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News | Graybar Announces Organizational Changes to Drive Strategic Growth
Graybar Announces Organizational Changes to Drive Strategic Growth
ST. LOUIS, March 2, 2010 – Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical and communications products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, today announced the appointments of Richard D. Offenbacher to Senior Vice President - U.S. Business and Kathleen M. Mazzarella to Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing. Both Offenbacher and Mazzarella also serve on Graybar's Board of Directors.
Offenbacher, a Graybar veteran of nearly 42 years, will oversee Graybar's field organization within the United States, along with its Corporate Accounts and Government business. He most recently served as Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing for Graybar's electrical business. Mazzarella has 30 years of Graybar experience and most recently served as Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing, Comm/Data. In her newly expanded role, she has responsibility for Graybar's entire sales and marketing organization. These appointments follow the recent retirement of Dennis E. DeSousa as Senior Vice President - U.S. Business.
"The members of Graybar's leadership team have years of industry experience and are committed to the company's success," said Robert A. Reynolds Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Graybar. "These appointments will help Graybar strategically leverage growth opportunities and strengthen our position with customers and suppliers nationwide."
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Jul 02, 2019 | Media Coverage
Cybersecurity Firm Focuses on Rampant Issue of Email Phishing
With an estimated 71% of targeted cyber attacks involving the use of spear-phishing emails, GreatHorn, which ensures email security, has raised $13 million to fight this rampant problem. Kevin O’Brien,...
Jun 26, 2019 | Media Coverage
The Big One: A breakdown on the day’s biggest Inno story.
Waltham-based email security platform GreatHorn closed a $13M funding round co-led by RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Techstars Ventures, V1.VC and Uncork Capital. Read the...
Cloud email cybersecurity startup GreatHorn raises $13M
Cloud email cybersecurity startup GreatHorn Inc. today said it has raised $13 million in new funding to expand its existing services in email security. Read the entire article here.
GreatHorn Takes in $13 mln
Waltham, Massachusetts-based GreatHorn, an email security platform provider, has secured $13 million in funding. The lead investors were RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures. Read the entire article here.
GreatHorn Raises $13M in Funding
GreatHorn, a Waltham, MA-based provider of an email security platform, closed a $13m funding round. The round was co-led by RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures.The company intends to use the funds...
It’s Not All Smooth Sailing for Facebook’s Libra Project: Term Sheet
GreatHorn, a Waltham, Mass.-based provider of an email security platform, raised $13 million in funding. RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Techstars...
Email Security Firm GreatHorn Raises $13 Million
Waltham, MA-based email security firm GreatHorn has raised an additional $13 million in a new funding round technically filed as a Series A-1. The round was co-led by new investor...
GreatHorn nabs $13 million for cloud-hosted email security software
Cloud-hosted security provider GreatHorn, which offers tools to shield enterprises from email attacks, today announced a $13 million funding round co-led by RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures, with participation from...
GreatHorn, which protects your inbox from security threats, raises $13M
The Waltham-based provider of email security tools, GreatHorn, announced it had closed a funding round for $13 million. RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures co-led the funding, with participation also coming...
Why the Real Estate Industry is a Prime Target for Attackers
In recent years, business email compromise (BEC) scams targeting the real estate industry have exploded, with a 1,110% increase in phishing-driven real estate victims between 2015 and 2017. In 2017 alone,...
Why Businesses Struggle with Email Security
A GreatHorn survey examined the realities and industry perceptions of business communication security, revealing a stark contrast between security and non-security staff members when it comes to recognizing email threats....
About GreatHorn
GreatHorn simplifies email security by automating the cycle of email security – through continuous threat detection, defense, and incident response. Office 365 and G Suite customers using GreatHorn not only gain enterprise-class protection against both sophisticated phishing attacks and traditional threats, they also reduce complexity, manual remediation time, and negative impact on business operations.
By combining deep relationship analytics with continuously evolving user and organizational profiling, GreatHorn’s cloud-native email security platform provides adaptive, anomaly-based threat detection that secures email from malware, ransomware, executive impersonations, credential theft attempts, business services spoofing, and other social engineering-based phishing attacks. More information is available at www.greathorn.com.
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Growth Dimensions 2019 Annual Spring Reception
9April adminRecent NewsCategory: Recent News
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Belvidere’s Woestman named Superintendent to Watch
29September JoanaRecent NewsCategory: Recent News
BELVIDERE — Dan Woestman, superintendent of the Belvidere School District, has been named a Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association.
He is among 21 superintendents nationwide to win the award for the 2017-18 school year.
The Superintendents to Watch program was designed to recognize outstanding superintendents who are using dynamic, fast-paced leadership with strong communication at its core. To qualify, nominees must have fewer than five years’ experience as a superintendent, understand that effective communication leads to school and student success and use new communication technology to expand two-way communication and outreach efforts.
“Leading our schools is really a team effort, so this is a testament to the hard work of our School Board, administrators, teachers and support staff as much as it is to me,” Woestman said. “I hope that this award is something the Belvidere community can be proud of and something parents consider when choosing a school district.”
Woestman has a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Northern Illinois University, a masters in educational administration from the University of Cincinnati and a bachelor’s in teaching from Brigham Young University.
By Corina Curry
Staff writer, Rockford Register Star
Posted Sep 20, 2017 at 4:00 PMUpdated Sep 20, 2017 at 10:36 PM
ComEd Recognized as One of the Top 10 Utilities for Economic Development
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ComEd Media Relations (312) 394-3500
www.ComEd.com/News
Industry-leading publication recognizes ComEd’s capital investments and job creation in northern Illinois
CHICAGO (September 11, 2017) Site Selection magazine has named ComEd to its annual list of Top 10 Utilities in Economic Development for 2017. The magazine cites ComEd’s 17 direct-involvement project “wins” in 2016. It also noted the anticipated $1.6 billion in projected capital investments creating 6,170 jobs across the 400 municipalities and 25 counties ComEd serves in northern Illinois. There were an additional nearly 40,000 new indirect jobs reported by the utility’s regional economic development organization partners as a result of these efforts.
At the center of this winning strategy is ComEd’s internal “Rapid Response Program,” created to help facilitate the evaluation process for companies interested in locating their business in northern Illinois. The program helps to expedite the move to Illinois by convening all the necessary business units to expedite preliminary cost estimates, engineering information and innovation.
“This recognition highlights our focus on stimulating investment, growth and job creation throughout northern Illinois,” said Sheila Owens, Vice President of Economic Development for ComEd. “We continue strengthening our partnerships with our local, state, and regional economic development stakeholders to provide value to our customers and the communities we serve.”
Site Selection also references three key initiatives that helped secure ComEd’s place in the Top Ten list, including:
Modification of its line extension tariff by lowering up-front deposit requirements and allowing for faster refunds, benefiting 27 customers who saved $36 million in reduced costs. The resulting customer projects will create over 3,200 jobs and result in 5 million sq. ft. (464,500 m.) of new facility space.
ComEd’s Energy Ready Zones program, which matches areas with available substation electricity capacity with available large vacant land sites primed for
Efforts to spearhead the launch of a new statewide business outreach and retention initiative known as CORE (Creating Opportunities for Retention and Expansion, COREIllinois.org).
A strong, resilient and modern grid is the basis for a successful economic development program; ComEd customers have experienced best-on-record service reliability thanks to the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (EIMA), also known as the Smart Grid law, passed by the Illinois General Assembly in 2011 to improve reliability, create jobs and build smart infrastructure for the future. This $2.6 billion, 10-year project digitized ComEd’s infrastructure, provided resiliency and prioritized a premier customer experience.
“ComEd is one of our strongest development allies, providing excellent programs and services to not only to support new growth, but for our important existing businesses as well,” said Mark Peterson, CEO of Intersect Illinois, a privately-funded statewide economic development organization. “We know that energy reliability, availability, and price are critical factors in the development process, and ComEd excels with all of these.”
This is the fifth time that ComEd has been recognized by Site Selection for its economic development efforts with a Top Ten listing also in 2015, and three honorable mentions in 2008, 2014 and 2016.
To read the full article, go to https://siteselection.com/issues/2017/sep/top-utilities-decision- enhancers.cfm
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with approximately 6.6 million customers. ComEd provides service to approximately
3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to hold skilled trades career fair
BELVIDERE — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will hold a skilled trades career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Belvidere Assembly Plant, 3000 W. Chrysler Drive.
Fiat is seeking die makers, electricians, millwrights, pipefitters, toolmakers and forklift mechanics. Same-day interviews will be held for qualified candidates.
All skilled trade openings require at least eight years of documented experience or a documented and verified U.S. Department of Labor completion of Apprenticeship Certificate in the trade potential employees are applying for.
To apply: fcagroupcareers.com.
Posted Sep 8, 2017 at 3:29 PMUpdated Sep 8, 2017 at 3:29 PM by Rockford Register Star
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Boone County to Launch Comprehensive Plan
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Supplier Symposium
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Geocom releases new way to validate public safety grade GIS
Mon, 2017-06-05 01:30 PM
GeoComm is pleased to announce the release of GeoComm GIS Data Hub, a GIS data management solution providing GIS data insights to help 9-1-1 authorities achieve public safety grade GIS data. GIS...
Netwrix professionals will present the new capabilities of Netwrix Auditor 9.0 and explain how to gain visibility into user behavior and mitigate cyber risks
London, UK May 31 Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for data security and risk mitigation, announced today that Netwrix is exhibiting at the Infosecurity Europe in London, UK....
DLT Solutions is recognized by Palo Alto Networks as a NextWave Gold Partner
Fri, 2017-06-02 06:04 PM
To learn more about DLT’s partner portfolio visit: http://www.dlt.com/government-products. About DLT Solutions DLT is a leading technology partner to the federal, state and local government, ...
A Note from Subject Matter, Expert Advisor and Thought Leader Chuck Brooks
Fri, 2017-06-02 10:08 AM
Dear Friends and Colleagues, please see my updated consulting and advisory profile below and attached:Topics of expertise include Cybersecurity & Homeland Security, Emerging Technologies such as...
BeyondTrust receives common criteria certification
BeyondTrust, the leading cyber security company dedicated to preventing privilege misuse and stopping unauthorized access, announced today several of its privileged access management and...
Cybersecurity World takes place on June 28-29, 2017, in Denver, Colorado
The WannaCry Ransomware outbreak was a confluence of perfectly timed events which allowed cyber criminals to attack nearly 300,000 outdated Windows Operating Systems across the globe. While it’s easy...
Cybersecurity Experts Anticipate Growing Number of Attacks Against ERP Systems
Crowd Research Partners with the support of ERPScan, a leading business application security provider, released the ERP Cybersecurity survey 2017. The research revealed that there is a lack of...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is pleased to announce the release of a new draft project description: Secure Inter-Domain Routing: Route Hijacks
Download Secure Inter-Domain Routing Draft Project Description Since the creation of the internet, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) has been the default routing protocol to route traffic among...
From the Executive Director of the Fido Standard
Brett McDowell
There’s a lot of great information in this month’s newsletter such as recaps on our new partnership with GSMA and how we’re engaging with NIST’s Cyber Security Framework – but I’m particularly keen...
Josh Horowitz Joins PasswordPing as Co-Founder and COO
PasswordPing Ltd., a leading provider of compromised password solutions, is pleased to announce that Josh Horwitz has joined PasswordPing as a co-founder and chief operating officer. PasswordPing...
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence seeks feedback on draft project description of “Secure Inter-Domain Routing: Routing Hacks”
Wed, 2017-05-31 12:40 PM
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is pleased to announce the release of a new draft project description: Secure Inter-Domain Routing: Route Hijacks. We are seeking your feedback...
3M Releases 2017 Sustainability Report
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In its continuing mission to improve every life, 3M announced today the publication of its 2017 Sustainability Report. The 2017 Sustainability Report covers what the...
Encrypted channel monitoring: The evolution of privileged access management
The Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2014 Identity Fraud Study revealed that 13.1 million Americans became victims of identity theft last year. This startling statistic underscores the determination...
Securing video surveillance data: A three step approach
The possibility of governments collecting and analyzing personal data changed dramatically after the enactment of The Patriot Act in 2001. The public outcry following WikiLeaks and the NSA PRISM...
Leveraging network intelligence for cybersecurity
When it comes to cybersecurity, boldface security organizations can seem just as susceptible to hacks as anyone else. For example, NATO suffered over 2,500 significant cyber attacks in 2012 alone....
Using an automated threat response framework to protect government infrastructure
Unfortunately, none of us has any trouble imagining a security breach. Breaches are so frequent these days, so fast and so clever, that seemingly out of nowhere we could find critical infrastructure...
Big Brother is watching, and it’s mostly a good thing
When newspapers, popular magazines, and cable news channels run stories on public safety security and video surveillance, their knee-jerk reaction is too often a clever reference to “Big Brother” and...
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← What’s new in Satellite Country? Time for IMPACT on DISH Network!
Why did DISH buy Blockbuster? I have a theory… →
DISH Network is Going Big- Blockbuster Big!
We found a great article about DISH Network’s acquisition of Blockbuster, by InvestorPlace on Wed, Apr 6, 2011 7:48 AM.
Taken from the website: MSN Money- Investing
http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=de320c7d-e57f-4a67-93ea-004533b6774c&_nwpt=1>1=33002
Will Dish Network stream movies?
Now that the satellite TV provider has won the fire-sale auction for bankrupt Blockbuster, an online movie catalog could be in the works.
By InvestorPlace on Wed, Apr 6, 2011 7:48 AM
Ask subscribers to Dish Network (DISH) why they choose the satellite television provider, and the most common answer is likely to be cost. Dish is cheaper than major cable providers like Comcast (CMCSA) and satellite rival DirecTV (DTV), starting at just $24.99 a month.
But things might not continue to be so simple now. Dish announced early Wednesday that it has bought the defunct library of the one-time movie-rental powerhouse Blockbuster for $320 million at auction, a deal that could present another big reason consumers will buy into Dish: a digital library of movies they can access over the Internet, akin to Netflix.
The purchase of Blockbuster is an important strategic shift for Dish. It means the company is flexing its muscle in an attempt to become a major player.
But more importantly for consumers, it may mean more viewing options and competitive pricing for consumers. Blockbuster’s online content library could give Dish Network an opportunity to create an online product to supplement the viewing experience akin to Netflix’s offering mail-order DVDs alongside streaming content.
That’s just speculation, but it would align with the overall goal of Dish Network to provide a top-notch experience even as it is seen as a low-cost option. In recent years, the network has expanded HD offerings, on-demand movies and channel selection to make quality a bigger part of the equation.
And now that Dish Network has snapped up Blockbuster and its content, customers may find many more reasons to like Dish than just the smaller monthly bill. That means rivals had better take notice in the wake of the $320 million bankruptcy sale.
Of course, it is going to be an uphill battle for Dish. Netflix (NFLX) now has 20 million viewers, and its stock has skyrocketed more than 700% in the past five years.
DirecTV revenue for 2011 is slated for $26.5 billion — growth of more than 50% from fiscal 2006 — and the stock has soared more than 180% in the past five years. This growth isn’t anything to sneeze at.
By contrast, Dish has been left out of the party. Shares and revenue haven’t shown much action over the past five years. The company has been soundly profitable, but Dish has clearly been a secondary player in a secondary television provider market.
Still, the purchase of Blockbuster and the $1.4 billion purchase of hybrid satellite-land-line communications provider DBSD North America earlier this year mean Dish is flexing its muscle. Likely results could be more viewing options and competitive pricing for consumers, and the chance that DISH stock could break out of its slump.
Obviously, no one should count chickens before they are hatched. The winning bid must still be approved by a bankruptcy court Thursday, and Dish clearly has a long way to go. Entrenched cable giants like Comcast are digging in, Netflix is the undisputed king of online content and is rolling out original Netflix programming, and satellite leader DirecTV isn’t going to give up any of its 19 million-plus subscribers without a fight.
But moving sideways for another five years just isn’t an option if Dish Network wants to stay around. The timing and fire-sale price of Blockbuster assets make the move a smart one, regardless of whether it pays off.
This entry was posted in DISH Network News, Misc and tagged Blockbuster, DISH Network, DISH Network News, DISH Network Updates, Movies, satellite TV, TV Online. Bookmark the permalink.
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Willoughby top 40 bands
Looking to book a band that knows how to play the hits of today? Then take a look through any of our Top 40 Bands. They’re the perfect style entertainment for any occasion: wedding receptions, birthdays, bar/bat mitzvahs, and more. Search below from those in the Willoughby, OH area.
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Willoughby, OH Top 40 Bands
Please note these Top 40 Bands will also travel to Kirtland, Timberlake, Eastlake, Wickliffe, Mentor, Euclid, Gates Mills, Chesterland, Lyndhurst, Grand River, Painesville, Chardon, Russell, Novelty, Woodmere, Beachwood, Bentleyville, Newbury, Chagrin Falls, Perry, Cleveland, Solon, Maple Heights, Bedford, East Claridon, Valley View, Thompson, Montville, Burton, Madison
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Top Top 40 Bands Near Willoughby, OH
Pop Avenue
Top 40 Band from Cleveland, OH (16 miles from Willoughby, OH)
Pop Avenue is northeast Ohio's premiere high energy party band that specializes in playing the best cover songs to get your crowd up and dancing! With a diverse and extensive song list, Pop Avenue will be sure to play something that everyone in the crowd will love from young to old. From the most current hits, 90's favorites, 80's classics, 70's disco, and Motown of the 60's, Pop Avenue plays it all! Pop Avenue can even perform country hits and polka! We can do a mix of everything or make a... (more)
Radioactive Band
We hope you have your radiation suits handy because this band is definitely HOT! As their name implies, RadioActive Band is a high energy Top-40 band with an extensive song list, specializing in radio hits of today as well as the 70's, 80's, 90's & 00's. Through the combination of meticulous musicianship and modern technology, these four musicians accurately reproduce tunes that until now only a DJ could offer. RadioActive features 4 distinctly powerful vocalists. This diversity allows the... (more)
Cheers! Cleveland
Hello and thank you for checking out your new favorite cover band! We strive to bring to you, not only the music you enjoy, but a high energy, entertaining show that will leave an impression. Our song selection is vast and you never really know what we might play next. 50's to today, country to pop and everything in between. However, we can also cater to your specific needs. We can supply lights and sound, if necessary and we always bring a highly professional and positive attitude to... (more)
Scott Sopata Band
Steel Drum Band from Cleveland, OH (16 miles from Willoughby, OH)
Steel Drum, Guitar and Ukulele Music | Fun for all ages | Affordable! Add a cool island sound to your event. Scott offers a wide range of musical styles from Jazz, Latin, to Top 40, and Reggae. Professional gear and attitude with the passion to help make your event a success. Scott can also incorporate a guitar or ukulele into his performance at your request All equipment is readily available including cordless mics, Pa system and D.J ready music. Scott Plays Any Event Any Time.... (more)
NEW CONNECTION
Motown Band from Cleveland, OH (16 miles from Willoughby, OH)
WE ARE A FIVE MAN VOCAL GROUP THAT SING WITH MUSICAL TRACTS AND A COMPUTER BASED SOUND SYSTEM, WE ALSO PERFORM WITH A LIVE BAND IF REQUESTED FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE LIKENED TO THE TEMPTATION STYLE WITH MELODIC HARMONIES AND SYNCHRONIZED STEPS , WE BASICLY D0 T0P 20, R&B AND MOTOWN AND DO TAKE REQUESTS. WE HAVE BEEN SINGING INDIVIDUALLY ALL OUR LIVES AND TOGETHER FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, WE ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME WHEN WE TAKE YOU BACK TO THE OLDIES AND GREAT MUSIC OF THE PAST AND... (more)
The Players Club
Cover Band from Cleveland, OH (16 miles from Willoughby, OH)
The Players Club is Northeast Ohio's premiere dance / party band! Consisting of three dynamic instrumentalists and lead by Front-man, Brett Matthews, TPC electrifies audiences with powerful, rock-band style renditions of the greatest hits from every era. From the Righteous Brothers and the Jackson 5 in the 60's to Kool and the Gang and Earth Wind and Fire in the 70's to Bon Jovi and Vanilla Ice in the 80's to the Backstreet Boys and N Sync in the 90's to Bruno Mars and Fetty Wap in... (more)
High Energy Live Music to Pack Your Dance Floor! We're live music experts, wedding enthusiasts, and party starters, infusing every event with energy and full dance floors. We're here to make your wedding the greatest party of your life! The Bluewater Kings are a premium, customizable 3-14 piece band specializing in high-energy music for festivals, weddings, corporate events and private functions–at a sensible price. Our talented and professional musicians have performed regularly with... (more)
Gatsby Gang Jazz Band
Jazz Band from Cleveland, OH (16 miles from Willoughby, OH)
The Gatsby Gang is the premier Gatsby themed Jazz Band in the Cleveland area. We perform roaring 20s/30s jazz and also modern pop/jazz/lounge hits. The Gatsby Gang performs for hundreds of weddings and private/corporate events and Gatsby parties! (more)
Cover Band from Bolivar, OH (69 miles from Willoughby, OH)
SLiCK31 is a high energy pop/rock band hailing from Bolivar, Ohio that covers your favorite guilty pleasure hits. Our sets are filled with current pop/rock tunes that make everyone want to dance, covering artists such as Lady Gaga, P!nk, Imagine Dragons, Demi Lovato, Kesha, and many more. They also contain splashes of classic rock and roll, country, and even some old school hip-hop, so there is always a little something for everyone. With a slick mix of instrumentation and unprecedented vocal... (more)
Dance Band from Pittsburgh, PA (116 miles from Willoughby, OH)
The Company Band is one of the Pittsburgh's Premier dance bands. With a song list of 600 songs ranging from Sinatra to Bruno Mars, they have the ability to entertain everyone in the audience. These incredibly talented musicians all come from different musical backgrounds to form one of the most requested bands. They offer an eclectic blend of Motown, R&B, pop, current hits, dance classics, oldies, beach and jazz. With horns on the left, the very best vocalists on the right, and a killer... (more)
Cover Band from Detroit, MI (107 miles from Willoughby, OH)
Variety Band from Detroit, MI (93 miles from Willoughby, OH)
The Pulse is a power-packed, fun-filled, variety dance band that delivers the BEST in entertainment. With 20 plus years of individual experience and over a hundred years experience combined, the diverse influences of each member combine to create their phenomenal sound. Your guests will be thrilled with the energy of this funloving, friendly group. The emphasis is placed on three things: variety, danceable beats and FUN!! The Pulse members' resume of shows includes the Motor City... (more)
Sinjon Smith
Pop Band from Clawson, MI (107 miles from Willoughby, OH)
Look no further... You have found the best cover band in the region! Sinjon Smith has been awarded "Best Of" from Gigmasters for the last 5 years because of our excellent client satisfaction rating, (100% 5 Star Feedback) We offer a great variety of music featuring both male and female vocals guaranteed to leave a smile on the face of any audience. Our ability to sound like the original artist and delivery song accuracy, along with our wide variety of music selections create a sound that... (more)
56DAZE
Variety Band from Toledo, OH (108 miles from Willoughby, OH)
***The KNOT's Best of Weddings Pick for 2018 (9 Years Straight!) *** 2017 BRIDE's CHOICE AWARD from WEDDING WIRE *** Since 2005, 56DAZE has been the PERFECT entertainment for many "MUST BE PERFECT" events! 56DAZE is equally at home performing at wedding receptions, corporate events, street fairs, festivals, private parties, and many local and regional night spots. We'll work with you and adjust our song list to play the music you want to hear. We're not the typical stuffy "wedding band"... (more)
Variety Band from Taylor, MI (102 miles from Willoughby, OH)
Trilogy is a multi-talented group who's members play many different instruments covering: Oldies, Motown, Rock, Country, Classic Rock, Big Band, Swing, Disco, Jazz Standards, Pop, Top40, Easy Listening even Classical Music (for your ceremony). Our musicians are second to none and we are frequently hired to perform at fellow musicians weddings. We have everything that makes a band fun: female & male vocals, incredible rhythm section and awe inspiring guitarists all within a seven piece... (more)
Weekend ComeBack
Variety Band from Royal Oak, MI (107 miles from Willoughby, OH)
**VOTED BEST WEDDING BAND 2016 BY WDIV 4THEBEST, BEST OF GIGMASTERS 2016-17, WEDDING WIRE COUPLES CHOICE AWARD 2019** Weekend ComeBack is a high-energy variety band, performing a variety of covers from the 60's through today hits. Regardless of the size, venue or theme of your wedding, Weekend ComeBack has you covered. Start with our four piece core band, featuring four vocalists accompanied by saxophone, bass, guitar, drums and keyboard, hand pick your songs and dance the night... (more)
Dr Zoot
Dr Zoot is a versatile dance/show band performing music of the last 100 years and doing it all quite well.The full band is 7 piece but can be expanded or made smaller if needed.The normal lineup is keyboard,bass drums,guitar,sax,trumpet & trombone with 4 of the musicians singing lead and harmony. The band is based in Pittsburgh,PA but travels frequently through the eastern states.Now in their 16th year they have averaged 100 gigs per year(corporate parties,weddings,dances,concerts,nightclubs... (more)
Steve Somers Band
Variety Band from Ypsilanti, MI (119 miles from Willoughby, OH)
The Steve Somers Band is a very versatile band. They are well versed in jazz, blues, R & B, Motown and classic rock styles of music. Steve Somers holds a masters degree in music and is currently directing jazz bands for Washtenaw Community College and the Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra. Mr. Somers has many years of experience as a band leader and his groups have appeared on stage with Gladys Knight, Bobby Bland, Morris Day, The O'Jays and many others. The band includes female and male lead... (more)
Detroit Event Company
Cover Band from Berkley, MI (107 miles from Willoughby, OH)
Detroit Event Company was created for one simple reason: We want to help people create amazing events. We know how important music is at your celebration, and we take that responsibility seriously. Our bands and DJs know how to pack dance floors, but we also know how to create the right vibe for cocktails and dinner too. Whether you're a professional event coordinator or a bride planning the best day of your life, event planning involves the coordination of a lot of details! You're going to... (more)
Stiletto Fire
A NEW BREED OF WEDDING AND EVENT BAND ENTERTAINMENT!! If your event matters, work with the best and book Stiletto Fire. ~~~ Stiletto Fire is a premium band designed for weddings, festivals, corporate events, and fundraisers. ~~~ We are an incredible new breed of wedding bands. We have a song list that spans all the age groups and generations. We love getting out on the dance floor to interact with the crowd and to invite people up on the stage with us too! Lastly, for the people who... (more)
Cover Band from Pittsburgh, PA (118 miles from Willoughby, OH)
High Energy Live Music to Pack Your Dance Floor! We're live music experts, wedding enthusiasts, and party starters, infusing every event with energy and full dance floors. We're here to make your wedding the greatest party of your life! The Bachelor Boys are a premium, customizable 3-14 piece band specializing in high-energy music for festivals, weddings, corporate events and private functions–at a sensible price. Our talented and professional musicians have performed regularly with... (more)
DTour Band
Dance Band from Dearborn Heights, MI (103 miles from Willoughby, OH)
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There is something significant about a birthday – something to be celebrated. You’ve survived another trip around the sun. You’re another year older, another year wiser. Children are notorious about being especially excited for their birthdays. My daughter celebrated her fourth birthday on Saturday. She reminded me almost daily for months that her birthday was coming up. It was a big deal for her. Being born in August, she is almost always the youngest in her group of friends. They were already four, and she was excited about joining their ranks. And let’s be honest – she is four so she was mostly SUPER excited about getting to wear her new Batman leotard for her super hero gymnastics birthday party.
As her mom, it’s a joy to watch her grow. She’s fearless, funny, and (most of the time) kind. She’s a dreamer and has the determination to make her dreams come true. (Although her dream of being a giraffe when she grows up might be a little out of reach.) But it’s also not lost on me that I assumed she would celebrate her fourth birthday. I also fully expect to be celebrating her fifth birthday this time next year. Now I know that tomorrow is never promised, and tragedy does exist in our world. But to be truthful, I’m blessed that I don’t have to think about that fact very often. This isn’t the case everywhere.
Globally, 16,000 children under the age of 5 die each day. The two regions of the world where Water of Life operates have the highest child mortality rate. 1 child in 12 in sub-Saharan Africa dies before his or her fifth birthday. In southeastern Asia, about 1 child in 19 dies before age five. That’s at least one child in my daughter’s preschool classroom who wouldn’t survive to the end of the school year. The saddest part is, the majority of these deaths are caused by infectious diseases and neonatal complications that are both preventable and easily treatable. It doesn’t have to remain this way. And it doesn’t seem right that just because my daughter was born in the United States versus another part of the world – I get to make the assumption that we will be celebrating her birthday for years to come.
Roland agreed years ago that it wasn’t right for the deck to be so stacked again certain children simply because of where they were born. He knew that, as Christians, God calls us to serve the least of these. Roland also happened to celebrate his birthday this weekend. While he probably wasn’t as excited about turning 66 as my daughter was about turning 4, he still wants to celebrate by giving the gift of fresh water to those who need it the most. He is seeking to prevent the spread of water borne illnesses so that more children around the world are able to continue celebrating their own birthdays. Will you join us by giving today?
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Soleo Health Appoints Ron Lindahl Chief Operating Officer
Soleo Health, an innovative leader in specialty infusion services, announced today the appointment of Ron Lindahl to the post of chief operating officer.
In this capacity, Lindahl, who brings more than three decades of operational and technology experience in the specialty pharmacy and home infusion therapy arena to the Company, will be responsible for overseeing Soleo Healths field sales and operations and corporate service support functions, including, procurement, managed care contracting, health outcomes, research initiatives and information technology functions.
Lindahl joined Soleo Health in May 2016 and was promoted to chief operating officer from the role of vice president of information technology, where he oversaw all technology for the Company and its growing network of pharmacy locations nationwide.
Previously, Lindahl was chief technology officer at AxelaCare Health Solution, a Lenexa, Kan.-based infusion services provider. In this capacity, he directed the planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems. Earlier, he served as vice president of application development at specialty pharmacy and home infusion provider Accredo Health. He also was vice president of information technology at Critical Care Systems in Nashua, N.H., a provider of home infusion therapies, directing technology services for the companys corporate and clinical management systems. Lindahl also held various technology and engineering-related roles at SONY DADC and General Electric, just to name a few.
In my new position, the focus will be on the Companys continued commitment to providing an excellent clinical experience for our patients and ability to best leverage technology to improve productivity. I will be working closely with our business partners to ensure operational efficiencies throughout Soleo Healths network of 19 nationwide locations. My extensive career experience in both operations and technology, particularly in specialty pharmacy and infusion, coupled with the IT position I held for the last 2+ years, will bode well as we move forward in strengthening Soleo Healths market leadership position. I am eager to move into this role where I can extend my expertise to other areas of functionality across the Company, Lindahl noted.
Since joining Soleo Health, Ron has clearly demonstrated his industry expertise and operational knowledge, warranting this promotion to the chief operating officer role. He is a proven executive with a long-standing career in delivering strong contributions to profitability, innovation, growth and operational excellence across national pharmacy and specialty infusion organizations. His experience will complement the management team and be impactful to the future direction of the Company. We look forward to the influence he will have on our rapidly growing organization, said Drew Walk, chief executive officer.
Lindahl holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Cleveland State University in Cleveland.
About Soleo Health
McKinney, Texas-based Soleo Health is an innovative national provider of specialty home and alternate-site infusion services. Its team of experienced clinicians provides exceptional clinical care and support in managing patients with complex or chronic conditions through comprehensive therapy management programs. Soleo Healths patients clinical needs are met by its team of compassionate and caring associates who deliver highly personalized care.
Soleo Health operates 19 locations throughout the U.S. with pharmacy licensure in 50 states, and is accredited by The Joint Commission. For more information, visit www.soleohealth.com or connect with Soleo Health on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Source: Borealis Exploration Limited
July 01, 2010 09:00 ET
Prague Airport to Support Development of WheelTug Electric Aircraft Drive System
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC--(Marketwire - July 1, 2010) - Prague-Ruzyne Airport has become the world's first airport to support development of a new technology enabling aircraft to use on-board electric motors to taxi between terminal gates and runways. The new WheelTug® system is expected to reduce aircraft emissions, fuel consumption, and noise at airports, and to improve safety, airlines' schedule reliability, and both airline and customer convenience at airports.
Prague-Ruzyne International Airport, named the Best Airport in Central and Eastern Europe will become WheelTug's Flagship Airport in Europe and will be a world leader in encouraging cleaner air, less noise, and greater fuel efficiency, safety and operating efficiency within airports. The WheelTug system is projected to reduce aircraft taxi-mode fuel consumption and CO2 emissions both by 66%, and to reduce hydrocarbon emissions by 75% per flight cycle.
An agreement between Letiste Praha, a. s., operator of the Prague Airport, and WheelTug plc, developer of the WheelTug system, states that Prague Airport will actively assist WheelTug with development support during testing and certification. "This support includes necessary airport assistance, as well as facilitation of smooth co-operation between WheelTug and other organizations at the airport including airport handling services and air navigation service provider," stated Jiri Pos, Member of the Board and Executive Director of Aviation, Operations and Property Management at Prague Airport and he added: "The team of Prague Airport Consulting will also be working with WheelTug to adapt existing operating procedures, checklists, and operating regulations to achieve maximum benefit from WheelTug systems at Prague and at other airports."
"Prague Airport is a wonderful addition to the WheelTug team," said Isaiah Cox, WheelTug's CEO. "As we move development from initial tests through to certification and product launch, we need to work closely with an airport to ensure that the WheelTug system is compatible with, and optimized for, airport operations. We are gratified to be working with such a forward-thinking and environmentally responsible airport as Prague."
WheelTug is a unique concept in aircraft ground operations. This patented electric drive system incorporates high performance electric motors installed in the nosewheels of aircraft, providing full mobility on the ground without the use of the aircraft engines or tugs for gate pushback and taxi operations. WheelTug enables aircraft to be driven without using their engines from the terminal gate to the runway, and from runway exit to the gate, upon landing. The resulting improvements in efficiency, flexibility, fuel savings, reduced engine damage and CO2 emissions yield projected savings of more than $500,000 per aircraft per year.
WheelTug will provide several operational benefits for airports, airlines and passengers. Because aircraft jet engines won't operate during taxiing, aircraft noise will be significantly reduced. Aircraft can move more rapidly and safely between terminal gates and runways. This will reduce flight turnaround times and speed airport operations. In terms of operational safety, WheelTug removes the danger of aircraft engines ingesting debris and eliminates Jet blast, that will bring more safe working environment for airport ground personnel. Airports will be allowed to reduce safety distances behind engines and use taxiways efficiently.
The first systems are being developed for the Boeing 737NG aircraft family, and are expected to receive government certification by early 2012; systems for other aircraft models will follow.
About WheelTug plc:
WheelTug plc, based in Gibraltar, is developing the WheelTug electric drive system to move aircraft on the ground. http://www.wheeltug.gi WheelTug is a majority-owned subsidiary of Chorus Motors plc (PINKSHEETS: CHOMF). Forward Looking Statement may be found at http://www.chorusmotors.gi/fwdlook.shtml. WheelTug can be found at the Farnborough International Air Show, Hall 2, C-3.
About Prague Airport:
In 2009, the airport handled 11.64 million passengers. Prague Airport received the Award for Best Airport in Eastern Europe in the World Airport Awards. During the 2009/2010 summer season, passengers will have access to 50 airlines connecting Prague directly with 131 destinations around the globe.
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CloudMedx Adds Breakthrough CCM Capabilities to Analytics Platform to Improve Patient Care and Drive Greater Revenue for Healthcare Providers
June 02, 2016 09:58 ET | Source: CloudMedx
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 2, 2016) - CloudMedx, a healthcare technology company improving patient care through advanced data analytics, today announced the release of breakthrough capabilities for healthcare providers to deliver chronic care management (CCM) to Medicare beneficiaries. The new capabilities help medical practices automatically identify, enroll, track and improve care and treatment for eligible CCM patients through intuitive data integration and intelligent risk stratification. The CCM capabilities are now available through the CloudMedx Analytics Platform.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries have two or more chronic conditions. These patients are eligible for CCM services, which provide at least 20 minutes of non face-to-face clinical staff time per month, directed by a qualified health care professional. CMS pays these care providers for delivering CCM services as they alleviate costly future events such as complications, hospital readmissions and emergency room visits.
However, based on CMS data, of the approximately 35 million Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for CCM, the agency only received reimbursement requests from 100,000 beneficiaries (Modern Healthcare, October 17, 2015). This poor CCM utilization is driven by lengthy documentation, lack of data analytics, upfront costs, as well as patient variation and pushback. Many clinics are already collecting the necessary information on their patients that are eligible for CCM, but have not dedicated the resources needed to make the program viable. The situation is impacting patient health and practice group revenue as patients are not being contacted in time. For example, an eligible population of 5,000 CCM patients per month could potentially generate $2.1 million in annual recurring revenue for a provider group based on the $40 to $43 billable code for CCM.
The CloudMedx analytics platform helps alleviate this issue for care providers, putting its advanced analytics engine to work for them. The company has automated the workflow of identifying, stratifying, enrolling, and communicating with patients directly through its portal. CloudMedx also offers APIs through which providers can enjoy the benefit of its platform integrated directly into existing workflows and EHRs.
"We built this feature based on customer demand," said Sahar Arshad, COO and Co-Founder of CloudMedx. "Upon looking at the CCMs, we felt it was underserved and the primary drivers for it were the lack of systems talking to each other and analytics that surface them automatically. For us this was a quick development as we had all the core functionality already built in the backend. But this feature added an additional revenue stream for our partners and improved their clinical operations. Imagine if you are able to identify your chronic patients automatically and talk to your chronic patients and guide them towards better health -- it helps keep them healthy and brings potential high costs down such as avoidable readmissions, missed medications, and other concerns at bay. Since our roll out we have seen a huge uptake for this feature from both our enterprise customers as well as groups of providers."
About the platform and CCM features
CloudMedx combines the power of machine learning and big data analytics to generate real-time health insights and improve patient outcomes by removing any gaps in care and treatment. Using predictive risk analyses, CloudMedx helps physicians identify people who are at risk for costly, debilitating illnesses in time for intervention and one-on-one support that can help them reverse their risk or minimize their potential for serious complications.
The CloudMedx analytics platform integrates with labs, pharmacies and hospitals to capture all relevant clinical and financial information at the point of care, which is then shared with all necessary healthcare participants across the continuum. CloudMedx helps address a number of challenges that medical care organizations face including excess readmissions, reimbursement reduction due to value-based payment programs, poor patient satisfaction scores, inefficient care processes, and poor, prescriptive population health management.
With the new CCM capabilities, healthcare professionals can quickly identify patients who qualify for CCM, engage them in care plans and generate daily and monthly reports on specific CCM activities, such as calls made, time sent and associated eligible payments.
Key new features within the CloudMedx Analytics Platform that support CCM include:
Patient engagement -- in real-time identify, stratify, and enroll eligible patients through an automated process;
Curated care plans -- use industry standard suite of care plans or create new highly targeted care plans for individual or groups of patients under a disease registry;
Tie together information workflows -- integrates EOC documents, time analysis and multiple EHRs into the care coordination workflow;
Staff coordination -- directs the staff to focus on immediate tasks at hand and empowers technology partner to provide a scalable solution for non-office care coordination.
About CloudMedx
CloudMedx analytics platform empowers healthcare organizations to deliver improved patient care and outcomes through greater insights. CloudMedx combines the power of machine learning and big data analytics to generate real-time health insights and improve patient outcomes for conditions that are responsible for as much as 90% of healthcare costs: congestive heart failure, stroke, hypertension, heart attack, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia and diabetes. Located in Palo Alto, CloudMedx is a private company and received seed funding from Y Combinator. More information is available at www.cloudmedxhealth.com.
Kerry Metzdorf
Big Swing Communications
kerry@big-swing.com
CloudMedx
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Gluten-Free Living > Gluten-Free Foods > Movie Theater Popcorn
Movie Theater Popcorn
Movie theater popcorn is one of my guilty pleasures. I have always assumed it is gluten free but wanted to know for sure. I hope I can continue to enjoy this treat when I go to the movies.
It’s hard to resist the smell and taste of movie theater popcorn. The popcorn kernels themselves are, of course, gluten free. The oil and flavoring used to give them that unique movie taste were also gluten free in every case we checked. All Flavacol brand popcorn, oil and butter flavoring produced by Gold Medal Products, a major supplier to movie theaters, is gluten free. Todd Sunderhaus, flavor technologist for Gold Medal, said the company’s manufacturing facility is gluten free and that all ingredients are checked for allergens. When it comes to gluten, the company has a zero tolerance policy, Sunderhaus said. Gold Medal does sell some products that contain wheat, including funnel cake and waffle cone mixes, but they are made by outside companies and stored in a separate room in the company’s warehouse. “All the popcorn is gluten free,” Sunderhaus said. “There is no issue or question about that.” Several major movie theater chains also confirmed that their popcorn is gluten free. Regal Cinemas, the largest movie theater chain in the US, also sells pop corn with butter topping that is gluten free, according to marketing manager Richard Grover. Regal has 552 theaters in 39 states and Washington, D.C. The butter topping at all 350 AMC theaters in 30 states and Washington is gluten free, according to Sun Dee Larson, director of external communications. Likewise, the popcorn in all Cinemark theaters is gluten free, said James Meredith, vice president of marketing and communications. Cinemark has 289 theaters in 38 states. If the economy has you planning to watch more movies at home, you’ll be happy to know that most microwave popcorn is gluten free. Read the label to be sure. If you really want to save money, you can buy regular popcorn kernels in a plastic bag for a fraction of the cost of prepackaged microwave popcorn. You can use the kernels to make homemade microwave popcorn simply by putting a quarter cup of popcorn and salt or other seasoning to taste in a plain brown lunch bag. Add 1 teaspoon of olive or vegetable oil. Fold the top of the bag over and staple it twice (No, the staple will not ignite in the microwave. You can also fold the top of the bag over twice and skip the staples.) Gently shake the bag and lay it down in the micro - wave. Set the time from two to three minutes depending on your microwave, but stay there and remove the popcorn when there are three to five seconds between pops. Some recipes for homemade micro - wave popcorn omit the oil, which would cut the fat content, but might also affect the taste. You can also make popcorn the oldfashioned way. Pour just a bit of oil into the bottom of a pot, add some popcorn kernels, put the lid on the pot and turn the heat to medium high. Shake the pan when it starts popping or the popcorn will scorch and burn. Stay near the stove. Turn off the burner when there are three to five seconds between pops and leave the top on for a minute or two so the kernels settle. If you are feeling a bit nostalgic try Jiffy Pop—it’s gluten free. This is the brand that comes complete with oil and kernels already in an aluminum pan. I remember my parents making it on the stove when I was a kid and it seemed like sheer magic when the popcorn would bubble up into a big silver ball.
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Formal inauguration of Göta Canal 1832 On 26 September 1832, Göta Canal was inaugurated at Mem amid great pomp and circumstance in the presence of King Karl XIV and his family.
Göta Canal - A beautiful history
The Göta Canal was one of the largest civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Sweden. The canal stretches from Sjötorp on Lake Vänern to Mem on the east coast. It has a length of 190 kilometres and a total of 58 locks. Of this distance, 87 kilometres were dug by hand.
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Charter: King Karl XIII greenlighted the project
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In 1798, the naval officer and politician Count Baltzar von Platen was elected to the Board of Directors of the Trollhätte Canal. At the same time, he was developing plans for a link between the North Sea and the Baltic, what was later to be known as the Göta Canal.
On 11 April 1810, Göta kanalbolag, under the leadership of Baltzar von Platen, was granted permission by King Karl XIII to build a Canal from Mem by the Baltic to Sjötorp by Lake Vänern. The Canal workshops at Motala Verkstad were founded by von Platen in 1822 to manufacture equipment for building the Canal. This was also the start of a development that led to Motala being known as the cradle of Sweden's engineering industry.
Baltzar von Platen was never able to experience the splender of Göta Canal upon its completion. During 1829, three years prior to the formal inauguration, von Platen passed away. He has his final resting place near the canal in Motala.
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Slash to Release 'Made In Stoke 24/7/11' CD/DVD of Hometown Show This Fall
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As previously reported, Slash filmed his recent show in his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent, England, for a future DVD release. Now it has been officially announced that a live CD/DVD titlted Made In Stoke 24/7/11 will be released November 15.
"I've been wanting to do this for a long time, and for some reason it just never seemed possible," said Slash of the concert. "One of the things about doing the solo record and setting up my own tour was that I told the powers-that-be that I wanted to play in places I'd never played before. And so Stoke was something that was high on my list, and I told them just make it happen."
For the show, which was recorded at Victoria Hall, Slash was joined by Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge on vocals. His band line-up included bassist Todd Kerns, drummer Brent Fitz and guitarist Bobby Schneck.
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Jacky Lam, anesthesiologist assistant, not only donates to Global Partners, a service of Gundersen Medical Foundation, he is an eye witness to how his gifts are changing lives.
"I have been involved with Global Partners since 2014 as a trip volunteer," says Jacky. "I like the approach Global Partners takes on community wellness, both here in the Coulee Region and abroad. It not only provides short-term medical relief, it also focuses on long-term self-sustainability by providing local staff training and community health education."
You are encouraged to join Jacky and many other Gundersen staff in supporting Global Partners—or any fund of your choosing—during the iGive Employee Giving Campaign, May 1-31. Your help is needed to reach this year's goal of 25 percent employee participation. The potential to help even more people is significant, so please consider making a gift.
Jacky understands the value in giving. "Global Partners mobilizes community members right here in our workplace to serve other communities in developing countries," he explains. "I went on a Global Partners mission trip to Ethiopia in February with a team of medical, dental and community volunteers. Our team provided health screening to more than 900 elementary school students in eight days. Without the continuing support of Global Partners and its volunteers, this community would have a very difficult time accessing dental and medical care. Global Partners is truly making a difference in that region."
Besides Global Partners, Jacky and his wife also support Steppin' Out in Pink through the Foundation. That's the beauty of iGive. You can fuel your passion and give to the fund or funds that align with your interests. Set up a recurring gift through payroll deduction or make a one-time donation. It's easy to do. Simply go to gundersenhealth.org/igive.
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A weekly summary of local newspapers in outline format
I would enjoy a local publication that covered the weeks news in outline and/or logic (premise+premise=conclusion) format. No ads (charge a larger subscription fee), no comentary, no creative writing... just pictures and textual meat. It should be the size of a magazine, not the "wrapping-paper" format common to newspapers. The ink should not come off on your hands or anything else. In terms of layout, a new story should not begin before the the previous story ends (i.e., I don't want to go on a scavanger hunt for the last paragraph). Just the facts.
— DickWeed, Feb 05 2003
More newspaper improvements http://www.halfbake...Format_20Newspapers
[snarfyguy, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Sounds like... http://www.djnewswires.com/
any standard news wire. If you pay for it, you can even filter for just the stuff that matters to you. Of course, it's not a weekly summary. [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
you have my vote just for banning the hunt-for-the-end-of-the-story bs.
— rbl, Feb 05 2003
It would have to be pretty expensive I guess. I had another thought along these lines (see link).
— snarfyguy, Feb 05 2003
summaries - someone else's opinions
there was a neat little magazine around some time ago ( I think its possibly discontinued now) that was similar to the readers' digest format but a little larger and it gave the reader what they considered to be, the best recent bits garnered from every other magazine (UK)
— po, Feb 05 2003
Correct: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
I always heard that ADHD stands for "Attention defi -- Hey! Let's all go ride bikes!"
— ry4an, Feb 05 2003
before or after we disrupt the class?
apparently lack of drinking water contributes to ... what was I saying?... yes lets play leap frog...
croissant - just for ridding us of the last-paragraph hunt (especially troublesome on the toilet...not much room in the stalls to flip wrapping-paper pages.)
— Freefall, Feb 05 2003
i don't think most people could handle 'the facts'. the truth annoys people. for example, if you tell your girlfriend she stinks, she'll throw you out! what the hell's up with that?! she always said she wanted our relationship to be based on honesty. (disclaimer: i'd never do a thing like that. idiot).
— sambwiches, Feb 05 2003
sambwiches: somehow I doubt the fact that your girlfriend stinks will ever show up in the news.
— DrCurry, Feb 05 2003
that really depends how badly she stunk.
What's the point in reading a newspaper if it doesn't make any attempt to explain the background behind stories?
Today's news: 200 people were happy, 140 were concerned and 57 were really pissed off. The end.
— kropotkin, Feb 06 2003
and all were foreign so who gives a rats?
having ADD myself, this is a good idea. however, it would need to provide a bibliography, so to speak, so that i could find and read the most interesting stories in their original newspapers but not have to worry about missing the end because i notice a piece of paper on the other side of the room.
— igirl, Mar 29 2003
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"Edge of Tomorrow" pushes past 3 million to top the table once more…
Last weekend Doug Liman's science fiction adaptation "Edge of Tomorrow" snatched over 1.5M admissions to take gold, and while its haul was significantly less this time around, the 679K (40%) it pulled over the weekend was enough to secure a second reign. Cruise and his sci-fi flicks go down like a treat in Korea, and paired with the tale's Japanese origin, Liman's futuristic frenzy has thus far managed to amass over 3M admissions ($25M). And while Cruise and his co-star Emily Blunt were blazing at the top, two new local films made their entry into the top ten in the form of "Gyeongju" and "For The Emperor".
While there was some shuffling in the lower-middle order, one and two remained the same as "Edge of Tomorrow" and Kim Seong-hun's action drama "A Hard Day" were unmoved. "A Hard Day", starring Lee Sun-kyun, attracted 366K filmgoers (20.7%) to once again secured second place. The Showbox product came out late last month and has since moved its total tally to 2.1M ($16.3M).
Follow Kim's intriguing piece came Park Sang-joon's noirish gangster flick "For The Emperor" starring Lee Min-ki and Park Sung-woong. Released on the 12th, "For The Emperor" opened its Korean account to 423 screens and across them claimed 12.9% of the box office pie (223K admissions). A modest start, all things considered, but it was enough to dislodge the very popular "X-Men: Days of Future Past" down to fourth.
Marvel's mutants spent two weeks at the top during the last two weeks of May, and its fourth week out in Korea saw it add another 134K stubs to its cause. This week, however, was the first where the "X-Men" looked to be running out of steam, but after 4.1M admissions ($32.9M) and four weeks in top ten it's time was well spent. "Maleficent" followed the aging mutants in fourth with 126K (6.7%), while director Lee Jeong-beom's, the man behind the 2010 hit "The Man From Nowhere", latest film "No Tears for the Dead" slipped to sixth with just 35K (2%).
Jang Jin's action comedy "Man on High Heels", starring Cha Seung-won, entered the fray earlier on in the month, but has been unable to gain traction. Here, the film occupied seventh place with almost 33K (1.8%), falling just the one position and moving its bottom line onto $2.4M (312K admissions). The other new Korean entry, Zhang Lu's "Gyeongju", managed 25K over 318 screens, while the critically acclaimed "Her" stay steady in ninth with just 17K (impressively over just 69 screens). Lastly, the Italian film "The Best Offer" narrowly outplayed the latest "Detective Conan" animation from Japan to hold down tenth place with 15K admissions.
1 "Edge of Tomorrow" 679 768 3 045 572
2 "A Hard Day" (무덤까지 간다) 2014/05/29 366 917 2 122 264
3 "For The Emperor" (황제를 위하여) 2014/06/12 223 135 317 112
4 "X-Men: Days of Future Past" 134 750 4 175 861
5 "Maleficent" 126 280 1 285 917
6 "No Tears for the Dead" (우는 남자) 2014/06/04 35 542 579 068
7 "Man on High Heels" (하이힐) 2014/06/04 32 948 312 275
8 "Gyeongju" (경주) 2014/06/12 25 938 38 318
9 "Her" 17 069 249 002
10 "The Best Offer (La migliore offerta)" 15 554 23 169
"The Stone" (스톤) 2014/06/12 5 399 9 469
"Obsessed" (인간중독) 2014/05/14 1 630 1 438 331
"You Are My Vampire" (그댄 나의 뱀파이어) 2014/06/12 516 864
"Ghost Messenger" (고스트 메신저) 2014/05/22 433 23 454
"The Squishees" (스퀴시랜드) 2014/06/04 275 5 168
"An American Friend" (미국인 친구) 2014/06/12 201 472
"Impish husband" (개구장이 도련님, 1971) - Re-release 151 151
"Sage Solutions" (슬기로운 해법) 2014/05/15 126 4 295
"Forget-Me-Not" (물망초, 1969) - Re-release 121 121
"Piagol" (피아골, 1955) - Re-release 100 100
For The Emperor
(황제를 위하여 - 2014)
An American Friend
(미국인 친구 - 2014)
(경주 - 2014)
(스톤 - 2014)
You Are My Vampire
(그댄 나의 뱀파이어 - 2014)
The Squishees
(스퀴시랜드 - 2014)
No Tears for the Dead
(우는 남자 - 2013)
Man on High Heels
(하이힐 - 2013)
(끝까지 간다 - 2013)
Ghost Messenger
(고스트 메신저 - 2014)
Sage Solutions
(슬기로운 해법 - 2014)
(인간중독 - 2013)
The Man From Nowhere
(아저씨 - 2010)
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Kim Han-min's "Admiral" rages on...
After eight years as Korea's highest grossing film, Bong Joon-ho's hybrid hit, "The Host", has finally been toppled by Kim's epic "Admiral". "The Host" (which stars the prolific and prominent Song Kang-ho) claimed over 13M admissions back in 2006, but Kim Han-min's seafaring strategist (spectacularly spearheaded by Choi Min-sik) has already surged past Bong's buoy with over 14.6M ($111M)--the ultimate box office record to fall in its wake--and from here on out, it's simply history in the making.
"The Admiral: Roaring Currents" claimed an additional 2M admissions (42.7%) over this past weekend to push its pot past Bong's beast, a mighty achievement that cements its place in the history books as one of Korea's greatest cinematic adventures. But while Kim's latest was leading the charge into uncharted record territory, local filmgoers also came out in force to support Lee Seok-hoon's "Pirates" (1.4M – 29.7%) and Sim Seong-bo's "Haemoo" (585K – 12.5%). Together these homegrown hits captured over 85% of ticket sales to take a three-ship sweep of the money map without much foreign fuss.
"Pirates" entered the fray on the 6th and has been tailing "The Admiral" ever since Kim's courageous captain took the helm. Last weekend it claimed second with 1.2M and along with this weekend's haul has now raced to 4.2M admissions ($32.4M). There has also been much public praise and critic acclaimed for Sim Seong-bo's adaptation "Haemoo", whose cast includes: Kim Yun-seok, Park Yoo-chun, Han Ye-ri, and Lee Hee-joon. "Haemoo" (aka "Haemoo") is based on a true story of a group of fishermen who resort to illegal smuggling in order to keep their jobs. However, things go horribly wrong for the crew and its hidden human cargo as wild weather wreaks havoc on their plans. The film also boasts the movie-making talent of one Bong Joon-ho who, along with Sim, is credited with the screenplay duties for this dramatic depiction.
From here the foreign flicks tussled tirelessly for position, the most successful of which was Disney's "Planes: Fire & Rescue" (161K – 3.1%) and the American romantic comedy "The Fault in Our Stars" (based on John Green's novel of the same name) by Josh Boone (156K – 3.2%). "How To Train Your Dragon 2" sat pretty in third last weekend, but found it tough going here as it slumped to sixth with 116K (2.4%). The rest of pack failed to break the 100K admissions mark, with "Detective Conan" (71K), "Guardians of the Galaxy" (70K), "Begin Again" (63K), and the latest "Pokemon" film (40K) all scrapping for stubs in the wake of another blistering box office for the home team.
