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* Seleucid *
سلوكسيدي
Member of a dynasty ruling over Syria and a great part of western Asia from 311 to 65 BC.Seleucid dynasty: Macedonian Greek dynasty (312–64 BC) founded by Seleucus I Nicator.Seleucid dynasty was carved from the empire of Alexander the Great, the Seleucid domain stretched from Thrace to the border of India and included Babylonia, Syria, and Anatolia. Seleucus was succeeded in 281 by Antiochus I Soter, who reigned until 261. He was followed by:- Antiochus II (r. 261-246)-Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246-225)-Seleucus III (r. 225-223)-Antiochus III (the Great; r. 223–187). Under the last, the empire was at its height. Resistance to the power and spread of Hellenistic culture soon began to manifest itself in the Asian lands. Antiochus III's encounter with the Romans signaled decline, especially after the defeat of 190. The decline accelerated after the death of Antiochus IV (r. 175-164), who lost Judaea to the Maccabees. The efforts of Demetrius I and Antiochus VII could not forestall the dynasty's inevitable end at the hands of the Roman Pompey the Great in 64 BC. (Wikipedia) - Seleucid Empire (Redirected from Seleucid) Not to be confused with Seljuk Empire.
Seleucid Empire
Σελεύκεια Seleúkeia
← 312 BC–63 BC ↓
The Seleucid Empire in 301 BC
Capital Seleucia (305–240 BC) Antioch (240–63 BC)
Languages Greek(official) Persian Aramaic
Religion Olympianism Babylonian religion Zoroastrianism
Government Monarchy
Basileus
- 305–281 BC Seleucus I (first)
- 65–63 BC Philip II (last)
Historical era Hellenistic period
- Wars of the Diadochi 312 BC
- Battle of Ipsus 301 BC
- Roman–Syrian War 192–188 BC
- Treaty of Apamea 188 BC
- Maccabean Revolt 167–160 BC
- Annexed by Rome 63 BC
- 301 BC 3,000,000 km² (1,158,306 sq mi)
- 175 BC 800,000 km² (308,882 sq mi)
- 100 BC 100,000 km² (38,610 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by
Macedonian Empire
Province of Syria
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Hasmonean kingdom
Magadha
Osroene
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Kingdom of Mannai 10th–7th century BC
Median Empire 728–550 BC
Scythian Kingdom 652–625 BC
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Seleucid Empire 330–150 BC
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The Seleucid Empire (/sɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/), also known as Seleucia (Ancient Greek: Σελεύκεια, Seleúkeia) or Syria, was a Hellenistic state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty founded by Seleucus I Nicator following the division of the empire created by Alexander the Great. Seleucus received Babylonia and, from there, expanded his dominions to include much of Alexander''s near eastern territories. At the height of its power, it included central Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Kuwait, what is now Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and northwest parts of India.
The Seleucid Empire was a major center of Hellenistic culture that maintained the preeminence of Greek customs where a Greek-Macedonian political elite dominated, mostly in the urban areas. The Greek population of the cities who formed the dominant elite were reinforced by emigration from Greece. Seleucid expansion into Anatolia and Greece was abruptly halted after decisive defeats at the hands of the Roman army. Their attempts to defeat their old enemy Ptolemaic Egypt were frustrated by Roman demands. Much of the eastern part of the empire was conquered by the Parthians under Mithridates I of Parthia in the mid-2nd century BC, yet the Seleucid kings continued to rule a rump state from Syria until the invasion by Armenian king Tigranes the Great and their ultimate overthrow by the Roman general Pompey.
1.1 Partition of Alexander''s empire
1.2 Rise of Seleucus
1.3 Westward expansion
1.4 An overextended domain
1.5 Revival (223–191 BC)
1.5.1 Expansion into Greece and war with Rome
1.6 Roman power, Parthia and Judea
1.7 Civil war and further decay
1.8 Collapse (100–63 BC)
3 Seleucid rulers
3.1 List
3.2 Family tree
History Partition of Alexander''s empire Main article: Diadochi
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire under its last Achaemenid dynast, Darius III, within a short time frame and died young, leaving an expansive empire of partly Hellenised culture without an adult heir. The empire was put under the authority of a regent in the person of Perdiccas in 323 BC, and the territories were divided between Alexander''s generals, who thereby became satraps, at the Partition of Babylon in 323 BC.
Rise of SeleucusCoin of Seleucus I NicatorThe Kingdoms of the Diadochi c. 303 BC
Alexander''s generals (the Diadochi) jostled for supremacy over parts of his empire. Ptolemy, a former general and the satrap of Egypt, was the first to challenge the new system; this led to the demise of Perdiccas. Ptolemy''s revolt led to a new subdivision of the empire with the Partition of Triparadisus in 320 BC. Seleucus, who had been "Commander-in-Chief of the camp" under Perdiccas since 323 BC but helped to assassinate him later, received Babylonia and, from that point, continued to expand his dominions ruthlessly. Seleucus established himself in Babylon in 312 BC, the year used as the foundation date of the Seleucid Empire. He ruled not only Babylonia, but the entire enormous eastern part of Alexander''s empire:
"Always lying in wait for the neighboring nations, strong in arms and persuasive in council, he acquired Mesopotamia, Armenia, ''Seleucid'' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander, as far as the river Indus, so that the boundaries of his empire were the most extensive in Asia after that of Alexander. The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus."
— Appian, The Syrian Wars
Seleucus went as far as India, where, after two years of war, he reached an agreement with Chandragupta Maurya, in which he exchanged his eastern territories for a considerable force of 500 war elephants, which would play a decisive role at Ipsus (301 BC).
"The Indians occupy some of the countries situated along the Indus, which formerly belonged to the Persians: Alexander deprived the Ariani of them, and established there settlements of his own. But Seleucus Nicator gave them to Sandrocottus(Chandragupta Maurya) in consequence of a marriage contract, and received in return five hundred<|fim_middle|> but was assassinated by Ptolemy Ceraunus on landing in Europe.
His son and successor, Antiochus I Soter, was left with an enormous realm consisting of nearly all of the Asian portions of the Empire, but faced with Antigonus II Gonatas in Macedonia and Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Egypt, he proved unable to pick up where his father had left off in conquering the European portions of Alexander''s empire.
An overextended domain
Nevertheless, even before Seleucus'' death, it was difficult to assert control over the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids. Seleucus invaded the Punjab region of India in 305 BC, confronting Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrokottos), founder of the Maurya empire. It is said that Chandragupta fielded an army of 600,000 men and 9,000 war elephants (Pliny, Natural History VI, 22.4).
Mainstream scholarship asserts that Chandragupta received vast territory, sealed in a treaty, west of the Indus, including the Hindu Kush, modern day Afghanistan, and the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Archaeologically, concrete indications of Mauryan rule, such as the inscriptions of the Edicts of Ashoka, are known as far as Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
"He (Seleucus) crossed the Indus and waged war with Sandrocottus , king of the Indians, who dwelt on the banks of that stream, until they came to an understanding with each other and contracted a marriage relationship."
— Appian, History of Rome, The Syrian Wars 55
It is generally thought that Chandragupta married Seleucus''s daughter, or a Macedonian princess, a gift from Seleucus to formalize an alliance. In a return gesture, Chandragupta sent 500 war-elephants, a military asset which would play a decisive role at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. In addition to this treaty, Seleucus dispatched an ambassador, Megasthenes, to Chandragupta, and later Deimakos to his son Bindusara, at the Mauryan court at Pataliputra (modern Patna in Bihar state). Megasthenes wrote detailed descriptions of India and Chandragupta''s reign, which have been partly preserved to us through Diodorus Siculus. Later Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt and contemporary of Ashoka the Great, is also recorded by Pliny the Elder as having sent an ambassador named Dionysius to the Mauryan court.
Other territories lost before Seleucus'' death were Gedrosia in the south-east of the Iranian plateau, and, to the north of this, Arachosia on the west bank of the Indus River.
Antiochus I (reigned 281–261 BC) and his son and successor Antiochus II Theos (reigned 261–246 BC) were faced with challenges in the west, including repeated wars with Ptolemy II and a Celtic invasion of Asia Minor—distracting attention from holding the eastern portions of the Empire together. Towards the end of Antiochus II''s reign, various provinces simultaneously asserted their independence, such as Bactria under Diodotus, Parthia under Arsaces, and Cappadocia under Ariarathes III.
In Bactria, the satrap Diodotus asserted independence to form the Greco-Bactrian kingdom c.245 BC.
Diodotus, governor for the Bactrian territory, asserted independence in around 245 BC, although the exact date is far from certain, to form the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. This kingdom was characterized by a rich Hellenistic culture and was to continue its domination of Bactria until around 125 BC when it was overrun by the invasion of northern nomads. One of the Greco-Bactrian kings, Demetrius I of Bactria, invaded India around 180 BC to form the Greco-Indian kingdom, lasting until around AD 20.
The Seleucid satrap of Parthia, named Andragoras, first claimed independence, in a parallel to the secession of his Bactrian neighbour. Soon after, however, a Parthian tribal chief called Arsaces invaded the Parthian territory around 238 BC to form the Arsacid Dynasty—the starting point of the powerful Parthian Empire.
By the time Antiochus II''s son Seleucus II Callinicus came to the throne around 246 BC, the Seleucids seemed to be at a low ebb indeed. Seleucus II was soon dramatically defeated in the Third Syrian War against Ptolemy III of Egypt and then had to fight a civil war against his own brother Antiochus Hierax. Taking advantage of this distraction, Bactria and Parthia seceded from the empire. In Asia Minor too, the Seleucid dynasty seemed to be losing control: the Gauls had fully established themselves in Galatia, semi-independent semi-Hellenized kingdoms had sprung up in Bithynia, Pontus, and Cappadocia, and the city of Pergamum in the west was asserting its independence under the Attalid Dynasty.
Revival (223–191 BC)Silver coin of Antiochus III the Great.The Seleucid Empire in 200 BC (before expansion into Anatolia and Greece).
A revival would begin when Seleucus II''s younger son, Antiochus III the Great, took the throne in 223 BC. Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia (217 BC), Antiochus would prove himself to be the greatest of the Seleucid rulers after Seleucus I himself. He spent the next ten years on his anabasis through the eastern parts of his domain and restoring rebellious vassals like Parthia and Greco-Bactria to at least nominal obedience. He won the Battle of the Arius and besieged the Bactrian capital, and even emulated Alexander with an expedition into India where he met with king Sophagasenus receiving war elephants:
"He (Antiochus) crossed the Caucasus and descended into India; renewed his friendship with Sophagasenus the king of the Indians; received more elephants, until he had a hundred and fifty altogether; and having once more provisioned his troops, set out again personally with his army: leaving Androsthenes of Cyzicus the duty of taking home the treasure which this king had agreed to hand over to him". Polybius 11.39
When he returned to the west in 205 BC, Antiochus found that with the death of Ptolemy IV, the situation now looked propitious for another western campaign. Antiochus and Philip V of Macedon then made a pact to divide the Ptolemaic possessions outside of Egypt, and in the Fifth Syrian War, the Seleucids ousted Ptolemy V from control of Coele-Syria. The Battle of Panium (198 BC) definitively transferred these holdings from the Ptolemies to the Seleucids. Antiochus appeared, at the least, to have restored the Seleucid Kingdom to glory.
Expansion into Greece and war with RomeThe reduced empire (titled: Syria, Kingdom of the Seleucids) and the expanded states of Pergamum and Rhodes, after the defeat of Antiochus III by Rome. Circa 188 BC.Further information: Roman–Syrian War
Following his erstwhile ally Philip''s defeat by Rome in 197 BC, Antiochus saw the opportunity for expansion into Greece itself. Encouraged by the exiled Carthaginian general Hannibal, and making an alliance with the disgruntled Aetolian League, Antiochus launched an invasion across the Hellespont. With his huge army he was intent upon establishing the Seleucid empire as the foremost power in the Hellenic world but these plans put the empire on a collision course with the new rising power of the Mediterranean, the Roman Republic. At the battles of Thermopylae and Magnesia, Antiochus''s forces were resoundingly defeated and he was compelled to make peace and sign the Treaty of Apamea in (188 BC), the main clause of which saw the Seleucids agree to pay a large indemnity, retreat from Anatolia and to never again attempt to expand Seleucid territory west of the Taurus Mountains. The Kingdom of Pergamum and the Republic of Rhodes, Rome''s allies in the war, were given the former Seleucid lands in Anatolia. Antiochus died in 187 BC on another expedition to the east, where he sought to extract money to pay the indemnity.
Roman power, Parthia and Judea Further information: Seleucid–Parthian wars and Maccabean Revolt
The reign of his son and successor Seleucus IV Philopator (187-175 BC) was largely spent in attempts to pay the large indemnity, and Seleucus was ultimately assassinated by his minister Heliodorus.
Seleucus'' younger brother, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, now seized the throne. He attempted to restore Seleucid power and prestige with a successful war against the old enemy, Ptolemaic Egypt, which met with initial success as the Seleucids defeated and drove the Egyptian army back to Alexandria itself. As the king planned on how to conclude the war, he was informed that Roman commissioners, led by the Proconsul Gaius Popillius Laenas, were near and requesting a meeting with the Seleucid king. Antiochus agreed, but when they met and Antiochus held out his hand in friendship, Popilius placed in his hand the tablets on which was written the decree of the senate and telling him to read it. When the king said that he would call his friends into council and consider what he ought to do, Popilius drew a circle in the sand around the king''s feet with the stick he was carrying and said, "Before you step out of that circle give me a reply to lay before the senate." For a few moments he hesitated, astounded at such a peremptory order, and at last replied, "I will do what the senate thinks right." He then chose to withdraw rather than set the empire to war with Rome again.
The latter part of his reign saw a further disintegration of the Empire despite his best efforts. Weakened economically, militarily and by loss of prestige, the Empire became vulnerable to rebels in the eastern areas of the empire, who began to further undermine the empire while the Parthians moved into the power vacuum to take over the old Persian lands. Antiochus'' aggressive Hellenizing (or de-Judaizing) activities provoked a full scale armed rebellion in Judea—the Maccabean Revolt. Efforts to deal with both the Parthians and the Jews as well as retain control of the provinces at the same time proved beyond the weakened empire''s power. Antiochus died during a military expedition against the Parthians in 164 BC.
Civil war and further decayCoin of Antiochus IV Epiphanes.Silver coin of Alexander Balas.
After the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid Empire became increasingly unstable. Frequent civil wars made central authority tenuous at best. Epiphanes'' young son, Antiochus V Eupator, was first overthrown by Seleucus IV''s son, Demetrius I Soter in 161 BC. Demetrius I attempted to restore Seleucid power in Judea particularly, but was overthrown in 150 BC by Alexander Balas – an impostor who (with Egyptian backing) claimed to be the son of Epiphanes. Alexander Balas reigned until 145 BC when he was overthrown by Demetrius I''s son, Demetrius II Nicator. Demetrius II proved unable to control the whole of the kingdom, however. While he ruled Babylonia and eastern Syria from Damascus, the remnants of Balas'' supporters – first supporting Balas'' son Antiochus VI, then the usurping general Diodotus Tryphon – held out in Antioch.
Meanwhile, the decay of the Empire''s territorial possessions continued apace. By 143 BC, the Jews in the form of the Maccabees had fully established their independence. Parthian expansion continued as well. In 139 BC, Demetrius II was defeated in battle by the Parthians and was captured. By this time, the entire Iranian Plateau had been lost to Parthian control.
Demetrius Nicator''s brother, Antiochus VII Sidetes, took the throne after his brother''s capture. He faced the enormous task of restoring a rapidly crumbling empire, one facing threats on multiple fronts. Hard-won control of Coele-Syria was threatened by the Jewish Maccabee rebels. Once-vassal dynasties in Armenia, Cappadocia, and Pontus were threatening Syria and northern Mesopotamia; the nomadic Parthians, brilliantly led by Mithridates I of Parthia, had overrun upland Media (home of the famed Nisean horse herd); and Roman intervention was an ever-present threat. Sidetes managed to bring the Maccabees to heel and frighten the Anatolian dynasts into a temporary submission; then, in 133, he turned east with the full might of the Royal Army (supported by a body of Jews under the Maccabee prince, John Hyrcanus) to drive back the Parthians.
Sidetes'' campaign initially met with spectacular success, recapturing Mesopotamia, Babylonia, and Media and defeating and slaying the Parthian Satrap of Seleucia-on-Tigris in personal combat. In the winter of 130/129 BC, his army was scattered in winter quarters throughout Media and Persis when the Parthian king, Phraates II, counter-attacked. Moving to intercept the Parthians with only the troops at his immediate disposal, he was ambushed and killed. Antiochus Sidetes is sometimes called the last great Seleucid king.
After the death of Antiochus VII Sidetes, all of the recovered eastern territories were recaptured by the Parthians. The Maccabees again rebelled, civil war soon tore the empire to pieces, and the Armenians began to encroach on Syria from the north.
Collapse (100–63 BC)
By 100 BC, the once formidable Seleucid Empire encompassed little more than Antioch and some Syrian cities. Despite the clear collapse of their power, and the decline of their kingdom around them, nobles continued to play kingmakers on a regular basis, with occasional intervention from Ptolemaic Egypt and other outside powers. The Seleucids existed solely because no other nation wished to absorb them – seeing as they constituted a useful buffer between their other neighbours. In the wars in Anatolia between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Sulla of Rome, the Seleucids were largely left alone by both major combatants.
Mithridates'' ambitious son-in-law, Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia, however, saw opportunity for expansion in the constant civil strife to the south. In 83 BC, at the invitation of one of the factions in the interminable civil wars, he invaded Syria and soon established himself as ruler of Syria, putting the Seleucid Empire virtually at an end.
Seleucid rule was not entirely over, however. Following the Roman general Lucullus'' defeat of both Mithridates and Tigranes in 69 BC, a rump Seleucid kingdom was restored under Antiochus XIII. Even so, civil wars could not be prevented, as another Seleucid, Philip II, contested rule with Antiochus. After the Roman conquest of Pontus, the Romans became increasingly alarmed at the constant source of instability in Syria under the Seleucids. Once Mithridates was defeated by Pompey in 63 BC, Pompey set about the task of remaking the Hellenistic East, by creating new client kingdoms and establishing provinces. While client nations like Armenia and Judea were allowed to continue with some degree of autonomy under local kings, Pompey saw the Seleucids as too troublesome to continue; doing away with both rival Seleucid princes, he made Syria into a Roman province.
CultureBagadates I (Minted 290–280 BC) was the first indigenous Seleucid satrap to be appointed.
The Seleucid empire''s geographic span, from the Aegean Sea to what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan, created a melting pot of various peoples, such as Greeks, Armenians, Persians, Medes, Assyrians, Jews and Indians. The immense size of the empire, followed by its encompassing nature, encouraged the Seleucid rulers to implement a policy of racial unity—a policy initiated by Alexander.
The Hellenization of the Seleucid empire was achieved by the establishment of Greek cities throughout the empire. Historically significant towns and cities, such as Antioch, were created or renamed with more appropriate Greek names. The creation of new Greek cities and towns was aided by the fact that the Greek mainland was overpopulated and therefore made the vast Seleucid empire ripe for colonization. Colonization was used to further Greek interest while facilitating the assimilation of many native groups. Socially, this led to the adoption of Greek practices and customs by the educated native classes in order to further themselves in public life, and at the same time the ruling Macedonian class gradually adopted some of the local traditions. By 313 BC, Hellenic ideas had begun their almost 250-year expansion into the Near East, Middle East, and Central Asian cultures. It was the empire''s governmental framework to rule by establishing hundreds of cities for trade and occupational purposes. Many of the existing cities began—or were compelled by force—to adopt Hellenized philosophic thought, religious sentiments, and politics although the Selecuid rulers did incorporate Babylonian religious tenets to gain support.
Synthesizing Hellenic and indigenous cultural, religious, and philosophical ideas met with varying degrees of success—resulting in times of simultaneous peace and rebellion in various parts of the empire. Such was the case with the Jewish population of the Seleucid empire; the Jews posed a significant problem which eventually led to war. Contrary to the accepting nature of the Ptolemaic empire towards native religions and customs, the Seleucids gradually tried to force Hellenization upon the Jewish people in their territory by outlawing Judaism. This eventually led to the revolt of the Jews under Seleucid control, which would later lead to their achieving independence.
Seleucid rulers Main article: List of Seleucid rulersSeleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae (from Greek: Σελευκίδαι, Seleukídai) were descendants of Seleucus I Nicator ("the Victor"), who ruled the Seleucid Kingdom centered in the Near East and regions of the Asian part of the earlier Achaemenid Persian Empire during the Hellenistic period. Starting from the 2nd century BC, ancient writers referred to the Seleucid ruler as the King of Syria, King of Asia and other designations, but the Seleucids never associated themselves with any geographical designation.
Seleucid Rulers
King Reign (BCE) Consort(s) Comments
Seleucus I Nicator Satrap 311-305 King 305-281 Apama
Antiochus I Soter co-ruler from 291, ruled 281-261 Stratonice of Syria Co-ruler with his father for 10 years
Antiochus II Theos 261-246 Laodice I Berenice Berenice was a daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt. Laodice I had her and her son murdered.
Seleucus II Callinicus 246-225 Laodice II
Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) 225-223 Seleucus III was assassinated by members of his army.
Antiochus III the Great 223-187 Laodice III Euboea of Chalcis Antiochus III was a brother of Seleucus III
Seleucus IV Philopator 187-175 Laodice IV This was a brother-sister marriage.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-163 Laodice IV
Antiochus V Eupator 163-161
Demetrius I Soter 161-150 Apama ? Laodice V? Son of Seleucus IV Philopator and Laodice IV
Alexander I Balas 150-145 Cleopatra Thea Son of Antiochus IV and Laodice IV
Demetrius II Nicator first reign, 145-138 Cleopatra Thea Son of Demetrius I
Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) 145-140? Son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea
Diodotus Tryphon 140-138 General who was a regent for Antiochus VI Dionysus. Took the throne after murdering his charge.
Antiochus VII Sidetes (or Euergetes) 138-129 Cleopatra Thea Son of Demetrius I
Demetrius II Nicator second reign, 129-126 Cleopatra Thea Demetrius was murdered at the instigation of his wife Cleopatra Thea.
Alexander II Zabinas 129-123 Counter-king who claimed to be an adoptive son of Antiochus VII Sidetes
Seleucus V Philometor 126/125 Murdered by his mother Cleopatra Thea
Cleopatra Thea 125-121 Poisoned by her son Antichochus VIII Grypus
Antiochus VIII Grypus 125-96 Tryphaena of Egypt Cleopatra Selene I of Egypt
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus 114-96 Cleopatra IV of Egypt Cleopatra Selene I of Egypt
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator 96-95
Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator 95-92 or 83 Cleopatra Selene I
Demetrius III Eucaerus (or Philopator) 95-87 Based in Damascus
Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus 95-92
Philip I Philadelphus 95-84/83 Took Antioch from Antiochus X ca. 90
Antiochus XII Dionysus 87-84 Based in Damascus
(Tigranes II of Armenia) 83-69
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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus 69-64 Based in Antioch
Philip II Philoromaeus 65-63
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Seleucus I Nicator Kg. 305–281 Apama
Achaeus Stratonice Antiochus I Soter Kg. 281–261
Andromachus Antiochus II Theos Kg. 261–246 Laodice I
Achaeus Kg. 220–213 Laodice II Seleucus II Callinicus Kg. 246–226 Antiochus Hierax Kg. 240–228
Seleucus III Ceraunus Kg. 226–223 Antiochus III the Great Kg. 223–187 Laodice III
Seleucus IV Philopator Kg. 187–175 Laodice Antiochus IV Epiphanes Kg. 175–163
Apama Demetrius I Soter Kg. 161–150 Antiochus V Eupator Kg. 163–161
Alexander I Balas Kg. 150–146 Cleopatra Thea Qu. 125–121 Demetrius II Nicator Kg. 145–125 Antiochus VII Sidetes Kg. 138–129
Antiochus VI Dionysus Kg. 144–142 Seleucus V Philometor Kg. 126–125 Antiochus VIII Grypus Kg. 125–96 Cleopatra Antiochus IX Cyzicenus Kg. 116–96
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Kg. 96–95 Antiochus XI Epiphanes Kg. 95–92 Philip I Philadelphus Kg. 95–83 Demetrius III Eucaerus Kg. 95–88 Antiochus XII Dionysus Kg. 87–84 Antiochus X Eusebes Kg. 95–83
Philip II Philoromaeus Kg. 69–63 Antiochus XIII Asiaticus Kg. 69–64
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Following his and Lysimachus'' victory over Antigonus Monophthalmus at the decisive Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC, Seleucus took control over eastern Anatolia and northern Syria.
In the latter area, he founded a new capital at Antioch on the Orontes, a city he named after his father. An alternative capital was established at Seleucia on the Tigris, north of Babylon. Seleucus''s empire reached its greatest extent following his defeat of his erstwhile ally, Lysimachus, at Corupedion in 281 BC, after which Seleucus expanded his control to encompass western Anatolia. He hoped further to take control of Lysimachus''s lands in Europe – primarily Thrace and even Macedonia itself, | 179 |
While simple in comprehension, this question can be taken in different ways. It can be the next gossip topic for a<|fim_middle|> matter the source or reason, this question is one that doesn't offer enthusiasm.
When this question arises, there may be ways to avoid it.
Stuff your mouth – It's impolite to talk with your mouth full. With food in your mouth, you can't possibly answer the question.
Change the subject – There's always that one member that loves to talk about themselves, give them the spotlight. They will not mind stealing your thunder.
Stay in the room with the football fans – Watching football with family members can get loud. When family members ask about school, pretend you didn't hear them. You could even pay attention to the game to show your mind isn't tuned in to anything else.
Have a story prepared- All family members want is a piece of detail from your life. Give them a story of a funny incident, whether it happened or not. Giving them a laugh can make the holidays better.
These suggestions, no matter how weird, will only buy you time. The best way to handle the situation is to face it head-on. Tell the truth. If school IS going great, you would want to let them know anyway. College is an exciting time, and any loving family only wants to hear that you are having a great time and that you are okay. | nosy cousin, a transition of shame from your big brother who is always messing up something, or a genuine concern from your mother or grandmother. No | 30 |
I have always loved Wildsnow but this road trip and climb have been your best work yet. Can't wait to see what you pull out for the drive home. Congrats!
Once again, great job of providing a mix of photos and commentary that help tell the story. We're hoping your flight out comes in soon!! Talkeetna will look mighty pretty.Thanks for another chapter in the adventure.
Congratulations to you and the crew Lou. I have enjoyed following you guys throughout the trip and I can't wait till the next season. Hope you guys have a safe trip home.
Amazing pictures! Can't wait to hear the Stories. Bummer that you're stuck in the storm- bet you guys are ready for some beers…. See you soon!
Fantastic photos fellas. Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Congratulations!!!!! Those pictures are breathtaking.
Lou, as always you have outdone yourself. Wonderful photos by all the guys, what an adventure. The summit looks well used that day, how many other parties made it up?
I stood atop Mt. Tamalpais after hiking up the side from Summit the other day at 2571 ft above the pacific, looking out at the ocean, contemplating being 18,000 feet straight up on top of North America!!!
Makes one feel a mite small in comparison.
Great job Lou! Very inspirational. This is definitely on my "attempt" list at some point.
Dostie – weak sauce you were in the Bay Area and didn't drop me a line!
Lou, Celebrating Pimmy today and remembering your first assent of Denali with him 37 years ago!!!!!.. I never realized what a trip it was. The photos of this trip are fantastic..it's been a ride for me<|fim_middle|> photos and its been fun following your trip up to AK. My last BC trip in Alaska when I live there (20 years back), was on Denali. I will always remember making turns up there.
PS. Louie, how was your 2011 K2 Waybacks?
Hi Wildsnowers!!!!! We're in Talkeetna! I just bought a round of C. Gold for the boys who brought you those photos. More to come — we still have the road trip back!
Thanks everyone for your support and comments, what you've done is gold, pure gold, and is what keeps WildSnow going!
thanks for hauling up all that bacon we scored at 14200ft, I think it was yours… the only next good summit weather was on Sunday the 20th, I lucked out and scored mid boot top consistent powder on pig hill off of the summit, with snow getting more hammered lower down. Nice up there no doubt. FYI when you and 100 other climbers left 14K there was only winds and snow at night but weather was decent and even sunny for 2 days @14K. Nasty above 16K and nasty below 13K. Sorry you had to wait so long at base, that gets old.
