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Soldier and his wife testify their love as they prepare to reunite
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When Nicole contacted Gator Bride Videography to capture Andrew’s return home after an 11 month deployment, they were immediately on board. Gator Bride Videography captured their wedding 3 years ago and have watched their family grow with the addition of little Caroline. They were beyond honored to have the opportunity to create another beautiful film for them.
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Home Elections Stabosz touts his vision and plan for LaPorte
Stabosz touts his vision and plan for LaPorte
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buy now Press release submitted
When I first announced my run for mayor in January, I knew that our city desperately needed to have a DISCUSSION about who we are, where we want to go, and what we want to be. I am proud that, as this campaign comes to a close, I have done everything I can to lead that discussion. My message is and has been an uplifting one about making LaPorte a “Quality of Life Destination.” It has been a message about improved upkeep, beautification, and making much-needed public investment in order to attract the PRIVATE investment that will allow us to grow and flourish. If we make the city as attractive, desirable, livable, and stable as possible, we will draw the technological, artistic, creative, educated, and small business entrepreneur types. We will also attract more large corporations. In short, a mayor needs to make the climate right so that the job creators we desire will find LaPorte irresistible!
I know I have the vision to lead us to this Holy Grail, and I am the only candidate who has laid out the specific steps I will take (my 9-point economic development plan) that will transform LaPorte, while protecting everything we love about our city.
I have lived in the city for almost 30 years, and am the only mayoral candidate with experience in city government. I know the department heads, boards and commissions, the budget, and all the ins and outs of city government. Best of all, I know economic development, and know what we need to do to “upscale” our beloved city. I truly believe I am the best man for the job, and I would greatly appreciate your support. On or before Tuesday, May 7, please vote Tim Stabosz for Mayor of LaPorte.
10 Responses to “Stabosz touts his vision and plan for LaPorte”
Mike Lancioni
My response is the same to these Stabosz comments as a similar statement I made a couple weeks ago. Simply put, Tim Stabosz is a hypocrite and not deserving of your trust as a Mayoral candidate. To review, the comments made here by Tim regarding his top priorities are comical considering the high degree of hypocrisy demonstrated by his direct actions. Tim owns multiple properties on Indiana, Michigan and Monroe. His house on Indiana Avenue has been an eyesore in town for over 10+ years. Covered in construction house wrap with no front door and gaping holes on each side this decrepit structure has negatively impacted home values and the tax base for all neighbors. His other property a block north is a vacant lot that had no sidewalk for years, just a strip of mud. How can the citizens of LaPorte trust Tim Stabosz when he cannot even take care of his own properties? How can Tim propose a platform where his Top 3 priorities are in direct conflict with his own actions and conduct? This is the definition of a hypocrite. Tim has the resources and means to complete these repairs tomorrow, but he has left them undone for years. Let’s not forget his 3 traffic ticket and allegedly evading police issue from 5 years ago, see details here: https://wkvi.com/2013/01/laporte-official-denies-fleeing-police-refuses-resignation/ . It is time to expose Tim and hold him accountable. Come on LaPorte….
It is important to recall this story involving Tim Stabosz as he asks for your trust as Mayor. Is this who you want representing LaPorte?
From Northwest Indiana Times
Stan Maddux Times Correspondent Jan 12, 2013
Former LaPorte councilman denies he was chased by police
A LaPorte official admits trying to elude police and driving too fast but denies there was any chase involved.
“I’m embarrassed by my actions, of course, but I just want to be clear that it is accurately characterized,” said Tim Stabosz, secretary of the LaPorte Historic Preservation Commission.
Stabosz, 44, has been asked to resign from his position by Mayor Blair Milo.
Stabosz said he is not resigning and hopes to gain support for remaining on the commission by getting his side of what he feels has been an overblown story across to city officials.
Stabosz said he was heading back early Thursday from the theater in Michigan City.
He wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was in the area of Monroe Street and Jefferson Avenue when he a saw police officer who seemed to be positioning himself to make a traffic stop.
Stabosz said he had recently been ticketed three times for seat belt and parking violations and decided to take an alternate route home.
According to police, he quickly accelerated and turned down two side streets then, while turning again to head east on Lincolnway, was traveling fast enough for his 1987 BMW to fishtail.
Police said his car was traveling fast enough to add distance between himself and the officer trying to catch up to him.
Stabosz, though, said he traveled only four blocks on Lincolnway and when the lights and siren on the police car were activated he immediately pulled over.
“There was no high-speed chase,” said Stabosz, who added, “This was an effort to alter my route back home to potentially avoid a traffic stop. When the lights came on, I immediately pulled over.”
Stabosz was ticketed for a seat belt violation, failure to yield and speeding.
He was not arrested.
LaPorte Police Capt. Tom Heath stopped short of saying there was a chase.
“He didn’t flat out run, but he did try to evade from us a little bit,” Heath said.
If Stabosz doesn’t resign, Milo said, she will ask the City Council to rescind its appointment of Stabosz to the commission.
Stabosz said he plans to tell his side of the story more to the mayor and council members in hopes of gaining support for staying on the commission.
“I certainly appeal to my fellow citizens for their understanding. I would like to think this doesn’t rise to the level that would call for me to resign,” Stabosz said.
Stabosz served on the City Council from 2003 to 2006.
Very well said, both of you. The incident under Mayor Blair Milo was a telling one because he stubbornly refused to resign when she asked for his resignation. Still voting for Dermody.
Mr. Lancioni’s comments are accurate. For Mr. Stabosz to say he wants code enforcement and to clean up properties is ridiculous based on the long term, unsightly condition of all his properties, Proof positive he only wants to tell others what to do, but he is above any rules or standard norms, and takes no pride in his properties.
Tonya James
Didn’t he already do this like last week? Desperate times I guess…
He doesn’t have a snowball chance…
Dermody for mayor!
sharon dettmer
Same people and the same ole derogatory comments… When one purchases properties, it takes some time to make the necessary improvements. Finding contractors to do the work correctly, for example, is one such challenge. Balancing a job and the position of City Councilman at Large is yet another. I am glad he purchased the properties and has plans to improve them. In addition, he was voted into the position of Councilman again by the public, who must have realized that he is committed to the betterment of the City of La Porte. He did not choose to serve in politics on the state level. He remained here in La Porte and has a vision for the future that I personally admire. So, someone asked him to resign at some point in time and he didn’t? Good for him. He stood his ground and did not relent to the pressure.
Scott Farkus
Well said Mike. Thanks for posting that info showing the real Tim Stabosz.
Quite frankly, I couldn’t vote for mayoral candidate that spews so much false information.
Tim should wash his mouth out with Lifebuoy soap.
LP doesn’t need this joker in office.
John Foresight
Mr. Stabocz…when he was defeated a couple election cycles ago, also called the entire electorate “stupid”. He is an unsightly eyesore on the council along with his properties. Sharon simply is blinded by his looooooooong service on the council, and he has done absolutely NOTHING besides hinder business, development and slow the progress. He has had numerous chances to show what kind of a blowhard he is, and he has achieved that success at the highest levels. From his “cheesy sign” comments to his refusal to obey the simplest laws, he illuminates negative energy PERIOD.
Sue Clark
Beware folks in the 3rd Ward. Stabosz has his female friend Ella on the ballot for a Council as a backup in case he does not get the nod for Mayor. Like this letter, he makes last minute appeals to constituents by sending out mailers bashing the other candidates, while promoting the one he is supporting. Don’t be fooled!!! Vote my brother, the best man for the job, Cary Kirkham on Tuesday May 7th
Thank you, Sue Clark, for this inside information! Tim, you’re just sanked [sic] dead in the harbor.
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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF FULL COUNCIL HELD IN THE MEETING ROOM, 11 BAKER STREET ABERYSTWYTH ON MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2012 AT 6.30PM
Present::Councillor Dylan Lewis
Apologies:Councillor Sarah Bowen
In Attendance:Mr Bryn Jones- Communities First
Mr Goronwy Edwards MBE- Penparcau Forum
Mr Dylan Jones- Penparcau Forum
Mr Bryn Jones- Communities First Officer
Mr Jones introduced Mr Jones and Mr Edwards to members and went on to give an overview of the current situation with Communities first and the hopes and aspirations of the newly formed Penparcau Forum.
The Clerk had circulated a fact and figures sheet regarding this matter prior to the meeting.
Mr Jones explained that there had been a public meeting where some 13 members of the public had been present.
He outlined the financial challenges facing the group and asked for Aberystwyth Town Council to consider funding the rental charges and costs for the Penparcau office for the next 3 years.
The trio then took questions from members pertaining to the issue.
The matter of funding would be considered at a future FEC meeting.
It was reported that Councillor Strong had recently become a father for the first time- Congratulations from the members and staff were extended to him and Mrs Strong on this occasion.
Dates of December meeting
It was RESOLVED that the December meeting of Council would be held on Monday 17th and that the GM and FEC meetings could both be held on the 10th of December.
The Mayor had furnished a report of his activities on behalf of council.
Minutes of a meeting of Council held on 22nd October 2012
It was RESOLVED to accept the minutes of a meeting held on 22nd October as a true record with the exception that the minutes show that Councillor Carys Morgan was not present.
Minutes of a Planning Committee held on 5th November 2012
It was RESOLVED to accept the minutes of a meeting held on 5th November as a true record.
A meeting of the Planning Committee held on Monday 5th November 2012 in the Committee room, 11 Baker Street, Aberystwyth at 6.30pm
PresentCouncillor Kevin Roy Price
Councillor Ceredig Davies
ApologiesCouncillor Sarah Bowen
There were no Declarations of Interest noted.
There was nothing to note.
It was RESOLVED to make the following observations to local planning applications
A12 0276 (Revised plans)
Demolition of Church and erection of residential development.
The Presbytery, Queen’s Road, Aberystwyth.
Previous response remains unchanged.
A12 0679 (dated 3rd October 2012)
Demolition of 38 garages. Erection of 3-storey development for the social rented market comprising of 22 garages, cycle store, bin store and 11 one bedroom flats.
Heol Dinas, Penparcau, Aberystwyth.
No objection. Comments on the revised application are that it is imperative that there be sufficient car parking for occupants of the new premises, local residents and visitors alike - it is suggested that a strip of land to the East of the development be utilised to provide overspill parking and to ease local congestion which will inevitably occur if no provision is made; it is requested that the footway which comes from Llwyn yr Eos into Heol Dinas on the Southern side of the road be continuous in front of the new development, so that pedestrians can walk without crossing the road whilst taking children to the play group and nursery situated on the eastern side of the campus; and, finally, that serious consideration be given to the upgrade of the junction of Heol Dinas/Pen y Bont where, already, numerous traffic offences are being committed whilst navigating the junction by cars exiting Heol Dinas and ignoring Left Turn Only signs – it is felt that an increase in accommodation along this road will only cause more traffic and therefore more potential risk to pedestrians and other road users alike.
Minutes of the General Management Committee held on 12th November 2012
It was RESOLVED to accept the minutes of a meeting held on 12th November as a true record subject to the following amendments:
To remove minute 13 re CPO’s as there had been no vote due to there not being a seconder to the original motion.
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT COMMITEE HELD IN THE MEETING ROOM, 11 BAKER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH ON MONDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2012 AT 6.30PM
Apologies: Councillor Sue Jones-Davies
Declarations of Interest were received from Councillor C Davies and J A Davies in connection with item on the agenda.
Bronglais Smokers
A letter complaining about smoking near Bronglais Hospital was received.
It was felt inappropriate to have any input into people’s behaviour in public spaces and this may be an issue for the Hospital Trust to deal with if it was an issue for the hospital itself.
Aberystwyth Civic Society Plaque
Grant aiding was requested for the placement of a slate heriatage plaque to be mounted on Sandmarsh Cttage in Queens Road. The Clerk reported that this initiative had been funded by Aberystwyth Town Council for at least the last 12 years and that it was proving successful. Subject to a successful costing exercise it was RESOLVED to agree to pay for this plaque.
Report on Allotments in Min y Ddol
The Clerk reported that there had been no response to a request to change the lease on the land leased to Aberystwyth Town Council by Ceredigion County Council. The Clerk would follow this matter up.
It was RESOLVED to hold any actions until the outcomes of this request were known.
There had been little progress by Ceredigion County Council on the updates resulting from an environmental survey and these were unlikely to be made public in the near future.
Report on North Road Park
It was reported that the grass and hedges had been recently been cut and that the benches were to be treated as soon as the weather had improved. Work was still on-going regarding the grounds maintenance.
Following discussion it was RESOLVED that in order to move things on Councillor J A Davies and the Clerk would work up an idea for consideration at full Council to progress the idea of a maze on the site as had been the original intention..
Report on Recycling Bins in Aberystwyth
It was reported that some communities were being paid a small sum for collecting recyclables in their areas.
The Clerk reported that he had a meeting arranged with the responsible officer in Ceredigion County Council and would report back on the matter in due course.
However, it was unlikely that any payments could be collected as Ceredigion County Council community recycling policy was to provide much larger “community” bins and the payments were not for the recyclables but for the maintenance of the surrounding land being kept litter free and tidy.
It was agreed that some form of change was needed and this would be discussed with Ceredigion County Council and ARC and a report would come back to GMC.
Granting of the Freedom of Aberystwyth
Following a wide ranging discussion it was considered inappropriate to confer the freedom of Aberystwyth on Rifleman Wilson from Penrhyncoch. It was felt that such an honour should fall to the Community Council of the area in which he and his family lived. It was also noted that Ceredigion County Council were considering a recognition award of some kind and this was felt to reflect the communities recognition of Rifleman Wilson’s decoration in a better way than one that Aberystwyth Town Council could bestow on its own. This action was in no way a reflection on the bravery shown by Rifleman Wilson and it was agreed that an appropriate letter of congratulation be sent to him.
Following discussion it was RESOLVED to hold the Senior Citizens Christmas Dinners on Tuesday 18th December 2012 at 12.30pm in Llety Park Hotel.
Busking Update.
Following a review of the current protocols and considering the potential implications and resources availability it was RESOLVED not to proceed with the implementation of a licenced busking policy and its enforcement.
Report on new council accommodation
Information was circulated on pink paper to inform members of progress.
It was agreed to ask for professional guidance on what could be achieved in the way of rent if parts of the premises were sublet. This would help guide members as to the financial viability of the project.
Christmas Lights 2012
Members were informed that the lights would be switched on at 6pm on Thursday 29th November 2012 and that Aberystwyth Silver Band had been invited to play. This year would be a simple carol singing event. Father Christmas had been invited to attend..
Consideration of items for forthcoming estimates for 2013
Members were reminded to bring any ideas to the next meeting of the Finance meeting.
Aberystwyth Town Clock at request of Councillor M Shewring
It was reported that the lights on the town clock were not working.
Councillor Davies reported that the clock face lights were in operation but the up lights on the sides were not working.
It was RESOLVED to ask Ceredigion County Council to investigate and fix this issue.
CPO’s in Aberystwyth at request of Councillor M Shewring
Councillors J A Davies and C Davies declared an interest in this matter and left the meeting during this discussion.
Councillor Shewring asked for support in opposing the use of Compulsory Purchase Orders in Greenfield Street, Aberystwyth as in his opinion it would set a precedence that would be hard to stop in future.
It was argued that CPO’s had been used on more than one occasion in the county and that each case was considered on its merits. To support a blanket ban on their use would potentially put the Aberystwyth Town Council in a position of opposing future development in the town.
Following a vote the motion was defeated.
Bus transport for patients to Penrhyncoch- an update by Councillor M Shewring
It seems that any fundamental changes to the bus timetable has to be agreed with the traffic commissioners and due to the timescales involved this has not been done. It would seem that the surgery has plans to return to Aberystwyth and as yet this date has not been confirmed. There was discussion regarding letters in the paper which were according to Councillor Shewring misleading and didn’t contribute to the successful conclusion to this matter.
Updates on Resolutions
This matter had not moved forward since that last meeting as the chairman had not been into the office to reconcile the list with the Clerk.
Minutes of a Finance Committee meeting held on 19th November 2012
It was RESOLVED to accept the minutes of a meeting held on 19th November as a true record.
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEE HELD IN THE MEETING ROOM, 11 BAKER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH ON MONDAY19TH NOVEMBER 2012 AT 6.30PM
Present:Councillor M Jones
Councillor B Haines
Councillor A Williams
Apologies: Councillor E Edwards
An application for funding was received from Denbighshire and District National Eisteddfod. It was recommended that a grant application form be sent to them.
An e mail from the St. Brieuc twinning association was received asking for an extra £2500 in next year’s allocation of funding to facilitate the 40th anniversary of the link.
Following discussion it was RESOLVED to investigate the whole strategy of twinning funding and ask each association to make an annual bid. If extra funding was needed then that would meant that there was less for the other twin town committees but would also mean that whever had received extra one year would get less the following year. The funding would therefore be based on activity
It was agreed to write to the committees and explain this possible strategy and ask for comments.
Some members voiced concern that this strategy could start an unsavoury competitiveness between the groups and would have to be handled very fairly.
CredCer Credit Union.
A letter giving an update on the above was received. They ended by asking for shared accommodation and funding for a web site.
Following discussion it was decided to send grant application forms for the website funding with a caveat that they also ask every other town and community council and to advise that when Aberystwyth Town Council knew the cost of office space the rent for shared accommodation would be sent to CredCare for consideration.
Q1- What is status of the Night Time Economy funding following the retirement of the last officer?
A1- Talks are taking place and confirmation is being sought as to the funding criteria. If it is deemed to be salary and role related costs it will be unlikely that there is any monies due back.
Q2- What was the status of the Penparcau Forum?
A2- A bid was to come to Aberystwyth Town Council for the funding in the short term (3-5 years?) for the costs of maintaining the Penparcau office. This had been costed at approx.. £7,000 per annum. Following discussion it was recommended to contact Ceredigion County Council to see if there was any shared cost possibility on this matter.
It was reported that Mr Bryn Jones would come to address a meeting of Aberystwyth Town Council very soon to discuss this matter.
Q3- What are the transport rates for members and officers?
A3- Members are paid 25PPM and officers are paid between 42.9PPM and 60.01 PPM (depending on engine size) as per agreed NJC rates defined in contract. There had been no change since April 2009.
To receive and adopt accounts for September 2012
The Clerk had circulated the accounts for September to all members for information. Following the chance to ask questions it was RESOLVED to accept and adopt the accounts for September 2012.
To receive and adopt the accounts for October 2012
The Clerk had circulated the accounts for September to all members for information. Following the chance to ask questions it was RESOLVED to accept and adopt the accounts for October 2012.
Public Sector Deposit fund consideration of future investment.
The Clerk had distributed papers and a weblink for members information. Following discussion the Clerk was advised to hold talks with Natwest Bank to see what options were open to the Council for investment compared to the PSDF. This would be reported back to a future meeting of the Aberystwyth Town Council finance committee.
Future budget and precept considerations
Members went through a draft budget proposal on a line by line basis and “pencilled in” a number of changes or variations to the proposed budget. This would continue to be a work in progress for the time being.
Future Aberystwyth Town Council accommodation needs- an update
There was nothing to add to earlier updates.
There were none that were considered so time sensitive to consider.
The Clerk reported that he had resolved the issue regarding December meetings.
A letter for Mr HT Jones expressing disappointment at Aberystwyth Town Council not giving a freedom of the town to a Penrhyncoch man was received.
Notice that Rates relief was not to be given on a council property was received from Ceredigion County Council finance department.
Following consideration of a letter from the Chair of FEC it was RESOLVED not to increase the Mayors allowance next year by the rate of inflation.
A letter from Mr J Emlyn Watkin advising the council that he was retiring as internal auditor was received.
A letter was received from the war memorial trust asking for further representation. The matter would be discussed at a future meeting.
Q1- Could flowerbeds in North Road park be attended to?
A1- The current contractor would be asked to deal with this matter.
It was RESOLVED to pay the following accounts in the sum of £9596.02
Dylan Lewis
Keith Morris
Photograpic works
Anna Bullen
Work on Cae Kronberg Bid
Cambrian News
Advert for SS dinners
C Simpson
Mair Benjamin air ticket to Kronberg
Recycling Costs Oct
Machine Rental
Mounting Brackets for lights
Office supplies / Stationery
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Reports were given on planning issues, Northgate Street improvements, Traffic orders in Aberystwyth, Residents parking issues, and the improvements to Alexandra Road, Aberystwyth.
Reports were received from:
Councillor S Jones-Davies- Communities First.
Councillor M Jones- Aberystwyth Fairtrade Group
Councillor Williams gave a verbal report on his appointment and expectation for the future of RA representation.
It was reported that a member of the board had not replied that members of the RA Board would attend a public meeting and it was RESOLVED to write again seeking clarification.
Motion at the request of Councillor J Aled Davies- North Road Project
Councillor Davies circulated an artist impression of the proposed maze for North Road and gave a verbal costing for the project which the cost would not exceed £5000 and he indicated could be offset by sponsorship of individual poles within the structure.
Following a wide-ranging discussion where the majority of members agreed to the proposal it was RESOLVED that Aberystwyth Town Council advises Ceredigion County Council that it intends to carry out works to comply with the lease and to ask for the inclusion of the area in a historical trail (complete with interpretation board) and that Aberystwyth Town Council carries out the works as defined in the submitted plan and within costs given at the meeting.
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INTERVIEW: Catching Up With Jule Vera
Jule Vera has been making waves with their music lately. Having just come off tour with Our Last Night and Don Broco, the band was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. Check out our interview with Jule Vera below, and stay tuned for what they have in store!
You’ve been on tour with our last night and some other pretty amazing bands for the last few weeks. How has that been?
Tour with OLN was amazing! It was definitely one ofif not THE best tours we’ve been on so far. All the bands on the tour were so talented and really great people. It was a lot of fun.
Any favorite shows so far or any funny moments?
At the end of every tour we like to do tour pranks on the other bands. This tour, we charged the stage and danced during Don Broco, had a pillow fight on stage for Ithe Mighty, and TP’d the stage during Our Last Night. It’s always fun because the whole tour package and crew joins in.
Your music is different than the bands on this bill. How do you think the crowd has liked you so far?
I think it’s been really great! We are obviously lighter than most of the bands, but I think people like to hear a little diversity in the lineup.
On your latest album Waitingon the Sun, how do you feel you’ve progressed since Friendly Enemies?
I think we’ve grown a lot since Friendly Enemies, both as people and musicians. We’ve really matured musically,and you can hear it if you listen to the albums back to back.
What’s your favorite song to play live?
My personal favorite to play is definitely “Porch Swing.” It’s such a fun and different song for us. It starts acoustic– just me and my uke – then the band comes in half way, and I think it’s a pretty special moment in our set.
What were some of your inspirations for this record?
On this album, we really wanted to try and make really weird and cool sound using only our instruments instead of using samples. We had a lot of different percussion instruments in the studio. At one point, someone even bit into a carrot,and we recorded it. Basically, we tried to make unique sounds “organically.”
Do you have anything new in works now?
We’re working on new music now! You can expect to hear some covers and hopefully some singles soon!
Pure Noise and Sony Music launched Weekday Records last year and you and Lydia were the first bands to sign to it. How you do feel this label fits you?
Pure Noise is a great team of people who work very hard for their bands. They have a ton of awesome artists but stylistically it was definitely a lot heavier of a roster than us. When we got the opportunity to be on a more alternative/pop-focused label like Weekday, we thought it would be a better fit, and since we still get to work with all the same people at Pure Noise, it was perfect.
What are some albums you’ve been listening to nonstop on the road?
We listened to a few different artists on this tour. Nothing but Thieves’ Broken Machine, Lorde’s Melodrama, Underoath’s Erase Me and Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence to name a few.
Finally, if you could create your dream tour or festival, who would you want to play with and why?
Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Muse, Mutemath, No Doubt. All pretty different but all are insanely good in their own ways and have been huge inspirations for us.
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The Jewish Army
Jul 19, 2014 | by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The Israeli army fights not out of hate for the enemy, but out of love for the Jewish nation.
The last words of Israel’s first fallen soldier in the current Gaza war reveal a lot. Sgt. Eitan Barak, 20, had a WhatsApp interchange with a buddy on Thursday night just minutes before he handed in his cellphone and marched into the terrorist nest of Gaza.
Eitan Barak
Friend (11:20): Be successful, my brother!
Friend (11:21) Love you!
Barak (11:23): Love you too, man.
Friend (11:24): You sure that’s what you think?
Barak (11:24): 99 percent.
Friend (11:25): Wow.
Barak (11:25): The order has been given.
Friend (11:25): Be successful. Do what you need to do. You are Number 1.
Barak (11:26): Yalla, my brother, in two minutes, I’ll be without my phone.
Barak (11:26): Hope we’ll return safely and stick it to them.
Friend (11:27): You’re the best. Again, be successful.
A human being can never be simultaneously filled with hatred and filled with love. As Eitan Barak was about to enter the combat zone in which, four hours later, he would be killed, the young soldier was filled with love.
It’s reminiscent of Sgt. Dvir Emmanueloff, the first of the fallen in Israel’s first war with the Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Dvir’s father had died of cancer two and a half years previously. With three sisters, Dvir was the only son, and he worried about the anguish he would cause his mother if he too died in battle. He even went to talk to the widowed mother of a friend of his, trying to weigh his love for his mother against his passion to defend the beleaguered Jews of Israel’s South, constantly under a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza. Dvir had attended yeshiva high school in Netivot, in the South, and he loved the local populace who was constantly under attack.
When the war started, Dvir was in an officers’ training course and thus exempt from fighting. On Friday afternoon just before Israeli ground forces entered Gaza, Dvir phoned his mother and told her that he had opted to leave the course in order to join his infantry unit, massed on the border waiting for orders to attack. "Mom,” he told her, “I have to fight. I have to be there." Propelled by love, Dvir entered Gaza, where he was killed in combat several hours later.
Throughout military history, armies have been whipped up with hatred for the enemy in order to get them to face the frenzy and possible fatality of battle. The IDF espouses a different mentality. Despite ten wars against various Arab armies and militias, in its training the IDF never uses the word, “Arab.” Rather, the enemy is called, “the terrorists.” Rather than identify the enemies to our north as “the Syrians” or “the Lebanese,” IDF training uses impersonal geographical descriptions: “at the Syrian border,” or “at the Lebanese border.”
Contrast our approach with the Palestinians’. All the demonstrations against Israel’s defensive war—in France, England, Germany, and America—are filled with violence and vitriol. Official Palestinian education, not just in Hamas-controlled Gaza, but also in the supposedly more moderate Palestinian Authority, inculcates hatred for Jews in its Sesame Street TV series, its youth groups, and its military training camps.
The Commander’s Letter
Eighteen thousand Israeli soldiers amassed on the border of Gaza last week, waiting for the order to go in and clean out the thousands of smuggling and infiltration tunnels and launching pads of the Hamas terrorists. The Commander of Givati, one of the largest infantry divisions, sent this letter to his soldiers (roughly translated from the Hebrew):
Dear Officers and Fighters,
It’s a big honor that fell to our portion to be and to serve in the unit of Givati at this time. History choose us to be at the tip of the spear of fighting the terrorist Gaza enemy that provoked and taunted the God of Israel’s battalions. [Here he uses terminology from the Biblical account of David fighting Goliath.]
We prepared and trained ourselves for this moment. And we accept upon ourselves the mission, as emissaries and from a place of total humility. We are willing to endanger ourselves and give up our lives for the sake of protecting our families and our nation and our heritage.
… I’m counting on you, on each and every one of you, that you will act in this spirit, the spirit of Israeli warriors, who are going in the forefront of the fighting forces, … I raise my eyes to the heavens and call out with you, “Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokenu, Hashem Echad.” Hashem, the God of Israel, please make our way successful, that we are going and standing to fight for Your nation of Israel against an enemy that taunts Your name. In the name of the IDF fighters and particularly the fighters of this division and its commanders, it should be that what it says in the Torah should be fulfilled by us: “Because God your Lord Who is going with you to fight for you against your enemies, to redeem you.” And let us say, “Amen.”
“Together, and only together, we will win.”
Signing off,
Ofer Winter
Commander of Givati
Uniting Under Fire
The love and support of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world is manifesting in a dozen initiatives to support our soldiers. One of them is “Or L’Hayil,” a Chabad organization that helps soldiers throughout the year. It started when its founder Mendy Ofik and his brother Shmuel were on their way to Hebron five years ago to distribute Purim treats to the soldiers stationed there. An Arab ambush attacked their car with automatic rifle fire. A bullet went into Shmuel’s neck, came out the other side, and hit Mendy. As an ambulance rushed them to the hospital, Mendy vowed that if he survived, he would devote his life to Israel’s soldiers. Both Mendy and Shmuel are tireless and fearless workers in the service of Israel’s conscripts.
Love propels our soldiers into Gaza, where hatred lies in wait.
When the order was issued Thursday night to invade Gaza, Mendy was standing there at the gate cut out of the border fence. He led the troops in reciting Shema Yisrael as they passed, brigade by brigade, into the darkness of Gaza. He and Shmuel also distributed tzitzis to any soldier who wanted them. Although the thin, cotton garments with fringes on each of its four corners certainly don’t resemble protective armor, many soldiers request them in order to be protected by the mitzvah.
Thank Israeli Soldiers has delivered to the soldiers over 4200 “care packages” containing socks, underwear, t-shirts and baby wipes. Because there is no place to shower or get clean clothes on the border throughout the many days of waiting in sweltering heat, the soldiers especially appreciate these baby wipes and clothes. Last Friday, more than 2000 packages of Shabbat hallahs, bottles of grape juice, and humus were delivered, plus 1200 kilos of regulah and cookies, bought in bakeries in the South that are suffering financially from the war. As Emanuel, the organization’s representative, was delivering the trays of baked goods on Friday, he spotted a line of tanks preparing to go into Gaza. He gave each tank two trays, to the delight of the soldiers who were happy to have a taste of Shabbat as their tanks rolled into the war zone.
A letter from the specific donor accompanies each care package. As the director Mimi Jankovits explains, “The letters of support and love are an essential part of the package. Soldiers tell us they take them into battle with them. Bringing together people from around the world with Israeli soldiers helps create a bond and a spiritual shield to protect us all.”
Soldiers giving their names for the Shmira Project
Another organization to benefit the soldiers is “Project Shmira [Protection].” Project Shmira, endorsed by leading rabbis, pairs volunteers from all over the world with Israeli combat soldiers going into Gaza. Each volunteer receives the first name and mother’s name of a soldier, which is the way Jews pray for individuals. In the first hours of the Gaza invasion, Project Shmira was receiving one thousand requests per hour, from places as far flung as Uganda, Iceland, and the Far East.
Yaakov G., founder of Project Shmira, was collecting soldiers’ names at the Gaza border on Friday. Amidst periodic mortar fire from Hamas, Yaakov handed around clipboards for soldiers to fill in their names. Such volunteering requires enough love to vanquish fear. Israel’s first civilian fatality was Dror Chanin, a volunteer who had come to the border last week to distribute food packages to soldiers, and was killed by a mortar shell.
Yaakov also led many soldiers in saying Shema. This credo of the Jewish faith is supposed to be said daily, every morning and night, and a custom dating back to Rabbi Akiva, 2,000 years ago, has Jews also saying Shema at the time of death.
The young soldiers reciting Shema on their way into Gaza have no way of knowing if it’s the daily Shema or the death-time Shema. One soldier handed Yaakov G. a small black notebook and requested, “If I don’t come out, please give this notebook to my family in Jerusalem.”
Sara Yoheved Rigler
Sara Yoheved Rigler is a popular international lecturer on subjects of Jewish spirituality. She has given lectures and workshops in Israel, England, France, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Panama, and over 35 American cities. She is one of the most popular authors on Aish.com, world’s biggest Judaism website, and is a columnist for Ami Magazine. Sara Yoheved Rigler is the author of five best-sellers: Holy Woman; Lights from Jerusalem; Battle Plans: How to Fight the Yetzer Hara (with Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller); G-d Winked; and Heavenprints . She gives a weekly Marriage Webinar for Jewish Workshops on a spiritual approach to marriage, with hundreds of members throughout the world. She lives in the Old City of Jerusalem. Her newest book, Emunah with Love and Chicken Soup, the story of Henny Machlis, the Brooklyn-born girl who became a Jerusalem legend, was was released in November, 2016. Her website is: sararigler.com.
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(9) sharona, July 23, 2014 9:47 AM
I found something interesting in Tehillim 81 that shows us how to defeat our enemies http://www.dailytehillim.com/Default.aspx?Perek=81
(8) Luke, July 21, 2014 3:58 PM
KEEP ON KEEPING ON
May G-d bless and protect the Israeli nation.
(7) Kelly Rebekah ben Maimon, July 21, 2014 2:40 PM
Israel has a right to defend herself
Reading this article made me cry. I wholeheartedly pray that Israel is protected and that peace for all its citizens returns. If Hamas stopped firing rockets and respected ceasefires, would be a helpful start and a step in the right direction. Dealing with a terrorist organisation is always going to be problematic. That aside, I still love Israel and understand that she has to defend her people from the constant bombardment of rockets. London, Emgland
(6) malka, July 21, 2014 6:29 AM
We are all soldiers. Some physically on the front lines. And some doing what we can spiritually. It's a very difficult situation, and we don't know how long it will be, but we should keep our hope and faith strong that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Lets continue to do what we can to be the people we should be. Every mitzvah like Shabbat or charity, prayer and act of unity helps to bring the redemption closer
(5) Yehudith Shraga, July 21, 2014 6:07 AM
We have no right to bring human sacrifices
In a press conference Sunday evening it was discussed how IDF soldiers warned residents of the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza to evacuate the area,providing Hamas with advance information on where the IDF would strike.As a result, Hamas terrorists had time to prepare to “greet” soldiers, preparing traps, ambushes, and attacks-essentially sacrificing Israeli soldiers for the safety of Gaza civilians.THAT IS absolutely unacceptable!!! Israel shouldN't be sacrificing Her soldiers for the safety of Gaza residents, supporters of Hamas who voted to put the terror group in control of Gaza.
Max Steinberg and Nissim Sean Carmeli grew up in America. They both developed a passion for Israel.The young men's love of Israel ultimately led them to join the Israel Defense Forces, and they ended up fighting for the Jewish State in the Gaza Strip this week.On Sunday,Steinberg, 24, and Carmeli, 21, were killed there.They were among 13 Israeli soldiers killed during the first major ground battle in two weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
We have the most clear orders of the Torah:
1.Always to remember what Amalek did (Deut. 25:17)
2.That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten (Deut. 25:19).
3.To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deut. 25:19).
We have no right to bring human sacrifices for the world to approve our attack on Gaza, we have no right even to think that a life of a Jewish soldier may be an excuse for us to continue our operation in Gaza.The Torah in Parshat Mattot states clearly, that "The officers appointed over the army's thousands, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses.They said to Moses, "Your servants counted the soldiers who were in our charge, AND NOT ONE MAN WAS MISSING FROM US.
TRYING TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE ALSO HAVE KILLED SOLDIERS WILL NOT BRING THE COMPASSION OF THE WORLD TO US, IT WILL BRING THE CELEBRATIONS IN THE ARAB STREETS!!!
(4) jacob, July 21, 2014 1:11 AM
Heroes!
May Hashem bless them!
(3) Anonymous, July 21, 2014 12:44 AM
Brought many memories
Thank you for this article and the translation from the Hebrew of the prayer. It brought back memories of Oct. 6, 1973 when I was at Ulpan Borochov in Givatyim. Our ulpan was the staging area for several reserve units being called up that Yom Kippur. Our kitchen staff came in to make food for these reservists while we listened to the radio with them and talked with them. After the buses took the reservists to the fronts, for days their cars remained parked on our street waiting for family member to get them. It was a very emotional time wondering who would or wouldn't return. At the ulpan, we suddenly learned words that were not in the curriculum, words of war. We volunteered knitting hats for the soldiers in the Golan. We volunteered nights in a baking cakes and muffins for the soldiers. The young men went to Ben Gurion Airport at night to help unload the ElAl planes coming in with supplies from the US. As an RN, I tried to volunteer, and almost ended up in Safad, but was called off at the last minute.
I also remember when my son went into the Israel Navy commando unit. And how scared I was and at the same time proud that he was doing his part.
And the son of friends of ours in the US, was in the IDF and entered Gaza the last time.
May this be the last time we have to enter Gaza.
May Hashem watch over our soldiers.
(2) Yehudith Shraga, July 20, 2014 10:39 PM
With love to our soldiers
Thank you so much to the author of the article for such a detailed story about our heroes. We pray for all the soldiers fighting there in Gaza. With the unbearable pain we receive the heart braking news about soldiers which are killed in the battles against those who have made killing the Jews the purpose of their immoral lives.
We pray for their quickest destruction by G-d through IDF and hope that there will be no more precious lives of our beloved soldiers lost.
We love you all so dearly, and hope to see you back well and sound as quickly as possible.Thank you, Brave Men for your courage and dedication to the People of Israel, to the Land of Israel and to the Highest Human Qualities taught to us by G-d through His Divine Torah.
(1) Melo, July 20, 2014 7:22 PM
God Help defend, protect and strengthen Israel againt Hamas Terrorism
How many years must Israel, the Beloved Hebrew people tolerate the rockets bombing into Israel from Gaza and simply try to stop them from the air? How long will the Liberalist ignorance support Hamas bombing a tiny 150 Mile by 300 mile country when Muslims have miullions of square miles surrounding little Israel and snicker at a small people that Islamic terrorist do not have enough room to slaughter non-muslims and even cannabalism upon them. Israel may seem alone at the front of a terrible battle against hatred and oppression to a free non-Islamic world but she is not for she has the Living God and maker of us all leading the charge to stop the violence and oppression of the Hamas/Hitlerish mindset for destroying neighbors because they are Jews! I support Israel and their God in the destruction of these vile tunnels and bombing against Israel. The Palestinian people fully support Hamas and its terrorist actions of bombing their neighbor and voted them in and boasts their support of war against Israel and therefore are also responsible for the repercussions! I pray with the God of Israel and the world for HIs armies to protect Israel in the front lines and in the rear and that He be with Israel in the stopping of Islamic Terrorist bombing of this tiny country and people!
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This legend comes from Moa Island in the Torres Strait. There are nine main characters in this story. The characters are seven blind brothers, their father’s skull and the Dogai (witch). Seven blind brothers lived with their father. When their father died they kept his skull according to Island custom. Just above the hillside lived the Dogai (witch). Every day the blind brothers set out on their canoe to spear fish on the reef. They all have warkai (feathers) on their heads. The feathers on their heads help them to catch fish. Every time these magic feathers vibrate on their heads it indicates a fish approaching and this signals for them to throw the spear at the fish. On their way home the Dogai plays her tricks with them by placing floating logs in front of the canoe and quickly steals the larger fish, leaving only the smaller fish for the brothers. This happened all the time. One particular night the eldest brother had a dream. In his dream a vision of his father came to him and said: Go to Baban Kupi, you’ll see a turtle nest there, dig the eggs and cook them on hot coals. When the eggs are cooked, place them on leaves and finally smash the eggs on your eyes so you can see because the Dogai is stealing fish from your canoe. The next day the eldest brother told his brothers that their father had came to him in a dream and had told them to go to Baban Kupi and complete his demands. So they all set off to Baban Kupi and dug up the turtle eggs and cooked them. When the eggs were cooked, one after another they smashed the eggs on their eyes. The blind brothers were shocked and amazed that they could see and were no longer blind. After that they set out to the reef. That day they speared more fish than any of the previous trips. On the way back the eldest brother told his brothers to pretend to be blind when the Dogai approached them. As they were about to arrive home the Dogai intercepted them to steal their fish again. Suddenly they all opened their eyes and said: You’re the one who always steals our fish and now we will kill you. And the Dogai said: Good Job!! I stole your fish the whole time you were blind. The blind brothers ignored the Dogai and speared her to death. Today you can see the form of rocks which represents the nine main characters of this story on Moa Island at Bapu area.
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Peacekeepers killed at South Sudan UN base
UN says two Indians killed after attackers pursuing civilians force their way into compound in Jonglei state.
Two United Nations peacekeepers from India have been killed and one wounded in an attack on a UN base in South Sudan, a UN spokesman said.
The UN said attackers from the country's second-largest ethnic group forced their way into the Akobo base in conflict-wracked Jonglei state on Thursday, pursuing civilians from a rival ethnic group who had taken refuge there.
India's UN envoy Asoke Mukerji said earlier that three peacekeepers were killed by armed ethnic Nuer youths, but UN mission later said the third peacekeeper was only injured and evacuated to a UN medical facility in Malakal.
Contact with the base was lost after the assault and UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the fate of more than 30 ethnic Dinka civilians sheltering at the base was not known.
A statement said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was "appalled" to learn of the attack.
"There are indications that civilians may have been killed and wounded in the attack, but this remains to be verified. Should these reports prove true, those responsible must be held accountable for their crimes," the statement said.
Rapidly escalating ethnic violence has raised fears of instability in the world's newest country.
At 'precipice' of civil war
Meanwhile, Barack Obama, the United States president, called for an immediate end to the fighting in South Sudan on Thursday, warning the country stands at the "precipice" of civil war.
Recent fighting threatens to plunge South Sudan back into the dark days of its past.
Barack Obama, US president
Obama, who earlier announced he had deployed 45 troops to the violence-wracked country on Wednesday to protect US personnel and interests, warned that "recent fighting threatens to plunge South Sudan back into the dark days of its past".
"Fighting to settle political scores or to destabilise the government must stop immediately. Inflammatory rhetoric and targeted violence must cease," the US president added in his statement.
"All sides must listen to the wise counsel of their neighbours, commit to dialogue and take immediate steps to urge calm and support reconciliation. South Sudan's leaders must recognise that compromise with one's political enemy is difficult; but recovering from unchecked violence and unleashed hatred will prove much harder."
The attack on Indian peacekeepers on the UN base came after troops loyal to fugitive former vice president Riek Machar seized the town of Bor late on Wednesday, as fighting continued in eastern Jonglei state.
President Salva Kiir has blamed the bloodshed on a coup bid by his perennial rival Machar, who says the alleged overthrow was a fabrication to cover up a regime purge.
Machar denies coup
Talking to Al Jazeera's Hannah McNeish, Machar denied that any plot was carried out to coup Kiir.
"My life was in danger; my colleagues were being arrested for no reason. They are not plotters, it was not a coup. Nobody wants that," Machar said, claiming he was "used as a scapegoat" by Kiir to purge the ruling SPLM party of rivals to avoid reforming it.
Kiir coming from the majority Dinka people and Machar from the Nuer.
On Friday, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said talks between Kiir and African mediators trying to broker a peace deal after six days of clashes between rival army factions were processing well.
"We had a very productive meeting with his excellency President Slava Kiir and we will continue consultations," Adhanom, leader of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) delegation, told reporters in Juba.
About 450 people have been killed in the capital, Juba, since battles broke out on Sunday, including around 100 soldiers, army spokesman Philip Aguer said.
The UN's humanitarian arm said on Friday that about 20,000 people were seeking shelter in two UN bases in the capital Juba, while at least 14,000 were seeking shelter in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state. Several hundred people are also trying to find shelter in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State, where South Sudan's oil fields are concentrated.
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Moo-ving people toward compassionate living
The intent of this book and video review guide is to help us to live according to Kingdom standards which bring Heaven to earth.
Communicating with Animals:
The Spiritual Connection Between People and Animals
By Arthur Myers Email: [email protected]
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Can you talk with animals? Of course you can say "Sit, Rover" or "Here, Kitty Kitty" and garner the appropriate response from your four-legged friend - a meow, a bark, the wag of a tail. Everyone knows that domesticated animals can be taught to understand the things you say to them. But wouldn't it be wonderful to know when they wanted to play, when they weren't feeling so well, when they were hungry, and even when they were ready to leave this world and enter another? Thousands of animal lovers have discovered that they can carry on meaningful, nonverbal conversations with animals and create a spiritual connection.
In Communicating with Animals, a veteran reporter Arthur Myers explores the phenomenon of human-animal communications. Using hundreds of case studies, he introduces readers to the homesick racehorse who "told" of her depression and was cured, the cockatoo who was concerned about his owner's mental problems, and the two lost cats who telepathically guided their owners to them from thousands of miles away.
The skeptic and the animal lover in you will learn the history of animal communications, see the compelling evidence of animal reincarnation, and find out how to use your untapped mind power to form the psychic links necessary to "converse" with animals.
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A clinician participates in Phebe Paramedical Training Institute’s mental health clinician graduation.
There are myriad barriers to mental health care in Liberia, including the severe deficit of trained health workers with expertise in mental health and high levels of stigma experienced by individuals with mental health conditions at the community and health facility levels.
The USAID-funded Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) program, implemented by the Advancing Partners & Communities project, supported a post-basic mental health training program at the Phebe Paramedical Training Institute to reduce these barriers. The program, which began in September 2017, has trained 38 mental health clinicians to better understand, screen for, and provide mental health services.
The APC program has supported two cohorts of mental health clinician trainees, training 38 mid-level health workers. Dr. Julius Muron, a consulting psychiatrist and chief facilitator of the Mental Health Clinician Training Program, explains “We give the students a basic assessment test when they come in to measure their attitudes, knowledge, and experience providing care to people who have mental health problems. The assessment also measures their awareness of community stigma and practices toward people with mental health problems. We assess the students again after training and during clinical placement to see if they are retaining and practicing what they learned.”
The health workers continue to receive encouragement and professional guidance from Dr. Muron and the Mental Health Clinician Training Program team following graduation. The trained clinicians get onsite supervision from the specialists, which improves how they manage patients with mental and physical health problems. Some trainees went to clinics that had no mental health services and set them up. Now more clinics in counties that were affected by Ebola offer mental health services. And in hospitals, collaboration between mental health clinics and other wards has improved.
38 mid-level health workers graduated from the mental health clinician trainings.
The mental health clinician trainees are excited about the skills they’ve acquired through the training program. “When we go back to our various places of work, we will know the difference between stress, depression, grief, anxiety, and other illnesses and we will also be able to treat them, ” says a mental health clinician trainee, Orenon M. Joseph. “We used to refer to people with mental health issues as “crazy,” but I cannot do that anymore. I’m unable to even separate them from myself. This training has had a great impact on my life, even my social life. I have learned to have compassion for people with mental illness and I pray to help my community treat them with patience and kindness.” These sentiments were expressed by several other mental health clinician trainees who collectively believe that the training has reinforced their passion for mental health, a calling they feel strongly about.
The APC program has laid a solid foundation for the future of mental health services in Liberia. Dr. Muron affirmed, “I’m extremely satisfied with what we’ve been able to do in this period of time, because I know that the mental health clinicians we’re sending out there to do the job are well-qualified, have a lot of skills, and are very enthusiastic. They are pioneering high-quality mental health services in the country.”
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Howard Memorial Hospital Helps a Soldier “Out of the Dust”
Dec 18, 2011 Patient Stories
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Willits - During the holidays, success stories like this one remind us of the gifts of the season.
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As a soldier, your job is to stay alive and keep your team (and your country) safe. As a member of Search and Rescue, your job is to pull others from harm's way. Imagine yourself as the type of person who is used to helping others, having your physical strength be a core part of your persona, and for whom danger is an external rather than an internal threat.
Meet Geoff Shires, a former soldier and Search and Rescue team member who had his whole life turned upside down by diabetes until he met the team at HMH.
