remain ongoing. We estimate that social inflation amplified Hurricane Irma's ensured loss by at least 20%. There are also early indicators that Hurricane Michael has experienced an elevated impact from social inflation. And four, for several years, local insurance carriers recognize that they were in a buyers' market and pushed rates down to unsustainable levels.
Capital providers are finally waking up to the many difficulties of the Florida market and are increasingly frustrated by them. We believe that reinsurers want to account for the bad behavior in the market and recognize the need for more rate for the risk being ceded. As a result, we expect that reinsurance supply at tune run will be constrained. There are at least 2 reasons for this: First, we are seeing instances of traditional reinsurers willing to reduce the capital they allocate to the Florida market, who were in firm order terms of below quoted rates. This willingness to walk away shifts the existing balance of power from reinsurance buyers to sellers.
Second, the exuberance of ILS managers previously exhibited has diminished. This is in part attributable to having less capital to deploy as a result of substantial losses. Similar to the traditional market, ILS managers did not estimate these losses very accurately. This has not only resulted in elevated loss development, but unique to the ILS market, it has resulted in trapped capital that could otherwise have been deployed to take more risk. Cap on Markets have been similarly afflicted, and we have seen diminished appetite for Florida risk. Much has been made recently of 2 legislative responses to Florida's problems that are worth noting.
First, the FHCF has increased its percentage of LAE reimbursement. While laudable, this change does not address the problem of elevated loss adjustment expenses, rather, it simply shifts the burden of the additional 5% LAE from private reinsurers to Florida residents without resulting in any noteworthy reduction to the expected loss and cato-excel programs. Second, Florida has finally attempted to address the assignment of benefits fraud. While this reform is welcome, in practise, I do not underestimate the ingenuity of the plaintiff's support to find a workaround to this latest hurdle.
I hope I am wrong, but we believe a wait-and-see approach is warranted before providing any discounts predicated on the potential success of these reforms. So with that as a background, we have increased our view of risk to reflect the elevated level of social inflation in the state. We have met with clients to prepare them for the change in rate. Currently, we're quoting with -- currently, we are quoting consistent with our increased view of risk, our elevated cost of capital and the need to return to more equitable rates. To be clear, we will grow at June 1 if it makes sense.
We're prepared to reduce this wind season if rates do not match our adjusted risk view. Bob noted adverse development in our other Property class of business, which resulted in a 95% combined ratio for the quarter. While the loss ratio was higher than we would like, we remain comfortable that we understood the risk and price appropriately for it. These losses were driven by large commercial risk losses in the property, construction and energy lines such as the Colombian dam loss. The other property business is subject to volatility, and risk that is attractive over the long term will suffer outside losses from time to time.
Unlike catastrophe, which has significant data available soon after it occurs, risk losses are often difficult to fully evaluate until they are reported. I'm confident that our other property business remain sound and will accrue to shareholder value over the long term. That said, we'll continue to watch this business closely for developing trends. In addition to Florida, the Property market more generally has been improving. This is due to a number of factors, including adverse development on Typhoon Jebi, the impact of 2 record years of California Wildfires, remedial actions at Lloyd's and limited capacity in third-party capital and cat bond markets.
We're seeing this improving trend in several places outside of Florida, including the retro in E&S markets. So we're anticipating ample opportunity for profitable growth in many sectors and our Property segment, even before allowing for the impact of the TMR transaction. All things equal, underlying primary rate increases benefit our proportional business. We also have options to directly access this business, both through our Lloyd's direct and fecal data book and by supporting customers in the E&S space, which is showing significant price improvement.
Moving to ventures. This quarter, Premiere Re was off to a strong start writing more than 40 transactions. We are pleased with the timing of Premiere and current limitations on market capacity should allow us to serve our customers, while working toward the goal of deploying the $4 billion available to us. Over the prior 2 years, we've grown our relationships with partner capital materially, and it has become an increasingly important contributor to our results. We believe that we continue to be the preferred provider of cat risk to all forms of capital.