Hope you enjoy the rest of our great state. | just looking at them. Good luck getting out of there.
Wow. Those photos are breathtaking. I almost teared up (and by almost, I mean I did). I can't imagine what seeing those views would be like in real life.
Thanks for sharing this experience with all of us!
Congratulations Colby and crew!! Absolutley oustanding!! Standing on top 'o the world!!
Just so awesome on so many levels! Bravo!
Lou, these photos are absolutely incredible! It sounds like it has been a great trip. As I sit here in hot Texas, I enjoy looking at these pictures of mountains and snow and daydreaming that I am there!
Hopefully the sponsor-lords will feel adequately honored.
Stunning visuals. And to see skiers skiing up there makes it even more amazing.
Great stuff; hopefully the weather will again favour you so you can begin your trip home.
Great | 181 |
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Tulips... Past and Present.
At a set of lights, on my way to work, my eyes generally drift over to the triangular flowerbed that livens up this traffic-heavy, yet otherwise non-descript road junction. For the last week or so, I have watched the tulips progressively rise up and open out - their bright heads a splash of defiance in this sea of concrete and tarmac. I have seen them reveal themselves, with each passing day, ranging from the jaunty traditional forms with smooth rounded petals and warm pastel colours, to the more vibrant shades and streaks with shapes bursting open and spilling out, with lily-fingered flowers and then finally to the mysterious varieties, with curiously ruffle-edged, fringed blooms, unfurling from strangely gnarled buds in dark, unsettling tones.
All this beauty laid out, yet I am not sure how much is even registered by the road-weary drivers and the odd pedestrian or so, all absorbed in daily tasks, eyes invariably blinkered by some screen device or other. And yet if they knew of the covetousness attached to the flowers displayed simply before them, their apparent indifference would surely be blown away. If only these tulips could talk of their rich ancestry and the extraordinary power they have exerted in very different places and periods in time.
Beyond our myopic viewpoint of the tulip, as the humble, reliable staple in shops and petrol station forecourts – lie distant horizons and tumultous times. Below its seemingly unassuming nature, are the facets of a history that need to be peeled back to arrive at the source, just like the tulip's distinctively robust leaves that rise out of winter soil, yet spring from an obscure bulb. Indeed, the origins of the tulip stretch far further back than the flat expanses of the flower fields in the Netherlands.
These cheerful floral patchwork landscapes, offering picture-postcard views bathed in a quaint and safe atmosphere hide a far more vibrant, perilous past. For here is a flower that inflamed emotions, igniting all-consuming desire and unparalled greed of Biblical proportions.
Originally a wild flower of the Asian steppes, the tulip symbolized the contemplative beauty of the East and all things exotic for centuries. Its very name conjured up mesmerizing images of the Orient; swathes of tulips in the Persian capital of Isfahan, hypnotic whirling Dervishes, Turkish nomads sweeping westward along the Silk Route, the flowing waters of the Bosphorus dividing Europe and Asia. Yet this - the 'flower of God' - also witnessed and even instigated struggles for power and wealth.
When the greatest Byzantine city of Constantinople was overthrown in the mid 15th century, giving rise to Istanbul at the heart of the Ottoman Empire, the elegant image of imperial might and culture was the tulip. Indeed, it was named after the Turkish turban – the tulipan. Cultivated in magnificent gardens and parks, the tulip acted as a precious jewel set in Topkapi palace ; the Sultan's residence in the capital.
There, the flowers were personally tended to by Sultan Mehmed II himself – the Conqueror of the Roman Empire. Gradually, as the ban on the representation<|fim_middle|>ells, just as I was leaving the grounds. Although not the wild variety, in that distinctive mesmerizing colour, these were like a magical apparition nonetheless, with their pale lilac flowers, all the more enchanting given the noisy backdrop of congested roads, with traffic thundering past! The perfection of Nature, even its cultivated form...
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From England, but have been living in France for over 20 years now. | of living things in Islamic art progressively eased with time, the tulip motif appeared in ceramics, literature and textiles – and was one of the decorative symbol of preference in the mosques. The flower's unique shape and the lettering of the word itself, both recalled the name of Allah in his greatness and growing such a divine flower assured a place in Heaven.
Meanwhile cultivating diplomatic alliances between East and West here on earth elevated the Ottoman empire's wordly status. Under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the palatial gardens grew, as did the visits of European ambassadors. Such visitors were shown the magnificence of the tulip displays and the generosity of the Sultan as bulbs were given as gifts to the more important guests. It was in this manner that the Viennese ambassador to the Ottoman Empire is thought to have played a role in the introduction of the tulip to European soil.
Several bulbs were apparently handed over by the diplomat in question to the head of the imperial botanical gardens in Austria – a certain Carolus Clusius. As a leading scientific horticulturist, Clusius finally became head of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden in 1593 and hence the first tulips were planted for study purposes in the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century. Given their mysterious ability to change colour, the tulip fascinated and puzzled in equal measure. Despite carrying out extensive research in order to understand the miraculous 'tulip breaking' that gave rise to such varied colour combinations in the 'broken' petal colouration, the process eluded Clusius (it was caused by a virus !). The beauty of this enigmatic flower did not escape the attention of others however.
The rarity of the tulip quickly inflamed interest and desire and before long Clusius was relieved of part of his collection by thieving chancers ! Although an unfortunate loss, this tulip heist resulted in the progressive gain of the flower across the land. Here it germinated in the culture and mindset of the people and took root in the national identity. Despite being far from the fire and passion of its exotic Eastern origins, the tulip's hold on its host country was just as powerful. Behind the calm exteriors of the lofty Amsterdammer buildings constructed for an increasingly affluent merchant class and within the smokey interiors of shady taverns frequented by the populace, would soon burn a sudden passion, ready to engulf all.
Even without the fascinating fortune of the tulip in Dutch history, the Golden Age of the 17th century Republic never fails to intrigue us. Perhaps this is due to the same unique medley of cultural leads that ensured the flower's success there from the start. There is something tantalising about the urban landscapes, still lives and portraiture with their play of colour and detail within a somber, sober framework which means that the smallest detail or the slightest touch of blue or yellow grab our attention.
We are literally drawn into the mesmerizing Dutch interiors, with their tranquil yet indefinable atmosphere that is rather unsettling. I remember going to the Rijksmuseum as a teenager and experiencing this strange sensation as we looked at incredible paintings in an equally impressive setting, one cold winter. It is hardly surprising that novels that seek to capture this unique mood and create a similar sensation attract many readers – or at least this one ! The obvious one to cite here is Girl with a Pearl Earring (by Tracy Chevalier), although I have to say the impression inspired in me by that book was sadly very far from the one intended. Any recommendations for a better read, gladly welcome…
Following independence from the rule of the Habsburg King, Philip II of Spain, the Dutch arts and science, trade and military forces went on to lead Europe. Maritime and economic power were unparalled during this period. Central to such growth was the establishment of merchant trading links, as Dutch companies sent out ships to bring back the exotic goods from the distant continents and far-flung islands. At the heart of this commercial empire was The Dutch East India Company - a vast corporation founded in 1602 by the grouping of rival Dutch trading houses. A growing demand for silk, sugar and spice and a multitude of other luxurious commodities from Asia and Europe itself meant that the Dutch republic soon became the world's commercial hub. Such lucrative trade meant that it soon became one of the richest countries and also the most densely populated in Europe.
As urban populations grew, merchants and bankers began to form a true middle class in the Republic, becoming wealthier and ever more powerful through trade and shrewd investments. How this affluence and rise in social status were to be displayed was perhaps unique to the Dutch spirit and worldview. Whilst they craved luxury, and coveted beautiful artifacts, they were equally fearful of inappropriate self-agrandisation and prideful 'showing off'. Rejection of papist excess pivoted around a Calvinist condemnation of over-Indulgence (overvloed) and the wanton conspicuous display of the worldly trappings often associated with it.
Whilst religious painting per se declined, artists were commissioned to show in secular work how overindulgence ultimately lead to decadence and decline. Moralistic genre paintings warned of the temptations of unbridled consumption and greed in the dissolute household, mostly to our amusement today ! If the message was not sufficiently driven home, vanitas paintings were there to remind the beholder that vanity, generally linked to material possessions and worldly pursuits, would not guard them from inevitable death and decay.
Life's brevity was underlined in still life paintings bearing references to the cycle of life and the passing of time, alongside allusions to Man's mortality. Images of fading flora and fruit, caterpillars and butterflies, bubbles, burning candles, mirrors, hourglasses and deathskulls were presented in dissarray in order to highlight the chaos caused in life by vain distractions. Such existentialist messages may be lost on us now but these works still fascinate today since they appear as richly detailed displays of the contents of a curiosity cabinet, muddled with the shelves of grocer's shop with a butcher's ware thrown in for good measure ! All rendered in eye-watering precision, of course.
It was not for nothing, therefore, that the Dutch attached great important to pristine white linen on their person and in their environment. Immaculate in every sense, yet costly to maintain meant that their personal whites were quite simply a pure form of luxury ! Starchy, intricate white ruffs on otherwise sober garments spoke volumes without being seen as vain… Nevertheless, Protestant beliefs and practices meant that the rewards of hard work – reaping in the guilders - posed the continual challenge of how to be affluent yet suitably modest. This was largely achieved through indulging safely behind closed doors in the inner sanctum ; the home, garden and one's domestic life. The display of one's financial means to a select audience in one's private space was seen as the perfect balance of modesty and ostentation, free of that shameful trait ; pride. And it is precisely this space that we find so intriguing today – divided as it is between contrasting forces.
Imposing gabled houses composed of immaculate rooms with light playing on walls and tiled floors reflected the ordered, pious restraint that the inhabitants aspired to. And yet inventories of household items drawn up during this period reveal a little more personal 'clutter' than the average Dutch interior genre paintings would care to depict ! Indeed, from the lists of household possessions, it would seem that many of the items included responded to more than a purely practical need as expensive commissioned paintings (often idealized portrait), mirrors, books, and clocks were all set alongside furniture and rich furnishings.
One household item that must surely appear to us today as a rather futile, yet again utterly intriguing, were the doll's house owned by wealthy adult women. These are another example of the unique Golden-age desire to satisfy simultaneous contrasting impulses – moderation and lavishness. These perfect replicas of the various rooms of the affluent townhouse were often given on marriage, symbolic of the life to be built. Presented in a cabinet form, these doll's houses afforded wives the opportunity and freedom to select and commission the rich objects and ornaments with which to furnish the rooms, at a time when most decisions on any matter in real life were taken by the man of the house. The doll's house would be displayed in the home, standing at eye-level as a statement objet d'art, presenting an idealized domestic universe of exquisite craftsmanship, beauty and harmony. Guests would thus be encouraged to note the impeccable taste and enviable status of the mistress of the home – both real and miniature.
Purely by coincidence, I happened to finish reading The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, just as the tulips started to bloom. The novel presented the fictive story around one such doll's house from 17th century Amsterdam, today an exhibit piece at the Rijksmuseum. Although genuinely excited to read this, my enthusiasm withered and died as the chapters advanced. Just as the few Tracy Chevalier works I have read, this one is built on an inspired theme – brilliant even – but the actual writing simply did not deliver, as far as I was concerned. Unlike Girl With the Pearl Earring, whose film adaptation redeemed the novel, The Miniaturist was in no way bolstered by the BBC mini series either. Nevertheless, the book did indirectly draw my attention to the fact that a complete cabinet doll's house could cost even more than the most expensive canal house in Amsterdam… And yet it was not the only coveted object to do so. Back to the tulip…
As it turned out, there could be no better symbol of the lure of luxury and danger of vanity in the Netherlands than the tulip itself. Its ephemeral, captivating beauty with unpredictable colouration, its scarcity and highly limited supply gave rise to a frenzy of desire and demand. From the 1630s, buyers and sellers alike were driven by a 'tulip fever' that only burnt itself out when it had wrought havoc. But what could be more perfect mark of social attainment than the possession of such an elusive bloom ? What other item promised such commercial success to those willing to take a gamble ? Nothing, it would seem , until 1637 that is, when the tulip market crashed overnight. Before that, tulip trading had given rise to the first speculative bubble.
The rarest tulips, with their streaked petals in varied colour combinations were literally worth a fortune. And indeed purveyors and purchasers were soon ready to gamble fortunes via promisory notes on bulbs that had not even been seen in any physical form. Trading took place in back rooms and taverns ('colleges'), where judgement was clouded by alcohol and the burning, blinding desire to become rich quick through a few smart investments and sale to the highest bidder. Whilst the final possession of such a precious commodity was largely the preserve of the wealthy alone, the exchange of these goods took place between the hands of lower-class citizens. Craftsmen and tradesmen would sell their materials and stock in order to purchase bulbs – or merely their 'futures' - to sell on and make a profit. When the bubble inevitably burst, these same individuals found themselves suddenly ruined.
Parts of society were left bankrupt and suicidal individuals threw themselves into the canals in desperation. Yet whilst the situation sent shockwaves through the economy, the country recovered with time. As trading had largely taken place outside the official stock exchange, tulip fever had been broken without ultimately breaking Dutch society. The nobility came out of the whole situation relatively unscathed, albeit a little chastized. As for the tulip itself, it continued to be treasured but no longer in a ruinous manner and many people today are not even aware of this real-life allegory of the dangers of amour fou. One novel that I did greatly enjoy on this whole affair was Deborah Moggach's Tulip Fever, read many years ago. Although it seems to have been panned by critics, who (as far as I can see) did not understood the tone of the writing, I loved it. Like a bawdy sketch from a Jan Steen painting, the story develops with the most unplausible plot that neverless depicts historical events that seem improbable from whatever angle they are presented. The film adaptation does the novel or its author's intentions no justice… Some 90 years after the initial tulpenmanie, History seemed to repeat itself and so the third chapter in this story of captivation unfurls, suggesting that perhaps not everyone had learnt from the Dutch example, incredible as that might seem. Back in the Ottoman Empire, the fascination with the tulip had not in fact subsided since the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century. On the contrary, with the years reverence for the divine flower had merely grown, as had the huge variety of cultivars available. From the mid-17th century, classified lists were drawn up, with evocative names that indicate the enchantment the blooms operated ; 'Increaser of Joy', 'Light of the Mind,' 'Diamond Envy', 'Those that Burn the Heart', 'Star of Felicity', 'Matchless Pearl', 'Delicate Coquette', 'Pomegranate Lance' and 'Beloved's Face'.
By the early 18th century, this love had developed into a full-blown obsession in the Tulip Era under Sultan Ahmed the Third. Ottoman power and wealth was quite literally represented by the flower in all its forms, with hundreds of cultivars painstakingly developed, with a preference for the dagger-tipped, almond shaped flower as opposed to the wine-glass rounded form that was favoured by the Dutch. An annual Tulip Festival was dedicated to the elegant perfection of the flower and must have been simply magical to behold. Throughout the flowering period, songbirds in gilded cages would fill the air with their music, whilst giant tortoises bore candles on their backs, gently illuminating the evening displays as they wandered through the gardens. Dressed in robes that complemented the colour of the tulip blooms, the festival guests would stroll around the royal grounds and on the given signal, the seraglio doors were opened, releasing the Sultan's sequestered harem into the garden, with its beautiful female charges ressembling the specially guarded floral specimens in their own right.
I am not sure if a novel about this particular episode in the tulip's history exists, but it would probably be hard to relate this in a manner which could do it justice. Anyway, not surprisingly, such fairy-tale opulence and expense soon led to plain outrage and revolt in response to the exorbitant national outlay required to cover such indulgence. Whilst Ottoman tulip fever was kept in check by State price regulation, little could contain the Sultan himself who demanded the importation of millions of Dutch and French bulbs to feed his voracious floral habit. Soon bled-dry by this imperial obsession with the tulip, the population finally rebelled and destroyed the gardens holding the flower that had became synonymous with decadence and ruin. For the second time…
And so finally the tulip has maintained a hold over the countries which were its past strongholds - Holland and Turkey – but with none of the destructive passion and perhaps with a little less of the magic too. That this flower should have captivated two such different peoples must have been some form of enchantment or bewitchment. One country apparently dour and disciplined, was briefly rendered mad by a lust for the tulip's beauty. This was matched by the desire of another - fiery and passionate - yet rendered powerless in admiration of the tulip's delicate divinity.
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Lace and Life...
Before the latest lockdown, I managed to go to the Europuces - a (previously) monthly open-market fleamarket, exhibiting a large amount of antiques, odd curios, old-fangled objects and what is frequently referred to as 'vintage'. As much as I would like to acquire more beautiful things in my life, I have finally come to the realisation that even, or especially, as a maximalist, I just do not have the space and simply cannot justify taking possession of any more 'stuff', however tantalising it may be.
And yet this mass of temptation is often just too much to resist and I always end up telling myself that I need the latest mesmerizing object under scrutiny, to act as a talisman against the ugliness of so many aspects of modern life. As I can't argue against that reasoning, I tend to come away with something small but ultimately 'necessary'. Nevertheless, when the artifact in question later catches my eye in my home space, I rarely regret the decision.
Meandering around the alleys and stands, I came across a stall with an impressive display of old linen and lace. The range and the quality of all the items laid out were amazing, and yet the stallowner was selling these off incredibly cheaply, explaining that the pubic simply refuses to buy unless at give-away prices, and that demand for "that kind of thing" was limited today. Looking at the intricate lace work on offer,and thinking how someone must have toiled over this for many hours, for it to be finally sold off for almost nothing, I felt duty-bound to take a few of the pieces. What a strange time we live in - little is made to last, to be treasured and handed down. What passes for an object of desire today invariably leaves me indifferent, at best, and at worst, feels like an affront to all my aesthetic sensitivities... My eyes!!! So all in all, I was pleased with my purchase of the delicate lace, to fight away twenty-first century unsightliness. After all, when do we ever see lace these days? Here is my grandmother on her wedding day, wearing a lace veil that would have been a much-coveted item back in the 1920s... Probably wouldn't be able to give it away today!
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Bluebell Magic...
Making the most of a morning off, I decided to go for a walk around one of the city parks. I used to call this the 'Flowery' one, as the others are, or rather were, disappointingly limited in their floral arrangements - with few, rather meagre flower beds compared to what you generally find in the grounds of the average English public green space, be that a park or garden.
However, things have vastly improved and the 'Flowery Park' is now one of several, all offering beautiful displays throughout a large part of the year. Nevertheless, as we enter Spring after a long winter, these bluebells seemed to create the most breathtaking, wholly unexpected vision.
In fact, its real title is the Jardin Pierre Schneiter, in honour of the rémois politician and mayor (1905-1979), also president of the French national horticultural society. I am not sure how the area was referred to prior to that during its long history, and municipal information is somewhat thin on the ground, so to speak. However, until 1841, it was part of the rather quaintly-named Parc de la Patte d'Oie - literally 'goose foot' or more accurately 'crow's feet', in English translation, as this indicates a meeting point of several lines (or wrinkles!) or actual alleys/roads.
The park in question, created in 1733, is a prolongation of other green spaces - Les Promenades - and includes both converging lines and paths which criss-cross its entirety. These lead to strategic focal points whilst the site itself now culiminates in a major highway and the Centre des Congrès, and is bordered by a series of other busy roads with heavy traffic, day and night.
When the route, now known as Boulevard Roederer, was laid down in the mid 19th century, a separate green space was formed, the current Jardin Schneiter. This served to house the school garden and later the Société d'Horticulture de Reims in a Neoclassical building. Le Trianon still stands today in what is referred as the 'French' part of the grounds. There are a fine collection of trees throughout the entire space, with magnificent specimens of the Fau de Verzy - the dwarf beech, with its spectacular long, twisted boughs.... and of course the flowerbeds themselves.
Rock gardens, ponds and waterfalls designed by landscape gardener Édouard Redont go to make up the 'English' section. The beds are presented in themes and colour, to great effect but I had the greatest joy to come across this hidden thicket of blueb | 4,319 |
Each year, the Coast Guard and other search-and-rescue agencies deal with a multitude of small craft—mostly kayaks, canoes and rowing skiffs—that are found adrift in open water or grounded with no one aboard.
Many of these vessels bear no identification, making it impossible to contact<|fim_middle|> S&R personnel must assume that someone is in trouble, leading to a time-consuming—and costly—search operation.
A simple way to avoid such a scenario is to write your name, phone number, and email address on the hull of your kayak, canoe, or skiff using an indelible marker. You can also apply a stick-on label with contact information (available at many marine stores), or you can simply place a business card inside a watertight bag and affix it to your boat.
Doing so can not only help get your boat back if it goes adrift, it can also save the Coast Guard a lot of time, effort and money.
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Global Office developed a simple and intuitive, cloud-based software system to help Good Honest Warehousing accurately record incoming and outgoing stock, and track deliveries from point to point.
Josh Perriam started Good Honest Warehousing with his brother-in-law five years ago after he saw a gap in the market for a local 3pl operator. From its home in Christchurch, the company provides outsourced logistics services to its customers. This includes the integration of transport, warehousing, pick-pack, dispatch and inventory management.
<|fim_middle|> software is simple to use and easy to learn, meaning staff spend more time on the warehouse floor and less time in front of a screen. "And because every single item goes 'live' in the system almost immediately, our customers have complete confidence in the service they are getting," Josh says. | With customers locally and internationally, the company required a system that allowed its clients to check the status of their stock remotely. Using a unique username and password, each customer can run their own reports to monitor stock in real-time. "It has made the process much more transparent for our customers, and saved us a lot of emails and phone calls back and forth," Josh says.
Josh says Global Office's system has made Good Honest Warehousing much more competitive within the 3pl market. The | 98 |
Can Elon Musk's Twitter takeover trigger a revolution for creator pay?
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According to Musk, the new terms will be far-reaching with "creator monetisation for all forms of content." They will be highly competitive and would "beat" the 55% slice of advertising revenues that YouTube hands its biggest internet stars. On the surface, this is good news for creators at a time when their advertising return is set to suffer at the hands of global economic malaise. Put simply, Twitter can add an extra layer of competitive tension for the biggest social video platforms that rely on the huge followings of their online talent to ensure the subscription and ad revenues keep flowing in.
If Musk makes good on his word, then creators will have another point of defection should they become disillusioned with the financial terms being offered by rivals. The question is whether such market ructions are enough to herald a remuneration revolution for creators, and who will directly benefit from the change. So far, the social video platforms have poached talent from their rivals by sweetening the financial terms for the biggest creators. Ludwig, TimTheTatman, and Dr Lupo, three of Twitch's biggest stars, all left the service last year to sign exclusive deals with YouTube. Dr Lupo claimed the package was so lucrative that it provided him with financial security for life.
With YouTube's biggest star MrBeast earning as much as $54 million last year from the 10 billion views for his video content, the Google-owned platform believes the surest route to growth is by satisfying the biggest players in the creator food chain. It is a strategy that appears to be working: content creators on YouTube earned $300m last year, an increase of 40% on the year before, according to Forbes.
Not just targeting the big beasts
By looking to trump YouTube's 55% ad revenue share, Musk appears to be proposing a similar talent acquisition strategy for Twitter. Yet, with Twitch and YouTube proving native platforms for content such as gaming, it may take more than big cheques to convince creators their communities will continue to grow. Where the chief executive of Tesla may find longer-term wins is by targeting the middle and lower-tier of creators. Twitch has been fighting to contain creator dissent across its platform after ditching the 70 / 30 revenue split for streamers on premium deals in favour of a 50 / 50 share. While the focus was on its biggest creators, smaller streamers were equally concerned that one of the platform's largest incentives for growth had been removed.
Targeting this larger but less financially lucrative cohort of creators could prove a more impactful option for Musk. Shifting focus toward the mid and lower-tier creators could amass a larger pool of defectors, build Twitter's credibility as a creator-focused platform, and increase the chances of unearthing the next MrBeast or Jake Paul rather than buying that talent in. Such a move could usher in a remuneration revolution by forcing livestreaming platforms to re-think how their middle to lower tier creators are recompensed to prevent discontent bubbling over. There is of course one big caveat: Musk must get Twitter's house in order first.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of dining at Mid-Atlantic Seafood in Laurel, MD, and we had a truly awesome experience. If you love seafood as much as we do (or just good food in general aka everyone, ha), you're going to want to head on over stat because the taste and price are seriously out of this world. Their restaurant's easy to overlook because of their unassuming location, but don't be fooled, their food is second to none. They source ingredients locally so you know damn sure that you're getting the freshest seafood, meat and produce possible.
So, here's how the Mid-Atlantic Seafood experience works. You enter their restaurant, stand in line, place your order and then wait for your number to be called so you can get your grub. It takes a while because 95% of their food's made to order, but trust us when we say it's worth the wait. The aforementioned 5% is pre-made and you can see it while waiting in line. If you're really in a rush, just get those noms to go. Honestly, you really can't go wrong either way! The restaurant itself is the epitome of clean. The vibe's almost cafeteria/fast-food like, but we don't mean that in a negative way – think of it as a 5-star hole-in-the-wall establishment with impeccable service.
We started our dinner off with an alcoholic blueberry lemonade and classic margarita. Both<|fim_middle|> a lot to choose from, but we decided to go with the following: stuffed shrimp (3 for $9.99 and 5 for $12.99), their signature fish fillet sandwich ($5.99, add $1 for fries and $2 for sweet potato fries), grilled shrimp & scallops over rice ($12.99), steamed jumbo spiced shrimp ($7.99/1/2 lb, $12.99/1lb, $22.99/2lbs), and steamed Alaskan snow crab legs ($14.99/1lb).
Their shrimp was stuffed with jumbo lump crabmeat, and it came with two sides. They had an abundance of delicious options available, but we decided to try their candied yams and collard greens this time around. Everything was perfection, and we're not exaggerating in the least. Their frying skills are seriously goals – yay for crispy goodness – and they don't skimp on crab.
Next up, their steamed shrimp and snow crab generously coated in Old Bay. You seriously won't find fresher seafood anywhere!
Now let's take a look at their signature fish sandwich. We got ours with flounder, but catfish was also an option. It came with lettuce, tomatoes, fried sweet onions (!!!!!), cheese, and tartar sauce and was hands down, THE best fish sandwich we had ever tasted. The onions were a definite game-changer. The fries, on the other hand, were just normal fries, but they came dusted with old bay, which was a nice touch.
Last but not least, their grilled shrimp and scallops served over steamed white rice. If you're a fan of asian flavors, you'll definitely enjoy this plate. This was our least favorite dish of the bunch, but that doesn't really mean anything because we still enjoyed it immensely. See what we mean about the food here being bomb? For $12.99, you're getting a ridiculous amount of fresh, delicious food. Honestly, you can't go wrong with ANYTHING we've featured here today, and we can pretty much guarantee that you'll love Mid-Atlantic Seafood.
In addition to their location in Laurel, they have restaurants in Takoma Park, New Carrollton, and Hyattsville so definitely go and let us know how you like their food. For those of you interested, they currently have a cool lunch promo going on: buy a lunch platter and get a free drink anytime from 10AM to 2PM. They also have exciting new menu items so make sure to give them a try! We're definitely looking forward to trying their jumbo lump crab quesadilla and their homemade cream of crab soup. Happy eating, nomsters! | drinks came with copious amounts of fresh fruit and were presented in THE cutest "glasses." The owners of Mid-Atlantic Seafood also own a liquor store, and it just so happens to conveniently be located next door. Brian, the manager, wanted to do something unique with presentation so he decided to serve drinks in mini-liquor bottles. FYI, customers have the option of taking them home with them afterwards.
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Paul Huber ( Kirchberg , February 17, 1918 - Sankt Gallen , February 25, 2<|fim_middle|> Stans , where he wrote several pieces for choir and harmonics orchestra, conducted by students. In addition to chamber music, he composed his first orchestral work, a Hymnische Musik auf den Frühling .
During his military service he also wrote military marches. By that time he had decided to study music.
He studied from 1940 to 1947 at the conservatory in Zurich in the subjects contrapunt at Willy Burkhard , piano at Rudolf Wittelsbach , organ of Luigi Favani and school music at Ernst Hörler . From 1947 to 1948 he studied at Nadia Boulanger in Paris . From 1943 to 1949 he was organist at the urban St. Nikolaas church in Wil , Switzerland . From 1951 to 1983 he was a singer and piano teacher at the Kantonschool in Sankt Gallen . In 1979 he became honorary doctorate of the University of Friborg Friborg , Switzerland .