1 "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" (명량-회오리바다) 2014/07/30 2 058 099 14 622 638
2 "Pirates" (해적: 바다로 간 산적) 2014/08/06 1 454 729 4 292 984
3 "Haemoo" (해무) 2014/08/13 585 357 931 767
4 "Planes: Fire & Rescue" 161 987 196 352
5 "The Fault in Our Stars" 156 239 228 623
6 "How To Train Your Dragon 2" 116 947 2 911 520
7 "Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper" 71 851 349 996
8 "Guardians of the Galaxy" 70 757 1 212 462
9 "Begin Again" 63 762 101 516
10 "Pokemon: Jirachi - Wish Maker" 40 936 55 674
"Insect Kingdom 3D" (곤충왕국 3D) 2014/08/14 4 595 6 972
"KUNDO : Age of the Rampant" (군도:민란의 시대) 2014/07/23 3 943 4 767 969
"T-pang Rescue" (극장판 뛰뛰빵빵 구조대 미션 : 둥둥이를 구하라!) 2014/08/07 1 453 19 772
"The Cardinal" (그 사람 추기경) 2014/08/07 767 10 149
"Hope In Baseco" (바세코의 아이들) 2014/08/14 706 1 057
"Janus: Two Faces of Desire" (야누스: 욕망의 두 얼굴) 2014/08/14 678 1 885
"Kim Du-han 3" (김두한 3, 1975) - Re-release 346 346
"18 - Eighteen Noir" (18: 우리들의 성장 느와르) 2014/08/14 227 670
"Tunnel 3D" (터널 3D) 2014/08/20 224 3571
"One for All, All for One" (60만번의 트라이) 2014/09/18 218 765
One for All, All for One
(60만번의 트라이 - 2014)
Tunnel 3D
(터널 3D - 2014)
Janus: Two Faces of Desire
(야누스: 욕망의 두 얼굴 - 2014)
Hope In Baseco
(바세코의 아이들 - 2014)
Insect Kingdom 3D
(곤충왕국 3D - 2014)
18 - Eighteen Noir
(18: 우리들의 성장 느와르 - 2014)
Haemoo
(해무 - 2014)
T-pang Rescue
(극장판 뛰뛰빵빵 구조대 미션 : 둥둥이를 구하라! - 2013)
The Cardinal
(그 사람 추기경 - 2013)
(해적: 바다로 간 산적 - 2014)
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
(명량 - 2014)
KUNDO : Age of the Rampant
(군도:민란의 시대 - 2014)
(괴물 - 2006)
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South Africans call for changes after World Cup slump
Pat Symcox and Meyrick Pringle during the Momentum 2015 Cricket Sixes Invitational Golf Day at Parkview Golf Course on September 04, 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Image: Lee Warren/Gallo Images
Former South Africa bowler Pat Symcox said major changes were needed to lift the standard of domestic cricket in the country as they slumped to a third straight World Cup defeat against India.
South Africa, who lost their first two matches, to England and Bangladesh, went down by six wickets to Virat Kohli's men in Southampton on Wednesday meaning they have now recorded their worst start in eight World Cup campaigns.
In an interview with The Citizen newspaper before the match, Symcox called for root-and-branch reform of the game.
"We can have a go at the team and the players, but they are probably the best we've got at the moment, and they're only products of the system," said Symcox.
"I have no confidence in the system or the production line any more and this can't be turned around by one or two players."
As South Africa headed for defeat, Symcox acknowledged that injuries to key bowlers Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi had hurt their chances.
But he said South Africa's batsmen had failed by scoring only 227 for nine after batting first.
"If your batters don't score enough runs it makes no difference who your bowlers are on flat pitches...you will lose to good teams," tweeted Symcox.
Former one-day international all-rounder Dave Callaghan also expressed concern about the system.
"Let's not put all the blame on the players," he posted on Facebook.
"it's our system which is at fault. The players who took the field were the best available."
There were pockets of optimism. Former international spin bowler Paul Adams tweeted: "It's on to the next game... and they will need six out of six to try and qualify for the knockouts."
Dave Nosworthy, a former provincial player and franchise coach, called for the players to step up and be counted.
"Frustration for sure - BUT the good news is that the @OfficialCSA team can surely not get any worse - & they're STILL not out of it! Plenty of areas to address & clearly not gone to plan, and it is NOW when a few can really make proper names for themselves..." he tweeted.
Skipper Faf du Plessis came in for criticism from the travelling South Africa media for not attending Wednesday's post-match press conference.
"Not a good look when the Proteas captain, having said the previous day that the team are looking to him to lead, does not face the media after a third successive loss," tweeted journalist Ken Borland.
South African-born former England player Kevin Pietersen could not resist needling some of his South African friends, anticipating England's end-of-year tour of the country of his birth.
"Not sure what's up with SA cricket," he tweeted. "They have to improve or there'll be three-day Tests when England turn up later in year."
South African supporters were harsh in their criticism. One tweeted that the cricketers had replaced the 2003 rugby Springboks as the worst team to represent South Africa in any World Cup.
And the team's fielding was ridiculed. "The fielding has turned Under-15 B," tweeted journalist Rob Houwing. To which fellow reporter Khanyiso Tshwaku responded, "Give Under-15 B some respect."
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Police searching for missing man Chris Aubrey find a body on Burbage Common
POLICE officers who have been leading the search for missing Burbage man Chris Aubrey have confirmed a body has been found.
Hinckley Times
It was discovered by a member of the public at Burbage Common last night.
Formal identification has not been carried out, but members of Mr Aubrey’s family have been informed. Enquiries are continuing into the death but police say there are no suspicious circumstances.
Mr Aubrey was last seen at Sgt Pepper's in Hinckley in the early hours of Friday morning.
Burbage Common
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NewsViral
What Is The Momo Challenge on Instagram and YouTube?
By Mitansha Chopra March 2, 2019
The “Momo Challenge” is a viral new game which is allegedly connected to many teen suicides internationally. This game is going viral faster than you can imagine. You may find this freaky face on Twitter, your Instagram or even in your DMs. Here’s all that you need to know about it.
What is this Momo Challenge and how does it work?
The Momo Challenge is a sort of cyberbullying via social media. The game is using platforms like Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Whatsapp.
Credits: Seventeen
The challenge begins by searching for a special phone number. After that, a Whatsapp message or normal text is send to that number. Once that step is completed, the sender will receive messages tied to the photos of a creepy creature called “Momo”. This creature was created by a Japanese company of special effects.
The messages received involve violent prompts regarding taking pills, committing suicide or even stabbing people.
Is this Momo Challenge new?
If you already aware about it, then you must know that the Momo Challenge has made headlines in the previous year as well. An Argentinian girl committed suicide after playing this game. However, the news was never confirmed by the authorities.
Several other reports from Columbia and India also talked about teens killing themselves. Several other such news continued to pour in. Free Hess, a citizen of Florida, said that she saw some videos on YouTube Kids and YouTube giving instructions to children in committing suicide. She said,
However, this may be a hoax as the number of deaths reported is fairly thin.
Mom Challenge
Mom challenge death
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Exxon Mobil agrees to green group's carbon disclosure bid
Collin Eaton March 20, 2014 Updated: March 20, 2014 11:03 p.m.
Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to disclose how the costs of carbon emissions could affect its business model and the worth of its fossil fuel reserves, a wealth management group with a focus on green portfolios said Thursday.
"Shareholder value is at stake if companies are not prepared for a low-carbon scenario," said Natasha Lamb, director of equity research at Arjuna Capital, in a written statement.
Arjuna and As You Sow, an investment group promoting "social corporate responsibility," had pushed for shareholder resolutions endorsing what they call a carbon asset risk report.
It's the first time that Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp., the nation's largest oil company, has agreed to tell investors how it appraises carbon-intensive assets like oil sands under increasingly strict climate rules.
Investors are pushing for similar commitments from nine other energy producers, including Anadarko Petroleum, Chevron, Devon Energy and Hess.
Exxon Mobil declined to comment, but email exchanges between Lamb and company spokesman David Rosenthal, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, show that Arjuna withdrew the shareholder proposal in exchange for Exxon Mobil's commitment.
"We are in agreement to proceed with your withdrawal of the Shareholder Proposal, and our producing the comprehensive report on Carbon Asset Risk," Rosenthal wrote.
"We are very pleased with your commitment to write a report and address our concerns," Lamb wrote in an email dated March 17.
The activist shareholders pushing for the carbon asset risk reports say that in 2012, public energy producers spent $674 billion on exploring and developing new reserves they can't burn without causing what the shareholders term "catastrophic" global warming.
"More and more unconventional 'frontier' assets are being booked on the balance sheet, such as deep water and tar sands," Lamb said. "These reserves are not only the most carbon intensive, risky and expensive to extract, but the most vulnerable to devaluation."
Those reserves are valued at $20 trillion on 200 of the largest energy companies' balance sheets, the investors said, but only a third of those reserves could be used before carbon emissions cause crippling climate change.
Late last year, a collection of well-heeled investors with $3 trillion in assets under management formed the Carbon Asset Risk Initiative to press oil, gas and coal companies to publish regular reports on reserves they consider high risk because of their concentration of carbon.
'Low-carbon economy'
The group coordinated investor letters to energy companies last fall.
Andrew Logan, director of the oil and gas program at nonprofit investor group Ceres, said it will be looking "for concrete commitments by companies to avoid making riskier investments in the most carbon-intensive assets, which would demonstrate the companies' ability to adapt as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy."
In an interview with the Chronicle, Arjuna Capital's Lamb said Exxon Mobil could start publishing the carbon risk report as early as the end of this month. The investors then plan to push the company to begin divesting from the riskiest assets, such as carbon-intensive oil sands and deep-water projects, and return money to shareholders instead.
"We wanted to ensure capital discipline," Lamb said, adding that high spending has in recent years eaten into oil company profits.
She said European oil companies including Great Britain's BP and France's Total have begun to regulate their investment levels and have been rewarded with a higher stock prices.
But Exxon Mobil isn't likely to start selling off its prospects any time soon, said Brian Youngberg, an analyst with Edward Jones.
"It's hard for a company of Exxon's size to continue to invest and avoid deep water, shale and oil sands; those are the three growth areas in the sector," Youngberg said.
"Maybe they'll add more disclosure to the projects they are investing in," he said.
Resisting activists
And other oil companies will likely keep resisting activist calls to drop their investments in carbon-heavy projects, said Fadel Gheit, an analyst with Oppenheimer & Co.
"It's not going to happen," Gheit said.
Chevron spokesman Justin Higgs said only that the proxy statement the company issues ahead of its annual shareholders' meeting "will contain the Board of Directors' response to the stockholder proposal received by the company."
Last year, the Carbon Asset Risk Initiative failed to get the votes for the first-ever shareholder initiative on carbon-driven asset risks, submitted to natural gas and coal producer Consol Energy.
That proposal by As You Sow got about 20 per- cent of Consol shareholders' votes.
"Forward thinking companies need to re-assess how they allocate shareholder capital and act strategically to shift their business models," Lamb said. "If Big Oil can't redirect capital to low carbon energy alternatives, investors will."
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Energy reporter for the Houston Chronicle. Houston native. Former banking and finance reporter.
Prior to joining the Houston Chronicle, Collin Eaton covered the local banking and finance scene at the Houston Business Journal. Before that, he held internships at newspapers in Texas and Washington D.C., generally writing about business, money or higher education. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011.
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Devon delays NHS 111 launch again
COMMERCIAL: The launch of NHS 111 in Devon has been further delayed, making it likely to be one of the last areas of the country to go live.
The county’s two clinical commissioning groups have agreed to postpone the launch of the non-emergency phone number until at least September in order to learn from other areas of the country.
Devon was one of three primary care trust cluster areas to apply for an extension to the original 1 April deadline after the provider it awarded the contract to – Devon Doctors Ltd – pulled out. The contract was then awarded to South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust which was originally due to go live at the beginning of June.
Tim Burke, chair of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG, said: “We are not working to a deadline, we are working to getting it right and taking the time to ensure it offers the best service to our population.
“Delaying the launch of the service means we will be able to spend more time learning from other areas that have already gone live and understanding how the new service will impact on the range of primary care and hospital services in our area.”
South West Ambulance Service also provides NHS 111 in Dorset. Dr Burke said the ambulance trust had a good track record and was working with the CCGs to share any lessons learned.
“The way we are implementing the national NHS 111 programme means we can have the confidence that it will deliver for our patients and support our urgent care system for the long term.”
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1. Mahakaleshwar Temple
2. Kal Bhairava Temple
3. Ram Mandir Ghat
4. Kumbh Mela, Ujjain
5. Harsiddhi Temple
6. Kaliadeh Palace
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Mahakaleshwar Temple is another temple in the state of Madhya Pradesh which is dedicated to the largely revered God - Lord Shiva. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India and is designed just as intricately as the other 11 are.
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Bhairav is a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva, and Kal Bhairava is the most important among the eight Bhairavas. If ancient scriptures are to be believed, Kal Bhairav temple is said to be related with the Tantra cult, a secret religious sect who thrived upon black magic.
Ram Mandir Ghat is of immense religious significance to Hindus because it is one of the four locations where the Kumbh Mela takes place every 12 years.
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Unlike the other architectural marvels in Ujjain and MP as a whole, Pir Matsyendranath is not a monument that is going to be eye-catchy. It was constructed in remembrance of the greatest leaders of the Natha sect of Saivism-Matsyendranath, very much like all the other monuments.
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Ujjain has always been an educational hub since ages now, and this place just gives us enough evidence as to why it is considered so. Jantar Mantar (also called the Vedh Shala Observatory) was established in the 17th century was established so as to help the Hindu scholars and astrologers with their...
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1084 Discussing Endodontics with Sonia Chopra: Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
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Dr. Sonia Chopra is a Board Certified Endodontist and founder of Ballantyne Endodontics in Charlotte, NC. When she opened her practice in 2008, her goal was to help patients understand the “why” and “how” of their procedure. She works with her local dental community to host seminars and learning events, and has recently launched an online education forum at soniachopradds.com, for general dentists worldwide. Her mission is to share knowledge on perfecting endodontic skills, focusing on thorough diagnoses, delivering compassionate solutions and considering whole patient care. Dr. Chopra is a Director for the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics, and on the CE Committee of the American Association of Endodontists.
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Howard: It's just a huge honor for me today to be podcast interviewing Sean Thompson all the way from the United Kingdom, Sean would refer to himself as a slow starter but eventually he went on to gain his post graduate diploma and maxillofacial prosthetics and technology at Manchester University while working in the orthodontic & Maxillofacial laboratory as Sunderland royal hospital. In 2003 he achieved the only highest possible grade pass with distinction to date and especially earning him a coveted award from his national body in the process. Prior to this Sean had studied for four years to gain his dental technology qualification and a further four years at Newcastle for his advanced certificates and orthodontic technology and also prosthetic technology. Sean gave you a reputation that is second to none in the field of orthodontic technology and he was appointed to the National Council of orthodontic technicians Association in 2012 in recognition of this. Sean established Ashford Orthodontics in 2001 due to specialist clinicians needing a laboratory specializing in orthodontic technology rather than having to send their work to general laboratories which simply dabble in the specialty. Two new directors in Craig Stevens and Graham Wenyard joined in 2005 when Ashford became a limited company and between them they have over 75 years worth of experience in this field. Ashford employs over 50 highly skilled members of staff and basis of success on the quality of the work they produce being directly linked to the quality and train of the staff they employ. Sean has been instrumental in steering the company through its recent successes seeing Ashford invest heavily as an early implementer in digital technology forming the retainer world brand in the process allowing Ashford to create and secure diverse income streams into lab. This deliberate business model has resulted in rapid but sustainable growth last few years and it's firmly established Ashford as a leading light in the field. Ashford is now the technical strength behind various other companies allowing it to expand in the field of 3d scanning and printing which it turnouts allowed to export to Scandinavia, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. I don't see the United States on that have you got any United States customers yet?
Sean: We are actually in the process in the process constant so much.
Howard: Well we're gonna get you one today we just will just be somewhere between Kansas and Missouri. The company continues to expand following its 17 years of continuous growth inception and it's currently in discussion to increase its income streams further. So where work basically the same age we graduated from school the same time basically gosh Invisalign has really changed orthodontics. I mean I can't when I look at orthodontics I mean that has to be the single greatest factor that's happened to orthodontics since I got out of school three decades ago would you agree or disagree?
Sean: I would totally agree with that and I think it's actually been the leading light for other people to change the way they work so everybody's been trying to play catch-up and I think it's one of those ones where everybody's doing that now, wear all kinds of using similar technology and just not on the same scale as Invisalign but pretty much the way Align Tech is they're the hub behind Invisalign that's kind of what we're starting to be and we're starting to deal with smaller clients but basically deal with the same type of thing. We're all using the same technology it's just trying to make it what we found was making affordable and available to ordinary people particularly as in the u.s. you don't have something called our national health service where you get free treatment and everything's done kind of insurance in the US and we have a similar type of system where we call them private patients but primarily orthodontics in the UK is mainly funded through our National Health Service and it can sometimes be seen as a second-tier service compared to private you get what you're given and we don't really have a great choice and we decided that we would do something different about that we would try and make it affordable and available to everybody even on the National Health Service, so yeah Invisalign has been great in that because it's actually set the bar to be raised to.
Howard: I always hold up my hand when some guy tells me they got an idea, it's got to be faster, easier, higher quality, lower cost and miniature. I mean the first steam engine was in your country but it was so damn big all I can do is take water out of flooded coal mines but as I got faster easier higher quality lower costs and smaller eventually that thing fit on a ship and then you had the whole ship the transatlantic shipping business then I got to America they had to build canals. So everything is about doing it faster easier higher quality lower costs and more miniature and health care has a hundred year tradition of every time the earth goes around the Sun to raise all your prices 5% and so it's interesting to see how you're admitting and realizing that if you can bring down the cost of this it will reach more people.
Sean: Absolutely right and you know that's more prevalent in the UK with the NHS their National Health Service but the whole ethos behind this is exactly what you've just said Howard, if you can make it affordable then you'll make it available to more people and therefore if it's a benefit to those people you don't want to put a financial barrier in there and the way it works in the UK is the clinicians who we deal with the orthodontists they have a budget they have a price to work within and that's being squeezed.
Howard: and what is that price?
Sean: Sorry
Sean: It's varies we have something called units of orthodontic activity and each clinician will apply to the National Health Service for a contract to see X number of patients for X number of years at X number of pounds and they get given that in the form of units of orthodontic activity. So the contract can range from a few hundred units of orthodontic activity up to many thousands but equally this times of austerity worldwide and it's not a bottomless pit with the NHS everybody has to justify what they're doing now so essentially everybody gets given a pie it's not like you have to bake your own pie with ingredients you're given that pie you have to actually cut it up slice it up wisely and eat it at a measure that's going to last you one to three years so we're trying to make sure that that pie lasts a bit longer so that's what we decided to do yeah.
Howard: and are you doing clear aligners are you doing bracket systems too?
Sean: We do all of them yeah we do all of them.
Howard: So what is it about 80% brackets and wires and 20% clear aligners?
Sean: Yeah on the NHS it's virtually all brackets and it tends to be stainless steel brackets and you still get exactly the same treatment you'll get exactly the same result into some fantastic results and the difference is with the NHS the clinicians have to be governed by what they can spend per patient to fulfil their contracts and so they have to look for the most cost effective alginate or impression material so rubber base isn't going to happen and so they're trying to find ways of servicing this contract to a very good standard but in it also it has to be affordable for everybody they have to make a living, everybody has to make a living but nobody wants to say a second-class service to the NHS patients.
Howard: How much money would the average dentist and the UK get for an ortho case so about how many pounds would it be?
Sean: I'm not sure because they keep that finger very close to their chest so I'm not really sure it depends again on the size of the practice and how many patients have got and but I know this measures in place now where it's down to how many children and intends to be under the age of 19 so there's around about a million patients per year in the UK qualifying for free NHS treatment
Howard: Free what treatment?
Sean: Free for free NHS treatment so they don't pay for it, it's free
Howard: So one million children under the age of 19 qualify for free NCH treatment in the UK?
Sean: That's correct yeah how you qualify that varies in different areas down to oral health and the severity of the malocclusion so it really depends on which level they come in at but if they qualify its some of the clinicians then to be to service that contract and get a really good result after 18 months two years and then keep the teeth looking nice as well. So they've got a duty of care that they don't just get the teeth straight and then they disappear and that child isn't where the retainers so all of that is the aftercare as well and they have to have a financial provision in place to make that happen and so they're being squeezed you know it is hard for them at present so that they're trying to make ends meet and we came along to try and fill a gap for that really.
Howard: So what technologies have you adopted that you think is making orthodontic treatment for the NHS faster easier higher quality lower cost?
Sean: At present we probably do around about eighty five percent of all of our orthodontic cases the retention and everything at the end of it and via the traditional alginate impression material route and we do now we do about 15 percent digitally and we do around about 8,000 orthodontic retainers per month which is quite a few. What we've done is we've tried to provide the technology digitally to make it affordable and available so instead of having to send us via courier or post these traditional alginate impressions will receive the scans you've seen them out of the iTero and I don't find a lot of them iTero, Carestream, Trios they're all out there and the clinicians now are investing in these because they know the accuracy is better but can we then combine that into they don't want to pay more to have that service so could we combine the service that we can provide to them digitally for the same cost as it would cost them to send it via traditional algenets and that's what we've tried to do by implementing digital technology on a large scale.
Howard: So when you talk about the scans when you talk about a iTero Carestream Trios those are big investments. So iTero is owned by a line and trios so if some dentist was listening to you right now from around the world and said knew these are expensive which what they will know which one you recommend?
Sean: We don't actually have a preference or we're going to take scans from all of them any scanner out there we can receive them the vast majority of the ones that we get at present or the three that you've just named but primarily Itero being the most popular one and I think it's because of the connection with Invisalign. So a lot of the National Health Service orthodontists have a fulfillment to treat the patient's under that contract but then they also have an obligation to treat patients who want to go privately and maybe miss waiting lists out so the iTero scanner takes both boxes and but what we're finding now and this is kinda really the basis of what we're doing is we've now got three large orthodontic practices who don't have any impression material in their practices. So which was unheard of the thought of that actually happening to do everything digitally was just a year ago probably wouldn't have happened and now we've gone from one to two to three practices and more people trying it now. So they've invested in the scanner which is the expensive bits they can in need their for their private patients to do Invisalign and stuff like that and but actually can they implement that to the National Health Service as well and give every patient that opportunity they could only do that if they could find a laboratory such as ourselves that could provide that technology for the same cost as it would cost them to do in via traditional routes and that's where we've kind of made a breakthrough.
Howard: I want to go back to the big dollar question about buying a scanner because you know it is a lot of money for the dentists and we don't want dentaltown that when you're thinking about buying a CAD cam or a CBCT they spend hours and hours just on that one topic reading everything. I know Itero and Trios, iTero is owned by Align Technology in America and Trios is a by 3Shape in Copenhagen Denmark those two have been kind of arguing and fighting amongst themselves and in courts does any that matter to the dentist or the lab person, I mean are they open systems does it not matter. Again I'm trying to help this dentist decide which system we go to.
Sean: Yeah I mean the iTero one is a closed system you have to sign up to it and you have to be and pay a fee it will cost you every month to kind of have an iTero and but it also allows you to use Invisalign and the other systems as you well know like if you said there with the Trios system and it was in it was out this is also what's going on with that so other systems haven't been accredited by Invisalign. So when you come to pay that money for the investment you want one that's going to tick all the boxes and at the minute court cases pending the iTero one ticks the boxes because although you pay for your file system and your monthly phase it does open all the doors for you whereas you know you're taking a bit of a gamble with the other ones because they're excellent scanners and open file systems with Care stream and everything but actually if you want to send them to Invisalign then it becomes difficult although you could always send it to a lab to print a model and send the models to Invisalign I think that's a way around it.
Howard: So your saying iTero is a closed system and it's owned by Align Technology and they only want to support Invisalign.
Sean: Yeah
Howard: and so then what is Trios trying to go to court to force them to take 3Shape scans or what is the court dilemma about?
Sean: I think you've hit the nail on the head there I think that's what it is they want to open up their users to be allowed to send their scans via the Trio's to align tech to it to use the Invisalign system and you know there's connections in there with the incognito system as well the lingual systems. So there was a little bit of you scratch ours our back wheel scratch yours and I think that's gone a little bit sour with payments and things so there's a whole minefield and I think that's what they're trying to do is if you allow our files we allow your files and everybody lives happily ever after but there's actually lots going on out there which is beyond us.
Howard: You know I dont look at things as right, wrong, up, down, left, right I mean an engineer looks at everything is a trade off. I mean you know like Apple is a very closed system but it's very easy to work in all Google and Microsoft a very open system so there's all advantages of that but you get more bugs and viruses and and I've seen dentists who bought the the the closed system CBCT at a Dentsply Seriona where it's all closed but everybody in the office knows how to use it because it's all one system it's real easy and then other people want to open system say by a CBC from one company a CAD from another come they have all this open technology but then when you walk in the office you ask your asistant well do this, well I don't know how so then so then if you're number one cost is labor and you have this open system but then you're you know so the bottom line is are you just getting it done are you getting it done and you're getting it done faster easier higher quality lower cost cheaper, so you know everything's is the trade-off it will be interesting to watch how these court cases play out but I certainly don't know why how a government can force Invisalign to use another company's scanner I mean I don't know if that's the place for government but I hate I hate talking religion politics sex or violence. So you're saying if you're gonna do a lot of Invisalign get the its owned by Align Technology get the iTero, you're having no problems with the care stream or the trio's from 3Shape either?
Sean: No
Howard: What about 3M's True Def scanner you see that much?
Sean: Yeah we do scans it's probably about six or seven different types of scanners and you have to pay sometimes a fee to one to accept their files, you have to you have to upgrade your software that will accept another file so there's different ways that you have to pay to receive these even though they're in kind of open systems you have to have the technology within the lab to do that and most people have signed up the word and you accept that it's kind of part and parcel of what you've got to do and but from our side of it we're not really bothered at all what scanner you've got and if you want to send it and use the technology and then we can receive it and that's kind of what we've based our business around yeah.
Howard: Money is the answer what's the question I mean I could listen all the philosophical arguments yeah yeah yeah yeah but I mean look at the x-ray machine was out forever and dentists weren't using it until Delta Dental came on it's called the long sermons on dental insurance plan in the northeast Oregon Washington California which really turned into the first Delta about 1948 they covered x-rays at a hundred percent Oh the dentist were like dominos I mean from coast to coast all the sudden who's this Renkin guy really I need that machine. So at the end of the day money is the answer what's question or what I don't understand what some of these systems like take true death it's like okay you're owned by 3M so I'm supposed to buy a $17,000 scanner to avoid having to buy impre gum which I've been using since 1984 and they say oh but you have to have a $200 month license well shit am I even buying $200 a month of empergum and you know so at what point so money is the answer so as it gets faster easier higher quality lower price but you're obviously you need some volume. So you have three orthodontic practices so they're totally digital but they must have great volume it's not like a dentist where five or 10% their revenue is ortho, I mean this is an orthodontic practice so it's it's a hundred percent ortho.
Sean: That's exactly what it is.
Howard: So are you see in the future of the all-digital practice just with orthodontist?
Sean: Yeah and we just have specialist practices just doing orthodontics and obviously because they've got the contract with our National Health Service and that's what their speciality is they don't do anything else the refer outwards for everything else and you know some from their side of things that they literally do 100% ortho and they need to get patients into treatment they need to be do and empergum is absolutely fine it's it which is not broken don't fix it but what they are seeing the benefits of is that you get a more accurate scan and a more accurate model to work on given the scan that you're using, plus the speed of treatment we haven't got a ship compression materials in it comes in instantly the Canada geographic boundaries have gone it's not a case of we've got to get something from Scotland down to anywhere in the UK it can come in instantly so there's an immediate benefit there that you saving at least 24 hours on that you don't have to travel with the empergum the alternative it's pretty much stable these days but you don't have that issue with the scans so if you've been particularly for retention the quicker you can get the retainers into the mouth at the end of treatment the better it is for everybody you know because all the hard works gonna fit the teeth drift.
Howard: Now how are you making your money in these orthodontic practices, are you selling the clear aligners are you selling the retainers or your business model?
Sean: Yeah it tends to be the retainers the retention element plus refinement aligners at the end.
Howard: So their using Invisalign for the clear aligners?
Sean: No we use actually 3Shapes software and the ortho analyze a product we use their software to do the manipulation on the models so we can use their software to move the teeth on the STL file and then we can print a series of models which will create the sequential aligner system which is very similar to Invisalign.
Howard: Okay so the orthodontic practices your using are using Invisalign, these three that you're talking about that are all digital?
Sean: Yeah using Invisalign for their private patients but for the prime for the NHS patients they tend to use brackets but then when it comes to the end of the treatment if they have some kind of refinement aligners you've got one or two stubborn teeth which just won't move and then they can use the software that we do just to do a little mini series of aligners at the end of the treatment if they wish yeah.
Howard: and when it comes to money orthodontics is a game about retention not straightening I mean straightening up some teeth it's pretty damn easy but when you take those wires and brackets off if you know if everything relapses that's the problem well I mean do you agree that orthodontics is a game of retention?
Sean: Oh absolutely when I first started then this may be 35 years ago there used to be where the retainers just for kind of a couple of months and you'll be fine and now as it's gone on retention is for life you know so it doesn't really matter if you're using Invisalign or if you're using fixed brackets you still need retention at the end of it and I think quickly you can get retention onto the patient's mouth then they've been through a lot of time and a lot of treatment time to get the nice straight teeth that the real thing like you've just said is keeping them there keeping the patient motivated to keep wearing the retainers and provide the best quality retainers. If you've got a retainer which is just an immovable retainer and it costs X number of pounds if you can go out there and provide two types for the same prices one type for example you can put a fixed wire bonded retainer and a removable retainer for the same price what traditionally people paid for one retainer you've got what we call the belt and braces approach you've got much more chance of getting a compliant patient if they lose their removable retainer if they've got a fixed wire on the back then they have time we can print another STL file get them another model made send the retainer directly out of them but in the meantime they've got the wire retention on the back. So if we can make that affordable so practices start using both types of retention then actually you've got a much better chance of keeping the teeth straight for the longer term and that's what we decided to do, we decided to use digital technology in order to produce a very cost-effective model so we could provide all types of retention at a much more affordable price to encourage clinicians to use that and that's where we've been successful like you said if you're going to make a little bit of something you need a lot and that's kind of where we've set it up we make a lot a little bit off a lot.
Howard: You know another thing I want to tell you young kids, most people listening to podcasts are millennials but you know if you go back you know I'm 56 so if you go back to when I was little all those big post World War two families five six five nine kids were family you can only afford the most serious malocclusion on a woman to get your orthodontics was you got seven kids and one daughter is so messed up no one's ever gonna marry her you know so we're just gonna fix up Suzy and now with birth control families going from five and a half kids to under two, orthodontics is just it's the everybody wants it and so when people what I'm looking to these wall street us on Invisalign and I'm looking at their projections what they need to focus on is a trend line between orthodontics in the 60s being very expensive and needs base done to just the ugliest kid in high school to now it's ortho for life I mean I see people coming in all day long she's 40 years old she just got this slightly crooked tooth and she and I mean you would never have done ortho for that in 1960. So I see I think these Invisalign trays these clear aligners people I think the ortho demand is even about and the most shocking for me was I you know I've done these podcasts from I don't know 20 30 countries but even in very very Portage I mean I was in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and the girls the waitresses at the bar when they found out we were dentists that's all they want to know about was Invisalign and then she did this other girl she pointed to her so I brought over here anyway long story short I started doing the math this woman was probably 18 she paid $1,000 for clear aligners and I'm figuring her yearly income was probably 3,000 a year I mean she's putting a third of her money for so this orthodontic this cosmetic market which really was started by I think Ivoclar I think is Bob Ganley I would clearly just they just went from CEO to chairman of the board with Ivoclar he's stepping down and turning the reins over but I think this cosmetic revolution that he started in the early 90s it's still going going going going going and I'm even and now it's also transcending more into men. I mean 30 years ago you would have never had a 70 year old man wanting to bleach his teeth and now now they're they're talking about it. So do you think continued growth?
Sean: Oh absolutely you know our NHS service our National Health Service is for children under the age of 19 if they're in full-time education but we're doing as many now privately with adult patients wanting exactly what you've just said there you know tiny little tweaks a little tooth crossed over another one we're seeing lots and lots of that adult orthodontics and but we just made the decision that it doesn't really matter if it's adults or children you still need good retention and if we can do really good retention we can make it affordable doesn't matter if you've used if you've used Invisalign if you use any of the system's out they are a fixed system if you can kind of help the people out there who have had the treatment like my lady who just said she's paying $1000 out of a three thousand salary to get her teeth straightened she also has to be able for the retention at the end of it otherwise she looked really good for a short period of time when she read about the wish it was so we've got to make sure that everybody can get that best retention out there that's why we said a blue retainer will brand it was to make it affordable to everybody so if you're using Invisalign what why don't you just you obviously sending things to these states to get made but with now with digital technology you've removed the geographic boundaries. So if we've got any clinicians in Europe or in the UK they were using other systems like that then you know if we can speed up their options for retention and be able to provide them with a more cost-effective method to keep the teeth straight then it's a win-win for everybody and that's what we've kind of decided to do.
Howard: So what website should they go to find out about your retainer brand? Is that ashfordorthodontics.co.uk?
Sean: That's the one yeah retainer world is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ashford orthodontics and it was growing so much we basically brought it back in-house and we made sure it belonged to us so Ashford orthodontics has its retainer world brand which is a value-based system. We wanted to make sure that everybody has that option if it's a better form of retention to have a wire bonded retainer as well as a removable one we didn't just want that to be offered to private patients we wanted that to be able to be offered to NHS patients as well and that's kind of where we based our business around that. It's the way forward I think but you've just said the popularity has never been as great and it's only continuing so we've got to make sure that we have a responsible attitude to that that we don't just take the money straight in the teeth and then you know see them for six months and then what happens after that is up to them we've got to basically make sure that retention is for life and we've got to provide them with the best options at the best price that we can do it.
Howard: Well Twitter is my homies are listening to me they're driving to work so I retweet your website on Twitter. Thank you for the 23,000 dentists following me on twitter that's pretty damn cool. So the website is a Ashfordorthodontics.co.uk and I you also need to get an Instagram picture on this only though you have a Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, that is great but the Millennials man they're on they're on Instagram they're they're running away with it.
Sean: I think we have an Instagram.
Howard: It's not on the site.
Sean: All right so well we do have one, we have the guy who looks after the Instagram accounts do that.
Howard: If your a grandpa like me you're on Linkedin and if you're under 30 you're on Instagram. So I also notice you have a picture on your website of formlabs, why is that picture there what are your thoughts on formlabs?
Sean: We have the largest bank of formlabs printers in the UK and there's so much technology out there what we started with this technology kind of five six years ago we can what we think was a mistake we went after the biggest the best printers with the biggest build platforms that we could build everything on in one go and get them on and off quickly but that ticks the boxes on certain ways but equally you can't just have one of these big beasts you have to have to because if one goes down you need a backup. So you have to have these big beastie printers and you have to have them and run them at 50 percent knowing that if one goes you've got cover and the way we run our business Howard is that and scan that we receive up till 3 p.m. in the afternoon will be printed that night we will print it that night we will manufacture the retainer the next day and send it out. So then we decided how can we get a more cost-effective model and 3d printer model and that's where formlabs came in they're not the fastest printers they're probably not the most accurate printers but they are very very affordable and then make a very good model for the costs. What that allowed us to do was it allowed us to produce the 3d printed model from the STL file at half the cost of the bigger brands out there with the huge printers and from our point of view it doesn't really matter if the printers build a build platform in one hour till hours three hours we close at about 8:00 p.m. at night and we open again 6 p.m. 6 a.m. in the morning so as long as those printers have printed everything reliably for us to start work again at 6 a.m. then it doesn't really matter how long how quickly it was printed they'll just lie on the build platform for kind of you know one hour two hours three hours. So the formlabs printers came along the virtually plug-and-play you know we have a very very high success rate we very rarely have any failures with them but it allowed us to produce a 3d printer model at half the cost of the other systems. So that's what we do so we started off with one for large printer then we bought two and then three and then four and we currently have 12. So we run these every night we were in them during the day if we have to and we we print all of the models at an affordable price. So what we the way it works in the National Health Service is and probably the same in the US is you have to have a start treatment model so you have to know what the crooked teeth look like beforehand and then you have to do the treatment and then then you have to have a study model digital of what the teeth look like nice and straight. So what we decided to do was if you've got a scanner whichever scanner it is then you don't need the study tests and pre and post-treatment. So if you can substitute the cost the laboratory cost of having those plaster models into the cost of the printed models then you have exactly the same lab bill. So we used to charge whatever price it was for the study models that's how much we charge for the printer model then the clinicians lab bill digitally is exactly the same as it was doing it via the impression material. The only way we could do that was to find a more cost-effective printer which was reliable and that's where we got into Formlabs and they've been fantastic and we just keep growing and keep up the virtually plug-and-play. So you plug them in you if you know what you're doing with them which we do now they're very very reliable and we can keep getting 14 60 and 80 in a big bank of these printers and that's kind of why we have it on our website because I'm very good there very reliable for us.
Howard: Now Formlabs that's right up the street from Boston does they're a bunch of MIT boys, so they're headquartered in Brighton not so who do you work with there?
Sean: No we don't we don't work directly with Formlabs in Boston because they have UK what's called on sellers so we work with their we work with John Winter and they're in the UK and the dental directory and we buy our printers from them and they're the on sellers but we do have an we do have connections with formlabs obviously because they've just sent a Boston film crew over to our place and Sunderland in the UK and they spent two lovely days filming with us and I think the video is just about to come out on their website and so we show them the sights of Sunderland and how we've grown a small lab from started in my garage kind of eighteen years ago how we've now turned it into a huge laboratory 12,000 square feet with them over 50 staff and it was no doubt that probably three four years ago we were doing around about two percent of our work digitally now we're up to 15 percent and it's the fastest growing area within the orthodontic laboratories.
Howard: So tell me the dates on those, when were the dates on thoughts? What year?
Sean: Probably two years ago yeah
Howard: So 2016 it was 2%
Howard: and 2018 is
Sean: 15 percent.
Howard: I mean that that's crazy growth.
Sean: Yeah it is.
Howard: I mean that's crazy where do you think it's gonna be in 2020?
Sean: I think it's going to be at least 50/50 and I think the way that they're training the dentists as well is probably going to change in the next you know a 2 to 3 years a lot of the dentists are trained via traditional methods and they enhance their training normally postgraduate with digital techniques tends to be via continual professional development. I think within a very short space of time what's the teaching establishments have got the money to invest in this digital technology it will end up being digital teaching with a little bit of traditional this is how we used to do it and whereas I think of the minute it's this is how we do it but these are the options going forward and I do feel that you know within a very short space of time then the training will have a dictate by the digital technologies. I think it's gonna be 50/50 within a very short space of time and maybe even more to the way.
Howard: So England so the UK has 65 million people so how many how many dentists and how many orthodontists do they have?
Sean: I think was around about 25,000 dentists if don't quote me on these figures is around about that and I think there's about three and a half thousand orthodontic specialists orthodontists.
Howard: DO the orthodontist and the general dentist do they do they play nicely together in the playground or is their a lot of animal spirits?
Sean: They used to play very nicely there was a good referral process in place between kind of dentists and orthodontists if it was a very simple case there would maybe think about doing it in-house if it was more complex they would have no problem in referring to an orthodontist to do and I think with the onset of better training more available training there are more and more general dentists and branching out into offering orthodontics to adult patients. In the UK you have to be specialist to get an NHS contract so that tends not to be the case but with adult patients there are more and more dentists now actually taking onboard training where they can offer the easier cases. I think there's a gray area in between of you know do you do that do you do this slightly more complex ones or do you refer and I think what you just touched on there there used to be a general referral process now there's more and more dentists saying you know what I think I can do this myself with some training and mentoring I think I can do it so they've realized that there is an adult market out there so that the lot more doing it themselves very successfully I've seen some very good cases so there's an argument between the two dentists and orthodontist that should who should be straightening teeth who shouldn't be straightening teeth and I think really that there's no definitive answer you should only act within the realms of your competence. If you treated 50 simple cases with adult orthodontics and you know you should you be told you can't do that briefly if you've got a dentist coming out who's had no experience wants to take on right at the very top of what they should be treating on the first case then yes there's an argument that you should refer as well but I think if you've got a system in place where there's a good communication between them some definite mentoring some definite teaching and there's a lot of orthodontist now taking that stance that you know what I think these guys are doing a great job in certain cases and if we can help them choose the right cases and everybody else a nicely again.
Howard: You know that kind of reminds me MacAruthers island hopping strategy in the world war two were the Japanese ago fortifying Island they'd be all ready for the attack and MacArthur would just sail around him an attack their supply line behind them and until they ran out of food and water and ammo and he you know he said starvation why these orthodontists have been fighting with general dentist Invisalign went right around them and said you know we don't need either idea they're opening up scanning bars in Manhattan right next to these Apple genius bars and there's little cute two girls in skirts and high heels taking oral scanners and they're sending that scan to Costa Rica and they're making trays and that they own 17 percent of Smiles Direct Club and what gives it worked it on as I'm sorry as a general dentists I mean I see it's dysfunctional. I mean when you're in a dental school and you're working on a child any pediatric dentist will help you if you're working on a root canal any endodontist will help you, trying to pull teeth every oral surgeon out there, every specialist bends over their back trying to help you except the orthodontist and they think in fear and scarcity why they're sitting there thinking and fear and scarcity with the general dentist that if he gets an Invisalign case then the orthodontist will get one less not realizing that the overall orthodontic market is skyrocketing and then number two while the orthodontist is all worried about the general dentist referral Invisalign says screw both you I don't need either guys. Is their smiles direct going on in the UK?
Sean: Yeah I think it's starting to already of in the capital and a couple of cities around the UK there's a these rumors that they're opening there as well the same thing direct to the public and it's a difficult one you know from our side of the fence it's we don't really have an opinion on whether it's right or it's wrong it's not really our field it's one of those ones that let them fight it out in court and let them do those things but if you can get more people from our point of view if you can get more people into treatment would you have a method it comes from then they all need to retainers at the end of the day and if you can provide that you know then that's the main thing keep the teeth straight let them argue between themselves which is the right or the wrong way, personally I would always go and see an orthodontist if I wanted my teeth straightened.
Howard: Yeah I mean if you had the money to buy a car you only want to buy it from Japan or Germany and then if you don't have that much money then you consider buying a car from the UK America or Korea so yeah I mean you got the money yeah I would only I would only buy only two countries know how to make a car its Germany and Japan but then if you don't have the money sometimes you gotta buy a Chevy or a Ford or Chrysler or a Hyundai and so and then some people are gonna take the bus and I it will be interesting to see how this smiles direct plays out because I know it's ruffling all kinds of feathers but I do know this this is what that this is what the dentist and the orthodontist wants to hear the only historical trend for a hundred and fifty years it helps everyone it's intense competition and if you start passing laws and putting protectionism in place and not let like the NHS contract only letting orthodontists deliver it and not general dentist. Anything you do to make it the environment less competitive then everybody gets less stuff for more money and it's just not good. I mean other time out all these trade deals and then aft and all that stuff in the United States to get out of every single deal they just said we have zero tariffs coming in or coming out we don't care how stupid your country is no regulation no import oh my god you know how many companies would move here tomorrow from around the world and set up their factories if you would just have playing those games. So explain to the young millennial she's 25 she just got out of school and she didn't learn any ortho in school because the orthodontist department thought in fear and scarcity but she learned endo and oral surgery and all that stuff and she sees a case she's gonna do it but she's thinking of straining these teeth tell her the importance of retention because she's not even at that party she's doing she's never even seen a case relapse what would she what would be the top three things to be thinking about on retention and finishing that case?/
Sean: Yeah I think retention for me personally it's the most important part of any tooth straightening process it has to be you have to get that end result and then you have to keep it if you can't keep it it's like having a house that looks great but then you know the falls down a few years times. So you've got to make sure that whatever she's treatment planning the retention elements has to be taken in right to the start and she's got to think how can I offer this to a patient but actually I don't want to offer that patient something which you know like you went back to the car scenario it's alright saying yes you could have this one but you know she might be at the top of the patient may be at the top end of the budget so therefore you can have this one because it does a pretty good job but this one is okay you really need to be thinking how can i stabilize those teeth long-term what would I do to stabilize them and for me it comes down to a white board retainer on the back of the teeth my wife's at hers on for probably 25 years now.
Howard: Upper and lower?
Sean: All upper and lower.
Howard: So your wife has you recommend a fixed wire on the mandible and maxilla on the upper and lower a fixed wire?
Sean: Absolutely yes on both arches and then also a removable retainer which you can it's your choice which you want personally I love the old fashioned wire and acrylic ones but the patients don't so ultimately it comes down to whatever we thinks the right one I know for a fact that I couldn't get my wife to wear a pallet and the wire even though would probably last longer and it would give a lot of adjustment to where it was needed she simply wouldn't wear it so it could be the best retainer in my mind if she doesn't wear it it's the worst retainer. So we have to find something that's visibly aesthetically pleasing which there's nothing better than a clear type Invisalign retainer but you want the strength of a wire on the back no depend on which way you choose there's different options there as well and but if you can combine a wire on the back of the teeth of mandible and maxilla you have a removable retainer of choice of the patient that they have actually got a physically where as opposed to keeping the top draw you've got much more chance then of keeping the teeth straight. So from my point of view you don't want to make the patient choose which is the most affordable retainer they have to have their option of the best retainer at the affordable price and that to me is where I feel we can bring our product to the market and there's no geographic boundaries there's no reason why anybody shouldn't send scans to the UK you know it's the same time scales as whether you send it from you know ten miles away or a hundred miles away. So I think for us it's about doing the morally right thing which is everybody thought we were crazy when we half the price of our retainers.
Howard: So you're recommending these for the fixed wire retainers they come in as the scan and then you make it in a deal so it's easy faster easier to cement?
Howard: Do you do that for brackets as well?
Sean: Oh yeah we deal an awful lot with brackets and I think one of the key questions we were always asked is if I take the brackets off the teeth how soon can you get my retainers back and it used to be I have to use a local lab because they're just around the corner and they can get them next day for me and we don't want the teeth drifting but with the technology they can use now three shape the ortho analyzer one we can digitally remove the brackets you can scan the patient with brackets on and remove the arch wires and the modules scan it with the brackets on send it to lab we can digitally remove those brackets we can 3d print the model as if there was no brackets there and in that we can make a wire bonded retainer we'll make a removable retainer whitening trays all of those things and all back in the surgery before you've removed the bracket from the patient so how quick do you need them before the patient's debonded absolutely you can't get better than that zero chance of relapse and if you can do all of those things and not charge a premium price then surely that's the way to go in my opinion is the way forward so have you retainers before you finish treatment.
Howard: How do you deliver the retainer, do you deliver so it's in a seating device? So you take out the brackets...
Howard: What do you call that delivery system?
Sean: We do we've got a retainer that we use them to the hardest bit when you're fitting the wire bonded retainer from everybody says to me is you need three hands it's very difficult to try and hold it in place and bond it and stop the bond from flowing everywhere so we invented our own system called the silicon stent bonded retainer SSBR and essentially what we do is we position the wire on the back of the teeth particularly that the upper one is very important to do this because you need to check the occlusion so we will bend the wire we'll position it where it should be on the teeth so it doesn't interfere with occlusion how do you check that it's very difficult to check that if you're making some form of Korean jig so what we do is we actually wax the wire onto the back of the 3d printer model we use the exact size shaped saucer pads and then we close the Arctic down and you can see if it's touching and then what we do is we actually have a flowable clear silicon which we then inject over the teeth to make a very thin mouthguards type of carrying tray we boil the wax out the wire is held in the silicon and you've got a little saucer shaped indentations which means that you literally etch the teeth a little bit of composites plus it into the mouth like you peel the tray off and there you go a little bit clean up and you're done.
Howard: Are these videos on your website?
Sean: We're just in the process of getting those finished off we've got some that will be coming out on the formlabs website.
Howard: Now on the Formlabs do you put that into a YouTube file and then give it to formlabs or what file do they go to?
Sean: They did their own film of filming of it so it will be coming out via their website and then once they've released it because obviously we can't steal their thunder was they've released it will then be uploaded to our YouTube channel yeah.
Howard: You know yeah again that's in fear and scarcity so many of these companies they put their videos on their website and you know though they'll use a format where it only plays on their website so now the world has two million dentists that would gladly share this on Facebook Twitter or dentaltown othotown, I don't know how they can do that but I wish you would on dentaltown there's fifty categories and one is orthodontics I wish you would load those videos on under orthodontics. Now see again back to the specialist all this was some of the greatest oral surgeons pediatric dentists and they're all in dentaltown I mean like that many 25,000 of them regularly I mean regularly and but don't work it on us we had to set up a whole different site and it's called orthotown and I can't even go on it and I own the damn website and what's sad is as an orthodontic lab you can't go on there and I tell them I'm like well you gotta have communication with your vendors you gotta work the value team and I have all these orthodontic companies always ask me well do you know what they say on orthotown about this or that or this that I'm like well why don't you ask the damn orthodontist to let you on and they're like no we don't want anybody on. I mean you're either a board certified orthodontist or I guess you're a Neanderthal cro-magnon man knuckle dragger you know it's just they're a hard tribe they really are they're extremely tribal but I think these dentists get out of school I see two types of dentists they come out of school they're either like me what I call an an apical barbarian blood and guts we do a root canal we want to get all the way the end and have a puff of sealer out at the apex we love pulling teeth we love layin flaps we love pareo implant we love we love blood and then there's this other group of dentist I call them pulp lowers when they get to the end of the root canal they want to say a half a millimeter from the apex and get it all nice and pretty and they like bleaching bonding veneers they like all this stuff and they're just just - probably the two main categories of dentists apical barbarian blood guts are pulp loving fluffy white and if they like that fluffy white stuff what you're telling them is they need to start getting into orthodontics. I mean it's one of the fastest-growing orthodontics and implants are the only two sectors of the economy in dentistry that's growing two to three times the rate of the dental economy I mean if the dental the economy is growing three percent the implants an orthros growing six eight nine percent I mean it's just it's it's explosive growth and it all comes down to anthropology at the end of the day all animals just want to eat drink and reproduce have offspring and I know when we were little they thought all the scales along those dinosaurs was that so they can catch the Morning Sun when it was perpendicular to it and it's going to be some evolutionary advantage to warm up their blood faster and that given them as they find out all that stuff is just sexual it's all like the peacock it's all for mating I think that's why it's huge I mean makeup lipstick I mean it's crazy and Asia it's really neat going to another tribe and when you start looking at their beauty to make you realize how all beauty is just so silly. I mean it's like a peacock I mean if the peacock spanned his feathers in front of you would that do it with that do anything to you but they do that in front of a female and she's like paralyzed I mean she just likes you know what's do and I just still think the bizarre thing in orthodontics is that when you go to Asia you see that girl making $3,000 a year or spending a thousand on Invisalign and why because when she takes your finger from her nose search and the lip can't touch and she's trying to pull it back and then when you go to the Western world all the women are taking derma Phil and puffing their lips off like Donald doc and it's like and the bottom line is the men in both villages no man in America wants to be married to that Donald Duck's you know derma Phil leip and nobody in China gives a crap for that woman's lip is in proportion to her nose and her chin. They just perceive this so they got a high heel they gotta wear the shoe they gotta wear the so Invisalign bleaching bonding veneers I mean it's going to be huge till the end of time as long as there's a species wanting to reproduce and have offspring they're gonna want to look younger better all that kind of stuff so it's fast growth. So what will my homies find if they go to your website?
Sean: Yeah they'll see a little bit about us they'll see about where we've grown from and where we go to and let's see a little bit about the retainer world brand about what we tried to do with that image and make an affordable people and see a little bit about the history of the company how we started from a garage and now with the largest ortho lab in the UK. So I think what also is well what you touched on there Howard what we tried to do is when you've just said orthodontics is the fastest thing the fastest-growing thing what we've also got to remember in this is that we need to train the people who can provide the services to fulfill this at this marketplace. So it's a skill and the skills now are changing from traditional skills to digital skills and what we can't ever forget the traditional route we need to have a good blend because like you've just said about there people want Invisalign there's still people need the functional appliances they need to correct the mandible there's still all of that and that's a dying breed out there and if we just turn our attention to purely digital then this is going to be forgotten about there's only gonna be old dinosaurs like me and Graeme who can actually Bend these appliances like by a neighbor's and Franko's and things. So we need to be able to sustain this market by training people and what are the things that we like to do is to bring people in as dental technicians but then give them the opportunity to train to become orthodontic technicians and I think we mustn't forget that and what you know it's easy to think digital is the future which it is we haven't going to forget traditional as well.
Howard: and I just want to say you look mighty dapper and charming in that photo, you shine up very bright. Tell me why you're looking all handsome and pretty in your tuxedo?
Sean: Well that nights that particular night we actually we won the award in our region for business of the year for medium business of the year and because you know we've got less than 50 50 employees but then they all went into the overall business and there was about 25 winners went into the pot and they chose the overall business and unbelievably Ashford orthodontics won that as well so we got two trophies instead of one so we particularly were pleased that night.
Howard: and two trophies from whom?
Sean: It's our regional business we have the portfolio Awards in our area in our region so they voted for us you have to submit your applications the first time we've ever done it and what we what we don't like doing is actually applying for dental industry awards because I think there's a little bit of you know you scratch my back I'll scratch yours and I might be wrong there we prefer to go into business categories because ultimately if you're gonna have a business it doesn't matter if you make widgets it doesn't really matter you've got to do what you do very well you've got to keep a good team you've got to have a good business model and I say to many dental technicians working in the business rather than over the business. Wo we took it as a particular compliment that we run a good business you know we know how to look after customers we know how to make really good widgets we know how to price them well we know how to sell those widgets and we know after look after the customers who buy those widgets and I think for us it was a bigger pat on the back to receive the Business Awards than it is to go down the dental awards about me not that did you know devalue that the dental wards at all but I think we were particularly pleased as you can see from that photograph that we actually made a stand for orthodontics within the business community so it's a business rather than an orthodontic lab and I think that's what we were most proud of that night.
Howard: That's tribal like even the Oscars I mean it's always a certain type of movie that wins the Oscars. I'll never forget when I when Gandhi bet okay one's an autobiography how creative genius is an autobiography you know and the other one is this complete innovation story you know what one was genius and one was a third-grade autobiography well guess which one won because you can't have ET win over Mohammed Gandhi and me is one of you know most important leaders and they in that time period. Last thing on and I hope you get with Formlabs and I hope make a post on dentaltown. When you go to make a post on dentaltown there's a little YouTube button so when you have a youtube video you know you can share it it has a link and that's something you might post on Facebook but it also has a button called embed and you click embed and you copy that code you can put it in the whole YouTube video and a lot of you guys out there that are podcasters there's about 60 dental podcasts now on dentaltown we're word hardly any of them the reason we film this even though I have a face for radio the reason I do YouTube is because YouTube and Google are the two biggest search engines in the world and the views I mean we're up to 8,500 dentist subscribe to this podcast just on YouTube and that one's growing very very fast and whenever a dentist make a YouTube video if they post it on dental town people subscribe to their channel and it really explode it's free marketing and explodes your youtube channel. I want to ask one final question just because I would say at least half of our viewers or from the United States Canada Australia New Zealand and in America. I'm going to last this last so we cut off in but I know they're all sitting here thinking what's up with brexit and I don't like talking about politics but there's two questions well we don't get a lot of solid news coverage on 220 countries I mean you just get rid some pieces but the two questions that most Americans ask about the United Kingdom is number one is brexit are you or is brexit good or bad do you think they'll go back to EU you and number two is EU still gonna be there in ten years?