According to the American Diabetes Association, type 2 diabetes (the most common form) means either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Insulin is necessary for the body to use glucose for energy. When you eat food, the body breaks down all of the sugars and starches into glucose, which is the basic fuel for the body's cells. Insulin takes the sugar from the blood into the cells. When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, it can lead to diabetes complications.
After Geoff's military service and Search and Rescue days were over, he was working locally when he got violently ill. "I didn't know what was wrong," Geoff said. He was sick, losing weight, and had a sore on his foot that wouldn't heal.
Upon hospitalization, he learned that he had diabetes. "My blood glucose was at 11 and at first I needed five insulin shots a day," he said.
By working with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bill Bowen and registered dietician Annie Dogali, Geoff was able to learn how to manage his diabetes, but not before he lost part of his big toe to the disease. "I'm that guy you hear about who had to have his toe cut off," he said. "It was bad."
"None of [my diabetes education] made sense until I got here (to HMH). Getting better was a team effort...Everyone I came in contact with--registration staff, nurses, CNAs, kitchen staff, everyone--they deserve the credit," Geoff said. "I was just the lucky recipient of superior medical care. Their continual positive reinforcement and synergy brought me through." After working with the team during his multiple hospitalizations, he began to understand how to get his life in balance. His strength improved, his diet and insulin balance improved, and he had the energy to enjoy his life again.
He referred to himself as a person with strong faith and compared his experience to that of the Biblical character, Job. "It was three years of hell, but I'm out of the dust," he said with a smile.
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Tony Blair says it is unrealistic to think the tax system can be used to reduce air travel in the UK. See item from BBC news.
The prime minister said it would take a “fairly hefty whack” for people to cut back on flights in the UK and abroad.He told the Commons liaison committee that it would be hard to sell, and said he would not be keen on such a move.
If you really wanted to impede air travel or to cut it back significantly through some taxation mechanism, it would have to be a fairly hefty whack.
Instead, he said, the best way to tackle climate change was to invest in more environmentally friendly aircraft and to invest in other new technology.
[AEF note. It is widely recognised that technology cannot address the problem. Technology is expected to reduce emissions on a per passenger km basis only by about 1% pa, or 2% at the very most. With aviation growing at around 5%, it is clear that some form of ‘demand management’ is needed.]
Investment needed
It had been put to Mr Blair that the rise in aircraft emissions were threatening the overall plans to cut back on greenhouse gases.
Mr Blair told the MPs that the world would be in “serious trouble” unless there was a new agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
He said it was vital to come up with a framework for when the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end in 2012.
Mr Blair said he thought that with a “significant uplift” in investment in new and alternative environmentally-friendly technologies the emissions savings could be found fairly quickly.
He said emissions targets would have to form a part of a future agreement on climate change.
It was understandable that the US was very wary of having targets imposed on it, and instead wanted to concentrate on the use of clean technology – on which it spends more than any other country – he said.
However, there were “real signs of change” in the US on the issue, he said.
But on air travel, the prime minister conceded: “It is unrealistic to think that you will get some restriction on air travel at an international level.”
“The best way to go is to recognise that is a reality and see how you can develop the technology that is able to reduce the harmful emissions.”
‘Not good enough’
Tony Juniper, director of Friends of the Earth, said he was pleased Mr Blair was calling for an international framework on climate change, backed by clear targets.
But he added: “He should not, however, put too much faith in empty speeches from the American President to galvanise global agreement.
“If the prime minister wants to see international action then he must lead by cutting UK emissions.”
Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrats environment spokesman, accused Mr Blair of “throwing in the towel” over climate change.
“Emissions from aviation represent the greatest challenge in tackling climate change – for the prime minister to wash his hands in this way is simply unbelievable,” he said.
“If aviation continues to grow as projected, the increase in emissions from this sector will cancel out all planned cuts from all other sectors.”
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Biker left In Critical Condition After Collision
April 9, 2018 April 9, 2018 Tlangelani Nukeri Comment(0)
Johannesburg: A collision between a motorbike and bakkie, towing a trailer, in Moreleta Park, north of Johannesburg has left a 40-year- old man in a critical condition.
It is has been reported that paramedics found a motorbike lying next to the bakkie and trailer, parked in the right-hand lane. The biker was found lying next to the trailer.
According to African News Agency (ANA), the biker was allegedly pulled from beneath the trailer by members of the community.
Paramedics assessed the man and found that he had sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.
Treatment and advanced life support interventions were immediately initiated, in an effort to stabilize the patient’s vital signs.
Once treated, the man was transported by another service to a nearby private hospital for urgent treatment.
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It is of utmost importance to have a financial sector that serves all South Africans, says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. “We need a financial sector that serves all South Africans, and not just a privileged few,” said Nene at the launch of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in Tshwane on Monday. Nene said the […]
The Public Servants Association (PSA) says it will go on strike
June 6, 2018 Tlangelani Nukeri
Gauteng – The Public Servants Association (PSA) says it will go on strike from next Monday to voice its unhappiness with the public-sector wage negotiations. PSA vowed to cripple the economy with its upcoming strike. The Public Servants Association has assured public protest strikes including at SASSA, over long-standing failed wage discussions. The union said […]
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Gauteng: The Democratic Alliance denies a report by a Sunday paper that a breakaway group of the party held a secret meeting and insists there will be no splitter party ahead of 2019 general election. This follows a report in the City Press on Sunday that at least five senior leaders are angry about the […]
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Philadelpia
McKee Gallery
When writing on Martin Puryear critics routinely refer to the two years he spent in Sierra Leone as the source of the “primitivist” strain they discern in his work. This may be well-intentioned but it is also racist. Puryear is black, but this does not necessarily give him a privileged access to the primal or the primordial. Nor is there anything primitive about the highly evolved art of West Africa. Furthermore, immediately after his sojourn in Sierra Leone he moved to Stockholm, where he studied the techniques of the world’s most sophisticated woodworkers—techniques of lamination and joinery
Leigh Bowery
Every time he got dressed and undressed, every time he posed, coifed, put on makeup, stitched a sequin in place, Leigh Bowery asked, Where does the body end? It does not end with skin, it does not end with a sheath of latex or stacked platforms but perhaps close to there; it does not end with you, although at times perhaps you’d like it to, for another you not to be in your pores surging like acid, the thought of another you in your head headachy, in your mouth wanting such an entry to stop or not.
Bowery was fond of lumpy obstetric bulges—around the stomach, of course, but also on the cheeks;
George Stoll
Morris Healy Gallery
“My world is safe,” prays Julianne Moore in Todd Haynes’ recent movie. The dream of safety, of purity, of replenishment; the alleviation of worry, of second guesses; the banishment of rapid decomposition—it is a dream of home, of order’s comforts, of containment. What makes suburbia beautiful (plenitude, order, stylization, repetition) is what makes it scary (plenitude, order, stylization, repetition). The same may be said of Tupperware, whose elegant design belies the malaise of the leftover, the unused, the refrigerated. Brownie Wise, one of Earl Silas Tupper’s collaborators, helped formulate
Not Vital
Sperone Westwater
With work that is simultaneously abstract and representational, mature and childlike, Not Vital mines the depths of our collective unconscious. Though initially his most recent pieces might seem to sit squarely within the Minimalist tradition, they have a personal, often sexual inflection. In his most recent exhibition it became clear that for Vital the process of making art is governed by the search for a primary, universal level of experience and identity. Upon entering the gallery we were presented with the artist’s name in 14 different languages—from Arabic to Wallachian—painted on the wall.
Paolo Baldacci Gallery
Alberto Savinio (1891–1952) spent much of his life trying to dodge the shadow cast by his older brother Giorgio de Chirico. Just as the need to establish a separate identity pushed him to adopt another name, so it may have stimulated the distinct singularity of his work in a number of different media. Savinio’s first efforts were as a composer and writer. While his music is no longer played, his remarkable books—fiction, plays, essays—remain highly regarded in Italy, and several have been translated into English. Savinio’s first efforts as a painter, around 1926, show clear evidence of the
Joyce Pensato
Max Protetch
Joyce Pensato’s work serves as a reminder that not all painting with cartoon imagery derives from Pop art. Although Donald, Mickey, and the rest of the Disney crew—along with the occasional interloper from more contemporary cartoons, such as Bart Simpson—form the basis of Pensato’s imagery, her paintings and wall drawings are much more closely related to Abstract Expressionism than to the work of Roy Lichtenstein or Andy Warhol. The black and white enamel Pensato uses was very much Jackson Pollock’s medium of choice in 1951–52, and one cannot help but recall the black and white oil of Franz
Marisa Del Re Gallery
In an age when Modernist values have become art-historical clichés, or at least seem less convincing and consequential than they once did, Igor Mitoraj’s classically based sculpture raises a number of intriguing issues. Reaching beyond the anti-classical reductivism of Brancusi, which has itself become classical—so much so that artists such as Carl Andre and Richard Serra have rendered its ideal of radical simplicity decadent and hollow—Mitoraj returns to the sublimity of the Laocoön.
As the Laocoön makes clear, beauty does not mean loss of passion or agony, but rather its distillation. Ironically,
Michael Spano
Laurence Miller Gallery
Michael Spano’s black and white photographs document the wrecks of the bunkers that once formed what was known as the “Atlantic Wall”—Nazi Europe’s line of defense against Allied invasion. At times, Spano zeroes in on a bunker, revealing its peculiarly absurd if still ominous character; at others, he shows a bunker heroically isolated against bleak terrain that stretches to a distant horizon. Clearly, there is something more to these eloquently stark photographs than the urge to document the instruments of war: the bunker becomes a monument to human folly, a metaphor for the futility of civilization
Allan Kaprow
John Gibson Gallery
“Once, the task of the artist was to make good art; now it is to avoid making art of any kind,” wrote Allan Kaprow in a 1966 manifesto, formulating a paradox that has come to pervade his entire oeuvre. The Happenings and Environments through which he made his name in the ’50s and ’60s all attempted to merge art and life, to bring the audience inside the work instead of leaving it standing stupidly around in front of it. Kaprow has never ceased to make works or pen position papers (such as “The Education of the Un-Artist: Part II,” 1972, and “Art Which Can’t Be Art,” 1986) that decry this separation
Kazumi Tanaka
Kent Gallery
As if to allay doubts concerning its status as art, kinetic sculpture tends, rather too predictably, either to eschew functionality entirely or to produce some “quirky” effect. Jean Tinguely’s Homage to New York, bouncing and shaking itself to pieces on a stage at MoMA in 1960, is the Modernist patriarch of a whimsically Luddite line of sculptures—Rebecca Horn’s allegorical contraptions and the war machine that mangled the right hand of its creator, Marc Pauline, number among its many direct descendants.
The work of Kazumi Tanaka, a young Japanese sculptor, is on the whole no exception. However,
Lincoln Tobier
Pat Hearn Gallery / Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
Two concurrent projects by the same artist, one aspiration: to reopen the discussion about the relationship between visual art and the “public” sphere. Lincoln Tobier’s Studies for: (It all comes together in) Ruckus L.A., 1995, at Pat Hearn, and Mini-A.M., 1995, at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, represent the most recent articulations of Tobier’s effort to establish new connections between “artistic activity” and diverse sociocultural arenas. These projects may suggest that Tobier subscribes to a canonized set of principles about socially engaged artmaking. However, given that failure is built into
Mary Lucier
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
Through a rich interweaving of different media, Mary Lucier’s Last Rites (Positano), 1995, reconstructed a distant moment of her recently deceased mother’s past. Lucier transformed the gallery into a dramatically lit, cavernous space, and filled it with speakers, video monitors, her mother’s furniture, and photographs. The result was less a testament to the loss of her mother than to the mechanisms of memory itself.
At the center of Last Rites was a narrative of adventure, romance, and tragedy: Lucier’s mother, Margaret Glosser, an Ohio native, traveled abroad as a young woman, met and fell in
“Art of the Other Mexico”
Dedicated to César Chávez, “Art of the Other Mexico: Sources and Meanings” examined the complexities of bicultural identity through 70 new and recent works by 20 artists. The common denominator here was a focus on the rich traditions of Mexican visual culture: contemporary Chicano experience was explored through the recuperation of Mexican folk, religious, and urban traditions. While in the late ’60s this strategy of cultural reclamation was viewed as a direct form of resistance to the dominant Anglo culture, today such fervid political agendas have been replaced by the more amorphous goals of
Claude Simard
Jack Shainman Gallery | West 20th Street
Dominating Claude Simard’s installation, a string of letters cascaded down one wall of the exhibition space. Cut from cotton, stuffed, stitched, and strung like fish on a line, they were hung in so many layers that it was difficult to decipher the individual names they spelled. This overwhelming cacophony was meant to evoke a particular place—a small French Canadian village called Larouche, from which this New York–based artist hails—through the names of its denizens. Simard also portrayed his hometown in photographs of its inhabitants in moments of leisure and of local landmarks, such as the
Melissa Smedley
Franklin Furnace
Though Melissa Smedley’s sculptures are clearly the descendants of furry teacups and spidery hat racks, unlike their Dada and Surrealist ancestors, they are neither extravagant nor irreverent. A pragmatist of sorts, Smedley reformulates cast-off objects and clothes, appliances and electronics, for real, albeit quixotic, purposes. Her “recombinant objects,” as she calls them, suggest tools and props, though it is difficult (if pleasurable) to imagine what their uses might be without some sort of demonstration. Hanging from the ceiling in her most recent installation Water Table (all works
New York Theater Workshop
On a steeply raked, lime green stage, downtown doyenne Ruth Maleczech, who plays Jean Genet in the theatrical adaptation of his posthumously published Prisoner of Love, 1986, capers beneath a crystal chandelier and a plastic tarpaulin, at the very edge of the stage. This behavior literalizes Genet’s assertion that “a border is where human personality expresses itself most fully.” Appropriate, too, is the haze-filled theater space, blurring lines of sight, conjuring the “faint intoxication” of his last book’s maelstrom of lust and power. Director JoAnne Akalaitis and composer Philip Glass—with
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Winners for the 2017 Project, Young Engineer, and Student Chapter Member of the Year
November 05, 2017 / ASCE NC Web Director
Image via Kimley-Horn
Project of the Year:
The project of the year is the NC State Harrelson Hall Demolition and Pedestrian Plaza Construction Project. Kimley-Horn was contracted as the prime consultant providing civil, landscape architecture, structural, and traffic consulting services. The sub consultants were Stanford-White and Terracon who provided electrical and industrial hygiene services, respectively. The demolition of the four-story reinforced concrete NC State landmark required significant hazardous material abatement, structural demolition, and the construction of the new pedestrian plaza reusing 100 limestone panel facades for paver transitions, landscape features, and seat walls. The project was completed both on schedule and 15% below the appropriated construction budget. The project additionally met and beat their sustainability goal of diverting at least 90% of the project materials from a landfill by successfully diverting 95%.
Image via Mark Koegel
Young Engineer of the Year:
The young engineer of the year is Mark Koegel from Kleinfelder. Mark has been an active member in the Eastern Branch since September 2013 and is an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame. At Kleinfelder Mark is consistently recognized as a detailed oriented engineer who strives to provide quality deliverables. Clients look to Mark for both his excellent service and his sound engineering judgement. These traits allow Mark to effectively provide mentorship and help provide career guidance to staff. Mark is also a volunteer for the Ronald McDonald House and contributes frequently to serving the local community of Durham.
Image via Shawnak Doshi and Steve Swelton
Student Chapter Member of the Year:
The Student Chapter Member of the Year is Shawnak Doshi. Shawnak has been an active member of ASCE since 2014 and is currently the 2017-2018 Student Chapter President for NC State University. In addition to serving as president Shawnak has held multiple officer positions and has operated as the concrete canoe captain for the past two years. Quoting his student chapter advisor "His commitment and excitement for ASCE is inspiring, and he has welcomed the opportunities to lead efforts in the service of others. Through these experiences, Shawnak has honed his own leadership skills which will only improve his future success within the engineering profession."
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The Chicago Blues Brothers - Motown Mission
Liverpool Empire
The award-winning spectacular is Europe’s biggest and best-loved production of the Blues Brothers. The show is a high-octane, adrenaline-pumping musical mash-up which...
Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)
The award-winning spectacular is Europe’s biggest and best-loved production of the Blues Brothers. The show is a high-octane, adrenaline-pumping musical mash-up which has jump started the legacy of Jake and Elwood for a new generation with its modern twist on this cult classic and an energy and spirit that is impossible to resist. Back with a Brand new mission, The Chicago Blues Brothers are heading for Detroit to take on some of the biggest and most loved Motown anthems along with all the Blue Brothers classics you know and love. With hit’s from Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, James Brown, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Jackson 5 and the Supremes. Backed by the multi award winning CBB Band and the incredible Sweet Soul Sisters, a new stage set and state of the art full stage projection – this is one show you can’t afford to miss.
Sun 31 Mar 2019
Opera House Manchester
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Liverpool Empire, Liverpool
Lime Street,Liverpool,L1 1JE
The Chicago Blues Brothers - Motown Mission Access
Liverpool Empire Visual Story: a visual resource to help prepare visitors for a new experience and to help them become familiar with new surroundings and what to expect.
Liverpool Empire Audio Story: an audio resource to help prepare visitors who are blind and visually impaired for their visit to the theatre.
For a copy of the venue’s visual or audio story, please contact the Liverpool Empire Access Champion on 0800 912 6971.
28/03/2019 - 19.30 – Kinky Boots - Signed
01/04/2019 - 19.30 – Kinky Boots - Captioned
03/04/2019 - 19.30 - Kinky Boots - Audio Described
08/05/2019 - 19.30 - Dirty Dancing - Signed
11/09/2019 - 14.30 - Blood Brothers - Captioned
11/09/2018 - 19.30 - Blood Brothers - Signed & Audio Described
14/10/2019 - 19.30 - Les Misérables - Audio Described & Captioned
17/10/2019 - 19.30 - Les Misérables - Signed
20/12/2019 - 14.00 - Peter Pan - Relaxed
There are sixteen wheelchair spaces available in the auditorium. 12 in the stalls and 4 in the circle. There is lift access to all levels of the theatre except the Rear Circle where access is obtained by lift and steps. All areas of the Theatres are accessible to customers with limited mobility, including wheelchair users. There is level access from Lime Street, through into the foyer, with level access into the auditorium at both sides of the stalls. The building features wide doors, and additional toilet facilities for disabled people. One front of house lift provides access to the circle and one lift provides access to the stalls bar toilets, with appropriate seating positions available on all levels.
Liverpool Empire Theatre is equipped with an infrared sound amplification system. To access the infrared system please request receiving equipment from a member of the Front of House team who will provide you with an induction loop necklace.
Induction Loop Necklace
Suitable for persons wearing a hearing aid, the induction loop necklace is worn around the neck. Whilst wearing the necklace, switch your hearing aid to the 'T' setting and the sound is amplified. The necklace has an adjustable volume control.
There are a number of British Sign Language Interpreted performances, Audio Described performances and Captioned performances every season. For advice and to book these performances please call 0800 912 6971.
There are public toilets on all levels of the theatre. There are separate accessible toilets on the ground floor and second floor of theatre. There is an emergency pull cord in all accessible toilets should you need assistance from a member of staff.
Baby changing facilities are located in the accessible toilet on the second floor and ladies toilets on the lower ground floor stalls bar.
Liverpool Empire Theatre Information
Liverpool Empire Theatre
The theatre does not have its own parking facilities but Liverpool boasts many city centre car parks with reasonable rates and many are within 5 minutes walk of the theatre. The closest car parks are located at Lord Nelson Street, Queen Square and at St Johnâs Shopping Centre on Lime Street. St. Johnâs Car Park offers discounted parking of £2.50 for patrons visiting local theatres after 6.00pm and leaving before midnight.
See Access page for information.
There are four bars at the Liverpool Empire
Two lifts provide access to every level of the theatre.Â
Lime Street Bistro is now open! Click here to find out more.
A wide selection of snacks are available from our friendly and helpful staff on the kiosk, why not pick up some popcorn to share along with a soft drink to enjoy during the performance?
Hospitality facilities are available.
Cloakroom facilities are available during selected performances.
L1 1JE
Book in person by calling into our Box Office on the corner of London Road and Lime Street. Our Box Office Opening Times are displayed on the right of this page.
The Liverpool Empire Theatre is located on Lime Street and is easily accessible by road. For SATNAV use L1 1JE.
Car-parking:
The theatre does not have its own parking facilities but Liverpool boasts many city centre car parks with reasonable rates and many are within 5 minutes’ walk of the theatre. The closest car parks are located at Lord Nelson Street, Queen Square and at St John’s Shopping Centre on Lime Street.
The Liverpool Empire Theatre is next door to Lime Street Station. Local (Wirral Line) and National rail services stop at this station. Please use the Lord Nelson Street exit for the theatre.
Key services stop on Lime Street including the 101, C2, C3 , C5, 10, 10A and 10B
Calls cost 7p per minute, plus your phone company's access charge.
Groups Bookings : 0333 009 5384 (9am – 5.30pm)
Stage Door / Admin:* : 0151 702 7320
Pre-Order Your Interval Drinks
Don't forget to pre-order your interval drinks when you arrive as all bars get busy! During most performances alcoholic drinks are allowed into the auditorium. We now accept all major credit and debit cards for bar bill payments.
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Pick your own seats
To pick your own seats for The Chicago Blues Brothers - Motown Mission at Liverpool Empire Theatre simply find the performances you'd like to see from the listings below and you'll be given the option.
The Chicago Blues Brothers - Motown Mission Group Bookings
Groups Booking line: 0333 009 5384 (9am – 5.30pm) Calls charged at local rate.
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of the Dubliners
Tom Gates Live on Stage!
Ghost - The Musical
Michael Ball - Coming Home to You Tour
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Tenkai Knights Episode 12 English Subbed
Tenkai Knights Episode 12
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Genre: Animation Military Fantasy Action Space Mecha Magic Super Power
Date aired : Jan 08, 2014
Eons ago, a cube–like peaceful planet named Quarton, populated by shape–shifting living bricks called Tenkai, was ravaged by a war between two opposite factions: the Corekai and the Corrupted led by the ruthless warlord Vilius who desired to obtain the source of Tenkai Energy for his own purposes. However, the only ones who were strong enough to defeat him were the Tenkai Knights: Bravenwolf, Tributon, Valorn and Lydendor. Facing defeat, Vilius unleashed the mighty Tenkai Dragon, who was later defeated by the four Knights and its fragments were scattered across the planet. These heroes were never seen again, but the Corrupted have returned more powerful than ever. Now on planet Earth in the year 2034, four humans named Guren, Ceylan, Toxsa, and Chooki are chosen to become the new generation of Tenkai Knights and prevent Vilius to take control of both Quarton and Earth.
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Our industry expertise to meet your needs
Arquus owes its unique personality to a combination of industrial infrastructure and singular talents: a symbiosis of industrial strength and expert precision. Our 1,500 employees are skilled men and women from different industrial cultures and horizons. It is this extraordinary mix that forms the backbone of our business.
A culture of difference
The wealth of expertise, know-how and interpersonal skills of our teams contributes largely to our identity. Every day, we draw on our many fields of expertise to create, design, develop, manufacture, supply, qualify, support, repair, provide and train. And also anticipate, drive, organise, anticipate, decide, partner and convince. With so many areas of specialisation, we have full control over every step of the production chain.
Our engineers
Our engineers design the Arquus vehicles of the future. Whether they are mechanical designers, mechanical engineers, embedded systems engineers, electrical engineers or army engineers, our 300-strong team are part of our R&D design department and work in the fields of RWS, remote-control and robotics, mobility, protection/survivability, ergonomics and weapons systems integration
Our many mechanics, electricians, welders, painters and electrotechnicians all contribute to the manufacture of our armored vehicles. All share the same high standard of expertise and common goals:
to make vehicles that correspond exactly to the needs and expectations of defence and security forces,
to meet vehicle reliability requirements that guarantee efficiency and crew protection during operations,
to guarantee military leaders maximum operational availability of their vehicle fleet during operations.
“Good relations between the army and the manufacturers is crucial for the efficiency and the protection of our soldiers during operations.”
General Jean-Pierre Bosser, Army Chief of Staff addressing officers and operators at Fourchambault after a day of presentations focused on In-Service Vehicle Support and innovation.
Our Group’s employees rewarded
At the beginning of April 2017, Major General Bernard Barrera, on behalf of the Defense Ministry, presented 5 of our employees in Limoges with the National Defense Medal. This decoration is a first in the history of the army and our Group.
“Thanks to each worker’s contribution, soldiers in the field will be saved. The presentation of the National Defense Medal by Major General Barrera to Arquus employees in Limoges is an expression of gratitude on the part of France and the French army.”
General Charles Beaudouin, Head of the Technology Department.
Over to our experts
Every day, our 1,200 skilled men and women develop their professional know-how to satisfy our most demanding customers.
Christian, painter
“In the beginning, you think that camouflage painting’s going to be easy, but in fact, it’s all freehand! You have to keep reference points in your head so you can paint all the vehicles the same way. It requires memorisation and concentration.”
Bruno, welder
“Forging started on the site nine years ago with two welders. Today, there are nearly 80 of us. The company has grown and grown - and I don’t think it’s finished yet!
Frederic, welder
“You don’t become a welder overnight! It is a highly diversified trade which requires dexterity, a good knowledge of metals and, in particular, a passion for scrap metal!”
Pascal, mechanic
“At the end of my military career, I wanted a similar job. Becoming a mechanic at Arquus was a great opportunity for me! There is the same cohesion and team spirit I had before. Here, everyone uses first names.”
Didier Noyer, painter
“I always have a feeling of pride when I finish a vehicle. I compare it before and after and I have the immense satisfaction of a job well done. The paint job is very important for me because it’s the first thing a customer sees.”
Christophe, electrician
“As there is only a small number of electricians, I get to work on all the products. And I constantly have to develop my skills and adapt to new vehicles. It’s really motivating!”
Christopher, welder and mechanic
“I love seeing the vehicles in the media! The ones used by the RAID elite unit, for example, have been in all the media in recent years. Because I made some of the parts for these vehicles, it gives me a great feeling of accomplishment to see them in action during operations!”
Cédric, vehicle painter
“We have rules we have to respect with the army. For example, a certain paint thickness has to be respected for each part. So you have to be really meticulous, patient and careful if you are going to respect all the regulations and do a good job!”
Patrick, wiring designer
“I have been interested in electricity since I was a child. I got it from my grandfather. When I was 14 or 15, I had already started making little transistors. And then I started to repair TV sets and video players for my coworkers. Electricity always has to be a part of my life, whether I’m at work or not!”
Yoan, painter
“I really appreciated the LOUAB training that all the newbies get when they join the company. We were really able to understand our customers’ everyday needs after spending three days with the soldiers. It was great!”
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In Perpetuity
By: Jake Bible
Narrated by: Michael T. Bradley
The Flipside
Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
The year is 2046, and dinosaurs are real. Time bubbles across the world, many as large as 100 square miles, turn like clockwork, revealing prehistoric landscapes from the Cretaceous Period. They reveal the Flipside. Now, 30 years after the first turn, the clockwork is breaking down, as one of the world's powers has decided to exploit the phenomenon for his own gain. Former head of security for Topside Command Trevon Cash must navigate his way through the chaos of the broken turns and take a team Flipside to try to figure out what is happening.
Roak
Galactic Bounty Hunter
There are thousands of bounty hunters across the galaxy. Solid professionals that take jobs based on the credits the bounties afford. They follow the letter of the law so they can maximize those credits. Licensed, bonded, legal. Then there's Roak.
Outpost Hell
After an opportunistic heist gone wrong, a squad of Galactic Fleet Marines set down on a remote planet hoping to repair their badly damaged ship and resupply quickly so they can be on their way to spend their new riches. Finding the supply outpost occupied by less than normal residents, the Marines are soon fighting for their lives against a deadly force unlike any they've seen on the battlefield. It'll take all their training and skills to get out alive, let alone in one piece.
Max Rage
Intergalactic Badass!
Narrated by: Troy Duran
Master Chief Sergeant Major Max Rage was the top dog in an elite fighting force that no one in the galaxy could stop. Until, one day, someone did. The lone survivor, Rage was blamed for the mission failure and court-martialed. With a serious chip on his shoulder, Rage finds himself as a bouncer at the top dive bar in Greenville, South Carolina. And, man, is he bored with his job. At least until he gets a job offer he can't refuse.
Forgotten Colony, Book 1
By: M.R. Forbes
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Caleb is a former Marine Raider and commander of the Vultures, a search and rescue team that's spent the last two years pulling high-value targets out of alien-ravaged cities and shipping them off-world. When his new orders call for him to join 40,000 survivors aboard the last starship out, he thinks his days of fighting are over. The Deliverance represents a fresh start and a chance to leave the war behind for good. Except the war won't be as easy to escape as he thought.
Kaiju Winter
Narrated by: F Ian DeMaster
The Yellowstone super volcano has begun to erupt, sending North America into chaos and the rest of the world into panic. People are dangerous and desperate to escape the oncoming mega-eruption, knowing it will plunge the continent, and the world, into a perpetual ashen winter. But no matter how ready humanity is, nothing can prepare them for what comes out of the ash: Kaiju!
Galactic Vice
A Jafla Base Vice Squad Novel
Corruption. Greed. Lust. Sins undercover Galactic Vice Detective Etch Knowles faces every day. Politicians on the take. Underground gambling. Sex trafficking. Another day at the office for Galactic Vice Lieutenant Angie McDade. Shaking down hustlers. Offering "protection" to bar owners. Cheating at tile games. Galactic Vice Detective Kalaka doesn't exactly play by the rules. A cargo barge filled with corpses. A potential war between crime syndicates. Traitors within the Galactic Vice. These are the nightmares the three must face.
Wholesale Slaughter
By: Rick Partlow
Narrated by: Marc Vietor
Logan Conner is the son of a king, the heir to the largest of the five star-dominions, and the best mech pilot in the galaxy. His people are plagued by pirates and raiders, surrounded by enemies, and not even his father can fight them all. Logan gives up his position, his rank, even his name, and becomes Jonathan Slaughter, leader of a rough-and-ready band of mercenary mech-jocks bent on taking the battle to the enemy on their own terms.
Salvage Merc One
Joseph Laribeau was born to be a Marine in the Galactic Fleet. He was born to fight the alien enemies known as the Skrang Alliance and travel the galaxy doing his duty as a Marine Sergeant. He loved the life. But when the war ended and Joe found himself medically discharged, the best job ever was over, and he never thought he'd find his way again. Then a beautiful alien walked into his life and offered him a chance at something even greater than the Fleet, a chance to serve with the Salvage Merc Corp.
Mega Series, Book 1
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
Kinsey Thorne, the first female US Navy SEAL candidate has hit rock bottom. Having washed out of the Navy, she turned to every drink and drug she could get her hands on. Until her father and cousins, all ex-Navy SEALS themselves, offer her a way back into the life: as part of a private, elite combat team being put together to find and hunt down an impossible monster in the Indian Ocean. Kinsey has a second chance, but can she live through it?
Still brilliant 2nd time around!!
By Trudibubble on 04-12-2018
Salvage Marines
Necrospace, Book 1
By: Sean-Michael Argo
To protect his young family from merciless corporate tyranny, Samuel Hyst signs up for the hazardous life of a salvage marine, the foot soldiers of a militarized deep space operation. Hazard pay is high for a reason, and Samuel must endure grueling tours of duty in the abandoned scrapyard quadrants of a war-torn universe. Endless wars rage across every galaxy, leaving damaged starships, rusted factories, and broken planets in their wake, all ripe for plunder by the desperate and the daring.
Agent Prime
Denman Sno is Agent Prime! The best of the Fleet Intelligence Service's elite Special Service Division, Denman Sno will need to use all of his skills and resources to stop the galaxy from plunging into another war with the alien menace known as the Skrang Alliance. Sno's assignment: protect and deliver Pol Hammon, the galaxy's greatest dark-tech hacker, to Galactic Fleet headquarters. Hammon is in possession of new technology that can and will change the landscape of galactic life.
Earth Unknown
Forgotten Earth, Book 1
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Two hundred years ago, a fleet of colony ships left Earth and started a settlement on Proxima Centauri. Centurion Space Force pilot Nathan Stacker didn't expect to return home to find his wife dead. He didn't expect the murderer to look just like him, and he definitely didn't expect to be the one to take the blame. But his wife had control of a powerful secret. A secret that stretches across the light years between two worlds and could lead to the end of both. Now that secret is in Nathan's hands, and he's about to make the most desperate evasive maneuver of his life.
Zombie Fallout: Zero
By: Mark Tufo
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Those who would seek a new world order have unleashed the most devastating virus onto mankind, and even they do not know the secrets hidden in their weapon. Follow along as Harry, a CDC scientist, races to figure out what exactly the virus is and how to stop it. It will be up to him and a group of marines led by Major Sanders to stop the zombie fallout before it ravages an unsuspecting world.
By Mark on 18-12-2016
Mech Corps
The human race is about to be without a home, Earth having been turned into a toxic wasteland by decades of war and centuries of neglect. Now united and desperate to put down new roots, humanity sets off across the galaxy. But the galaxy isn't as hospitable as people would like.
Riker's Apocalypse, Book 1
By: Shawn Chesser
Narrated by: Adam Paul
Army veteran Lee Riker is staying in an Atlanta shelter and supporting himself with the odd carpentry job when his sister, Tara, summons him home to Indiana for the reading of their mother’s will. Riker boards a Greyhound bus in Atlanta with his duffel bag, less than $200 to his name, and a secret he must protect at all costs. Riker makes it to Middletown only to learn his sister has recently witnessed a gruesome death. Insisting she saw the victim rise from a pool of his own blood to attack the Samaritan rendering aid, Tara floats the idea that the man may have been a zombie.
I suffered through this really
By Ruth on 01-01-2019
Terran Scout Fleet, Book 1
By: Joshua Dalzelle
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Aliens exist...and, as it turns out, most of them aren’t that friendly. Jacob Brown wasn’t even born yet the first time they attacked Earth. He was only 14 the second time it happened. When Earth finally came together and fielded its first spaceborne military, Jacob didn’t hesitate to volunteer. Serving aboard a mighty starship, he’d be able to defend his planet - and his family - when, inevitably, they came again.
By Bill on 30-03-2019
A Fiery Sunset
The Omega War, Book 1
By: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
The plot by the Galactic Union’s Mercenary Guild against the Four Horsemen has culminated in an invasion of Earth. Faced with an overwhelming force, the human mercs had no choice. They’ve fled, leaving Sansar Enkh to go to the Mercenary Guild headquarters on Capital Planet to stand trial for humanity. On the run, Jim Cartwright and Nigel Shirazi have travelled to the Winged Hussars’ secret base of New Warsaw, in an effort to convince Alexis Cromwell to join the fight, while the other mercenaries who escaped the fall of Earth have gone to the perceived safe haven of Karma.
For 2,000 years, Earth and her many colonies across the galaxy have fought against the Estelian menace. Having faced overwhelming losses, the CSC has instituted the largest military draft ever, conscripting millions into the battle against the aliens. Major Bartram North, Chief Training Officer on the CSC Training Station Perpetuity, has been tasked with the unenviable task of coordinating the military education of hundreds of thousands of recruits and turning them into troops ready to fight and die for the cause.
As Major North struggles to maintain a training pace that the CSC insists upon, he realizes something isn't right on the Perpetuity. But before he can investigate, the station dissolves into madness brought on by the physical booster known as pharma. Unfortunately for Major North, that is not the only nightmare he faces- an armada of Estelian warships is on the edge of the solar system and headed right for Earth!
Major North has one chance to find out the truth, rescue the Perpetuity from its madness, and defend the Earth from attack, or all of humanity could be lost forever!
©2015 Jake Bible (P)2016 Jake Bible
The Savageside
Curses, Foiled Again
The Bighead
Taming the Bad Boy
Kindle Customer
Didn't make it past the first chapter
due to all the foul language and I do mean really foul! There were words used that made me cringe and others that left me completely aghast.
DLWJ
Space Survival
Going in I read complaints(in other reviews) of F-bombs. While they were certainly present I felt they fit the context of the story/situation. Overall I found things interesting and fun, but a bit shallow in the character department. As the story hops around, I couldn't relate(to previous events) what character we were in or what they've done up to that point to be special. Having read other books by the author I can say this isn't a common problem in his work. Where the disconnect for the genre happens, in my opinion, is that this feels like zombie survival without zombies, instead of space opera. I'd like to see more in the series, building on the characters in the end. This is where the book takes a twist that turns it into the space opera I believe many thought it would be from the start.
Rick R
Decent First Try
I guessed the plot early, evil rich people faking a war to control everything. Still an author can make it work with a few twists. None here. The characters were mostly flat. Overstated and repeated. Less can be more. yeah, yeah, I know what cliches are. I was tempted at times to stop, but I did listen all the way through. Some more thought in the writing with some better editing could salvage much, but making more real characters I care about is topmost here.
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Bentley Mulsanne review
From £234,0008
Design & Styling
Ride & Handling
MPG & Running Costs
The Bentley Mulsanne is a car 80 years in the making. The last time the brand built a bespoke model from the ground up, W.O. Bentley was still on the payroll.
At the same time, the world was on the precipice of total financial ruin and Bentley itself was about to be bought by Rolls-Royce. While today’s backdrop bears some similarities to 1931, Bentley can at least now consider itself in good health.
Matt Prior
Road test editor
The Mulsanne is the first ground-up new design from Bentley since 1931
The company has shown healthy post-recession growth, and under the guidance of new CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer the tectonically slow rotation of Crewe’s product renewal cycle is speeding up to include a much-anticipated SUV, allowing the Mulsanne to sit at the zenith of a larger line-up.
But for now it is for this flagship limousine to prove two things. First, that Volkswagen was right to allow Bentley sufficient freedom and scope to develop a unique £200,000 car at Crewe.
And second, that Bentley’s central offer – of effortless performance combined with hand-crafted luxury – still appeals in a market accustomed to high quality at a fraction of this price. To supplement the needs of those looking for more space there is an extended wheelbase Mulsanne and, in 2014 was joined by the more aggressively-styled Speed.
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In 2016, the Mulsanne was facelifted with Bentley majoring on giving the big luxury car a fresh modern look, while empowering its technology to take the fight to the Rolls-Royce Phantom and the Mercedes-Mayback S 600.
Looking towards the future, there is talk that the Mulsanne could be in line to receive an all-electric powertrain as Bentley aim to reign in the emissions its luxury machines make, while their Marketing Manager was keen not to rule out talk of a convertible Mulsanne in the future.
Continue to Design & Styling
Bentley Mulsanne Speed 2017 review
An enthralling delight on so many levels, and yet disappointing in a few critical areas
2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed review
Several updates have made the 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed more refined. Can it finally step out of the Rolls-Royce Phantom's shadow?
Bentley Mulsanne Speed 2015 UK review
Mulsanne gets the Speed treatment but doesn't lose what's traditionally been brilliant about Bentleys in the process
The Bentley Mulsanne Speed costs £252,000
The fastest luxury saloon in the world is also one of the very best
The Mulsanne is still rear drive like the Arnage
Bentley Mulsanne EWB
Arnage replacement trades a small amount of charm for a large amount of ability
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Lessons from a Career Butler
Lessons from a Career Butler Charles MacPherson knows how to properly run a household. He does it for luxury clients all the time. But, his common sense advice works for everyone. By Jaelyn Molyneux December 09, 2014 Charles MacPherson has been running people’s lives for a long time. He is…
Charles MacPherson knows how to properly run a household. He does it for luxury clients all the time. But, his common sense advice works for everyone.
Charles MacPherson has been running people’s lives for a long time. He is a career butler who has worked for large households around the world. He is also head of The Charles MacPherson Academy for Butlers and Household Managers, which he opened in 2008. He wrote the book on etiquette, literally. It’s called The Butler Speaks: A Return to Proper Etiquette, Stylish Entertaining, and the Art of Good Housekeeping. You may have seen him on The Marilyn Denis show where he is a regular guest or read his weekly column in Metro. He also consults with companies on how its staff should act, particularly when dealing with clients. This past summer he worked with Ford to train its dealership staff.
He is an expert on how to run your life efficiently and effectively. Most of his advice works across the board for butlers, business people and us regular folk just trying to book our dentist appointments and get our friends to listen to us.
Here are a few general tips from a butler that will improve your etiquette and make your life easier.
Really listen
“The brain functions at 500 to 600 times faster than a computer,” says MacPherson. “We are always thinking ahead, but we can’t be in our own world. We have to pause and listen.”
It helps to paraphrase what is said back to the person to make sure you understood correctly.
Pay attention to your own body language
“Think about your tone of voice. Stand up straight. Face the person and look them in the eye when you speak to them,” says MacPherson. Those tips that sound like they could be coming from your grandmother are always worth repeating, and are some that MacPherson uses during corporate training.
Sometimes things fall off the rails and there is nothing you can do about it. MacPherson says it’s important to keep everything looking calm on the outside and remember that what you can control is how you get everything back on track.
“A modern butler is not someone who does service,” says MacPherson. “A butler also runs the household.” That means a butler is managing paperwork and scheduling appointments, a few of things most of us aren’t great at. Life is repetitive, which makes planning ahead easy.
“Take a look at the 12-month calendar and plan it out,” says MacPherson. “For your family, think about when kids go back to school or when they are vacation, for example, a schedule appointments for then.”
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Beds, Herts & Bucks selected
Beds, Herts & Bucks
West Hertfordshire hospitals bosses agree £350m investment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48953477
Image copyright Office of the mayor of Watford
Image caption Watford General Hospital will be refurbished under the plans
Plans to invest in existing Hertfordshire hospitals rather than build a new one have been agreed by health bosses.
The West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust (WHHT) and Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (HVCCG) want to bid for £350m of healthcare improvements.
Investment is planned for services in Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead with Watford General being refurbished.
Campaigners still want a new hospital, more central to all three locations.
The WHHT, which manages Watford General, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, estimated the cost of building a new facility would be about £700m - and NHS bosses ruled out the option earlier this year.
Their "preferred way forward", revealed at a public meeting last month, has now been agreed and means all three hospitals would be retained and undergo "significant investment".
Image caption St Albans City Hospital is set to receive a £30m investment
Health improvement plans
Watford General Hospital being refurbished and getting new theatres and critical care buildings (£300m)
St Albans City Hospital being enhanced as a surgical facility with a new cancer and surgical centre with diagnostic suite (£30m)
Hemel Hempstead Hospital becoming a planned medical centre with a new urgent treatment centre (£20m)
The plan must now be submitted to the government for funding.
Both the trust and the CCG have acknowledged some communities would like a new hospital but said they have "chosen the option we believe is most likely to secure funding".
Trust deputy chief executive Helen Brown said: "We need to bid for £350m to make the most improvement for patients that we could and that we needed to be realistic about what funding was going to be available.
"We've been consistently told that if we ask for £700m it is very, very unlikely that we would be successful whereas if we ask for something around £350m we've got a very good chance of getting the funding.
"So given the state of our buildings and the urgent need for investment, we felt this was the right thing to do."
The Herts Valley Hospital campaign believed a centrally-located new hospital was the better option and has announced a fundraising campaign to make it a "viable better choice".
Peter Ingram, its chairman, told the trust board they recognised the "size of the funding gap" but said the group would accept the challenge and provide an alternative choice "within the next six to nine months".
West Hertfordshire hospital campaigners call public meeting a 'sham'
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The Jupiter Chronicles: The Orb of Terra by Leonardo Ramirez Blog Tour
Publisher: Leonardoverse Books
In the tradition of “City of Ember” "Chronicles of Narnia" and "A Wrinkle in Time", this family adventure is a high stakes space race to save our world from an invading force before it is too late.
-Book 3-
Will Ian’s quest to find his destiny away from Jupiter lead to Earth's untimely demise?
As he struggles with his identity, Ian Castillo helps one of Earth’s greatest scientific minds, Dr. Nikola Tesla, make the scientific discovery of a lifetime: a strange mineral that can perhaps power our world for years to come! They discover it is not just an energy source, but something much more! When the device powered by the mineral is activated, it awakens a sleeping giant buried under the Earth by the Martians generations before. The beast known as “Gigantes” leaves behind a trail of destruction and calls out to a deadly enemy headed for Earth.
And the secret inside the mineral will change everything for Earth and the entire Jovian Realm…forever.
FIND YOUR DESTINY.
Cover by Eve Milady and Ben Fosselman with Magnetic Dreams Animation Studios (Iron Man:Extremis, Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, Sesame Street)
Leonardo Ramirez is an author, husband, a father, and a Karate instructor with a 4th degree black belt. His first novel, "Haven of Dante", is a supernatural Young Adult story centered on an ancient war between the Dante family and the nine circles of hell. "Haven of Dante: The Staff of Moshe" takes readers much deeper into the world of the family line with a prologue that begins with the plight of Dante Alighieri himself!
His follow up is a Science Fiction book called "The Jupiter Chronicles: The Secret of the Great Red Spot". It follows the adventure of two children as they are transported to the steam-powered cities of Jupiter where they find the secret of their long-lost father in the midst of a Martian attack.
Leonardo Ramirez lives with his wife Kristen, their daughter Mackenzy and their two dogs, Duchess and Tinkerbell in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee.
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The Hand That Guides
February 20, 1892 in the skies above the Planet Jupiter…
“With this orb, I can have even more control over…” Emperor Phobos stopped for a moment when he noticed something odd about the object he held in his clutches.
What is this? he asked himself. Phobos took a closer look. What he held in his leathery six-fingered hand wasn’t the orb that he had been searching for and needed. This was something else. As he turned the orb, he noticed the click, click, click of numbers counting down. As he gritted his teeth, his fangs grew longer. His eyes widened. His frills spanned out and shook violently as he hissed.
The side door to the ship exploded and Callie emerged from the smoke, looking for her brother and dad. “Come on! Let’s go!” she yelled.
Callie, Ian, and Peter shot away from the ship and, just as fast, they were back aboard the Juno, safe and sound.
Phobos turned and squinted.
“It doesn’t matter,” he murmured.
Phobos pressed a button on his console and smoke shot out from either side of his command chair.
The Predator exploded violently into a ball of cogs, machine parts, and fire.
Seventy-one years earlier, November 12, 1821 on the world known as Terra…
Captain Moses Rogers stood on the bow of the SS Savannah as it cut through a violent storm south of the coast of Greenland. Wave after wave beat the hull of his ship like battering rams. The pops of hard rain battered his long, leather jacket as the wind pressed against him, causing him to slide backwards on the drenched deck. The deckhands who, by a miracle, were still on board, rushed to save what they could from the onslaught. A wooden chest flew hard across the captain’s path and smashed against the hull in a loud crash. A barrel full of grain bounced off the mast and whisked past him as he ducked. His gloved hand grabbed a rope tied to the foremast in hopes that he wouldn’t be tossed overboard along with some of the members of his crew. His first mate pulled himself beside his captain against the raging winds.
“Captain!” he shouted. “The main sail is in pieces and we’re still too far away from shore to engage the hot-water engine!”
Captain Rogers slowly turned to his first mate and held onto the rope with both hands. “From where did this nightmare come from?!” Shaken by his captain’s fear, all the first mate could do was shake his head from side to side. All hope in his eyes was lost.
“This is worse than the storm at Kronstadt, Captain. We cannot afford to lose another anchor! Our hawser is gone so we can’t be towed until we’re closer to shore and signal for help!”
