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Rule of law or ‘imbecilic’ effort? Pundits clash over £200,000 UK spend on deported hate preacher
Abu Qatada stood trial in Jordan © REUTERS / Muhammad Hamed
The UK has reportedly spent over £200,000 ($254,000) on the welfare of a hate preacher deported on terrorism charges. The revelation has raised the ire of the public, and a British pundits didn’t mince their words live on RT.
Abu Qatada, who requested asylum in the UK in 1993, was deported to his home country of Jordan in 2013 for posing a threat to national security.
Also on rt.com Hate preacher Choudary: Taxpayers to fund £2 million-a-year bill to secure his protection
Now, it has emerged that Qatada’s meetings with doctors and human rights workers in Jordan were actually funded by UK taxpayers for three years, and cost a hefty £200,000 ($254,000), the Times revealed. A legal battle to deport him is said to have cost more than £1.9million ($2.4 million).
“In the first place, Abu Qatada should never have been granted asylum here… And then you think about all the money, all the welfare payments he and those around him have ‘parasited’ of the UK taxpayer,” argued David Vance, a rightwing political commentator.
However, he was challenged by Keith Best, a former conservative politician. “Your recipe is one for anarchy,” Best responded, saying that the UK, like other “civilized countries,” is obliged to grant asylum to anyone who fears persecution and oppression.
It’s “pretty imbecilic” to look after a “terrorist mastermind” and his safety back in Jordan, Vance insisted. That money could be better spent looking after the victims of terrorist attacks, he said. However, Best noted that Abu Qatada was acquitted of terrorism charges in Jordan because the evidence was tainted.
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Powersuit: Michelle Obama casually stole the Grammys show
Former First Lady and current leader of the entire world Michelle Obama delighted her fans and celebrities alike by making a surprise appearance at the Grammys.
Obama showed up and stole the show by appearing alongside fellow female legends Lady Gaga, host Alicia Keys, Jada Pinkett Smith and J-Lo to emphasise how much music means to them.
When she first showed her dazzling face onstage, many in the audience didn't immediately register who she was, Once she began speaking however, the crowd LOST IT.
A big part of friendship is showing up for your girls—that’s why I was thrilled to be there for the one and only @aliciakeys at the #GRAMMYs. She is one of the most genuine and thoughtful people I know—there’s no one better to help us all celebrate the unifying power of music! pic.twitter.com/8cMhTmsClA
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) February 11, 2019
She had only declared the words, "From the Motown records I wore out on the South Side …", when she was interrupted by hysterical cheering. I mean, we'd all lose our chill if she turned up in Dublin airport.
"All right — we got a show to do," she said as she tried to dissipate the clapping, to no avail.
She referenced Beyoncé, naturally, and Motown as her influences. Could she BE more inspiring?
Former first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the 2019 Grammy Awards. She was greeted with deafening applause before delivering a unifying message about music. https://t.co/nwicFSqQXH pic.twitter.com/i162kjCs58
— CNN (@CNN) February 11, 2019
"From the Motown records I wore out on the South Side to the Who Run the World songs that fuelled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story, and I know that's true for everybody here."
"Whether we like country or rap or rock, music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys. It allows us to hear one another, to invite each other in. Music shows us that all of it matters."
"Every story within every voice, every note within every song. Is that right, ladies?" THAT'S SO RIGHT, MICHELLE.
She later tweeted that she was "thrilled" to be present, celebrating the power of music. Never stop making surprise appearances, gal, we need you.
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Nicola Sturgeon under fire for indicating she won't pass on UK tax breaks
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Tom Peterkin
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of refusing to help middle income earners like nurses, police officers and teachers by not passing on UK Government income tax breaks.
The First Minister came under fire at Holyrood when the Scottish Conservatives tackled her on the Scottish Government's tax plans.
At First Minister's Questions, Ms Sturgeon signalled that the Scottish Government will not tollow the lead of the Chancellor Philip Hammond, who announced tax cuts for the rest of the UK in his recent budget.
Stand-in Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw
called on the the First Minister to give some "glimmer of hope of tax relief to people like senior teachers, nurses and police officers".
Pressing her on the issue at First Minister's Questions he said failure to pass on the cut would mean middle earning Scots facing paying a ”bill of £1,000 extra in income tax compared to those doing exactly the same job elsewhere in the UK".
Ms Sturgeon however slammed the Conservatives, saying the Budget delivered "tax cuts for the rich and just cuts for everybody else".
On the subject of income tax she argued the Tories had shown their "true colours" and pledged the Scottish budget - which sets income tax rates and bands north of the border - would stand in "stark contrast" to Mr Hammond's policies.
The First Minister said: "When we set our Budget on December 12 the decision we take will be driven by our determination to protect our National Health Service and our other public services, to tackle poverty and low pay, ensure that those who earn the most in our society make a fair and reasonable contribution to public services.
"It will be a balanced, progressive and fair budget and it will stand in stark contrast to the one we saw on Monday.”
The changes being brought in by Mr Hammond mean in the rest of the UK the point at which people start to pay the 40p tax rate will rise from £46,351 to £50,000 in April.
In Scotland workers not only pay a slightly higher rate for this - 41p as opposed to 40p - but it kicks in earlier, with the threshold currently set at £43,430.
Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has already indicated he has no plans to follow the Chancellor's example when he reveals his Scottish Budget in December.
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Alumni from 1960s reunite for Homecoming weekend
Alumni from 1960s reunite for Homecoming weekend Alumni from 1960s reunite for Homecoming weekend Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://scsun.co/1RtSfvI
Abraham Villarreal, Special to the Sun-News Published 10:15 a.m. MT Oct. 7, 2015
A group of alumni known as the Silver Sixties formed several years ago and is encouraging classmates from the 60s era to return to their alma mater for Homecoming.(Photo: Courtesy Photo)
SILVER CITY — The Office of Alumni Affairs is invited alumni that graduated during the 1960s to RSVP for homecoming weekend activities that begin Thursday.
A group of alumni known as the Silver Sixties formed several years ago and is encouraging classmates from the 60s era to return to their alma mater for Homecoming.
The reunion of the Silver Sixties will also honor the memory of Connie Cope, a lead organizer of the group who passed away several years ago. A memorial scholarship is established in her honor through the University Foundation.
The Mustang football homecoming game will take place on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Ben Altamirano Field. Preceding the game is the Homecoming parade at 10:30 a.m., which will begin at the Fine Arts Center Theater and make its way around the university campus.
Other alumni weekend activities include a dinner and awards ceremony in Graham Gymnasium on Friday.
Alumni who graduated in the 1960s who would like to register for Homecoming activities should contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at 575-538-6675.
To see a complete list of events, or to register online, visit alumni.wnmu.edu/homecoming.
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Third Law #8: So, South India is gonna be a separate country?
A century-old idea, that was in cryosleep for over 55 years, has now become the talk of the town. This time, the idea was regenerated from all four ethnic roots of the south calling for 'a separate union of southern States.'
Former Tamilnadu Chief Minister CN Annadurai before he revoked the agitations, demanding Dravida Nadu, in 1963, said prophetically, "The need for Dravida Nadu is still seen sparsely. If not now, it will resurrect sometime in far future."
Where did it all start?
When the Justice Party (formerly, South Indian Liberal Federation) was formed in 1916, it was initially operating as an anti-Brahminical movement, claiming other communities here were not given equal rights in employment, education and government jobs.
The anti-Brahminical ideology started to evolve into ethnicity-based patriotism following the domination of north over south, during the freedom movement. With this, there started to arise an ideology that called for a separate Tamilnadu (popularly known as Tamil Desiyam or Tamil Nationalism). It was welcomed during the times of K A P Viswanatham Pillai, who took up the general secretaryship of the Justice Party in the early 1930s. Following KAPV, Erode Venkata Ramasamy Naicker (also known as Periyar among Dravidian idealists and something nearer to Edward Vincent Ramasamy by H Raja) proposed the slogan Tamilnadu Tamilarukke (Tamilnadu only for Tamils) in 1938, as denoted by his Dravidian legacy.
However, in 1939, Periyar escalated his ideology to the whole of south India and took forward his Dravida Nadu movement in the penultimate phase of the pre-Independence era, by transforming the Justice Party into Dravidar Kazhagam. This was later carried over by C N Annadurai and Karunanidhi for two more decades and was brought to a dormancy in 1963, when the DMK was in need of a bigger vote bank. However, even today, Tamil nationalists and Dravidian nationalists say that the idea of a united India is much younger than a separate Tamilnadu and Dravida Nadu.
What did they say?
Though Tamil nationalism was alive in some way or the other due to continuous efforts of the Central government to Indianise (to be more accurate, Aryanise) Tamilnadu by imposing Hinduism, Hindi, Jallikattu ban, Nuclear powerplant, Neutrino project, Methane project, NEET and so on, Dravida Nadu ideology was waiting for the right time to up-rise again. And finally, it started last year.
Kerala:
With the revival of the Dravida Nadu ideology now, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, after the beef ban controversy in May 2017, said his government will not implement the rules and warned the Centre against interfering with the dietary practices of Keralites. Following this Dravida Nadu started trending in social media.
Andhra Pradesh:
In the beginning of this month, a TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh, Muralimohan, said the day was not far off when south India will declare itself as a separate country. Two Ministers of the TDP resigned earlier from the Union Cabinet and the party quit the National Democratic Alliance ruling the Centre, over the failure of the BJP to give special category status for the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Karnataka:
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah adopted a separate flag for the State on 8 March this year. He said, "The demand for a separate flag was not inconsistent with the idea of building a strong India." Also he had explained that, "From a union of States, we are evolving into a federation of States. Therefore, I do not think the demands for greater federal autonomy and recognition of regional identity are inconsistent with our nation."
Siddaramaiah referred to Tamilnadu in his context. "The Constitution of India has stood the test of time. We have also learnt useful lessons from turmoils in Tamilnadu over Hindi language imposition and demands of autonomy from certain States like Punjab and Assam," the Karnataka Chief Minister said in one of his Facebook posts.
Tamilnadu:
Though all three States down south have raised the banner of revolt, there was no reaction or response from Tamilnadu, where the ideology was mooted initially, way before Independence. May be we have an invertebrate leadership here. However, there was apparently a comment from the leader of the opposition and DMK working president M K Stalin, who said in Erode last week, "If such a situation comes, it would be welcomed by us. We hope that such a situation arises." This had been in response to a question over the rising sentiment over the separate country of 'Dravida Nadu'. However, the very next day, Stalin denied that he was initiating the idea, but would stand by it, if it again starts to evolve.
Will this idea take form in near future is the question that arises now. The idea also has received a mixed response. If I can point out any random Tamil nationalist out there, their version would be "As Tamils, we are extremely cornered by even our neighbouring states Karnataka, Kerala. So, Tamilnadu’s position will be the same even if there is a Dravida Nadu." They remind of that situations like Karnataka not sharing Cauvery water with Taminadu, Kerala's stand on the Mullaiperiyar issue and Andhra Pradesh’s adamant attitude with regard to Palar.
While, any Dravidian idealist would say, "This idea will not be complete unless we have a total infusion of social justice and anti-communalism in the newly-formed country. When it comes to Periyar or Ambedkar, they were very clear in securing the rights of the downtrodden sections of society and were concentrating more on them. We have to ensure the same happens now."
Recently, one such Dravidian idealist has also raised a criticism on Facebook that even if Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu comes out of ‘India’, it is to be questioned whether he will come out of the Naidu tag, and will think about social justice.
And finally we have BJP's national secretary H Raja, who is always in the news for his controversial comments, who has said, "Periyar took up Dravidian ideology only to undermine Tamil patriotism that was at its peak." The BJP leader also had said the same is going to happen again. But I am not sure what he actually is trying to convey. What's his problem?
-Santhosh Mathevan,
Chennai, Mar 19, 2018.
This column, 'Third Law' will feature current affairs that break out to be the news of any day. In this column, I will try to figure out and put to the public debate, the reactions of any incident that might cause some serious effects on the society. Because, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Unstung heroes: Georgia 30, Georgia Tech 24
Marc Weiszer
ATLANTA - There will be no trip to a conference championship game, no top-tier bowl game, no 10-win season for Georgia.
On Saturday night, none of that mattered to the Bulldogs.
Georgia exited Bobby Dodd Stadium with the one thing left it could salvage from a season that most considered nearly buried: knocking off arch-rival Georgia Tech.
The Bulldogs pulled off a 30-24 upset of the No. 7 Yellow Jackets, by beating Georgia Tech at its own game - by running the ball.
Georgia rushed for a whopping 339 yards, its most in nine seasons under coach Mark Richt and the most the Yellow Jackets have surrendered this year.
"I wasn't expecting to come out with 339 and outrush them, that's for sure," Georgia offensive tackle Clint Boling said. "It's been an up and down year all year, but the way we finished the season is a great feeling."
Georgia (7-5) opened the game with a 10-play, 74-yard touchdown drive in which it ran the ball on every play and that set the tone.
Freshman tailback Washaun Ealey and redshirt sophomore Caleb King gave Georgia its first pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game since 2004 against Vanderbilt.
Ealey (Emanuel County Institute) rushed for 183 yards on 20 carries. King for 166 on 18 carries, including touchdown runs of 6 and 75 yards.
"They were feeding off each other," offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said.
Quarterback Joe Cox didn't throw a pass until the first play of the second quarter after the Bulldogs had already run on their first 13 plays.
"They told us (that) we were going to run the ball, but honestly I didn't think we were going to run the ball like this," King said. "It's a great feeling for both of us. I'm proud of him."
The Bulldogs were 0-5 against top-10 teams since the start of last season, but snapped Georgia Tech's eight-game winning streak.
"Considering how our season's gone and playing one of the hottest teams in America, one of the best teams in the America in their house and to get the victory, I thought it was a great tribute to the Georgia football program," Richt said.
Georgia held Georgia Tech to 340 total yards of offense, its second-lowest total of the season. The Yellow Jackets triple-option offense rushed for 205, more than 100 below their average.
How that winning effort might impact Richt's decision about whether to retain embattled defensive coordinator Willie Martinez remains to be seen.
Asked if he know what his future is, Martinez said "I'm at Georgia. Get ready to prepare for the next ball game."
Richt said Georgia's defensive coaching staff "had a plan and the boys carried it out pretty darn well."
As far as anticipating any changes to the staff, Richt said he's been focusing on the season.
"I know we've got some areas to improve, but right now I'm just going to enjoy this victory," Richt said.
It was Georgia's eighth win in the last nine games in the series after last year's 45-42 loss.
Georgia can extend its streak of 12 straight eight-win seasons in its bowl game.
Georgia could now find itself in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, but other bowls including the Independence in Shreveport remain possible.
The Bulldogs were 7 1/2-point underdogs after blowing a 20-6 halftime lead in a home loss to Kentucky a week earlier, but held off the Yellow Jackets' second half charge after Georgia led 17-3.
With Georgia ahead 30-24, Blair Walsh's 55-yard field goal try with 3:03 left went wide left, leaving Georgia Tech the ball at its own 37. Walsh earlier connected from 22, 38 and 43.
After Walsh's miss, the Yellow Jackets (10-2) passed deep twice and came away with two incompletions - including Stephen Hill catching the ball inside the Georgia 5, but out of bounds with Reshad Jones covering. Tech again went deep to Anthony Allen and again Jones broke up the play.
Jones had a key first half interception to set up a 57-yard drive that ended with a Joe Cox to Michael Moore 13-yard interception.
On fourth down, Demariyus Thomas dropped a sideline pass at the 34.
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GaT-FG Blair 42, 14:17.
Geo-FG Walsh 22, 7:32.
Geo-Moore 13 pass from Cox (Walsh kick), 3:18.
GaT-D.Thomas 76 pass from Nesbitt (Blair kick), 13:30.
Geo-C.King 75 run (Walsh kick), 13:08.
GaT-Dwyer 5 run (Blair kick), 6:29.
Geo-FG Walsh 43, 13:39.
GaT-Nesbitt 1 run (Blair kick), 7:31.
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Rushes-yards44-33951-205
Passing76135
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Return Yards00
Punts-Avg.0-0.00-0.0
Fumbles-Lost2-13-1
Penalties-Yards5-395-35
Time of Possession30:0329:57
RUSHING-Georgia, Ealey 20-183, C.King 18-166, Smith 1-0,
Cox 2-(minus 4), Team 3-(minus 6). Georgia Tech, Nesbitt 19-41,
Jones 5-37, Dwyer 14-33, Allen 4-29, S.Hill 1-26, Wright 5-21,
Peeples 2-18, Shaw 1-0.
PASSING-Georgia, Cox 8-14-0-76. Georgia Tech, Nesbitt 6-12-0-135,
Shaw 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING-Georgia, Wooten 2-25, A.White 2-21, Moore 1-13,
Troupe 1-11, Charles 1-9, C.King 1-(minus 3). Georgia Tech, D.Thomas 5-127, Melton 1-8.
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Steve Nash added to NPSL's New York Cosmos B roster
Eight-time NBA All-Star Steve Nash is reportedly training with the NPSL’s New York Cosmos B team.
By SI Wire
Eight-time NBA All-Star Steve Nash is training with the NPSL’s New York Cosmos B team and could play in a game on Sunday, reports the New York Daily News’ Stefan Bondy.
Nash, 41, announced his retirement from the NBA in March after 18 seasons with the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers. He missed the entire 2014–2015 season due to recurring nerve damage in his back and later said at that point “the NBA game is just a touch too far for me.”
Nash grew up in Canada when his family moved to Victoria, British Columbia when he was young. He holds an annual celebrity soccer game in Lower Manhattan that this year featured NBA players Luol Deng and Matthew Dellavedova and U.S. men’s national team World Cup veterans Geoff Cameron and Jay DeMerit.
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Sidmouth Gig crews impress at the World Championships
Sidmouth Gig Club members at the World Championships taking part in a Hawaiin celebration event.
The bank holiday weekend saw Sidmouth Gig Club send its largest ever contingent of rowers, coxes and supporters to the Scilly Isles for the annual World Championships, writes Jeremy Cloke.
Sidmouth Gig Club ladies at the 2018 World Championships
Crews came from as far afield as the USA and the Netherlands to take part, as well as hundreds from the South West.
With accommodation at a premium for the event, some of the Sidmouth contingent camped at St Agnes, some invested in the Star Castle Hotel and one or two even arrived by yacht!
This year, for the first time at the championships, Sidmouth Gig Club had two wooden racing gigs, brought over on the Scillonian ferry.
There was considerable interest on the beach in the latest Sidmouth gig Little Picket, as it is the 200th Cornish pilot gig built, resulting in an interview on ITV Westcountry and also a rowing experience for their presenter!
Sidmouth men's crew in 'Little Picket' during racing at the World Championships.
The racing started with vets (40+) and supervets (50+) racing from St Agnes to St Marys on Friday evening. This was arguably the best set of results the Sidmouth crews served up over the weekend with the ladies’ supervets finishing 22nd out of 34 crews and the men’s vets crossing the finish line as the 26th of the 41 boats. What made the effort all the more impressive was the fact that five of the crew were supervets!
With nearly 150 boats for the men’s and ladies’ events, crews are placed in league groups based on their Saturday race result.
Unfortunately, the morning’s racing on the third and final day of the World Pilot Gig Championships had to be cancelled due to poor weather.
Heavy sea mist in the morning first led to a delay in the start time, but organisers took the decision to cancel all racing until lunchtime. It meant a complete cancellation of round three of the heats. Instead, rowers jumped straight into the afternoon finals, which began at their previously scheduled start times.
The Sidmouth Gig Club 'Little Picket' with a TV crew aboard.
Despite inconsistent winter rows at Sidmouth due to frequent stormy weather cancellations, the two ladies’ crews and men’s crew performed really well, with some racing in the Scillies for the first time – the ladies’ A crew achieving a creditable 103rd place out of 151 clubs, the ladies’ B crew achieving 149th and the men’s A crew gaining 126th place out of 141 teams.
There is a tradition of rafting up and lifting oars to honour the finalists racing home for the position of World Champions. Fancy dress is the norm and Sidmouth excelled in this area with a Hawaiian theme emerging from Barry Morton’s holdall.
This was a great club weekend and members are already asking about next year.
Oars are raised aloft to salute the finalists at ther 2018 Gig World Championships
Sidmouth ladies during a race at the World Championships.
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3 long-term teachers retire from East Grand Middle School
East Grand Middle School teacher Darcee Kissler will retire this year after 31-years with the East Grand School District.
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This summer marks the end of an era for three teachers at East Grand Middle School.
When classes end next week, three of the Middle School’s longest serving teachers will enter retirement. Among them will be sixth-grade English teacher Darcee Kissler.
Kissler has been in education for 31 years, spending the entirety of her career with the East Grand School District.
“It seems like just yesterday when I arrived at Fraser Valley Elementary School for my very first teaching job,” Kissler said. “It was January of 1986; I was hired to help out in Cookie Ready’s second grade classroom. I clearly remember that there were 32 children. Eight were girls.”
Kissler said she can still remember the names of almost all of those students and joked, “I am not sure if that is from trauma or positive imprint.”
The experience was a revelation for Kissler who found her life’s passion in the classroom. The very next year Kissler took a first-grade teaching position in Fraser. Over the years Kissler has taught fourth and fifth graders, took on the position of Integration Specialist for the District and eventually headed to East Grand Middle School where she has been for the last six-years.
“I came to middle school after about 25 years of being in the elementary level,” Kissler said. “I did that on purpose. I really think change is good and different perspectives are good. I came into sixth-grade knowing what these kids should know from teaching elementary.”
Kissler said she also transitioned to the middle school to expand her own opportunities for personal growth. While at East Grand, Kissler was selected to join the State’s Content Collaborative Committees that helped develop the Common Core standards. Kissler was specifically involved in literacy standards. Her participation in that was something she felt she couldn’t do as an elementary teacher.
“When you have an elementary classroom you are with those kids all the time,” Kissler said. “They depend on you; you are the whole game for them. Here at the middle school I am 48 minutes of a students day. In my mind I could be away from them for 48 minutes, but not for the whole day.”
Kissler was inspired to become a teacher by her parents, who both worked in public education. “My dad was a high school teacher and my mom was a librarian,” she said. “All my parents’ friends were teachers. I liked what I saw. The value in my home that was placed on education was incredible. Going to school was important. It became part of my value system.”
Today though her inspiration comes directly from the students, and their efforts. “I am inspired by our kids’ desire to learn,” she said. “It is incredible and has never changed in my 31 years.” Kissler noted kids have changed less in 31 years than parents have.
“Kids want to learn,” Kissler said. “They have a desire to learn. If given the right motivation and spark the growth can be incredible.”
Kissler explained her teaching philosophy in three concepts: Accountability, high expectations and consistency.
“Those three things must be in place in order for a classroom to run efficiently,” she said.
Kissler reminisced on her first administrator as a teacher, Gary Harris, and how Harris instilled those core concepts in her career. “He held each and every teacher to those words and expected us to hold our students to them as well. I was the youngest on the staff by 10 years; I was blessed to have dynamic colleagues that mentored me. They set high standards from which I learned about work ethic and working as a team. My educational philosophies were born from that time in my life.”
Kissler is retiring after 31 years in education, though to hear her tell it she could, “teach for 40 more years”. Her son Caleb is a special needs student and is a senior at Middle Park High. Caleb will graduate this year and Kissler said she decided to retire to ensure she could be there to help support Caleb as he enters adulthood.
“I need to be available to help guide him on his journey,” Kissler said.
After retiring Kissler plans to dabble in consulting work in the education field. She hopes to continue working at her life’s passion by helping teachers and school districts build strong positive relationships.
“This job is all about relationships,” she said.
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Bees and pesticides
We can all help save the bees!
Honeybee populations, both wild and farmed, are falling dramatically in Europe and the United States, as well as Africa, Japan, Taiwan and Brazil.
In Europe, it has been calculated that mortality rates in bee colonies are at around 20%, while in the United States the bee death rate was as high as 40% last winter. Along with the bees, other pollinating insects-bumblebees, butterflies and moths-are also showing a striking decline.
Falling bee populations have been blamed on a number of causes, which can take effect individually or in conjunction with each other.
• Pathological factors. The bees suffer from specific diseases and parasites that weaken them and often kill them.
• Climate factors. Climate change can have an effect, for example by changing flowering periods, which can catch bee colonies unprepared.
• Environmental factors. Beekeepers have long been particularly concerned about this issue, and it is clear that the main cause of collapsing bee populations is industrial monocultures, which kill biodiversity and use large quantities of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. In particular, neonicotinoids, the world’s most commonly used insecticides, are highly toxic and often lethal. These neonicotinoids are used on almost all crops and are often applied directly to the seeds, pervading the plant. Traces can last in the soil for up to 19 years. In January 2013, the EFSA officially recognized the high toxicity of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, then later in the year, fipronil. But the story is far from over.
Why must we act?
Because bees play a hugely valuable role, helping to ensure:
• Diversity in our diets. Without the pollination carried out by bees, a large number of wild and cultivated plant species would no longer exist, and our diets would be much poorer and less varied. In Europe alone it has been calculated that 84% of the 264 cultivated species depend on insect pollination and that 4,000 different crops grow thanks to bees.
• The planet’s well-being. Without pollination and with the disappearance of natural botanic biodiversity, our planet’s entire hydrogeological system would be dramatically destabilized. The loss of pollination has consequences not just on the availability of food, but also on the survival of botanical elements that are critical for the environmental equilibrium and the life forms that depend on them.
• Take a stand and fight for agriculture to be compatible with bees and the environment.
• Choose products grown cleanly, without the use of neonicotinoids and killer molecules, in differentiated agricultural systems. Clean agriculture is the bees’ best friend. And if the bees are happy, you’ll be happy too.
• Ask our politicians to ban harmful pesticides and favor clean farming.
• Plant a wildlife-friendly garden.
• Follow the Slow Europe campaign.
Click here to read the 10 Syngenta lies on bees and neonicotinoids.
Marla Spivak, professor and researcher of entomology at the University of Minnesota (USA), explains the dangerous consequences of the decline of bees and pollinators in clear language and simple concepts, with her passion for bees.
On pesticides
On Bees and Agriculture
On CAP and Pollinators
Ahead of the meeting of the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF), Slow Food Europe urges its members to support the implementation of toxicity assessment standards and to take responsibility to effectively protect bees from harmful pesticides. Member States in the PAFF Committee have been procrastinating on a formal EU-wide adoption of bee safety standards, developed in the so-called Bee Guidance Document several years ago. On July 16-17, they are expected to vote on the implementation of the document which would help to halt the usage of bee-killing pesticides.
On World Bee Day: Slow Food Europe Part of the Action to Save the Bees
On World Bee Day, beekeepers across Europe fear that member states will undermine the ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids by opening the door to similarly harmful pesticides. Slow Food Europe is … Continued
Let it Bee Time
On March 22-23, the European Commission Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, responsible for issues relating to neonicotinoids, was expected to vote on introducing comprehensive restrictions on the use of these toxic chemicals.
Stop the decline of bees! It’s time to have our say
The European Union has launched a public consultation about the decline of bees. Bees, butterflies, and other insect pollinators are in rapid decline, and the situation is becoming increasingly … Continued
Slow Food joins the Save The Bees Coalition: Citizens and beekeepers unite to ban neonicotinoids in the EU!
In the 90s, a new class of insecticides developed by Bayer and Syngenta named ‘neonicotinoids’ were put on the market in the European Union. Rapidly, European beekeepers have faced dramatic mortalities in their apiaries when imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin’s uses increased across our agricultural land. Many areas of the country side turned into toxic places for bees and more and more beekeepers seeked refuge in cities or more natural areas.
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DVD REVIEW: HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
SYNOPSIS: School teacher Poppy (Sally Hawkins) approaches every day with an optimism and joy that is unshakable. When the bicycle she commutes to work on is stolen, Poppy simply signs up for driving lessons. Her teacher, Scott (Eddie Marsan), is a fuming, uptight cynic who channels his anger into hilariously inappropriate episodes of road rage. But neither Scott, her bitter pregnant sister, a fiery flamenco instructor or a class room bully can change the Happy-Go-Lucky girl’s “glass half full” world view in writer-director Mike Leigh’s funny, truthful and deeply life-affirming film.
REVIEW: Back in October 2008 Miramax released a couple of films that deserved better luck. One being Blindness, which I understand why many people didn't like. However there was also the beautiful comedy Happy-Go-Lucky, which when under the radar of many movie-goers. That missed the opportunity to watch probably one of the best comedies of all 2008. Fortunately Miramax is releasing this intelligent and funny comedy on DVD on March 10 2009
The DVD is presented in 1.85:1 aspect ration preserving the theatrical presentation of the film. The picture is complemented with a 5.1 Dolby Digital in English with Spanish subtitles. In terms of special features this release includes a good 20 minutes behind the scenes documentary, covering interesting aspects from the making of the film. It also includes a total of 5 deleted scenes, that in reality don't add anything interesting to the story. Finally the DVD includes a an interesting Feature Commentary With Director Mark Herman and author John Boyne.
1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English, 5.1 (Dolby Digital).
Subtitles - English Spanish - Optional
Friendship Beyond the Fence—This behind-the-scenes featurette shows how filmmakers balanced the tale of Bruno, the lonely son of a Nazi officer, and the sensitive reality of one of the darkest periods in world history to create an unforgettable motion picture. (20:29)
Deleted scenes—A total of 5 deleted scenes, all with an option commentary by director Mark Herman. (6:30)
Audio Commentary—Director Mark Herman and author John Boyne discuss the film.
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Genre: Drama Comedy
Staring: Sally Hawkins
Alexis Zegerman
Andrea Riseborough
Samuel Roukin
Sinead Matthews
Kate O'Flynn
Sarah Niles
Producer: Simon Channing-Williams
Distributor: MIRAMAX FILMS
Rating: R for language.
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‘The Guilty’: Abduction drama focuses on one cop — and one riveting performance
Originally published October 16, 2018 at 6:00 am
“The Guilty,” starring Jakob Cedergren, has been selected as Denmark’s official entry in the Oscar Foreign Language Film race. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)
An officer in a Copenhagen emergency call center finds himself trying to save an abducted woman and locate a frightened 6-year-old girl. Tension mounts throughout in this bare-bones psychodrama. Rating: 3 stars out of 4.
Soren Andersen
Special to The Seattle Times
One set. One man, wearing a headset.
Those are the basic ingredients of Danish writer-director Gustav Möller’s bare-bones psychodrama “The Guilty.”
The set is a Copenhagen police station. The man is Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren), a street cop on temporary duty in the station’s Emergency Services department (the Danish equivalent of a 911 call center).
Fielding routine calls from aggrieved citizens, he’s bored and frustrated. He wants to be back out on the street catching crooks. Then the frantic voice of a fearful woman sounds in his ear. She says she’s been abducted. She says her abductor is in the vehicle with her.
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What follows is the development of the case in which phoned-in fragments indicate a murder has been committed and a 6-year-old child is in danger.
Holm never leaves the station. He rarely removes his headset. Director Möller’s camera rarely leaves the officer’s face.
The whole picture rests upon Cedergren’s performance. His face registers concern, compassion, frustration, rage, despair. The shadings of his voice and the depth of emotions reflected in his eyes rivet the audience’s attention.
The cop seeks to reassure the frightened woman. He works to coordinate the search for her and for the child by talking to a dispatch center, squad cars, officers on the scene.
The mood darkens, literally, as he moves into an empty office where the lights are out. He draws the blinds. He is a man very much alone, except for the voices in his ears. His growing anguish is private.
The sound design is a prominent feature of “The Guilty,” full of the buzz of cellphones clicking on and off and the harsh and distorted voices coming into his earpiece from phones and police radios.
As the drama unfolds, call by call, it becomes apparent there is more going on here than first impressions suggest. The cop is emotionally buffeted by a succession of revelations.
Holm himself is afflicted by a personal torment tied to the reason he’s been taken off patrol duty, which is gradually revealed.
In this, his feature directorial debut, Möller makes a whole lot out of very little: a whole lot of dramatic forcefulness out of the most simple and basic of elements, a solitary man struggling to do the right thing. It’s no wonder the picture has been selected as Denmark’s official entry in the Oscar Foreign Language Film race.
★★★ “The Guilty,” with Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage. Directed by Gustav Möller, from a screenplay by Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen. 85 minutes. Rated R for some frightening scenes, portrayed only through sound and dialogue on the phone. In Danish, with English subtitles. Opens Oct. 19 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
Soren Andersen: asoren7575@yahoo.com. Soren Andersen has been writing about movies since he was in high school, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. He has written for papers in Southern California and Washington, and was the staff critic at the News Tribune in Tacoma for 25 years.
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162Highly Influential Citations
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C-terminal fragments of amyloid precursor protein exert neurotoxicity by inducing glycogen synthase kinase-3beta expression.
Hye-Sun Kim, Eun-mee Kim, +8 authors Yoo-hun Suh
FASEB journal : official publication of the…
The AICD (amyloid precursor protein [APP] intracellular domain) and C31, the caspase-cleaved C-terminal fragment of APP, have been found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here,… (More)
Minocycline and neurodegenerative diseases
Hye-Sun Kim, Yoo-hun Suh
Behavioural Brain Research
Minocycline is a semi-synthetic, second-generation tetracycline analog which is effectively crossing the blood-brain barrier, effective against gram-positive and -negative infections. In addition to… (More)
Alpha-synuclein regulates neuronal survival via Bcl-2 family expression and PI3/Akt kinase pathway.
Ji-Heui Seo, J C Rah, +10 authors Yoo-hun Suh
Alpha-synuclein (alpha-SN) is a ubiquitous protein that is especially abundant in the brain and has been postulated to play a central role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's… (More)
Chronic stress accelerates learning and memory impairments and increases amyloid deposition in APPV717I-CT100 transgenic mice, an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yun Ha Jeong, Cheol Hyoung Park, +6 authors Yoo-hun Suh
Although chronic stress is known to be linked with memory and other neurological disorders, little is known about the relationship between chronic stress and the onset or development of Alzheimer's… (More)
Block of LTP in rat hippocampus in vivo by β-amyloid precursor protein fragments
William K. Cullen, Yoo-hun Suh, Roger Anwyl, Michael J. Rowan
THE effects of β-amyloid precursor protein (β-APP) fragments on plasticity of glutamtatergic synaptic transmission were examined in the hippocampus of urethane anaesthetized rats. I.c.v. injection of… (More)
Amyloid precursor protein, presenilins, and alpha-synuclein: molecular pathogenesis and pharmacological applications in Alzheimer's disease.
Yoo-hun Suh, Frédéric Checler
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia that arises on a neuropathological background of amyloid plaques containing beta-amyloid (A beta) derived from amyloid precursor protein… (More)
The postnatal environment can counteract prenatal effects on cognitive ability, cell proliferation, and synaptic protein expression.
Ja Wook Koo, Cheol Hyoung Park, +4 authors Yoo-hun Suh
Many environmental factors during the pre- or postnatal period can affect an individual's cognitive function and neural development throughout life. Little is known, however, about the combined… (More)
Phosphorylation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) at Thr668 regulates the nuclear translocation of the APP intracellular domain and induces neurodegeneration.
Keun-A Chang, Hye-Sun Kim, +8 authors Yoo-hun Suh
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) has eight potential phosphorylation sites in its cytoplasmic domain. Recently, it has demonstrated that the constitutive phosphorylation of APP at T668 (APP695 isoform… (More)
Minocycline attenuates neuronal cell death and improves cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease models
Minji Kim, Yoori Choi, Hye-Sun Kim, Ki Young Shin, Yoo-hun Suh
s / Neuroscience Research 58S (2007) S1–S244 S81 P1-c15 Contribution of increase in brain serotonin (5-HT) upon increase in blood 5-HT induced by 5-HTP administration in rat Yasushi Nakatani,… (More)
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Won Hyuk Suh, Kenneth S. Suslick, Galen D Stucky, Yoo-hun Suh
Progress in Neurobiology
Nanotechnology, which deals with features as small as a 1 billionth of a meter, began to enter into mainstream physical sciences and engineering some 20 years ago. Recent applications of nanoscience… (More)
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Roll Call Vote 115th Congress - 2nd Session
Question: On the Point of Order (Is the Underlying Point of Order Well Taken that Amendments Under Section 50 U.S.C. 1546a be Germane to the Underlying Joint Resolution )
Vote Date: December 12, 2018, 03:40 PM
Vote Result: Point of Order Well Taken
Baldwin (D-WI), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Booker (D-NJ), Yea
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Capito (R-WV), Yea
Cassidy (R-LA), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Yea
Cotton (R-AR), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Nay
Daines (R-MT), Yea
Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Duckworth (D-IL), Yea
Ernst (R-IA), Yea
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Flake (R-AZ), Yea
Gardner (R-CO), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Harris (D-CA), Yea
Hassan (D-NH), Yea
Heinrich (D-NM), Yea
Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea
Heller (R-NV), Yea
Hirono (D-HI), Yea
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Jones (D-AL), Yea
Kaine (D-VA), Yea
Kennedy (R-LA), Yea
King (I-ME), Yea
Lankford (R-OK), Yea
Lee (R-UT), Nay
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Markey (D-MA), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Moran (R-KS), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Yea
Paul (R-KY), Nay
Perdue (R-GA), Yea
Peters (D-MI), Yea
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Rounds (R-SD), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Sasse (R-NE), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Yea
Scott (R-SC), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Smith (D-MN), Yea
Sullivan (R-AK), Yea
Tillis (R-NC), Not Voting
Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Van Hollen (D-MD), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Warren (D-MA), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Young (R-IN), Yea
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hirono (D-HI)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
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King (I-ME)
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Markey (D-MA)
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Tag - NASA
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Posted by - Shruthi Priya November 11, 2018
There are so many Linux Distributions available, finding the best Linux Distribution is a bit of challenge for you. In this Post, Get the Best Linux Distributions (Distros) for Beginners to Advanced users from Gaming to Hacking. We have collected and filtered out the top best Linux Distros from the list of Linux Distributions out there in the Linux world. The question of what is best Linux Operating System Suitable for new users often arise. It’s fairly tough question to answer. Because your distribution of choice may have a sweet-looking desktop, easy to use Interface or light on system. Different Distros offer different Destkop environments, configurations and various features.
Well Good news is that, there are some truly brilliant Linux Distros available to choose. You can choose from Advanced Desktop interface to familiar, standard type of Desktop.
You may know Most Popular Linux Distributions like Linux Mint, Debian, Ubuntu, Open SUSE and Fedora. My favourite Distro is Linux Mint which is the combination of modern, fast and offers user-friendly Interface.
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Fedora is unix like Operating system based on the Linux kernel and GNU programs. Developed by the Community-Supported Fedora Project and sponsored by the Red Hat. Fedora has relatively very short development life cycle, every 6 months new version will be release and maintenance period is only 13 months. Last few years, it has come with many server oriented features rather than desktop oriented features.
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User Interface of the elementary OS resembles much like Mac OS. You may not expect the same user experience like Mac OS, but you can certainly feel that UX in elementary.
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PCLinuxOS is shortened PCLOS, runs on the KDE Plasma Desktop. In the intial stage, This Linux Distribution has been developed from Mandriva Linux Package. It offers nVIDIA and ATi fglrx driver support, Multimedia playback support for Popular formats. Users can easily play any multimedia files in PCLOS, all media codes pre-installed.
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Mageia is forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution. It was developed by the former Mandriva employees and other users, supporters of Mandriva. KDE is the default desktop environment, however you can choose the GNOME as your Desktop GUI. LXDE, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE and Enlightenment are also available. Mageia users can install RPM Packages in their system. It offers very large repository of software, such as productivity applications and a large variety of games.
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Gentoo Operating system built on top of Linux kernel and based on the portage package management system. Unlike traditional software distribution, You have to compile the software packages in your own system based on the system configuration.
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Bodhi Linux is one the best Lightweight Linux Distro that is based on Ubuntu and uses the Enlightenment Window Manager. By default the Bodhi Linux does not have any many software packages other than basic Applications like File browser (EFM), Browser (Midori) and a Terminal emulator. Bodhi Linux has a list of Lightweight Linux Software Applications in online database that can be installed one click using apturl. Since it is based on Ubuntu, Bodhi Linux users can install any packages that was created for Ubuntu.