Sean: Personally my personal opinion on this brexit is bad for the UK I think we are part of Europe, I think it's the unknown nobody will really know what it's gonna I think a lot of Europe when you ask the second part of the question waiting to see what happens with the UK because I think there's a lot of people if it works well for us then I think a lot of people are saying well actually we don't want to be part of the EU but I see I think there was a lot of misinformation given when people decided to vote for breakfast pretty sure if you had the same vote now without the lies that were told then I think you'll find a different vote and we wouldn't be leaving the EU. So I think there was a lot of misinformation given there was a lot of people used it for particular agendas rather than looking at the overall picture there was some bad advertising which was how much money was wasted and proves to be a lie afterwards and nobody's held accountable for that and I think if you had that vote now I think personally although they say there's not gonna be a second vote I think the way it's going now the way it's been handled because nobody knows what to do about it I think it's heading that way I think it's heading for a second vote even though everyone says it won't but I think if there was a second vote now you wouldn't get the same result I honestly wouldn't. I think there's a there's a lot of companies out there where we are in Sutherland and we have the big Nissan Plant it's a huge employee something like 25,000 people in our area and probably about the same again in in add-on companies and I think they are watching very closely and I think it comes down and it they still stay in the UK and do trade deals with the likes in the US and other companies nobody knows nobody really knows but I think it's one of those ones. Brexit to me isn't good I would sooner have the devil I know than the devil I don't just from business points of view because business creates jobs and jobs creates income and everyone lives happily ever after and I think once you've upset the applecart you don't really know what's going to happen. So they're all watching the UK I don't think the government's handled it very well at all, I don't think anybody knows what's going on properly there's no definitive answers to anything so I think it's a case of ask us again in a year's time and I'll probably have a better idea.
Howard: (inaudible 1:02:16) has been celebrating brexit since 1776 India has been celebrating brexit since 1949 but here's my take because I have lectured in a dozen of those European countries several times each and you know when EU came along it was really nice not to have to change your money when you went from France to Italy and all the money changers and all that stuff like that but that was all solved by the credit card my American Express doesn't care what country I'm in and the volumes and the trades of the transactions but when I looked at last year's number from The Economist's were who pays net contributions to the EU Netherland is Netherlands Sweden Germany Denmark Finland Austria France UK Italy and Ireland pay in pretty much paying greatly more than they than they receive and then look at the list who gets more cash coming back than they paid in Spain Croatia Cyprus Belgium Slovakia Romania Bulgaria Czech Republic Portugal Poland Estonia Sylvania with Divya Malta Greece Lithuania Hungary Luxembourg and when I go lecture up there I'm up in those northern Denmark Sweden Switzerland Germany the dentists don't have to drink too many beers at dinner to start really getting very upset about countries like Greece just running colossally insane policies and so the question is how long are the hard-working men and Denmark and Switzerland and Sweden and Norway and Germany gonna subsidize Greece and Lithuania and hungry I mean I just I don't know.
Sean: I agree with you
Howard: and as an outsider I mean I'm sitting here keep my mouth shut sensing a lot of hostility I mean every time I go it's not a pleasant conversation and it seems I'd be getting worse though it's so I don't know but anyway hey I just wanna share your videos you can't log on to orthotown because we have to be a spiritual leader or an orthodontist or God you have to be a bug gondii and to Buddha but I hope you share those videos on dentaltown and tell Formlabs that they're there best marketing isn't on their own website. Google says there's 1.6 billion websites and half of them are active so putting a video on your own website I mean that's why Facebook is so powerful because you're sharing it so to put that to put that video on dentaltown when there's a quarter million dentists on that thing it would be great marketing but hey thank you so much, what time is it there 7 o'clock what are you getting ready to go to bed?
Sean: No I've got a couple hours to do. Thanks very much Howard it has been a pleasure thanks very much.
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Indochina Heritage Road
There are few regions in the world that can claim as rich a cultural and historic past as Indochina; the countries of Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia are home to some of the oldest temples in existence, the site of great humanitarian tragedy, and also spectacularly beautiful.
Starting in Laos, journey along the Mekong River to the Pak Ou Caves, illuminated by thousands of golden Buddha statues and, staying in the cultural heart of the country, Luang Prabang, you will get to see three of the nation's finest temples before heading onwards to Laos' capital, Vientiane. Far from the bustling metropolises that have come of other Asian capitals, Vientiane is as charming today as it ever has been.
Leave the sleepy pace of Laos behind with a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam's bustling capital. Spend a day venturing through the city, taking in museums, markets and other colourful sights. Continue southwards to Hoi An and Hue. Filled with ancient temples and historic monuments, you will experience a land unchanged by time.
Next, take in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, where past meets modernity in this bustling neo-colonial city, before heading back out on the Mekong Delta to explore the surrounding floating markets and islands.
Finally reaching Cambodia, experience the breathtaking splendor of the Angkor Complex, home to the ancient Khmer temples. Before departing travel to the great lake of Tonle Sap and visit the region's finest artisans at work. The perfect place to stock up on souvenirs before your journey home.
LUANG PRABANG - PAK OU - VIENTIANE - HANOI - DANANG - HOI AN - HUE - HO CHI MINH CITY - SIEM REAP
DAY 1 - WELCOME TO LUANG PRABANG, LAOS
Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your guide and transferred to your hotel.
At the end of the day, climb the 328 steps to the top of Mount Phousi to enjoy a panoramic view of the city and the surrounding countryside and get back to your hotel via the evening hilltribe market where you may find plenty of local souvenirs to buy such as handicraft, textile.
Overnight in Luang Prabang.
DAY 2 - LUANG PRABANG - PAK OU - LUANG PRABANG
Start this morning with a visit to one of Lao’s most picturesque temples, Wat Xieng Thong. Located at the end of the peninsula, close to the Mekong River, this temple was erected in 1560 by King Setthathirat and is deeply revered by the Lao people.
Walk to the boat pier, near the temple, to board the Nava Mekong, a beautiful wooden river boat for a cruise up the Mekong to the Pak Ou Caves. The journey takes around 2 hours and along the way you will be surrounded by spectacular views, pass by small villages on the river banks and witness fishermen out for their daily catch.
Upon reaching Pak Ou, disembark to explore the caves. Here you will see thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues crammed into two caves carved out of a towering limestone cliff. The statues range in size from a few centimetres tall to the size of a human, and the view from the mouth of the cave provides sweeping views of the Mekong and Nam Ou rivers.
Back onboard the Nava Mekong, you will cruise around the waters to a quiet location set amid limestone cliffs where the boat will moor for lunch. A selection of freshly prepared Lao dishes will be served before returning downstream to Luang Prabang.
This afternoon, you will have a chance to learn more about this culturally rich and history city with a guided tour. The city tour begins with a visit to the former Royal Palace, now the National Museum, where you will explore the history of Laos. Continue on foot to Wat Mai, a temple renowned for its golden bas-relief, and Wat Sensoukarahm, which features a beautiful dazzling golden façade.
DAY 3 - LUANG PRABANG TO VIENTIANE
Morning transfer to Airport for your midday flight.
Upon arrival in Vientiane, set off to enjoy a guided tour to discover the hidden charms of Vientiane, whose name means ‘the city of sandal wood’.
Your tour begins at the serene Wat Sisaket, the only temple left intact after the Siamese (Thai) invasion in 1828. It is one of the most beautiful temples in the capital, and its breezy teak covered hallways are filled with thousands of miniature Buddha statues.
Continue on to the nearby Wat Phra Keo. Used as a religious museum, Wat Phra Keo displays a collection of both Lao and Khmer works of art. Also nearby, is the Presidential Palace. Although you are not allowed to visit inside, it is a good glimpse in to the town’s colonial past as this building formerly served as the French governor’s palace.
Then, continue your tour with a visit to the Patuxay monument, where you can climb the stairs to the roof for sweeping panoramic views of the city. Next, your tour takes you to That Luang, the holiest site in Laos. Constructed by King Setthethirat in the 16th century, the temple is resplendent as the sun is shines upon its towering golden spire.
Overnight in Vientiane.
DAY 4 - VIENTIANE TO HANOI
Your guide will pick you up at your hotel in Vientiane at 0800. Set off on the road to the Thai-Laos border to Buddha Park. This park is filled with over 200 Buddhist and Hindu statues. The quiet and tranquil setting along the Mekong River is a contrast to the slightly eccentric sculptures which were built in 1958 by a Laos shaman. Drive back to Vientiane. Visit COPE. This association is working to help landmines victims to rebuild a life.
This afternoon transfer to the airport for departure flight.
Arrive in Hanoi, welcome by your guide and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 5 - HANOI
A full day of sightseeing in Hanoi, with visits to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his former stilted residence, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature and the ancient Buddhist pagodas surrounding West Lake. Then explore the narrow Old Quarter. This afternoon you can choose to visit either the Ethnology, Army or National Fine Arts Museum.
Evening at leisure.
DAY 6 - HANOI - DANANG - HOI AN
This morning depart to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport for the short flight to Danang City.
On arrival your private vehicle will be waiting for you for the 40-minute drive to Hoi An. A destination with two faces – the charming, old-world trading port of narrow streets and traditional houses, and the beach with its new resorts and long stretch of clean white sand. In keeping with Hoi An’s heritage as a trading port, the town’s tiny shop houses now host a range of craft shops and artisans including some of Asia’s best bespoke tailors. Despite the passing of 200 years and the ravages of weather and war, the centre of Hoi An remains much the same as it was in its heyday.
Take a walking tour of the ancient town centre to visit former merchants’ houses, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, a Chinese communal hall and the colourful market.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 7 - HOI AN - HUE
Morning at leisure before leaving Hoi An for Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam.
Drive through Danang and visit the Cham Museum, which contains the finest collection of Cham sculptures in the world before climbing over the Pass of Ocean Clouds and dropping down to the wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co.
Overnight in Hue.
DAY 8 - HUE
Start your day at the Imperial Citadel where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945.
From here take a cyclo through the ‘Old City’ to Tinh Tam Lake where the Emperors used to come to relax.
Continue to visit Thien Mu (Celestial Lady) Pagoda overlooking the Perfume River; constructed in 1601 the 21-meter tall tower is the centerpiece of the pagoda and represents seven reincarnations of Buddha.
In the afternoon see the tomb of the former emperor Minh Mang which is located in a tranquil setting of gardens and ponds.
Journey on to Khai Dinh’s Tomb which is traditional Vietnamese in design with a European touch making it unique from the other tombs in Hue.
Finish the day at the Mausoleum of Tu Duc, built decades before its occupant's death the tomb was used as a palace retreat before the emperors resting place.
End the day with a visit to the city’s vibrant Dong Ba Market to see the abundance of fresh produce.
DAY 9 - HUE - HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON)
Morning transfer to Hue Airport for a short flight to Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by the locals.
Take a full day tour of Ho Chi Minh City. Your tour includes the Reunification Hall, formerly known as the Presidential Palace it was towards this modern building that North Vietnamese tanks seized on the morning of April 30 1975, as Saigon fell. This fascinating building is filled with history still fresh in the minds of many.
From there stroll (your vehicle will be available at all times) to the major sights of colonial Ho Chi Minh City: the Old Saigon Post Office, Dong Khoi Street (formerly Rue Catinat), Continental Hotel, Opera House and City Hall. After this historical visit continue to the War Remnants Museum where exhibition halls display imagery of both the French and ‘American’ wars.
Continue to the Jade Emperor Pagoda located on the fringes of district 1. Dating from 1909 and built by Cantonese Buddhists this quiet oasis was designed using feng shui principals showcasing ornate statues and effigies.
Following your tour head back to your hotel.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
DAY 10 - HO CHI MINH CITY - MEKONG DELTA - HO CHI MINH CITY
The colourful floating market, vast emerald rice fields and lush back waterways; these are the things that make Cai Be such a desired destination. This morning, leave bustling Ho Chi Minh for the 2-hour drive to the delta town of Cai Be.
On arrival board your boat for a cruise of Cai Be floating market. Traders work the river and some have been living on these waters for generations. Produce at the market are hung on a pole in front of boats to attract customers and make it easier for people to see from afar what is on offer. After visiting the market continue to a cottage factory where ‘pop-rice’, rice paper and coconut candies are made. Return to the boat for the cruise to Dong Hoa Hiep Island. Lunch will be local Mekong style serving specialties of the area. Following your cruise drive back to Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 11 - HO CHI MINH CITY - SIEM REAP
Located in suburban Ho Chi Minh City away from the well trodden tourist path, this is not just a cooking class but a genuine insight into a Vietnamese kitchen. Start early from your hotel for a local suburban Ho Chi Minh City market (whilst it’s still busy) with your host, to shop for ingredients. You’ll then head back to the house to start your cooking, where you’ll eventually devour the results for lunch! A selection of dishes can be made from a menu, rather than having a set cooking class menu see what tickles your fancy.
Return to Ho Chi Minh City for flight to Siem Reap, the ancient capital of the Khmer empire.
Arrive in Siem Reap, welcome by your guide and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Enjoy a delicious Khmer welcome dinner at The Sugar Palm.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 12 - SIEM REAP - TEMPLES OF ANGKOR
Probably the best time to visit Angkor Wat, the largest and most famous of the Angkor temples, is early in the morning, when the light is good and it is relatively quiet. Angkor Wat is visually, architecturally and artistically breathtaking. It is a massive three-tiered pyramid crowned by five beehive-like towers rising 65 metres from ground level. At the apex of Khmer political and military dominance in the region.
The day ends at the fairly large temple of Ta Prohm. This site is hugely atmospheric due to the fact that the temples have been left untouched rather than being restored. The jungle has reclaimed the temple, with huge tree trunks and vines snaking around the centuries-old stonework. Here you can get a feeling of how the first European explorers would have found the ruins.
This morning visit the beautiful pink sandstone temple of Banteay Srei, famous for its intricate and delicate carvings. Then continue to Banteay Samre, another Hindu temple, this time dedicated to Vishnu. After a rest, you will return to the site later in the day to explore Angkor Thom with the enigmatic Bayon temple, the Terrace of Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Overnight in Seam Reap.
DAY 14 - SIEM REAP DEPARTURE
On your last day in Siem Reap, embark on an interesting boat trip on the Tonlé Sap Lake, where you will have the opportunity to learn about life on the lake. Tonlé Sap is South East Asia’s largest freshwater lake with its size varying greatly depending on the season.
Visit the workshops of Artisans d'Angkor where traditional techniques like wood and stone carving are being taught to locals.
Your tour ends with a transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
PRICES ON REQUEST (EXCLUDING INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC INDOCHINA AIR FARES)
Our Indochina Heritage Road for 14 Days/13 Nights.
Includes: 3 nights Luang Prabang: 1 night Vientiane; 2 nights Hanoi; 1 night Hoi An; 2 nights Hue; 2 nights Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon); 3 nights Siem Reap.
Internal Indochina air fares need to be added to the above pricing.
Prices are per person based on two people travelling together and sharing a room.
Domestic internal flights (quoted separately).
Travel insurance, tips, visa
Indochina Heritage Road - Luang Prabang to Siem Reap - 14 Days
Holiday from Luang Prabang to Seam Reap including Highlights of Vietnam. (EXO)
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Riskies in last ditch appeal on level commissions
With the Trowbridge report due to be released this week, longstanding members of the risk advice community have voiced strong concerns about the possible introduction of a level commission regime.
by Scott Hodder - March 24, 2015 9 comments
Speaking to Risk Adviser, PEG Young & Associates owner Phil Young said in his submission to the LIAWG independent chairman John Trowbridge that if a level commission structure were to be introduced it would have significant negative consequences both for advisers and consumers.
“If it does become level, we’d lose a tremendous amount of advisers,” Mr Young said.
“I’d say 80 per cent of advisers would have to drop out and the person who is going to suffer in the long run – while the advisers will suffer – is the client [because] the advice is not going to be there.”
Echoing Mr Young’s comments, Harman Financial Services managing director James Harman told Risk Adviser that in his submission he said the introduction of a level commission structure will “devastate” the industry and many advisers will walk away.
“I just think that long-term, or even short-term, [level commissions are] non-sustainable,” Mr Harman said.
“A lot of the guys will drop out because it is not sustainable and everyone will just go to the banks and the banks do not have a great record when it comes to compliance."
Mr Young added that Mr Trowbridge is not taking into account the effect a 20 per cent level commission structure will have on the industry.
“He is supposed to be an actuary, but a simple man can sit down and come up with the [calculations] that an adviser will not survive on 20 per cent,” Mr Young said.
“If it went on 20 per cent commission – say the average guy is earning $150,000, so therefore on 20 per cent commission that would make it back to $30,000 – that wouldn’t even pay his dealership fees."
Both advisers also pointed out the “way to go” for a change in remuneration structure is by using a hybrid model through which advisers can be paid 60 to 70 per cent up front with a 25 per cent ongoing trail commission.
Mr Trowbridge is expected to release his much-anticipated report on Thursday.
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HOOPER ENJOYING CELTIC LIFE
Gary Hooper has said that he is enjoying with playing in Celtic. The Parkhead striker believes Neil Lennon’s side have taken a great deal of heart from their performance the last time the two clubs clashed.
Despite being reduced to 10 men in the first-half at Ibrox, when goalkeeper Fraser Forster was sent packing for bringing down Steven Naismith, Celtic emerged with a 2-2 draw.
And Hooper says the way they managed to dominate Rangers with a man less is fresh in the Celtic players’ minds as they prepare for this weekend’s SPL encounter.
by content on 03 Mar 11
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FORREST SIGNS NEW DEAL
James Forrest has signed a new deal with Celtic and he is one of the promising youngsters at the club. The 19-year-old, a product of the Celtic Youth Academy, made his first-team debut against Motherwell towards the end of last season, and he found the back of the net in a 4-0 success.
The youngster been an important part of manager Neil Lennon's squad this term and scored one of Celtic's four goals in the victory over Hearts on Wednesday.
So far, James has made 15 first-team appearances, scoring four goals, and his wing play has thrilled Celtic's success-hungry fans.
by content on 30 Jan 11
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CELTIC WIN AGAINST BERWICK
Celtic cruised to yet another win in the Scottish league against Berwick Rangers. The former Arsenal man’s first appearance in the famous hooped shirt is unlikely to live long in the memory but he promised that better is to come from him and his new team-mates.
“I’ve never experienced anything like it,” said the 32-year-old. “The local community deserve credit for getting the pitch playable but it was icy but you get on with it and I’m just glad that there isn’t a replay because we have enough games already.
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CELTIC INTERESTED IN ROSARIO
Celtic have been told that they should secure paperwork before they hand a trial to De Rosario. The Canadian international's club and MLS say Celtic did not have permission for De Rosario to train with them and were surprised to learn he had done so.
MLS say Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell told them that the player and his agent said they had permission.
The league will now work with Celtic "to secure the proper paperwork".
Celtic manager Neil Lennon was expecting the 32-year-old to train at the club's Lennoxtown base for a week.
by content on 31 Dec 10
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CELTIC LINK UP WITH MEXICAN CLUB
Scottish club Celtic have formally signed an agreement with the Mexican club Santos Laguna to form a partnership. Under the agreement, the clubs would hope to transfer knowledge on coaching, players, football academies and perhaps eventually swap first-team players.
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell said: "We have have an excellent relationship with Santos Laguna.
MEXICAN CLUB
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CELTIC INTERESTED IN KAPO
Celtic are interested in signing Oliver Kapo according to reports. The Frenchman was released by the Latics last summer.
The 30-year-old is a free agent and has recently been training under his former manager Steve Bruce at Sunderland. Bruce signed the former Auxerre and Juventus star when manager of Birmingham City and a the DW Stadium.
It seems that the Black Cats boss is less keen to make it three signings in a row and Kapo has now held talks with Celtic boss Neil Lennon about a possible three-year deal.
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MURPHY TARGETS TROPHIES
Daryl Murphy has set his sights for all the trophies on offer this season with Celtic. Neil Lennon's Bhoys have already been knocked out of Europe but they have made a stunning start to the domestic campaign, winning all five of their SPL matches.
Celtic entertain Inverness in the third round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup on Wednesday night and Murphy is targeting success. "I think every competition we're left in now, especially the league, we are looking to win," said the 27-year-old, who joined from Sunderland this summer.
by isport on 28 Sep 10
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STOKES ANTICIPATING CELTIC ARRIVAL
Celtic new boy Anthony Stokes says he has arrived at the club a more mature player after completing a transfer deadline day move.
Stokes put pen-to-paper on a four-year deal at the Glasgow giants following a reported £1.2million switch from SPL rivals Hibernian.
The deal has brought the 22-year-old to Parkhead three years after turning down the Old Firm club, who made overtures for the Irishman in 2007.
Stokes opted to join Sunderland instead, but after a punctuated spell in England, has finally made his way to Celtic.
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CELTIC KEEN ON JAMES
Celtic have shown their interest in England international David James and are keen to sign him according to Lennon. Lennon has Pole Lukasz Zaluska and American Dominic Cervi but wants a major figure to compensate for the loss of Boruc, who has left for Fiorentina.
"We are still a long way off and it's early days in terms of negotiation," said the Celtic manager.
James' former club Portsmouth have withdrawn an offer they made in May.
The 39-year-old goalkeeper made 138 appearances for Pompey and, according to club administrator Andrew Andronikou, wanted to be their player-manager.
by isport on 26 Jul 10
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CELTIC CHASE LEDLEY
Celtic are edging closer to landing highly-rated Welsh midfielder Joe Ledley. The Cardiff City ace has visited the club’s Lennoxtown training complex and is in talks over a Bosman move, according to reports.
Ledley, valued at around £5 million, has been attracting the attention of several clubs in the English Premier League, with Celtic’s Glasgow rivals Rangers also having been linked with the player.
Glasgow Celtic
Ledley
by isport on 01 Jun 10
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Hong Kong finance expertise to speed development of Hainan
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Hong Kong will lend its expertise in fundraising to the coastal region of Boao in Hainan province. In return, the southern province will give licences to Hong Kong’s hospitals and professionals to operate in the Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone.
Hainan, the southernmost Chinese island that Beijing plans to transform into a tourism centre and target for foreign investments, aims to strengthen ties with Hong Kong to help companies with their initial public offerings and fundraising activities in the city.
Hainan Development and Reform Commission will give licences to Hong Kong’s hospitals and professionals to operate in China’s first zone designed to attract overseas patients.
Once remote and underdeveloped, Hainan has been edging closer to its goal of becoming an international tourist resort by 2020 and has become increasingly attractive to investors at home and abroad. Hainan has the world's first high-speed train line circling an island and 157 five-star hotels.
Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone is the first of its kind in China. It enjoys many preferential polices, including special permission for medical talent, technology, devices and drugs, and an allowance for entrance of foreign capital and international communications. The project integrates medical services, wellness, pharmaceuticals, scientific research, rehabilitation, senior care, and tourism in an area dedicated to energy conservation and environmental protection. The goal is to become a world-class medical and wellness destination before the end of this decade.
It has been claimed that 39 hospitals and clinics will open in Hainan to attract both domestic and overseas medical tourists. But so far few hospitals have opened and progress on construction of a few others is slow. The China Institute for Reform and Development, a research institution in Hainan, says that Hainan still lags in healthcare and education.
To speed up development, the Chinese government has a raft of new measures to help investors and potential overseas patients. Greater visa-free access has been offered to tourists from 59 countries to Hainan from May, allowing group and individual tourists to stay there for up to 30 days on condition that they book their tour through travel agencies. However, a major factor holding back foreign tourists from visiting Hainan is expensive air ticket prices.
Another new measure allows the Hainan local government to approve imports of medical instruments that have no alternatives on the domestic market and are urgently needed for clinical uses in hospitals in the zone.
View the IMTJ in-depth analysis of inbound medical tourism to China.
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International Journal of Revenue Management
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International Journal of Revenue Management (6 papers in press)
Adoption of E-Filing: The U.S. Journey
by Shuming Bai, Kai Koong, Fan Wu, Jay Bhuyan
Abstract: In 2008, the United States Congress was hoping to have 80 percent of all tax returns filed electronically for the 2007 tax year. This original deadline was extended to 2012 because only 69 percent of the total tax returns were in the form of electronic filings. Using time series analysis covering the period 2005 to 2016, this study reports on the advancements of electronic tax filings in the United States. Compared to prior studies, the good news is that individual tax returns filed electronically have reached the targeted goal of 80 percent in 2012. Second, overall trends indicate continued steady progress, both in the volume of total e-file returns received and the associated share of tax returns filed electronically over the sample period. Third, even though the total e-file rate has monotonically been increasing over the years, it still falls short of the target of 80 percent as of Calendar Year of 2016. Fourth, individual e-file returns generate the vast majority of total e-file returns while business and tax-exempt e-file constitutes less than 15 percent of the total, and the focus should be on the latter to push for the e-filing target. Fifth, employment tax e-file comprises more than half of the total business e-file, yet it has the lowest e-filing rate due to few mandates. Finally, to reach Congress composite 80 percent e-filing goal, several strategies and recommendations are proposed.
Keywords: Adoption; Businesses; Individuals; Electronic Filing; Tax Returns; United States.
Utility Function for Airline Travel in Nepal and Its Comparison with India
by Sumeetha Natesan, Chhaya Singh, Goutam Dutta
Abstract: The competition in the airline market provides an airline passenger with ample open choices to evaluate before finalizing a travel decision. The final travel decision is an outcome of a consideration of multiple parameters. In the last decade, Nepal has witnessed impressive growth in international and domestic air traffic, which in turn has led to a growth in tourism in Nepal. It has, therefore, become crucial for competing airlines in Nepal to monitor their services and align the same with respect to airline passengers preferences. We study the domestic airline travel in Nepal to create a utility function for it and compare the performance of one airline with other competing airlines. The model is based on the logarithmic goal programming model and multiple criteria decision making. This development also provides a unique opportunity to compare utility functions for airline travel across India and Nepal, two neighbouring countries with different socio-economical set-ups.
Keywords: Utility function; Multiple-Criteria Decision Making; Goal Programming Model; Revenue management.
DOI: 10.1504/IJRM.2019.10019731
Optimization of NGL Rail Car Distribution
by Robert A. Russell, Chris Cox
Abstract: In this paper we address the optimization of a rail-car natural gas liquids distribution and sales revenue supply chain. A network based goal programming model is used to allocate rail cars to deliver contracted supply quantities from supply plants to regional demand terminals with different product prices. The planning horizon is one year broken down into months and includes futures prices of NGL products. The model incorporates terminal storage capacities, potential demurrage and detention constraints, and inventory carrying costs. The model integrates the distribution and transportation aspects of the problem. Results are reported for a Fortune 500 NGL company.
Keywords: NGL distribution; goal programming; future prices.
FINANCIALIZATION OF THE CRUDE OIL MARKET: DO NON COMMERCIAL TRADERS INFLUENCE SPOT PRICES ?
by Antonio Focacci
Abstract: Generally labeled by the term financializa
Keywords: financialization; oil prices; multibreakpoint analysis; Granger-causality; revenue management.
The significance of competitive pricing and revenue management in the camping industry
by Katarina Poldrugovac, Sandra Janković, Milena Peršić
Abstract: Currently, the camping industry is responsive to the pricing performance of their competitors. When considering the pricing strategies of the campsite business, competitors should be taken into account as an important factor. The purpose of this research is to assess the possibilities of competitive pricing in the camping industry and examine the effect of competitor pricing levels on relative campsite revenue, to define whether raising or lowering prices relative to the competition contributes more to performance. The paper explores the relationship between pricing strategy and the average percentage difference in revenue per available capacity and occupancy for 32 campsites, relative to their competitive sets, over a period of three years. The result shows that lowering the prices will give campsites higher occupancy rates but consequently lower performance measured by revenue per available capacity.
Keywords: revenue management; competitive pricing; pricing strategy; camping business; revenue per available capacity (RevPAC); occupancy; benchmarking.
Screening Mechanism When Online Users Have Privacy Concerns
by Jagan Jacob
Abstract: In consumer-to-consumer online platforms that enable selling (e.g., eBay, Taobao) or sharing (e.g., Airbnb, Uber) of goods and services, information asymmetry between providers (e.g., sellers, hosts, drivers) and consumers (e.g., buyers, guests, passengers) pose challenges. Such platforms facilitate transactions between users (providers and consumers), who are often strangers. Stricter screening, background checks, and identity verification requirements may reduce the probability of bad users entering the platform. However, users are reluctant to share personal information on the Internet. We design a matching mechanism to maximize platform profit when users are heterogeneous with some more likely to be good than others, but the platform does not know who. We argue that in some cases, the platform increases its profit by allowing users with a higher probability of being bad to join as well.
Keywords: Game Theory; Price Discrimination; Information Asymmetry; Mechanism Design; Incentive Compatibility; Online Platforms; Trust; Electronic Commerce; Sharing Economy.
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Musk Pledges Belt-Tightening as Tesla Cuts Prices, Warns of Loss
Shift to online-only orders reduces prices about 6% on average.
Bloomberg | Mar 01, 2019
Elon Musk is delivering on one big promise -- a $35,000 Model 3 -- while falling short on another: that Tesla Inc.’s days of losing money are over.
Tesla probably won’t post a profit in the first quarter, the chief executive officer told reporters Thursday, contradicting several of his past predictions that the company would earn money from now on. He made the comments while announcing the long-awaited cheaper Model 3, along with a plan to trim costs by closing stores and cutting more jobs.
“Given that there was just a lot happening in Q1, and we’re taking a lot of one-time charges and there are a lot of challenges getting cars to China and Europe, we do not expect to be profitable in Q1,” Musk said on a call with reporters. “But we do think that profitability in Q2 is likely.”
Tesla shares fell 4.9% to $304.07 in pre-market trading Friday. The stock is still up from where it was on Tuesday, before Musk tweeted the company would have news to share.
Shifting to online-only ordering will enable Tesla to lower the prices of all its vehicles by an average of about 6%, according to a blog post. That’s helping Musk deliver the $35,000 version of the Model 3 for the first time, almost three years after the company started taking orders for the car.
Tesla will also be “significantly reducing” its spending on sales and marketing, which will help make the announced price changes possible, Musk wrote in an email to employees. Some jobs will be cut and some employees will transition to different parts of the company, he said.
All About Service
“Tesla pioneered direct-to-consumer sales, and the stores were always more of an advertising portal than an actual transaction portal,” said Mike Ramsey, an automotive consultant with researcher Gartner Inc. “Closing the stores themselves is not that crazy; the real issue for Tesla is their service capability.”
The company will wind down many of its stores over the next few months, Musk said. Some of the roughly 130 outlets will remain in high-traffic locations as galleries, showcases and information centers, and others will become service and repair centers.
“There’s no other way for us to achieve the savings required,” the CEO said.
Musk reiterated that improving service in 2019 is Tesla’s top priority and said the company will be adding jobs worldwide to address what’s become one of the biggest concerns of new customers. He said moving away from stores will be “incredibly helpful” toward boosting deliveries.
“In many parts of the U.S., we are unable to sell effectively because of franchise laws,” he said. “Now anybody can buy the car online anywhere in the U.S., immediately. This substantially opens up our ability to sell the cars.”
Production Forecast
Model 3s on backorder now will all be delivered by the end of June, in time to claim a $3,750 federal tax credit, as the company ramps up production, Musk said. As of July 1, Teslas will be eligible for only an $1,875 U.S. incentive.
Musk later tweeted that the standard-range Model 3 will be available in Europe in about six months and in Asia after Tesla’s Shanghai factory begins production, which he estimated will be within six to eight months.
Musk issued yet another forecast for how many vehicles Tesla will produce this year, predicting somewhere in the range of 420,000 and 600,000. Three days ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal judge to hold him in contempt of a settlement reached last year over a tweet in which he said the company would make as many as half a million cars.
The CEO doubled down on his defense against the SEC’s claims by reiterating comments he made on a Jan. 30 earnings call that Tesla would sell as many as 500,000 Model 3s this year.
“350,000 to 500,000 Model 3s is what I said in the earnings call,” Musk told reporters. “And we expect to make somewhere between 70,000 to 100,000” Model S sedans and Model X crossovers.
Musk, 47, settled a lawsuit in September with the SEC and agreed to get company approval before communicating material information to investors. The agency alleges he breached that deal with a Feb. 19 tweet, which he corrected hours later with the help of a company lawyer.
By Dana Hull and Tom Randall
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Technology and IIoT
Renault, LG Chem to Develop Batteries for Electric Cars
Agence France-Presse | May 21, 2014
SEOUL -- Renault (IW 1000/80) has signed an agreement with South Korean chemical firm LG Chem to jointly develop batteries for its electric cars, company officials said Wednesday.
A memorandum of understanding was signed in Seoul on Tuesday by Thierry Bollore, Renault's chief competitive officer, and LG Chem president Kwon Young-Soo.
"LG will develop new batteries for next-generation electric vehicles to be produced by Renault," the LG spokesman said, declining to say whether the lithium ion batteries could be used for other vehicles.
LG said the batteries would boost the travelling range of Renault's electric cars, addressing a key concern about the zero-emission vehicles touted as a potential solution to the exhaust gases that blight busy cities worldwide.
Bollore said the agreement would help Renault develop a diversified group of electric vehicles, according to a statement from the company's South Korean unit, Renault Samsung Motors.
Renault currently offers four electric models -- the Twizy urban car, the Zoe mini, the Kangoo Z.E. van and a family sedan, the Fluence Z.E.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance, formed with the Japanese automaker in 1999, has invested four billion euros in the research and development of electric cars and aims to become a world leader in the emerging market.
Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2014
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Pay-at-the-Pump Card Fraud Revs Up
Arizona Is Hot Spot for Latest Skimming Spree Tracy Kitten (FraudBlogger) • March 9, 2011
Warm weather and easy targets have made self-service gas pumps in Arizona attractive targets for card-skimmers.
Card fraud linked to pay-at-the-pump gas terminals in Arizona tourist spots such as Tucson is on the rise, as travel season gears up for spring. Last week, Tucson, Ariz., Police Sgt. Michael Garcia told a local TV station that pay-at-the-pump skimming has been on the rise since January, when Tucson police confiscated the city's first gas pump card skimmer.
Local law enforcement quickly responded in mid-January by telling gas station owners to check card readers on fuel pumps more regularly, as well as warn consumers about the dangers of paying with plastic at the pump.
The problem is not new. Last July, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer directed the state Department of Weights and Measures to increase gas pump inspections, and directed the department to work more closely with gas station owners to explore ways to fight the crime, which was escalating even then.
The challenge with pay-at-the-pump terminals is that they're difficult to inspect. Unlike ATM skimming, which involves placing a skimming device over an ATM's external card reader, a skimming device at a pay-at-the-pump terminal is placed inside the pump's enclosure, where it is visibly undetectable.
Nicole Sturgill, research director at financial consultancy TowerGroup, says pay-at-the-pump gas terminals are more vulnerable to hidden skimming attacks because they are easy to access. The use of universal access keys, which open pump enclosures, remain a mainstay in the petrol market. Anyone with a key to a certain pump's make and model can essentially open any pump of the same make and model. In comparison, ATMs are required to have unique access keys and codes for enclosure access for service and maintenance.
"Anyone who knows the key can get in," Sturgill says.
Once installed, the devices collect card numbers and then transmit card data wirelessly, usually via Bluetooth, to fraudsters who are often nearby.
Easy Targets = Opportunity
Robert Siciliano, CEO of www.IDTheftSecurity.com, says warmer climates make the best environments for skimming. That's because the weather is more conducive for skimmer adhesive. "Colder climates, along with dirt, dust and road salt, prohibit a strong seal of a skimmer," he says.
That explains why last summer, tourist destinations in Florida saw a rash of pay-at-the-pump skimming attacks. The skimming problem at gas stations along Interstate 75 in Alachua County, Fla., got so bad that law enforcement recommended consumers start paying with cash only.
John Buzzard, who oversees client relations for FICO's Card Alert Service, which provides decision management and predictive analytics for card issuers, says increased PIN-debit usage at self-service gas pumps, as well as other unattended self-service terminals that take plastic, also has fueled card fraud. "Debit usage is at an all-time high," Buzzard says. "More and more consumers are using PIN debit at the pumps, so this makes for a rich harvest for the criminals."
But Buzzard is quick to point out that while gas pumps may be easy targets, they aren't the only ones fraudsters are targeting with more skill. "The points of interest for criminals to gather cards and PINs are always a little cyclical," he says. "Today we have an influx of gas pump skimming, and tomorrow an organized group could easily decide to target supermarkets or restaurants."
Location, Economy Are Factors
Gartner Analyst Avivah Litan says geographic location plays a role in the skimming dilemma as well.
"Arizona is notorious for being a top five or 10 state in having the most identity-theft or account takeover-related crime. California has always, similarly, been right up there," she says. "A lot of it has to do with the demographics and high unemployment rates in those states, and the fact that it's easier for the crime bosses to find 'mules' and other 'lackeys' that are willing to do their dirty work," like installing skimming devices on ATMs or inside pay-at-the-pump enclosures, in spite of video surveillance.
Litan says pay-at-the-pump skimming attacks have been increasing over the last 12 to 18 months. "They are so easy to get away with," she says. "These attacks are at least a decade old, but Eastern European hacker masterminds have started cashing in on them over the past two years."
Chuck Groat, a vice president of bankcard risk management at Zions Bank ($50 billion in assets), knows first hand about how pay-at-the-pump skimming hurts banks and consumers.
Last summer, Zions tracked 15 separate gas-pump locations where customers' cards had been compromised, the majority of which were owned and operated by the same gas retailer. Since January 2010, production of counterfeit cards created from skimmed Zions' customers has increased 200 percent, Groat says, and there's nothing Zions can do to stop it. "Someone needs to make them [the retailer] more aware of the problems and responsible for losses," he says.
Zions also got hit by the recent Arizona attacks. "My belief is that it just goes back to these machines are easy targets to capture both PIN and mag details," Groat says. "As long as the merchants continue to see that it is not their problem, they will not be proactive in protecting the pumps from intrusion."
Study: Breaches Cost $214 Per Record
Tiger Team's McGraw on Next Steps
Tracy Kitten
Director of Global Events Content and Executive Editor, BankInfoSecurity & CUInfoSecurity
A veteran journalist with more than 20 years' experience, Kitten has covered the financial sector for the last 13 years. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2010, where she now serves as director of global events content and executive editor of BankInfoSecurity and CUInfoSecurity, she covered the financial self-service industry as the senior editor of ATMmarketplace, part of Networld Media. Kitten has been a regular speaker at domestic and international conferences, and was the keynote at ATMIA's U.S. and Canadian conferences in 2009. She has been quoted by CNN.com, ABC News, Bankrate.com and MSN Money.
https://www.inforisktoday.eu/pay-at-the-pump-card-fraud-revs-up-a-3414
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FleetBroadband used in rescue of Clipper competitor
01 April 2014: A crew member in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race was rescued from the Pacific Ocean with help from Inmarsat FleetBroadband.
Andrew Taylor was swept into the sea by a giant wave while changing the sail in the early hours of Sunday.
He remained immersed in the icy water for an hour and a half before finally being spotted and rescued by his Derry-Londonderry-Doire crewmates.
Coordinated recovery
The incident happened on day 14 of Race 10 as the yachts raced from China to San Francisco, USA.
The crew used FleetBroadband to coordinate Andrew’s recovery with other yachts in the race and the coastguard.
Dramatic video footage of Andrew’s rescue was taken by crew members and transmitted via FleetBroadband to the UK Clipper headquarters.
Sea survival
Skipper Sean McCarter was working with Andrew near the bow when the incident happened and immediately stopped the yacht and started the man overboard (MOB) procedure.
Speaking after his ordeal, Andrew, said: “It all happened so quickly…I came up and braced myself waiting for the safety line and then the next thing I knew there was a flash of purple – I hit the rudder. It hurt!
“I didn’t know if anyone was looking for me or if anyone had seen me. I didn’t hear anyone shouting…I tried to swim around so I could see the boat, thinking they would come quickly, but the boat was getting further and further away.”
Massive waves
To make matters worse, a storm hit the area, creating massive waves and raining hailstones while he waited for his crewmates to rescue him.
London-based Andrew was treated by the onboard medic, crew member Susie Redhouse, for shock and possible hypothermia.
Justin Taylor, Race Director, said that crew are trained in a procedure to mark the position, stop racing and engage the engine to recover the crew member as quickly as possible.
Tailored hardware
Inmarsat’s services for the 40,000 mile (64,360 km) 16-stage race are supplied by Marine Camera Solutions.
Livewire Connections provide specially tailored hardware and airtime solutions for the race, including a Cobham SATCOM SAILOR 250 FleetBroadband terminal, providing voice and data communications for the crews on each of the 12 yachts.
FleetBroadband is also used for operational and crew email, as well as keeping abreast of weather conditions. They can also send stored video footage, as well as stream live video to the media team, allowing sponsors and fans to follow every moment of the race.
Medical attention
In order to track the boats, the race organisers are using SAILOR 6150 Mini-C antennas and Transas FleetViewOnline software, allowing the race team to manually poll the fleet positions during emergency situations.
Inmarsat’s services have been used in two medical emergencies since the race began in St Katherine’s Dock, London, in September, 2013.
PSP Logistics crew member Angie Faulkner dislocated her shoulder after falling into the cockpit earlier this month and a few days later, Mick Wood, 63, a crew member of Jamaica Get All Right, was diagnosed with pneumonia.
The race ends back in St Katharine Docks on 12 July, 2014.
Clipper Round the World: www.clipperroundtheworld.com
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Apple's new wireless charger will charge the new iPhones, Apple Watch, and AirPods at the same time
Antonio Villas-Boas
Apple introduced its new "AirPower" wireless charging pad during its September event on Tuesday, which will be large and powerful enough to charge your new iPhone — either the new iPhone 8 or the high-end iPhone X — as well as your Apple Watch and AirPods at the same time.
Few details exist about the AirPower, such as the connection that will be used to power the AirPower wireless charging pad itself. The battery status of all the devices charging on the AirPower wireless charging pad will be displayed on the display of the iPhone charging on the pad.
Unfortunately, it sounds like Apple's AirPower solution won't arrive until 2018, since Apple must first work with the regulatory committee that oversees the Qi wireless charging standard to implement a new standard it developed for AirPower. Apple didn't say how much AirPower would cost or when, exactly, it will be available.
For now, however, Apple offers wireless chargers from Belkin and Mophie on its online store.
NOW WATCH: Watch Tim Cook open Apple's big iPhone event with a tribute to Steve Jobs
More: Apple AirPower Wireless charging iPhone 8
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72CommentsJoined May 26th, 2009
LaserDave commented on diyperspective's instructable Acrylic Bending Tool3 months ago
Your piano hinge idea is a great one for obtaining a tight, accurate mechanism, but the problem is that the length of the hinge would travel directly above the heating wire and profile. The hinge itself would cover the channel and block the acrylic from seeing the narrow source of heat, the hinge would absorb and broadly dissipate the heat.However, using two small sections of piano hinge, in the same configuration that the author presents, would certainly improve stability and accuracy over those shown.
LaserDave commented on tuenhidiy's instructable D.I.Y SMART RGB MATRIX 8x168 months ago
Nice project, great pictures too!!I have just two questions -1 - Why not save yourself some headache and extra wiring and use a single 74154 instead of the two 74138?2 - You went to all the work laying out your circuitry, why not go the extra step and send out the PCB file to get fabricated boards inexpensively? I know you knocked yourself out with all the LED wiring, the transistors, chips and header wiring, and that is SO time-consuming. It's also very easy to make a mistake that's really tough to track down. Don't you think it would be so sweet to save yourself all that, and simply stuff your components into professionally-made boards? That would take you an evening instead of a week.You are probably the type, as I once was, where you are so in love with electronics that you would m...
Nice project, great pictures too!!I have just two questions -1 - Why not save yourself some headache and extra wiring and use a single 74154 instead of the two 74138?2 - You went to all the work laying out your circuitry, why not go the extra step and send out the PCB file to get fabricated boards inexpensively? I know you knocked yourself out with all the LED wiring, the transistors, chips and header wiring, and that is SO time-consuming. It's also very easy to make a mistake that's really tough to track down. Don't you think it would be so sweet to save yourself all that, and simply stuff your components into professionally-made boards? That would take you an evening instead of a week.You are probably the type, as I once was, where you are so in love with electronics that you would make your own pencils if you had to... and the hard stuff is part of the fun. Right?Great job anyway, however you choose to do it.
LaserDave commented on TheTugaHandyman's instructable CONCRETE LAMP1 year ago
Excellent job. I love that LED bulb, you say it's only 4W and is bright enough to be an effective bedroom lamp? I would be really interested in getting one of these bulbs, would it be possible to indicate where they can be purchased? Thanks for an interesting 'ible.
LaserDave commented on hellboy's instructable The White Rabbit Nixie Clock1 year ago
Amazing work and craftsmanship, stunning.I wanted to point out your description of your resistor selection, and clarify to avoid confusion readers may encounter as a result. You indicated that you chose to use a pair of 120-Ohm resistors and the colour code was red/brown/red and gold. This colour code would describe a 2.1k-Ohm resistor, whereas the colour code for a 120-Ohm resistor would be brown/red/brown and gold. Without the schematic I cannot tell whether you erred on the colour code or the value you wanted. As a rule of thumb, at 20mA, the 120-Ohm would be suitable for a voltage up to a few volts but overdriven at 5v. A 2.1k-Ohm resistor would be good for a LED at 20mA at 42v. An easy to remember set of values is: 5v use 220-Ohm (red/red/brown), 12v use 680-Ohm (blue/grey/brown...
Amazing work and craftsmanship, stunning.I wanted to point out your description of your resistor selection, and clarify to avoid confusion readers may encounter as a result. You indicated that you chose to use a pair of 120-Ohm resistors and the colour code was red/brown/red and gold. This colour code would describe a 2.1k-Ohm resistor, whereas the colour code for a 120-Ohm resistor would be brown/red/brown and gold. Without the schematic I cannot tell whether you erred on the colour code or the value you wanted. As a rule of thumb, at 20mA, the 120-Ohm would be suitable for a voltage up to a few volts but overdriven at 5v. A 2.1k-Ohm resistor would be good for a LED at 20mA at 42v. An easy to remember set of values is: 5v use 220-Ohm (red/red/brown), 12v use 680-Ohm (blue/grey/brown). Personally, I always use 470-Ohm and 1k-Ohm because LEDs today are crazy bright, plus it doubles their lifetimes, uses the most popular resistor values, and saves power too.
LaserDave commented on Gronings Wild's instructable Exploding Sun Lamp Design2 years ago
@Gronings WildThis is one of the most creative and visually-striking uses of light and fiber-optics!! An improved, modernised version of the early 70's fiber-optic lamps that used a vertical spray of fibers mounted to a base, forming a mushroom shape, which was a guilty pleasure for many people. I think the nostalgia factor also contributes to its grand appeal. Terrific job!!If you don't mind, however, I'd like to contribute a few tips for your readers (and maybe for yourself) that will give you even better results!![] - Verify that the remote-controlled LED bulb you choose doesn't use an infrared (IR) line-of-site technique for controlling the bulb, it won't see the signal from inside the sphere. There are Bluetooth and Wi-Fi versions that work well, some of them from a Smartphone app...
@Gronings WildThis is one of the most creative and visually-striking uses of light and fiber-optics!! An improved, modernised version of the early 70's fiber-optic lamps that used a vertical spray of fibers mounted to a base, forming a mushroom shape, which was a guilty pleasure for many people. I think the nostalgia factor also contributes to its grand appeal. Terrific job!!If you don't mind, however, I'd like to contribute a few tips for your readers (and maybe for yourself) that will give you even better results!![] - Verify that the remote-controlled LED bulb you choose doesn't use an infrared (IR) line-of-site technique for controlling the bulb, it won't see the signal from inside the sphere. There are Bluetooth and Wi-Fi versions that work well, some of them from a Smartphone app.[] - Avoid using Superglue (CyanoAcrylate) to hold the fibers in place, it produces vapours as it cures that can leave a thin, cloudy film. Fiber ends rely on clarity for maximum light to enter the fiber, but this film can block light and affect overall brightness. A great alternative is clear RTV silicone tinted with a tiny bit of acrylic paint which will cure in just a few minutes. This can open up other creative opportunities for the colours at the base of each fiber. [] - Since the profile of the fiber ends are what dictates the amount of light that gets in, there are several techniques that can be used to allow much more light to enter.1 - Squarely cleave the end of the fiber with a razor blade or hobby knife to make a clean, flat surface. Clipping the fiber will give pinched, squished ends. 2 - Add surface area to the end by *gently* heating the plastic (or glass) with hot air to produce a slight "blob", or lens. This works well for the other end too, increasing the size of the glowing "dot". (This technique requires practice).3 - Have the fiber ends begin as close to the bulb surface as possible.Sorry for the long-winded post, I wanted to provide tips that can be used for this and any hobby. Great project, and beautiful results!!Cheers from Canada!!
Thank YOU for the kind words regarding my feedback. I wanted to clarify that the hints and techniques I offered were "take home" tips that can be used for this or any application. The RTV silicone mixed with acrylic paint is a trick I use almost everyday for a variety of things from colour-coding wires, to colour-matching pieces of a repair. The sky is the limit with this idea and I know it would be a valuable tidbit for anyone to have in their "Cerebral Toolbox". If you mix the silicone with a little corn starch powder, you get a quick-setting, flexible white putty that can be molded by hand with a million uses. Mixing in a tiny bit of colour, then spreading the translucent silicone into a thin film, a type of "rubber stained glass" is perfect as a sleeve ...
Thank YOU for the kind words regarding my feedback. I wanted to clarify that the hints and techniques I offered were "take home" tips that can be used for this or any application. The RTV silicone mixed with acrylic paint is a trick I use almost everyday for a variety of things from colour-coding wires, to colour-matching pieces of a repair. The sky is the limit with this idea and I know it would be a valuable tidbit for anyone to have in their "Cerebral Toolbox". If you mix the silicone with a little corn starch powder, you get a quick-setting, flexible white putty that can be molded by hand with a million uses. Mixing in a tiny bit of colour, then spreading the translucent silicone into a thin film, a type of "rubber stained glass" is perfect as a sleeve to slip over small light bulbs to change their colour for lighting up control switches or the instrument panel in a car.The other recommendations regarding the super glue, controls for the LED bulb, preparing the ends of the fibers, and having them closer to the bulb... were directed mainly toward readers who might be doing this project and need a boost, they may not have a white background. Your results look great so these tips don't really apply to this project, but may be handy for future creations. I've seen many people accidentally ruin optical parts from the stray superglue vapours, I've done it myself, yet it's a hazard many people are unaware of. Readers may now prevent ruining many hours of work.Again, things like 'lensing' the ends of the fiber take practice, patience and also depends on the type of fiber. A hot knife could certainly make a clean flat on the end of plastic fiber, but glass may need to be held at a controlled distance over a small flame to get it just right. I've used this technique with glass and plastic fibers for years with various applications using lasers and LEDs. (Several were 50um, thinner than a human hair)Great job with your project, I've been admiring the photos ever since!!
LaserDave commented on TechnicalKid's instructable Simple and small full-bridge-rectifier2 years ago
Hi Tech... No, I'm not German. However, I'd love to know how the word "also" hints to you that I am. The system seems to have placed this single word apart from the rest of the paragraph without much of a reason for doing so. Is using that word by itself some sort of Germanic practice, or does it have a significant meaning when used in that language? Very curious about this though.
Just a quick comment to point out that there is a minor error in your schematic. The positive (+) output of the bridge rectifier goes to the negative (-) side of your capacitor. A simple enough error to make, and even easier to correct in your schematic. (Just move the '+' to the capacitor's bottom conductor, or flip the capacitor symbol vertically)This is a great 'ible that will be helpful to many beginners of electronics, but this small error could be problematic for them.- - - Edit - - - Also, the capacitor specified in the schematic and in the Parts List is "100uF", which seems to contradict the 1,000uF you've used on your board. Choosing a 1,000uF capacitor would be a much better choice in most cases, in addition to reducing the ripple, it would be more capable of supply...
Just a quick comment to point out that there is a minor error in your schematic. The positive (+) output of the bridge rectifier goes to the negative (-) side of your capacitor. A simple enough error to make, and even easier to correct in your schematic. (Just move the '+' to the capacitor's bottom conductor, or flip the capacitor symbol vertically)This is a great 'ible that will be helpful to many beginners of electronics, but this small error could be problematic for them.- - - Edit - - - Also, the capacitor specified in the schematic and in the Parts List is "100uF", which seems to contradict the 1,000uF you've used on your board. Choosing a 1,000uF capacitor would be a much better choice in most cases, in addition to reducing the ripple, it would be more capable of supplying the short, transient bursts of high-current whenever the load requires it.
LaserDave commented on andrewwilson's instructable Emergency Stop Button 2 years ago
DC motors certainly do produce Back EMF during operation and generate electricity upon power removal, however, Universal motors contain no magnetics to act on the (decelerating) spinning windings and cannot generate electricity that could be used as a brake. While it's true that there is Back EMF produced while the motor is operating, it is due to the magnetic fields collapsing as the commutators break contact with each coil as it rotates. But that disappears as soon as power is removed.Unless there is a constant magnetic field to act on the coils as they decelerate, there will be no voltage generated to shunt and brake the motor. Any motor that contains permanent magnets will generate electricity (not Back EMF) that can be shunted (shorted) to produce a load on the motor to slow it down.
LaserDave commented on tlp801's instructable Trash-Vac!!2 years ago
FetterChiller - At first glance that idea would appear feasible, but I am scratching my head about this particular fan because of its enormous THREE AMP power requirements. In my decades of experience, I have rarely encountered general-purpose fans that pulled anything over one amp.Most fans are efficient and draw low enough power as to permit continuous operation without taxing the system they are supposed to cool, so requiring power of this magnitude just for the fan boggles the mind and suggests that the device this fan was intended for would be expensive to run for any substantial time. I do realise that the author had this in his part bin, but that power supply is a beefy one that will continue to eat power while it's waiting to be used. Maybe you could switch the 110v instead.My s...
FetterChiller - At first glance that idea would appear feasible, but I am scratching my head about this particular fan because of its enormous THREE AMP power requirements. In my decades of experience, I have rarely encountered general-purpose fans that pulled anything over one amp.Most fans are efficient and draw low enough power as to permit continuous operation without taxing the system they are supposed to cool, so requiring power of this magnitude just for the fan boggles the mind and suggests that the device this fan was intended for would be expensive to run for any substantial time. I do realise that the author had this in his part bin, but that power supply is a beefy one that will continue to eat power while it's waiting to be used. Maybe you could switch the 110v instead.My suggestion for anyone considering the use of a 4.7" fan of this type, for this or any project, is to select one whose power requirements are much more reasonable such as those in desktop computers. Those fans typically draw half an amp or less at 12v, they are inexpensive and can be found in any electronics store or surplus vendor, with eBay being the best.
LaserDave commented on AUGUSTO VJ's instructable EMERGENCY PHONE CHARGING HACK2 years ago
No, that's wrong, I think it is you who needs to study electronics, It seems you've mistaken Voltage for Current. With the exception of LEDs, electronic components do not 'take all they can get' and self-destruct. For any component, the manufacturer's spec sheet provides the minimum, typical, and maximum ratings for its Voltage and Current. Further, even IF every component required regulation, it would be automatically handled by the phone's power management system.It's the Current that varies in response to a load of a device's tasks. An example might be an LED clock, it will pull different Currents depending on the number of segments lit at any given time.Voltage, however, IS critical when powering circuitry. Voltage-sensitive components contain junctions and insulation that excess v...