Captain Rogers quickly turned. “Stephen, fire up the boilers. Engage the hot-water engine!” Stephen’s eyes widened in confusion and shook his head.
“Captain?”
“We have to save the remaining sails from tearing to shreds,” Captain Rogers answered gruffly. “It’s the only way we’ll make it through this.”
“But we’re still too far away! If we start the hot-water engine now, we’ll use up the rest of our coal and wood before we reach the bay!” he shouted above the mighty winds.
Captain Rogers looked away into the ravaging waves, turned to Stephen, and sternly ordered, “Do it.”
Stephen looked once again into the winds beating his beloved ship to death and simply said, “Aye, Captain.” Then he turned and pulled his way downward into the belly of the beaten beast. With no light below, Stephen grabbed the first gaslight he could find and lit it.
The first mate rushed past the darkened staterooms and into the engine room where the copper boilers fueled the wrought-iron paddle wheels. The ship rocked, throwing him against the bulkhead. He hollered to the seamen, “Fire it up!” Knowing fully that they wouldn’t reach a safe distance before running out of coal, the two seamen looked at each other, confused.
“Now!” Stephen yelled. The two seamen rushed to fire up each of the two copper boilers. The machines awakened with a clank and a thud, and the paddle wheels slowly made their way into the rough seas.
Suddenly, a loud crash threw the seamen and the first mate into the forward hull. One of the seamen fell onto a hot copper boiler, burning his skin on contact.
“Aaah!” screamed the poor seaman as he held onto his smoking arm. As he gripped it tight, he let out a high-pitched squeal from the pain. Grabbing onto a bulkhead beam, the remaining seamen and the first mate stood, looking at each other.
“What was that?” asked the seaman.
Stephen answered, “That was no wave.”
The first mate ordered the seaman as he pointed towards the badly burned engineer. “Secure him and get those boilers fired up before we all go down!”
The seaman nodded in agreement. “Yes, sir!”
As the violent winds outside rocked the ship to and fro, Stephen was thrown against the corridor walls. The door to the deck was in sight, but something else was beyond it. A bright light that shone through the keyhole pointed Stephen in the direction he should go. He put out his gaslight for fear of dropping it on the deck and causing a fire, and made his way upward. He slowly pushed the door open and knew instantly he would surely take to his grave the sight he beheld. As his eyes adjusted to the blinding light, his jaw dropped.
A giant yellow eye glowing like a beacon in the night stared down at him from about two hundred feet above. From the side of the ship, a deafening squeal followed a loud clanking noise. A metal arm the size of half the ship lifted high into the night. A drill attached to the end of the metal tentacle spun with a whiz and a clink. Once the drill picked up enough speed to accomplish its intent, it crashed down on the deck, sending wood flying outward. The ship groaned and rocked with each pounding of the giant drill. Stephen raced towards his captain who desperately tried to steer the Savannah away from this monster when a low grumble shook their very bones. Captain Rogers and his first mate’s eyes met in desperate fear.
“Throw everything overboard and lighten the load!” ordered Captain Rogers. “Then set engines at full-ahead flank!”
“Yes, Captain,” Stephen shouted back. He turned to follow his captain’s orders but after taking two steps, he froze. Stephen’s eyes widened and his chest pounded in fear. His lip quivered as beads of rain ran down his face like sweat.
Stephen looked up.
Hissss!
A seven-foot lizard stood on its two hind feet just between Stephen and his task. As his evil smile widened, his fangs grew longer and longer. The beast’s fins shook in the wind as his tongue reached out for Stephen in a wicked hiss. The first mate quickly reached for his sword but before he could grab it, a six-fingered hand with long nails shaped like needles shot out from the dark and reached across his face.
“Aahh!” Stephen cried with his last breath. Captain Rogers snapped his head towards the screams of his faithful friend. However, before he could react, a giant drill crashed down on him. Water and timber gushed through the hole.
The giant lizard quickly turned and pushed off with its powerful legs and in one giant leap, made it back on board a floating ship that hovered above the ocean. As he turned to watch the rest of the ship go down in pieces of wood, metal, and rope, he heard a whimper from behind a console.
“Ssstep into the night,” he ordered. A much younger creature emerged from the shadows. “As I have taught your father, so shall I teach you the ways of the bak’ra, my grandson. Seek the bak’ra, for through it, you will find the way to bring our world back to life by way of the mist.”
“Why are we here, Grandfather?” asked the youngling.
The giant hissed and marched towards the fearful youngling. The lizard child took two steps back and blinked frantically.
“Hissss… To plant the beast that will give us the mist. And should these Terrans ever harness the mist, the beast will awaken and call to us from the stars.”
“Will it hurt them, Grandfather?”
The giant lizard stepped closer. The hatchling stepped back until he was against the hull of the ship and had no place to go. “Thesssse Terranssss aren’t unlike the Jovianssss who denied our people the misssst. They are a filth who don’t deserve the gift of the mist for they don’t heed the words of the bak’ra. They are unclean and will scheme against us. Only those who are under the rule of the bak’ra are pure and worthy of its supreme authority for it is one of peace. This vessel was the first of what is to come. Their plot will fail. The mist is life.”
The hatchling quivered in the rain. “So they want to hurt us first.”
The elder raised his claw-like hand and formed a fist. The hatchling grabbed the wall behind him. “The mist is life and the one who returns will show us the way of the mist that will crush the enemies of Mars; heed my words for they are of the bak’ra. The mist is life. Your parents gave their lives bravely for the words of the bak’ra.” The elder turned away.
“I miss them, Grandfather,” the hatchling whimpered.
Grrr, the elder growled. “Put away your tears, for the time of mourning has passed. Our world will rise and subdue her enemies. Our children cry out for vengeance upon those who have forced us into the caves. Our fathers and mothers will no longer be slaves to the darkness in which they dwell. The mist is life.”
The elder placed his hand behind the neck of his grandson and walked him towards the edge of the floating vessel. They looked up over the vast ocean, finally calming its fury. As a single ray of sunshine peeked through the clouds, they watched the sea swallow up the last of the wreckage.
“We must rise. The enemies of Mars will be crushed. You, Timor Phobos, will inherit that charge… for the mist is life.”
Young Phobos and his grandfather, Tumulus watched what was left of the SS Savannah sink into the bottom of the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean as the light pierced the clouds above. Phobos moved away from his grandfather towards the rail of their vessel and as he looked down at the sinking debris, he muttered, “The mist is life.”
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Thanks for the introduction to this series. Sounds exciting! :)
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Public warned to watch out for symptoms of Norovirus
The public are being warned to watch out for signs of Norovirus which reaches its peak in January
Members of the public have been warned to be on the lookout for symptoms of Norovirus and take sensible precautions in case you suffer a bout this winter.
Norovirus, sometimes known as the ‘winter vomiting disease’ because it usually occurs during the winter months, often starts to appear in the autumn peaking during January.
It is highly contagious and the most frequent cause of infectious gastroenteritis in England and Wales. Typical symptoms are vomiting and diarrhoea.
The sickness and diarrhoea can be distressing and you can also feel unwell with a temperature, headache, aching limbs and stomach cramps. It can be very unpleasant while you have it. People suffering will feel very unwell initially but will usually improve quickly as the symptoms settle.
It is a highly infectious disease, affecting people of all ages, with symptoms usually lasting anywhere between a few hours to a couple of days. Most people do recover quickly.
Dr Chris Clayton, a Clinical Chief Officer at the NHS, said: “If someone suspects they have Norovirus they should ensure they do not visit hospitals, schools or care homes to reduce the risk of them passing it on to others.
Good hygiene is particularly important in preventing yourself or others from becoming infected
“They should also avoid work, only returning after they have been free of diarrhoea and vomiting for at least 48 hours as during this time infectious viruses may still be present.
“It is likely that a number of people will be affected by Norovirus during the coming winter and we would ask people to follow our advice to minimise its effects on themselves, their families and other people.”
Good hygiene is particularly important in preventing yourself or others from becoming infected.
Dr Mike Ions, a Chief Clinical Officer at a leading NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, added: “People should ensure that they thoroughly wash their hands after using the toilet, and ensure that any contaminated surfaces are thoroughly disinfected after an episode of illness. Food preparation should also be avoided until three days after symptoms have disappeared.
“Unfortunately there is no specific treatment for Norovirus apart from letting the illness run its course; therefore it is important to drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration especially in the very young or elderly”.
People suffering do not usually need to consult their GP unless symptoms are very bad or continue beyond 48 hours.
The NHS Choices website can provide further advice. You can also call the NHS 111 helpline if symptoms do not quickly subside or you have additional concerns.
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Eoin Morgan frustrated after defeat but delighted by Ben Stokes return
Morgan was delighted with Stokes’ return to action but frustrated to lose narrowly.
Ben Stokes celebrates taking the wicket of Colin de Grandhomme
Ben Stokes’ memorable return to action in England’s near miss against New Zealand left his captain Eoin Morgan measuring delight and frustration after an eventful day in Hamilton.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/eoin-morgan-frustrated-after-defeat-but-delighted-by-ben-stokes-return-36641013.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/article36641012.ece/739f7/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_fd9adc86-7c2c-4680-a3c7-509bf2b24d21_1
Stokes, in his first international match since he was arrested outside a Bristol nightclub five months ago, hauled England back into contention with two wickets in his second spell as New Zealand nonetheless chased a target of 284 for eight with four balls to spare.
They also had three wickets in hand, thanks to Ross Taylor’s 18th one-day international century in a stand of 178 with Tom Latham (79) and then some late muscle from Mitchell Santner – who hit four sixes and two fours from 27 balls in his unbeaten 45 from number eight.
New Zealand therefore clinched their ninth successive ODI victory to go 1-0 up with four to play.
“When you lose, it’s always frustrating … but there are big positives to take,” said Morgan.
Jos Buttler (79) and Joe Root (71) contributed the majority of England’s runs in a patchy total after they were put in on a slow, used pitch.
Stokes could muster only 12 from 22 balls but bowled admirably for figures of two for 43, including the wicket of Latham.
Reflecting on the all-rounder’s comeback performance, Morgan said: “I’m really pleased.
“I thought he adapted to conditions perfectly well, using slower balls well.”
The captain was able to report too that Stokes himself was in his element back on the international stage.
“He’s delighted to be back – he’s told everybody that.
“It’s an awesome feeling, when you’ve been away and you’re back in a fun environment, with lots of good friends around.
“I can vouch for that.
“I spend a lot of time away while the Tests are on. You come back, and it puts a smile on your face.”
It was a surprise to see Stokes recalled for a second spell after four tidy overs at his first attempt – but it was a move which very nearly paid off.
“After the first spell, he said he could have bowled longer, but we didn’t really need him at that stage,” added Morgan.
“We needed something to happen, and he’s the kind of player who can make something happen.”
Adil Rashid did too, having Taylor stumped for 113, only to then concede successive sixes to Santner to reduce the runs required from 34 off 18 balls to 22 from 16.
Taylor had praise for both Stokes and Santner as he assessed a thrilling contest.
Of England’s returning all-rounder, he said: “He bowled heavy, (and then) he bowled a lot of ‘change-ups’.
“He adapted well – along with (Tom) Curran, he was quite hard to hit.
“I’m sure he’ll be better for the hit-out, (but) there are definitely no cobwebs there.”
Sitting alongside Santner at his post-match press conference, Taylor added: “Credit to this guy – Tommy and I did well, but the way he was able to get us across the line was very important.
“If you get a hundred and you lose, it doesn’t mean much.”
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Home — News — Major breakthrough in breeding for pancreas disease and sea lice resistance
Major breakthrough in breeding for pancreas disease and sea lice resistance
SalmoBreed AS, part of Benchmark Breeding and Genetics, has achieved a major breakthrough in genetic breeding programs for pancreas disease and sea lice resistance through a new genetic method in aquaculture called Genomic Selection
This method is recognized in genetics science, and can provide a more accurate and safer selection than by using traditional methods. The Company expects that the use of the method in the first place can provide a significant advancement in resistance to both PD and sea lice, and hence significant savings for the industry.
DIR. JAN-EMIL JOHANNESSEN
CEO, SALMOBREED AS
“Our Geneticists are very satisfied with the accuracy of the results that we achieved from this method, especially for sea lice resistance that has previously been based only on lice counting results done on family fish. It has long been proven that Genomic Selection provides increased genetic gain and reduced rate of inbreeding in species such as cattle, pigs and poultry. Now, SalmoBreed finally implements this technology on salmon as well, initially for PD- and sea lice resistance”, says Johannessen.
“Through genomic Selection the breeding values for selection of parent broodfish are calculated using both phenotypic data and information from a large number of DNA-markers. In the case of PD- and sea lice resistance, we utilize approximately 50,000 markers (called SNPs)”, elaborates Dr. Borghild Hillestad, Genetics and Genomics Manager in SalmoBreed AS.
“For PD resistance, we have previously used family information from challenge tests in addition to QTL testing of candidates. We have used information from a smaller segment on the genome which explains a significant part of the genetic variation of the trait. By using Genomic Selection instead of QTL, we look at the whole genome of the fish and thus present a more complete picture of how the genetic architecture looks for the trait we study, which results in a more accurate selection of broodstock”, she explains.
“For sea lice resistance, genetic ranking has been based on family information from challenge tests. We have therefore only been able to select between families, without knowing anything about the properties of the individual broodstock. With Genomic Selection, we can select those individuals showing the highest resistance to sea lice within each separate family, and hence get a stronger assurance that the eggs we supply actually have the desired genetic value of the trait of interest’, explains Dr. Hillestad. ‘By using this technique, we can select the best broodstock from all families and that way increase our genetic progress, reduce the rate of inbreeding and run a more sustainable breeding program’.
This means that it will be possible to reduce the number of sea lice treatments in the sea and result in future cost savings. Fewer lice treatments are also important for fish welfare, environment and working environment
“This is a breakthrough for our Company, but also for the entire salmon industry that will have the opportunity to make use of the results already from fry produced this autumn”, concludes Johannessen enthusiastic.
The R&D leading to Genomic Selection was done in cooperation with Nofima and other partners in a NFR (The research council of Norway) innovation project called “Cost efficient Implementation of genomic selection in Atlantic salmon breeding.”
Further development and preparing of the method for implementation to the breeding program, is performed in cooperation with Nofima and Akvaforsk Genetic Center (AFGC), a sister company in Benchmark Breeding and Genetics.
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Looking at a Lot of Shit Different Now: 'The 2015 Baltimore Uprising: A Teen Epistolary' zine gathers tweets from teens during the uprising
By By Brandon Soderberg
Sep 30, 2015 | 3:00 AM
A page from the book, "The Baltimore Uprising: A Teen Espistolary" (J.M. Giordano/City Paper)
Teens can be crude, mean, prickly, and obnoxious, but they are not dumb. And often, their disinterest in being polite, and even their lack of awareness about the verisimilitude of what we adults think of as the complexity or subtlety of an event, affords them a special kind of insight. "The 2015 Baltimore Uprising: A Teen Epistolary," a zine that gathers tweets from Baltimore teens starting on the day of Freddie Gray's death and ending in the days following the curfew (the final tweet in the book rather ominously says, "The riots ain't over") is evidence of this.
The chunky, semi-glossy self-published work provides a singular view of the uprising quite separate from the breaking news of the national media or the think pieces churned out after the unrest. A few examples: "now Freddie broke his own neck...so why it take yall so long to tell the public @BaltimorePolice"; "they keep hollerin bout gangs, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE GANGS LIKE THAT NOMORE."; "yall need to purge a fucking book w/ yall low ass gpa's."
Collectively, these tweets can teach us things. They send us back to those days when we didn't know what was happening or what was going to happen next during the violence on Saturday, April 25 downtown, and the rioting on Monday, April 27, and amid the making-it-up-as-they-go-along week of protests prior to that. The tweets capture the larger thing that we keep calling "the uprising" and the "is a revolution happening before our very eyes" excitement and worry. One tweet just declares, "Looking at a lot of shit different now."
These tweets counter "proper" media that for the most part totally screwed up its coverage and the kids' candor is refreshing in the face of so much useless journalistic "objectivity." It makes a case for teens—you know, kids not all that different from the ones who were stuck at Mondawmin because the buses all got shut down and then were confronted with police in riot gear—as a significant political voice during the uprising.
The ways in which teens tweak and manipulate Twitter's limitations is inspiring and arguably revolutionary. With 140 characters and an image cribbed from some corner of the internet or a well-chosen iPhone emoji (itself a political act, given that until recently there were only white emoji), they challenge the prevailing narrative of the uprising, while allowing for a multitude of thoughts and feelings on the topic: the flushed-face emoji along with "Police quick to shutdown a party or any event in Baltimore but late to shut down a planned riot they knew about"; a woman holding stolen boxes of cereal accompanied by a tweet that asks, "Why would you take cereal" and a lineup of sobbing emoji; a screen shot of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on television, her "space to destroy" quote about rioters at the bottom of the screen and a tweet that reads "Dis dummy."
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Privileged tech utopians speak of the importance of Twitter and technology without fully realizing that what's important about these programs—which are, when you get down to it, corporate-controlled data-mining services foisted upon us under the guise of entertainment—or really, the only thing that's important about them, is the people who use them. And so, "The 2015 Baltimore Uprising: A Teen Epistolary" validates the way teens communicate, which is often through memes and internet abbreviations and other hyper-casual shorthand. "Literally just watched the police steal a nigga" one tweet says, referencing the shocking arrest of Joseph Kent on live television on Tuesday, April 28.
It isn't that these teens don't take the events seriously, it's just that they have a different attitude about it than we're used to and we should take that seriously. If we've learned anything since the uprising, it's that business cannot go on as usual—that means escaping comfort zones and listening to and considering more voices. What is being said matters more here than how it is said.
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Research and Destroy New York City, the collective that put the zine together, prefers to remain anonymous about the project, in order to shift attention away from the curators here and onto the kids who are saying what needs to be said. And the members want to avoid profiting off the uprising, so profits from copies of the zine sold at Red Emma's go to the Baltimore Algebra Project. "Who cares about us, listen to the kids," Research and Destroy New York City wrote to us via email. "We're obviously outsiders, but one of the points the zine makes is that so are all the professional activists, councilmembers, and 'community leaders' who claim to speak for the kids, so it'd just be kind of shitty to have a piece about the zine that centers our voices instead of those of the youth in your own city."
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In what is often a split-second decision, the ability to deploy and use a tactical precision weapon can mean the difference between mission success and failure. But while enabling technologies and weapons such as laser-guided missiles, “smart” bombs and GPS-guided artillery shells have dramatically improved the accuracy of strikes against enemy targets, commanders and troops on the frontline lacked a lightweight man-portable solution capable of rapid deployment and precision strike while minimizing collateral damage in hostile environments. Our solution–Switchblade®, AeroVironment's advanced direct fire tactical missile system with high precision and wave-off capabilities.
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Failures and successes: A history of Arizona education funding ideas
The #RedForEd measure joins a decade-long list of proposals to restore some or all of the roughly $1 billion in cuts to state education.
Failures and successes: A history of Arizona education funding ideas The #RedForEd measure joins a decade-long list of proposals to restore some or all of the roughly $1 billion in cuts to state education. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https://azc.cc/2tX5Rw0
Danielle Wilson, a music teacher from Gilbert, reacts while a speaker hypes up the crowd on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
#RedforEd rally for school funding on June 23, 2018
Anna Cicero, a retired school counselor from Chandler, waves an Arizona flag on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Jennifer Chastain, a music teacher from Phoenix, waits for events to begin on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Marian Tallon, of Phoenix, waits to go out and collect petitions on June 23, 2018, during a Red for Ed rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona. "I'm a supporter because education is important," Tallon said. "Students are important. They're our future." Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Caleb Westby, an ear training professor at the University of Oklahoma and Paradise Valley native, plays the clarinet with the #RedForEd Spirit Band on June 23, 2018, during a Red for Ed rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix,. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Kandice Nerlson, a Washington Elementary music teacher from Phoenix, plays the piccolo with the #RedForEd Spirit Band on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Marisol Garcia, Arizona Educator Association's vice president, speaks to a crowd on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Noah Karvelis, RedForEd organizer, speaks to a crowd on funding disparities in the Arizona education system on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Joe Thomas, Arizona Educator Association president, speaks to a crowd on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Mark Reiter, 3, of Mesa, rides on his father Michael Reiter's shoulders on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Sara Mendoza, an art teacher from Surprise, smiles for a portrait on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Melanie Poll, left, a first grade teacher from Glendale, raises her fist while chanting on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Fern Ward of Phoenix, smiles while collecting petitions on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.Tens of thousands of educators walked out of classrooms last month in order to change the course of state budget discussions. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Kelly Fisher, of Sun City, talks to a live stream on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Fisher said that she is one of the original organizers of the #RedForEd movement. "The momentum over the last two to three weeks has been rising like crazy," Fisher said. Brian Muñoz / The Republic
Lesa Antone, left, Patriot Movement Arizona's president, live streams while counter protesting the RedForEd movement on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
A Patriot Movement Arizona member counter protests the RedForEd movement on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
A Patriot Movement Arizona member looks on and counter protests the RedForEd movement on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Rally goers sign petitions on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Members of the #RedForEd Spirit Band warm up on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
People submit petitions as RedforEd supporters gather outside the State Capitol in Phoenix on June 23, 2018. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Angela Philpot signs off on her petition signatures gathered with Nell Pederson, left, as RedforEd supporters gather outside the State Capitol in Phoenix on June 23, 2018. Patrick Breen/The Republic
RedforEd supporters gather outside the State Capitol in Phoenix on June 23, 2018. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Angela Philpot, right, signs off on her petition signatures gathered with her daughter McKenna, left, and Morgan as Nell Pederson, far left, certifies them during a RedforEd rally outside the State Capitol in Phoenix on June 23, 2018. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Nell Pederson certifies petitions as Red for Ed supporters gather outside the State Capitol in Phoenix on June 23, 2018. Patrick Breen/The Republic
Areyell Williams collects a signature outside Desoto Central Market on June 23, 2018. The name completed her third page of signatures just this morning. Grace Palmieri/The Republic
Beau Wagner asks patrons at The Rose and Crown to sign the RedForEd petition on June 32, 2018."I'm glad the movement still has energy," he said. Brianna Arreguin-Malloy/The Republic
A small group of counter protestors arrived to the RedForEd site on June 23, 2018. The majority of the education group is out gathering petition signatures. Brian Muñoz/The Republic
Supporters of the RedForEd movement dispersed around Phoenix to gather signatures. The Arizona Republic
Organizers said they expect about 1,000 people to show up later in the day on June 23, 2018. Grace Palmieri/The Republic
Arizona teachers and supporters gather back at the Arizona Capitol for a rally on June 23, 2018, one month after tens of thousands of educators walked out of class and changed the course of state budget discussions. Brianna Arreguin-Malloy/The Republic
The RedforEd crowd quickly dispersed to gather signatures for the Invest in Ed ballot measure. The Republic files
Vehicle windows are painted in support of #RedforEd on April 26, 2018, in the Park & Ride lot at Main and Sycamore, Mesa. Mark Henle/The Republic
Vehicle windows are painted for #RedforEd on April 26, 2018, in the Park & Ride lot at Main and Sycamore, Mesa. Mark Henle/The Republic
A teacher waves a #RedforEd sign at passing vehicles on April 23, 2018. Nick Serpa/The Republic
Danielle Wilson, a music teacher from Gilbert, reacts while a speaker hypes up the crowd on June 23, 2018, during a RedforEd rally outside of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.
Ricardo Cano, Arizona Republic Published 6:00 a.m. MT July 6, 2018
Teachers and their supporters celebrate victory in the Red for Ed movement during a gathering at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the Capitol in Phoenix, Thursday, May 3, 2018. The legislature passed a bill and the governor signed it increasing education spending in Arizona.(Photo: Tom Tingle/The Republic)
Voters could decide this November on a ballot initiative that would bring in $690 million in public education funding by way of an income tax hike on Arizona’s wealthiest earners.
Leaders of the Invest In Education campaign on Thursday submitted more than 270,000 signatures to the Secretary of State's Office. The campaign needs 150,642 valid signatures for its measure to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot.
Officials still must review the signatures to determine how many are from valid Arizona voters.
The measure would join a decade-long list of proposals to restore some or all of the roughly $1 billion in cuts to state education funding since the recession.
Here’s a look at what’s been proposed.
Brewer pushes temporary sales tax
IDEA: A three-year, 1-cent per dollar sales tax that brought in about $1 billion a year for education, public safety, and health and human services.
WHEN: May 2010.
OUTCOME: About 64 percent of voters approved Proposition 100, a temporary tax championed by then-Gov. Jan Brewer that was sold as a vital stopgap for the state's finances as they continued to reel from the recession.
Brewer bucked her own party in supporting the sales tax hike, which expired in 2013. At the time, the first wave of cuts to public education had been made. The state ended its short-lived run with state-funded full-day kindergarten (the program is still not fully funded) and many schools had begun to shrink their staffs and implement salary freezes.
About two-thirds of the funding from the Prop. 100 went toward education.
Ducey opposes sales tax
Education funding has been a hot-button topic in Arizona since the Great Recession. Here is what you should know before the 2018 midterm election. William Flannigan, azcentral
IDEA: A ballot effort that would have made permanent a 1-cent-per-dollar sales tax for public education, transportation and health services. The measure also would've prevented state lawmakers from cutting other parts of the education budget.
WHEN: November 2012.
OUTCOME:Proposition 204, which aimed to make permanent the temporary sales tax that passed in 2010, suffered a crushing defeat at the polls with only 35 percent of the vote.
At the time, state funding for education had been slashed by nearly 19 percent, and supporters of the ballot effort described it as a lifeline for public schools.
Ultimately, a robust opposition campaign chaired by then-Treasurer Doug Ducey doomed the effort.
Brewer, who fought for voters to get the chance to decide on the initial temporary sales tax proposal, opposed Proposition 204. The effort also drew broad criticism from Arizona's business leaders.
Ducey and others objected to the permanent nature of the measure and said it would hurt Arizona's economy if it passed.
Voters narrowly approve Prop. 123
IDEA: A 10-year, $3.5 billion ballot measure that settled a lawsuit brought against the state for withholding inflation funding from schools during the recession.
OUTCOME: Despite a full-court press of support from Ducey, his allies and education advocacy groups, a well-funded campaign and no organized opposition, Proposition 123 eeked out a victory by 1.6 percent of the vote.
The measure essentially settled a longstanding funding lawsuit for 70 cents on the dollar, using funds from the State Land Trust.
And while the governor had promised the measure was only the first step in investing more money in public schools, many voters opposed the measure because they were mistrustful of state lawmakers and wanted to see schools get all of the inflation funding they were legally entitled to receive.
Voters from both Democratic and Republican-leaning counties opposed the measure. Some public-education advocates later expressed buyers remorse in supporting Prop. 123, as some teachers did not receive the raises Ducey and supporters used to heavily market the measure.
Diane Douglas' unsuccessful pleas
An income tax or a sales tax? (Photo: The Republic)
IDEA: Various funding pleas by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas.
WHEN: 2015, 2016, 2017.
OUTCOME: Douglas mostly stayed quiet during the Prop. 123 campaign and the #RedForEd teacher walkout — two of the most significant developments surrounding public education during her tenure as state schools superintendent.
But on three occasions, she's suggested hundreds of millions of dollars in additional education funding. Douglas has no power over how much the state allocates for education. The Legislature and governor set the state education budget.
The first plea, in 2015, asked the Legislature to appropriate $400 million in additional funding to address a teacher shortage that data showed would worsen in following years.
Another plea in 2016 sought $680 million to fund teacher pay and school capital needs.
In April 2017, Douglas proposed asking voters to permanently expand Proposition 301 — the 0.6-cent sales tax first approved in 2000 — to a full cent to partly fund 11 percent teacher raises.
None of the proposals went anywhere after Douglas introduced them, and no state lawmakers ever introduced legislation to advance those funding suggestions.
CEO coalition: Expand Prop. 301
IDEA: Extend and expand Prop. 301 to 1.5 cent permanently.
WHEN: June 2017.
OUTCOME: A coalition of influential business leaders led by former PetSmart CEO Phil Francis kickstarted a public campaign to expand the education sales tax to address teacher pay and fund full-day kindergarten.
The coalition expressed urgency in expanding Prop. 301, arguing the additional money for public education was vital to the state’s economic future and that it aligned with Ducey’s education vision.
The group initially pushed for lawmakers to refer their proposed sales-tax expansion, which would have brought in about $900 million a year in education funding, to the ballot. The coalition doubled down on its commitment to the proposal in December, vowing to bankroll a 2020 ballot effort if lawmakers failed to act in 2018.
The effort fizzled. Few education advocacy groups publicly responded to the effort, and Ducey and state Republican leaders never explicitly backed the proposal.
One of the obstacles that impeded the effort from gaining coveted support from Ducey and state Republican lawmakers was a reluctance to include the measure on an election-year ballot where 90 legislative seats andseveral key statewide posts, including Arizona governor, would be decided.
Last-minute effort to prevent walkout
IDEA: A three-year, 1-cent education sales-tax increase that would have brought in $880 million for K-12 education.
WHEN: April 23, 2018.
OUTCOME: Three days before the start of the #RedForEd teacher walkout, Rep. Noel Campbell, R-Prescott, proposed this stopgap tax hike to help prevent teachers from walking out of classrooms.
Ducey had announced earlier that month a promise to give teachers 20 percent raises by 2020, but state lawmakers remained gridlocked on budget discussions leading up to the walkout.
Campbell said his plan, which would have required two-thirds approval by the Legislature, was intended to be a “temporary bridge” to give voters the final say on a long-term funding measure for education in 2020.
The proposal went nowhere, as discussions among lawmakers remained on the budget and the governor’s pay raise promise.
#InvestInEd introduced during walkout
Invest in Education initiative: Pros and cons
If it qualifies for the ballot, the Invest in Education act would roughly double the income-tax rate on Arizonans making more than $250,000 to help fund Arizona public schools. Here are the measure’s pros and cons: Photo by David Wallace/The Republic
PRO: Increasing income taxes on the rich is progressive, meaning the burden lies most on people who can afford to pay more. That’s how it should be. Photo by Getty Images/Fuse
CON: The initiative targets only the richest of the rich. Public education should be everyone's burden. Photo by Getty Images/Creatas RF
PRO: It would raise an estimated $690 million annually without boosting the sales tax. Arizona's sales tax burden is already the seventh-highest in the nation. Photo by AFP/Getty Images
CON: That’s not enough to cover the estimated $1 billion needed to fund a 20 percent teacher raise and additional school assistance. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto
PRO: The initiative includes raises for other professionals who contribute to students’ education, including nurses and counselors. They deserve better compensation as much as teachers. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto
CON: The measure redefines 'teacher' to include them – and not just for the purposes of this initiative. It also would apply to money teachers already receive, further diluting any meaningful raise for them. Photo by Getty Images
PRO: The initiative includes money for all-day kindergarten and raises for support staff, such as bus drivers and cafeteria workers, which also deserve additional compensation. Photo by David Wallace/The Republic
CON: Sixty percent of the money generated would go to teacher pay and the rest would go to school maintenance and operation, including those areas. It’s not enough to make a dent in the needs. Photo by Cheryl Evans/The Republic
PRO: The measure has the support of several education and children’s groups. Plus, polling suggests voters solidly support raising income taxes to fund education. It’s our best shot at boosting education funding. Photo by Rob Schumacher/The Republic
CON: Well-funded business interests strongly oppose the measure because they fear its impact on the economy. And if fails, voter fatigue may doom subsequent funding proposals. Photo by Yiap
IDEA: Raising income taxes on Arizona highest earners – individuals who make more than $250,000 – to bring in $690 million in additional education funding.
OUTCOME: The Invest In Education Act ballot effort required 150,642 valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Joshua Buckley, a teacher who is president of the Mesa Education Association, and David Lujan, director of the progressive Arizona Center for Economic Progress, introduced the ballot campaign on the second day of the teacher walkout.
Teachers who organized the #RedForEd walkout soon got behind the effort and have urged rank-and-file teachers to support it, as well.
At this time, Ducey and state lawmakers were negotiating a budget that eventually would bring in the most significant amount of funding for public education in recent history. The budget included $306 million for the first installment of teacher pay raises promised by Ducey.
Supporters of the measure have sold it as a quick and fair path toward fully restoring the decade-long cuts to education. The funding the income-tax hike would generate, coupled with the $400 million in school funding in the 2019 budget Ducey and lawmakers approved, would bring school funding back to where it was in 2008, supporters said.
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce is mounting an opposition campaign. It has warned that the tax increase would negatively impact Arizona’s economy, small-business owners and job-creators.
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“The Heart of the Swarm” Bats Congress Speech 2015
July 29, 2015 July 28, 2015 by savage
Excerpts from Dr. Yohuru Williams BATs Teacher Congress Speech, “The Heart of the Swarm,” delivered Saturday July 24, 2015. This is a shortened version of Dr. Williams’s remarks during the BAT’S Congress on Saturday.
Welcome Back to DC Bats! A little less than a year ago today, we marched on the Department of Education to deliver a simple message. Restore our schools. We pledged then that we would not stop fighting until we had achieved our goal of the restoration of public education and re-centering of its focus back on children. We explained to the world then . . .and remind all today . . . that BATs privilege three things: people over profits, parity of charity and choice over chance.
We return today for phase two moving forward with a plan to reclaim our educational system from the forces of politics and enterprise who continue to endanger them.
This danger takes many forms. An education secretary, for example, with neither the credentials nor the political will to understand the necessity of public education. A mighty cabal of corporate interests pushing a program of high stakes testing and privatization that seeks to drain every penny from the public coffers. A host of unethical politicians and so-called community leaders who have swallowed the corporate education Kool Aide echo them in their claims that that our schools are failing and beyond hope. Add to this, fake grass roots organizations like Students First funded by the moneyed interests that promote their anti-union, anti-local control program under the guise of public service. Claiming their work to be the great civil rights issue of our time, they forge ahead administering one death-dealing blow after another to public education assisted by panoply of petty bureaucrats and civil servants without the knowledge or power to challenge them.
Last year we came to plead our case. This year we come to draft and mobilize behind a national platform, which we will decide . . . that that will allow us to fight as a unified force for restorative justice in reclaiming public education.
We recognize that there are rough waters ahead and we fight against a national narrative of failure informed by racism and poverty— however we will not back down.
We come today prepared to roll up our sleeves, hammer out our differences and begin mobilizing on a scale the likes of which have not been seen in the United States for decades. Welcome to the BATS Congress!
I feel a little like I am preaching to the choir this morning, but sometimes even the choir needs to be reminded why we sing. Our voices matter because we speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.
A snapshot of the past six months, in this regard is instructive. Indulge me if you will for just a few moments to show you how. Despite a national opt-out movement, and on the ground actions by groups such as the Movement of Radical Educators, the Caucus of Working Educators, the Newark Student Union, United Opt Out and of course the BATS, the pied pipers of corporate education reform continue to push their poison penned legislation. They would have the effect of turning the nation into the charter barter tragedy that is the state of public education in the city of New Orleans today, unregulated, hyper-segregated, economically deflated, and politically negated.
They continue, nevertheless, to undermine democratic practice, flaunting their poor grasp of history and their lack of vision; attacking the very agents who are an essential line of defense for our youth, teachers, and schools.
We are going to be clear, our schools are not for sale, and we are not interested in your Cartoon Education Reform. Stop turning public education into a mockery with your corporatizing crockery.
I recognize that they have cut instructional time for literature in our schools so it may feel for some like “Apocalypse Now” but I would remind you as my literature teachers would that “The Sun Also Rises.” Today over Morningside Washington, we rise with the sun with a powerful message for those who are in danger of finding themselves on the wrong side of history.
So I would like to, in conclusion. read to you from the Gospel of Bats A farewell to Arms: The BATs version.
Attention enemies of public education, time for you to go on a permanent vacation. Today you may smile and laugh with scorn. But do not be surprised in the next few months if you find yourself in the heart of the swarm.
The Bats are going to play TSA for TFA.
Because when we recognize, in your lack of training, a detriment to youth, we cannot hold back, we must tell you the truth.
We appreciate the deception but numbers don’t lie.
It was clear. so clear, you weren’t ready to fly.
So we show you the door, but don’t you despair, for I’m sure now that you’re jobless Ms. Rhee will be there.
And when she runs in the other direction clutching her purse, scream to her “But Michelle you said students first!” ask her to explain where is your piece of the pie and while you’re at it for BATs please tell her “Bye Bye.”
For nearly eight years Mr. Duncan, the balls been in your court.
But it is obvious to all, leadership wasn’t your sport.
Your reign is now ending in thunderous despair.
You hear a crack from the heavens and you wonder “Whose there?” You reach for your binder and swing; ‘swat swat’.
It’s a shame you didn’t play baseball, or you would know all about BATs.
BATs fly by radar; we see with mind, how you have left our children and schools in a bind.
When down in a block we descend from the sky, to show you the door and tell you “Bye Bye!”
Bill and Melinda Gates your intentions so clear, trading the humanities for technology is all you hold dear.
We can teach without your I Pad and you may wonder why because the center of everything you do begins with I, I, I.
But we are the people and we will decide what is best for our children and as an aside when we show you the door and free money, you cry . . . We will do our best Backstreet boys impression and tell you Bye, Bye, Bye.
Corporate Education Reform lackeys too numerous to name, from small town America to Greece, Russia and Spain.
Your diabolical plans to drive our schools in a hearse was diagnosed and exposed by a public school nurse.
She took your temperature and grimly informed our nation has the Germ . . . Global Education Reform.
I suppose this is why you cut our school nursing jobs first, then libraries, athletics, music and verse.
But if you stay real quiet you can hear the beat of our drum for
we must
we can
We will restore our schools, so be forewarned, that truth and justice are at the heart of this swarm.
Our democracy is too important.
We can’t allow it to crash and that . . .you see . . . is why they call us badass!
For we will stand for the littles and fight for the truth, perish for principle in defense of our youth, do all in power to put the wrongs to end.
So BATs roll up your wings let the Congress begin!
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The roots of Flossmoor, Illinois run deep through American history. In 1891, the Illinois Central Railroad purchased 160 acres of land west of the rail line and north of Flossmoor Road. In the late 1890’s the ICG decided to sell the property for development and sponsored a contest to select a name for the Village. “Floss Moor”, a Scotch name meaning “dew on the heather” and gentle rolling countryside” was selected and approved by the U.S. Post Office. Prompted by members of the newly-formed Flossmoor Country Club, the ICG built a Flossmoor train station shortly thereafter.
Flossmoor was first recognized as an affluent community in the 1920s, when it became known as a cultural and recreational mecca of elite country clubs and stately golf courses. Vacationers built opulent summer estates around the area’s country clubs, and wealthy businessmen from Chicago lived in Flossmoor during the golf season. Eventually, as the area was refined into the progressive community it is today, vacationers decided to make Flossmoor their permanent residence.
In 1924, when the Village was incorporated, approximately 270 people called Flossmoor home. The post-World War II housing boom initiated a migration of Chicago residents to the Village, doubling the area’s population and acting as a catalyst for Flossmoor’s continued growth. Today, Flossmoor boasts a population of approximately 9,300 people and continues to grow
Flossmoor is located about 29 miles southwest of the Chicago Loop. Interstate 94 and 57 are nearby. Surrounding villages include: Matteson, Olympia Fields, Homewood. Hazel Crest, and Chicago Heights.
Based on 2000 Census
Population: 9,464 (2010 Census)
Median Household Income: $134,770
Median Age: 42.2
Area: 3.8 square miles
Incorporation date: 1924
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Flossmoor was claimed as an affluent neighborhood in the 1920s, and was known for its recreational center, regal golf courses, and elite country clubs. In 1924 there were 270 people living in Flossmoor, including many of Chicago’s weathly businessmen. After the post World War II housing boom, tons of Chicago residents navigated to the village, doubling the area’s population. Today Flossmoor’s population is about 9,300 and it is still growing.
Flossmoor’s neighborhoods represent some of the finest housing options in Chicago, ranging from vintage Tudors and Georgians, Colonials, ranches and modern town homes. These all give evidence to Flossmoor’s tradition of home building. Flossmoor’s neighborhoods include about 3,399 housing units and 1,893 of Flossmoor’s homes are mortgaged. The median home value of Flossmoor is $314,991, with the median home age of 39 years.
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Flossmoor is located about 45 minutes from downtown Chicago. Interstate 90/94 (the Dan Ryan Expressway) and Interstate 57 are the two fastest routes to get to Chicago. U.S. Route 30, Interstate 294 and Interstate 80 are also easily accessible for transportation.
The Metra rail is also accessible for public transportation by walking or biking from all of Flossmoor’s neighborhoods. The station also provides a large parking lot for drivers.
O’Hare International Airport is about 45 minutes from Flossmoor and Midway International Airport is about 35 minutes travel time.
Flossmoor’s schools have built a reputation for commitment to quality of work in their school system. Encouragement, involvement, challenges, caring teachers, active school boards, and rewarding academic achievement are all characteristics of Flossmoor’s school system. School District #161 serves the Flossmoor area.
Public Schools:
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School 999 Kedzie Avenue, Flossmoor
Flossmoor Hills Elementary School 3721 Beech Street, Flossmoor
Serena Hills Elementary School 255 Pleasant Drive, Chicago Heights
Heather Hill Elementary School 1439 Lawrence Crescent, Flossmoor
Parker Junior High School 2810 School Street, Flossmoor
Western Avenue Elementary School 940 Western Avenue, Flossmoor
Private Schools:
Flossmoor Community Church Preschool 2220 Carroll Parkway, Flossmoor
Flossmoor Montessori School 740 Western Avenue, Flossmoor
Hello Montessori 18850 Riegel Road, Homewood
Marian Catholic High School 700 Ashland Avenue, Chicago Heights
Infant Jesus of Prague School 1101 Douglas Avenue, Flossmoor
Martsci Montessori School 1038 Leavitt Avenue, Flossmoor
Flossmoor Commons, located on Vollmer Road between Kedzie Avenue and Governors Highway, offers a range of high scaled shopping stores, office buildings and dining choices that will leave you satisfied. Flossmoor Commons include some of the greatest boutiques, gift shops, antique shops and much more.
Downtown Flossmoor, located on Flossmoor Road at Sterling Avenue. The downtown area of Flossmoor includes many small business ranging from a dry cleaners to a dental office as well as restaurants and the Flossmoor Library. Shop the charming women’s boutique, have a massage and then a tasty lunch at one of the eateries.
Governors Highway Corridor, north of Vollmer to the intersection of Kedzie and Governors are several business centers, an insurance agency, veterinary clinic, Sunrise Assisted Living and a gardening/landscaping center.
Flossmoor Station Restaurant and Brewery, 1035 Sterling Avenue, (708) 957-8646, located in Flossmoor’s historic 1906 train station, is a local favorite for American cuisine and fresh seafood that has a great New Orleans feel. The Flossmoor favorite also brews over 10-award winning beers on site! At the Great American beer Festival is was named “Best Small Brewpub Brewer” and voted “The Best Brewery” in the Chicago Magazine, August of 2002. Great service, hand-crafted beers with a menu that is varied, different, and delicious….you will not be disappointed.
Flavor Restaurant, 3315 Vollmer Rd, (708) 798-3220, claimed to serve the best breakfast in Chicago, is a cozy atmosphere with great food, service, and live music. Breakfast includes homemade grits, salmon croquettes, and even sweet potato pancakes, but that is not all. When ordering lunch or dinner, order their made from scratch appetizers or save room for their mouth-watering desserts. Live award winning jazz music is available on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings.
Fresh Starts Restaurant, 1040 Sterling Avenue, (708) 957-7900. Fresh Starts has a quaint, European Cafe atmosphere. Over the years they have matured and expanded slowly, always with the ultimate pleasure of the customer as their primary goal. The small, intimate restaurant seats up to 60 people for gourmet lunch, or an exquisite dinner. They also offering a full-service, off-premise catering service featuring enticing, unusual foods and skilled, professional staff.
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District, (708)957-0300, was formed as a result of Homewood and Flossmoor Park merging in 1969. When the parks merged, they had 12 parks and 43.5 acres which now is 32 parks with 36 acres. Some of the unique parks include: Patriots Park, Rover’s Run Dog Park, and Millennium Park Splash Pad. Some of the outdoor facilities include: Lions Club Pool, Dolphin Lake Pool, Coyote Run Golf Course & Driving Range, H-F Sports Complex, and the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club.
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Groundbreaking Class Action Lawsuit Against Atlantic Lottery Corp. VLTs Receives Nod to Advance
This week is about to go down in history as important when it comes to the court case against video lottery terminals overseen by the Crown which have been previously condemned as misleading players gaming on them, as well as being in direct breach of the existing Criminal Code in Canada. The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal made it clear this Monday that Atlantic Lottery Corporation’s previously filed argument of dismissal is considered invalid.
The previously file din attempt to prevent the case form going ahead is now irrelevant and action will progress. One of the crucial class-action lawsuits for the gaming field in the region is expected to go on a new level, as this Monday saw it receive a green light to progress ahead. It is an essential development with the potential to resonate throughout the entire gaming field, as it could change the manner of operation of all VLT devices across Canada.
Plaintiffs Cite 300-Year-Old Gaming Act
The year 2012 saw the official launch of the lawsuit against the gaming entity which is leading in the region. Since many years have passed at this point, interest towards the outcome of this legal battle is of great interest to people in the Atlantic province, especially for the gaming enthusiasts in the region. As it has been stated in it, the gaming devices offered by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation have deeply rooted deceptive nature and have addictive characteristics.
Last year the lawsuit received a class-action status after a substantial period of waiting for approval. Douglas Babstock and Fred Small filed the lawsuit pointing out the devastating impact of VLT games on their lives and financial state. In order to solidify their position, an act from 1710 called Statute of Anne was introduced by the lawyers protecting their rights. According to the language of this Gaming Act, players who have burned through their money while gambling have the legal right to demand triple compensation for their losses.
Plaintiffs stated that the video lottery terminals should be considered illegal, as they fail to meet the standards established by the Criminal Code when it comes to slot machines. They point out that instead of operating like regular slot machines common to casino venues, the devices resemble one of the oldest card games known to humanity, commonly referred to as Three-card Monte. It is an open secret that this game is a scam into betting.
Revolutionary Lawsuit Could Stir the Pot
Individuals spending their time playing on VLT’s could confirm the devices feature algorithms which shift the gaming action as it progresses. As Mr. Babstock and Mr. Small stated, players get the sense that their chances of winning are much bigger than they actually are thanks to the misleading nature of the machines. The debate around video lottery terminal’s operation has been around for several years now, but especially after the lawsuit was initially filed.
At the moment there are some 6,300 devices of this type sprinkled throughout Canada’s Atlantic provinces. They are able to generate gaming revenue reaching CA$439 million over the span of last fiscal year. The moment is crucial and quite important for the gaming industry of Canada as a whole, as a potential success of the plaintiffs would mean that other Canadian provinces might also take matters to court.
This March saw Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation launching a campaign of gradual removal of VLT’s, as they are considered unsustainable in the long run. Loto-Quebec dedicated 2017 to a notable reduction of VLT sprinkled across the province, slashing their number from about 12,000 devices to almost 10,000. It all points out to the low drive of players when it comes to VLTs, potentially caused by the overall reputation they have.