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PuppyLinux is Lightweight Linux Distribution. It only runs on minimal memory and provides easy to use interface, features. You can run the entire system on the RAM itself, it only takes 130MB memory only.
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Changes in Guarding Standard: EN 953 to be replaced by EN 14120
Posted By: Warren Spiers
Published to Machine Safety Standards on Sep 17, 2015
There is a new standard on the way. It updates the guidance on design and selection of guards for machinery and it is going to change the way you design and adapt guarding on your machines in the future.
Draft standard ISO 14120 Safety of machinery — Guards — General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
This new guarding standard is expected to be published early next year. Once published, it is expected to be harmonised as a European standard EN ISO 14120; replacing EN 953 in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union and therefore provide a presumption of conformity with certain Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
There are many minor changes in this standard as you would expect. After some more analysis we will be releasing a full summary of the changes and their effects on guarding design and adaption in a full comparison document. You can pre-register for this on our newsletter to receive it first.
One of the changes relating to electrically conductive parts is explained below.
ISO/FDIS 14120:2015(E), 5.13 Guards with electrically conductive parts
Where guards are made of electrically conductive material and used in electrically powered machines, they might need to be considered as "extraneous conductive parts of the machine" according to IEC 60204-1:2005,clause 8.
There was no corresponding clause in the outgoing EN 953; so…… is this a completely new requirement to the machine builder?
In a word no. The manufacturer of the electrically powered machine should have be already designing and building their machine using EN 60204-1 (2006); and this is reflected in the clause in EN 14120.
However the clause given in the guarding standard states that the guard may need to be considered as "extraneous conductive parts of the machine“. It does not take into account that the guard may already be considered as an exposed conductive part of the machine rather than extraneous conductive parts. The determination as to how to classify the guard is dependent upon the limits of the electrical machine and where the guard is positioned in relation to it.
EN 60204-1 already requires that the risks associated with the hazards relevant to the electrical equipment shall be assessed as part of the overall requirements for risk assessment of the machine. So, the designer of the machine, the person modifying the machine for integration or in the case of adaption then the user, shall complete a risk assessment to determine what requirements are applicable. This risk assessment shall determine whether conductive parts (including guards) are either exposed conductive parts OR extraneous conductive parts.
exposed conductive part - conductive part of electrical equipment, which can be touched and which is not live under normal operating conditions, but which can become live under fault conditions AND
extraneous conductive part- conductive part not forming part of the electrical installation and liable to introduce a potential, generally the earth potential.
This would require the designer to firstly determine the limits of the “electrical machine”. An illustration of given in figure 1.
If we consider load 1; this motor is supplied by a cable with supplementary insulation. The motor would be considered as an exposed conductive part as a fault in the basic insulation of the supply cable at the motor or a fault in the motor windings would result in the motor becoming live. A protective conductor from the MET (PE terminal) to the motor would be selected taking account of the protective device used to ensure automatic disconnection of the supply within a sufficiently short time to limit the duration of a touch voltage to a time within which the touch voltage is not hazardous.
The frame of the machine (including guards A & B) would not be considered an exposed conductive part as the electrical machine ends at the motor. Instead it would be considered as an extraneous conductive part and as such the designer would have to consider whether equipotential bonding is required.
If we now consider load 2, this time the motor is supplied by a cable with only basic insulation routed through metal trunking and attached to the guards of sections C to F. This time the motor and the guards would be considered as exposed conductive parts as a fault in the basic insulation of the supply cable along its length up to the motor or a fault in the motor windings would result in the motor / guards becoming live. Protective conductors from the MET (PE terminal) to the motor and the guards would be selected taking account of the protective device used to ensure automatic disconnection of the supply within a sufficiently short time to limit the duration of a touch voltage to a time within which the touch voltage is not hazardous.
For more information on the design and documentation requirements of EN 60204-1 you could check our guide to the contents of the technical construction file for electrical machines
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What's the meaning of the Dollar sign »
This page is about the meaning, origin and characteristic of the symbol, emblem, seal, sign, logo or flag: Dollar sign.
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The dollar or peso sign ($) is a symbol primarily used to indicate the various peso and dollar units of currency around the world.
The sign is first attested in British, American, Canadian, Mexican and other Spanish American business correspondence in the 1770s, referring to the Spanish American peso, also known as "Spanish dollar" or "piece of eight" in British North America, which provided the model for the currency that the United States later adopted in 1785 and the larger coins of the new Spanish American republics such as the Mexican peso, Peruvian eight-real and Bolivian eight-sol coins.
The best documented explanation reveals that the sign evolved out of the Spanish and Spanish American scribal abbreviation "ps" for pesos. A study of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century manuscripts shows that the s gradually came to be written over the p developing a close equivalent to the "$" mark.
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Iran’s FM, EU’s Ashton to Meet Soon
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, will meet later this month, an EU spokesman said on Friday.
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Ashton said she will meet Iran's newly appointed negotiator on the country's nuclear program later this month.
A spokesman said Friday Catherine Ashton called the Iranian foreign minister and they agreed to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, AP reported.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had on Thursday authorized the country's foreign ministry to lead negotiations with the Group of 5+1.
Ashton represents the six world powers (Russia, China, the US, France and Britain plus Germany) in talks with Iran.
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Mwilu case points to misguided, self-destructive justice pursuit
George Kegoro 02nd Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu.
Although judges have no immunity from prosecution, authorities would need the clearest reason to consider a prosecution and might find it wise to obtain the signing off by another authority before the decision to prosecute.
While police covered themselves when they sought the concurrence of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, he acted without consulting another authority. There is a view that the DPP should have sought the understanding, even concurrence, of the body that represents the Judiciary on his decision to prosecute.
According to this view, Haji should have reached out to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) before authorising the arrest, and such a consultation would have ensured that the perception of an attack on judicial independence was avoided.
In the context of such a consultation, and if the evidence was clear, it would have been possible for the JSC to advise the judge to consider resigning from office, ahead of a possible prosecution, so that the judiciary would not be dragged into the matter, which would then become personal between her and the prosecuting authorities.
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In his statement following the arrest, Haji explained that he had reached out to Chief Justice, only on the day that the arrest was made, a demonstration that little time was allowed for consultation and denying the JSC reasonable time to consider its position.
Two decision-making levels are evident in the arrest of Justice Mwilu. The first level involved the decision by the police to investigate the judge, and the second was the authorisation of her prosecution.
While the DPP can say that he was triggered by a request from the police when he authorised the prosecution, what triggered a decision by the police to investigate the second highest judge, especially regarding transactions dating as far back as six years? Because decision-making at the investigative level is inherently opaque, and because known clear cases remain unprosecuted, it is difficult to demonstrate that the only reason why an investigation against the Deputy Chief Justice was undertaken was in the pursuit of law enforcement, bereft of hidden considerations.
The context of the arraignment of Justice Mwilu is the so-called war on corruption which the DPP and the police are spearheading. However, it is clear that the Judiciary and the government have had a poor relationship, traceable to the annulment, last year, of the results of the first presidential election.
There was a promise by the Jubilee party that it would “revisit” the Judiciary, a vile threat which no independent authority found the courage to deal with.
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Since then, the Judiciary has faced a massive budget cut and there has been official trawling against individual members of the JSC, whose personal financial affairs have been subjected to hostile official prying.
Also, there is a contrived controversy regarding the fate of Justice Mohammed Warsame, elected earlier in the year as to represent the Court of Appeal on the JSC but unable to serve because the National Assembly and the presidency insist he must be vetted first.
New paralysis
On its part, the JSC would like Warsame to be sworn into office together with the three presidential appointees, and the failure to resolve their differences has created paralysis.
The Attorney General, who butts on the side of the government, has refused to take his seat on the JSC, thus compounding this crisis and robbing the situation of the one person whose office could have been the natural intercessor.
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The hostile rhetoric against the Judiciary last year, significant amounts of which the DPP could have prosecuted, has since given way to a denial of financial resources, meddlesome political involvement in its internal elections aimed to influencing the composition of the JSC and, when this failed, a political controversy that has paralysed the governing body.
Because of a political ambition to destroy it, the Judiciary was already on its knees even before Justice Mwilu was charged. With supposed good intentions that lack reflection, Haji ultimately lacks the sophistication required of his office. His authorisation of Justice Mwilu’s prosecution is extremely reckless.
In his simplistic interpretation of a complex political situation, Haji cuts the image of the character Javert, a policeman in Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables.
Javert is villainous because of a misguided and self-destructive pursuit of justice. Hugo writes that “[Javert] was a compound of two sentiments, simple and good in themselves, but he made them almost evil by his exaggeration of them: respect for authority and hatred of rebellion.”
In a politically toxic situation where the government has bullied the Judiciary all year, wiretapping the conversations of judges and calling them crooks, while other constitutional bodies watched helplessly, Haji is pursuing a blinkered prosecution policy which ignores this extremely offensive conduct, while uncritically lending the use of his office to what is clearly a weaponisation of the alleged war on corruption.
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Airports authority lauds EU for picking Kenya in solar project
Philip Mwakio 14th Dec 2018 10:54:41 GMT +0300
KAA Managing Director Johnny Andersen. [Photo, File]
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has commended the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Union for picking Kenya for its pilot solar project.
Moi International Airport, Mombasa, has been selected for the project that includes mounting 500kw solar photovoltaic system.
KAA Managing Director Johnny Andersen said, ''The fact that this is the first project of its kind in East Africa shows the confidence you have in Kenya Airports Authority and Kenya. This project will make a big difference on how we consume energy in this airport.''
The solar panels will have a daily production of 500kw, with the airport’s 800kw daily consumption.
The system will be interconnected to the airport terminal grid and will prioritise consumption of the solar power over the grid.
Andersen added that Moi airport will only use about 300MW from the national grid.
''It is a reality that climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing mankind. Unfortunately, aviation has been criticised as a major contributor of carbon emissions. A lot of effort has been put into reducing the emissions especially in the aircraft manufacturing,” he said.
The project was launched by ICAO council president Dr Benard Aliu, who said the project has been an incentive for the Kenya Airports Authority to adopt a new strategy of green energy.
''Our target will be … operating on zero-carbon emissions by 2021,'' the MD said.
Andersen said the plan dubbed MIA 2021 will include increase of the solar capacity and usage.
Others include recycling water and using airport vehicles powered by alternative green energy.
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A range of activities: sporting and physical, music and drama, curriculum links.
St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School is an inclusive secondary school drawing on best practice from the independent and state sectors to meet the individual needs of the full range of students.
Our expertly-delivered, broad and balanced, traditional but contemporary curriculum aims to develop our students intellectually, socially, culturally, spiritually and morally. With a focus on English, maths and science, we also offer classical subjects such as Latin and Greek and an exciting choice of extra-curricular activities.
The school is underpinned by our Christian values and, as the UK’s first state-funded Greek Orthodox secondary school, we are proud to be making our contribution to the high academic standards and values-based education with which Church schools are associated nationally. We welcome students of all faiths and none.
St Andrew the Apostle aims to:
Deliver a broad curriculum, academic excellence and exceptional progress across the ability range
Foster a spirit of kindness, tolerance and responsibility which allows each student to grow as an individual and a community member
Encourage more students to progress to university to study maths, sciences and the classical subjects
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Headteacher's News
Our annual Talent Show took place at The Chickenshed Theatre in Southgate on Friday 5th April. The event was organised by the Performing Arts Department and showcases the amazing talent of students within our school. Open to all students, a vast array of performers, ranging from street dance to a tribute to rock band Queen, entertained the sold out crowd at The Chickenshed Theatre.
The judges for the show were renowned musician Pavlos Doukanaris, vocalist Mandy LeCointe and Mario Lazari.
The winning act was bouzouki duo Christian Germanou and Nickolas Papaphotis, who entertained the crowd with their unique chemistry and rhythm on stage. Runners up were Twyla Ng and Grace Chapman, both with amazing vocal performances. A big well done to all students who participated in the show and a thank you to our amazing 6th formers who worked behind the scenes to ensure the event was a success.
The event was sponsored by Brunswick Garage, Yiannimize, Smartsec Solutions, KD Performing Arts, and United Space. Images courtesy of Photosophy.co.uk
ST ANDREW THE APOSTLE CELEBRATES EXCEPTIONAL GCSE RESULTS
St Andrew the Apostle School is celebrating an exceptional first set of GCSE results. 52% of all Year 11 students achieved the gold standard EBACC measure (a good grade in English, maths, science, language, history/geography), which places St Andrew in the top 5% of schools in the country. Our English results were equally outstanding with 88% achieving a grade 4 or higher in English Language and 72% achieving a grade 5 or higher. 75% of students achieved a good grade in science with more than a quarter of these grades at 9-7. Students achieved particularly well at the very top of the ability range, with 10% of students getting top grades (9-7) across the board. Four students achieved AS Level in Year 11. We are particularly proud of our top achiever, Taniya Jamil, who secured 9 top grade 9s and 1 grade 8. Some other exceptional performers were:
Guy Coker:3 grade 9s, 4 grade 8s, 1 A and 1 B
Marianna Christodoulou:4 grade 9s, 3 grade 8s, 1 grade 7, 1 A* and 1 B
Niamh Dermody:1 grade 9, 5 grade 8s, 1 grade 7, 1 grade 6 and 1 B
The school’s Headteacher, Mr Robert Ahearn, commented on the results:“I am absolutely thrilled with this year’s outstanding GCSE results. Our founding cohort have done us proud and I share in their delight as they celebrate their successes today. There were individual successes at all ability levels and behind every set of examination results there is a personal story of hard work, commitment and perseverance. These outcomes are a result of the hard work of the students, the support of their family and friends and the dedication of the staff at the school.
We are delighted that so many of our students are joining us for 6th Form; teachers and students will be working towards equally exceptional ‘A’ level results in 2020."
RET CEO said, “St Andrew the Apostle has been outstanding since it opened, so these GCSE results are excellent but not surprising. Students and staff are to be warmly congratulated on their achievements; as are local parents and the wider community who have so consistently supported the school.”
Mr Robert Ahearn
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Press Room Archives - 2010
A Season of Giving -- and Getting – Rewards
Hotel Interactive, December 22, 2010
Jeff Low knows all about the allure of rewards programs -- free room nights for the traveler and a robust distribution system for the hotels. As an executive with Expedia, he identified with road warriors who often sought points even when they had to sacrifice price or location.
The Hottest New Travel Technology
Travel + Leisure, November 24, 2010
We all get rewards points at the big chain hotels like Starwood and—as of recently—the Ritz-Carlton. But why not at small, independent hotels? Stash has created a network of boutique properties where you can earn points for free nights. Now that's something we can all use more of.
Stash Hotel Rewards: The Cure for the Common Hotel Chain
The Points Guy, November 23, 2010
As a road warrior, I certainly understand the concept of this program: offer high quality, unique service to a population of people who are sick of cookie cutter hotels and also give them the power of earning points that can be used for a show-stopping personal vacation.
PhoCusWright 2010 Innovator: Stash Hotel Rewards
WhyGo Business, November 22, 2010
But what if you’re also the kind of person for whom travel is about experiencing new and different things? Always staying in big chain hotels because they’re the ones that offer rewards points can detract significantly from the travel experience when every single chain hotel looks essentially the same.
The Top Ideas for Travelers from the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit
BootsnAll, November 17, 2010
Stash is a hotel rewards program geared towards travelers who prefer to stay at independently-run hotels in the United States. This means travelers can book the unique hotels they love, while still earning rewards points.
A Hotel Loyalty Program for Travelers Who Hate Chain Hotels
Condé Nast Traveler, November 16, 2010
So what do you do if you prefer non-chain hotels -- historic inns, urban boutique hot spots, one-of-a-kind resorts? For you, there's now Stash Hotel Rewards, which lets you earn points toward free stays at any of 100 independent high-end hotels in the U.S., many of them Conde Nast Traveler Gold List and Hot List properties.
Stash Hotel Rewards loyalty program reaches 100 independent properties
Gadling, November 15, 2010
Tired of the same old loyalty chains? After just six months in business, Stash Hotel Rewards, the loyalty program that draws together independent and boutique properties has reached 100 total properties in 74 cities.
Not-So-Secret Stash
DailyCandy, November 10, 2010
Founded by a former Expedia honcho, the new service organizes lots of small, unconnected independent hotels into one big reward-rich points network.
How You Can Rack Up Free Points for the Stash Loyalty Program
HotelChatter, November 10, 2010
Stash Rewards, a loyalty program for independent hotels, is celebrating surpassing the 100 mark in its collection of properties by giving away 100,000 points.
Hotel Rewards, Without the Commitment
Inc., November 1, 2010
Most hotel rewards programs limit you to one chain. A new program called Stash Hotel Rewards allows travelers to earn points at a variety of hotels.
Stylish Stays--For Less!
Budget Travel, November, 2010
In May, boutique hotels got their first-ever reward program, Stash Hotel Rewards. Members earn points at 81 locations across North America. Stay three nights at Hotel Fifty, in Portland, Ore., for instance, and get a fourth free (from $98).
Smart Traveler: Stash Hotel Rewards
Everett Potter's Travel Report, October 12, 2010
While there’s nothing wrong with existing hotel frequent stay programs that reward you for your loyalty, you might not exactly be pining to stay in a Hilton, Marriott or Hyatt on your next vacation in Colorado, Los Angeles or Florida. That’s where Stash Hotel Rewards comes in. Founded by ex Expedia guy Jeff Low, along with e-commerce cohorts from Zillow, Amazon and Microsoft, Stash has compiled a network of independent hotels that give out points that can be redeemed for future stays.
Innovators of the Year
Hotel News Now, September 20, 2010
Sure, a one-of-a-kind, boutique property might entice travelers looking for a quick departure off the beaten path, but latching onto repeat guests with the big brand loyalty programs looming is as difficult as driving rate in the recession. Enter Stash Hotel Rewards. The independent hotel loyalty program is helping to level the playing field by recruiting member hotels and travelers to its flexible frequent-guest program.
What's It Like Being a Stash Hotel Rewards Partner?
HotelChatter, September 8, 2010
Hotel loyalty programs is a buzzy-buzz topic nowadays, and one that's setting itself apart from the Marriott and Hyatt pack is Stash Hotel Rewards. What makes Stash stand out is that it isn't doling out points for mega chains. Instead, the loyalty program targets independent boutique hotels.
Independent loyalty programs: Strength in numbers
Hotel News Now, August 30, 2010
Today, Stash Hotel Rewards, Low’s independent hotel loyalty program that launched in May, boasts more than 80 hotel members. It includes six of Denihan’s Affinia properties in Chicago and New York. The program, which allows for greater flexibility than traditional hotel frequent-guest programs, is catching on. Individual travelers are drawn to the ease of redemption (no blackout dates), while hoteliers are attracted to the dynamic pricing on the redemption side, allowing them to manage what rooms can be paid for in points just as they would manage any other channel.
In the Hot Seat: Jeff Low, Stash Hotel Rewards
Travel Weekly, August 9, 2010
As rewards programs have become an increasingly integral part of travel, independent hoteliers have found it harder to compete with the big chains and their programs, particularly for frequent business travelers. To help level the playing field, Jeff Low, a former executive at Expedia, has developed Stash Hotel Rewards, a program for nonbranded properties or small brands, such as Affinia, which is one of its first members.
Independent hotels join rewards program
Loyalty 360, August 9, 2010
The Shores Resort and Spa is one of 81 independent properties in 63 cities that has signed up for a new online hotel loyalty program. Guests now can earn points for every dollar they spend on lodging for a future stay, similar to the program offered by chains and travel websites, such as Expedia and Travelocity. The service, known as Stash Hotel Rewards, started in May. The properties include boutiques, as well as spas and resorts. All properties have ratings of three stars and above, based on the program's assessment of the hotel's services, amenities, reputation and location.
Loyalty programs for independent hotels
Hotel & Motel Management, August 5, 2010
Low’s Stash Rewards launched in May with 65 properties and is adding about 10 properties a month. Stash works by letting hoteliers decide when to offer roomnights into the system “We don’t mandate certain fixed pricing,” Low said. “What we do is allow hotels to offset nearly all the costs of the program by putting their rooms into the program for redemption.”
Independent Hotels Get a Rewards Program
The New York Times, August 2, 2010
The service, called Stash Hotel Rewards, started in May and has signed up 79 hotels in 63 cities, including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington. The hotels include boutiques, spas and resorts and are all properties with ratings of three stars and above.
Loyalty still lies in perks
Hotels, July, 2010
Once the domain of the large hotel companies, variations on the loyalty club concept are sprouting up across the industry, from smaller hotel groups to the online travel agencies, and even consortia created solely for the purpose of accruing points redeemable for free nights.
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5 new sites for Web-savvy travelers
MSNBC July 20, 2010
Like earning loyalty points for your lodging, but hate staying in cookie-cutter chain hotels? If so, check out Stash Hotel Rewards, a free service that’s like Hilton HHonors or Marriott Rewards for independent boutique hotels. The site, which launched in May, offers five points for every dollar spent at participating hotels.
Independent hotels struggle against chains, rewards programs
Denver Business Journal, July 2, 2010
Low founded Stash in May, bringing together 73 independent U.S. hotels — including Denver’s Hotel Teatro — in a program where guests can earn points by staying at any of them and use those for free nights at any of the participating hotels. Without such perks, independent hotels are at a disadvantage, especially in the eyes of savings-oriented consumers, he said.
One-Month-Old Stash Hotel Rewards Adds Eight More to Its Indy Stable
HotelChatter, July 1, 2010
Stash Hotel Rewards, the loyalty program for independent boutique hotels, marks its one-month birthday. It's got several reasons to celebrate, mainly because Stash has added eight hotels and five cities to its roster of participating properties.
InsideFlyer Annual Review Issue
InsideFlyer, July 20, 2010
Stash Hotel Rewards is a unique type of loyalty program that launched on May 20 with 65 independent hotels in over 50 cities. The program expects to feature more than 200 hotels by the end of the year. Stash Hotel Rewards members can earn and redeem points at participating properties in key travel cities in the U.S., such as San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle. Visit http://www.stashrewards.com to learn more about Stash Hotel Rewards. We spoke with Jeff Low, founder and CEO of Stash Hotel Rewards, about the new program.
Plan to Stay at a Hotel Chain Property? Stash This!
The Gate, May 27, 2010
FlyerTalk is all about the discussion of miles and points. However, there are FlyerTalk members who prefer to stay at independent hotels where they may have a unique experience at each property. The only problem is that staying at such hotels did not earn points, usually because there was no frequent guest loyalty program……until now. Introducing a new loyalty scheme for US independent hotels that was launched recently called Stash Hotel Rewards, in which membership is complimentary.
Would You Join a Loyalty Program for Independent Hotels?
HotelChatter, May 25, 2010
One pro of such a program is that you'd be able to stay in a one-of-a-kind hotel that's more in tune with the area you're visiting, rather than a cookie-cutter property that you'd find in any city. Plus, it's always nice to throw money toward an independent business rather than some big conglomerate.
Stash Hotel Rewards: another travel project from Expedia alums
Tnooz, May 24, 2010
Hardly a week goes by without a group of former-Expedia/Microsoft folk coming together to launch a new travel startup – this time it’s the turn of Stash Hotel Rewards. Stash is an online hotel loyalty reward scheme for guests that use independent hotels, rather than chains. Stash is an online hotel loyalty reward scheme for guests that use independent hotels, rather than chains.
Stash Hotel Rewards launches loyalty program
Colloquy, May 24, 2010
If you travel all the time, you want something back," says Jeff Low, founder and CEO of the young Stash Hotel Rewards, which launched Spring 2010. Properties range from the Hotel Griffon in San Francisco to the Sedona Rouge in Arizona to The Restoration on King in Charleston, South Carolina. Low realized that a major incentive for frequent travelers was the ability to quantify the "loyalty value" that they had accrued.
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Boutique Hotels Join Together in New Loyalty 'Stash Hotel Rewards'
AOL Travel, May 21, 2010
Watch out hotel chains, there's a new player in town vying for business travelers who are tired of the same-old corporate hotel experience. A group of independent hotels are banding together through the new start-up Stash Hotel Rewards, modeled after popular loyalty rewards programs like Marriott Rewards and Hilton HHonors.
Tired of Hilton, Marriott or Starwood hotels? Start-up loyalty point program offers travelers new choices
USA Today, May 20, 2010
A group that includes the creator of Expedia's loyalty program yesterday launched Stash Hotel Rewards, a loyalty program for upscale, independent hotels that lets you accumulate points and redeem them without blackout dates. The program launches with an initial 65 hotels in 50 cities. Like the big chains' loyalty programs, Stash is free to join. The 65 hotels listed are diverse and include everything from historic hotels to hip, boutique gems.
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Craddick foes claim numbers that would end his reign as Texas speaker
Laylan Copelin
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:01 AM Dec 12, 2018 at 10:35 AM
Opponents of Speaker Tom Craddick claimed for the first time Monday to have a public list of 79 lawmakers who would block the Midland Republican's re-election to a fourth term as leader of the Texas House.
Craddick insisted that he has a majority of the 150-member House backing him.
Welcome to speaker math. Both can't be right, but two weeks before the Jan. 13 election, the members-only campaign is resembling a game of liar's poker, where bluffing is mandatory.
Monday's developments in a quickly changing race included:
• The House Democratic Caucus released a list of 64 Democratic lawmakers who signed a pledge to oppose Craddick "under any circumstances" at a Nov. 5 caucus meeting. (Ten Democrats, including Austin's Dawnna Dukes, did not sign the pledge.) The 64, coupled with 15 Republican lawmakers who are opposing Craddick publicly, would seem to give the opposition a four-vote majority to block the speaker's re-election.
• Georgetown Republican Dan Gattis, one of the 13 declared speaker candidates, said three Republican lawmakers switched from Craddick to him: Reps. Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton of Mauriceville, Patricia Harless of Houston and Lois Kolkhorst of Brenham.
• Another Craddick backer, Amarillo Republican John Smithee, said he would consider running for speaker "if I can help bring sanity back to the House." Smithee would be the 80th House member to express opposition to Craddick at one time or another since the Nov. 4 election.
"I think it's very obvious right now that the House members are starting to speak," said Rep. Edmund Kuempel of Seguin, a Republican in the running for speaker. "The holiday season is over, and I think there's going to be a new speaker."
Craddick spokeswoman Alexis DeLee said the opposition is just trying to create the appearance of momentum.
"It's an inaccurate list," DeLee said of the 64 Democrats. "We continue to have the largest and most solid support in the House."
Neither side, however, has been able to declare victory.
Craddick's opponents are split among the other 12 declared candidates for speaker, with Smithee in the wings.
Smithee said that he had not initiated any action to become a candidate but that he's received calls from about 20 members about a possible candidacy.
He said a growing number of House members want to avoid the daily battles they experienced under Craddick's leadership during the 2007 legislative session.
"We have a real mess on our hands," Smithee said.
Smithee, who was Craddick's choice to lead the House Insurance Committee, said he is on Craddick's list of supporters but added, "It's subject to change."
Gattis and his three allies join Republicans Burt Solomons of Carrollton, Rob Eissler of The Woodlands and Joe Straus of San Antonio in splitting with Craddick since the Nov. 4 election. They join eight Republican lawmakers who rebelled during the 2007 session and return for 2009 intent on replacing Craddick.
Unlike in Congress, leadership battles in the Texas House are based more on personal loyalties than ideology or party membership.
Before it became known that 15 Republicans had abandoned Craddick, he switched his focus last week to wooing Democrats. It's a strategy he used in 2007. Craddick used 15 Democrats to offset 14 Republicans who supported his opponent, Rep. Jim Pitts of Waxahachie.
Dukes was among those 15 "Craddick D's," as they became known, who helped elect him. But she paid a price.
She was challenged in the March primary because of her support of Craddick. Dukes won, but it was a tough campaign that brought up problems with her consulting business, tax payments and campaign finance reports.
Dukes said Monday that she remains uncommitted to a candidate although she refused to sign the pledge to oppose Craddick. She left her options open because "things change drastically. My decision will be how I can best be effective for District 46."
The rest of the Central Texas delegation, except newcomer Tim Kleinschmidt, a Republican from Lexington, are opposed to Craddick's re-election.
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Yamaha unveils YAS-109 and YAS-209 soundbars with Alexa built in
The audio giant looks to set a new bar for budget options
Yamaha has announced its entry into the smart speaker space, unveiling two all-new smart soundbars with Alexa built in - the YAS-109 and YAS-209.
The YAS-109 will come in at $239.95 and feature built-in subwoofers, while the YAS-2019 will set buyers back $349.95 and come packaged with a separate, wireless subwoofer for a bigger bass response.
The pair have been developed in collaboration with Amazon's team in order to implement the preferred placement for microphones, with each offering a slim design and the option to be mounted to a wall.
Naturally, both come with the same features built inside. The wide range of Alexa skills will be available, as well as general support for queries, while users can stream music through Spotify Connect, Amazon Music or Bluetooth. Like other Alexa soundbars, like the Polk Command Bar, Alexa will automatically quieten sound before responding to prompts, with a remote also included with both bars to initiate Alexa manually. The voice assistant can also be muted.
In terms of the nerdy sound specs, both feature Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Surround decoding and DTS Virtual:X, with the end result, Yamaha say, to create a 3D field of sound that comes from around and above the listener. Yamaha's own Clear Voice tech also features, which should, as you'd imagine, improve dialogue scenes in TVs and movies.
There's room for plenty of outputs, too, including obvious support for HDMI inputs and output with ARC. For UHD TV owners, there's even the option for 4K HDR video, and both models' volume can be controlled using different remotes, thanks to CEC. For devices without HDMI connections, there's an optical input built in, as well.
In terms of availability, both will be available in the US from July and make their way across the pond to the UK in August. We'll be looking to test both out and deliver our verdict on which possesses the best value for money. At least on paper, though, these new models should give potential Polk and Sonos customers something to think about.
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Crowdfunding in Canada: Will Kickstarter Kick Indiegogo?
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Crowdfunding in Canada is still in its taming the Wild West phase; you have a lot of crowdfunding companies who would love to colonize the space hurling themselves at the regulatory barbwire.
And now Kickstarter has joined the fray with six-shooters blazing.
During a four-day visit to Toronto during Kickstarter’s Canadian launch in September 2013, co-founder Yancey Strickler said that Kickstarter had long wanted to move into Canada but was kept away due to financial regulations.
Now they’re finally here and out to kick some you-know-what. In an interview with the Canadian Press, Strickler admitted that the Canadian crowdfunding scene is currently dominated by Indiegogo, but he is confident Kickstarter will prevail.
Kickstarter claims it has raised more than six times as much money as Indiegogo has, while 40 projects have generated more than $1 million in pledges, versus only four for Indiegogo.
So which is the better crowdfunding platform if you’re a small Canadian business looking for money, Kickstarter or Indiegogo?
Have a look at this comparison before you get too excited about Kickstarter’s arrival.
Neither Kickstarter or Indiegogo offers equity financing.
In Canada, all crowdfunding platforms are limited by the fact they can’t offer equity crowdfunding. In other words, you can’t offer people any form of ownership in your business in exchange for their investment.
The “culprit” is Canada’s securities laws. Under current regulations, there are very few circumstances where a company seeking investment wouldn’t have to issue a detailed prospectus, just like that used in a traditional initial public offering (IPO). Hard to imagine doing this when your new business is just at the idea stage, isn’t it?
And the crowdfunding portals themselves would fall within Canada's dealer and investment adviser registration rules and incur the potential liability associated with such registration. (This situation may change; thanks to developments in the US and lobbying by groups in Canada, some Canadian jurisdictions are taking a look at amending their securities regulations to allow for equity crowdfunding.)
But as it is, both Kickstarter and Indiegogo operate under a donation model, where the big motivators are the rewards contributors get and the altruistic satisfaction of (hopefully) seeing the project they’ve supported get off the ground.
Indiegogo offers more funding choices.
You can, for instance, choose to set up your Indiegogo campaign as Flexible Funding, where you get to keep all the funds you raise even if you don’t meet your funding goal, or as Fixed Funding, where all the contributions to your campaign get returned to the contributors if you don’t meet your goal. (Indiegogo charges less of a platform fee for Flexible Funding campaigns that meet their goal, only 4% versus a 9% platform fee for Fixed Funding campaigns that don’t meet their goal).
Kickstarter takes the all or nothing approach. As the creator of a Kickstarter campaign, you have to set both a funding goal and a deadline, and if your project doesn’t attract enough contributors by the deadline, no money changes hands.
Crowdfunding campaigns are more limited on Kickstarter.
Kickstarter is curated. While anyone can start any crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Kickstarter projects are reviewed by staff and must conform to Kickstarter’s guidelines.
That means, among other things, that everything on Kickstarter has to be a “project”, something that results in a tangible product, and that the project has to fit into one of Kickstarter’s categories (Art, Comics, Dance, Design, Fashion, Film, Food, Games, Music, Photography, Publishing, Technology, and Theater).
And certain types of businesses are also shut out; Kickstarter cannot be used to fund e-commerce, business, and social networking websites or apps , or to fund software projects not run by the developers themselves.
Indiegogo, on the other hand, is “available to anyone to raise money for anything”.
Fees are similar for both crowdfunding platforms.
If a project is successfully funded, Kickstarter applies a 5% fee to the funds collected and processing fees, which for Canadian projects are 3% + $0.20 CAD per pledge. There are no fees if funding is unsuccessful.
When your campaign raises funds, Indiegogo charges a 9.0% fee on the funds you raise. If you reach your goal, you get 5.0% back, for an overall fee of 4.0%. There is also a 3% third party fee for credit card processing plus a $25 wire fee for non-US campaigns.
One apple is much like another, although just browsing through projects up for funding, Indiegogo seems to have more of an international flavour.
If you don’t need much money, have a project or a business that fits into either of these crowdfunding platform’s requirements, and would enjoy actively campaigning (creating perks for contributors), using either Kickstarter or Indiegogo could be worth a shot.
If it’s serious pinstriped money you’re after, especially for businesses that aren’t arts, food or tech related, amp up your business plan and head for your local banks or credit union. How to Get a Small Business Loan explains the documents you need and how to prepare yourself to have a better chance of getting the funding you want.
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Angry Robot signs near-future novel
Published July 21, 2011 by Katie Allen
Angry Robot is to publish a debut novel by Canadian writer Madeline Ashby.
vN is set in a near-future where robots...
vN is set in a near-future where robots and humans live side by side, and follows Amy, who has grown up with a cybernetic mother and human father. Alone of her kind, her "human-protecting failsafe" has stopped working and she's soon on the run from the law. Her only friend is a robot boy programmed to only like humans.
Angry Robot publishing director Marc Gascoigne acquired rights to two titles in the Von Neumann Sisters sequence via Monica Pacheco of the Anne McDermid Agency, based in Toronto. The publisher described it as a "stunning extrapolation of a robot future with bravura kick-ass manga-inspired action—think Philip K Dick meets Joss Whedon."
Ashby, who has an MA in manga and anime, said: “Having just written a novel about angry robots, it seemed natural I should partner up with Angry Robot.
"Luckily they believed in this story just as much as I did, and they've been wonderfully supportive throughout."
vN will be published in the US and UK in August 2012, with a sequel to follow the year after.
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Joints are prepped at the High Times Cannabis Cup at the Denver Mart on April 19, 2015. (Seth McConnell, Denver Post file)
Massachusetts officially goes legal Dec. 15. Here’s what you can — and can’t — do with recreational marijuana
Published: Dec 12, 2016, 11:56 am • Updated: Dec 12, 2016, 3:32 pm
By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press
BOSTON — Recreational marijuana is becoming legal in Massachusetts. Legal, but not readily available.
The ballot question approved by voters Nov. 8 is scheduled to go into effect Thursday, allowing adults to have limited quantities of marijuana for recreational purposes and grow pot plants in their homes.
The catch: It’s still illegal to sell marijuana in Massachusetts — except to registered medical marijuana patients — and will remain so for at least a year until the first pot shops are licensed and regulated.
For now, it’s smoke ’em if you got ’em.
“For the average citizen … this is going to mean they have to wait a while until they can go into a store or facility and purchase marijuana over the counter,” said Martin W. Healy, chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Healy and other legal analysts say the lag-time and other provisions in the new law could initially cause confusion for marijuana users and possibly law enforcement, as well.
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Recreational pot supporters agree. Jim Borghesani, spokesman for the group RegulateMass, which sponsored the ballot initiative, sees the first year or so as a “gray period” of sorts.
“It is legal to possess,” said Borghesani. “It is illegal to sell without a retail license and retail licenses won’t be available for quite a while.”
States that previously legalized marijuana went through similar transition periods without major problems, he added.
In Colorado, where voters legalized recreational pot in late 2012, marijuana arrests dropped significantly in the 13 months or so it took for the state to regulate the drug and allow the opening of stores.
Voters in California, Nevada and Maine also backed legalization in the most recent election and like Massachusetts, all will experience gaps between the time pot becomes legal to possess and when it can be legally sold to consumers.
Before and after retail sales begin, the list of things you can’t do with pot remains a lengthy one.
Norwood Police Chief William Brooks III, who serves as president of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, noted that possession of small amounts of marijuana outside the home has been decriminalized for the past eight years in the state, so in that respect the new law “is not a big change,” he said.
But the home grow provisions could pose challenges for officers responding to a call at a person’s home, Brooks said, as they may need to determine whether the amount of pot being cultivated is within proper limits. He also worries about a potential uptick in motorists driving while under the influence of marijuana.
A closer look at what can and can’t be done once the law takes effect:
What is legal?
• Outside the home, adults 21 or over can possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana.
• Inside the home, adults 21 or over may possess up to 10 ounces of pot. A single individual may cultivate up to 6 marijuana plants for personal use, and up to 12 plants per household are allowed if more than one adult lives on the premises.
• It’s OK for one adult to give away up to an ounce of pot to another adult, but not for money.
What isn’t legal?
• Recreational marijuana cannot be sold in any form in Massachusetts without a retail license. A Cannabis Control Commission, yet to be named, will be responsible for issuing retail licenses.
• Marijuana cannot be possessed, purchased, grown or used by anyone under age 21 (unless they have a valid medical marijuana permit), and it’s against the law to give away pot to someone under 21.
• Using pot is illegal in any public place. You can’t, for example, walk down the street smoking a joint the way you would a cigarette. It’s also illegal to use pot in any place where tobacco is banned.
• Possession of any amount of marijuana remains illegal on school grounds.
• Laws against operating cars and other vehicles under the influence of marijuana are unchanged.
• Open containers or partially consumed packages of marijuana cannot be kept in a motor vehicle, except in the trunk or a locked glove compartment.
• Pot growing at home must be done discreetly and securely. Marijuana plants cannot be plainly visible from the street or any public area and must be cultivated someplace where there is a security device.
• Tenants cannot grow pot in their residences or smoke it if their landlord has a rule against it.
• Since marijuana is still barred under federal law, it can’t be brought across state lines, sent by United States mail or used on federal property.
Associated Press writer Kristen Wyatt in Denver contributed to this report.
Topics: Massachusetts, possession, possession limits, public use, recreational, sales, shops
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The next OVTA webinar is scheduled for: May 16, 2018
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Tax for Small Businesses
This presentation will provide taxpayers with a general overview of what taxes they may need to register for when starting a small business. It will briefly touch upon Sales and Use Tax, Employer Withholding, and Commercial Activity Tax.
Michael Boberg & Liam Fitzgerald
Gateway Modernization - Employer Withholding
This presentation will inform attendees of how the Ohio Business Gateway Modernization project will impact the electronic filing of Ohio Employer Withholding tax. We will discuss registering, highlight changes to our most frequently used forms, and review account maintenance.
Monica Kendricks & Allison Weller
Gateway Modernization - IFTA
This session will cover how the inception of the new Modernized Gateway has changed the filing options for IFTA. The session will contain a brief synopsis of each transactions available for IFTA and will also cover a review of how those transactions have changed with the transition to the new Gateway.
Gateway Modernization - CAT & SUT
This session will cover the filing of Sales Tax and Commercial Activity Tax transactions through the new modernized Gateway.
Wendy Pearce & Justin Smith
Do sales tax exemption certificates expire?