In the post- war period , he also had his first successes as a composer. His miss Messe zu Ehren des Saints Gallus received the 3rd prize in the composition of the St. Gallischer Diözesan-Cäcilien band . The Concert Ouvertüre for concert orchestra went to premiere at the St. Gallic Kantonalmusikfest in Altstätten . The officials of the Eidgenössische Musikfest in Sankt Gallen gave him the task of writing a work for their festival. That became the work of Frau Musika . This composition contributed to his fame about the Cantonese borders abroad and abroad.
His oeuvre includes songs for school, children, women, men and mixed choirs. He composed numerous motets, cantates, oratories, occasional music, a chamberopera, a singing game, symphonies and chamber music. Also worth mentioning are his compositions for harmonics and fanfare orchestras and brass bands.
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European Brass Band Championships 2001 | 001 ) was a Swiss composer , conductor , music educator and organist .
In 1928, Huber died mom and shortly after his father died of poisoning. The parents' farm was sold and the nine children were accommodated by uncles, aunts and acquaintances of the family. Huber came to a child in the same village, banker Alfons Stolz-Elser and his wife Hedwig, who supported him lovingly. His first piano and theory lessons he received from Helen Tuason in Wil , who was a student of Emil Frey.
Huber followed his studies at a college in the canton of Wales in 1933. In addition he received piano lessons and also participated in the student symphony orchestra. He also studied at St. Antonius College in Appenzell . Here too he received piano and organ lessons and played in the student orchestra and sang in the student choir. Here he wrote his student songs and found the premiere of his motet Tantum ergo in the monastery church.
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Search engine optimization can double or triple your business revenue, so it's important to do it right the first time. In this article you will find very useful information on how to designate SEO as the driver of business to your site.
When you use SEO techniques to set up a web page, don't think extra advertising boosts search engine ranking. Advertising can bring you extra traffic, but it has nothing to do with your rankings.
Make it easier for the web spiders and your rank will increase. Spiders analyze your site, looking at things like keywords. However, they don't always grasp how to navigate around your site. When producing a site map, keep your site's hierarchy in mind so that spiders can get a sense of the structure of your pages.
Use header tags to your advantage. Headers are large at times. However, CSS can be used to alter the size. Headers work to your advantage because a search engine checks this before ranking a site. Use the H1 and H2 tags to highlight important things about your product or service so that the engines crawl something worthwhile.
Increasing your PageRank depends upon increasing the amount of site traffic you have, as well as keeping visitors on your site for an extended period of time. There is evidence that the more time a person is on a site the higher ranked that site will be. This will increase the site's page rank. Anything that adds interactivity to your site, such as discussion forums and blogs that accept comments, will entice visitors to stay for a longer period of time.
Avoid Flash on your site. Flash can not be read by the spiders and text used in flash won't be read. In order to optimize your website, the content must be able to be searched and indexed by search engines.
Use a site map to help boost traffic to your website. A site map is beneficial in ensuring that all the individual pages on your site are linked. An easy to use site will get more traffic.
Add a site map if you're trying to get more traffic. A site map is a list of links that can go to any page on your site. When visitors notice the links on your page, it can significantly increase your site traffic.
Each page should only focus on one topic or product. Don't attempt to promote all your stuff in a single post or article. This will confuse your readers and discourage them from returning. It's far better to introduce only one service or product at a time in a post.
Instead of exchanging links, try using article exchanges for boosting your rankings in the search engines. When you do article exchanges, you have to post an article from a different website owner while crediting them with you link. Then they can do that for you on an article that you wrote. It does more for you than link exchanges, and it generates new content for both sites.
Take advantage of free social marketing sites. There are many more social networking sites besides Twitter and Facebook. Many social networking sites cater to specialized groups or interests, such as Christians or photography. Participate on those that are directly relevant with your business.
A site map can help a search engine to index your pages. A site map is also known as the navigation bar. This part of your web site will let search engines know how many pages your web site has and what each one contains. Even a smaller website can have a higher search engine ranking with a good site map.
When fine-tuning your site's search engine optimization, use efficiently-worded meta tag descriptions that will attract the right viewers. This tag should not be more than 30 words. You need to limit this page to under 100KB, so it can be read quickly by the search engine spiders.
Put your money into advertising with adbrite or adwords, for example. When you try to do search engine optimization yourself, it may not yield the increase in rankings you were hoping for. These online advertisers can help increase hits. Using products such as those from Google can make a huge difference.
Not utilizing the proper SEO techniques means no one will find your site. Use the tips in this article to help your website be found.
Make sure you use header tags. CSS can be used to reduce the size of the headers. These tags can determine the rank that you get. Highlight the more important things with H1 and H2 options for tags.
Try looking at your competitor's website source codes. This helps you learn how SEO is used by others and the keywords being targeted. You're not going to copy them, but just taking a look around can help your own efforts with developing keywords and phrases.
Get your site linked to by a respected website, like a non-profit or an educational site. Links from reputable sites are favored by the major search engines and boost your rankings. In order to get reliable websites to feature your website, make sure to always provide accurate information. You need to publish information that is high-quality and informational.
When trying to boost the SEO of your site, you need to be patient. Huge amounts of traffic and major changes will not happen in one night. If the creation date of your site is not very long ago, it may take a few months to build your SEO. It takes time for an online business to establish a name, just like traditional businesses.
If you are working on SEO, avoid Flash. Flash takes a while to load and is not readable for some spiders, so it isn't indexed. To optimize a site for search engines, the content should be visible and easily accessible to search engine crawlers.
You should look at the source codes on the websites of your competitors. You can see how they use SEO and the keywords they use. Though you may not want to copy what they are doing, you might be able to get some useful ideas.
Utilize a descriptive and unique title tag as a way to ensure that different search engines will be able to comprehend the content on your website. When writing tags, keep in mind that the majority of search engines only show up to 60 characters of content. Search engines will also give less significance to words after the 60 character limit.
You should identify yourself as a knowledgeable expert in the field in which you are doing business. This is an excellent strategy for maximizing profits. Make a website for your particular niche, and make sure to search engine optimize it to target customers interested in that niche. Get feedback from your customers regarding their preferences. This will help you determine the most successful products and services to offer.
While you can hire someone to handle your SEO work, you can easily learn how to do it on your own, too. There are many resources out there you can use. You can look at tons of terrific websites and books as well.
Failure is the one thing you hope never happens to your business. Ironically, while there are many online businesses that do fail, it is actually a venue where success is much more available to you due to an endless array of advertising methods and capable structure.
Make sure to include keywords in URLs of specific pages. You will not receive high rankings if your site has symbols or numbers most people do not search for. Including keywords that are important and relevant to the site can really improve rankings and traffic.
Some sulk around all day complaining about their life. Others are more driven, and have the determination it takes to start their own business. If you are one of these innovators, these SEO techniques can help you boost your online business.
When publishing content, it's best to post multiple short pieces on topics that are similar than it is to post extremely long articles. Using these will increase your overall ranking. Additionally, most internet users prefer to read shorter articles rather than longer ones.
Always be aware of how your competitors code their pages. You can see how they use SEO and the keywords they use. Don't plagiarize what they do, but do take hints from it for your own plan.
It is important to be patient while enduring the process of boosting your SEO. A large amount of traffic will not come overnight from your efforts. If a site is pretty new, it will take a while for you to see any results. Remember that it takes some time to get your name built up.
Help search engines find you easily and you will rise in the ranks. Spiders are constantly navigating your site's content looking for relevant items like your keywords, but for them to do so, your site must be easily navigable. Create a site map, which helps spiders to understand which parts of your site are the most important.
Including a site map on your website is key to any search engine optimization process. Site maps make it significantly easier for search engine crawlers and spiders to access every webpage on your website. If your website is particularly large, you may need several sitemaps. You should delegate, at most, 100 links per map.
Use header tags to your advantage. Sometimes these headers can be too big, but you can use CSS to change the size. Search engines consider headers when ranking a website. Also, utilize H1 or H2 tags for important information about your goods or services.
A site map which has your keywords included should be created. A site map is an easy to read, easily accessible directory of every area on your website. It gives users a simple way to find what they're looking for on your site. Search engines use the inclusion of a site map in their consideration of where your site should be ranked.
It is essential to regularly add new content and publish fresh articles. Set a goal for yourself for weekly updates of new content and stick to it. Websites with new content will be more attractive to the web crawlers than those with older updates. Sites with fresh content tend to have higher search engine rankings.
Don't engage in keyword stuffing. Focus the site on a few, deliberately chosen keywords with the most relevance to your topic. Keyword tools can help you figure out the right ones to choose.
The world might be unfair, but dwelling on that won't pay the bills. You have to have focus and do what you need to do to get your fair share of the good things in life. Using these tips regarding search engine optimization is going to improve your chances of success.
Do not neglect the various social media sites when you are working on improving your site's visibility. You can demonstrate your products in living, moving color with YouTube, while Twitter and Facebook are great ways to make a direct connection to your potential customers.
Is your website ready for launch with a good web page hosting service? Where is it that you should start? How do you go about comparing hosting companies? Is this company reliable, how would you know? This article is the perfect starting point, and the advice below can set you on your way to understanding everything you need to know to choose the perfect host for your website.
Determine if your hosting provider offers the ability to run server-side scripts. Most free hosting services offer only pages that are static, you are not given the option to use your own programming language and scripts. If you need a scripting page that is dynamic, you probably need to find a pay host instead.
It goes without saying that you should avoid web hosts that have continual outages. Companies that have a lot of outages aren't reliable and it is obvious that they do not have plans in place to shorten or prevent lengthy outages. Frequent downtime demonstrates a poor business model, so it's best you do not commit to this company.
Do not register a domain name through your hosting service; if your relationship with your host deteriorates or goes sour, you will be able to transfer your domain name to a different server, rather than losing it. You will have no control over your domain registration but your host will.
Look for a web host that will break down internet stats and web information, so you can learn more about your visitors. You should add a visitor counter to your site, and compare it to the numbers your web host is giving you. As an online business owner, you will benefit from using this information to tailor your approach to your audience.
Ask about a potential web host's security precautions before signing up for service. In this society, websites can be exposed to attacks and other risks, and there are many ways in which this can occur. Make sure the web host you choose has procedures to deal with common threats like DDoS attacks. You should know what is the risk for your site in case your host is attacked.
If a web hosting provider claims to offer a world of unlimited services and features, beware. For instance, unlimited disk space means you are limited in the kind of files you can upload. Furthermore, unlimited bandwidth packages often have data management software on their servers, which can limit your transfer rate. Get all the information that pertains to these plans, and never assume unlimited really means unlimited.
Check to ensure the hosts that you're considering provides you money back guarantees. Most hosts provide a guarantee that will allow you to have your money refunded within thirty days or less of signing up if you're not happy. Many webhosts advertise themselves better than they are.
There are free hosting services available, but tread carefully. Be sure to make backups of anything you do not want to lose, as free hosts normally do not offer any kind of backup services. Keep in mind that the service is free, so there will probably not be any frills included. The end result is you being out of luck should something disappear.
Many web hosting companies are actually just affiliate accounts linked to the major players in the field. These companies purchase a large portion of server space and pay a lower price. They in turn make their profits by charging rent for it to many smaller websites. Find out the true location of your host and then shop around to make sure you negotiate the best price offered for using that server.
As you have learned from the above article, it's not enough that you want to create a website and have a cool domain name in mind to use, because your site will still need to be hosted somewhere. Knowing the basics to help you choose the right host is all it takes to ensure your site gets online quickly and stays up constantly. Heed the advice here and apply the principles to your own presence on the web.
Try getting in touch with clients of a host on message boards. When you can ask questions and talk about any concerns, you will be able to quickly figure out which companies will not be able to meet the needs that you have. Finding the right hosting provider will be easier when you affirmed by good reviews. Existing customers can offer unparalleled insight into the service and quality of different providers.
Many new site owners are okay with marketing by writing articles and affiliate ads. They use these in the hope that they will get noticed. Although these techniques might work, only well-executed SEO can be effective in boosting those websites to the coveted front page of the search results. Read on for some tips to make your site rise to the top of the search page.
A few short articles is better than one long one. A long page will not get you additional attention from a search engine. Additionally, most internet users prefer to read shorter articles rather than longer ones.
The way to do this is to create a robot text file and then place it in your site's root directory. txt file and including it in your root directory. The search engines' automatic crawlers check this file and ignore any files and directories listed there, speeding up their progress.
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According to locals, this much snow only falls once every two years in Kyoto.
With so many unique and historic monuments, Kyoto has one of the world's largest collections<|fim_middle|> shade of brilliant gold.
▼ Tourists and locals alike clamoured to catch a glimpse of Kinkakuji in the snow.
▼ Another iconic spot to draw crowds on the weekend was Kiyomizu-dera.
The view of the snow-covered pagoda was one of the many sights that could be enjoyed in the well-known Higashiyama district.
…while this photographer stepped out in a blizzard to capture the beauty of Pontocho, a narrow street lined with secluded restaurants, in the snow.
Kifune Jinja held a special free light-up event until 8:00 p.m. so visitors could enjoy the unique atmosphere on the grounds of their Shinto shrine in the evening.
Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for its thousands of vermillion torii gates, was another site that enthralled visitors.
It really doesn't matter when you visit Kyoto, it is one the most beautiful cities in Japan, but you have to admit that a white layer of snow gives it something extra…. | of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, making it one of the most fascinating and beautiful places to visit in all of Japan. While the ancient city has an alluring, atmospheric beauty at any time of the year, there's one particular time when the temples and shrines here become even more exquisite, and that's when the area is covered in a white sheet of soft powder snow.
This weekend, Kyoto received its coldest winter days yet, with heavy snowfall hitting the city in what locals say is a rare event that only occurs only once every two years. Despite the intense cold, photographers braved the snow to capture some of the area's most iconic sites at their most beautiful, creating images that makes us feel like we've stepped back in time to the feudal era. Let's take a look below at some of the gorgeous scenes from the wintry weekend.
The famous Golden Pavilion, Kinkakuji, drew a large number of crowds who came to gaze at the glistening beauty of ice crystals contrasted against a | 204 |
Adobe And Videology Tackle OTT Video Sales Hurdles
by Kelly Liyakasa // Friday, December 4th, 2015 – 11:34 am
If you're a large brand and you want 10 million guaranteed impressions, you're not going to find it in episodic TV – yet.
Adobe and Videology, through new over-the-top video ad sales and the yield management system Adobe Primetime TV Media Management, hope to solve this problem. The solution was released Tuesday during Videonuze's programmatic video summit.
Broadcasters don't want planning systems that may undercut their direct sales efforts or that prioritize performance over brand buys.
They want to complement direct sales with multiscreen monetization while ensuring access to higher-quality inventory, said Campbell Foster, director of product marketing for Adobe Primetime, Adobe's IP-TV ad delivery and monetization platform.
Yield management for OTT and streaming video will be increasingly necessary as broadcasters begin to realize the value of their different audiences, and as advertisers want to use more data to inform TV buys.
Thus, Adobe is integrating more data management capabilities into its TV-planning system, Adobe Primetime. These capabilities let broadcasters change pricing around OTT and episodic TV inventory, depending on which audience an advertiser wants.
For instance, a show that nominally has a $25 CPM might go for $35 if a marketer wants to target a specific audience segment. In this instance, a broadcaster might set a price floor around content or programming and price in an audience overlay on top of that.
Over-the-top video monetization is still in the early innings, and building sustainable audience scale has a lot to do with it.
"Beyond tentpole sporting events, audiences haven't been large enough to justify buys from large brands for episodic TV and film content," noted Foster. "Outside of maybe Hulu and Yahoo, those<|fim_middle|>, there's little incentive for programmers to invest," Foster later explained. "That's just starting to change as OTT views are included in Nielsen's new Total Audience Measurement system. CPMs are high because it's premium inventory. Addressable at the individual level – that's valuable."
Adobe and Videology are in negotiations with "a handful" of large, global broadcasters and expect to disclose more customer wins for the new platform in early 2016, Foster said. | audiences haven't been [scaled enough] to measure."
Episodic television and film content, as well as live events such as sports, are typically defined as premium TV formats. In Foster's view, that's the inventory Adobe's system will help broadcasters monetize, not necessarily user-generated content or short-form or lower-quality video.
Buyers are sometimes reluctant to invest in OTT ads, naming scarcity, lack of audience scale/targetability and sky-high CPMs as barriers.
Sellers fear audience duplication, waste and insufficient data control. In other words, how does a broadcaster ensure audiences aren't being unknowingly cookied or trafficked by a third party, which could contribute to data leakage?
As a result, OTT and episodic TV content is often undervalued and undermonetized.
Measurement, however, remains the biggest hurdle.
"If OTT views don't count against a Nielsen rating | 183 |
Impact of stellar variability on the scientific output of the PLATO project
Lead Research Organisation: University of Exeter
Department Name: Physics
The PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) mission was selected along with three other M-class mission candidates for an assessment study in the framework of the ESA Cosmic Vision programme. It was short listed because of its important and high profile scientific objectives and its comparatively low technical risk. PLATO's main scientific goal is to study exoplanetary systems, by detecting and measuring exoplanet photometric transits in front of a large sample of bright stars, and<|fim_middle|> the focal plane, and data analysis and archiving. In each of these we can claim considerable relevant experience due to significant preparatory work for ESA's Eddington Mission (which had a similarly complex focal plane), the Gaia data pipeline and the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) archive and transit search software.
Funded Value:
Funded Period:
Mar 09 - Dec 09
Project Status:
Project Reference:
ST/H003126/1
Suzanne Aigrain
Research Topic:
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University of Exeter, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
Suzanne Aigrain (Principal Investigator)
Title Publication Date Published
Aigrain S (2012) A simple method to estimate radial velocity variations due to stellar activity using photometry? Activity-induced RV variations from photometry in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Impact Summary
Description I quantified the impact of stellar variability on the ability of PLATO to meet its stated goal of discovering habitable transiting planets around bright stars. This demonstrated the need to go beyond "standard" variability filtering and transit search algorithm, and develop methods which do both simultaneously.
Exploitation Route The findings are being taken into account in the planning of the pipeline that will process PLATO data.
Sectors Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education
Description This work was fed into the PLATO submission for ESA's M3 competition, and thus contributed to the selection of PLATO for that mission slot. It is now being used for planning the PLATO ground segment (treatment of stellar activity in light curves and radial velocity follow-up data).
First Year Of Impact 2012 | by fully characterizing the planets and their host stars. In particular, this characterization will include seismic analysis of the planet host stars, providing accurate and reliable measurements of the masses, radii and ages of the host stars, hence allowing us to measure similar quantities for the detected exoplanets. Classical methods for characterizing stars, essentially based on their precise location in the HR diagram and its comparison with computed evolutionary tracks and isochrones, fail to provide the accurate and reliable stellar parameters that are needed. Masses cannot be known to better than 15%, while ages remain essentially undetermined for main sequence stars. New investigations, such as seismic analysis of exoplanet host stars, are therefore necessary to progress in this area. The current crop of missions MOST, CoRoT, Kepler (and the candidate SMEX mission TESS) are expected to bring essential results in our understanding of exoplanetary systems, but suffer limitations in terms of number of stars monitored, minimum planet size, maximum orbital period, precision in frequency measurements for asteroseismology. PLATO, as a next-generation mission after these pioneering experiments, will overcome these limitations, and provide us with a much better, much deeper investigation tool for studying the statistics of exoplanets and their evolution, as well as stellar structure and evolution. PLATO will therefore provide us with an unprecedented sample of fully characterized exoplanets, with accurate and reliable measurements of their masses, sizes and ages, from which exoplanetary system formation and evolution can be studied. Also, because PLATO will search for planets orbiting bright stars, it will provide key target lists, including earth analog systems, for further studies of planets, ideal for future ground- and space-based coronographic and/or interferometric facilities (eg ELT) and spectroscopic searches for bio-markers. This ability places PLATO central to statements in the STFC Delivery Plan/Roadmap and ESA Roadmap concerned with the occurrence of earth analogue systems and the emergence of life. In this proposal we bid for funding for the PLATO Phase A. The UK community is well represented on the PLATO Council (3 members) and are serious contenders for obtaining the PI for the Science Consortium (or at least co-PI). Hence we are influential in the design and implementation of the experiment itself. Within the UK we need to prepare both the exoplanet and asterosiesmology communities to engage with the mission as a significant level of preparation and organisation will be needed to fully exploit the datasets. On the technology front our efforts will concentrate on areas that we can already claim some leadership ie CCD procurement and characterisation, the design and construction of | 534 |
Bill O'Brien quotes: August 15
HEAD COACH BILL O'BRIEN**
Opening statement
"Just want to start off with a little recap of the game. Look, obviously, the first preseason game, not a perfect game. A lot of things that we need to improve upon. But, one of the things we try to do when we go out here in these games is we want to have some general goals. Some of those include turnovers and takeaways, the penalty battle and the field position battle. All three of those areas, we won yesterday. We won the turnover battle, we won the field position battle and we won the penalty battle. That's a very positive thing that our players were really focused on. I thought that was good. Now, obviously there's some things we need to improve upon. Offensively, defensively, special teams, there's always work to be done. That's kind of what training camp is all about, preseason games are all about. You're playing a lot of guys, lot of different combinations of guys. You're not game planning for these games, so you're really finding out what you need to improve upon. I thought that was something that came out of last night's game also. With that being said, I think on the injury front we're pretty much status quo right now. I would expect that (Jadeveon) Clowney and Nick Martin would be back at practice sometime this week. Other than that, it's about the same. With that, I'll open it to questions."
After you looked at the game tape, what is your evaluation of QB Brock Osweiler and what he accomplished?
"Like he said after the game – and I think I said it – we kept it pretty close to the vest. We ran the ball quite a bit. We threw some quick game. He had one fade ball to DeAndre (Hopkins) that was close. The DB (defensive back) made a really good play on it. That's an area that I'm talking about in the beginning here that we really need to work on because that's a very big threat for us, our opportunity to throw the ball versus press coverage to DeAndre. So, we're going to continue to work on that. I thought he made a nice throw to C.J. (Fiedorowicz). C.J. was able to get a good gain out of that. We're just going to keep working and getting better every week."
It looked like your young receivers grasped the opportunity and were making plays. What were your thoughts on that?
"Yeah, there's some really good things happening with those guys. To play in their first pro game, it's obviously not the easiest thing in the world to get adjusted fast. I thought they did a pretty good job of adjusting to the speed of the game. I thought Will (Fuller V) ran some really good routes in the game. I thought Braxton (Miller) made a great catch on that one flag route that he ran. Then, obviously, there's a number of things we need to improve on. Stephen Anderson had a nice touchdown catch. All these guys have things to improve upon, but it was good to get them going in their first game last night."
With the quarterback injuries you've suffered over the last few seasons and three starters missing on the offensive line, were you a little bit more cautious with QB Brock Oswe<|fim_middle|>manship Award
Houston Texans DL Jerry Hughes has been named a finalist for the 2022 NFL Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award.
Christian Kirksey named Houston Texans nominee for Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award
The Houston Texans announced today that linebacker Christian Kirksey is the team's nominee for the 2022 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.
Injury Report Update: Texans vs. Titans
The Houston Texans made an injury report update leading into Tennessee.
A statement from Chair and CEO Cal McNair
Texans mutually agree to part ways with Executive Vice President of Football Operations Jack Easterby.
Houston Texans announce Team Shop Jersey Exchange
The Houston Texans are offering fans the opportunity to exchange select former player jerseys for 44% off a new jersey throughout the team's Bye Week.
Jamey Rootes Leadership Scholarship Fund established in memory of former Texans President
Team will hold a moment of silence before Thursday night's game in honor of Rootes. | iler?
"I don't know if that was the main reason, but I think, overall, we really wanted to come out of this game with a clean operation. Did we have a good operation on the sideline? Was our substitution operation correct? Was the play call communicated correctly? Did he communicate the play call to the huddle correctly? Were we able to get to the line of scrimmage and get aligned? We only had one false start. We don't ever want to have a false start, but we only had that one false start, which was good. There were some things that we got accomplished that weren't necessarily in the spectacular category, I get that, but preseason is trying to make sure that everybody's on the same page and set incremental goals for each game."
Considering the status of the offensive line, how do you evaluate what you saw in the first game?
"Yeah, I'll just start with those guys that started the game. I thought that Chris Clark played a solid game. I thought Xavier (Su'a-Filo) for the most part played a solid game. I think you have to give Greg Mancz a lot of credit. Here's a guy that has been really working hard to rehab to get back in there and played a lot of football last night and look, there's a lot of things he needs to improve upon but I thought for not having played in a long time, he went in there and held his own. We've been really happy with Jeff Allen. We like what he brings to our offensive line. And Kendall Lamm, look, he was blocking some really good players. He had his moments. He got beat for a sack, had the false start but here's a guy that was undrafted out of Appalachian State last year that I think is getting better and better every time he steps on the field. It's not easy to block (San Francisco OLB) Ahmad Brooks for that many plays during a game and I thought he battled and held in there."
How do you evaluate some of these guys if they're going against the other teams backups?
"Yeah, you definitely have to take into account who's on the field and the skillset of all the players, but I think that one of the things that you're looking at is are they doing their job? Are they doing what they've been coached to do? And I thought that a number of guys on defense and on special teams, you just mentioned Shakeel (Rashad), (Ryan) Langford, (Gerald) Rivers, (Eric) Lee, the outside backer, D.J. Reader, he did some decent things. I thought (Joel) Heath and Ufomba (Kamalu) up front, they have to work on their pad level but overall there were some good things. There's a lot of things to improve upon but definitely some positives. But you know it doesn't matter. When you're out there, everybody's a pro football player and if you're doing your job and making plays, that's a good thing."
With ILB Brian Cushing not in the game, what are your thoughts on the inside linebackers who did play?
"Yeah, I definitely thought that those guys played hard. They played very physical. We really enjoy coaching Max (Bullough) and (Brian) Peters and all those guys that got in the game. Obviously Benardrick McKinney. There's a lot of things to improve upon. We've got to tackle better and that's not just the linebacker position, that's just overall on defense. We have to really get back to working some space tackling drills this week. We've got another team coming in here, the Saints, that have a lot of really good space players, like Brandin Cooks and company, so we've got to get back to that. But I thought overall there were some positives and then obviously some things we need to improve upon."
How do you think K Ka'imi Fairbairn did in his first game?
"He made a fairly long field goal and he kicked an extra point and so I thought he did a pretty decent job. He had a couple directional kickoffs that were okay. The first one of the game I think he probably had a few butterflies and didn't kick that as well as he wanted to but it ended up being okay. The coverage worked out okay. So there's some things to improve upon like there always are with young kickers and young players. But I thought for his first outing it was pretty solid."
Can you discuss the schedule with New Orleans this week and how this week's schedule differs from last week's?
"Basically, the players are off today. We got back at around 4 a.m. so we give them the day off today. We'll come back in, we'll practice tomorrow, we'll be in the bubble tomorrow. We'll be outside on Wednesday, kind of a lighter practice on Wednesday. The Saints arrive here sometime Wednesday night, we'll get together with their coaching staff—great coaching staff to work with. I've already had a bunch of communication with Coach (Sean) Payton. I know a lot of guys on that staff with Joe Vitt and Pete Carmichael and all those guys, so we're really looking forward to working with those guys. They're going to come in, we're going to meet with them, kind of iron some things out for the next day's practice. We'll be out there in full pads on Thursday and we'll have a really good pro football practice. A lot of different areas of the field will be covered, special teams situations will be covered, it'll be a lot of fun. I know our players will be excited about it, to see a different team and see different schemes and things like that. Then Friday, the day before the game, we're going to get together and we're going to practice against them in kind of what we would call a 'shadow tempo', maybe like an OTA-type tempo where we work a bunch of different situations: end of game, end of half and different types of situations that come up. Obviously, it's not a like a live practice because the game is the next day. But we'll get a lot of work done there and then Saturday play the game. The thing about game one to game two, I think the biggest difference is that maybe some guys will play a little bit more. As we move towards game three, some of our starting players will probably play a little bit more in game two and then play a little bit more in game three and probably not play in game four. That's kind of the big difference I see."
What did you think of P Shane Lechler's performance last night?
"He had a 75-yarder—I mean, that was a great punt where we were backed up—and we just talked about that, we have to play better in that situation at the end of the half. We really have to do a better job at the end of the half this year. We've got to try and get points, we weren't able to move the ball there so we had to punt. We punted and he (Lechler) did a great job, 75 yard punt, 33 seconds to go in the half and they drove it and (Phil) Dawson kicked a field goal. We have to play off of that punt better. But I thought he (Lechler) did a really good job. He was very solid, one almost got blocked so we have to improve our protection there, but his timing was good so he was able to get it off and I thought he had a really good day punting."