No, that's wrong, I think it is you who needs to study electronics, It seems you've mistaken Voltage for Current. With the exception of LEDs, electronic components do not 'take all they can get' and self-destruct. For any component, the manufacturer's spec sheet provides the minimum, typical, and maximum ratings for its Voltage and Current. Further, even IF every component required regulation, it would be automatically handled by the phone's power management system.It's the Current that varies in response to a load of a device's tasks. An example might be an LED clock, it will pull different Currents depending on the number of segments lit at any given time.Voltage, however, IS critical when powering circuitry. Voltage-sensitive components contain junctions and insulation that excess voltages will destroy. Most components do have a voltage range within which they are happy and perform as expected, but that range can be very narrow. The voltage requirements of microprocessors is very strict, a minor deviation of even a fraction of a Volt can have extreme consequences. That aside, today's phones usually require 5 Volts with a small deviation tolerance. The reason is simple, the microprocessor monitors the incoming voltage and will reject anything out of range. This is somewhat paradoxical because the internal battery is usually rated at 3.7 Volts, and the processor is rated at a voltage that is lower still, typically between 1 and 3.3 Volts.There are many people offering comments containing sloppy or incorrect electronic information, so I will conclude my overly-thorough blather with a blurb about the car charger unit. This charging unit plugs into a vehicle's cigarette lighter to access the 10-15 Volt DC supply. Inside the chunky 'cube' resides a switching 'buck' converter circuit that provides 5 Volts after efficiently (> 85% typically) converting the input voltage that will accept (depending on model) between 6 and 30 Volts.
LaserDave commented on deba168's instructable Make 4 Useful Things From 9V Dead Battery2 years ago
I really don't like when alarmists reach for the "it could start a fire" card whenever something electrical is suspected of having even the slightest risk.First - the forward voltage of most white LEDs (in addition to blue, purple, pink etc.) is more than 3 volts, so that leaves us with 6 volts to deal with. The current through a 100-Ohm resistor at 6 volts is a mere 60mA, which is 0.36 Watts - MAX.Deduct from this value... the battery's internal resistance, the additional fraction of a volt for the LED's forward voltage (3.3v), and that these values were based on a full 9v battery. So, yes, a 0.25W resistor would be entirely appropriate. Fire? Have you ever seen a (sub 2W) resistor fail under extreme overload conditions? They turn black and burn out, sometimes with smoke, may...
I really don't like when alarmists reach for the "it could start a fire" card whenever something electrical is suspected of having even the slightest risk.First - the forward voltage of most white LEDs (in addition to blue, purple, pink etc.) is more than 3 volts, so that leaves us with 6 volts to deal with. The current through a 100-Ohm resistor at 6 volts is a mere 60mA, which is 0.36 Watts - MAX.Deduct from this value... the battery's internal resistance, the additional fraction of a volt for the LED's forward voltage (3.3v), and that these values were based on a full 9v battery. So, yes, a 0.25W resistor would be entirely appropriate. Fire? Have you ever seen a (sub 2W) resistor fail under extreme overload conditions? They turn black and burn out, sometimes with smoke, maybe even a 'crackle', but they don't burst into flames or produce enough thermal energy to ignite something nearby. Resistors are manufactured out of non-flammable materials designed to withstand heat.
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T.O. ISIS bride nabbed: 'I believe in Sharia, wherever Sharia is'
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Published on: February 10, 2019 | Last Updated: February 10, 2019 2:25 PM EST
Dura Ahmed, 28, from Toronto has no regrets about traveling to join her ISIS husband. The mother of two is now trying to get out of Syria. SCREENGRAB/ CNN
A Toronto woman who was a member of Islamic State’s women’s auxiliary and captured by U.S. forces claims she was clueless about the horrors committed by the death cult.
Dura Ahmed, 28, was one of two Canadian women captured in eastern Syria. The other is a former graphic designer from Alberta.
Regrets? She has none, according to CNN. Nor had Ahmed heard of the countless executions or the murder and enslavement of Yezidi women.
“Briefly, just briefly I heard about some executions taking place,” Ahmed told the network.
As for the Yezidis, she remained non-plussed.
“When I came here I heard. I haven’t seen one but…,” she laughed. “Well, having slaves is part of Sharia [Islamic law]. I believe in Sharia, wherever Sharia is. We must follow whoever is implementing the way, the law.”
The good old days in Raqqa where the Pringles were plentiful. GETTY IMAGES
Both Canadian women have children and lived in the tattered remains of what’s left of Islamic State’s caliphate.
According to the France 24 network, another 46-year-old Canadian woman showed up at the camp on Friday claiming ISIS was “doing good things.”
Ahmed’s husband arrived in Raqqa, Syria — the death cult’s heartland — in 2012. She was in school, she told CNN, and waited two years to take the plunge.
She knew nada about the events unfolding there. And she loved it.
Ahmed called it “an easy life” packed with Pringles and Twix chocolate bars.
Both her children were born under ISIS’ iron boot.
The 34-year-old Albertan would not give the network her name. She said that as a “Muslim wife,” she had to obey when her hubby asked her to go to the war zone.
Hubby was taken off the board by allied forces. She married again, to a Canadian and given the lifespan of jihadis, he was also killed.
Global Affairs Canada told CBC News it is aware that Canadian citizens are being “detained in Syria.”
And Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale appeared less than enthusiastic about bringing the terror travellers home.
Goodale said the ability to bring them home is “extremely limited” and he won’t jeopardize the safety of Canadians by bringing ISIS thugs back here.
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Omagh bombing’s 20th-anniversary marked by victims’ relatives
Victim’s father calls for North’s leaders to reach agreement at memorial service
Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 12:43 Updated: Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 19:25
On August 15th, 1998, a dissident republican car bomb ripped through the Co Tyrone market town of Omagh. The attack claimed the lives of 29 people and injured more than 200 others. Footage: Reuters
Family, relatives and victims gather at an interdenominational service at the Memorial Gardens in Omagh to remember the Omagh bombing 20 years on. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
The father of one of the Omagh bombing victims has marked the 20th anniversary of the explosion by urging Northern Ireland’s political leaders to reach agreement so “we can move forward”.
Michael Gallagher’s son Aiden was one of the 29 people killed in the blast, a group which also included a woman pregnant with twins, when a Real IRA car bomb ripped through the Co Tyrone town on August 15th, 1998.
In his speech at an interdenominational remembrance service on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the bombing, Mr Gallagher also paid tribute to all of the victims of the 30-year Northern Ireland conflict, including the members of a Collie Club killed in the La Mon Hotel IRA bombing in 1978.
Victims campaigner Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aiden in the Omagh bombing, speaks at the interdenominational service at the Memorial Gardens. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
The service saw survivors and relatives of the dead gather in the Memorial Garden in Omagh, where they sat around the reflecting pool.
Friends and families of the victims, who came from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, England and Spain, also laid flowers and wreaths.
The atrocity was claimed by a republican splinter group which called itself the Real IRA.
Mr Gallagher, who is the spokesman for the Omagh Support and Self Help Group, said in his closing speech that as a small province, Northern Ireland was facing its greatest challenges ahead.
“We would appeal to the political parties to seek agreement so that we can move forward,” he said.
“Working alone we can achieve very little, but in collaborative adventures we can achieve a great deal.
“We as a community have paid the highest price, let us not forget we need to make this work.”
‘Courage and leadership’
Former Omagh District Council chief executive John McKinney told the families and friends of those who were killed that they have shown “courage and leadership”.
“It was a struggle, a daily struggle, and I’m sure 20 years is more like 100 years,” he said.
“It’s also encouraging to see such a tremendous turnout, not just today, but over the last 20 years.
“That’s an indication of the spirit of the people of Omagh, the co-operation of the people of Omagh and the support they give and continue to give.
“We can all remember, the hope we had in our minds and hearts from 1995 to 1998, the hope for a better place, a hope that would grow together, a hope for reconciliation.
“Unfortunately, I regret to say, that reconciliation never really happened.
“But if some people actually looked at what is happening in this town and what happens every year, we see the diversity, the interdenominational participation, and people coming together, then perhaps that might give some guidance.”
He added that Mr Gallagher and his group have fought for justice.
The memorial service, titled Out of Darkness, included musicians, readers, singers and clergy from a number of religious denominations.
Children leave flowers during a memorial event marking the 20th-anniversary of the Omagh bombing, at the Memorial Garden in Omagh. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
The Omagh Community Youth Choir performed a piece of music composed by its musical director, Daryl Simpson.
The choir includes Cara McGillion (17), the daughter of Donna Marie and Garry, who were seriously injured in the attack.
PSNI chief constable George Hamilton, former police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan, and Minister for Health Simon Harris were among those attending the event.
A song was sung by Leslie Matthews, who paid tribute to Mr Gallagher, saying he was the reason “we are all here today”.
He added: “I hope and pray that justice will be done in the future.”
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She said: “I’ve come to represent victims of terrorism from around the world.
“While I know this week is not an easy week for victims and families, we are all connected and there for each other.
“To the families who have been impacted by the Omagh bomb, you are never alone and your families will never be forgotten.”
Minute’s silence
Prayers were also said in Spanish and Irish, and a minute’s silence was held for all the victims.
Dignitaries hold a minute’s silence during a remembrance service for the victims of the Omagh bombing, in Omagh. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Mr Gallagher also thanked community services and groups for their help in organising the memorial.
“A communal interdenominational worship has been well supported over the last 20 years and it makes a powerful statement about the community in Omagh,” he added.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley were both criticised for their decision not to attend the 20th-anniversary.
In a statement, Ms Bradley said: “I would like to express my deepest sympathy to those affected by the devastating Omagh bombing ahead of the 20th-anniversary this week.
“I hope today’s commemoration ceremony provides comfort to all those bereaved and is marked by hope and remembrance.
“We must never forget the loss that the victims of terrorism live with each day and the remarkable courage of all those affected by such unspeakable acts.”
Speaking on Sunday, Mr Harris said: “The Omagh bombing was one of the most evil acts ever to be carried out on this island and had a devastating impact on so many people.
“My deepest sympathies, and that of the whole Government, are with all the families who have been affected by this atrocity.
“The Government is committed to working with the people of Omagh to pursue every avenue to get to the truth to ensure that those who perpetrated this atrocity are brought to justice.
“I would appeal to anyone who has any evidence that could assist the investigation, even at this 20 years remove, to bring that evidence to the gardaí or the PSNI.”
On Wednesday, a public reflective event will take place at 2.55pm to mark the moment the bomb exploded.
A bell will be rung 32 times to reflect the 31 lives lost, with an additional ring to remember all those who have lost and continue to lose their lives through such atrocities across the world.
The bell will stop ringing at precisely 3.10pm to mark the exact moment of the explosion.
Here is a list of the 29 people who died in the Omagh bombing:
James Barker (12) Buncrana, Co Donegal. Originally from Surrey, England.
Fernando Blasco Baselga (12) from Madrid, Spain.
Geraldine Breslin (43) Omagh.
Deborah-Ann Cartwright (20) Omagh.
Gareth Conway (18) Carrickmore, Co Tyrone.
Breda Devine, 20 months, Donemana, Co Tyrone.
Oran Doherty (8) Buncrana, Co Donegal.
Aiden Gallagher (21) Omagh.
Esther Gibson (36) Beragh, Co Tyrone.
Mary Grimes (65) Beragh, Co Tyrone.
Olive Hawkes (60) Omagh.
Julia Hughes (21) Omagh.
Brenda Logue (17) Omagh.
Ann McCombe (45) Omagh.
Brian McCrory (54) Omagh.
Samantha McFarland (17) Omagh.
Sean McGrath (61) Omagh.
Sean McLoughlin (12) Buncrana, Co Donegal.
Jolene Marlow (17) Omagh.
Avril Monaghan (30) Augher, Co Tyrone (who was pregnant with twins).
Maura Monaghan, 18 months, Augher, Co Tyrone.
Alan Radford (16) Omagh
Rocio Abad Ramos (23), Madrid, Spain.
Elizabeth Rush (57) Omagh.
Veda Short (46) Omagh.
Philomena Skelton (39), Drumquin, Co Tyrone.
Fred White (60) Omagh.
Bryan White (27) Omagh.
Lorraine Wilson ( 15) Omagh.
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The international access code for Ecuador is +593. Calls made from hotel rooms can be expensive, but public telephones can be found in most public buildings in the main cities. Hotels, cafes and restaurants offering free wifi are widely available. As international roaming costs can be high, purchasing a local prepaid SIM card can be a cheaper option.
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By Irene Mahoney-Paige, Komando.com July 10th, 2018
For more than 20 years Kim Komando has been the go-to source for all things tech. So much so, she's known as America's Digital Goddess. With such a lofty title, you might wonder what she's like in person, well, we can attest that what you hear is what you get!
If you listen to The Kim Komando Show on the radio each week, you know that Kim is funny and brilliant when it comes to anything on the tech scene. She's also totally down to earth, and has a way of sharing her expertise in a way that doesn't make you feel like the most computer illiterate in the room!
Kim's national radio show can be heard in every market in the country (to find the station near you, click here). And she has millions of Kim's Club members, who get exclusive VIP access, priority call status and are the first to know when anything's happening in the world of technology. Click here if you want to join this amazing tech community!
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Kim Komando Tech TV will be a one-hour show, hosted by Kim, packed with all the tech news making headlines, security alerts you need to be aware of, and tips and tricks to make your digital life safer and easier. You will not want to miss an episode! What can you do about the Facebook privacy issue? What's the future of self-driving cars after the Uber fatal crash? What's the latest malware making the rounds that you need to watch out for? These are the types of stories Kim's sharing her expertise on. Stories that will impact you, because tech impacts every part of our lives.
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This spring, Bruce Balvanz will plant the same corn and bean fields his family has planted for generations. In his 25 years at Landus Cooperative, the farm kid-turned-agronomist-turned-location manager has experienced four cooperative mergers as he’s risen through the ranks.
When he was in school at Central College, Balvanz thought his career path might lead him to be a veterinarian; he instead has made a living counseling farmers about another living thing on their farms: their crops.
Back then, he never would have imagined the speed at which agriculture moves today. “It’s surprising to people the volume of work we can do in a day,” Balvanz said. “Our pile in Greene is 1.3 million bushels, nearly 2/3 the weight of the historic Titanic. We can fill that pile in less than two weeks!”
Balvanz started his career in operations at Farmers Elevator Cooperative in Plainfield in the early 1990s. After several years of hard work, he was promoted to agronomy applicator. He got to know the products and services and again transitioned to an agronomist, making recommendations. When Landus Cooperative was established, Balvanz had worked at several locations in the area and was again promoted to Location Manager. Today, he oversees operations and staff at Greene and the seasonal locations of Plainfield, Bristow and Aredale.
Now that Balvanz oversees more employees, the competitive advantage of Landus Cooperative’s employee benefits programs is crystal clear. “When people are considering a new job, they don’t often look at the short term disability benefit. Our benefit is a huge opportunity that people don’t realize how that works. I had an employee that had to be gone 12 weeks for serious surgery. Anywhere else, that employee wouldn’t have gotten a paycheck for all those months. Here, his short-term disability paid him while he was out. It’s also available for your spouse if your significant other has an issue. At other places, you have to use your sick time and vacation. Our short-term policy is a huge benefit for our employees.”
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“I’d tell a recruit that in my 25 years, I’ve been able to advance. I’ve worked my way up the ranks from entry-level to sales to management. And, I’ve gotten support along the way. I’ve been able to be successful,” he explained. Balvanz advises that the road to that kind of success is paved with hard work. “Doing your job every day and being a well-rounded employee can get you to where you want to be. I understand both sales AND operations. I can understand customer’s needs in a way I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise because I’ve been on every side of the equation, including being a farmer myself.”
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Bedford boasts a recreated Victorian home that is a museum and art gallery, displaying local collections of watercolours, prints, drawings, ceramics, glass and lace. Bedford Corn Exchange and the University of Bedfordshire Theatre form the hub of Bedford’s theatrical scene and entertainment. There are a number of annual festivals which are fantastically varied and vibrant.
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Imo House of Assembly suspends 27 elected LG chairmen
2 months ago 2506 views by David Oladele
- Chairmen of the 27 local government areas of Imo state have been suspended
- The state House of Assembly suspended the chairmen over their failure to honour it’s invitation
- The speaker of the House asked all the chairmen to return all government property in their possession
Imo House of Assembly on Thursday, May 9, suspended the chairmen of the 27 local governments in the state over their failure to appear before it in response to a summon.
The house made the resolution following a motion moved by the member representing Nkwerre Constituency, Chika Madumere (AGAP), when the chairmen failed to honour the summons issued to them on April 25.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Assembly had asked the chairmen to appear before it with their directors of administration and General Services (DAGS) and treasurers over allegations of gross misconduct.
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The chairmen appeared unaccompanied by the DAGs and treasurers on April 25 but were asked to return on May 9 with them. However, while the DAGs and treasurers honoured the invitation the chairmen failed to come.
Ruling in favour of the motion, the speaker, Iheanacho Ihim (Okigwe-AA) said the chairmen had been suspended indefinitely and that their deputies should take over.
He also ruled that the chairmen should still submit to ongoing investigations into the allegations against them by the House committee on local government and public accounts headed by Lawman Duruji (Ehime Mbano -AA).
He further directed that the chairmen should return all government property in their possession and asked the clerk of the House to write to the commissioner of police in the state to enforce the restriction on their use of government property.
Recall that Legit.ng reported that the Imo House of Assembly lifted the suspension placed on five of its members, who were suspended in November 2018, for alleged unparliamentary conduct.
The speaker, Iheanacho Ihim, announced their recall during Tuesday’s plenary in Owerri. Ihim said the matter was resolved after an interface at an executive session, saying that the members have been fully readmitted.
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Home / Latest News / Technology News / Netflix is reportedly getting more disciplined about big-budget projects
Netflix is reportedly getting more disciplined about big-budget projects
Netflix content executive director, Ted Sarandos attends the Vive Netflix 2017 at Museo Casa de la Bola on August 2, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Netflix is tightening its wallet when it comes to big-budget projects with a narrow appeal, according to a new report from The Information.
Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos reportedly told some Netflix executives last month that their spending needs to be more cost-effective in terms of the viewership for a show. In the past, Netflix has let chatter around a big project help justify its spending, even if viewership was not equally massive. But Sarandos' new guidance calls for shows and movies to bring in audiences that make up for their production spend, the report says.
Netflix has been spending big for original content. In the first quarter of 2019, the company reported net cash flow of negative $380 million, compared with negative $287 million for the same quarter the previous year. In April, Netflix announced that it would offer about $2 billion in debt to fuel its content spend and other expenses. The company had already announced a separate $2 billion offering several months earlier.
But recently, Netflix has been looking for a future with a more sustainable cash burn rate. In January, the company said it expects its cash burn to peak in 2019 and then fall in future years. The shift comes as an increasing number of media players are entering the streaming market, including Disney, Apple, AT&T's WarnerMedia and Comcast's NBCUniversal.
In the meeting with executives, Sarandos gave the example of Netflix's action-drama "Triple Frontier," starring Ben Affleck, according to The Information. He said the film did not attract enough viewers to justify its $115 million price tag, according to the report.
Reached by CNBC, a Netflix spokesperson pointed to comments in The Information report.
"There's been no change to our content budgets, nor any big shifts in the sorts of projects we're investing in, or the way we greenlight them," a spokesperson told The Information.
Read the full report at The Information.
Disclosure: Comcast is the owner of NBCUniversal, parent company of CNBC and CNBC.com.
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Kuhl locks offices; challenger gets boost
The race for the 29th Congressional District heated up Monday.
The race for the 29th Congressional District heated up Monday. As a coalition against the war in Iraq gained momentum, a challenger to Rep. Randy Kuhl, R-Hammondsport, received support from a national political group.
On Monday, Corning Democrat Eric Massa's challenge to unseat Kuhl in 2008 picked up speed when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Massa's race will be a top priority in the race.
"It's significant," said Bill Gaffney, a World War II veteran who lives in Kuhl's district in Rush, Monroe County. The backing for Massa was pledged by DCCC chairman Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland congressman, at a fundraiser at a restaurant, 2 Vine in Rochester, on Monday.
"The national organization recognized that Kuhl is vulnerable," said Gaffney, a member of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq.
Gaffney and others have been turning up the heat on Kuhl and other members of Congress who have refused to set a timeline for bringing home the troops.
After war protestors staged rallies and sit-ins at Kuhl's district offices earlier this month, Kuhl instituted security measures that included a lock down of the offices to keep out those who didn't have an appointment.
"For the time being, we will keep the doors locked," Kuhl spokewoman Meghan Tisinger said today. Kuhl's district offices are located in Bath, Steuben County; Fairport, Monroe County; and Olean, Cattaraugus County.
Tisinger said the reason for locking the offices is out of concern for "future, more radical protestors," who might pose a threat.
Gaffney said he thinks Kuhl's reactions to the protestors shows he is feeling the pressure. It shows he realizes his re-election is at stake, added Gaffney. "He is too much on President Bush's coatails."
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq and other anti-war groups have invited Kuhl to an anti-war event tonight in Brighton; Tisinger said Kuhl will notattend, however, due to a conflict with other events within the district.
Tisinger reiterated that Kuhl is "placing a lot of weight" on a report due next month on the status of the war from military intelligence officials and Gen. David Petraeus.
Gaffney said he doesn't the buy Kuhl's argument that he is waiting for the report to decide which way to go on his war stance. The report "won't tell us anything," predicted Gaffney. Kuhl "is just biding his time."
As for the DCCC chairman pledging to an all-out push to elect Massa to unseat Kuhl, Tisinger said Kuhl isn't paying attention to such things.
"Randy hasn't even announced his candidacy," she said. "You know, he has said if the Yankees offered to draft him, he might consider it."
Julie Sherwood can be reached at (585) 394-0770, Ext. 263, or at jsherwood@mpnewspapers.com.
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4: HJG and the Phoenix's Call
Chapter 67: Self Actualization, Pt 2
byEliezer Yudkowsky4y14th Mar 2015No comments
In the high reaches of Hogwarts where rooms and corridors changed on a daily basis, where the territory itself was uncertain and not just the map, where the stability of the castle began to fray into dreams and chaos without changing its architectural style or apparent solidity - in the high reaches of Hogwarts, a battle would soon be fought.
The presence of so many students would stabilize the corridors for a time, by dint of constant observation. The rooms and corridors of Hogwarts sometimes moved even while people looked directly at them, but they wouldn't change. Even after eight centuries, Hogwarts was still a little shy about changing in front of people.
But despite that transient permanence (the Defense Professor had said) the upper reaches of Hogwarts still had a military realism: you had to learn the ground anew each time, and check every closet for secret corridors all over again.
Sunday it was, Sunday the first of March. Professor Quirrell had recovered enough to supervise battles once more, and they were all catching up on the backlog.
The Dragon General, Draco Malfoy, watched two compasses he held in either hand. One compass was the color of the Sun, the other had a multicolored, iridescent sheen to indicate Chaos. The other two generals, Draco knew, had been given their own compasses; only Hermione Granger's hand, and Harry Potter's hand, would hold a compass that was orange-red and flickered in its reflections like fire, pointing always to the direction of the largest active contingent of Dragon Army.
Without those compasses they might have searched for days and never found each other, which was a territorial hazard of fighting in the upper levels of Hogwarts.
Draco had a bad feeling about what would happen when Dragon Army found the Chaos Legion. Harry Potter had changed since Bellatrix Black had escaped; the Heir of Slytherin had begun to seem truly Lordly now (and how had Professor Quirrell known that would happen?) Draco would have felt a lot better with Hermione Granger standing alongside him with her twenty-three Sunshine Soldiers in tow, but no, the Sunshine General was being stupidly proud and refusing to accept aid against General Potter. She wanted to take down Potter herself, she'd told him.
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy had maintained their influence over Britain for centuries by understanding that you couldn't always be the most powerful. Sometimes another Lord was just stronger, and you had to settle for merely being his foremost lieutenant. You could build up quite a position of wealth and power over a dozen generations of being second in command. You just had to be careful, each time, not to let your House be dragged down with the fall of the Lord you served. That was the Malfoy tradition which centuries of experience had honed...
And so Father had thoroughly explained to Draco that if he ran into someone who was obviously stronger than him, Draco was not to resent this and not to deny it and not to throw a tantrum that could sabotage his potential position, but Draco was to make sure that his place in the next generation's power structure wasn't any lower than second.
Granger, apparently, had never gotten this lecture from her own parents, and was still in denial about the obvious fact that Harry Potter was becoming stronger than her.
So Draco had secretly met with Captain Goldstein and Captain Bones and Captain Macmillan and they'd agreed to all do their best to make sure that Dragon and Sunshine didn't engage each other before they engaged the larger threat of Chaos.
It wasn't really violating the agreement against traitors, you weren't soliciting traitors if you honestly meant to help the other army.
A high ringing tone belled through the corridors to signal the start of the battle, and a moment later Draco shouted "Go!" and the Dragons started running. It would tire his soldiers, it would cost them something even after they stopped and caught their breath, but they had to put Chaos directly between themselves and the Sunshine Regiment.
Harry and Neville walked at a leisurely pace through the corridors, Harry watching the yellow-golden compass that pointed toward the location of the Sunshine Regiment, and Neville keeping a lookout just in case they ran into someone else.
Their footsteps sounded a bit thumpy, if you listened closely.
"So," the Chaotic Lieutenant said after a while. "That's why you had us practice dueling with all that weight strapped on?"
Harry nodded, keeping his eyes on the compass that led to Sunshine; if the apparent direction started to change quickly then they were getting close.
"I didn't want to say anything in front of the others, but a couple of weeks isn't a lot of time to put on extra muscle," said Neville. "And the balance is different, and I think this weighs more actually, and doesn't this count as Transfiguring a Muggle artifact?"
"Nope," Harry said. "I checked that in advance. You can see it in Hogwarts statues, so some wizards used to wear it, even if they were just being fashionable for the Dark Ages." And since nobody would ever try this if they weren't fighting first-year students using weak spells like the Sleep Hex, it didn't count as giving away good ideas, either.
They came to a Y-intersection, an annoying one; neither corridor bent in quite the right way to take them on a direct intercept course toward where Sunshine would go as they followed the Chaos Legion following Dragon Army. So Harry chose what seemed like the better of the two options, and Neville followed.
"We'd better try a quick Silencing Charm on this stuff when we get close," Neville said. "It's kind of noisy, they might figure it out."
Harry nodded, and then said "Good idea" in case Neville hadn't been looking at him.
They trudged on through the stone-floored corridor of the upper reach of Hogwarts, lit by windows of plain glass or stained glass, now and then passing statues of witches and dragons and even the occasional wizard-knight in plate armor or chainmail.
The Sunshine Soldiers were striding through a long, wide corridor with their wands out and pointed. They couldn't use the Prismatic Shield while they were maneuvering, but Parvati Patil and Jenny Rustad were currently maintaining Contegos around the officer group, who would be the first targets of any ambush.
Their tactic for the next battle, she and her officers had decided, would be to mix directly in with the enemy soldiers as fast as possible - after having practiced among themselves how to support one another, avoid hitting each other, and get into positions where enemy soldiers would hesitate to fire. They'd only gotten in four hours practice, but she thought her troops would already be better at that kind of mixed-in fighting than soldiers who hadn't practiced at all. It seemed like the sort of tactic Chaos would use, but they hadn't actually used it yet.
It was a good strategy, she believed. And yet still, no matter how much she'd lectured her soldiers, they'd persisted in whispering fearful rumors about what Harry and Neville were learning to do. Finally she'd gone off and talked with Captain Goldstein, who understood things like Troop Morale, and Anthony had suggested -
"That's weird," Captain Macmillan spoke up suddenly, frowning at the fiery and iridescent compasses he held in either hand. (Ernie was, as Harry would have termed it, "good at spatial visualization", and so had been designated to hold both compasses and try to figure out what their enemies were doing.) "I think... Dragon's not moving fast anymore... I think they got on the other side of Chaos from us first... and it looks like Chaos is moving to attack them instead of trying to maneuver out from in between?"
Hermione frowned, trying to understand, and she saw similar frowns on the faces of Anthony and Ron. If Chaos and Dragon attacked each other straight out, and spent all their forces fighting each other, that was practically conceding the battle to Sunshine...
"Potter thinks we're allied so he's attacking Malfoy now, before Dragon can link up with us," said Blaise Zabini from the common ranks of soldiers. "Or Potter just thinks he can beat both armies in a row, if he attacks them separately." The Slytherin boy gave a condescending sigh. "Are you going to promote me back to officer now? You lot are hopeless without me, you know."
They all ignored the talking noises coming from Zabini's mouth.
"We still moving in the right direction?" said Anthony.
"Yeah," said Ernie.
"We getting close to them?" said Ron.
"Not yet -"
That was when the huge black-wooden doors at the end of the corridor flew open and crashed into the wall, revealing two figures almost completely enveloped in grey cloaks, grey cloth stretched over the faces beneath the grey hoods, one of those figures already raising a wand and pointing it directly at her.
And then the face of the game changed drastically, as Harry's voice, high and strained with the effort, screamed the word:
"Stupefy!"
The dueling-grade stunner blasted toward her, she was so shocked that she didn't start to move until almost too late, as the red jet of light smashed right through the Contego shield to their front and she just barely dodged, there was a tingle on her arm as the red light went past her, and she saw out of the corner of her eye Susan getting hit and blown off her feet into Ron -
"Somnium!" bellowed Anthony's voice, followed a moment later by a dozen voices crying "Somnium!"
Hermione frantically pushed herself to her feet, and as she rose, she saw the two figures in the grey cloaks just standing there.
You couldn't see Sleep Hexes, the spell was too weak -
But there was no way they all could've missed.
"Stupefy!" shrieked the voice of Neville Longbottom, and another red jet shot at her, she fell in an undignified heap as she desperately twisted out of the way, and when she scrambled up, panting, she saw that this time the stunbolt had gotten Ron where he'd been rising from the ground.
"Hello there, Sunshine," said Harry's voice from beneath his hood.
"We're the Grey Knights of Chaos," said Neville's voice.
"We'll be your opponents for this battle," said Harry's voice, "while Chaos's other army slaughters the Dragons."
"And by the way," said Neville's voice, "we're invincible."
The two boys in their grey cloaks and robes, grey cloth over their faces, stood facing Sunshine's entire army, seemingly unfazed by a dozen Sleep Hexes.
Daphne heard a soft sigh from beside her, and when her head turned she saw that Hannah's lips were parted, and the Hufflepuff girl's eyes were huge, and she was staring at -
It would have been hard to describe the jumble of thoughts that flashed through Daphne's mind as she realized that Hannah was staring at Neville rather than Harry, which in turn seemed to trigger some part of her into noticing that in point of fact Neville had been getting pretty interesting lately as boys went, in fact right now the Last Scion of Longbottom was seeming downright cool, and something woke up inside her and her own lips parted and everything the Lady her Mother had ever instructed her about demure demeanors and flattery and scented shampoo blew straight out of her mind so hard it should have fluffed her hair about her ears, because she'd watched Hermione and Harry and she knew how she wanted her own courtship to go -
Her Lady Mother had also recently instructed her on a few spells it might be embarrassing not to know if you belonged to the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass.
Daphne's wand swung to point to her left, and she shouted "Tonare!"
The wand went over her head, and she spoke the incantation "Ravum Calvaria!"
And finally she grasped her wand in both hands and shrieked, "Lucis Gladius!"
The huge magical drain almost sent her to her knees, but she bore it, and when the blazing shape had fully formed and stabilized the drain was a little less.
Still, she had a feeling she'd better not try to fight with this for long.
That everyone was staring at her went quite without saying, and she should have leaped forward to confront Neville with her hair billowing around her, but it was all she could do to walk forward steadily to level her Most Ancient Blade at Neville Longbottom. That everyone moved aside and made way for her also went without saying.
"I hight Daphne, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass!" she cried. "Greengrass of Sunshine!" The dueling forms had gone completely out of her mind, she'd seen enough plays to remember death challenges and blood challenges but she couldn't remember at all what was appropriate for this, so she just pointed the incandescent sword toward the object of her crush and yelled, "Let's see what you got, Nevvy!"
Once again Harry's voice shrieked "Stupefy!", and later on, when she was remembering this, she could never quite believe she'd managed to do it, but she slashed out with her blade of light like it was a Beater's bat, and hit the stunbolt back at Harry who just barely managed to twist out of the way.
"Tonare!" shouted Neville, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Longbottom. "Ravum Calvaria, Lucis Gladius!"
For a few seconds, no one did anything but stare at Neville and Daphne as they started whacking at each other. They were both moving slowly, and Hermione guessed that the spell was taking a lot of strength out of them. It wasn't very impressive by comparison, if you were a Muggleborn and you'd watched certain movies.
But you still had to give them extra credit for using lightsabers at all.
"Point of order," said Harry's voice. "I know the Defense Professor is watching, but I still have to ask, does anyone know whether they'll slice each other in half if they actually hit -"
"No," Hermione said absently. This had been in one of her history books, though she'd had no idea the magical dueling sword looked like that. "They cast it so it'll only stun if it touches."
"You know that spell?"
"Oh, no, it's the Charm of the Most Ancient Blade, it's only legal for Noble and Most Ancient Houses to use -"
Hermione stopped talking and looked at Harry, or Harry's grey hood rather.
"Well," said Harry's voice, "I guess I could take down the rest of the Sunshine Regiment by myself, then." She couldn't see his face, but his voice sounded like he was smiling.
"You dodged when Daphne hit your own spell back at you," Hermione said. "So whatever you did, you're not invincible. A Stupefy can still get you."
"Interesting theory," said Harry's voice from beneath the hood. "Got anyone in your army who can test it?"
"I read about the Stunning Hex once," said Hermione. "A few months ago. I wonder if I can remember the instructions right?" Her wand came up to point at Harry.
There was a slight pause, as nearby a boy and a girl breathing in audible gasps slowly whacked at each other with lightsabers.
"Of course," Harry said, leveling his own wand on her, "I can just use Somnium on you. That'll take a lot less effort."
New Contego shields sprung into existence in front of her, cast by Jenny and Parvati, even as Harry spoke.
The tip of Hermione's own wand began making small motions in the air, a diamond within a circle, a diamond within a circle, rehearsing the gesture to match exactly what she remembered seeing in the book. It would be a difficult feat even for her, but she had to cast the spell right on the first try, she couldn't afford any failed castings that would sap her energy.
"You know," said Hermione Granger, "I understand that it's not really your fault, but I'm getting tired of hearing people talk about the Boy-Who-Lived like you're - like you're some kind of god or something."
"Same here, I must say," said Harry Potter. "It's sad how people keep underestimating me."
Her wand kept rehearsing the diamond within the circle, over and over. Harry would be recharging his own strength, she knew, even as she practiced as much as she could before her attack. "I'm starting to think you need taking down a peg, General Chaos."
"You could be right," Harry said equably. His feet began to shuffle through what she recognized as a duelist's dance. "Unfortunately there's nothing left that can defeat me now except another Harry Potter."
"Let me be specific, Mr. Potter. I'm taking you down a peg."
"You and what other army?"
"You think you're pretty cool, don't you," said Hermione.
"Why, yes," said Harry. "Yes, I do. Some might call that arrogant, but am I supposed to be the last person in Hogwarts to notice how awesome I am?"
Hermione raised her left hand into the air, and made a fist.
It was a signal. Eight designated soldiers in her army would be pointing their wands at her, and quietly casting Wingardium Leviosa.
They'd practiced this, too, once Hermione had given up on lecturing her soldiers, and at Anthony's suggestion, tried giving them a Sunshine General who looked like she could defeat invincible enemies.
"You pretend you're Superman," said Hermione. She raised her left fist higher in the air, and the eight soldiers supporting her Hovered her off the ground. "Well here's Super Hermione!" Her hand pushed forward, and as she shot rapidly through the air toward Harry, regretting only that she couldn't see the look on his face, her wand made a diamond within a circle and she summoned up all the magic she could, it felt like she imagined touching a live wire would feel as the too-powerful spell poured through her when her voice screamed "Stupefy!"
The red bolt burst from her wand, perfectly formed.
Harry dodged it.
And then, because they hadn't practiced doing this part inside of hallways, she crashed into a wall.
"Somnium!" shrieked Draco, and then after only a few seconds to recharge, "SOMNIUM, CURSE YOU!"
He knew he was hitting Theodore, the other boy wasn't even trying to dodge, but the scion of Nott only grinned as evilly as his father and leveled his wand -
Draco managed to leap aside just as Theodore said "Somnium!" but Draco was getting winded, he couldn't keep this up, Theodore wasn't bothering to dodge at all while Draco had to keep moving, this was crazy.
He had enough strength now to fire again, but -
Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result, Harry had said, this was Harry's work somehow, it couldn't be a Muggle artifact anymore but Draco couldn't figure out what it could be, and he should be thinking of hypotheses and ways to test them but he was too busy frantically dodging as Theodore laughed and shot another Sleep Hex at him, Draco felt a little numbness in his side that time as he twisted, that had been a very very near miss and finally Draco couldn't take it anymore, he didn't bother working out what theory he was testing or why as he just -
"Luminos!" shouted Draco, and Theodore was haloed in red light, "Dulak!" and it went out again (so Theodore was still being affected by magic), "Expelliarmus!" and Theodore's wand went flying (that had been a good spell to cast anyway now that Draco realized it) but Theodore was rushing toward Draco with his arms outstretched to grapple so Draco yelled "Flipendo!" and the other boy's feet were abruptly yanked up -
- and Theodore's back hit the ground with a surprisingly loud and metallic-sounding crash.
Draco's vision was swimming now from casting four spells in such fast succession, and Theodore was already scrambling to his feet, so there wasn't even time to think in words, but Draco still managed to say "Somnium!" and this time he aimed for Theodore's face instead of the chest.
Theodore dodged (he dodged!) and the boy shouted "Code seven on Malfoy!"
"Prismatis!" cried Padma's voice and there was suddenly a shimmering rainbow wall in front of Draco, just as four Chaotic voices cried "Somnium!"
And there was a pause, as everyone looked at the huge Prismatic Sphere protecting the remnants of Dragon Army.
Casting that fifth spell had sent Draco to his hands and knees, but he looked up and managed to say, as clearly as he could, "If the Sleep Hex - doesn't work - aim for the face - I think the Lieutenants are wearing metal shirts."
"You've already lost too many soldiers," Finnigan said loudly from across the barrier, "we'll beat you anyway," and then the Gryffindor boy laughed evilly. He did the evil laughter almost as well as Harry Potter by now, and the other Chaotic Legionnaires started laughing with him soon afterward.
Draco could see from the corner of his eye where Gregory and Vincent lay unconscious. Padma was still sustaining the Prismatic Sphere, the largest one he'd ever seen her cast; but she was breathing hard, still visibly sweaty from when they'd all jogged to get into position, the Ravenclaw girl was a strong witch but not an athletic one.
He really hoped General Granger got here soon and hit Chaos from behind. General Potter and Neville of Chaos were missing, and Draco could guess where they'd gone, but two soldiers couldn't delay the whole Sunshine Regiment for too long all by themselves, could they?
She knew it wasn't fair, that the other girl had given all she could, but Hermione still wished that Daphne had lasted longer.
"Lagann!" said Neville's voice from behind her as she flew, and there was the sound of a Prismatic Wall shattering, Hannah's voice desperately cried "Somnium!" and then a few moments later Neville's voice calmly said "Somnium" and there was the thud of another of her soldiers falling over.
And the force keeping her in the air diminished again, Hermione could feel the grab of the Hover Charms straining at her, but now it just wasn't enough.
Her flight stopped and she began falling in slow motion toward the ground, and she should've signaled her soldiers to just drop her, but she was too angry and confused and not thinking fast enough and still trying to muster the strength for one last Stunning Hex, and so there was nowhere to go when Harry pointed his wand at her and said "Somnium" and that was the last word that Hermione Granger heard of her battle.
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Power Blackouts Force Zimbabweans to Work Graveyard Shift
HARARE - Most parts of Zimbabwe's capital get electricity for only seven hours per day, and the hours usually come overnight, when there is less usage and power stations can meet demand.
Once the electricity comes on around 10 p.m., Harare lives up to its local title as "the city that never sleeps."
For the next five to eight hours, businesses that need electricity to function spring to life, even on cold, blustery winter nights.
Nelson Muzhuwe, who manufactures door and window frames, says he is recovering from a cold he caught while working overnight. He has an appeal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.
"If the government can give us electricity during the day, l think we can be able to meet our targets, because we [are] actually getting some orders from clients and we won't be able to meet our targets," Muzhuwe said. "l have got a lot of complaints. You know what happens when you get a deposit from my client? They think [I] am being slow with my work, but there are some factors affecting us."
Other business owners say they have tried to use generators so they can work during the day, but fuel, like many other basic goods in Zimbabwe, is scarce and expensive.
This week, Mnangagwa dispatched his energy minister, Fortune Chasi, to negotiate with Mozambique and South Africa to provide more electricity to Zimbabwe.
Harare hopes the talks will bear fruit after it paid $10 million in debt to South Africa last month.
Chasi says the government can retire the remaining debt of $70 million to South Africa only if citizens pay about $100 million they owe to the country's utility company, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority.
"We need to pay our debts to assure ourselves of power," Chasi said. "I want to make a specific public appeal to commerce and industry that owe significant amounts of money. Without power they cannot operate, and when they cannot operate life becomes very difficult for all of us."
While the economic impact of the power shortage is not clear, experts say the moribund economy will suffer even more if the situation is not quickly addressed.
Muzhuwe will suffer, as well - from loss of income and possibly clients, and from the health effects of working throughout the cold, winter nights.
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Qatar Waging Influence Operations Across U.S. Through Hacks, Secret Cash Deals
Washington Free Beacon | 2/6/2019 | Adam Kredo
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BY: Adam Kredo
Qatar, a small oil-rich country with outsized regional influence, has been engaged in secret cyber espionage operations on American soil while also spending millions of dollars to pay prominent Washington, D.C., insiders as part of an ongoing campaign to alter America's political landscape, according to former intelligence officials and other experts.
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Qatar's influence operations have largely been unseen, but have enabled the country to amass outsized political influence across Europe and particularly in Washington, D.C., where some of the most powerful diplomats and political insiders are said to operate on Doha's behalf.
While Qatar has for years funded prominent White House-tied think-tanks such as the Brookings Institution, the extent of its massive influence operations did not fully become clear until last year, when it was alleged that Doha secretly funded hack attacks on some 1,500 individuals, including prominent D.C. political insiders.
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However, that just scratches the surface of the country's clandestine influence operations, which includes the funding of U.S. public school curriculum and training programs for local police forces, a panel of experts revealed during a Wednesday conference examining Qatar's efforts to win over international powerbrokers.
"What we really see is the Qataris are playing a very clever game," said Ronald Sandee, a former senior analyst for the Dutch Military Intelligence, who was one of many allegedly hacked by Qatar.
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In addition to hiring former spies from the British intelligence services, Qatar is believed to have conducted spy operations on enemies and allies alike, Sandee said. This includes a massive and ongoing scandal with the FIFA soccer organization in which Qatar—the host of the 2022 world cup—is believed to have offered bribes to scores of officials.
"In general, the Qataris just want control and want to know what their opposition is doing," Sandee said, discussing how scores of Qatari officials tied to the...
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Abandoned places and smiling faces in Min Kush, Kyrgyzstan
After running out of things to do in Bishkek, we traveled to Min Kush. In olden days, Min Kush, Kyrgyzstan was an industrious Soviet manufacturing hub, and a leading producer of uranium. These days, the town has all but died, and is filled with abandoned factories and crumbling mansions. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t warm hearts to be found.
We’ve ridden in minibuses with windshields too cracked to see through. Taxis so decrepit we watched the road whiz by through holes beneath our feet. Buses incapable of driving faster than 20 kilometers an hour.
But this rickety Volkswagen van hurtling towards Min Kush, Kyrgyzstan takes the prize for most dilapidated vehicle to date.
Every few minutes, the van lurches with a mechanical growl, and the driver, a tiny old Kyrgyz man, wrestles violently with the gearshift. He smashes it every which way, using brute force to get the stubborn vehicle to shift. At times he’s victorious; at others, the van wins, throwing its inhabitants forward as it screeches to a halt. All able bodies then clamber out and push the van until the engine roars to a start once more.
Occasionally we run to the nearest stream with plastic soda bottles to fetch water for the smoking engine.
It’s a dubious form of transport to be sure, but this is the only we can get to Min Kush, a tiny town in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
To the middle of nowhere we go
Min Kush isn’t exactly one of the main tourist attractions in Kyrgyzstan. So after hours of resistance, the pilot steers his craft down the final stretch of unpaved road into town.
And what a grand road it is: flanked by lush green trees, golden rays of sunlight trickle through their leaves and illuminate its rocky path. Perfectly pointed mountains rise up in the distance, some covered with pines and grassy meadows, while others are barren, red rock spires.
As we roll into town, there are no HOTEL or ГОСТИНИЦА signs. The lane is lined by curiously grand but peeling Soviet houses, juxtaposed with fences made from mismatched pieces of wood and scrap metal.
The woman sitting in front of me turns around as we rumble up the main road.
“Do you have an address in Min Kush? Where will you sleep?” she asks in Russian.
With a rueful grin, I shrug. “We have a tent?”
She clicks disapprovingly, exchanging a few words with the driver before turning back ‘round to look at me. “It is too cold, you will freeze. Stay in our home instead.”
A warm room and hot food instead of a cold tent and bread for dinner? Well, if you insist.
The view from our hosts’ home wasn’t too shabby!
A family reunion
It turns out the woman is returning from Russia for a family reunion, and the van’s pilot is her father. Over the course of the evening we’re introduced to the rest of her family: her mother, retired, her two sisters, all of whom left Min Kush to find work, and their million and one children, all wide-eyed as they examine the foreign aliens. No one speaks English—it’s a Russian-only night.
The father, also a school teacher, takes a warming to me after I attempt to act out the phrase “World Nomad Games” when my vocabulary fails. Miming horse riding and archery didn’t cut it, but it did earn hearty laughs. His wife is initially cold after I mistakenly asked if she was his “woman” instead of his “wife”, but eventually she accepts my linguistic blunder.
Late in the evening, one of the sisters is showing me how to grind tomatoes for sauce, and I ask her about Min Kush’s residents.
“I left to find work. So did my sisters. There is no work in Min Kush,” she says as she pokes at a tomato in the grinder, “… most people have left.” Her brow furrows as she says it, and I don’t probe further.
No need, history reveals itself the next day.
Sunset over Min Kush
From riches to rags
Armed with water and freshly baked bread from the family’s oven, Sebastiaan and I set off to explore the region. After mere minutes loping down a dusty path, a wizened old man in a tattered hat appears next to us. The usual questions are exchanged in Russian as we walk:
“Where are you from?” America and Holland.
“You speak Russian?” Yes, a little bit. But very badly.
“Good! Where are you going?” Just… around. In the mountains.
“Ah, there are mountains everywhere. But here, look at that! More interesting.” He points to some crumbling old buildings to the side of the road. Their unremarkable exteriors had escaped my notice before, so I peer at them more closely.
“They were factories, from Soviet times,” he gestures, nostalgia shining in his eyes. “When Soviets were here, there was much work! Many, many, people in Min Kush. More than 20,000 people!” He points at himself proudly. “I worked in the factory. We made everything. I had lots of money. Everyone had lots of money.” Ah, so that’s why all of the houses in town are so large and grand.
Then the light in his eyes fades, and his shoulders slouch with the weight of bygone days. “But then, when Soviets left, the factories closed. Finished. Now, there is no work, no money. Life was good with Soviets, but now I have no money.”
My Russian is not good enough to respond, not that I know what to say if I could. Instead, we walk on past the factories in silence for a time, before he sticks out his hand hopefully. “Give me money?”
His story is sad, but we refuse. He’s not particularly offended, and after silently following us for another few minutes, he stops and sits at the side of a stream, waving goodbye.
In the shadows of the Soviets
The day is spent trooping through tiny villages, hiking through foothills, and stopping for chai in locals’ homes. We’re weary by the time we turn back to Min Kush, but we can’t resist poking around in the abandoned factories.
Almost a dozen buildings—and remnants of— are sprawled at the foot of a mountain. Weeds poke through every available crevice, while a rogue group of donkeys step gingerly through the rubble in search of grass. Some of the buildings look like they’ve been purposefully destroyed, while others are eerily abandoned, as though all of their occupants simply disappeared at once.
Bizarre machines fill some of the gaping concrete halls.
Others have been stripped, devoid of inhabitants aside from some old pens and mud riddled with donkey prints.
The emptiness adds to the sense of scale; it’s easy to imagine thousands of workers toiling away in these halls.
Watch out for ghosts…
The factories produced a variety of goods, but Min Kush was most valued for being one of the Soviets’ largest uranium supplies. The health risks of mining and processing uranium were known at the time, but miners were paid well enough to ignore the high cancer rates. We learned about this radioactive bit of history later on, so here’s to hoping we didn’t inhale too much of the factories’ history.
Lungs sufficiently filled with asbestos, dust, and potentially radioactive remnants, we climb through broken windows into the world of light and begin our walk back to Min Kush. On the way, we discuss our newfound appreciation for the town: from industrious wealth to crippling poverty, it’s an example of the price many paid for Kyrgyzstan’s independence from the Soviets. As with much of Central Asia, it makes one wonder if the benefits of Soviet occupation outweighed the detriments after all.
Regardless of the answer, life must go on. Safe from the bitter cold outside, we sit around the dinner table with our hosts later that evening, sharing plates of homemade manty, dumplings. The sisters laugh and make jokes with the children, while their father, bones creaking with the weariness of age, sits to the side and smiles.
They’ve gone from plenty to poverty, yet they didn’t hesitate to open their doors to strangers. Once again, we find that those with the least to offer are the ones that give the most.
The father and his grandson
How to get to Min Kush, Kyrgyzstan
There’s one marshrutka from Bishkek’s western bus terminal to Min Kush each day, departing at 6:50 in the morning. A ticket is 350 som.
As usual, we learned this at 7:00, and had to find a different method of transport; we took one of the many marshrutkas to Chaek, and got a ride from there. A marshrutka to Chaek is 300 som, and the ride is about 5 hours.
We recommend staying at Apple Hostel in Bishkek, as it’s right next to the bus station (no need to worry about missing the marshrutka) and the staff are awesome. Aigul, the manager, was the one that suggested Min Kush to us.
Planning a trip to Kyrgyzstan? Don’t miss our budget report for backpacking in Kyrgyzstan!
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13 thoughts on “Abandoned places and smiling faces in Min Kush, Kyrgyzstan”
Yo guys. Been reading your blog on Kyrgyzstan. Looks amazing. Me and a mate are actually travelling there in a couple of months and we want to travel by horse ideally. Do you guys know if we could simply hire a horse each and a guide from a market or something in kochkor? Don’t really want to go through an agency or tour company. Do you reckon it’s possible to just wing it like this? Would appreciate any advice or info you’ve got. Thanks in advance and keep up the good work. Travel safe. Xx
Sebastiaan says:
It helps if you have some Russian skills, but it’s definitely possible to hire a guide and get a horse ‘on the street’, so to speak. There are usually guys hanging around in popular hiking/horse riding towns to whom you can talk, but as far as we know there aren’t any designated places. Ask around before you go, as plenty of others are into this kind of thing, too. Some people will try to steer you to a tour agency anyway (this is where Russian comes into play), but if you’re adamant enough, it should definitely be possible to do it without booking things through an expensive agency.
Om Prakash Chautala says:
You guys are from the US and Netherlands which comes under top 20 richest countries in GDP per capita on the other hand Kyrgyzstan is ranked among the top 30 poorest countries in the world per capita. If that guy had asked you for some money you should have given it to him. €1, $1 or £1 wouldn’t have made you poor. No one in the west usually offers accommodation and food to complete strangers and meanwhile you reciprocated the hospitality shown by the locals by refusing to give them money. No matter how much you say that you are the citizen of the world its not going to change the fact that you are an American who just knows how to take but has never learn’t to give back. Happy Travels.
You do know that giving to beggars usually does more harm than good, right? It perpetuates the idea that people are dependent on others, and does nothing to improve the lot of the person receiving the money in the grand scheme of things. Giving money to people simply because they ask you when you walk by is rewarding them for bad behavior. We left a suitable amount of money with the people hosting us, as well as a thank you card drawn by Alex. But the fact that we’re better off than other people doesn’t mean we should just start handing out money left and right to people asking for it. That just perpetuates the problem.
Super interesting post! It is so important to see places like this in countries like Kyrgyzstan as it really humanizes the history of the place… and what is going on in certain regions even here today.
Agreed. We hardly knew anything about the region before we came (aside from some vague references to the Great Games). Hopefully more people will come and realize not all countries ending with ‘stan’ are dangerous and scary.
Thijs Broekkamp says:
Wow, this is so cool! Very entertaining story about how you got there and the family taking you in and with some great pictures. Interesting piece of history as well! Do you know by any chance if there are more villages like that, where the soviet union brought lots of work of which the remains are still seen in the form of old factories etc?
Glad you liked the story. Honestly, we’re not sure. Check out the forum of http://www.caravanistan.com. There might be people who know more.
Cool, thanks for the tip!
Manal says:
This place looks AMAZING. Thank you for sharing this with us. Adding this to my list.
Dan Weisserman says:
“Soviet occupation”? After joining the Union, Kyrgyzstan saw considerable cultural, educational, and social change. Economic and social development also was notable. Literacy increased, and a standard literary language was introduced. Modern medicine was introduced, along with vaccination and education. Jobs were created, and women were liberated…
Tsk-tsk-tsk… for supposedly well-travelled people, you spit out an awful lot of second-hand brainwashed propaganda.
Oh, and Om Prakash Chautala above is right. Your response to him about “rewarding bad behavior” makes no sense. You just described those people as being decent folks who were down on their luck. What “bad behavior”? Getting rid of the “soviet occupation”?
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iPhone MMS May Not Make It To Australia
Mar 18, 2009, 6:36am
One of the features Lifehacker US singled out straight away as appealing in the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 release (apart from the finally-here copy and paste option) was the ability to send and receive MMS messages. Photo frenzy ahoy! However, there's a disturbing note at the foot of Apple's official press release:
MMS may not be available in all areas.
iPhone 3.0 won't be on general release until mid-year, which means there's plenty of time for a local telco to get on the MMS bandwagon if they can see a potential revenue source. On the other hand, there's a precedent for it not happening: visual voicemail, one of the most hyped features of the original iPhone, never made it down under. If I was a betting man, I'd be inclined to back the "no MMS for Aussies" horse.
SirCrumpet Guest
I disagree. Visual Voicemail never made it here because it required major back-end changes on the part of the carrier. MMS, however, is supported by every iPhone carrier in Australia. The exception will apply to carriers/plans that do not currently have the capabilities to support MMS.
barcode Guest
That's just shit-stirring on your behalf. Some of the 3rd world networks don't support MMS. Australia's does. There's virtually no changes that need to be made on the telco's side to have MMS on the iPhone.
Angus Kidman Guest
The "no change" assumption might well be accurate, but having not read the dev docs, I wouldn't personally swear to it. Also, how many third world countries are actually iPhone markets?
Ben Z Guest
Er, there's no change to the infrastructure at all to allow MMS to the iPhone. Apple handles it's UI, and how MMSs are sent. Apart from that, it just uses the standard protocols that every other MMS capable phone use (and are supported) in Australia...
When/if a local telco announces its iPhone MMS support, I will very happily run an "I was completely wrong" piece. But Apple has far too much of a track record of rollling services out late (if at all) for Australian users to assume that _anything_ is a given, especially when bets are being hedged by the company at this early stage.
techau @Jason Cartwright
I was a little skeptical when it the announcement was made, actually before that, when the rumours were around that MMS would come to the iPhone.
The main reason is that plans like mine (on Optus), don't include any provision for MMS. I have calls+txt and data, but no MMS. To change iPhone users plans accross all the carriers in Australia alone, let alone international would be a pretty serious undertaking.
Sam Guest
It will definitely work. I already use MMS via a jailbroken application on my iPhone in Australia. The 3.0 update will implement this industry standard MMS functionality which the providers' back ends already support.
If your plan doesn't provide for it (which some may not, though I suspect they'll probably be included) you'll just get slugged the standard 55c MMS fee on top of your cap price for each one until they change that. Some of them may even just charge you for the data that the MMS uses if there's no provision, it really is just sending data to a special gateway provided by your carrier. Usually though, that triggers a bill item to be added.