There is technically no expiration date for the exemption certificates. As the vendor, you can have them resubmit one as often as you like to update your records, for example once a year but we do not require you to do so.
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Michael began his career with the Department of Taxation in 2011 as a TCA 1 in Taxpayer Services (TPS). He became a lead agent in the Tax Release Unit of TPS in May 2014. In July of 2015, Michael became a Tax Examiner Manager. He currently oversees the TPS Division's training program for new agents handling Business Tax phone calls. He is also involved with developing training related to the Modernized Ohio Business Gateway.
Tax Examiner, Taxpayer Services Division
Liam began his career with the Department of Taxation in February 2016 as a Tax Examiner Associate in the Taxpayer Services Division. He became a Tax Examiner/Lead in TPS in October of 2017. Liam received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Ohio Dominican University in 2011 and an MBA from Ohio Dominican in 2017.
Monica Kendricks
Tax Examiner, Employment Tax Division
Monica is currently a Tax Examiner in the Employer & School District Withholding unit of the Employment Tax Division. In addition to educating potential bulk filers on schematic requirements as well as troubleshooting issues in submission, she works with PEO compliance. Her duties include training, overpayment request reviews and electronic filing compliance. Monica has been employed with the Department since 2007.
Allison Weller
Allison began her career with the Department of Taxation in January 2016 as a Tax Commissioner Agent 1 in TPS. She was promoted to Tax Examiner in October 2017. In her current role, she assists with training new Tax Examiner Associates and OBG Help Desk representatives. Allison received an Associate's Degree in Accounting from Rhodes State College in 2014.
Tax Examiner Manager, Excise and Energy Division
Matthew Long is a Tax Examiner Manager in the Excise and Energy Tax Division at the Ohio Department of Taxation. Matthew began his state tax career in the Taxpayer Services Division at the Ohio Department of Taxation. He handled inquiries involving business taxes including Sales and Use Tax and Employer Withholding Tax. Matthew became a lead agent in TPS where he assumed numerous duties including representing Taxation at Small Business Workshops throughout central Ohio. He was also involved in the implementation of Taxation's new accounting system, STARS. Matthew transitioned to the Excise and Energy Division as a Supervisor overseeing the IFTA (International Fuel Tax Agreement) and Motor Fuel taxes. His time in Excise has been focused on transitioning both the IFT A and Motor Fuel to electronic filing. Prior to joining the Department of Taxation, Matthew held positions with the Licking County Juvenile/Probate Court. Matthew obtained a B.S. in Business Administration from The Ohio State University prior to joining the Department of Taxation.
Wendy Pearce
Tax Examiner Specialist, Business Tax Division
Wendy began her career with the Department of Taxation in 2009 as a tax commissioner agent (TCA) 1 in the Commercial Activity Tax Division. In March of 2010, Wendy was promoted to a TCA 3 and in August 2014, she was promoted to a TCA 4 in sales tax. Wendy utilized her knowledge of multiple taxes to work as a blended agent during this time. In April 2017, she remained in the Business Tax Division and became a Tax Examiner Specialist. Wendy holds a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, both from Franklin University.
Justin began his career with the Department of Taxation in 2010 as a tax commissioner agent (TCA) 1 in the Commercial Activity Tax Division. In September 2013, Justin was promoted to a TCA 3, and in December 2015, he was promoted to TCA 4 in the Business Tax Division. In July 2017, he remained in the Business Tax Division and became a Tax Examiner Specialist. Justin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University.
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Nouman Raja found guilty of manslaughter, attempted murder of stranded black motorist
Raja now faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced.
Nouman Raja found guilty of manslaughter, attempted murder of stranded black motorist Raja now faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced. Check out this story on tcpalm.com: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2019/03/07/nouman-raja-found-guilty-killing-corey-jones/1090226001/
The Associated Press Published 9:19 a.m. ET March 7, 2019 | Updated 9:31 a.m. ET March 7, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH — A fired Florida police officer was convicted as charged of manslaughter and attempted murder Thursday for the fatal 2015 shooting of a stranded black motorist, becoming the first officer in the state to be convicted of an on-duty shooting in 30 years.
Nouman Raja, 41, now faces a possible life sentence for the death of Corey Jones, 31. The four-man, two-woman jury had deliberated for about four hours before telling the judge they had reached their decision.
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Raja did not react as verdict was read, while about 25 relatives and supporters of Jones looked on, some weeping quietly. One said "the sweetest sound was the click of those handcuffs" after Raja was led from the courtroom. He is one of very few police officers convicted of an on-duty shooting nationwide. Judge Joseph Marx set sentencing for April 26.
Prosecutors said Raja escalated what should have been a routine interaction into a deadly confrontation at 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 18, 2015.
Raja, working in plain clothes, drove his unmarked van the wrong way up an off ramp, stopping feet from Jones' broken-down SUV. The prosecutor said Raja never identified himself and acted so aggressively that Jones, 31, had to think he was about to be carjacked or killed. That caused Jones, a concealed weapons permit holder, to grab his gun and run, but Raja kept firing, they said.
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Jones, a housing inspector and part-time drummer, had been returning home from a nightclub performance when his vehicle stalled. He had purchased a .38-caliber handgun days earlier to protect his $10,000 drum set, which was in the SUV.
Raja was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a baseball cap as part of an auto burglary investigation team when he spotted Jones' SUV. He thought it was empty, but Jones was inside, talking to a tow truck dispatcher on a recorded line. Raja's supervisor testified the officer had been told to don a police vest to identify himself if he approached a civilian. He did not. Prosecutors also questioned why Raja didn't pull out the badge he had in his pocket.
The recording shows Jones saying "Huh?" as his door opens. Raja yells, "You good?" Jones says he is. Raja replies twice, "Really?" with Jones replying "Yeah."
Suddenly, Raja shouts at Jones to raise his hands, using an expletive. Jones replies "Hold on!" and Raja repeats his demand.
Prosecutors believe Jones pulled his gun and ran. Raja fired three shots and Jones ran down an embankment. Prosecutors said he threw his gun, which was found 125 feet (38 meters) from his body, but Raja fired three more times, 10 seconds after the first volley.
Jones was killed by a bullet through his heart. A medical examiner testified that Jones would have dropped feet from where the fatal shot struck him. He also had been shot once in each arm.
Prosecutors said Raja, not knowing of the tow-truck dispatcher recording, tried to deceive investigators. He told them in a video-recorded interview hours after the shooting he said "Police, can I help you?" as Jones jumped from the SUV. He told investigators Jones then leapt backward and pointed his gun, forcing him to fire. Raja said Jones ran but turned and again pointed his gun, forcing him to fire the second volley.
Prosecutors charged Raja with manslaughter because they believed his actions created the confrontation and showed "culpable negligence," meaning a "reckless disregard" or "conscious indifference" for Jones' life. They charged him with attempted first-degree murder because they believed that while they couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt which of the six shots killed him, the second volley was a conscious effort to kill Jones as he ran away.
Raja's attorneys said Jones' initial "Huh?" shows he identified himself -- the tape picked up something unintelligible and faint.
The last Florida officer tried for an on-duty killing was Miami's William Lozano in 1989. The Hispanic officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist who he said tried to hit him. A passenger died when the motorcycle crashed. The deaths resulted in three days of rioting.
Lozano was convicted of two manslaughter counts in a Miami trial, but an appeals court dismissed the verdict, saying the case should have been moved because of racial tensions. Lozano was acquitted at a 1993 retrial in Orlando.
Palm Beach Gardens fired Raja shortly after the shooting. He had been under house arrest since he was charged in 2016.
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Social Context >> Economics and School-to-work
Social Capital in Schools: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis of the Equity of Its Distribution and Relation to Academic Achievement
by Serena Salloum, Roger Goddard & Ross Larsen - 2017
This article examines the measurement, antecedents, and consequences of social capital in high schools.
Education and Economic Development
by Randall Nielsen & Janice Kinghorn - 2008
No discipline has had the impact on Western education in the last fifty years that economics has. Not only have the aims of education been narrowed to focus more on preparing people for their economic role, but the schooling system itself has been reorganized to reflect this way of thinking about the world. Economists Randall Nielsen and Janice Kinghorn here provide an immanent critique; that is, they challenge the above from within, more particularly from within the field of economic development. They explain that the assumptions of growth accounting that created earlier models of economic development (and current schooling) have generally failed on their own terms: their thin conceptualizations were inadequate to deal with exchange relationships in complex social and political environments.
Pitfalls of Community-Based Learning: How Power Dynamics Limit Adolescents� Trajectories of Growth and Participation
by Kathleen Hogan - 2002
A report of a year-long ethnographic study of 14 high school students' experiences as they became involved in the work of an environmental management organization. Analyses focus on the power dynamics that limited the students' growth and participation.
Academic-Occupational Integration as a Reform Strategy for the Community College: Classroom Perspectives
by Dolores Perin - 2001
A case study examines the integration of academic and occupational education in community colleges. Consideration of benefits and obstacles suggests that this reform has potential for improving both general and career-related education.
The Invisible Hand: Big Business and Chicago School Reform
by Dorothy Shipps - 1997
An examination of Chicago's governance reforms of the 1990's as one case of corporate influence.
Inequalities in Educational Financing
by Howard Glickstein - 1995
This article discusses examples of sharp inequalities in school financing. It argues that the goal of educational equality does not confront the basic cause of educational inequality; fear of school integration perpetuates the existence of a multiplicity of school districts, which substantially increases the burden to fund education and ultimately costs society.
The School-to-Career Transition in Germany and the United States
by Stephen Hamilton & Klaus Hurelmann - 1994
A comparison of the organizational and curricular dimensions of school-based and work-based preparation for jobs in the United States and Germany.
Managing the Transition from School to Work: The False Promise of Youth Apprenticeship
by Harvey Kantor - 1994
President Clinton's proposed youth apprenticeship for non-college-bound students may not equalize educational opportunities or improve economic prospects for poor and minority students but may reproduce inequities. One democratic alternative is to offer an education that equips students with specific vocational skills and abilities.
Improving the School-to-Work Transition of American Adolescents
by Robert Glover & Ray Marshall - 1993
The United States has no systematic procedure to help secondary students transition from school to employment. That lack most adversely affects poor and minority students. This article examines successful school to work transitioning in Japan and Germany and notes that businesses and governments must recognize their responsibilities in preparing youth to make the transition.
The Public Education Fund
by David Bergholz - 1992
Public Education Grant-Making Styles: More Money, More Vision, More Demands
by Theodore Lobman - 1992
The Response of the Private Sector: Foundations and Entrepreneurs
by Mary Leonard - 1992
The San Diego Panasonic Partnership: A Case Study in Restructuring
by Michael Holzman & Kenneth Tewel - 1992
Commentary: Schools, Citizenship, and the New American Economy
by Margaret Weir - 1992
An Economic Rationale for Public Schools: The Search Continues
by Edwin West - 1986
An argument against Krashinsky's "Why Educational Vouchers May Be Bad Economics."
Why Educational Vouchers May Be Bad Economics
by Michael Krashinsky - 1986
A review of the economic assumptions underlying arguments for and against school vouchers.
The Workplace as Educator
by Marvin Feldman - 1985
There are generally three types of workplace education: the largely unstructured experience of working; the more or less structured training or education in processes and products specific to the company; and training or education in more general principles or practices that are in some way necessary to the job but are also transferable to other jobs and other pursuits. Clearly the experience of working is itself a learning experience. We see universal evidence of this in the widespread requirement of experience as a condition of employment. When Henry Ford told his recruiters not to discriminate in hiring, he was expressing his conviction that everyone was equally inexperienced in the new requirements of assembly-line production. But now, work experience is almost always desirable and often imperative.
Productive Work and Learning�in Industry and Schools
by Arthur Wirth - 1983
If democratic workplace theories now popular in Scandinavian countries were to be widely applied in the United States, major changes would be necessary in education. To produce workers able to participate in problem solving and decision making, the schools would have to liberate learning from authority-bound, drill-oriented practices.
Editor's Preface (Education and Work)
by Harry Silberman - 1982
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the educational development of youth cannot succeed solely through the efforts of the schools. Learning must be enhanced through exposure of young people to a variety of opportunities to test themselves in the community and in the workplace alongside supportive adults. Schools must find ways of working together with other organizations in the community to make this possible. It is in the context of such issues at the forefront of current events that riffs yearbook examines the relationships between education and work.
Education and Work: A Historical Perspective
by Richard Becker - 1982
As a means to some historical perspective on American attitudes toward education and work, this chapter compares arguments of that earlier era with contemporary views as reflected in President Carter's Youth Initiative of 1980. Three issues are singled out: (a) equality of opportunity and a more democratic system of education, (b) the relation of education to economic growth and productivity, and (c) the control of vocational training.
Vocational Education Patterns in the United States
by Gordon Swanson - 1982
It would be a mistake to assume that a framework for thinking about past and present vocational education grew solely, or even mainly, out of political revolution or the desire to reject pre-revolutionary patterns of education or training. It also grew out of a revolution in thinking about the human condition and the promises which could, in fact, be included in the blueprints for the hopes that each generation had for the next.
Vocational Education in Other Countries
by Beatrice Reubens - 1982
A description of vocational education in foreign countries cannot come from a single mold. Differences among the countries are substantial in matters of clientele, expectations, educational methods, organization, and administration. It is best to consider countries individually, to relate full-time vocational education in regular schools to the national system of initial occupational skill training, and to confine the discussion to young people of upper-secondary age who have not been in the labor force.
The Structure of the Labor Market and Associated Training Patterns
by Marcia Freedman - 1982
The trends in the demand for workers at various skill levels and in the patterns of their training interact with such demographic factors as the age distribution of the population, labor force participation rates, levels of achieved schooling, and the special position of minority groups in such a way as to produce some general, if speculative, implications.
by Benjamin Shimberg - 1982
This chapter will attempt to place licensing into perspective for the vocational educator. It will explain the differences between licensing and certification, how the licensing system works, requirements for licensure, the social consequences of licensure, and implications of licensure and certification for vocational education.
Career Development and Vocational Guidance
by Edwin Herr - 1982
Since the beginning of the 1960s manpower policy in the United States has taken on an affective quality reflecting concern for a work force which has not only occupation-specific skills but also personal commitment to work, positive self-concepts as effective workers, and employability skills, including skill in searching for work and in adjusting to a new job.
Employment-Related Basic Skills
by Lois-Ellin Datta - 1982
This chapter examines literacy acquisition in vocational programs. Three conclusions are reached. First, the literacy needed for employability probably differs from the literacy needed for further education. Second, current vocational and occupational training programs, while concerned with the acquisition of basic skills, have yet to demonstrate substantial attention in actual instructional practices or much success in improving basic skills. Third, recent research on effective instruction, motivation for learning, and the nature of skilled reading offers new ideas that could be applied to improving literacy for employability among youth.
The Equity and Effectiveness of Secondary Vocational Education
by Sue Berryman - 1982
In this chapter the equity and work establishment effectiveness of secondary vocational education for youth in general and for selected youth subgroups are assessed. We address three sets of questions that we would expect to be relevant to the Policy debate or the reauthorization of the federal Vocational Education Act.
Evaluation of Postsecondary Vocational Programs
by Wellford Wilms & Susan Berg - 1982
We describe briefly each of the three major sectors, detailing how each works, for whom, and within limits of available data, how well, and at what cost. We then assess the strengths and weaknesses of past research and suggest ways of improving future research efforts.
A Message of Marginality: Black Youth, Alienation, and Unemployment
by Julia Wrigley - 1982
This chapter focuses on the connections between high rates of unemployment and alienation among black youth. It will suggest that, rather than seeing joblessness as a product of alienation, black youth express high aspirations that are only gradually eroded as the realities of unemployment rates in the range of 30 to 40 percent hit home for them.
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Miseducating for the Global Economy: How Corporate Power Damages Education and Subverts Students� Futures
by Gerald Coles
reviwed by Roger Saul - 2019
Learning for Careers
by Nancy Hoffman & Robert B. Schwartz
reviwed by Chris Zirkle - 2018
Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America
by Laura W. Perna (ed.)
reviwed by Yasemin Besen-Cassino - 2014
Schooling in the Workplace: How Six of the World's Best Vocational Education Systems Prepare Young People for Jobs and Life
by Nancy Hoffman
reviwed by Judith Parker - 2012
College and Career Ready in the 21st Century: Making High School Matter
by James R. Stone III & Morgan V. Lewis
reviwed by Robert Bozick - 2012
Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education
by Emery J. Hyslop-Margison
reviwed by Paul Gasparini - 2006
Reading For Profit: How the Bottom Line Leaves Kids Behind
by Bess Altwerger (Ed.)
reviwed by Kathryn Hibbert - 2006
Shakespeare, Einstein and the Bottom Line
reviwed by Simon Marginson - 2006
Class Reunion: The Remaking of the American White Working Class
by Lois Weis
reviwed by Janel Benson - 2006
Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach
by William G. Tierney, Zo� B. Corwin and Julia E. Colyar (Editors)
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Work and Opportunity in the Post-Industrial Labor Market
Monthly Labor Review
Established in 1915, Monthly Labor Review is the principal journal of fact, analysis, and research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor.
School-to-Work: Making a Difference in Education
The report is the most comprehensive compilation of research examining the effects of recent STW efforts and serves as a status report on indicators of the success of STW initiatives.
Educational Researcher
Published by the American Educational Research Association, the Educational Researcher features section publishes manuscripts that report, synthesize, review, or analyze scholarly inquiry, especially manuscripts that focus on the interpretation, implication, or significance of R&D work in education, and manuscripts that examine developments important to the R&D field.
Center on Education and Work
The Center�s work enables educators to engage youth and adults in learning and career development experiences that lead to meaningful and productive careers.
A compilation of the research evaluating School to Work Programs
Journal of Vocational Education and Training
The Journal of Vocational Education and Training is a fully-refereed international journal publishes scholarly articles that address the development of practice and theory in work-related education, wherever that education occurs.
Institute for Educational Leadership
The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) � a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. � helps individuals and institutions work together across boundaries to achieve better outcomes for children and youth.
First Year Implementation of the School to Work Opportunities Act Policy: An Effort at Backward Mapping
The focus of this article is on the Federal School to Work Opportunities Act of 1994 and its implementation in 47 school districts in upstate New York.
Journal of Education
The Journal of Education addresses students and educators with regard to pertinent issues in contemporary education.
National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management
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Home videogames This Totally Real Transcript of Trump’s Videogames Meeting is Sad!
This Totally Real Transcript of Trump’s Videogames Meeting is Sad!
[Editor’s note: This is a joke. The real meeting is much more worrying and has a selection of attendees that is mostly terrible for the games industry, so let’s laugh while we can.]
Mr Trump: Thank you, everyone, for being here – I’m thrilled. I very much look forward to showing my high scores, because they are huge. America is in crisis. Our children are being shot. And the real problem here, folks, is videogames. They glorify violence, create monsters, and everybody knows it!
Brent Bozell: Mr President, our children need protecting from these violent videogames. Unlike the democrats we have to look at the real causes of gun violence, these disgusting virtual worlds.
Mr Trump: You see Bloodborne in the news? It’s disgusting, beasts and blood coming out of the wherever – I’m a noted germaphobe, by the way. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening.
Strauss Zelnick: Mr President, Bill Gates isn’t really a part of this industry and-
Mr Trump: Excuse me, we have to talk to them, maybe in certain areas, about closing these games up in some way. Somebody will say “Oh, games don’t kill people, games don’t kill people.” These are foolish people, and we have a lot of ‘em.
Mr Reggie Fils-Aime: Mr President I’m here representing Nintendo…
Mr Trump: Now, excuse me, on Nintendo – Japan isn’t sending their best. They’re sending plumbers, squids, animals…. this Link guy slept for a hundred years! They are not our friend, believe me. They’re bringing mushrooms. They’re bringing talking hats. They break bricks with their heads! And some, I assume, are good people.
The thing is folks… see, if you take one like Donkey Kong – and by the way, he’s not even a donkey, did you know that? Not many people know that. I had a friend in the casino business called Kong and he – he was a great guy, great guy. But he knew construction. He’d have taken one look, dead now, great guy, but he’d have taken one look at those girders and said ‘No way.’ No. Way.
Little Mario climbs all the way up there to get Pauline, who at that resolution – it’s very hard for her to be a 10, you know? I’m sorry but that’s the way it is. But Little Mario, he likes her, so up he goes and this ape – who had no hand in building anything, who just appears from the bottom of the screen – he’s got her and, great guy, the thing is that under this administration, that wouldn’t happen. Little Mario is all talk and no action… have you seen the jumps? He jumps like I have never seen a human being jump, it looks like he barely gets over those barrels.
Reggie Fils-Aime: To get back to the matter at hand Mr President, we feel strongly that Nintendo’s products are suitable for all ages and have no relationship to gun control.
Trump: “That’s because Nintendo is not taking the job seriously as it pertains to this country. We want videogames from this country. If you look at some of those people that you’re talking about, like Miyamoto, they’re outside of the country. Oh ho, he’s a beaut. Take a look where — excuse me, excuse me. Take a look at where their product is made. It’s made in Coyote, which is outside of our country. I want software jobs to be back into the United States so that American gamers can benefit. And, by the way, I hear that Nintendo is making a switch so, you know, I’m very confident that they’ll see sense. And it’s good they’re finished with the motion, the motion controls.”
Reggie Fils-Aime: Mr President the Switch has motion controls…
Mr Trump: “I hate it. I am a traditionalist, I want the controller. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to like motion controls, but I am a traditionalist.”
Reporter: Mr President is it true that you couldn’t finish Cuphead?
Trump: “Not true. Not true. I finished the game and my time was excellent. It’s not true. I wanted to make sure — unlike most politicians – that the way I finished it was correct. Not make a sloppy runthrough. The first run I made, the first time through, was a fine run. But you don’t make runs like that unless you know what you’re doing, and that’s a very important process to me. And I make no apologies for it.”
Bearded developer: Mr President don’t you think there’s a danger that, in focusing on only mainstream titles, you’re not giving indie developers enough credit for their role in gun violence?
Mr Trump: I just tried What Remains of Edith Finch. You know that one? Written by a moron, really boring. The writer has the mind of a very dumb and backward child. Sorry Edith! I never talk to indies about whether their games are fun, and believe me, there’s plenty of subject matter right there.
Phil Spencer: Mr President our concern at Microsoft is that you’re conflating our area, which is entertainment, with a different area, which is guns and social policy.
Trump: “If you go back to — let’s take Call of Duty, that’s a beaut. Now, here’s the thing. Do you know what it is to prestige? Excuse me, excuse me. Take it nice and easy. Here’s the thing. My son Barron, he’s incredible at this game, just unbelievable, he tells me about how many times he’s got the prestige. And I can see myself doing it. If I’d been there, I would’ve run into the room – any room – and shot those other players. This happened, actually, many times.
So, to me, Call of Duty is excellent. In fact the soldier in it – Soap, he’s a fantastic guy, I hear he did many good things for our friends in Britain – after he died his mother wrote me and said, through Twitter, social media, just the nicest things. He was actually an incredible young person. And honestly, if the press was not fake and if it was honest, the press would have said that what I know about Call of Duty is a lot. It’s a lot. But, unlike you and unlike the media, I know about prestige.”
Phil Spencer: Mr President my concern isn’t with Call of Duty, I think it’s a fine entertainment product, it’s more about confusing this kind of entertainment with the real guns that are on American streets.
Mr Trump: “No matter what you do – guns, no guns – it doesn’t matter. You have people that are mentally ill. And they’re gonna play Call of Duty. And they’re going to do things that people will not even believe are possible.”
Phil Spencer: Mr Pr-
Mr Trump: “Excuse me, excuse me. You know Contra? If you look at those guys, they killed terrorists. I’m not saying they were great guys, but they killed terrorists.
Now with Call of Duty, you have all these licensed guns. And they won’t take ‘em out! You know why? They’re scared of the NRA. If Activision would look at this, and work with us, I guarantee you’d see the numbers go way down. But they’re scared of the NRA.”
ESA man: Mr President, don’t you think it’s odd that every other developed country has videogames but they don’t share this level of gun violence?
Mr Trump: I’ll tell you what’s odd. Our country is in serious trouble. I’ve seen the K/D ratios. We don’t have victories any more. We used to have victories but [now] we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China, at League of Legends? They kill us. I soloqueue and beat China all the time. All the time. Soon they’ll be calling me Mr Carry.”
We need to get back to winning. Me, I can play any game and I’m winning. Take Counter-Strike. I get along with Putin! He asks me what bomb site our guys are going to and I tell him, and he says thanks you – mudak, he says. Thank you. Did he ever say that to Obama? Russia doesn’t have videogames, and what do you see in Russia? No school shootings. None.
NRA plant: Mr President, thank you so much for the job you’re doing, and I’d just like to ask – one of the things that many Christian parents in this country are concerned about is Pokemon. Do you have plans for Pokemon?
Mr Trump: The concept of Pokemon was created by and for the Japanese in order to make US videogames non-competitive. I know all about the Pokemon. We’ll be catching ’em all in a very humane way, in a very nice way. And they’re going to be happy, because they want out of those balls. Then we’ll legalise ‘em. And, by the way, I know it doesn’t sound nice. But not everything is nice.
Thank you folks. Thank you. We’re gonna put a stop to this. I know. No continues. Game. Over.
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Which will be handy when configuration changes don't go well
Through the combined powers of the Btrfs file system and the Snapper utility, SUSE Enterprise Linux can now take snapshots of the system, and roll back to an earlier configuration if necessary
Joab Jackson (IDG News Service) 28 October, 2014 03:54
The newest enterprise edition of the Suse Linux distribution allows administrators to go back in time, for instance, to immediately before they made that fatal system-crippling mistake.
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Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's e-mail address is Joab_Jackson@idg.com
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Learn All You Need to Know About Goh Cheng Liang, his Net Worth, his Private Jet and his White Rabbit Yacht.
ECHO YACHTS
Sam Sorgiovanni Designs
STADT diesel electric
Yacht White Rabbit Owner
Goh Cheng Liang
Married, name unknown
Goh Hup Jin
Pls send a message if you have info.
Cheng Liang has owned several yachts all named White Rabbit. Echo yachts is building a support vessel, a 46 meter trimaran named Charly.
Who is Goh Cheng Liang?
He is a Hong Kong based billionaire. He was born in 1928. He is married and has 1 son. He is founder of a South East Asia paint business. The paint company started a joint venture with Nippon Paint. He now owns 39% of the shares of Nippon Paint.
Nippon Paint Holdings Co. is a Japanese paint and paint products manufacturing company. It is one of the largest paint manufacturers in the world.
Nippon Paint has over 21,000 employees. And has over 61 manufacturing facilities and operations in 16 countries.
Goh’s so n Hup Jin is chairman of Nippon Paint.
Wuthelam Holdings
Wuthelam is the holding company of Mr Cheg Liang. Next to the paint business it is also active in real estate development and in mining. We think Wuthelam is also the shareholder of Echo Yachts.
Goh Foundation
He is an active philanthropist through his Goh Foundation. Donations include US$ 50 million to the National Cancer Centre in Singapore in March 2014.
Goh founded the Goh Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship is providing financial assistance to full-time undergraduates at the Singapore Management University.
Goh Cheng Liang Net Worth
His net worth is estimated at US$ 8 billion. He owns 39% of Nippon Paint.
We think he (or at least his company) owns a private jet. We have not yet been able to identify the registration number.
Do you know more about a private jet owned by Goh Cheng Liang? Please do sent us a message.
White Rabbit Yacht
White Rabbit is a 84 meter trimaran yacht. White Rabbit is largest superyacht built in Australia. And she is the largest aluminum and largest tri-hull superyacht in the world. The yacht is designed by Sam Sorgiovanni.
The yacht can accommodate 28 passengers in 14 cabins. She has a crew of 36. She is powered is by a Stadt diesel electric propulsion package. Which bring her a top speed of 18 knots.
Other White Rabbit Yachts.
The smaller yacht is a 64 meter trimaran built at North West Bay Yachts Pty Ltd (Australia). The yacht was delivered in 2005. She can accommodate 16 guests and a crew of 16.
The luxury White Rabbit yacht is designed by Sam Sorgiovanni Design. She is powered by two Caterpillar engines. Her top speed is 18 knots. In 2012 she was sent for a refit. Liang used to own two Feadships, Both were named White Rabbit.
They were sold and are now named Pegasus and Juneluck. There is a website dedicated to the White Rabbit yachts.
Echo Yachts is a yacht builder based in Henderson, Western Australia. Echo Yachts is active in the design, build, brokerage and maintenance of super yachts.
Echo Yachts employs over 200 specialist staff. With many decades of experience in all facets of superyacht build management. And also design and manufacture.
We are currently aware of 2 yachts built (or under construction) at Echo Yachts. The 84 meter trimaran and her support vessel, a 46 meter trimaran named Charly.
Please mention, and link to this page, when using this information. Thanks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GohChengLiang
https://www.forbes.com/profile/cheng-liang-goh/
http://wr.sg
https://www.nipponpaint.com/company-overview
http://echoyachts.com.au/2018/08/16/84m-trimaran-whiterabbit-revealed/
Support Vessel Charly
84 Meter White Rabbit
The impressive 84 meter yacht White Rabbit, delivered by Echo Yachts.
The ‘smaller’ 64 meter yacht.
Follow the location of the White Rabbit yacht live.
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crew and ground handling teams wearing protective clothing and physical contact minimized) • Possible quarantines on passengers, crew and cargo coming into port • Tighter regulations for airline passengers traveling to and from the region • New IATA regulations on how to handle, store and ship goods. MORE
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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here. increase in containerized cargo volumes in May 2014 from the previous year. MORE
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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight
Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. MORE
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Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships. MORE
More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting
Supply Chain View from the Field
For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America. These are little vials with very short half-lives, and to ship them you need a category 3 ILS equipped airport so autopilot technology landings are possible. MORE
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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.
Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. That was the message of a panel of experts on perishables shipping Wednesday at the AirCargo Americas Conference in Miami. Perishables represent a particularly important segment of the Miami air cargo market, because Miami International Airport is a primary hub for perishables moving between Latin America, the Caribbean islands, and North America. • Disagreements over shipping practices within the industry itself. MORE
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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain
Supply Chain Opz
We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry. Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport. MORE
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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Police warning after drug.
Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Wednesday, 12 February 2014. Cargo monitoring could not only be used to prevent trafficking drugs - but also to prevent smuggling huge amount of money in containers from one country to another. **. We have effectively a service-orientated industry where organised crime groups are paying for specialist hacking skills that they can acquire online," he adds. arviem real-time cargo monitoring. ▼ 2014. (13). MORE
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What’s Driving Flatbed Shipping Demand and Is It Here to Stay?
Flatbed shipping is known for its cyclical and seasonal trends, fragmented marketplace and carrier demographics, and variability in demand. However, if you’re shipping material on open deck trailers, these topics aren’t the primary drivers of flatbed demand. MORE
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Air Cargo Got It Wright: 9 Incredible Air Cargo Facts
Celebrating the anniversary of this first flight, we’re taking a look at nine most amazing things you should know about air cargo. 1 First air cargo flight: 1910. 2 Craziest air cargo market entry: DHL Express. 3 Largest air cargo plane: Antonov An-225. MORE
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Conquering the high seas: What’s shaking the global liner shipping industry?
Quintiq
Massive ships. While container terminal operators certainly feel the pressure, freight forwarders and the shipping lines themselves have a few planning puzzles to sort out on their own. Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. Shipping lines alliances. MORE
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Deutsche Telekom and arviem AG launch M2M partnership
Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Sunday, 26 January 2014. Deutsche Telekom AG today signed a nearly double-digit million euro contract with leading cargo monitoring service provider arviem AG of Switzerland. Each customer specifies in advance which events he wants to be informed of - such as whether his container has been opened in shipping or is taking a route that differs from the one that was scheduled. arviem real-time cargo monitoring. MORE
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The History of the Shipping Container
The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. The Shipping Container: Before 1956. MORE
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Aboard a Cargo Colossus
SCM Research
Møller – Mærsk of Denmark, the world’s largest container shipping company, the Triple-E’s went into service last year, muscling their way into the $210 billion container industry.” MORE
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Land challenges for Hong Kong's logistics sector
The National 12th Five-Year Plan specifically calls for strategies and tactics to enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international financial, trading and shipping centre; and also for Hong Kong to develop into a high-value goods inventory management and regional distribution centre (RDC). MORE
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How Shipping Overcapacity Could Be Maersk’s Salvation
These two graphs explain why Maersk is splitting its shipping business, which is reeling from overcapacity; from it’s energy business, which is reeling from low oil prices: As Tolstoy observed, “each unhappy family is unhappy it its own way.” Twenty such ships were ordered. MORE
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Identity Theft, Trucking Style
The problem is also evident, for example, in the trucking industry. One of the fastest growing forms of cargo theft is deceptive pick-ups (aka fictitious pick-ups). Here’s how the scheme works, as described in an AP article published last October ( Thieves Pose as Truckers to Steal Huge Cargo Loads ): Thieves assume the identity of a trucking company, often by reactivating a dormant Department of Transportation carrier number from a government website for as little as $300. MORE
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Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships. The company offers same day and overnight delivery, including international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express. Introduction. MORE
Ship it Good: What Do Maersk’s New Ships Mean for Water Transportation?
Shipping giant Maersk posted healthy profits this quarter despite declining freight rates. Maersk must find a way to mitigate recent issues with low shipping rates, overcapacity, and delays. But ships have proven to be inefficient, especially due to recent port strikes and bottlenecks. MORE
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The Hackers Inside Your Supply Chain
trillion in cargo annually. Federal agencies—in particular DHS— and industry stakeholders have specific roles in protecting maritime facilities and ports from physical and cyber threats. . The botnet then sends the scanner a second piece of malware that targets the victim’s corporate financial, customer, shipping, and manifest information. Two recent reports highlight the growing threat of cyber-terrorism on supply chains. MORE
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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide
In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). MORE
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Doing Business in the United States
is known as a world leader in many industries. Industrial production grew at about 2.3 Other Important Industries. As a leader in the telecommunications industry, you would rightly expect strong communications infrastructure in the U.S. Shipping. in 2014. MORE
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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers
Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers. MORE
Visibility the Key to Keeping Pace with Increasing Supply Chain Complexity
At the same time as mega-container ships were being introduced, motorcycle deliveries took on a key role in ensuring continuous supplies during travel restrictions applied for the London Olympics, with large municipalities including New York actively exploring the expansion of bike cargo. MORE
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At the same time as mega-container ships were being introduced, motorcycle deliveries took on a key role in ensuring continuous supplies during travel restrictions applied for the London Olympics, with large municipalities including New York actively exploring the expansion of bike cargo. Sign up for our Supply Chain in Motion newsletter to stay up-to-date with the latest news and industry developments. MORE
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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping
FLEXE
Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. Allows carriers to think better and is slowly automating this industry that has been behind for the last 20 years. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered. MORE
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The 12 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2014
We conclude our “Most Popular” Blog posts series, where we have been giving you the most viewed blog posts in 2014 from our main content categories. 2014 was surely a fun year of content on the Cerasis blog. The 12 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts from 2014. MORE
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Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminal Congestions
Robinson and other Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCOs) participated to ensure that customers’ voices are heard. The lack of drivers add pressure to the industry, especially as it relates to the movement of containers as some terminals have moved from a wheeled to a grounded operation. MORE
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Although large carriers like UPS and FedEx are global and offer many options, regional parcel carriers occupy a significant niche in the industry. Headquartered in Woburn, MA, Eastern Connection has a large array of services ; in addition to same day and overnight delivery, it also offers international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express and offers customized logistics solutions through its logistics department. Introduction to Regional Parcel Carriers. MORE
Overcoming Automotive Logistics Challenges – Part II
Supply Chain Nation
Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. In Part I of our blog, Mr. Yiakoumi discussed the major industry challenges. SCN: What are companies doing to overcome the key challenges facing the automotive industry? Is it because some of the biggest parts are being shipped from another manufacturing location? Automotive logistics as an industry needs investment. MORE
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Air Freight Still the Best Option for Smaller Shipments
For example, the pharmaceutical industry, which has several products requiring a temperature controlled environment, presents a large opportunity for growth in air freight given that generic products are routinely produced in developing economies such as India and South America and shipped worldwide. MORE
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TransRussia 2015
Supply Chain Movement
Being focused primarily on cargo transportation services, the TransRussia exhibition demonstrates the full range of industry solutions – from transport and forwarding services to software and equipment for cargo handling. TransRussia is an ideal marketing place for companies shipping to/ from/ through Russia and its neighbouring countries, as well as for companies wishing to launch into the Russian market or reinforce their market position. TransRussia 2015. MORE
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Addressing a Legal Threat to Local Delivery Operations (The FedEx Ground Case on Driver Classification)
After taking a closer look at most local delivery operations, including the vast majority of the local delivery and courier industry, it’s readily apparent that drivers are essentially employees because their companies don’t (1) offer them the freedom to accept other work during the day, and (2) they dictate the end-customer experience drivers must provide. MORE
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2014 Cargo Industrial Shipping
The problem is also evident, for example, in the trucking industry. One of the fastest growing forms of cargo theft is deceptive pick-ups (aka fictitious pick-ups). Here’s how the scheme works, as described in an AP article published last October ( Thieves Pose as Truckers to Steal Huge Cargo Loads ): Thieves assume the identity of a trucking company, often by reactivating a dormant Department of Transportation carrier number from a government website for as little as $300.
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We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry. Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport.
In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%).
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Massive ships. While container terminal operators certainly feel the pressure, freight forwarders and the shipping lines themselves have a few planning puzzles to sort out on their own. Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. Shipping lines alliances.
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If you’d asked me what I know about global forwarding when I joined the industry two years ago, I would have looked at you quizzically and said, “Global forwarding? Related white papers: Global Shipping: Protecting the Value of Goods.
The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. The Shipping Container: Before 1956.
Møller – Mærsk of Denmark, the world’s largest container shipping company, the Triple-E’s went into service last year, muscling their way into the $210 billion container industry.”
trillion in cargo annually. Federal agencies—in particular DHS— and industry stakeholders have specific roles in protecting maritime facilities and ports from physical and cyber threats. . The botnet then sends the scanner a second piece of malware that targets the victim’s corporate financial, customer, shipping, and manifest information. Two recent reports highlight the growing threat of cyber-terrorism on supply chains.
Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers.
We conclude our “Most Popular” Blog posts series, where we have been giving you the most viewed blog posts in 2014 from our main content categories. 2014 was surely a fun year of content on the Cerasis blog. The 12 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts from 2014.
crew and ground handling teams wearing protective clothing and physical contact minimized) • Possible quarantines on passengers, crew and cargo coming into port • Tighter regulations for airline passengers traveling to and from the region • New IATA regulations on how to handle, store and ship goods.
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At the same time as mega-container ships were being introduced, motorcycle deliveries took on a key role in ensuring continuous supplies during travel restrictions applied for the London Olympics, with large municipalities including New York actively exploring the expansion of bike cargo.
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Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships.
Celebrating the anniversary of this first flight, we’re taking a look at nine most amazing things you should know about air cargo. 1 First air cargo flight: 1910. 2 Craziest air cargo market entry: DHL Express. 3 Largest air cargo plane: Antonov An-225.
Robinson and other Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCOs) participated to ensure that customers’ voices are heard. The lack of drivers add pressure to the industry, especially as it relates to the movement of containers as some terminals have moved from a wheeled to a grounded operation.
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Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships. The company offers same day and overnight delivery, including international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express. Introduction.
For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America. These are little vials with very short half-lives, and to ship them you need a category 3 ILS equipped airport so autopilot technology landings are possible.
At the same time as mega-container ships were being introduced, motorcycle deliveries took on a key role in ensuring continuous supplies during travel restrictions applied for the London Olympics, with large municipalities including New York actively exploring the expansion of bike cargo. Sign up for our Supply Chain in Motion newsletter to stay up-to-date with the latest news and industry developments.
Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. In Part I of our blog, Mr. Yiakoumi discussed the major industry challenges. SCN: What are companies doing to overcome the key challenges facing the automotive industry? Is it because some of the biggest parts are being shipped from another manufacturing location? Automotive logistics as an industry needs investment.