When you first worked out QB Tom Savage, did he seem like a guy you could mold into the offense?
"We had a good first meeting with him. We watched tape with him. His last year at Pitt, he battled really hard, took a lot of hits, he was able to hang in there and deliver the ball, we felt like he could really talk about his offense at Pitt, he was able to articulate it to us what he was doing, what the assignments were and things like that. He's really worked hard. Last year, when he was injured, he was in every meeting taking a bunch of notes, doing everything that he was able to do under the rules of being on IR to be prepared for this season, so it was good to see him go out there and have a good run yesterday."
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In a new study on gender equality, researchers<|fim_middle|> non-government – to come together around innovative solutions.
It's time for a global platform of action. | asked 4,000 people in 20 countries to describe the gender norms in their communities and the influence those norms have on their lives and their every-day decisions. The researchers spoke with men and women, youth and adults, living in villages and cities in developing countries, as well as higher income countries.
Here, three of the researchers describe their most memorable experiences from the interviews and the findings that surprised them the most.
It was an important day for the oceans at Rio +20. With negotiations around the Rio outcome text now reaching a crucial stage, it was good to get away from all the talk about words, to actually talk about action.
At the Global Ocean Forum – a gathering of ocean thinkers and doers on the sidelines of the Rio +20 conference – I announced the official birth of the Global Partnership for Oceans. It felt good to announce that 83 countries, civil society groups, private companies, research bodies and more have joined forced to make things happen for better managed, better protected oceans. Each of them has "signed on" (by email) to the Declaration for Healthy, Productive Oceans to Help Reduce Poverty (pdf). Read it and tell us what you think.
It has been inspiring to see the excitement that has gathered around this partnership. Country after country is now talking about the crisis facing oceans, the lack of action on all the unmet promises since the last Rio conference, and the fact that it's time for all interests – public, private, | 304 |
"Pay attention!" the Grandmothers said, "we have something to tell you," and I took in a quick breath and sat up straight. "You think the times you're living in now, these times of change are difficult. Well, they are," they said and I nodded mutely. Then they paused a moment as if considering before saying more. "You are living in difficult times," they affirmed, "but what you are seeing today is only a prelude to even greater change. More is coming," they said, "much more." And when I heard this, for a moment I stopped breathing.
"You need to steady and ready your heart," they said as they fastened their eyes on mine. "You need to become accustomed to living from that still, center point inside you. We are there,"they nodded, smiling at me encouragingly. "We sit in that quiet place within. There we wait for you and there we will hold and enfold you. Always," they said, their voices filled with love. "Get used to turning to us. Anchor in," they said. "It's time to make turning to this place within yourself a regular part of life. Tuning in to us or to any form of the Divine you love is the most important thing you can do at this time.
"Become a Beacon of Light," the Grandmothers urged, "steady and immovable. Anchor light and love wherever you go and be aware of this connection all day long. Do it consciously and do it constantly. A n d...," they drew out the word, "because of your oneness with the Net of Light, because of who you are and all that you have become, you can do this for others too. You can do it for those who aren't yet able to trust the great power that lies within them. Each time you yourself drop into contact with the Divine, you provide a way for others to also reach God. Your open heart makes an access point for everyone in your life. When your heart is open to the Divine, love automatically flows to you and through you. Flows to everyone you think of, to everyone and everything you see. You provide an open door for love to walk through...and it does," they crowed. "It works like what you would call 'magic'.
You can provide this loving link for others, and we urge you to do it. Do it now!" they said. "Don't dawdle about, distracting yourself with unimportant things" the Grandmothers said, wagging their fingers at me. "Don't put off this critical work while you chase after one thing or another. The time for you to BE the powerful one you are is now," they said. "We're calling you to it.
"Did you think this deep longing in your heart was born for nothing?" they asked and I stared at them. "How did they know about this longing inside me?" Shaking their heads at my lack of understanding, they said, "All your life you've longed to be of service. All your life you've longed for God. Well," they<|fim_middle|> their hands were fisted on their hips and they were almost glaring at me. Then they asked, "Do you have something better to do?" | said,"here we are and here you are. We stand with you; we are ready to help you fulfill the purpose for which you were born. To anchor light for yourself and others. Why not?" they asked, and I noticed they were so intense that | 52 |
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Norwood, Bottom<|fim_middle|> 2016 Keisha Lance Bottoms | All Rights Reserved | s head to runoff in Atlanta mayor's race
by: Dave Huddleston, Richard Elliot Updated: Nov 8, 2017 – 8:34 PM
ATLANTA – Two candidates will compete in a runoff to become Atlanta's next mayor.
Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood took the top two spots in Tuesday's election, knocking out the 10 other candidates from the crowded field.
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The results don't come as a huge surprise. Norwood and Bottoms had substantial leads in the most recent WSB-TV, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Landmark Communications poll released Friday.
Both candidates were in Channel 2's studios live Wednesday morning on Channel 2 Action News This Morning to talk about the runoff.
Bottoms said she wants to continue to talk to the voters.
"I think the most important thing is to continue to speak to voters directly and that's what we have done for the last year, making sure that they really understand what our plan is for the city and that's about making sure that our communities are not left behind," Bottoms said.
[WATCH: Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks on Channel 2 Action News This Morning]
Norwood said her past experience helps her in the runoff.
"Because I have run before, I understand this. So, I intend to reach out to all of the voters across the city. I am truly the candidate that represents the entire city," Norwood said.
Channel 2's Dave Huddleston was at Bottoms' election party in downtown Atlanta.
"This is about so much more than me. It's about so much more than all of us," she told her supporters as she stood onstage with her family. "This really is about the generations and what we are doing today. The decisions that we are making will impact our children, our children's children."
Channel 2's Richard Elliot spent Tuesday night at Norwood's election party in Buckhead.
"This has been an amazing race. It has been a wonderful year. All throughout this campaign we have had double digit support in every single part of Atlanta," Norwood said. "I am very hopeful. I am very excited and I am looking forward to being your next mayor."
[LIVE: See complete election results here]
The winner of this election will replace current Mayor Kasim Reed.
The runoff election will take place on Dec. 5.
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Hope Mill Theatre announces the lineup for Turn On Fest 2021, the annual LGBTQIA+ festival in partnership with Superbia, Manchester Pride's year round programme of arts and culture. The festival will spread over two weeks from starting with a live online launch evening on Sunday 17th January and programming running from 18th to 31st January 2021 with a mixture of live and online content.
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HOME |<|fim_middle|> dollar, higher interest rates and greater capital restriction, motivated by greater global financial uncertainty.
She described economic growth in the region in recent years as "slow" and "mediocre," which also has not translated into social inclusion.
She said that there was an improvement in the Gini index, which can be used to measure inequality, between 2002 and 2014, with a focus on labor and fiscal policies for inclusion, but added that the social situation has deteriorated again since 2015.
"Poverty and inequality continue to fall, but not at the same pace as in the previous period," Barcena continued. | Latin America (Click here for more)
US-China Tension Affects Latin America Technology, UN Official Warns
NEW YORK – The trade war between the United States and China has a substantial impact in Latin America, with the dispute over 5G affecting the development of a region with insufficient technological innovation, a United Nations official said on Thursday.
Alicia Barcena, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, warned that the battle between the two largest economic powers in the world was negatively affecting the continent.
"It is true that there is a commercial part, but the technological part is fundamental," she said.
Barcena told EFE that China has advanced more in the technological industry than the rest of the world, including the US.
Latin America is divided among those whose main trading partner is the US, Mexico and Central America, and the countries that have China, those of South America.
"China has gone very fast in 5G, in electromobility, in renewable energy, what does that mean for Latin America, a lot, because South America's main trading partner is China and the second is the US," she said.
She cited the dispute over 5G as one of the elements of the Washington-Beijing dispute that affects Latin America, a region in which the 4G network is not yet even widespread.
She said that 5G is important because it can lead to higher levels of information technology such as telemedicine.
To reduce the level of dependence on the US and China, Barcena, who is Mexican, advocated greater productive and commercial integration among Latin American countries, especially if there is external demand for raw materials.
"We (Latin America) are the ones that buy less among us," she added.
Out of all Latin American exports only 17 percent are intraregional, compared to 70 percent in Europe and 45 percent in the Pacific.
Barcena continued that the development of domestic value chains added to the strengthening of intraregional trade would contribute to an increase in productivity, with more employment and inclusion of small and medium enterprises.
The level of productivity in the region has been stagnant in recent years, which represents a "trap" for regional growth, she said.
"We have not been able to move forward, our level of productivity is 20 percent in the US, and 40 percent in Europe, and we have stagnated there for two decades now, we lack innovation, added value," she added.
Other "traps" are social vulnerability with high inequality and 40 percent of households at risk of returning to poverty, institutional fragility with high levels of perception of corruption and lack of transparency, and finally "little vocation" for environmental sustainability, Barcena said.
"We are a region very rich in biodiversity, but we do not take advantage of that wealth, rather we destroy it," she added.
Speaking about the current economic situation, she said that unlike in the recent past, the current cycle is distinguished by a more expensive | 619 |
Spring in Badakhshan can be hauntingly beautiful. Ahmed and I had been traversing Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains for a week in an old Russian jeep when we paused at a juncture in the road to look at our map. I gazed out at the desolation of an almost treeless mountainside-endless rock formations standing in stark contrast to a powder blue sky-whose heights concealed roaring rivers, fertile pastures, and in the lower areas, small orchards. The local people say that when God created the world, he gave everybody something they could use. But by the time Badakhshan's turn came, almost everything had already been distributed, so God gave the Pamiri people rocks and stones.
We'd been moving along at a hectic pace, and in that instant, I had the weary sensation of having driven over every boulder, rock, and pebble in those barren hills. Studying the map, Ahmed asked if I wanted to continue along the same road or turn off toward the village of Kuhdeh.1 It was the spring of 1996, and Ahmed and I had been visiting the medical clinics of Badakhshan's Roshtqala District to monitor the distribution of vitamins and polio vaccine. Known as the rooftop of the world, Badakhshan-which borders China to the east, Afghanistan to the southwest, and the Kyrgyz Republic to the northeast-has only 220,000 inhabitants scattered over more than 64,000 square kilometers. Journeys between towns and villages-along some of the bumpiest thoroughfares I have ever encountered-can be formidable. Moreover, we had slept fitfully in our tent the night before, a night that in retrospect was too cold for us to have refused our host's insistence that we sleep indoors. To go to Kuhdeh now surely meant traveling up a valley for an hour only to find another closed health post .2 I looked off the main road and saw what appeared to be a pile of dirt and gravel leading into the river. "There doesn't seem to be a road here," I said. The driver, who had been working in the district for more than twenty-five years, assured me that this was in fact the road to Kuhdeh, adding that it had been washed away. To get there, he said, we would have to cross the river in our jeep. I glanced over at Ahmed, who looked doubtful. If we did not feel like going to Kuhdeh because of the road, I reasoned, perhaps the health workers had not either.
So we set out through the river and along ten kilometers of rocky, bone-rattling road. The route at times towered over a deep gorge, and at other points descended to the level of the river. We were later to discover that the people of Kuhdeh had built the road themselves with the help of a neighboring village. As we crossed the river, this time over a worn wooden bridge, we happened upon some farmers and asked if anyone from the medical clinic had come by recently. They laughed and told us that it had been months since any health officials had visited. "Check with Rais [village leader]," they said, "just to make certain." We continued up the road, which ran between small fields bordered on one side by a steep cliff and on the other by a mountain, until we reached the home of the village head.
We were met by a lanky, taciturn man who eyed us with skepticism. We introduced ourselves, and he called us into his home to drink shir choi, a local drink made with tea, milk, salt, and sometimes nuts, and to eat bread with sour cream. Light streamed from a central upper window into his single-room Pamiri-style house. I explained that we were there to monitor vaccination coverage and micronutrient distribution for the Aga Khan Foundation and asked about his contact with the health authorities. Like the farmers we had met, he laughed, telling us that our car was the first one that had come to Kuhdeh in almost a year; nobody else had made the effort, not even the nurse at the health post. "They've forgotten us," he said.
I later discovered that Kuhdeh had had little assistance since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and that the clothes the villagers wore were, in most cases, the same ones they had owned on the day Tajikistan was forced into independence five years earlier. Rais himself had faced particularly hard times after the Soviet Union collapsed. His brother, after weeks of drinking, had fallen to his death in a ravine not far from his house; Rais had taken his brother's wife and children into his home. I never learned whether he fell or jumped, but Rais always intimated that it had been related to the collapse. Now fourteen people were living under Rais's roof. Despite the difficulties, Rais himself was cautiously optimistic: "Now that the Aga Khan Foundation is here and we're getting food," he would say, "things will be better." As I looked around the village, I desperately wanted to believe him.
Our chance turn onto the Kuhdeh road would prove fortuitous for my understanding of Badakhshan. Over the months that followed, I returned to the village dozens of times, and Ahmed and I lived with Rais's family for a few weeks. From countless conversations with people in Kuhdeh and other villages in Badakhshan, I was able to piece together a clearer picture of the myriad ways the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 had altered their lives. Although our mission focused on nutrition and vaccination-and later on pharmaceutical drugs-our trips to Kuhdeh and many other villages and towns in Badakhshan allowed us to witness firsthand the transformation of health care in the region from a universal, socialized system to a privatized apparatus guided by the priorities of donors from abroad. From the moment Moscow ceded control over the Soviet Union's vast Central Asian domains, Western governments, development banks, and international NGOs launched a remarkable experiment in privatization and economic liberalization. Some of these interventions have been productive, while others have exacerbated an already precarious situation, primarily for more marginal populations. Various aspects of this evolution-particularly in the banking, petroleum, and consumer goods sectors-have been well documented elsewhere. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to the delivery of medical care at the village level.
In Badakhshan, the situation was even more desperate due to its remoteness and sparse population.14 Winters there are long and extremely severe, making travel almost impossible and leaving the region isolated most of the year. The region had become even more inaccessible with essential supply lines cut because of war: fighting had severed the only road to the rest of Tajikistan. One could still fly to Khorog, Badakhshan's capital-a hair-raising trip on a Soviet-made Yak-40 aircraft, described to me by a seasoned pilot as one of the most harrowing landing approaches in the world-or drive in via Osh in the Kyrgyz Republic through eastern Badakhshan's desolate and sparsely populated Murghab region, a route along the Pamir Highway at more than 3,650 meters (11,975 feet) above sea level. Although many Badakhshanis had been killed during Tajikistan's civil war, the region itself, for the most part, did not suffer much active conflict because of its isolation. This, however, did not stop the influx of more than 60,000 ethnic Pamiri refugees who returned to the relative safety of their ancestral land from other parts of Tajikistan to wait out the war, bringing the population to more than 200,000 souls.
Meanwhile, the Soviet state and its complex bureaucracy had stopped functioning, and what local institutional remnants remained were too weak to fill the vacuum. Only after living in the country for an extended period did I come to better understand the degree of shock that had descended on the society after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ensuing civil war. Their rudder had been destroyed; the surety and security to which they had grown accustomed under Soviet rule<|fim_middle|> describe the hardship they had endured during Soviet times, but it paled in comparison to their post-Soviet predicament. As one woman in Khorog put it, "After the collapse . . . not many changes occurred. Everything is okay. The only problem is starvation."
The trauma of the people in Badakhshan, I would find, had implications that extended far beyond the borders of Tajikistan. Many of the changes brought on by the Soviet collapse were linked in subtle ways to broader processes associated with a sudden and relatively unbuffered immersion in the global economy. Using the lens of medical anthropology and combining ethnographic fieldwork, historical research, and social analysis, I hoped to capture a snapshot of rapid political-economic change, set against a backdrop of the collapse of empire, civil war, and the previously unimaginable local presence of NGOs. In the end I focused on pharmaceuticals but could just as easily have studied the distribution of food, clothing, housing, fuel, or other necessities of life, all of which became increasingly subject to larger global processes. For all its poverty and isolation, Badakhshan would yield a rich treasury of ethnographic material on the consequences of abrupt, radical privatization, supported by bilateral and multilateral institutions with mandates largely framed by the discourse of neoliberalism and implemented amid profound social upheaval and transformation.
Working with the Aga Khan Foundation placed me in a privileged ethnographic position. On the face of it, the organization was like any large international NGO in the region-a characteristic that ultimately allowed me to use this analysis of one of its many projects as a vehicle for understanding how the ideology of neoliberalism managed to enter the isolated local world of Badakhshan. It is this general attribute of being a large international NGO-in a space where funding is dominated by large global institutions made up of many countries (multilateral funding) and donor agencies representing single countries (bilateral funding)-that I wish to highlight in the pages ahead, and that has allowed me to draw conclusions about how NGOs can inadvertently participate in expanding the penetration of neoliberal ideology globally.
It is also relevant to highlight two other significant attributes of the foundation that allowed me to bring into such stark relief the ideological aspect of the program discussed in this book. First, AKF is an organization with a sterling reputation; it operates hundreds of successful programs in many countries. Its efforts have saved many lives and without question have positively contributed to the well-being of many across the globe. The foundation is known for its close connection with the communities in which it operates, involving community members in decision making and modifying programs based on community feedback.19 These characteristics are not only laudable but represent the best of what one imagines to be a strength of nongovernmental development organizations.
Second, although AKF is a secular organization, the population of Badakhshan had links to Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, AKF's founder. Most people in Badakhshan are Isma'ili Muslims, a Shi'a denomination that recognizes the Aga Khan as its spiritual leader, or imam. In the final years of the Soviet period, the Badakhshani people reached out to the Aga Khan for assistance. In 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed and the Tajik civil war started, AKF became involved in providing urgent humanitarian assistance to the region. Starting soon thereafter, and continuing until the late 1990s, the foundation provided three meals a day to Badakhshan's more than 200,000 inhabitants. As an observer midway through this critical period, I can attest that if not for AKF's humanitarian assistance-given in conjunction with efforts by the United Nations World Food Programme, Médecins Sans Frontières, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation of the Red Cross-many thousands of Badakhshanis would surely have perished.
Together, these distinct attributes could be expected to render AKF's work in Badakhshan relatively immune to external ideological forces like neoliberalism. To expect this, however-to put any organization, no matter how exemplary, on a pedestal-would be to grossly underestimate the power of neoliberal discourse and its ascendant role in defining thought and practice in global health. In fact, my analysis of one particular program instituted in Badakhshan-a revolving drug fund used by numerous NGOs around the world to address shortages of high-quality pharmaceuticals in poor communities-is illustrative of the penetration of neoliberal ideology into the design and implementation of development programs. This penetration is all the more salient in the post-Soviet context, given the roots of neoliberalism as an ideology expressly designed-by individuals who had an open antipathy toward the overarching Soviet model of cradle-to-grave care for citizens-to act as a counterforce to socialism, communism, and totalitarianism.
The Bamako Initiative reflected the priorities and worldview of the dominant state and parastatal actors involved in international aid and development, most notably the World Bank and USAID.24 The stated reason for favoring the private sector in providing health care was the belief that "the market" is more efficient in distributing limited health resources.25 Underlying this belief was an ideological commitment to replacing the state with "the market" in allocating essential services. Though the World Bank and USAID are hardly alone in determining health policy in developing countries, their influence-particularly in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union-has been immense.
Having worked closely with AKF during the initial stages of the revolving drug fund in Badakhshan, I understood that this approach was viewed as the only viable means of delivering medicines at a time when humanitarian assistance programs were ending. My sense was that like many NGOs working in the region, the Geneva-based leadership of AKF felt it had to pursue "sustainable" options, especially within a context of great uncertainty, the threat of continued war, a collapsed economy, and reduced international donor funding.26 The approach defined in the Bamako Initiative was seen as a tool that would help the health system transition from "humanitarian assistance" to long-term "development."
Anthropologist James Ferguson (1994) has pointed out that the only way to understand such policies is to examine the ideas behind them and to ask what the policies do, what social effects they have, and how they are connected with larger social processes.30 As remote and isolated as Badakhshan remains-geographically, historically, and ethnically-this book aims to show that in a globalized world, culture and space do not exist in isolation. Rather, outside forces decisively shape the cultural space.31 By understanding how the discourse of neoliberalism defined behavior and action on the part of both international NGOs and local actors, we will see that this story about medicines in Badakhshan is not simply one about pharmaceuticals in the post-Soviet period. Rather, it is a story about international development and the dominant discourses that define it.
This ethnography is set in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the independence of the Central Asian republics, and the ascension of a world economic order defined by neoliberalism. Foreign NGOs did not create the crisis in Central Asia, Tajikistan, or Badakhshan; that was the product of large-scale social and political forces beyond the control of such institutions. Yet, because of their funding streams, many NGOs working in the region turned to strategies that were not apposite to the place or time. Although we are twenty years from the events of the mid-1990s, that historical moment provides a unique opportunity to study an encounter between a local world shaped by Soviet communism-a centralized economic and social system-and capitalism, which, in its harsh late twentieth-century manifestation as neoliberalism, leaves allocations of resources and services wholly to the market, with the government simply playing an enabling role.41 In part, this encounter is epistemological-related to the nature of knowledge and understanding the world-and in part it is ontological, about the nature of existing or being. It is also moral and political. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, this encounter became one-sided, defined by processes of globalization and the terms and conditions of the regnant world economic order. The facets of this encounter are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that, when analyzed together, give us a richer understanding of this moment of transition and its defining features.
In part 1, I aim to understand better the first pieces of this puzzle, the milieu in which this encounter took place. Though isolated geographically, Badakhshan was certainly not an ideological wilderness. By the time the Soviet Union collapsed, Moscow had had more than a century of direct involvement in the region, which fell on the boundary of the "great game" between the Russian and British colonial empires. Like most of Central Asia, Badakhshan was a site for Russia's-and later, for Bolshevism's-push for modernity, often manifested in the drive to bring the fruits of modern medicine to the masses. The socioeconomic and ideological structures underpinning these efforts provided a framework for Soviet medical practice, which shaped the delivery of health care in the region until the collapse. Chapter 2 examines health care delivery during the Soviet period, in order to better understand the social context and value system in which the revolving drug fund program was transplanted and implemented. Chapter 3 describes the people of Badakhshan and the arrival of NGOs, particularly AKF, into the region.
Part 2 (chapters 4 and 5) examines the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on the local Badakhshani population, with a focus on the health situation and the paucity of medicines. It then describes the revolving drug fund as the solution presented to address Badakhshan's pharmaceutical crisis.
Part 4 (chapters 8 and 9) examines how the commodification of health care delivery transformed interpersonal relations as well as other sequelae of the revolving drug fund.
In the epilogue, I reflect on what ideological penetration of neoliberalism means for current practice in global health. In examining an ideological enterprise-and I hope that by the end of the book the reader will agree that the Bamako Initiative and its revolving drug fund were instruments of neoliberalism-success and failure can be difficult to ascertain. For example, Ferguson (1994) suggests that studying the side effects of a program allows us to speak about a logic that transcends the program being implemented, what many refer to as discourse.47 Thus in Badakhshan what may appear to be a programmatic failure for a NGO (e.g., drugs not reaching patients who need them), may actually be an ideological success for a bilateral donor (e.g., the penetration of neoliberal ideas about the relationship between the citizen and the state into a distant locale).
On the flip side of side effects are the programmatic failures that somehow go unexamined. I argue that these are programmatic outcomes that fall into realms of programmatic blindness or, in the case of this analysis, realms of neoliberal programmatic blindness. These are the original aims of projects that get lost or ignored. In the case of global health, a commitment to health delivery-not to mention, as is often the case, a commitment to equity in access and outcomes-requires that we closely examine elements that have fallen into realms of neoliberal programmatic blindness and attempt to remediate such lapses. Describing and enumerating these programmatic elements allows us to examine how discourse has shaped and framed programmatic indicators and outcomes, and more importantly, is a critical first step in the moral and programmatic reorientation of global health interventions.
Attempting to describe and analyze any moment of massive social transition-in which the simultaneous forces of nationalism, ethnicity, religious identity, and massive economic and social transformation are all occurring within local social structures increasingly defined by global economic modes of rationality-is difficult. These forces are not all bad: often, they take the form of well-meaning individuals, well-meaning organizations, charities, religious groups, and solidarity groups. Often decisions have been made for purely pragmatic reasons. By focusing on the very narrow program of the revolving drug fund, this ethnography's main aim is to examine how ideology and its instruments can infiltrate development programs and contribute to a situation where important local needs fall into the realms of neoliberal programmatic blindness.
It has been eighteen years since I conducted the ethnographic research for this manuscript. In completing this book over the last few years, I have had two worries. The first was a concern that publishing this work would impugn an organization that I both admire and respect. I was worried that it would detract from the hundreds of successful projects that AKF has implemented over the years in so many countries, improving the well-being of many. I also did not want it minimize the difficulty of working in the immediate post-Soviet period in Tajikistan or to diminish in any way efforts that saved the lives of thousands of people in Badakhshan and continue to do so, worldwide, to this day.
Over the last decade I have had the opportunity to lead complex health delivery operations in difficult settings, and I know how hard it is to make decisions around funding and operations, especially in times of financial scarcity. In fact, my own feeling is that more than most NGOs, AKF and its partners in the Aga Khan Development Network are sensitive to the needs of the poorer and weaker members of the local population. The fact that they invited me to Badakhshan, funded part of my ethnographic work, and knowingly permitted me to conduct anthropological research from within their organization, with access to all aspects of its programs and projects, is a positive commentary on the desire of the organization for excellence. I learned a great deal from the highly trained local and international staff members working there, some of whom have remained friends over the years. More importantly, the network continued to subsidize pharmaceuticals in the face of the relative failure of the revolving drug fund and remains unstintingly committed to the people of Badakhshan, Tajikistan, and the region. My hope is that readers of this book will be judicious in their assessment of this particular organization-an NGO working in solidarity with a number of poor communities-and save their disapprobation for the main topic of this book, namely the discursive landscape that has led dogma to replace data in shaping and framing the activities of NGOs engaged in global health care delivery and development.
My second fear in publishing this book now was that an analysis of neoliberalism's penetration into the post-Soviet world would seem outdated. Sadly, this has not been the case; neoliberalism continues to play an important role in shaping global health care delivery even today. In fact, since the economic collapse of 2008, we have seen neoliberal policies shape the lives of millions around the world, including in Europe and North America, only to see the social, political, economic, and moral effects-and backlash-in real time.
Today, we have to be more vigilant than ever. As we think about global health care delivery, we must put those components that fall into realms of neoliberal programmatic blindness-those elements that are not simply about profit and loss but about social cohesion, equity, and a just society-at the forefront of decision making. This ethnography is a case study and a cautionary tale about the forces driving decision making in health and development policy today.
Neoliberalism has been the defining paradigm in global health since the latter part of the twentieth century. What started as an untested and unproven theory that the creation of unfettered markets would give rise to political democracy led to policies that promoted the belief that private markets were the optimal agents for the distribution of social goods, including health care.
A vivid illustration of the infiltration of neoliberal ideology into the design and implementation of development programs, this case study, set in post-Soviet Tajikistan's remote eastern province of Badakhshan, draws on extensive ethnographic and historical material to examine a "revolving drug fund" program—used by numerous nongovernmental organizations globally to address shortages of high-quality pharmaceuticals in poor communities. Provocative, rigorous, and accessible, Blind Spot offers a cautionary tale about the forces driving decision making in health and development policy today, illustrating how the privatization of health care can have catastrophic outcomes for some of the world's most vulnerable populations.
Salmaan Keshavjee is a physician and anthropologist with more than two decades of experience working in global health. He is the Director of the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change in the Department of Global Health at Harvard Medical School, where he is also Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine. He also serves on the faculty of the Division of Global Health Equity (DGHE) at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, and is a physician in the Department of Medicine.
Paul Farmer is cofounder of Partners In Health and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His most recent book is Reimagining Global Health. Other titles include To Repair the World; Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor; Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues; and AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, all by UC Press. | had given way to an uncertain future. With the demise of communism, health care and education, once universally available throughout Tajikistan, became scarce. Where the government had once offered a code of ethics and a sense of stability, there was now only deprivation, civil war, and mass upheaval. The government itself had been so weakened by the collapse that in many areas it lacked the wherewithal to run even basic social services. Individuals raised in a world of adequate electricity and food were now forced to live hand to mouth.