Based on our view of the retro and reinsurance markets, we believe that Upsilon could continue to grow capacity at June 1, given primarily by you retro sessional deals, but also certain new risks such as Wildfire and Florida reinsurance transactions. So in conclusion, first quarter was strong. Thanks to continued growth in premiums, solid investment returns and low cat activity. We closed the TMR transaction and have made significant progress integrating the 2 companies into a cohesive whole. Coming up on the midyear renewals, we're optimistic regarding our opportunities and remain focused on implementing our strategy and maximizing shareholder value.
Thanks, and with that, I'll turn it over for questions.
Questions and Answers:
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from the line of Josh Shanker with Deutsche Bank. Your line is open.
Josh Shanker -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst
Yes. Thank you. Kevin, you said in your prepared remarks that the portfolio you built to date is the most profitable portfolio you think you've ever built on an expected basis. RenRe spent the first 18 years of its existence as a public company, delivering a cumulative compound ROE of around 25%. Is there a reason to say that the expected returns of the portfolio today is higher than the first 2 decades of your existence?
So we were a very different company back then, and that type of company, I don't think, would be producing those types of returns in today's market. That's a reason we have structurally shifted to become a more diversified reinsurer and built the third-party capital platform that we had. So my comments are about pure scale, your comments are about return. So the portfolio between the scale that we brought, the diversity that we've bought and the dollar value of the expected profit is greater. The overall returns that we've achieved in our early years, I don't think are achievable in today's market.
All right. That makes sense. And then I just want you to give a little clarification on your Jebi comments. What do you think the industry loss is today? And how close is that to the -- of a buffer is there before they start digging into your retro sessional coverage more aggressively?
So I think, I have to go back and look. I think previously we said that Jebi and Trami were north of $10 billion or north of $11 billion, something like that. I would think that Jebi alone is north of $10 billion. Wouldn't surprise me if it's in the $12 billion range. So we were significantly higher than market, but we probably got it, a little on the lighter side as well. We -- let me just skip some context for our positioning in Japan.
So within Japan, we do write some wind covers, but we're not known to be a particularly large domestic wind writer. So my comments that -- for 2 reasons: One is we have more reinsurance protection on that; and secondly, we're not as big a participant in that market. I think we're better insulated to further development. As far as additional accrete through the retro, that's a little trickier.
We have substantial IBNR book against the retro contracts that we have, but I feel that we are approaching the upper limit as to probably where many reinsurers thought this loss was. So it would be hard for me to put a dollar value on it, but I think we are exposed to some accrete there because of -- because it's been as much bigger loss than we expected, which was already much bigger than where the market was. But I don't have a specific number for you.
Okay. Then for...
This is already a correct -- as we -- the one comment I'd make, I think sometimes it's voluntary to whether it gets into the retros or not. It's already into retros. It's just a matter of whether it's beyond the level of reserve within the retros that we're protecting.
That makes sense. Thank you.
Yes, thanks.
Your next question comes from the line of Amit Kumar with Buckingham Research. Your line is open.
Amit Kumar -- Buckingham Research -- Analyst
Well, thanks and good morning. Got few questions. Maybe, starting with the TMR acquisition. If you look at the TMR addressable portfolio, 50% was -- is in Casualty and Specialty. I'm curious, just based on the pricing comments you made in the opening remarks, why wouldn't there be an upside to the $100 million earnings and the $700 million GPW you mentioned? I would've imagined that probably some upside exist versus when this deal was announced. Is there reiteration of the initial guidance factoring in the better pricing environment today versus when the deal was announced?