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Mar 18, 2009, 10:14am
Who uses MMS these days?
Sean McNamara Guest
I agree with Sam - MMS working with 3 on a (carrier [Optus]) unlocked iPhone, which, after unlocking, was jailbroken and had Swirly MMS installed. The carrier MMS server settings had to be put in (I think it now has a list of settings, including those for Aus), but otherwise, MMS is just a data protocol which, as previously pointed out, is already supported by the major telcos' existing infrastructure. If the iPhone can then support that data protocol, it's down to plans and that's it. As for "rolling out plan changes to all iPhone users", Aus telco customers know that telcos change terms and conditions all the time. IMHO, this is no different.
Apple aren't the ones delivering features late, the providers are. Australia was one of the first countries to recieve iPhone 3G and it wasn't them that chose to disable Visual Voicemail.
I'm not sure why a telco would announce support - MMS uses a standard data conduit (which already exists on the iPhone) to deliver and receive messages. Like the other poster, I already do this on my phone and the network doesn't stop it.
timdotnet @Tim
Mar 18, 2009, 10:02pm
I've had MMS on my iPhone for 15 months now. It works a treat. and whatever buggy MMS app apple decides to throw will need to be VERY good to beat SwirlyMMS that's available now, and works seamlessly on Aust carriers.
Dan Guest
I have to agree with most of the sentiments already expressed. I think "MMS may not be available in all areas" probably refers more to 3G and data coverage than any specific telco service, especially considering that MMS will only be available on the 3G iPhone.
That said, I think Tim's nailed it on the head. SwirlyMMS is a very complete MMS app for the iPhone, especially with the latest updates, and Apple's going to have to really work hard to knock it off its perch.
My wife now uses my original 1st gen iPhone and I bought her a SwirlyMMS license for that too. Given that 3.0 won't give the 1st gen owners MMS capability, that's a significant chunk of the market automatically excluded.
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Steve Weatherbe
NewsCulture of Life, Faith, Family, MarriageFri Oct 30, 2015 - 9:02 pm EST
New online encyclopedia compiles the latest and best pro-family evidence
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, October 30, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – A Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia called MARRIpedia that compiles the latest and best social science research into religion's and the family's impact on society was unveiled at the World Congress on Families, staged in Salt Lake City this week.
MARRIpedia's spiritual parent, Dr. Pat Fagan, did the honors. He is the director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute, itself an adjunct of the Family Research Council of Washington, D.C. The online MARRIpedia will make the research MARRI has been reporting, synthesising, and conducting in recent years much more accessible, in alphabetized form, for internet-raised advocates for the traditional family.
Fagan makes no bones about MARRI's and MARRIpedia's goals: show that the findings of modern social science support what conservative and religious teaching have always said – namely, that "the intact married family that worships weekly is the strength of the nation on every outcome measured."
Or, as the front page of the MARRIpedia website has it, "[s]imply put: Marriage impacts the economy. Chastity impacts marriage. And worship impacts chastity."
While opponents of the traditional family and advocates for minority sexual relations often produce research based on tiny, self-selected samples, MARRI draws on the far larger, randomly selected, and more reliable General Social Survey of the University of Chicago and of the longitudinal studies of the federal government. As well, MARRI synthesizes existing research. Sometimes, says Fagan, "five to six hundred papers" are boiled down into one 20-page report.
For example, MARRIpedia cites and graphs a dozen studies showing how premarital sex, unwed pregnancy, and marital infidelity all decrease with increased church attendance, while sexual satisfaction also increases.
Asked if social science findings are what a Christian should expect, Fagan told LifeSiteNews, "Absolutely." And in a video displayed on MARRI's website, he explains, "The social sciences well done cannot but illustrate that God made man."
While the connection between religion and sexual restraint may be unsurprising, MARRIpedia reports many more benefits in a research product titled "95 Social Science Reasons for Religious Worship and Practice," as well as in the report "Why Religion Matters Even More: The Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability."
Both regular religious worship and intact nuclear heterosexual families correlate with dozens of similarly positive outcomes related to the health, income levels, and happiness of parents and children, and to the school performance, truancy, and criminal activity of children.
When they marry, men work harder and longer – 400 hours more a year – than single counterparts, while women who marry work less, but nearly enough to outweigh their husbands' gains. Moreover, the sons of single mothers are less productive, not least because they spend more time in jail than their peers from intact marriages.
There is plenty of bad news, too, as MARRIpedia chronicles the decline of the intact family in many ways, tying it to declines in income.
But bad or good, the correlation between religion and family on the one hand and dozens of measurable positive outcomes on the other is solid. "It is a great joy to present this resource to the families of the world," Fagan said.
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Albania — Albanian Post, Rreshit Colloiku Str., Tirana, Albania. Phone: 003554229696. Fax: 00355 4232133. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. CBC, BD, PC accepted.
Alderney — Guernsey Philatelic Bureau, Postal Headquarters, St. Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1AB, Channel Islands, via Great Britain. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Algeria — Alger-Gare Ministere des Postes et Telecommunicatiens Direction des Services Postaux AGENCE Comptable des Timbres-poste 4, BD Krim Belkacem 16000, Alger-Gare Algeria. Phone: 213 261 78 32. Fax: 213 2 73 18 23. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, and postal stationery. SODA available. IMO accepted. Government Agency: Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon BP3, F75430 Paris Cedex 9, France.
Andorra (French) — Service National des Timbres-poste et de la Philatalie, Ingenierie et Vente des Timbres-poste et des Produits Philateliques, 111 Boulevard Brune, 75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Details of services not provided.
Andorra (Spanish) — Organismo Autonomo de Correos y Telegrafos, Servicio Filatelico Internacional, Palacio de Comunicaciones, 28070 Madrid, Spain. Details of services not provided.
Angola — Centro Filatelico de Angola, Lda., C.P. 2688, Luanda, Angola. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Anguilla — The Postmaster, General Post Office, The Valley, Anguilla, West Indies. Phone: 264-497-2528. Fax: 264-497-5455. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, inscription blocks, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, and other philatelic material. SODA with minimum balance of US $20. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO accepted. Government Agency: John Lister Ltd., Manor Farm House, Common Road Dorney, Berks, SL4 6PX, England, United Kingdom.
Antigua-Barbuda — Antigua-Barbuda Philatelic Bureau, Antigua-Barbuda Post Office, St. John's, Antigua, West Indies. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Argentina — Correo Argentino, Departamento de Filatelia, C.C. 4224 Correo Central, 1000, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Details of services not provided.
Armenia — HayPost CJSC, 22 Saryan St., Yerevan 0002, Republic of Armenia. Email: armenia.phil.sales@haypost.am; sales@stamps.am. Phone: 37410 514 737; 37410 514 514. Fax: 37410 539256. Internet site: www.haypost.am; www.stamps.am. Details of services not provided.
Aruba — Postal Service of Aruba, J. Irausquinplein No. 9, Oranjestad, Aruba. Details of services not provided.
Ascension — Postmaster, Georgetown, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Australia — Australian Philatelic Bureau, Box 4000, Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156, Australia. Phone: 61 3 9887 0033. Fax: 61 3 9887 0236. Internet Site: www.auspost.com.au. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, gutter strips (with or without special design or text) and other philatelic material. SODA available with initial deposit of A$40. Also deals with stamps from the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands (territories), Fiji, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands and Western Samoa. CBC and PC (provided it can be cashed in Australia), BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club cards accepted. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. Government Agencies: Australian Stamp Agency in North America (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0010, United States.; Harry Allen, Broadsword House, 1-5 Brixton Road, Watford Herts, England WD2 5AB, United Kingdom; Australia Post Agent, c/o Nordfrim, DK 5450 Otterup, Denmark; Australian Stamp Bureau, c/o Georg Roll Stamps, Box 130, 26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Kowloon Philatelic Centre, RM 104-105, 169 Portland St., Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong; TMA Stamps, Metro Plaza Pasar Baru, Lantai 1 BKS22, Jakarta, Indonesia; Australian Stamp Bureau, c/o De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I 20123 Milan, Italy; Australian Stamp Bureau, c/o British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91; Australian Stamp Bureau, c/o J.A. Visser, Wijnstraat 141, 3311 BV Dordrecht, The Netherlands; James Song Philatelics, 317 Outram Road #02-22, Concorde Hotel Shopping Centre, Singapore, 0316; Australian Stamp Bureau, c/o De Rosa Novedades SA, Ronda San Pedro, 16, 5-2, 08010 Barcelona, Spain; De Rosa International SA, Box 68, CH-6830, Chiasso 8, Switzerland; Philatelic Mail Order Service, Box 5-468, Taipei 100, Taiwan; Oriental Stamp Centre, 1196 New Road, Bangkok 10500, Thailand.
Australian Antarctic Territory — Australian Philatelic Bureau, Box 4000, Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156, Australia. Details of services not provided.
Austria — Post and Telekon Austria AG, Sammler-Service, Steinheilgasse 1; A-1211 Vienna, Austria. Phone: 43 1 250 25 0. Fax: 43 1 250 25 54 83. Deals with individual orders for stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, commemorative cards, maximum cards, information sheets. SODA available. Postal order, bank transfer, PC accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Azerbaijan — Postmaster, Bureau de Poste, Baku, Azerbaijan. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Azores — CTT Correios de Portugal SA, Servicos de Filatelia, Avenida Casal Ribeiro 28, 1049-52 Lisbon, Portugal. Details of services not provided.
Bahamas — Bahamas Philatelic Bureau, Box N-8302, Nassau, Bahamas. Fax: 242-328-2220. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number or inscription blocks, and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $1. CBC, IBD, USPSMO, British postal orders accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Bahrain — Philatelic Bureau, Postal Directorate, Box 1212, Manama, State of Bahrain, Arabian Gulf. Phone: 973 523403. Fax: 937 533455. SODA with minimum balance of $25. Orders shipped postage extra. IRCs, CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, accepted. Government Agency: Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom.
Bangladesh — Office of the Director General, Bangladesh Post Office, Dhaka -1000, Bangladesh. Fax: 880-2-9563314. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and special postmarks or envelopes. SODA with minimum balance of $3. PC, IMO, USPSMO accepted.
Barbados — Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Cheapside, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies. Phone: 436-4800 ext. 226 or 426-0381 Fax: 429-8178 or 429-4118. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and plate number blocks. SODA with minimum balance of $20. Orders shipped postage extra. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO accepted. Government Agencies: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91, Japan.
Barbuda — Antigua-Barbuda Philatelic Services Ltd., Barbuda Post Office, Box 1144, Codrington, Barbuda, Via Antigua, West Indies. Details of services not provided.
Belarus — Republican State Association Belpochta, Publishing Centre Marka, 10 Avenue F. Skaryna, 220050, Minsk, Belarus. Phone: 375 172 275472 or 375 172277994. Fax: 375 172 261170. Internet site:194.226.125.34/~belpost. E-mail: belpost@belpost.belpak.minsk.by. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, newsletters, catalogs and other philatelic material. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, IMO and IBD accepted. Also handles stamps from Russia and the Ukraine. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Philagentur GmbX, Feldbergstrasse 57, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany; Latvijas Filatelistu Saveniba, Brivibas gatve 234, LV-1039 Riga, Latvia; Eurofila LTD, Box 1099, 3042 Kaunas, Lithuania; Truls Hansen International, Box 423, N-2601 Lillehammer, Norway; St. Petersburg Stamps, 27 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboedoeva, 191186, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Belgium — Philapost Marketing, Postage Stamps & Philatelic Dept., Egide Walschaertsstraat 1, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium. Fax: 015/285 816. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, postal stationery, special postmarks, plate number and inscriptions blocks, franking labels and year packs. SODA available. Visa and MasterCard accepted. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted if drawn on a Belgian bank. All orders under 500 Belgian franks are charged with a 50fr handling fee. Airmail fees are also applied. Government Agencies: Belgium Stamp Agency in North America (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0026, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Belize — Belize Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag No. 1, Belize City, Belize, Central America. Phone: 02-77380, 72201. Fax: 02-30936. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information or material. SODA with minimum balance of $25. Orders shipped postage extra. IRC, CBC, IBD, IMO accepted. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Benin — Office des Postes et Telecommunications, Cotonou, Republique Populaire du Benin. Details of services not provided.
Bermuda — Bermuda Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Hamilton, HMPM, Bermuda. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
Bhutan — General Manager (Stamps), Philatelic Bureau, GPO Building, Thimphu, Bhutan. Phone: 975 2 22296. Fax: 975 2 23108. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks and envelopes and other items. SODA with minimum balance of $50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IBD accepted. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Bolivia — Direccion Nacional de Correos, Seccion Filatelica, La Paz, Bolivia. Phone: 00591-2-374145 ext. 3114. Fax: 00591-2-391620. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted.
Bosnia-Herzegovina — J.P. PTT Saobracaja Bosnia-Herzegovina, Public Enterprise PTT, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Philagentur, Zimmersmuehlenweg 77, D-61440, Oberursel, Germany.
Botswana — Department of Postal Service, Philatelic Bureau, Box 100, Gaborone, Botswana. Phone: 353131 or 352806. Fax: 313599. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and promotional items. SODA with minimum balance of $30. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. IBD (in Botswana currency), IMO accepted. Also handles United Nations stamps. Government Agency: Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; National Printing and Packaging, Box ST83, Southerton, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Brazil — Divisao Central Filatelica, DICF/ DEFIL, SCS-Quadra 5 Lotes 22/24, Galeria Nova Ouvidor, 70305-920, Brasilia-DF-Brasil. Phone: 5561 317-1808 or 317-1532 (communication only in Portuguese). Fax: 5561 224-7460. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra. IMO, USPSMO, Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Diners Club, and Sollo accepted with authorization. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Nordfrim, Kvindevadet 42, DK-5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon BP3, F75430 Paris Cedex 9, France; Georg Roll Nachfolger, Hafenstrasse, 8 Box 130, D-26925-Elsfleth, Germany; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; Correios de Portugal, Av. Casal Ribeiro, Ribeiro 28, 1049-52 Lisbon, Portugal.
British Antarctic Territory — Philatelic Bureau, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Phone: 00500 27159. Fax: 00500 27160. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and inscription blocks and other philatelic material. SODA available. CBC, PC (UK and USA only), IMO, IBD and USMO accepted. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. Government Agency:Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
British Indian Ocean Territory — Postmaster General, Post Office, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, via Singapore. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
British Virgin Islands — Philatelic Bureau, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Brunei — Philatelic Bureau, Postal Services Dept., M.P.C. Old Airport, Berakas BB3510, Brunei Darussalam. Fax: 02-383130. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of BND$30.00. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. IBD accepted. Handles stamps of Malaysia Post, Singapore Post and Thailand Postal Authority. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Bulgaria — Ministere du Transport et Communications, Service Philatelique Postal, 44 Rue Dencoglou, Sofia, Bulgaria. Details of services not provided.
Burkina Faso — Service Philatelique, Offices des Postes et Telecommunications, Ougodougou, Burkina Faso. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001.
Burundi — Agence Philatelique du Burundi, Boite Postale 45, Bujumbura, Burundi. Details of services not provided.
Cambodia — Agence Philatelique, Direction Generale des PTT, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Details of services not provided.
Cameroon — Principale Philatelique, Centre Philatelique PTT, Yaounde, Cameroon. Details of sevices not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Canada — Canada Post, National Philatelic Centre, 75 St. Ninian St., Antigonish, NS B2G2R8, Canada. Phone: in Canada and U.S.A. 800-565-4362. Other countries 902 863-6550. Fax: 902 863-6796. Internet site: www.canadapost.ca. E-mail: STAMPS@MAILPOSTE.CA. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, inscription blocks, and other philatelic information or material. SODA with minimum balance of $20. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, Visa, MasterCard accepted. Also handles stamps of the United States, United Nations, Ireland and Great Britain. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Cape Verde Islands — Empresa Publica dos Correios e Telecomunicacoes, Box 129, Praia, Santiago, Republica de Cabo Verde. Details of services not provided. Government Agencies: D & G Philatelic Inc., Box 812037, Boca Raton, FL 33481-2037, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Cayman Islands — Philatelic Bureau, Seven Mile Beach Post Office, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Phone: 345 949-4177. Fax: 345 949-4113. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, plate number blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with $25 deposit. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, PC accepted.Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Central African Republic — Service Philatelique des PTT, Bangui, Central African Republic. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Chad — Receveur General des PTT, Ndjamena, Chad. Phone: 235 521103. Fax: 235 521012. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes and plate number and inscription blocks. SODA with minimum balance of $20. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. IMO accepted. Government Agency: Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon BP3, F75430 Paris Cedex 9, France.
Chile — Empresa de Correos de Chile, Departamento Filatelico, Alameda 980 — Of. 148 entrepiso, Santiago, Chile. Phone: 638-6659. Deals with individual orders for stamps and FDCs. IMO from the Licencia de Western Union. Government Agencies: France Philatelic Limited, Warwick House, Curdridge, Hants, Box 95, Hedge End, Hamphire 5032 2 UE, United Kingdom; Georg Roll Nachfolger, Hafenstrasse 8, Box 130, D26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Inversiones y Novedades Filatelicas y Numismaticas S.A., Apartado de Correos 8477-28008, Madrid, Spain.
China — China National Philatelic Corp., Hepingmen, Beijing, China 100051. Phone: 0086 10 63022254. Fax: 0086 10 63011053. E-mail: office/iec/@cnpc.cpi.com.cn. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information or material. Orders shipped postage extra. BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agencies: China Stamp Agency in North America, One Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0003, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5 Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., Box 997H, G.P.O., Melbourne, 3001, Australia; Michel Draguet, 9, route d'ohain 1380 Lasne, Belgium; Association Beligique-chine, Rue Royale 247, B-1210 Bruxelles, Belgium; Nordfrim, Kvindevadet 42, DK-5450 Otterup, Denmark; Philimex, 58 Rue du Faubourg Montmarte, 75009 Paris, France; Theodor Heuss, Strasse 7, D-38090 Braunschweig, Germany; De Rosa, Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; Istituto Italo Cinese, Per Gli Scambi Economici, E Culturali, 20123 Milan-Via Carducci 18, Italy; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; K.L. Commercial Book Co. (M) Sdn Bhd., No. 51. Jalan Sultan, 50000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Studiegroep China Filatelie, Van Allenstrast 92, 1562 TN Krommenie, Netherlands; J.A. Visser B.V., Box 184, 3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands; Philchin Chinastamps, Robert Battle, Rutenenstrasse 18a, 8956 Killwangen, Switzerland; Richard Borek Agences, S.W. Chen, 182/5 Suriwong Road, Bankok 10500, Thailand.
Taiwan (China, Republic of) — Philatelic Department, Directorate General of Posts, 55, Chin Shan South Road, Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan 106, Republic of China. Phone: 022 356-9670. Fax: 022 396-9125. Internet site:www.post.gov.tw. E-mail: phila@mail.post.gov.tw. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and inscription blocks and philatelic bulletins. SODA with deposit of $50. Orders shipped airmail postage extra. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Chinatown Stamp Shop, 828 Stockton St., San Francisco, CA 94108, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Christmas Island — Australian Philatelic Bureau, Box 4000, Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156, Australia. Details of services not provided.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands — Australian Philatelic Bureau, GPO Box 9988, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia. Details of services not provided.
Colombia — Administracion Postal Nacional, Division de Filatelia, of: 212, Edificio Murillo Toro, Carrere 7a, calles, 12 y 13, Santa Fe de Bogota, D.C., Colombia, South America. Phone: 571 334-6612. Fax: 571 281-3940. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes. SODA with minimum balance of $25. Orders shipped postage extra. BD, PC, IMO accepted.
Congo — Direction des Postes, Centre Philatelique, ONPT Brazzaville, Congo. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Cook Islands — Philatelic Bureau, Post Office, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Philatelic Collector Inc., Box 3162, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, United States.www.cookislandsstampbureau.com.
Costa Rica — Oficina Filatelica, Correo Central, Apartado 12.900-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. Phone: 506-233-5182. Fax: 506-233-5182. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, first-day covers, CTO stamps, special postmarks, plate number or inscription blocks, brochures and souvenir sheets. Minimum order of $50. PC, IMO. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted.
Croatia — Croatian Post & Telecommunications, Directorate OD Posts, Postal & Telecom Traffic Dept., Jurisiceva 13, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia. Fax: 385-1-423-495. E-Mail: ZDRAVKO,FAJL@posta.tel.hr. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs and other products. Monetary order limits of $50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC and bank transfer accepted. Also handles United Nations stamp issues. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Germany Briefmarken Wurmbauer, Schongrabern 221, A-2020 Hollabrunn, Austria; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St., (Port Phillip Arcade), Box 997H, G.P.O., Melbourne 3001, Australia; Philagentur, Feldbergstrasse 57, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany; Georg Roll Stamps, Agencies & Wholesale, Hafenstr. 8, Box 130, D-26931 Elsfleth, Germany; J.A. Visser, Postzegelgroothandel B.V., Box 184, 3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Cuba — COPREFIL (Empresa de Correos, Prensa y Filatelia), Apartado 1000, Havana 1, Cuba, or office in Canada, COPREFIL, 1415 Pine Ave. W, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1B2. Details of services not provided. (Stamps from Cuba are prohibited in the United States as part of a general trade embargo.)
Cyprus — Department of Postal Services, CY-1900, Nicosia, Cyprus. Phone: 357 2 303283 or 357 2 302768. Fax: 3572 304154. Internet site: www.cytanet.com.cy. E-mail: cyprus.gov@cytanet.com.cy. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and inscription blocks and other philatelic information or material. SODA with minimum balance of $20. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD,USPSMO, USMO, PCs (certified by a bank) accepted.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Nordfrim, DK-5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, 8, rue des Messageries, 75010 Paris, France; Jurgen Ehrlich, Peter Berchem str. 3, D-50935 Koln, Germany; Philart S.A., Box 130, D-26935 Elsfleth, Germany; Stephanos Frangoudes, Stadiou 60, Omonia 10564 Athens, Greece; J.A. Visser, Postzegelgroothandel B.V., Box 184, 3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Czech Republic — Czech Post Philatelic Service, Postfila (Export Department), CZ-225 06 Prague 7, Ortenovo nam. 16, Czech Republic. Does not sell directly to collectors. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Denmark — Post Denmark, Stamps, Telegrafvej 7, DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark. Phone: 45 3324 5022. Fax: 45 3123 7623. Internet site: www.postdanmark.dk. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and other philatelic information or material. SODA available. CBC, PC, IMO, USPSMO accepted. Also handles stamps from Norway, Holland, and the Faeroes. Government Agencies: Nordica, Box 284, Old Bethpage, NY 11804, United States; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91, Japan; and the postal services in Norway and Netherlands.
Djibouti — Office des Postes et Telecommunications, Djibouti City, Republique de Djibouti. Details of services not provided.
Dominica — Postmaster General, Stamp Order Division, GPO, Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Dominican Republic — Instituto Postal Dominicano (Inposdom), Departamento de Filatelia, Heroes de Luperon Esq. Rafael Damiron, Centro de Los Heroes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Phone: 809 534-7819 or 809 534-5838 ext. 3048. Fax: 809 535-8334 or 809 534-6318. E-mail: inposdom@codetel.net.do. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes and souvenirs. Monetary order minimum of $10. SODA with minimum balance of $5. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, Visa accepted. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. Government Agencies: Bombay Philatelic Inc., Box 7719 Delray Beach, FL 33482, United States; Korean Philatelic Co., C.P.O. Box 323 Seoul 100-603, South Korea; Filatelia Jori, Iradier, 13 (Sarria-Bonanova) 08017, Barcelona, Spain.
Ecuador — Departamento Filatelico, Ecuador Post Office, Av. Eloy Alfaro 354 & 9 de Octubre, Ecuador. Details of services not provided.
Egypt — Postal Organization Philatelic Office, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt. Details of services not provided.
El Salvador — Departmento de Filatelia, Direccion General de Correos, Centro de Gobierno, San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America. Phone: 271-1965. Fax: 271-1965. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps and FDCs. SODA with minimum balance of $100. Orders shipped postage extra. USPSMO, USMO accepted.
Equatorial Guinea — Oficina Filatelica de la Direccion General de Correos, Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Details of services not provided.
Eritrea — State of Eritrea Postal Service, Philatelic Bureau, Box 229, Asmara, Eritrea. Phone: 291 112-1900. Fax: 291 112-5474. SODA with minimum balance of $40. CBC, IMO, bank transfer accepted. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Estonia — Estonian Stamp, Box 2933, 13102 Tallinn, Estonia. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Kent Research, Box 86, Hewlett, NY 11557, United States.
Ethiopia — Ethiopian Postal Service, Philatelic Section, Box 1112, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Falkland Islands — Philatelic Bureau, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Phone: 500 27159. Fax: 500 27160. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, postcards, booklets and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Also handles stamps from South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the British Antarctic Territory. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Faeroes — Frimerkjadeildin, FO-159 Torshavn, The Faeroe Islands. Phone: 298 155 77. Fax: 298 105 76. Internet site: www.stamps.fo. E-mail: filateli@postverk.fo. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes and other products. SODA available. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO and all major credit cards accepted. Government Agency: Nordica, Box 284, Old Bethpage, NY 11804, United States.
Fiji — Philatelic Bureau, GPO Box 100, Suva, Fiji. Fax: 679 308156. Internet site: www.stampsfiji.com. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, philatelic bulletins and other philatelic information and material. SODA with a minimum deposit of FJD$30. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, British MO, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diner's Club accepted. Also handles stamps for Pitcairn Island stamps. Government Agencies:Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St., Box 9974, GPO Melbourne 3001, Australia; Pacific Stamps, Box 816, Tewantin QLD 4565, Australia; Stamp Garden Co. Ltd., Box 593, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China; Georg Roll Stamps, Agencies and Wholesale, Box 130, 26925 EL 5 Fleth, Germany; Herman E. Sieger, Box 1160, Lorch Wurttemberg D-73545, Germany; Philagentur, Suddeutscher Brief, Marken Handel, Andrens Werner GMBH, Zimmeramuhcenweg 77D, 61440 Oberursel, Germany; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency Ltd., Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 15091, Japan; Profilex, Box 18, 97-315 Tuszyn, Poland; James Song Philatelics, 317 Outram Road #02-22, Concorde Shopping Centre, 169075, Singapore.
Finland — Finland Post Ltd., Philatelic Center, Box 2, FIN-00101 Posti, Helsinki, Finland. Phone: 358 204 515522. Fax: 358 204 515580. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers, and other philatelic information and material. Single orders that are less than 100 markaa are charged with a handling fee of 20mk. SODA with minimum balance of 200mk. Eurocheques and credit cards accepted. Orders can be sent C.O.D. with a service charge of 25mk. Also handles Norway stamps, year sets '95 and '96. Government Agencies: Nordica, Box 284, Old Bethpage, NY 11804, United States; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123, Milan, Italy; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
France — Service Philatelique De La Poste, 18 Rue Francois Bonvin, 75758 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33 40615200. Fax: 33 43062462. Internet site: www.laposte.fr. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes, inscription blocks, precanceled postage stamps, yearbooks, first-day bulletins, engravings and other philatelic information and material. Minimum purchase order of 10 francs. SODA available, the minimum balance varies between 50 francs and 300fr. CBC, BD, PC accepted if drawn from a bank with a head office in France. IMO, IBD, Visa, MasterCard accepted. Orders shipped postage extra. Government Agencies: French Stamp Agency in North America (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0009, United States.
French Polynesia — Centre Philatelique, Office des Posts et Telecommunications, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Phone: 689-414335. Fax: 689-452586. E-mail: tahiti.post.office.com. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number or inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $70. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
French Southern and Antarctic Territories — Agence des Timbres-Poste d'Outre-mer, 18 Rue Francois Bonvin, 75758 Paris Cedex 15, France. Details of services not provided.
Gabon — Service Philatelique, Direction Generale des PTT, B.P. 20.000 O.P.T., Libreville, Gabon. Phone: 241 76 27 28; 241 74 79 13. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs. SODA available. Government Agency:Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Gambia — Postmaster General, GPO, Banjul, The Gambia. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Georgia — Philatelic Bureau, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Tbilisi, Georgia. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Germany — Deutsche Post AG, Niederlassung Postphilatelie, Versandstelle fur Postwert-zeichen, 60281, Frankfurt, Germany. Phone: 4969272080. Fax: 496927208225. Internet site: www.postag.de. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, special postmarks or envelopes, and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. CBC, BD, IBD accepted.
Ghana — Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Accra, Ghana. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Gibraltar — Gibraltar Post Office, Philatelic Bureau, Box 5662, Gibraltar. Phone: 350 75662. Fax: 350 42149. E-mail: info@gibraltar-stamps.com. Website: www.gibraltar-stamps.com. SODA with mininum balance of 5. CBC, BD, PC accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Nordfrim, DK-5450, Otterup, Denmark; Philagentur, Suddeutscher Briefmarken, Andreswerner Gmbh Handel, Feldbergstrabe 57, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany; Richard Borek Agencies, Theodor-houss-strabe 7, 38090 Braunschweig, Germany; Kowloon Philatelic Centre Ltd., Rm 104-105, 169 Portland St., Kowloon, Hong Kong; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa, 11-20123 Milan, Italy; Bopa, Box 80, Chibuya Tokyo 150-91, Japan; Profilex, UL 1-go, Maya 61-skr poczt 18, Tuszyn 97-315, Poland.
Great Britain — British Philatelic Bureau, 21 S. Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9PB, Scotland. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
Greece — Greek Post Office, Philatelic Service, 100 Aeolou St., GR-101 88, Athens, Greece. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
Greenland — Post Greenland Filatelia, DK-3913 Tasiilaq, Greenland. Phone: 299 18044. Fax: 299 18342. Internet site: www.greenland-guide.dk/filatelia/. E-mail: grlpost@greennet.gl. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USMO accepted. Government Agencies: Nordica Inc., Box 284, Old Bethpage, NY 11804, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Philagentur GmbX, Feldbergstrasse 57, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany; De Rosa International, Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, Box 80, Tokyo 150-91, Japan; J.A. Visser, Postzegelgroothandel B.V., Box 183, NL-3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands; PTT Post Filatelie, Da Verzamelservice, Europaweg 33, NL-9723 AS Gronningen, Netherlands; Nordisk Frimerkeservice AS, Postboks 150, N-1371 Asker, Norwa.
Grenada — Postmaster General, GPO, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Guatemala — Servicio Filatelico, Central Post Office, Box 3000, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America. Phone: 502 238-3493 or 502 232-6101 ext. 128. Fax: 502 232-6516. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs and special postmarks. SODA with minimum balance of $10. Orders shipped postage extra. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD accepted.
Guernsey — Guernsey Philatelic Bureau, Postal Headquarters, St. Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1AB, Channel Islands (Great Britain). Phone: 44 1481 716486. Fax: 44 1481 712082. Internet site: post-office.guernsey.net. E-mail: gsypost@guernsey.net. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra. CBC, PC accepted. Also handles Alderney stamps. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinder St., Box 997H, GPO Melbourne 3001, Australia; Nordfrim, DK5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion SA, Paris Montholon BP3, 75430 Paris, Cedex 9, France; Richard Borek KG, Theodore Heuss Strasse 7, D-38090 Braunschweig, Germany; British & Overseas Agency Ltd., Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91, Japan; J.A. Visser, Postzegelgroothandel BV, Box 184, 3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands; Profilex, Box 18, Tuszyn 97-315, Poland; De Rosa International SA, La Rosiere 31VH-1012 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Guinea — Agence Philatelique, BP 4562, Conakry, Republic of Guinea. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Guinea-Bissau — Direccao Generale de Correios, Service de Filatelia, C.P. 200, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Details of services not provided.
Guyana — Guyana Post Office Corp., GPO, Robb Street, Georgetown, Guyana. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Haiti — Service Philatelique, Office des Postes, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, West Indies. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Honduras — Departamento de Filatelia, Empresa de Correos de Honduras, Honducor, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America. Details of services not provided.
Hong Kong — Hong Kong Post Stamps, 1706-7 East Asia Aetna Tower, 308-320 Des Vouex Road Central, Hong Kong, China. Phone: 852 2928 7211. Fax: 852 2850 6552. Internet site: www.hongkongpoststamps.com. E-mail:spd@hkpo.gcn.gov.hk. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, philatelic newsletter, and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of HK $200. CBC, IMO, IBD accepted. Also handles products from China, Australia, Canada, United States, Singapore, Malayasia and Macau. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St. (Port Philip Arcade), Box 997H, G.P.O., Melbourne 3001, Australia; Nordfrim, DK-5450 Otterup, Denmark; Georg Roll Stamps Agencies & Wholesale, D-2887 Elsfleth, Hafenstrabe 8, Box 130, Germany; Telpo Philatelic Co. Ltd., 11/F., 83 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency Ltd., Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo, 150-91, Japan.
Hungary — Philatelia Hungarica, Box 28, Budapest, H-1675, Hungary. Phone: 36 1 149 1337. Fax: 36 1 129 4275. E-mail: philately@posta.hu. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps and special covers. SODA available. PC, IMO, cash transfer order, credit cards accepted. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Iceland — Icelandic Post Philatelic Sales, Storhofdi 29, IS-110 Reykjavik, Iceland. Phone: (+354)-580-1050. Fax: (+354)-580-1059. E-mail: postphil@postur.is. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Nordica Inc., Box 284, Old Bethpage, NY 11804, United States.
India — Director, Philatelic Bureau, Bombay GPO, Bombay 400001, India. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and other items. Minimum order of 2 rupees. Handling fee of 1 percent of the order. SODA available with a minimum balance of 200 rupees. PC, BD accepted. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; James Davis & Son, 45 Church St., Rickmansworth WDB 1DG, United Kingdom; Richard Borek KG, Theodar Hauss, Stra Be 7, 3300 Braunschweig, Germany; Philart SA CH 1261 Gingins, Switzerland.
Indonesia — Divisi Filateli, Philatelic Division, Jalan Cilaki No. 73, Bandung 40115, Indonesia. Phone: 062-022-706281, 7278984, 7100512. Fax: 062-022-708161. E-mail: kdivfil@pos.wasantara.net.id. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, and commemorative covers. SODA with minimum balance of $50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. USPSMO, Visa, MasterCard accepted. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; International Philatelic Agencies, I Rohais, Box 219, St. Peter Port, Guernsey C1, Great Britain; Chan Tick Fai, RM B */F1 Hang Lung House, 184 Queems Road C, Hong Kong; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; Riko Schachermeyer, Phantip Village 135/8, Moo 10, Soi Watboonsumphan, Nongprue Banglamung, Chonburi 20260, Thailand.
Iran — Philatelic Bureau, Directorate General of Internal Post, Box 13185-4149, Tehran, I.R. Iran. Details of services not provided. (Stamps from Iran are prohibited in the United States as part of a general trade embargo.)
Iraq — Director General of Telecommunications and Posts, Stamp Section, Philatelic Bureau, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Box 2450, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq. Details of services not provided. (Stamps from Iraq are prohibited in the United States as part of a general trade embargo.)
Ireland — Irish Stamps, Box 1991, GPO, Dublin 1, Ireland. Phone: 353 1 7057400. Fax: 353 1 8722683. Internet site: www.anpost.ie. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of 25. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agencies:Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St. (Port Phillip Arcade), Box 997H GPO, Melbourne 3001, Australia; Campo Rodan, Rue de Lombard 9, B1000 Bruxelles, Belgium; Nordfrim, Nordfyns Frimerkehande, DK5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion SA, 68 Rue D' Hauteville, Paris 75010, France; Georg Roll Nachfolger, Hafenstrasse 8, Box 130, D26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Philart SA, Hafenstrasse 8, Box 130, D26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Kowloon Philatelic Centre Ltd., Box 74473, Central Post Office, Kowloon, Hong Kong; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91, Japan; Profilex, Box 18, 97-315 Tuszyn, Poland; USPS Philatelic Fulfillment Centre, P.O. Box 419636, Kansas City, MO 04179-0996, United States; Canada Post, Antigonish NS B26 ZR8, Canada.
Isle of Man — Philatelic Bureau, Box 10M, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1PB. Phone: 44-1624 698430. Fax: 44-01624 698434. E-mail: stamps@po.gov.im. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and plate numbers. SODA available. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted.
Israel — Israel Postal Authority, Philatelic Service, 12 Sderot Yerushalayim, 68021 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Phone: 972 03 5123933. Fax: 972 03 6836794. E-mail: philserv@netvision.net.il. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum deposit of $85, for a year's supply of stamps and/or FDCs. Orders shipped postage extra. Minimum order: three sets of stamps and/or FDCs. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, bank transfer (to account number 77773-919 Israel Discount Bank) accepted. Government Agencies: Israel Philatelic Agency of North America, 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Harry Allen, Israel Philatelic Service in G.B., Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Bernado A. Kurchan, C.C. Central 108, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St. (Port Philip Arcade), GPO Box 997H Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia; Nordfrim, DK 5450, Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, 68, Rue d' Hauteville 75010 Paris, France; Georg Roll Stamps, Hafenstrasse 8, D-26925 Elsfleth, Box 130, Germany; Alberto Bolaffi s.r.l., Via Cavour 17f, 10123 Torino, Italy; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, Box 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91, Japan; J.A. Visser, Kantooradres Wijnstraat 141, Box 184, 3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands; Profilex, ul. 1-Go Maja 61, skr. Poczt. 18 Tuszyn, 97-315 Poland; Hirschfeld, Plaza del Angel 16, 30B, Apartado 14.094, 28080 Madrid, Spain; East Rand Company, Box 12191, Benoryn 1504, South Africa; Chang Zone International Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 78-110, Taipei, Taiwan.
Italy — Ente Poste Italiane, Servizi Postali E.P.E. Filatelia, Via Mario de' Fiori, 103/A, 00187 Rome, Italy. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and other material. SODA available with a minimum amount of 40,000 lire. IMO, BD, travel checks accepted.
Ivory Coast — Centre Philatelique d'Abidjan, Direction de l'Exploitation Postale, 01 BP 4056 Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast. Phone: 33-18-96/32 99 13/32 24 86/32 24 87. Fax: 225 34 71 07. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps and FDCs. SODA available: Monetary order limits of 20,000 French francs. SODA available with minimum balance of 30,000fr. CBC, IMO accepted. Government Agency: Theodore Champion, 68, Rue d' Hauteville 75010 Paris, France.
Jamaica — Postmaster General, Post and Telecommunications Department, Headquarters, Central Sorting Office, Box 7000, South Camp Road, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Details of services not provided.Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surry SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Japan — Tokyo Central Post Office, Philatelic Section, CPO Box 888, Tokyo, 100-8692, Japan. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps. SODA with minimum deposit of 100 yen. Orders shipped postage extra. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., G.P.O. Box 997H, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia; Nordfrim, Kvindevadet 42, DK-5450, Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, 8, Rue des Messageries 75010, Paris, France; Georg Roll Stamps, Hafenstrasse 8, Box 130, D-26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Kowloon Philatelic Center, P.O. Box 74473, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; J.A. Visser, Wijnstraat 141, Dordrecht 3300AD, Netherlands; Hirschfeld, Plaza del Angel, 16.3 B/ Apartado 14.094/ 28080 Madrid, Spain; Agentur Ltd., Box 50145, 202 11 Malmo, Sweden.
Jersey — Jersey Philatelic Bureau, Postal Headquarters, Jersey, JE1 1AB, Channel Islands. Phone: 1534 616612. Fax: 1534 873690. E-mail: jsypost@itl.net. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number blocks, booklets, presentation packs, folders, year books and year packs. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, Visa, MasterCard, debit cards, postal orders accepted. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St., Box 997H, GPO Melbourne, Australia; Chang Zone International Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 78-110, Taipei, Taiwan 105, China; Nordfrim, Kvindevadet 42, DK-5450, Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon BP3, F 75430 Paris Cedex 9, France; Richard Borek KG, Theodore-Heuss Strasse 7, D-38090 Braunschweig, Germany; Kowloon Philatelic Center, Box 74473, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency Ltd., Box 80, Shibuya Tokyo 150-91, Japan; J.A. Visser, Postzegelgroothandel BV, Box 184, 3300 AD Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Jordan — Ministry of Posts and Communications, Philatelic Section, Box 71, Amman, Jordan. Deals with individual orders for mint stamp sets. Postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, preferably in U.S. or Jordanian currency.
Kazakstan — Alexi Plachevski/Stamps Agent, Central Post Office Box 90, 480001, Almaty, Kazakstan. Fax: 007 3272 633936. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $25 (for collectors) and $150 (for dealers and agencies). BD (from Bank in Germany), PC accepted. Also handles stamps from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Kenya — The Stamp Bureau, Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corp., Post Office Headquarters, Box 30368, Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya. Phone: 254-2-252812 or 254-2-227401 ext. 2134, 2310, 3463, or 3357. Fax: 254-2-333704. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, brochures, stamp booklets, philatelic cards and posters. SODA with minimum deposit of $15. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Kiribati — The Manager, Philatelic Bureau, Box 494, Betio, Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
North Korea — Korea Stamp Corp., Yonggwang St., Central District, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
South Korea — Seoul Central Post Office, Korean Philatelic Center, CPO Box 5122, Seoul, 100-011, South Korea. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs and other material. SODA available with a minimum depost of $50. Government Agency: Kent Research, Box 86, Hewlett, NY 11557, United States.
Kuwait — Philatelic Bureau, Box 28900, Safat, Kuwait. Phone: 244-6683 or 242-9684. Fax: 243-0762. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number or inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of approximately $33. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted.
Kyrgysztan — Ministry of Communications, 720 000 Tchu Avenue No. 96, Bishkek, Kyrgysztan. Details of services not provided.
Laos — Enterprise des Postes et Telecommunications, Bureau de Philatelie, Avenue Lane Xang, 0100 Vientiane, R.D.P. Laos. Details of services not provided.
Latvia — Latvia Post, 21 Brivibas Blvd., Riga PDP, LV-1000, Latvia. Details of services not provided.
Lebanon — Receveur Principal des Postes, Service Philatelique, Beirut, Lebanon. Details of services not provided.
Lesotho — Lesotho Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag No. 1, Maseru, 100, Lesotho. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Liberia — Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, GPO-1000, Monrovia 10, Liberia, West Africa. Details of services not provided. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Libya — Service Philatelique, Direction Generale des PTT, Tripoli, Libya. Details of services not provided. (Stamps from Libya are prohibited in the United States as part of a general trade embargo.)
Liechtenstein — Liechtensteinische Post AG, Philately Liechtenstein, Zollstrasse 58, 9494 Schaan, Liechtenstein. Phone: 011 423 399 44 66. Fax: 011 423 399 44 94. Email: philatelie@post.li. Website: https://shop.philatelie.li. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery (by special order), special postmarks or envelopes (upon request when available), special blocks (by standing order), corner margin blocks of four by standing order on special request, brochures and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. BD, credit card accepted.
Lithuania — PLC Lithuania Post, Philatelic Department, Giedraiciu Str., 60a, LT-08212 Vilnius, Lithuania. Website: www.post.lt. E-mail: postage.stamps@post.lt. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO postage stamps and souvenir sheets, FDCs, FDSs, Postal Stationery, Special Cancellations, aerogrammes and other philatelic information and material. Orders are sent free of postage in registered letters. A handling fee of 4 LTL is charged for each order or standing order delivery. Methods of payment: Visa, MaterCard and Eurocard, bank cheques or bank transfer. Government Agency: Kent Research, Box 86, Hewlett, NY 11557, U.S.A.
Luxembourg — Postes Et Telecommunications, Office des Timbres, L-2992 Luxembourg. Phone: 352 4088 8840. Fax: 352 406 868. E-mail: ptoffim@pt.lu. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. CBC, IMO, Visa accepted.
Macau — CTT, Divisao de Filatelia, 789 Avenida da Pria Grande, N° 789, Macau. Fax: 853-3969104l, 921663. E-mail: cttmac8@macau.ctm.net. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO (upon request) stamps, FDCs and other philatelic information or material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Max & Stern Co., 234 Flinders St. (Port Phillip Arcade), Box 997H, G.P.O. Melbourne, 3001 Australia; Nordfrim, Kvindevadet 42, DK-5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon-B.P.3, 75430 Paris Cedex 9, France; Georg Roll, Hafenstra BE, 8 POB 130, 26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Hong Kong Philatelic Bureau, The Accounts & Finance Division, 3/F Post Office Headquarters, 2 Connaught Place, Central Hong Kong; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; Pos Malaysia Berhad, Stamp Bureau Supplies Division, Kompleks Day Abumi, 50670 Kuala Lumput, Malaysia; J.A. Visser, P.O. Box 184, Dordrecht 3300AD, Netherlands; Portugal, DFIL/STA, AV. Casal Ribeiro, 28, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal; Singapore Post PTE Ltd., Stamp Distribution Section, 750 Chai Chee Rd., Chai Chee Industrial Park #04-09, Singapore 469000; Telpo Philatelic Co. Ltd., 11/F, 83, Wanchai Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong; Afinsa, Lagasca, 18, 28001 Madrid, Spain.
Macedonia — Philatelic Bureau, Box 1, 91 000, Skopje, Republika Macedonia. Phone & Fax: 389/91/16 40 40, 16 52 86. Internet site: www.mpt.com.mk/mpt/en/fila.html. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. Monetary order minimum is $100. SODA with minimum deposit of $100. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD accepted.
Madagascar — Service Philatelique, Paositra Malagasy, rue Prince Ratsimamanga, 101-Antananarivo, Madagascar. Phone: 261 22 305.46. Fax: 261 22 203.01 or 261 22 312.01. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. USMO accepted. Orders mailed postage extra; IRCs accepted. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon BP3, F75430 Paris Cedex 9, France.
Madeira — CTT Correios de Portugal SA, Servicos de Filatelia, Avenida Casal Ribeiro Ribeiro 28, 1049-52 Lisbon, Portugal. Details of services not provided.
Malawi — Post Office Philatelic Bureau, Box 30700, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi. Phone: 265 670778. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs and postal stationery. SODA available. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Malaysia — Manager, Philatelic Bureau, First Floor, Post Malaysia Headquarters, Dayabumi Complex, 50670 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: 603 274-1122. Fax: 603 294-2139. Internet site: www.pos.com.my. E-mail:filateli@pos.com.my. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks (must be on stamps/exhibition covers), envelopes and color code blocks. SODA available with purchase of one complete set of stamps or one FDC with complete set of stamps. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO (if can be banked locally) accepted. Also handles stamps from Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau and Brunei. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St. (Port Philip Arcade), Box 997H, G.P.O. Melbourne 3001, Australia; Georg Roll Stamps, Agencies & Wholesale, Hafenstrabe 8, D 2887 Elsfleth, Germany; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Maldives — Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Male, Republic of Maldives, Indian Ocean. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Mali — Service des Timbres-Poste et de la Philatelie, Section Philatelie, Bamako, Mali. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Malta — Office of the Postmaster General, 305, Qormi Road, Marsa HMR 17, Malta. Phone: 00356 22079. Fax: 00356 220789. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks. SODA with minimum balance of 5 Maltese lira. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agencies: Herrick Stamp Co., Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557, United States; Harry Allen Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Theodore Champion, 8, Rue Des Messageries, 75010 Paris, France; Herman E. Sieger, Box 1160, D-73545 Lorch/Wurttemberg, Germany; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; Filagent Nederland BV, Windbrugstraat 13-13, NL-7511 HR Enschede, Netherlands.
Marshall Islands — Stamps and Philatelic Center of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0021, United States. Phone:1-800-443-4225. Fax: 1-800-628-3123. Internet site: www.unicover.com. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and year sets. SODA with minimum balance of $10. Must buy a minimum of four mint stamps and four souvenir sheets. PC (U.S. only), IMO, USMO accepted. Government Agencies: Stamps and Philatelic Center of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82002-0021; Harry Allen International Philatelic, Broadsword House 1-5 Brixton Road, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., 234 Flinders St., 3001 Melbourne, Australia; China National Philatelic Corp., Hepingmen Beijing 100051, China; Nordfrim, DK-5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, Paris Montholon B.P. 3, 75030 Paris Cedex 9, France; Georg Roll Stamps, Hafenstrabe 8, Box 130, D-26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Philart S.A., Hafenstrabe 8, Box 130, D-26925 Elsfleth, Germany; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; J.A. Visser Postzegelgroothlandel BV, 3300 AD, Dordrecht, Netherlands; De Rosa Novedades S.A., Ronda de San Pedro 16 5 2a, 08010 Barcelona, Spain; Philatelic Mail Order Service, Box 5-468, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Mauritania — Service Philatelique, Direction Generale des PTT, Box 99, Nouakchott, Mauritania. Details of services not provided.
Mauritius — Philatelic Bureau, Post Office Headquarters, Port Louis, Mauritius. Phone: 208-2851. Fax: 212-9640. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs and special postmarks or envelopes. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom
Mayotte — Service Postal de Mayotte, Philateli, Boite Postale 83, 97600 Mamoudzou, Mayotte, Indian Ocean. Details of services not provided.
Mexico — Gerencia de Filatelia y Cultura Postal, Netzahualcoyotl 109, 6° piso, C.P. 06080 Mexico, D.F. Mexico. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps. SODA available with a deposit of $60. IBD accepted.
Micronesia — FSM Philatelic Bureau, Box 1376, Kolonia, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, FM 96941. Phone: 691 320-2615. Fax: 691 320-2612. E-mail: FMSPOSTALPNI@MAIL.FM. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. 50 sets per issue per customer minimum. SODA with minimum balance of $10. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO accepted. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Moldova — Intreprindera De Stat, Posta Moldovei, bd. Stefan cel Mare, 134, 277012, Chisinau, Republica Moldova. Phone: 24-36-60. Fax: 22-4-90. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: George Roll Briefmarken, Box 130, D-26295 Elsfleth, Germany.
Monaco — Office des Emissions de Timbres-Post, Les Terrasses de Fontvielle, 23, Avenue Prince Hereditaire Albert, MC 98050, Monaco Cedex, Principality of Monaco. Phone: 377 93 15 41 26. Fax: 377 93 15 41 42. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, plate numbers and inscription blocks. SODA with minimum deposit of 500 French francs. Minimum order limit 80fr of stamps. PC, IBD, IPMO, Visa, Eurocard, MasterCard, Giro Transfer accepted. Government Agencies: Monaco Collections, 2 Ave. Henry Dunant, MC98000, Monaco; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Mongolia — Directeur de Bureau des Philatelistes, Box 175, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Montserrat — Montserrat Philatelic Bureau Ltd., GPO, Plymouth, Montserrat, West Indies. Phone: 1-664-491-2996. Fax: 1-664-491-2042. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $50. PC, IMO, USPSMO, USMO, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club card, Access, Eurocard, American Express accepted.Government Agency: D & G Philatelic Inc., Box 812037, Boca Raton, FL 33481-2037, United States.
Morocco — Direction Centrale des Postes et Services Financiers, Direction des Services Postaux, Service de la Philatelie, 10000 Rabat Complex Des P & T, Morocco. Phone: 212 07 07 46 21. Fax: 212 07 07 53 62. Deals with individual orders for CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks. SODA with minimum balance of $5.50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, IMO, USMO accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Mozambique — Empresa de Filatelia E Numismatica, E.E. Caixa Postal 4444, Av. 25 de Setembro, 1509 -2/d Andar, Maputo 1, Mozambique. Phone: 258-1-423193. Fax: 258-1-426800. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. Monetary order limits of $200. SODA with minimum balance of $100. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC and IBD accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Myanmar — Myanma Export and Import Services, Export Division, Philatelic Section, No. 577, Merchant Street, Yangon, Myanmar. Details of services not provided.
Namibia — Philatelic Services Namibia Post Ltd., Private Bag 13336, Windhoek, Namibia, Southern Africa. Phone: 264 61 201 3098. Fax: 264 61 259 467. Internet site: www.nampost.com.na. E-mail:philately@nampost.com.na. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped, handling fee of 5 percent. BD, IBD, Visa, MasterCard accepted. Also handles stamps from South Africa.Government Agencies: Pacific Rim Co., 327 15th St., Oakland, CA 94612, United States; Herrick Stamps, Box 320, Hewlett, NY 11557-0320, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Philart SA, Niederlassung, Deutschland, Box 130, D-26925 Elsfleth, Germany; International Coins (Hong Kong) Ltd., 26/F Wing on House, 71 Des Voelux Road, Central Hong Kong; Eastgate Stamps, Shop U3, Eastgate Shopping Complex, Bradford Road, Bedfordview 2008, South Africa.
Nauru — Executive Officer, Philatelic Bureau, Republic of Nauru, Central Pacific. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Nepal — Officer-in-Charge, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Sundhara, Katmandu, Nepal. Phone: 9771 241895. Fax: 9771 225145. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum deposit of $25. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO accepted. Government Agency: Nepal Philatelic Society, Box 342, Katmandu, Nepal.
Netherlands — PTT Post Filatelie, Box 30051, 9700-RN Groningen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 50 586 12 34. Fax: 31 50 586 31 11. SODA available. Details of services not provided. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Netherlands Antilles — Philatelic Service of the Netherlands Antilles, Waaigatplein 1, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
Nevis — Nevis Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies. Phone: 869 469-5535. Fax: 869 469-0617. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, plate blocks, imprint blocks, traffic light blocks and album details including illustrated pages. SODA with minimum balance of $20. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, all major credit cards accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
New Caledonia — Service Philatelique de Nouvelle Caledome Magenta 98 802 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia. Phone: 687 26 86 87. Fax: 687 28 71 00. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, newsletters and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. IMO, IBD (only in local currency), Visa, MasterCard accepted.Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Service Philatelique De La Poste, 18 Rue Francois Bonvin 75758, Paris Cedex 15, France.
New Zealand — Stamps Centre, 60 Ridgway St., Private Bag 3001, Wanganui, New Zealand. Phone: 646-345-7999. Fax: 646-345-7120. Internet site: www.NZSTAMPS.CO.NZ. E-mail: ENQUIRY@WGMSC.NZPOST.CO.NZ. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage (to United States) 70› surface, $1.80 airmail. BD, IBD (drawn on a NZ bank and in NZ dollars), credit cards accepted. Also handles stamps from Ross Dependency, United Nations and Western Samoa.Government Agencies: New Zealand Stamp Agency in North America: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Nicaragua — Division de Especies Postales y Filatelia, Telcor, Edificio Jorge Navarro, 2do. Piso, Apartado Postal 325, Managua, Nicaragua, Central America. Details of services not provided.
Niger — Service Philatelique, Direction Generale des PTT, Niamey, Niger. Details of services not provided.
Nigeria — Nigerian Philatelic Service, GPO Building, Tinubu Street, P.M.B. 12647, Lagos, Nigeria. Phone: 01-266-2696. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes. SODA with minimum deposit of $100. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO (U.S.), IBD (U.S. and Great Britain), USPSMO accepted. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Niuafo'ou — The Philatelic Bureau Tonga, Box 164, Head Post Office, Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Philatelic Collector Inc., Box 3162, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, United States.
Niue — Niue Philatelic Bureau, Box 73, Alofi, Niue Island, South Pacific (via New Zealand). Phone: 683-4371. Fax: 683-4386. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic material. SODA available with minimum deposit of NZ $50. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agency: Herrick Stamp Co., Box 219, Lawrence, NY 11559-0219, United States.