In places like Badakhshan, which had survived on direct food and fuel shipments from Moscow during the Soviet period, the situation rapidly became dire. By 1993, the humanitarian crisis facing the region left almost the entire population at risk of death from starvation and exposure. It also led to the arrival of a number of international NGOs-including AKF-who, virtually overnight, had to provide the assistance to avert an even greater catastrophe.
NGOs stepped into Badakhshan's ravaged landscape with a remarkably expansive and varied mandate. Not only would they provide emergency assistance to citizens at risk of malnutrition and disease, but they were also, de facto, empowered to set up a system for providing Badakhshanis with the crucial social services once delivered by the Soviet state.
For me, an anthropology doctoral candidate having finished graduate work in public health, Dr. Claquin's invitation was a remarkable opportunity. AKF had received funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for their food assistance program, as well as an invitation to expand their health programs. USAID, he told me, had also provided funding for a social researcher to work with the foundation to better understand the effects of health care delivery interventions at the community level, specifically in providing pharmaceuticals. After spending two weeks together exploring the health situation in Badakhshan and discussing the pharmaceutical crisis, Dr. Claquin offered me the job.
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Bitch Sesh favorite guest June Diane Raphael by Alene Too joins Casey and Danielle! They delve into the nitty gritty of Dorinda's psyche, June goes out on a limb for Luanne's niece and they all bemoan low lights gone awry. Also the theme song from Southern Charm is sung. Twice.
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I just want to put out a somewhat controversial statement, and I'd love to hear your thoughts;
I believe that we have Jolander Foster Hadid née Munchausen to blame for the snooze-fest that was this season. If it wasn't for Miss Lyme Disease 2015 popping in<|fim_middle|> of Kathryn in the mix, I saw the light when she had that minor confrontation with Faye Resnick (Just a side note, I'd like to see what race the ladies of Potomac would decide Faye is allowed call herself). We also had a great moment of Kathryn vs Mr Girardi. But we lost all of this potential because the entire season became about Jolander and her illness. For me, when I saw 6'2 lemon sitting nest to two past/fallen housewives, (both at the park with Kim and Brandi, and in the finale with Camille and Kim), everything felt right. She fits right in with the "former" and "friends of" crowd perfectly. It's like she's already gone. I would love to see her come back every so often, similar to Camille and Taylor, but not in the same capacity that she is now.
Speaking of Camille, I miss seeing her dramatic entrances into every party, and would love some more of that next season. I miss that fast, aggressive, bouncy walk.
I also wanted to mention that as a long time hater of Kyle, I am now turnt. I thought that Kyle would be nothing without Kim keeping her storylines going, but I was proven wrong. I was on her side at almost every turn this season, and the only times she would lose me would be when that voice would start to crack, and that single finger wrapped in a napkin would move toward the corner of her eye. Seeing her stand up to LVP (I guess we're all calling her that now?! When did this start?) at Kathryn's birthday party was truly a great moment for Kyle. Congrats Kyle.
As for Kathryn, she got a big tick in my books for eating the camel. I found that incredibly disrespectful of all the ladies to not eat it. I was always taught to eat what has been cooked for you, whether you want to or not. I would maybe understand if they were vegan or vegetarian, but I don't think that's the case. Ungrateful, ladies. Ungrateful.
Anyway, I digress. My main point is that there was so much more potential this season, and it was squandered by Jolander's storyline, whether that was her intention or not. I do truly want Jolander to get better, and I understand that she wanted to draw attention to an illness that she feels is under-represented, but I don't need or want that in my HWives.
Still, I will of course be watching the reunion.
PS Love the podcast!! I listen to it every week, and you guys never fail to have me in stitches. I'm so looking forward to watching this season of NY and hearing all your thoughts and controversial statements!
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I also wanted to mention that as a long time hater of Kyle, I am now turnt. I thought that Kyle would be nothing without Kim keeping her storylines going, but I was proven wrong.
You sure you wanna stand by this? For most of the season, Kyle's story line was "I don't wanna talk about my sister!!!" I kinda feel like Kyle stayed out of the Munchausen fray for the most part and didn't do a whole lot besides cry about her relationship with Kim
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I truly do not understand how this became the podcast I am most excited about each week. I don't watch the shows. I never have. And yet, after listening to literally hundreds and hundreds of podcasts, THIS one is the one I am most delighted by. I think it is legit because the ladies are so genuine in their love of all of this. Unironic fandom is kinda refreshing.
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With the discussion of the huskiness of LuAnn's voice, I was reminded of the brilliance of the abstract, semi-fictional RHONY recaps Richard Lawson used to produce at Gawker. He had LuAnn (or "Crackerjacks" as he called her) pegged perfectly from the jump as a gal who'd lived a rough, hardscrabble life before becoming the Countess. I urge you to go back and read them all. For example, "The episode began with a wide-angle shot of a pickup rumbling across a scorched, scrubby desert. We heard the faint sounds of the Allman Brothers playing on the truck's stereo, saw the high fade of dust kicked up by its rattling wheels. LuAnn sat in the driver's seat, one arm hanging lazily on the window, cigarette dangling off her lip, one boot up on the dash. LuAnn was headed somewhere, somewhere grand." (May 14, 2010) I mean, c'mon. That there is art as a knife that cuts to the bone. Get Richard on as a guest.
You could be right? Although for some reason I feel like Kyle was only really still on about her sister right at the beginning of the season? And I'm glad she stayed out of that Munchausen thing. Everyone should've. Boring!
But then again, I've always been a super hater of Kyle, so any improvement in her obviously makes a big impact on me, and maybe I'm giving her too much credit?
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So, Erika Jayne has got a new song out... How many fucks does she give? None apparently...
Go To Topic Listing Bitch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdown Show | every episode, and furthering the Munchausen storyline by asking every second character what all the ladies have been saying about her, and asking everyone what Munchausen was, we could've had something great. We were even still hearing about it while they were on holiday without her in that aquarium-riddled desert!!
I just thought I'd mention that I had a good laugh when they got to the top of the Burj Khalifa, looked out over what can only be described as a giant dirt-filled construction site, and then marvelled at what an amazing view it was. Come on, you MUST have higher standards than that!
This season we were graced with the presence of the incredible Erika Jayne and all that "patting the puss", and she proved herself more than worthy in every scene she was in. Always level headed, ready with a joke, with a great outlook on life, and a cut above the rest in the brains department, including Her Royal Highness Lisa Vanderpump. In my opinion, Erika is the greatest new Housewife since Sonja "Grey Gardens" Morgan (although I like Sonja for very different reasons).
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Man armed with a large garden fork forced a stand-off with police
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A MAN armed with a large garden fork forced a stand-off<|fim_middle|>"It has been 19 years since he was involved in any sort of bother at all."
Mr Keenan added: "His perception was that the people who were at his door were those who would do him harm, rather than the police."
Sheriff Thomas Ward placed McCairn, of Lansbury Street in Greenock, on an electronic tag to remain within his home between 7pm and 7am each day for four months. | with police after threatening to 'put it through' officers.
Michael McCairn sparked a 999 call-out by earlier causing a disturbance which caused people to flee from his house.
The 58-year-old was so intoxicated that he didn't recognise the police.
Instead he thought they were other people intent on harming him.
Prosecutor David Glancy told Greenock Sheriff Court: "He opened the door and was holding a large garden fork.
"He threatened to 'put it through' the officers and a call had to be made for assistance.
"The accused closed the door and locked it and there was a bit of a stand-off.
"Entry was forced and he was quite quickly taken under control.
"He was kept under constant supervision due to his level of intoxication and was not cautioned and charged."
McCairn brandished the garden tool at police after earlier placing his partner and the 14-year-old in states of fear and alarm on January 28.
He shouted, swore and acted aggressively towards them when they wanted to leave to go to their own home.
Defence lawyer Gerry Keenan said: "He appears to be dealing with his alcohol problem and has gone to counsellors on a voluntary basis and appears to be doing well.
"To avoid a recurrence his drinking has to be controlled.
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Yesterday, however, I had no<|fim_middle|>ia — The Only Reasonable Thing To Say! | desire to play any April Fool's jokes, nor did anyone attempt to play one on me. The excitement of Easter, coupled with the first Sunday in months that weather allowed us to attend church, captivated my attention. I felt like worshiping the risen Savior, not like playing jokes on anyone.
Yet I thought a lot about hoaxes in relation to Christ's resurrection throughout the day yesterday. Over the past two millennia, for instance, those who reject Christianity have often claimed that the resurrection was the most colossal hoax in history. According to Luke's gospel, the disciples didn't even believe the women who first discovered the empty tomb.
Notice verse 11. I can just picture the apostles rolling their eyes and muttering snide comments about women overreacting. Who were these dizzy dames trying to fool?
Obviously, Peter ended up verifying that the Lord had indeed risen from the dead, and he led the others in preaching the resurrection to the known world. Ten of those original apostles died gruesome deaths because they refused to recant their confidence that Jesus physically rose from the dead, and the apostle John suffered intense persecution. People simply don't put their lives on the line like that for the sake of a hoax.
But a hoax indeed was perpetrated when Jesus rose from the dead. The Jewish authorities knew very well what had really taken place, but instead of repenting and trusting Christ as the Lord and Savior, they conspired to counter the truth with a mammoth hoax intended to keep the Jewish people from believing the Gospel.
How preposterous to think that Roman guards, who would be executed for failure to guard that tomb, would actually permit that cowardly bunch of disciples to fake a resurrection that they didn't even believe would happen! Could there possibly be a more ridiculous hoax?
Sadly, to this day many people, including highly educated people, fall for that absurd little fabrication instead of believing the overwhelming evidence that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The theory that the disciples stole His body is probably the greatest hoax of all time!
Rather than spending yesterday playing April Fool's jokes, I celebrated the glorious truth that Christ the Lord is indeed risen. And I enjoyed this April 1st more than any April 1st I can remember.
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Gear up for a thrilling adventure to recover a legendary flying machine buried deep in the ruins of an ancient desert city. You'll need to coordinate with your teammates and use every available resource if you hope to survive the scorching heat and relentless sandstorm. Find the flying machine and escape before you all become permanent artifacts of the Forbidden Desert!
When we launched Forbidden Island, we had an inkling that we had created a hit game but never to the point that we'd be prompted to make a sequel. Well, here we are a few years later with just that in hand. Our challenge to designer Matt Leacock was to create a game that would contain familiar elements (cooperative play, modular board), while offering up a completely different in-game experience. In addition, we wanted it to be simultaneously approachable to new players while upping the ante for those who felt they had mastered Forbidden Island. All this resulted in a fresh new game with an innovative set of mechanics, such as an ever-shifting board, individual resource management, and unique method for locating the flying machine parts. Hopefully we've achieved our goals and quenched your thirst for adventure!
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Suitable for ages 10+
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Pylos game by Gigamic Simple rules, quick rounds and rather subtle tactics: Pylos is one of the strangest yet most
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The biennial Shannon Car Show was held this<|fim_middle|> 5 litres per 100kms; not bad even by todays standards.
This one was completely original, including original "dustbin lid" wheeltrims..
Mercury Montclair must be quite rare especially in RHD.
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A late model Ford Falcon 6 powered this 1927 Studebaker President.
'58 Chev Impala Sport Coupe with spats over the rear wheels looks the ultimate"Grease"machine.
Also from '58, a Ford Ranchero.
The Monaro Club was well represented.
This '06 5.7 litre Monaro belongs to the brother of Max, who frequently contributes to this blog.
Harley trike with lots of extras attracted much attention.
Looking like a Le Mans race car is this 2000 Saker, which is NZ built.
Toyota Crown from 1973 was well presented, but I'm not sure about the colour.
Unusual Lancia Delta Integrale 4WD.
Not many tidy Holden utes from '78 around anymore.
Simple under bonnet view of Holden Premier 6 cylinder.
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This international streaming service is also restrictive in terms of its offering in South Africa. While very competitively priced, the main reason to subscribe to Amazon Prime is for the selection of TV shows. Amazon Prime Video have a terrific selection of high quality and star-studded television shows. The service mimics most streaming platforms when it comes to features. Their biggest weakness is their pithy selection of films. There are one or two diamonds in the rough but for the most part, it's filler.
Not being able to stream films available on the Amazon storefront seems a bit mean. Otherwise it's a sturdy streaming service - possibly worth adding on as a +1 or for a few months until you exhaust their worthwhile shows.
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DStv Now is DStv satellite TV's streaming service enabling their premium subscribers the option of watching content wherever they are. Operating much like other streaming services, you can log-in or download the DStv Now app to gain access. Since the service is a free add-on, it's not pushed as a standalone offering. You can use you log-in details to access a decent array of Catch Up movies and TV series on most devices, except smart-enabed TVs.
The service is quite basic yet efficient enough to make it a valuable add-on. Browsing through premiere movies or recently screened titles, it does have its perks for subscribers who aren't always at home. The selection features most of the shows and movies that are currently being broadcast on DStv at that point so they're constantly adding new content. One of the other pluses is that their content often diverges from the glut of movies offered on other platforms, enabling you to access new release titles more readily.
The Google Play store consists of movies for rent and purchase. The best thing about Google Play's selection is that it's literally hot off the press. The latest releases drop at the Google Play movies store, which means you'll have a steady stream of movies to choose from that have arrived fresh from the big screen. The down side is that you may have to buy the movie if you really want to watch it straight away. At prices exceeding R140, this hardly seems worth it if you're only planning on watching it once. Although gathering a bunch of friends or family around will definitely give you more value out of the deal.
The rentals start from R20 and if you're patient enough, most titles available on Google Play eventually become available to rent at a much more attractive price. The streaming quality is excellent and the platform gives you 48 hours to watch your rental, which is a reasonable time allocation. Owning the title in its digital form as an HD movie may have its benefits, but it hardly feels like you own it if you can only watch it on the Google Play app.
DEOD
DEOD is a lesser known streaming service yet a surprisingly attractive one. They're operating on a low-level yet have an interesting offering, enabling cheaper subscription packages and more in the way of pay-as-you-go. A wide bouquet of channels, DEOD a curious streaming platform, enabling you daily or weekend access in addition to their low monthly subscription rate. A hybrid of sorts, they also offer rental titles at a fixed price. Their selection may not be huge but at the price, it's difficult not to be tempted to buy a weekend's access and plan a movie marathon.
Their streaming is perfunctory and good enough but it's not at the cutting edge of technology, which means you may have a few technical glitches than most streaming platforms when it comes to using the app and website. At dirt cheap prices, they're a useful fallback option when it comes to getting a fresh burst of entertainment on demand.
YouTube is the original video streaming provider. They're gearing up to release YouTube TV, which is currently not available in South Africa. While their dedicated streaming service isn't available, the video giant has thousands of web series and short films to choose from. if you're looking for more traditional format shows and movies on YouTube, they also have a wide selection. Hosting many forgotten shows such as Beyond 2000, you can also stream a number of movies legally on YouTube. Unfortunately, the films that are available are limited and generally not very good.
The channel is a bit slow to root out illegal uploads of new movies so it's a bit of a minefield in terms of piracy and not recommended for film specifically. YouTube's general glut of content may be a bit woolly, but there are plenty of great interviews, music videos, show excerpts and hidden gems to make the time go by if you're willing to find the fun.
Tubi is one of several free movie-watching apps available for download. As a free service, the titles are pretty much what you'd expect. Mostly b-movies and oddballs, it doesn't take much searching to find the odd gem. The Tubi channel hosts many movies in the public domain. You can expect to find some cult movies but don't be fooled... there are some excellent titles available. Use their handy categories to navigate to the highest rated Rotten Tomatoes review films or try one of the crazy cult movies for something different. Did we mention it's free?
You can visit Mubi and Curzon Cinemas to get a healthy dose of ad-free art house and cinema nouveau titles. Both channels specialise in providing curated film content that will appeal to film buffs, world cinema and art house fans. We haven't confirmed their availability in South Africa or tried their free trial.
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Lockdown has forced cinemas and theatres to close temporarily as governments scramble to limit the spread of Covid-19 and keep the economy alive. During this unprecedented time where the film industry has ground to a halt, it's enabled distributors, cinemas and studios to reflect on their current models. One would expect that some drastic changes will be underway in order to mitigate ongoing and future income losses. The current model is based on a traditional physical movie-going experience and it's difficult to reposition a business based on selling tickets and popcorn to a physical space.
One film-related service that has benefited from the social distancing, lockdown and stay at home enforcement has been online content streaming services such as Netflix, Showmax, Amazon Prime Video and DStv Now. Spling has been reviewing streaming titles almost exclusively on his weekly Talking Movies show on Fine Music Radio over this period. Ordinarily, he'd review two movies on circuit. Yet, the proliferation of streaming services, mainstream adoption and improvement of their original content has prompted him to fine tune his balance of reviews to cater to people watching the silver screen in a theatre or from the comfort of their home.
While there's a mad rush for studios to create their own streaming network, produce original entertainment content and connect every household to some form of online streaming, many aren't quite sure just how to maximise their subscription. In this article, Spling will cover the basics. It's far from comprehensive, but it will enable those who are just starting out on streaming to connect and subscribe. He'll also cover the known streaming services currently in operation in South Africa.
How to Connect to a Streaming Service
If you own a smart phone, you're halfway there. These days, most streaming services have their own apps for Android and Apple devices. If you think of streaming as simply adding an app to your phone's home page it will take a lot of the mystery out of your quest.
If you own a smart TV, you're even closer than you imagined. Smart phones and smart TVs operate in a similar way and have similarities when it comes to installing apps. You can essentially visit your app store on your phone to download the streaming service you wish to subscribe to and do the same on your smart TV.
Don't own a smart TV? You you can convert your HD flat screen into a smart TV by buying and connecting a media player. Available at most tech online retailers these days, these devices plug into one of your HDMI inputs and enable you to have the option of downloading apps. Hosting an environment that will mimic some cellphone operating systems, you can connect the media box to your wi-fi and use apps to stream entertainment directly to your screen. The media player will come with a remote to enable you to browse between apps and manage your "smart TV".
When it comes to your computer, streaming services are generally equipped to handle full streaming capabilities on their website. So you can visit the streaming service you want to sign up for and register to get your log-in details. Depending on your subscription package, the service will allow you to sign in on multiple devices simultaneously. This is useful if you have a smart phone, tablet, PC and smart TV that you watch on. It's also useful if you want to give your family access to your account.
Generally ranging from R99 - R149, these services offer amazing value. Previously consumers would buy their entertainment as a physical copy, subscribe to satellite TV to watch their favourite shows or spend the equivalent of a month's subscription on a movie night out. Having access to a wide array of self-updating and new entertainment that is available 24/7 is a major win for anyone simply wanting to have quality entertainment at their finger tips.
Data Costs
The biggest barrier to adopting streaming services is the cost of data and line speed, which affects the streaming quality. Nothing kills the suspense of disbelief quicker than slow download speeds. You don't want to ruin the home movie experience by having a pixelated Lord of the Rings or stop-start frames of Inception.
If you already have an internet connection at home, you may want to consider upgrading it to fibre or an uncapped line. This will ensure you can watch uninterrupted content. The cost factors into the whole package but makes sense if you're able to cover additional data requirements relating to your computer and phone usage, which can also be linked to the home w-fi signal. There are a number of competitive uncapped fibre packages available. Many include free installation and you should expect to pay about R500-R800 per month depending on your needs and line speed.
If that's a bit too pricey, you can also investigate LTE routers or daily specials. When it comes to LTE routers, the pricing is cheaper with some constraints around time of use and the line speed tends to be much slower than fibre. Many cellular networks offer daily specials that enable you to buy a few GB at a much cheaper rate for a day or weekend. Doing this a few times a month, you would want to look at a more fixed connection or subscription.
If you don't have an uncapped line, you can change the settings of your app or video window to change the size of the file download. Switching to a lesser quality means you you'll be able to save up to 70% of your data per hour. This really is a personal preference and depends on what level you're comfortable watching shows and movies. It's easy enough to do for sitcoms but may be more difficult to sacrifice when it comes to spectacular series and movies.
Tips on How to Watch
The beauty of streaming apps is that they allow you to download content to view later. This is particularly useful if your internet set up isn't all that fast. Downloading to watch later makes it possible for you to control your data use a bit more conservatively i.e. only downloading at certain times of the day or on specific wi-fi networks.
This enables you to be portable. Since downloads are only really permitted on smart phones and tablets, you'll be able to watch series and films on the go. Stuck in the car waiting for someone? Spending time in a hospital bed? Waiting in a long queue? Dining on your own? Sitting in the sun with a cup of tea? All of these scenarios enable you to enjoy content. It helps if you keep a set of earphones or headphones handy to make it easier to switch over to your favourite sitcom or enjoy a nature documentary in nature. If you really want to "splash out"... try getting a tripod so that you can keep your device away from water and have a soak in the bath.
Streaming Services Currently Available in South Africa
Cell C's Black and iFlix are two examples of streaming services that are no longer available or viable. South Africa has had its fair share of streaming services over the years, here are some of the most popular ones now available. There are ways of working around the system by rerouting your IP address to gain the full spectrum of entertainment offered on international streaming packages, but this is illegal even if you're paying. The services do generally enable users who are travelling to continue using their original accounts.
They originally sent DVDs via the U.S. postal service to their network of subscribers. This required dropping off and collecting discs, which while a great deal more convenient than driving to your local video store was still a chore. The advent of faster internet speeds, the impact of piracy and more flexible content licensing made it feasible to take content online and make it available for streaming without buffering issues. Being the front runner and pioneer, their streaming, interfaces and data efficiency is tops. The search facility doesn't enable you to see their full catalogue, which is a bit irritating but their recommendations based on similar titles are usually quite good.
As Netflix has grown into an entertainment empire, the rest of the world has continued to improve when it comes to download speeds and efficacy making it easier for the streaming giant to set up camp in one new country after another. Hampered by licensing issues, their full content offering isn't available to South Africans yet. While somewhat restricted, they're still considered to be the most popular streaming service, often referenced in pop culture. They create their own original content and are thriving under lockdown, despite looming vulnerabilities when it comes to licensors revoking their licenses in favour of creating their own streaming channels.
This is South Africa's biggest local streaming service. While they're not in the same league as Netflix's international bouquet of big series and movie titles, they're a heavyweight contender when it comes to their wider spectrum of content. Now streaming TV series, movies, stand up, sport and news channels, it's a high value offering at a mere R99 per month. This makes Showmax a very attractive alternative to | 1,781 |
CullCast #11 - Changing Lives With Keith Wattley & UnCommon Law
December 14, 2017 | 12 min read
By Casey C. Sullivan
After a brief hiatus, Logikcull's eDiscovery and legal technology podcast, CullCast, is back. You might remember CullCast from such classics as "Winning Clients and Influencing Luddites with Ernest Svenson" and "Rule Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes with Judge David Campbell."
CullCast features legal innovators, influencers, and disruptors—people who are reshaping the legal profession for the better. What better person, then, to relaunch the podcast with<|fim_middle|>, I thought I was just stupid. But now I understand that there's actually something wrong, something that happened that I can get help for."
He'd been in prison for 30 years. Thirty years. He finally had this affirmation that there's something he can get help for, you can actually get yourself out of prison. Acknowledge that you need help and you can get it.
He finally went home. He went home about a year ago, actually.
But even before he was released on parole, that was one of my greatest victories, just because we were able to get him some resources, to give him some sense that he's an okay person. That he's a human being that can get help, that can get himself out of prison. That definitely ranks up there.
Logikcull: We'd like to thank Keith for talking to us today and everyone at UnCommon Law for the work that they do. For our listeners, if you'd like to hear more about UnCommon Law, you can visit their website at UnCommonLaw.org, that's UnCommonLaw.org.
And, of course, to stay up with the latest legal, technology, and eDiscovery news, podcasts, and interviews like this, sign up for Logikcull's blog at blog.logikcull.com. I'm Casey Sullivan and we hope to hear from you soon.
This post was authored by Casey C. Sullivan, who leads education and awareness efforts at Logikcull. You can reach him at casey.sullivan@logikcull.com or on Twitter at @caseycsull.
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You can listen to the podcast below or, if your headphones are broken or you just prefer the written word to the spoken one, read the transcript even further below. We hope you enjoy and if you're inspired by the work of UnCommon Law—and we hope you will be.
Logikcull: Hi everyone and thanks for joining us for the relaunch of Logikcull's podcast, "CullCast," where we feature conversations with legal influencers and innovators. I'm Casey Sullivan of Logikcull.com and today we're going to be talking to Keith Wattley, who's the founder and executive director of UnCommon Law.
Now, if you follow Logikcull, you know one of the things we like to talk about a lot is democratizing discovery. To us, that means making a process that's often difficult, expensive, risky, something that is simple, powerful, and available to pretty much anyone—instantly. So, part of that is supporting pro bono and public interest work.
But, we're not here to talk about what Logikcull does today. We're here to look at the work of UnCommon Law. Now, UnCommon Law is a small, non-profit law firm based out of Oakland, California, that provides legal services to prisoners facing life with the possibility of parole. In the past 11 years, UnCommon Law has worked with dozens of prisoners to get them out of prison and back into society.
Keith Wattley: It's closer to therapy than lawyering that we do.
Logikcull: That's Keith Wattley, the executive director of UnCommon Law. I sat down with Keith recently to discuss his work.
Wattley: I have been an attorney for, let's see, about 19 years now.
Logikcull: Keith was already working in criminal justice and prisoners' rights before founding UnCommon Law.
Wattley: At a nonprofit called the Prison Law Office. And there, I was involved in some of the class action litigation. That involved reviewing a lot of files, meeting with a lot of clients, and also touring the prisons to identify problems with their provision of mental health care—that was my main responsibility there. And, while doing that, I would often encounter people who were in a mental health crisis, who usually hadn't received the level of treatment that they needed. I might meet with them and talk to them for a few minutes and go back and write a report about what I found and what seemed to be missing and make some recommendations, perhaps.
Over time, that report might get incorporated in a court order someday, some where—many months later. In the meantime, that person is still there. I would be sort of be left with this sense that I hadn't done enough for him or her.
While that was really important, absolutely necessary, systemic change work, I also needed something that would give me a more immediate connection, a benefit to an individual client.
Logikcull: Keith found that connection one day, after receiving a letter from an inmate.
Wattley: As I was reviewing the mail and found that a client who was serving a life sentence had written to the office saying, "I need help with this. I'm facing the parole board and they're trying to take away a parole date they gave me."
I said, "Well, that seems interesting. Let me see what I can learn about the case. Maybe this person did something wrong to jeopardize his release." Turned out he hadn't, they were just going to reconsider their decision. That seemed unfair to me. I started working with him and represented him in this hearing. He was able to keep his parole date and went home.
I got to see the things he got to do after that. He got a good job, got married and had a kid, and finished college. I said, there's a direct connection obviously between my efforts and his future. I was hooked from then. So, a couple years later, I started UnCommon Law. That was 2006 that I started it and I've been doing it ever sense.
Logikcull: Alright, so how does UnCommon Law come together with Logikcull? Logikcull CEO and co-founder Andy Wilson explains the beginning of this relationship.
Andy Wilson: We got involved with Keith and UnCommon Law maybe five or six years ago. My sister-in-law was working at the Prison Law Office. So, I learned what Keith was doing at UnCommon Law and that initial meeting made me realize there could be an opportunity to help him.
Logikcull: Like everyone else, nonprofits like UnCommon Law are facing a vast growth of information and data that can sometimes be hard to handle.
Wilson: The amount of information that he was getting for this quasi discovery, trying to get these people out of prison, was mostly paper, but it started to become more and more electronic.
Information should not put you at a disadvantage. With all this information exploding, more emails, text messages, photos, and drone data, home data—all this information is exploding. But the deadlines aren't really changing for these people. So, somebody like UnCommon Law, who is a nonprofit who doesn't have a lot of resources, is starting to get bombarded with more and more information which, if it takes them too long to get through that information, it's going to drag out the judicial process. And in his case, it's going to keep people who shouldn't be in prison [in prison] longer than they need to be.
Logikcull: Alright, so what does the work UnCommon Law does actually look like? What's a typical matter like?
Wattley: Let's see. So, a typical case that we might have would be someone who—a family member contacts us to say, "My son is going to be eligible for parole next year and we want someone to represent him." We'll figure out if we can actually help him, whether we have the resources and time, etc.