Amit, this is Bob. Thanks for the question. We remain comfortable with the $100 million contribution to the run rate and net income. And it comes from the part you mentioned, the addressable premium that we have out there, the $700 million. We have range of $700 million to $1 billion, but we want to be disciplined. And what Kevin is focused on is not getting ahead of the pricing. We're focused on the technical ratios through the synergies and obviously, there's an investment portfolio. There's a number of different variables going to it. Yes, we hope there is upside and that's how we're looking at it.
Okay, that helps. The second question, again, this is switching to, I guess, the rents portfolio discussion. I think in the opening remarks, you talked about how things have changed, you talked about the changes in the marketplace. I was curious, when you plug in some of the changes, the AOB legislation, et cetera, a better understanding of the risks after 2 active hurricane seasons. Did the expected returns change? What was spit out of the model after you went and tweaked it? How did it vary versus your initial look?
So let me rephrase the question, and see, if I answer it the way you asked it is, if we took the adjusted loss curve after our learnings from 2017 and '18 and imply them to the book of business we wrote prior to those learnings, would we have lower returns?
Yes. The answer to that is yes. And the reason for that is that we -- one is a learning and one is an outcome. The learning is that we've increased the impact of social inflation on the loss curves within Florida. It's not a parallel shift, it's different at the lower end and on the upper end. We've walked through that change with each of our customers. That is a new learning, which, after events, is exactly the process we do.
What did we do well, and what did we learn that we can incorporate into our model. The second element of the pricing is an outcome, which is the -- our cost of capital is higher for deployment in Florida than it was prior to these events and that is on the numerator. It's because we have more loss cost for each dollar of premium, but on the denominator, we anticipate that the gross-to-net strategy that was employed will be more expensive, and we need to recoup some of that expense or not write the business.
So that's kind of an outcome. So when I think about the overall portfolio, I feel good about where we picked those storms against the return periods in our risk framework. And it's part of any normal process that we adjust things up or down based on our observations for the loss. We are doing the same work for Jebi.
Got it. The third and final question, I'll requeue when you answer this. Just going back to the discussion on that -- those risk losses. Could you refresh us, what would be examples of some of those risk losses, which resulted in the adverse movement?
Yes, let me think back, I mentioned the Columbia dam. There would be things like there is -- these are large risk losses that may not have made it to the investor community, but are known within the reinsurance community. At not just one -- there was a fire -- a couple of fires in factories in -- of Lennox warehouses over mere fire, things like that, which were the primary drivers for it.
So again, this is kind of a cluster of very large risk losses that, one, have been -- have hit us in 2 ways: One, they were reported in the first quarter of prior year event, so that's my comment about sometimes hard to know that these things have happened; and secondly, the size of some of these as more work has been done by the engineers to estimate the damage has grown.
Thanks for the answers.
Your next question comes from the line of Meyer Shields with KBW. Your line is open.
Meyer Shields -- KBW -- Analyst
Thanks. Two quick questions. First, when we look at the other property segment, was there any, what I would call, underlying reserve developments that offset the large individual losses?
So let me break your question into 2, and see if that's the right way to answer it. One is, from -- is there attritional and then there was -- was there development from kind of what, I'll call, very large events? The attritional piece seems to be running pretty well. So one of Bob's comments was this was really from the XOL, the excess of loss per risk book. The promotional stuff from the attritional side seems to be doing pretty well. So this is really more of a clustering of very large risk losses, which, again, we intend to protect.
The clustering is unfortunate because it affects us uniquely in 1 quarter. The adverse development is really from the 2 things that I mentioned for prior quarters. It's late reporting of events that happened in the fourth quarter, that were reported in the first quarter; and then secondly, events that were known but as engineers look at arising. So that's the 2 elements of adverse. But the underlying attritional piece seems to be behaving.
Okay, yes, that's perfect. Second question, we've seen, obviously, a few examples of cat RE with significant reserve developments. Do you have any sense in terms of how long it takes until we actually know what the actual industry loss is?
Are you speaking about Irma and Michael and Jebi? Or just in general?