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Book Review: The Book Cover in the Weimar Republic
The years between the First and Second World Wars in Germany are famed for their cultural boom and that was the time that inpired the book that we’re going to review today! With Berlin as its epicenter, the Weimar republic was replete with ground-breaking literature, philosophy, and art. At the heart of this intellectual and creative hub were some of the most outstanding and forward-thinking book designs in history.
Book Covers in the Weimar Republic assembles 1,000 of the most striking examples from this hub of publishing activity and innovation. Based on the remarkable collection of Jürgen Holstein and his rare collectible Blickfang, it combines anunparalleled catalog of dust jackets and bindings with Holstein’s introduction to the spirit and leading figures of Weimar publishing.
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Expert essays discuss the aesthetic and cultural context of these precious fourteen years, in which a freewheeling spirit would flourish, only to be trampled, burned, or driven out of the country with the rise of National Socialism.
From children’s books to novels in translation, bold designs for political literature to minimalist artist monographs, this is a dazzling line-up of typography, illustration, and graphic design at its most energetic and daring. Part reference compendium, part vintage visual feast for the eyes, this very particular cultural history is at once a testament to an irretrievable period of promise and a celebration of the ambition, inventiveness, and beauty of the book.
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Jürgen Holstein was born in Berlin in 1936. Following an apprenticeship in an antiquarian book store, he founded his own bookshop in 1966, specialized in 20th century art history and literature. Holstein’s own publications include a book on the cover designs of George Salter and the bestseller Blickfang, which presented outstanding examples of Berlin-based book design under the Weimar Republic. Since German reunification, Holstein has been particularly active in preserving visual culture artifacts of the former GDR. His extensive archive of artworks, objects, books, catalogs, and posters from this period is now housed in the Getty Center, Los Angeles.
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Can Gilead apply its combination chops to make Kite CAR Ts work in solid tumors?
by Erin McCallister, Senior Editor
The acquisition of Kite Pharma Inc. by Gilead Sciences Inc. could put the industry-leading CAR T pipeline in the hands of the company best-suited to expand the cell therapies into the as-yet-elusive solid tumor space.
The deal’s $11.9 billion valuation was driven largely by axicabtagene ciloleucel (KTE-C19), a chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapy under review to treat refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Response rates have been in the neighborhood of 80% in that and other blood cancers.
But the holy grail for CAR Ts is in solid tumors, where data have underwhelmed.
Current opinion holds that combination therapy will be the key to improving response rates because of factors expressed in the microenvironment that prevent CAR Ts from infiltrating solid tumors.
There are few if any companies better at combination strategies than Gilead. The company built its multibillion-dollar virology franchises through the methodical and swift development of combination therapies that iterate on an initial agent developed as monotherapy, expanding both the efficacy and the exclusivity of that agent.
Gilead also has been pursuing a combination strategy in building its nascent pipeline in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
The company could be expected to apply this expertise to Kite’s pipeline of CAR T products, but will have to fill out its cancer pipeline with additional programs that have complementary mechanisms of action. Prior to the acquisition, the pipeline contained one approved cancer drug and five cancer candidates, at least two of which could make sense in a CAR T combo.
Gilead, which declined to provide an interview, did tell investors that it plans to acquire or license additional molecules that could be used in combinations. It did not elaborate on what mechanisms or classes might be its targets.
“If you think about our HIV portfolio, it’s been a process of continuous innovation.”
John Milligan, Gilead
Multiple targets and mechanisms have been hypothesized for helping CAR Ts overcome the tumor microenvironment. While many of these approaches are in their infancy, Gilead’s cancer deals to date show a willingness to acquire early stage programs before proof of concept has been established.
All the programs in Gilead’s clinical pipeline were acquired when the candidates were still in preclinical development. The company gained its sole marketed cancer drug, Zydelig idelalisib, when it was in Phase II testing.
The company’s new head of oncology, Alessandro Riva, brings with him experience at identifying new technologies that could be used to improve the efficacy of CAR Ts in solid tumors. Riva, who is SVP, hematology and oncology therapeutic area head at Gilead, was head of global oncology development at Novartis AG from 2005 to 2016. When he departed, he also was head of medical affairs.
Riva was responsible for the clinical development of Novartis’ Kymriah tisagenlecleucel, which late last month became the first approved CAR T. And between the 2012 deal with the University of Pennsylvania that brought in Kymriah and Riva’s departure, Novartis acquired or licensed several programs that could boost immune responses, block suppressors in the microenvironment and improve antigen presentation when added to CAR T therapies.
Even after adding Kite’s extensive pipeline of CAR T and T cell receptor (TCR)-based therapies and additional pipeline deals, investors will likely be looking for Gilead to keep shopping. Gilead has not provided long-term revenue guidance but has guided for HCV sales to decline by as much as $6.3 billion (43%) in 2017, reaching $8.5-9.5 billion vs. $14.8 billion in 2016 (see “After HCV”).
By 2020, analysts expect HCV revenues to be $6.9 billion, $7.9 billion less than the 2016 figure.
New products, including axicabtagene ciloleucel, will fill in some of the gap.
Analysts estimate axicabtagene ciloleucel will bring in $947 million by 2020. However, the consensus estimate includes forecasts made before Novartis announced a price for Kymriah far below expectations (see “About Price”).
Sidebar: About price
The price for the first CAR T approved by FDA could provide some guardrails for Kite Pharma Inc.’s axicabtagene ciloleucel, which has a Nov. 29 PDUFA date to treat refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Prior to both the Aug. 28 takeout bid from Gilead Sciences Inc. and the Aug. 30 approval and pricing of Kymriah tisagenlecleucel from Novartis AG, Kite analysts had expected axicabtagene ciloleucel could fetch a price as high as $750,000. And Kite had said it did not plan to participate in risk-sharing or pay-for-performance deals.
Then Kymriah was approved, and Novartis set the price at $475,000 for the one-time treatment. The pharma also entered into an outcomes-based arrangement with CMS where there is no charge for non-responders. Kymriah was approved to treat pediatric and young adult relapsed, refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
In the pivotal ELIANA trial, Kymriah produced an 82.5% overall remission rate assessed within three months of treatment. At six months, 75% of patients remained in remission.
Gilead wouldn’t disclose whether it would consider a similar outcomes-based arrangement for axicabtagene ciloleucel. At least some payers will expect it to do so.
“I think that this will create some public pressure for Gilead and Kite to do the same thing. It also puts a stake in the sand around what a CAR T should cost,” said Michael Sherman, CMO at regional payer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
Roger Longman, CEO at reimbursement consultancy Real Endpoints LLC, thinks Gilead will have to step up. “This will force Gilead to be as innovative on the payer side as Novartis,” he told BioCentury.
Both therapies would enter the market for different indications initially, but Novartis plans to submit an sBLA for Kymriah by year end in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common form of NHL.
Axicabtagene ciloleucel showed an objective response rate of 82% in the Phase II portion of the ZUMA-1 trial in refractory aggressive NHL and 82% in the DLBCL subgroup.
The best overall response rate for Kymriah was 59% in the Phase II JULIET trial in DLBCL. Rates of complete responses (CRs) in DLBCL were similar for both agents, at 49% for axicabtagene and 43% for Kymriah.
Longman suggested one way for Gilead to compete: “Gilead could say, ‘If Novartis is giving one month free, I’m going to give two months’, which would effectively be a price war.”
However, Novartis has also said it is also contemplating an indication-based model with CMS where the price could be lower in indications where the efficacy isn’t as high as in ALL.
-- Erin McCallister
Figure: After HCV
HCV revenues from Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) have already declined to $14.8 billion in 2016 from a peak of $19.1 billion in 2015. Analysts estimate a further decline to $6.9 billion by 2020, driven by the competitive landscape, more patients being cured and fewer patients starting therapy. More than half the $7.9 billion HCV shortfall is expected to be filled by new HIV products and the cell therapy gained from the proposed acquisition of Kite Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:KITE).
An estimated $3.1 billion is expected for a fixed-dose combination of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide, an HIV product with a Feb. 12, 2018, PDUFA date. The recently approved Vosevi sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir is expected to chip in $2.4 billion as an HCV salvage regimen. And consensus estimates for Kite call for $947 million in total sales of axicabtagene ciloleucel by 2020.
2020 revenue projections are compiled using separate consensus estimates for Gilead and Kite and include projected sales of pipeline products. “Other products” includes Letairis ambrisentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension, Ranexa ranolazine for chronic angina, AmBisome amphotericin B for fungal infections, Phase III autoimmune candidate filgotinib and unspecified “other products” in Gilead’s 10-K. Source: Gilead SEC filings, FactSet
Gilead has been signaling since at least the start of the year that it wanted to go deep in oncology.
It announced Riva’s appointment on Jan. 3 and in February said he would help seek new assets.
“We’ve brought in a new head of oncology and we’re reconfiguring how we’re thinking about oncology and what kinds of things we might want to bring in to augment some of the pipeline programs we have,” Gilead President and CEO John Milligan said at the Feb. 22 RBC Capital Markets Global Health Care Conference.
According to an SEC filing, Gilead signed a confidentiality agreement with Kite that same month, and by May had started preliminary discussions with Kite about potential collaborations or partnerships.
“It’s going to take that kind of continuous investment and innovation to be successful in this field.”
On Gilead’s 1Q17 earnings call May 2, the big biotech stated its intent to build a sustainable long-term cancer business. “It’s clear we’ve been focusing on oncology, where the question is, is there an area where we can use our resources to accelerate products to market and build a meaningful franchise,” Milligan said.
Gilead disclosed in an SEC filing that it made its first offer to acquire Kite for $127 per share, or $8.4 billion, on July 16. That offer, and a second of $160 per share on July 28, were rebuffed by Kite as insufficient. Gilead’s third offer on Aug. 18 of $180 per share was accepted. The filing did not say whether there were any other bidders.
On an Aug. 28 investor call to discuss the deal, Gilead said it sees Kite as a foundation for growth.
“Our oncology efforts have been fairly nascent and we have had few real successes in those areas,” said Milligan, adding, “This is a pivot to cell therapy as our main strategy going forward.”
Gilead noted that data in NHL suggest axicabtagene ciloleucel could have broad applicability in CD19-positive lymphomas and leukemias.
Kite announced top-line data from the Phase II portion of the Phase I/II ZUMA-1 trial in February showing an objective response rate (ORR) of 82% vs. 20% for historical controls in 101 patients with refractory aggressive NHL, including diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), transformed follicular lymphoma or primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (PMBCL).
Median OS had not been reached at a median follow-up of 8.7 months. In April, the biotech announced the six-month survival rate was 80%.
“We really became convinced that the broader population of CD19-positive lymphomas and leukemias had an excellent chance of being treated by axi-cil cell therapy,” Milligan said.
The therapy is also being studied in earlier lines of treatment, including a Phase II trial in indolent NHL. A Phase I trial in second-line DLBCL, the most common form of NHL, is expected to start this year. Kite also has ongoing studies of axicabtagene ciloleucel in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and adult and pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Milligan added that Gilead has “great expectations” for the Kite platform to treat a broader group of patients across solid and hematologic malignancies.
Kite has six other CAR T or T cell receptor (TCR) programs in the clinic, including four in solid tumors (see “Gilead’s Cancer Pipeline”).
Kite’s lead solid tumor program is a TCR targeting melanoma-associated antigen A3 (MAGEA3) in Phase I/II testing. MAGEA3 is expressed on a variety of solid tumors. In August researchers at the National Cancer Institute reported that in 17 patients with metastatic tumors, the therapy led to four objective responses (23%) while avoiding off-target toxicity.
Gilead did not comment on the data in solid tumors. However, when asked by analysts about the company’s expectations to build on the cell therapy platform Milligan said Gilead would look for ways to “enhance the activity of some of these products either through engineering or perhaps in combinations.”
Figure: Gilead’s cancer pipeline
With its proposed acquisition of Kite Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:KITE), Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) will more than double the size of its clinical cancer pipeline, taking it to 13 from six. Kite also has six disclosed preclinical CAR T and TCR programs, including two that are expected to enter the clinic next year. The combined pipeline is below, with programs from Kite in blue, and those from Gilead in green. Only lead indications are shown. (A) In-licensed from Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo:4528); (B) In Phase I/II testing; (C) Kite pipeline lists “HPV-16 E6 & E7” as a single program with trials run by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), plus an additional preclinical HPV-16 E7 product; the biotech has not disclosed which are included in its partnership with bluebird bio Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUE) to develop TCR product candidates against HPV-16 E6; Source: BCIQ: BioCentury Online Intelligence, ClinicalTrials.gov, Gilead and Kite websites
Internal enhancers
Gilead declined to name specific combinations it had in mind. However, the company has said it would start by looking at its own pipeline.
“We’re quite interested in things that would augment cellular therapy and so we’re going to take some time to look at our own portfolio to determine what, if any other things, we should do,” Milligan said.
One potential combination partner is andecaliximab (GS-5745). The matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) inhibitor is in Phase III testing to treat gastric cancer
MMP9 is a regulator of the tumor microenvironment, where it facilitates tumor vascularization via activation of cytokines such as transforming growth factor (TGF) beta.
TGF beta expression by tumor cells limits effector T cell function and activates regulatory T cells -- both of which would limit the effectiveness of CAR Ts.
Gilead described Phase I data at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in January. In 30 patients with gastric cancer, about 45% had more than a 50% response rate and a progression-free survival (PFS) of about 14 months vs. 6 months for historical controls.
The company has not presented data on whether administration of andecaliximab led to an increase in T cell infiltration and/or a reduction in Tregs, which would suggest combining the mAb with CAR Ts could improve their efficacy.
Gilead’s GS-5829 is another option for combinations. The small molecule inhibitor of BET bromodomain proteins is in Phase I/II trials in ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, as well as in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Epigenetic modulators including BET inhibitors reduce Treg expression and increase tumor antigen expression in solid tumors. The exact BET protein targeted by GS-5829 is undisclosed, and there are limited data for the program. However, researchers at Roche’s Genentech Inc. unit and Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc. published results in 2016 showing multiple different bromodomain inhibitors synthesized by the companies down-regulated Tregs and dampened Treg suppression of naïve T cell proliferation.
Kite is already investigating combining CAR Ts with PD-L1 inhibition. Last September, Kite started a Phase Ib/II trial of axicabtagene plus Tecentriq atezolizumab from Roche and Genentech. The ZUMA-6 trial is assessing the combination in patients with refractory DLBCL.
In March, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine showed that a HER2-targeted CAR T in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor decreased cancer cell numbers and increased CAR T cell proliferation in cell culture. In mouse models of HER2-positive prostate and cervical cancer, the combination decreased tumor growth and increased survival compared with either agent alone.
A look at cancer deals done during Riva’s tenure at Novartis may provide insight into the types of approaches he thinks could improve the activity of CAR T therapies.
Representative deals include the February 2014 acquisition of CoStim Pharmaceuticals Inc. to gain a portfolio of late-stage discovery programs focused on immune checkpoint proteins.
Novartis also partnered with Aduro Biotech Inc. in 2015 to generate receptor agonists of STING (transmembrane protein 173; TMEM173) and acquired Admune Therapeutics LLC.
STING agonists stimulate immunity in distal tumors. The STING receptor has aroused interest in the immunotherapy space because it is located on dendritic cells and other immune cells and can produce long-lasting T cell antitumor responses by activating multiple immune cell types.
Admune’s technologies boost the immune system’s response to cancer immunotherapies by increasing the number of antitumor lymphocytes overall and in the vicinity of tumors.
In 2016, Novartis gained rights to an undisclosed program from Surface Oncology Inc., which is developing preclinical compounds against cancer immunotherapy targets that aim to improve the effectiveness of antigen presentation, block activity of suppressor cells in the tumor microenvironment and counter the impact of undisclosed cytokines and metabolites.
Honed in virology
While cell therapy is a different beast than small molecules, much of Gilead’s skill set in matching combination partners and designing clinical programs to test them should translate to work quickly and adaptively to make combinations successful.
“We’ve been very successful in HIV and HCV by offering products that are at the forefront of science, starting with once-daily pills and then going to the single-tablet regimen. If you think about our HIV portfolio, it’s been a process of continuous innovation since the launch of Viread in 2001. We’ve brought out product after product, each improving upon the generation before and offering better long-term options,” Milligan told investors.
Gilead is now on its eighth iteration of Viread tenofovir with a fixed-dose combination of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide. The addition of bictegravir, an unboosted integrase inhibitor, should reduce resistance. The combination is under review in the U.S. and Europe.
Similarly, in HCV, Sovaldi sofosbuvir was launched in December 2013 as the first interferon-sparing regimen in HCV. It was approved for some but not all HCV genotypes and showed cure rates in excess of 90%. A year later, Gilead launched Harvoni ledipasvir/sofosbuvir, an interferon-free regimen with 100% cure rates after 12 weeks of therapy.
In June 2016, FDA approved the first-ever pan-genotypic HCV regimen, Gilead’s Epclusa sofosbuvir/velpatasvir. In clinical trials, the single-tablet, once-daily therapy resulted in SVR12 rates of 83-98%, depending upon the genotype.
“Gilead has to be the company that makes meaningful advances in the space.”
Brad Loncar, Loncar Investments
Milligan said he sees the same kind of need for continuous innovation in CAR T. “First-generation products have complete response rates that are very impressive given the kinds of patients [they’re treating], but we’re far from curing everybody,” he said.
“We see a great deal of similarity between the way we approach the diseases and the way Kite is approaching disease, and I think it’s going to take that kind of continuous investment and innovation to be successful in this field,” Milligan added.
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Brad Loncar, portfolio manager of Loncar Investments, thinks Gilead will have to bring the competitive, cutting-edge mentality it honed in virology to cell therapy.
“Gilead wants to be a leader in whatever they do,” Loncar said. To maintain Kite’s position in CAR T, “Gilead has to be the company that makes meaningful advances in the space. Given how fast this field is evolving, that is no small feat.”
Loncar thinks gene editing could be a necessary tool to make the cell therapies work in solid tumors.
“What I think it will take to succeed in solid tumors could be gene editing approaches because right now, one of the limitations is that you can only program one thing into the T cell,” he told BioCentury.
Under Riva, in 2015, Novartis in-licensed rights to use gene editing technology from Intellia Therapeutics Inc. to conduct ex vivo engineering of CAR Ts.
David Epstein, former CEO of the Novartis Pharmaceuticals unit and head of the pharma’s oncology business before that, said combinations with tumor-targeted small molecules or biologicals will be the most near-term approach to improving the efficacy of CAR Ts. However, next-generation technologies are starting to add more than one antigen onto T cells, which could be a more long-term solution. “Second-generation cellular therapies like those at Rubius will be multitargeted, thus obviating the need for such combinations,” he told BioCentury.
Epstein is chairman of Rubius Therapeutics Inc. and an executive partner at Flagship Pioneering. Rubius’ Red-Cell Therapeutics platform genetically engineers hematopoietic progenitors to produce therapeutic proteins when the progenitor differentiates into a red blood cell (RBC). The programs are in preclinical development.
Retaining Kite’s team and keeping the current programs on track will also be important.
“If they had a brain drain or any sort of slowdown while they integrated this, they could very easily be leapfrogged,” Loncar told BioCentury.
Added Epstein, “If Gilead can keep the Kite unit intact, it should be in good shape. It’s not smart to think you can develop a cell therapy like a small molecule.”
Gilead has said it will retain Kite as a distinct unit. “Kite will become Gilead’s cell therapy unit and we hope that the vast majority of people stay to become part of the combined companies,” Milligan said.
Epstein also noted that Riva’s experience at Novartis equips him with the skills to help Gilead manage the platform going forward.
“Rivas was intimately involved in CTL019 [Kymriah] development, so he understands this all well in terms of recognizing the intimate connection of every decision between the clinical development, manufacturing and regulatory teams,” Epstein told BioCentury.
Novartis is Gilead’s closest competitor. In addition to the spate of programs gained during Riva’s tenure, the pharma has disclosed at least two CAR Ts in clinical testing for solid tumors: CAR-T-EGFRvIII to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and CAR-T-Meso to treat ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. Both programs are being developed under the collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and are in Phase I testing.
Celgene Corp. also has its eye on CAR T combinations. In 2015, the company partnered with Juno Therapeutics Inc. in a 10-year collaboration to develop CAR T combinations, though it’s currently focused on hematologic malignancies.
In July 2016, Celgene announced a collaboration with Jounce Therapeutics Inc. in which Celgene gained options to JTX-2011 and up to five preclinical programs. Jounce’s antibodies target Tregs, tumor-associated macrophages and B cells that can block immunosuppressive effects of solid tumors.
Companies and Institutions Mentioned
Aduro Biotech Inc. (NASDAQ:ADRO), Berkeley, Calif.
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ:CELG), Summit, N.J.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Baltimore, Md.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, Calif.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Foster City, Calif.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc., Boston, Mass.
Intellia Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA), Cambridge, Mass.
Jounce Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:JNCE), Cambridge, Mass.
Juno Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:JUNO), Seattle, Wash.
Kite Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:KITE), Santa Monica, Calif.
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Md.
Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS; SIX:NOVN), Basel, Switzerland
Real Endpoints LLC, Westport, Conn.
Roche (SIX:ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY), Basel, Switzerland
Rubius Therapeutics Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Surface Oncology Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Md.
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Bobcats Face Mid-Week Test as Aberdeen Visits
Matchup: Bismarck Bobcats (31-16-3, 2nd Central) vs Aberdeen Wings (20-22-10, 4th Central)
Game: Tuesday, March 15, 7:15pm
Venue: VFW Sports Center, Bismarck, N.D.
Season Series: Bobcats lead Wings 10-0-0
All-Time: Bobcats lead Wings 44-14-10
Radio: SuperTalk 1270 AM, SuperTalk1270.com and the radioPup smartphone app, 6:45pm
Internet TV: http://NAHL.FASTHockey.com, 6:45pm
BISMARCK, ND – With just ten games remaining in the 2015-16 regular season, the Bismarck Bobcats return home Tuesday to face the rising Aberdeen Wings at the VFW Sports Center in the midst of a wild playoff chase.
Fresh off a pair of post-regulation setbacks at Austin on the weekend, the Bobcats (31-16-3, 65 pts) suddenly find themselves two points back of Minot (31-17-5, 67 pts) for the top spot in the Central Division. Aberdeen (20-22-10, 50 pts), meanwhile, has popped off a 3-1-1 mark in their last five games to claim a solid three-point lead for the division’s fourth and final playoff spot over Minnesota (20-25-7, 47 pts).
While the Bobcat defense has remained solid—tied for the fewest goals allowed per game in the Central Division in March at 1.75—the offense has gone silent: accounting for just six goals in four games this month amid a 1-1-2 slide.
Goalie Hunter Shepard has steadied the team’s defense, posting a 1.42 GAA in his last nine appearances with a .938 SV% en route to an NAHL-best 29 wins—tied with Fairbanks’ Gavin Nieto for victories.
Aberdeen, on the other hand, has taken a big leap forward offensively in March, averaging 3.20 goals per game—led by Fargo natives Tyler Bossert and Jackson Graalum, who have combined for five goals and four assists in the Wings’ 3-1-1 run.
Wings netminder Peter Thome has been a fixture among the league’s goaltending leaders, as well: sitting second SV% at .930 and third in both games played (40) and minutes (2401:28).
Tickets for Tuesday’s mid-week tilt are now on sale: fans can buy and print tickets online at BismarckBobcats.com, by clicking “Shop Now” on the team Facebook page or charge-by-phone at 222-3300.
Tuesday’s edition of the Titan Machinery Dakota Cup will be broadcast live locally on SuperTalk 1270, KLXX-AM, the radio home of Bobcat Hockey, and worldwide online at NAHL.FASTHockey.com—the official web television partner of the North American Hockey League—with pregame coverage starting at 6:35pm.
Now that the Bobcats are in the playoffs, now is the time to reserve your 2016-17 season tickets! All new season ticket buyers will receive Playoff Priority for the Cats’ 2016 Robertson Cup Playoff. Fans can call 222-3300 starting later this coming week to reserve their seats and get Playoff Priority.
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Nvidia outs new Pascal Titan X
Written by Matthew Lambert
July 22, 2016 | 10:29
Tags: #gp102 #gtx-titan-x #pascal #pascal-titan-x #titan-x
Companies: #nvidia
Nvidia has taken the wraps off a new Titan X, featuring a new Pascal GPU, 11 TFLOPs of performance and sporting a $1,200 price tag.
Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, revealed the new product this morning at a special meet-up at Stanford University themed around artificial intelligence. The surprise announcement is supposedly the result of a bet between Jen-Hsun and Brian Kelleher, Nvidia's top hardware engineer, with the latter betting that Nvidia would be able to achieve more than 10 teraflops (TFLOPs) of computing performance from a single chip. With the new Titan X, that's exactly what Nvidia has done.
The new chip is GP102, which increases the original Titan X transistor count from 8 billion to a staggering 12 billion. Using Nvidia's 16nm Pascal architecture, it is the biggest GPU ever built, containing a whopping 3,584 CUDA cores. The clock speeds have also been ramped up significantly, with the boost clock shooting up from 1.08GHz to 1.53GHz in the new card. Nvidia has stuck with 12GB of VRAM, but has upgraded from GDDR5 to the GDDR5X introduced with the GTX 1080. Peak memory bandwidth is set at 480GB/sec (up from 336GB/sec), so given that the GDDR5X is clocked at 10Gbps that means Nvidia is using a 384-bit wide memory bus again.
The end result is a card capable of delivering 11 TFLOPs of 32-bit floating point performance and 44 TOPS INT8, a new deep learning inferencing instruction. Nvidia says the new card will be up to 60 percent faster than the previous Titan X too.
Given the GTX 1080's already high price point, you won't be surprised to learn that the new card will not come cheap. Available exclusively from Nvidia's online store on August 2, it will set you back an eye-watering $1,200. UK pricing has yet to be confirmed, but we'd be surprised if you got much change from £1,200 once VAT is included.
Nvidia launches Titan Xp
£1,200. Twelve. Hundred. Pounds.
Nvidia Announces GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, $499 GTX 1080
3,584 cores, 11GB of GDDR5X at 11Gbps, faster than Titan X, and $699.
Aqua Computer Kryographics Pascal for Nvidia Titan X Review
We strap a water block to the Pascal Titan X and see what it can really do.
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BMI Congratulates its 2018 ACM Nominees
From News, posted 3.01.18 The Academy of Country Music has announced this year’s award nominees and many talented BMI songwriters are again taking center stage. Leading the BMI pack is Thomas Rhett with 6 nominations; Keith Urban with 5; Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris, each with 4; and Little Big Town and Midland, each… Read more...
BMI Congratulates its 2017 CMA Award Winners
From News, posted 11.09.17 Last night, at the CMA Awards in Nashville, the country music community came together in a powerful show of unity to honor not only the top country singers and songwriters, including those who passed away in the last year, but also the victims of the tragic shooting last month in… Read more...
BMI Congratulates its 2017 CMA Nominees
From News, posted 9.07.17 Nominations for the 51st CMA Awards are in, with BMI writers taking major nods again this year. Leading the pack with an incredible five nods is Miranda Lambert for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Single of… Read more...
Does Your Song Need a New Demo?
From MusicWorld, posted 6.20.17 I have hundreds of songs sitting on shelves collecting dust—instead of royalties. Many of them were written decades ago and they were in sync, lyrically and melodically, to the eras in which they were composed. But as Larry Beaird, top session guitarist and owner of Beaird Music Group, stated, “Times… Read more...
BMI Affiliates Win Big at 2017 ACMs
From News, posted 4.03.17 It was all about Country last night in Las Vegas with big wins for BMI songwriters at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The star-studded 52nd annual ceremony was also chock full of mesmerizing performances by BMI superstars Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Thomas Rhett, Maren Morris,… Read more...
Writing and Placing Christmas and Holiday Songs
From MusicWorld, posted 11.28.16 Imagine receiving airplay and earning income from a song year after year and having that same song be recorded by multiple artists over a span of decades. That is what can happen with a holiday-themed song. For many songwriters and music publishers, landing a holiday recording that becomes the next… Read more...
BMI Songwriter Kylie Sackley Wows Kansas Broadcasters
From News, posted 11.04.15 BMI songwriter Kylie Sackley was the featured performer at the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) annual awards dinner held recently (10/19/15) at The OREAD in Lawrence, KS. Sackley entertained the crowd with “Speakers,” recorded by rising country artist Sam Hunt; “Sunshine and Summertime” (Faith Hill); “Nothin’ Bout Love Makes Sense”… Read more...
BMI Partners with Hotel and Radio Group to Present Montana Songwriters Festival
From News, posted 9.16.15 BMI proudly partnered recently (Sept 11-12) with the historic Sacajawea Hotel and Cherry Creek Radio with support from the Montana Lodging and Hospitality Association to present the 1st annual Sacajawea Songwriters Festival in scenic Three Forks, Montana. The two-day festival featured a songwriter’s clinic and a local songwriting competition, as… Read more...
Current Trends in Country Music: What’s Hot & What’s Not
From MusicWorld, posted 9.16.15 “That ain’t country!” is a comment I often hear when I play current country hits in my songwriting workshops. It’s true that today’s country hits bear little resemblance to the songs that topped the charts by Elvis, Tammy, Waylon, Willie, and Patsy. Music evolves and the styles that rule the… Read more...
Big Night for BMI Writers at 2015 Billboard Music Awards
From News, posted 5.20.15 Broadcast Music, Inc. affiliates took home the majority of the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, including songstress Taylor Swift, who earned an astounding 8 awards, including Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist. Announced during a live broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas May… Read more...
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CMA Music Festival: Nashville
Crested Butte Songwriters Festival
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Assessing the health...
Assessing the health benefits of tackling climate change
BMJ 2011; 343 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d6520 (Published 19 October 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d6520
Anita Charlesworth, chief economist1,
Alastair Gray, professor of health economics2,
David Pencheon, director3,
Nicholas Stern, IG Patel professor of economics and government 4
1Nuffield Trust, London, UK
2Health Economics Research Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
3NHS Sustainable Development Unit, Cambridge CB21 5XB, UK
4Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
david.pencheon{at}sdu.nhs.uk
Robust measures and interdisciplinary collaboration are needed
Health systems around the world are not short of big challenges, such as managing demand; containing cost; improving access, quality, and transparency; embracing new technology, and engaging patients and the public. More recent challenges to add to this list include population growth; competition for the limited resources of energy, food, and water; and increasingly serious climate change.1 If these problems are left unchecked and unmanaged collaboratively at a global level, compelling evidence shows that this could result in economic and social breakdown, migration, and conflict.2 3 Evidence suggests that these urgent emerging problems could provide an opportunity for health professionals and health systems to also tackle the more traditional challenges that health systems face.
Fortunately, actions that can help mitigate climate change over the longer term can also improve individual and global health now.4 For example, over-consumption of red processed meat is not good for …
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Promotional pamphlet. The Los Angeles Tourist was published every month, given away free, and distributed to all passengers on Santa Fe trains. Includes information about places of interest in Los Angeles, map, list of things to do while visiting Los Angeles, and advertisements for an ostrich farm, Santa Catalina Island, hotels, housing, and hot air balloon excursions. A nice piece of history. Better than very good condition, with the top right corner bent (but not creased) and a small smudge mark on the lower front cover .
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11 THE KING'S RIVER REGION SHOULD BE A NATIONAL PARK. FIRST FILM BY THE SIERRA CLUB.
San Francisco: The Sierra Club, 1939.
In 1939 the Sierra Club produced its first film -- Sky-Land Trails of the Kings -- and published this booklet to promote the establishment of King's Canyon National Park.
12 THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, VOL. XI, NO. 62, SECOND SERIES. FEBRUARY, 1888.
San Francisco: The Overland Monthly Company, 1888.
Sm. 4to. Bound in tan printed wrappers. Some chipping to head and foot of spine. Small amount of soiling and edgewear. Very good. Article, "Around San Diego Bay" [pp. 113-121] features sketches and photographs of the development of San Diego, including a photograph of the construction of the Hotel Del Coronado. Founded by Bret Harte in 1868, The Overland Monthly aspired to be like Atlantic Magazine. Though it ceased publication in 1875, it returned in January 1883, labelled "Second Series," and was published until July, 1935. Early work written by Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jack London, and Edwin Markham was published in the journal. Each month the magazine featured profiles of places like Monterey, Fresno, Santa Rosa, Mt. Shasta, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco along with stories of pioneers or those who had been in the gold mining camps. With book reviews and many pages of illustrated advertisements.
13 THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, VOL. XII, NO. 71, SECOND SERIES. NOVEMBER, 1888.
Sm. 4to. Bound in tan printed wrappers. Some chipping to head and foot of spine. Small amount of soiling and edgewear. Very good. Article, "Women on School Boards" [pp. 547-554] features the debate over, "admitting women to a share in educational supervision." Founded by Bret Harte in 1868, The Overland Monthly aspired to be like Atlantic Magazine. Though it ceased publication in 1875, it returned in January 1883, labelled "Second Series," and was published until July, 1935. Early work written by Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jack London, and Edwin Markham was published in the journal. Each month the magazine featured profiles of places like Monterey, Fresno, Santa Rosa, Mt. Shasta, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco along with stories of pioneers or those who had been in the gold mining camps. With book reviews and many pages of illustrated advertisements.
14 THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, VOL. XII, NO. 74, SECOND SERIES. FEBRUARY, 1889.
Sm. 4to. Bound in tan printed wrappers. Some chipping to head and foot of spine. Small amount of soiling and edgewear. Very good. Article, "Hydraulic Mining Illustrated" [pp. 113-122] features sketches of mining machinery and processes as well as a thorough explanation of how they were employed. Founded by Bret Harte in 1868, The Overland Monthly aspired to be like Atlantic Magazine. Though it ceased publication in 1875, it returned in January 1883, labelled "Second Series," and was published until July, 1935. Early work written by Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jack London, and Edwin Markham was published in the journal. Each month the magazine featured profiles of places like Monterey, Fresno, Santa Rosa, Mt. Shasta, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco along with stories of pioneers or those who had been in the gold mining camps. With book reviews and many pages of illustrated advertisements.
15 THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, VOL. XX, NO. 118, SECOND SERIES. OCTOBER, 1892.
Sm. 4to. Bound in tan printed wrappers. Some chipping to head and foot of spine. Small tears and edgewear. Large closed tear on front cover. Large piece torn off of back cover. Good. Article, "University of California" [pp. 337-362] features many photos of the then young University of California campus. Founded by Bret Harte in 1868, The Overland Monthly aspired to be like Atlantic Magazine. Though it ceased publication in 1875, it returned in January 1883, labelled "Second Series," and was published until July, 1935. Early work written by Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jack London, and Edwin Markham was published in the journal. Each month the magazine featured profiles of places like Monterey, Fresno, Santa Rosa, Mt. Shasta, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco along with stories of pioneers or those who had been in the gold mining camps. With book reviews and many pages of illustrated advertisements.
16 TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CIRCULAR AND CATALOGUE OF THE WILLIAMS & ROGERS ROCHESTER BUSINESS UNIVERSITY: 1893-1894.
Rochester, NY: Press of Democrat and Chronicle, 1893.
6" x 8". 124 pp. Blue cloth-covered boards embossed with brown decorative devices and gilt lettering. Ink marks on front board, bottom of spine chipped, mild wear. Overall very good. A treasure trove of information for those interested in Rochester, NY, history or academia. Many black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of the campus. The beautiful buildings, their interiors and even the manual typewriters all in a row give a glimpse into late 19th century business education. Detailed course descriptions, many recommendations and comments from former students, and a list of the names of former students.
17 WATLALA AN INDIAN OF THE NORTHWEST.
18 A Mother. MY EARLY DAYS: OR, SCENES OF REAL LIFE, REVIVED.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, (1851). Good
Sm. 8vo. Navy blue boards, blind-stamped with elaborate scrollwork. Spin has gilt title and elaborate gilt design. Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. Previous owner name in pencil dated 1853. Foxing. Corners worn. Spine slightly cocked. Glassine envelope with old newspaper article about Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle laid in along with the calling card of Mr. William Henry Schofield.
19 Adams, E[mma] H[ildreth]. TO AND FRO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH SKETCHES IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
Cincinnati: W.M.B.C. Press, 1887. First edition
12mo. 5" x7 1/2". [1-4]5-288 pp. Brown cloth black, blindstamped borders, gilt lettering, and gilt Joshua trees. Cloth heavily rubbed along edges. Previous owner signatures and one previous owner embossed library mark on ffep. Stamped in several places throughout the book, including the title page, are the words A.G. & P. Co., Mare Island. Good. During her travels to Southern California, the author sent letters to several Eastern newspapers (chiefly the Cleveland "Leader and Herald" describing all the events, problems, industries, and people she saw and experienced in Southern California during her time there in 1884 and 1886. She also devotes a few chapters to her travels in Arizona and New Mexico. Rocq 2761.
20 Adams, W. H. Davenport. BENEATH THE SURFACE; OR, THE WONDERS OF THE UNDERGROUND WORLD WITH 115 ILLUSTRATIONS Wonders of Nature
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1876. Cloth Else very good.
12mo. 560 pages. Dark green cloth stamped with decorative black borders. Gilt cartouche and titles. Rubbing to edge of spine, fraying to tips. Shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Dark green enpapers. Amazing book has descriptions of underground formations, mineral and metallic deposits, underground springs, coal mines, quarries and caves from all over the world. It even includes a chapter called "Buried Alive". All kinds of exciting information for spelunkers, cave enthusiasts, and geologists. Very scarce.
Price: 125.00 USD
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September Editor's Picks: 10 Plays, Musicals, & Concerts to See This Month in NYC
1. [Insert back to school joke] but seriously get yourself back to the Winter Garden Theatre to see School of Rock this month. Here’s why: Tony nominee Alex Brightman crushes it now more than ever—it’s incredible. New leading lady Jenn Gambatese is serving you everything you want in that role & more. Finally, the new mix of kids is absolute perfection—like audible “aw” during their lines perfection—and they are rocking the house down. Bring the youngster in your life and let them feel inspired as they enter the new school year.
2. RTC’s new musical Holiday Inn looks like the kind of musical comedy throwback that everyone in the family could get lost in for a night. After seeing a recent rehearsal, I was completely exhilarated by the talent onstage and off—get ready for Corbin Bleu & Lora Lee Gayer in breakout roles, and that Denis Jones choreography doesn’t quit even for a second.
3. It’s the last month to see Tony winner Heather Headley in The Color Purple, and that’s all that has to be said on that. Heather’s final performance is October 2 at Broadway’s Jacobs Theatre.
4. RTC’s other September show, Tony winner Stephen Karam’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, is starry AF. If anyone is going to make this Chekhov chestnut sexy and vibrant for today’s Broadway audience, it’s this company.
5. There are two can’t-miss concert events this month. First, Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years with Cynthia Erivo & Joshua Henry at Town Hall on September 12. It’s sold-out (obvi) but you can enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets by donating to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The other hot concert is Montego Glover, Tony Yazbeck, and The New York Pops’ intimate show at Feinstein’s/54 Below on September 19, which benefits Pops’ PopsEd music programs for NYC students.
Photo by Jenny Anderson
6. The pairing of Drew Droege (who you might know for his LOL “Chloe Sevigny” videos) and Michael Urie gets me super-excited for the super-limited one-man-show Bright Colors and Bold Patterns at the Barrow Street Theatre. It only runs September 16, 17, & 18. The show introduces the many characters celebrating a same-sex wedding in Palm Springs, CA, where guests have been instructed to "please refrain from wearing bright colors or bold patterns".
7. Two-time Grammy-nominated comedian Lisa Lampanelli and Ann Harada (Cinderella, Smash, Avenue Q) lead the WP Theater’s world premiere of Lampanelli’s body-image comedy Stuffed at off-Broadway’s McGinn/Cazale Theater beginning September 23. “A bulimic, a compulsive eater, a confident overweight gal, and a chronically thin chick walk into a play and…”
8. Gerard Alessandrini, the genius behind Forbidden Broadway, takes on Hamilton and its creator in the popular new off-Broadway parody musical Spamilton. Due to popular demand, the show extended at the Triad through October 30. If you took the time to take a quiz to find out Schuyler sister you were, you're this show’s ideal audience member.
9. Magic fans want to head to New World Stages beginning September 19 to see one of the world’s greatest close-up magicians, Helder Guimarães, in Verso. The all-new show promises to push “the very limits of magic, and challenges just how much you’re willing to accept what your eyes assume to be true”.
10. September 25 is the annual Broadway Flea Market on 44th and 45th Street—yup, she’s expanding. It’s Broadway’s big bazaar, where you could find anything your heart imagines (including many of your favorite theatre actors), and the money goes toward Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
School of Rock - The Musical
The Cherry Orchard
Spamilton
Hot Clip of the Day: Judy Garland Performs Funny Girl's 11 O'Clock Number
#TBT YouTube Spiral: The Musical Theatre Career of Fun Home Tony Winner Michael Cerveris
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The Mentor
Professor of Computer Science Andy van Dam has inspired new computer languages and a favorite Pixar character.
Reader comments on the 2015 reunion, alums in Nepal after the earthquake there, and the latest on ROTC.
Totally Fun Things He'll Never Do Again
A farewell to John Maxtone-Graham '51.
Passion for Figuring Things Out
Michael Hoffmann ’74 PhD A boyhood chemistry set led to a career in understanding and ending pollution.
Launch 'Em and Leave 'Em
Andrea Razzaghi ’82 The secret to success at NASA: a curious mind and a knack for getting things done.
Stories and Data
Meet Sheryl Brissett-Chapman ’71, executive director of the National Center for Children and Families.
Who's That?
On October 24, 1914—thirteen days after Brown celebrated its 150th...
Rowing news from Bulgaria and the lastest on all the Brown athletes on All-Academic Team lists.
After a record-breaking first year at Brown, Josie Natrasevschi ’18 has become the best women's discus thrower in Ivy history.
How Long Can You Run?
Probably not as long—or as far—as ultramarathoner Karl Hoagland ’87, publisher of UltraRunning magazine.
Too Little Attention
From 2006 until 2014 I was a psychotherapist working in the psychiatry department of the largest HMO...
New books include a short-story collection by Marian Thurm ’75 AM and a daughter's memoir of a civil rights leader.
Jonathan “Chaka Mpeanaji” Mahone ’99, ’04 MAT and his wife make up the innovative hip-hop duo Riders Against the Storm.
John Berger ’90 examines why college graduates who are women have a hard time finding men with a similar background.
The utopian world of artist Saya Woolfalk ‘01.
A Complicated Man
A new documentary by his son explores the personal and professional lives of ambassador Richard Holbrooke ’62.
Something Great
In the much-lauded Broadway show Hamilton, rapper and actor Daveed Diggs ‘04 plays two roles.
Joking for Acceptance
After years of hustling, comic Jordan Carlos ’01 makes it big in movies and on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
A Dazzling Voice
For many years, Ayad Akhtar ‘93 sidestepped his Muslim American past in his bid to become an American writer. After 9/11, in such works as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, he used that same past to engage with Islam and explore the prejudices buried in all of us, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
Brown's commitment to teaching continues among the new generation of academics like Africana studies prof Tricia Rose.
The Student-Teacher
The last fifty years of arts education at Brown are inseparable from the teaching and creations of Richard Fishman.
Manuel Contreras ’16 is helping lead a national effort to help first-generation students get through college.
The neuroscience of picking up your pen.
Drug Fight
Soumitri Barua ’17 is taking on Medicaid for withholding life-saving drugs from people who are who have been substance abusers.
A new study says no more Candy Crush at bedtime.
Robotic Reasoning
How a video game is being used to create artificial intelligence.
Even Spot will be affected by global warming.
Anthropologist Catherine Lutz and high school teacher Anne Lutz Fernandez asked teachers what they think of school reform.
Ready for Change
Responding to unsettling sexual assault cases, the University hires Amanda Walsh as its first full-time Title IX officer.
Right along Benevolent Street, at number 93, between Hope and Brook Streets...
For students the months away from campus are a break from the rigors of the academic life. Sort of.
A journalist gets to know writer David Foster Wallace, 12 years before his suicide.
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St. Rose Hosts Celebration of Women
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For two decades this annual event has been working to empower women across the coast in all aspects of their lives.
- story by Lisa Monti
St. Rose de Lima’s annual Celebration of Women will mark its 20th year with the theme, “Empowering Women to Rise Up! Step Up! Move Up!”
The two-day celebration kicks off at noon on July 27 and concludes with morning Mass on July 28. It is free to attend, and no registration is required.
The event was created in 1999 by St. Rose parishioner Judith Verrett, who was killed in a tragic car accident in 2016.
“It was a passion of hers to have this every year,” said Rhonda Labat, one of the organizers who keep the celebration going each year in honor of Judith Verrett’s memory.
Labat said the celebration’s purpose from the start was to give women time together to talk about things of common interest and allow them to share their thoughts.
“We are trying to keep this program going and empower women to see that they can do even more than they think they can,” she said.
Part of St. Rose's ongoing women's empowerment outreach is their book club, shown here in 2018 with author Margaret McMullan (far right) and Rhonda Labat (next to McMullan). Photo by Lionel Haynes, Jr.
The celebration on Saturday at the St. Rose Parish Holy Spirit Center (on Necaise Avenue in Bay St. Louis, across from the church) includes informative forums on health, education and politics led by professionals in each field.
Leading the Health Forum discussions will be:
Luella Williams, a nurse practitioner at Coastal Family Health in Pass Christian
Marion Brewer, registered nurse – surgery at Ochsner Hancock.
The education issues forum participants will include:
Dr. Carla Evers, superintendent of the Pass Christian School District
Dr. Cherie Labat, superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District
Dr. Toy Watts, superintendent of the Laurel School District.
Other speakers with connections to Bay St. Louis and St. Rose include:
Christa Reed, a professional basketball player with the Killester Basketball Club of Dublin, Ireland and former Bay High star
Judge Ellen Hazeur-Colbert of Division A for the Civil District Court for Orleans Parish in New Orleans
Wendy McDonald, former Bay Council member and Democratic candidate for Mississippi House of Representatives
Emleigh Mitchell, a Justice of the Peace court liaison in Houston, Texas.
Bay-Waveland businesswomen (l-r) Brandi Stage, Ellis Anderson, Holly Lemoine-Raymond and Angelyn Zeringue wrote chapters in the new "Unboxed" book. Below, the women writers from across the coast gathered for a recent book signing event.
Dorothy Wilson
Also on Saturday, the Book Review Forum will be led by Dorothy Wilson, Publisher and Editor of Gulf Coast Woman Magazine and co-founder of the Success Women’s Conference.
She will be joined by locals:
Angelyn Truetel Zeringue, CPA, independent insurance agent and owner of SouthGroup Insurance Services and AST Solutions.
Ellis Anderson, publisher of Shoofly Magazine and French Quarter Journal and author of the award-winning Katrina book, Under Surge, Under Siege.
Holly Lemoine-Raymond, broker and owner of HL Properties and executive producer of the TV Series, “Inside Outside with HL Raymond Properties”
Brandi Stage, portrait photographer and owner of Brandi Stage Portraiture.
The day will conclude with a reception for participants and presenters.
On Sunday, participants will be recognized at 9 am Mass at St. Rose Church (301 Necaise), where the Women’s Mass Choir will be directed by Sherry Hill and the Liturgical Dance will be choreographed by Marion Brewer.
FAQs About Mississippi Sound Algal Bloom
Big Buzz News
We had lots of questions and wanted reliable answers - so we asked the folks who know. Here's what we found out.