Then, if so, we'll start working by doing an initial meeting just to figure out how much work they've been doing since they've been in prison to get ready for an actual parole hearing. Sometimes that depends on the prison they're housed in. Some prisons have a lot more access to programs that will give them the tools to understand themselves and be able to explain that to the parole board. Some prisons have almost none of those types of programs. So, we need to figure out where the client is and figure out what their game plan is going to be.
After that, we'll meet with a client for anywhere from three or four or five times to eight, ten, twelve times between that first meeting and their actual hearing—until they're ready. Ready means they understand all the various factors that contributed to them committing this crime. And that they've spent their time in prison addressing those factors, so they can map out a plan going forward that, upon their release, they can map out stay on the right path.
Most of the work is in the intervening year or so, in the prison visiting rooms, sitting across from the client for a couple of hours each time. We help them figure out those things. Usually those factors are rooted in their childhood and upbringing, those kinds of things, and we have to make sure they can identify that and structure or settle for programs in prison that help them address that.
Sometimes it takes a lot longer than a year. Sometimes we get them ready for a parole hearing but it's not ready enough for the parole board. They say, well we see you, we find you're not yet suitable for parole. We'll deny you and we'll see you again.
Sometimes it may take another year and a half, may take three years, may take five years later. In the meantime, we work continue to work with them and get them ready. When it works out, they're granted parole. A few months later, if the governor okays it, then they get to go home and rejoin their families.
Wilson: There's 35,000 inmates in the California prison system on life sentences. It's incredibly expensive to keep people in prison. And Keith has gotten out, over a couple decades, less than 200 people. That's a pretty big savings, right? It's millions of dollars in savings for the state. But there's 35,000 people there. Of course, some of them should stay in prison because they're really bad people—but that, I don't think, is the majority. The faster we can get those people out of prison and back into their communities and functioning in a positive way—it's a win-win.
Wattley: So, we've worked with a number of volunteer attorneys, social workers, a bunch of law students. We have a program where we work with law students, about a dozen every year. So, we handle about 60 or 70 individual parole hearings every year, plus a bunch of cases in court for those serving life sentences.
Logikcull: So, what are some of the barriers that impact the work that you're doing, your clients, your organization?
Wattley: One of the biggest barriers we find is that, there's a—we see it as a false dichotomy between people who were convicted of serious or violent crimes and those who were convicted of nonviolent crimes, like drug crimes or property crimes.
I say it's a false dichotomy, because, from what I see having worked with a lot of individuals and all different kinds of crimes, is that there are so many similarities and so many patterns that tend to repeat themselves within both of those groups, that it's really hard to say that one is really different from the other.
But it's been a matter of convenience, I think, for policy makers and even advocates to "Let's focus on these crimes that most people agree shouldn't result in someone going to prison." Someone who is drug addict, for example, shouldn't get a life sentence in prison. Someone who steals video tapes from Kmart shouldn't get a life sentence. Most of us can agree on that. Let's focus on that because that gets a lot of people out of prison, or some way to get out of prison.
But, the people left behind often lived a very similar lifestyle, were motivated by the same kind of things. But they basically had that worst-case scenario drug deal that really went bad, and here they are in prison for a violent crime or a serious crime.
The challenge is having the broader public, and even the parole board, understand that these are folks that also deserve an opportunity to get themselves out of prison.
Logikcull: Of all the work that you've done over the years, what is one thing that you are most proud of?
Wattley: Well, that's a tough one. It's probably impossible to single out one thing. Among my favorite moments, I would say, there's a client who I spent some time with in preparation for his parole hearing. Early on in the representation, I detected there was something missing in his understanding of what was happening, in our conversations and what the process was about.
We had a psychologist go meet with him and the psychologist came back and quickly said, "Your client suffered a series of traumatic incidents as a kid, in which he was directly battered or he fell and hit his head, several times." Throughout his childhood, he had a lot of difficulty.
By the time he was in prison, and he went to prison at age 19, in a drug deal that went bad, he had never learned to read or write.
But he had also become an expert in masking the fact that he didn't know how to read or write. So he got to prison and was able to follow other people, pick up on cues and clues and stay under the radar. But, as the psychologist was explaining to me, this has hurt him, because now the parole board is expecting him to articulate this really high level of insight into himself and the factors that contributed to his crime—and he's not able to do that.
So, I went back and I met with him and we recognized that this was something that he'd been masking for some time and he needed to own up to it, in order to get the help that he needs. If you identify that you have certain difficulties, the prison is supposed to provide some sort of accommodation. They don't always do that; they don't usually do that in fact.
His parole hearing came up. He did a fine job, mostly just admitting the challenges he had, the fact that he had been masking these difficulties for years.
And they denied him parole.
At that point, he came out of the hearing and he thanked me, profusely really. He said, "You know, I really have to thank you because, before you sent that psychologist to see me | 2,727 |
Hello Essay, Research Paper
Shakespeare Finds Love on a Midsummer Night
Essay written by Annie W.
The forest outside Athens is filled with changelings, magic, and ancient myth: in other words, the stage is set. The night is silent and still as four mortals alternately hate and love, monarchs of the faerie world clash wills, and the mischief of one irrepressible woodland sprite weaves a spell over all. The breath of the darkness is lit with the glow of foxfire; hearts are broken and mended within the span of short hours. In the bower of the Faerie Queen a man transformed by magic slumbers peacefully. The pen of William Shakespeare has captured the imagination and hearts of audiences and readers alike across the world and through the decades, but his classic romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night?s Dream, offers something much more profound. Shakespeare has found insight into the heart, and, through his verse, best exemplifies the complicated and capricious emotions found there. The play, much like reality, is sprinkled throughout with gems of humor, and it will continue to fascinate as long as there is love.
Shakespeare?s characters are certainly the most important part of A Midsummer Night?s Dream. All action must be carried out through them; all ideas must be transported to the audience through their moves and dialogue. The first and most obvious characters are the four mortal lovers. The women, Helena and Hermia, are respectively tall and fair, short and dark; there are no other notable differences between them. The men, Lysander and Demetrius, have no differences in personality that are remarked upon in the text of the play. Outside the walls of Athens, inside the enchanted forest, the courts of Oberon, king of the faeries, and Titania, his queen, hold sway. The two magistrates quarrel often, but know they are meant for each other, no matter how they scowl. Their adventures include Bottom, a town actor turned into an ass by Oberon to seek revenge on Titania. The last major role in Dream is Robin Goodfellow, more commonly known as Puck. He is mischievous and playful; his role in the faerie court is to entertain Oberon and run his errands, as he tells the faeries in Act 2 when he is introduced.
In human nature and all its facets, there is a certain amount of inherent mirth, including sarcasm, and Shakespeare does not neglect this mirth in his writing. First, humor is used as a sort of release valve. When the emotional tension begins to run too high, one of the characters will utilize this humor, as does Lysander to Demetrius in a heated exchange over<|fim_middle|>ia is the first to cry betrayal, but the two almost end up in physical violence, if not for the intervention of the men:
Hermia
How low am I, thou painted maypole? Speak!
How low am I? I am not yet so low
But that my nails can reach into thine eyes.
I pray you, though you mock me, gentlemen,
Let her not hurt me. I was never curst;
I have no gift at all in such shrewishness.
The two men, who have sworn oaths of brotherhood under the duke, are ready and willing to take up swords to fight for their ladies. Puck fortunately has the foresight to lead them away from each other so things do not lead to bloodshed.
The key to any great play is a satisfying ending. Even if an audience goes to the theater to see a tragedy, they must feel they have gotten the melancholy they came for if the play is be a success. Shakespeare provides the audience of A Midsummer Night?s Dream with a satisfyingly happy ending. As Joseph Lockett so rightfully remarked, ?Love can be a dangerous and destructive emotion, and it is only the demands of the comic plot, the machinations of the faeries, and Shakespeare?s dramatist hand above all that have brought audience and characters to a safe and comfortable conclusion.? At the wedding of the duke and the two couples, no one remembers that aught has gone wrong. They know that they are in love, and that is all they need. At the conclusion, Puck recites a well-earned monologue; he reiterates the theme of dreams and promises happiness:
If we shadows have offended
Think but this and all is mended-
That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme
No more yielding than a dream
Gentles, do not reprehend
If you pardon, we will mend.
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to scape the serpent?s tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call,
So goodnight unto you all.
Give me your hand, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.
A Midsummer Night?s Dream has survived as a classic because it lets people fell a little more, be a little more human than they expected. In 1592, Robert Greene slammed Shakespeare?s works in a pamphlet, calling him an ?upstart crowe [sic].? Even then, people knew that he would be great. His plays were attracting serious attention as soon as they were published, in books known as quartos, as they still attract attention today. In 1999, the second feature film of Dream was made. The play is still performed around the world regularly by a variety of companies.
When reading or seeing A Midsummer Night?s Dream performed, audiences are encouraged to look within their own hearts and minds and to the person or persons they love and wonder a little, laugh a little, and celebrate what it is to be human and in love. For these reasons and dozens more, it will endure forever in the souls of those who experience it. It will always help people understand just a little more about the strangest emotion they possess: love.
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You have her father?s love, Demetrius;
Let me have Hermia?s, do you marry him.
This keeps the action interesting but not overly dramatic. The queen of the faeries, Titania, is one of the most dignified characters in the play. Shakespeare arranges for her to fall in love with Bottom, transformed into an ass. The acting group to which Bottom belongs before and after his transformation is performing their own modified version of ?Pyramus and Thisbe,? a folktale that Shakespeare has changed to suit his purposes, and the great mess they make of it in front of the duke Theseus on his wedding day is one of the most famous comic moments in history. This performance is given at the end of the play, after everything is righted, and encourages the audience to laugh and understand that all can be good. Without the laughter, the play could not have had a truly happy ending.
When in love, people are inclined to withdraw their fancies from the reach of reason and rational thinking. William Shakespeare lets his characters deliver this message in several different manners.
The four lovers show no distinguishing features or personalities. By presenting the lovers as interchangeable, Shakespeare displays and probes the mysteries of how lovers find differences- compelling, life-shaping differences- when there seem to be only likenesses. Helena and Hermia differ only in height and complexion, and both are thought to be beautiful:
How happy some o?er other some can be!
Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
Helena remarks, commenting on her sad situation when Demetrius forsakes her for Hermia. The male lovers are so devoid of description, be it of personality or physical traits, that they may as well be bald, bad-tempered midgets. However, this serves Shakespeare very well.
At the beginning of the plot, three of the lovers have created a triangle with Hermia at the apex and Helena excluded. Both men worship the ground Hermia walks on, though Helena is in every way her equal. As the story progresses, the triangles shift magically, and none of the participants notice. In life, people are often blind to the fact that reason had nothing to do with their decisions. Lysander, when he falls in love with Helena, attributes it to the fact that his heart was immature when he loved Hermia.
Not Hermia, but Helena I love.
Who will not change a raven for a dove?
The will of man is by his reason swayed,
And reason says you are the worthier maid.
Things growing are not ripe until their season,
So I, being young, till now not ripe to reason.
In A Midsummer Night?s Dream, couples that are meant to be together end up together. Although the world today seems to thrive on divorce, true love is still very much a human ideal. People long to find the one they can love forever, and in Dream, through the insight of Shakespeare, true love is actualized. Oberon and Titania fight but eventually rejoin. Oberon longs for a beautiful changeling boy of Titania?s court; he is the most beautiful mortal ever seen by the faeries, and Oberon takes it as a personal insult when Titania refuses to relinquish him. Titania knows of Oberon?s many mortal affairs, including Hippolyta, the fianc?e of the duke. This makes her incredibly jealous and bitter, even though she herself had an affair with the duke, so she keeps the boy to herself. To Oberon she claims she keeps him because his mother was a devotee of hers, not willing to admit that his unfaithfulness bothers her. But when all is said and done, they are reconciled.
When the triangle of love first shifts, and Hermia is left alone, Oberon and the mischievous Puck are responsible. Oberon overhears a conversation between Demetrius and Helena as they wander the woods searching for Hermia and Lysander.
Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit,
For I am sick when I do look on thee.
And I am sick when I look not on you.
On a pure whim, Oberon orders Puck to help Helena, and make Demetrius magically love her with the juice of the herb ?love-in-idleness? while he sleeps. However, Puck anoints the wrong set of eyelids, those belonging to Lysander, already loved and in love, and a grand confusion ensues. Oberon realizes Puck?s mistake and has everything set right again, with one exception. He destroys the triangle and has Demetrius love Helena, as was his original intention. Puck blesses the couple as he corrects their love vision on Oberon?s command:
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And the country proverb known
That every man should take his own.
Jack shall have Jill
Naught shall go ill
The man will have his mare again and all shall be well.
Love, or what is more commonly known as love, can take hold in an instant and feel very much like magic. The lovers in A Midsummer Night?s Dream do indeed gain and lose their love through magic, the juice of the flower Puck smears on their eyelids as they sleep. None of them realize what has taken hold of them, but merely go with their emotions, as humans are wont to do. No one even notices the triangles have shifted with outside help until Oberon sees all of them together and discovers Puck?s mistake:
What hast thou done? Thou hast mistaken quite
And laid the love juice on some truelove?s sight.
Love has always been a reason for lost friendship. The human mentality looks first for a mate, then for friends. The same holds true with Shakespeare?s characters. Helena and Hermia were once close childhood friends, but each immediately suspects the other of foul play when it comes to matters of the heart. Herm | 1,219 |
GIG REVIEW: Olly Murs
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Olly Murs performing at Sherwood Pines Mansfield on Friday 23rd June 2017.
Images and Review by Kevin Cooper
In a week that saw the searing heat break all weather records, it was a cold, damp and windy night that welcomed Essex boy Olly Murs to Sherwood Pines last night. In the beautiful Forestry Commission setting it was 2015 X Factor winner, Louisa Johnson who opened the first of three concerts taking place over this weekend<|fim_middle|> for a very entertaining ten minutes, the crowd did just that.
With a very talented band and brilliant backing singers he wrapped things up with Dance With Me Tonight and an arm waving rendition of Years And Years. Murs had delivered 90 minutes of high energy, pure pop fun that was never less than entertaining and eight years after his X Factor days, it's still a 'Yes' from Sherwood Pines.
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INTERVIEW: Olly Murs | .
Welcoming a crowd of adults and children, her soaring voice immediately engaged as she owned the stage with her single releases, Best Behaviour and So Good. Proving that she is a class act with Forever Young she then handed over the stage to the star of the night.
Love or loathe Olly Murs, what he does have in bundles is a natural charm and an endearing cockiness. With no fancy visuals or pyrotechnics as evidenced when he came to the Motorpoint Arena in March this year, the crowd right at the back were able to see every bum wiggle and pout with the aid of the backdrop screen as he opened with the lively You Don't Know Love.
Delivering a set list of fun filled showmanship with strokes of laddish behaviour, dad dancing and chart toppers such as Wrapped Up and Grow Up, he entertained from the off. Running around the stage he is the consummate performer making sure that everyone in his audience is having as much fun as he clearly is.
With a voice that reached all parts of the forest he treated his fans to the lovely ballad, Up, which came after talk of heartbreak which was followed by some outrageous flirting with the ladies. Informing them that he was single and that he had renamed the tour 'The Find A Girlfriend Tour 2017', there was no shortage of volunteers to fill the vacancy.
With Back Around morphing into Tina Turner's What's Love Got To do With It, there was plenty of opportunity to have a dance, and when Louisa Johnson joined him on the stage for his latest single, Unpredictable, there was a mass sing along from the adoring crowd.
There was an old school music segment with KC & The Sunshine Band's That's The Way (I Like It), Luther Vandross' Never Too Much and MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This along with She's Got That Vibe, Can't Stop The Feeling as well as Jump Around which | 401 |
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Rigid flex circuits<|fim_middle|>, automotive, aerospace, consumer and power generation sectors. | offer the best of both flexible circuits and rigid boards combined together in one circuit. These circuits have been used for more than 20 years in the aerospace and military industries and have a circuitry that consists of several flexible circuit inner layers that have been selectively bonded together with an epoxy Pre-Peg Bonding Film just like the multilayer flexible circuit. The difference is that the multilayer rigid flex circuit uses a board internally, externally or combines both depending on the required design. The rigid flex PCB is simply a two-in-one circuit that is interconnected using plated through holes which provides better quality control and a higher component density.
The rigid design is used in areas requiring extra support while the flexible design is used in areas where extra space is needed and around corners. Combining flexible circuits with rigid boards ensures that you have the most commonly utilized rigid flex circuits combination. Here are some benefits of rigid flex PCBs.
1. Connection Reliability: Rigid flex circuits involve the connection of flexible cables with rigid layers which offers a connection reliability that is second to none. Lack of connectors, contact crimps and solder joints adds to its reliability and integrity especially when used in more demanding and complex applications.
2. High Density Applications: The rigid part of rigid flex circuits is more often than not used in high density devices while the flexible circuits provide extremely narrow lines which allows lighter conductors and denser device populations to be designed together into a product which frees space for other product features.
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Prevent infection – Food animals
Work on infection prevention and control is extremely important, but not trivial. Here we describe five steps to help you get started and structure the work.
To identify and engage stakeholders is an important step. Depending on the end goal, they may be farmers, veterinarians, paraprofessionals, academics or government officials. A stakeholder analysis tool can be used to help identify stakeholders and their level of interest and power to influence. Assemble a team of relevant and interested people to coordinate work and motivate stakeholders to take action. Participatory processes have been shown to be effective tools to motivate engagement by creating ownership in the process.
Measures to prevent infections have to be specific to the needs and problems on the individual farm. A possible starting point is to do an analysis of the herd management, biosecurity and health situation of the farm/s. This will indicate what measures that will be valuable and applicable at specific farms. In order to evaluate the health status of the herd, it is good to keep<|fim_middle|>. https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/eip-agri-focus-group-reducing-antibiotic-use-pig-farming-final-report (2014).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO, World Organisation for animal health - OIE & World Bank. Good practices for biosecurity in the pig sector - Issues and options in developing and transition countries. FAO Animal Production and Health Paper (2010).
Animal Health Australia & Plant Health Australia. Farm Biosecurity. http://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/.
Arnold, C. et al. Risk factors for oral antimicrobial consumption in Swiss fattening pig farms – a case–control study. Porcine Health Management 2, (2016).
Guardabassi, L. & Prescott, J. F. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Small Animal Veterinary Practice. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 45, 361–376 (2015).
Work Group for Community Health and Development. Community Toolbox. Community Toolbox http://ctb.ku.edu/en/learn-skill (2014). | records of individual animal's health and medicine use. Ideally this should be based on both clinical observations within the herd and recording of lesions at slaughter. Data on weight gain, pregnancy results and farrowing rate are also valuable for evaluation of the health status of the herd.
Biosecurity online tools
Calculate your on farm biosecurity using these online calculators:
The Biocheck.UGent app developed by the University of Gent can be used to evaluate the quality of on-farm biosecurity.
The FarmBiosecurity app allows you to create a biosecurity action plan along six essential principles
1. Farm inputs
2. People, vehicles and equipment
3. Production practices
4. Feral animals and weeds
5. Farm outputs
6. Training, planning and recording
It may also be relevant to start by examining knowledge level and practices among the target stakeholders. At farm level, it has been shown that increasing farmers' awareness of good farming practices and biosecurity is important. Information about setting up surveys is collected in MEASURE – Knowledge and practices.
A good plan for infection prevention will have clear aims and objectives and cover which actions should be taken by whom and when. It should consider what resources are needed and how to measure progress. The plan can include risk assessments, a monitoring and evaluation framework and a communication plan.
Efforts to improve infection prevention should ideally take a multifaceted approach, combining different strategies into a package that is manageable in the setting and takes advantage of synergies between measures. Possible areas to focus on include:
Improved animal management practices: Making animals less susceptible to disease by improving feed, reducing stress, introducing vaccines and creating guidelines.
Biosecurity: Reducing the risk for diseases entering, spreading within and leaving a farm. Create a biosecurity plan.
Facility design: Building or modifying facilities to accommodate new biosecurity routines, reduce animal stress and support health.
Monitoring and surveillance: Keeping track of animal health, infections, production parameters and medicine use by improved record keeping. Perform audits and feedback. See MEASURE – Infections and Consumption.
Awareness, training and education: To help change attitudes, habits and behavior among farmers and farm staff, advisors and veterinary professionals, but also to increase acceptance of interventions. Passive educational strategies (such as posters and leaflets) are easier to implement but less effective compared with active strategies such as one-on-one educational sessions. See also RAISE AWARENESS – Education and training materials and How do people change.
When you have agreed on what to do, it's time to start implementing. No matter how much time has been spent planning, problems can arise and the needs or resources can rapidly change. Piloting interventions can reveal some of these problems and test the feasibility and impact of the interventions. Successful pilot projects can then be scaled up, for example by extending the timeframe or including more farms.
See also Interventions for more resources.
Evaluating work is important to see if goals are being reached and to identify areas of improvement. Encourage improvement and promote learning from experiences without fear of negative consequences.
Communication of results gives feedback to collaborating partners and other stakeholders. Positive progress and all partners should be acknowledged and public recognition should be given. Affirmation of hard work will provide incentive for stakeholders to continually improve and be involved in the process.
In MEASURE you can access tools and resources to help determine the impact of interventions and conduct studies on a variety of topics that relates to infection prevention in animal farming:
Burden of antibiotic resistance
Consumption of antibiotics
Appropriateness of use
Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices – KABP
Resources below have been separated into the following tables:
Guidelines and standards (reference documents/guidelines from international organizations).
Engage and assess
Plan, implement and evaluate
Guidelines and standards
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS International Food Standards: Antimicrobial Resistance Standards for the responsible use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals. The "Code of practice to minimize and contain antimicrobial resistance" (CAC/RCP 61-2005) describes the responsibilities for regulatory authorities, veterinary pharmaceutical industry, wholesalers, retailers, veterinarians and farmers. "Guidelines for Risk Analysis of Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance" (CAC/GL 77-2011) gives guidance on assessing the risk to human health from foodborne antibiotic resistant bacteria, and determining appropriate management strategies to control those risks. Available in English, French and Spanish.
Guide to good farming practices for animal production food safety Guidance from FAO/OIE for Competent Authorities that assist farmers and other stakeholders in keeping livestock to produce safe food. Spanish and French versions included.
Guidelines for Veterinary Personal Biosecurity Example guidelines from the Australian Veterinary Association for veterinarians and animal handlers on how to reduce the risk of contracting disease from animals (zoonotic disease) and prevent animal disease. Provides information on infection control and how to handle high risk situations for veterinary practices of all types. Also contains a model infection control plan.
Building Coalitions for Containing Antimicrobial Resistance: A Guide Guide by SIAPS for how to establish and maintain effective multisectoral antimicrobial resistance working groups. The chapter "Mobilize support" details how to identify and mobilize stakeholders, and "Understand the local situation" describes tools and strategies to assess the local antibiotic resistance situation. Provides templates and sample interview forms that can be adapted for different local contexts. An older version is available in Spanish and French.
Community Toolbox, chapter 7: Encouraging Involvement in Community Work Guidance. The Community Toolbox aims to offer people engaged in local and community work a depository of tools and advice for building healthier communities. Chapter 7 for example covers: The importance to involve all people affected by the problem (section 7) and Identifying and analyzing stakeholders (section 8).
Prudent and efficient use of antimicrobials in pigs and poultry Manual to help farmers and animal health workers to use antibiotics prudently and prevent infections. Gives an overview of measures that can be taken and practical recommendations on how to improve the use of antibiotics and animal productivity. Also available in Russian.
Best-practice framework for the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals – Reaching for the next level (PDF 0,9MB) Best practice framework from EPRUMA that describes building blocks that the farmer can implement to develop a farm-specific health plan. Also includes a decision tree for use of veterinary antibiotics in food animals.
FarmBiosecurity Information, tools and manuals. Provides tools and manuals on how producers can reduce the risks of diseases entering or spreading on farms. Also includes information about diseases affecting crops and animals. Multiple animal species, Australian setting.
EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Reducing antibiotics in pig farming: Final report Report that proposes concrete actions within three overarching areas: improvement of animal health, alternatives to antibiotics and changing behaviours and attitudes. Summary available in Spanish. Pigs, European setting.
Good practices for biosecurity in the pig sector – Issues and options in developing and
transition countries Guidance from FAO that outlines the biosecurity principles to limit pig-to-pig transmission of disease and reduce the impact of infectious swine diseases, including economic losses. Pigs, specifically aimed at LMICs.
Community Toolbox, chapter 6, section 1: Developing a plan for communication Manual for how to develop a communication plan for good, consistent, clear communications both internally and externally.
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Wierup, M. Principles and Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Wildlife. in Ecosystem Health & Sustainable Agriculture, Book 2 380 (The Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University, 2012).
European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals - EPRUMA. Best-practice framework for the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals - Reaching for the next level. https://www.epruma.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EPRUMAABNextlevel-Englis.pdf (2015).
Magnusson, U., Sternberg Lewerin, S., Eklund, G. & Rozstalnyy, A. Prudent and efficient use of antimicrobials in pigs and poultry. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca6729en (2019).
Australian Veterinary Association - AVA. Guidelines for Veterinary Personal Biosecurity.
SIAPS. Building Coalitions for Containing Antimicrobial Resistance: A Guide. Submitted to the US Agency for International Development by the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services Program. Arlington, VA: Management Sciences for Health. http://siapsprogram.org/publication/building-coalitions-for-containing-antimicrobial-resistance-a-guide/ (2017).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO & World Health Organization - WHO. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS International Food Standards - Antimicrobial Resistance.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO & World Organisation for animal health - OIE. Guide to good farming practices for animal production food safety -. (2010).
European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) & European Commission. EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Reducing antibiotics in pig farming: Final report | 2,124 |
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Bohemian settlers came to this area of northwest Rawlins County in 1886. They had lived in Chicago, Omaha and Humboldt, Neb., after emigrating from central Europe. They continued to speak their native Czech language and found it difficult to take part in the nearby English-speaking Immaculate Conception Parish at Studer Settlement, located five miles north and nine miles west of Atwood. About once a year, a Czech-speaking priest would arrive at the parish to hear confessions and celebrate the Mass in their language.
In 1910, Father Placide Wolker was sent to Illinois to study Czech and then was assigned to both Immaculate Conception and SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish at Bohemian Settlement, located about 10 miles to the northeast.
Residents wanted to build a church of their own, so in 1916, with Father Wolker's support, they began to raise the money. A site was selected about seven miles north of the town of Beardsley. By the time the brick church, dedicated to the<|fim_middle|> the closing of Immaculate Conception in 1921 and SS. Cyril and Methodius in 1979. Families from both parishes became part of St. John Nepomucene.
By 1937, English had become the predominant language of the parishioners, and during a redecoration project, the original Czech phrase "Svaty, Svaty, Svaty, Hospodin Buh Zastupu" stenciled above the altar was changed to the Latin "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth," or "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts."
Today, St. John Nepomucene Church still stands alone on the prairie, its 85-foot-tall tower topped by a silver dome visible for miles. Inside, stained-glass windows bear the names of donors written in Czech, and ornate statues of saints grace the original altars.
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Doing my bit for supporting Independent British brands, I put my new Lazy Oaf shirt on and headed down to their Juju Jelly Shoe collaboration launch. The shop had been decked out in wibbly wobbly pastel blumanche props by Bombas & Parr for spectators to investigatively prod into motion like be<|fim_middle|> quickly falling down and shooting up. The weekend before the marathon I went to the parties around Berwick Street for Record Store Day. The following week I go back to buy some vinyl to find that half of the road has been shut down for re-development with my favourite shop packed up and gone. How the hell can this happen? It's as if we had unwittingly buried it alive and danced on the grave. I can't cope anymore. Even more reason to look forward to next year's annual festivities to celebrate what is still surviving.
Despite not clocking that Fourtet was on his way to play in-store at Phonica when he was chatting outside ............ I didn't miss any of the action at neighbouring Sounds Of The Universe where I stayed all day until the police shut it down mid Mr.Thing. Is there a theme occurring here ............ #LondonTownIsClosingDown
Listen here to hear SOTU's manager Nicole McKenzie and DJ from the day, Alexander Nut join DJ History Bill Brewster and Discogs founder Kevin Lewandowski to discuss "Has the internet ruined the joy of record collecting?" in a new podcast series from The Vinyl Factory (Phonica). | ached jelly fish. I drank an aqua sea colour Japanese beer which turned my lips to an attractive blue hue. Lazy Oaf know how to throw a party and take you right back to feeling like your 5 year-old self, going ballistic from number E's and Fizz. Not to mention the goody bags at the end with jelly beans and their new keyrings inscribed with "Don't Lose Your Shit!". Thanks LazyOaf!