Norfolk Island — Postal Services Manager, Norfolk Island 2899, South Pacific (via Australia). Phone: 6723 23344. Fax: 6723 23636. Internet site: www.stamps.gov.nf. E-mail: info@stamps.gov.nf. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra for orders under $50; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, BD, USPSMO, EFTPOS accepted. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Pacific Rim Co., 327 15th St., Oakland, CA 94612, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Australian Philatelic Bureau, 321 Exhibition St., Melbourne 3001 Australia; Pacific Stamps, Box 816, Tewantin, Queensland, Australia; Georg Roll Stamps, Hafenstrabe 8, Box 130 D-26925, Elsfleth, Germany; Stirling & Co., Box 949, Christchurch, New Zealand; Philatelic Mail Order Service, Box 5-468, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Norway — Norwegian Post Stamp Bureau, Box 9350, N-0135, Oslo, Norway. Phone: 472 314-7870. Fax: 472 217-4490. Internet site: www.posten.no. E-mail: frimerketjenesten or frimerke.posten.no. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, stamp booklets, year sets, yearbooks and other materials. Orders shipped with a fee of NOK 12 for orders less than NOK 200. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Also handles stamps from Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Government Agencies: Nordica Inc., Box 284, Old Bethpage, NY 11804, 800-441-3485, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; Post Danmark Frimaerker, Vesterbrogade 67, DK-1620, Kobenhavn, Denmark; Theodore Champion, 8, Rue des Messageries, F-75010 Paris, France; Leuchtturm Albenverlag GmbH, Am Spakenberg 45, D-21502 Geesthacht, Tyskland, Germany; Alberto Boliffi S-R.L. Via Cavour 17, 1-10123 Torino, Italy; British & Overseas Philatelic Agency, P.O. 80, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-91, Japan; PTT Post Filatelie, Box 6900, 2001 JB Haarlem, Netherlands; Chang Zone Intl. Co. Ltd., Box 78-110, Taipei, Taiwan.
Oman — Directorate General of Posts, Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs & Telephones, Box 3338, Ruwi Postal Code 112, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Phone: 701376, 792276. Fax: 968 792276. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $15. CBC, BD, IBD accepted.Government Agency: Axtner Agency, Frauenstr Franz, fedra 80469, Munich, Germany.
Pakistan — Pakistan Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Karachi 1, Pakistan. Details of services not provided.
Palau — Palau Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Koror, Palau; and Palau Philatelic Bureau, GPO Box 7775, New York, NY 10116, United States. Phone: 212-629-7979. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs and postal stationery. CBC and PC (U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank), IMO (in U.S. dollars), USPSMO, USMO accepted. Orders shipped postage extra. Completed orders shipped 4-6 weeks from issue date or upon receipt of order to Palau for processing by the post office. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Palestine Authority — Palestine Authority, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Post Department, Philatelic Office, GPO, Gaza City, Gaza. Phone: 07 829202 and 007 863141. Fax: 07 829231 and 07 862266. Deals with individual orders for CTO stamps, first-day covers and special postmarks and envelopes. PC, USMO, IRCs accepted.
Panama — Correos y Telegrafos, Departamento de Filatelia, Apartado 3421, Panama 4, Republic of Panama. Phone & Fax: 507-225-2803. E-mail: correos@sinfo.net. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks (10 stamps per numbered order), and souvenir sheets. SODA with minimum deposit of $25. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO are accepted from banks with funds in U.S. dollars in the U.S. Territory.
Papua New Guinea — PNG Philatelic Bureau, Box 1, Boroko, Papua New Guinea. Phone: 675-300-3745 or 675-300-3746. Fax: 675-300-3708. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and special postmarks or envelopes. SODA with minimum balance of 10 kina. MasterCard accepted. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Paraguay — Direccion de Correos, Departamento de Filatelia, Alberdi 130, Asuncion, Paraguay. Details of services not provided.
Penrhyn Island — Penrhyn Post Office, Penrhyn Island, Northern Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Philatelic Collector Inc., Box 3162, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, United States.
Peru — Serpost SA, Servicios Postales del Peru, Sub-Gerencia de Publicidad y Filatelia, Esq. Av. Tomás Valle s/n. Cdra. 7, Los Olivos, Lima 39, Peru. Details of service not provided.
Philippines — The Manager, Philatelic Service, Philippine Postal Corp., Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila, Philippines. Phone: 632-527-0096. Fax: 632-527-0096 or 632-527-0082. Deals with individual orders for mint and old CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery (aerograms), special postmarks or envelopes, plate/printers blocks, philatelic bulletins, year albums and presentation packs. SODA with minimum balance of $50. Orders shipped postage extra. CBC, IMO, IBD accepted.
Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn Island Philatelic Bureau Office of the Governor of Pitcairn Islands, Private Box 105696, Auckland, New Zealand; Philatelic Bureau, GPO Box 100, Suva, Fiji. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau, 151 Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand; Phone: 644-476-9507. Fax: 644-476-9506, E-mail: stamps@pitcairn.gov.pn
Poland — Ars Polona, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 7, 00-950, Warsaw, Poland. Details of services not provided.
Portugal — CTT Correios de Portugal SA, Servicos de Filatelia, Avenida Casal Ribeiro Ribeiro 28, 1049-52 Lisbon, Portugal. Phone: 351-1-357-4019. Fax: 351-1-353-6730. Internet site: www.ctt.pt. E-mail:mtermacoes@ett.pt. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA with deposit of $15. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IMO, IBD, Eurochecks, credit cards (Visa, MasterCard) accepted. Also handles stamps from Brazil and Guinea-Bissau. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Harry Allen, Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, United Kingdom; ECT-Brasil, DiVisao Central Filatelica, CEP 70300-909, Brasilia, DF, Brasil; Nordfrim, Kvindevadset 42, Dk 5450 Otterup, Denmark; Theodore Champion, 8, Rue des Messageries, 75010 Paris, France; Georg Roll Stamps, Hafenstrasse, 8, W-2887 Elsfleth, Germany; Telpo Stamp Co. Ltd., 11/F, 83 Wanchai Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong; De Rosa S.P.A., Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; J.A. Visser, Box 184, 3300 AD-Dordrecht, Netherlands; Afinsa, Lagasca 18, 28001 Madrid, Spain.
Qatar — Philatelic Bureau, General Post Office, Doha, State of Qatar. Fax: 974 837777. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps and FDCs. SODA with a minimum deposit of 100 riyals. BD, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Romania — Postacomert, 10 Matei Millo St., Bucharest, Romania. Phone: 400 34 59. Fax: 314 30 53. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and other material. IMO, BC accepted.Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Russia — Marka Publishing and Trading Centre of the State Committee for Communications and Informatization of the Russia Federation, 4/6 Bolshaya Grusinkaya St., Moscow 123242, Russian Federation. This firm distributes its philatelic products through its official wholesale dealers abroad. E-mail: stamp@aha.ru. Government Agency:Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Rwanda — National Post Office, Commercial Promotion Section, Box 4, Kigali, Rwanda. Phone: 250 72117, 75703, 75652. Fax: 250 76574. Deals with individual orders for FDCs and postal cards. SODA with minimum balance of $30. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC accepted. Government Agency: Philder, Box 68, 6830 Chiasso 3, Switzerland.
St. Helena — Philatelic Bureau, c/o Post Office, Jamestown, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
St. Kitts — The Manager, St. Kitts Philatelic Bureau, GPO, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
St. Lucia — St. Lucia Philatelic Bureau, Postmaster General, General Post Office, Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies. Phone: 1-758-452-2671. Fax: 1-758-453-7702/451-6422. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $15. CBC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO accepted. Government Agency: D & G Philatelic Inc., Box 812037, Boca Raton, FL 33481-2037, United States.
St. Pierre & Miquelon — Bureau Philatelique de L'Archipel, Box 4323, F-97500 St. Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Phone: 0508 41 36 07. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs and maximum cards. BD in French francs, Visa accepted.
St. Vincent — St. Vincent Philatelic Services, GPO, Kingstown, St. Vincent, West Indies. Phone: 809 457-1911. Fax: 809 456-2383. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, plate number and inscription blocks. SODA with minimum balance of $20. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
St. Vincent, Grenadines of — St. Vincent Philatelic Services, GPO, Kingstown, St. Vincent, West Indies. See information for St. Vincent. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
San Marino, Republic of — State Philatelic Office, Piazza Garibaldi No. 5, 47890 San Marino Citta, Republic of San Marino, Europe. Phone: 378 882365. Fax: 378 882363. Internet site: www.aasfn.sm. E-mail:aasfn@omniway.sm. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic material. SODA available with minimum deposit of $50. CBC, IMO, American Express, Visa accepted. Orders shipped postage extra.Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Sao Tome & Principe — Direccao dos Correios e Telecomuni-cacoes, Seccao Filatelica, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe. Details of services not provided.
Saudi Arabia — Department of Public Relations, Philatelic Bureau, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps and FDCs. SODA with deposit of 50 riyals. CBC accepted (drawn at any bank in Riyadh).
Senegal — Office des Postes et Telecommunications du Senegal, Bureau Philatelique, Dakar, Senegal. Phone: 221 821-6200. Fax: 221 23 6241. E-mail: philatel@sonatel.senct.net. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes and stock lists. SODA with minimum balance of 500 French francs. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted.Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
Seychelles — Philatelic Bureau, Box 60, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Sierra Leone — Office of the Managing Director, Sierra Leone Postal Services Ltd., Salpost, General Post Office, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Singapore — Singapore Post, Philatelic & Stamps Department, 10 Eunos Road 8 #01-33, Singapore Post Centre, Singapore 408600, Republic of Singapore. Fax: 65 4411 878. Internet site: www.singpost.com.sg. E-mail:sinstamp@singnet.com.sg. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with deposit of S$40. No minimum balance is required. Orders shipped with a handling fee of S$1.20 per order. BD (only telegraphic transfer), PC (only local), IMO, IBD, Visa, MasterCard accepted. Also handles stamps from Hong Kong, Britain, Malaysia and Brunei. Sells Lunar New Year products from United States Postal Service, Australia Post and Canada Post. Government Agencies: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Slovakia — Slovenska posta s.p., POFIS (Postal Philatelic Service of the Slovak Republic), Box 1, Mamateyova 16, 850 05, Bratislavia, Slovakia. Details of services not provided.
Slovenia — Posta Slovenije, Sektor za posto, P.P. 500, SI-2001 Maribor, Slovenia. Fax: 386 62 449 2211. Internet site: www.posta.si. E-mail: deznamk@posta.si. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, booklets, postcards, covers and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $70. USPSMO, USMO, Eurocard, MasterCard, Visa accepted. Government Agency:Slovenia Stamp Agency in North America (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0028, United States.
Solomon Islands — Solomon Post, General Post Office, Box 1930, Honiara, Solomon Islands, South Pacific. Details of services not provided. Government Agencies: Herrick Stamp Co., Box 219, Lawrence, NY 11559-0219, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Somalia — Philatelic Service, Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications, Mogadishu, Somali Democratic Republic. Details of services not provided.
South Africa — Postal Address: Philatelic Services, Private Bag X505, Pretoria 0001, Republic of South Africa. Phone: 012-804-7735. Fax: 012-804-6745. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, stamp booklets and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of 50 rand. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Also handles stamps from Namibia. Government Agencies: Global Philatelic Agency, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0440, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands — Philatelic Bureau, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Phone: 00500 27159. Fax: 00500 27160. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate numbers and inscription blocks, and other philatelic material. SODA available. CBC, PC (UK and USA only), IMO, IBD, USMO accepted. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted.Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Spain — Organismo Autonomo de Correos y Telegrafos, Servicio Filatelico Internacional, Palacio de Comunicaciones, 28070 Madrid, Spain. Details of services not provided.
Sri Lanka —Philatelic Bureau, Department of Posts, General Post Office, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Sudan — Director General of Posts and Telegraphs Public Corp., Philatelic Office, Khartoum, Sudan. Details of services not provided. (Stamps from Sudan are prohibited in the United States as part of a general trade embargo.)
Suriname — Postal Administration, Philatelic Department, Paramaribo, Suriname. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States.
Swaziland — Swaziland Stamp Bureau, Box 555, Mbabane, Swaziland, Southern Africa. Details of services not provided. Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Sweden — Sweden Post Stamps, SE-164 88 Kiruna, Sweden. Phone: 46 8 781 4936. Fax: 46 980 81490. Internet site: www.posten.se/stamps. E-mail: Kundservice@pf.posten.se. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTOs, FDCs, collector's sheets, maximum cards, year books and other philatelic material. SODA available. IMO, Eurocheque, BC, MasterCard, Visa accepted. For a check, the Swedish banks charge 65 kronor as a handling fee, which must be added to the payment. IRCs accepted. Government Agencies: Sweden Stamp Agency in North America (Unicover World Trade Corp.), 1 Unicover Center, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0008, United States; Harry Allen Int., Box 5, Watford, Herts WD2 5SW, Great Britain; Max Stern & Co., Box 997H GPO, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia; Ancienne Maison Theodore Champion, 8 rue des Messageries, 75010 Paris, France; Georg Roll Nachfolger, Box 130, 26925 Elsfleth, Germany; De Rosa SPA, Via Privata Maria Teresa 11, I-20123 Milan, Italy; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan; Seoul Stamp Co., CPO Box 8842, 100-688 Seoul, South Korea; Philatelic Intervest Pte Ltd., Raffles City, PO Box 1678, Singapore 911756; Philatelic Mail Order Service, Box 5-468, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Switzerland — Swiss Post, Stamps and Philately, Customer Services, Ostermundigenstrasse 91, CH-3030 Berne, Switzerland. Phone: 41 31/338 27 28. Fax: 41 31/338 73 08. Internet site: www.post.ch. E-mail:post.webmaster.@post.ch. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, collector's magazine. Monetary order minimum of 10 Swiss francs. SODA available. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO, American Express, Diners Club, Eurocard, MasterCard, Visa accepted. Government Agencies: AlbertoBolaffi, via Cavour 17, I-10123 Torino, Italy; PTT Post Filatelie, Vermalservice, Europawg 33, t.a.v. de Heer J. Stoppels, NL-9723 AS Groningen, Netherlands; Postens frimerketjeneste, Postboks 9350, N-0135 Oslo, Norway; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Syria — General Post Establishment, Philatelic Office, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. Details of services not provided.
Tajikistan — Philatelic Department, Ministry of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Rudadki Avenue 57, 734000, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Details of services not provided.
Tanzania — Tanzania Posts and Telecommunications, Department of Posts, Stamp Bureau, Box 2988, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, postal stationery, special postmarks.Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Thailand — Philatelic Department, Communications Authority of Thailand, 99 Chaeng Wattana Road, Laksi, Bangkok 10002, Thailand. Phone: 662 506-3282. Fax: 662 573-4494. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum deposit of $30. Orders shipped postage extra. IMO and IBD accepted. Also handles stamps from the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) group. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Togo — Direction Generale des Postes et Telecommunications, Direction des Services Postaux et Financiers, Lome, Togo. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Tokelau — New Zealand Post, Private Bag 39990, Wellington Mail Centre, Lower Hutt 5045, New Zealand. Phone: +64 6 349 1234. E-mail: collectables@nzpost.co.nz. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, imprint blocks and value blocks.
Tonga — The Philatelic Bureau Tonga, Box 164, Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. Orders shipped postage extra. CBC, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agency:Philatelic Collector Inc., Box 3162, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, United States. www.tongastamp.com.
Trinidad & Tobago — Trinidad & Tobago Postal Corporation Limited, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies. Phone: 868 625-2121. Fax: 868 625-5530. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Tristan da Cunha — Postmaster, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic. Details of services not provided.Government Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Tunisia — La Chef du Bureau Directeur, de Tunis Recette Principale, Service Philatelique, Tunis R.P., Tunisia. Details of services not provided.
Turkey — Republic of Turkey, General Directorate of Post, Presidence of the Postal Financial, Services Deparment, Philatelic Section, TR-06101 Ankara, Turkey. Phone: 0090 312 560 53 35 or 0090 312 309 53 35. Fax: 0090 312 309 53 08. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Government Agencies:Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Directorate of Postal Department, Philatelic Branch, Lefkosa, Mersin 10, Turkey. Phone: 0090 392 2271278. Fax: 0090 392 2288618. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $30. CBC, IMO, bank transfers (with a minimum order of $30) accepted. Government Agencies: James Davis & Sons Ltd., 45 Church St., Rickmansworth WD3 1DH, United Kingdom; Fa, Philaurope, Box 3645, D-55026 Mainz, Germany.
Turkmenistan — Philatelic Bureau, 744000 Ashkhabad, Baranov, M.I., Turkmenistan. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Turks & Caicos Islands — Philatelic Bureau, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands, West Indies. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Tuvalu — Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau, General Post Office, Box 24, Funafuti, Tuvalu, Central Pacific. Phone: 688 20 223/224. Fax: 688 20 712. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and booklets. SODA with minimum balance of $20. CBC, BD, IBD, Visa, American Express, MasterCard accepted. Government Agencies: D & G Philatelic Inc., Box 812037, Boca Raton, FL 33481-2037, United States; Herrick Stamp Co., Box 219, Lawrence, NY 11559-0219, United States.; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Harry Allen, Broadsword House, 1-5 Brixton Road, Watford, Herts WD2 5AB, United Kingdom; Max Stern & Co., Box 997H, G.P.O., Melbourne, 3001, Australia.
Uganda — Uganda Post Ltd. Stamps Bureau, Box 7106, Kampala, Uganda. Phone: 256-41-246330 or 256-41-246359. Fax: 256-41-245597 or 256-41-232564. E-mail: ugapost@imul.com. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $10. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted in addition to payment by check/draft. CBC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Ukraine — State Enterprise Marka Ukrainy, 22, Khreshatyk St., 252001 Kyiv, Ukraine. Phone: 380 44 226-34-93. Fax: 380 44 229-21-82. Orders shipped postage extra. IMO accepted. Government Agency: Main Post Office, 22, Khreshatyk St., 252001, Kyiv, Ukraine.
United Arab Emirates — Philatelic Bureau, General Postal Authority, Box 8888, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Phone: 9714 3071235. Fax: 9714 375561. E-mail: GPA@emirates net.ae. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks on envelopes, leaflets, and philatelic stationery materials. SODA with deposit of Dhs. 50/-. Orders shipped postage extra for stationery items; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, PC (drawn in U.A.E. banks only), IMO, IBD, Amex, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club accepted.Government Agencies: Interpost Corp., Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Axtner, Box 330144, D-80061, Munich, Germany; Lighthouse, Leuchtturm Alben-verlag GmbH & Co., Box 1340, 21495 Geesthacht, Germany; Pradip Jain, Box 128, Mithapur, Patna-800001, India; De Rosa Novedades SA, Ronda de San Pedro, 1652 a, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
United Nations — United Nations Postal Administration, Box 5900, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-9992, United States. Phone: 212 963-7776 or 1-800-234-UNPA. Fax: 212 963-9854. Internet site:www.un.org/Depts/UNPA. E-mail: unpa@un.org. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks, and other philatelic information and material. SODA available. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
United States of America — U.S. Postal Service, Stamp Fulfillment Services, Box 419424, Kansas City, MO 64179-0997, United States. Phone: 1-800-STAMP24 (7826724). Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and other philatelic material. SODA available. Government Agency: Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Uruguay — Administracion Nacional de Correos, Division Filatelia, Buenos Aires 451, CP 11000, Montevideo, R.O. Uruguay. Phone: 916 78 63. Fax: 916 81 97 int. 15. Internet site: www.correo.com.uy. Deals with individual orders for mint stamps, FDCs and special postmarks or envelopes. SODA with minimum balance of $50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, PC, IMO, IBD, USPSMO, USMO accepted.
Uzbekistan — Ministry of Communications, A. Tolstoy St., 1 Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Details of services not provided.
Vanuatu — Philatelic Section, Post Office, Port-Vila, Vanuatu, South Pacific. Details of services not provided.Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Vatican City — Ufficio Filatelico, Governatorato 00120, Vatican City. Details of services not provided.
Venezuela — Instituto Postal Telegrafico de Venezuela, Oficina Filatelica Nacional, Apartado 4080, Caracas, 1010-A Venezuela. Details of services not provided.
Vietnam — Vietnam Stamp Corp., 14 Tran Hung Dao St., Hanoi, Vietnam. Phone: 844 825-3670. Fax: 844 826-9917. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes and other philatelic information and material. SODA with minimum balance of $100. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, PC, IMO, IBD accepted. Also handles Chinese and Hungarian stamps.Government Agency: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett, NY 11557-0420, United States; Japan Philatelic Agency, P.O. Box 96, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8668, Japan.
Wallis & Futuna Islands — Service des Postes et Telecom-unications, Section Philatelique, B.P. 00, Mata-Utu, Futuna, Wallis & Futuna Islands, South Pacific. Details of services not provided.
Western Samoa — Manager Philatelic Bureau, Posts and Telecommunications Department, Chief Post Office, Apia, Western Samoa, South Pacific. Details of services not provided. Government Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States.
Yemen — Director General of the General Corporation of Posts and Postal Savings, Philatelic Bureau, Stamps Department, Box 1993, Sana'a, Republic of Yemen. Details of services not provided.
Yugoslavia — Jugomarka, Palmoticeva 2/V, Belgrade 11000, Yugoslavia. Phone: 1-800-443-3232. Fax: 1-800-628-3123. E-mail: unicover.com. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery and maxicards. SODA with deposit of $10. Orders shipped postage extra. Minimum of four stamps per order. CBC, PC, IMO, USPSMO USMO accepted.
Zaire — National Office of Posts and Telecommunications, Box 7984, Kinshasa 1, Republic of Zaire; or Campo-Rodan, rue du Lombard 9, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Agences Philateliques Gouvernemen-tales, Chaussee de Waterloo 868/870, 1180 Brussels, Belgium. Details of services not provided.
Zambia — Philatelic Bureau, Box 71857, Ndola, Zambia. Phone: 260 261-3837. Fax: 260 261-4831. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, plate number and inscription blocks and pictorial and embossed aerogrammes. SODA with minimum balance of $15. CBC, IMO, IBD accepted.Government Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp., 460 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States; Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 3rd Floor, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL, United Kingdom.
Zil Elwannyen Sesel — Philatelic Bureau, Box 60, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. Details of services not provided.
Zimbabwe — Posts and Telecommunication Corp., Philatelic Bureau, Box 4220, Harare, Zimbabwe. Phone: 263 477-3266. Fax: 263 473-1901/2. Deals with individual orders for mint and CTO stamps, FDCs, postal stationery, special postmarks or envelopes, plate number and inscription blocks and other items. SODA with minimum balance of Z$50. Orders shipped postage extra; IRCs accepted. CBC, BD, IBD accepted.
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Britain’s Royal Mail to issue souvenir sheets for Cricket World Cup victories
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"I like light that looks like it comes from real places," says Dyanna Taylor, the Emmy Award-winning cinematographer whose projects range from the Oscar-winning documentary Common Threads to Life After Life, a feature documentary she recently shot for HBO. Coming from what she calls "a deep documentary background," Taylor leans toward a sense of formal realism in her work.
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Face slash terror on night out in Liverpool
A PARTYGOER had his face slashed during a night out in Liverpool city centre.
The 30-year-old man needed 30 stitches after he was attacked in a bar in Concert Square.
The victim was in Modo on a night out with work colleagues when a man approached him and used something sharp to cut his face.
The attacker ran into Bold Street. The assault happened at 10.40pm on Tuesday.
The attacker was described as white, 26-30-years-old and about 5ft 9ins tall.
He was of average build and had a “short back and sides” type haircut which was slightly longer at the front.
He was described as having a slim face with a pointy nose and stubble and was wearing a faded blue jacket.
Anyone with any information should call St Anne Street CID on 0151 777 4065 or the anonymous Crimestoppers hotline on 0800 555 111.
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Behind the bar view – Nautilus Bar, The Four Seasons Jakarta
08 September 2016 | 17.18
Asia, bars, cocktails
Asia,bars,cocktails
You won’t find a bar like this anywhere else in Jakarta” says Nautilus Bar manager, Marwan Ardiyansyah.
Situated on the ground floor of the Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta’s new address at Capital Place, the bar oozes cool with its black upholstered booths and wall-spanning mural, depicting Indonesia’s heady days at the centre of the global spice trade – ships slip anchors, their billowing sails frozen in time.
Backing up Marwan’s words (and the decor), the house’s impressive range of deliciously original signature cocktails utilise four classic spices from Jakarta’s (or Sunda Kelapa’s in the old parlance) illustrious history; namely galangal, lemongrass, nutmeg and clove. The almost alchemic creations are a bold statement to the rest of Jakarta’s maturing bar scene – Nautilus means business.
Speaking of other bars, Marwan says he’s impressed with Jakarta’s burgeoning growth as an international city. New infrastructure projects are helping to solve the city’s infamous traffic chaos, such as a Bangkok-style skytrain and toll roads. As the flow and ease of international business increases, so too is Jakarta’s bar scene.
“The wealth of independents opening up is impressive”, he says, “I like to check other bars out and see what’s going on.”
“I like the standardisation element they (the indie bars) have. Like them, we want people to walk in the door and get the same great cocktail again and again. That’s what people will come back for, that’s something we’re really focused on.”
“We also combine it (standardisation) with our tradition of providing guests with those little customised elements, that’s the sweet spot.”
While we chat, barman Dio adds the last touches to our first cocktail, the Gombal, which loosely translates as “the pick-up line”. It’s a frisky name for a frisky drink: clove-infused vodka, lemon juice, rambutan and egg white topped with edible flowers.
Edible beauty in a frisky beverage – the Gombal, Nautilus Bar.
As I sip, the gents give me the low down on how to pace myself for a typical night out in Jakarta.
“Head out to dinner first, about 8:30”, says Marwan.
Where’s good?
“Try Fujin, it’s Japanese, everyone loves it”, says Marwan, “it’s not too far from our hotel”.
Dio adds, “most bars don’t start too early. Even if they are open, don’t get there until 10:30pm at the earliest”.
“They won’t close until 3am, even on weekdays. They don’t get properly busy until midnight.”
As Nautilus Bar fills up with an after work mix of locals and guests, we work our way through a choice selection of the signature drinks, sure to touch on each of the four main spices. Eventually I head out for dinner, armed with local knowledge and a reinvigorated appreciation of fine cocktail craft.
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Young brewers group takes on The Greats in Sydney
12 January 2016 | 13.51
Art, Australia, craft beer
Art,Australia,craft beer
Photo credit: Jacqui Manning
Jonathan Porter
In a world first a group of audacious young beer barons have developed a beer based on an art exhibition.
Young Henrys, a microbrewery with a cult following in Australia is the brewer, and the exhibition is The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.
Lunch Magazine was there and pronounced the beer to be “every bit as complex as a 400-year-old painting by an Old Master”.
The beer, Old Master, has burnt caramel and oaky overtones and is an ale suited to a robust truffle dish, which was served at the beer’s launch at AGNSW last night.
Josephine Touma, art historian and the Gallery’s senior co-ordinator of public programs, said the collaboration is an interesting one for the Gallery and Young Henrys.
“It’s such a unique and unexpected collaboration. Working with Young Henrys will demonstrate the power of great art to inspire people to be creative in their own way.”
“I am sure the results will be playful and of course, refreshing! We are looking forward to seeing what the team at Young Henrys come up with.”
Oscar McMahon, co-founder of Young Henrys, said his team were thrilled to have the opportunity to express their creativity in a completely new way.
The brewers were given a private tour of the exhibition a few months ago to get their creative juices flowing.
Among the inspirations were Sir Henry Raeburn’s Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddington Loch (c1795) and Velasquez’s An old woman cooking eggs.
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B.C. hang glider pilot might have (literally) swallowed evidence of woman's deadly fall - Macleans.ca
B.C. hang glider pilot might have (literally) swallowed evidence of woman’s deadly fall
by Gabriela Perdomo
The case of a woman who fell to her death from a hang glider in B.C.’s Fraser Valley last Saturday has taken a bizarre turn.
The Canadian Press is reporting that police believe William (Jon) Orders, the pilot who was flying the tandem glider with 27-year-old Lenami Godinez-Avila, swallowed a memory card from an on-board camera that would have recorded her last moments.
From the Vancouver Sun:
Orders, who has been charged with obstructing justice, is scheduled to appear in Chilliwack Provincial Court Wednesday afternoon on a bail hearing. He has been in custody since the fatal flight.
Orders, who has 16 years’ experience, is owner-operator of Vancouver Hang Gliding.
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For Love or Money?
Julia Scheeres wanted a provider, but she fell in love with a man who earned way less than she hoped and drove a beat-up pickup. The sex was great, but how much was true love worth?
By Julia Scheeres
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AT THE BERKELEY CAFÉ WHERE WE MET, Tim leaned on the table, his T-shirt riding up over his curved biceps. I've always gone for swarthy types, and with his dark Irish eyes and widow's peak, he was even sexier in person than in his online-dating profile photo. Unlike other first dates who yammered on about themselves ad nauseam, Tim asked a lot of questions. I took a sip of my cappuccino and fantasized about him lounging in my breakfast nook, clad only in boxers. "Enough about me," I said. "What's your line of work?"
"I'm a graduate student in American history," he said. "I hope to teach someday." I put my cup down. Had he mentioned this in his profile, I would have deleted his message instantly.
I know that might sound shallow, but let me explain. My dad was a surgeon; my siblings and I grew up in a three-story house in Indiana and attended private schools. My home life was miserable, but money—or rather, the things money could buy—distracted me from my despair. Counting down to our annual Florida vacation kept me afloat on the bad days, as did making lists of everything I wanted for Christmas or buying a new pair of boots. Money provided tangible relief when I felt overwhelmed by the toxic emotions pulsing through our family. As I grew older, my measure of a man became his salary and ability to provide the comfort that once fell to my father. Furthermore, as a writer—a miserably low-paying profession—I'd always gravitated toward boyfriends with pockets deep enough to cover our living expenses. I wanted a husband who could subsidize my artistic ambitions, and a teacher-writer pairing seemed destined for ruin, especially in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area.
WHEN I MET TIM, I WAS 35 and newly single after ending a long relationship. My ex was handsome and gregarious and earned a hefty salary. We were compatible in every area except one: sex. I craved it; he avoided it. We'd started planning our wedding when I realized that, after six years of initiating every sexual encounter with him, I didn't want to spend the rest of my life with a man who wanted to be "cuddle buddies."
I joined a dating website and met a series of men. None were a good match—too talkative, too egotistical, too jaded—until I met Tim. When he followed me outside after that first date to say good-bye, I could feel his raw maleness slinging horny arrows at me. "How about a hike Saturday?" he asked. "Sure," I shrugged, figuring I'd explore our attraction until a better candidate came along. That Saturday, we followed a eucalyptus-lined trail at a park and found we shared many interests: a love of Cormac McCarthy, Spain, and hiking the Sierras.
For our third date, he invited me to the symphony. I dressed in black silk and wore diamond hoops. My heart sank when Tim pulled up in a dented pickup truck, and I hoped nobody saw me push open the creaky door and step out when we reached the Civic Center. But on the drive back home, when he put his hand on my upper thigh and kept it there, I couldn't wait to ask him inside. "One last drink?" I asked when we reached my street. We sat on opposite sides of the sofa until he finally pulled me onto his lap. He kissed me softly at first, and when he left a half-hour later, I still wanted more. "Let's not rush this," he said.
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The first time we slept together, it was sublime. Afterward, as we stared at the ceiling in wonderment, we both acknowledged that it was the best we'd ever had. Everything about him turned me on: his warm, broad chest; the way he called me "doll"; how he always seemed to be happy. But he was still a penniless graduate student, and I grew irritated when he complained about high menu prices or ordered the cheapest house red. Financial security became even more crucial a few weeks later, when I quit my job to work on my first book. I had no idea whether I'd be able to sell it before my meager savings evaporated. Tim's money worries only exacerbated my own.
At first Tim joked about our situation, but then he got fed up. "Look, I'm 36. My biological clock is ticking," he said as we cuddled post-sex one day. "I want a wife. I want kids." He accused me of being a "situational feminist"—only interested in gender equality when it benefited me. I knew he was right, but I turned away and refused to continue the conversation. He broke up with me the next day.
Two weeks went by and I felt like I was going through withdrawal. I didn't just miss the sex; I missed our friendship, our laughter, our discussions of politics and literature. Somehow, quietly, I'd fallen in love with him. I thought about my moneyed childhood and how unhappy and lonely I was for much of it. What I craved as a girl was love, which Tim offered in abundance.
I sent him a groveling e-mail. "Could we just meet for coffee? We don't have to talk," I said. My heart felt sore from missing him. My pulse quickened when he walked in. He told me he was dating a classmate; I was furious that he'd moved on so quickly and stormed out in a fit of jealousy. He trailed me to my car. "But you didn't want me," he said, his voice almost breaking. Then: "I couldn't stand it anymore because … I love you." Something relaxed inside me, and I buried my face in his chest. I knew he was the best man for me, no matter how little money he made.
With my commitment to Tim came a commitment to my career: I'd need to work harder to afford our dreams of buying a house in a decent neighborhood and taking vacations to Spain. Sometimes I feel a twinge of jealousy when my friends who married rich talk about second homes in Tahoe. That's the life my ex-fiancé offered me. But I also know the price many pay: Their husbands work late, so the bulk of the child care and housework falls on them. At our place, you'll find Tim cooking supper or dancing with the two little girls we now have. And while living on a shoestring budget can be stressful, we know of a fantastic tension reliever—one that deepens and renews our relationship every time we do it.
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Freight Executives Sentenced for Price Fixing
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Two executives of a freight forwarding company have been sentenced to prison for fixing the prices of freight forwarding services, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Roberto Dip was sentenced to 18 months while Jason Handal was sentenced to 15 months for fixing the prices of freight forwarding from about 2010 to 2015, the department said. Freight forwarders organize shipments and contract with carriers to get goods from one point to another.
Dip is president and CEO of Dip Shipping Co and Handal is a sales manager.
"These defendants' conduct raised freight-forwarding prices by as much (as) 20 percent, victimizing vulnerable consumers and individuals sending gifts and household goods to family members," said Makan Delrahim, head of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, in a statement.
Joel Denaro, who represented Dip, said, "Mr. Dip is very remorseful. He accepted full responsibility for his actions and hopes in the future that his sentence will be reduced.
A lawyer for Handal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Mayim Bialik has spent a good part of her life in front of TV cameras: first as the child star of the hit comedy series Blossom, and more recently as Sheldon Cooper’s love interest — a nerdy neuroscientist — on The Big Bang Theory. (In between, she actually earned a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA…but that’s another story.) As a child, Bialik had a serious overbite — but with all her time on camera, braces were just not an option.
“I never had braces,” she recently told Dear Doctor – Dentistry & Oral Health magazine. “I was on TV at the time, and there weren’t a lot of creative solutions for kids who were on TV.” Instead, her orthodontist managed to straighten her teeth using retainers and headgear worn only at night.
Today, there are several virtually invisible options available to fix orthodontic issues — and you don’t have to be a child star to take advantage of them. In fact, both children and adults can benefit from these unobtrusive appliances.
Tooth colored braces are just like traditional metal braces, with one big difference: The brackets attached to teeth are made from a ceramic material that blends in with the natural color of teeth. All that’s visible is the thin archwire that runs horizontally across the teeth — and from a distance it’s hard to notice. Celebs like Tom Cruise and Faith Hill opted for this type of appliance.
Clear aligners are custom-made plastic trays that fit over the teeth. Each one, worn for about two weeks, moves the teeth just a bit; after several months, you’ll see a big change for the better in your smile. Best of all, clear aligners are virtually impossible to notice while you’re wearing them — which you’ll need to do for 22 hours each day. But you can remove them to eat, or for special occasions. Zac Efron and Katherine Heigl, among others, chose to wear clear aligners.
Lingual braces really are invisible. That’s because they go behind your teeth (on the tongue side), where they can’t be seen; otherwise they are similar to traditional metal braces. Lingual braces are placed on teeth differently, and wearing them often takes some getting used to at first. But those trade-offs are worth it for plenty of people. Which celebs wore lingual braces? Rumor has it that the list includes some top models, a well-known pop singer, and at least one British royal.
So what’s the best way to straighten your teeth and keep the orthodontic appliances unnoticeable? Just ask us! We’d be happy to help you choose the option that’s just right for you. You’ll get an individualized evaluation, a solution that fits your lifestyle — and a great-looking smile!
For more information about hard-to-see (or truly invisible) orthodontics, please contact our office or schedule a consultation. You can read more in the Dear Doctor magazine articles “Orthodontics for the Older Adult” and “Clear Aligners for Teenagers.”
Sometimes, looking at old pictures can really bring memories back to life. Just ask Stefani Germanotta—the pop diva better known as Lady Gaga. In one scene from the recent documentary Five Foot Two, as family members sort through headshots from her teen years, her father proclaims: "Here, this proves she had braces!"
"If I had kept that gap, then I would have even more problems with Madonna," Lady Gaga replies, referencing an ongoing feud between the two musical celebrities.
The photos of Gaga's teenage smile reveal that the singer of hits like "Born This Way" once had a noticeable gap (which dentists call a diastema) between her front teeth. This condition is common in children, but often becomes less conspicuous with age. It isn't necessarily a problem: Lots of well-known people have extra space in their smiles, including ex-football player and TV host Michael Strahan, actress Anna Paquin…and fellow pop superstar Madonna. It hasn't hurt any of their careers.
Yet others would prefer a smile without the gap. Fortunately, diastema in children is generally not difficult to fix. One of the easiest ways to do so is with traditional braces or clear aligners. These orthodontic appliances, usually worn for a period of months, can actually move the teeth into positions that look more pleasing in the smile and function better in the bite. For many people, orthodontic treatment is a part of their emergence from adolescence into adulthood.
Braces and aligners, along with other specialized orthodontic appliances, can also remedy many bite problems besides diastema. They can correct misaligned teeth and spacing irregularities, fix overbites and underbites, and take care of numerous other types of malocclusions (bite problems).
The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that kids get screened for orthodontic problems at age 7. Even if an issue is found, most won't get treatment at this age—but in some instances, it's possible that early intervention can save a great deal of time, money and effort later. For example, while the jaw is still developing, its growth can be guided with special appliances that can make future orthodontic treatment go quicker and easier.
Yet orthodontics isn't just for children—adults can wear braces too! As long as teeth and gums are healthy, there's no upper age limit on orthodontic treatment. Instead of traditional silver braces, many adults choose tooth-colored braces or clear aligners to complement their more professional appearance.
So if your child is at the age where screening is recommended—or if you're unhappy with your own smile—ask us whether orthodontics could help. But if you get into a rivalry with Madonna…you're on your own.
If you have questions about orthodontic treatment, please contact our office or schedule a consultation. You can read more in the Dear Doctor magazine articles “The Magic of Orthodontics” and “Orthodontics For The Older Adult.”
Tags: celebrity smiles oral hygiene
Everyone knows that in the game of football, quarterbacks are looked up to as team leaders. That's why we're so pleased to see some NFL QB's setting great examples of… wait for it… excellent oral hygiene.
First, at the 2016 season opener against the Broncos, Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers was spotted on the bench; in his hands was a strand of dental floss. In between plays, the 2105 MVP was observed giving his hard-to-reach tooth surfaces a good cleaning with the floss.
Later, Buffalo Bills QB Tyrod Taylor was seen on the sideline of a game against the 49ers — with a bottle of mouthwash. Taylor took a swig, swished it around his mouth for a minute, and spit it out. Was he trying to make his breath fresher in the huddle when he called out plays?
Maybe… but in fact, a good mouthrinse can be much more than a short-lived breath freshener.
Cosmetic rinses can leave your breath with a minty taste or pleasant smell — but the sensation is only temporary. And while there's nothing wrong with having good-smelling breath, using a cosmetic mouthwash doesn't improve your oral hygiene — in fact, it can actually mask odors that may indicate a problem, such as tooth decay or gum disease.
Using a therapeutic mouthrinse, however, can actually enhance your oral health. Many commonly available therapeutic rinses contain anti-cariogenic (cavity-fighting) ingredients, such as fluoride; these can help prevent tooth decay and cavity formation by strengthening tooth enamel. Others contain antibacterial ingredients; these can help control the harmful oral bacteria found in plaque — the sticky film that can build up on your teeth in between cleanings. Some antibacterial mouthrinses are available over-the-counter, while others are prescription-only. When used along with brushing and flossing, they can reduce gum disease (gingivitis) and promote good oral health.
So why did Taylor rinse? His coach Rex Ryan later explained that he was cleaning out his mouth after a hard hit, which may have caused some bleeding. Ryan also noted, “He [Taylor] does have the best smelling breath in the league for any quarterback.” The coach didn't explain how he knows that — but never mind. The takeaway is that a cosmetic rinse may be OK for a quick fix — but when it comes to good oral hygiene, using a therapeutic mouthrinse as a part of your daily routine (along with flossing and brushing) can really step up your game.
If you would like more information about mouthrinses and oral hygiene, contact us or schedule a consultation.
Tags: celebrity smiles chipped tooth
Everyone loves a concert where there's plenty of audience participation… until it starts to get out of hand. Recently, the platinum-selling band Fifth Harmony was playing to a packed house in Atlanta when things went awry for vocalist Camila Cabello. Fans were batting around a big plastic ball, and one unfortunate swing sent the ball hurtling toward the stage — and directly into Cabello's face. Pushing the microphone into her mouth, it left the “Worth It” singer with a chipped front tooth.
Ouch! Cabello finished the show nevertheless, and didn't seem too upset. “Atlanta… u wild… love u,” she tweeted later that night. “Gotta get it fixed now tho lol.” Fortunately, dentistry offers a number of ways to make that chipped tooth look as good as new.
A small chip at the edge of the tooth can sometimes be polished with dental instruments to remove the sharp edges. If it's a little bigger, a procedure called dental bonding may be recommended. Here, the missing part is filled in with a mixture of plastic resin and glass fillers, which are then cured (hardened) with a special light. The tooth-colored bonding material provides a tough, lifelike restoration that's hard to tell apart from your natural teeth. While bonding can be performed in just one office visit, the material can stain over time and may eventually need to be replaced.
Porcelain veneers are a more long-lasting solution. These wafer-thin coverings go over the entire front surface of the tooth, and can resolve a number of defects — including chips, discoloration, and even minor size or spacing irregularities. You can get a single veneer or have your whole smile redone, in shades ranging from a pearly luster to an ultra-bright white; that's why veneers are a favorite of Hollywood stars. Getting veneers is a procedure that takes several office visits, but the beautiful results can last for many years.
If a chip or crack extends into the inner part of a tooth, you'll probably need a crown (or cap) to restore the tooth's function and appearance. As long as the roots are healthy, the entire part of the tooth above the gum line can be replaced with a natural-looking restoration. You may also need a root canal to remove the damaged pulp material and prevent infection if the fracture went too far. While small chips or cracks aren't usually an emergency (unless accompanied by pain), damage to the tooth's pulp requires prompt attention.
If you have questions about smile restoration, please contact us and schedule an appointment. You can read more in the Dear Doctor magazine articles “Porcelain Veneers: Strength & Beauty As Never Before” and “Porcelain Crowns & Veneers.”
Fans of the legendary rock band Steely Dan received some sad news a few months ago: Co-founder Walter Becker died unexpectedly at the age of 67. The cause of his death was an aggressive form of esophageal cancer. This disease, which is related to oral cancer, may not get as much attention as some others. Yet Becker's name is the latest addition to the list of well-known people whose lives it has cut short—including actor Humphrey Bogart, writer Christopher Hitchens, and TV personality Richard Dawson.
As its name implies, esophageal cancer affects the esophagus: the long, hollow tube that joins the throat to the stomach. Solid and liquid foods taken into the mouth pass through this tube on their way through the digestive system. Worldwide, it is the sixth most common cause of cancer deaths.
Like oral cancer, esophageal cancer generally does not produce obvious symptoms in its early stages. As a result, by the time these diseases are discovered, both types of cancer are most often in their later stages, and often prove difficult to treat successfully. Another similarity is that dentists can play an important role in oral and esophageal cancer detection.
Many people see dentists more often than any other health care professionals—at recommended twice-yearly checkups, for example. During routine examinations, we check the mouth, tongue, neck and throat for possible signs of oral cancer. These may include lumps, swellings, discolorations, and other abnormalities—which, fortunately, are most often harmless. Other symptoms, including persistent coughing or hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, and unexplained weight loss, are common to both oral and esophageal cancer. Chest pain, worsening heartburn or indigestion and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can also alert us to the possibility of esophageal cancer.
Cancer may be a scary subject—but early detection and treatment can offer many people the best possible outcome. If you have questions about oral or esophageal cancer, call our office or schedule a consultation. You can learn more in the Dear Doctor magazine article “Oral Cancer.”
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Limb Girdle MDBoris M Struk2018-11-29T10:56:19+10:00
What Is Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy?
The muscular dystrophies are a group of muscle diseases which have three features in common: they are hereditary; they are progressive; and each causes a characteristic, selective pattern of muscle weakness.
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is the common name for a diverse group of muscular dystrophies affecting mainly the pelvic (hip) and shoulder regions. There are more than 20 different subtypes – each caused by alterations to different genes. The different types of LGMD vary in severity, age of onset (when symptoms are first noticed) and how they are inherited. Some types progress to loss of walking ability within a few years and cause serious disability, while others progress very slowly over many years and cause minimal disability. For this reason some of the information in this factsheet will not be relevant to everybody with a diagnosis of LGMD.
In this factsheet:
• What are the different types of LGMD?
• What are the symptoms of LGMD?
• What causes LGMD and how is it inherited?
• How is LGMD diagnosed?
• Why is genetic counseling important?
• What can be done to manage the symptoms?
• What research is being done?
• Further information
What are the different types of LGMD?
The LGMDs are classified into type 1 or 2 depending on how they are inherited (see ‘how is LGMD inherited below’). Type 1 LGMDs are inherited in what is called an ‘autosomal dominant’ pattern (with rare exceptions) and are much less common than the type 2 LGMDs which are inherited in an ‘autosomal recessive’ pattern. They are further classified using letters depending on the gene alteration that causes it. Below is a table describing ten of the more common types of LGMD.
LGMD type
Gene affected Age of onset Breathing usually affected? Heart usually affected? Comments 1A myotilin Adult no yes – very rare
– mutations in this gene also cause myofibrillar myopathy
– speech and swallowing difficulties common
1B lamin A/C 5 to 20 years yes yes – mutations in this gene also cause Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and congenital muscular dystrophy
– usually slow progression
– contractures common
1C caveolin 3 Any age no no – may have weakness in distal muscles (feet, ankles, calves, hands and wrists) and ‘rippling muscle disease’
– cramps and muscle pain after exercise are common
2A calpain 3 Early teens usually, can range from 2 to 50 years of age no no – a common form of LGMD worldwide
– not usually very rapidly progressive
– joint contractures may be present
2B dysferlin 15-25 usually (variable) no no – usually slow progression
– muscle pain and swelling in calves can be present
2C, 2D, 2E, 2F (sarco-glycanopathies) gamma, alpha, beta or delta sarcoglycan Usually in childhood yes yes – rate of progression of the condition is extremely variable
– joint contractures and scoliosis may be present
2I FKRP 10 to 20 years (may be earlier or later, with a range from two to 40 years). yes yes – common in the UK and Northern Europe
– rate of progression of the condition is extremely variable
What are the symptoms of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy?
People with LGMD experience weakness in the muscles in the top part of the arms, shoulders, hips and thighs. The weakness usually affects the legs first followed by the arms. Symptoms that might be noticed first include frequent falls and difficulty climbing stairs, running and rising from the floor.
Weak shoulder muscles can make it difficult to raise arms above the head, hold the arms outstretched, or carry heavy objects. Some types of LGMD may also cause weakness in the feet, ankles, calves, hands and wrists. A few specific types of LGMD may cause heart problems or weakness of the breathing muscles. Usually the muscles of the face are unaffected and the brain, intellect, and the senses are not impaired.
As the condition progresses, people with LGMD may start to have problems with walking and may need to use a wheelchair over time. LGMD is generally thought of as a condition that affects adults but some types do appear in young children. Severity can range from severely disabling with a wheelchair required in the teens to people who are still able to walk in their 50s and beyond.
It is difficult to give generalised information on how the condition will progress because LGMDs all progress at different rates, even within the same family. In addition, each different type has some specific features and characteristics, such as age of onset of symptoms and particular muscles involved.
What causes LGMD and how is it inherited?
The LGMDs are genetic conditions caused by the presence of a mistake in the DNA (which is often referred to as a ‘mutation’). These DNA errors are within genes that contain the instructions for the production of proteins that are important for muscle maintenance and repair. The protein is then either not produced or doesn’t work properly.
Changes to the DNA code of at least 20 genes have been found to cause the different types of LGMD (see table above for some of the more commonly affected genes).
There are a number of ways that genes can be passed on through the generations. About 90% of the LGMDs are inherited in a pattern known as “autosomal recessive” – these are the type 2 LGMDs. We all generally have two copies of each gene one inherited from each parent. For an individual to have autosomal recessive LGMD, they need to inherit two altered genes – one from their mother and one from their father. The parents of an individual with Type 2 LGMD each carry one copy of the altered gene, and are known as ‘carriers’, but they typically do not show signs and symptoms of the condition. Their other ‘good’ copy of the gene is enough to prevent the condition developing. In order for carrier parents to have a child affected by LGMD type 2, both parents must pass the altered gene on to their child. If both parents are carriers the likelihood of a child inheriting the condition is 25 percent, or 1 in 4.
The inheritance of one altered copy of the gene from either parent is sufficient for a person to be affected by type 1 LGMDs which are called “autosomal dominant” disorders. The single altered gene is sufficient to over-ride the normal functioning copy inherited from the other parent. Each affected person usually has one affected parent. The chance of a child inheriting the condition from a parent with the condition is 50 percent, or 1 in 2.
How is LGMD diagnosed?
Diagnosing LGMDs starts with the medical history and clinical signs observed by the doctor. Family history is also used to identify the pattern of inheritance. Further testing is then done which may include:
• a muscle enzyme blood test (creatine kinase)
• electrical tests (EMG) on the muscle
• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans may be used to identify muscles for biopsy and show the clinician the pattern of muscle involvement
• a muscle biopsy (taking a small sample of an affected muscle)
• genetic tests on DNA obtained from a blood sample
Usually the first three tests listed above are used to give the doctor clues, along with the clinical signs and medical history, as to what gene might have an error in it and narrow down which genes and proteins need to be examined in the muscle biopsy and by genetic testing. The sample of muscle taken in the biopsy is examined under a microscope and specific stains used to indicate which proteins are missing or reduced. If this is inconclusive, genetic tests are also done. Some people (about 1 in 4) are found not to have changes in any of the genes known to cause LGMD and so the cause is unknown. Research is ongoing to find more genes causing LGMD so that these people can gain a genetic diagnosis.
Why is genetic counselling important?
Soon after the diagnosis of LGMD genetic counselling should be arranged, together with appropriate tests for those members of the family who are at risk of being carriers. Genetic counselling provides information on the inheritance pattern, risks to other family members, and the ‘prognosis’ (likely outcome of the disorder). Family members who are found to be carriers of the condition can discuss with a genetic counsellor family planning options to reduce the risk of passing the condition on to future children.
What can be done to manage the symptoms?
While there is no specific treatment to correct the mutations that cause the LGMDs, there is a lot that can be done to manage the condition.
Weakness of the breathing and heart muscles can affect people with some types of LGMD so regular monitoring by a respiratory physician and/or cardiologist is needed. Early detection and prompt treatment can be lifesaving. People without a genetic diagnosis should also be carefully monitored as their risk of heart and breathing problems is unknown.
It is important that patients are aware of the early signs of breathing difficulty which might only occur at night. These signs include frequent chest infections, daytime sleepiness and morning headaches. If a breathing problem is detected a non-invasive ventilator device can be used, which is usually only needed at night. It is recommended that the flu vaccine is given to people with respiratory weakness and that any respiratory infections are promptly treated.
For people with LGMD types 1B, 2C-F and 2I the monitoring of heart function is especially vital. If a heart problem is detected, medication or the implantation of a pacemaker or defibrillator might be necessary. If the heart problem is particularly severe patients may be considered for a heart transplant.
Maintaining good levels of mobility is important and receiving the right physiotherapy to achieve this is vital. A physiotherapist can recommend stretches to keep joints supple and if necessary special splints (orthoses) to prevent muscle shortening (contractures) which are common in some types of LGMD. If contractures are severe surgery might be needed to release the contracture. Curvature of the spine (scoliosis) sometimes occurs especially after becoming a full time wheelchair user so special attention should be paid to correct seating.
Gentle exercise is recommended to help maintain the muscle strength that remains as well as having positive effects on general health and wellbeing. There are no precise guidelines about the type or intensity of activities; however, it is recommended that any exercise undertaken is within comfortable limits. Extreme tiredness, muscle pain and cramps during or after activities can mean that you have pushed yourself too hard and therefore you should take it easier. Swimming is beneficial because all of the muscles of the body are used and the support of the water prevents undue strain. Long periods of immobility, for example after surgery or during illness, should be avoided.
What research is being done?
Much of the research into LGMD is aimed at understanding how the genetic mutations cause the symptoms of the conditions and also at identifying new causative genes. This is essential for the development of therapies and for some types of LGMD clinical trials are being planned or have already started.
One of the promising treatments being researched for LGMD is gene therapy. The aim of gene therapy is to introduce a healthy synthetic copy of a gene into the body to compensate for the one that is faulty. A harmless virus is used to deliver the gene into the cells of the body where these instructions are used to make the missing protein. The size of gene that the virus can carry is limited, which can make it difficult for it to be used for some genetic diseases. However, the sarcoglycan genes which cause LGMD2C-2F are very small, making these conditions ideal candidates for gene therapy.
In August 2012 French researchers released results from a Phase 1 clinical trial of gene therapy for LGMD2C. An adeno-associated virus (AAV) was used to introduce a healthy copy of the gamma-sarcoglycan gene – the gene that is affected in LGMD2C – into one wrist muscle of nine people with LGMD2C. They found that none of the participants suffered from a serious side effect and the three participants who received the highest dose produced gamma-sarcoglycan protein in the treated muscle. This trial proved that in theory gene therapy could be used to treat LGMD2C and further trials are being planned to test if it is possible to deliver the gene throughout the muscles of the body, for example via the blood stream, and to determine if the treatment improves muscle strength.
Researchers in the USA have also conducted a gene therapy clinical trial for LGMD2D. Results were reported in 2010. In this clinical trial six children with LGMD2D had an AAV containing a healthy copy of the alpha-sarcoglycan gene injected into a muscle in their foot. The gene therapy was deemed to be safe and a significant amount of alpha-sarcoglycan protein was produced in five out of the six participants which persisted for at least three months. Following on from this clinical trial, another was started in 2013 to deliver the gene therapy by circulating it through the blood vessels of the legs. Click here for more information about this gene therapy clinical trial for LGMD2D.
Gene therapy is also being considered for LGMD2B but the gene that causes it – dysferlin – is too large to fit inside the standard viruses used. One way around this is to engineer a smaller version of dysferlin which has any unnecessary parts removed. This is being explored in the laboratory but a fully functional mini-gene has not yet been discovered. Another option is to cut the gene into two pieces and deliver them in separate viruses. Once inside the cell the two pieces are joined together. This has been shown to be possible in mice but the efficiency is low so more research is required.
Another possibility for LGMD2B is to use a technique called ‘exon skipping’ which is currently in clinical trial for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This involves encouraging the cell to ignore the portion (called an exon) of a gene where the mutation occurs when the DNA instructions are read. The cell can then use the remaining instructions to produce a protein, albeit missing a small part in the middle. By contrast, when the mutation is included, this interferes with the reading of the rest of the gene’s DNA code so that no functional protein is made. Some preliminary experiments using this approach have been done in the laboratory to show that this is theoretically possible but no testing in animal models or humans has been published yet. This exon skipping would not be applicable for all people with LGMD2B as some parts of the dysferlin gene are essential and can’t be ‘skipped’. Also this would be a very personalized medicine approach and would require different drugs to be designed to treat different mutations, which could be costly and time consuming.
Scientists have proposed that a technique called ‘gene silencing’ could be used for the dominantly inherited type 1 LGMDs. This uses similar technology to exon skipping, but the DNA code is manipulated in such a way that gene is switched off. This could theoretically be useful for these conditions because the mutation results in the production of a dysfunctional protein that is detrimental to the cell. No research has been published testing this idea for LGMD yet.