- story by Ellis Anderson
UPDATE - July 17: MDEQ conducted water tests after Barry passed through and says the results warrant leaving the water contact warnings in place. Click here for the full July 17 press release.
The Mississippi beach closures have made national news, but there’s lots of misinformation out there.
So The Shoofly Magazine reached out to the U.S. Geological Survey (which is one of the national agencies researching harmful algal blooms – or HABs), the Center for Disease Control, the Mississippi Department of Health, and the MS Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) with some questions.
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Below is a compilation of the answers we received - along with some from other reliable scientific sources.
Is the culprit a bacteria or an algae? We’ve heard it called both.
The organism that’s causing our problems is actually a bacteria – a cynanobacteria, to be specific. So technically, it’s not an algae bloom.
The proper terminology now, according the Liz Sharlot, Director of Communications at the Mississippi Department of Health is “Algal,” pronounced, “All-gul.”
The University of California’s Museum of Paleontology says that:
Cyanobacteria are aquatic and photosynthetic, that is, they live in the water, and can manufacture their own food. Because they are bacteria, they are quite small and usually unicellular, though they often grow in colonies large enough to see. They have the distinction of being the oldest known fossils, more than 3.5 billion years old, in fact!
It may surprise you then to know that the cyanobacteria are still around; they are one of the largest and most important groups of bacteria on earth…
Do other places in the country have problems with HABs?
The USGS says that "harmful algal blooms have affected every state in the nation. The timing, occurrence, and severity of blooms depends on a number of environmental factors (including physical, chemical, and biological conditions); some regions of the United States may experience more severe blooms than others at certain times depending on these conditions.”
For example, Lake Erie, which is bordered by the states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York (and the Canadian province of Ontario), has been battling significant problems for years.
Lake Erie's been battling significant HABs for years now.
We don’t remember having blue/green algal blooms before here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Why now?
Water from the Mississippi River, laden with nitrogen and phosphorus, causes the "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico each year. It's one of the largest dead zones in the world, since the Mississippi River drains America's agricultural heartland along the river's vast valley and watershed: Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
This article from Montana State University, explains that "nitrogen and phosphorous enter the river through upstream runoff of fertilizers, soil erosion, animal wastes, and sewage. In a natural system, these nutrients aren't significant factors in algae growth because they are depleted in the soil by plants.
"However, with anthropogenically increased nitrogen and phosphorus input, algae growth is no longer limited. Consequently, algal blooms develop, the food chain is altered, and dissolved oxygen in the area is depleted.
The size of the dead zone fluctuates seasonally, as it is exacerbated by farming practices. It is also affected by weather events such as flooding and hurricanes."
To ease the threat of flooding along the lower Mississippi River this year, the Bonne Carre spillway was opened, allowing that nutrient-rich “fresh” water to pour into Lake Ponchartrain and directly out into the Mississippi Sound.
The river water changed the natural salinity of the lake and the Sound, providing a fertile environment for the cyanobacteria to grow. This story by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (a branch of NOAA), published July 10th gives more info.
The short video below contains some excellent - and astonishing - animations. (there's no sound, but it's captioned).
How long will the algal bloom last?
No one we asked would hazard a guess. The USGS says “predicting the onset, duration, and decline of harmful algal blooms is currently an active area of research. It is difficult to say how long the bloom will last with any certainty. One of the controlling factors (such as influx of freshwater affecting salinity) likely will need to change before the bloom will dissipate.”
While tropical surges might push in water with higher saline content, the rainfall from a tropical event could add to the fresh water problem in the Sound.
A spokesman for MDEQ said that "it is too soon for us to speculate given the uncertain characteristics and impacts of the storm at this time; however, our beach program will be monitoring along the coast as soon as possible after the storm passes.
"It is our understanding that algae that washes ashore would likely dehydrate and die. We encourage everyone to be aware of their surroundings, and if they see a Harmful Algal Bloom after the storm passes to contact MDEQ and/or local emergency management officials."
UPDATE - July 17: MDEQ conducted water tests after Barry passed through and says the results warrant leaving the water contact warnings in place. Click here for the full July 17 press release.
Is it safe to go onto the beach?
The beaches aren't actually closed. MDEQ has issued a "Water Contact Warning" against swimming or wading. "The warnings refer to water contact and do not prohibit use of the sand portion of a beach."
The water contact warning was extended on July 2 to include segment of the Jourdan River in Hancock County from the I-10 bridge to the mouth of the river into St. Louis Bay. MDEQ recommends that people avoid activities such as swimming, wading, and fishing. People should also avoid eating fish or anything else taken from this section of the river until further notice.
The CDC offers this advice: "People should stay out of waters that have an odd color (brown, red, turquoise, etc.), smell bad, or that have floating algal mats on them. People should also take extra care to keep dogs out of the blooms to prevent them from becoming sick."
So direct contact with cyanobacteria in the water can cause problems. Are there other ways that it can affect people?
The CDC weighed in on this one as well:
Cyanobacterial toxins can be incorporated into airborne water droplets that people and animals can inhale.
People or animals can be directly exposed to cyanotoxins in freshwater during recreational activities or by breathing in aerosolized toxins (toxins in water turned into tiny airborne droplets or mist). People or animals exposed to cyanotoxins through direct skin contact or inhalation may experience the following symptoms:
Nose irritation
Throat irritation
Respiratory irritation
There is still much to learn about the health effects of airborne exposure to chemicals and toxins released by cyanobacterial blooms.
CDC and partners previously conducted studies assessing the health effects from recreational exposure to cyanobacterial toxins in small lakes with ongoing blooms. After one hour of exposure to blooms, we found small amounts of microcystins on nasal swabs from study participants and microcystins in the water and in aerosols generated by the recreational activities. However, study participants did not report any symptoms after one hour of exposure.
What are the lingering effects on the environment, if any?
The USGS has this to say: "Understanding the actual harms of algal blooms also is an active area of research. Currently, the acute effects of blooms on water quality, aquatic and terrestrial organisms, and human health are better understood than the chronic effects but there is still a lot of research required to fully understand the effects of blooms."
The CDC points out that: "Cyanobacterial blooms might also be a problem as they die off. The rotting organic matter can give off hydrogen sulfide, which may cause respiratory irritation, especially in people with asthma."
Have there been any reports of illness from the bloom in the Mississippi Sound?
While physicians are not required to report illnesses from algal blooms, Liz Sharlot at the Mississippi Department of Health says, “we’d probably hear about it if there was an outbreak.”
Is there any connection between cyanobacteria and Vibrio?
No. No. And No.*
Liz Sharlot says the two bacteria are “completely unrelated.”
However, while we’re on the subject: Vibrio, sometimes known by the alarmist moniker, “flesh-eating-bacteria,” is present across the Gulf Coast. Infections are required to be reported to the CDC and the Mississippi Department of Health.
Mississippi has been keeping track of its own cases since 1998 and Sharlot says that "typically, we expect to see it every year, like the West Nile virus.”
In Mississippi, there's been a low of two reported Vibrio cases in 1999 and a high of 23 cases reported in 2005, (the year of Hurricane Katrina). Vibrio can come from eating infected raw oysters and from exposure in water. Statistics on the cause of the Mississippi cases weren’t immediately available, but nationally, the majority of Vibrio infections come from eating seafood, in most cases, raw oysters or clams. In Mississippi, so far this year, three cases have been reported.
“[Infection from Vibrio] is preventable," says Sharlot. “The main idea is to protect yourself. If your immunity is low or you’re taking some types of medication, you shouldn’t go into warm, brackish water if you have a cut and your skin is exposed.”
The CDC says the following people have a higher risk:
Anyone can get sick from vibriosis, but you may be more likely to get an infection or severe complications if you:
Have liver disease, alcoholism, cancer, diabetes, HIV, or the blood disorder thalassemia.
Receive immune-suppressing therapy for the treatment of disease, such as cancer.
Have an iron overload disease, such as hemochromatosis.
Take medicine to lower stomach acid levels, such as Nexium and Pepcid.
Have had recent stomach surgery.
Sharlot advised people who aren’t high-risk to take precautions as well if they have a cut.
*Fox News 13 in Memphis actually published a piece pointing to Vibrio as the cause of Mississippi beach closures. We encourage you to contact them, requesting that they remove the piece.
Does any national agency calculate the economic impact of algal blooms?
From the USGS: "No. No national agency currently calculates the economic impact of algal blooms, though smaller scale (local/regional) economic studies are being conducted by several agencies."
New Location for CASA Poker Run
Big Buzz Breaking News
July, 2019
A shady new location and a record number of sponsors promises to make this popular benefit the biggest and best yet.
The open ground-level space at Dan B Murphy's Restaurant will be the new headquarters for the 6th annual CASA Poker Run on July 20 (the event was rescheduled from 7/13 due to weather). - photo by Ellis Anderson
CASA of Hancock County’s 6th annual Poker Run has shady new headquarters this year, overlooking the harbor on the ground floor of Dan B. Murphy’s Restaurant (109 S. Beach Blvd.) in Bay St. Louis. The event will take place on Saturday, July 20 (the event was rescheduled from the 13th because of weather).
Last year, the popular event to benefit CASA (a national program that recruits and manages court-appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children) was held on the harbor grounds near the piers.
Hancock CASA director, Cynthia Chauvin, says that the new location, right on Beach Boulevard is likely to engage more passersby and also help participants beat the mid-summer heat.
The former location in the harbor, near the docks. 2017
Which is good, because according to Chauvin, the poker-run is shaping up to be the biggest yet.
“We’ve surpassed our goals in terms of sponsorships,” she said, “and the response on social media has been very enthused.”
The event coincides with Old Town’s popular Second Saturday Artwalk. Each July, the Artwalk is dubbed “Frida Fest” because it celebrates the birthday of iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Frida Fest draws hundreds of visitors from across the region.
“At Dan B.’s, we’ll be more visible to folks who’ve come for Frida Fest,” says Chauvin. “And we’ll get a cooler breeze.”
One doesn’t need to be a gambler to participate in the benefit, or even be present on the day of the event to win one of the three prizes.
Mayor Mike Favre awards the 50-50 raffle in 2017.
Poker hands cost $20 each. Hands (and event t-shirts) can be purchased in advance at the following times:
Friday, July 19, 5pm – 7pm, downstairs at Dan B’s and in Diamondhead at the Lazy Gator (3410 Yacht Club Circle).
Poker hand sales start at 10am the morning of July 20th at Dan B’s.
Hands must be purchased in person. If a purchaser can’t make the actual event, CASA tucks those hands into an envelope and the cards will be dealt at the culmination of the event.
Poker “hands” are actually event cards that have to be physically punched at four of the twelve participating locations. Players can use their preferred mode of transportation – boat, car, golf cart, or bicycle. Since several of the locations are within a block of each other in Old Town, walkers will have it easy as well.
“We listened to feedback from last year and reached out to more water stops this year,” said Chauvin. “The Lazy Gator in Diamondhead is one, and so is Hollywood Casino. The casino will have beer and water right at the dock, along with someone to punch your card.”
At the Bay St. Louis Harbor, players arriving by boat will have several more choices (see the full list of participating businesses below).
Boats in last year's poker run, photo courtesy CASA
In mid-afternoon, players bring their punched cards back to Dan B’s. Players must be in line to get their actual poker cards dealt by 4pm. Chauvin says there’s no wiggle room on the deadline rule.
Professional dealers from area casinos have volunteered to deal each player five cards. For an extra $5 donation, players can purchase a sixth card before their hands are dealt.
The three people with the top hands when the cards have all been dealt win an impressive array of prizes. The top prize is a condo stay in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
People who aren’t actually playing will be welcome to support CASA by buying t-shirts and tickets for a 50-50 raffle. There’ll also be a live and silent auction. All day, a DJ at Dan B’s will be keeping the energy upbeat. To cap off the day, beginning at 6pm, “The All-Nighters” band performs.
Chauvin says the event’s focus is squarely on community and charity - not on consumption of adult beverages.
“The poker run is about spending time with friends and family and being out on the water for a great cause,” she said.
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2019: New Businesses Blossom on 100 Block of Main
Big Buzz Business News
June, 2019
Several new businesses have opened in Old Town in the first six months of this year, the lion's share of them on the first block of Main. Meet some of the business people behind this flurry of entrepreneurship.
story and photos by Ellis Anderson
June ribbon-cutting at Field's Steak & Oyster bar. Photo courtesy Hancock Chamber.
Main Street in Old Town has always been a focal point for locals and visitors to Bay St. Louis.
But now it’s “cooking with gas,” according to one resident. Since the first of the year, six new businesses have opened on the 100 block alone.
And on Second Street, which divides the first and second blocks of Main, four more shops have recently launched in historic Century Hall (112 S. Second Street).
Great grab-and-go-meals for busy people!
Field’s Steak and Oyster Bar
111 Main Street/A
Closest to the beach is the new Field’s Steak and Oyster Bar (111 Main Street, A). It’s the newest flagship among the eight Mississippi restaurants owned by the Nicaud family – including Bacchus on the Beach in Pass Christian and Biloxi.
Chef Field Nicaud heads up the new restaurant. He recently returned from New York after studying at the Institute of Culinary Education and gaining experience in two of Manhattan’s fine dining establishments.
Nicholas Carter, who has worked for the Nicauds for eight years as their “all around guy” and opening manager, says that the family of restauranteurs has always had its eyes on the Bay.
“It had to be the right space and the right time,” said Carter. When C&C’s Italian Bistro closed earlier this year, the Nicauds scooped up the location and began redecorating. Carter said that although it was a beautiful space before, the goal was to lighten and brighten the atmosphere.
One C&C’s fixture that stayed behind was the custom brick oven which now turns out flat breads and oysters.
Field’s is open Wednesday for dinner (6pm – 9m, bar opens at 3pm), Thursday through Saturday (11am – 9pm, Friday and Saturday ‘til 10pm) and Sunday, 11am – 2pm for brunch.
According to Carter the food is so special, “some people are coming here twice a day.”
“I might be biased,” he said with a smile, “but I feel guilty calling it just ‘food.’”
Marina Soap Company and
The Warehouse Event Venue
(111 Main Street, D)
A few doors down, Ocean Springs business Marina Cottage Soap Company, opened its Bay location in March. Owner Vanessa Mueller was met with a warm welcome and has since become a resident of Bay St. Louis.
Mueller carries natural skin care products, catering to those with sensitive skin. One best seller is her Gneau Gnaughtly Gnat natural insect repellent, voted as most effective by Outdoor Life in both 2014 and 2015.
In the back of her spacious storefront, she’s been working on “The Warehouse,” a new event space that is slated to open this summer. The venue will be able to host receptions, parties and weddings. Special events that are open to the public will be ticketed through online sales, with a limited number available.
“It’s basically a community driven space, 1700 square feet of fun,” Mueller says. “We want it to be different from other establishments on the street.”
“The city’s been fantastic to work with” during the build-out process and the entrepreneur says she loves living in the warm-hearted town.
“It’s nice to have people wave and greet me as ‘the Soap Lady,” as I walk down the street, she said. “Everybody’s looking out for everybody else. It’s why I wanted to move here.”
Sage Boutique
Fashionista and owner Chelsea Cure’s new space may be small, but it’s packed with power.
“Our concept is to carry clothes that are trendy, but classic – pieces that become wardrobe staples,” said Cure. “I want designs to be current and fashion-forward, but still feel great and look good a year from now.”
The lines Sage carries also appeal to a wide range of customers. Their denim line, Liverpool, is especially hot, said Cure. One day recently she sold pairs of the pull-on pants to a 15-year-old and to a 70-year-old woman.
Accessories like Buddha Girl bangles are a big hit as well, since they’re wearable in the water and at the beach and the soft, flexible material doesn’t make noise when several are worn at once. Cure carries gift items like unique candles as well, with more on the way.
While many of her customers are locals, a good number are out of town visitors and boaters who have docked in the harbor.
“We had people in here last week from Australia,” said Cure, who grew up on the coast. “They love what Old Town has going on. And so do I.”
Salty Soul
Also opening doors this spring is Salty Soul, specializing in nautical themed clothing, décor and gifts – but with a masculine slant.
Owner Jane Alford’s first boutique, Bay-tique, has become an Old Town anchor over the past several years. Yet, she noticed men twiddling their thumbs while their wives were shopping and realized there was nothing in Old Town to interest them. The large space at 126 Main became available in April when fellow boutique owner Melissa Hamilton purchased her own building a few doors up. Alford jumped.
She’s had the idea for Salty Soul years before and went into the new business with plenty of experience and established relationships with quality vendors. Alford, who designs many of her own products, is also carrying yoga and sportwear.
Steel Magnolia Decorating and High Tide Builders, LLC
Locals began celebrating when they saw construction work taking place at the historic Creole cottage at 146 Main Street. While major structural repairs had been undertaken after Hurricane Katrina, the building had been vacant for 14 years.
Last fall, real estate developer and Kiln resident Harry Fisher began plans to renovate the cottage as a duplex and build an addition. His first tenants are Jay and Elise Kobs, a contractor and interior design duo.
Jay Kobs hails from Hattiesburg and his wife grew up in Pittsburg. The couple moved to the Bay from Colorado to be closer to Jay’s father who recently turned 80.
The couple leased both sides of the duplex so Steel Magnolia Decorating and High Tide Builders, LLC are side by side. They plan to have a ribbon cutting in the near future.
When pressed for a date, Jay laughed. “She’s an interior designer,” he said. “Until it’s perfect, nobody’s coming in.”
Century Hall
The first block of Main ends where it's intersected by Second Street. From the corner, historic Century Hall beckons, its vast interior home to more than a dozen different shops.
Restored by Vicki and Doug Niolet and Ann Tidwell post-Katrina, the lower two levels have hosted arts, antiques and gift businesses since 2008. Yet, the building’s third floor remained uninhabitable for years until New Orleans developer/owner Jim McPhaille purchased the building and began work last year.
Artist Tami Curtis Guy first opened Tami Curtis Studio in the lower floors of Century Hall last year. Now the well-known Louisiana artist has expanded and added one of the new spaces upstairs as well, where she’ll be able to offer painting classes and group “paint parties.”
Transforming another one of the third floor spaces into a scene from a French living room is Holly McNaughton, owner of Holly House, which offers "imaginative home décor."
Century Hall manager, Susan Peterson, said in July, they’ll be joined on the third floor by Jane Evans Designs, an award-winning artist who works on canvas and in ceramics, focusing on religious and cultural iconography,” according to her website.
On the second floor, earlier this year the Century Hall gallery reorganized. Managed now by Susan Peterson, the sleek space features contemporary art by some of the region's top talent.
Across from the gallery, a new home design store has settled in, Sassy Bird Interiors. Holly Harrison, a residential interior designer for more than 30 years in Baton Rouge, teamed up with Shannon Stage, also originally from Baton Rouge.
Stage and her husband owned a house on Sycamore Street pre-Katrina and built back in 2013. Now she spends as much time in the Bay as she can and likes to call it “home.”
Stage’s experience ranges from 17 years as owner of a wholesale giftware business to being executive director of a green-building non-profit. Both Stage and Harrison have a special interest in “creating inspiring spaces that are healthy.”
At Sassy Birds Interiors in Century Hall, Holly Harrison and Shannon Stage focus on helping create "inspiring, healthy" spaces.
The two carry artwork, lighting and lamps, pieces for home entertaining, home accessories and furniture. The mix is “lots of fun new things with antiques mixed in.”
“We both believe that spaces should be beautiful to look at, but also healthy places for families to be, “ Stage said. “That means we pay attention to everything from rugs to upholsteries to make sure they’ve been made using environmentally sound practices.”
For instance, the pair sought out washable cotton cocktail napkins that can be reused. Durability is important too, as they want the things they sell "to be treasured for a long time.”
As for the name? Stage says she’s been called “Sassy” for years and Holly’s been known as “Birdy,” so Sassy Bird Interiors was born.
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Bay St. Louis Harbor to be Expanded
The harbor, currently at nearly 100% capacity, will be expanded to allow more people to visit our town by boat.
As the Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor reached its fifth year of operation this month, local officials announced plans to add more slips to the popular harbor. Work is expected to get underway sometime this fall to add Pier 5 with 43 slips. Work is slated for completion six months later.
“Right now we are at capacity,” said harbormaster Chuck Fortin. “There’s nothing available for long-term lease, and the majority of boats we are turning away are 50-foot plus.”
This satellite image shows the location of the coming harbor expansion.
Fortin said the harbor has experienced growth in occupancy and fuel sales since it opened in June 2014. The popularity of the harbor among boaters has brought customers to downtown restaurants, shops and galleries and has spurred new business growth and expansions, city officials said in making the expansion announcement.
According to the city’s economic projections, the harbor generates approximately $30,000 per year in Mississippi sales tax and $9,000 annually in state fuel tax. In the last fiscal year, it also generated $314,000 in slip fees, $75,000 in utilities and $298,000 in fuel sales. Transient dock age and ice were another $5,000.
The addition of Pier 5 with 80 percent occupancy will generate an estimated annual revenue of $81,192 for the harbor and $5,683 in State sales tax revenue, according to a statement from the city.
The last major project was adding a wave screen to reduce the wave action inside the harbor.
This site plan shows the location for the new Pier 5 and extended day pier. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall.
Hancock County committed $1 million to build the new pier, which is expected to cost around $1.5 million. Tideland funds will make up the difference. In announcing the partnership with the city, Board of Supervisors President Blaine LaFontaine said, “The expansion of Bay St. Louis Harbor will continue to invest in our downtown and assets at a time where we are seeing unprecedented growth and tourism in Bay St. Louis.”
Fortin said the majority of slip holders are from out of state, with most of those from Louisiana. Others are from Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Tennessee. “It’s their getaway. It’s almost like a second home for a lot of folks. Some people get a cabin in the woods or a house on the beach, and some people get a boat.”
Boaters stay overnight or for three to four weeks. Many will boat over to a barrier island or to Biloxi casinos. Recently a few boaters left their Bay St. Louis slips and headed for visits to Florida and the Bahamas.
New Book Includes Inspirational Stories of Four Bay-Waveland Women
A new book released this month features inspiring stories from 25 successful women on the Mississippi coast. Meet the four from Hancock County who wrote chapters in "Unboxed."
Bay-Waveland businesswomen Brandi Stage, Ellis Anderson, Holly Lemoine-Raymond and Angelyn Zeringue wrote chapters in the new "Unboxed" book. Below, the women writers from across the coast gathered for the first book signing event.
Two Hancock County signing events will be held with the four women from Bay-Waveland.
The first will take place at the Women’s Leadership Roundtable on Tuesday, June 25, from 5pm – 7pm at the Waveland Ground Zero Museum, 335 Coleman Ave. in Waveland. Publisher Dorothy Wilson will be present, as well as the four local writers.
A second Hancock County Unboxed event will be held Thursday, June 27, at Brandi Stage Portraiture, 833B U.S. 90, Bay St Louis. There will be light refreshments, drinks and networking starting at 6pm, with the writers sharing more about their stories.
Twenty-five women share their inspirational stories about how they unpacked negativity and rejection and stopped being boxed in by the expectations of others.
The result is the Unboxed Book Project, an anthology that’s filled with lessons on how to move forward and upward in your life and career.
The project is led by Dorothy Wilson, publisher of Gulf Coast Woman magazine and an accomplished leader in marketing and strategic planning. She brought together 25 Coast women to share their stories of becoming “unboxed,” from circumstances and people who had kept them from achieving their best life.
Writers include Hancock County’s own Holly Hester Lemoine-Raymond, Angelyn Scardino Treutel Zeringue, Brandi Stage, and Ellis Anderson.
Publisher Dorothy Wilson says that although she believed the finished project would be inspirational, even she was surprised by the completed manuscript, once all the stories were assembled.
“I knew this had the potential to be powerful,” says Wilson. “I had no idea how powerful until I read the final version before it was sent to the printer. I was overwhelmed and so, so empowered and encouraged to see what these women had overcome. I thought I knew them all, yet discovered so much more about them.”
All four of the Hancock County writers say that the project helped them grow further by pushing them to record their pivotal life experiences.
Brandi Stage
“When Dorothy Wilson asked me to be a part of this project,” says photographer Brandi Stage, “I realized that 25 women sharing how they learned to soar was a great recipe for inspiration to others. It was an honor to be included with such amazing women on our MS Gulf Coast.
“I had learned to soar early on. My mom that taught me I could do anything I set my mind to do. I believed her, even in the midst of trials and tribulations that are inevitable in life.”
Local real estate broker, Holly Lemoine-Raymond, also wrote about her mother’s encouragement. “She helped me find the courage to pursue my career in real estate, even though it seemed riskier to step out on my own," says Lemoine-Raymond. Her mother passed away in 2005.
"Owning your own company is something you have to grow into. Mom helped me understand that it is a process and that I’d learn along the way. She's no longer alive, but it seems that she still here encouraging me.”
Holly Lemoine-Raymond
Angelyn Zeringue
Southgroup Insurance company owner, Angelyn Zeringue, says she found writing for the Unboxed book “very introspective and humbling.”
“It made me realize that all the bad times and good times define who you become,” she says. “For the project, we were invited to share an inspirational story from our lives.
"I am always inspired by learning how others overcame obstacles and accomplished great things."
Speaking for all the writers, Zeringue says, "It's our hope that this book might, in some small way, inspire and encourage others to excel.”
Ellis Anderson, digital publisher of The Shoofly Magazine and French Quarter Journal, found the Unboxed assignment challenging, even for a professional writer and editor.
“To reveal how you overcame an obstacle, you have to relive it,” says Anderson. “That’s not always easy. But writing about an experience gives you a better understanding about yourself and a deeper appreciation for all the people who helped lift you up.
Ellis Anderson
"Each woman's story is deeply personal and compelling,” Anderson says. "I feel very fortunate to have been included with this group and the project."
The paperback is available for $19.95 and half the proceeds from the pre-sale will be donated to the Women’s Resource Center and the Women’s Center for Nonviolence. To pre-order, go to www.unboxedbookproject.com
The first coast-wide book signing was held June 13 at 5:30pm at the White House Hotel in Biloxi. Several of the authors spoke, followed by a group book signing.
The Unboxed writers at the White House Hotel signing event
Clay Creations Celebrates 35 Years
Colorful architectural replicas are at the heart of Jenise McCardell and Mark Currier’s business, one that's found a special place in the heart of Bay St. Louis.
Jenise McCardell and husband Mark Currier, owners of Clay Creations, photo by Noel Quave
Celebrate with Mark and Jenise this Second Saturday, June 8, from 4pm - 8pm at Clay Creations/Gallery 220, 220 Main Street
It’s been 35 years since ceramic artist Jenise McCardell left New Orleans, moved to Bay St. Louis and opened her own working studio at 220 Main Street.
She and husband Mark Currier’s house is right behind the art deco building that also is home to Gallery 220, a popular artists co-op that has never stopped evolving since the couple opened it in the front part of their building.
Clay Creations, located in back of the gallery, is where countless pieces of architectural renderings are handmade and painted. The creations capture images of beloved homes, churches, schools, restaurants, bars and businesses in New Orleans and along the Mississippi coast, not to mention special commissions of houses and businesses for special occasions and gift giving.
All of the pieces are sculpted from white clay, hand-painted, and fired in kilns right on the premises. Over the years, thousands of Clay Creations nostalgic pieces have been exchanged as gifts, stuffed into Christmas stockings, decorated gift packages and walls and otherwise made their way to the hands of many a grateful recipient.
Clay Creations and Gallery 220 are longtime favorites for everyone who visits Old Town’s shops and stores and both hold a special place in the open door tradition on the Second Saturday ArtWalk.
That’s because after Hurricane Katrina roared through in 2005, Jenise and Mark were the first business to revive the Second Saturday tradition just a few weeks after the storm. With all of the destruction and disruption caused by Katrina, residents saw the return of Second Saturday as a welcome relief from the chaos and a chance to reconnect with the community. The couple even turned the monthly Second Saturday into a weekly gathering at their studio for several months.
Less than a month after Hurricane Katrina, Clay Creations and Gallery 220 hosted the first Second Saturday - and in the storm's aftermath, it became a weekly community gathering. photo by Joe Tomasovsky
Not surprisingly, in 35 productive and successful years, Clay Creations and its owners have been featured in news stories, on television and even in a mini-documentary about Bay St. Louis. Click here to see it on Youtube!
Jenise said that after 35 years, she’s seeing a new generation of customers collecting their own memories from among Clay Creations’ colorful inventory. “They’ll say, ‘My mom collected these,’ so they want to have their own memories for their children.”
Since the storm, the Old Town business district has been steadily revitalized, Jenise said, and there is more traffic in the area, which is good news for the city. “It’s so exciting to see all this vibrancy happen,” she said. “Everybody got on board and did it together.”
Jenise said Clay Creations is “going forward” in the future. “It’s been a really great ride, and we have enjoyed it. It’s our passion.”
Floating History comes to BSL
Talk of the Town - June 2019
A restored PT boat made by Higgins Industries in New Orleans will give history buffs a rare chance to go aboard one of the craft credited with winning World War II.
PT boats under construction at City Park in New Orleans. Library of Congress (LOC) photo.
PT-305, the National World War II Museum’s fully restored Higgins patrol-torpedo boat, will be open for tours June 22-23 in the Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor. This will be a rare chance to step aboard a piece of World War II history on the Bay waterfront.
Among those who will be on hand will be Bay St. Louis resident Skip Higgins, grandson of Andrew Higgins, the larger-than-life boatbuilder whose New Orleans shipyard produced thousands of PT boats and landing craft. The boats were deployed all over the globe during the war, and most notably for the Normandy invasion on D-Day.
Andrew Higgins designed his wartime boats based on boats he built for the oil and gas industry. The most famous of the PT boats was skippered by John F. Kennedy.
Skip Higgins, grandson of PT boatbuilder Andrew Higgins, will be on hand when PT-305 is opened for tours in Bay St. Louis. Photo by Ellis Anderson.
New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats under construction at the Higgins shipyards. Library of Congress photo.
Skip Higgins notes that when President Eisenhower met his biographer, the late historian Stephen Ambrose, his grandfather’s name came up. “Eisenhower told Ambrose, ‘I see you’re from New Orleans. Did you know Andrew Higgins? He’s the man who won the war for us.”
Ambrose, who lived in Bay St. Louis for several years, later co-founded the sprawling World War II Museum in New Orleans, which recently opened a permanent exhibit called “Bayou to Battlefield: Higgins Industries during World War II” that highlights the company’s history and accomplishments. It includes videos, artifacts, text panels and oral histories featuring former Higgins Industries employees.
John F. Kennedy (far right) and the crew of PT-109. Library of Congress photo.
Andrew Higgins' PT boats ready for deployment at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, June 28, 1943. Library of Congress photo.
Skip’s father, Roland, was one of four Higgins sons who worked in Higgins Industries under his grandfather’s leadership. Skip was just nine when Andrew Higgins died but he has a slight memory of his worldly grandparents entertaining guests from all over the world. Their friends included Argentina’s president Juan Peron and his wife Eva.
Andrew Higgins was one of the first equal opportunity employers in the South, according to his grandson. “If someone could do the job well, it didn’t matter if that person was a woman or a person of color or disabled,” said Skip. “They were hired and paid the same as every other worker.”
Workers outside the Higgins Boatbuilding facility. Library of Congress photo.
Female workers take a break outside Higgins Boatbuilding in New Orleans. Library of Congress photo.
The shipyard also offered a nursery and a school for those who needed child care, along with maternity leave, unheard of at the time. At the peak of Higgins Industry’s production, nearly 30,000 people were employed, “around the clock.”
Skip said the PT boat coming to Bay St. Louis, USS Sudden Jerk, saw combat and was fully restored by hundreds of volunteers who devoted thousands of hours working on it at the World War II Museum. They searched worldwide to find original parts for the restored craft.
USS Darke (APA-159)'s LCVP 18, possibly with army troops as reinforcements at Okinawa, circa 9 to 14 April 1945. Library of Congress photo.
PT-305 in action. Library of Congress photo.
World War II PT Boat Tour
Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor
June 22 and June 23
Tickets available on site.
Admission: $12 Adults ($10 for military and kids age 8 to 17)
Must be 8 years of age
Not ADA accessible
Phone: 504-528-1944 Ext. 402 or email
pt305@nationalww2museum.org
Salty Soul Comes to Main Street
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Jane Alford’s new store on the 100 block of Main Street fills a gap by offering sportswear and men’s clothing with a nautical flair.
Owner Jane Alford inside Salty Soul, 126 Main Street
A new store has opened in the 126 Main Street building, a location that’s been an Old Town anchor for the past thirty years.
“Salty Souls” is the brainchild of seasoned entrepreneur Jane Alford. It’s right across the street from her popular store Bay-Tique boutique (125 Main Street), which Alford opened seven years ago.
The new store focuses on sportswear for men and women, yoga-wear and nautical-themed gifts – many designed by Alford herself. Salty Souls also stocks, sunglasses, sunscreen and beach supplies.
Alford says she actually came up with the Salty Soul concept several years ago and began designing products, like t-shirts and hats, to offer in Bay-Tique. Two factors fueled her decision to open the new retail location.
In December, the only local retailer of sportswear – Green Canyon Outfitter – closed. A few months later, one of Old Town’s prime locations became available when bijoubel owner Melissa Hamilton purchased a historic building a few doors down from her 126 Main St. location and moved into her new digs.
The 126 Main Street building is owned by chef Nancy Moynan, whose restaurant, Lulu’s on Main, is located in the back. She’s a long-time neighbor and friend of Alford’s. The two women began kicking around ideas, asking themselves what was missing in Old Town. It was obvious to both that since Green Canyon closed there was no place that specialized in men’s apparel.
“We batted it around and said, ‘Let’s do it!’” Alford says.
Alford is going into the new venture with the experience, the network and the know-how of a seasoned retailer.
“Bay-Tique has been very successful,” she says. “For each of the seven years we’ve been in business, we’ve met or exceeded our goals.”
Alford attributes the success of Bay-Tique to several factors.
“Hard work, great employees – like my manager, Karen Grumbine – and the growth of Bay St. Louis in general. I’m a big believer in the Bay.”
The guests in Alford’s Carroll House Bed & Breakfast, a few blocks away, also help by giving her feedback on what they like about Bay St. Louis and what they’d like to see in the future.
The entrepreneur laughs when asked to name her favorite thing about the new shop.
“When the ladies come to shop at Bay-Tique, we can send their husbands across the street,” she says with a smile.
Depot Row Makeover
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Nate and Mandy Smith reclaimed a Depot District commercial space and made it their family's homey new headquarters.
- story by Lisa Monti, photos by Ellis Anderson
The updated facade of the renovated Depot District townhome of Nate and Mandy Smith, above, is a dramatic improvement over the nondescript brick facade in the "before" image (below).
A lot of curious people have stopped by Mandy and Nate Smith’s new Blaize Avenue home in the Depot District to see what all the construction was about. Now, after almost a year of construction, the couple will host an open house May 19 to show off their new digs.
Their home is on the second floor of a vacant unit in a row of spaces that has seen its share of ownership and occupancy changes. The strip has housed businesses, bars and restaurants over the years and now the sole retail occupant has been slowly shutting down.
The Smiths have been fans of Bay St. Louis for a long time and visited the city often, making friends and enjoying their favorite spots on weekends. They decided to just make the move permanently, first renting a home on Court Street before finding their place across from the Depot.
Friends Mark and Mignon Kellar of Carriere along with their daughter Ashley and son in law Brent Shuck bought the bottom floor as a rental that Ashley will manage.
The two-story unit was never occupied, so the owners were starting from scratch. “There was no electrical or plumbing, just the shell,” Nate said. “Nothing was in place.”
The Smiths enlisted unabridged Architecture to create their new home.
“It's always inspiring for us to work with clients who have a different way of seeing the world,” architect John Anderson said. “They came to us with a vision of turning an unused commercial building in a shuttered historic district into a pair of residences for a tight knit group of friends and family.
"Of course that sort of commitment also brought with it technical challenges in the adaptation of the existing commercial structure, but those challenges are what we used to give the design its unique character.”
Nate is the outpatient pharmacy supervisor for the VA’s Gulf Coast district and Mandy is a physical therapist for the USM Children’s Center. They have two children. Nate calls their new location “a pretty unique area,” close enough to walk to Old Town but on the quiet side with less traffic.
“We walk everywhere and we’ve got a giant park I call our yard. You couldn’t ask for anything better.”
A high priority for everyone was improving the Blaize Avenue facade, Anderson said. “The existing balcony was set into the building and poorly constructed, so we removed it and designed a projecting balcony with a generous canopy over the sidewalk similar in character to the neighboring buildings."
"A fresh coat of paint, a simple, crisp color scheme and carefully composed new windows combine for a new façade that reflects the owners’ progressive thinking and fits into the historic district.”
He added, “The existing building was on the small side given the needs for two families, their growing children, and friends from all over the state clamoring for weekend visits, so our priority was to capture every cubic foot of volume and put it to use.”
For the Smiths, the architects designed a sleeping loft for the kids over the master bedroom. A glass and steel garage door opens the master suite to the living area and gives access from the living areas to the front balcony during non-sleeping hours.
Said Anderson, “Downstairs we created a ship-like arrangement of sleeping quarters with a private master bedroom and an adjacent bunk room for kids and adventurous visitors."
"We squeezed in storage, showers and laundry into odd spaces under the stair, and there was even room for the owners to create a signature bar element (keeping with the theme of the neighborhood), dubbed “The Low Commotion.”
Not to be outdone in the humor department, the Smiths have dubbed their new home at 138 Blaize Avenue “A Blaze of Glory.”
The Sunday soiree open house will be May 19 from noon to 2:30 pm.
The Burg in the Bay
Hattiesburg residents with a connection to Bay St. Louis join forces for a unique tailgate party.
- Story and photo by Lisa Monti
Organizers from left are Linda Watson, Carroll Moudy and Ka Russum.
If you think New Orleanians are the only ones who make a beeline for the Bay on weekends, you must have missed the traffic streaming southward from Hattiesburg to Hancock County.
Many Hattiesburg residents own second homes here, some for a couple of generations. Others left the Hub City and careers behind to retire here. Carroll Moudy and Ka Russum are among the second-homeowners, and Linda Watson is in the retiree group.
The three friends decided to create an event to celebrate the Hattiesburg-Bay connection and started planning last fall in an Old town restaurant. They based their idea on the Mississippi Picnic in Central Park, which was held for years as a Big Apple celebration of all things Mississippi.
They put together a plan and on the afternoon of April 27, the grounds of the historic depot will be the setting for “The Burg in da Bay.”
It will be an informal party for “people who appreciate the Bay and its atmosphere and personality and peacefulness,” says Carroll, who owns real estate offices in Hattiesburg and Petal. She says she finds a sense of peacefulness “when my car heads south. It’s like an entirely different world.”
Carroll is an unabashed fan of the city which she first visited on a date with her future husband, Ricky, a builder. “My heart is in Bay St. Louis,” she says. “It’s just so laid back, for one. And it’s got the beach, Old Town, the character. It’s got a special air to it and there’s no place like it on the Coast.”
Ka, a retired nurse, and husband Larry, a hospital administrator, started visiting the Bay together with some close friends who had a camp before Hurricane Camille. They bought their own camp in 2004 and now come down every weekend and love making new memories with their grown sons, their families and friends.
“We just love the proximity to New Orleans and the town itself and the friendly people,” Ka says.
The organizers are keeping this first event simple, like tailgating - but without the game. People are encouraged to bring their own food, drinks, tables and chairs and spend a few hours enjoying each other’s company. Kids can enjoy playing lawn games on the depots grounds.
They are getting the word out about “The Burg in da Bay” through emails, social media and word of mouth. They’ve made contact with about 100 people and are hoping for a good turnout plus good weather. If the interest is strong enough, the event will grow accordingly.
For more information, go toThe Burg in da Bay Facebook page.
The Burg in Da Bay
Historic Depot grounds
Party with The Pineapple at the Pier
You know it’s beach season when The Pineapple sets up shop at the Washington Street Pier in Bay St. Louis.
- story and photos by Lisa Monti
Starting this weekend - weather permitting - beach vendor Sean Riley’s food truck and rentals will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursdays through Sundays. It’s The Pineapple’s third season as the official vendor on Hancock County’s beach.
The Pineapple rents chairs, tandem kayaks and paddle boards by the day or for a couple of hours. Chairs come in pairs and with an umbrella for $25 for two hours or $35 for the day. The tandem kayaks seat two adults or three children and rent for $35 for two hours or $45 for the day. The same fees apply to the paddle boards.
The food truck, which made its debut last year, serves hot dogs, a variety of tacos and snowballs plus soft drinks, water and beer.
“Last year we sold chicken and pork tacos and this year we’re adding shrimp tacos to the menu,” Sean said. Also sure to be popular are the five signature hot dogs, with the $4 chili dog his top seller.
The Pineapple, the symbol of hospitality, started out as a happy coincidence, Sean said.
“We came down here (from Jackson) about four years ago with our youngest daughter for a volleyball tournament at Our Lady Academy and fell in love with this place. It was our first time being in Old Town.”
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Sean saw an opportunity to spend time in the Bay by applying to become the county’s beach vendor. He started out three years ago with kayak, paddle board and chair rentals and last season he added the food truck.
“Last season we really started to get some momentum, with people looking forward to us being out there,” he said. The crowds swell as the weather warms up and schools let out. “It’s pretty packed down there. I’m impressed with the amount of people on the beach.”
Sean says he enjoys talking with his customers at the window of the food truck while taking their order for a cold treat or a snack. “The majority are from New Orleans but I’m surprised at how many international visitors are coming through for the weekend. There’s an amazing number of foreigners,” he said.
The food truck, 18 feet long and 8 feet wide, is fully equipped with a sink, cooking equipment, an ice shaver, coolers and freezers. Sean says the morning set up is “pretty intense” and takes a good hour to unlock the beach chairs, set up the umbrellas, get the rental equipment ready and start prepping the food. But the crowds are worth it, he says, and every month there’s a holiday weekend to bolster the crowds on Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day. As the summer winds down, The Pineapple goes on a Friday to Sunday schedule through September.
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New Fresh Food Eatery Opens in BSL
Offering a menu that changes daily, eat-in dining, and take-home meals, local caterer Tara Davis is sizzling with fresh ideas at the new Savage Skillet restaurant.
-story by Lisa Monti, photos by Ellis Anderson
Chef Tara Davis at the Savage Skillet
Chef Tara Davis likes to say the dishes she prepares in her newly opened Savage Skillet restaurant isn’t health food, it’s fresh food. A professional chef, caterer and sommelier, Davis keeps everything fresh by changing the breakfast and lunch menus daily and ingredients local.
“The theme is home grown, and we’ll focus on sourcing locally,” she said. “We’re going to keep it small and simple to focus on quality. We’ll never have a set menu.”
A sample daily menu at Savage Skillet
A week’s worth of Savage Skillet breakfast and lunch menus are posted on social media at the beginning of each week. There are also Grab & Go items to eat in or take out and retail food items from Mississippi and Louisiana.
Another new twist is the pricing: the breakfast and lunch menus have two daily options, one under $10 and the other around $10.
At last Sunday’s friends and family feeding, the food coming out of the kitchen practically shimmered with freshness: Spring mix salad with citrus dressing, perfectly cooked flank steak with homemade sauce, wraps packed with pork loin and veggies, tangy-sweet tomato and bacon jam bruschetta and pulled pork topped with house-made pineapple salsa.
Tender, fresh-roasted flank steak
Pork loin wraps
Everything we sampled - including the roasted fruit, amazing hummus and creamy pimento cheese - showed that Chef Tara and Savage Skillet are raising the bar locally on fresh menu offerings.
Chef Tara is from Hattiesburg and first visited the Bay area with her family. “I always loved it and intended to come back to the area when the time was right.” She went to culinary school in Texas where she cooked professionally and earned a sommelier certification. She’s also worked on farms, in vineyards and breweries, food trucks and high-end restaurants.
She eventually moved to Bay St. Louis in October 2016 and for the last two years has been in the catering business under the Savage Skillet brand. She intended all along to open a restaurant, she said, “and here we are.” The catering business operates alongside the restaurant at the corner of Highway 90 and Bouslog across from the Post Office. She has four full time and one part time employees helping her.
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Breakfast at Savage Skillet consists of various tacos (a tortilla filled with breakfast ingredients ) and house-made salsas - plus some weekly specials. Prices start at $3 and go to $5.95. The lunch menu has two items, from $5.95 to $11.95. Recent selections were flank steak with a caprese salad and tomato-bacon jam bruschetta or Quinoa-shitake soup and plum-ricotta or buttermilk chicken bruschetta.
Savage Skillet stocks a cooler and freezer with prepared foods from $3 to $11. Items change weekly, but some are always available including soups, fruit salads, green salads, veggies, wraps and lasagna. The tasty variations of chicken salads also are always on hand.
The Savage Skillet name comes from Chef Tara’s philosophy that no kitchen functions properly without a big skillet. It also reflects a combination of her classical training and extensive experience with a love of off-the-cuff cooking.
But don’t look for anything deep-fried. “Everything you can do to food, we do it, we just don’t fry. It’s not my cooking style and also there are lots of places to get good fried food.”
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Storefront Hours:
Wednesday - Saturday
Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Lunch 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Locally made food items are available as well.
Marina Cottage Soap Opens in BSL
This popular Ocean Springs-based business will open a new location in Old Town Bay St. Louis later this month.
- story by Lisa Monti, Lisa Monti's Notebook
The Marina Cottage Soap store in Ocean Springs. Photos courtesy MCS Facebook page
Marina Cottage Soap Company of Ocean Springs is expanding to Bay St. Louis. Its second store will open at 111 Main St., in the former Bay Life spot, on March 23 just in time for the Arts Alive weekend.
Owner Vanessa Mueller, a registered nurse, started creating skin care products to help her young daughter’s eczema. She opened the business in December 2012 and sales have increased ever since. Marina Cottage products have even been included in swag bags at the Oscars, Golden Globes and MTV Movie Award shows.
Mueller said she’s toyed with the idea of expanding for about a year and thought Bay St. Louis would be “a perfect spot.” Now, she says, the two Marina Cottage Soap stores will be like bookends on the Coast.
The Bay St. Louis location will have a full retail store in front plus a large space in back to host events where you can learn how to make lotions and other bath products while enjoying live music. Think date night, birthdays or girls night out. “We can’t do that in Ocean Springs because of limited space,” she said.
Mueller has chosen two local nonprofits - Ruth’s Roots and Starfish Cafe - as beneficiaries as a way of paying back for Marina Cottage's good fortune. “They are two very special places and we want to do fundraising for them,” she said.
Marina Cottage Soap on Main Street will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Lisa Monti is a veteran journalist who writes and edits for the Shoofly Magazine. She also publishes her own blog, Lisa Monti's Notebook, with Bay St. Louis building reports, agendas and more. You can subscribe for free.
Old Town Anchor Makes a Move
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Seven years ago, entrepreneur Melissa Hamilton opened her first small shop. That business has grown exponentially and is now moving into a permanent home of its own.
Melissa Hamilton on the porch of her new building, a day after closing.
Two of Old Town’s retail anchors, bijoubel Boutique (126 Main Street), and its sister store, Joan Vass Off-Broadway (124 Main Street), will be moving later this month – although not very far. The popular apparel and accessory shops are relocating just a few doors down.