The National 12th Five-Year Plan specifically calls for strategies and tactics to enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international financial, trading and shipping centre; and also for Hong Kong to develop into a high-value goods inventory management and regional distribution centre (RDC).
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here. increase in containerized cargo volumes in May 2014 from the previous year.
Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Wednesday, 12 February 2014. Cargo monitoring could not only be used to prevent trafficking drugs - but also to prevent smuggling huge amount of money in containers from one country to another. **. We have effectively a service-orientated industry where organised crime groups are paying for specialist hacking skills that they can acquire online," he adds. arviem real-time cargo monitoring. ▼ 2014. (13).
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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. That was the message of a panel of experts on perishables shipping Wednesday at the AirCargo Americas Conference in Miami. Perishables represent a particularly important segment of the Miami air cargo market, because Miami International Airport is a primary hub for perishables moving between Latin America, the Caribbean islands, and North America. • Disagreements over shipping practices within the industry itself.
Being focused primarily on cargo transportation services, the TransRussia exhibition demonstrates the full range of industry solutions – from transport and forwarding services to software and equipment for cargo handling. TransRussia is an ideal marketing place for companies shipping to/ from/ through Russia and its neighbouring countries, as well as for companies wishing to launch into the Russian market or reinforce their market position. TransRussia 2015.
Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. Allows carriers to think better and is slowly automating this industry that has been behind for the last 20 years. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered.
Although large carriers like UPS and FedEx are global and offer many options, regional parcel carriers occupy a significant niche in the industry. Headquartered in Woburn, MA, Eastern Connection has a large array of services ; in addition to same day and overnight delivery, it also offers international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express and offers customized logistics solutions through its logistics department. Introduction to Regional Parcel Carriers.
After taking a closer look at most local delivery operations, including the vast majority of the local delivery and courier industry, it’s readily apparent that drivers are essentially employees because their companies don’t (1) offer them the freedom to accept other work during the day, and (2) they dictate the end-customer experience drivers must provide.
These two graphs explain why Maersk is splitting its shipping business, which is reeling from overcapacity; from it’s energy business, which is reeling from low oil prices: As Tolstoy observed, “each unhappy family is unhappy it its own way.” Twenty such ships were ordered.
Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next.
Flatbed shipping is known for its cyclical and seasonal trends, fragmented marketplace and carrier demographics, and variability in demand. However, if you’re shipping material on open deck trailers, these topics aren’t the primary drivers of flatbed demand.
For example, the pharmaceutical industry, which has several products requiring a temperature controlled environment, presents a large opportunity for growth in air freight given that generic products are routinely produced in developing economies such as India and South America and shipped worldwide.
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is known as a world leader in many industries. Industrial production grew at about 2.3 Other Important Industries. As a leader in the telecommunications industry, you would rightly expect strong communications infrastructure in the U.S. Shipping. in 2014.
Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Sunday, 26 January 2014. Deutsche Telekom AG today signed a nearly double-digit million euro contract with leading cargo monitoring service provider arviem AG of Switzerland. Each customer specifies in advance which events he wants to be informed of - such as whether his container has been opened in shipping or is taking a route that differs from the one that was scheduled. arviem real-time cargo monitoring.
The global trucking industry is currently facing two great challenges for sustainability: to transport a significantly higher volume of goods, and to further develop new means of delivery concepts. from 2004 to 2014, with HCVs comprising 67% of market share.
Shipping giant Maersk posted healthy profits this quarter despite declining freight rates. Maersk must find a way to mitigate recent issues with low shipping rates, overcapacity, and delays. But ships have proven to be inefficient, especially due to recent port strikes and bottlenecks.
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The lector proclaims the Word of God to the congregation in a clear and compelling manner, and so inspires the congregation to ponder and meditate on God’s Word in their daily lives. The lector also offers to God the prayers of the faithful on behalf of the congregation. Lectors are called to a deep relationship with God through the words of Scripture, our treasured legacy that has been preserved and handed down for thousands of years. We are nourished spiritually at the table of God’s word and at the table of the Eucharist: from the one we grow in wisdom and from the other in holiness. If you are interested in becoming a lector, please contact Martha Deffe at mdeffeols@gmail.com
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The usher is the first official representative of the parish community who worshipers meet, and, as such, should convey the sense that each person is welcome and essential to the community’s prayer. This ministry is one of genuine joy and care for others, and one important quality for an usher is to be a people-oriented person. Ushers serve with discretion, creating an atmosphere conducive to prayer and worship. Their role is one of hosting with warmth, friendship, respect, and with a true attitude of service. If you are interested in becoming an usher, please contact Martha Deffe at mdeffeols@gmail.com
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Actors exposed physically and emotionally in S h e e t s: review
By Karen FrickerTheatre Critic
Fri., May 20, 2016timer3 min. read
S h e e t s
Written and directed by Salvatore Antonio. Until May 31 at Videofag, 187 Augusta Ave. videofag.com or brownpapertickets.com
Videofag’s final theatrical production — the cinema and performance space is shutting its doors after nearly four years — upholds its commitment to pushing boundaries and challenging spectators.
The taboo blasted this time? Nakedness. Lots and lots of nakedness. Not for its own sake, but rather as an essential part of playwright/director Salvatore Antonio’s bracing exploration of the nature and boundaries of intimacy.
The ramshackle Kensington Market venue here doubles as a seedy motel room in which a number of brief encounters play out. That Antonio’s script calls the encounters “cantos” underlines the poetic nature of the enterprise.
Twenty-five audience members are seated in two banks of chairs on either side of a queen-sized bed, facing each other and at some points only inches away from the action.
There’s no getting away from what’s happening in this room and it’s intense.
In the most extended (and for this viewer, most effective) episode, two twenty-something guys negotiate the challenges to their friendship that imminently engaging in a threesome with their female friend (Michelle Alexander) poses, particularly when she tells them that she’s expecting “not some lame frat-boy deal, where the two of you are just on me.”
Adam (Caleb Olivieri) is initially full of bravado while Ben (Jesse LaVercombe) is shy, but the situation grows more complex as the two take advantage of their undressed state (they’ve just taken a shower) to compare notes on what it’s like to grow up circumcised vs. uncircumcised.
Not just the characters, but the actors themselves, are taking big risks in the level of self-exposure, not just physically but emotionally, that they undertake here. Antonio and his company do a superb job in keeping the tone just at the right level of playfulness — there are many welcome moments of stress-relieving laughter — while keeping focus on the credibility and vulnerability of the exchanges.
When in this episode and others, undressed couples kiss and caress, this is never gratuitously overextended, and it invites reflection on why it is that, in our culture, naked embracing bodies tend to prompt associations with porn rather than with love, risk, sharing and joy.
The other episodes involve a client’s nervous first use of an escort service (featuring Samantha Kaine and Evan Spergel); the friendship of two hunting buddies (Rohan Mead and Justin Tensen) taking an unexpected turn; and, most sadly, a woman (Liz Peterson) battling her internal demons.
Somewhat confusingly, the room is given two guiding spirits: a ghost (Videofag’s co-proprietor William Ellis), who is naked, ashen-faced and present throughout; and a housekeeper (Mariana Medellin-Meinke) who comes and goes, marking the breaks between scenes and sometimes providing spoken commentary, most movingly at the end when she confronts the audience directly: “I see you and it’s OK. It’s OK.”
While they are powerful presences, it is not clear why both are necessary.
Throughout the show, noise from outside the room filters in: voices, footsteps overhead, music, car horns. I still don’t know if any or all of this was Aaron Collier’s sound design or just the neighbourhood itself, and this may well be by design. As is so often the case at Videofag, it’s hard to tell where the performance ends and the urban night begins.
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The Vanguard School > News > Athletics > Dynasty locked: Vanguard clinches fourth straight 3A boys’ volleyball championship
Dynasty locked: Vanguard clinches fourth straight 3A boys’ volleyball championship
Category: Athletics
CENTENNIAL – When The Vanguard School coach Andrew Soeldner held the school’s first boys’ volleyball practice six years ago, he asked the team who had played organized volleyball before signing up.
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“No one raised their hands,” Soeldner said.
But it took just a year for Vanguard to appear in the 3A state championship, which sparked a near-perfect run the next four years.
Saturday, Vanguard defeated Faith Christian for the championship 2-0 (25-15, 25-18) for the program’s fourth consecutive title, increasing its unbelievable 3A winning streak to 90 matches.
Soeldner said celebrating their fourth title felt just as good as the first, but he went through an emotional journey throughout the day.
“The first time was great because it was new, we were all working together, we were figuring it out, but this time they are my family,” Soeldner said. “I’ve known them all for five years now and then there’s this sadness throughout the whole day, knowing and counting down – 150 points left, 100 points left, 50… 0. And I’m not going to coach these seniors ever again.”
Soeldner has coached a large core of the seven-member senior class since they were in eighth grade – the first time Vanguard made it to the state championship.
The Coursers started the day with a 2-0 win over St. Mary’s in the first round, but according to Soeldner, fell off a bit in the second set of their second-round game against D-20 White. Vanguard ultimately defeated the other Pikes Peak region team 25-23 in the second set for a 2-0 sweep, setting up their third title match against Faith Christian in four years.
The Coursers set the tone early thanks in part to senior Hayden Frear smacking down four kills on the way to a 7-1 lead in the first set. Vanguard began the second set in similar fashion, earning a 5-0 lead. Faith Christian kept the set tight the whole way, tying it up early, before battling back from a four-point deficit to close within one.
But behind senior Carter Milroy at the service line, Vanguard used a 6-0 run to put it on ice.
Frear delivered a powerful jump serve that was too much for Faith Christian to handle, sending the ball into the stands for the win.
Frear told The Gazette last week that he hoped to meet Faith Christian in the final again after developing a rivalry with the Eagles over the years. He said the Coursers’ second state title win over Faith Christian in 2016-17 sparked the idea that they could potentially sweep the championships through his high school career.
“At that point we thought we could actually go for the full run. We thought no one was going to outwork us in the state,” Frear said last week.
This is an amazing group of guys, they showed they are at the top of their game and proved it today.
Frear was named first-team all-state by Colorado coaches and earned the most first-team votes in the state. He has signed to play Division I volleyball at McKendree University.
“It was great to see them execute they way that I knew they could,” Soeldner said. “This is an amazing group of guys, they showed they are at the top of their game and proved it today.”
Class 3A tournament
D-20 White earned a first-round win in three sets over Thornton Gray 25-21, 20-25, 15-8 before running into Vanguard in the second round.
James Irwin defeated Cheyenne Mountain White 25-19, 25-12 in the first round, but fell to Faith Christian in a tight three-set match in the semifinals. The Jaguars won the first set 25-17 before falling in the remaining two 25-19, 15-12.
The No. 2 seed Cheyenne Mountain was upset in the first round by No. 7 Castle View Black in three sets (25-15, 27-29, 15-10). D-20 Blue also fell in a three-set first-round clash, losing to Thornton Blue 12-25, 25-19, 15-9.
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If you haven’t read the recent Top-10 or Top-20 pieces written at THW you can do so within the related links below.I don’t think any of the guys on this team had any illusions about how this season was Christian Jaros Jersey going to go.Don’t get me wrong, he has done a good job given what he has had to work with, and his future is pretty bright, but it’s still a work in progress, and if he were in a stronger division he wouldn’t have anything like two division titles to his credit.Both staff and students at the center are huge Islanders fans!
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2018-19 Predictions
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(Compare to our preseason preview here)
Biggest Storylines:
Ohio State - The Buckeyes' unexpected success this year was THE premier story of perhaps the entire basketball season (outside of the Trae Young and FBI stuff). After a shocking (and oddly timed) firing of long-time coach Thad Matta, OSU brought in former Butler front-man Chris Holtmann to run the show - and holy shit did he deliver. Picked by many to finish near the basement of the Big Ten, the Buckeyes ended just a game out of 1st place thanks to the emergence of B1G POY Keita Bates-Diop, the departure of locker room cancer JaQuan Lyle, and the stellar length of Andrew Dakich (just kidding on that last one).
Where was Wisconsin? - The Badgers finished the season outside of the top 4 of the Big Ten standings for the first time since the 1999-2000 season when they went 8-8 and made the Final Four. A down-year was inevitable with the amount of turnover Greg Gard's squad had from the season before, but many were hesitant to lower preseason expectations. This year will likely prove to be a mere blip on the radar of Wisconsin's near two-decade dominance as Gard brings back a slew of talent in 2018-19.
Nebraska Came out of Nowhere - Show me a person that said he picked Nebraska to finish in the top 4 of the Big Ten standings and I'll show you a liar. The Cornhuskers shocked everyone this season by notching a 13-5 conference record behind stud point guard Glynn Watson and high-major transfers Isaac Copeland and James Palmer. Despite the success (and Tim Miles's bitching) the Huskers still have some work to do to make the Field of 68. Nebraska played the 2nd easiest schedule in the Big Ten and its best win out of conference was Boston College. Still though, kudos to Nebrasketball for a fine year.
Minnesota's Meltdown - The Gophers were a unanimous preseason top 3 Big Ten team and started the year 8-1 despite an injury to stud sophomore Eric Curry. Then things got worse. Reggie Lynch, the squad's linchpin in the middle, was kicked off the team for sexual assault charges and Amir Coffey, one of the best players on the team, played only half the year. Even a break-out year by Jordan Murphy and another superlative season from Nate Mason couldn't save Minnesota from conference irrelevance.
Purdue and Michigan State - The Boilermakers and Sparty were undoubtedly the class of the conference this season (sorry Ohio State). Both teams spent a good chunk of time in the AP Top 5 and both teams look like legitimate Final Four contenders with complete rosters that compete on both ends of the floor.
Tourney Preview
What to Watch:
The question on everyone's mind is: Will Michigan get into another plane scare and run the table? I don't know the answer to the plane part, but running the table is certainly within the realm of possibility. Seemingly an annual tradition, John Beilein's squad is firing on all cylinders right now, winning their last five contests, four of which by double digits.
An underrated narrative to this tournament is the fact that if a team not named Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, or Michigan wins this conference championship, it's bad news bears for all bubble teams. Weirdly enough, the Big Ten only has four safe teams at the moment with Nebraska squarely on the bubble and Penn State on the outside looking in. Both those squads and several other teams outside of the top four are more than capable of playing spoiler and crashing the Dance.
Watch for the sleepers. I will go down on this hill because I am stubborn: Illinois is capable of being a good basketball team. The Illini admittedly sucked out loud this season, but they lost three games in OT and another two on top of that by less than five points. I'm not saying Illinois is winning the Tourney, but I'm saying there's a chance. Other sleep specials I like are Penn State and, yes, even Indiana.
Who Will Win:
Michigan State - The resume may not be as strong as the other top dogs thanks to a weak-ass non-conference schedule, but Michigan State's 28-3 (16-2) record will not be ignored by the Committee. Sparty hasn't lost a game since January 13th and have arguably the deepest roster in the country (at least in the frontcourt). Add in bona fide star power with Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson, and its tough to see someone stopping the Green and White freight train.
If Not Them, Then:
Purdue - What can stop a Green and White freight train? Perhaps a Boilermaker! Purdue narrowly lost its only bout with the Spartans this season in East Lansing, but Matt Painter's squad has the size and talent to go toe-to-toe with the conference champs. The championship will be one hell of game if Purdue can get past Ohio State and Sparty takes care of business on their side.
Michigan - Like I said above, the Wolverines are hot, hot, hot. Beilein has an uncanny ability to get the most out of his team every season, especially in March. Michigan is playing its best defense of the Beilein era and as always has that potent offensive attack. The Wolverines will have to skate by a Nebraska team desperate for a victory to prove they belong in the Big Dance. Previously, the Huskers downed Michigan in Lincoln by 20 points.
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Tel. 01538 308202 Email. stay@throwleyhall.co.uk
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Throwley Moor Farmhouse
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Local Area & Activities
Throwley Hall Farm is situated in a rural ancient landscape of the Manifold Valley, midway between the towns of Ashbourne and Leek, minutes from the A523.
The cities of Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham are all within an hour’s drive.
The River Manifold is the ‘twin’ to the River Dove and flows a winding course through the limestone plateau southwards to join the Dove just south of the village of Ilam.
Ilam is the nearest village, about 2 miles from Throwley, and also has the remnants of Ilam Hall – now a youth hostel and a National Trust Country Park.
The village is in a picturesque landscape, and the church contains the tomb of St Bertram, a local Saxon saint.
Nearby is the southern entrance to the well-known limestone gorge of Dovedale, popular with walkers, fishermen and Thorpe Cloud, a flat-topped hill offering great views at its summit.
Ashbourne lies about 8 miles from Throwley and is a popular market town offering a variety of independent and high street shopping alongside cafes, bars and restaurants.
Ashbourne has one special tradition – the annual ‘Shrovetide Football’ a medieval ball game which takes place every Shrove Tuesday played by the Up’ards and Down’ards teams of Ashbourne residents.
The village of Waterhouses is 2 miles west of Throwley on the A523 where a convenient store, pub and chip shop can be found. There is also a doctor’s surgery in Waterhouses.
The nearest railway stations are at Stoke and Derby, each about 20 miles away.
The nearest airports are East Midlands, Manchester and Birmingham all approx. 1 hour away.
The area around Throwley is some of the best in the country for walking, cycling and fishing.
There are magnificent walks from the door – a circuit from Throwley Hall down the Manifold Valley at Beeston Tor, returning via the village of Wetton and the settlement of Casterne on the far side of the Manifold, is an excellent day out.
Ilam Country Park has woodland and riverside walks suitable for families with a National Trust tearoom and facilities.
A little further away lies Dovedale, one of the most famous beauty spots of the Peak District, which inspires Izaak Walton’s ‘The Complete Angler’ – perhaps the most famous angling book ever. Fishing on the river is possible – licences can be purchased from the Izaak Walton Hotel at Thorpe.
The southern entrance to Dovedale lies just beyond Ilam and the walk up the valley is one of the best in the area.
There is also excellent cycling for everyone.
Just to the west of Throwley the Manifold and Hamps Valley Trail is a converted light railway which is excellent for cycling or walking. This runs from Waterhouses to Hulme End approx. 9 miles long with tea rooms, footpaths off to local villages and caves for exploring.
Cycle hire is available at Waterhouses.
Further afield, but within easy reach, are many splendid historic houses. Chatsworth House is the spectacular home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, set in a magnificent deer park and offering activities for all the family.
Haddon Hall is a medieval hall that has been scarcely alterd since its building, owned by Lord Manners.
Hardwick Hall is one of the finest Elizabethan houses in the country and is preserved by the National Trust. You may also choose to visit Calke Abbey, Lyme Hall or Kedleston – all within easy reach.
Throwley Hall Farm is well placed for visits to additional market towns including Leek, Buxton, Bakewell and Matlock – each having something special to offer:
Leek – “Queen of the Moorlands” is popular for its cafes and antiques.
Buxton has fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings, a large park and a range of fairs in the Pavilion Gardens or entertainment in the newly restored Opera House.
Bakewell is, of course, home of the Bakewell Pudding and close to Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.
Matlock is situated on the A6 and is a small country town with the River Derwent flowing through the park.
A little further south is Matlock Bath home to the Matlock Bath Illuminations (weekends Sept-Oct).
For the watersport enthusiast, Rudyard Lake near Leek and Carsington Water near Ashbourne have good facilities.
Pony trekking and riding can be done at Tissington, Ashbourne and Flagg, near Buxton.
Family fun can be had at nearby Peak Wildlife Park which is excellent for young children and last but not least, Alton Towers is only a few miles away!
A range of information is provided in the holiday accommodation and also look at visitpeakdistrict.com for a comprehensive selection of pursuits.
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Kent Sundling: Mr. Truck 1-28-13
Kent Sundling
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Ram dominates the truck race in 2013 with big improvements, next year GM and Ford have new trucks. This year Ram 1500 has improved with fuel efficiency using a new eight-speed automatic transmission (TorqueFlite 8). The new 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine features 42 percent more horsepower, 13 percent more torque and 20 percent better fuel economy when compared to the previous 3.7-liter V-6 powertrain with 305 horsepower, with 269 pound-foot of torque. The 5.7-liter HEMI® V-8 with variable-valve timing provides 395 horsepower, 407 pound-foot of torque and 10 percent better fuel economy when compared to the Hemi in 2012.
A new dash-mounted rotary shifter on the eight-speed is supposed to allow you to switch between reverse and drive gears when you’re stuck, faster than the shifters on the column or console. Some of the big rigs have a console shifter. A 6-foot-4-inch bed size is now available on Crew Cab models.
Also new for 2013 on the 1500 Ram is air suspension. Similar to what’s been offered on the Grand Cherokee, air suspension system featuring five height settings. Another benefit to the new air suspension is load-leveling, which automatically detects load on the suspension from a trailer or payload. The air pressure increases until the vehicle reaches normal ride height, leveling the truck and improving the loaded ride.
The 2013 Ram 1500 features electric power steering. This gives some improvement in fuel mileage and extra power removing the previous hydraulic pump, high-pressure hydraulic hoses and coolers.
Ram Heavy Duty
The dually one ton towing race just went over the top. The Ram 3500 Heavy Duty pickup claims a 30,000-pound trailer capacity thanks to a new 50,000 pounds-per-square-inch, high-strength steel frame, improved transfer case, higher-load transmission (same transmission used on 4500 and 5500), an upgraded 6.7-liter Cummins Turbo Diesel engine with a best-in-class 850 pound-foot of torque and other driveline upgrades. The Ram 3500’s Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) which is the maximum combined weight of the truck, payload and trailer, has been raised to 37,600 pounds. So the curb weight of the trucks needs to be 7,600 pounds to tow 30,000 pounds, meaning a regular cab 2-wheel drive. This puts the Ram 3500 dually almost half the weight rating of a semi-tractor trailer class 8 rig.
This jumps towing capacity in the one ton segment by 7000 pounds. On my farm in the 70s I was overloaded towing 25,000 pounds of trailer with a one ton pickup, but I wasn’t in heavy traffic or going down the fast side of the Rockies. Towing gooseneck trailers across the country in bad weather keeps my hands full, with decades of experience. An average driver and a 30,000 pound trailer worries me. If I knew the drivers were tested professionals it would be different. But if the 30,000 pound trailer is a 5th wheel RV trailer, anyone could be driving it whether 16-years-old or 96 with a car drivers license.
Ram’s closest competitor is a 23,100-pound maximum trailer. For 2013, the Ram 2500 will also have increased towing and GCWR, at 18,350 pounds and 25,000 pounds.
Ram Heavy Duty adds for 2013 a factory-integrated fifth-wheel and gooseneck hitch mount, a 17,000-pound Class V hitch with 1,800 pounds of tongue weight, electronic stability control for dual-rear-wheels and a new Center High-Mounted Stop Light positioned camera, to provide a view of the bed for easier hook-up of fifth-wheel or gooseneck trailers.
For 2013, all Ram Heavy Duty diesels have an all-new cooling system. A high-efficiency fan, dual radiators, dual transmission coolers and low-slung charge air cooler. Cummins Turbo Diesel-equipped Ram trucks also provide 15,000-mile oil change intervals.
It also has a new adjustable exhaust brake. Ram keeps improving their effective exhaust brake. One of my favorite features for towing trailers in the mountains. I congratulate Ram for moving their integrated trailer brake controller to the right side of the steering wheel. There’s a reason semi-trucks have their trailer brake handle on the right side of the steering wheel. It’s easier to see, easier to access when you need to brake the trailer separate from the truck on mountain curves and slick roads or even when you get cut off on the highway and have to swerve out of the way and control a swaying trailer.
With this new towing capacity of the 2013 Ram 3500, what about the trailer? Semi trailers have been required to have ABS brakes since 1991. They even have a light on the rear to show if the ABS is working.
Most trailers towed with pickup trucks now, have electric drum brakes with no ABS. You won’t find electric drum brakes on any vehicle that hauls passengers. Electric brakes are not the best, they are the cheapest. To me stopping a pickup truck with a 30,000 pound trailer is still the problem. Ram’s exhaust brake is very good at slowing down a truck, but it’s not as powerful as an engine brake that semi trucks have.
The next problem is suspension, yes the new Ram has a beefed up front and rear suspension, but the rear suspension is still Hotchkiss leaf springs. Leaf springs squat under load. Imagine a 30,000 pound gooseneck trailer with a 25 percent tongue weight equals 7500 pounds. From zero to 7500 pounds mostly on the rear axle, the rear of the new Ram could drop several inches. This affects the headlight angle and more importantly the rear differential pinion angle. If the drive train levels out too much, the rear axle hops, the universal joints pop and unpleasant noises occur. Hopefully Heavy Duty Ram will offer air suspension like little brother 1500. You’ll have a hard time finding a class 8 over the road semi-truck without air suspension.
Kent Sundling (alias “Mr. Truck”) spent 20 years wearing out pickup trucks as only a farmer could. With over 1 million miles pulling trailers, Mr. Truck has a unique collection of truck and farm stories that will educate and entertain. Mr.Truck gave up his bib overalls and John Deeres in his quest to save the farm and moved to the big city to sell trucks. After selling trucks for 10 years, this farmer now writes for eight magazines and owns over two dozen Web sites, helping folks find the “Right Truck.” If you have a question for Mr. Truck, you may contact him at his Web site, http://www.MrTruck.net. ❖
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Did Anthony Weiner want to get caught sexting?
Jamieson Webster
It’s hard to explain why he would commit the same mistake again and again. Maybe he wanted to be stopped – and this was the only way
Mon 29 Aug 2016 14.03 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 14.49 EDT
‘He continually exposed not only himself and his reputation to such absurd scandal, but his wife, her career and his family too. Why?’ Photograph: Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images
Once again, Anthony Weiner has been caught with his pants down.
Huma Abedin separates from Anthony Weiner after latest sexting scandal
This time, Huma Abedin decided enough was enough. The trusted Hillary Clinton aide decided to separate from the scandal-plagued former congressman. The news came just a few hours after the New York Post published a piece saying that Anthony Weiner was caught sending explicit Twitter messages to an online acquaintance – who is also a reported Trump supporter.
The exchange, which allegedly happened last summer, included crotch shots (one of which appears to have been taken by Weiner while his son was lying asleep next to him) and steamy messages.
It’s truly bewildering how – despite numerous embarrassing sexting scandals – he made the same mistake over and over again. He continually exposed not only himself and his reputation to such absurd scandal, but his wife, her career and his family too. Why?
We could chalk this up to fallacies inherent in male sexuality, which often seem to be more evident in the powerful and famous. We could describe his behavior through the model of addiction – and the immediacy of cellphone technology and the anonymity of the online universe that makes us all so vulnerable. But I think there is more at work here.
Weiner review – a political scandal in slow motion
Anthony Weiner wanted to be caught, and caught and caught. It isn’t enough that he sent out the pictures himself in 2011. The latest rendition is revealing on a whole number of levels if we look closely.
First, he was apparently sexting with someone who is in the opposing political camp. His lady-friend supports the opponent of his wife’s boss – she couldn’t have more reason to want to turn him in.
In the direct messages published by the New York Post, Weiner allegedly sent a photo of himself with bulging underwear while his child lay beside him. “Someone just climbed into my bed,” the text reads. She replied: “You do realize you can see you[r] Weiner in that pic??”
This act seems to bring on a moment of conscience, and Weiner appears to become scared that he accidentally posted the message publicly online. It wouldn’t be the first time – that’s why he was forced to give up his seat in Congress in 2011, in his original sexting scandal. He writes: “Ooooooh … I was scared. For half a second I thought I posted something.” This is then followed by him writing “Stop looking at my crotch”.
It should also be noted that since Weiner tends to send pictures of his penis concealed by his underpants, they are appropriate for worldwide distribution and need not be censored or blurred. One might wonder whether, on some level, that is a deliberate choice.
“Whatever you did it on purpose”, his texting partner replies. She quickly corrects herself – of course he did it on purpose – with: “O I see, you thought you posted on your TL [timeline] not DM [direct message]. S--t happens be careful”. In hindsight, these misunderstandings seem oddly prophetic. He is doing this on purpose, making the same mistakes, not being careful, so that he can confirm for himself that everyone wants to see his stuff.
Still when he says “stop looking”, there is something genuine about that request. Anthony Weiner, I think, wants to stop these scandals. He wants to find a way for us to stop looking at him. Why does anyone try to get caught – if not to be stopped from carrying out a destructive behavior? The strange thing is that even public humiliation and scorn cannot stop him, which is what fascinates us and keeps the cycle going.
In Freud’s last published paper, The Splitting of the Ego in the Process of Defense, in 1938, he writes about sexual impulse and what happens when we are faced with prohibition that can result in danger. He found that, when presented with the choice between stopping or going ahead despite danger, some people do not decide either way. They keep both positions and split their mind in half, so to speak – inhabiting an untenable, split reality.
Who displays this contradiction better than Weiner? Is this not what we see in the play-by-play of his sexting, to say nothing of his entire life? Fascinatingly, Freud goes on to talk about the fact that this symptom of splitting often appears in someone’s relationship to his genitals.
This strange thing that Freud calls ‘castration anxiety’ is the contradiction between ‘I have it, this penis of all penises’ and ‘I have nothing, nothing to show for myself’. This is precisely what we see Weiner play out before our eyes, as he seemingly begs us to put some limit on his compulsive display of his genitals to the public.
Very Freudian, of course, but how can we bypass this when it comes to thinking about Anthony Weiner?
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Christian Bale abandons Enzo Ferrari biopic over weight gain fears
Oscar-winning actor reportedly concerned he would have to pile on too many pounds in too short a period ahead of Michael Mann film’s spring shoot
Ben Child
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Mon 18 Jan 2016 07.38 EST Last modified on Wed 21 Feb 2018 10.51 EST
In for a pound ... Christian Bale gained weight to play a conman opposite Amy Adams in American Hustle. Photograph: Columbia Pictures/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Christian Bale has left the role of iconic car maker Enzo Ferrari in a highly anticipated biopic from director Michael Mann, citing an unwillingness to put on weight, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Bale, who is well-known for both shedding and gaining pounds in the name of his art, is reportedly concerned that losing too much weight over a short period – Mann’s film is due to shoot in the spring – might be damaging for his health. Producers now hope to recast the part as quickly as possible so as to avoid delays.
You torquing to me? Robert De Niro will star as Enzo Ferrari in new biopic
Bale, who lost a reported 60 pounds for 2004’s The Machinist and put on 40-50 pounds to play conman Irving Rosenfeld in 2013’s American Hustle, signed on to play Ferrari in August. Mann’s film, titled Enzo Ferrari, is based on Brock Yates’ 1991 book Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races. The director of Heat, Collateral and The Last of the Mohicans has been working on the project, which is reportedly set in 1957, for 15 years.
Mann’s film is one of two Ferrari biopics in development, with Robert De Niro having reportedly signed on for an alternate look at the legendary car manufacturer. De Niro’s project, titled simply Ferrari, comes from Italian producer Gianni Bozzacchi and will look at the magnate’s life from the 1940s to the 1980s. Ferrari founded his famous marque in 1929.
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Where does the term nutmeg come from - the final word
Plus: were Hellas Verona founded by Greeks?; the team with the most players plying their trade for other Premiership squads; and biggest betting coups, part two
Sean Ingle and James Dart
Wed 7 Sep 2005 08.22 EDT First published on Wed 7 Sep 2005 08.22 EDT
Oh, not that kind of nutmeg. Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP.
"Where does the word nutmeg come from?" asks Kevin McDay and others.
In previous Knowledges, we've examined several possible answers, including that nutmeg is 1940s cockney rhyming slang for leg. However, in his superb book Football Talk - The Language And Folklore Of The World's Greatest Game, Peter Seddon points out a far more likely etymology for nutmeg: that it comes from duplicitous practice in the nutmeg trade.
As he points out, the verb nutmegged is listed by the Oxford English Dictionary as "arising in the 1870s which in Victorian slang came to mean 'to be tricked or deceived, especially in a manner which makes the victim look foolish'."
The word arose because of a sharp practice used in nutmeg exports between America and England. "Nutmegs were such a valuable commodity that unscrupulous exporters were wont to pull a fast one by mixing a helping of wooden replicas into the sacks being shipped to England," writes Seddon. "Being nutmegged soon came to imply stupidity on the part of the duped victim and cleverness on the part of the trickster."
Considering that so much of football's language dates from its formative years, that seems a better explanation for the word nutmeg than any we're heard before or since.
It certainly sounds more convincing than Jimmy Hill's claim that nutmeg was coined during the 1940s to describe the skill of placing the ball between an opponent's legs before retrieving it the other side. Or indeed the suggestion made in Alex Leith's book, Over the Moon, Brian: The Language of Football, that nuts - a term commonly used for nutmeg in the north of England - "refers to the testicles of the player through whose legs the ball has been passed and nutmeg is just a development from this."
IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME
"Regarding Italian side Hellas Verona, the word Hellas means Greece. Was the team originally founded by Greeks?" wonders Lazaros Spiropoulous.
You're on the right lines, Lazaros. "In 1903, a group of students from the 'Maffei' grammar school in Verona founded a football club," explains Robert Blyth, a senior researcher at the Universita' di Lecce. "They were aided by some of their teachers, notably the teacher of Greek, one Professor Corrubulo, who suggested the name 'Hellas' for the team." For more information on Verona - and a cracking read, besides - check out Tim Park's excellent A Season With Verona.
FRIENDS REUNITED
"With Liverpool now having 17 (thanks to Michael Owen) ex-players in fellow Premiership squads, has there ever been such a large number from one team now plying their trade for another in the same division?" asks Barry Keats.
While an honourable mention must go to the 21 former Leeds players currently furthering their top-flight careers away from Elland Road, it's Newcastle who can lay claim to the honour.
This season, the Magpies could have an old pals' act bonanza against 22 of their old employees in the Premiership. In alphabetical club order, they are:
Aston Villa - Aaron Hughes, James Milner (loan)
Birmingham - Nicky Butt
Blackburn - Craig Bellamy
Bolton - Gary Speed
Charlton - Darren Ambrose
Everton - Alessandro Pistone, Duncan Ferguson
Fulham - Alain Goma
Liverpool - Dietmar Hamann
Manchester City - Andy Cole, Sylvain Distin, Stuart Pearce (now manager)
Manchester United - Louis Saha
Portsmouth - Andy O'Brien, Andy Griffin, Laurent Robert, Lomana LuaLua
Sunderland - Stephen Caldwell
Tottenham - Jermaine Jenas
West Brom - Steve Watson
West Ham - Shaka Hislop
And breathe.
BIGGEST BETTING COUPS (2)
In last week's Knowledge we mentioned the strange case of Finnish layers Veikkaus, who "saw the 8,787-1 they were offering on Haka Valkeakoski to beat Allianssi Vantaa 8-0 snapped up by an unusually large number of punters - and then winced when it happened on July 7."
We've over-estimated this somewhat, for - as Mika Galkin points out - Veikkas is a betting exchange. "On that particular match, Haka - AC Allianssi, only one euro was placed on 8-0 and 8786 euros was collected by a single punter. For all I know, the biggest bets on this match were made with Asian bookmakers. However, the Finnish Police are still investigating if there is match-fixing involved." For more information, go here.
"Can anyone explain the origins of the 'classic' numbering system of the starting players in a game before the introduction of squad numbers? (i.e. Keeper is No1, full backs No2 and No3, central defenders No5 and No6, right midfield No7, central midfield No4 and No8, left midfield No11 and strikers No9 and No10)" asks Dominic Jones.
"Who has won the most caps for England as a substitute?" asks Matt Toulson.
"I was at the Wales v England game the other day and saw Owen 'I'll-play-anywhere' Hargreaves come on for what must be his 189th cap. My question is: what is the total number of caps a player has achieved before reaching 90 minutes for his country? If he plays in five-minute spurts, a player would have to play 18 games before he racked up 90 minutes" - Mark Diggory.
Send your questions and answers to knowledge@theguardian.com.
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20 of the best Easter days out for families
As well as cracking activities for kids involving chocolate, lambs and rabbits, we also hatch plans for foraging adventures, a food festival and a mass spring clean
Rachel Dixon
Sat 6 Apr 2019 06.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 08.42 EDT
Cracking time was had by all … National Trust visitors on an Easter egg hunt. Photograph: National Trust Images/Chris Lac
Easter egg hunts, nationwide
Cadbury has teamed up with the National Trust and the National Trust for Scotland to run Easter egg hunts in more than 300 locations across the UK; clues hidden around the properties or landscapes lead hunters to chocolate treats. Many sites also have newborn lambs, spring chicks and daffodil displays. Others have Easter crafts, such as making a ladybird house on Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire, or seed bombs at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, or activities such as archery at Bodiam Castle, Sussex.
• All hunts 19-22 April, some 6-28 April, from £2 plus standard admission, easter.cadbury.co.uk
Lambing live, Northumberland
Photograph: Chris Strickland/Getty Images
Broom House farm has just launched Lambing Shed Live, a 90-minute guided tour during peak lambing season. More than half of visitors in previous years saw a lamb being born and, at the very least, there will be lots of newborns. The price includes a tractor ride to the farm from Wallington Hall, a visit to the “lamb hospital” and the chance to bottle-feed the lambs. The farm is also looking for “lambing apprentices” to help in the shed, caring for the pregnant ewes and newborns (age 10-plus, between 8-11 and 15-18 April, £35).
• Until 22 April, £7.50, broomhousefarm.co.uk
Chocolate festival, York
A chocolate York Minster
York claims to be Britain’s most chocolatey city, with a cocoa heritage dating back almost 300 years to the founding of Terry’s and Rowntree’s, and a thriving industry of modern chocolatiers such as Monk Bar. It also holds an annual chocolate festival over the Easter weekend. It is a great place to stock up on Easter eggs, truffles and chocolate bars; feast on chocolate pies or hot chocolate with churros; and knock back some chocolate liqueur. Local businesses, such as York’s Chocolate Story, host Easter egg masterclasses (£19.95) and other events.
• 18-22 April, free entry, some ticketed activities, yorkfoodfestival.com
Spring foraging, Devon and Buckinghamshire
Wild Food UK runs foraging courses across the country, aiming to educate people about edible wild plants, mushrooms, fruit, roots and flowers, so they can pick and eat them with confidence. Over the Easter holidays, there are still places available on courses in Lustleigh on Dartmoor (12 April), Exeter (14, 26 April) and Ouzel Valley Park, Milton Keynes (21 April). Many courses start in the pub and all include a two-and-a-half-hour walk, refreshments such as hogweed soup along the way, and lunch from the spoils, perhaps a foraged salad with wild garlic pesto.
• From £45, wildfooduk.com
Easter camps, Surrey
Painshill, an 18th-century landscaped garden in Cobham, is running wild Easter day camps over the holidays. Children aged 8 to 13 can spend the day in the forest, running, climbing and learning woodland skills, such as building dens or survival shelters; making tools and crafts out of wood, willow and wool; and cooking doughnuts and other goodies over the campfire. Other events at the gardens include a family afternoon tea with egg decorating (19, 22 April), an Easter bunny hat-making workshop (20 April) and a chocolate treasure hunt (21 April).
• Camps £40 a day, painshill.co.uk, 9-11 and 16-18 April, 9am-4.30pm
Adventure quests, Whitby and nationwide
Twenty-five English Heritage sites are running egg hunts with a twist. On an Adventure Quest, kids have to crack the clues to find not chocolate eggs, but dragons’ eggs! (there is a chocolate prize, too.) One of the participating properties is Whitby Abbey, which reopened on 1 April after a £1.6m restoration with a revamped museum, new permanent exhibition and a coffee shop. A new Museum of Whitby Jet has also recently opened in the town, exploring the history of the town’s gemstone industry.
• Until 22 April (dates vary by property), £1 plus standard admission price, english-heritage.org.uk
Mass spring cleans, nationwide
Photograph: Getty Images
The Easter holidays are an ideal time for a spring clean – and not just in your own home. The charity Keep Britain Tidy is organising a Great British Spring Clean, encouraging people to join litter-picking and recycling events in their area. Last year, more than 374,000 people volunteered at 13,500 events; this year the target is to get 500,000 cleaning up (until 23 April, keepbritaintidy.org). Similarly, Plastic Patrol is asking people to clean up Britain’s waterways – volunteers get a free paddleboard session in return for picking up litter and logging it on the app (next patrols Clapton, London, 13 April, and Oxford Canal, 14 April, plasticpatrol.co.uk).