Unidentified Participant
I'm Andrew. I'm asking about Jebi, but I'm wondering whether that pricing is shrinking or extending?
That's a good question. Florida seems to be extending to be honest, and a part of it is from some of the social inflation reasons, which are difficult to know where they begin and end. I think Jebi is a bit of -- honestly, we have more to learn on Jebi because the damage caused is greater than where we expected. I think we were already well above the industry. And some of the growth does seem to be inconsistent with how previous storms in Japan have performed. So I don't have a good answer for you on Jebi, but I think it's one that we will have a good answer once we get more information, which we are currently working on.
Okay that's perfect thank you so much.
Your next question comes from the line of Elyse Greenspan with Wells Fargo. Your line is open.
Elyse Greenspan -- Wells Fargo -- Analyst
Hi. Good morning. My first question on -- Kevin, if I put all of your market remarks together, it seems like you're optimistic yet also understanding relative to what could and could not happen during the upcoming start of renewals. Given all the headwinds that you outlined, and you did mention conversations that you've been having with some of your insurers about pushing for rate, how's the dialogue going? How does it feel this year relative to conversations you were having last year? Or even relative to past seasons in Florida when the market was really pushing for more price?
So thank's for the question. The -- looking back last year on, I think, it was probably on this call, we set a more muted expectation for Florida. I think some of the variables that I outlined in my prepared comments point to kind of the opposite side of that. We don't have a lot of price discovery in Florida yet. Most of our quotes will be going out this week, but I will say as we do -- all of those things that I said doesn't change the fact that we look at our Florida customers as partners, and in the conversations, we've been transparent with each of them about sharing how they stack up in the market with regard to the loss adjustment expense and loss development.
And I believe that each of them deserve recognition in the rate that we quote for their performance against the losses. Yes, we have to think that we need to price forward, which is a changing view of risk or cost of capital and working toward a better long-term rate adequacy, but I think that it's going to be a very different story for those that we think performed best to those that performed worst. And I wouldn't think that there's a specific kind of clearing hurdle for Florida.
And our conversations this year have been collaborative, probably a bit tense, and it's a changing market momentum from a seller -- from a buyer's market to a seller's market, but I think we're in a pretty good shape. And again, we've done a great job building our portfolio, and our success in Florida is not as important to the overall portfolio construction as it used to be.
Okay, that's helpful. And then in terms of the California utilities. Are you guys planning on continuing to write that business this year? And then on the flip side if you do write that business, would your retro coverage there be similar to -- for fire losses this year as you had last year?
So I think there's 2 pieces of that question, one is wildfire and one is utility. So let me start with wildfires, then I'll talk about utility. We like wildfire risk. We will continue to write it. Your question about retro, I think, traditional property retro for wildfire, I believe, will be available, but more expensive, and we may choose to retain more of it. I think adding the utility business specifically into property retros is going to be more difficult in 2019 compared to what it was in 2018. From our perspective, we will write the utilities, we will write wildfire, and we are prepared to retain more of that risk if it's priced appropriately. So we've got a lot of flexibility as to how we structure it, but I think from a retro perspective, the opportunity to push utilities into property is diminished.
Okay, that's helpful. And then lastly on the Casualty, Specialty segment, the margin just a little bit above 99% this quarter. Doesn't sound like you guys really called out any onetime items. Would you expect that segment to run at a profitable level for the full year?
Yes, and nothing's changed in our Casualty and Specialty segment. We're going to have for the (technical difficulty) But I think what we try to do is -- in these calls is draw a line between kind of one-off drivers and where we're seeing positive trend. Hopefully, identified in more often than not within that book, we're seeing positive trend. The one amplifying comment I'll make to that is, when we bring on the TMR portfolio as that renews on to our platform, there's a greater weight to Casualty business and Specialty business, and the Casualty business has a higher run rate loss ratio than the Specialty. So you may see some organic rise in our run rate there, but that's simply a mix of business outcome. Overall trends we're seeing are generally positive, and what you're seeing is just quarterly noise.