Thursday 14th May: London Marathon for Oxfam
It's still only just sinking in that I ran the 26.2 miles of the London Marathon on the 26th. But after taking training ridiculously seriously for the last 4 months, it all paid off and was totally pain free and a total joy. I knew I wanted to do another one as I saw the finish line coming into view at Buckingham Palace. Not only did I complete it in a steady consistent 10 minute mile but also racked up a £3,500+ for the DRC projects I chose via The Music Circle / Oxfam. Whilst being AWOL from this blog, I recorded the whole process over on Running Rainbow World Tumblr
I also had the opportunity to share the message on BBC6Music radio thanks to Lauren Laverne, making Coby's mixtape her "Memory Tape" of the week. See feature here where I note that I am exactly the same age as the London Marathon! Hopefully I also explained it reasonably coherently through my nerves live on air. When I pitched to Oxfam to get the place I pledged to spread the word, so this was also a target I wanted to fufill too (see article I wrote here). Now I feel that I have honoured all duties, I can get my life back, start going out again and return to recording it all on here. Normal service shall resume. However I'll still be running....................... : )
Thanks to everyone who helped me on this journey: NikeLab for the training programme, Charlie Dark & RunDemCrew for the love of running, my family & friends for coming out to cheer me on the day, Ash Narod for capturing my antics in colourful cosmic portraits, Rosie Lees for the swish swoosh logos, Stretch London for complimentary yoga, everyone who supported my fundraising, Verity Keefe for coaching me thru fundraising, all who came to my quiz night, all the kind donations as prizes, Gemma Cairney for hosting, Kate Hutchinson and The Music Circle for introducing me to Oxfam, and most importantly Oxfam for looking after me so well from start to finish.
(Images: customising my outfit thanks to Kitty Joseph's vinyl collection, pre-race chat with record breaker Paula Radcliffe, cycling between work and training sessions, my race-day rainbow hair, at the post- race Royal Academy reception held by Oxfam)
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Wow, I have so much to catch up on! Since running the marathon nearly three weeks ago I have had a marathon of deadlines. Just taking a breather now to catch up. So much can happen in such a short space of time. Especially in the current climate of bulldozing going on at every other block in London at the moment. As I cycle around I can't believe what a swift shift I am witnessing and not recognising familiar streets. It's like watching the sound bar display on an amp, with columns | 715 |
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Opening Act(s): Chemical Brothers
Beautiful Day, Elevation, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, I Remember You, New York, I Will Follow, Desire, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Mysterious Ways-Sexual Healing, One-Walk On, All I Want Is You, Bad-Ruby Tuesday. Encore(s): 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Won't Get Fooled Again.
U2 perform a free concert for 1,000 people presented by New York radio station KROQ (WXRK, 92.3FM). The show is broadcast on radio across the country. U2 cover The Ramones' 'I Remember You' and The Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' is also performed for the first time in almost eleven years.
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Divinely and Romantically, Embracing a Higher Love
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U2 is stripping away its facades. On Tuesday night, when it played at Irving Plaza for a nationwide radio broadcast, U2 was just a four-man band on a plain club stage. The concert was, pragmatically, part of a promotional effort for the band's new album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (Interscope). But it was also a signal that U2 had decided to reclaim an identity that it struggled against for a decade: unguarded, anthemic and openly spiritual.
U2 spent most of the 1990's trying to transform itself and stay up to date. On albums it fought its own penchant for grandeur, enveloping the music with electronic noise and dance-club rhythms and letting some lyrics turn oblique. Onstage it embraced the artifice of razzle-dazzle stadium productions. The tension between U2's reflexes and its ambitions sparked extraordinary work, particularly the 1991 album "Achtung Baby" and the Zoo TV tour that followed it.
But after U2's 1997 album, "Pop" (Island), and its tour met a mixed reception -- in part because they were too somber for the title -- the band remade itself once again. Holding onto only a little electronic embellishment, it has returned to its 1980's sound, with the rhythm section of Larry Mullen Jr. on drums and Adam Clayton on bass proudly marching ahead while the Edge's guitar peals like cathedral bells.
Again and again during the set, Bono sang with one hand upraised, a preacher's gesture. He was giving his benediction in a tradition shared by soul music and Sufi devotional poetry, as the songs in the set -- both new ones like "Elevation" and older ones like "Desire" and "Bad" -- sought grace and fulfillment. Whether it was through the power of a deity or the embrace of a lover, the songs called for nothing less than transcendence, a willing surrender to something greater than earthbound concerns. The songs confess to weakness and doubt, believing that love -- divine or romantic -- can conquer all.
U2's music promises the certainty that the lyrics crave. It relies on the three-chord basics of punk, blues, folk-rock and Bo Diddley beats; it also depends on the Edge's own wide-open guitar style, picking just a few notes to conjure resonant sonic expanses. Bono's voice often starts out low and humble, then ascends like the rock version of a classic Irish tenor as choruses proclaim the possibility of release.
Between songs, Bono spoke about U2's longevity -- he has spent more than half his life in the band -- and compared the band to the priesthood and the mob. "You won't get out of it while you're alive," he said. The set harked back to U2's beginnings in the 1970's, with a Ramones tribute and an old U2 song, "11 O'Clock Tick Tock." It added other people's songs -- "Sexual Healing," "Ruby Tuesday" -- to the codas of its own tunes, and it attached new songs to old ones, segueing "One" into the new "Walk On." The band was no longer trying to escape rock's memory or its past.
The music defied the wounded, petty, vengeful tone of most current rock; the songs would rather reach past momentary problems than wallow in them. And if that made U2 vulnerable to charges of being goody-goody types, not hip and ironic, it was a chance the band was willing to take. U2's encore, the Who's cynical "Won't Get Fooled Again," hinted at self-protection, even if Bono lingered over the line "get on my knees and pray." But by then it was too late: U2 had long since given up on acting cool.
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U2 Brings Down The House In New York
by Barry A. Jeckell
Following in the recent steps of fellow superstars Madonna and Ricky Martin, U2 played a rare club gig Tuesday (Dec. 5) night in New York. The group performed an hour-long set of new songs and classics for an audience of 1,000 contest winners, music industry insiders, and celebrities at the city's Irving Plaza.
Sponsored by New York's K-Rock (WXRK) and broadcast on radio stations nationally, the show was undeniably the hottest ticket in town. For every Billy Corgan and Zack De La Rocha (to whom Bono lamented the recent end of their respective bands from the stage) sighting inside the venue, there were also rumors of notable figures -- MTV News mainstay Kurt Loder and actor Matt Damon among them -- who were cut from the list, which was strictly held to 1,000 by local fire officials.
The novelty of the night was the opportunity to see a band of U2's stature -- whose spectacular multi-media tours routinely sell-out arenas and stadiums worldwide -- performing in an intimate live environment it has been far removed from for many years. The situation seemed to fit well with guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr., all of whom looked relaxed and content throughout the set. The same cannot be said for frontman Bono, who appeared uncomfortable and confined, as if the small stage didn't offer enough room for him to prowl and preen before his adoring audience.
The band kicked off with what are arguably two of the strongest tracks on its latest album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (Interscope) -- "Beautiful Day," and "Elevation." The former served to explosively announce the band's return, as it was delivered with a ferocity that placed it squarely among the band's substantial arsenal of anthems. Throughout the song, a manic Bono teased the audience, crouching, lunging, and stretching his hand just out of reach of the fans squashed against the security barrier in front of the stage.
Another new album song, "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of," which Bono dedicated to late INXS singer Michael Hutchence, followed, offering the Edge a welcome chance to deliver a falsetto verse. After explaining the influence the music of the city had u2 as a young band, Bono dedicated "New York," the last new song of the evening, to Joey Ramone.
From there on out, the band ran through a litany of some of its biggest songs -- including "I Will Follow," "Desire," "One," and "All I Want Is You." Save for a few jumbled lyrics, and the unnecessary inclusion of refrains of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" (during "Bad") and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" (during "Mysterious Ways"), each was memorably and excitingly delivered, pushing the crowd into a near frenzy.
Dressed in a leather blazer and pants, Bono's sweaty, rock star posturing was in stark contrast to that of his comfortable, t-shirted bandmates. The inherent pretension we've come to expect from this man -- who compared being in the band to the Mafia, saying, "you don't get out of it while you're alive" -- seemed to melt away only sporadically during the set. Remarkably, one of these moments came during his heartfelt and humorous introduction of the band that was laughingly interrupted by an audience member seeking three seconds of fame by yelling, "Yankee baseball!" during a quiet passage, to which the singer reacted with an "only in New York" grin.
Another vulnerable moment came during "Mysterious Ways," as Bono perched himself on the security wall, leaning on a barrage of outstretched arms to support him. While at first it looked as if he was looking for the other 15,000-to-70,000 people usually in front of him during a performance, the human connection briefly accomplished the goal of bringing Bono and U2 back to the emotion of the music that made the night such a unique and special experience.
What was an event most will speak of with reverence for years to come ended on a sour note, as the band followed a stellar encore performance of the rarely performed "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" with what now seems to be a rock concert requisite Who cover. The band ran through a sloppy rendition "Won't Get Fooled Again" that saw Bono obviously reading the lyrics from the stage floor. With a history of so many great songs, the forced inclusion of the homage to Townshend and company was indeed a poor decision.
The show was opened by an hour-plus DJ set by the Chemical Brothers, who were warmly received, but found their considerable talents reduced to that of a jukebox. The duo received far more response for slipping in a snippet of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and an unembellished full version of the Clash's "Train In Vain" near the end of their set than for several passages of innovative mixes and rafter-shaking beats.
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The 1-year Top Rated Foundation in Arts programme at Taylor's University offers one of the widest ranges of educational pathways, providing students early exposure to diverse elective subjects ranging from mass communication, business, hospitality, tourism, culinary arts, architecture, quantity surveying, design and education. Students after SPM or IGCSE/O-Levels with at least 5 credits including the relevant subjects may enter Taylor's University Foundation in Arts for 1 year before continuing on to the degree programmes.
Taylor's Foundation in Arts offer amazing tools of blended learning: Taylor's Integrated Moodle E-Learning System (TIMES), X-Space Collaborative Classroom, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), ReWIND Lecture Capture, Interactive Boards. These are just some of the reasons that Taylor's University is one of the best universities in Malaysia for you to study the Foundation in Arts programme.
The programme has a balanced assessment method, whereby 50% of the evaluation is allocated to various continuous assessments such as quizzes, course work, class test, projects and oral presentations, while the remaining 50% to the final exam.
Intake Dates
Intakes are in January, March and July of each year for students after SPM or IGCSE/O-Levels.
What is the Duration for the Foundation in Arts at Taylor's?
The Foundation in Arts programme at Taylor's College lasts 12 months.
Entry Requirements for the Foundation in Arts at Taylor's College
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
Pass with min. 5 credits including English with a pass in Bahasa Melayu and History
IGCSE/O-Level
Pass with min. 5 credits
Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)
Pass with min. 3Bs including a pass in English
Subjects for the Foundation in Arts Programme at Taylors College
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English II
Critical and Creative Thinking Skills
Public Speaking Skills
Principles of Accounting
Acting For Stage
Discovering Mass Communication
Introduction to Hospitality and Food Services Industries
Quantitative Technique
Design Basics
Business of Tourism, Recreation and Events
People and Organisation
Contemporary Issues in Education
The Art and Science of Teaching
Introduction to Business Law
*The elective module choice in each semester is subject to minor changes. Readers are responsible for verifying information that pertains to them by contacting the college.
School of Media & Communication
Students at School of Media and Communication have access to our strong industry linkages, where they are placed with some of the most notable local and international establishments in the industry during the internship programme to gain exposure through actual projects.
The school is an internationally well-respected and highly recognised centre for Media and Communication studies and with a strong foothold in two main areas, i.e. research and industry expertise.
Real Clients, Real Projects for Communication Students at Taylor's University
As an internationally-recognised centre for media and communication studies in the Asia Pacific region, School of Communication aims to develop leaders with innovative and strategic-thinking attributes that can make a positive impact on the industry at a regional and global level. Our learning methodologies are strongly anchored in real-world practices as we encourage students to explore communication theories via workshops and real projects with real clients.
We engage with numerous adjunct and visiting lecturers from reputable companies to conduct lessons to students:
Abu Baker Siddiq
Astro Shaw Sdn Bhd
Doris Lim
988FM
Dr Rohmad Fakeh
Deputy Director of Strategic Planning Section
Department of Broadcasting, RTM
Irene Jay Liu
News Editor Data
Thomson Reuters, Hong Kong
TV Host
Prof Dina Iordanova
Professor of Film Studies
University of St Andrews, Scotland
Sandra Hanchard
Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Australia
Activities Beyond the Classroom for Communication Students at Taylor's University
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Throughout their course of study, our students engage in various activities and projects, either on or off-campus.
EcoWorld Recruitment Video Competition
Over 100 broadcasting students from School of Communication had an exciting five months of competing in the EcoWorld's Create Tomorrow and Beyond recruitment video contest. Having put their creative talents and technical skills to the challenge, our students won the RM5,000 cash prize and an opportunity to work in the industry to reproduce the winning video for commercial use.
Dutch Lady Inspire Tomorrow Workshop
Our students have integrated classroom learning with industry experience in the Dutch Lady Inspire Tomorrow Workshop, a CSR project for underprivileged children in orphanages and child welfare centers.
Broadcasting students conceptualise ideas and produce programmes, demonstrating their ability to perform various tasks involved in TV production.
The InkSlingers
First published in 2003, The InkSlingers is Taylor's University's official and oldest student-run newspaper by SOC. The monthly publication features the latest events and happenings in and around the campus.
Award-Winning Communication Students at Taylor's University
Champion in the EcoWorld Recruitment Video Competition
SOC degree students emerged as Champion in the EcoWorld's Create Tomorrow and Beyond recruitment video contest 2015. The Champion award comes with a RM5,000 cash prize and an opportunity to work in the industry to reproduce the winning video for commercial use.
1st Runner Up in the Shell Fuel Save Campaign
Seven degree studentsperformed in an integrated PR and Marketing competition via a social media campaign to promote fuel efficiency and safe driving tips. They also executed on-ground activation at AvenueK Shopping Gallery.
Champions for Moving Walls Love Generator Challenge
Two teams, SOC Diploma and Degree students respectively were winners for two special categories (AmBank for Youth and Malaysia's Resume).
1st Prize in the United Against Crime initiative
Diploma students won the short video competition organised by the Crime NKRA team and the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), a division of the Prime Minister's Department.
Champion in the Shell Fuel Save Campaign
Eight students from SOC conducted research, presented a plan and implemented their proposed campaign for two months to educate the next generation of drivers on fuel efficiency.
Champion, 1st & 2nd Runner Up in Petron Malaysia "Rentetan Kejayaan – A Journey of Triumphs and Milestones"
SOC students emerged as winners in the National Student Art & Photography Competition which aims to encourage the expression of creativity and instill the preservation of arts and culture amongst youth.
Student Mobility Programme at Taylor's University
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In line with our philosophy to encourage students to "learn by doing", School of Communication collaborates with international institutions, through the Student Mobility programme.
This series of educational programmes are aimed at educating and broadening the world views of School of Communication students, and increasing their global awareness.
Leveraging on our School's international partnerships, students can choose to either complete a semester abroad or opt for a short overseas study trip. School of Communication is also developing international internship placements, and partnerships with other universities in Asia Pacific, to enhance our students' educational journey.
proPASSION COMMUNICATIONS
proPassion Communications is a Public Relations (PR) consultancy managed by the final year degree students from Taylor's School of Communication. Inaugurated in 2008 as a project under Taylor's Diploma in Communication programme, the consultancy is now a part of the "Public Relations and Events Consultancy" module in the Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) with Public Relations majors.
The collaboration between proPassion and partnered companies ensures a win-win situation, where the consultancy has already garnered successful events under its belt – having collaborated with local and international clients.
proPassion Communications is committed to two key principles: passion and professionalism.
The services provided by proPassion Communications are:
public relations campaigns
List of Clients:
Big Fish Media Sdn Bhd
da:men mall
Encorp Strand Mall
f3capital
Mypartners Communications Sdn. Bhd.
StarAsia (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Sukhita
Yubersports
Strong Industry Linkages at Taylor's School of Communication
Bridging the Industry Gap
Taylor's School of Communication's longstanding ties with the communication industry for over 10 years ensures that its students regularly engage with the industry through industrial attachments and training, inviting guest speakers, and obtaining input from industry partners on our curriculum development.
Industry Placement
As part of their study, students are required to undergo a compulsory internship programme. Students are placed with some of the most notable establishments in the industry, including local and international radio and television stations, leading newspapers, magazines, advertising and PR agencies, event management companies, TV production houses, corporate offices, social media establishments, as well as professional agencies and associations.
Due to Taylor's strong industry affiliations, our students are also able to work with multinational and international companies across various industries, such as:
ARC Worldwide
Bates Asia
DDB PR Sdn. Bhd.
Foetus International
Grey Worldwide Sdn. Bhd.
McCann Erickson (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
MindShare Malaysia
Ogilvy & Mather
Sirius Communication Sdn. Bhd.
Edelman Public Relations
Eric Pringle Associate PR
Essence Communication Sdn. Bhd.
Fleishman-Hillard Malaysia
Universal McCann
Genting Berhad
Kuala Lumpur Pavillion
Mesiniaga Berhad
Panasonic Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Shell Malaysia
Sony Malaysia
Journalism/Editorial
ACP Magazine
The Edge Communications Sdn. Bhd.
Aljazeera International (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
The Star Publications
Protemp Exhibitions Sdn. Bhd.
Roots Asia Pacisic (M) Sdn. Bhd.
Institute of Public Relations Malaysia
International Association of Business Communicators
Centre for Independent Journalism
Media Consultancy
Group MAD
PHD Media
Industry Standard Facilities for the School of Media & Communication at Taylor's University
School of Media & Communication students study in a modern tropical campus with conducive and state-of-the-art facilities catered to their studying needs at our brand new Taylor's Lakeside Campus.
The school's facilities include:
AUDIO RECORDING STUDIO
The Audio Recording Studio is specifically designed for students to learn about audio production work. It comprises a studio and a panel control room which is built with high quality acoustic materials that creates a conducive environment for professional audio recording purposes. It is well equipped with industry-standard state of the art hardware and software.
AUDIO EDITING LABORATORY
The Audio Editing Laboratory has 18 workstations complete with Apple iMac and Pro-tools editing software that enable students to acquire the skills and knowledge in audio editing process.
DIGITAL MULTI CAM STUDIO
Well-equipped with broadcast studio cameras, digital consoles and lighting equipment specific for studio recording productions that are on par with international broadcasting industry standards.
VIDEO EDITING LABORATORY
This lab has 24 workstations which are well equipped with the latest Adobe Premier Version and Final Cut Pro that is in line with the current industry practices for video editing. Students will learn about editing for still and motion picture programmes like drama, news, documentary, entertainment, sports and as well as advertising and promotional materials for both the traditional media and new media.
ADVENTURE ARENA
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Leah Chase, Matriarch and Queen of Creole Cuisine
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met Leah Chase in 1960 while visiting my Great Aunt, Elizabeth Rudison Haynes, in the Lafitte Projects, a housing project in the Tremé District of New Orleans. At 90 years old, Aunt Elizabeth's word was gospel among family members. She took one look at me and told my mom, "<|fim_middle|>uring my visit to Dooky's last summer, I invited James Pleasant and Eileen Johnston to come along. They are a couple from Washington DC that I met while enjoying a show by New Orleans trombone virtuoso, "Trombone Shorty," the evening before. I promised them that their visit to New Orleans would not be complete unless they joined me there for lunch. Dooky's and Leah Chase never disappoint. Eileen, Registrar of the Howard University Gallery of Art, was immediately blown away by the tantalizing art that adorns the restaurant walls, artists that include painter Gilbert Fletcher, Sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, Media Artist Claire Foster Burnett and Woodcut Printmaker Sue Jane Smock. James, Howard University Building Operations Manager, was floored by the overall décor, something that made him put an awesome camera to great use. We were all captivated by the splendid feast of gumbo, fried chicken, shrimp etoufeé and red beans & rice. Of course, there also was the incredible experience of oral history that only Leah Chase can so eloquently provide, spending almost half an hour at our table!
Lunch or dinner at Dooky Chase Restaurant is a must experience. It unquestionably is a New Orleans institution, Leah Chase, a Louisiana Treasure.
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For more info on Leah Chase and Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, LA, purchase a copy of American Blues, Jazz and Soul Food, now available in hardback, paperback and e-book on Ahthorhouse.com.
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Copyright © 2010-2018 Rod Rudison. All Rights Reserved | that boy is thin as a rail. Baby, here's a dollar, go across the street to Dooky's and get yourself a sandwich." I immediately went outside, crossed the common grounds at a good pace and was greeted by Leah Chase as I strolled up to the counter of Dooky Chase Restaurant. She studied me, smiled, then asked, "what you want darlin'? My response, I don't know. She then said, "you wait right here," came back 5 minutes later and said, "try this oyster po'boy." I have been hooked on Dooky's ever since and a lifelong fan of "Mama" Chase.
aving visited with restaurateurs throughout the southern United States, I am most compelled by those that are "family affairs." Dooky Chase Restaurant was founded in 1941 by Edgar "Dooky" Chase Sr. and his wife, Emily Chase. Their son, trumpeter, composer and orchestra leader Dooky Chase, Jr. married Leah in 1945. Years later, when the elder Chase began to decline in health, Edward Chase Jr. stopped touring, he and Leah opting to help out with the restaurant, then taking over management when the senior Chase passed away. Decades later, Edgar Chase IV, great grandson of the founder, gave up an accounting career and enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu, a world renown Culinary School in Paris, France. He now is Dooky Chase's Executive Chef. Leah's daughter and namesake, Leah Chase, an accomplished jazz vocalist, and Edgar Chase IV's twin brothers, Travis and Trevor Chase, also are active in the restaurant. Leah Chase remains Matriarch and Queen.
eah chase has written cookbooks, appeared on national cooking shows with other celebrity chefs such as Julia Childs, and has received numerous honorary degrees. National and international media outlets have celebrated her life with hundreds of articles and documentaries. Her community involvement is extensive, serving on the boards of several New Orleans foundations including the Urban League, Arts council of New Orleans and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Leah Chase's awards also have been numerous, from organizations as diverse as the NAACP, National Conference of Christian & Jews and the National Council of Negro Women.
he reputation of a great chef also can be measured by the diversity of the clientele served. Leah Chase is beloved by patrons throughout the world. The list of celebrities in America that have been served and entertained by "Mama" Chase reads like a "who's who" of American History: President Barak Obama, former President George W. Bush, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Poitier, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Cicely Tyson, Toni Morrison and many, many more. Having lived in New Orleans during the 1950s, the legendary Ray Charles was so enamored of Dooky Chase that he included the restaurant in the lyrics to his song, Early Morning Blues, ..I went down to Dooky Chase to get something to eat, the waitress said to me, 'Ray you sure look beat.' Now it's early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues… Ray's love affair with Dooky's and their red beans & rice and fried chicken may have been his inspiration for "endowing a chair" for the study of African American Culinary Arts at Dillard University in New Orleans. He bestowed a gift of one million dollars to the university after accepting an Honorary Degree in May of 2003.
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As of updated September 19 2017 the total homes and condos for sale in Calgary are approx. 5000 plus. The Calgary real estate market continues to offer a great quality of condominium living at a reasonable value. Condo listings have increased in the last months and represent an opportunity for the qualified buyer to make a serious investment at a good price. Motivated sellers drive down the selling prices of other Crescent Heights condos for sale in NW Calgary.
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The neighborhood has a host of properties of great interest to potential buyers, combining avant-garde facilities with traditional charm. If you dream of creating your own unique abode, Crescent Heights condos for sale Calgary make an ideal real estate investment, catering to every age, style, and budget.
Edmonton Trail is a hub of bars, shops, and restaurants, with OEB and Diner Deluxe being the local favorites if you wish to grab a bite to eat. Shopping enthusiasts will love to explore the Market Mall, North Hill Mall, and Home Depot. Recreation lovers can have a day well spent at the Chinese Cultural Centre and the nearby Eau Claire Plaza, which hosts festivities.
Still looking for reasons to invest in a property on Crescent Heights condo listings? Well, the community offers residents a mix of urban living with the old-world charm, with plenty of amenities to make life easier. The 167 steps from the Crescent Road to the Memorial Drive are a hub of runners. There are plenty of relaxation opportunities in the Bow Valley Parkway.
The Crescent Heights Community Association is responsible for managing a range of facilities that offer residents plenty of fun and relaxation, from a tennis court to an athletic field, a skating rink, and a tennis court. Crescent Heights High School is a popular educational hub for young children. Besides, there are Alberta College of Art and Design and SAIT Polytechnic in the neighborhood that make it widely popular for professionals and students.
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For the theatrically inspired kid there's nothing like a summer spent putting on a show! Your kid doesn't have to be interested in booking a national commercial or acing a Broadway audition. Any kid can benefit from the camaraderie, dedication, courage and communication skills required for this amazing art form.
Consider these top-notch camps for a good kind of summer drama!
The hills are alive this summer in Chappaqua. This performing arts musical theater and art camp is featuring "The Sound of Music." Kids explore acting, singing, song writing, and ensemble work. Add to that private music lessons in two instruments, drawing and painting, dance, design and set building! The summer culminates with a performance in a professional theatre.
Artistree Performing Arts (formerly Applause Westchester) holds theater present camps for school breaks and all summer long! Owners Heather and Peter Capelle hold week-long performing arts camps where students engage in acting, singing, dancing, and filmmaking. Three age groups (ages 3-5, grades K-3, grades 4 & 5 grade) help children explore the arts in age-appropriate ways. Artistree's three-week summer intensives allow students to put on a full musical! Coaching and other opportunities open to older kids.
Broadway Training Center of Westchester runs six Performing Arts Workshops this summer where kids can "develop character on and off stage." Workshops include: Stage to Screen; The Tempest; One Act Festival; Sprouting Stars; Young Actors; Teen<|fim_middle|> performance on the final day of the session.
Curtain Call offers two programs for youngsters Summerstock and Summerstock Junior. Each is a full-day, conservatory-style summer workshop program. Kids in age-appropriate groups, rotate between a variety of subjects including acting, improv, voice and dance. No experience required. Sibling discounts, scholarships and payment plans are available.
At The Play Group Theatre, kids find their imaginations challenged and their creative soul nurtured. PGT offers professional-quality training in a one-of-a-kind artistically challenging, yet nurturing environment. Their camp is located in its own air-conditioned performing arts complex, which includes two theatres, and rehearsal and design studios. Programs include Teen Co., Young Actors ensemble, Mainstage, PGT kids, Design/Tech, Improv Week and Little Theatre.
This warm and nurturing seven-week program is for children 18 months to 5 years. Campers are engaged in fun, summer activities such as sports, music, art, story time, water play and much more. There are special theme days such as Circus Day, Hawaiian Day or Carnival Day. Friendships are formed while children grow socially, emotionally and intellectually. Full and half-days are available.