The Passion of Jesus, London and Guildford
The Wintershall Players. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Every year since 2010, the Wintershall Players have brought the true meaning of Easter to life with a re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus. A cast of more than 100 people – plus horses, doves and a donkey – tell the story of Christ’s arrest, trial, crucifixion and resurrection (the crucifixion scene is realistic and may not be suitable for young children). There are two 90-minute performances on Good Friday in Trafalgar Square, watched by more than 20,000 people, and two more in Guildford town centre on Holy Saturday.
• 12pm and 3.15pm on 19 April, London, and 12pm and 2.30pm on 20 April, Guildford, both free
Spring bulb festival, Staffordshire
Photograph: Joe Wainwright
Trentham Gardens is in full bloom this Easter as it hosts its inaugural spring bulb festival. More than 50,000 extra bulbs and 500 extra pots were planted to create the floral displays, which feature tulips, narcissi, hyacinths, allium and scilla. One unusual display can be seen on the lake, where rowing boats have been turned into planters filled with daffodils and nine varieties of tulip. In the woods, visitors can walk through drifts of anemones, cyclamen, bluebells and wild garlic.
• Until 29 May, £12 adult, £9 child (3-15), under-5s free, trentham.co.uk
Rhyming Rabbit, North Yorkshire, Essex, Devon and Surrey
Photograph: RHS/Bethany Clarke
This year’s Easter celebrations at the four RHS gardens (Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire, Hyde Hall in Essex, Rosemoor in Devon and Wisley in Surrey) are based on the Rhyming Rabbit picture book by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. A “hop about” will take families through a giant burrow and on a trail through the gardens; there will also be poetry workshops and drawing competitions; and lots of craft activities, including sow-and-grow a “bunny tail” plant. On selected dates, children can meet real-life rabbits, lambs, kids and ducklings. At Harlow Carr, there is also a Hunt the Golden Carrot competition with the chance to win a giant Bettys Easter egg worth almost £500.
• Until 21 April (Rosemoor), 22 April (Hyde Hall and Wisley) and 29 April (Harlow Carr), most activities free with standard admission, some crafts £3/£4, rhs.org.uk
Easter steam trains, nationwide
The Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow gauge railway in Cumbria. Photograph: Alamy
Heritage railways across the country have special journeys for Easter, from TeddyFest on the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway in Cumbria (all children with a teddy bear travel free with adult buying an all-station ticket, £13.50, until 22 April) to daily Easter bonnet parades on the Isle of Wight steam railway (18-22 April, from £13 adult, £6 child). The Downpatrick and County Down Railway is running an Easter Eggspress, with a word puzzle hunt, face painting and a visit to the Easter bunny to collect a chocolate egg (20-22 April, £8.50).
• Find other Easter train events in the UK and Ireland at heritage-railways.com
Duck trails, various locations
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge duck trail. Photograph: Antony Thompson/TWM
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is going quackers over ducks this Easter. Eight of its visitor centres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have giant Easter duck trails: children follow activity cards to find plastic ducks hidden among reeds and trees, learning about the feathered versions along the way. At Castle Espie in County Down, there is also an Easter duckling party with a guided feeding session (22 and 23 April, £2 plus standard admission). Washington in Tyne and Wear has a Lego brick animal trail with enormous models of wetland creatures (until 6 May, included in standard admission), plus Lego-making workshops (daily until 22 April, then 27 and 28 April and 4-6 May, £9.50). A flock of Dusty Ducks has landed at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, created by Aardman Animations – there are model-making workshops on 17 April (£10.50).
• Until 29 April (check individual centres), included in standard admission, wwt.org.uk
Food festival, Buckinghamshire
The Great Missenden food festival over the Easter weekend has lots of hands-on activities in the kids’ zone. At the cookery school and food lab under-13s can make pizza and cupcakes, or try exciting experiments such as exploding jelly. Older children can cook along with a chef, attempting more ambitious dishes such as fresh pasta or falafel. Other activities include an Easter egg hunt and a pottery workshop (from £5). Adults might prefer a bushcraft cookery session or fancy their chances in the beer-tasting competition.
• 19-22 April, from £5.50 adult, £1 child (6-16), family (2+2) £15, greatmissendenfoodfestival.co.uk
Canal boating, England and Wales
Photograph: Pearl Bucknall/Alamy
Sunday 7 April sees the Canal & River Trust’s annual open day, held with Drifters Waterway Holidays, offering boat tours and free short trips on skippered narrowboats at 17 locations across England and Wales. Last year, 3,000 people took to the water. The idea is to give people a taste of a canal boat holiday; Britain has a 2,200-mile network of inland waterways to explore. There will be discounts for anyone booking a trip over the Easter weekend and beyond (£50 off short breaks, usually from £495, £100 off a week, usually from £705).
• 11am-4pm on 7 April, no booking required, full details at canalrivertrust.org.uk
Adder adventure, Norfolk
A male adder at Sheringham Park
For a change from chicks, lambs and bunnies, Sheringham Park in Norfolk is offering brave children the chance to meet another native species: the adder. A ranger will give a talk on British reptiles, then lead a two-mile walk, searching for Britain’s only venomous snake. Adders can be elusive, but there are some known sites around the park. Snakes aren’t the only wild inhabitants at Sheringham – foxes, badgers and deer might be spotted, too.
• 18 April, £3 adult, £5 child, suitable for over-sevens, nationaltrust.org.uk
Teddy bear picnic, Isle of Arran
After two years of refurbishment, Brodick Castle and country park is reopening in time for Easter. As well as the castle itself, which has a new self-guided visitor experience, there are gardens, woodlands and waterfalls to explore, and pools for a (very) bracing swim. Events over the holidays include family badger watches (10 & 17 April, £15 adult, £8 child), bird-box making (11 April, £5) and Easter egg hunts (19-22 April, £2). There is also a free teddy bear picnic, with storytelling, games and lots of cuddly bears (19-22 April).
• Open daily until 31 October, £13.50 adult, £9.50 child, nts.org.uk
Open-air cinema, Midlothian
Most outdoor film screenings take place in the summer holidays, but Dalkeith country park is starting its first-ever cinema season early. Two films are being shown on Easter Saturday: Toy Story (free with standard admission) and The Greatest Showman (£10 adult, £6 child). Other activities in the Fort Douglas adventure park include egg decorating, balloon twisting and a reading from a new children’s book, The Sock Monster, followed by a craft workshop where children can make their own monster.
• 20 April, £3 adult, child from £5, dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk
Scottish rhododendron festival
Scotland’s rhododendrons are in bloom, and the country’s fifth annual rhododendron festival is taking place across several sites, including four new venues: Abbotsford, Cawdor Castle, Cowden Japanese Garden and Culzean Castle. There are more than 50 events, such as guided rhododendron walks at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh (6, 18 & 28 April and 2, 11 & 23 May) and Dawyck Botanic Garden in the Scottish Borders (Sundays in April and May), and talks at Inverewe Garden in the Highlands (23 April and 2 May).
• Until 31 May, discoverscottishgardens.org
Meet the koalas, Wiltshire
Longleat Safari Park has a new exhibit for Easter: Koala Creek, home to a group of southern koalas, two hairy-nosed wombats and a family of long-nosed potoroos. It is the only place koalas can be seen in England, and is an initiative with the government of South Australia to help the conservation of the species, which is classed as “vulnerable to extinction” in some parts of Australia. Longleat is now the European hub for the International Koala Centre of Excellence.
• From £29.70 adult, £22.27 child, under-3s free, longleat.co.uk
Mad Hatter’s tea party, Neath Port Talbot
Photograph: Aled Llywelyn
Children are invited to the Mad Hatter’s tea party in the Orangery (pictured) at Margam country park. The dress code is Easter fancy dress, with prizes for the best bonnets. There will be Alice in Wonderland characters, games and a high tea of “eat me/drink me” treats. Elsewhere in the park, there is an adventure play area and a Go Ape course, plus rare-breed farm animals, a herd of deer and other wildlife. On Easter Monday, there will be some scarier creatures, too: dinosaurs.
• Tea party on 24 April, £16.95 adult, £11.95 child, margamcountrypark.co.uk
• This article was amended on 11 April 2019. An earlier version referred to Easter Saturday, when Holy Saturday was meant, being the day between Good Friday and Easter Day, which this year falls on 19 April.
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Politicians apply double standard in support of David Petraeus amid FBI leaks inquiry
Former CIA director is suspected of same crime as Edward Snowden yet enjoys the backing of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and other high-profile critics of leaks
Spencer Ackerman in New York
Mon 12 Jan 2015 15.15 EST First published on Mon 12 Jan 2015 13.17 EST
David Petraeus poses with his biographer Paula Broadwell, with whom he has admitted to having an affair. Photograph: Ho/AFP/Getty Images
Though under investigation by the FBI for unauthorized disclosure of classified information related to an affair with his biographer, David Petraeus counts among his defenders a host of prominent politicians who typically denounce security leaks.
The former US army general and CIA director has deep ties to a bipartisan host of political heavyweights, from potential Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to former Republican presidential nominee John McCain, and a well of media support stemming from his stewardship of the 2007-08 Iraq troop surge. Many have raced to support Petraeus in the days since word emerged that the most acclaimed military officer of his generation might face felony charges.
Insiders began speculating about Petraeus’s return to the fore of national-security policymaking circles almost immediately after his November 2012 resignation following the revelation of an extramarital affair. But the persistence of the FBI probe – which has yet to produce an indictment – has delayed his reemergence.
Even though leaks inquiries have ruined other careers and lives, Petraeus’s many high-profile political champions suggest an inevitability to his return, particularly in the event that Clinton receives the Democratic presidential nomination.
Petraeus resigned the CIA directorship after an inquiry by the FBI, which determined that his biographer Paula Broadwell possessed classified information on her computer, raising suspicions that Petraeus provided it to her. He has denied the accusation.
The FBI’s investigation into Petraeus has lasted about three years; according to statute, it can persist for 10 years without an indictment. According to the New York Times, federal prosecutors have now recommended that the Justice Department bring charges against him, prompting a chorus of outrage from Petraeus’s many Washington allies.
Petraeus retains his security clearance, which permits him access to classified and sensitive information, though it is unclear if he currently uses it. Even as the FBI inquiry continues, Petraeus has continued to advise the Obama administration on Iraq, Bloomberg View has reported. Yet he has uncharacteristically avoided high-profile appearances and policy speeches.
Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder said on Sunday that the inquiry into his former colleague in administration cabinet meetings would proceed in a “fair” and “appropriate way”.
The last several days have seen an outpouring of support for Petraeus from politicians who typically consider unauthorized disclosures to be serious offenses.
Dianne Feinstein, the former chair of the Senate intelligence committee and a fervent critic of National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, said on Sunday that Petraeus had “suffered enough” for his “mistake”.
McCain and his ally on the Senate armed services committee, Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, issued a joint statement over the weekend denouncing the official leakers who described federal prosecutors’ decision-making to the Times.
“It is a shameful continuation of a pattern in which leaks by unnamed sources have marred this investigation in contravention to fundamental fairness,” said both Petraeus defenders.
Few other accused leakers in the past have enjoyed such support. Former NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake lost his clearance following a years-long leak prosecution that ended with a misdemeanor guilty plea.
McCain has denounced the perceived discrepancy in the past. In 2012, McCain contrasted the administration’s apparent nonchalance about leaks by senior aides with its vigorous prosecution of Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning.
“The fact that this administration would aggressively pursue leaks perpetrated by a 22-year-old Army private in the WikiLeaks matter, former CIA employees in other leaks cases, but apparently sanction leaks made by senior administration officials for political purposes is simply unacceptable,” McCain said.
The CIA declined to comment, citing its standard practice not to discuss personnel matters. Neither the Justice Department nor Petraeus returned a request for comment.
Petraeus and Clinton developed a close working relationship while Clinton served as Obama’s secretary of state. When Petraeus helmed the CIA, the two agreed on an unadopted proposal to arm Syrian rebels against Bashar al-Assad that Obama ultimately endorsed last year to combat the Islamic State.
Their closeness has continued outside government. Last year, a book about Clinton quoted Petraeus saying she would make “a tremendous president” and praising her performance during the 2012 Benghazi attack, which is likely to play a central role in criticisms of her presidential candidacy should she run.
Classification revocations typically follow indictments. But broad leeway exists for agency chiefs to strip their employees of clearance. A Defense Department regulation permits suspension of access “when there exists information raising a serious question as to the individual’s ability or intent to protect classified information”.
Such leeway has fueled criticism that a double standard exists that protects high-level leakers from the consequences faced by their low-level counterparts.
“Denial or revocation of clearance is commonplace among otherwise honorable people who have debts, foreign relatives or have other difficulties or character flaws that are at best indirectly related to protecting classified information,” said Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists. “Basically, the clearance system is not always fair, consistent or even-handed.”
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Meet the world's first 'minister for future generations'
The Welsh government has given Sophie Howe statutory powers to represent people who haven’t yet been born
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Sat 2 Mar 2019 04.00 EST Last modified on Tue 5 Mar 2019 10.10 EST
Sophie Howe speaking at the All Wales Scouts Camp Jamboree Photograph: Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Sophie Howe is a public servant with a particularly tricky constituency. The people she represents are remote and unresponsive and they never show up to voice an opinion or tell her if she’s doing a good job.
They don’t even vote. That’s because they haven’t yet been born. Howe is the world’s first – and only – future generations commissioner with statutory powers. She’s there to represent the unborn citizens of Wales.
There is no shortage of issues to champion. So many of today’s crises – climate, insects, water, population growth – threaten calamity not for the people currently on the planet but for their descendants. The political trope about “our children and our children’s children” has never felt so urgent.
Other countries have also toyed with novel governance mechanisms that allow for the voice of future generations to be heard, with Israel, Hungary and Canada notable examples.
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Yet none have gone as far as Wales to enshrine in law the principle that future generations deserve a fair hearing in present political debates.
“We have put it in statute … which means we have to ask how to translate it into the decisions that are made every day throughout government,” said Howe, 41, a former deputy police and crime commissioner who has five children.
In the job since its creation in 2016, her mandate – on paper at least – is clear: to ensure that political decisions taken today don’t compromise the interests of Welsh citizens tomorrow.
Sophie Howe with pupils from Millbrook Primary School, Newport Photograph: Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
As commissioner, it is Howe’s job to advise the Welsh government and the wider public sector of what their statutory obligations entail.
Much of her initial period in office has been spent helping the country’s principal public bodies put together formal action plans for meeting their new responsibilities.
But the job is not all about hand-holding. Howe has shown she can play tough too. In recent months, for instance, her attention has been focused on a proposed £1.1bn relief road around Newport.
The project’s supporters maintain the investment will boost economic growth. Howe, in contrast, argues it will destroy local biodiversity and saddle Wales’s unborn with a huge debt. Mark Drakeford, the country’s first minister, is due to give his verdict imminently.
“It was almost a done deal before my intervention, but now there are serious considerations as to whether it’s in the interests of future generations,” she said.
5 issues for future generations
1. Climate change
The UN says we have 12 years to stop the rot. Climate modelling has all but priced in a 3 degree rise by century's end, meaning our grandchildren could pay a very heavy price for our decades of cheap carbon and oil-fuelled living standards.
2. Biodiversity
Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970. The chances of a child of the 2060s seeing a spider monkey or great otter are shrinking by the day
3. Jobs
To avoid the scourge of youth unemployment repeating itself, education and vocational training has to be geared towards the job skills of the future.
4. Wellness
If future generations are to enjoy “wellbeing” in its fullest sense, it requires policymakers to find a more holistic set of decision-making metrics than Gross Domestic Product.
5. Youth voice
Despite having more to lose than anyone, children are more or less locked out of the political decision-making process. More initiatives like the Welsh Youth Parliament are needed.
Photograph: David Goldman/AP
Another major project has been Wales’s new-look planning policy, which makes a big play of the idea of holistic wellbeing – a key concept within the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act of 2015, which established her office.
Howe’s formal powers are limited, however. The commissioner’s role is more that of watchdog than judge. She can force policymakers to justify their decisions, for example but she can’t prevent those decisions from being made.
Yet the mere act of asking difficult questions makes a difference, she insists. “Just having an institution that is there challenging the status quo is making people sit up and take notice.”
Such notice extends beyond Wales, too. Lord Bird, founder of The Big Issue magazine, is reportedly considering a private member’s bill calling for a similar commissioner role for the UK as a whole.
Further afield the New Zealand government recently sent a delegation to Cardiff bay to learn more about the innovative Welsh model. Later this month, Howe will be in Dubai sharing her experience with global policymakers at the World Government Summit.
To all who ask, her overarching message is the same: talk is welcome, but cheap; to genuinely protect our future generations, concrete actions are needed now.
It is not a popular argument, she concedes. The needs of today are numerous and competition for government resources is fierce all over the world. And much as politicians acknowledge future generations, they also know that the unborn don’t vote.
Howe’s response is characteristically direct. “There’s no point in having these lofty ambitions for future generations if we’re not prepared to take difficult decisions,” she said.
The future generation speaks
She isn’t naive. Wales still has a long way to go to fulfil the aspirations of its landmark legislation, she admits. Some policymakers struggle to conceptualise how to account for future needs in the present, while an old-school minority simply reject the whole idea.
It is this battle to win the hearts and mind of those at all ranks of the policymaking process that Howe considers her biggest challenge.
To aid this struggle, her office is advancing a new approach to policymaking. Instead of top-down managerialism, government decisions need to be guided by principles such as public involvement, preventative action and cross-government collaboration.
“For me, this is the biggest cultural change programme that Wales has ever seen,” she said. “We need to really invest in how we go about changing that culture [so] people will start thinking more about the long term.”
This article is part of a series on possible solutions to some of the world’s most stubborn problems. What else should we cover? Email us at theupside@theguardian.com
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Indonesian youths say religion key to happiness, bucking global trend
Devina Heriyanto
Jakarta / Sun, June 3, 2018 / 09:15 am
Asian youth (Shutterstock/-)
A survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 93 percent of young Indonesians believed that religious faith was important to happiness, far above the world's average at 45.3 percent.
This figure bucks the global trend as another survey by Deloitte found more than half of global youth believed religious leaders brought a negative impact to the world.
Varkey’s survey last year found Indonesians were the happiest, scoring 90 percent on the net happiness score, with world's average at mere 59.35 percent. The Generation Z: Global Citizenship Survey by Varkey involved 20,000 young people in 20 countries.
Generation Z refers to those born between 1995 and 2001, the post-millennial generation. Among others, Indonesia also had the highest level of emotional well-being at 40 percent, with world's average at 29.95 percent. Young Indonesians did not think about problems too much, did not feel anxious, bullied, lonely, or unloved.
A separate survey finds that global millennials are skeptical toward religious leaders. 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey reported that 52 percent millennials stated that religious or faith leaders brought negative impact on the world, with only 33 percent said otherwise.
More millennials believed that NGO leaders and business leaders had positive impact, at 59 percent and 44 percent respectively. Millennials were particularly skeptical toward political leaders, with a staggering 71 percent believing that they brought negative impact, contrary to 19 percent who thought otherwise.
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This is despite views among millennials that corporate and business are more interested in pursuing their own agenda and making money than helping society or doing business ethically.
Deloitte questioned 10,455 millennials across 36 countries and 1,844 Gen Z in six countries. No member from Indonesia's Gen Z was questioned in the Deloitte survey. Millennials in the Deloitte survey refer to those born between 1983 and 1994, while Gen Z includes those born between 1995 and 1999.
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US Catholic abuse victims sue to open Vatican archives
/ Tue, May 14, 2019 / 09:39 am
Peter Isely (R), Midwest Director of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), consoles Arthur Budzinski (C), as they along with other victims of the church abuse stand outside the Milwaukee County Federal Courthouse after a lawsuit was filed against the Vatican April 22, 2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican are being sued because they allegedly covered up sexual abuse at a Catholic school in Wisconsin by a priest. Darren (AFP/Hauck/Getty Images)
Five Americans who were sexually molested by Catholic priests will sue the Vatican to get the names and details of priests involved in abuse, an attorney for the group said on Monday.
The lawsuit in US federal court, which will be formally announced in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, aims to compel the Vatican to open its archives and "release all the identities of thousands of offenders known exclusively by the Vatican and held in strict secrecy," lawyer Jeff Anderson said in a statement.
The petition also asks for the offenders' "files and pertinent histories."
The lawsuit comes after Pope Francis announced this month that every Catholic diocese would have to come up with a plan for reporting abuse.
The measure was expected to bring countless new cases of molestation to light. But it has not satisfied victims' groups because it doesn't compel reporting of abuses made in confession nor does it force dioceses to tell authorities when abuses are reported.
The Vatican is struggling to deal with a global epidemic of sexual assault by priests, in particular of minors. Much of the abuse has gone on for decades.
A grand jury investigation into dioceses in Pennsylvania published in 2018 threw light on sexual abuse systematically covered up by the Church by "over three hundred predator priests," with more than 1,000 child victims identifiable.
Between 1950 and 2013 the US Catholic Church received 17,000 complaints of sexual abuse said to have taken place from 1950 to 1980 involving around 6,400 clerics.
Experts speaking at the Vatican said in 2012 the number of abused American minors is probably close to 100,000.
Several senior church members in the US have been forced to resign for protecting pedophile priests, including the late cardinal Bernard Law.
#USA #CatholicChurch sexual-abuse victims lawsuit Vatican archive
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Ralph Pierre LaCock (born March 30, 1926), better known by his stage name Peter Marshall, is an American television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He was the original host of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1981 and has almost fifty television, movie, and Broadway credits. His stage name reportedly derived from the college in his home town (Marshall College, which became Marshall University in 1961).
Place of Birth Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Official Site http://www.boysinger.com/
Ralph Pierre LaCock
Noonan and Marshall
Pete Marshall
2017 Wait for Your Laugh as Himself
2004 Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-screen as Self
2002 Teddy Bears' Picnic as Peter Marshall
1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1 episode) as Game Show Host
1996 E! True Hollywood Story (1 episode)
1995 MADtv (1 episode)
1995 Burke's Law (1 episode) as Mr. Game Show
1990 In Living Color (3 episodes)
1988 Yahtzee (1 episode) as Host
1986 Sledge Hammer! (1 episode)
1985 All-Star Blitz (1 episode)
1983 Automan (1 episode)
1983 Hotel (1 episode)
1982 H.M.S. Pinafore as Captain Corcoran
1979 Americathon as Himself
1978 A Guide for the Married Woman as Fred Hurley
1978 WKRP in Cincinnati (1 episode)
1977 79 Park Avenue (3 episodes) as Brian Whitfield
1977 Big Hawaii (1 episode)
1977 CHiPs (1 episode)
1977 Lanigan's Rabbi (1 episode)
1974 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye as Greg Carter
1974 The Daytime Emmy Awards (2 episodes)
1969 Love, American Style (1 episode) as Arnold Pfister
1969 Storybook Squares (1 episode) as Host
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (2 episodes)
1966 Hollywood Squares (1 episode) as Host
1964 Ensign Pulver as Carney
1964 The Cavern as Peter Carter
1962 The Lucy Show (1 episode)
1962 I Love, You Love
1959 The Rookie as Pete Marshall / Japanese sailor
1958 77 Sunset Strip (1 episode)
1957 Harbor Command (1 episode)
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour (1 episode)
1955 The Millionaire (1 episode)
1953 The 49th Man as Leo Wayne
1951 Starlift as Noonan and Marshall
1951 FBI Girl as Pete, TV comic
1950 Holiday Rhythm as Orderly
1972 Wild in the Sky … Writer
1968 Maryjane … Writer
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Nick Webster
Rogue financial adviser convicted by Dubai court in landmark case
Investors claim they lost hundreds of thousands of dirhams each when Brit Neil Grant put their money into high risk investments
Neil Grant, executive director of Prosperity Offshore Investment Consultants, is photographed at his office in Business Bay in Dubai in 2012. He was convicted of operating his financial services business without a licence. Sarah Dea / The National
A personal finance consultant has been convicted of running his business without a licence, amid claims that he invested his clients' money in high-risk start up companies without their knowledge.
Neil Grant was convicted by Dubai Criminal Court of operating his company without being registered with the authorities.
Clients raised the case with Dubai Public Prosecution, and the Department of Economic Development supported claims he had operated without a licence.
A number of his clients have alleged that the Scotsman pumped money that they invested with him into waste removal firms and student accommodation in the UK, losing their investments in the process.
Clients that spoke to The National said they lost tens or hundreds of thousands of dirhams.
Grant, who ran Prosperity Offshore Investment Consultants, did not attend an appeal hearing in November and left Dubai. He was fined Dh2,000.
A civil case has been opened by his victims to try to recover their investments. They claim total losses run into the millions.
Grant did not respond to repeated attempts to contact him in recent months, and his lawyer decline to comment when approached during his court case.
One of his clients, Amber Waheed, was working in construction when she began looking for financial advice, and was recommended to Grant by a circle of friends.
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“He was also an expat and understood the financial rigours of investing here, so he came across as trustworthy - especially as he had been recommended by friends,” she told The National.
“Other high level people with money had invested with him, so I thought - why not?"
“I gave him a substantial sum, and others gave him millions of dirhams and have lost their life savings. The average amount lost is about 100,000 pounds."
“He had about 400 clients, and was taking a percentage from setting up funds, commissions and fees for moving investments to other funds.”
Alarm bells sounded when investors were told the value of their investments were wildly fluctuating in price. Many were surprised as they had plumped for more stable, long term investments.
Further investigation by investors uncovered details of the funds they had been invested into, which turned out to be high risk but offered huge commissions for Grant.
Most were described as short term, high risk, unregulated, illiquid funds.
Ms Waheed questioned Grant about his trade licence, and was eventually told he was working for Prosperity Management Consultancy, with a registered office at a top hotel in Dubai.
This was different to the previous name she had been given by him, of Prosperity Offshore Investment Consultants.
A further check on the Department of Economic Development revealed Grant was not licensed to offer financial advice.
When quizzed further, he told investors he had been trading under another name, and the licence of another brokerage in Dubai.
Another to take financial advice from Grant was David, a Briton who moved to Dubai in 2003, who took out four investment plans worth about $400,000.
Three were supposed to be long term plans, and one was a shorter, higher risk investment.
“I was naive and believed what I was told,” he said.
“Now I realise they were high risk, equity funds which are pretty unregulated. It is not something I would want to put my life savings into."
“He was recommended to me, and I then recommended him to others - which I now feel bad about."
“Looking back, it was a hard sell from him. Neil was a very personable chap, and I would be in his office for hours discussing things with him."
“His sales technique was to get to know me and my family, to win our trust and come across as a friend. He was very persuasive, and I ended up with two plans from the same provider that were virtually identical.”
David has lost in the region of Dh550,000, a large chunk of his life savings.
Fund managers were paying Grant about Dh18,000 for every investment fund he opened with them, so it is thought he made hundreds of thousands of dirhams in fees.
The commission on low risk investments is much smaller.
“I know we should have checked out his background more rather than rely on referrals,” Ms Waheed added. “It is an expensive lesson for all of us.”
She also faced difficulty bringing her case to court, with criminal lawyers quoting up to Dh100,000 to fight her corner.
The prosecutor initially said there were no charges, but an extension was granted and the case was eventually brought to criminal court.
Ms Waheed was told she had a legal case when she went to the insurance authority to complain, as Grant had claimed to be licensed by them, but was not allowed to act as a financial advisor. He claimed he was acting as a consultant.
When Grant failed to acknowledge her emails or calls, she contacted police in June 2016 and his passport was blocked and the case was transferred to prosecutors.
“The evidence against Neil Grant was complicated and I was very lucky to receive a verdict as Neil operated cleverly,” Ms Waheed said.
"I’ve been told by lawyers that this is a landmark case in that it's the first time a financial advisory has been taken to criminal court and judgment has been ruled in the victim's favour".
Updated: January 30, 2018 07:34 AM
Five brilliant works written by authors under the age of 30
Deconstructed: the history of Coca-Cola and its fashionable collaborations
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“I love people who make me laugh.”
At Hebe, laughter and partnership are at the heart of everything we do.
Our ambition is to fuel the lives of a billion adolescents with laughter.
We’re building our team based on the principle of partnership, enabling our business to flex and grow nimbly. We’re looking for 2 paid summer interns; a games developer/designer and a games designer/artist. Come join us!
aimée bryan: founder
Aimée’s designed and launched products for 20 years with retail, advertising and financial services, using partnerships and loyalty techniques. She’s worked as a Strategist, Planning Partner and Marketing Director for brands such as Amex, PayPal, Starwood Hotels, Sainsbury’s, Nectar and Virgin Media. In 2017 she launched her first business; Pause, using physical experiences to rebuild connection and resilience.
Aimée’s developed award winning work for her clients and her own business; awarded runner up at the Techpreneurs Awards for Women 2019 and her prototype ‘KIT’ (a digital talking partner) winning Axa’s 2019 Health Tech & You Awards for their Mental Health in Children challenge.
As a founder, Aimée’s been selected into multiple start up accelerator programmes , presently working in partnership with Deutsche Bank on the We in Social Tech accelerator, designed for female tech entrepreneurs balancing profit with purpose.
madeleine Inkin: children
Madeleine is first and foremost a Harley Street Psychotherapist who’s been treating children for over 20 years. She’s a committed member of the team, having been advising Aimée since Summer 2018, providing insight to guide product and research design, and participating in our school testing.
Aimée and Madeleine share a belief that technology has the power to change the lives of young people for the better, when designed responsibly. Technology gives choice and control to kids at an age when they feel powerless. At Hebe, Madeleine’s helping us develop products that upskill and empower kids, supporting them just when they need it the most.
Madeleine’s other roles involve being a Director at another Edtech business; Tassomai and a mum of 2.
elizabeth tweedale: tech
Elizabeth is a powerhouse! Mum of 3, Elizabeth is the dynamic CEO and founder of Cypher (her second business), the coding company for kids who run fun and entertaining holiday coding camps for 4-14 yr olds. Cypher camps link core computing concepts to real world creative themes, encouraging children to be curious, collaborative and to grow in confidence.
Aimée and Elizabeth share a passion for empowering the next generation with the tools they need to open doors and tackle whatever our fast paced future brings. Elizabeth is Hebe’s retained tech advisor, defining the product specs and required skills, prior to build.
During summer 2019, Hebe™ products will be co-created and validated with 10-12yr olds and their families in partnership with Cypher. Exciting times!
“there’s power in saying it out loud,
Giving kids a chance to privately and safely talk out what’s on their mind makes a huge difference to their everyday life; whether that’s to a human or a guided device.”
Madeleine Inkin, Psychotherapist
shiona mcdougall: strategy
Shiona’s been guiding Aimée’s start up journey since 2016. Her innate ability to see straight to the root of a problem or opportunity is what makes her Global Chief Strategy Officer at a digital marketing agency. Her insight, creativity and vision are helping Aimée build a solid foundation at Hebe.
DR mariza dima: games
Mariza is a Lecturer in Games Design at Brunel University. She holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction Design and has worked between academia and the creative industries as an interaction designer and creative technologist in R&D projects. Her mentorship is pushing Aimée’s thinking at Hebe.
tris lumley: impact
Tris leads New Philanthropy Capital’s development of new strategies, partnerships and initiatives to help transform the social sector to focus on and deliver greater impact, working with partners both in the UK and internationally. Tris’ research background is helping to ground Hebe’s impact measurement.
To find out more or to get involved, contact us.
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Mobilizing NATO for Afghanistan and Pakistan:
An Assessment of Alliance Capabilities
In anticipation of the January 28, 2010, international conference on Afghanistan in London (sponsored by the United Nations), CSPC released Mobilizing NATO for Afghanistan and Pakistan: Ensuring the Alliance’s Future, its first report on how the Alliance can maximize its contributions and more effectively and efficiently conduct the Afghan and Pakistan effort. This report identifies areas of immediate reform that would strengthen the international coalition while also examining key capacities NATO allies have yet to deploy to Afghanistan that would turn the tide against the extremist insurgency.
The report was released on January 26, 2010, at an event on Capitol Hill that was co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The event featured preeminent expert on Afghanistan, Bruce Riedel; former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and former Special Envoy to the Afghan Opposition and Bonn Conference, Ambassador James Dobbins; former Secretary of Defense Representative to Europe and former Defense Advisor to the U.S. Mission to NATO, Bruce Weinrod; and former NATO Ambassadors David Abshire, Robert Hunter, and Kurt Volker.
NATO, Afghanistan, Europe
CSPC's mission is to apply the lessons of history to address today’s political challenges; Develop real-world strategic policy solutions by convening representatives from government, academia, and the private sector; and educate the next generation of leaders.
Hurst Renner
CSPC
David M. Abshire
W. Bruce Weinrod
John Craddock
Did Western Hubris Create Vladimir Putin? CSPC Senior Fellow James Kitfield
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Silence while other intellect engages.
Brain No. 2: “Well, where did you set it?”
A heavy sigh fills the air hoping to bring to mind the idea that the other brain isn’t much help.
Brain No. 1 then walks backward in her mind, only to find no one is home. The missing cup has shown up in a totally unexpected place — the microwave oven.
It is this kind of glitch in our hardwire that has us — or at least me — worried. The amount of absentmindedness sandwiched between our two brains is mind-boggling — not just lately, but for years.
Summer hats, reading glasses and keys disappear into a black hole like missing socks in the laundry. But occasionally they come to light.
Once while flying down a two-lane road at 60 mph, a car began to follow us closely. We sped up. It accelerated, too. Then, in a burst of speed the car raced to overtake us.
We glared at their vehicle. Had they lost their mind?
No. It was us.
The car-chasing couple, wearing a knowing smile, held up a scribbled makeshift sign: “YOUR KEYS!!”
Brain No. 2 looked at the ignition, his keys were securely in place.
“Where are your keys?” he asked as Brain No. 1 — a bit scattered, searched frantically. Upon further thought, and with the wind whipping through her hair, she spotted them — DANGLING IN THE PASSENGER DOOR!
But it’s not just me.
Once when I was gone for a few days, my husband noticed a framed photo collage of his hiking experience with daughter Tiffany. Moved with emotion, he called her only to learn that she’d given it to him years earlier.
To aid our aging brainpower we’ve tried crossword puzzles, dance lessons and the Web site MentalFloss.com. All we’ve gotten for our effort is low self-esteem.
But maybe, as the study indicates, the way to beat the odds of developing dementia or Alzheimer’s is staying married through midlife and beyond.
That’s fine with me. I sort of like old “what’s his name.”
Light Notes
Can’t find your car? Here’s a tip good for more than Baby Boomers
By Lucy Luginbill
Baby Boomers lead the trends and nowadays it’s in forgetfulness. But with a little soul-searching, it’s possible for anyone to free up their mind..
MORE LIGHT NOTES
It can’t be happening. I’m turning into my mother
Trust me on this. You can go home again
Got clutter? I found the perfect solution for my ‘closet’
My Easter list should have been longer with this at the top
Was it a sign from heaven? Daughters call it the ‘Red Cardinal Miracle’
This mother couldn’t breathe. Would she live to see her baby again?
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N-deal does not take away testing right: PM
Rajeev Sharma
New Delhi, November 28
The BJP kept up its ballistic attitude towards the Indo-US nuclear deal even though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Lok Sabha that the deal did not take away India’s right to conduct fresh nuclear weapon tests.
Leader of the opposition L.K. Advani said his party would renegotiate the nuclear deal with the US if it came to power and remove those clauses from the deal which “encroach” on India’s sovereignty.
The Prime Minister, who made a brief intervention while Advani was speaking, sought to allay fears and apprehensions of the opposition as well as allies like the Left on the deal but it was visible that he was not very successful. “We are committed to a unilateral moratorium (on further nuclear tests). If more tests are required, there is nothing in this text (123 agreement) that debars us from doing so,” the Prime Minister said.
The short-duration discussion under Rule 193 which does not entail voting, turned ugly at the fag-end when the BJP-led opposition staged a walk out as external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee stood up to give the government’s reply. The opposition wanted a detailed reply from the Prime Minister himself.
Advani praised former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi several times in his speech and bracketed her with BJP stalwart and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying, “Indira Gandhi and Vajpayee won’t have agreed to this encroachment on Indian sovereignty.”
He opposed the nuclear deal on three grounds: (i) the strategic partnership with the US, though not objected to by the BJP in itself, was faulty as India was a junior partner; (ii) India was debarred from conducting fresh nuclear tests; and (iii) not just the IAEA inspectors but even American inspectors would be inspecting Indian nuclear facilities.
Advani also put three posers to the Prime Minister: 1. Do you see a broad national consensus on the nuclear deal (which he had once talked of)? 2. Are you determined to see that there would be no Pokhran-III? 3. What has been accomplished by the UPA-Left Committee on N deal?
CPM’s Rupchand Pal, who initiated the discussion, said since India was going to negotiate an India-specific safeguards agreement with the IAEA, the UPA government must get an assurance from none other than the IAEA on uninterrupted fuel supplies.
He said the US was eyeing long-term strategic objectives through the nuclear deal and the government needed to avoid falling into this trap. He said the principal American interlocutor Nicholas Burns had himself gone on record saying that 90 per cent of Indian civilian nuclear reactors would be under IAEA safeguards, and that too in perpetuity, if the nuclear deal were to be operationalised.
Young member Jyotiraditya Scindia led a stout defence on behalf of the Congress and said the US had made India a single-nation exception, unprecedented in global diplomacy, in entering into the nuclear deal with a non-NPT signatory country.
He contrasted the Indo-US nuclear deal with a similar agreement between China and the US 22 years ago and said the Indian deal was better than China’s on at least three counts. One, China did not have any upfront reprocessing rights (unlike India). Two, there are no linkages in case of India in terms of fuel supplies while in case of China the linkages are many - like China’s relationship with redoubtable Pakistan and Beijing’s Tibet policy. Thirdly, China allowed even Australia to inspect its facilities in lieu of fuel supplies, while India is not wearing any such strait jacket.
Mukherjee, who concluded the debate with his reply, reiterated that there was nothing in the 123 agreement which made India or its foreign policy subservient to any other nation and the Indian strategic programme would remain unaffected.
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Frontal Bone
1. Bone wax migrates to the orbit in a patient with a frontal sinus abnormality: a case report. (PubMed)
Bone wax migrates to the orbit in a patient with a frontal sinus abnormality: a case report. Bone wax is the most widely used hemostatic bone sealant because of its availability, ease of use, immediate action, and minimal adverse effects. Several complications have been reported to be associated with the use of bone wax, such as infection, osteohypertrophy, pain, granuloma formation, allergic reaction, and thrombosis. Here, we present a rare complication, namely, bone wax migration, which (...) developed after a craniotomy on a patient who had a frontal sinus abnormality.A 51-year-old woman complained of pain and swelling in her left eye accompanied by difficulty opening the left eyelid after undergoing a craniotomy. An examination revealed left eye proptosis with ptosis, eyelid swelling, and increases in intraorbital pressure and intraocular pressure (IOP). According to a CT and an MRI of the orbit, we found that the intraoperative bone wax had migrated to the orbit, thereby causing
2019 BMC Ophthalmology
2. Feminizing the Face: Combination of Frontal Bone Reduction and Reduction Rhinoplasty (PubMed)
Feminizing the Face: Combination of Frontal Bone Reduction and Reduction Rhinoplasty Gender affirmation surgeries in male-to-female patient transitioning include breast augmentation, genital construction, and facial feminization surgery (FFS). FFS improves mental health and quality of life in transgender patients. The nose and forehead are critical in facial attractiveness and gender identity; thus, frontal brow reduction and rhinoplasty are a mainstay of FFS. The open approach to reduction (...) of the frontal brow is very successful in the feminization of the face; however, risks include alopecia and scarring. Endoscopic brow reduction, in properly selected patients, is minimally invasive with excellent outcomes avoiding these risks. Since both reduction rhinoplasty and frontal brow reduction are routinely performed in FFS, a combined approach provides superior control over the nasal radix and profile when performing surgery on the frontal bone region first followed by nose reduction. We present
2018 Case reports in surgery
3. Role of the Frontal Sinus in Mediating Ocular Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials by Bone Vibration Stimuli Applied to the Forehead. (PubMed)
Role of the Frontal Sinus in Mediating Ocular Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials by Bone Vibration Stimuli Applied to the Forehead. This study investigated ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) tests via Fpz and Fz taps to assess the role of the frontal sinus in mediating oVEMP elicitation. Forty healthy subjects and 80 patients with Ménière disease (MD) underwent a series of oVEMP tests via a minishaker tapping at the Fpz and Fz sites in a randomized order. Response rates (...) ) than females (3.42 ± 0.67 cm). In conclusion, the height of the frontal sinus plays a role in mediating the elicitation of oVEMPs. The oVEMPs could be easily elicited by the first-order bone vibration (Fpz/Fz tapping) coupled with the second-order resonance effect (with a high extent of the frontal sinus). Thus, initial tapping at the Fpz site is suggested. If it fails, try the Fz site for screening the oVEMPs.© 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel.