Okay that's helpful. Thanks for the color.
Sure. Thanks.
The next question comes from the line of Brian Meredith with UBS. Your line is open.
Brian Meredith -- UBS -- Analyst
Yes. Thanks, a couple questions here for you. One just a quick numbers question. Bob, I noticed there's this new line as miscellaneous investment line. What is that?
In the investment portfolio?
Yes, $41 million of miscellaneous other investments.
Those are -- this reflects the integration of the TMR portfolio. These are some of the smaller assets that came through that they had out there. So really not much to say about it other than bits and bobs that are out there.
Okay, great. And then my another -- second one is more of a numbers question also here. If I look at the pro formas that you provided with your debt offering on Tim Re. The accretion is actually quite substantial from last year is actually more than $100 million. The big chunk of that -- the big chunk or part of that was actually purchase accounting. Will the purchase accounting on this transactions be favorable, i.e. they're going to write-off the different acquisition cost versus the amortization above it?
So purchase accounting really kind of cluttered up. There's 2 things in there, the comparability of the pro forma versus what we would have had the impact on purchase accounting. I tried to outline in the comments that there is a few variables that will make the 2018 results, not very comparable to what we intend to do with the book and our reunderwriting. The centered things that we expect to achieve, which will help improve the technical ratios.
Those pieces have may also within that and what -- they did have some rather significant favorable development in 2018. Having said that, we're very comfortable with the reserve levels that we brought across. And the purchase accounting gap, these things rise all over the place. We're very comfortable with these. It will be mildly accretive. And so it may tapper some of the effects that are out there, but that would be within the first year that you would see on the earned premiums roll forward.
OK, great. Thanks. That's all my questions.
Thanks Brian.
Your next question comes from line of Ryan Tunis with Autonomous Research. Your line is open.
Ryan Tunis -- Autonomous Research -- Analyst
Thanks. I guess, Kevin, I just wanted to come back to the question about the potential for Jebi development in the retro market. Just how do you feel for potential order of magnitude, I mean, if Jebi strengthen in another $2 billion or $3 billion, could that be $100 million of additional losses to RenRe shareholders? Or are we stalking 10s? I'm just trying to understand the sense of urgency and potential size we could be thinking about.
Well, that would be substantial loss development there, but I'd -- in my -- it's kind of an unanswerable because the information we have now is represented in the numbers that we have, which means we're adequately reserved. I think if that was to grow by 20% if it's -- we're not anywhere -- we're in the -- at the very lower end of your expectations. It's -- I raised it only in that. There's a high degree of uncertainty with Jebi because it is growing at a fast pace, and a lot of that has been only reported through the renewal. So I think we would not be the leader in development if the loss scenario that you put forward for the gross loss was to occur.
Got it, that's helpful. And then thinking about some of the competitive dynamics in Florida, you talked about the 2 legislative actions. Had you seen those legislative actions have an impact on the pricing conversation at all? Or are those just kind of in the background, they took place? Or everything just keeps going on as it had?
It's dynamic in Florida right now. One thing we are seeing is an increase in AOB activity ahead of the implementation of the legislative changes. But I think there's pieces that are being advocated on both sides of the pricing discussion. Of course, clients and brokers are saying, this is a material change that needs to be recognized in price. I would say, of course, it's part of the dialogue and it should be. I've been clear on where we are as we're going to take a wait-and-see approach. Others may have a different view. And you know, that's what makes the market. But we hope it makes the difference, but at this point in time, I think we're better off only making the assessment and the judgment for credit when we actually see a change in loss development.
(Operator Instructions) Your next question comes from the line of Jay Cohen with BoA Merrill Lynch. Your line is open.
Jay Cohen -- BoA Merrill Lynch -- Analyst
Yes thanks. Just numbers questions. First, Bob, could you just tell us what the quarterly interest expense is going to look like for the balance of this year given all the changes?