Melissa Hamilton, the owner of both boutiques has purchased the historic bungalow style cottage at 136 Main Street. Built in the 1890s, the building has been home to many families through the years, including the Angelone family, Sicilian immigrants.
In its most recent renovation, the building was set up as a duplex. For more than a decade, one side has served as a gift shop and gallery specializing in garden art, Twin Light Creations. Twin Light owners Pam Collins and Joy Panks have lived in the stylish one bedroom apartment on the other side of the building.
Hamilton is moving bijoubel into the shop side of 136 Main and will use the apartment side as a vacation rental. Off the large covered porch in back, a studio space will become the new home for the Joan Vass shop.
Hamilton says she’s been shopping for a permanent shop location to purchase since she began her business seven years ago.
“I knew if I was going to stay in business, buying would be an investment for my future,” she says.
Hamilton had looked at 136 Main when Collins and Panks had put the building on the market several years ago. However, she didn’t make an offer and “put it out of my head.”
Over the Christmas holidays, Hamilton needed a ladder to hang Christmas decorations and went next door to 136 Main to borrow from her neighbors. The casual conversation turned serious when she discovered the building was still for sale. Hamilton and her husband made an offer and closed the sale in the end of February.
The shop area at 136 Main is 1100 square feet – the same amount bijoubel currently occupies. The move will begin right after the March 9th Second Saturday Artwalk and be complete by the end of March. Hamilton doesn’t plan on any down time whatsoever.
Hamilton expects the central Old Town location of the building and its history to keep the vacation rental filled. Listed as the Angelone House on VRBO, reservations can be made starting in the middle of May.
The Angelone House is one of the buildings featured on the Bay St. Louis Historic Walking/Biking Tour. Click on the image to access a digital version of the brochure on the Shoofly Magazine website!
“The first time I walked in the building, it felt right,” Hamilton says. “It’s got a historic great vibe and we’re definitely planning to add to it.
“Buying the cottage is the right move for me and my husband,” says Hamilton. “With the growth the town is having, it’s a prime time to have a business here. We’re very excited about the Bay’s future. I’m just grateful to be a part of it.”
Three New Menus at the Mockingbird Café
A new pub menu in the evening and new offerings for breakfast and lunch prove this restaurant's team is always open to fresh ideas.
-story by Ellis Anderson
Avocado Toast and Prosciutto Toast are two new additions to the breakfast menu.
“New” is the big buzz word at the Mockingbird Café (110 South Second Street, Bay St. Louis) these days. On February 25th, the coffee shop/restaurant launched three new menus offering breakfast, lunch and “pub” fare, along with original recipe cocktails.
Die-hard fans of the café can breathe easy, though: the award-winning Mockingburger and other favorites like the “Scout” sandwich aren’t going anywhere. And the rich array of fresh-baked goods emerging from the kitchen will continue to tempt even the most stalwart dieter.
The new menus offer additional dishes and beverages – while growing the café’s focus on “from-scratch” recipes.
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For instance, debuting on the breakfast menu are Avacado Toast and Prosciutto Toast, joining the already popular cast of egg breakfast plates, frittatas, Pulled Pork and Grits, and Chicken & Waffles.
Many regular diners who actively lobbied to get Chicken and Waffles served later in the day will cheer – the scrumptious dish is now found on the lunch menu as well. Chicken tenders also appear as a solo with sides of house-made sauces - or coated with Sriracha Honey and sandwiched in a toasted brioche.
In the meal-sized Kale Salad, fresh kale and spinach mix it up with heirloom tomatoes, avocado, bacon and a hard-boiled egg, tossed with a bright garlic-lemon dressing.
However, the biggest “new” at the Mockingird is the evening Pub Fare menu. It’s offered Thursday through Saturday evenings from 5pm until closing (during the Second Saturday Artwalk each month, the pub menu will start at 2pm).
Alongside the classic Mockingburger (still only $10 with homemade chips) and veggie Garden Burger, three different tacos take front and center stage. They're all served up on a special hybrid tortilla made in New Orleans from 60% corn and 40% flour.
The two meat versions feature pulled pork drizzled with homemade expresso barbeque sauce, and grilled chicken with the ‘Bird’s own pico sauce and cheddar, topped with sriracha sour cream.
The meatless variety is just as hardy, filled with Garden Burger makings. Order one taco for $3, two for $5 and three for only $7.
Can’t decide? Try a $12 taco and beer flight and you’ll get one of each taco, paired with three 5oz servings of local beers like Lazy Magnolia’s Southern Pecan, Chandeleur’s Freemason and Mighty Miss’s American Pale Ale.
If you’re just in the snacking mode, dive into the “still crackling” pork rinds fried up fresh in the kitchen. In addition, loaded French fries, pretzel bites and a meat & cheese board provide savory accompaniments to the adult beverages co-starring on the menu.
Freshly made pork rinds and loaded french fries spice up the evening pub menu.
All drinks and house wines on the evening menu are $5, with pitchers of beer available as well ($15). Warm weather favorites are the Lushy Lemonade (spiked with vodka), Mimosas and the Mockingbird’s secret-recipe Sangria. The unforgettably named (and delectably tasting) Tequila Mockingbird is a mixture of rosemary honey, rosemary tequila and blood orange juice.
Naturally, coffee drinks rank high on the menu. A Bird Brew Martini blends cold brew coffee, vodka and vanilla. One of the most intriguing libations offered is an Irish coffee made with Jameson’s, Baily’s Irish Cream liquor and a nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee called Bright-Eyed Nitro.
According to the ‘Bird’s operation and marketing manager, Whitney LaFrance, the relatively new cold-drip product is made in Ocean Springs. The infusion process makes the cold drip taste creamier, without the addition of any dairy.
LaFrance and Mockingbird general manager Laura Hurt have both worked at the Mockingbird since it first opened 13 years ago, in August 2006. The two may be managers now, but regular customers still use their original titles: Coffee Goddesses.
“We’ve been here so long, the Mockingbird is much more than just a restaurant to us,” LaFrance said. “We have a really fantastic team too. Everyone [who works] here cares about the community and the people we serve.”
Whitney LaFrance, owner Alicein Wonderland Schwabacher and Laura Hurt.
LaFrance said the café loves to change things up from time to time to stay current. Fresh ideas are sometimes offered by customers, but most originate from staff members. The entire team enjoys traveling and scouts out adventures in eating wherever they go.
“We all enjoy talking about new ideas we’ve found and brought back to the Bay,” she said. “It’s great watching those ideas skyrocket here at home.”
The Clydesdales Come to Second Saturday
The Budweiser Clydesdale horses parade through Old Town during the Second Saturday Artwalk - with a colorful contingent of locals lending a Bay St. Louis flair. We've got the story, the NEW parade route and a nifty map.
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Second Saturday’s regular town celebration will have some famous guests to add a bit of Americana to the Feb. 9 festivities.
It’s Bud Day in the Bay, featuring the world famous Budweiser Clydesdales in a parade throughout Old Town.
The parade will begin at 5pm and be led by Mayor Mike Favre, followed by the Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse and their court, the Bay High School Marching Band, Studio of Classique Dancers, vintage cars and the Bay Ratz Marching Battery, with the Clydesdale team along with the Dalmatian mascot as the fantastic finale.
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The parade route starts at the Depot and heads to Union Street, turns onto Second Street to deMontluzin where it turns west to Beach Boulevard and right on Court Street to return to the Depot.
The majestic Clydesdales are always the favorite stars of memorable Super Bowl commercials. The working team made the first Budweiser delivery by horse to President Franklin Roosevelt in the White House and they distributed beer in this fashion for decades. The route on Second Saturday will include deliveries to restaurants and bars in the "old-fashioned" way.
To keep Second Saturday accessible to all, the streets will not be barricaded for the parade. Instead, there will be officers posted on every corner as the parade passes.
Organizers say everyone is encouraged to welcome this tradition of Americana to the Bay to enjoy the monthly Second Saturday Artwalk and the amazing Clydesdales, in one unique and memorable combination.
New Restaurant Coming to Old Town
Lisa Monti's got the mouth-watering story on a new restaurant that's opening on Main Street this spring.
- from Lisa Monti's Notebook
The Nicaud family’s restaurant group is about to add a new one.
Chef Field Nicaud is coming back to the Coast to open a steak and oyster restaurant at 111 Main St. in Bay St. Louis. It’s the space that housed the Old Cuevas Bistro and until last month C&C Farm to Fork.
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Restaurateur Jourdan Nicaud, Field’s brother, said this will be the first restaurant the 23-year-old Field will be opening. It doesn’t have a name yet but “the goal is to open up around the beginning of April,” Jourdan said.
He said Field has been studying and working for the past two years in New York where he attended the Institute of Culinary Education and worked at the storied 11 Madison Park and La Nacional. Just this week Field worked with Jose Garces in the Iron Chef’s Philadelphia restaurant.
Jourdan Nicaud said the new restaurant’s steaks will be aged in house and hand cut and sell for $20 and up. Field is working on the menu’s specialty oyster recipes and Jourdan said he hopes to serve locally harvested oysters.
Jourdan owns Charred, a steakhouse/oyster bar in Ocean Springs, Bacchus on the Beach in Pass Christian and Biloxi, and Fill-Up with Billups breakfast/brunch restaurants in Biloxi, Jackson, Oxford and one opening next month next to his Hotel Pass Christian.
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Local Broker Produces New TV Series
The first episode of “Inside Out with HL Raymond Properties” is set to premiere January 13, 2019. Get the inside scoop from producer Holly Lemoine-Raymond, find details on the Premiere Party (Jan. 12) and check-out the show's schedule.
Holly Lemoine-Raymond photograph by Brandi Stage Portraiture
Holly Lemoine-Raymond, the local real estate broker who’s acted as behind-the-scenes liaison and on-camera participant for several HGTV features about Bay St. Louis and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is launching her own television series. Named Inside Out with HL Raymond Properties, the first show premieres Sunday, January 13 (see the complete airing schedule and information about the premiere party on January 12 below).
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Like many popular home shows, Inside Out invites viewers into upscale houses for video tours. But Lemoine-Raymond has added an interactive twist: viewers are shown three exterior views of the houses and three interiors. The viewer has to guess which ones match up, which they’ll be able to do online with Facebook.
Lemoine-Raymond says that working with the HGTV crews inspired her to find creative new ways to sell property on the coast and led to the production of the series. She assembled her own production crew who wrote, filmed and edited the first episodes over the past six months.
Twelve episodes will make up the first season of Inside Out. Six have already been produced. Later in the year, six more episodes will be completed. The most expensive house that’s being featured is nearly a million dollars, with the least expensive in the mid-200 dollar range.
Each episode ends up with a short DIY segment by Lemoine-Raymond, or a real estate tip from one of her guests. While the properties featured on Inside Out are all HL Raymond Property listings, the broker says the entire Mississippi coast should benefit.
“The series and its companion social media campaigns give us an opportunity to introduce this area to new audiences,” said Lemoine-Raymond.
The broker does double-duty on Inside Out, acting as both the show’s host and director.
“I’m there in the cutting room for every single episode,” she said. “It’s so exciting to see the vision come to life.”
The Premiere Party will take place on Saturday, January 12, 5pm - 8pm at Dan B's Restaurant, 109 S. Beach Boulevard, Bay St. Louis. Meet cast and crew while seeing a sneak peek of the first episode that will air the following night. Dr. Rock Band will perform after the party. Donations for Friends of the Animal Shelter will also be accepted.
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You'll also be able to watch the shows on the Inside Out Youtube channel.
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Zain to offer streaming TV and movies in Middle East and Africa
16 February 2017 | Alan Burkitt-Gray
News Corporation-backed Iflix has concluded a deal to deliver streaming TV and movies to Zain customers in the Middle East and Africa.
Zain will offer the service to its customers in seven countries, and may widen the offer. The operator, which is based in Kuwait, has signed up Kuala Lumpur-based Iflix to launch Iflix Arabia, to serve subscribers in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, “with the potential to further extend into additional regional markets”, added Zain.
Iflix Arabia will be based in Dubai, from which it will add Zain’s territories to an existing footprint that already covers the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan and other Asian countries.
Zain group CEO Scott Gegenheimer said: “Iflix has done an exceptional job in spearheading the entertainment revolution in Asia and truly has an industry-leading product. What distinguishes Iflix is its constant innovation and commitment to offering its customers an exceptional and entertaining digital experience, which is at the heart of what Zain stands for.”
Iflix distributes movies and TV from studios such as MGM, Disney, Warner Bros and Sony Pictures and broadcasters including the BBC. A key shareholder is Catcha Group, an Asian internet investor also based in Kuala Lumpur, whose shareholders include News Corporation. Other investors include Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and European TV broadcaster Sky, which is part-owned by News Corporation.
Bader Al Kharafi, vice chairman of the Zain group, said: “The establishment of the joint venture Iflix Arabia instantly creates enormous value for both Zain and iflix stakeholders, given the synergies created and the new revenue streams that will be generated by the expected take-up of this appealing internet TV service from the general public and Zain customers. This is a monumental step forward for Zain in our journey to become the premier digital lifestyle provider in the MENA region.”
The companies plan to launch the new service in the second quarter of 2017, with subtitles in Arabic and English. Iflix Arabia plans to introduce exclusive Arabic series, said the companies.
“We look forward to bringing our 47m customers and regional mobile operations into the iflix footprint,” said Gegenheimer.
The CEO of Iflix Arabia will be John-Paul McKerlie, until now Zain’s consumer marketing director. He said: “The teaming of Zain and Iflix has empowered both businesses with the capacity to offer customers the most incredible content services.”
Each subscription will allow users to access the service on up to five devices, including phones, laptops, tablets, and TV sets.
As with other streaming services, such as rival operator Hooq, backed by Singtel, subscribers will be able to download TV and movies for offline viewing. The system is designed to work on low internet speeds, said Zain.
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Rita Ora Finds Calvin Harris "Even More Sexy" In The Recording Studio
The 'I Will Never Let You Down' singer opens up on recording with her boyfriend Calvin Harris.
Rita Ora has revealed she finds boyfriend Calvin Harris "even more sexy' when she sees him working on new music in the recording studio.
The 'R.I.P.' star, who teamed up with her man for new single 'I Will Never Let You Down', says she's glad the pair broke their original pact never to record together.
"I thought he was even more sexy when I actually saw him working in the studio," Rita told The Sun this week. "We'd had this pact that we'd never work together for fear it could cause problems, but quite the opposite.
"I'd look at him in there, so in control of everything, so creative, and just yelled, 'Please turn the air-con on to make it cooler in here, as I'm seriously hot!'," Rita revealed.
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"I am kind of obsessed with him, he's a genius," Rita added. "I'm so glad we ditched that pact!"
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Kim Kardashian Breaks Down As She Fears She's Unsafe After Paris Robbery Whilst On Holiday In Mexico
5 October 2017, 16:53 | Updated: 4 December 2017, 11:10
Heartbreaking to watch.
Understandably, Kim Kardashian is still struggling to cope after being robbed at gunpoint in Paris last year.
In a new trailer for an upcoming episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the Mum of two can be seen crying over whether she’s safe or not as she holidays with her friends.
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Whilst on the phone to her friend Joe Francis - whose villa she is staying in - a visibily distraught Kim can be heard questioning her safety. “I just have anxiety. Are you sure it’s safe here?”, she asks.
Her friend tries to reassure her, promises that it’s safe and even goes as far to explain that he takes his kids there.
In a confessional after the upsetting clip, Kim can be heard telling the audience that she often finds herself getting emotional. “Ever since Paris, I just go through this worst case scenario mode in my head. I was so excited to come on this trip and I had no idea that I was going to end up feeling this way, but it hit me right as we were getting off the plane”, she confessed.
Kim continued that “all these people at the airport are gonna see 17 or 18 girls with all of our Chanel bags and Louis Vuitton thus, and it just hit me that we’re the biggest target ever”.
Ten people were arrested in connection to the crime in Paris where Kim had $10 million worth of jewellery stolen from her.
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Jane & Petra's Night Out On 'Jane The Virgin' Taught Both Of Them Valuable Lessons About Friendship
By Caitlin Gallagher
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Spoilers ahead for Jane the Virgin Season 5 Episode 6. Jane's love life may be a mess on Jane the Virgin, but at least she's got friendship. Except Jane and Petra's friendship on Jane the Virgin hit a rough patch after Jane chose to explore her feelings for Michael. However, a night out during "Chapter 87" is all the unexpected friends need to make amends. Over the course of Jane the Virgin, these two women have been through a lot of ups and downs. But with their argument and make up, it's more clear than ever that in the final season of Jane the Virgin, Jane and Petra are legitimately friends.
Jane and Petra admitted they loved one another in Season 4. But just because you love someone like family doesn't mean you like them as a friend. After all, as Petra has admitted herself, she doesn't really have many friends. Yet, these women have gone from romantic rivals and reluctantly sharing a baby daddy to being as close as sisters. So Jane is hurt when she starts getting the cold shoulder from Petra. It's pretty clear that Petra is upset that Jane didn't heed her advice and send Michael away, but with so much going on, Jane is oblivious to the fact and just wants to know why her friend is being so mean to her.
While Petra has every right to protect Rafael's privacy in some respects, her anger at Jane wasn't strictly about that. Instead, as she confesses at the lesbian club the Truck Shop, it's about how Petra doesn't understand why Jane didn't take her advice on Rafael and Michael. Further complicating matters is that their families are so intertwined. So Petra doesn't appreciate that Jane's extremely valid decision to see if she still loves the husband she thought had died is messing with their day-to-day dynamic.
But this is when Jane drops some knowledge that Petra really needs to hear. "Lord knows I don't understand all the choices that you make, but I still support you because that's what friends do," Jane tells her. "And so if you're serious about being my friend, you need to get over yourself and support me." Jane's words clearly make an impact, but Petra immediately takes advantage of the situation by having Jane support her on the dance floor to impress JR's friends. This moment works to not only show how they are real friends since they can put aside their differences in the face of a good time, but it also was a cheeky (butt pun totally intended) nod to the Jane and Petra 'shippers out there. Kiss already!
Jane has always been the more patient and understanding friend as Petra evolved from complicated villain to complicated hero on Jane the Virgin. And Petra has made a ton of misguided or outright bad decisions that Jane couldn't possibly understand — like when she artificially inseminated herself with Rafael's sperm or lied about Scott and Anezka's deaths. While Jane doesn't know every single wrongdoing that Petra has done, she is aware that their morals don't align perfectly. But as long as Petra isn't doing anything to intentionally hurt someone, Jane tries to support her even when they disagree. Just like she does by helping Petra have fun on the dance floor at the club.
Petra does apologize to Jane after their second-place victory at the Truck Shop. "Listen, I'm sorry. You're right. Friends support, so whatever happens with Michael, I'm here," she says to a relieved Jane. Because while Jane will always have her family to confide in, it's good to have a friend to be able to consult with too. And with Jane's decision to go with Michael to Montana, she can go with the confidence that her pal Petra will stand by her now and for the rest of the series.
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KFC Hong Kong Has Popcorn-Breaded Chicken & The Photos Will Make You Drool
By Lea Rose Emery
KFC Hong Kong
Sweet and savory are an epic combination — there's a reason people are obsessed with sweet popcorn and cinnamon-sugar pretzels. Mixing the two flavors basically creates the food equivalent of magic. And now, popcorn chicken is joining the ranks of sweet and savory goodness. No, not that popcorn kitchen — the little bite-sized balls of fried glory — I'm talking about chicken with actual popcorn. KFC Popcorn Chicken is now a thing. It's chicken that's been breaded and battered with real popcorn. But it's only available in Hong Kong, so you may have a long flight to get your hands on this deliciousness.
According to Brand Eating, the chicken will be battered with actual popcorn pieces and, to really up that sweet-savory ante, they're also serving it with a caramel-flavored sauce ready to be drizzled on top. Caramel popcorn chicken, anyone? To be honest, with chicken and waffles being so dang popular, it's easy to see why popcorn-breaded chicken would be a big hit. No telling yet whether or not it will get stuck on your teeth, but it probably will — that is popcorn's everlasting gift to us all. Add caramel and your molars are essentially doomed.
If you're not into chicken, don't worry — KFC can still provide you some sweet and salty combos. Along the sweet-popcorn theme, KFC Hong Kong is also offering a Caramel Popcorn Sundae. Brand Eating reports you can get a mini-KFC bucket filled with vanilla soft serve, topped with caramel popcorn and caramel-flavored sauce. I may just try to make a version of this at home — apologies to my teeth for the forthcoming cavities, but, in my defense, I really should never have been given tooth-level responsibilities in the first place. I'm not worthy.
According to the site for KFC Hong Kong, a Hong Kong-based franchise of KFC run by Birdland (Hong Kong) Limited, the popcorn chicken is also available as part of a meal deal. You can get two pieces of chicken, potatoes with gravy, and a medium drink — all for around six American bucks. Or you can go bigger with a bucket meal. Life is good. And sweet. And savory.
It can seem like KFCs around the world get all the glory, while back at home we're just left with regular old fried chicken. In fact, I'm still not over the KFC Mac n' Cheese bun that made an appearance in Singapore, because I can't think of a single thing more American than a mac n' cheese bun holding together a pile of fried food. And yet, it wasn't for us. But sometimes, they do deliver in the US of A. If you're looking for that sweet and savory flavor right here at home, KFC's Chicken and Waffles are still available in North America until April 29, so you might want to get a move on. I'm sure there's a lot more to come from the minds that brought us the KFC hot tub (yes, shaped like a bucket of chicken, because of purity and goodness).
Is there a chance that popcorn-breaded chicken will be making an appearance on American soil soon? I just don't know. We can only hope. Until then, start googling flights to Hong Kong, because popcorn, chicken, and caramel sauce sound like a truly epic combination.
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The Bustle Huddle: What Bustle's Editors Are Talking About On June 5
By Rachel Simon
Happy Monday, all! June is officially underway, and already, the month seems to be speeding by. I have a feeling that this summer is going to go by faster than any of us are ready for, and 4th of July, for instance, will be here before we know it. Eek!
The news, of course, is coming at us faster than ever. Here's a recap of everything that had Bustle's editors talking today, June 5.
London + The Aftermath
Over the weekend, terrorist attacks in London killed at least seven people, and left nearly 50 injured. ISIS has claimed responsibility, and information on the victims is still being released. Yet the lack of info didn't stop President Trump from tweeting his thoughts, of course, with him criticizing London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, for his handling of the attacks. Ugh.
And In Orlando... Monday morning saw a shooting in Orlando, with reports saying that multiple people were killed. Stay safe, everyone.
Ariana Grande + One Love Manchester
On Sunday night, Ariana Grande held her Manchester benefit concert, which saw stars like Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and more join up to perform in order to raise money for the families of the May terrorist attack's victims. The concert raised nearly $13 million, and this recap of the Manchester concert's most inspiring moments will leave you smiling — if in tears.
Real Housewives Alert: The new Real Housewives of Orange County trailer is here, and it is intense. Get ready, guys.
Pride Month + How To Celebrate
June is Pride Month, and there are numerous ways you can show your support for the LGBTQ+ community during these next few weeks (and you know, always). These nine Pride events taking place around the world are definitely worth attending, and these LGBTQ+-focused organizations are absolutely worth donating to, if you can.
Pro Tip: Writing down your goals can actually have a big impact on whether or not you actually achieve them, according to psychologists.
Harry Potter + Your New Fave Bar
A Harry Potter-themed bar called The Cauldron could actually exist soon, if this Kickstarter campaign gets funded. The genius idea came from a group of Potter fans, and the bar (which is basically The Three Broomsticks, let's be real) will open in London — that is, if it enough people donate to the fund once it opens on June 26. Get donating!
LOL: These tweets about the Canadian man mowing his lawn during a tornado are so, so good.
Today's WTF Moment: RompHims, aka rompers for men, officially have one (very famous) supporter.
What to Watch: Happy Bachelorette night! Tune in to ABC at 8 p.m. to watch Rachel and her suitors experience a group date, mud wrestling, and more.
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New Essays in Political and Social Philosophy
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Volume 29, Part 1
Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio , Fred D. Miller, Jr, Bowling Green State University, Ohio , Jeffrey Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Online publication date: June 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139096812
Subjects: Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science, Political Theory, Political Philosophy
Series: Social Philosophy and Policy (291)
Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the fact of human association gives rise to recurrent themes in political and social philosophy. The character and requirements of justice, the profile of political legitimacy, and the relationship between the powers of government and the rights of the governed are some of the subjects of ongoing consideration and debate in the disciplines of philosophy, political theory, economics and law. This volume represents a contribution to the investigation of these issues of perennial interest and import, featuring essays whose authors hope to extend, deepen and, in some cases, move in new directions, the current state of discussion.
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Political Liberty: Who Needs It?
By Jason Brennan, George-town University
State Coercion and Force
By Christopher W. Morris, University of Maryland
Political Legitimacy and Economic Liberty
By John Tomasi, Brown University
Who Owns What? Some Reflections on the Foundation of Political Philosophy
By Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Human Reproductive Interests: Puzzles at the Periphery of the Property Paradigm
By Donald C. Hubin, Ohio State University
Why Free Trade is Required by Justice
By Fernando R. Tesón, Florida State University
Structural Exploitation
By Matt Zwolinski, University of San Diego
Rescuing Justice from Equality
By Steven Wall, University of Arizona
Reinterpreting Rawls's The Law of Peoples
By Christopher Heath Wellman, Washington University
Responsible Choices, Desert-Based Legal Institutions, and the Challenges of Contemporary Neuroscience
By Michael S. Moore, Walgreen University
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Dispelling Some of the Conceptual Fog
By Andrew Altman, Georgia State University
Harm and the Volenti Principle
By Gerald Dworkin, University of California
Education and the Modern State
By Anthony O'hear, University of Buckingham
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Ian Sherriffs wins Star of the Month for May 2019
On Thursday 2 May, Camden Memory Service Team Manager, Ian Sherriffs, was taken by surprise during a team meeting when he was awarded with our latest Star of the Month award.
Ian, who has worked at the Trust since 2015, was nominated by his colleagues - Assistant Practitioners, Sarah Boughetane and Kandahke Johnson - for being an outstanding, supportive and approachable manager and for his continuous work to provide insightful clinical guidance and care to patients.
Ian began his career as a band 5 nurse within Camden Memory Service and since then has progressed within the Trust into his current role as Team Manager. His nomination clearly demonstrates how much he is valued and respected by his colleagues, with the nomination noting:
• Ian always embeds and encourages members of the team to follow areas of interest that inspire us naturally. He meets with us to discuss aspirations and how we can build this into our daily work.
• Ian values staff involvement and regularly meets with us in order to get an honest picture of work challenges and works alongside us to find solutions. Doing this is helpful and it makes us feel empowered and helps with team morale. Ian is always there to listen and gives us a voice within the team.
• Ian works collaboratively in order to ensure that Camden Memory Service continues to deliver high quality care to all members of staff and service users. He demonstrates this by working closely with other teams such as the Community Mental Health Teams and Islington Memory Service to find solutions for service users and implement strategies to use in the work place. Ian displays this through his service user involvement group work. Ian has also presented to third party sectors such as Third Age Project. Using these connections not only helps to broaden the awareness of the memory service but provides strong links with other community and clinical services.
Ian said: “I am very thankful to Sarah and Kandahke for nominating me for the Star of the Month award - I was very surprised. Camden Memory Service is a great team that has given me the opportunity to develop as a Mental Health Nurse and a Team Manager of which I am grateful for, I hope to continue to support my staff to do the same.”
As part of the award, Ian was presented with a gift voucher, certificate, badge and cakes and applauded by his colleagues from the service.
Trust Chair, Leisha Fullick, who presented Ian with the award, said: “This really is one of the best Star of the Month nominations we have ever received and it’s clear to see what a supportive and outstanding manager Ian is – I’m so happy to be presenting this award.”
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Home » Performing Arts » Beating Bellarmine
Jeremy Marsh ’16 (left to right) and Parliamentary Debate partner Michael Everett ’15, with Policy Debaters Leo Kim ’15 and Jeremiah Cha ’15. All set Chaminade school records for wins at the California High School Speech Association’s state championship tournament in Murrieta, Calif. April 17-19. Marsh and Everett took third place in Parliamentary. Everett also took third for his speech “Alexei Unbound.” Cha and Kim also took third in Policy Debate. Photo by Mr. Alex Sarkissian, father of Axel Sarkissian ’15.
Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, Calif., dominated Policy Debate for a decade, until seniors Jeremiah Cha and Leo Kim handed them a crushing defeat at the California High School Speech Association’s state championship in Murrieta, Calif., April 17-19. Because of Chaminade, the all-male, Jesuit school did not place in the top three, as Policy Debaters Cha and Kim took third place, the highest finish of any policy team in the Tri-County Forensic League and the best finish ever in Chaminade College Prep history. Also setting a Chaminade record, Parliamentary Debaters Michael Everett ’15 and Jeremy Marsh ’16, who also took third at the CHSSA state championship tournament, with Everett extending his history-making school record, finishing No. 3 in California for an Original Prose and Poetry speech called “Alexei Unbound.” Chaminade sent 13 debaters and speech makers and now is the No. 8 team in California, jumping from No. 42 in 2014, and became only one of two Southern California schools to place in the Top Ten. This is no small feat because we are relatively a tiny school compared with the giant public schools that compete and send dozens of students to tourneys, with the entire team specializing in just one speech or debate event. In addition to our policy and parliamentary debaters, Shreya Yepuri ’15 finished at No. 7 statewide in Extemporaneous Speaking on international topics and Axel Sarkissian, president of the Chaminade Speech and Debate Society, finished 11th, also in International Extemp. Read more about their history-making journey in The Talon.
Shreya Yepuri ’15 (left to right) with her 7th-place trophy in Extemporaneous Speaking on international topics, with Chaminade Speech and Debate Society Head Coach Bobby Lebeda and Axel Sarkissian ’15 with his 11th-place prize also for International Extemporaneous Speaking at the California High School Speech Association state championship in Murrieta April 17-19. Their wins helped Chaminade jump from No. 42 in the state to break the Top Ten as the No. 8 team. Photo by Mr. Alex Sarkissian, Axel’s dad.
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What women are expecting from the 2019 union budget (India)
Srivastav, Udisha
She the People TV
This being the last budget of the Narendra Modi government, citizens have high expectations. Women, on their part, are looking for measures — be it through any policy or incentive — that would leverage them at work. She the People TV talked to two companies — Reboot and Jobs For Her — which especially look after and employ women employees. Here are some of the excerpts of the discussion.
The top thing govt should address for women in the budget
“There is a dearth of top-level women managers due to lack of policies that aid in widening the talent pool and lack of measures to retain and promote women at the higher level We would like to see Government intervention that mandates a wide variety of measures like compulsory annual diversity reports, leadership training for women, diversity training programs for corporates, mentor networks and programs and reconstruction of internal hiring operations, etc. Only when women are adequately represented at the top will we see real change,” said Vinutha Menon, PR and Communications Strategist of JobsForHer.
Reboot is more inclined towards the issue of women’s safety and said it’s a critical concern that needs to be addressed in the budget.
“Stringent measured needs to be implemented for school staff and transport to ensure the safety of girls. Health facilities should also be taken into account in both rural and urban areas. Also, gender-related concerns should be looked upon both inside and outside government offices,” said Anupama Kapoor, the founder of Reboot.
The job market for women
“Women do not take up work and take career breaks due to maternity and childcare. Thus, the govt needs to step in and launch national awareness campaigns around the importance of paid work for women and care work (both paid and unpaid) for men. The government must ensure that companies have to mandatorily provide maternity insurance, maternity and paternity leave, childcare facilities before getting the licenses to operate,” said Kapoor.
“The conversation needs to move to ‘Parental Leave’ policies. Equal time off should be given to both parents and called family-friendly policies. The Government needs to be committed to reducing the burden on working parents, particularly in the first 12 months, when it is difficult to secure quality childcare as seen in an online survey we conducted for women re-starters, where 38% cited childcare as one of the biggest challenges to restarting their careers,” said Vinutha Menon.
“The Government has to mandate ‘Parental Leave’ as opposed to just maternity leave to balance the scales which will definitely enable women to engage and remain in paid employment and progress in their careers,” – Vinutha Menon
She also added that “tax-free maternity allowance would be a great incentive for women. Additionally, complementary tax benefits to SMEs and start-ups will help”.
Raising the income tax ceiling
“Raising income tax ceiling would be a small incentive. But is this enough of an incentive for women leaving the workplace by the millions? We need to see a stronger focus on getting and retaining more women in the workforce. We need impactful women specific employment policies that can absorb and support women in the Indian workplace,” said Vinutha on raising the income tax ceiling from the current amount for women.
Kapoor too agreed that this will be of great help.
Expectations from the earlier budget v/s 2019 budget
“According to the Sixth Economic Census released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, women constitute a meagre 14% of the total entrepreneurs in India, i.e. 8.05 million out of 58.5 million entrepreneurs. This indicates the dearth of women entrepreneurs which could be due to many reasons like, lack of role models and resources, the many ecosystem biases and women’s own mindsets,” said Vinutha.
“A major shift in mindsets is needed to create suitable conditions to facilitate and encourage women entrepreneurs. The Government needs to create greater accessibility to financial services and nurture supportive entrepreneurial conditions for women,” Vinutha added.
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Home Local UPDATED: Royal Fleet makes annual beach landing
UPDATED: Royal Fleet makes annual beach landing
Mark Muckenfuss
Governor Martyn Roper only had to step outside his door Friday morning to see his beach being invaded.
A large landing craft slid onto the sand just north of the governor’s mansion, loaded with troops in camouflage and equipment from Britain’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Not long after, trucks, personnel carriers and a large tractor with a skip loader rolled across the sand, leaving monster treadmarks on a surface usually marked only by bare footprints.
The annual visit from the RFA is part of its training operations in preparation for hurricane season and any other natural disaster where a Caribbean island might need outside assistance. The force can provide humanitarian relief, medical services and heavy equipment.
On hand for the event was Britain’s Minister of State for the Commonwealth and United Nations Lord Tariq Ahmad, who stood on the beach with Roper, watching the action unfold.
Ahmad, whose responsibilities include the British Overseas Territories, said the drill was “an example of how in the instance of any emergency, we can respond quickly. We stand ready to assist”.
Roper said he was impressed by the operation.
“That was the first time I’ve seen a beach landing,” Roper said. “It underlines what an incredible asset RFA is for the region.”
The landing craft and equipment were deployed from the RFA Mounts Bay, which sat several hundred yards offshore. Stationed in the Caribbean, the ship has a contingency of 180 personnel on board and in an anticipated hit from a hurricane more crew members, such as medical personnel, can be added. The ship is equipped to handle up to 450 crew members and, in an evacuation situation, it can carry 3,500 people for a few hours.
Along with the heavy equipment it carries, the ship has a helicopter, which later ferried Governor Roper and Lord Ahmad from the Ritz-Carlton hotel landing pad to Owen Roberts International Airport where they were to pick up a flight to Cayman Brac, returning later in the day by police helicopter.
Royal Fleet's annual beach landing 2019
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary offload heavy machinery transported from the RFA Mounts Bay, in background, at Governors Beach on Friday morning. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay
Crew members from the RFA Mounts Bay approach Governors Beach with an array of heavy equipment during an exercise drill on Friday. - Photos: Taneos Ramsay
Vehicles brought onto the beach drove off the makeshift ramp. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay
Governor Martyn Roper and Lord Tariq Ahmad meet members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on the beach in front of the governor's home on Friday.
This is the second of three planned rollout exercises for the Mounts Bay. The first was in St. Vincent, where the troops did not go ashore. Another beach landing is planned in Anguilla, said the ship’s captain Jed MacAnley. He said such exercises are critical.
“Every year there’s a new mix of people and we need to train and practice and look for the deficiencies so you can counter them,” MacAnley said.
That is particularly true, he said, because the crew never knows for sure what it will be facing.
“The nature of what we’re doing here is unpredictable,” he said. “You never know what it’s going to be. You might plan for six or seven scenarios, but you might get an eighth.”
Captain Tom Booth oversees the engineering group that trains specifically for the landings and relief work. He said his team likes hitting the beach.
“We have to keep ourselves occupied on the ship,” Booth said, adding that the troops train daily for their role. “But there is a bit of downtime. We actually look forward to coming ashore and doing our job.”
Unlike last year, when the RFA members spent part of their shore time clearing brush around Her Majesty’s Prison, this year they planned only to drive their vehicles to the north end of Batabano Road and then to a site where they went through the motions of setting up a water and supply distribution station.
“The main thing is to prove the capability to everyone and that everyone’s on the same level,” Booth said.
Roper said the ship and the support from the UK are an important supplement to Cayman’s own resources. Coordinating ahead of time with Cayman’s premier and Hazard Management Cayman Islands is critical, he said.
“It’s a really important signal of what the UK can bring,” Roper said of Friday’s drill and the presence of the Mounts Bay in the Caribbean. “It’s a fantastic asset, an asset we could deploy immediately.”
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Home Featured Local Home Page Cayman plant life focus of new exhibit
Cayman plant life focus of new exhibit
Kayla Young
David Hartwell photographs native plants in Grand Cayman. - Photo: Courtesy of National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
David Hartwell
Two Los Angeles-based artists will share their exploration of Cayman’s native flora during a free lecture Thursday evening, 11 July, at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
Film-maker Bill Ferehawk and photographer David Hartwell have been collaborating with the gallery, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands and local experts to create a series of large photographic portraits of Caymanian plant life. Following Thursday’s presentation, the images from the ‘Homegrown’ project will be displayed at the National Gallery.
“Plants are powerful visual markers of a place and a culture. The artists are interested in elaborating on this connection, drawing upon a long tradition of botanical paintings and photographic images of plants,” explained National Gallery Director Natalie Urquhart.
“Their goal is to create a series of impressive and emblematic portraits of the Cayman Islands from its native flora.”
The men have worked with local plant experts Ann Stafford, Stuart Mailer of the National Trust, and Nick Johnson of Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park.
“Their lecture will touch on their experiences in Cayman to date and the wider project concept, but will also include an overview of the many international projects that they have been associated with,” Urquhart said.
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National Trust director Nadia Hardie said the exhibit honours Cayman’s heritage.
“The ‘Homegrown’ exhibition will be an extraordinary way for residents and visitors alike to celebrate Cayman’s rare and indigenous flora, many of which were culturally significant to our nation’s history and heritage,” she said.
Ferehawk has been featured in the Whitney Museum, Walker Art Center and the Museum of Modern Art, among others. He has also received numerous grants for his work, including funding from the Graham Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Hartwell is a photographer, animator and motion graphics artist who has worked for IBM, Disney, Microsoft and Discovery, among others.
The lecture begins at 6pm on Thursday. For more information, visit www.nationalgallery.org.ky.
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Boris Nemtsov's murder leaves Russian opposition bowed, not beaten
Boris Nemtsov is being buried today in the same cemetery where murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya was buried in 2006 . This coincidence is lost on no one who worries that Friday's assassination of yet another critic of President Vladimir Putin is part of an troubling pattern.
Four days after the murder of a Russian opposition leader, Moscow remains uneasy.
CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 03, 2015 7:45 AM ET | Last Updated: March 3, 2015
Boris Nemtsov, former deputy prime minister and outspoken Putin critic, was shot to death within hundreds of metres of the Kremlin on Friday. He was honoured by tens of thousands of marchers on the weekend. (REUTERS/Peter Kovalev )
"I doubt that it was a direct order from Putin. But this toxic atmosphere of hatred has been promulgated by Russian television 24/7. People like Boris Nemtsov have been called a fifth column, enemies of the state, national traitors. I think that some of Putin's cronies decided they could move even further because murder, blood, death, destruction, they are just regular guests on Russian television." - Gary Kasparov
What chess Grandmaster, Gary Kasparov sees happening in Russia today is no game. Like everyone in the opposition to president Vladimir Putin, the chess master is left wondering what the future holds, now that a towering member of their ranks has been toppled.
Boris Nemtsov, former deputy prime minister in the Yeltsin government and outspoken Putin critic was shot to death within hundreds of metres of the Kremlin on Friday. He was honoured by tens of thousands of marchers on the weekend.
Mourners line up outside a Moscow human rights center for the funeral of murdered Boris Nemtsov. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Today the mourning has continued for Boris Nemtsov.
Ivan Nechepurenko is a reporter with the English-language newspaper, The Moscow Times. He's been at the memorial service before the funeral, in Moscow.
For more on what this death means for the future life of the opposition in Russia, we were joined by Karen Dawisha. She is director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. And she's the author of, "Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia".
This segment was produced by The Current's Gord Westmacott and Sujata Berry.
♦ Nemtsov killing: A chilling historical parallel? - Karen Dawisha, CNN
♦ Nemtsov joins long list of those assassinated in post-Soviet Russia - The Christian Science Monitor
♦ Boris Nemtsov obituary - The Guardian
♦ Marchers in Moscow honour murdered opposition politician - The Guardian
♦ Anthony Bourdain and Boris Nemstov talk politics and Putin - CNN
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Bridges Of Gospel Music
Jun 18, 2015. Just four years ago Leon Bridges hadn't even picked up a guitar, he'd grown up in the church listening and singing along to gospel songs that.
"A river has historically been used in gospel music as symbolism for change and redemption. My goal was to write a song about my personal spiritual.
Is a renowned worship leader. Her music has led her to a Latin Grammy nomination, as well as two Dove Award nominations. Born and raised in El Salvador.
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May 2, 2018. Credited with being a torchbearer for a new era of soul music, the. to and enjoy Bridges' brand of soul revivalism, which also channels gospel.
Bridges’ songs are steeped in classic Southern soul and, in turn, rooted in gospel and blues, but the sound is filtered through the wide, dry Texas landscape, and its tradition of elegant, raw folk so.
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Todd Michael Bridges known professionally as Leon Bridges, is an American gospel and soul singer, songwriter and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas.
He told The Royal Gazette: “I look at my work. Throughout his younger years he would listen to New York based gospel announcers, like Fred Barr, and Rocky Bridges, and when the time came to choose.
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Feb 3, 2016. Now, R&B/Soul artist Leon Bridges takes the reins in his latest music video for the emotional, gospel-driven track “River” off of the singer's debut.
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Summit of the Americas
by Colin Robertson
iPolitics
Success at this week’s Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru should be measured by a re-commitment to liberal democratic institutions and freer trade. For Justin Trudeau the test will be to advance our trade objectives beyond NAFTA and actively support hemispheric democratization.
‘Democratic Governance against Corruption’ is the theme of this summit. The rule of law is a basic structural challenge across Latin America. Brazil’s Oderbrecht bribery scandal – Operation Car Wash- has toppled several leaders and it has regional scope.
Democratisation is the great achievement within Latin and Central America but is must be sustained. Presidential elections are scheduled this year in nine of the members, including the three biggest Latin America countries – Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, There is already Russian meddling in the Mexican election. President Vladimir Putin wants to discredit liberal democracy and create wedges in the US alliance system.
Working through the Organization of American States (OAS), Justin Trudeau should offer Canadian expertise on conducting and monitoring elections. When it comes to governance, Canada’s Parliamentary Centre, helping legislatures and legislators better serve their citizens should be enlisted. With fifty years experience, it has established its global credentials as a go-to center for governance expertise.
Hemispheric free trade remains elusive. US backing is essential but not with Donald Trump and ‘America First’.
The Lima summit, the eighth in a regular series, will bring together most of the 35 hemispheric leaders. President Bill Clinton hosted the first summit, in Miami (1994) to boost a hemispheric free trade area stretching from Alaska to Terra del Fuego. Negotiations began but the divides proved too big. There were subsequent summits in Santiago, Chile (1998) and Quebec City (2001) and then Mar del Plato, Argentina (2005) but with the discrediting of market fundamentalism - ‘the Washington consensus’ - the appetite for closer economic integration was gone.
Populist leaders led by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Brazil’s Lula da Silva, Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Argentina’s Hector Kirchner derided the FTAA, labelling it Yankee neo-imperialism. Instead, they embraced ‘Bolivarianism’, creating their own regional trade part – Mercosur - and development bank – Banco del Sur.
But if the Washington consensus was bitter medicine, especially for Argentina and Ecuador, ‘Bolivarianism’ was toxic. Banco del Sur was never capitalised and populist policies resulted in corruption, impeachments and economic catastrophe.
Venezuela, once the richest country in Latin America, is in economic free-fall. According to the IMF, the Venezuelan GDP has shrunk by 50 percent in the last 5 years. This economic collapse has caused untold human suffering and massive migration of Venezuelans to neighbouring countries (especially Colombia) in search of food, medicine and a future.
Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro is ‘disinvited’ to Lima. He fails the ‘democracy clause’ established by then Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien and other leaders at their Quebec summit. Managing a post-Maduro Venezuela will be on the agenda. Canada is invested in this effort through the imposition of Magnitsky-style sanctions against Maduro associates and involvement in the Lima Group.
The looming Sino-American trade war will also be discussed. For most of the hemisphere, the US and China are thir biggest trading partners. These protectionist spiral and growing geo-political tensions, spelled out in a recent speech by former US Secretary Rex Tillerson, risk significant collateral damage for the region.
Justin Trudeau can use the summit to advance Canada’s trade agenda. With its rapidly growing middle class and younger demographics, marketing Canadian schools should be part of every conversation.
Mr. Trudeau should establish a date for our associate membership in the Pacific Alliance with presidents Pena Nieto, Sebastien Pinera (Chile), Juan Manual Santos (Colombia) and Martin Vizcarra (Peru).
Freer trade with Mercosur is also a Trudeau objective. If Canada can help Mercosur put its protectionist past behind it then the recent initiative should include progressive trade provisions. Advancing the environment, labour, gender, and small business is a better way to address populist discontent.
Canada is a country of the Americas. Since NAFTA, especially with its re-negotiation, we have come to appreciate Mexico as our friend and partner. Mexico and USA aside, there are 32 other nations whose votes we will need in our quest for a UN Security Council seat.
We now also have a growing hemispheric web of trade agreements buttressing our commercial interests – banking and mining but now including manufacturing and infrastructure. Migration has created growing Latin diasporas, especially in our cities. Tourism and student study will bring more. Devoting sustained attention to the Americas makes sense for Canada.
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Family dog dies under suspicious circumstances at Elyria kennel; owners want answers
Family says that the kennel’s story does not add up
By Brian Duffy | February 13, 2019 at 11:54 PM EST - Updated February 13 at 11:54 PM
ELYRIA, OH (WOIO) - Lisa Mahone and her family returned from a vacation to the horrifying news that their dog, Aza -- a standard Poodle -- was dead in what Mahone said are sketchy circumstances.
Family dog dies while in the care of a Lorain kennel
Mahone claimed the owners of A Barking Boutique told her that Aza broke out of a locked kennel, ran through the locked doors of the kennel room, and scurried out the door of the locked building, and ran into the street where he was hit and killed by a car.
It’s a story Mahone does not believe.
Multiple attempts to get in touch with anyone at A Barking Boutique were unsuccessful.
Mahone’s father went to A Barking Boutique to pick up Aza and was told the dog had died. The family has since learned that Aza died before they had left for vacation.
Lisa Mahone said that no one from the kennel tried to contact them the entire eight days they were on vacation.
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The owners of the kennel, according to Mahone, never even took Aza to the vet.
After he died, she said, they left him on ice in the back of the kennel.
“I just can’t believe that our dog died there, and they left him in the backyard until we got home."
Mahone wants charges to be filed against the owners of the kennel, and in the meantime, is missing her dog.