2018 Audiology & Neuro-Otology
4. Osteoblastoma of the frontal bone invading the orbital roof: A case report. (PubMed)
Osteoblastoma of the frontal bone invading the orbital roof: A case report. Osteoblastoma is an uncommon primary bone tumor that involves any part of the skeleton. But its occurrence in the skull is extremely rare.A 30-year-old female was admitted to our hospital, because of the mass in the right frontal region with the history of headache for 3 years without nausea or vomiting.Initial differential diagnoses included hemangiopericytoma, atypical intraosseous meningioma, calvarial osteosarcoma (...) , fibrous dysplasia, and histiocytosis, based on the results of enhanced CT and MRI.A total surgical resection of the mass was performed.Postoperative histopathologic analysis demonstrated the typical features of osteoblastoma, the benign bone neoplasm. Serial radiologic examination did not show recurrence in the 6 months follow-up.The radiologic appearance of the osteoblastoma is always confusing and makes the diagnosis difficult. We hope our case can give some clinical clues for the diagnosis
2018 Medicine
5. Skeletal cavernous hemangiomas of the frontal bone with orbital roof and rim involvement (PubMed)
Skeletal cavernous hemangiomas of the frontal bone with orbital roof and rim involvement Skeletal cavernous hemangiomas are rare, benign tumors that may involve the supraorbital rim and orbital roof. However, such involvement is extremely rare. We report a case of skeletal cavernous hemangioma of the frontal bone involving the orbital roof and rim. En bloc excision and reconstruction, using a calvarial bone graft for the orbital roof and rim defect, was performed. It is important not only
2018 Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
6. Split Calvarial Graft and Titanium Mesh for Reconstruction of Post-Craniotomy Frontal Bone Defect (PubMed)
Split Calvarial Graft and Titanium Mesh for Reconstruction of Post-Craniotomy Frontal Bone Defect The goal of cranioplasty is to achieve a lifelong, stable and structural reconstruction of the cranium covered by a healthy skin and scalp flap. We present two cases of large frontal bone defect following a accident.We describe the utilization of autogenous local split calvarial graft and titanium mesh for the reconstruction of the post trauma frontal bone defect.Cranioplasty using split calvarial (...) bone grafting for restoring large cranial defects resulting from a trauma is a useful technique, and allows the surgeon to reconstruct a moderate to large cranial defect without rifting the inner cortical plate.
2018 Ethiopian journal of health sciences
7. Giant Cell Tumor of the Frontal Bone: A Case Report and Literature Review (PubMed)
Giant Cell Tumor of the Frontal Bone: A Case Report and Literature Review Giant cell tumors are rare benign lesions that typically occur at the epiphyses of long bones in the extremities and present with pain or swelling. These lesions very seldom occur in the skull, where they preferentially affect the sphenoid and temporal bones that develop by endochondral ossification. We report a rare case of a giant cell tumor of the frontal bone and review the literature on these lesions. A 21-year-old (...) woman presented with localized swelling and tenderness over the left frontal bone. Imaging revealed a lytic lesion involving the left frontal bone, which was managed via left frontal craniectomy with resection of the bone and epidural mass. Histopathology revealed a giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB). Most data on giant cell tumors in the skull consist of case reports, with many large series of giant cell tumors having no examples in the skull. This report contributes to the scarce literature
2018 Cureus
8. Primary osteosarcoma of frontal bone: A case report and review of literature. (PubMed)
Primary osteosarcoma of frontal bone: A case report and review of literature. Primary osteosarcomas of the skull and skull base are rare, comprising <2% of all skull tumors. Primary osteosarcomas of the skull are aggressive neoplasms composed of spindle cells producing osteoid which have poor outcome.A 33-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a major complaint of a growing mass on her left frontal region of the skull for 10 months. Prior to the accurate diagnosis, the mass on her (...) skull was considered to be eosinophilic granuloma.Computerized tomogram (CT) scan of skull revealed a lytic lesion causing destruction of left frontal bone with surrounding soft tissue mass. The histological examination of the lesion showed typical features of osteosarcoma.The patient received 3 surgeries and adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the frontal bone lesion.At the last follow-up, after 4 years, the patient was free of disease both clinically and on imaging by magnetic resonance
9. First results of frontal sinus obliteration with a synthetic, resorbable and osteoconductive bone graft of ß-tricalcium phosphate. (PubMed)
First results of frontal sinus obliteration with a synthetic, resorbable and osteoconductive bone graft of ß-tricalcium phosphate. Despite advances in endoscopic sinus surgery, frontal sinus obliteration is still indicated in some cases. Current options for obliteration include autologous and synthetic materials. The use of ß-tricalcium phosphate as a resorbable bone graft substitute is a good alternative for frontal sinus obliteration. This study aimed to report our experience (...) with this material.A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent frontal sinus obliteration at our clinic between 2008 and 2013 was performed. Demographic data, indications, previous surgery, and immediate and late complications were examined. Information on persisting symptoms and patient outcomes was collected using a telephone questionnaire in February 2016.None of the patients underwent further surgery for frontal sinus disease. All of them reported a good cosmetic result and symptom improvement.ß
2017 Journal of Laryngology & Otology
10. Post-Traumatic Peripheral Giant Osteoma in the Frontal Bone (PubMed)
Post-Traumatic Peripheral Giant Osteoma in the Frontal Bone Osteomas are benign, slow-growing tumors that most frequently occur in the craniomaxillofacial region. These tumors are mostly asymptomatic and are generally found incidentally. A giant osteoma is generally considered to be greater than 30 mm in diameter or 110 g in weight. A 35-year-old female presented to us with complaints of a firm mass that showed continuous growth on the forehead following trauma. A hairline incision was made (...) to expose the osteoma. Biopsy of the tumor confirmed a osteoma. There were no complications after surgery. Postoperative computed tomography revealed that the tumor was completely removed. Because a peripheral giant osteoma of the frontal bone with a history of trauma is a rare finding, thorough history-taking, physical examination, and preoperative imaging tests are needed for patients with a history of trauma to rule out a giant osteoma.
11. Giant Cell Tumor of the Frontal Bone Presenting as an Orbital Mass (PubMed)
Giant Cell Tumor of the Frontal Bone Presenting as an Orbital Mass A 10-year-old male was referred for evaluation of a right orbital mass present for 3 weeks with associated tenderness to palpation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography imaging (CT) revealed a solid mass centered in the frontal bone with extension into the orbit. Surgical excision and histologic analysis of the lesion was consistent with a diagnosis of a Giant Cell Tumor (GCT) of the frontal bone. The patient
2017 Ophthalmology and therapy
12. Why a Catheter Can Be Correctly Placed in the Anterior Horn of Lateral Ventricle by Inserting Perpendicular to the Frontal Bone on the Ventricular Drainage? Demonstration of the Accuracy of an Inserting Path by Computed Tomographic Image Study and Clinica (PubMed)
Why a Catheter Can Be Correctly Placed in the Anterior Horn of Lateral Ventricle by Inserting Perpendicular to the Frontal Bone on the Ventricular Drainage? Demonstration of the Accuracy of an Inserting Path by Computed Tomographic Image Study and Clinica Why a catheter can be correctly placed in the ventricle by inserting perpendicular to the frontal bone on the ventricular drainage? We performed a study on the accuracy of a path perpendicular to the skull surface into the anterior horn using (...) hydrocephalic patients (158 surgeries). We discovered that the curved surface of the frontal bone around Kocher's point represents the surface of a globe (mean radius, 75.9 ± 4.3 mm) centering on the foramen of Monro. The distribution of points ranged from 13.5-43.5 mm (mean, 43.5 ± 6.1 mm) to the midline, with points appearing more laterally as ventricular size increased. A catheter was placed in the ventricle in 148 surgeries (99.4%), and the catheter reached the ventricle with correct orientation toward
2017 Neurologia medico-chirurgica
13. Knee Frontal-Plane Biomechanics in Adults With or Without Bone Marrow Edema-Like Lesions After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (PubMed)
Knee Frontal-Plane Biomechanics in Adults With or Without Bone Marrow Edema-Like Lesions After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Lateral subchondral bone bruises (BBs) occur frequently with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. These BBs are associated with pain during weight bearing, leading individuals to increase medial tibiofemoral loading to alleviate pain laterally. Increased medial tibiofemoral loading may precipitate the development or progression of posttraumatic osteoarthritis (...) ) and ACL + BB (frequency = 3.58 ± 2.81, severity = 4.08 ± 3.20; both P < .001) groups than in the control group (frequency = 0.00 ± 0.00, severity = 0.00 ± 0.00). Knee function was greater in the control group (100.00 ± 0.00) than in the ACL-injury (59.35 ± 17.31; P < .001) and ACL + BB (46.46 ± 25.85; P < .001) groups. The ACL + BB groups did not walk with a greater external KAM than the ACL-injury or control groups. Thus, lateral tibiofemoral BB did not influence knee frontal-plane loading after ACL
2017 Journal of athletic training
14. Polyostotic craniofacial fibrous dysplasia with bizarre radiologic finding: Mandible, anterior skull base, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bones involvement (PubMed)
Polyostotic craniofacial fibrous dysplasia with bizarre radiologic finding: Mandible, anterior skull base, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bones involvement 28840064 2018 11 13 2229-5097 8 2017 Surgical neurology international Surg Neurol Int Polyostotic craniofacial fibrous dysplasia with bizarre radiologic finding: Mandible, anterior skull base, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bones involvement. 160 10.4103/sni.sni_87_17 Tabibkhooei Alireza A Department of Neurosurgery
2017 Surgical neurology international
15. Reconstruction of the skull inverting the deformed surface of the bone after exeresis of a frontal arachnoid cyst (PubMed)
Reconstruction of the skull inverting the deformed surface of the bone after exeresis of a frontal arachnoid cyst Intracranial arachnoid cysts need to be operated on when they are causing symptoms and aesthetic problems. The aim of this case report was to describe a new method of reconstructing the skull by eliminating a left frontal bone deformity by turning the inside out and the outside inward, which provided good aesthetics and protected the region of surgical interest after the removal (...) of an arachnoid cyst of the left frontal lobe.
2017 Autopsy & Case Reports
16. Mice lacking the conserved transcription factor Grainyhead-like 3 (Grhl3) display increased apposition of the frontal and parietal bones during embryonic development (PubMed)
Mice lacking the conserved transcription factor Grainyhead-like 3 (Grhl3) display increased apposition of the frontal and parietal bones during embryonic development Increased apposition of the frontal and parietal bones of the skull during embryogenesis may be a risk factor for the subsequent development of premature skull fusion, or craniosynostosis. Human craniosynostosis is a prevalent, and often serious embryological and neonatal pathology. Other than known mutations in a small number (...) morphology and size in adult animals lacking one Grhl3 allele (heterozygous; Grhl3 +/- ), which are viable and fertile. We found that these adult mice also present with a smaller cranial cavity, suggestive of post-natal haploinsufficiency in the context of cranial development.Our findings show that our Grhl3 mice present with increased apposition of the frontal and parietal bones, suggesting that Grhl3 may be involved in the developmental pathogenesis of craniosynostosis.
2016 BMC developmental biology
17. Frontal Bone Window in ICUF (FBW-ICU)
Frontal Bone Window in ICUF (FBW-ICU) Frontal Bone Window in ICUF (FBW-ICU) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum number of saved studies (100). Please remove one or more studies before adding more. Frontal Bone Window in ICUF (FBW-ICU) (FBW-ICU) The safety and scientific validity (...) on the anterior cerebral arteries (ACA). The frontal bone window (FBW) is a promising approach in evaluating flows in the ACA. However, the utility of the FBW for patients with acute brain injury (ABI) in ICU has not been yet determined. The goal of the present study is to determine the rate of detection of the ACA by using the FBW in patients with ABI in ICU. Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase Acute Brain Injury Other: Transcranial doppler examination Not Applicable Study Design Go to Layout
18. Novel use of an ultrasonic bone aspirator for extended endoscopic frontal sinusotomy: A feasibility study. (PubMed)
Novel use of an ultrasonic bone aspirator for extended endoscopic frontal sinusotomy: A feasibility study. Extended endoscopic frontal sinusotomy is often required for surgical management of anterior skull base pathology. Such approaches are necessary for access to pathology and maintenance of postoperative frontal sinus outflow tract drainage. Cold steel instrumentation and endoscopic high-speed microdrills are typically used for bony removal during extended frontal sinus approaches (...) but are associated with certain drawbacks, such as thermal injury and obscuration of the surgical field with bone dust.We investigated the ultrasonic bone aspirator (UBA) as an adjunctive tool for extended endoscopic frontal sinusotomy in the setting of skull base surgery.Medical records of patients who underwent either Draf IIB or Draf III sinusotomies from 2011 to 2014 were reviewed. The patients were split into two cohorts based on instrumentation: those who received sinusotomy primarily with the UBA
2016 American journal of rhinology & allergy
19. Frontal Bone Insufficiency in Gsk3β Mutant Mice (PubMed)
Frontal Bone Insufficiency in Gsk3β Mutant Mice The development of the mammalian skull is a complex process that requires multiple tissue interactions and a balance of growth and differentiation. Disrupting this balance can lead to changes in the shape and size of skull bones, which can have serious clinical implications. For example, insufficient ossification of the bony elements leads to enlarged anterior fontanelles and reduced mechanical protection of the brain. In this report, we find (...) that loss of Gsk3β leads to a fully penetrant reduction of frontal bone size and subsequent enlarged frontal fontanelle. In the absence of Gsk3β the frontal bone primordium undergoes increased cell death and reduced proliferation with a concomitant increase in Fgfr2-IIIc and Twist1 expression. This leads to a smaller condensation and premature differentiation. This phenotype appears to be Wnt-independent and is not rescued by decreasing the genetic dose of β-catenin/Ctnnb1. Taken together, our work
20. A rare localization of pure dermoid cyst in the frontal bone (PubMed)
A rare localization of pure dermoid cyst in the frontal bone We report the case of an 84-year-old woman who came to our attention with right palpebral edema associated with pain in the omolateral fronto-orbital region. The patient underwent an MRI scan that revealed a rounded, extracerebral intradiploic cystic lesion with dyshomogeneous signal intensity. Computed tomography (CT) imaging was also performed with reformatted 3D reconstruction. Post-surgical histologic analysis confirmed
2016 The neuroradiology journal
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ACME® Markets Joins Network to Promote Affordable Healthier Choices to Shoppers
Malvern, PA (February 12, 2019) – ACME Markets announced today that they now accept programs from the S3™ Solution Suite, including Healthy Savings® and Healthy Benefits Plus™. Members of these programs in the Northeast can use their benefits at all participating ACME locations.
Healthy Savings grants discounts on healthier food choices, while Healthy Benefits Plus provides benefits to spend on over-the-counter (OTC) medications. The programs are unique in that all discounts are instant at retail checkout with the single scan of a program app or card. Programs are sponsored by participating health plans and individual employers.
“ACME is proud to partner with these high value programs” said Jim Perkins, President of ACME Markets. “We aim to offer our customers healthier lifestyle options, and these proven programs improve the affordability of healthier foods as well as over-the-counter medications.”
ACME is the second Albertsons Companies’ division to join the network, preceded by Jewel-Osco. ACME has 169 store locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and Connecticut. S3 programs are now accepted at each store location, providing instant savings to members with the single scan of their card or mobile app at checkout.
“Healthy Savings and Healthy Benefits Plus are designed to improve health, providing instant discounts at no cost to the consumer,” said Chad Kelly, Chief Marketing Officer of Solutran, the company behind the S3 Solution Suite. “We are delighted to welcome ACME to our growing network, allowing greater accessibility to all members near their locations.”
Healthy Savings and Healthy Benefits Plus are a part of the S3 Solution Suite, a product of Minnesota-based electronic payments company Solutran, Inc.
About Solutran
Solutran, Inc. is a leading national payments solutions company, offering state-of-the-art technology to government programs (WIC and SNAP), merchants, brands, health insurers, employers and nonprofits for over 30 years. With more than 82 million transactions processed, we’ve established a long-standing reputation for excellence in customer service through delivering best in class solutions. Solutran deployed its S3™ Directed Spend platform with the nation’s largest retailer and leading health plan in 2018. Learn more about the Solutran Solution Suite and its latest innovations at Solutran.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
ACME Markets Inc. began in 1891 when two friends, Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford, opened a small neighborhood grocery store in South Philadelphia, emphasizing quality products, low prices, and friendly service. Over 128 years later, ACME remains dedicated to providing a high-quality grocery experience that our customers have come to expect. Today, ACME operates 169 stores, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York and Connecticut, employing more than 18,000 associates. The company and its associates remain committed to the communities they serve. For more information, visit www.acmemarkets.com.
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Adorable baby with amazing hair becomes Pantene hair model
Social media star Baby Chanco has a full head of hair and a Pantene modeling contract to prove it.
Baby Chanco, who went viral for amazing hair, is Pantene model
Jan. 10, 201900:51
July 25, 2018, 1:29 PM UTC / Updated Jan. 9, 2019, 9:17 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
There's a rising star on social media who's giving her followers a major case of hair envy, and if you want to know her secret, it's simple.
She was born with it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj3PIIqAmR6
The 1-year-old, who goes by the name Baby Chanco on her "hair diary" Instagram page, doesn't simply have a fuller head of hair than the average wee one. She has more hair than many adults.
Baby Chanco was recently revealed to be the newest (and youngest) Pantene hair model, appearing in an ad alongside Japanese television announcer Sato Kondo, who has beautiful gray hair. In an interview with People, Yoshiaki Okura, P&G Japan hair care associate brand director, said the company approached Chanco's mother because the toddler's "personality and special character matches (the) image for women (Pantene) wants to support."
"We feel (Chanco’s) beautiful hair has strong power," Okura said in the interview. "And we also support her mother’s positiveness to post wonderful moments with Chanco."
Chanco also appears in an adorable digital movie from Pantene, titled "The Hairy Tale," which is all about celebrating differences.
And it's not just the length of her locks that's so impressive — it's the volume!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlRQJA6nwAw
To fully grasp how bountiful her all-natural bouffant really is, just take a look at Baby Chanco getting the salon treatment in this clip:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Blj9DsDnTIG
Yes, she already has enough hair to spare some for the sake of a stylish new 'do.
Chanco was born in Japan in December 2017, and during her brief time on social media (and on earth), she's already amassed more than 300,000 Instagram followers who admire her mop top.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlHYlEXnruQ
Though her mane is undeniably impressive, Chanco isn't the first baby we've seen with a stellar head of hair.
This adorable baby has a crazy thick head of hair!
It may not be the most common occurrence, but every now and then, a shaggy star is born.
Meet little Junior, aka 'Baby Bear,' the baby with the world's greatest hair
Oct. 6, 201600:53
And we just love every hair on their heads!
Editor's note: This story was originally published on July 25, 2018, and has been updated.
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Tiffani Thiessen's mom looks exactly like her in throwback pic
Like mother, like daughter!
April 25, 2019, 7:38 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
Nobody ever has to question who Tiffani Thiessen's mom is!
How do we know? Because thanks to a throwback picture the former "Saved by the Bell" actress posted Thursday of her mother, Robyn, we're able to see that they look exactly alike!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsLMLBJaAM
"Today is my beautiful mother’s birthday!" Thiessen, 45, wrote on Instagram. "It’s hard to express in words how much this amazing woman means to me. She has been my everything. What she has taught me thru example is what has shaped me to be the person I am today. And it’s also what is helping to shape my two children."
We're always taken aback when celebs look so much like their parents. During a recent photo shoot for Vogue, Reese Witherspoon showed off how three generations of her family (her mom, herself and her daughter, Ava) all carry the same sweet faces.
And Christie Brinkley and her daughter Sailor both have the same model-perfect looks.
Thiessen and her mom are practically twins!NBC/Facebook
That doesn't even include all of the babies who resemble celebrities ranging from Ed Sheeran to John Legend. And let's not forget TODAY's celebration of National Doppelganger Week earlier this year!
Here's hoping Robyn has a glorious birthday with all of her family members, whether they look alike or not!
'Saved by the Bell' stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen stop by TODAY in 1993
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17" LCD Part V: Four Panels Compared
by Vincent Alzieu November 5, 2003 at 7:00 PM
Page 1:Introduction
Page 2:Hyundai Q17 Explanations
Page 3:The Tests
Page 4:The Principle
Page 5:ISO 13406-2, A Much More Up-to-date Standard
Page 6:Any Old Stuff (II): RT Between Colors
Page 7:Problem No. 1: How To Display Color 250
Page 8:Hercules ProphetView 920 Pro DVI
Page 9:Colors
Page 10:GTA: Vice City
Page 11:NEC LCD71VM
Page 12:Colors
Page 13:Nec LCD71VM And Games
Page 14:Samsung SyncMaster 172X
Page 16:Samsung SyncMaster 172X: Games
Page 17:ViewSonic VP171b
Page 19:Unreal
Hyundai Q17 Explanations
The previous comparative testing performed on 17" LCD panels covered the first generation of panels that were geared toward gamers. The six monitors tested were: the Hyundai Q17, the Iiyama AS4314UTG, the LG L1710B, the NEC LCD1701, the Proview PS-776D, the Solarism LM-1730 and the ViewSonic VG170m. The winner was the Hyundai monitor, the Q17, for its excellent ratio between ergonomics and value for the money. Unfortunately, serious availability problems then emerged.
However, we then discovered in our LCD Test IV, in fact, that Hyundai had built the Iiyama panel. So naturally, we suggested to Hyundai that it should include one of its monitors, based on the same panel, in the next comparative test we performed. As was the case for the other brands, we contacted its US and European offices to check the price and availability of the product on both sides of the Atlantic.
Getting no reply from the US, we went back to Europe where we were told that the US office was very small and was directly under the control of the European office. We were also told that the price of the monitor in the United States was $379 and that, yes, it sure was available. The comparative test was published, translated into various languages, and of course, many readers wanted to buy it.
A few weeks later, we discovered that, unfortunately, Hyundai US had reduced its ranges and that the Q17, in the version we tested, DVI + analog, had been dropped on the excuse that American customers would have rejected the screen, because it was more expensive than the purely analog version. All that remained in the U.S. catalog were the regular analog versions of the monitor, that are sometimes known as Q17, and sometimes as Q17A, Q17B (= Q17A in the silver case), or Q17S (Q17 with silver case) and an L70S. While this other 17" LCD screen was denoted by a speed of 16 ms, the panel, according to Hyundai, was actually the same as the one used in the Q17. The price of these monitors ranged from $345 through $409, so this was more or less in the price of the Q17s tested (quoted at $379), yet no DVI interface was supplied with them.
In fact, at least one store continued to sell the Q17 we tested. Dog-Bytes and was still selling it at $419, and we indicated that fact both via email and on our US forum, to any readers who wanted to know.
Faced with the insistence of users, Hyundai US, which some time in August had become a sales organization that was no longer a subsidiary of the European operation, but was directly answerable to Korea, finally decided to reintroduce the Q17, DVI + analog, into the American market, and withdraw the Q17A. That's how certain stores, including Outpost , were able to start offering them again since the summer. The only hiccup is the price, which is quite a lot higher than the one that was originally given to us - $479.
There's been another change. Due to financial constraints, the L70S switched to an AU Optronics panel some time in August. In December, the L70S will adopt a Samsung panel.
Now, back to the testing!
The Tests
The Principle
ISO 13406-2, A Much More Up-to-date Standard
Any Old Stuff (II): RT Between Colors
Problem No. 1: How To Display Color 250
Hercules ProphetView 920 Pro DVI
NEC LCD71VM
Nec LCD71VM And Games
Samsung SyncMaster 172X
Samsung SyncMaster 172X: Games
ViewSonic VP171b
Vincent Alzieu
Annual Review: Six Gamepads
Addonics announces 16-in-1 MFR
Optical Mice: Microsoft and Logitech
Latest in Peripherals
by THG Reporting Team Oct 22, 2003, 3:30 PM
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Tsha Tsha
Genres: Drama, Education
Tsha Tsha is a South African educational youth drama series produced by Curious Pictures and CADRE (Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation) which follows the lives of young people in the fictional rural Eastern Cape town of Lubusi, as they negotiate the big issues of life – love, sex and relationships.
It is broadcast in Xhosa, with English subtitles.
The series originally aired in South Africa on SABC1 from 11 April 2003 to 27 October 2006. There are 78 half-hour episodes in four seasons. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 2 originally aired on SABC1 from 9 January to 2 April, 2004, on Fridays at 20h30. New episodes broadcast weekly.
The season repeated on SABC1 from 5 May to 28 July, 2008, on Mondays at 20h30. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are 13 episodes in the second season.
How Season 1 ended: Tsha Tsha 1 ended with many things up in the air. Uncle Mike has been shot, and we don’t know if he will survive. Andile’s mom has died and Boniswa’s son Joy has come to live with her.
It seems like Viwe and Andile might finally admit their feelings for one another and Boniswa and DJ might actually have a successful relationship.
But things are never simple. Tsha Tsha 2 kicks off with the arrival of two new people in town who ensure that life in Lubusi will never be the same again.
Mandisa is a beautiful talented Latin American dancer from East London who seems to have designs on Andile. For Viwe, still battling to come to terms with her HIV positive status, it feels like the end of her world.
But as it turns out, Mandisa has her eye on someone else - with surprising results.
On the other end of the spectrum, Mike’s son Cedric gets out of prison and threatens the entire town.
Tsha Tsha was produced for SABC Education by the Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) and Curious Pictures. It was funded by USAID through Johns Hopkins University Health Communications Partnership, which also provided funding support for research on the series.
Harriet Gavshon and David Jammy from Curious Pictures and Warren Parker from CADRE were the Executive Producers of Tsha Tsha.
All the principal actors grew up in the Eastern Cape and are familiar with the language and texture of a small town. Producer Lumko Dukashe and many of the crew are also from the Eastern Cape, and kept a watching brief on authenticity and the use of language.
Tsha Tsha had numerous directors, including Tim Greene, Shaft Moropane, Rolie Nikiwe and Catherine Stewart. Director of Photography on Tsha Tsha was Mike Downie.
Series exclusive to SABC1. Rebroadcast dates included.
Season 1 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 11 April 2003 | Finale: 4 July 2003 | Fridays, 20h30
Premiere: 2 September 2003 | Finale: 25 November 2003 | Tuesdays, 20h30
Premiere: 9 January 2004 | Finale: 2 April 2004 | Fridays, 20h30
Premiere: 5 May 2008 | Finale: 28 July 2008 | Mondays, 20h30
Premiere: 20 October 2004 | Finale: 13 April 2005 | Wednesdays, 20h30
Premiere: 5 May 2006 | Finale: 27 October 2006 | Fridays, 20h30
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Andile
Zolani Mahola
Boniswa
Siphiwe Mtshali
Noxee Maqashalala
Viwe
Pumzile Mlungwana
Lazola
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Little Stout Woman
Allen Booi
Zukisa Matola
Felicia Mahambehlala
Sis Wawi
Mpho Makoko
Nkululeko Kaptein
Luzuko Nkqeto
Dorcas Maphakela
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Andy Napier Footsteps
In an effort to help Christian believers in India grow in their faith, TWR helps establish "listening groups" where small numbers of believers meet around a radio or audio player and study God's Word together. Basically, we're talking about small discipleship groups. According to George Philip, the CEO of TWR-India, not only does TWR want these believers to fellowship and study the Bible with one another, they want these groups to multiply. As TWR-India comes alongside these growing disciples and equips them, they are then encouraged to form new small groups and disciple an ever-increasing number of new believers.
Francis Chan, in his book, Multiply, describes this concept: "Paul saw the church as a community of redeemed people in which each person is actively involved in doing the work of ministry. The pastor is not the minister--at least not in the way we typically think of a minister. The pastor is the equipper, and every member of the church is a minister."(1) Francis Chan's description certainly fits the model that TWR is using in India because these small groups have no pastor. All they have is a media device and each other. Therefore, in the most basic way, TWR-India is equipping these Christian disciples to become disciple-makers themselves.
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(1) Francis Chan and Mark Beuving, Multiply (Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2012), 34.
Andy Napier
Andy Napier is the host and producer of TWR’s 2-minute daily feature called “Footsteps.” Previously, Andy served for 24 years with WMBW (Moody Radio Chattanooga, Tennessee) in several capacities including Program Director and Host of the Morning Program. Andy and his wife, Kathy, along with their two boys, Sam (13) and John Edward (10), made the move to North Carolina in October of 2013 to serve as missionaries with TWR.
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Ipswich Town 1 v 1 Sheffield United
SkyBet League One
Saturday, 22nd December 2018 Kick-off 15:00
We’re Not Far Away From Being a Great Side, But We’re Not Quite There - Notes for Blades
Friday, 21st Dec 2018 11:16 by HarryFromBath
HarryFromBath assesses the mood in the opposition camp ahead of Saturday’s game at Portman Road by delving into their forums.
“Don’t let the fact that we have been in the top six all season fool any of you”, “We’re a very good Championship side and have good foundations to move forward, but we’re not good enough now to challenge the best sides in the league”, “Top six would be miraculous, top half is just about realistic.”
The Blades may be sitting in fifth place in the table but most fans don’t think they will be there at the end of the season. Last Friday night’s home defeat to West Brom repeated a pattern of coming up short against the strongest teams in the league, and followed recent losses to Leeds and Forest.
“We are still playing well. It’s good football and mostly decent to watch, but we continually come up short when it counts”, “We’re a good side but not a great one, and we are not a team that believes it can beat the better teams or get promoted”, “We’re great to watch but are not quite good enough.”
“It seems apparent that unless there’s an injection of quality in January we will struggle for a top-10 finish, let alone the play-offs”, “The January window will be the defining point of the season. Address the issues and we will be thereabouts for the play-offs. Otherwise it will be a season of ‘what-ifs’.”
“Our matches against the better teams in the division seem to follow a pattern”, “We pick up points against teams with poor form or confidence but when we meet a good team that wants to win, we will lose. We always do”, “It feels like the peak of the Wilder era when it could have been the start.”
“When we don’t go up and Wilder has gone, I would like to be the first on this forum to thank the owners for the ‘great job’ they’re doing at the Lane”, “People who are saying ‘but we’re fifth’ need to stop and listen very carefully to his interviews. He knows we’re not strong enough to stay there.”
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder
“Never a top-six squad, but certainly a top-six manager.” Blades have great faith in their 51-year-old boss who took charge in May 2016 and steered his boyhood club to promotion after six years in League One. This was followed by a solid 10th place in their first season back in the Championship.
“Wilder can’t keep turning water into wine with a bottom-end budget.” Fans see the club as being at a crossroads and are urging the club’s owners to back their manager given the risk of losing him. “He is a heart-on-the-sleeve manager, 100 per cent a Blade and one of our own, but I can see him going.”
“Is it a case of Wilder lacking resources or not knowing how to crack beating the top sides? I’m going with the former at present but the latter is a possibility.” A minority have questioned the high-tempo brand of football the team against stronger opponents which has seen the side struggle with fatigue.
The majority of Blades wouldn’t want to see a change of approach. “You can count on one hand the times we have tried to contain teams under Wilder”, “He has brought the supporters back and given us brilliant football to watch”, “He doesn’t want us to play patient football and that won’t change.”
Passing, Pressing and Pushing Forward
“We play a fast-paced passing style which is a lot more exciting but we need to do better in the final third”, “It’s great to watch the first-time passing and movement, but it lacks any dynamism because we overdo the possession. The really good teams find their feet and work us out after 30 minutes.”
“We don’t have the best players or the best quality but you can’t question the team’s effort. We all know we are not far away from being a very good side.” There’s wide agreement that players with proven top-flight experience are essential for them to break through the Championship glass ceiling.
“We are so massively lacking in pace”, “We desperately need pace in midfield and up front as we can be so pedestrian”, “We win the ball on the break and are easily caught up by retreating defenders”, “We don’t have the pace to stretch teams so we can’t exploit it when their defence play a high line.”
HendersonBashamEganO'ConnellBaldockNorwoodFleckStevensDuffyMcGoldrickSharp
The starting XI (above) for last week’s West Brom game was set out in Wilder’s preferred 3-4-1-2 shape. Mark Duffy acts as chief playmaker behind the two strikers, but the side gains vital additional width and momentum from the driving forward runs of defenders Chris Basham and Jack O’Connell.
“With our style of play we will always be vulnerable to conceding goals. I have no problem with this as it’s great to watch and will never be boring”, “When we are at our best, we overload the attack with numbers but we will always be vulnerable to a side who will break at pace. It’s a trade-off.”
Keeper Dean Henderson is praised for his acrobatic shot-stopping and is a safe pair of hands in his first Championship season. Basham and O’Connell are also solid defenders while John Egan is seen as a traditional stopper. Richard Stearman is a good footballer and leader who can cover in defence.
“Our wing-backs can’t take a man on one-to-one and cross the ball, so they need extra support to be able to get a crossing opportunity”, “When the wing-backs get to the byline and decide to pass back instead of whipping in a quick cross, it gives teams time to set up and defend on the front foot.”
George Baldock is both viewed as more defensively-minded wing-back on the right in contrast to the more attacking but defensively Kieron Freeman. Enda Stevens on the opposite flank is praised for his consistency but many fans fear that his left-footedness means that defenders can contain him easily.
“The midfield is stationary. Oliver Norwood and Paul Coutts are too similar. You don’t need central midfielders sitting deep when chasing a game”, “Our ponderous midfielders are all too happy to play safe meaningless ball sideways and backwards”, “We walk the ball around at a pedestrian pace.”
John Fleck has provided energy and impetus to United’s midfield, but his poor form has left Wilder with no choice but partner the more patient Norwood and Coutts in the centre. The bigger worry for Blades is the lack of an alternative for the creativity of Mark Duffy who will often drift in a free role.
“Some of our play in the final third is slow and dull. We don’t move the ball quickly enough around the box to pull defenders out of position”, “We get to the byline and don’t cross the ball. We get into shooting range and don’t shoot. We get the ball forward well but pass it to death in the final third.”
David McGoldrick is seen as a possible replacement for Duffy in the deep creative role. He is praised for his vision and footballing brain, but lacks the finishing of Billy Sharp or Leon Clarke’s strength and ability to lead the line. Conor Washington has pace but his poor finishing has been heavily criticised.
“The players are burned-out. The full-on pressing football takes its toll”, “We bossed Derby, Forest and West Brom off the park for an hour and then we seemed to run out of ideas”, “As the second half wore on against Leeds, our quality in the final third decreased because of the players tiredness.”
“’Sheffield United go out all guns blazing but fail to score early and thus lose momentum.’ Anyone is free to cut and paste this report for forthcoming games.” Wilder changed tack in the recent win over Reading by starting quietly and upping the pace after the break, but the pattern of fatigue is a worry.
Wilder’s Plan B
With so many games in a short time-span over Christmas, Wilder may play the starting XI (below) on Saturday which began against Reading two weeks ago. Playing the less technical John Lundstram in midfield and the pacier Conor Washington in attack saw the Blades play a much more direct game.
HendersonBashamEganO'ConnellBaldockNorwoodFleckStevensLundstramMcGoldrickWashington
Duffy replaced Lundstram at half-time while Sharp came on for Washington on the hour mark. This return to their Plan A line-up and playing style allowed them to take the game to Reading with their two most threatening players fully fresh. Sharp scored the first of their two late goals in a 2-0 win.
Sheffield United 1 – 2 West Brom
“That was predictable”, “A team that can play very well but also be totally woeful in the same match cannot possibly go up”, “In the first half we played fantastically well. West Brom scored against the run of play and in the second half we were a League Two side against a Premier League side.”
United went ahead on 12 minutes via McGoldrick's neat finish before Gareth Barry equalised with the visitors' first real chance of the game on 41. Harvey Barnes set up the winner for West Brom on 76 with a clever backheel that left-back Kieran Gibbs drilled in from 10 yards after an incisive move.
“We had West Brom on the run for the first 30 minutes. If we knew how to pass in the 18-yard box we would been leading by a big margin at half-time”, “Faffing about cost is at both ends”, “The gulf in class showed tonight. Look at 38-year-old Gareth Barry schooling us. “There’s a long way to go.”
Reading 0 – 2 Sheffield United
“A great result from a poor performance”, “We tried to play direct counter-attacking football in the first half and it backfired, even though we had good chances”, “It was a bit of a drab performance”, “Thank God we showed up in the second half. The first half was as boring a game as I have seen.”
“Duffy came on for the second half and we took control of the game.” Sharp opened the scoring for United on 83 from Chris Basham's cross, a goal which reflected the visitors’ second-half dominance. Three minutes later they scored again when a corner ricocheted in off Reading striker Sam Baldock.
“The first half was one of the dullest Blades games I can remember. In the second half it was back to the good old Sheffield United. Duffy was running the show even if the final ball wasn’t always quite good enough”, “Reading had a lot of pace and power but no heart and nobody taking responsibility.”
Sheffield United 0 – 1 Leeds
“That was frustrating as hell”, “A poor game with not much between the sides, but a mistake won it for Leeds” “It’s really hard to take that. Leeds worked hard but didn’t deserve to win”, “Both teams cancelled each other out but if we want to get in the top places, we really have to grasp the nettle.”
Leeds won a tight game after Pablo Hernandez capitalised on a defensive blunder on 82 minutes. Blades keeper Henderson chased John Egan's overhit back pass to avoid conceding a corner but he miscued his pass straight to Leeds winger Jack Clarke, who squared for Hernandez to tap in a winner.
“We were okay generally, but we then dropped a clanger when it looked a certain nil-nil”, “Bielsa clogged up the wide areas so that we couldn’t overload and run beyond them. It stifled our favourite trick”, “They pressed us very high so that none of our defenders could get up the pitch and overlap.”
The starting XI (above) was the same as the one which started last Friday against West Brom. Many Blades felt that Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa’s tactics nullified their threat. “With the man-marking job Leeds did on Duffy and they way they pressed our defenders they really got it spot on tactically.”
Goalkeepers and Central Defenders
“Dean Henderson is a wonderful keeper and a talent we can only dream of signing permanently.” The 21-year-old Manchester United loanee “can be a bit theatrical with some of his saves but he is a real showman”, “He’s a very agile keeper who makes saves he has no right to claim in all reality.”
“Henderson made a real howler to gift Leeds their winner but we must make allowance for his age”, “He needs to work on claiming crosses and dominating his area, but he’s a proper shot-stopper who gets the crowd going because his saves look fantastic. He’s a keeper who genuinely loves playing.”
“Richard Stearman is a good footballing centre-back and he’s definitely a leader.” The 31-year-old former Fulham man played on loan at Town in 2013. “He’s a reliable Championship defender who has rarely let us down. He’s an excellent footballer gives it everything when he is given a chance.”
“Stearman looks a bit lightweight as a central defender but he’s good in the air and on the ball”, “We look a more solid backline when he’s in the middle of the three”, “He is more comfortable than John Egan and makes simple effective passes, but Egan is commanding in the air and physically stronger.”
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Reading) v Richard Stearman
“John Egan is a safety-first defender who clears his lines.” The 26-year-old July arrival from Brentford “has settled into the middle of the defence well. He’s a proper warrior who reads the game well and is brave. He has had the majority of taller strikers in his pocket but struggles against quick forwards.”