In some types of LGMD (such as LGMD2B and LGMD 2C-2F) it has been noted that the muscles show signs of inflammation so it is thought that suppressing this inflammation with medication may help to alleviate some of the symptoms of the condition. Research into this is underway.
To help facilitate the planning and running of clinical trials patient registries have been established for the LGMDs. These databases collect information about patients with the aim of better understanding the conditions and allowing rapid recruitment to clinical trials when they begin. The patient registries currently available for LGMD are:
• LGMD2A (calpain-3 gene)
• LGMD2B (dysferlin gene)
• LGMD2I (FKRP gene)
• The Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry (CMDIR) collects data on some types of limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2K, LGMD2I, LGMD2L and LGMD2N)
People with the condition or their family members can register through the registry websites.
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Gene: Genes are made of DNA and each carries instructions for the production of a specific protein. Genes usually come in pairs, one inherited from each parent. They are passed on from one generation to the next, and are the basic units of inheritance. Any alterations in genes (mutations) can cause inherited disorders.
Mutation: A permanent change in the DNA code that makes up a gene. Depending on where the mutation occurs, and the type of mutation, they can either have no effect or result in genetic diseases such as muscular dystrophy. Mutations can be passed on from generation to generation.
Protein: Proteins are large molecules composed of one or more chains of building blocks called ‘amino acids’ in a specific order. The order is determined by the gene that contains the instructions for the construction of the protein. Proteins are required for the structure, function, and regulation of the body’s cells, tissues, and organs. They are the building blocks of our bodies. We have millions of different proteins in our body and each has unique functions. Two examples are the enzymes in our stomach that digests our food and the collagen which holds our skin together.
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Researchers find molecular shift that stops stem cells in Drosophila from making tumors
Published Tuesday 8 December 2015 Published Tue 8 Dec 2015
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These precisely timed changes in aging stem cells could provide a path to identifying some cancers and targeting therapies, say University of Oregon scientists.
University of Oregon scientists studying neural stem cells in the fruit fly Drosophila have uncovered a molecular change experienced by stem cells as they age. During development of the central nervous system, a protein is expressed that blocks tumor formation.
With the enzyme Eyeless knocked out, cells over-proliferate (shown in green) in a fruit fly's larval brain during reactivated Notch signaling.
Credit: University of Oregon
The research, detailed in a paper placed online ahead of print in the journal Current Biology, focused on the larval stage of fruit fly development. This is when stem cells generate most of the neurons that form the adult's brain. While rapidly dividing to produce new cells, these stem cells rely on the signaling pathway of the Notch protein.
Previous research has shown that when Notch signaling runs smoothly, the stem cells make neurons that populate the adult central nervous system. With too much Notch, stem cells lose control and over-proliferate - forming large tumors. In humans, adult T-cell leukemia is tied to overactive Notch signaling.
"Stem cells have a really tough job, because they have to divide to make the millions of neurons in our brain," said co-author Chris Doe, a professor of biology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator based at the UO. "If they don't divide enough, it results in microcephaly or other small brain diseases, but if they divide too much they make tumors. They have to stay right on that boundary of dividing to make neurons but not dividing excessively and forming a tumor. It's really walking a tightrope."
In the new research, UO doctoral student Dylan Farnsworth discovered that if he waited for stem cells to divide a few times and age a bit, they quit responding to Notch. At this point, stem cells cannot be pushed by high doses of Notch signaling to form tumors. He wondered why.
Further study led to the discovery of age-related molecular changes. Late in their lives, and at about the same time they resist tumor formation, stem cells begin expressing a transcription factor protein, known as Eyeless in Drosophila and Pax6 in humans. Its presence blocks Notch signaling, Farnsworth said.
When Eyeless is knocked out in these stem cells, the researchers showed, Notch signaling overwhelms the balance again and forms brain tumors.
"If we can identify the stem cells that are relied upon during development, maybe we could find a way to use them later to re-create conditions that might be therapeutic," Farnsworth said. "If you do it incorrectly, you risk over-proliferation and the development of masses -- and cancer."
Finding this role for Eyeless is a step in that direction, but it's possible that other molecules also are present and may also inhibit tumor growth, Doe said. "This paper shows that Eyeless is important for winding down the lifespan of the stem cells that are giving rise to the adult brain. It's a stop signal that says it is time to cease responding to Notch signals."
While the system used to probe these cells was created for basic science research in Doe's lab, it opens a new window to identify cells involved in the origin of cancers. In this case, tumors induced by Notch signaling in older stem cells were distinct from their earlier versions. Eventually, with more extensive research, the system could provide a roadmap to fine-tuning the timing of stem cell-based therapies to restart healthy activity in adult stem cells, Doe said.
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Aging Neural Progenitors Lose Competence to Respond to Mitogenic Notch Signaling. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.027
Former UO doctoral student Omer Ali Bayraktar, now a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Regenerative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, also was a co-author.
A grant from National Institutes of Health (T32 GM007413) to Farnsworth helped fund the research along with HHMI support to Doe.
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On June 17th, Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's former Muslim Brotherhood President, died in court. Officials from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) rushed to lament his death on social media. CAIR's national director Nihad Awad wrote: "#Morsi's case is one of tens of thousands of others-activists, journalists, lawyers, doctors, educators who languish in abhorrent conditions in Egypt under #sisi's authoritarian rule." Zahra Billoo, head of CAIR's San Francisco chapter (CAIR-SFBA) chapter, announced the death of "Egypt's first democratically elected president in decades."
But CAIR, despite positioning itself as a commentator on hate speech, international politics, and American Islam, has remained predictably silent over extremist statements by American Islamists about the circumstances of Morsi's death.
On June 21, Dr. Mohammed Khalid Sidiqqi gave a sermon at Masjid Darussalam in San Francisco, a mosque is managed by the Islamic Society of San Francisco and which has partnered with CAIR-SFBA in the past.
Siddiqi made bizarre antisemitic accusations claiming that "Morsi, the only democratically elected president of Egypt, was killed by those Zionist agents, and, unfortunately, we have many of them in the Muslim world nowadays who are working for Satan and becoming the disciples of Satan."
Siddiqi went on to say that Morsi " was only trying to help humanity by bringing the truth of Islam. When Islam [was being] spread throughout the whole world, their slogan was only one thing: Justice, justice, and justice." Many would argue this is a rather inaccurate depiction of a President who took advantage of his power to pass a constitution establishing Islamic law as the main source of legislation, constrained the media, with critics of the regime losing their platforms, and pardoned Islamists sentenced to life sentences on terrorism charges.
Siddiqi also connected Morsi's death to the Algerians elections of 1991, in which Islamists won the majority but were prevented from taking power. The Islamists then resorted to violence, leading to a bloody civil war in which hundreds of thousands of Algerians died. Siddiqi suggested "Zionist agents" were also involved in these events. In fact, many Algerians at the time did not want to live under a theocratic regime – understandable, given the bloody Islamist terrorist attacks that followed the elections.
CAIR-SFBA is in fact familiar with the Islamic Society of San Francisco that manages the mosque where Siddiqi was given his platform to blame "Zionists" for the failure of violent Islamists to accrue power. CAIR once held a voter registration drive at the mosque.
So we asked CAIR National and its SFBA branch whether they had anything to say regarding Siddiqi's claims. Neither responded, confirming once again that CAIR is not willing to condemn extremism unless it suits its political agenda.
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Digital Publishing Acquisitions: Growth and Opportunity-Laden Content
Digital publishing legacy brand PennWell Corp. has been acquired by Clarion Events for an undisclosed amount of money; Niche publisher High Times acquires Green Rush Daily as the fast-growing industry gains more attention; Meredith Corporation partners with Wright’s Media on custom licensing programs
Digital publishing has evolved to new heights with the help of partnerships and acquisitions that lead to new offerings, opportunities, and audience exposure.
Today we’re looking at the latest acquisitions involving some major media brands.
We begin with PennWell Corp., which has been acquired by Clarion Events. Folio: reports, “A 108-year-old, family-owned business, PennWell operates more than 100 print and online b2b brands serving a number of sectors, but primarily the oil, gas, and energy industries. The company employs 550 across seven locations, including satellite offices in California, New Jersey, and the UK.”
We then take a look at the company that bought this digital publishing brand. “Backed by U.S.-based private equity firm Blackstone—among the largest alternative asset funds in the world—Clarion produces more than 180 events across 50 countries. The deal marks a second significant expansion of Clarion’s portfolio since it was acquired by Blackstone last July, coming just two months after Clarion’s merger with Hong Kong-based trade show organizer and b2b media firm Global Sources.”
Our next acquisition is from a legacy print publisher that is taking the reins on a budding industry as marijuana legalization continues across the country. MediaPost reports, “Cannabis-focused magazine publisher High Times has purchased the Green Rush Daily site for an undisclosed amount. Green Rush Daily will continue to operate independently as a media company.”
The article continues with stats on the Green Rush Daily, and the direction High Times has been taking its brand recently. “Green Rush Daily has 4 million monthly uniques and 9.5 million monthly page views. It claims to be one of the fastest-growing cannabis media companies in the world.”
“In recent months, High Times has invested significantly in live events, music, lifestyle offerings and related businesses, according to the company. High Times owns a number of marijuana-focused trade shows, enthusiast events and awards festivals, as well as its marquee Cannabis Cup festival.”
Our last news story today looks at a partnership between digital publishing giant Meredith Corporation and Wright’s Media. MTS reports, “Wright’s Media, an industry-leading content licensing provider, announced a partnership with Meredith Corporation to deliver unrivaled award and editorial licensing to consumers. Wright’s Media will work with Meredith’s editorial team to custom-build licensing programs around industry-specific events unique to their target audience.”
The article continues with more on specific actions the two companies will take within this partnership. “Wright’s Media will work with Meredith to develop and market potential new awards programs by providing a dedicated research and sales team that works to identify sellable opportunities for their lifestyle brands.”
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Metapack – Bleckmann Partnership Brings Extended Choice to European Retail Customers
New Metapack-Bleckmann Partnership Brings Extended Choice to European Retail Customers
Co-operation makes cross-border eCommerce a reality
LONDON – November 24th, 2015 – Metapack, the global leader in eCommerce delivery technology, has today announced that Bleckmann, a leading provider of fashion & lifestyle logistics specialising in retail and eCommerce, will use Metapack Delivery Management solutions across all of its European operations to support its growing international customer base
Bleckmann selected Metapack due to its extensive number of carrier integrations, which combine to create the largest carrier label library in the world. Access to this will enable Bleckmann to provide differentiated agile transportation services to its customers across the globe with minimal effort.
With customer experience at the top of every retailer’s agenda, the pressure is on to match the needs of consumers with the opportunities afforded by the digital revolution and a key component of this is the optimisation of delivery services.
“Consumers want to be enabled by a range of delivery options, rather than hampered by a lack of choice,” explained Ton ter Laak, Vice President of Northern Europe at Metapack. “As the advancement of technology progressively breaks down the geographic borders in eCommerce, it’s essential that retailers can differentiate themselves from the competition by rapidly turning their ideas into realistic services that exceed their customers’ expectations.”
The partnership will open new opportunities to match local as well as international carriers with retailer’s needs. “Beyond the global carrier leaders are specific local “heroes”, carriers that dominate their own local markets and have a strong brand identity with consumers. However, because they are domestic, many international retailers may not know how to engage and take advantage of their offering.” Ton ter Laak continued. “By working together with Bleckmann we will enable retailers from all around the globe to seamlessly engage with local carrier “heroes” to be able to offer truly differentiating delivery options as well as providing them with new services like tracking and tracing, Business Intelligence and return functionality, ” said ter Laak.
Prior to the new alliance, Bleckmann lacked the right technical solution to manage the increase of usable carriers, relying on a reactive approach to carrier integration which was costly and time intensive. Responding to its customers’ requests for greater flexibility in order to provide a satisfying consumer experience, Bleckmann’s partnership with Metapack has turned the former process on its head. Now, when a retailer requests new a new carrier service, Bleckmann will have instant access to the carrier integration which means they can react quickly to meet their retail client’s needs.
“All parties in this arrangement benefit because we are all operating on a global level,” said Stephen Booth, Director Carrier Management at Bleckmann. “It will now be easier to collaborate in a mutually beneficial three-way partnership between Bleckmann, our customers and carriers, supported by Metapack, to ensure the right solution is always available at the right time, on or off-line.”
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Madame George restaurant review: Guts, heart and bloody good food
Perhaps the city's best pisco sour. Photo: Josh Griggs
By Simon Farrell-Green
Metro food director Simon Farrell-Green visits Madame George and finds that this very good bar also serves food deserving of your attention.
You probably know Madame George as a bar, and it’s a very good one — summer or winter, Thursday to Saturday the pavement outside the place is crowded with people drinking wine from the short but accomplished wine list or perhaps the city’s best pisco sour. In a sense, it’s a successor to Golden Dawn: there’s a distressed vintage vibe, sarked timber walls, bare tables and beaten-up school chairs.
But what you might not be aware of is that it’s also an exceptional place to eat, serving the kind of food you’d expect from a much fancier place, at a fraction of the price, but with a level of service you also might not expect from what is, essentially, a bar.
I like this. Auckland has many excellent cooks but a distinct lack of decent waiters — and increasingly I want to eat less and less in restaurants with carpet, and more in places with guts and heart and bloody good food.
Madame George has all that, and more. Owner Pablo Arrasco Paz is an architect who moonlights in hospitality: he hails from Peru, though he’s spent most of his adult life in Auckland. After a few chefs and changes in direction, the place now bills itself as modern Peruvian. He has a way of bustling past you with a plate of food or a glass of wine, touching you on the shoulder in a friendly sort of way to assure you he’ll be back shortly, and then he is, crouching down beside your table and talking you through the menu.
The food — by Patrick Schmitt — comes on lumpy ceramic plates, with impeccably rustic styling. The colours are bright; the flavours range from smoky to citrus. There’s something faintly indefinable about the food: it’s as if it was cooked in the sweltering heat in an open kitchen above a charcoal brazier, everything infused with smoke, except the techniques are polished and clever. It’s this tension that makes eating at Madame George such a pleasure.
There’s a dish of grilled fish on meltingly tender lima beans, where the skin is perfectly grilled and the fish cooked only just so. And next time you’re there for a drink, be sure you order the “karate chicken”, tender little bits coated in quinoa and fried until crunchy. Seems healthy; probably isn’t.
Not everything is perfect — the cassava chips are starchy, although I am very fond of the huancaina they come with, which is a hot and smoky cheese sauce. On a recent visit, too many things we ate seemed to consist of smoky starchy things — kumara, potato, cassava — and two dishes had broccoli on them.
The best way to ensure this doesn’t happen is to order the set menu. It costs $65 and features five nuanced courses; even with drinks matching, it only costs $99. $99!
Not so long ago, we started with little arancini balls with a smoked tomato puree, the balls barely held together by their breadcrumbs; the sauce had a perfect balance between smoke and zest. It also comes with a dark aniseedy little pisco sour — an excellent announcement of intent.
There’s possibly the city’s best ceviche — the other week, it was line-caught hapuku, and it came with radishes and little slivers of kumara; it was at once fresh and earthy, and with a bit of fire to it too, which I liked very much. And there’s the burnt potato, which is a mix of Māori potatoes, steamed then cooked over charcoal and smashed, served with a tofu emulsion, which arrived at the same time as the anticucho, grilled beef heart with a paprika rub, grilled and tender and served with a simple glass of yellow lager. It’s how they drink it on the streets of Lima, they explained, and you can see why.
And there was a sublime dish of grilled lamb rump, served on a bright green parsley and spinach sauce, and a big glass of a malbec that was earthy and mushroomy, rather than big and brassy.
We finished with a mandarin brulee and a frappe, an icy slush with a couple of drops of bitters — so fresh, so simple. And there was a digestif of cocoa nibs soaked in red vermouth and sprinkled with grapefruit oil, which promised to be dark and chocolatey but was light and citrusy.
It takes a leisurely couple of hours, but it doesn’t feel like a chore. One night, an old friend was walking past the restaurant, so he sat down and drank chardonnay while we ate. Because it was a bar, none of this felt awkward in the slightest.
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“All three of them have given me hope and the entire staff and team hope that the guy who ends up winning the job would have to have earned it because the other guys are nipping at his heels.”
And this was the best development Saturday: Martell looked the part of an elite recruit/ballyhooed transfer. Not only did Martell play well Saturday, but as Enos said, “last three to four practices have been his best ones.”
We saw the diverse skill set from Martell on Saturday. Operating more often than not from the shotgun – where he’s most comfortable – he completed 6 of 10 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns, including an 80-yard scoring play with K.J. Osborn (the ball traveled nearly 20 yards in the air) and a terrific throw to Michael Irvin Jr in the end zone.
He also had several decent scrambles, including one for a first down on 3rd and 1 in the red zone and two others that could have been sacks otherwise. He finished with 29 yards on seven carries.
Jarren Williams and N’Kosi Perry each had no yards rushing on a combined seven carries.
Martell was the third quarterback in the game (Williams was first, Perry second) but Martell’s first possession was an impressive drive that ended in a missed 26-yard field goal by Bubba Baxa and significantly, that drive came against UM’s starting defense.
Martell has gone from being the worst of the quarterbacks the first two weeks of spring to potentially entering pre-season camp side by side with Perry for the starting job. (That’s my opinion, not one expressed by the coaches.)
Perry, statistically, had a third consecutive solid scrimmage with nine completions in 13 attempts for 145 yards and a touchdown on Saturday, though much of his good work came against backups on defense.
Will Mallory was wide open on his 39-yard reception from Perry early in the game and Jeremiah Payton was wide open on his 32-yard catch and run for a touchdown, but credit Perry for putting the ball on the money on both throws.
Perry also made a nifty throw on the run to Marshall Few. And I love how Perry stepped up in the pocket, evading a pass rusher, to make a pinpoint 16 yard throw to Irvin.
Williams’ interception, on a deep ball to K.J. Osborn, could have been thrown better, with Jimmy Murphy coming down with the pick. Williams closed 4 for 6 for 44 yards.
But overall, “I was happy to see all three quarterbacks make plays,” Manny Diaz said. “They go into summer now knowing all three guys can play.”
Miami Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz leads the team onto the field at the start of the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes tight end Will Mallory (85) celebrates his touchdown reception with teammates during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jarren Williams (15) and Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tate Martell (18) talk during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes running back DeeJay Dallas (13) attempts to hurdle over players during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback N’Kosi Perry (5) gestures during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman Nesta Jade Silvera (1) Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
The ball bounces to Miami Hurricanes defensive back Nigel Bethel Jr. (27) who picks up the fumble by Hurricanes wide receiver Dee Wiggins (8) during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback N’Kosi Perry (5) gets ready for the snap during Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tate Martell (18) scrambles out of the pocket during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback N’Kosi Perry (5) waits for a play call with the offense during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback N’Kosi Perry (5) looks to hand off the ball during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes running back Cam’Ron Harris (23) runs for yardage during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tate Martell (18) looks to pass during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
*Miami Hurricanes fullback Michael Parrott (41) can’t hold onto the ball during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Offensive coordinator Dan Enos, at left, talks with quarterbacks during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes tight end Michael Irvin II (87) hangs onto the ball after getting upended by Miami Hurricanes defensive back Al Blades Jr. (7) during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tate Martell (18) communicates with coaches during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz talks on the head set during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman Jonathan Garvin (97) and defensive lineman Nesta Jade Silvera (1) celebrate after quarterback Jarren Williams (15) gets sacked for a safety during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Defensive Coordinator Blake Baker directs the defense during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes safety James Murphy (29) intercepts the ball during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes wide receiver (2) K.J. Osborn attempts to catch a pass but the ball is stripped from him on the way down by Miami Hurricanes safety James Murphy (29) during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes running back Cam’Ron Harris (23) runs for yardage as Miami Hurricanes defensive back Robert Knowles (20) gives chase during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes football players greet fans after the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes running back DeeJay Dallas (13) scores in the first quarter during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes running back DeeJay Dallas (13) and offensive lineman Kai-Leon Herbert (57) celebrate after Dallas scores in the first quarter during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes running back DeeJay Dallas (13) is lifted by Miami Hurricanes offensive lineman Kai-Leon Herbert (57) after Dallas scores in the first quarter during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz directs players during the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jarren Williams (15) greets fans after the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Players greet fans after the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
The Miami Hurricanes warmup before the start of the spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami Hurricanes defensive back Gilbert Frierson (3)] signs autographs after the Miami Hurricanes spring game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, April 20, 2019. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
▪ Perry has responded well to Enos’ demanding style, which has paid dividends with most quarterbacks he’s coached.
Perry needed to grow up - on and off the field – to save his career here, and the early signs are encouraging.
“He’s making big strides,” Mallory said. “He’s had a great spring. He’s matured greatly as a player and as a young man. He’s got a crazy work ethic. He wants to be the leader. It’s a great competition between all of them.”
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▪ UM’s offensive line remains something of a concern, but at least the Canes are investing in youth.
On Saturday, with the first team, we saw early enrollee Zion Nelson and largely unproven Kai-Leon Herbert at left and right tackle, respectively, sophomore D.J. Scaife and redshirt freshman Cleveland Reed at guard and Navaughn Donaldson filling in for Corey Gaynor at center.
Nelson has really come on strong, enough so that Scaife was shifted to guard Saturday.
“I got here same day Zion got here,” Enos said. “I said, ‘Who’s that?’ They said, ‘Zion, he’s a freshman.’ I’m like, ‘He’ll probably be good in a few years.’ He has excellent athletic ability, very tough. To be honest with you, the guy has put him in position to be in the first group if he continues to get better and stronger and learn.
“He’s put on a bunch of weight since I’ve got here. I can’t say enough [good things] about him. It’s asking a lot as a freshmen but he’s responded in a very good way.”
Though UM’s defense permitted nine sacks, some were against the backups.
▪ UM appears to be in decent shape at defensive tackle, even after losing Gerald Willis to the NFL.
Miami will have nine scholarship players at the position when July practices begin, with a potential top four of Pat Bethel, Jon Ford (who missed the spring game with a wrist injury), Nesta Silvera and UCLA transfer Chigozie Nnoruka.
Silvera, who came on strong the past two weeks, began the scrimmage by stopping Cam’Ron Harris for a five-yard loss.
“Jade Silvera had a really good spring; good to see him pop up in the backfield,” Diaz said.
Jordan Miller, who arrived at UM as a project last year and redshirted, appears ready to contribute; he had two sacks Saturday.
“First guy that seemed to be in the backfield a lot was Jordan Miller,” defensive coordinator Blake Baker said.
“When you add Chigozie from UCLA and the three freshmen [summer arrivals] who are all physically going to be ready to play, I think we’re in a great spot. Really pleased where we’re at at defensive tackle.”
▪ In part because of D.J. Ivey’s growth, UM believes it’s doesn’t necessarily need to add a veteran cornerback in the transfer market to start opposite Trajan Bandy.
“The last half of spring ball he’s done some really good things,” Baker said of Ivey. “Al Blades had a really good day today, very physical at the point of contact. Right now, we’re happy with what we have.”
And Christian Williams and Te’Cory Couch arrive this summer.
▪ Will Mallory is going to be a big part of this passing game.
With Brevin Jordan out with a knee injury for much of spring, Mallory seized on his opportunity, finishing the spring game with three catches for 63 yards and the touchdown.
Diaz believes he is going to thrive in Enos’ offense, which makes ample use of two tight end sets.
“The thing that stands out are the ways we have to get him the ball in space and let his athleticism really go,” Diaz said. “He has those long strides, he eats up yards, so there are simple ways to get him the ball, and he’s a guy that can run after catch. [And] he’s a big time problem in the red zone.”
▪ Cam’Ron Harris continues to build on a strong close to last season.
Though he was bottled up quickly on a couple of runs, Harris ran hard and generally effectively: 13 times for 72 yards, a 4.4 average. DeeJay Dallas was held to a 3.4 average (13 for 51).
With Lorenzo Lingard and Robert Burns out with injuries, fullback Realus George was the only other scholarship running back who got a carry (for one yard).
Lingard and Burns are expected back this summer from their knee surgeries.
▪ With Nelson, Jeremiah Payton and Jahfari Harvey, UM has three really impressive early arrivals.
Payton had three receptions for 51 yards on Saturday, while Harvey had two sacks.
“Considering he should be going to prom, he’s had an outstanding spring,” Baker said of Harvey. “He’s mature beyond his years.”
▪ Kudos to Patrick Joyner Jr. for making a big impact days after moving back from defensive end to linebacker in recent days.
Joyner, needed back at linebacker after UM lost its top three backups to injuries, had two tackles for loss and was around the ball a lot.
“Joyner was awesome; I couldn’t be more proud of him,” Baker said. “He made some plays in the backfield, especially moving there three days ago. He’s sitting there tapping my shoulder the whole game, [saying] I’m ready to go back in.”
▪ Playing this game in Orlando could pay dividends.
Diaz said he made everything as close to possible to how it will be when UM returns to this stadium to play UF on Aug. 24. They stayed in the same hotel, used the same meeting rooms, etc.
That opener will be a night game, unlike the noon kickoff Saturday, but there’s intrinsic value in UM players being acclimated to this environment before returning when stakes are much higher in four months.
“The whole 36 hours were unbelievable,” Diaz said. “We created everything as similar as possible with what it’s going to be in August. The game and the crowd exceeded my expectations but the last 36 hours has been even better than I wanted it to be.”
Attendance was announced as 9102.
I reported this morning that Mark Richt was joining ACC Network as a commentator. ESPN announced it this afternoon and Richt had this to say about his decision to retire in his first public comments since resigning on Dec. 30.
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Over 1,000 Palestinians dead due to Israel siege on Gaza
February 26, 2018 at 10:45 am | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
A Palestinian family is seen inside their makeshift tent in Gaza City, Gaza on 13 February 2018 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]
More than 1,000 Palestinians have died as a result of the ongoing 11-year Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, Arab48 reported.
Coordinator of charities Ahmed Al-Kurd said that “450 of the victims died due to the fallout of the healthcare system and the lack of medicines, medical equipment and treatment transfers.”
“Using candles, wood and electricity generators caused fires at homes and factories that killed people,” he said, estimating that around 100 Palestinians died as a result.
Al-Kurd also said that 350 Gazans died while they were working in the tunnels, which are the only lifeline for Gaza, or they were killed by the Israeli occupation’s navy while they were fishing; most recently yesterday.
“Today, we launch a resounding scream to the world: save Gaza from these disastrous conditions,” Al-Kurd said, asking: “How long will you wait and how many more victims do you want in order to take action?”
UN: Power crisis brings Gaza to ‘verge of disaster’
He described the Gaza Strip, home to more than two million residents, as “a disaster-stricken zone at all levels,” calling on the world to find an urgent solution to the electricity crisis.
Al-Kurd called for the Palestinian government based in Ramallah to provide for the medical needs, humanitarian aid and salaries of Gaza’s residents, as well as to work to open Gaza’s crossings.
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MPR/Humphrey Institute poll review: Too many 612s?
By David Brauer | 12/17/2010
The Minnesota Public Radio and the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute released critiques of their much-criticized 2010 election polls late Friday afternoon.
The two entities commissioned the review after their final poll put DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton up 12; he beat Republican Tom Emmer by 0.4 percent. Republicans especially have howled about the result.
The U profs who direct the poll, Larry Jacobs and Joanne Miller, did an internal critique, which was reviewed by Gallup Editor-In-Chief Frank Newport.
Safe to say, Jacobs and Miller don’t find a lot of fault with themselves; Newport, president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, was a tougher grader.
Too many 612s and black interviewers?
Newport says the “issue which appears most relevant” is a potential oversample of the 612 area code. The Minneapolis-anchored area favors Democrats.
According to the U profs, 81 percent of “612” voters participated when asked. Statewide, the figure was 67 percent.
This is one of the areas where Jacobs and Miller make the numbers dance a bit; Newport notes they should have compared “612s” to non-612s. The gap would’ve been even more stark.
Jacobs and Miller suggest weighting future polls by region. Newport agrees, somewhat witheringly: “This is commonly done in state polls, particularly in states where voting outcomes can vary significantly by region, as apparently is the case in Minnesota.”
At one point, there’s a jolting suggestion that the U employed too many African-American interviewers.
Jacobs and Miller wonder whether the proportion of African-American poll-takers — 44 percent — might’ve freaked out (presumably white) voters in a state that’s only 5 percent black. However, they conclude, “This investigation failed to detect statistically significant differences” in candidate support.
However, Newport wonders if minority interviewers achieved higher cooperation rates among minority voters — perhaps a factor in the high “612” cooperation rate, since that D-favoring area code also has a higher percentage of minorities. He suggests going back over the data.
Too light on weighting
During the campaign, SurveyUSA president Jay Leve criticized how the MPR/HHH poll weighted voters — particularly how the poll simulated the preferences of so-called “cell-phone-only voters” (CPOs) who lack landlines. MPR/HHH did not call CPOs.
The Jacobs/Miller review only says that their methodology was sound, with a Columbia University expert confirming that evaluation.
However, Newport faults the U profs for not discussing the “particulars of the weighting other than to say that it was reviewed and approved. … This is an important area of focus.”
Taken alone, excluding CPOs wouldn’t explain a too-big Dayton margin — in fact, it would likely narrow it. Pollsters have generally shown that if CPOs have a partisan lean, it’s toward Democrats.
However, the weighting issue here is broader. The important point is that Newport didn’t have enough information to critique the formula.
(Jacobs, Miller and Newport agree that CPOs should be included in future polls, a more expensive process.)
The other guys did it
Even though the MPR/HHH poll, conducted eight to 12 days before Election Day, gave Dayton his biggest margin of the campaign, Jacobs and Miller contend it wasn’t an outlier.
They examine Dayton’s and Emmer’s support versus four other polls in the field at least part of the time MPR was.
Dayton’s support fell within the margin of sampling error of all four (St. Cloud State, Rasmussen, the Star Tribune and SurveyUSA). Emmer’s support fell within St. Cloud’s and the Strib’s margin.
However, it’s important to remember that St. Cloud (which showed Dayton up 10) has been criticized, too — particularly for an ultra-long 12-day interviewing process that can carry three-week-old voter attitudes into a final-days result.
The Dayton number really wasn’t the problem; Emmer’s was the one that varied widely. The MPR poll didn’t even catch all of the back end of the Strib’s range, while missing SurveyUSA’s and Rasmussen’s entirely.
Jacobs has repeatedly noted polls aren’t predictions, but a “snapshot in time” that may legitimately miss shifting voter attitudes.
However, Newport archly notes that “the MPR/HHH poll was second closest to Election Day” of the five “and reported the highest Democratic margin.”
If everyone is going to treat the final poll like a prediction, Jacobs and Miller recommend polling even closer to Election Day. That way, they have a better shot at catching voters’ ultimate mood. Newport agrees.
(Interestingly, the Strib decided not to do a traditional final-week poll this year because it might influence voter, volunteer and/or donor behavior too much.)
The U profs also suggest reporting poll results differently. They favor including other polls with their own, and reporting candidates’ support not as a single point, but a range within the error margin.
On the latter point, Newport is wary: “It does … again, raise the question of the purpose of, and value of, pre-election polls if they are used only to estimate broad ranges of where the population stands.”
As far as overcoming any interviewer “lack of rapport,” Jacobs and Miller suggest asking innocuous questions before getting to the horse race question — something other polls do. Newport suggests testing that theory before implementing it.
A MinnPost poke?
As regular readers know, I’ve loudly questioned the MPR poll, and there might be a bit of payback in the U’s write-up. They repeatedly refer to the St. Cloud State survey as the “MinnPost/St. Cloud State” poll.
We did pay for three questions involving ranked-choice voting, not the topline result that’s the focus here. Unlike the MPR/HHH poll, which was a joint production and labeled thusly, St. Cloud State’s name stood alone on its survey.
At the very most, it should be “St. Cloud State/MinnPost,” but unlike MPR/HHH, we didn’t jointly determine the content of most of the lengthy questionnaire.
Submitted by Hiram Foster on 12/18/2010 - 06:46 am.
I have heard it said that in Israeli elections, the voters tell the truth to pollsters, but lie when they vote. Maybe that’s a problem with Minnesota voters as well.
In general, as the electorate becomes increasingly fragmented, ideologically, technologically, and in other ways as well, polling becomes increasingly difficult. Mistakes when they are made, now have a greater impact. But I also do think that people make up their minds later and are less decisive. I have never done polling but I have done quite a lot of canvassing, and I know that success in getting results depends a lot on who the canvasser is, how aggressive he or she is, how well that person interacts with the voter.
Submitted by Paul Brandon on 12/18/2010 - 02:02 pm.
A line that might be added to the graph is total election spending on each candidate over time. Be interesting to see how well it is correlated with the polls and the actual vote.
Submitted by Matthew Steele on 12/18/2010 - 09:22 pm.
This is 2010, and area codes don’t refer to areas. I bet half of the people I know, work with, etc have cell phone numbers without MN zip codes. How do pollsters find these people?
Submitted by Dick Novack on 01/02/2011 - 10:58 pm.
Pardon my late response almost no one will see.
Matt Steele has it on the head. Area Codes meant nothing in the wireless world even before “porting” and people started moving around.
When cell phones were first issued in the Twin cities, ALL western were 612 and all eastern were 641 EVEN if you lived elsewhere like 952 or 763. That is because they were issued from federal “number banks” assigned to the carrier offices, not the phone owner. My early numbers were all 612’s from any carrier because there were NO 952’s. We all still have the same numbers. One family plan member going to college as late as 2004 in DC had to change to 202 by carrier rules.
Poll subjects need to be selected by residence like we did 40 years ago, and then their phone number tracked down – it can be done because we do it for other purposes. Polling randomly chosen phone numbers is just plain stupid in today’s society as there is no way to make the sampling representative.
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Milton Keynes Dons manager Paul Tisdale has provided an update on the situation regarding out of contract striker Chuks Aneke.
Tisdale, speaking with the media in a press conference earlier today, answered the question that has been on the minds of most Dons fans since the team secured promotion back into League One.
25-year-old Aneke played a large part in the Dons' automatic promotion, notching 17 goals and three assists in 38 League Two appearances.
Understandably, Aneke has attracted attention from a number of clubs around the country and is believed to be looking at every option available to him - which does include the Dons, who have made him a contract offer.
Tisdale, when asked about Aneke, explained: "We made him a really good offer, he’s looking at his options, he’s a very talented player so I don’t blame him."
"If he wants to stay there is a contract for him, he’s out there looking for an alternative and he’s entitled to do that. Never say never."
He added: "I’m very fond of him, he’s a very good footballer, he can score goals, why would I close the door?"
"I think the longer times go on, the less likely it is that he stays. I just hope it’s a palatable solution where everyone says it works for all of us."
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Supporting the progression of women into senior positions is a key strategic priority for MUFG in EMEA, which is why we have publically declared our commitment by signing the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter.
MUFG's Inclusion and Diversity strategy aims to ensure that we fully embrace diversity and embed an inclusive culture where all perspectives, skills and expertise are valued. We recognise that having a robust Inclusion and Diversity programme is instrumental in supporting the sustainable growth of our business, and - more importantly - we know that focussing on this is the right thing to do for our employees and those who want to join us.
While we broadly define diversity as all the qualities and characteristics that make us different from one another, gender diversity is a particular focus for us at MUFG given the commitments we made when we signed the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter.
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PARENTAL STATUS, SHIFT WORKERS, DAYCARE AND CHILDCARE EMERGENCIES: WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND THE LAW
by Molyneaux Law | Nov 14, 2018 | Employment
Shift workers and other employees with unpredictable work schedules face unique work-life balance challenges. Can your boss make you work afternoon shifts if local daycares close at 6pm? Can you get fired for leaving early to pick up a sick kid from school? How can you make it work if you and your partner are both shift workers?
Many traditional workplaces are not set-up to work well for parents. Historically, they preferred to hire single childless employees or men whose wives did the bulk of the child care. While most people now know that it’s illegal to refuse to hire moms, many don’t understand that the duty not to discriminate against parents goes further. Employees have the right to seek “parental status accommodation” to help them succeed at work.
What is Parental Status Accommodation?
“Accommodation” is a legal term that describes steps an employer takes to help people with special needs access the workplace. A classic example is an employer who provides a workplace that is physically accessible for a worker who uses a wheelchair. An employer has a “Duty to Accommodate” certain employee needs under the Ontario Human Rights Code. This includes a duty to accommodate parents’ childcare responsibilities. This is called Parental Status Accommodation.
What Does the Law Say About Accommodating Parents?
In two 2015 Federal Court of Appeal cases, Johnstone and Seeley , mothers claimed that their employers had discriminated against them on the basis of their family status. The women worked irregular hours that changed from week to week, making it hard to coordinate childcare with their family members and childcare providers. Both women won.
Before the Johnstone decision, the law made it very difficult for a parent to succeed in a claim for parental status accommodation. For example, parents had to show that their employer had changed their working conditions in such a way that they couldn’t meet their family responsibilities. Existing working conditions couldn’t be challenged- even if the employee hadn’t been a parent when they took the job.
In Johnstone the Court created a new “legal test” for determining whether an arguable claim of family status discrimination could be established in cases dealing with employees’ childcare needs. It asks:
Is a child under your supervision?
Is your childcare obligation based on your legal responsibilities and not your choices?
Have you made reasonable efforts but been unable to meet your obligations though “reasonable alternative solutions”?
Do your workplace rules interfere with your obligations “in a manner that is more than trivial or insubstantial”?
Unfortunately, while this was a success for the mothers and their advocates, it still holds parents to a different standard than other employees seeking workplace accommodations. For example, other refusals to accommodate an employee aren’t required to be “more than trivial” to be illegal.
It also requires significant work by the parent/employee before their employer’s duty to accommodate is triggered. You have to make “reasonable efforts” to find “reasonable alternative solutions” before your employer is required to accommodate you. Courts and tribunals have interpreted this to mean that an employee needs to call local daycares or after school program, consider private childcare and even ask extended family for help in order to be entitled to changes on the job.
At the same time, as with all accommodation requests, your employer only has a duty to provide you reasonable accommodation that doesn’t impose an undue hardship on the company. What this means is that you won’t always get the specific accommodation you ask for or your ideal accommodation. An employer can suggest alternatives. Employees and employers are expected to cooperate on finding reasonable solutions. And, this means that while an employer has to be willing to take on some cost or inconvenience to meet reasonable requests for accommodation, but can say no to excessive costs or disruption of its workforce.
My Employer Has Refused to Provide Parental Status Accommodation, Now What?
Many employers continue to refuse to accommodate childcare responsibilities, or to even consider your requests for parental status accommodations. Others fire workers for taking time off to care for their children or for objecting to parental status discrimination. If you’re employer has discriminated against you because you are a parent, you may be entitled to take legal action. This might include a lawsuit, a human rights application or a grievance, if you have a union.
Since the Johnstone decision, a number of Ontario parents have come forward to seek compensation for parental status discrimination. For example,
In Patridge v Botony Dental a mother’s claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed by her employer. She had been working as an office manager for over three years. However, when she returned to work after maternity leave, her employer demoted her to her former job as a dental hygienist and changed her hours. Her new hours conflicted with her daycare arrangements. While she sent her children to daycare and sought the help of her spouse, her extended family and a neighbour, she struggled with the new hours. When she complained, her employer fired her. In trial, the employer couldn’t show that the schedule changes were necessary.The Court ordered the employer to pay 12 months’ pay in lieu of notice (a.k.a. “severance pay”) and $20,000 in human rights damages for its discriminatory firing.
In Miraka v. A.C.D. Wholesale Meats Ltd a father alleged family status discrimination when he was fired for taking 2 days off to care for his sick kids- as well as discrimination on the basis of disability since he later took a day off for hernia surgery. Since his wife was also sick, and his children were just toddlers, the Human Rights Tribunal agreed that he had a legally-protected duty to provide childcare. The Tribunal rejected the employer’s argument that the Johnstone test required parents to seek a babysitter for their sick children, since the accommodation requested was short-term and urgent.The employee was awarded $10,000 in human rights damages for parental status and disability discrimination. In addition, the employer was ordered to take human rights training.
Resources & Cases Cited:
Human Rights Legal Support Centre, “Your Right to Accommodation
Canada (Attorney General) v. Johnstone, 2014 FCA 110 (CanLII)
Canadian National Railway Company v. Seeley, 2014 FCA 111 (CanLII)
Partridge v. Botony Dental Corporation, 2015 ONSC 343 (CanLII)
Miraka v. A.C.D. Wholesale Meats Ltd., 2016 HRTO 41 (CanLII
You might be interested in some of my other blog posts:
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Guest Blog at Women’s March Canada: Happy Mother’s Day, You’re Fired!
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FIDE Press Release - new Chess Move Recording System by MonRoi
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FIDE is announcing that the MonRoi Company now offers a new chess move recording system that can replace conventional pen and paper scoresheets. The MonRoi system is a natural evolution in chess notation and realtime tournament management, and is a great way to promote chess.
The MonRoi system was introduced in a category 10 chess tournament, which took place in January 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Chess fans in 77 countries followed the tournament on the Internet.
The recently concluded World Juniors and Girls Championships inIstanbul Turkey, the 1st Asian Schools Chess Festival in Singapore and the 81st Chess Congress in Hastings England, saw the extensive use of the MonRoi system. The received reports from the tournaments conclude that the young players enjoyed the new system, and easily adapted.
FIDE is looking forward to the future cooperation with the MonRoi Company in order to implement the system worldwide and to enter into the final phase of discussions on how to introduce the system to top-level tournaments.
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It's science: Wanting to 'eat' your baby makes you a better parent
Anne-Marie Gambelin
Babies. Adorable, chunky babies. Rolls and rolls, folding over and under one another. Drinking in all that delicious newness just makes us want to hold them and take care of them at this little stage of life, forever.
Honestly, we all know the urge to just squeeze them. So, so scrumptious—it's all we can do not to chomp down on those plump little thighs with all those tempting rolls. Doing our best to resist our desire to bite our baby, we can find ourselves wondering, Is this normal?
Rest assured, mama, your urge to devour your baby—or your toddler, or your husband or your friend's baby, for that matter—is backed by evolution, biology and plenty of research. Not only is it normal, it's healthy.
Babies are designed to help people to fall in love with them. Ginormous eyes and bitty noses above rosebud lips, chubby necks, squishy arms and legs, all add up to pure sweetness—making us want to take care of them and yes, even eat them, too.
These compulsions are part of an evolutionary bonding mechanism and signify positive emotions and healthy attachment, in addition to helping us decrease our stress levels by releasing pent-up energy and emotional overload. Several studies have provided insight into the biological foundations of human caregiving and a neurobiological explanation for why we feel these urges.
In short, we are hardwired to be drawn to, care for and "want to eat" anything that looks like a baby.
Evolution and science conspire to make us chomp
Ethology is the study of human behavior and social organization from a biological perspective. It's also the field of science in which it is proven that babies are cute for a reason—to attract us and make us want to care for them.
Cute physical characteristics are defined by ethologist Konrad Lorenz as "baby schema." Over the eons we have come to subconsciously associate round faces, large eyes, big foreheads and small chins as cute, or "baby." Just look at dolls, cartoon characters (like Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse), advertising, and even car designs—hello, Volkswagen Bug—to see Lorenz's theory IRL.
In a submission to the journal of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), a team of researchers tested the impact of baby schema on the perception of cuteness and the motivation for caretaking in 122 undergraduate students. Using morphing techniques, they manipulated photographs of 17 infant faces to produce images of high baby schema, or "cute" (round face, high forehead, big eyes, small nose and mouth), and low baby schema, or "not cute" (narrow face, low forehead, small eyes, big nose and mouth).
The students viewed both categories, along with the original portraits of each infant, then rated the infants' cuteness and how much they were motivated to take care of them. Portraits with the most baby schema (babies rated "cutest") correlated with the strongest impulse to cuddle and provide protection and care to the infants.
Interestingly, other studies have indicated that women tend to be more interested in infants and caretaking activities than men. Based on this, the scientists further hypothesized that women would have a higher response to baby schema than men. So in their next study, the researchers set out to determine the neural basis of this altruistic maternal instinct.
In this second study, 16 women who had never given birth were chosen to view a random sequence of the same set of infant faces from the first study while their brain activity was measured. During the session, the women rated the pictures for cuteness.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map their brain activity, researchers were able to see that regardless of whether the women were the babies' mothers, higher baby schema activated the mesocorticolimbic system, which is the neural network affiliated with reward. The release of dopamine—the feel good hormone—from the mesolimbic pathway into the nucleus accumbens regulates motivation and desire and facilitates reward-related motor function learning.
The scientists surmised that perceiving high baby schema infants as "cute" presents a positive incentive, via the surge in dopamine, that provides the motivational drive for caretaking behavior. This engagement of the mesocorticolimbic system proves a biological foundation for human caregiving by providing a neurobiological explanation as to why we feel the urge to care for anything that resembles a baby.
From an evolutionary standpoint, being hard-wired to respond to baby schema in babies other than our own is adaptive, "as human ancestors likely evolved as cooperative breeders with a social system characterized by the spread of the caretaker role to group members other than the mother."
Like modern-day alloparenting, the additional bonding to and protection by people other than kin that baby schema elicits in humans is integral in the promotion of the species. Simply put, it really does take a village.
Though cuteness can motivate us to care for anything that looks like a baby, it can also overstimulate us, throwing our brain into overload—and we. want. to. bite.
But how does all of this explain why we want to eat our baby?
In 2015, two studies were conducted by graduate psychology students at the Clark Relationship Lab at Yale University. Researchers Oriana Aragon and Rebecca Dyer determined that too much cute stimuli (in this case, baby schema) triggers an aggressive reaction—or opposite expression.
Cute aggression, or "dimorphous expression," is when an abundance of positive emotions elicits expressions normally associated with negative emotions.
In their first study, participants were shown pictures of babies that were so cute they overwhelmed them with positive feelings and caused them to reveal expressions of high aggression, saying they wanted to pinch the babies' cheeks and "eat them up." As expected, participants had more positive feelings when viewing photographs of cuter babies than when viewing photographs of the less-cute babies.
"When you see something that's unbearably cute, you have this high positive reaction," said lead researcher, Oriana Aragon. "These feelings get overwhelming, and for some reason (with) cuteness, the 'dimorphous expression' happens to be the gritting of teeth, clenching of fists and (the stating of) aggressive statements like 'I wanna eat you.'" Basically, when we feel happiness that is so intense, it manifests as a violent impulse.
So why do we do this?
It's a means of releasing stress.
Too many positive emotions can be as stressful and overwhelming as too many negative emotions—and it is just as bad for our bodies. "Being very high or really low still releases stress hormones, and it'll still be hard on the body," explains Aragon. "To regulate those emotions and regain balance and emotional equilibrium, we need to release stress in an opposite way, ie. aggressively."
Aragon explains, "We regulate emotions in a lot of different ways. Sometimes we try to rethink the situation. Sometimes we try to push our emotions down with sheer will. Sometimes we remove ourselves from the situation that is causing the emotions. And with this new discovery, we are figuring out that sometimes we respond with the opposite expression from what we feel, and that seems to help to balance us back out too."
So in a second study, Aragon and Dyer set out to determine if cute aggression in reactions to infantile stimuli indeed functioned to regulate emotion, and in the process, decrease stress levels.
In this second study, those who had the highest "aggressive" responses to the photos, ie. the most overstimulation, also tended to have a lower level of positive emotion five minutes after viewing the images, leading the researchers to believe that "cute aggression" was helping them regulate and balance out their overall emotions. "(P)eople who (express aggression) seem to recover better from those strong emotions," explained Aragon.
This is a good thing: It is the brain's way of bringing us back into a normal, more manageable range of emotions. Because, if we are out of control, we cannot care for our baby. In terms of evolution, a stressed mama, whether she is upset or overjoyed, might not be the most attentive mama, so nature has built in a way to even the keel and keep us alert, stable and able to act.
The researchers' work is reinforced by other studies that have also concluded that by balancing one emotion with the expression of another, the expression of that emotion functions to regulate the other emotion.
Nature's way of balancing emotions has wide reaching benefits
What scientists are learning from this phenomenon is being explored as a means for possibly alleviating mental illness. "You see (bipolar) people go manic for days—they're really high, they're really up. That has deleterious effects on the body. Potentially, this (research) could lead to better therapies...for people who are having a difficult time managing their emotions," says Aragon.
Recognizing the benefits of the emotional release and balance gained from this phenomenon, Aragon and Dyer believe further studies can help people understand relationships and emotional states better.
So, mama, it is perfectly normal and healthy to want to eat our babies.
Cuteness motivates us to want to care for babies, but we can be overwhelmed by it, making us want to eat them. That aggressive response reduces the stress we get from all that incapacitating joy, and it all works together to balance out our overwhelming emotions so that we can continue to care for them and keep them safe. Got that?
And as far as our friends wanting to eat our baby, primatologist Susan Perry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her colleagues say that harmless "social biting" may also be part of our evolutionary heritage as a way of testing our social bonds and displaying signs of our good intentions.
So go ahead and nibble on those dimples—it's making you a more emotionally balanced person, which makes you an even better parent.
[This post was originally published May 07, 2018]
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Anne-Marie Gambelin is a wife, mother of three, writer, and Motherly's Contributing Editor. A Silicon Valley native, she is passionate about parenting and looks for opportunities in tech to enhance the journey of motherhood and to illuminate the beauty, good and truth in all things Motherly.
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Home > How Cute: CNN Unveils Anti-Trump Ad Campaign with an Apple; ‘Some’ Might Say It’s a Banana
How Cute: CNN Unveils Anti-Trump Ad Campaign with an Apple; ‘Some’ Might Say It’s a Banana
By Curtis Houck | October 23, 2017 2:18 PM EDT
On Monday morning, CNN further debased itself into the terrain of mockery, unveiling a new advertisement clearly aimed at President Trump by arguing that “some people might try to tell you” that an apple is actually a banana.
The 30-second ad began airing on CNN shows and launched with great fanfare by the network, their employees, and fanboys. Of course, this is amidst their minuscule coverage of The Hill’s stories on the Russian uranium deal, but I digress.
It starts with harmless piano music and a white background with an ordinary, red-colored apple before the narrator explains:
This is an apple. Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana. They might scream “banana, banana, banana” over and over and over again. They might put BANANA in all caps. You might even start to believe that this is a banana. But it’s not. This is an apple.
Next, “Facts First” appears for a few seconds before giving way to the CNN logo.
Hours after the video’s release, CNN’s Reliable Sources host and liberal media cheerleader Brian Stelter tweeted out this new network creed:
Facts Are Facts. They aren’t colored by emotion or bias. They are indisputable. There is no alternative to a fact. Facts explain things. What they are, how they happened. Facts are not interpretations. Once facts are established, opinions can be formed. And while opinions matter, they don’t change the facts. That’s why, at CNN, we start with the facts first. CNN Facts First.
One could go line by line and raise some concerns/questions about it, but that’s for another time.
Needless to say, there’s a number of ways to mock this ad campaign. But from a serious standpoint, my colleague Geoffrey Dickens documented in June a handful of fake news peddling by CNN over the years:
Donald Trump’s repeated branding of CNN as “fake news” may have been born in its biased 2016 campaign coverage, but the truth is CNN has peddled inaccurate reporting with an agenda for at least three decades.
From former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett, in 1991, passing along Iraqi war propaganda of allied forces bombing a “baby milk plant” to CNN executive Eason Jordan, in 2005, accusing U.S. soldiers of targeting journalists to CNN contributor Donna Brazile feeding townhall questions to the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign, there is a long history of news fakery at the oldest 24-hour cable news outlet.
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One such example Dickens documented was a June 1998 claim about U.S. troops during the Vietnam War by then-CNN correspondent Peter Arnett:
In a story so rife with false reporting CNN was forced to retract it, Arnett claimed U.S. forces had committed war crimes and used nerve gas in Laos during the Vietnam War in Operation Tailwind. The “Valley of Death” segment aired on the June 7, 1998 premiere of Newstand: CNN & Time was so atrocious, CNN’s own military affairs consultant Perry Smith resigned in protest.
If CNN is interested in #FactsFirst, maybe they should look at themselves before calling the kettle black or at least fire Fareed Zakaria, who has repeatedly been caught engaging in plagiarism. Or least ensure Jim Acosta takes a chill pill before White House press briefings.
Here’s another example. Look at how CNN hosts like Stelter and Don Lemon adore Dan Rather by having him on their shows. CNN wants to lecture the White House and Trump supporters on “Facts First,” but they repeatedly invite on the ex-CBS Evening News anchor who lost his job for pushing a fake news hit job in 2004 on then-President George W. Bush.
If facts come first for CNN, one should look at the August 22 and 23 meltdowns experienced by Stelter, Peter Beinart, and Lemon on CNN Tonight following the President’s August 22 Arizona rally. Along with pushing the dubious claim that Ronald Reagan suffered from Alzheimer’s while President, Lemon and his ilk repeatedly argued that Trump has mental problems.
Many of them argued that they’re simply stating what people are saying, the same could be said about birtherism. But we all know that’s false.
Critics of NewsBusters might argue that we want to destroy the liberal media (and thus the freedom of the press). In reality, what stories like this want to accomplish is simply inform viewers of what they’re getting when they turn on CNN or open The New York Times.
No one’s perfect, but the liberal media’s constant assertions that they should be trusted and that they’re not concerned about any agenda other than the truth is just asinine. Pointing out their bias is our mission.
After all, it’s Facts First. Right, CNN?
Here’s the transcript of the CNN advertisement that began airing on October 23:
CNN Advertisement
NARRATOR: This is an apple. Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana. They might scream “banana, banana, banana” over and over and over again. They might put BANANA in all caps. You might even start to believe that this is a banana. But it’s not. This is an apple.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Facts First]
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: CNN]
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Networks break in for Michael Cohen testimony coverage
All three major broadcast networks cut into normal programming for live coverage of Michael Cohen’s testimony.
Cohen is Donald Trump’s former attorney and “fixer.” Meanwhile, Trump is in Vietnam for a second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, a parallel that all three networks noted.
ABC News broke in starting with its normal special report open that then transitioned to a “Michael Cohen Testifies” title card.
Viewers in the central time zone, who were seeing the end of “Good Morning America” on tape delay, report the open had some slight “glitches” in it that made the audio and graphics seem to “skip” slightly, which is shown on the video clip of the open below.
ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos, meanwhile, literally showed the split screen dichotomy of the two scenes unfolding thousands of miles apart, using a double box graphic that included “Michael Cohen Testifies” at the top.
“World News Tonight” anchor David Muir also joined the network’s coverage.
CBS News did a quick cut in using its normal special report slate, but without an announcer — instead having Norah O’Donnell, who anchored the special report from Washington, provide her own open voiceover.
The special report also used the special report countdown slate, but a customized title card reading “Michael Cohen Testifies.”
NBC News cut in as well, but viewers in the central time zone reported a glitches in the open — with the normal NBC News special report slate cutting into “Today” on tape delay while what sounded like rustling papers could be heard. The network’s special report music then cut in abruptly, but no announcer could be heard.
The music continued to play even as anchors Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd appeared on screen and began speaking (with their mics muted), before cutting out and then switching to Guthrie’s audio.
On the video wall behind Guthrie and Todd was an image of the Capitol along with a thick black line with simulated timestamp. Below this was an image of the White House and another image obscured by Guthrie, but presumably of somewhere in Washington.
The “film strip” or “multiplexed” view is similar to the look MSNBC Live uses during the day.
During coverage, the network also used a series of red full screen backgrounds with thick beveled edges and a bullet list that used a slightly different sans serif font.
It appears, as well, that not all NBC stations broadcast the original special report as Guthrie took a brief “station break” shortly after the top of the hour to allow other stations to join the coverage in progress.
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A 'Dirt Cheap' Magnetic Field Sensor from 'Plastic Paint'
10-Jun-2012 11:00 PM EDT
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Credit: Christoph Boehme, University of Utah.