It's effectively -- you are going to see about $11.5 million roughly, give or take on a quarterly basis. You're going to see that uptick basically the 3.6% on the $400 million. You can do the quick math on that. That's what extends out. The revolver will be down. That was low cost, so I'm not really worried about that, that's a small number. So that will carried through this year and then, again, March of next year is when the $250 million retires.
Exactly. The second question, should we assume that the calling of the TMR premiums down to the north of $700 million occurs in 1 year? Or will the premium base be a little bit bigger this year, I think, to get down to that level next year?
You'll see a carryover. There will be some carryover obviously in the calendar year. We'll capture and make new renewals. We will capture the 1/1 and the 4/1s, so those will come in. So you'll see that over the course of the rolling 12-month, most of it.
And then the seasonality of that premium, is it similar to RenaissanceRe's?
It's similar to RenaissanceRe by book. But their Casualty book is similar to ours and the Property book similar to ours, but features are little bit different. They're probably a little bit more 1/1 Property than we are, but I wouldn't -- it's a high correlation, not perfectly. Not perfect. We're confident.
That's great. Then one last quick one. On the other property business, you talked about a deal that you wrote this quarter that had incepted midyear last year. What quarter did that occur in? And can you tell us the amount of that?
Yes, we think Q2. The amount -- yes, I don't think we actually said what the amount was. We did say it was a significant transaction and that it reflected our ability to really help clients solve large bespoke challenges and that earned out this year. And so we then had a chance to come back at it through the beginning of the year. So that's what I meant about timing on rates.
So -- got it. So from a written standpoint, is it a bit of headwind in that line of business in the 2Q?
It was -- I don't know if I call that a headwind. It was opportunistic transaction with the client and the cat book that allowed us to help them solve the challenges they were looking to work through. We didn't disclose it, but it was something that we've demonstrated a long track record of doing.
Now just from a modeling standpoint, the 2Q of this year, I guess it's a tough comp because you're renewing that same contract. It's already in the first quarter from a written standpoint.
I think what we were trying to say is we put it into the -- we now renewed it into the first quarter.
You -- way you're highlighting is absolutely right. There's a timing difference. That timing difference is going to reconciled by the end of the year, but it will all be in the second quarter.
Got it. Thanks a lot.
Thanks Jay.
The next question comes from the line of Amit Kumar with Buckingham Research. Your line is open.
Hey, Just a quick follow-up on, I guess, Ryan's question on Jebi. Two of the reasons we've called out the development is March closing for this deep cedence and the 2020 Olympics. I'm still struggling to understand what could change from here going forward for the loss to continue to develop. And I get the sense that your '20 is different in Jebi versus some of the other companies, and I'm just trying to understand, is it the usual cautiousness? Or is there something going on here?
It's cautiousness. There's nothing going on, otherwise I've told you what it is. I think the -- my concern is the growth, the -- it appears to be behaving differently than other wind losses, albeit there hasn't been the one this big in quite a long time Japan. The size of the increase is larger than -- we thought it was larger, it's larger than we thought, so we have work to do to understand that. It is in retro contracts.
We have less protection on retro than we do in reinsurance, so just wanted to flag that. And then I think your comment is that there is -- what -- often what happens in Japan is after the fiscal year closes, there's an exchange of Cole Re information, which can lead to further development. I don't know if that is happening or has happened, but just being cautious, we've got great reserves on Jebi. We have IBNR and Jebi, but just kind of highlighting where we potentially could have risk at this thing continues to be a surprise, I think, as it has been.
Got it. Okay. That's all I had, thanks for the clarification and good luck.
Appreciate it. Thanks.
There are no further questions at this time. I would turn the call back over to Kevin O'Donnell for closing remarks.
Thanks for tuning into today's call, and we look forward to speaking to you next quarter. Thanks, again. Bye.
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