“Egan is a good stopper but he’s negative and too fond of rolling a five-yard pass back or sideways”, “He’s good, but makes questionable decisions on the ball and gets turned by clever strikers”, “Teams know he’s a technical weak link in possession. Good strikers press him and knock him off balance.”
“Jack O’Connell is a steady defender and one of our better players.” The 24-year-old ex-Brentford man “defends well and comes out with the ball when he has it, using neat skill to helps move the ball forward”, “His marauding play has been more reserved, he’s playing fewer killer balls into the box.”
“O’Connell is a centre-half who overlaps, beats his man and whips quality balls into the box. If that doesn’t sum up our current team, I don’t know what does”, “His defensive heading is fine but last season we benefitted more from him getting forward and being an attacking threat at set-pieces.”
Chris Basham
“Chris Basham is all-action and athletic, making tackles, blocks and getting up and down.” The 30-year-old former Blackpool man “drives us forward, wins every 50/50 and is all over the pitch making clearances, tackles and attacking. When he gets in attacking positions he can panic and plays it safe.”
Basham shoots for Sheffield United
“Basham puts his body on the line every time”, “Sometimes he can be a bomb-scare, then at other times we see Bashambauer”, “He bombs forward far more than O’Connell and his energy levels have been infectious. Defensively he’s a work in progress bit he’s very consistent and is an unsung hero.”
Wing-Backs and Wide Players
“Marvin Johnson is the best pretend professional footballer I have ever seen.” The 28-year-old is on a season-long loan from Boro. “He is glaringly poor, getting a rolling of the eyes and a general groan when he comes on”, “He’s so poor with the ball that I find it hard to say anything good about him.”
“Honestly, what has happened to Kieron Freeman?” The 26-year-old former Derby man “is currently suffering from a major dip in form. It’s baffling because he’s capable of so much more”, “His passing has been atrocious in recent months and we all know that he struggles and makes errors defending.”
“Freeman needed a rest as he wasn’t defending crosses or shots on our right side and it was costing us goals”, “His forward play isn’t half bad and he is very skilful in the final third. He was a breath of fresh air cutting inside and setting up goals. but his habit of letting players go past him is shocking.”
Andreas Weimann (Derby County) v George Baldock
“George Baldock has been pretty invisible since coming back but he has not cost us a goal per game like Freeman has.” The 23-year-old ex-Milton Keynes man “isn’t a bad player but he’s a full-back in a wing-back role”, “He lacks the drive or the attacking threat he had last season and he doesn’t cross.”
“Baldock has a bit of pace, a few tricks and he can keep a shot down but he just doesn’t cross. If he put in a few crosses from the spaces he gets into, we would score more often”, “He’s a good player who is solid defensively but is lacking in several ways going forward. It’s a drawback in our system.”
Enda Stevens
“Stevens has been one of our better players sticking to his defensive tasks. He gets forward when he can and is involved in lots of good moves. His crossing is not great and he needs to work in this as he gets into good areas but pulls back weak, soft crosses. His touch, runs and interceptions are good.”
Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) v Enda Stevens
The 28-year-old ex-Portsmouth left-back “has the technique but doesn’t see the right ball needed”, “His inability to use his right foot is laughable. It makes it so easy for defenders and halves his threat in attack”, “He has the physicality to be up and down all game but seems unsure about what to do.”
Central Midfielders
“John Lundstram stops the opposition scything through our midfield.” The 24-year-old ex-Oxford man “is not good enough in comparison with out other midfielders. Even against a moderate side like Reading earlier this month he still looked one division below what we need in a midfielder.”
John Lundstram
“Lundstram’s physical style is a good foil for weaker opponents. He’s not good enough for a side looking to win, but is okay for a side playing not to lose”, “I have a soft spot for him after he put Jack Grealish six-foot under last September. I hope he grows more and becomes a real midfield general.”
“Paul Coutts is clearly not match fit and it is affecting his confidence.” The 30-year-old former Derby player was out for nearly a year after sustaining a broken leg at Burton in November 2017. “It’s hard when someone comes back from a long mid-season lay-off and he’s still a bit off the pace and slow.”
“Coutts can put his foot on the ball, calm it down and influence or dictate the tempo of a game”, “He can still cast a nice pass but so can my Subbuteo players and neither can run”, “Mobility was never a strong suit with him, and he can’t play alongside Norwood as they end up cancelling each other out.”
“Oliver Norwood is superb at opening a game up with lots of pinging passes and clever touches.” The 27-year-old is on loan from Brighton with the move becoming permanent in January. “He adds a real creative element to our side. He can control the game and is at the heart of everything we’re up to.”
“Norwood helps us tick play over when we control the game. He can be nonchalant in possession and is extremely ineffective when he is pressed”, “He clearly isn’t a big tackler and needs someone to do the ugly stuff beside him”. “We need pace in the team to benefit from his long-range passing.”
“John Fleck has had four or five decent games this season but has been poor overall.” The 27-year-old former Coventry player “rarely makes his trademark runs forward. He looks sluggish and is not assisting goals”, “He has been poor for a while. He needs a rest, or rather we need a rest from him.”
“Fleck makes driving runs and links up play well. He bites into tackles and will burst forward with or without the ball. We need his drive as we have nobody similar to him”, “He has been combative in the past, but this is a part of his game which seems to have deserted him with so many off-days.”
Mark Duffy
“Duffy is a real threat when he gets on the ball and roams around the final third, getting into some great central and wide areas.” The 33-year-old ex-Birmingham winger now has a free role in behind the two strikers. “We need him in those areas and pockets where he creates and makes chances.”
Mark Duffy v Jack Grealish (Aston Villa)
“Duffy admits he has never had pace and it’s not something he relies on”, “The midfield never looks right without him, you don’t know where the creativity will come from”, “He gets us 15 yards further up the pitch”, “Leeds man-marked him out of the game from the kick-off following him everywhere.”
“Leon Clarke can still do a job for us and score goals no-one else is capable of.” The 33-year-old one-time Wolves man has struggled with a hip injury but may be in the squad for Saturday’s game. “He’s a clever footballer with pace, power, ingenuity, the ability to force his way into a space and shoot.”
Leon Clarke
“Clarke played the best football of his career in the first half of last season but his form dipped as the season progressed”, “His wider work is undervalued. He wins headers which we don’t without him and he can put the ball on a plate in the box. He can head the ball down to others or else hold it up.”
“Conor Washington is a good option to stretch teams at the back.” The 26-year-old ex-QPR striker “comes on to add some much-needed pace but ends up playing too deep”, “He offers an ‘in-behind’ option but doesn’t seem to be able to finish his dinner”, “He’s nowhere near the standard we need.”
“Washington is unique. I have never seen a player try so hard to get a touch of the ball only to fail time and time again”, “He can come on and cause a bit of mayhem, but he needs to show is that he knows where the goal is”, “He has the pace to push defences back and relieve pressure later on.”
“McGoldrick has a great touch, he rarely loses the ball and his weight of pass is always perfect.” The 31-year-old left Town this summer and signed for the Blades as a free agent in July. “His awareness, skill and ability to play for the team is outstanding, especially when dropping deep outside the box.”
“McGoldrick is a better footballer than Martyn Waghorn but Waghorn is able to score more goals”, “His poor finishing is bizarre as he is such a class player, but he’s a different player in the box to out of it”, “I swear blind that every time he has an attempt on goal, he aims it straight at the keeper.”
“If McGoldrick had pace he would be a regular in the top flight”, “He isn’t the greatest at winning the physical contests, but he has a nice touch and a football brain. He needs some urgency in his game in front of goal”, “My Ipswich friend said that he just won’t last the season and will pick up an injury.”
Billy Sharp
“Billy is a master at losing his marker in the box.” The 32-year-old is on his third spell at Bramall Lane after arriving from Leeds in 2015. “A poacher extraordinaire, he doesn’t need chances at times”, “His movement is clever, peeling away from defenders to find time and space to hammer the ball home.”
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)
“Someone has to put the ball in the net which means for now it’s Sharp plus one”, “His all-round play is first class. He harries, chases and shields the ball well against some big lads”, “His ridiculous work-rate and instinctive finishing are great to watch, but he lacks pace to beat anyone in a straight race.”
Blades’ Views on ITFC and the Game
“Ipswich are currently rock-bottom of the Championship with just two wins out of 22 games. They recorded only their second win last Saturday with a 1-0 home win against Wigan. ‘New manager bounce’? Whatever, but anything less than three points for the Blades would just be unacceptable.”
“We haven't got a great record down there with only four league wins. Hopefully our form against lower teams this season will see us through.” Blades have had little to say about Saturday’s game, but the wide expectation is that they will continue their habit of picking up results against strugglers.
“Without Martyn Waghorn’s 16 league goals last season, it’s no surprise that Ipswich are struggling to score. They have managed a mere 18 goals in 22 games with only Bolton (15 in 22) having a poorer return. Freddie Sears remains a dangerous player and one we must keep an eye on.”
“I’m looking forward to this one”, “A good away day involves a decent stadium not too far from the centre of town, relatively friendly locals and plod and a pub full of Blades fans having a laugh, a few drinks and a singsong. Ipswich has all of those, although it's a nightmare to get to from Sheffield.”
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ArnieM added 12:58 - Dec 21
Last line....” Ipswich is a nightmare to get to from Sheffield”...really?
Last time I looked it was M1, A14 dual carriage way all the way.!!
If, however they are really referring to the distance, approx 175 each way. Well, welcome to the world of the Ipswich Town supporter - and we attend ALL our away games in our droves!
itfchorry added 16:43 - Dec 21
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NHS Heroes Risk Own Lives In Manchester Terror Attack Aftermath
By : George Pavlou On : 23 May 2017 09:08
The Manchester terror attack has already claimed the lives of 22 people and around 60 more people have been seriously injured following the explosion at the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena.
The moment I heard the explosion from my flat just two streets away I looked at my phone, realised what was going on and had an impulse to head down and help whoever I could and in whatever way I could.
When I arrived at Victoria Station minutes later, there were people strewn out on the floor receiving medical aid. Others were on their phones screeching with fear to loved ones, letting them know they were OK. Even more were simply stood in shock at what had just happened.
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Despite early reports the explosion was a speaker malfunction, it was clear that was not true.
Among the chaos and the fear, there was a sense of calm about the place and that was simply down to the emergency services who had raced to the scene in just a few moments.
As people ran from the site covered in blood or shrieking at what they’d just witnessed and been a part of, it was the ambulance workers, the paramedics and the police men and women who ran towards potential danger to help stricken civilians.
In a daze I stood idly by, trying to do my bit but truthfully I was merely watching in awe as the emergency services did what they were trained to do with a fearlessness and efficiency rarely seen in any other line of work.
Sirens blared across the city, helicopters flew overhead, walkie-talkies were constantly turning on and off as more information was relayed to the countless officers at the scene. All the while, every man and woman in the emergency services knew what they needed to do.
Without their quick-thinking and impulse to go towards danger while telling others to clear the area for their own safety was probably the reason the death toll is no higher than 22 at this stage.
While politicians bicker daily at how best to run the NHS and how many policemen and women should be on our streets, it was quite something to watch them work under the greatest of stress.
It’s at desperate times like this where we should all be grateful the men and women in the emergency services are as good at their jobs as they are.
Last night was a horror story I hope I never have the misfortune of witnessing first-hand ever again. Without the incredible bravery of the emergency services, it could have been so much worse.
Manchester is a city and a community that historically is very hard to divide and nights like last night will only bring people closer together.
Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by the atrocity.
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Taking the idea of ‘being woke’ to a whole new level over a decade-long career in sport, court and online news, George has worked for titles and agencies including ESPN FC, Eurosport, LADbible and Court News UK. He may not have a degree but does have an unhealthy obsession with Lord of the Rings.
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WikiLeaks: A Twist on Old Methods for a New Breach
Eva Hanscom
Last week, WikiLeaks released thousands of documents that allegedly exposed the hacking tools the CIA used to bypass encryption methods. Security experts are still reeling from these revelations. But one question remains: how could such a vast amount of confidential information be leaked without the spy agency noticing?
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the FBI officials currently investigating the leak have identified independent contractors as the potential sources. If this is true, the perpetrators likely followed the same discloser methods of another former contractor: Edward Snowden.
How secure are your independent contractors?
In November 2013, Venafi issued analysis that indicated Edward Snowden used the NSA's own cryptographic keys and digital certificates to steal the agency's classified data. Roughly two years after our announcement, a leaked NSA memo confirmed that a highly privileged digital certificate was used in the compromise. Unfortunately, the latest leak from the CIA indicates we still misusing the power of keys, certificates and encryption.
“Every organization’s security posture is heavily influenced by their partners, and this is especially true for the Federal government,” says Kevin Bocek, Venafi VP of security strategy. “We saw with Edward Snowden how the use of encryption and digital certificates was turned against the NSA.”
Encryption is a powerful instrument when used properly, however, bad actors and agencies can use the tool maliciously. We expose ourselves to great risks when we utilize formidable security tools without support or awareness. As Bocek explains,
“The government is pushing to encrypt everything and authenticate every machine. However, there was no guidance given on how to protect this incredibly powerful technology that is still today classified as a munition.”
As we learn more about the exposure and methods of the CIA’s hacking tools, we must continue to strengthen our keys and certificates in positive ways. At the end of the day, encryption must not be broken or exposed, but reinforced and protected.
“Encouraging the use of powerful technology like encryption without guidance is akin to offering up F-16s with no training. Because there is no oversight focused on how encryption is secured, it’s entirely likely that we’ll see more government agency breaches like this one in the future,” concludes Bocek.
Do you have stronger key and certificate security than the CIA?
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In this major two-part BBC documentary series, beloved actor David Suchet, best known for his role as Detective Hercule Poirot on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery, goes on a compelling journey in search of Simon bar Jonah, better known as St. Peter.
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The fiery monk whose 95 Theses sparked the Reformation. In a world ruled by the church, all it took was one little nail, one well-written scroll, and one sharp-tongued monk to turn everything upside-down! Martin Luther didn’t mean to spark the Reformation with his 95 Theses, but his realization that salvation comes through faith and not works ignited the revolution that changed the world.
Tortured For Christ
Filmed entirely in Romania, including in the very prison where Pastor Wurmbrand endured torture and solitary confinement, this powerful film uniquely presents the story with live action rather than interviews.
Bonhoeffer - Agent of Grace - .MP4 Digital Download
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The heroic Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who rebelled against the evil of Nazi Germany and vehemently opposed Hitler during World War 2, could have kept his peace and saved his life on several occasions but instead paid the ultimate price for his convictions.
C.H. Spurgeon: The People's Preacher - .MP4 Digital Download
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This powerful, inspirational production faithfully recreates the times of C.H. Spurgeon and brings the “People’s Preacher” to life as it follows Spurgeon's trials and triumphs with great accuracy.
Storm and Luther's Forbidden Letter - .MP4 Digital Download
When his father is arrested for printing a forbidden letter written by controversial reformer Martin Luther, 12-year-old Storm escapes with the original. On the run from authorities, Storm finds unexpected help from Maria, a young girl who lives in the city’s underground tunnels. In a race against time, Storm tries to save his father from execution and get the letter into safe hands. But whom can he trust? What starts out as a fearful flight becomes a bold fight for freedom.
Tortured For Christ - .MP4 Digital Download
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This Changed Everything - Special Two-Disc Set
Running Time: 180 min
This Changed Everything: 500 Years of the Reformation celebrates the fruits of the Reformation while exploring difficult questions about the cost of division: Could schism have been avoided? Is there hope for reunification? What did Jesus really mean when He prayed for His followers to be "one"?
Hiding Place, The
Running Time: 2 hrs 25 min
In wartime Holland, Corrie ten Boom and her family of watchmakers quietly sheltered Jews in their small house—until Nazis discovered the "hiding place" and arrested them all. This is the gripping, true story of Corrie and her sister's endurance in the horrors of the Ravensbruck death camp, and their sure hope that God is the true hiding place.Starring, Julie Harris and Jeannette Clift.
Torchlighters: Samuel Morris Story
The African youth who inspired a generation. Young Prince Kaboo knows his fate is sealed. Since his father can no longer meet his captors' ransom demands, Kaboo is to be tortured until death. But a bigger plan is about to unfold!
500: The Impact of the Reformation Today
A lone monk’s actions 500 years ago continue to have a great impact. In “500: The Impact of the Reformation Today,” renowned Luther scholars from around the world reveal how the Reformation surrounds us more than we realize through religion, politics, and our society. This thought-provoking documentary was four years in the making, with portions shot on location throughout Germany where the actual Reformation events occurred.
A History of Christian Worship: Part 4, The Music
The fourth in the History of Christian Worship series, The Music explores how liturgy and music have enriched the celebration of God’s story throughout centuries of Christianity
A History of Christian Worship: Part 1, The Word
A History of Christian Worship: Ancient Ways, Future Paths is a six-part series that explores centuries of worship practices, as seen through the eyes of Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches. From scripture, sermons and creeds to baptism and the Eucharist, from art and music to drama and media, from prayer and contemplation to service and ministry, viewers will discover the significant people and events that have shaped history and learn how modern worship practices are rooted in the earliest foundations of the Christian faith.
A History of Christian Worship: Part 2, The Body
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A History of Christian Worship: Part 3, The Feast
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A History of Christian Worship: Part 5, The Expression
The fifth in the History of Christian Worship series, The Expression explores how visual art, drama and media have been used in various times and places in Christian worship for the creative expression of the faith.
A History of Christian Worship: Part 6, The Embrace
Running Time: 56 Mins.
For generations the name Albert Schweitzer has been synonymous with hands-on compassion and the power of Christ-like sacrifice. Now director Gavin Miller presents a landmark drama about the legendary Christian medical missionary.
Apostles' Creed - Abridged Version
Running Time: 2 hrs
The Apostles' Creed is a living link that takes us over centuries to the Early Church. It's a bond that unites believers today from diverse cultures and traditions. It's a concise summary of Biblical faith taught to new believers in the Early Church prior to their being baptized.
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The Voice that enlightened
January 28, 2019 • Resources, Tourism – Hajj and Umrah • No Comments
This forms part of a series written by Dr Salim Parker, the hajj doctor. More stories can be found on his blog site hajjdoctor.co.za
‘I really wish you were on Hajj with us,’ I said. There were certain constants in our lives on Arafat, Mina and Makkah that, if not present, led to a sense of incompleteness. Perhaps we were not aware of some uniqueness and only realise its value when it’s not there. ‘Insha-Allah, make Duaa that I will be there next year,’ he would respond. I as a rule believe that I am not irreplaceable; that if one day I cannot accompany pilgrims on the ultimate journey in the life of a Muslim there would be someone much more competent to be honoured with the privilege.
However, there are some whose influence and Allah bestowed gifts are so unique that there their absence will be permanently evident. He was one of those irreplaceable influences in all spheres amongst the Muslims of Cape Town and beyond. I reminisced about the effect he had during Hajj.
Most of the Hujjaaj went to sleep after the early morning Fajr prayers. It was the second day of Tashreeq, the second day of pelting when we were all going to cast pebbles at the effigy of Shaitan in order to reject his attempts to lure us away from the commandments of Allah. We were going to follow in the footsteps of our forefather Nabi Ibrahim. The Hujjaaj were tired, a number of them had just finished their compulsory tawaf and struggled their way from Makkah to our tents in Mina. Arafat was a few days gone already but it was blazing in our hearts, minds and souls. In one corner a voice could be heard reciting. It was soft, so as not to disturb those in desperate need of a few winks. It was melodious, so it soothed the mind. It was inspiring so that many sat up and listened. And it was inviting, so that by the time he reached the third well known surah, virtually everyone was reciting along. Sheigh Fuaad Isaacs was at home and his voice was at ease in the valley of Mina, just as it was on the plains of Arafat.
When he started reciting Surah Al’ Ala, the sound reflected the radiance in his voice. There was the evident love for the words of our Creator the Most High that stirred all of us to listen, to wish that it will not stop and want us to find out more. Unknowing to him someone switched on the sound system and this stirred many in the surrounding tents to realise that there was blessings and rewards in listening to the wonderful words of the Glorious Quran recited by an absolutely perfect practitioner of the gifted art. The flaps of the tent we occupied kept opening as more and more pilgrims from adjacent tents entered and soon everyone was sitting up and listening. The passages between the tents were lined with those who could not enter, and many braved the already blazing sun as they stood and listened intently. He did not merely recite, he had the uncanny ability to touch your inner deeper being.
A week earlier this unbelievably gifted person was still carrying bags for Hujjaaj from one building to another. He slaved away for hours with the manual duties, then in the hotel corridors explained some of the finer details about the rites of Hajj to an enquiring pilgrim and followed this by escorting an elderly gentleman to a shop for where a sought after present was to be sourced. Thereafter he sat down and recited from the Quran with a few youngsters, a promised that he kept. He sprained his back, but this did not deter him from continuing in his multiple and diverse roles. He was refused to take an injection for the pain, and whether he was just scared or intolerant of it led to much teasing from my part. Whom he was very evidently intolerant of were those who abused their parents, spouses, children and the downtrodden. He would merely verbalise his thoughts when witnessing oppression and his known martial arts training and immense physical presence equipped him to be such an imposing figure that issues could speedily be resolved.
The pilgrims in the group would clamour to perform Tawaaf or in a group led by him. He would teach easily and would always emphasise that Tawaaf and Hajj was an immensely personal experience. He used to remind us that our Beloved Prophet (SAW), though He clearly made many Duaas when performing Tawaaf, only one was documented in the Hadiths. He thus urged all to pray whatever is in their hearts and not solely rely on him to take the lead. During the Sa’ee he would lead the group, assist in pushing the elderly in their wheelchairs, and encourage the fostering of bonds between all.
Arafat was special as he made the closing Duaa, his voice the apex of an emotionally charged day. Yes
Arafat is between Allah and all of his subjects individually. However certain duaas, rendered by the most melodious of voices, soothing in its tone and yet startling in its clarity and power of reach, paves the way for ease of communication with our Creator. His Duaas touched the essence of our souls, reminding us of our beloved parents irrespective of whether they were at their physical or recalled abodes, and asking for our blessings to be extended to all those who merely dream of one day touching the soil of Arafat. Many of the group waited for at sunset him when he announced that he would walk to Musdalifah and from there the Mina and they duly set off with him leading with ‘Labaik!’ He was fit, knew the area like the palm of his hand and shepherded his group with he utmost ease.
The world is poorer without him. We heard him raise his voice when necessary when he admonished an abuser. However, the vast majority would remember him expanding the words of the Quran into the rhythmic and melodious wonder of Allah’s revelations. At his Janazah I overheard someone fondly recalling him reciting at the name giving ceremony of a baby. Another spoke of listening to him at a Nikah, still another mentioned that he recited at a Janazah. His presence was heard, seen and felt across the full spectrum of life.
Someone mentioned that if we go for Hajj again we should play a recording of his Quranic recitation. Many of us would not need to do that. If we are ever gifted another occasion to stand on the plains of Arafat, all we need to do is to would be to close our eyes and stretch our hands towards the heavens. The words of the Quran through his voice will forever be echoing for us there, reminding us that someone of his calibre comes once in a lifetime and we should cherish what he enriched our world with.
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Men as sweet as chocolate
A new range of cupcakes features muscular male torsos made of chocolate – what more could a girl want?
Written by Davina Hamilton
IT'S RAINING MEN: Akinsanya’s torso cupcake, and below inset, milk chocolate and white chocolate torsos
LADIES, IF you’ve been looking for a dark, muscle-bound man, who’s as sweet as chocolate, look no further.
This beefy fella won’t bore you with football talk or leave his dirty socks lying on the bedroom floor. And best of all, he is quite literally good enough to eat.
The ‘he’ in question isn’t a living fella, but a sexy male torso made entirely of chocolate. The buff body adorns a tasty vanilla or chocolate cupcake, which comes complete with a range of frostings, from mango buttercream to champagne.
The product of cake company Delights By Cynthia, the cupcakes have, unsurprisingly, been proving a hit amongst customers.
Company owner Cynthia Akinsanya reveals the inspiration behind her latest creations.
“I think it was lovingly looking at Idris Elba for far too long…but don’t tell my husband,” laughs the baking businesswoman. “But the male torso, when it’s kept in good shape, can be an amazing form of art and inspiration.”
INSPIRED BY IDRIS: Company owner Cynthia Akinsanya
“When I initially did them, I imagined them being ideal for a girls’ night out, to have with a cocktail. But some of my gay friends love them too, so they’re not just for women. So far, people have ordered a pack of six, while others have ordered just the one for themselves. So they’re doing well so far.”
Akinsanya admits that her torso cupcakes aren’t entirely unique in concept. However, she says that part of her inspiration was the result of not seeing any ‘black’ torsos adorning cakes.
“I’m not the first person in the world to do this, but I haven’t seen anyone do any chocolate torsos before,” she says. “That’s why I thought it would be very nice to go ahead and do them.
“I was also very tempted to use tiny gold and silver baubles to make some of the torsos look like they had piercings. But I was told that might be a bit too edgy! But you never know – watch this space!”
Also providing cakes topped with fairer-skinned torsos, how does Akinsanya go about creating that flesh-tone?
“It’s modelling chocolate,” she explains. “So it’s basically white chocolate with a tint.”
Having discovered her love of baking as a child, Akinsanya decided to turn her passion into a business, launching Delights By Cynthia in 2005. The company has since been growing “slowly and steadily,” which the mother-of-two believes is the best way for a business to develop.
However, with an ever-growing demand for her services, the London-based baker and cake designer says she may need to think about expanding her business very soon.
“At the moment, it’s just me,” says Akinsanya, who provides cakes, mini-cakes and cupcakes for all occasions. “In a way I prefer that because I’m a bit of a perfectionist. I want to be happy with every cake that goes out the door, so at the moment I do it all myself.
“But I’m getting to the point where I will need help, particularly with the admin side, as I’m more of a creative person.”
Well, if and when Akinsaya decides to hang up her apron, she already has a potential successor in the form of her eldest daughter. With two girls aged eight and three, she admits that her business is already a bit of a family affair.
“My oldest daughter says she wants to take over the business one day. And my younger daughter enjoys eating my cakes, so I guess she’s like quality control!”
And what does Akinsanya’s husband make of her torso cupcakes?
“When I started doing them, he wondered if he was the inspiration,” she laughs. “He is a health freak and he does look after his body, so I guess there was some inspiration there!”
For more information visit www.delightsbycynthia.com
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Whats the play? with Anthony 'Play' Douglas
This week, Mr. Play heads to Atlanta with Charlie Sloth and meets up with Dallas Austin, plus more
Written by Anthony ‘Play’ Douglas
WORLDWIDE: Mr. Play and Charlie Sloth in Atlanta
THIS WEEK, I'm reporting live from my 2nd home... Atlanta. I'm over here with my boy BBC DJ Charlie Sloth putting in some major work building and bridging the gap between the US and the UK.
The UK scene and the scene here in Atlanta is very similar and there are even some parallels. Whilst we're here, we've been catching up with legends in the scene as well as the next generation.
Mr. Play and Charlie Sloth
It's Charlie's first time in Atlanta, and as you can see from the smile on his face... he's loving it and it won't be his last time. Charlie and I both share the same vision when it comes to creating a bridge that artists from the UK and US can use to merge the cultures. I'll do a piece on Charlie Sloth later on in the year.
It's always love when I get here, a special shout out to my DDB family (Herve and Dee) who always look after me when I touch down in the "A". I've also connected with a lot of my DJ & promoter friends and a lot of artists and producers too.
INSPIRATION: Dallas Austin
I had the pleasure of meeting multi-award winning producer Dallas Austin, who's worked with the likes of Madonna, Boyz II Men and Pink among others. He also owns a studio & nightclub in London called Tape London and is the inspiration to A LOT of producers around the world both old and new.
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Meet the Hi-Fi specialists dedicated to bringing true sound to Volvo Cars.
1966 was quite a year for music. The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan all released groundbreaking albums that completely transformed the cultural landscape. But while Lennon and McCartney and their contemporaries were busy reinventing the way music was made, a classical music enthusiast called John Bowers was focusing his attention and expertise on reinventing the way we listened to it.
The search for ‘true sound’
A small TV repair shop in the sleepy English county of West Sussex may not seem the most likely setting for a musical revolution, but it was here that John Bowers first began designing and building the loudspeaker that would later become the speaker of choice for serious audiophiles all over the world. After discovering the stereo recordings of his favourite classical pieces rarely recreated the thrill and vibrancy of a live performance, Bowers set himself the task of designing a loudspeaker that would enable the listener to experience music in a way that was pure, satisfying and as faithful to the artists’ original intentions as possible. Bowers called this ‘true sound.’ Now, fifty years on, wherever a premium audio experience is paramount, you’ll find the ‘true sound’ of Bowers & Wilkins – whether it’s the world-famous Abbey Road studios, the Primavera Sound Festival or the latest Volvo cars.
A collaboration in perfect harmony
Volvo Cars and Bowers & Wilkins have a lot in common. Both companies share a proud pioneering heritage as well as a passion for engineering excellence and an obsessive attention to detail. But most importantly, both companies design everything around a desire to meet the needs of people. So, when it came to creating the premium sound system for the new 90 series Volvo cars, naturally, Bowers & Wilkins’ expert engineers and designers were involved from day one.
It was a collaboration that worked in perfect harmony and the result was an exceptional listening experience that effortlessly combined superior sound with stunning Scandinavian design. Now, creating great sound in a room in a house or studio is one thing, creating consistently great sound in a moving car is an entirely different matter. Cars vibrate, they are exposed to an infinite range of ambient sounds and they offer limited space to work with. But Volvo Cars rose to the challenge and, together with Bowers & Wilkins, turned the constraints of the cabin and its unique acoustics to their advantage, creating an unparalleled listening experience that perfectly suits the unique cabin environment of each individual Volvo car.
Quality not just quantity
The key to successfully recreating the signature Bowers & Wilkins sound in a Volvo lies in the meticulous tuning and unique placement of the speakers. Tuning the sound system in a car is an art form that requires hours of listening, a lot of patience and more than a few pairs of expert ears. So you can imagine the amount of time, effort and expertise that went into tuning and positioning the 19 premium speakers that are integrated into the new 90 series. Built using only the finest materials and the finest loudspeaker technology, each speaker occupies a unique position in the car to help achieve optimal sound quality. These speaker positions are worked on for years in advance of production and five decades of audio expertise and countless computer simulations are utilised to help find the perfect audio sweet spot. However, once the sweet spot has been located, the fixed nature of the cabin allows the engineers to achieve extremely accurate levels of tuning.
Of the 19 speakers onboard, one in particular stands out. Tweeter-on-Top is a feature found in Bowers & Wilkins most advanced Hi-Fi speakers and has never before been used in a car’s audio system. Strategically centred on the dashboard, the exposed Tweeter-on-Top speaker points back into the cabin rather than upwards towards the windscreen. This helps minimise acoustic reflection from the windscreen and removes almost any interference. This ensures a superior level of sound that is more detailed, pure and authentic – especially when it comes to reproducing vocals.
Sound shaped for perfection
As well as the Tweeter-on-Top technology, the new 90 series sound system includes one of Bowers & Wilkins most well-known innovations – Kevlar® speaker cones. Made from the same material used in body armour, Kevlar® speaker cones are particularly effective in cars as they feature unique break-up characteristics that help prevent distortion and improve off-axis performance, i.e. sound that doesn’t travel directly from the speaker to the listener’s ear. As well as the conical Kevlar®, the system also features spiralling diffusion channels that reduce echoes to a minimum. These spiralling channels were inspired by another of Bowers & Wilkins legendary innovations, the Nautilus speaker. Based on a brief given by John Bowers to his engineers just before his death, the Nautilus speaker was the iconic result of a five-year research and development project whose aim was to create a loudspeaker that was as close to perfection as possible – regardless of cost. Twenty years later, there is still nothing that looks or sounds like the Nautilus.
Another element of the speakers’ design that helps contribute to the crystal clear sound is the high-quality stainless steel speaker mesh. As well as being extremely stylish, the solid properties of the stainless steel help reduce vibrations and interference, while the holes in the mesh are precision etched to help deliver just the right levels of acoustic transparency. This is achieved by placing the largest holes at the centre of the cone and allowing them to get gradually smaller as they move outwards.
As a final touch, and to ensure that the distinctive ‘true sound’ of Bowers & Wilkins is in place, each car’s audio system is calibrated by the same engineers who calibrate the Bowers & Wilkins home speaker systems. Once the system has been calibrated and the sound given the thumbs up, then it’s time to roll – or rock depending on your musical preference.
Fifty years at the forefront
After fifty years of uncompromising audio innovation, Bowers & Wilkins are still following their own unique path and staying true to John Bower’s sound set of principles. It’s this dedication to developing groundbreaking new technologies combined with a complete disregard for fashion or current trends that has enabled the company to remain at the forefront of audio exploration for as long as it has. With their desire for innovation, appreciation of genuine craftsmanship and unwavering belief that form should follow function, Bowers & Wilkins fit perfectly with Volvo Cars’ Scandinavian design philosophy. Not only that, they embody the same adventurous spirit. Volvo Cars and Bowers & Wilkins. Two pioneers bound by sound.
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New approaches to persistent problems in Australia's schools
Schools and their communities need better information about what works, policies that help schools collaborate with other organisations, and a greater emphasis on the early years of learning if Australia is to accelerate improvements in school quality and equity, according to a forum report released by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University today.
New approaches to persistent problems in Australia’s schools, outlines the key themes and discussions that emerged during a Mitchell Institute policy forum held last November and attended by almost 100 of Australia’s leading education and policy experts.
Speaking on the release of the report, Mitchell Institute Director of Education Policy, Dr Sara Glover, said the forum came about because many educators, policy makers and leaders expressed concern about the lack of progress in student achievement, and the persistent gap between students from low and high socio-economic backgrounds, and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.
"Many of us are deeply concerned that in a wealthy country like Australia, there are too many children who are still entering school at a significant disadvantage; they're starting behind and staying behind," Dr Glover said.
"By the time students reach year 9, nearly a quarter of them are at or below the national minimum standard in reading. This doesn't equip them well for further education, training or work and it carries serious social, health and economic consequences for the individual, the community and the country," she said.
Dr Glover says New approaches to persistent problems in Australia’s schools, acknowledges the genuine opportunity that current school reforms offer to deliver real improvements for all students but looks specifically at new approaches that could be most effective in achieving rapid change.
"The report puts forward four propositions that are necessary to accelerate locally-led improvements to student learning," she said. "Without these, what is being referred to as 'school autonomy' remains a hit and miss policy."
"First, we need to have clear goals for schooling and measure what matters. For us to have meaningful debate about what type of teaching and learning we need in Australian schools, we have to be absolutely clear about what we are trying to achieve with education."
"Second, we need to shift the investment ratio towards the early years of schooling by supporting schools to allocate resources where they are most effective. Many students continue through primary school and into secondary level without the basics, and research has shown that ‘front-loading’ in the early years delivers far greater returns in the later years."
"Third, some school communities are collaborating with other sectors, including business and not-for-profits, to deliver innovative and successful solutions for young people; this means schools are not alone in trying to deal with deep disadvantage or disengagement. We need policies that allow more schools to adopt these types of collaborative models so this becomes widespread across the whole system.”
"And finally, schools and communities need better access to real time, relevant data so they can consistently track student progress, evaluate programs, and improve strategies,” Dr Glover said.
New approaches to persistent problems in Australia’s schools, Mitchell Institute Forum report No. 01/2014. Authors: Sara Glover, Bronwyn Hinz, Mailie Ross
New approaches to persistent problems, Mitchell Institute Background paper No. 01/2014. Author: Mailie Ross
Mitchell Institute website.
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close reads Dec. 3, 2018
The Hidden Meaning Behind My Brilliant Friend’s Neapolitan Dialect
By Justin Davidson
Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco in My Brilliant Friend. Photo: Courtesy of HBO
Italy is a 19th-century invention unified by an official language that, until the 20th century, most Italians didn’t speak. Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend, the first of the four volumes of her Neopolitan Novels, takes place on the outskirts of Naples, in a neighborhood isolated by dialect as well as by poverty. Ferrante avoids transcribing the speech patterns of the street, writing out everything in proper Italian and inserting a clause to specify whether the speaker is using Neapolitan dialect or not. This saves the reader from having to struggle through laboriously rendered, potentially offensive slang à la Huckleberry Finn, and it also makes it impossible to forget how far the narrator, Elena Greco, has traveled, from her days as a postwar urchin to the heights of literary respectability.
In the HBO adaptation of My Brilliant Friend, director Saverio Costanzo addresses the problem in a completely different fashion: by casting local kids, filming in Neapolitan, and providing Italian subtitles that viewers can fool themselves into thinking they could really do without. Elena’s trajectory is the story of a woman changing her speech, and with it the trammels of class, family, brutality, and loyalty. Costanzo sets the parameters in the opening scene, set in the present, when an iPhone buzzes on Elena’s bedside table. Sleepy and startled, she answers in educated Italian, with a hyper-proper “Pronto?” At the other end of the line is a young voice from her old life; the son of her childhood friend informs her in thick Neapolitan that Lila has disappeared: “Mammà ‘nzè tròve cchiù.” She understands, but her peers wouldn’t, not without subtitles.
There is a difference between Italian spoken with a Naples accent — a cadence rich in diphthongs, gaping vowels, and mushy sh sounds — and actual Neapolitan, which is impenetrable to an outsider from, say, even a few dozen miles away. Every Italian knows a few, mockable phrases: guagliò for “dude,” vabbuò instead of va bene (“all right”) or boh, che ne saccio in place of non lo so (“I don’t know”). Movies and television, which have to balance regional authenticity and mass appeal, have created a kind of Italo-neapolitan hybrid, colorful but comprehensible. In the 1980s, the comedian Massimo Troisi helped make his native dialect safe for national consumption, but he was careful to stay within the lines of intelligibility. The dialect continues to be a source of merriment and pride: Last month, when the Naples-born TV personality Stefano De Martino taught his son a few useful phrases, the 30-second final exam became a viral sensation.
Costanzo, though, is after something much more textured and profound than authenticity or local color: He uses gradations of dialect to delineate class, reveal the characters’ psychology, and propel the plot. After that middle-of-the-night phone call, the story winds back to the 1950s, when the only neighborhood presences who speak true Italian are teachers and librarians. But among the proletariat, too, even the toughest forms of dialect bend to circumstance. In the first episode, a poor carpenter confronts Stefano Carracci, the son of the gangster who evicted him, and the scene plays out in tight, bitter Neapolitan:
By episode four, Stefano, now an affluent young shopkeeper, invites the neighbors over for New Year’s Eve and offers a toast in Italian that belies the meagerness of his education. He is conciliatory, generous, and brimming with ambition. He is the new Italian man.
The degree of dialect denotes more than social class; it also hints at the speaker’s loyalties. A local crime boss swears by family and speaks the local lingo. An aspiring scholar speaks Italian, has thoughts on national politics, and can’t wait to escape the grasping, provincial South. After World War II, Italy had to form itself anew, stitching together disparate cultures into a rickety idea of nationhood. Compulsory military service helped. So did television and the schools. But it was the burgeoning economy that did the most to tie together the fortunes of citizens who might otherwise have had nothing to do with each other. Stefano Carracci understands that there’s money to be made and customers to be wooed beyond the few blocks he calls home, and he is ready to speak their language. Still, the Italian project took time and in the 1950s, it was still far from complete.
Many Italian viewers of My Brilliant Friend will recognize the interplay of nationhood and language from a scene in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s classic novel The Leopard, set in Sicily in 1860 but written in the 1950s, just when the teenage Elena is struggling with her Latin declensions. In The Leopard, an aging prince who is contemplating the birth of modern Italy pays a visit to the Bourbon king in Naples. Though the nobleman addresses his sovereign in immaculate Italian, Francis II greets him in chewy Neapolitan. The moment is both comic and pointed: The monarch comes from a Spanish dynasty and rules a major chunk of the Mediterranean, but he’s no global figure, or even a national one. He’s a local kid, as provincial in his worldview as the fruit-seller outside his palace.