An inexpensive and highly accurate “spintronic” magnetic field sensor developed at the University of Utah is shown here. The entire device, on a printed circuit board, measures about 0.8 inches by 1.2 inches. But the part that actually detects magnetic fields is the reddish-orange thin-film semiconductor – essentially “plastic paint” – near the center-right of the device.
Nature Communications (online, June 12, 2012)
Engineering, Physics
magnetometry, magnetic field sensor, Magnetometer, spintronic, thin-film semiconductor, MEH-PPV, Magnetic Resonance, plastic paint
Newswise — SALT LAKE CITY, June 12, 2012 – University of Utah physicists developed an inexpensive, highly accurate magnetic field sensor for scientific and possibly consumer uses based on a “spintronic” organic thin-film semiconductor that basically is “plastic paint.”
The new kind of magnetic-resonance magnetometer also resists heat and degradation, works at room temperature and never needs to be calibrated, physicists Christoph Boehme, Will Baker and colleagues report online in the Tuesday, June 12 edition of the journal Nature Communications.
The magnetic-sensing thin film is an organic semiconductor polymer named MEH-PPV. Boehme says it really is nothing more than an orange-colored “electrically conducting, magnetic field-sensing plastic paint that is dirt cheap. We measure magnetic fields highly accurately with a drop of plastic paint, which costs just as little as drop of regular paint.” The orange spot is only about 5-by-5 millimeters (about one-fifth inch on a side), and the part that actually detects magnetic fields is only 1-by-1 millimeters. This organic semiconductor paint is deposited on a thin glass substrate which then is mounted onto a circuit board with that measures about 20-by-30 millimeters (about 0.8 by 1.2 inches). The new magnetic field sensor is the first major result to come out of the new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center launched by the University of Utah last September: a six-year, $21.5 million program funded by the National Science Foundation, the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative and the university.
University of Utah physics professor Brian Saam, one of the center’s principal investigators, says the new magnetometer “is viewed widely as having exceptional impact in a host of real-world science and technology applications.”
Boehme is considering forming a spinoff company to commercialize the sensors, on which a patent is pending. In the study, the researchers note that “measuring absolute magnetic fields is crucial for many scientific and technological applications.”
As for potential uses in consumer products, Boehme says it’s difficult to predict what will happen, but notes that existing, more expensive magnetic-field sensors “are in many, many devices that we use in daily life: phones, hard drives, navigation devices, door openers, consumer electronics of many kinds. However, Joe Public usually is not aware when he uses those sensors.”
“There are sensors out there already, but they're just not nearly as good – stable and accurate – and are much more expensive to make,” Saam says.
Boehme believes the devices could be on the market in three years or less – if they can be combined with other new technology to make them faster. Speed is their one drawback, taking up to a few seconds to read a magnetic field.
Boehme, the study’s senior author, conducted the research with University of Utah physics doctoral students Will Baker (the first author), Kapildeb Ambal, David Waters and Kipp van Schooten; postdoctoral researcher Hiroki Morishita; physics undergraduate student Rachel Baarda; and two physics professors who remain affiliated with the University of Utah after moving elsewhere: Dane McCamey of the University of Sydney, Australia, and John Lupton of the University of Regensburg, Germany.
The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Australian Research Council.
Sensor Based on Organic Spintronics
The sensors are based on a field of science named spintronics, in which data is stored both electronically in the electrical charges of electrons or atomic nuclei and in what is known as the “spin” of those subatomic particles.
Described simply, spin makes a particle behave like a tiny bar magnet that is pointed up or down within an electron or a nucleus. Down can represent 0 and up and represent 1, similar to how in electronics no charge represents 0 and a charge represents 1. Spintronics allows more information – spin and charge – to be used than electronics, which just uses charge.
The new magnetic field sensor paint contains negatively charged electrons and positively charged “holes” that align their spins parallel or not parallel in the absence or presence of a magnetic field – but only if radio waves of a certain frequency also are applied to the semiconductor paint.
So an electrical current is applied to the new device. Electrical contacts in the device act as tiny broadcast antennas to bombard the plastic paint with radio waves, which the researchers gradually change in frequency. If a magnetic field is present, the spins in the polymer paint will flip when the frequency of the radio waves matches the magnetic field. The change of spin in the paint is converted to an electrical current the researchers then read to determine magnetic field strength.
Because the paint is an organic polymer, the sensor is known as an organic spintronics device.
Device Works Even if ‘Old and Crusty’ The new magnetometer can detect magnetic fields ranging from 1,000 times weaker than Earth’s magnetic field to tens of thousands times stronger – a range that covers intermediate to strong magnetic fields, Boehme says. He says the new magnetometer cannot measure very weak magnetic fields, which now are measured by devices known as SQUIDS. It can measure strong magnetic fields, and although conventional magnetic resonance devices do that very well, they are bulky and expensive – such as those used in medical MRI machines – so the low cost and small size of the new magnetometers may give them some advantages. But the major use of the new devices is for intermediate strength magnetic fields, for which no existing device works as well, Boehme says.
Boehme’s new sensor is known as an organic magnetic resonance magnetometer or OMRM. Its one disadvantage is it is slow, taking up to a few seconds to detect a magnetic field. Boehme hopes to combine his technology with similar developing magnetometer technology known as an organic magnetoresistant sensor, or OMAR, which is more than 100 times faster but requires calibration, isn’t very accurate, detects only weak to moderate magnetic fields and is vulnerable to temperature fluctuations and material degradation.
The new device “can literally get old and crusty, and as long as it can carry a detectable current, the magnetic field can be measured accurately,” Boehme says.
Boehme says new experiments will determine how much smaller the 1-square-millimeter sensing area can be made and still have it accurately detect magnetic fields. He is aiming for 1 million times smaller: “It’s a matter of microfabrication.”
University of Utah Communications 201 Presidents Circle, Room 308 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9017 (801) 581-6773 fax: (801) 585-3350 www.unews.utah.edu
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A new exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum celebrates the natural and raw grit of the area, as seen by some of its hardest working artists-the women.
Dinah Cardin April 13, 2018
In this watery part of the world, women have historically sewn sails, canned fish, and—sometimes from tucked-away studios—made art. A small exhibition from the collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Championing Women: Selections from the Permanent Collection, celebrates the natural beauty and raw grit of Cape Ann as seen by some of its hardest-working artists.
For decades, these women have kept themselves busy creating from Manchester-by-the Sea, Rocky Neck, and Annisquam. Their enduring inspiration predates the hashtags and memes of the #MeToo movement, making the exhibition’s timing with any recent women’s movement merely a coincidence, says curator Martha Oaks.
Top to bottom, Judith Goetemann, Marshland I, 2011, batik on cloth,
gift of the artist 2012; Marshland II, 2011, batik on cloth, gift of the artist 2012.
“Fifteen or 20 years ago, there was very little here by women artists,” says Oaks, who’s been with the museum for more than three decades. “It’s great to grow this part of our collection.” The annual show helps the museum acquire new works, giving contemporary women artists their proper place in Cape Ann’s extraordinary artistic history. Obvious heavy hitters such as Fitz Henry Lane, master interpreter of Gloucester’s waterfront, made up a 2009 survey show, forcing the museum to examine who it had left out: the women artists of Cape Ann. “I’m part of the women’s lib movement of the 1970s,” says Oaks. “I love spotlighting these women.”
In her experience, there is definitely a natural camaraderie among women who are in the serious and solitary business of making art, says Juni Van Dyke, whose two lovely abstract works Singing Beachand On Coolidge Pointare in the show. “My heart took flight when I learned that two of my artworks would belong to the Cape Ann Museum,” she says. “It is wonderful to have work in this particular exhibit because I am familiar with the artists. Each one of us has experienced the pain of rejection. It just comes with the territory; and then later, whenever an inclusion comes around, it is a very bonding experience.”
Middle paintings left to right, Homage to Matisse, Work on paper, 60” x 40” acrylic,
oil, and collage; After Homage, Work on paper, 60” x 40” acrylic, oil, and collage.
The wall text for this one-room show tells us: “While women have worked as artists in this region for as long as men and have exhibited their artwork alongside that of their male counterparts for over 100 years, many of Cape Ann’s most talented women artists remain in the shadows.”
One of these ladies is Judith Goetemann, whose artist husband often took the spotlight in Rocky Neck before his 2016 passing. Her batik-on-cloth pieces transport us into a meditative place, all dreamy butterflies and marshland. The largest pieces in the exhibition, by Ruth Mordecai of Rocky Neck, are abstract collages purchased with the help of the New York–based Kanter Kallman Foundation.
Many in the exhibition teach at area schools and have brought their fresh skills to recent workshops at the museum, helping shape new generations of aspiring artists. “They’re like best friends now,” says Oaks. “They’re willing to speak to docents, to do programming.”
While Pat Lowery Collins’s pastels Of Time and Tides I andIIoffer the underside of slick boulders and water, hinting at familiar coves, inlets, and beaches, Gabrielle Barzaghi’s pastels offer an inland experience with a glimpse of the view from her Dogtown studio, revealing a mythical primordial forest. Anna Comolli’s Winter View from Gloucester Milloffers up a gritty view of the train tracks that has some locals pointing to the familiar scene as if it were a snapshot of their daily lives. Joy Halsted’s acrylic portraits Cold Water #1and #2provide a familiar sensory experience of bathing in the waters off of Cape Ann, with a couple of grimacing ladies whose summer dip proves painful.
“This is the beauty of the art colony here,” says Oaks. “We have everything…from the absurd to the abstract.”
Juni Van Dyke
All of these works accomplish the mission of the Cape Ann Museum: to focus on the collective experience of living in Cape Ann, with its abundant light and beauty, while featuring prominent artists who lived in or were inspired by the area. Works in the permanent exhibition galleries reflect the fishing and maritime industries, the granite quarrying industry, and the Folly Cove Designers. This local collective of 45 (mostly) women worked away in home studios during the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s using linoleum blocks to print on fabric, creating pieces for both fine department stores and museum exhibitions. Each spring and fall, art lovers can still search out hidden studios during the oldest open studio event in the country. On June 2 and 3, the Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour will celebrate 35 years.
Martha Oaks curates works by Juni Van Dyke, Judith Goetemann, Ruth Mordecai,
Pat Lowery Collins, Gabrielle Barzaghi, Anna Comolli, Emma McCrea, Felicie
Waldo Howell, and Margaret Fitzhugh Browne.
Not to be missed are the historic paintings by women artists, which are interspersed throughout the collection and just across the hallway from the special exhibitions gallery. Truly, women artists were always here. Emma McCrea’s scene of Pigeon Cove features a rough-and-tumble waterfront scene of men and manly things, a subject normally reserved for her brethren painters. Margaret Fitzhugh Browne’s 1920 portrait of her sister in gardening gloves with yellow flowers in her lap is a beautiful work. Felicie Waldo Howell’s 1921 night view of Gloucester’s Town Hall Square decked in patriotic bunting shows us a large gathering at a dedication, at the site that would feature iconic bronze sculpture of Joan of Arc.
Women artists share much in common, says Van Dyke. “Sometimes it seems that art-making is a balancing act unique to us. Women are natural caretakers with an inclination to get to the studio after all is well on the home front. I am probably not alone when I say that there is nothing quite like taking a break in some little Gloucester place and then to recognize another woman artist in there too. It’s like bumping into a favorite blood relative. Among us, conversation flows easily. More than fun, it’s restorative.”
When the exhibition comes down, which is slated for some time this spring, and is all packed up, Van Dyke imagines that voices from the past will rise up with “a rustle of excitement” about the inclusion of women artists, recognized for what they’ve been doing all along.
Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant St., Gloucester, 978-283-0455, capeannmuseum.org.
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FDLE will not pursue alleged threats against Handy
TOM McLAUGHLIN / Daily News
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will not investigate allegations that a trustee at Northwest Florida State College has threatened President Ty Handy and his family.
�Our agents looked at the allegations and decided they did not rise to the level of a crime,� FDLE spokeswoman Linda McDonald said Friday. �They reviewed findings with the state attorney, who concurred.�
Handy had notified law enforcement agencies of threats.
�I went to law enforcement immediately, both federal and local, so if they got a call from me or my wife they could respond immediately,� Handy said.
Handy said he decided not to press charges, but allegations he presented to Niceville Police Chief David Popwell were passed on to the FDLE.
The situation came to a head when Handy read a �statement of concern� to the board of trustees at their meeting June 18. Handy alleged that threats � including several implying harm could befall him or his family � had been made by �one member of this board.�
Read the statement of concern. >>
After Handy finished his statement, Patrick Byrne, a trustee since March, immediately addressed the comments and made it clear they had been directed at him.
Byrne said Handy was making �a mountain out of a molehill,� but also apologized to Handy and his wife for any statements he made that might have appeared threatening.
�At best, I misspoke, (but) I do not recall it,� Byrne said.
Handy also claimed in his statement that the same trustee who threatened him told him if he agreed to resign he could be �bought out� with a consulting job or a �presidential sabbatical with full pay for one year.�
The statement also indicated the effort to oust Handy extends much further than a single board member.
It alleges a �key administrative employee� at the college had been working with Byrne to �get me fired.�
Handy claimed the employee told him at a private meeting that �state officials� intended to �offer you a state position in Tallahassee that you cannot refuse.� �
The employee�s identity has not been confirmed on the record.
Handy�s statement asserted Byrne also told him powerful people in Florida government were working behind the scenes to have him removed.
�He demanded that I be gone by July 1, and that if I was, �a senator will make sure that the college is given millions of dollars in extra appropriations,� � Handy said in the statement.
Although he has made contributions to both Republican and Democratic causes over the years, Byrne�s clearest connection to Tallahassee is a long friendship with Senate President Don Gaetz of Niceville.
Gaetz nominated Byrne, the president of Valparaiso Realty, to serve on the NWF State�s board of trustees. He also nominated Wayne Ansley, an assistant superintendent when Gaetz ran the Okaloosa County School District, and Brad Drake, who served with Gaetz in the Florida Legislature.
Gov. Rick Scott appointed them to the board.
Byrne had served as a trustee for the college when it was Okaloosa-Walton Community College, was a member of the State Board of Community Colleges and was chairman of the board of the Foundation for Florida�s Community Colleges.
Byrne�s son, Michael, interned for Gaetz and is presently employed as a legislative aide to him.
Gaetz said last week he has known Byrne for more than 20 years and confirmed that they had partnered in ownership of a Howard Johnson�s motel on U.S. Highway 98 in Fort Walton Beach in the 1990s.
Byrne did not return several phone calls last week seeking comment, but Gaetz said he spoke to him after the June 18 board meeting and was told �he thought there were exaggerations and overstatements made� by Handy.
�He was very surprised by what was said and rather taken aback,� Gaetz said.
He said if what Handy claims Byrne said is true, �it would be very out of character for the Pat Byrne I know.�
�The things said about Pat don�t square with what I know about him,� Gaetz said.
Gaetz said if Byrne did refer to a state senator when he spoke to Handy about appropriations to NWF State, he was not the senator.
�I don�t know of any occasion where state appropriations were tied into someone coming into or leaving a college presidency,� he said. �The Legislature doesn�t increase or decrease appropriations based on who the president of a community college is.�
Gaetz said he does not know Handy well and did not know when he nominated Byrne that he would make Handy�s ouster such an obvious priority.
But according to another new trustee, Byrne made his intention clear from the beginning.
Michael Flynt, who also was appointed to the board in March, said Byrne told him about his goal of getting rid of Handy as they waited outside Scott�s office to be interviewed for the posts.
�He said it was because of the financial status of the college,� Flynt said.
About that time, Handy raised concerns with the trustees that Scott was about to appoint several new board members and that at least one of them wanted him gone.
Ansley voted with Byrne against renewing Handy�s employment contract when that item came up at the June 18 meeting.
He said the vote had nothing to do with how he felt about Handy, but with how he felt as a new member about voting to extend a contract that still had two years remaining on it.
�It was a matter of principle. If I had to vote today I would support Dr. Handy,� Ansley said last week. �You�d have trouble finding something concrete to wrap your arms around (what) he�s doing wrong.�
Ansley said the three-year contract extension Handy received pretty well solidifies the college president�s position despite the controversy still swirling around him.
Daily News Staff Writer Katie Tammen contributed to this report.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or tmclaughlin@nwfdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.
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NWFSC hacking case widens to include 200,000 students statewide
LAUREN SAGE REINLIE / Daily News
NICEVILLE � The Northwest Florida State College hacking incident has widened to include the personal information of about 200,000 students from across the state.
School officials were informed late Tuesday that the breach included data on 76,500 of their current and former college students as well as 200,000 students from across Florida who were eligible for Bright Futures scholarships several years ago.
In addition to the students� information, about 3,200 current and retired employees had their personal data compromised. By Wednesday, investigators found at least 60 of the employees� information had been misused, said Cristie Kedroski, vice president for college advancement at NWF State.
No misuse of any student information has been uncovered, although the investigation is ongoing.
�We�re certainly taking this seriously and working to remedy it as best we can,� Kedroski said.
An entity or person outside the college is believed to be responsible for hacking into a directory on one of the school�s servers some time between May 21 and Sept. 24.
One of the files accessed included information on all students eligible for Bright Futures scholarships in Florida during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years. The file included students� names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, ethnicities and genders.
The school�s financial aid department had downloaded the file, a common practice at schools across the state, Kedroski said. It is used to determine eligibility for the scholarship program.
The NWF State student and employee information included names, addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers. For employees, their bank routing and account numbers used for direct deposit may have also been compromised.
Investigators found two ways the perpetrators had misused the personal information of the 60 or more employees: taking out personal loans through PayDayMax Inc. or Discount Advance Loans that are repaid through an automatic debit from a person�s bank account, and applying for a Home Depot credit card in a person�s name and using it for purchases.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office cybercrimes unit and Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating the incident.
On Sept. 24 a handful of employees reported unauthorized charges to their bank accounts, but investigators were not able to determine immediately whether the system had been breached, Kedroski said. The number of affected employees quickly grew to 12 over the next several days.
On Oct. 3, school officials sent an email to employees stating they had discovered the system had been hacked from the outside and that their information may have been compromised.
By Monday, they confirmed the employee data had been compromised, but were still working to determine the breadth of the hack and whether it included any student information.
The college and the Department of Education�s Division of Florida Colleges will formally notify all students across Florida who were affected by the data breach.
At NWF State, officials have sent out several emails to notify employees and students, and are working to notify affected people officially through the mail. They must make sure they have the most recent contact information for any former students or employees, Kedroski said.
�We will get that communication out as quickly as possible,� she said, noting that the college plans to have it completed well before the 45 days required by law.
While the hacking incident is under investigation, people who notice improper use of their Social Security numbers or believe they may have been victims of identity theft should contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-ID-THEFT or www.ftc.gov/idtheft. They also may call local law enforcement and file a police report for their records.
Anyone whose information may have been compromised can place a free fraud alert on their credit file. That will notify creditors to contact them before allowing a new account to be opened in their name. Call any one of the three major credit reporting agencies to place an alert (Experian at 888-397-3742, Equifax at 888-766-0008 or TransUnion at 800-680-7289).
Information about the hacking incident also is available at www.nwfsc.edu/security.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Lauren Sage Reinlie at 850-315-4443 or lreinlie@nwfdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenRnwfdn.
NWFSC employee information compromised in hacking incident
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Soldiers get 20 days to vote on new PT uniform
Army News Service
Oct 12, 2012 at 12:01 AM Oct 12, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Back in February, the Army gave Soldiers a chance to weigh in on the Improved Physical Fitness Uniform. The Army took those Soldier suggestions and developed a possible replacement uniform. Now Soldiers can vote on which one of those they think looks the best.
More than 76,000 Soldiers responded to the initial survey. Among other things, Soldiers commented about uniform fit, moisture wicking and anti-microbial properties and how much the uniform weighs. The Army listened to Soldiers and has developed a new Improved Physical Fitness Uniform, or IPFU.
Now the Army wants Soldiers to weigh in on color options and graphic patterns for the uniform. There are six candidate uniforms � they are all the same in terms of fabrics, capabilities and durability. What�s different is the color of the fabrics and the size, color and shapes of the graphic designs.
All Soldiers have the option to log on and choose which uniform option they like best. The poll went live Oct. 9, and will be available for 20 days.
Stylistic variations include different colors for the jacket and pants � black or gray, for instance. Soldiers can also choose among graphic elements and colors for graphic elements.
With the jacket, for instance, there is a chevron emblazoned across the chest. That can be in yellow, grey or black, and it can be thick or thin. On the shorts, there�s the option to have colored piping on the sides. For the long and short-sleeve T-shirts, there�s both fabric color options and the option to have either the word �Army� emblazoned across the chest or the Army logo over the left breast.
Soldiers will have 20 days to make it known which they think looks best.
Perhaps more important than how the uniform looks is how the uniform will perform and feel. Improvements in the IPFU include reduced fabric weight, tagless labels, anti-microbial properties, quick-dry capability, removal of reflective properties in the uniform, the removal of the liner and elastic bottom on the pants, and overall pattern adjustments to provide a better fit.
Those changes came as a result of Soldier input as well. Command Sgt. Maj. Emmett Maunakea, Program Executive Office Soldier, said Soldiers were asked to weigh in on the IPFU, and are being asked now to vote on which uniform they like best, because it is Soldiers who are the end users.
�Nobody can tell you better what needs to happen with it than the user of that piece of equipment,� Maunakea said. �We need the feedback from Soldiers and leaders in the field to tell us what is wrong with it, what is right with it, and how can we make it better and work better for them.�
Maunakea said Soldiers know what�s available to civilians in the way of fitness gear, and brought that knowledge with them when they commented on the Army�s uniform.
�Our Soldiers are smart,� he said. �They are out there spending a lot of money in the economy as they buy their civilian workout clothing. And they are buying the newest, latest and greatest type of stuff.�
Maj. Mia Bruner, assistant product manager for initial issue uniforms, said Soldiers came into the February survey with well-informed ideas about their physical fitness uniform.
�They knew what they wanted that uniform to do,� she said. �They knew that they wanted it to have sort of high-performance capabilities within the fabric. They know when you go out on the commercial market, you see tags that say anti-microbial and quick-dry and all of these high-speed, high-performance terminology � they knew what characteristics and features they wanted to see in the uniform.�
To save on cost, the reflective elements of the IPFU have been removed, Maunakea said.
�Everybody is going to be wearing a PT belt anyway, so it doesn�t make sense to have it on the uniform, if you are already wearing a reflective belt.�
On the long sleeve T-shirt, the �mock collar� has been removed, as well as the sleeve cuffs, to make the uniform more comfortable for Soldiers.
�We made it more like a crew neck collar to allow more air in for the Soldiers to cool down as they are working out,� Bruner said. �It won�t be as constricted around the neck area.�
In the February survey, Soldiers had said they felt the liner in the pants was too thick and �got in the way,� Bruner said. The liner has been removed. �We included re-enforcements along the knee area as well.�
Also a possibility with the new uniform is �possible female sizing that will be developed,� Bruner said.
Maunakea and a team from PEO Soldier will travel around the Army to show off to Soldiers the new uniform options. The dates and locations include Fort Bragg, N.C, Oct. 8-10 ; Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 11-15; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Oct. 16-18; and Fort Shafter and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 19-26. Locations for those demonstrations were chosen for density of Soldiers.
After Soldiers vote on which uniform they like best, there will be a �series of steps� that must take place before the uniforms reach Soldiers. Included in those steps are wear testing by a sample group of Soldiers, additional improvements as a result of that testing, and a final approval by the chief of staff of the Army.
To vote, go to https://ipfusurvey.natick.army.mil, and log in with your CAC. If you want to take the survey without having to log in with your CAC, visit https://surveys.natick.army.mil/Surveys/ipfu.nsf.
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Homestay and High School integration in Argentina
Become fluent in Spanish living a full Spanish immersion in Argentina!
Live and attend high school in Argentina for some weeks or months. Meet new friends and discover their daily student routine of young Argentinean teenagers.
study abroad Cordoba, Santa Fé, Mendoza Argentina
dates February to December
length 8 to 12 weeks
price from 3790 USD
Our Homestay and School Integration program offers a unique way to experience the daily and routine of young Argentinean teenagers. The participant lives with a local host family and goes to school (except during school holidays) with the host sister or brother, like any other student.
Students are welcomed as a new family member and spend their evenings and week-ends sharing the family’s activities. Students learn through the constant immersion in the local language environment. They cannot speak their native language, and that will cause Spanish language skills to improve quickly and efficiently. The homestay and school integration is a good way to prepare for a longer academic program abroad.
We place our students in public schools in small cities, or semi-private and semipublic schools (private schools on request) in bigger cities. High schools in Argentina are well organized, have high academic standards, and offer a friendly and supportive environment. Students will be placed in the following provinces: Córdoba, Santa Fé and Mendoza. Students cannot request any specific location.
The short-term program offers the opportunity to experience Argentinean lifestyle and culture from the inside and not as a tourist. It is the best way to improve language skills and integrate the everyday life of another country.
Host family, full board.
Students are hosted in warm Argentinean host families, who want to share their everyday life with a foreign student. The typical Argentinean family is made up of the mother, father and two or three children. Families are really close knit and include the extended family: grandparents, uncles, aunts etc...
Our families volunteer to host a student which means they are not paid to host a foreign student. They are motivated by cultural exchange and international friendship. The host family provides accommodation and meals at home. Meals eaten outside the home (including school lunches) must be paid for separately by the student.
ref. : IMARG1
* Price in US Dollars per participant.
Host school placement and tuition fees (except in case of private schools charging extra fees)
Host family accommodation with full board (meals eaten at home)
Airport pick-up and transfer from Cordoba airport on arrival (return transfer to Cordoba airport depends on the host family’s location)
Visa, passport, immigration and medical exam fees
Extra activities organized by the school or others
Extra language courses, extra excursions
Local transportation (e.g.: to and from school)
School supplies and calculators, school books,
School and sport uniforms, meals taken at school, school fees in case of a private school
Transportation from Cordoba to the host family if the host family is located more than 200km from Cordoba
A minimum of one to two year of Spanish language study
Participants must show that they are mature enough to participate in the program that requires:
Interest in learning about the Argentinean culture
Deep desire to integrate a different family and share actively their everyday life
Enthusiasm for improving language communication skills
Willingness to make new friends
An open and flexible attitude
Nacel International Argentina
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NASHVILLE TRAX Recording Studio
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Meet just some of the high quality Nashville-based talent we can provide for your projects:
Kristen McNamara- vocals (2006 Nashville Star, 2009 American Idol, L.A. recording artist)
Bill, I just want you to know..... your production and mix
on this song is great. You are wonderful at what you do. It's rare to find someone who can hear levels, and you do! The most clear vocals on a demo I have ever heard. Great job!!!!!
HUGS- Kristen McNamara
Comments Regarding: "He Said His Last Goodbye" words & music: Jon Smith
Arranged, Engineered, Produced & Mixed by Bill Watson @ NashvilleTrax
Lead Vocals by: Kristen McNamara
Session guitarist, Brent Mason, listed by Guitar World magazine at #8 on thir list of the top session guitarists in history across all genres. Brent has played on over 1,000 major label albums- Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Natalie Cole and others.
Amy Nash- Vocals. Amy is also a Nashville radio on-air celebrity.
Need dobro? our guy, who plays for country music superstar, Blake Shelton, has you covered.
Wanda- Fiddle, Dobro, Mandolin, banjo & more. 7 Instruments at session quality. Her album credits include Taylor Swift, Lee Greenwood, Uncle Kracker, Trisha Yearwood... the list goes on & on.
Boz Scaggs' drummer, David Northrup, pictured at Red Rocks while with Travis Tritt- he drums on many of our projects, David has also toured with Doug Stone, Tanya Tucker, Wynonna Judd and other major label country artists.
Johnny H. our extraordinary sax man.
He's played with many legends of the music industry, why not on your recording?
William E. currently the drummer for Montgomery Gentry. He has also performed and/or recorded with
Hunter Hayes, Travis Tritt, Rick Derringer, Jimmy Johnson and other artists.
Session Guitarist Thomas Wild, B.J. Thomas, Mindy McCreedy, "The Session Players" reality show. Tom can bring tremendous experience to your session.
Archibald "Moonlight Graham", major league career
Games played: 1
At Bats: 0
Cherish the moment, seize the day, do it do it!
Sammi is our eleven year old go-to for powerful rap, pop and country "kid" vocals with excellent tone. She has been raised in the Nashville studio scene and has been performing since age four. Need a vocal on your project as a guide for your male or female child? We'll cut the song in your child's key and let Sam lead the way.
"You know we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize
that was the only day." Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams
Jenee- Fiddle, Mandolin, Lead Vocals. Harmony. Jenee plays fiddle and sings backup for Blake Shelton. She's also a regular in Martina McBride's band. You can hear her work elsewhere on this site as well as on Rascal Flatts latest record.
Bill Watson- Nashville Trax Producer. 2,928 client recording projects completed, and counting.
"Hey Bill, this is Joe Finley. I just wanted to let you know what that we are absolutely thrilled with the music you're producing!!! Can't wait to hook up in person soon! Thank you so very much for everything." Comments regarding the album Bill Watson is currently working on for Joe's Southern California (Los Angeles area) based band, The Swansons.
Krista Marie-vocals.
Krista Is a Recording artist signed to Broken Bow Records, home of Jason Aldean/Stunt work in major motion pictures.
The Fabulous Mr. Mike: Pedal steel and harmonica. His recording and performance credits include Neil Young, George Jones, Peter Frampton, Conway Twitty, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and pages more.
Rascal Flatts drummer Jim Riley doing cynbal swells on the Nashville Trax drum kit. Jim's credits include Disney, The Grammys, The Voice, Rascal Flatts and has been featured on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine.
Interested in booking studio time for your band or solo project at hourly rate? Use your credit card to send $375 to nashtrax@bellsouth.net via PayPal.com to pay for the minimum 5 hours of time at Nashville Trax Recording Studio which will confirm a 1 day booking. Engineer is included. Balance, if any, will be due in cash at days end, prior to mixes or files being exchanged. Additional days can be scheduled if needed at that time. Per hour rate is $75 per hour. E-mail or call 615-319-8616 immediately after or just prior purchase, to schedule the date and start time and obtain specific pricing for your project.
Professional session quality musicians and vocalists are available upon request. Extra per-song or hourly charges apply for musicians and/or session singers requested. 48 Hours notice required to schedule a session.
e-mail: nashtrax@bellsouth.net
Nashville Trax
2817 West End Avenue, Suites 126-259
Nashville, TN 37203 USA
Bill Watson, Producer
All song material on this site is presented for demonstration of production values only. All other uses prohibited under U.S. and International copyright law.
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Int J Obes (Lond). 2016 Apr;40(4):706-13. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.223. Epub 2015 Oct 26.
GM3 ganglioside and phosphatidylethanolamine-containing lipids are adipose tissue markers of insulin resistance in obese women.
Wentworth JM1,2, Naselli G1, Ngui K1, Smyth GK3,4, Liu R3, O'Brien PE2, Bruce C5, Weir J6, Cinel M6, Meikle PJ6, Harrison LC1.
Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Monash University Centre for Obesity Research and Education, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The association between central obesity and insulin resistance reflects the properties of visceral adipose tissue. Our aim was to gain further insight into this association by analysing the lipid composition of subcutaneous and omental adipose tissue in obese women with and without insulin resistance.
Subcutaneous and omental adipose tissue and serum were obtained from 29 obese non-diabetic women, 13 of whom were hyperinsulinemic. Histology, lipid and gene profiling were performed.
In omental adipose tissue of obese, insulin-resistant women, adipocyte hypertrophy and macrophage infiltration were accompanied by an increase in GM3 ganglioside and its synthesis enzyme ST3GAL5; in addition, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) lipids were increased and their degradation enzyme, phosphatidylethanolamine methyl transferase (PEMT), decreased. ST3GAL5 was expressed predominantly in adipose stromovascular cells and PEMT in adipocytes. Insulin resistance was also associated with an increase in PE lipids in serum.
The relevance of these findings to insulin resistance in humans is supported by published mouse studies, in which adipocyte GM3 ganglioside, increased by the inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor-α, impaired insulin action and PEMT was required for adipocyte lipid storage. Thus in visceral adipose tissue of obese humans, an increase in GM3 ganglioside secondary to inflammation may contribute to insulin resistance and a decrease in PEMT may be a compensatory response to adipocyte hypertrophy.
10.1038/ijo.2015.223
Adipocytes/metabolism
Biomarkers/metabolism
G(M3) Ganglioside/metabolism*
Inflammation/metabolism
Insulin Resistance*
Intra-Abdominal Fat/cytology
Intra-Abdominal Fat/metabolism*
Lipids/chemistry*
Obesity/metabolism*
Obesity/physiopathology
Phosphatidylethanolamines/metabolism*
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
G(M3) Ganglioside
Phosphatidylethanolamines
TNF protein, human
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
phosphatidylethanolamine
Obesity - MedlinePlus Health Information
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Do you know a young adult, or someone who soon will be? The Young Adult Guide app is full of helpful legal information specially tailored to those who are new to adulthood. If you are or know a student, parent, teacher or school administrator who could use the app, it can be found by searching for “OBA Young Adult Guide” in the App Store or Google Play, or use the links below.
In prior years, the YLD has taken an active role in educating high schoolers on their transition into adulthood and the legal matters they will face. The division worked with the Law-Related Education Committee to publish a young adult legal guide titled “You’re 18 Now – It’s Your Responsibility!” that was also offered as an app. In 2017, the YLD undertook the task of updating the guide’s content and making it available as a new and improved mobile app. As an app, the association has greater access to updating the information at a fraction of the cost.
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Pine Bluff High School Art Exhibition opening at arts center
Special to The Commercial
The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 S. Main St., will present works from young artists in the 2019 annual Pine Bluff High School Art Exhibition.
The exhibition opens with a free public reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, with artist and teacher remarks at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The students’ works will be on display in ASC’s International Paper Gallery from May 2 through July 27. The exhibition is sponsored by Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co.
PBHS art teacher Shalisha Thomas worked with the students and curated the exhibition. The 15 artists in the exhibition are: Edem Ammamoo, Phillip Austin, Zariaeah Blake, Kaniyah Briggs, E’Leecia Clark, Tyrah Elerby, Tykera Glover, Symfoni Green, Jason Sanders, O’keylan Seahorn, Ashia Shelton, Phyantasia Tanner, Justin Thomasson, Noelani Williams and Ro Willis.
“The talent at Pine Bluff High School is extraordinary and we look forward to sharing the students’ work with the public,” said ASC Curator Lenore Shoults. “For over 40 years, Pine Bluff High School students have shared their talent with the community through this annual art exhibition. We appreciate the students’ hard work and art teachers, Mrs. Virginia Hymes and Ms. Shalisha Thomas, who go above and beyond for their students and community.”
Details: asc701.org/.
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Singapore Incorporation
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Applying for Work Visas for Foreign Employees to work in Singapore
Local and Singapore-based foreign companies (i.e. branch offices and representative offices) who wish to employ skilled foreigners can do so by applying an Employment Pass, S Pass, or Work Permit for their foreign employees. (Foreigners who wish to come to Singapore without first securing a local employer/sponsor may also consider applying for a Personalised Employment Pass, if they are eligible). Factors such as the candidate’s salary, experience, nationality, and academic qualifications determine which work pass is most suitable, together with the company’s financial/growth position and manpower situation i.e. quota to hire foreigners.
Furthermore, hiring companies must be able to prove to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) that the foreigner’s skills, qualifications and experience are unique/superior and critical for their businesses’ success. Companies must also show that they have made genuine efforts to recruit a Singaporean candidate first, before looking outside the local talent pool. This is in line with the Singapore Government’s enhancement of the work pass eligibility criteria for both candidates and local employers to improve employment opportunities and conditions for locals.
Overview of Employment Pass & S Pass Work Passes
For this article, we shall focus on the more common and most applicable types of work passes available for skilled and mid-skilled foreign employees – the Employment Pass (“EP”) & the S Pass.
New applicants for EP & S Pass work passes are assessed on multiple criteria, including those criteria mentioned above, such as but not limited to: the proposed fixed monthly salary (basic monthly salary plus any fixed allowances or bonus payments), the issuing university/academic body/country of the candidate’s educational qualifications, specialist skills, type of job, relevant work experience, existing relationship or employment with the company, the company’s background/history and its potential to create new jobs for locals.
As a simple guideline, skilled foreign employees holding acceptable academic qualifications (Bachelor Degree and above) and professional qualifications with managerial/executive/specialist experience and who earn a fixed monthly salary of at least S$3,600.00 (commensurate with their experience and job role) are eligible for an Employment Pass to work in Singapore. For candidates of this calibre on EP, the MOM does not impose a foreign manpower quota or foreign worker levy.
Mid-skilled foreign employees who have a Degree or Diploma qualification, but with just a few years of relevant experience and a lower salary, and who do not come from an “approved source country” (to be eligible for a work permit)…or a skilled foreign employee holding a lesser academic qualification, may not be deemed eligible for an EP. Instead, these employees can work in Singapore on an S Pass. Candidates for an S Pass must earn a fixed monthly salary of at least S$2,200.00, commensurate with their experience and job role. A foreign worker levy is imposed on the company for S Pass holders, and the company must also meet the foreign manpower quota applicable for its industry sector. For example, services companies must have at least 5 locals to 1 S Pass, or 11 locals to 2 S Pass holders (assuming the company does not have any other dependency on foreign workers (work permits), in which case the quota may be higher).
Please note: EP & S Pass applicants are advised not to make any relocation plans until they have received an In-Principle Approval Letter from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
Highlights of Employment Pass
Employment Pass (EP) holder is permitted to act as a local Director of a Singapore Company provided that he/she is holding an EP under the same Singapore Company.
Employment Pass (EP) holder is permitted to be Partner of an LLP or LP and to act as the local resident Manager of the same LLP or LP that sponsors his EP.
Note: An EP holder is not allowed to act as a Local Director for another company that is not his/her sponsoring company/employer.
EP Applicants with a minimum salary of S$5,000 will be able to apply the following passes for their family members:
Dependant Pass
Legally married spouse;
Unmarried children under 21 (incl. legally adopted children)
Long-Term Visa Pass
Common-law spouse;
Unmarried handicapped children above 21; and
Unmarried stepchild under 21
Parents (only applicable to those earning a minimum salary of S$ 10,000)
Highlights of S Pass
S Pass applicants with a minimum salary of S$ 5,000 will be able to bring in Singapore their spouse and children.
For more details, you may download MOM’s latest changes to dependant privileges for work pass holders.
Employment Pass and S Pass Eligibility, Criteria, and Processing Time
Pass Type
Validity Period
Employment Pass (EP)
Fixed monthly salary of S$ 3,600 minimum
Tertiary degree from accredited university
Typically 5 years' relevant experience
1-3 years (at the discretion of authorities) and renewable
Online Submission:
within 3 weeks (for most cases)
S$ 70
Issuance/
Renewal:
S$ 150
Multiple Journey Visa (if required):
* Older applicants without tertiary qualifications need to have higher fixed monthly salaries commensurating with relevant work experience and skills.
S Pass (SP)
Fixed monthly salary of S$ 2,200 (w.e.f. 1st of July 2013)
Possess a degree/diploma. Preferred technical certificates of at least 1 year of full-time study may be considered
Preferably with 1-2 years working experience
* The number of S Pass holders a company can employ is capped at a sub-quota, or Dependency Ceiling (DC), of 10% – 15% of the company's total workforce in the Services sector and 10% – 20% in the other sectors.
Work Permit (WP) Approved country/territory 1-2 years (subject to worker’s passport validity, Banker’s/Insurance Guarantee and worker’s employment period) and renewable
Issuance:
* Services sector employers can employ Work Permit holders up to 40% of the company's/firm's total workforce. PRC Work Permit holders can make up to 8% within the 40% Dependency Ceiling.(w.e.f. 1st of July 2013)
S Pass and Work Permit Quota
For more information on the number of local workforce required, you may download MOM’s Guidelines on the Calculation of Quota and Levy Bill or use Quota Calculator for Work Permits and S Passes:
Guidelines on the Calculation of Quota and Levy Bill
Quota Calculator for Work Permits and S Passes
Foreign Worker Levy
The levy rate for foreign workers varies across different sectors and changes from time to time. Find out more about the levy rates for foreign workers in the services sector.
Employment Pass applications must be sponsored by an established Singapore Company (which is also usually the employing company). The form must be endorsed with the company’s stamp/seal and signed by both the applicant and an authorized representative from the sponsoring company.
For S Pass applications, the Declaration Forms must also be endorsed with the company’s stamp/seal and signed by both the applicant and an authorized representative from the sponsoring company, together with the employer (if different from the sponsor).
A copy of the Travel Document (Passport) page showing the applicant’s personal particulars
A copy of all the applicant’s educational documents and past employment testimonials (Translated into English if they are in other languages)
A copy of the applicant’s personal resume/CV with details of his employment history, last drawn salaries and job duties.
Business Profile / Instant Information from ACRA/ registration papers from their respective professional bodies for sponsoring company of applicant.
Proof of residential address (if the applicant currently stays in Singapore)
If the applicant is a regional representative, the following documents must also be submitted:
A copy of letter from the International Enterprise Singapore giving approval for the setting up of the Representative Office; and
A letter from the Representative's Office Headquarters stating the purpose of the application, the duration of the applicant's assignment and an undertaking for the maintenance and repatriation of the applicant.
Any other additional documents, if required by MOM on a case-to-case basis.
Starting 1st of January 2017, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will be raising the qualifying salary for Employment Pass (EP) applications from S$3,300 to S$3,600. For more details, please visit MOM's newsroom regarding the Update to Employment Pass Salary Criteria.
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Lua Interview Questions
Last Updated: Jul 18, 2019,
Posted in Interview Questions,
Asterisk is an open source programming language that is highly utilized by different companies and organization, especially gaming companies to code new and latest three – dimensional video games to keep their audience engaged. Apart from gaming, the organization also utilize Lua programming language for a variety of other application such as Cheat engines, Cisco systems, etc. These systems help to protect their organization and networks from the threat of theft. Therefore, companies are looking for suitable candidates that will not only fit to work in their corporate sector but also provide them with new – age ideas and solutions for a multitude of problems.
Candidates need to have well – versed technical knowledge and adequate hands-on–training to secure a job in the dream company. To find the perfect fit, organizations ask a number of Lua Interview Questions to test the right capability of the individual. Read below some of the frequently asked Lua Interview Questions that can help you ace the interview!
List the advantages and disadvantages of using Lua
Is Lua an open-access software?
How can one instill the programming language Lua in different operating systems?
List the users of the programming language Lua
In comparison to Python, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Lua that make it a better choice of programming language?
What are the advantages of LuaJIT over Lua?
Describe LuaJIT
Does Lua give the opportunity to be used a web programming language?
How is Lua better in comparison with C?
List of the uses of Lua programming language
What are some unique characteristic of Lua in comparison to other programming languages?
Does Lua require public revision control repository?
Comment on the compatibility of Lua with the GPL software.
Name the founders of Lua. When was it founded?
Describe the programming language Lua?
1. List the advantages and disadvantages of using Lua
1 It is lightweight and has a just – in –time compiler Not all codes are easily available, some of them need to coded manually
2 It has quick response time It has a very small community of users
3 Completely written in C language that can be manipulated easily
4 Has the ability to document everything very easily
2. Is Lua an open-access software?
Yes. Lua is a completely free software with open access features. It is designed to suit any purpose at a very cost – effective rate and without the requirement of any kind of additional paperwork.
3. How can one instill the programming language Lua in different operating systems?
The type of compiler run by the user mainly governs building the programing language Lua into different operating systems. The user initially needs to create “project files”. The project's files will be required in order to build different libraries, interpreters and compilers. Once all the sources are synced in with the SRC Directory, Lua can be built into any operating system of choice. Just in case a user does not have the time to compile Lua by themselves, then they can get binary from the LuaBinaries.
4. List the users of the programming language Lua
Lua programming language is used by a plethora of people around the globe including renowned games, coders, etc. Photography equipment manufacturing companies have also used Lua programming language for creating and implementing scripting languages. Security providers for easily accessible facilities have also used it.
5. In comparison to Python, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Lua that make it a better choice of programming language?
Some of the advantages and disadvantages of Lua programming language in comparison to Python include:
It is one of the most versatile programming languages.
Lua programs are very convenient in comparison to Python and any other programming languages.
Lua programming language can be incorporated into any operating system or electronic device without changing any coding.
Lua programming language is a very basic and simple language that can be ported to any stage at any time without any hassle.
It is very pleasant and easy to use language
6. What are the advantages of LuaJIT over Lua?
Some of the advantages of LuaJIT over Lua because of the presence of a rapid baseline interpreter. The reasons for the inclusion of baseline interpreter in LuaJIT and its advantage over Lua are mainly for the following reasons:
The interpreter used in LuaJIT uses a customary bytecode format that allows decoding an instruction at a much faster rate than Lua. For instance, Lua 5.1 uses the format that requires decoded with greater expertise, however, using LuaJIT aids decoding the bit at a faster rate.
LuaJIT has the interpreter written in assembly, which aids in outsmarting the compiler in comparison to Lua, therefore, making processing easy.
LuaJIT uses a direct dispatch in order to implement codes from the C programming language. Instead of using the conventional “loop” and “big switch”, LuaJIT uses a table of code labels, which each give a particular instruction to the decoder. If this particular needs to be performed in C programming language then a special instruction of GNU or Clang must be utilized and cannot be performed using ANSI C.
7. Describe LuaJIT
LuaJIT is a “Just – in – time” compiler that has been specially designed for the Lua programming language. It provides a multitude of portability along with any kind of operating system such as Mac OSX, Windows, Linux, etc, even for those that are supported with x86 or x64 central processing units. It also works perfectly with ARM-based embedded operating systems such as Android and iOS (those that have a central processing unit of PPC/e500v2). It also offers an effective and efficient API- and ABI- compatibility for any standard Lua interpreter along with required drop – in replacements.
8. Does Lua give the opportunity to be used a web programming language?
Yes. As Lua has the feature of the conventional programming languages such as Ruby or Python, even with a small community of users and a small library, it can be used as a web programming language.
9. How is Lua better in comparison with C?
Lua is a simple programming language that can be used to code games such as Multi Theft Auto or Garry’s Mod. Once the main application of using Lua is clear in the minds of the user then there will no difficulty in implementing a particular plugin or resource system. Another advantage of Lua programming language in comparison with C is that is has a very user-friendly interface that allows easy setup and ready to use the facility at all times.
10. List of the uses of Lua programming language
Some of the common uses of Lua programming languages include:
Scripting work into the Web/ Internet
Handling security systems such as the “Intrusion Detection System”
Programming a wide range of games
Scripting for specific applications such as standalone
It has a wide variety of extensions and add-ons facilities for different databases such as MySQL Proxy and MySQL WorkBench
Lua programing language has been used in order to implement dynamic access policies within the required adaptive security appliances
11. What are some unique characteristic of Lua in comparison to other programming languages?
Some of the unique characteristic of Lua in comparison to other programming languages include:
It is highly efficient
It is a simple programming language
It is very user – friendly
It is portable anywhere
It is free and is open
It can also be expandable according to the user’s requirement
12. Does Lua require public revision control repository?
No. There is no requirement of for any kind of additional public revision control repository. If any user wishes to see the preview of the latest version, that is yet to be released, then he or she will have wait until the work version is made available for use.
13. Comment on the compatibility of Lua with the GPL software.
Lua is a highly compatible programming language that works in sync with other software such as GPL software. It is distributed very liberally with an acclaimed MIT license and is widely approved by the “Open Source Initiative”.
14. Name the founders of Lua. When was it founded?
Three spectacular individuals who created the programming language Lua were Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes. All of them were members of the Computer Graphics Technology Group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lua was created in the year 1993.
15. Describe the programming language Lua?
Lua is a new age and lightweight programming language with multiple prototype design that has been specially deliberated principally for embedded clienteles and organizations. The programming language Lua is written in ANSI C using the cross-platform to provide simple yet efficient customer satisfaction.
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Features of Lua programming language
It is a very simple and effective language
It can be easily ported and expanded according to the requirements of the user
It can be adapted to a wide range of applications
It can be used as an extension programming language
It can be used as an embedded language as per the host application requirement
It supports cross platforms
Lua programming language is implemented using ANSI C
It has a very user-friendly scripting language
Lua programming language has a dynamic database and datatypes
Has multiple powerful built-in support systems for text processing
Has a freeform syntax for easy user interface
Has a virtual machine model that is purely based on stacks
It is highly case sensitive
Has a bank full of keywords for multiple applications
Pros of Lua programming language
It is one of the fastest languages in comparison to others.
It has a very quick response time
The runtime memory requires the least amount of time
Lau programming language has the smallest footprint of memory for building
The API C incorporated along with Lau has very well written documentation with detailed examples and explanation on how to integrate the programming language with C.
Cons of Lua programming language
The documentation is a little sketchy in comparison to other programming languages
Lua has the least quantity of code comments
Due to low code comments, the ramp-up time required is high
Introductory material for Lau programming language is limited
Build – in functionality in Lua is limited
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Ooty CITY GUIDE
Ooty Directory
About Ooty
Culture of Ooty
Festivals of Ooty
Economy of Ooty
Emergency Services in Ooty
Food in Ooty
Restaurants in Ooty
Geography of Ooty
Healthcare in Ooty
Wellness Tourism in Ooty
History of Ooty
Lifestyle and Entertainment in Ooty
Celluloid Magic in Ooty
Ooty Specials
Carrot Farming in Ooty
Ooty: A Favorite Spot For Film Shooting
Adventure Sports in Ooty
Historical Monuments in Ooty
Honeymoon in Ooty
Lakes of Ooty
Museums in Ooty
Nilgiri Mountain Railway Train - The Toy Train in Ooty
Ooty Tea Plantations
Religious Places in Ooty
Tourist Spots in Ooty
Travel Agents in Ooty
Trekking in Ooty
Weekend Getaways from Ooty
Services in Ooty
Banks and ATMs in Ooty
Post Offices and Courier Companies in Ooty
Shopping in Ooty
Sports in Ooty
Transportation in Ooty
Distance Between Ooty and Other Cities
Trains to Ooty
Udhagamandalam Administration
Ooty has always been celebrated as a tourist location, so the sports opportunities in this diverse landscape have been overlooked. Of course, adventure sports have gained prevalence in Ooty over time, as the number of footfalls per year is very high, in order cater to the demands of those who love adventure tourism. There are opportunities to experience the thrills of trekking, hang-gliding, fishing, mountain biking, boating and angling in this land.
Golf in Ooty
Ooty’s colonial past carries forward the legacy of Europeans, with Ooty Golf Course and Ooty Racecourse. The Golf Club is located at an altitude of 7600 feet; the club was founded in 1896. The Golf course spreads over an area of 193.56 acres with 18 holes. An annual amateur golf championship takes place in summer every year since 1906. The Golf course has the facilities to accommodate golfers inside its rooms and tents. Apart from Golf, billiards, cards and table tennis, swimming can also be practiced here.
Races in Ooty
Another such sport that engrosses Ooty is horse Race. Ooty Racecourse is built for horse racing that is organized during summers, i.e. from April to June. The racecourse occupies an area of 55 acres with a 24 km long course. The race course lies at an altitude of 2,268 meters. ‘The Nilgiri Gold Cup Race’, is an important race of this course and other features as The Nilgris 1,000 Guineas, The Nilgris 2,000 Guineas and the Nilgris Derby Stakes. This is possibly one of the most beautiful racecourses of our country.
Other Sports in Ooty
There is a Cricket Pavilion in the central Part of Ooty Gymkhana Club, built in 1873. The Club has an excellent tennis facility with three synthetic and one clay court. There is a also a well maintained billiards table for Snooker.
Sports goods Shops in Ooty
Though not too many sports are played in Ooty, yet there are some shops in Ooty which sell sports goods and accessories like cricket bats, sports shoes, golf balls, football, tennis and badminton racquets and so on.
Lachmi Narain Stores
No 75, Opposite Big Shop Near Theatre,
Commercial Road,
Ooty - 643001
(91)-423-2442561, 2452921
(91)-423-2442461
Sara Sports
No 20, Near Bakes,
2nd Street, M.S.Lane,
(91)-9790454506
Baba Electricals Electronics & Sports
No 80, Commercial Road,
Ooty HO, OOTY - 643001
0423, 2443709
Arab Stores
3/1171, Market,
Sri Lakshmi Electricals And Sports
33/39, MS Lane, Upper Bazar,
Nilgiri, Ooty - 643001 (Also serves Nilgiri)
Shanghai Company
Commercial Road, Ooty - 643001
Maruthi Sports
2, Yuba Building,
Church Hill Road,
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Is RuneScape Dead In 2019? What Are Your Thoughts?
June 15, 2018 by Alvin Lau
RuneScape used to be one of the most played role playing games on the internet. That was probably a decade ago. Although new versions of RuneScape has surfaced since, one can only ask ‘is RuneScape dead in 2019?’.
This MMORPG was launched sometime in 2001 by two brothers in Nottingham. Back then, RuneScape was known for their terrible graphics yet amazing gameplay. Even with Minecraft-like graphics, the game thrived with players.
Somewhere after that, they introduced a premium version for those who pay. It became a pay-to-play game to a certain extent. You could still play for free, but you lacked certain features.
Personally, I played this game a lot somewhere in 2006 and really loved it. I was hooked to the game (Runescape 2 if not mistaken) and played it with my schoolmates.
There are plenty of things to reminisce about, like the lobster fishing, giant bone hunting, PvP, spell-casting, rune hunting and so much more.
This screenshot was for the older version of RuneScape. It surely brings a lot of nostalgic memories.
Most of the people I know who played this game already left a long time ago, maybe in 2007 or prior to that. I actually thought the game would have died before 2010, seeing how the game industry evolved.
As games developed massively in terms of graphics and gameplay, RuneScape started falling out. More players left each year and it was something to be expected.
Most games don’t last this long.
Then RuneScape 3 came a few years ago.
Some of the key features of RuneScape 3 as extracted from a review by MMOS:
Vast open world concept.
26 skills to train that ranges from fishing and cooking to swordsmanship and magic. I can’t remember how many skills the old RuneScape had, but I’m guessing this has more.
Voice-acting NPCs. It adds depth to the players’ experience. It’s not longer like in the past where characters had no voice conversations.
Hundreds of quests including storyline related quests and side-quests.
Frequent updates on the game’s content and so on.
As you can see in the screenshot above, RuneScape 3 looks so much more presentable to the present generation of gamers. Minecraft is an exception.
Having said that, I would play Skyrim or Witcher 3 or Horizon Zero Dawn over RuneScape if I crave for some RPG action.
Yeah sure, RuneScape is an online game. Perhaps World of Warcraft should have been a better example.
Is RuneScape Dead In 2019?
Back to the issue at hand, the game does seem dead if you compare it with its glorious past.
Just do a Google trends search and you’ll know how many people are searching for the game.
Here’s a screenshot of Google Trends. Well, there are still people searching for the game, but you can see the huge downward graph.
It was most popular somewhere in 2006 – 2007. In 2019, RuneScape doesn’t seem to be that popular anymore, with the exception of the new mobile game.
Even users on Quora and other forums have mentioned that the servers are really empty these days.
There are so many different games these days with real high quality graphics, story and gameplay.
It’s going to be tough for online games to do well these days.
What do you guys think? Is RuneScape dead? Check out some RuneScape alternatives here.
Let me know in the comments below!
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Lucas says
First I’d like to point out that runescape isn’t a browser game anymore. So obviously the search results would plummet.
Second,. Runescape 3 is actually dead. It was truly terrible.
Third… Old School Runescape is thriving and has a good size playerbase. It’s still one of the most popular games out there. It also is streamed on twitch heavily with it sometimes reaching in the top 5 and 10 games being watched.
Alvin Lau says
Thanks for letting us know. I downloaded the Old School Runescape on mobile but have yet to play it. Good to know it’s doing well again.
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