“He was very loyal and protective,” she said. “When you’re sleeping he’s right there next to you, and if there is a noise, he’s barking.”
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Cloud Expo Asia marks record-breaking sixth edition with thousands of international visionaries, thought leaders and technology professionals
Singapore, 16 October 2018 – Asia’s largest technology business event stack, Cloud Expo Asia, Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, Big Data World, Smart IoT Singapore and new launch eCommerce Expo Asia, welcomed over 16,000 technology professionals, stake holders and practitioners on its sixth edition at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on 10th and 11th October.
The annual free-to-attend event saw a world-class line-up of over 350 international solution providers, as well as an impressive line-up of over 500 influential industry experts speaking on the very latest trends and challenges in the evolving technology landscape.
Day One opened with opening remarks by Mr. Soon Tein Lim, Chairman, Cloud & Data Chapter of SG Tech, followed by an address from guest of honour, Mr. Philip Heah, Assistant Chief Executive, Technology and Infrastructure Group of Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore.
Mr. Heah spoke of the importance of moving towards further utilising cloud, especially as Singapore has such a high level of cloud readiness, making cloud adoption easier for businesses. He also shared with the audience, in the packed Techerati Keynote Theatre, the various IMDA initiatives for cloud as part of its Tech Roadmap.
“Cloud services are set to play a bigger role in Singapore’s digital transformation. We have in place cloud infrastructure that is ready for businesses to leverage. The government will work together with the industry and end users to make this process of moving to cloud adoption easy and hassle free.”
Delegates also heard from Bernie Trudel, Immediate Past Chairman of the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA) on how 5G, Internet of Things, blockchain, x-reality and artificial intelligence are exponentially converging on a disruptive world for industries.
More conference highlights from the opening day included an insightful presentation from Ericson Chan, CEO of PingAn Technology on the massive transformations brought about by artificial intelligence, blockchain and cloud technology.
The business technology event stack featuring Cloud Expo Asia, Cloud and Cyber Security Expo, Big Data World, Smart IoT Singapore, Data Centre World and eCommerce Expo Asia, drew in thousands of international and regional visitors on the first day alone, from key sectors such as finance, manufacturing, telecommunications, construction and engineering.
With the addition of new launch event eCommerce Expo Asia to the award-winning co-located shows, professionals from the online retail sector met with dedicated ecommerce-focused practical content and solution providers.
Visitors were presented with hundreds of sessions across 19 conference theatres covering the entire technology ecosystem, ranging from the edge computing to hyperscale data centres, blockchain to machine learning, future banking to blockchain security. With such comprehensive and wide-ranging topics, record numbers of senior decision makers from organisations such as J.P. Morgan, Visa, Procter & Gamble, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, PSA Corporation were in attendance at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
Alexia Germain, Senior Logistics Manager, Esprit enthused: “We came here specifically for eCommerce Expo Asia. The content in the ‘Logistics & Delivery Theatre’ and ‘Cross Border & Customer Experience Theatre’ are highly relevant to us so we look forward to coming back for more.”
Recognising the importance of cross-industry collaboration and discussion, the show has prioritised a number of key streams. These include a focus on real-world applications of rapidly emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain and DevOps.
With huge media buzz and industry interest in these developments, the speakers and panels had the opportunity to discuss how these innovations are being put into practice in real-life situations, with use cases and testimony from the people on the frontline.
The world’s leading cloud service providers, including Microsoft Singapore, Alibaba Cloud and IBM gathered at the Techerati Keynote to share the latest regulatory issues and development of disruptive technologies and their impacts on business.
The exhibition floor also welcomed great interest and commercial activity, with a selection of some of the world's leading technology companies, including Huawei, Adobe, Anixter, Carbon Black, Caterpillar, Citrix, Datto, Delta, Extreme, IBM, Kohler, Magento, Microsoft, NEC, Senetas and TIBCO Software.
Adrian Seto, Technical Account Manager at Qualys spoke of a successful participation at Cloud and Cyber Security, alongside its co-located shows: "There’s no other show like Cloud Expo Asia and Cloud & Cyber Security Expo that reaches out to a vast group of audience from both cloud and cyber security in the same venue which is exactly who our service offerings are for!”
Andy Kiwanuka, Managing Director – Asia Pacific, at CloserStill Media, the organiser behind the event, said: "Today has demonstrated the dedication that our international audience has for technology and driving their business growth in our now hyperconnected world. We are pleased to be once again hosting CloudAsia, powered by SGTech, and launching eCommerce Expo Asia attesting to our goal of gathering an even wider network of industry professionals at one location over two power-packed days.
"It has been a fantastic show this year and I look forward to welcoming our visitors, partners and exhibitors, to another successful edition in 2019."
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”Hammy” the buck with a hammock attached to its head will soon have the threads removed if the conservation officers can find him. (Keili Bartlett / The Northern View)
Hammy the deer dodges conservation officers in Prince Rupert
The famous Prince Rupert hammock deer maintains his purple threads
Shannon Lough
The Prince Rupert buck known as “Hammy” managed to evade conservation officers who sought to remove the hammock strings attached to the deer’s antlers.
“We were unsuccessful in our pursuit to capture Hammy and free him of the hammock. He appears to be travelling a lot with the rut being on and doesn’t stay long in any one place, we will continue to monitor and if we can free up more time we will attempt capture again, thanks for all your help,” wrote Tracy Walbauer, a conservation officer based in Terrace, in an email.
The officers drove in from Terrace and planned to tranquilize the buck and disentangle the purple threads. The deer has been donning the unique head gear since mid-August when it became caught in a backyard hammock. Since then, residents of Prince Rupert have started calling the deer “Hammy.”
So why now? The buck has become a bit of an internet sensation, many people have expressed concern about his welfare, and the conservation office was aware of the situation.
“With the rut starting right now we’re a little worried he’s going to get entangled with another buck when they’re sparring and we’ll have two of them tied together,” said Tracy Walbauer, a conservation officer based in Terrace, on Nov. 16.
The conservation officers were in Prince Rupert from Thursday until Friday and reached out to the public to report sightings of Hammy.
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They were asking people to call 1-877-952-7277. Sightings are usually posted on the Chronicles of Hammy The Deer Official Page, which has 1, 180 members.
The woman who started the page, Marcedés Mark, said she has been concerned about the buck becoming tangled with another deer. “I’m so glad they are taking steps to help Hammy get the hammock removed,” she said, encouraging people to post photos and to call the conservation office number.
Walbauer said once they find Hammy they will be tagging the deer to track his whereabouts — but that it isn’t a GPS tracker. People will be able to spot Hammy, once the hammock pieces have been removed, by the little yellow tag that will be placed in his ear, that is if the conservation officers ever find him.
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“Hammy” the deer roamed Fraser Street on November 1. The deer was tangled in a hammock in August and has been spotted around Prince Rupert with part of the material still attached to his antler. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View) Terrace-based conservation officers drove to Prince Rupert and searched for “Hammy” the buck from Nov. 16 to 17 and couldn’t find the deer with hammock strings attached to his antlers. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
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New Hampshire Unanimously Approves a Bill to Pay Taxes With Cryptocurrencies
New Hampshire, a U.S. state in New England has unanimously approved a bill that was introduced on January 3, to allow cryptocurrencies to be used for tax payments. However, House bill 470-FN will still need to go through the state’s Administration Committee to receive final approval.
New Hampshire Joins Wyoming to Introduce a Bill Targeting Crypto
New Hampshire like Wyoming, recently introduced a bill targeting cryptocurrencies. But this time, it is in the area of taxes and fees. According to the content of House bill 470-FN, the state treasurer is to implement a plan that will allow cryptocurrencies to be used for tax payments before July 2020.
In line with that, a recent video publicized on YouTube shows that legislators of the state have unanimously approved the bill. Nonetheless, the final approval lies with the state’s Administration Committee. Therefore, if House bill 470-FN is approved, New Hampshire will fall in second after Ohio who is already accepting bitcoin for taxes.
Ohio, First U.S. State to Accept Bitcoin for Tax Payments
Ohio, as the first state in the U.S. to accept Bitcoin for tax payments, may have triggered the actions of New Hampshire. As BTCNN earlier stated, more states adopting the virtual asset may encourage others to the do the same as well. Besides, Overstocks, a retail company in January revealed that they would be taking advantage of Ohio’s platform to pay part of their corporate tax this month.
BTCNN on February 2 also informed of Wyoming’s classification of cryptocurrencies as legal property. Thus, individuals have the right to store their assets themselves, and even banks can hold these assets in trust funds. In the same vein, companies in the industry will be able to operate without incurring a legal cost finally.
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Wyoming Classifies Cryptocurrencies as Legal Property
On January 14, it was also reported that Wyoming had introduced two bills and one of such, is the “Financial technology sandbox”. The bill aims to create less stringent regulations for Fintech companies. Moreso, it is believed that this will bring about advancement in financial technology.
While all these may be exciting news, some people have been sceptical about the recent development in these states. Some are of the opinion that it is the state’s way of giving Fintech and blockchain companies the impression that they are crypto friendly. Others, however, have pointed out that it makes some laws applicable to money to be used in cryptocurrencies especially in cases such as money laundering.
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Peoples Bank Acquires IL-Based First Personal Bank
News Release February 22, 2018
NorthWest Indiana Bancorp (OTCBB: NWIN), the parent of Peoples Bank SB, and First Personal Financial Corp. announced they have executed a definitive agreement whereby NWIN will acquire First Personal and its wholly-owned subsidiary, First Personal Bank, of Orland Park, IL, in a stock and cash transaction.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders of First Personal will receive 0.1246 shares of NWIN’s common stock and $6.67 in cash for each issued and outstanding share of First Personal common stock, for total consideration that consists of 44% stock and 56% cash. Based on NWIN’s closing stock price of $42.80 as of February 20, 2018, the merger consideration has an aggregate value of approximately $15.60 million, which represents approximately 134% of tangible book value, and includes the impact of the conversion of all outstanding convertible capital instruments into common equity, which is expected to occur prior to closing.
First Personal is a bank holding company headquartered in Orland Park, Illinois with total assets of $147 million. First Personal Bank was established in 1999 and serves the Chicagoland metropolitan market with three full service locations.
“As we welcome First Personal’s customers and employees to Peoples Bank, we achieve a strategic goal of competing in the I-80 economic corridor stretching from Northwest Indiana across the state line into south suburban Chicagoland. This acquisition is a natural fit with strong benefits expected to accrue to our shareholders upon the close and integration of the merger,” said Benjamin J. Bochnowski, president and chief executive officer.
“First Personal was founded on similar values by its chief executive officer, Randy Schwartz, and these shared values are what make this merger a great fit. Randy was able to build a strong foundation, and together, our combined resources will be able to serve our customers better than ever before,” continued Bochnowski. “I’m happy to say that post-closing, Randy will become part of the Peoples team in order to support integration of the two organizations. Through the end of 2018, Randy will support systems and cultural integration, lead customer service and development, and help introduce Peoples Bank into the communities served by First Personal.”
“This combination will create a $1.1 billion asset bank that will bring tangible benefits to existing Peoples customers in this market while extending a broader array of commercial, home mortgage, and consumer loan products as well as traditional and modern electronic banking services to First Personal’s customers. We will also be able to offer trust and wealth management capabilities in this market that will complement our customers’ banking experience,” Bochnowski noted.
“The south suburban Chicagoland market is a natural extension of our home markets in Northwest Indiana, and a market where we already have a significant customer base. It shares the same cultural influences with Chicago while maintaining a unique community presence. Peoples Bank is excited to work with Randy Schwartz and the First Personal team to deliver the community banking mission that has sustained Peoples Bank for over 100 years, to help our customers and communities be more successful through our shared values of stability, integrity, community, and excellence,” Bochnowski said. “Our organization is committed to creating shared value for all of our stakeholders – shareholders, customers, employees, and the communities we serve.”
“First Personal Bank was founded on the principal of providing its customers with the best banking experience they’ve ever had,” said Randy Schwartz, chief executive officer. “We are excited to be joining with Peoples Bank so that we can continue giving that best banking experience to our existing customers, but now with an expanded product offering and more full-service locations.”
NorthWest Indiana Bancorp expects the merger to be approximately $0.51 accretive to 2019 earnings per share, approximately 5.6% dilutive to tangible book value at closing, and expects the tangible book value earnback to be approximately 3.5 years using the cross-over method. At closing, both Peoples Bank and NWIN expect to remain above all “Well-Capitalized” capital ratios.
The merger is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2018, subject to approval by bank regulatory authorities and the shareholders of First Personal, as well as the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Additionally, First Personal Bank will be merged with and into Peoples Bank, and the combined operations will be continued under the Peoples Bank name.
NorthWest Indiana Bancorp was advised by Stephens Inc. and Barnes & Thornburg LLP as legal counsel. First Personal was advised by, and received a fairness opinion from, Piper Jaffray & Co., and was advised by Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP as legal counsel.
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Gundlach takes a hatchet to the Fed
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Jeff Gundlach, the so-called Bond King and head of DoubleLine Capital, does not like negative interest rates.
Gundlach, speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference, compared negative-yield bonds to disorienting optical illusions designed to make the viewer sick and confused.
"Negative interest rates are the definition of deflation," said Gundlach. "Trying to combat deflation with deflation is like trying to put out your burning house with gasoline."
He then took a hatchet to the Federal Reserve, saying that its desire to raise interest rates is a bad idea and will restrict growth.
Gundlach said to short utilities and buy mortgage REITs, given this environment. Utilities have an 18x price to earnings, according to Gundlach, while mortgage REITs are far more attractive. He expects these two to converge. The "Bond King" also suggested that investors leverage themselves by 1x in order to grab the most returns.
"Low-volatility equities" also fell into his gaze, which he called "the ultimate oxymoron."
He also targeted various presidential candidates from Jeb Bush, saying that his slogan should have been "WTF?" instead of "Jeb!" to Ted Cruz, whom he compared to a character from "The Munsters," to Hillary Clinton, who he said has a "bottomless" well of scandals to be attacked.
He then reiterated his call that Donald Trump will win the presidency. Gundlach believes that a Trump presidency will cause the national debt to soar.
His fund, DoubleLine, has just under $100 billion in assets under management and is known for precise calls on the bond market.
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Anbang says chairman can't perform his duties due to personal reasons
Thu, Jun 15, 2017 - 5:50 AM
Since it embarked on a global takeover spree three years ago, Anbang has drawn attention for making preemptive offers and disrupting transactions already in place. Mr Wu (left) has personally negotiated deals without using traditional investment banks.
ANBANG Insurance Group Co, the Chinese company that has curtailed a global acquisition spree amid questions about its ownership and financing, said chairman Wu Xiaohui is unable to perform his duties because of personal reasons.
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Atlantic Marine Services withdraws suit against Ezion Holdings
Wed, Jun 17, 2015 - 9:31 PM
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THE suit filed by Atlantic Marine Services BV (AMS) against Singapore-based offshore service provider Ezion Holdings has been withdrawn, the latter announced on Wednesday evening.
Amsterdam-based AMS has further agreed to release and discharge Ezion from all claims that had been alleged in the suit, the latter said in a statement.
AMS has informed Ezion that there has been a change in its management and that it intends to cooperate and work closely with the group to support the operational requirements of a common client in the North Sea for three of its service rigs, Ezion said.
The company on Wednesday reiterated that the claims by AMS in the suit are "frivolous" and "without merit".
In May, Bloomberg had reported that AMS had filed a Singapore High Court suit accusing Ezion of a conspiracy to induce an AP Moeller-Maersk unit to breach charter agreements.
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AMS earlier said that Ezion created the impression that AMS, which had partnered Ezion to charter oil rigs to Maersk Oil, was in financial trouble.
In response, Ezion challenged AMS's claims, saying: "The group has received feedback that AMS has failed to meet its contractual and operational obligations and is currently in discussions with (a European-based multinational) oil major on how to better serve its requirement. Such discussions may include the group taking over the operations of the three service rigs (working in the North Sea that are operated by AMS).
"The suit has arisen as a result of this development as AMS has objected to the idea of the group taking over the operations of the three service rigs and has threatened to take whatever actions to stop the communication between the group and the oil major. The suit is seeking from the court an injunction restraining the group from communicating with the oil major to terminate its contract with AMS without putting a monetary value to the claim."
On Wednesday, Ezion said: "The company welcomes the latest developments and will continue to engage with the new management of AMS."
Before news was announced on Monday, the Ezion counter closed trading up 2 per cent at S$1.02.
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Vibrant swings to S$88.7m loss on full writedown of Blackgold unit
Thu, Nov 01, 2018 - 8:52 AM
Yunita Ongyunitaso@sph.com.sg@YunitaOngBT
THE full impairment on its Blackgold Group acquisition following several accounting irregularities and a fire that destroyed Blackgold's accounts has sunk Vibrant Group's results into the red for the full financial year ended April 30.
The freights and logistics, real estate and financial services group posted a net loss of S$88.7 million, from a net profit of S$3.4 million for the previous year, the group said in a Singapore Exchange filing late on Wednesday.
Vibrant booked impairment losses of S$63.2 million from its investment in Blackgold and the unit's receivables.
After adding back the impairment losses from its Blackgold investment, the adjusted net loss would stand at S$1.95 million, due to impairment losses of receivables and available-for-sale financial assets, foreign exchange loss and higher operating expenses.
Moreover, Vibrant announced that Blackgold's financial statements were deconsolidated from the group unaudited financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2018.
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It said Blackgold Group is unable to provide a complete set of financial statements for consolidation purposes. This is because "the financial information is incomplete, not accurate and unreliable".
Said Vibrant: "The group is also unable to control the state of affairs at Blackgold Group. In view of these difficulties faced by the group, it is meaningless and misleading to consolidate the incomplete financial statements of Blackgold Group."
Aside from its Blackgold troubles, revenue for Vibrant shrank 5 per cent to S$175.5 million from the preceding year, which the company said was due to lower sales revenue from the real estate business and financial services business.
In particular, the decrease in revenue for the financial services segment to S$11.9 million as compared to S$17.4 million a year ago was due to impairment losses on investment in Blackgold and on receivables from Blackgold.
The real estate business also saw a decline in revenue on lower contribution of the government-approved resettlement housing project in Jiangyin, China which was completed and handed over in May 2017.
Vibrant Group recorded a loss per share of 13.09 Singapore cents, compared with earnings per share of 0.59 Singapore cent in the previous year. Net asset value per share fell to 30.12 Singapore cents as at April 30, from 61.66 Singapore cents in a year ago.
No dividend was declared for the current financial period compared to 1.5 Singapore cents for the previous year.
Vibrant had purchased 94.18 per cent of the shares of Blackgold through a scheme of arrangement approved by Australian court on July 13, 2017, for A$37.6 million (S$37.0 million).
But later, Vibrant's auditors discovered accounting irregularities and discrepancies for the coal mining and coal trading receipts and sales invoices, leading to the appointment of the special auditors.
Then, in August 2018, the accounting records of Blackgold Group were destroyed by a fire incident.
It was reported that eight of Vibrant's subsidiaries held through its fully-owned subsidiary Blackgold International Holdings were being sued for allegedly failing to meet certain payment and guarantee obligations under a 500 million yuan loan facility for which they had provided security.
Vibrant's chief executive Eric Khua said in a statement accompanying the results release: "Even as we are continuing to take action to resolve the issue and to pursue recovery, we have decided to take the difficult but prudent decision to write Blackgold down in its entirety, while remaining focused on our business."
He said that Vibrant has a "steady growth pipeline, with projects that will progressively come onstream and contribute to the business growth".
These include the potential S$220 million sale and leaseback of 121 Banyan Drive, full tenancy of 139 Cecil Street, a joint venture with Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI) Eurasia Land Bridge Logistics Development, and the Pucheng Project.
Mr Khua added: "The coming months will be spent evaluating and restructuring our business and strategy. We are confident that we will emerge from this episode to deliver sustainable growth for all stakeholders."
Vibrant Group shares finished down S$0.003 or 1.8 per cent at S$0.167 on Wednesday.
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Mastercard wins new partnerships without big boost to incentives
Tue, Oct 30, 2018 - 9:24 PM
Mastercard Inc is winning new deals with banks and merchants even without sweetening its incentives as much as analysts expected, helping the world's second-largest payments network post profit that topped estimates in the third quarter.
[NEW YORK] Mastercard Inc is winning new deals with banks and merchants even without sweetening its incentives as much as analysts expected, helping the world's second-largest payments network post profit that topped estimates in the third quarter.
Mastercard offered its partners US$1.73 billion in rebates, an 18 per cent increase from a year earlier but still below the US$1.84 billion average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The network has said it was boosting incentives in its bid to ink card deals.
Fees from cross-border transactions, or money spent abroad, rose 16 per cent to US$1.34 billion, just below the US$1.35 billion estimate. Mastercard has warned that business would be crimped as fewer consumers are able to buy cryptocurrency using a credit card.
Spending on the firm's network climbed 11 per cent to US$1.08 trillion, missing the US$1.11 trillion average of five analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company's larger rival, Visa Inc, also posted a smaller jump in spending than analysts expected.
While some analysts predicted the firm would change its forecast for this year's adjusted net revenue, the company said Tuesday it still expects the figure to climb by a percentage in the "high teens." Operating expenses are also still forecast to rise in the "mid-teens" range previously set.
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Mastercard shares, which surged 26 per cent this year through Monday, jumped 2.3 per cent in early trading to US$195.50. This year's advance outpaced the 6.1 per cent gain of the 66-company S&P 500 Information Technology Index.
"Our business wins and new partnerships, strengthened by our differentiated services offerings, are helping drive our global momentum," Ajay Banga, Mastercard's chief executive officer, said in a statement announcing third-quarter results.
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Apple's Siri learns Shanghainese as voice assistants race to cover languages
Thu, Mar 09, 2017 - 2:23 PM
With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing, with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and now Alphabet Inc's Google all offering electronic assistants to take your commands.
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[SAN FRANCISCO] With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing, with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and now Alphabet Inc's Google all offering electronic assistants to take your commands.
Siri is the oldest of the bunch, and researchers including Oren Etzioni, chief executive officer of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, said Apple has squandered its lead when it comes to understanding speech and answering questions.
But there is at least one thing Siri can do that the other assistants cannot: speak 21 languages localised for 36 countries, a very important capability in a smartphone market where most sales are outside the United States.
Microsoft Cortana, by contrast, has eight languages tailored for 13 countries. Google's Assistant, which began in its Pixel phone but has moved to other Android devices, speaks four languages.
Amazon's Alexa features only English and German. Siri will even soon start to learn Shanghainese, a special dialect of Wu Chinese spoken only around Shanghai.
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The language issue shows the type of hurdle that digital assistants still need to clear if they are to become ubiquitous tools for operating smartphones and other devices.
Speaking languages natively is complicated for any assistant. If someone asks for a football score in Britain, for example, even though the language is English, the assistant must know to say "two-nil" instead of "two-nothing".
At Microsoft, an editorial team of 29 people works to customise Cortana for local markets. In Mexico, for example, a published children's book author writes Cortana's lines to stand out from other Spanish-speaking countries.
"They really pride themselves on what's truly Mexican. (Cortana) has a lot of answers that are clever and funny and have to do with what it means to be Mexican," said Jonathan Foster, who heads the team of writers at Microsoft.
Google and Amazon said they plan to bring more languages to their assistants but declined to comment further.
At Apple, the company starts working on a new language by bringing in humans to read passages in a range of accents and dialects, which are then transcribed by hand so the computer has an exact representation of the spoken text to learn from, said Alex Acero, head of the speech team at Apple. Apple also captures a range of sounds in a variety of voices. From there, a language model is built that tries to predict words sequences.
Then Apple deploys "dictation mode", its text-to-speech translator, in the new language, Mr Acero said. When customers use dictation mode, Apple captures a small percentage of the audio recordings and makes them anonymous. The recordings, complete with background noise and mumbled words, are transcribed by humans, a process that helps cut the speech recognition error rate in half.
After enough data has been gathered and a voice actor has been recorded to play Siri in a new language, Siri is released with answers to what Apple estimates will be the most common questions, Mr Acero said. Once released, Siri learns more about what real-world users ask and is updated every two weeks with more tweaks.
But script-writing does not scale, said Charles Jolley, creator of an intelligent assistant named Ozlo.
"You can't hire enough writers to come up with the system you'd need in every language. You have to synthesise the answers," he said. That is years off, he said.
The founders of Viv, a startup founded by Siri's original creators that Samsung acquired last year, is working on just that.
"Viv was built to specifically address the scaling issue for intelligent assistants," said Dag Kittlaus, the CEO and co-founder of Viv.
"The only way to leapfrog today's limited functionality versions is to open the system up and let the world teach them."
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North America :: Bermuda
Introduction :: Bermuda
Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British overseas territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995.
Geography :: Bermuda
North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of South Carolina (US)
32 20 N, 64 45 W
Map references:
total: 54 sq km
land: 54 sq km
water: 0 sq km
country comparison to the world: 232
Area - comparative:
about one-third the size of Washington, DC
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Climate:
subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter
low hills separated by fertile depressions
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 79 m
Natural resources:
limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism
Land use:
agricultural land: 14.8% (2011 est.)
arable land: 14.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest: 20% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land:
Population distribution:
relatively even population distribution throughout
Natural hazards:
hurricanes (June to November)
Environment - current issues:
dense population and heavy vehicle traffic create serious congestion and air pollution problems; water resources scarce (most obtained as rainwater or from wells); solid waste disposal; hazardous waste disposal; sewage disposal; overfishing; oil spills
Geography - note:
consists of about 138 coral islands and islets with ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; some land was leased by the US Government from 1941 to 1995
People and Society :: Bermuda
71,176 (July 2018 est.)
noun: Bermudian(s)
adjective: Bermudian
Ethnic groups:
African descent 53.8%, white 31%, mixed 7.5%, other 7.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2010 est.)
English (official), Portuguese
Religions:
Protestant 46.2% (includes Anglican 15.8%, African Methodist Episcopal 8.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.7, Pentecostal 3.5%, Methodist 2.7%, Presbyterian 2.0%, Church of God 1.6%, Baptist 1.2%, Salvation Army 1.1%, Brethren 1.0%, other Protestant 2.0%), Roman Catholic 14.5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other Christian 9.1%, Muslim 1%, other 3.9%, none 17.8%, unspecified 6.2% (2010 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.92% (male 6,088 /female 5,957)
15-24 years: 11.95% (male 4,306 /female 4,197)
25-54 years: 36.56% (male 13,049 /female 12,972)
65 years and over: 18.53% (male 5,596 /female 7,594) (2018 est.)
population pyramid:
The World Factbook Field Image Modal
North America :: Bermuda Print
This is the population pyramid for Bermuda. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
Median age:
total: 43.5 years
country comparison to the world: 18
Population growth rate:
0.43% (2018 est.)
Birth rate:
11.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Death rate:
8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 100% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: -0.44% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Major urban areas - population:
10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate:
total: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 81.5 years
Total fertility rate:
1.92 children born/woman (2018 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
Education expenditures:
1.5% of GDP (2017)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
total: 29.3%
female: 29% (2014 est.)
Government :: Bermuda
Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bermuda
former: Somers Islands
etymology: the islands making up Bermuda are named after Juan de BERMUDEZ, an early 16th century Spanish sea captain and the first European explorer of the archipelago
Dependency status:
overseas territory of the UK
Government type:
parliamentary democracy (Parliament); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
name: Hamilton
geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 47 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November
etymology: named after Henry HAMILTON (ca. 1734-1796) who served as governor of Bermuda from 1788-1794
Administrative divisions:
9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire, Hamilton, Hamilton*, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint George's, Sandys, Smith's, Southampton, Warwick
Independence:
none (overseas territory of the UK)
National holiday:
Bermuda Day, 24 May; note - formerly known as Victoria Day, Empire Day, and Commonwealth Day
Constitution:
history: several previous (dating to 1684); latest entered into force 8 June 1968 (Bermuda Constitution Order 1968)
amendments: proposal procedure - NA; passage by an Order in Council in the UK; amended several times, last in 2012 (2018)
Legal system:
English common law
International law organization participation:
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of the UK
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor John RANKIN (since 5 December 2016)
head of government: Premier David BURT (since 19 July 2017)
cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the premier, appointed by the governor
elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed premier by the governor
description: bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (11 seats; 3 members appointed by the governor, 5 by the premier, and 3 by the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms) and the House of Assembly (36 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve up to 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (36 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve up to 5-year terms)
elections:
Senate - last appointments in August 2017 (next appointments in 2022)
House of Assembly - last held on 18 July 2017 (next to be held not later than 2022)
election results: Senate - composition - men 7, women 4, percent of women 36.4%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 58.9%, OBA 40.6%, other 0.5%; seats by party - PLP 24, OBA 12; composition - men 28, women 8, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 25.5%
Judicial branch:
highest courts: Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and at least 2 justices); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, 4 puisne judges, and 1 associate justice); note - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) is the court of final appeal
judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal justice appointed by the governor; justice tenure by individual appointment; Supreme Court judges nominated by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission and appointed by the governor; judge tenure based on terms of appointment
subordinate courts: commercial court (began in 2006); magistrates' courts
One Bermuda Alliance or OBA (vacant)
Progressive Labor Party or PLP [E. David BURT]
International organization participation:
Caricom (associate), ICC (NGOs), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, ITUC (NGOs), UPU, WCO
Diplomatic representation in the US:
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Consul General Mary Ellen KOENIG (since 28 November 2015)
mailing address: P. O. Box HM325, Hamilton HMBX; American Consulate General Hamilton, US Department of State, 5300 Hamilton Place, Washington, DC 20520-5300
FAX: [1] (441) 295-1592, 296-9233
consulate(s) general: Crown Hill, 16 Middle Road, Devonshire DVO3
Flag description:
red, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms (a white shield with a red lion standing on a green grassy field holding a scrolled shield showing the sinking of the ship Sea Venture off Bermuda in 1609) centered on the outer half of the flag; it was the shipwreck of the vessel, filled with English colonists originally bound for Virginia, that led to the settling of Bermuda
note: the flag is unusual in that it is only British overseas territory that uses a red ensign, all others use blue
National symbol(s):
National anthem:
name: Hail to Bermuda
lyrics/music: Bette JOHNS
note: serves as a local anthem; as a territory of the United Kingdom, "God Save the Queen" is official (see United Kingdom)
Economy :: Bermuda
Economy - overview:
International business, which consists primarily of insurance and other financial services, is the real bedrock of Bermuda's economy, consistently accounting for about 85% of the island's GDP. Tourism is the country’s second largest industry, accounting for about 5% of Bermuda's GDP but a much larger share of employment. Over 80% of visitors come from the US and the sector struggled in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09. Even the financial sector has lost roughly 5,000 high-paying expatriate jobs since 2008, weighing heavily on household consumption and retail sales. Bermuda must import almost everything. Agriculture and industry are limited due to the small size of the island.
Bermuda's economy returned to negative growth in 2016, reporting a contraction of 0.1% GDP, after growing by 0.6% in 2015. Unemployment reached 7% in 2016 and 2017, public debt is growing and exceeds $2.4 billion, and the government continues to work on attracting foreign investment. Still, Bermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$6.127 billion (2016 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$6.127 billion (2016 est.) (2016 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
-0.1% (2016 est.)
0.6% (2015 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$99,400 (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 51.3% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 15.7% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 13.7% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 0% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 49.8% (2017 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 0.9% (2017 est.)
industry: 5.3% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey
international business, tourism, light manufacturing
Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2017 est.)
Labor force:
33,480 (2016 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 2%
industry: 13%
services: 85% (2016 est.)
Unemployment rate:
Population below poverty line:
11% (2008 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
revenues: 999.2 million (2017 est.)
expenditures: 1.176 billion (2017 est.)
Taxes and other revenues:
16.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Public debt:
43% of GDP (FY14/15)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
Stock of narrow money:
$3.374 billion (30 September 2014 est.)
$3.422 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
note: figures do not include US dollars, which also circulate freely
Stock of broad money:
$22.1 billion (30 September 2014 est.)
$25.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$1.85 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Current account balance:
$818.6 million (2017 est.)
$763 million (2016 est.)
Exports:
$19 million (2017 est.)
Exports - partners:
Jamaica 49.1%, Luxembourg 36.1%, US 4.9% (2017)
Exports - commodities:
reexports of pharmaceuticals
Imports:
Imports - commodities:
clothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals
Imports - partners:
US 72.1%, South Korea 9.7%, Canada 4.2% (2017)
Debt - external:
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
Exchange rates:
Bermudian dollars (BMD) per US dollar -
1 (2017 est.)
Energy :: Bermuda
Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Electricity - production:
650 million kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
604.5 million kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - imports:
Electricity - installed generating capacity:
171,000 kW (2016 est.)
Electricity - from fossil fuels:
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
Electricity - from other renewable sources:
note: the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility turns waste to electric energy
Crude oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Crude oil - exports:
Crude oil - imports:
Crude oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production:
Refined petroleum products - consumption:
5,000 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports:
Refined petroleum products - imports:
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
Natural gas - exports:
Natural gas - imports:
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
793,700 Mt (2017 est.)
Communications :: Bermuda
Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 21,883 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (2017 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
Telephone system:
general assessment: a good, fully automatic digital telephone system with fiber-optic trunk lines; telecom sector provides a relatively high contribution to overall GDP; numerous competitors licensed, but small and localized
domestic: the system has a high fixed-line teledensity 31 per 100, coupled with a mobile-cellular teledensity of roughly 92 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1-441; landing points for the GlobeNet, Gemini Bermuda, CBUS, and the Challenger Bermuda-1 (CB-1) submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3
Broadcast media:
3 TV stations; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; roughly 13 radio stations operating (2012)
Internet country code:
Internet users:
total: 69,126 (July 2016 est.)
percent of population: 98% (July 2016 est.)
Transportation :: Bermuda
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
VP-B (2016)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1 (2017)
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2017)
Roadways:
total: 447 km (2010)
paved: 447 km (2010)
note: 225 km public roads; 222 km private roads
Merchant marine:
by type: bulk carrier 6, container ship 11, general cargo 1, oil tanker 19, other 123 (2018)
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Hamilton, Ireland Island, Saint George
Military and Security :: Bermuda
Military branches:
Bermuda Regiment (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
18-45 years of age for voluntary male or female enlistment in the Bermuda Regiment; males must register at age 18 and may be subject to conscription; term of service is 38 months for volunteers or conscripts (2012)
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Transnational Issues :: Bermuda
Disputes - international:
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Subscribe To Firefall Launches Open Beta Updates
Firefall Launches Open Beta
Ryan Winslett
For those of you who have been eagerly anticipating the free-to-play first-person shooter MMO, Firefall, yet have been so far unable to get in on any of the closed betas, today is your lucky day. Red 5 Studios has today announced that the Firefall open beta is officially up and running.
If it feels like you’ve been hearing about this Firefall game for a few years now, it’s probably because that’s about how long buzz has been building up for this unique online shooter. Now, after months upon months of tweaking, polishing and adjusting, the developers are ready to unleash the game upon the masses, celebrating with the story trailer you can check out at the top of this post.
But a fancy little trailer isn’t the reason to be excited today. By many accounts, Firefall is an absolute treat to play, offering all of the questing and loot of an expansive MMO combined with skill-based shooting that can be enjoyed solo, cooperatively or against your fellow players.
Like any good MMO, the world of Firefall is massive and offers loads of variety, both in the types of gear you’ll be picking up and the kinds of baddies you’ll be pumping full of holes. Similar to the recently released Defiance, Firefall gives the players an epic story to experience and all of the usual MMO trappings but, instead of casting spells or swinging a sword, you’ll be blasting enemies to pieces with all sorts of high tech weaponry.
Now that Firefall has undergone a long and extensive closed beta period, the folks over at Red 5 are inviting anyone with a decent computer and an internet to finally get in on the game as the full open beta kicks off.
“Gamers from all corners of the globe can now log in to the game and enter a war-scarred world to battle against the deadly and mysterious Chosen, explore every corner of New Eden, and challenge each other in fast-paced PvP combat,” reads a statement from Red 5. “Players who enter the game can also take part in our dynamically-spawning ARES missions and experience the first piece of our story-driven content, ‘Blackwater Anomaly.’”
Today also marks the launch of Firefall Fest, a two-day livestreaming even including chats with developers, special guests and more. There will also be prize giveaways and a whole slew of other videos to dig into. To take part in that event, simply head on over to the Firefall Fest page on Twitch.TV.
In order to get in on the beta, all you have to do is head on to the Firefall official website and get to, well, downloading. That’s also where you’ll find information on the Beta Starter Packs, giving you access to a bunch of in-game goods to help get your adventure rolling. Buying the premium pack also nets you a personal teleportation device and an exclusive in-game motorcycle, so that’s certainly something to consider.
Finally, for those of you who are interested in the game but want a few pointers before diving into the world of Firefall, here’s a nice breakdown of the basics.
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Subscribe To X-Men: Apocalypse Shows Off Massive Egyptian Sets Updates
X-Men: Apocalypse Shows Off Massive Egyptian Sets
Adam Holmes
Just like in the comics, next year’s X-Men film villain, Apocalypse, hails from Egypt, where he was considered to be the first mutant over 5,000 years ago. Rather than green screen this environment, the X-Men: Apocalypse crew hunkered down and built Egyptian sets from scratch, and you can see just how massive they are in the picture below.
This takes me back to #raidersofthelostark #notallgreenscreen #xmen #xmenapocalypse
A photo posted by Bryan Singer (@bryanjaysinger) on Jul 27, 2015 at 10:08am PDT
Dirctor Bryan Singer posted this Instagram photo of himself standing in the 2016’s blockbuster’s mamoth set and peering up at a statue of Anubis, the Egyptian god of the afterlife. Although Singer didn’t provide any additional information for this picture (other than that it reminds him of Raiders of the Lost Ark), concept art from earlier in the month showed Apocalypse’s tomb being broken into, so presumably this is the eponymous villain’s resting place. As the director’s hashtag #notallgreenscreen notes, much of X-Men: Apocalypse has been shot using more practical methods, whether it’s offsite filming at a mall and forest, or building a frantically shaking "motion base."
Moviegoers first saw the young Apocalypse using his telekinetic powers to build the pyramids in the X-Men: Days of Future Past post-credits scene as a crowd of worshippers chanted his original name: En Sabah Nur. Although we know he is one of the first cases of Homo Superior, people from that time period understandably thought he was a god, a belief that he still carries about himself. Another piece of concept art from earlier in the year showed a silhouetted figure looking at what looked like an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Considering that a young En Sabah Nur found an abandoned alien ship in the comics, which is where he got much of his advanced technology, this could mean we’ll see flashbacks to his time in ancient Egypt during the film.
After resting for millennia, Apocalypse awakens in 1983, and, after being disappointed by how chaotic and violent the world is, he gathers followers to his cause (including Magneto, Psylocke, Storm, and Angel) to help him remake society in his own image. His goal: to create a world where the strong thrive and the weak are cast aside, regardless of if they’re human or mutant. It will be up to the X-Men, both young and old, to stop their fellow mutants from ushering in the Age of Apocalypse…though don’t expect any alternate universe shenanigans like the comic book of the same name.
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Podcast: Fake news and Trump’s trashing of political norms
By David Uberti
How worried should we be about President-elect Donald Trump’s unwillingness to establish a protective press pool? And for that matter, how big a threat is Facebook’s inability to police fake news?
We dissected that and more on the first episode of The Kicker, a new, weekly podcast where we’ll discuss media news and important questions facing journalism today. This week, I’m joined by Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope and Associate Editor Nausicaa Renner.
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David Uberti is a writer in New York. He was previously a media reporter for Gizmodo Media Group and a staff writer for CJR. Follow him on Twitter @DavidUberti.
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Friday Froth: Brewer Variants from Victory Brewing, Two Roads & Rodenbach
James Gribbon January 15, 2016
One of the principle joys of live music is hearing familiar songs played in unfamiliar ways. An extended improvisation, a song's slow dissolve as band members explore different chords and reconnect through the voices of their instruments, the pure truth of an imperfect voice, the energy of a band and crowd playing off one another until every molecule in a room hums with energy... living, breathing creation. This is why we go, and why most artists aren't content to play the same songs over and over again the same way. Brewers are also creators and, once they have a formula down, start looking for a new way to express it. A new song is a new song, but what happens when you play with what you already have? What might evolve from here?
At this point, many of you reading this are already familiar with variants of existing beers like Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, even NEBCO Zapata-Bot (Gandhi-Bot aged in tequila barrels). This week we're going to take a look at a very few of the ways brewers are riffing on their beers, and what the results can be.
Victory in Pennsylvania has been playing around with hops in a big way for several years, now. Their Hop Ranch series was a farm-to-beer concept in which a single beer recipe was treated with a single variety of hops from different family owned hop growers for each release. The idea was for the beer to stay the same, allowing brewers and drinkers alike to focus on the different natures of each hop specie and its terroir. The Hop Ticket series isn't so strict in definition - with both session and black IPAs, a dry hopped saison, etc. - but every one is made exclusively with whole cone hops instead of the more common, pelletized delivery method. I had Victory Hop Session Rye IPA.
This one poured with all the color and clarity of a Budweiser, but with a distinctly un-Bud-like tall and sticky head. The hops were big and sharp in the air above the glass, but they shared space with dry, grainy notes. The mouthfeel was smooth, with all ingredients saving their bite for the flavor. A good, strong bitterness coated my tongue as I made my way through the pint. The hops were more earthy, likely due partially to the Simcoes, but also because they grew from a rich bed of solid barley and pungent spicy rye. Like many experimental beers, Hop Session Rye was draft-only, and likely all gone by now, but I expect Victory to continue the series, so I wanted to give you a heads up.
Two Roads introduced a series called S.H.O.P. in their tasting room this past October. Every beer in the series (Single Hop Original Pilot) is an extra pale ale, similar to the Hop Ranch concept, with those little green cones taking center stage. Several of the varieties don't even have names when they arrive at the brewery - the first I had was single hopped with HBC Experimental #344 in November - and only a few barrels-worth of each are on hand at any given time.
The newest in the S.H.O.P. series just tapped two days ago at the brewery, and is made with Comet hops. I wasn't too familiar with the name, and first assumed this was another newborn, fresh from the earth, but Two Roads says it's "an old school variety almost forgotten and now finding favor again among brewers looking for under-rated and interesting varieties."
As you can see above, the beer's a bright amber with a medium head that fades down to a film, but the nose was a cargo ship full of fruit, particularly pineapple. The aroma melded with the malts in the glass to form an instantaneous burst of creamsicle flavor - bashing through the door on first sip like a kid who's heard the ice cream truck. Soft, round, and juicy, Comet S.H.O.P. has surprisingly few IBUs. This definitely sets it apart from other floral, hoppy Two Roads brews like Lil Heaven, which finish with a distinct bitterness. The Comet XPA is like nectar on the tongue, but finishes very clean.
Far afield, a much older brewer is doing something much different. Rodenbach was started in Flanders, Belgium, early in the 19th century, and is likely the primary cause for Flemish red ales to be so well known in American society. Their Grand Cru is a staple at many craft beer bars, and a beer I've used to introduce many people to the concept of a sour beer. It is mild, slightly winey, and I've always thought there was a tiny shoot of chocolate poking a tendril out of the flavor. Sour beers often undergo maturation in huge, oak barrels called foeders, so Rodenbach took a beer very similar to their Grand Cru, ripened it in these oak barrels, and called it Foederbier.
Foederbier is unblended, unfiltered, and available on cask only. Ruddy as the Grand Cru, it gives off a similar scent: grapey and sharp. Drink this potion, and sense the cleanliness: dry and biting as an angry English governess. Foederbier is very like the Grand Cru, but the oakiness somehow gives the beer talons. Don't mistake this for a warning, though: this is a wonderful beer. If you manage to find a place serving Foederbier, drink it - you may not see it again for a long time.
Just like brewers, drinkers can sometimes find themselves in a rut: same thing, different day. Don't allow familiarity to sap your joy... keep pushing, keep exploring, and who knows what you may discover?
See you out there.
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Posted on August 12, 2015 by Piqua Daily Call
MainSource robber gets 30 months
Piqua woman sentenced for biting paramedics
By Melanie Yingst - myingst@troydailynews.com
TROY — The man who robbed the MainSource Bank on South Market Street in subzero weather on Feb. 18 was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for third-degree felony robbery on Monday.
In Miami County Common Pleas Court, Judge Jeannine Pratt reviewed 40-year-old Brian Feltner of Troy’s lengthy criminal record before sentencing him to 30 months in prison for the bank robbery as well as six months in prison for first degree misdemeanor making false alarms. The sentences are to run concurrently.
On Feb. 18, Feltner called 9-1-1 and stated there was an active shooter at Walmart prior to robbing the bank.
Feltner changed his plea to guilty in July. The state prepared a joint recommendation for sentencing for 18 months for the robbery and six months for the false alarms charge. Judge Pratt thanked counsel for the joint recommendation, but said 18 months was not long enough due to the serious nature of Felter’s actions.
Feltner’s attorney John Herndon objected to his client’s sentence due to it being “almost double” from the joint recommendation from the state. Herndon stated he objected to the sentence because “it’s been a tradition” to honor joint recommendations in exchange for a plea agreements. Herndon requested to withdraw Feltner’s plea and re-enter Feltner’s not guilty plea and go to trial.
Judge Pratt stated she reviewed Feltner’s pre-sentence investigation, his lengthy criminal record, his lack of employment since 2000, and his lack of statement prior to sentencing. Pratt said Feltner showed no genuine remorse for his actions, committed the robbery while on probation, and drew law enforcement away from the area on purpose as he robbed the bank.
“That’s why we have a judge in this matter,” Pratt stated, before Feltner’s sentencing session was closed.
Feltner received 38 days of jail time credit and is subject to three years of post-release control.
Feltner also must pay restitution of $4,838 to MainSource Bank.
In other court news:
• Debby Kelly, 30, of Piqua, was sentenced to serve two years of community control for fourth-degree felony assault for biting two different Piqua Fire Department paramedics while they were taking her blood pressure while Kelly was intoxicated on April 11.
In Miami County Common Pleas Court, Kelly said she was ashamed for her actions on April 11 and has sought drug and alcohol counseling.
The state provided no recommendation.
Judge Jeannine Pratt ordered Kelly to attend AA/NA meetings, abide by a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and pay court costs in the matter. If Kelly violates those conditions, she could face up to 17 months in prison.
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Working Mothers Get New Virtual Office Jobs Resource
BOULDER, CO—What do you get when you combine Working Mother Media and FlexJobs? More opportunities for moms to work from virtual office space.
Working Mother Media and FlexJobs just teamed up to offer professional job listings that offer flexible work options to its mommy audience. Working Mother magazine reaches over 2 million readers and is the only national magazine for career-committed mothers.
Here’s how it works: Workingmother.com users can access a Working Mother-branded site featuring FlexJobs listings. Yes, it’s just that easy.
“We are honored to partner with Working Mother on the important and widespread need for legitimate, professional flexible job opportunities,” says Sara Sutton Fell, founder and CEO of FlexJobs.
“I started FlexJobs to provide a trusted job resource for women like me, who want to continue being productive in their career while also having the flexibility to be more present for their family. Once having a baby, many women want to maintain their career while having more time to spend with their family.”