In Ferrante’s world, a similar set of tensions — between the block and the nation, between family and education, the gun and the mind — play out in the subtleties of speech. When Lila’s parents decide to yank the girl out of school and put her to work, her older brother Rino (already a dropout) defends her right to an education — in blistering, inimitable dialect. The irony is deliberate: He uses Neapolitan to try to push her out of the family’s Neapolitan-speaking orbit.
Even as a young girl, Elena learns to code switch. She slips in and out of the neighborhood’s argot, especially when she’s talking to Lila. As long as the topic is confined to parents, boys, or menstruation, Neapolitan is the language of choice. But when they compare notes on books, they slip into Italian. Costanzo has a careful ear, and he doesn’t miss a chance to make it clear that, for the older Elena, the one who answers the phone in the middle of the night and whose memories give this epic its structure and frame, Neapolitan is the language of the imprisoning neighborhood; Italian is the language of ideas, the imagination, and social mobility — in a word, the language of freedom.
There is a deeper, unstated irony here. The show, co-produced by an American company for a global audience, is being released into an Italy that seems to have forgotten its past. Today, a right-wing, immigrant-phobic, anti-EU government with Putinesque sympathies is pulling the nation away from a polyglot Europe and asserting an Italy First agenda. As the country turns inward again, it has little to show for decades of foreign language instruction. Italians theoretically study English in school, but their command of the language is among the worst in Europe. (Americans have nothing to feel superior about on that front, however: We barely even bother to master a foreign language in school.)
That’s tragic. English is to Italians today what Italian was to Neapolitans in the 1950s: the key to a more cosmopolitan future. And yet many of those who speak it best flee to find their futures abroad, leaving their monolingual homeland ever more insular. Language preservationists, and even UNESCO, rush to the rescue of fading dialects; fluency in Neapolitan remains a badge of honor. That’s wonderful, and it’s what made it possible to shoot My Brilliant Friend in the first place. But the older Elena who answers her phone in the opening scene lives in a different country, one that should be looking beyond its borders. Instead, it’s barricading itself ever more firmly into a large-scale version of Ferrante’s fictional neighborhood and doubling down on a language that few people beyond its borders speak or understand. Early on in My Brilliant Friend, Elena and Lila cement their friendship by raptly reading to each other from a translation of Little Women. Today, Italian children craving a world beyond the confines of their lives really ought to be reading such a book aloud to each other in the original.
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Update: Landlord hopes yet to hone city licensing policy
Wausau staff are processing applications now; deadline is Dec. 19
Update: Landlord hopes yet to hone city licensing policy Wausau staff are processing applications now; deadline is Dec. 19 Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/1CJExkK
Nora G. Hertel, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 1:49 p.m. CT Dec. 4, 2014 | Updated 3:44 p.m. CT Dec. 4, 2014
A Wausau apartment complex in a Daily Herald Media file photo from July 18, 2014.(Photo: Dan Young/Daily Herald Media)Buy Photo
WAUSAU — Local landlords' challenge of an ordinance requiring rental property licensing failed this week. But there may still be a way to address their needs and the city's, said Richard Holster, the owner and manager of several rental properties in Wausau.
Marathon County Circuit Court Judge Jill Falstad on Monday dismissed a legal challenge to the ordinance mounted by landlords, according to a press release from the city. The program calls for regular inspections of and licenses for rental properties and it was on hold as the court was considering its constitutionality.
"As a landlord, the decision was not unexpected," Holster said. "It's my hope that we can work with the Public Health & Safety Committee and the council to fine tune the way the ordinance is implemented."
The ordinance, which was passed in November 2013, is intended to protect tenant safety and reduce or prevent blight.
"I think rental licensing makes a lot of sense. It's maybe not a popular thing," said Mayor Jim Tipple. "At the end we'll have a better town and better residences."
Holster is also president of the Wausau Area Apartment Association, which brought the lawsuit along with BC II Properties, L&L Properties and Riverbend Development, according to the complaint and court records. It argued that the ordinance violated state law on when cities can require information of landlords as well as protections in U.S. Constitution on search and seizure.
"We were confident that the ordinance we crafted was legal," said Bill Hebert, Wausau's chief inspector and zoning administrator.
The city was already counting on about $130,000 this year from the program and has budgeted for it in next year's plan.
The ordinance was on hold since July but the city now will begin processing license applications and calling for all applications by Dec. 19. Those that don't make the deadline will owe a late fee of $100 on top of the $20 per-rental-unit fee.
Holster said the $20 fee is not too steep for property owners, but it would be difficult for landlords to attend or send a representative along with every inspection. Say someone owns 100 properties and the inspections each take an hour, that's two and a half weeks of work, with no guarantee that it would be spread out.
Mandatory inspections will take place every third year. Scheduling of the property inspections will begin in January. The city has about 6,800 rental units.
Another hurdle facing landlords, Holster said, may occur if the city requires upgrades on multiple properties at once. He said cash-strapped landlords could struggle to fix multiple issues on time.
"Hopefully there will be a level of understanding," Holster said. "On a personal level I have no issues with the Inspections Department."
Nora G. Hertel can be reached at 715-845-0665. Find her on Twitter as @nghertel.
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Teen on drugs grabs infant in car seat off shopping cart, slams him to ground
Updated: Wed 1:32 AM, Jun 12, 2019
EDMOND, Okla. (KOCO/CNN) - A 17-year-old faces several complaints after police say he slammed a 1-year-old boy in a car seat to the ground while allegedly high on laced marijuana.
Jenzen, 1, reportedly suffered abrasions to his neck and head but is doing OK. (Source: KOCO/Hearst/Edmond Police Department/Family photos/CNN)
Mother Dusti Counts was loading up her groceries the night of May 24 in a store parking lot in Edmond, Okla., as seen on surveillance video. Counts’ 1-year-old son Jenzen was strapped into a car seat that was resting on his mother’s cart.
Suddenly, a teenager walked up and slammed the baby carrier to the ground – with Jenzen still inside.
"He’s 1. He was screaming. Naturally, I got him out of the car seat as fast as I could to make sure if he had bumps or bruises or was bleeding,” Counts said.
Thankfully, the carrier protected the 1-year-old. He reportedly suffered abrasions to his neck and head but is doing OK.
Counts says she’s just glad her son happened to be strapped in.
"That kept him in there, fortunately,” she said.
Police found the 17-year-old suspect in a neighborhood near the store. His eyes were reportedly dilated and appeared very bloodshot and watery.
The teen allegedly made statements to police, telling them to “shoot him” and at one point, requested a knife, so he could “do it himself.” Paramedics responded and treated the suspect at the scene.
Police say after he was treated, the teenager apologized for kicking an officer during the altercation. He admitted that he had earlier smoked marijuana laced with either acid or phencyclidine a.k.a. PCP and was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
The 17-year-old faces complaints of aggravated assault and battery, assault on a police officer, indecent exposure, public intoxication and malicious injury or destruction of property.
Police hope to find whoever is dealing the laced drugs. They released video of the incident Tuesday, asking anyone who may have information about the distribution of the marijuana to come forward.
"We’re starting to see what we would call an increase, and we’re extremely concerned by that,” said Jenny Wagnon, public information officer for Edmond Police.
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WDEA Works raises funds to fight MS
FIFTY KILOMETRE FUNDRAISER GETS DON CLOSER TO RUSSIA
Fundraising plans are going gangbusters for Maryborough man Don Calder, with Bendigo runner Ryland Bell planning a 50-kilometre walk to help Don access treatment in Russia.
‘Walk for Don’ will take place at Bendigo gym Human Mechanics on March 8, with the public invited to come along to 41 Howard Street, Epsom and help Ryland achieve the massive milestone distance.
Although both men share debilitating health conditions and are both linked through WDEA Works – Don as an Employment Consultant at the Maryborough branch and Ryland as a client with the Bendigo branch – the pair will meet for the first time at the March 8 fundraiser.
Bendigo WDEA Works team leader, Kaitlin Smith, said the initiative was both heartfelt and inspiring.
“Ryland was keen to get behind Don’s project and we think it’s a great way to spread the word. There’ll be a free sausage sizzle, spare treadmills for members of the community to help clock up a few ‘kays’ and we’ll pass the hat around to hopefully raise money and get Don to Moscow for the stem cell transplant,” said Ms Smith.
“I’m blown away by Ryland’s generous offer. Despite his own health issues, he smashes out marathons and then sticks his hand up to help me out. Absolutely amazing,” said Don. He also thanked Human Mechanics for donating the venue and treadmills for the day, and said he and his four-year-old daughter Kenzie were delighted to see the fundraising target inching closer to the $100,000 goal.
If he meets the target, Don will travel to Moscow, Russia, to receive a new and promising treatment called Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. The costly procedure is not yet available in Australia; however, it shows strong results in stopping the progression and activity of MS.
If you can’t get to Human Mechanics on March 8, funds can also be donated through this link to the Go-Fund-Me platform.
For more information, please contact Laura Gramss – WDEA Works Warrnambool
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Lock In
Author: John Scalzi
Publisher: Tor, 2014
Series: Lock In: Book 1
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Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselvs "locked in"-fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus.
One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people "locked in"... including the President's wife and daughter.
Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. Nothing can restore the ability to control their own bodies to the locked in. But then two new technologies emerge. One is a virtual-reality environment, "The Agora," in which the locked-in can interact with other humans, both locked-in and not. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, meaning that from time to time, those who are locked in can "ride" these people and use their bodies as if they were their own.
This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. Nothing can go wrong. Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse....
My first day on the job coincided with the ?rst day of the Haden Walkout, and I'm not going to lie, that was some awkward timing. A feed of me walking into the FBI building got a fair amount of play on the Haden news sites and forums. This was not a thing I needed on my ?rst day.
Two things kept all of the Agora from falling down on my head in outrage. The ?rst was that not every Haden was down with the walkout to begin with. The ?rst day participation was spotty at best. The Agora was split into two very noisy warring camps between the walkout supporters and the Hadens who thought it was a pointless maneuver given that Abrams-Kettering had already been signed into law.
The second was that technically speaking the FBI is law enforcement, which quali?ed it as an essential service. So the number of Hadens calling me a scab was probably lower than it could have been.
Aside from the Agora outrage, my ?rst day was a lot of time in HR, ?lling out paperwork, getting my bene?ts and retirement plan explained to me in mind-numbing detail. Then I was assigned my weapon, software upgrades, and badge. Then I went home early because my new partner had to testify in a court case and wasn't going to be around for the rest of the day, and they didn't have anything else for me to do. I went home and didn't go into the Agora. I watched movies instead. Call me a coward if you like.
My second day on the job started with more blood than I would have expected.
I spotted my new partner as I walked up to the Watergate Hotel. She was standing a bit away from the lobby entrance, sucking on an electronic cigarette. As I got closer the chip in her badge started spilling her details into my ?eld of vision. It was the Bureau's way of letting its agents know who was who on the scene. My partner didn't have her glasses on so she wouldn't have had the same waterfall of detail on me scroll past her as I walked up. But then again, it was a pretty good chance she didn't need it. She spotted me just ?ne in any event.
"Agent Shane," said my new partner, to me. She held out her hand.
"Agent Vann," I said, taking the hand.
And then I waited to see what the next thing out of her mouth would be. It's always an interesting test to see what people do when they meet me, both because of who I am and because I'm Haden. One or the other usually gets commented on.
Vann didn't say anything else. She withdrew her hand and continued sucking on her stick of nicotine.
Well, all right then. It was up to me to get the conversation started.
So I nodded to the car that we were standing next to. Its roof had been crushed by a love seat.
"This ours?" I asked, nodding to the car, and the love seat.
"Tangentially," she said. "You recording?"
"I can if you want me to," I said. "Some people prefer me not to."
"I want you to," Vann said. "You're on the job. You should be recording."
"You got it," I said, and started recording. I started walking around the car, getting the thing from every angle. The safety glass in the car windows had shattered and a few nuggets had crumbled off. The car had diplomatic plates. I glanced over and about ten yards away a man was on his phone, yelling at someone in what appeared to be Armenian. I was tempted to translate the yelling.
Vann watched me as I did it, still not saying anything.
When I was done I looked up and saw a hole in the side of the hotel, seven ?oors up. "That where the love seat came from?" I asked.
"That's probably a good guess," Vann said. She took the cigarette out of her mouth and slid it into her suit jacket.
"We going up there?"
"I was waiting on you," Vann said.
"Sorry," I said, and looked up again. "Metro police there already?"
Vann nodded. "Picked up the call from their network. Their alleged perp is an Integrator, which puts it into our territory."
"Have you told that to the police yet?" I asked.
"I was waiting on you," Vann repeated.
"Sorry," I said again. Vann motioned with her head, toward the lobby.
We went inside and took the elevator to the seventh ?oor, from which the love seat had been ?ung. Vann pinned her FBI badge to her lapel. I slotted mine into my chest display.
The elevator doors opened up and a uniformed cop was there. She held up her hand to stop us from getting off. We both pointed to our badges. She grimaced and let us pass, whispering into her handset as she did so. We aimed for the room that had cops all around the door.
We got about halfway to it when a woman poked her head out of the room, looked around, spied us, and stomped over. I glanced over at Vann, who had a smirk on her face.
"Detective Trinh," Vann said, as the woman came up.
"No," Trinh said. "No way. This has nothing to do with you, Les."
"It's nice to see you too," Vann said. "And wrong. Your perp is an Integrator. You know what that means."
" 'All suspected crimes involving Personal Transports or Integrators are assumed to have an interstate component,' " I said, quoting the Bureau handbook.
Trinh looked over at me, sourly, then made a show of ignoring me to speak to Vann. I tucked away that bit of personal interaction for later. "I don't know my perp's an Integrator," she said, to Vann.
"I do," Vann said. "When your of?cer on scene called it in, he ID'd the perp. It's Nicholas Bell. Bell's an Integrator. He's in our database. He pinged the moment your guy ran him." I turned my head to look at Vann at the mention of the name, but she kept looking at Trinh.
"Just because he's got the same name doesn't make him an Integrator," Trinh said.
"Come on, Trinh," Vann said. "Are we really going to do this in front of the children?" It took me a second to realize Vann was talking about me and the uniformed cops. "You know it's a pissing match you're going to lose. Let us in, let us do our job. If it turns out everyone involved was in D.C. at the time, we'll turn over everything we have and be out of your hair. Let's play nice and do this all friendly. Or I could not be friendly. You remember how that goes."
Trinh turned and stomped back to the hotel room without another word.
"I'm missing some context," I said.
"You got about all you need," Vann said. She headed to the room, number 714. I followed.
There was a dead body in the room, on the ?oor, facedown in the carpet, throat cut. The carpet was soaked in blood. There were sprays of blood on the walls, on the bed, and on the remaining seat in the room. A breeze turned in the room, provided by the gaping hole in the wall-length window that the love seat had gone through.
Vann looked at the dead body. "Do we know who he is?" "No ID," Trinh said.
"We're working on it."
Vann looked around, trying to ?nd something. "Where's Nicholas Bell?" she asked Trinh.
Trinh smiled thinly. "At the precinct," she said. "The ?rst of?cer on the scene subdued him and we sent him off before you got here."
"Who was the of?cer?" Vann asked.
"Timmons," Trinh said. "He's not here."
"I need his arrest feed," Vann said.
"I don't--"
"Now, Trinh," Vann said. "You know my public address. Give it to Timmons." Trinh turned away, annoyed, but pulled out her phone and spoke into it.
Vann pointed to the uniformed of?cer in the room. "Anything moved or touched?"
"Not by us," he said.
Vann nodded. "Shane."
"Yeah," I said.
"Make a map," Vann said. "Make it detailed. Mind the glass."
"On it," I said. My recording mode was already on. I overlaid a three-dimensional grid on top of it, marking off everything I could see and making it easier to identify where I needed to look behind and under things. I walked the room, carefully, ?lling in the nooks and crannies. I knelt down when I got to the bed, turning on my headlights to make sure I got all the details. And there were in fact details to note under the bed.
"There's a glass under here," I said to Vann. "It's broken and covered in blood." I stood up and pointed over to the room's desk, which featured a set of glasses and a couple of bottles of water. "There are also glass shards on the ?oor by the desk. Guessing that's our murder weapon."
"You done with your map?" Vann said.
"Almost," I said. I took a few more passes around the room to pick up the spots I'd missed.
"I assume you also made your own map," Vann said, to Trinh.
"We got the tech on the way," Trinh said. "And we've got the feeds from the of?cers on the scene."
"I want all of them," Vann said. "I'll send you Shane's map, too."
"Fine," Trinh said, annoyed. "Anything else?" "That's it for now," Vann said.
"Then if you don't mind stepping away from my crime scene. I have work to do," Trinh said.
Vann smiled at Trinh and left the room. I followed. "Metro police always like that?" I asked, as we stepped into the elevator.
"No one likes the feds stepping into their turf," Vann said. "They're never happy to see us. Most of them are more polite. Trinh has some issues."
"Issues with us, or issues with you?" I asked.
Vann smiled again. The elevator opened to the lobby.
¦ ¦ ¦
"Do you mind if I smoke?" Vann asked. She was driving manually toward the precinct house and fumbling for a package of cigarettes--real ones this time. It was her car. There was no law against it there.
"I'm immune to secondhand smoke, if that's what you're asking," I said.
"Cute." She ?shed out a cigarette and punched in the car lighter to warm it up. I dialed down my sense of smell as she did so. "Access my box on the FBI server and tell me if the arrest feed is there yet," she said.
"How am I going to do that?" I asked.
"I gave you access yesterday," Vann said.
"You did?"
"You're my partner now."
"I appreciate that," I said. "But what would you have done if you met me and decided I was an untrustworthy asshole?"
Vann shrugged. "My last partner was an untrustworthy asshole. I shared my box with her."
"What happened to her?" I asked.
"She got shot," Vann said.
"Line of duty?" I asked.
"Not really," Vann said. "She was at the ?ring range and shot herself in the gut. There's some debate about whether it was accidental or not. Took disability and retired. I didn't mind."
"Well," I said. "I promise not to shoot myself in the gut."
"Two body jokes in under a minute," Vann said. "It's almost like you're trying to make a point or something."
"Just making sure you're comfortable with me," I said. "Not everyone knows what to do with a Haden when they meet one."
"You're not my ?rst," she said. The lighter had popped and she ?shed it out of its socket, lighting her cigarette. "That should be obvious, considering our beat. Have you accessed the arrest feed yet?"
"Hold on." I popped into the Bureau's evidence server and pulled up Vann's box. The ?le was there, freshly arrived. "It's here," I said.
"Run it," Vann said.
"You want me to port it to the dash?"
"I'm driving."
"Autodrive is a thing that happens."
Vann shook her head. "This is a Bureau car," she said. "Lowest-bidder autodrive is not something you want to trust."
"Fair point," I said. I ?red up the arrest feed. It was janky and low-res. The Metro police, like the Bureau, probably contracted their tech to the lowest bidder. The view was fps stereo mode, which probably meant the camera was attached to protective eyewear.
The recording started as the cop--Timmons--got off the elevator on the seventh ?oor, stun gun drawn. At the door of room 714 there was a Watergate security of?cer, resplendent in a bad-?t mustard yellow uniform. As the feed got closer the security of?cer's taser came into view. The security of ?cer looked like he was going to crap himself.
Timmons navigated around the security of?cer and the image of a man, sitting on the bed, hands up, ?oated into view. His face and shirt were streaked with blood. The image jerked and Timmons took a long look at the dead man on the blood-soaked carpet. The view jerked back up to the man on the bed, hands still up.
"Is he dead?" asked a voice, which I assumed was Timmons's.
The man on the bed looked down at the man on the carpet. "Yeah, I think he is," he said.
"Why the fuck did you kill him?" Timmons asked.
The man on the bed turned back to Timmons. "I don't think I did," he said. "Look--"
Then Timmons zapped the man. He jerked and twisted and fell off the bed, collapsing into the carpet, mirroring the dead man.
"Interesting," I said.
"What?" Vann asked.
"Timmons was barely in the room before he zapped our perp."
"Bell," Vann said.
"Yeah," I said. "Speaking of which, does that name sound familiar to you?"
"Did Bell say anything before he got zapped?" Vann asked, ignoring my question.
"Timmons asked him why he killed that guy," I said. "Bell said he didn't think he did."
Vann frowned at that.
"What?" I asked.
Vann glanced over to me again, and had a look that told me she wasn't looking at me, but at my PT. "That's a new model," she said.
"Yeah," I said. "Sebring-Warner 660XS."
"Sebring-Warner 600 line isn't cheap," Vann said.
"No," I admitted.
"Lease payments are a little steep on a rookie FBI salary."
"Is this how we're going to do this?" I asked.
"I'm just making an observation," Vann said.
"Fine," I said. "I assume they told you something about me when they assigned me to you as a partner."
"They did."
"And I assume you know about the Haden community because it's your beat."
"Then let's skip the part where you pretend not to know who I am and who my family is and how I can afford a Sebring-Warner 660," I said.
Vann smiled and stubbed out her cigarette on the side window and lowered the window to chuck out the butt. "I saw you got grief on the Agora for showing up to work yesterday," she said.
"Nothing I haven't gotten before, for other things," I said. "Nothing I can't handle. Is this going to be a problem?"
"You being you?"
"Why would it be a problem?" Vann asked.
"When I went to the Academy I knew people there thought I was there as an affectation," I said. "That I was just farting around until my trust fund vested or something."
"Has it?" Vann asked. "Your trust fund, I mean. Vested."
"Before I even went to the Academy," I said.
Vann snickered at this. "No problems," she said.
"You sure."
"Yes. And anyway, it's good that you have a high-end threep," she said, using the slang term for a Personal Transport. "It means that map of yours is actually going to have a useful resolution. Which works because I don't trust Trinh to send me anything helpful. The arrest feed was messy and fuzzy, right?"
"It's bullshit," Vann said. "Metro eyewear feeds autostabilize and record at 4k resolution. Trinh probably told Timmons to shitty it up before sending it. Because she's an asshole like that."
"So you're using me for my superior tech abilities," I said.
"Yes, I am," Vann said. "Is that going to be a problem?"
"No," I said. "It's nice to be appreciated for what I can do."
"Good," Vann said, turning into the precinct house parking lot. "Because I'm going to be asking you to do a lot."
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PolyTheremin: Moog's April Fools' Day Gift to the World
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The theremin, the go-to instrument for cheesy sci-fi sounds, is getting an April Fools' Day upgrade from Moog Music.
The PolyTheremin, introduced to the world in Moog's prank video below, is played – like a regular theremin – by positioning the musician's hands in close proximity to the instrument's antennas. However, the PolyTheremin boasts five antennas rather than the original instrument's two, allowing the player to coax polyphonic sounds out of the bizarre-looking device.
"Basically, it breaks the laws and rules of everything we know about theremin," says Dorit Chrysler, director of the New York Theremin Society, in the video.
Dressed in a tunic that wouldn't look out of place in a '60s Star Trek episode, Chrysler waves her arms in front of the PolyTheremin, working through a warbly version of "Stairway to Heaven" and producing smears of otherworldly sound.
She also explains the PolyTheremin's IsoDirectional Inductive Oscillator Technology, which "produces five voices separately at the same time."
"You have to dismiss the original, monophonic, ancient, yesterday theremin technique, and just start from scratch," Chrysler says.
The fondness for April Fools' releases at Moog, which pioneered the analog synthesizer in the 1950s with company founder Bob Moog at the helm, dates back to 2005, when the company's first prank press release went out. That was partially to assuage the fears of Moog President Michael Adams, who worried that the company had not introduced enough new products that year, said Emmy Parker, Moog's commercial marketing manager, in an e-mail to Wired.com.
The tradition has continued ever since, with some people falling for Moog's imaginative press releases (a situation made murkier by the fact that sometimes Moog releases actual products on the annual day of practical jokes).
"I'm sure people (individuals and dealers) will try to order [the PolyTheremin]," Parker said. "However, we will deactivate the 'buy' button on the product page on our website so people will not be able to really order it. I suspect we will have many e-mails in the morning inquiring about the PolyTheremin and asking why they could not place their order online. We still get orders for the MF-FM three years after it was 'introduced.'"
The electronic music company's theremin for the 21st century is the latest in a long line of products announced by Moog on April 1 over the years. Previous entries include Auto De-Tune, which came with presets like Drunk as a Sailor and Seattle Sensitive Alternative Warble.
Previous Moog Pranks ——————–
Auto De-Tune (2010): Returns any previously auto-tuned track to its original, out-of-tune state.
Analog Time Compressor (2009): Much to the amazement and delight of Moog's techs, this device lets them hear sounds up to 1,000 milliseconds before they are played.
Moog Guitar (2008): Just to keep everyone guessing, Moog has introduced two real products on April Fools' Day. This is one of them.
MF-FM (2007): A Moogerfooger effect that switches radio stations automatically.
Little Phatty (2006): Also a real product, a monophonic analog synthesizer.
MF-433 (2005): Four minutes, 33 seconds of silence (a tribute to John Cage)
Why an upgraded theremin for 2011?
"The theremin is one of the oldest electronic musical instruments," Parker said. "It was designed by Léon Theremin, a fascinating Russian scientist, in 1928. It is the only electronic musical instrument you play without touching, but it is somewhat limited because it is a monophonic device (only plays one note at time). To open the possibility of polyphony to a thereminist would really be an incredible scientific achievement."
A polyphonic theremin might actually be possible, Parker said, but "it would be a significant engineering feat, as a theremin works on the basis of electromagnetic waves which surround the two antennas. The field is about 3 feet wide. If we were able to put them close together we would have to engineer how to isolate (or minimize) the size of the electromagnetic field. Thus the name of the technology – 'IsoDirectional Inductive Oscillator Technology.'"
In case you can stand a monophonic space-age musical instrument, Moog sells its line of Etherwave theremins, available in a variety of models or as DIY kits for those interested in assembling their own.
Moog Music's PolyTheremin Press Release —————————————
ASHEVILLE, NC – APRIL 1, 2011: Introduced in 1928, the theremin is one of the earliest and most widely known electronic instruments. Played by artists manipulating the pitch and volume of invisible sound waves radiated from a single antenna with their hands, theremin music has distinguished hit records from such diverse artists as The Beach Boys, Devo, Yes and Alicia Keys.
Today (April 1st), Moog Music designers carrying on the legacy of visionary founder, Robert Moog, have announced the first major technical Theremin design advance in over 40 years. The PolyTheremin™ incorporates bleeding-edge IsoDirectional Inductive Oscillator Technology, to isolate space around five individual pitch antennas thus enabling each to be played simultaneously (finger by finger) without interference from its companion antennas. This revolutionary concept breaks the long-held belief that the theremin could only be a monophonic instrument.
The PolyTheremin ships with Dorit Chrysler's instructional video "Playing the PolyTheremin Is Even Easier Than Playing a Monophonic Theremin."
• POWER Rocker Switch – On and Off AC power control
• AUDIO OUT – Standard 1/4-inch phone jack delivers line level output to any compatible amplifier
• PITCH – Rotary controls (5) independently adjust pitch of each antenna
• VOLUME – Rotary control independently adjusts volume of each antenna (Note: reference to volume level not quantity)
• WAVEFORM – Rotary control adjusts audio output waveform
• BRIGHTNESS – Rotary control adjusts audio output brightness (audio not luminescence)
• ANTENNA CONNECTORS – (5) Threaded for easy disassembly, washing and shipping
Power supply included: Order 110-volt for use in U.S. or Canada or 220-volt for use in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. Libya TBD. Also available in retro steam or (clean) coal engine power source models.
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Build an 'Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' PC for under $1,000
This build would work just as well for Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 too!
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0 | November 16, 2011 -- 02:53 GMT (18:53 PST) | Topic: Hardware
'Your mission, should you decided to accept it, is to build a PC capable of running the new 'Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' game at 'High Quality' graphics setting or better for under $1,000.'
Seems my readers love the new 'Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' game a lot. I've had more questions about building new PCs and upgrading old ones to run this game than I have had for Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 combined. It seems like it's a popular game, and one that I suspect will be the game of the year.
Note: This PC would work just as well for Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 too!
OK then, here goes ...
Note: As usual, I won’t be recommending a case or peripherals … there are too many possibilities, and personal choice/tastes are far too varied.
Looking for a review of 'Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'? There's a good one over on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
There's a temptation here to go for top-end, but it's unnecessary. There's also a temptation to go with the latest release over the tried-and-tested, which I think is a mistake.
Related: How to: Stress test your new PC to shake out any faults
With that in mind I'd going for the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition. Not the latest or greatest, but it's a tried-and-tested piece of silicon that;ll give you 3.5GHz out of the box and up to 4.0 to 4.2GHz if you're happy overclocking it.
Note: If you're planning to overclock, you'll need to replace the stock cooler with something better.
The video below is of the AMD Phenom II X4 955 being overclocked to 7GHz. Don't try this at home!
I don't believe is spending too much on a motherboard, but i do think that it's a good idea to keep an eye on the future. This is why I've gone for the ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X board featuring a UEFI BIOS and 2 x USB 3.0 ports.
Nice, solid, reliable board with lots of features.
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Here's where you need some decent horsepower ... but if you buy wisely, you won't have to remortgage your home and sell you first-born!
Skyrim will run on 'High Quality' on systems running NVIDIA's GTX 260 (I know, I've tried it), but I want something more modern and with a bit more power.
I've gone for the XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 featuring 1GB of GDDR5 RAM.
A solid, reliable card.
Since RAM is pretty cheap (you can pick up some really good deals if you know where to look) let’s pack 16GB into this build.
I've gone with Patriot Extreme Performance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) which you can pick up for around $99 if you shop around.
Note: You will need a 64-bit operating system to make use of more than 4GB of RAM.
If you want performance, then SSDs (Solid State Drives) are the way to go. The don’t offer anywhere near the $/GB value that hard drives do, but the performance from even the cheapest SSD is spectacular.
A 120GB OCZ Solid 3 will set up back around $185, which is more than a 2TB hard drive would cost, but the performance from this is blazing.
Don’t skimp on the storage, get an SSD! Install your OS and programs on this drive. If you want more storage, get a cheap 1TB hard drive like the Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX for $140. [UPDATE: Fixed error in hard disk pricing.]
Here I’m going with a CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W unit which retails for $95.
Here's the final price list:
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition - $140
ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X - $150
XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 - $170
Patriot Extreme Performance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 - $99
120GB OCZ Solid 3 - $185
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX - $140
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W - $95
TOTAL PRICE: $979
Add to that total the price of a copy of Windows 7 64-bit (Home Premium will set you back around $99), and you're good to go.
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Competitive Market Equilibrium Models in Finance
Overview of Advanced Methods of Reinforcement Learning in Finance
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课程 1（共 4 门，Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance 专项课程）
In the last course of our specialization, Overview of Advanced Methods of Reinforcement Learning in Finance, we will take a deeper look into topics discussed in our third course, Reinforcement Learning in Finance. In particular, we will talk about links between Reinforcement Learning, option pricing and physics, implications of Inverse Reinforcement Learning for modeling market impact and price dynamics, and perception-action cycles in Reinforcement Learning. Finally, we will overview trending and potential applications of Reinforcement Learning for high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, and more. After taking this course, students will be able to - explain fundamental concepts of finance such as market equilibrium, no arbitrage, predictability, - discuss market modeling, - Apply the methods of Reinforcement Learning to high-frequency trading, credit risk peer-to-peer lending, and cryptocurrencies trading.
Black-Scholes-Merton model, Physics and Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement Learning and Ptolemy's Epicycles5:12
PDEs in Physics and Finance5:48
Competitive Market Equilibrium Models in Finance5:28
I Certainly Hope You Are Wrong, Herr Professor!7:03
Risk as a Science of Fluctuation3:45
Markets and the Heat Death of the Universe3:37
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Now, let me start with one of the central themes in Physics.
Namely, an idea that a right physical theory should be simple and beautiful.
Albert Einstein famously said that everything should
be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Paul Dirac insisted on mathematical beauty.
Lev Landau was famous for his ability to trivialize highly complex physical problems.
Now catch-22 here, is that for someone trained in theoretical physics,
PDEs are generally synonymous with simplicity and beauty.
Newtonian mechanics and its Lagrangian Hamilton Jacobi formulation,
a diffusion equation, the Schrodinger equation,
and now the Black-Scholes equation,
are all great examples of both theoretical clarity
and greater stability of a physical or financial model.
Therefore, we physicists are almost conditioned on taking the continuous-time limit,
leading to a PDE,
almost universally for nearly all physical systems.
Now, let's move from physics to finance.
Donald Duffie gave a very good account of
contribution of Black Scholes and Merton to economics,
as well as the role played by the notion
of competitive market equilibrium, in modern finance.
While he mentioned that important alternatives exist,
Duffie said in 1997, 20 years ago,
that the competitive market equilibrium is still
a dominant paradigm in both the industry and academia.
Things did not change much,
in this sense since 1997.
Duffie talks about three Nobel Prize
works in economics that are all based on these paradigm.
The first one is Modigliani-Miller,
theory of 1958 or irrelevance of capital structure for market evaluation of a company.
The second one is the Capital Asset Pricing Model or CAPM,
of William Sharpe of 1974.
We briefly mentioned CAPM when we talked about models of stock returns and PCA analogies.
And the third one is the Black-Scholes theory of 1973,
that used no-arbitrage pricing as a weak form of market equilibrium.
Now, these are all models or theories,
that in Mr. Soros' words,
are modeled on Newtonian physics,
and something that he declared absurd.
To be more accurate,
these models follow equilibrium statistical mechanics of Ludwig Boltzmann.
But this is relatively a small remark that doesn't
change the essence of Soros's statement.
So, who is right,
Mr. Soros or the academics?
To answer this, let's try to conceptualize what the Black-Scholes model does.
It does in essence two things.
First, it uses the idea of option replication by a portfolio of stock and cash.
Second, it takes the problem of
evaluation of such portfolio to the continuous time limit.
Together, these two steps produce the celebrated Black-Scholes PDE,
and it does look both simple and beautiful.
Now, my understanding, given this quote of Black,
is that he took the continuous-time limit in his analysis from the very beginning.
Black says, ''I applied the Capital Asset Pricing Model to every moment in
a warrant's life for every possible stock price and warrant value.
I stared at the differential equation for many many months.''
And a very interesting question is indeed,
why didn't Black analyze the discrete-time case tours?
Now, the summary of this model can be formulated as follows,
we only need two features to price an option,
the current stock price and the stock volatility.
The option price is unique,
and is given by a solution of the Black-Scholes equation.
The optimal hedge, that is the number of stocks in the replicating portfolio,
is computed after the option price is found.
And the most striking conclusion though,
is that options have zero risk as they can be perfectly replicated by a stock and cash,
at all points in time.
But then it also means that options according
to these very theory are entirely redundant.
But this didn't seem to bother Black,
who said that when people are seeking profits, equilibrium will prevail.
So, Black basically says that as long as an option market exists,
the fair option price obtained in the equilibrium,
should be the true option price.
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Nanoindentation: TU Chemnitz uses ASMEC testing technology in research
The trend towards miniaturized components, combined with the functionalization of thin coatings, has generated a need for suitably sophisticated methods for characterization of mechanical load-bearing capacity. Nanoindentation allows local determination of hardness and Young’s modulus for ultra-thin coatings (> 300 nm), with resolution in the micron range. At Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), the Institute of Materials Science and Technology is using an Asmec nanamomechanical tester for current research projects.
A key area of research for the Professorship of Surface Technology and Functional Materials at TU Chemnitz concerns the mechanical properties of thin and thick coatings. This includes determination of hardness in the macro and micro ranges and, most importantly, investigations in the nano hardness range. By determining hardness in different phases of a coating or a composite, together with the hardness of carbides in coatings and substrates and hardness gradients of substrates/coatings, the aim is to determine (among other things) the maximum load-bearing capacity of thin coatings.
For determination of the above characteristic values TU Chemnitz uses an Asmec nanomechanical tester. This test combines two measuring heads, in the normal direction (nanoindenter principle) and in the lateral direction (scratch-tester principle). The heads operate completely independently of each other and feature namometer resolution. This approach enables measurement of lateral force-displacement curves, from which various material parameters can be obtained. This includes measurement of lateral stiffness and the purely elastic lateral deformation of the specimen.
“A system which can be recommended for a wide variety of practical and research-related applications from a maximum force of around 0.3 mN and above, depending on the material,” is how Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Lampke, Head of Surface Technology and Functional Materials, describes the tester’s role in the TU’s testing laboratory.
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Omarosa and 'The View' Demonstrate Why Evangelicals Continue to Support Trump/Pence
Reality TV star Omarosa started this ball rolling by bad mouthing Vice President Mike Pence’s faith, and for an overwhelming majority of evangelical voters, her remarks confirm their reasons for sending the Trump/Pence ticket to the White House.
In case you missed it, in a reality TV stunt to remain relevant after being fired from her job as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison (after misusing a car service funded by taxpayers), Omarosa Manigault-Newman is making a mockery of the Christian faith she claims as her own.
READ: CBN's David Brody Gets Inside Scoop on the Faith of Donald J. Trump
“As bad as you think Trump is, you would be worried about Pence… everyone that is wishing for impeachment might want to reconsider their life,” she said in the latest episode of “Celebrity Big Brother.”
“I am Christian, I love Jesus, but he thinks Jesus tells him to say things and I’m like, Jesus didn’t say that,” she continued telling her housemates.
The hosts of ABC’S, “The View” had a field day with her remarks.
“I think when you have a Mike Pence who now sort of puts this religious veneer on things and calls people ‘values voters,’ I think we’re in a dangerous situation,” said co-host Sunny Hostin.
Dangerous? What should be considered dangerous is an ignorance about and disregard for the constitution that guarantees every American the right to LIVE their faith - not check it at the door when they leave home or their house of worship.
Sherry Shepard, who is public about her Christian faith said, “As a Christian, that’s just par for the course, you talk to Jesus, Jesus talks back. What concerns me is, how long is the conversation with Jesus?”
So is Ms. Shepard saying there’s a limit on how much time you can talk to Jesus?
She later suggested the key is “moderation.” So should Vice President Pence reduce his faith? Should he dial back his love for Jesus Christ to make the media world more comfortable?
Meanwhile, co-host Joy Behar suggested anyone hearing voices suffers from “mental illness.”
Let’s be clear. As we see on a regular basis, there's no question if Pence belonged to any faith other than Christianity his beliefs and practices would be held up as a shrine to diversity and anyone who questioned him would be considered a bigot.
HERE'S THE FULL CLIP WITH JOY BEHAR'S COMMENT ON "THE VIEW"
Pence responded to the hosts of “The View” in an interview with Axios.
"I actually heard that ABC has a program that compared my Christianity to mental illness. And I'd like to laugh about it, but I really can't," he said.
"It's just wrong," Pence continued. "And it's an insult not to me, but to the vast majority of the American people who, like me, cherish their faith. My Christianity is the most important thing in my life."
It’s the sentiment millions of Christians in America feel.
They’re fed up with this false narrative delivered day after day by liberal elites, which amounts to bullying.
For those of you confused about why evangelicals elected Trump, that’s why.
They elected him because he’s not afraid to stand up to the bullies...
They elected him because he promised to protect life (and has kept his promise) despite the liberal abortion agenda...
And they elected him because he promised to stand up for religious liberty and allow Americans to live their conscience without punishment.
That brings up another double standard used by many in the media that really defies logic.
Behar asked her co-hosts if Pence is allowed to “talk to Mary Magdalene without his wife in the room?” referring to Pence’s personal rule of not holding meetings with women without someone else in the room.
Certainly, the women of “The View” are sympathetic to the #MeToo movement and rightly so. It’s about time women are treated with respect, dignity and taken seriously when they register complaints or charges of sexual abuse and misconduct.
Mike Pence loves and respects his wife so much that he doesn’t want even the perception of infidelity or misconduct. He puts safeguards in place that prevent him from getting into a situation he may regret.
Close your eyes and think of the millions of women who have been mistreated by men. It’s a great tragedy.
Now think about how much better their lives would be if they had instead been acquainted with men like Pence both in the workplace and in love - men who would respect them.
Pence’s behavior is honorable.
Men who choose to abuse and mistreat women can learn a lot from him.
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” –Ephesians 5:25
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