This is a potential breakthrough for mothers looking for virtual office work. That’s because FlexJobs offers the largest database of hand-screened job listings with flexible work options such as telecommuting, freelance, part-time, virtual office or alternative schedules. Jobs range from entry-level to executive, temporary to full-time, in over 50 career categories, and across the country.
“Working mothers come to our site for advice, support and information that serve their busy lives,” says Jennifer Owens, editorial director at Working Mother Media. "Now for the first time, they will be able to access jobs that will enhance work family life. FlexJobs’ reputation in the marketplace of providing vetted, high quality positions for women is a valuable opportunity for our audience.”
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A unique grille finished in Magnetic paint makes for an upscale design and 19-inch polished wheels return confident performance</li> </ul> Together, Fusion V6 Sport, Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi, and Fusion Platinum offer three different flavors of an award-winning lineup for midsize sedan customers. Fusion V6 Sport adds continuously controlled damping for real-time suspension tuning based on setup and road inputs. The system features pothole detection technology that, in less than the blink of an eye, adjusts the shock absorbers to greatly reduce the severity of impact transmitted to occupants. Power and handling are complemented by unique, performance-inspired style inside and out. The look is distinguished by an aggressive exterior with deeper air intakes and a gloss black-finish mesh grille, 19-inch wheels, rear spoiler and dual twin exhaust outlets. Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi are technology-packed electrified vehicles that offer an advanced EcoGuide system to provide drivers real-time coaching to get even better fuel economy. Fusion Energi features a 7.6-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery for an expected range of 19 miles using electric power only. The car automatically switches to an efficient 2.0-liter gasoline engine when the battery is depleted, allowing customers to drive more than 500 miles. Ford continues to innovate and evolve with its lithium-ion batteries that save weight and take up less space than the less sophisticated nickel-metal hydride batteries found in Toyota Camry Hybrid. Neither Camry nor Accord offers a plug-in hybrid. Recharging Fusion Energi can be done overnight in just 2.5 hours. The car is smart enough to know when to begin charging to get electricity at the lowest price. It can even preheat or precool the cabin before drivers leave to save more fuel. 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Ford Unveils Smartest, Most Technology-Packed Fusion Ever
CorrienteLatina | Posted on January 13, 2016 January 14, 2016
"Ford Unveils Smartest, Most Technology-Packed Fusion Ever"
The new Ford Fusion continues to be a game changer among midsize sedans, with the most technologically advanced lineup ever – including two hybrid models and a new all-wheel-drive Fusion V6 Sport engineered to leave other family sedans in the dust.
Fusion V6 Sport and the new Fusion Platinum add to a lineup featuring three EcoBoost® engine choices, along with two hybrids, Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid – something neither Toyota nor Honda offers midsize sedan shoppers.
“Fusion offers people a lot more car – including helpful technology, beautiful design and a more rewarding driving experience than other midsize sedans,” said Raj Nair, Ford executive vice president and chief technical officer, Global Product Development.
Fusion V6 Sport: Fusion V6 Sport is a performance sedan unlike anything in the segment with a twin-turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost® V6 delivering a projected 325 horsepower and 350 lb.-ft. of torque. All-wheel-drive Fusion V6 Sport is projected to make approximately 100 lb.-ft. of additional torque and nearly 50 more horsepower than the 3.5-liter V6 engines in Toyota Camry and Honda Accord
Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi: New Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi lead America’s best-selling lineup of plug-in hybrids. New software in both hybrids delivers an even more refined and engaging drive for customers, while more efficient electric motors are expected to contribute to better fuel economy and a purer range of electric driving
Fusion Platinum: Fusion Platinum is designed for those seeking even greater levels of refinement and craftsmanship in a midsize sedan. With available award-winning 2.0-liter EcoBoost and all-wheel drive, the real story is the interior experience. Instrument and door trim panels are wrapped in antiqued Cocoa leather, and the hand-wrapped steering wheel is finished in premium Venetian leather. A unique grille finished in Magnetic paint makes for an upscale design and 19-inch polished wheels return confident performance
Together, Fusion V6 Sport, Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi, and Fusion Platinum offer three different flavors of an award-winning lineup for midsize sedan customers.
Fusion V6 Sport adds continuously controlled damping for real-time suspension tuning based on setup and road inputs. The system features pothole detection technology that, in less than the blink of an eye, adjusts the shock absorbers to greatly reduce the severity of impact transmitted to occupants. Power and handling are complemented by unique, performance-inspired style inside and out. The look is distinguished by an aggressive exterior with deeper air intakes and a gloss black-finish mesh grille, 19-inch wheels, rear spoiler and dual twin exhaust outlets.
Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi are technology-packed electrified vehicles that offer an advanced EcoGuide system to provide drivers real-time coaching to get even better fuel economy. Fusion Energi features a 7.6-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery for an expected range of 19 miles using electric power only. The car automatically switches to an efficient 2.0-liter gasoline engine when the battery is depleted, allowing customers to drive more than 500 miles.
Ford continues to innovate and evolve with its lithium-ion batteries that save weight and take up less space than the less sophisticated nickel-metal hydride batteries found in Toyota Camry Hybrid. Neither Camry nor Accord offers a plug-in hybrid.
Recharging Fusion Energi can be done overnight in just 2.5 hours. The car is smart enough to know when to begin charging to get electricity at the lowest price. It can even preheat or precool the cabin before drivers leave to save more fuel.
Both electrified Fusions deliver impressive overall performance with electric-only speeds up to 85 mph. Regenerative braking captures up to 95 percent of the energy lost through heat during braking and recharges the hybrid battery on the move.
Meaningful technology
Fusion is the most technologically advanced midsize car Ford has ever built in North America – the first car sold here with Ford’s pedestrian detection system. Fusion also has hands-free parallel and perpendicular parking capability. The new high-tech gear shift dial results in a roomier cabin with easy-to-reach bins.
Lane-keeping assist helps drivers maintain proper lane position using a small, forward-facing camera behind the rearview mirror that “looks” at the road ahead – monitoring lane lines to ensure the car is on course.
Available Blind Spot Information System with cross-traffic alert includes sensors in the car’s rear quarter-panels that can detect traffic in a driver’s blind spot, providing both audible and visual warnings if traffic – unseen by the driver – is detected. BLIS® enables cross-traffic alert, warning the driver of oncoming traffic when backing out of a parking space with obstructed views. In combination with the standard rearview camera, BLIS makes for confident maneuvering in parking lots.
SYNC® 3, Ford’s new communications and entertainment system, is also available. It features faster performance, more conversational voice recognition, a more intuitive smartphone-like touch screen and easier-to-understand graphical interface.SYNC Connect, optional with SYNC 3, enables owners to remotely start their car, schedule future starts, or lock and unlock the car using their smartphone.
The new Fusion arrives at dealerships this summer. Fusion V6 Sport follows a few weeks later.
Detroit, January 11, 2016 — Raj Nair, Ford Executive Vice President, Product Development, and Chief Technical Officer introduces the new 2017 Ford Fusion to journalists from around the world at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The new Ford Fusion continues to be a game changer among midsize sedans, with the most technologically advanced lineup ever.
Fusion V6 Sport is a performance sedan unlike anything in the segment with a twin-turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 delivering a projected 325 horsepower and 350 lb.-ft. of torque. All-wheel drive Fusion V6 Sport is projected to make approximately 100 lb.-ft. of additional torque and nearly 50 more horsepower than the 3.5-liter V6 engines in Toyota Camry and Honda Accord.
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan, manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 197,000 employees and 67 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford and its products worldwide, please visit www.corporate.ford.com.
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Home > featured > 6 Ways to Know if Your Business is Ready for Wholesale
6 Ways to Know if Your Business is Ready for Wholesale
Lauren Hoffman, 5 years ago 3 min read 10 Shares
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Most crafters want to sell their handmade goods You might be waiting until you have a bigger client base or more professional contacts or higher sales numbers, but by stopping to ask yourself some core questions, you might discover that you’re ready to start wholesaling today. But how can you tell whether or not your product line is ready for wholesaling? To answer this question, designer, maker, and entrepreneur Megan Auman encourages freelancers to consider six key aspects of your product line.
It’s cohesive
A strong wholesale line — whether it’s jewelry, knitwear, metal goods, or something else — has a clear aesthetic or overarching theme that tells a cohesive story. “Have someone else with a fresh set of eyes look at it,” Megan advises. “Ask your friend that’s got impeccable taste…look at it and see if it makes sense.” In particular, look for products that don’t fit with the rest. Can those items be eliminated, or altered to fit in with the rest of the line?
…But diverse
Do you only sell one type of product? Are there other product types you can create that fit in with your brand? When Megan started painting again for fun a few years ago, she realized that her work as a painter could translate into textiles, an endeavor that fit in with her existing jewelry-making business.
“Even though they were totally disparate, adding in that textile line, focused on wearable goods suddenly made the whole picture of my wholesale line make sense to my clients.”
Expanding into wholesaling doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll need to alter your prices, but it’s important to come into the transition into wholesaling with a strong knowledge of why your items are priced the way they are. What are your least and most expensive items? Are most of the items in your line around a similar price point? How can you adjust prices to create a fuller range, which attracts more customers?
You can handle the volume
Are the materials you use to create your products consistently available, even if you needed more of them in a hurry? How would you feel if a client ordered ten of something? 100? 1,000?
The knitty-gritty details of expanded production can be overwhelming to a first-time wholesaler — feel free to reach out to been there, done that entrepreneurs for help and support. And be sure to consider whether there any products in your line that are too labor, time, or cost intensive to sell wholesale, too.
You’ve done the research
When you present a wholesale collection to prospective buyers, you have a fine line to walk. Are you putting forward enough products that the buyers feel like they have choices? At the same time, be careful that you’re not presenting too many products at once, which can make buyers feel more overwhelmed and less likely to purchase. Also, be constantly aware of your best sellers — buyers will want to know which of your products have been most successful.
You’re ready
Finally, before you take the plunge, ask yourself some final, essential questions about your readiness to wholesale. Do you have at least twenty designs in your line that you feel fully confident about? Don’t be afraid to take extra time to tweak and perfect your line if you need it. Do you have ideas about products to continue introducing into your wholesale line after it’s launched, to keep it fresh? Do you have the resources to introduce those new or updated products at least once a year?
Want more great advice about how to get your business ready for wholesale? Check out Megan Auman’s full class. Or, if you’re in the Seattle area, join us for our upcoming craft wholesale Q&A with zulily! You can RSVP here.
Tags #crafting #retail #small business #wholesale
Lauren Hoffman
Lauren Hoffman lives and writes in Seattle, Washington. By day, she's a freelance writer and editor; by night, she's at work completing a book-length non-fiction project, Up High Down Low.
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Boss: "Our Terrific Run Shows We Can Cope With Different Styles"
David Artell says he is pleased that his Crewe Alexandra side have shown that they can mix-and-match it with anybody in League Two. The Crewe boss says that his side’s recent run that has now stretched to six games unbeaten is a terrific achievement and he believes that his team can cope with all styles of play.
David told us: “To have the results we have had over the last couple of months is a terrific achievement and we have to keep it going for as long as we can. We have beaten MK Dons away and the likes of Colchester and Lincoln at home.
“We have beaten a physical side in Carlisle on Tuesday night. Stevenage were physical and we managed to win that one just days after beating Lincoln. That was one of the most pleasing things about that result. The players coped with playing two games in a short space of time and won them both.
“We managed to get a great three points against Carlisle because I said it before the game and afterwards, they are a very good team.
“We have coped with different styles and been really good in our recent spell. We have to keep it going and look for another three points this weekend at Oldham.”
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Portugal and Canada will sign agreement on young mobility
Home / Blog Archive / News about Portugal / Portugal and Canada will sign agreement on young mobility
by Conselho da Diáspora
The Portuguese and Canadian governments will sign an agreement about the student and work mobility for young people between 18 and 25 years old, said the Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities.
José Luís Carneiro talked to Lusa before the prime-minister participation on a reception in Centro Português Recreativo Lusitana, em Ottawa – the first point of the four days official visit of António Costa to Canada.
About the high number of undocumented citizens and the delays related with the services of the Social Security, José Luís Carneiro defended that all these questions “have been being object of systematic treatment” by the government and highlighted that the official visit of the prime-minister to Canada will allow “to give a significant step on the mobility of the citizens”, mainly the youngest.
“In what concerns to the Social Security, the question will have an evolution with a common declaration of the governments of Portugal and Canada”, said the Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities.
Regarding the issue related to the undocumented citizens, José Luís Carneiro stated: “We have been keeping a permanent dialogue with the legislative power and with the Canadian minister of emigration. It’s a complex question. There are flexibilization measures for their regulation”.
José Luís Carneiro, added that, during the prime-minister visit to Canada, it will also be adopted measures to reinforce the teaching of Portuguese.
By Público and Portuguese Diaspora Council, May 2018
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Feature | October 30, 2008| Nick Obradovich
Noninvasive Angiography Outlook for 2009
As data accumulates, CTA inches toward gold standard for multiple patient populations.
Toshibas Aquilion 64-slice was used in the Core 64 trial, which showed that coronary CTA was accurate in detecting blockages of greater than 50 percent, with a sensitivity of 85 percent and a specificity of 90 percent.
Going into 2009, proponents of coronary CT angiography (CTA) are confident that the scan’s ever-increasing acceptance will lead to it becoming the gold standard in imaging for patients with low or intermediate risk of coronary artery disease. From a business perspective, the CTA remains a driving force in the cardiac CT market.
While coronary MR angiography (MRA) has seen an improvement in image quality, according to clinicians, the scan is not as accepted or used as much as CTA due to image quality.
CTA scans have increased substantially in the past five years, according to many clinicians. In March 2008, IMV Medical Information Division Inc., a market research firm specializing in medical imaging, released a study confirming the data.
According to IMV’s report, there were approximately 4.7 million CTA scans performed in 2007, increasing from 2.2 million scans in 2003. The report found that among sites with CT scanners, 66 percent performed CTA scans in 2007. In 2003, under half (44 percent) of sites with CT scanners performed CTA.
According to a June IMV report, there were approximately 2.5 million MRA scans. Taking the total number of CTA and MRA scans for 2007 (7.2 million), nearly two-thirds were CTA, underscoring the fact that CTA has leaped ahead of MRA.
CTA appears to enjoy the advantage over MRA when imaging the coronary arteries, primarily due to superior spatial resolution. Some clinicians believe that an coronary MRA can be read as effectively as a CTA scan if the cardiologist or radiologist has experience reading both scans.
Core 64 Results
Not all cardiologists believe CTA should be the gold standard for finding and accessing blocked arteries, but last year’s results of the Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography trial (CORE-64) trial leant statistical credibility to the scan. The CORE-64 trial — funded by Toshiba America Medical Systems — was conducted by researchers from nine centers in seven countries. The trial studied 291 patients who were scheduled to undergo invasive coronary angiography for suspected or unknown coronary artery disease.
Using Toshiba’s Aquilion 64 CT scanner, the trial found that CTA was accurate in detecting blockages of greater than 50 percent, with a sensitivity of 85 percent and a specificity of 90 percent.
“I was always thought that, even with the 16-row Aquilion we had, MDCTA for the coronary arteries was ready for prime time,” said Melvin E. Clouse, M.D., radiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, professor and vice chairman emeritus, department of radiology, Harvard Medical School. “The first image I ever took with it was one of the best I had ever done. Even if you believed [that 64-slice CTA was an effective scan], I think Core 64 proved it.”
Many clinicians feel the urgency of developing a cardiac test that can better determine who is valuable to having a heart attack.
“For about 200,000 people every year, a fatal heart attack is their first, last and only symptom,” Dr. Clouse said. “So what you want to do is get a simple test.”
Going into 2009, clinicians are optimistic about CTA’s future, in large part to due technological innovations. Siemens’ SOMATOM Definition with dual-source technology has improved temporal resolution and helps better characterize plaque, according to several clinicians who have spoken to Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology this year. Toshiba’s Aquilion One 320-slice required less contrast, reducing the dose to levels near what would be used in a cath lab, according to clinicians.
“Our goal should be to reduce the number of imaging methods for the heart, if that can be done,” Dr. Clouse said. “MDCT is much more rapid, less complicated, and eventually, I think, we’ll get to perfusion imaging. We’ll be competing actively with MRI. But, we have to do it without so much radiation. We should target our studies where we get our dose rates down to 3 and 5 milliseverts for an angio study.”
Highlighting Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program
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This charming country home has a low maintenance exterior and timeless style. The three car garage offers extra storage space for a workshop or lawn equipment. Inside, the main floor is filled with custom-styled details. Adjacent to the kitchen is a walk-in pantry and a handy e-space with a window, as well as a spacious dining room. The great room features an elegant coffered ceiling and fireplace. The large master bedroom includes a tray ceiling, dual walk-in closets and access to the rear porch. The master bathroom combines luxury and convenience with a large shower and private access to the utility room.
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1st Floor: 2070 Sq. Ft.
2nd Floor: 1145 Sq. Ft.
Bonus Room: 670 Sq. Ft.
Patio: 430 Sq. Ft.
Garage/Storage: 942 Sq. Ft.
House Dimensions: 75' 8" x 53' 5"
Great Room: 20' 4" x 18' 8"
Master Bedroom: 16' 10" x 14' 10"
Exterior Wall Construction: 2x4
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E-Space : 5' 10" x 5' 0" x 10' 0"
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Porch - Front : 33' 4" x 6' 0" x 10' 0"
Utility Room : 6' 0" x 12' 0" x 10' 0"
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Fighting Opioid Abuse, Community by Community
In Massachusetts, working together to confront heroin use and abuse
Massachusetts Technical Assistance Partnership for Prevention (MassTAPP)
Prevention and Reduction of Opioid Misuse in Massachusetts (PDF)
EDC’s Gary Langis has made it his mission to reduce heroin deaths in Massachusetts. But for much of the past two decades, attitudes toward addiction and abuse have been as much an obstacle to this goal as the drug itself.
Few people wanted to admit that heroin could be present in their community. Law enforcement often dealt with addiction through incarceration. Public health campaigns were more likely to focus on less stigmatized issues, such as reducing teen alcohol abuse.
But in 2005, the number of fatalities in Massachusetts due to opioid overdoses eclipsed the number caused by motor vehicle accidents for the first time, thrusting the issue into the public eye. And as the state’s opioid abuse crisis deepened, Langis noticed a shift in attitude: law enforcement personnel were asking him more about prevention than punishment.
“I remember talking to an officer from Quincy who used to dismiss addicts as junkies,” says Langis. “Then he started seeing people from his own community, people he knew, overdosing and dying. That changed his opinion.”
With more than 900 opioid-related deaths in 2013, Massachusetts is now engaged in a full fight to save lives at risk of being lost to opioid abuse—and EDC is a critical partner. Through the Massachusetts Technical Assistance Partnership for Prevention (MassTAPP), Langis and other technical assistance experts are helping the state develop a strategic, community-level response to the crisis.
Reaching out across lines
MassTAPP is providing technical assistance to 18 Massachusetts opioid abuse prevention collaboratives (called MOAPCs), which are funded by the Commonwealth’s Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS).
Each MOAPC grant funds a lead municipality to bring together neighboring communities in an effort to share resources and knowledge and collectively plan prevention strategies. This “cluster” approach is a change in direction for Massachusetts, which used to award substance abuse prevention grants only to individual cities and towns.
MassTAPP’s Tracy Desovich says that a regional prevention effort builds the capacity of several communities at once. This is key because the impact of opioid abuse crosses town lines.
“The idea is to share expertise across communities and across roles,” she says. “We want law enforcement, public health professionals, and people who are in recovery all working together to make a difference.”
Desovich says cities and towns may often lack data about when and where opioid overdoses have occurred, especially if victims are rushed to a hospital in a neighboring community. Working in clusters can give communities a more accurate picture of how opioid abuse is playing out at the local and regional levels. MassTAPP supports communities by helping them build data-driven prevention strategies that address areas of critical importance.
“You need that data to plan prevention—plain and simple,” says Desovich. “Otherwise you might be putting a band aid on a broken leg.”
Penny Funaiole, the coordinator of the Mystic Valley MOAPC—a coalition comprising the communities of Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Reading—believes that MassTAPP’s technical assistance has played a significant role in facilitating conversation and coordination among communities.
“The lines of communication are tremendous right now,” she says.
Taking steps forward
For many young people in the Mystic Valley, says Funaiole, the road to opioid abuse often begins with painkillers prescribed for sports injuries. Prescription drug abuse has become so severe that many schools are beginning to educate parents about the dangers and warning signs.
She credits the MOAPC grant with helping the Mystic Valley region develop a coordinated plan and says that MassTAPP has helped connect people engaged in the same fight across the state.
“Everybody is talking about opioid abuse now, and it can become disorganized when everybody wants to do their own thing,” says Funaiole. “Having Tracy there at our cluster level has helped open lines from state to regional to local prevention efforts.”
Turning around the state’s epidemic will not be a short, or easy, process. But there are indications that barriers to prevention are shrinking.
Desovich recalls a recent request from one local police department. They were considering whether to equip all of their first responders with naloxone, the overdose-reversal drug commonly known as Narcan. Did she know anybody who could answer some questions for them?
“I called Gary, and he went there the next day to do a training,” she says.
Langis showed the officers how to administer the drug and talked to them about why it worked. During the training, the officers asked Langis a question that he has grown used to hearing during his career in prevention work: Isn’t administering Narcan to an overdose victim just enabling the addict?
“I ask how many heart attacks a person has to suffer before they shouldn’t be resuscitated by a defibrillator,” Langis says. “When do you say, ‘I’m not going to save a life?’“
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See You Next Year: EDIT IT Summer School Wraps Up for 2018
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Our EDIT IT Summer School wrapped up its two weeks of classes, fun and project work on Friday, 27th of July. We handed out certificates to EDIT students today in seven locations: Ljubljana, Maribor, Belgrade, Kragujevac, Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar.
Participants were in high spirits as they reflected on their experiences and achievements from the past two weeks.
“EDIT was a great experience that taught us how to communicate in a team and solve real problems,” said Tinkara Marčec, participant in Maribor.
“I’m sure that EDIT will help me in my future career. We recreated a real work environment where we could learn and get more practice,” said Žiga Pevec, participant in Ljubljana.
This year’s topic covered a wide array of IT trends and technologies, such as Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, passenger engagement platforms, material flow controllers, gaming analytics and more.
“I found the topics extremely interesting and useful. We also had great mentors to guide us and help us successfully complete our project,” said Selma Husnia, participant in Mostar.
At EDIT, we strive to offer a dynamic learning environment where students’ creativity is stimulated. Our goal is to build future IT leaders who are capable of coming up with ideas for solving real problems. That is why we combine lectures with project work, and enable EDIT participants to lead projects, motivate and inspire each other.
“Communication is key to creating a healthy work environment,” said Jan Grilnac, EDIT mentor in Maribor, who taught his students the importance of team communication.
According to Jelena Stojadinovic, EDIT participant in Belgrade, this year’s project, centered on Blockchain, helped her enhance her academic knowledge with real experience. “Blockchain is the future of the IT industry. I believe that the skills I gained here will be useful in my future career,” she said.
In addition to project work, students had the opportunity to bond while enjoying fun team building activities – volleyball, kayaking, paintball, archery…
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We’ve kicked off #EDITworld19! Two weeks of fun and learning is upon us. Our campuses are buzzing with enthusiasm and expectation. There’s a lot to do so, with no further ado, let’s get started.
#EDITworld19 starts Monday! We can’t wait to get started and welcome all of our participants to a fun filled two weeks of education.
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Guest-Posts Gang Rapes in India and Legislation
Gang Rapes in India and Legislation
by Shashikant Nishant Sharma (Urban Planning Consultant) on February 15, 2019 in Guest-Posts
I had been refraining from writing on sex and gang rape as they have become the order of the day. But now I think that a section of the society is getting conscious to get legislation passed for execution of the culprits of the gang rape. I have been keeping a track of the recent development in this direction. The Delhi Police has issued directions regarding removal of heavy curtains and tinted glasses from the vehicles particularly buses. This is a good attempt to curb the crime in moving vehicles. The setting up of enquiry committee is futile and this a measure for making the public sentiment pacify. The assurances from the legislators and the practiceners of the law indicates that they would prefer death sentence in the rarest of the rare cases of gang rape which will provide a new avenue for their earning through court cases which will try to prove that the particular gang rape was not a rarest of rare cases and this will also prove a big loop hole in the legal system to avoid the prosecution regarding the gang rape.
As a policy planner and social activist I would like to have a common and simple legal procedure for executing the culprits of the gang rape. The any culprit of the gang rape should be executed or hanged within a specified time period not exceeding a month. Whether the victim file FIR or someone else, whether she wishes for prosecution or not the culprit will be punished only then we can wish of a society free from the heinous crime like gang rape. The legal system in India is at a crucial juncture as no one fears or respects laws as he/she thinks that no matter what crime he has done he will find a smooth passage on the dint of power, money and connections with top notches of our society.
Media highlights the gang rapes done by the common man but not the daily habit of the sons and wards of influential and wealthy people.
The New Year celebration will turn the tide and slowly the agitation by the youth of Delhi and other Indian cities will meet a slow death like the campaign of Lokpal. Every campaign and agitation against the so-called influential class and wealthy people will meet a slow death in this system of democracy.
Hope to see you soon at public place in some form of agitation against the corruption of some form of crime.
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The new Raspberry Pi 4 is ready for 4K video
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Look at this ridiculous 200-watt laser bazooka
You'll melt your eyes out, kid.
Andrew Dalton, @dolftown
06.29.16 in DIY
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YouTuber and insane laser electrician Styropyro has outdone himself once again. While his previous experiments have led to a homebuilt lightsaber and a dangerous laser shotgun, this time has more than added more than five times the power to create a massive, 200W "laser bazooka."
For reference, a standard laser pointer is 0.005W, while a laboratory laser is 0.5W — meaning it can still damage your eyes even if you're only staring at the spot of light on the wall. The laser bazooka, meanwhile, is 400 times more powerful than the most dangerous lab laser. The total power consumption is nearly a kilowatt, Styropyro says, or roughly the same as a microwave oven.
Appropriately enough, the device was built from scrap metal and the blue laser diodes ripped out of some broken DLP projectors. The lasers from the projector are run through an optical component called a knife-edger, which combines them into one retina-searing beam that can toast a piece of 2x4 in seconds. In fact, the the resulting beam is so powerful, our homebrewed mad scientist also had rig up a special welding helmet just to operate it. In other words: don't try this at home, kids.
Source: Styropyro (YouTube)
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Joey Deluca
[https://www.youtube.com/user/HandsomeMerK HandsomeMerK]
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apeX eSports NA ??? 2012 May 2012
OpTic Gaming May 2012 Jul 2013
Team EnVyUs Jul 2013 Apr 2015
Team JusTus Apr 2015 May 2015
Automatic Reload May 2015 May 2015
XGN Competitive May 2015 Jun 2015
Nation Nov 2015 Dec 2016
Cloud9 Dec 2015 Jan 2016
Team Liquid Jan 2016 Apr 2016
Joey "MerK" Deluca is a retired veteran professional Call of Duty player that is currently working for Major League Gaming and resides in the United States.
Joey "Merk" Deluca played on OpTic Gaming for 3 years and was at one point captain of the competitive team. He was dropped from OpTic Gaming on September 1, 2013. He then joined Team EnVyUs. MerK first joined OpTic Gaming in 2010 as part of their pro team. It wasn't until Black Ops where he would find success with the team. He would bring home 2 championships for OpTic at MLG Columbus and at MLG Orlando and placing in the top 5 at every other tournament.
Once Modern Warfare 3 came out, MerK saw tremendous success winning 6 championships in total, 3 with OpTic, 3 with apeX. The first tournament they won was CoD XP. A 1 million dollar prize pool tournament that saw some of the best teams around the country scratching and clawing their way to the top. But at the end of the battle, OpTic gaming got 1st place taking home $400,000. After CoD XP, MerK switched over to apeX and won 3 straight tournaments in a row before finally coming back on to OpTic Gaming to win 2 more in a row.
After Modern Warfare 3 ran its course, Black Ops 2 came out. Unfortunately, MerK and the rest of the OpTic squad didn't find the same amount of success that they did in Modern Warfare 3. After placing 7th at two online tournaments, they finally caught a break and took home first at UMG Chicago, the first major LAN tournament in Black Ops 2. From there however, they placed consistently 6th, 3rd,3rd and 3rd. Then, a major announcement happened, MerK was dropped from OpTic Gaming. The news stunned the whole CoD eSports scene. Soon after, JKap replaced MerK and MerK went to EnVyUs.
After MerK joined EnVy, the future looked very bright for the team. However, that was not the case. After a couple of disappointing finishes, EnVy got 2nd at CoD Champs falling behind to the juggernaut team compLexity. After a disappointing 10th place finish at UMG Philadelphia, EnVy managed to pick things back up again consistently placing in top 5. At Gfinity 3, EnVy finally managed to take home a 1st place finish. Everybody was excited to see where this new EnVy lineup consisting of MerK, JKap, Formal and NaMeLeSS would go. But at UMG Dallas, EnVy fell short of a 1st place finish after being defeated by Denial.
Going into a new Call Of Duty game, Merk, captain of Team EnVyUs and leader of a veteran squad (Clayster, Nameless, Jkap, MerK) was ready to take this new team to victory. Facing high expectations, MerK and his teammates came confident at the first LAN event on CoD AW: MLG Columbus 2014. However, it did not turn how they wanted as the squad finished on a 5th place finish. But MerK stayed confident, practicing even more for his next tournament : UMG Orlando 2015. Sadly for him, the team placed below expected, 9th-12th, and the team had to make a change. This change did not turn as well as planned and MerK had to go through another disappointing placing at the MLG Pro League CoD AW Season Playoffs, where nV ended up 6th. The new squad, with MerK still playing as the objective player and captain, had to, despite the loss, focus again and prepare for the 2015's CoD Champs NA Regionals to hope for a qualification for the 2015's CoD Championship. MerK effectively lead his team to victory and qualification. With CoD Champs around the corner, mistakes were not allowed anymore as MerK and his team went on an intensive practice grind. However, it did not go as planned, and one more time, Team EnVyUs had to deal with what is to date, MerK's worst placing (and first placing out of the podium) at CoD Champs. After this harsh fail, MerK was benched in the MLG Pro League CoD AW Season 2. However, he announced that he will not retire and wants to keep playing Call Of Duty competitively, he also announcing he does not plan on quitting nV, but is open to any proposition concerning a team to play with. He found himself on JusTus alongside TcM, Octane, and StuDyy to compete in Season 2.
Merk was one of the top players left without an organization going into the Black Ops III season. He ended up teaming with StuDyy, KiLLa, and MBoZe under the name Nation to compete in the 2016 CWL NA Pro Division Qualifying Invitational Tournament. After being defeated by compLexity Gaming and Happy Hour, the team was eliminated from the event. Merk then joined the initial roster for Cloud9. His team once again failed to qualify for the 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Regular Season through the 2016 CWL NA Pro Division Online Qualifying Tournament. Following the loss, Merk changed teams again. This time he joined Team Liquid as Captain for their first foray into the scene. The team did well as they went through the UMG South Carolina 2016 Open Bracket and took first Place. They went on to place 3-4th Place at UMG South Carolina 2016 after Luminosity Gaming defeated them in the semifinals. Merk stayed with the team through the online Challenger Division events and qualified for 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Relegation. The team went up 3-0 only to get reverse swept in what would be the final event of Merk's storied career. On April 29th, 2016, Merk announced that he was retiring from competitive Call of Duty to join Major League Gaming.
MerK is the only player to achieve all podium placings at the first three million-dollar Call of Duty tournaments. He placed first, third and second respectively in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
MerK has a dog named Louie.
In 2012, MerK competed in a Halo 4 event alongside NaDeSHoT, Scump, and Saintt. They competed under the OpTic Gaming name and placed in the top 64 (49th-64th).
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Former TOWIE star Ferne McCann's ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins sentenced to a further eight months in jail following East London nightclub acid attack
Arthur Collins pleaded guilty to smuggling a phone while on remand over an East London acid attack
Tommy WathenMultimedia Journalist
The former boyfriend of The Only Way is Essex star Ferne McCann has been sentenced to an additional eight months in prison for smuggling a mobile phone.
Arthur Collins, 25, was found to have hidden the mobile phone, along with two SIM cards and two memory sticks, inside a crutch when he was on remand in September.
He had spent months on crutches after breaking both ankles jumping from a window while trying to evade arrest in April.
Arthur Collins guilty of East London acid attack
Guilty of smuggling mobile phone
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At the time of the discovery, Collins was awaiting trial over a terrible acid attack at an East London nightclub, which left 16 people injured and three temporarily blind.
Collins was out with friends celebrating the news that ex-TOWIE favourite Ferne was pregnant with his child.
She gave birth to their daughter, Sunday, in early November – just weeks before Collins was found guilty of the acid attack.
Arthur Collins has been sentenced to eight further months behind bars
In December 2017, Arthur Collins was jailed for 20 years for his role in the acid attack, before later pleading guilty to smuggling a phone that he had planned to use to contact Ferne during her pregnancy.
He was sentenced to a further eight months in jail at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday (January 17).
As reported by the Mirror, Collins’ lawyer Audrey Mogan told Bromley Magistrates' Court that he had used the phone not "for any sinister purpose" but to make private calls to Ferne.
Ms Mogan said: "He had this phone because he and his partner had been hounded by the media.
"He knows there was a phone in the cell but he knows the calls are recorded. Because of that, he was afraid that information would get out to the media."
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More young adults are failing to launch or 'boomerang' home: Study
The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Melbourne, concluded that the changing nature of family living situations often led to avoidable conflict.
Associate Professor Cassandra Szoeke and Katherine Burn, from the University's Faculty of Medicine, Health and Dentistry Sciences, examined both 'boomerang kids' (those who return home) and 'failure to launch' kids (those who never left).
The project reviewed 20 studies involving 20 million people worldwide was published in Maturitas.
"A lot of the conflict that arises in these situations is avoidable if the roles and expectations of both parties are redefined from the outset," Assoc Prof Szoeke said.
The research shows:
The shifting economic climate and changes in social norms were driving the phenomenon of kids staying at home for longer.
The main reasons for young adults choosing to remain at home were for stability and additional support while they transition to university or employment.
Divorce, unemployment and health problems often led to children returning. This return under negative circumstances can heavily impact on the wellbeing of everyone in the household.
Parents who are well-educated, married and well-off tend to have children who stay home longer, whereas children who grow up in households with a single parent, or step-parent, or didn't finish high school, tend to leave early.
"For young adults grappling with financial and domestic independence, the family home represents a safe haven," co-investigator Katherine Burn said.
"But parents can become beleaguered by the financial and emotional demands of their dependent adult children and struggle to maintain their own independence."
Associate Professor Cassandra Szoeke added that adult children living at home often didn't contribute to housework and were a financial drain on the parents, disrupting plans for retirement.
"Delayed independence and multigenerational households result in changes in family structure and relationships and has a strong impact on the lives of both the parents and adult children," Associate Professor Szoeke said.
The investigators concluded more research is needed to examine this growing social phenomenon.
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2009-10Top 16Round 2
Cibona 75
Caja Laboral 78
February 04, 2010 CET: 18:30
Local time: 18:30 BASKETBALL CENTER DRAZEN PETROVIC
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Caja Laboral, which survived 75-78 at Cibona
Caja Laboral battled back from an early double-digit deficit to sting Cibona 75-78 at the Drazen Petrovic Basketball center in the Croatian capital. Mirza Teletovic sank the go-ahead three with 1:22 remaining, Carl English added 2 clutch free throws with 20 seconds to play and the Laboral defense denied Cibona in the closing seconds to give head coach Dusko Ivanovic's side its first win in Group H. With star center Tiago Splitter and his backup Stanko Barac also out, Lior Eliyahu stepped up with 22 points and 9 rebounds to lead Laboral. English made 4 of 5 three-pointers for 17 points, Teletovic added 16 points and 5 assists, Walter Herrmann scored 10 and Marcelinho Huertas dished 8 assists for the winners, who host BC Khimki Moscow Region next week. Cibona, which travels to Olympiacos to seek its first Top 16 win next week, got 22 points from Marko Tomas, while Jamont Gordon recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds and Luksa Andric scored 13. It was all Cibona early as the hosts scored the game’s first 7 points and led by as much as 33-16 midway through the second quarter. The halftime score was 41-33, but Cibona continued to fight and came back behind Eliyahu and Teletovic to make a game of it. The scored switched hands another of times in the closing minutes before Teletovic and English scored their game-deciding points to steer Laboral to an important win.
Cibona got off to an ideal start, using its energy to wash the court and take a 7-0 lead. Gordon got his team going with a layup in transition and then Samo Udrih scored and assisted to Vedran Vukusic to complete the run. Eliyahu used his speed to get to the basket and score twice to help the visitors break the ice. Tomas connected from downtown to make it 11-7, but a Herrmann triple kept Caja Laboral close. Gordon attacked the rim for a vicious slam that put the home fans on their feet. Andric added a score, Gordon banked one in and Bojan Bogdanovic completed a three-point play as the hosts dominated. A full-court press after the free throw surprised the visitors and Andric fired in a triple to put Cibona up 12. Huertas hit a short jumper to bring Laboral within 23-13 after 10 minutes.
Cibona made the most of its height advantage as Andric nailed a hook shot and then Tomas stuck from outside to raise the gap even more. Laboral was using its speed and passing to get looks from behind the arc, but only Pau Ribas connected. Tomas outran Laboral for and layup-plus-foul on the fast break to push the advantage to 33-16. English answered from downtown and Eliyahu came through with a basket-plus-foul to keep Laboral’s hopes alive. Both teams fell in love with the three-pointer, but both missed a few too. Teletovic’s layup in transition capped a 0-7 Laboral spurt. Eliyahu was first to a loose ball and took it in for a slam, but Tomas stayed hot for Cibona with 4 points to restore a comfortable lead. Eliyahu used his soft tough to net a bucket and English sank a three-from the corner at the buzzer to keep Laboral within 41-33 at halftime.
Herrmann banked in a shot to open the second half and Teletovic soon drilled a deep three, but Tomas fought through the Laboral defense for a three-point play to keep Cibona in control. Huertas countered by weaving through the Cibona defense to draw a foul and sink 2 shots. He then sent a pass helf the length of the court to Eliyahu for a slam that cut the gap to 48-44. Andric scored for Cibona, but a Herrmann triple further narrowed the gap and after a timeout, Teletovic struck again to knot the game at 50-50.
Gordon came back with a basket, but a red-hot Teletovic buried a deep jumper and Eliyahi scored from the baseline to give Laboral its first lead, 52-54. After an English triple was ruled to be after the buzzer, Leon Radosevic scored twice to put Cibona back on top. English came back with another triple, but Gordon scored on the offensive glass as the lead continued to change hands. Udrih tacked on a long jumper to put the hosts ahead 60-58 after three quarters.
Gordon and Radosevic helped Cibona push to 5 ahead and the Laboral threes stopped falling. A pretty spin move from Udrih made it 65-58 before Fernando San Emeterio came on the board with 2 free throws. Andric on the offensive glass kept Cibona cruising, but Huertas scored and then assisted Eliyahu as Laboral continued to chase. Eliyahu reached 20 points and narrowed the gap to 3 with just over four minutes remaining. Then San Emeterio zipped to the basket and made it a 1-point game. Bogdanovic lost the ball out of bounds and Tomas missed a three on consecutive possessions before English connected from downtown to give Laboral its first lead of the fourth quarter, 69-71. Tomas worked his way to a shot just before the 24-second clock expired and after Teletovic missed a three, Tomas darted in from the sideline to put Cibona back on top, 73-71, with 1:47 remaining. After a Laboral timeout, San Emeterio came through with a clutch offensive rebound and Teletovic nailed a three to put his team up 1 with 1:22 to go. Both teams came up short before Andric was called for an offensive foul after colliding with San Emeterio after setting a pick with 26.4 seconds left. Cibona sent English to the line and he sank both. Tomas attacked the basket and was fouled, although he missed a flick to create a three-point play. Tomas sank both with 19.9 seconds left. A strange skip pass from Teletovic to Huertas allowed Gordon to tie him up. The possession arrow was Cibona’s which took the ball fro the game-winning shot. But Radosevic and Tomas both missed, English grabbed the ball and zoomed downcourt and Eliyahu scored at the buzzer to wrap a 75-78 Caja Laboral win.
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Referees: BACHAR, SHMUEL; ROCHA, FERNANDO; LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT
Cibona 23 18 19 15
Caja Laboral 13 20 25 20
End of Quarter
Cibona
2FG
4 VRBANC, GORAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 GORDON, JAMONT 35:01 19 8/11 0/3 3/6 2 8 10 3 1 2 3 5 24
7 BOGDANOVIC, BOJAN 22:32 3 1/3 0/2 1/1 3 3 6 1 1 1 3 7
8 BRNAS, TONI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 TROHA, ROBERT 4:05 1 1 1
10 RADOSEVIC, LEON 22:32 5 2/5 1/2 2 2 1 1 3
11 VUKUSIC, VEDRAN 12:32 3 0/1 1/2 1 1 2 1 -1
12 ANDRIC, LUKSA 31:58 13 5/8 1/1 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 4 13
14 BAGARIC, DALIBOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 ZUBCIC, TOMISLAV 12:58 2 1/5 0/1 0/2 2 2 4 1 2 2
22 UDRIH, SAMO 24:42 8 4/7 0/1 2 2 2 2 5 3 8
33 TOMAS, MARKO 33:40 22 5/8 2/9 6/6 2 3 5 1 1 2 5 22
Totals 200:00 75 26/48 4/19 11/17 14 23 37 7 8 7 2 0 19 19 79
Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Caja Laboral
4 RIBAS, PAU 20:37 3 1/4 4 4 2 3 2 1 2
5 DEAN, TAQUAN 4:10 2 1 -1
6 URIARTE, JON IRKUS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 SINGLETARY, SEAN 1:38 1 2 1 -2
9 HUERTAS, MARCELINHO 25:06 6 2/5 0/2 2/2 1 1 8 1 1 3 4 9
11 ELIYAHU, LIOR 34:28 22 10/16 2/4 2 7 9 1 1 1 1 2 4 25
12 TELETOVIC, MIRZA 34:58 16 2/3 3/8 3/5 2 2 5 1 3 2 13
19 SAN EMETERIO, FERNANDO 23:03 4 1/3 0/1 2/2 1 4 5 1 1 1 3 8
23 ENGLISH, CARL 34:03 17 1/2 4/5 3/4 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 17
24 OLESON, BRAD 0:02
35 HERRMANN, WALTER 21:55 10 2/2 2/3 2 3 5 1 1 1 13
Team 1 1 1
Totals 200:00 78 18/31 10/23 12/17 6 24 30 18 3 12 0 2 19 19 84
Head coach: IVANOVIC, DUSKO
PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
"Caja Laboral deserved to win with the way they played in the second half. They used their focus and physical energy to calm us down. We allowed 45 points in the last two quarters, and that is hard to overcome. They scored a lot of tough baskets, and we looked somewhat tired. But, eventually, it was a matter of one ball in the dying seconds. We deserved to get a chance to win. It is a pity that the ball did not fall through the net on our last attempts but it will happen in some other game when you least expect it. That is basketball. We will try to upset some other team."
IVANOVIC, DUSKO
"It was a dramatic game, with two completely different halves. In the first, Cibona dominated with their aggressive defense and offensive rebounding. In the second half, we managed to find our game. We had more solutions on offense and we defended better as well. In the end, we were lucky to win because we lost the ball with some 15 seconds to go when we had a one-point lead, and that could have been an expensive mistake. But we won, we are still in the run for one of the top two places in our Top 16 group, and we depend solely on ourselves."
TOMAS, MARKO
"It is not good for underdogs when they quickly build their lead. It was not realistic to be leading Caja Laboral by 15 points so soon in the game. Sometimes it is better to do that near the end of the third or beginning of the fourth quarter. But who would not wish to have a 17-point lead after 14 minutes against Caja Laboral? We still had a five-point lead going into the final five minutes, but we lost our concentration. At the end, the ball was bouncing around the rim for about four seconds and, unfortunately for us, it did not go in. It is frustrating."
ENGLISH, CARL
"We are missing a lot of players right now and I just felt I needed to step up and do whatever I could to help the team win. We knew Cibona was a scrappy team, that they had a lot of close wins and that they are playing super-hard. Our whole style has changed without our centers, and the guys that play number five position are actually playing out of their position. So, we did not play as smoothly as usual, we had some issues on defense, but we needed this win because we had a tough loss against Olympiacos."
ELIYAHU, LIOR
"We went into this game hurt, with many injuries. We missed our centers, our important players, and we did not show great basketball, but showed ourselves to be warriors. We fought for every ball. It is hard play in this gym. I know that because I played in Zagreb a few times. It looks like I like to play against Cibona, but I am just happy we won."
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Uber ropes in Kalki Koechlin for new campaign #ParksNotParking
The campaign aims to raise awareness about the perils of congestion and pollution in cities, and talks about the need to build parks
Sustainability and the idea of rethinking urban planning and spaces is the inspiration behind Uber India’s new campaign #ParksNotParking. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the ills of growing congestion and pollution in cities which is turning many of them into giant parking lots, thereby underscoring the urgent need to better utilise urban spaces for building parks. Besides providing much needed oxygen, parks will also provide residents and sports enthusiasts the space to play.
Uber has roped in actor Kalki Koechlin for the campaign. Announcing the Mumbai leg of the campaign, Koechlin said: “I am proud to be associated with Uber on their new initiate #ParksNotParking which is encouraging people to rethink their commuting decisions and opt for a more sustainable lifestyle. Green spaces are rapidly depleting to make way for concrete jungles in the city as a result of which the much loved ‘gully cricket’ is losing its popularity. I urge Mumbaikars to adopt more environment-friendly choices and consider smarter and shared mobility.”
Rapidly rising urban populations coupled with increasing private car ownership have restricted green and playing spaces. The much loved “gully’’ cricket, which has enabled millions of Indian children to enjoy the game and helped build India’s cricketing prowess is losing popularity. Uber hopes its campaign #ParksNotParking will shape a movement to restrict parking and reignite passion for gully cricket.
As an official partner and sponsor of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2019, Uber will cash in on the ongoing excitement for cricket by launching a digital-first campaign, supported by exciting on-ground activations across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. Cricket nets will be set-up in high footfall areas in Kala Ghoda in Mumbai, South Extension in Delhi and Phoenix Market City in Bangalore to encourage residents to play the game and more importantly, rethink how we can build more sustainable cities.
Speaking about the campaign, Manisha Lath Gupta - Marketing Director, Uber India & South Asia, said, “Increased car ownership is robbing cities of their parks and much needed green spaces. Through our #ParksNotParking campaign, we aim to educate and encourage citizens to choose smarter and shared mobility solutions. Just as cricket builds bridges and helps people come closer together, we remain confident our initiative will build communities united by a vision of promoting more sustainable lifestyles.”
Dr. Yasmin Haque, Representative, UNICEF India, said, "As UNICEF we believe that every boy and every girl has the right to play in a safe space. A well designed, well managed and safe play environment that puts children first is fundamental for a happy and healthy childhood. Every child regardless of their ability should have access to quality play and safe spaces, especially children in urban areas. Play is an important part of a child’s social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development. For every child, a playground for a better future.”
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IH Farm & Industrial DVD's
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The Right Material In The Right Place (1937, 20 minutes) — The incredible story of International Harvester steel and iron production.
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