This summer Theater O offers The Camp of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Housed on Bethany Arts Community's beautiful Ossining campus, the camp is open to muggles ages 8-14. Staffed by Theater O, TCoWaW explores the magical world of The Boy Who Lived through theater, art, music, puppetry, storytelling, games and more. Weekly rates available with 10 percent off additional weeks. Also check out their Fairy Tale Camp and Summer Show Camp. | Intensive. Each intensive is one-week long and is specially suited to a specific age. Several of the weeklong workshops include a mini | 27 |
Lugging logs in from the cold all winter, tending to a fire and cleaning out the fireplace are all things of the past with this Wildwood log set. These exceptionally realistic logs are molded from Refractory Ceramics. Wood grain and bark detailing is then hand painted by the artisans at Empire. The matching vent free Extended Bed Harmony burner provides 38,000 BTUs of supplemental heating power to quickly and efficiently heat your space. Baffles in the precision-ported burners produce a realistic flickering flame that makes any space instantly<|fim_middle|>. The Extended Bed Harmony burner pilot can be controlled with either the included remote or directly via the controls on the burner. The expanded ember bed on this set adds another inch of glowing embers at the front of the fireplace for added character. For safety, an Oxygen Depletion System will shut down the burner if the oxygen levels become unsafe. All gas log sets from Empire Comfort Systems are designed and tested to ANSI standards. Empire proudly manufactures their Gas Log sets in the USA. This set features an electronic non-standing pilot control valve with thermostatic control and variable flame height that is operated by a switch or the included remote. | more inviting. This Extended Bed Harmony burner comes with a thermostatic remote to automatically keep the temperature in the room within 3 degrees Fahrenheit of the user set temperature | 33 |
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Helping sick babies a labor of love for nurse
Pediatric intensive care nurse with 40-plus years of service at Norton Children's Hospital shows compassion for families
Helping sick babies a labor of love for nurse Pediatric intensive care nurse with 40-plus years of service at Norton Children's Hospital shows compassion for families Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/2pAOZpQ
Darla Carter, @PrimeDarla Published 8:02 a.m. ET May 11, 2017 | Updated 12:08 p.m. ET May 13, 2017
Registered Nurse Joanie Strotman is one of the longest tenured nurses at Norton Children's Hospital. Here, she tenderly attends to an infant patient in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. 25 April 2017 (Photo: David R. Lutman/Special to The CJ)Buy Photo
At age 64, Louisville nurse Joanie Strotman refers to herself as an "old maid" because she's single and has no kids of her own.
But she's had, perhaps, thousands of surrogate children – the patients she's cared for during her nearly 45-year career at Norton Children's Hospital.
Strotman is one of the longest-serving nurses on staff at the downtown hospital, which celebrated its 125th birthday in January.
The 4-foot-11-inch dynamo works from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the "Just for Kids" Critical Care Center, where she cares for patients with faulty hearts.
"I just can't imagine doing anything else," said Strotman, a fixture in the pediatric intensive care unit. "… I've been a lucky lady."
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Recently, she stood at the crib of one of her sick patients, gently tending to the infant as a visitor complimented her for having the magic touch.
"It took a little practice, but I finally got it," said Strotman, who's been working on<|fim_middle|>. 25 April 2017 (Photo: David R. Lutman/Special to The CJ)
It was clear that Strotman "loved my baby like I loved my baby," said Carter, whose daughter is now 24. "I've been on both sides of that bed – the family side of the bed twice and the nurse side of the bed. Nothing makes a mom feel more comforted than to know there's somebody in that room that, No. 1, they have the knowledge to help the child and, No. 2, they care about the child. That's huge. … She may say she's just doing her job, but she's doing above and beyond her job."
Like the time that Elizabeth had to be in the hospital on her birthday, and Joanie made Queen Elizabeth signs and a crown for the gjrl, who is cognitively impaired from a stroke she suffered after surgery. Strotman always treated us like "Elizabeth was really special to her," Carter said.
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Strotman said she's developed a friendship with many of the families who've come through the unit over the years.
"You try to keep a certain amount of distance, but it's hard, you know, because most of the time the parents are there at the bedside most of the day," she said. "... You get to know them and you get to know about their family and about their other children and their home life and sometimes their careers. Pretty much everything."
Gruebbel tells a story about a taxi driver who went to the hospital and came across Strotman long after she'd taken care of his late son. "Not only did she remember him. Joanie could tell him specific details about his child. They hugged, they cried and dad said, 'You know what I remember most is the day that he died, you were getting ready to go home and you wouldn't leave me until they were ready to take him away from us,' so that is absolutely the kind of nurse she is."
Handling deaths is the hardest part of the job, said Strotman, who has attended the funerals of some of her patients.
"Sometimes, you just need that for closure ... like when someone in your family dies," she said.
But she takes heart in knowing that many children are living longer because of medical advancements that have occurred since she first began her career.
"We're able to save so many more children, fortunately, than we were back then … not only able to save them but able to actually correct their entire defect with one surgery whereas back then, it took two surgeries or three surgeries to fix them," she said.
Through the years, Strotman has acquired countless knowledge that she's been able to pass along to her co-workers.
Gruebbel, who trained under Strotman, said, "She's always teaching, whether she knows she is or not, just through her conversation and that breadth of knowledge that she has."
Registered Nurse Joanie Strotman is one of the longest tenured nurses at Norton Children's Hospital. Here, Strotman consults with Lauren Curry, a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Assistant Nurse Manager, about a medical record on a station computer. 25 April 2017 (Photo: David R. Lutman/Special to The CJ)
Carter, who became a registered nurse after her daughter's surgery, found Strotman to be an invaluable resource when she worked with her at the pediatric intensive care unit.
"If she didn't know the answer, which was kind of rare, I must say, she could tell you where to find the answer," Carter said. "The PICU is a very stressful place to work," but Strotman "was always encouraging."
Anytime you need someone to answer a question or to troubleshoot for you, Strotman is the go-to resource for younger nurses, said Annie Treadway, 26.
"She's mama around here," said Treadway, a fellow RN. "She knows all."
Reporter Darla Carter can be reached at (502) 582-7068 or dcarter@courier-journal.com.
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Strotman arrived at the hospital in 1972, fresh out of Louisville's now-defunct Norton Memorial Infirmary School of Nursing.
"Pediatrics was really not something that I was that familiar with, but it was just my love of children that made me want to do it," she said.
The registered nurse briefly worked in a burn unit at the hospital, then floated to various other areas until a steady position opened up in the intensive care unit, where she developed her love of taking care of heart patients.
"One of the most rewarding things about having only had one job in my whole life has been the people -- the people that I work with and the families that I've met," said Strotman, who will retire next year at age 66.
She cares for people of various ages, from newborns to adults. Usually, they've come in for heart surgery or issues related to congenital heart disease.
"Adults are bigger babies than children are when it comes to being sick," she said. "Children don't want to be sick. They want to be up and playing and be well."
Strotman's responsibilities are numerous, from doing patient assessments and giving medications to starting IVs.
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But it's her "presence, her professionalism, her calmness, her compassion, her connection" that's "absolutely amazing," said Cis Gruebbel, vice president of pediatric operations and chief nursing officer for the children's hospital.
Jeanette Carter, 53, of Crestwood witnessed that first-hand when Strotman cared for her daughter, Elizabeth, in 1993, and granddaughter Aubrey Hensley in 2012. Both girls were born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a combination of four heart defects. The condition causes oxygen-poor blood to flow out of the heart and to the rest of the body, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Following open-heart surgery in April 1993, Elizabeth, who was then 6 months old, went into cardiac arrest and had to be placed on a machine to support her heart and lungs.
"We finally got to go back and see her about 3:30 in the morning and there stood Joanie who was supposed to have gotten off at 11," Carter said. "I teared up and said, 'Oh, my gosh, you stayed' and she said, 'Of course, I stayed. I would have worried about her.'"
That was profound to Carter, who had spent the day feeling as if her world was crashing down on her as Elizabeth went through a series of medical crises.
Registered Nurse Joanie Strotman is one of the longest tenured nurses at Norton Children's Hospital. Here, she inputs treatment data into a station computer in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. To the rear, helping Strotman care for an infant is Katherine Walker, a respiratory care practitioner | 633 |
In fall 2011, Kelli joined the tennis team at Lyons Township High School and, not surprisingly, made an impact as much on the team as on the court. Kelli loved playing tennis, but even more<|fim_middle|>, Oct. 1. | , she loved making new friends.
She also made an impression on her competitors, including those who played on rivals like Hinsdale Central, York, and Lincoln Way East high schools. In fact, after her passing, those schools sent counselors to LT to help Kelli's classmates cope with their grief.
For the past several years, LT's tennis team has played in a special Freshmen tournament with those three high schools as a way to honor Kelli's memory and establish camaraderie among the teams.
This year's tournament, held in late August, marked the retirement of Kelli's coach and tournament founder Ron Leban (in blue shown above) and the welcoming of the new JV tennis coach at LT, Jenna Reisch, who has been part of the LT and west suburban tennis family for several years.
LT's team beat Hinsdale Central and York this year, losing its doubles game to Lincoln Way East. "I was proud to see everyone try their hardest and further learn the game of tennis," Jenna declared.
The 2017 LTHS tennis team's spirit of JOY extends off the court in other ways, as they plan to volunteer during the annual Run for Kelli on Sunday | 244 |
1995 - President Mandela: State of the Nation Address, 24 February 1995 (after National Elections)
Speeches and Public Statements
CLOSING ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA: PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, 24 FEBRUARY 1995
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker;
President and Deputy President of the Senate;
Deputy President FW de Klerk;
Ministers and Deputy Ministers;
Honourable Members of the Assembly and Senators;
It was to be expected that in a society as<|fim_middle|> government is having to reprioritise in order to bring a better life for all South Africans.
We must pay in the spirit of Masakhane, so that we can build together.
The Masakhane campaign is backed by the Government of National Unity. It is supported by religious and community leaders across the country and it has benefited substantially from business support.
The time to build has arrived. The time to build together, and to build each other.
We have, as elected representatives, set out in full view of our people and the world the challenges that face us as a nation. We have solemnly committed ourselves to programmes that will set South Africa firmly on the road to prosperity and a better life for all.
This task is definitely not an easy one to fulfil. But, conditions throughout the world and within our economy are favourable for us to make a resounding success of our programmes. Let us seize the moment!
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Last Updated 26 August 2019 | politically vigorous as ours; a country with such a rich history; and a society which has experienced such trials and tribulations; there should be a vibrant parliament.
I therefore wish to express my sincere appreciation for the excellent, exciting and eventful debate on this year's State of the Nation Address.
It was a joy to listen tot he contributions of all the speakers, even in instances where one did not agree with their points of view. Each one individually, and all collectively as parties, sought to make their mark on the renaissance of the South African nation unfolding before our very own eyes.
At the end of this debate, one can say that all of us, in our own humble way, are making that mark; contributing to nation-building and reconstruction. I am told that even those who sought to make their point strongly by suspending their active participation in the national parliament, did so after utilising much of the time allocated to them in this debate. We congratulate them for that.
We are heartened by the commitment expressed by all the parties in this chamber to work together for the good of the country. We welcome this commitment, too, from those who did so in qualified manner; and I will return to this later.
Necessarily, and perhaps actually by design, much has been made of the actions of the Inkatha Freedom Party. It is therefore appropriate that we deal with this first, before delving into the serious business of implementation of governmental programmes.
As we have already stated, we strongly disapprove of this action. Because it is here in these chambers where the blast furnace of policy formulation is located. It is here, that ideas should be pitted against one another and differences ironed out.
Yet we should acknowledge that in a vibrant democracy, it is the right of any party or individual to walk in and walk out of parliament. As long as this does not mean abandonment of the democratic ideal. As long as it does not mean withdrawal from the institutions that the nation founded in April of last year.
We disapprove of this behaviour from the point of view also of the interests of the country as a whole; it does not reinforce confidence on the part of our people and the international community in the capacity of leaders to use democratic institutions to resolve differences. But our concern goes particularly to those who voted the IFP into these institutions.
In this context I wish to address them directly:
You elected these IFP representatives into parliament to articulate your interests and pursue what you hold dear to your hearts. You did so also because you were convinced that they are not cowards who would exit from these hallowed chambers at the slightest hint of a problem. You had confidence that they would stand their ground in the National Assembly and the Senate and, within the rules, assert your point of view.
None of the problems they have raised will be resolved by means of walk-outs. It is your responsibility to call them to order. In the tradition of Shaka, Makhanda, Cetshwayo, Moshoeshoe, Ramabulana, Sekhukhuni and Nghunghunyana, send them back to come and slog it out here in parliament and not to run away!
Let me once more reiterate the principles which guide the ANC's approach to the issue of international mediation, which has been raised, ostensibly, as the reason for this irrational behaviour.
Firstly, the ANC has stated over and over again that it is committed to the agreement which was reached on 19 April 1994. It is precisely for this reason that a sub-committee was formed to look into the matter.
Secondly, sheer logic tells us that, to invite any eminent persons to undertake this task, requires that there should be clear terms of reference. This is precisely what the tri-partite sub-committee was discussing.
Thirdly, we are examining any steps that might be needed to deal with the issue. On the part of the ANC, we will delegate Deputy-President Mbeki to take this matter up as soon as he returns from his trip abroad. In the mean-time, I will this afternoon meet Chief Buthelezi at Genadendal in order to explore possible solutions to this problem.
Fourthly, the ANC - and I believe other rational parties - would not want to be party to an approach that seeks to treat a matter pertaining to the King and Kingdom of KwaZulu-Natal as if the King did not exist. Neither would we accept attempts to arrogate to any political party the right to speak on behalf of any King or Kingdom.
Let me however make one issue very clear. While we do recognise the right of people to undertake any action within the limits of the law; while we are committed to political solutions to this problem; we cannot and must not, as a nation and as a government, allow threats and the actual perpetration of violence to go unchallenged.
We are confident that South Africans of all political persuasions, including the media, will support the right of government to carry out its obligations to the nation as prescribed in the constitution; that they shall not approach this matter in a manner that encourages irresponsibility, lawlessness and blackmail.
The measure of the progress our nation is making should be the extent to which we set the stage for actual implementation of programmes. It should be measured by our success, as elected representatives, in involving the people in policy formulation and implementation.
This is the real foundation for the consensus that binds South Africa society. It is a consensus not confined to us in these chambers nor to the national or provincial executives. It is, above everything else, a living partnership of social structures united in pursuit of common goals.
NEDLAC, which we launched a day after the opening of parliament, the historic agreements in the area of housing, the debates in the field of health which should culminate in such consensus, the successes in the area of education and many others - all these are a vivid expression of a nation united in an effort to improve its lot.
To lose sight of this would be an act of disrespect towards those ordinary South Africans who are themselves ready to assume their responsibilities.
A number of Honourable members reported on the impact that socio-economic programmes are making on citizens, especially the poor.
We cannot fail to recognise the progress in these projects - be it urban and rural renewal, supply of water, free medical care or the nutrition programme. Certainly the pace of launching these programmes may not have been as rapid as we had intended. Certainly, there are many teething problems. But a start has been made. And there is a definite commitment to make visible change one of the beacons of the government's operations this year.
Indeed, in many other areas, the planning process has yet to be completed. But, working together with communities, we will ensure that there is a sense of urgency in our handling of these matters. We will ensure that there is a little delay as possible between the completion of the plans and their actual implementation.
Many issues raised in the debate bear testimony to the seriousness of the problems we face; concerns that you, as elected representatives, bring from the ground. A few of them deserve special mention.
As I indicated last Friday, the Minister of Safety and Security and the Commissioner of Police have been instructed to take immediate steps to deal with the problem of crime and violence. At their disposal is a police service already well on the path to transformation. The basis of the Government's approach is that we must all of us, as institutions, as communities and as individuals, take responsibility for the war against crime.
On its part, the government has made clear its intention to address the matter of the unacceptably low pay for the lower ranks of the police, and the shocking conditions under which they work. In addressing society's socio-economic problems, we are also conscious of the fact that these problems are at the root of this scourge.
However, too often the word "crime" is taken too narrowly when there are calls for action against it. There is a kind of crime that is much less visible but whose existence is well-known. White collar crime and theft committed within businesses cost the country enormous resources; and they need to be combated with equal vigour.
Inversely, references to the government's commitment to stamp out anarchy and lawlessness in mass protests is interpreted broadly to mean union-bashing and suppressing people's rights. Let us make it clear once more, that our recognition of the right to protest and to strike is unshakeable. These are rights guaranteed by the constitution itself. What we shall deal with firmly - and this is no idle threat - is the breaking of the law through acts of vandalism, taking of hostages, blockades of roads and damage to property.
Understandably, the issue of corruption loomed large in this debate. The threat that corrupt norms implanted by apartheid may survive and overwhelm us as we set about building on new values, is one that alarms us. It is a threat that, as government, we are determined to forestall. The Cabinet is finalising a Code of Conduct for its members, a code that shall be firmly applied.
However, if the sanctions against corrupt practices are not carried out in every corner with equal fervour - government and civil service, political parties, private business and non-governmental organisations - this scourge will remain with us.
Having said this, we repeat our insistence on due process. If we were to abandon the principles of justice, we would be subverting the very basic values that underpin our democracy.
It is understandable that the issue of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission featured highly in the debate. Even within these hallowed chambers, stark were the emotions that this discussion evoked.
This underlines, on the one hand, the absolute need for such a Commission. Condemnation of this process, bluntly put, is an insult to the memory of the victims of the gross violations of human rights and their relatives.
On the other hand, the passions around by this debate should send a clear massage to us as leaders, that we have got a responsibility to manage this process in a sensitive manner.
We are confident that parliament will handle this matter with the maturity it deserves: to ensure that the truth comes out into the open; to guarantee even-handedness; and to bring about reconciliation. At the end of the day, we are called upon to sew together the seams of a divided nation, without leaving the dirt of the past embedded in its body politic.
Therefore, it behoves all of us, from whichever side of the political divide, to give leadership to our constituencies and ensure that there is full co-operation with the work of the Commission.
Alongside the warm support for the goals set out in the opening address, goals which are the declared objectives of the Government of National Unity, there was a second theme running strongly through some of the contributions. This other voice professed doubt that the goals could be implemented because, it said, the ANC's constituency was not fully behind the programme of the Government of National Unity.
The ANC recognises the responsibility it has to mobilise people in all their organised formations everywhere, in every sphere of life. We have always taken on that task without reservation. The political forces which were united in removing oppression from our land will bear with equal effect on the task of reconstruction and development. We need no urging on this.
As the majority party we have the responsibility to lead by example. Where problems do arise within our ranks, we will address them frankly and openly so that we can fully and effectively defend democracy.
It is to be hoped that the doubt concerning capacity to implement the RDP, coming so forcefully from some speakers, does not betoken a readiness to stand back. We hope it does not reflect a readiness to undermine the implementation of the RDP, in the belief that there has been found what one speaker to my left called the "Achilles heel" of the ANC.
All parties, especially those participating in the Government of National Unity, have a responsibility to work together for the goals which have become the common ideals of our nation.
Society as a whole has a responsibility to work for transformation. Partnership is central to our success.
Society also has the right to take its destiny into its own hands, at every level. That is the significance of the local government elections, and that is why we are determined that no-one should be denied the right to vote.
I would like to take this opportunity to call once more on our people in their millions, of every persuasion and party, to register themselves for the local government elections.
In that connection, religious leaders, teachers, traditional leaders and other community leaders, as persons of standing in their communities, have an especially valuable role to play. In particular it is imperative that traditional leaders co-operate in this campaign and contribute to changing our country. I am confident that discussions on issues pertaining to traditional authorities will conclude in ways satisfactory to everyone involved.
With local government elections, the most important barriers to programmes for transformation will fall away. Each and every community will be able to participate without restraint in the planning and development of projects in their localities.
The speed with which South Africans have turned from division and conflict to knitting the fabric of a normal society, has become a source of pride to us as a nation.
There have been unavoidable conflicts and tensions. They are inherent in such a process of change. But they have been mercifully few, far outshone by the steps signalling transformation and progress.
One of the steps which brought us where we are today was the boycott of local authorities by communities, determine to assume their share of responsibility for their own liberation.
Thanks to the political transition to which that action contributed, we have been able already to establish within government the capacity to implement programmes of change. We have started to address the most urgent needs of our people.
We have been able to do so because we are a government of all the people of South Africa. But far as we have come, we face immense challenges as we week to build a better life for all South Africans, a long road on which we have only just set out.
Our history cast government and people in hostile roles. Such a history inevitably set a brake on the speed with which communities could embrace government, above all local government, as their own.
But the process of democratisation is irreversible. The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility.
It is the responsibility of participation and partnership. The responsibility of each of us for one another. The responsibility captured in the saying: "Masakhane" - "Let us build one another".
On the part of government this means ensuring efficient and frugal use of resources, providing services to all the people, carrying through the transformation of government structures towards reconstruction and development.
It means improved services and infrastructure. Housing subsidies must reach the people they are intended for. People have the right not only to hear about change from their leaders, here in Parliament. They have a right to see change on their doorsteps.
On the part of business, it means drawing on its resources and managerial ability to help transform South Africa efficiently and productively. It means providing for training and skills development. The pledge by the financial institutions of 50 000 bonds for low income housing sets a standard to be emulated by other sectors of the business community.
Investment opportunities need not always lie in Sandton and Rosebank - they make sense in Soweto and Khayelitsha too.
For these things to happen, communities must themselves create a climate which is conducive to investment, and an environment in which government will have to live up to the high standards of honesty, efficiency and openness which our country now expects of public officials.
Communities must take responsibility for projects which are meant to serve them. The disregard for a community's assets - its schools and clinics and parks - must be consigned to history.
The urgent task is to instil everywhere a culture of payment for services rendered. There are still many places where housing and services are not being paid for. These are not organised boycotts with a political purpose, designed to hurt apartheid. Non-payment today hurts those who have nothing and who are waiting for houses, electricity and sewerage. It hurts neighbours who must carry an unfair burden.
Whatever is withheld is kept out of our investment programmes for housing and services. Although we are putting massive resources into these things, we cannot continue doing so if money does not come back into the system through payment.
We do understand that many people are struggling financially, and may have difficulty in finding money to pay for services rendered. But we need to reprioritise our family budgets, just as the | 3,390 |
Yesterday I needed some paper<|fim_middle|> pay raise! | for some new drawings, and so I dropped by the Plaza art supply store at 1594B Rockville Pike in Rockville, MD. Although this store is about five miles from my house, I had never been there before, as I had frequented the now closed Pearl store also on the Pike.
I stumbled on a great sale on stretched canvas (70% off), but the great discovery on this particular store is that there is a guy working there named Ed who is an absolute gem. This dude knows his art supplies!
In fact, over the last few years I've been doing most of my art supply buying online, and today I rediscovered the joy of going through a really good art store and discovering a host of new products that I never knew existed, thanks to this Ed guy, who is a talking machine who clearly loves his job.
He turned me onto these new washable charcoal pencils. They are charcoal pencils, but once down you can treat them like watercolors. And also the blackest charcoal stick/stump that I've ever seen put down on paper - also washable like a watercolor and leaving behind an absolutely gorgeous black.
And these new water soluble oils! Ed has experimented with them all and thus offered me a hands on opinion on which to try.
He also turned me onto Gamsol thinner for oils; odorless and truly toxic less and onto Golden acrylic ground! Expect new artwork explorations from the Lenster.
I went in there to get a couple of 30x40 sheets of acid free drawing paper and came out with $250 of new art supplies.
Plaza, this guy is a jewel - give him a | 342 |
Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises?
30 April 2020 - Evanson Z Sambala, Lenore Manderson and Sara Cooper
There are lessons for the health sector - the need for more coherent integration<|fim_middle|> pricing within the functions of the proposed supply-side regulator.
The supply-side regulator includes systems which would allow for a real time description of:
providers – which ones exist and where they're operating
where beds are located, their purpose (medical or surgical) and level of care (general, high care or intensive care), and
information on utilisation rates.
The report set out how the regulator could rationalise various functions which are currently poorly coordinated or absent across the private and public sector.
The report emphasised that the efficiency of, and access to, care required having information about health sector capability and quality across the entire health sector. This would enable resources to be used rationally.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that such an approach is essential.
Set up this way, the regulator would form an essential mechanism going forward to ensure that South Africa was prepared for possible future emergencies.
Learning from COVID-19
There are two lessons here. For the health sector the need for more coherent integration is undeniable. Perhaps this exemption and working together to protect South Africa from the effects of this pandemic can build trust between players and will ease South Africans into a more rational and integrated healthcare system.
The second lesson is about intersectoral action and Health in all Policies that South Africa has seen illustrated to mitigate the threat of COVID-19. Poverty, inequality and unemployment similarly threaten the wellbeing of individuals in South Africa.
Equally urgent is the need to develop a mindset that understands that all policies aimed at development require integrated action. This means involving a range of players across government departments, across the public private divide, and must include social mobilisation and engagement with communities. The response to COVID-19 illustrates this well.
South Africa has managed to do this for health. It must be possible to do it in other areas of public policy. This needs to be extended further to build a more equal South Africa.
Lungiswa Nkonki, Senior Lecturer, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University and Sharon Fonn, Professsor of Public Health; Co-Director Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa; Panel Member, Private Healthcare Market Inquiry, University of the Witwatersrand. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. | is undeniable.
South Africa reported its first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 5 March 2020. In the weeks that followed the country saw decisive, strong leadership from President Cyril Ramaphosa. It has also seen significant, important and necessary co-ordination between different ministries. These have included education, justice, health, trade and industry, transport, public works and infrastructure and finance.
The rapid pace at which steps were taken was impressive. More important was the all-encompassing intersectoral approach. Ministries with different mandates and areas of focus are working in concert for a common cause.
Intersectoral action recognises that health and wellbeing is influenced by where and how people live, where they work, what transport they use, and their access to water, sanitation, economic hubs and services. Health is socially determined. To improve health, coordinated action is required between ministries that don't have health as their core mandate.
This is what "Health in All Policies" is about – a coherent approach to health policies set out by the World Health Organisation that's been adopted by a number of countries, but by no means all. Without this coordination a long and healthy life for all cannot be achieved.
COVID-19 has dramatically highlighted the need for a more integrated healthcare system.
In a letter published in the South African Medical Journal we argue that the threat that COVID-19 presents has resulted in both leadership from government and apparent willingness of all South Africans to play their part. It presents a number of opportunities that should be exploited to the full.
One stark insight is that pooling resources across the health sector is needed to address this pandemic. This includes the rational use of hospitals, high care beds and laboratory testing capability.
Exemption to help co-ordination
The trend for pooling resources is being encouraged by South Africa's Competition Commission, which published a COVID-19 block exemption for the healthcare sector.
The exemption seeks to promote co-ordination, sharing of information and standardisation of practice across the entire healthcare sector. The aim is to facilitate cost reduction measures, allowing possible procurement efficiency in purchasing of diagnostic tests, treatment and other preventive measures.
In particular the exemption seeks to promote agreement between the national department of health and the private sector to make facilities available to the public sector. For example, if government wants to use private sector bed capacity it may be able to use its drug related single exit price experience to negotiate the cost.
The makings of a roadmap
Late last year South Africa released a Health Market Inquiry report. It found excessive use of private health care; more care was delivered than could be explained by the level of illness of the private sector population.
The report also found that the sector would benefit from better regulation.
It made a number of recommendations that promote standardisation and knowledge-sharing as well as a method to deal with | 580 |
The Monster of Elendhaven
Jennifer Giesbrecht
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A Finalist for the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award!
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"Elendhaven is as fully formed as Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" series with truly repellent characters who don't possess a shred of moral fiber. Yet the right readers will still love them, as newcomer Giesbrecht is a fantasy writer to watch with a sure command of her world." —Library Journal Starred Review
"Gorily gothic, darkly baroque, rotten with magic and shot with shafts of wicked humor, The Monster of Elendhaven is a perfect nightmare." —Margo Lanagan, author of The Bridges of Rollrock Island
"Giesbrecht's words don't ask, they don't wonder, they don't hope or plead or bargain. They command you to have the experience that she knows you will have, to see what she knows you will see." —Andrew Hussie, creator of Homestuck
"Jennifer Giesbrecht's The Monster of Elendhaven is a gothic delight, dark as an oil-slick and iridescent with feral humour, bruise-violet prose, and a fascinatingly depraved tragic romance." —Indrapramit Das, author of The Devourers
"Delicate, jagged, and unrepentant, The Monster of Elendhaven has the linguistic febrility of Peake and the brutal sentiment of a gothic, perfectly framed in a secondary-world Hanseatic League setting that is as unusual as it is compelling." —Arkady Martine, author of A Memory Called Empire
"Horror fans will want to grab this one — Giesbrecht has an extremely compelling voice." —Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians
"The Monster of Elendhaven is so much more than it seems. In Giesbrecht | 690 |
On the True Crime Memoir
True crime has two kinds of readers. The first kind are drawn to the procedural elements: the clues and evidence, possible suspects, forensic techniques, psychological profiling, and trial strategy. Books that foreground these elements investigate the criminal mind, describe the hunt, and celebrate the capture. They're generally written from the point of view of police investigators, and sympathetic to the prosecution.
To the second type of reader—and I count myself among them—the lure of true crime is the way it cracks open the heart of human relationships. After all, the passions that lead to murder are those that, albeit in a less extreme form, we're all familiar with: envy, greed, lust, longing, desire, despair. Our feelings for one another are writ large in these acts; by looking closely at those who commit them, we can better understand ourselves. As George Bernard Shaw reminded us, "When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn?" His answer: "To the murder column."
Personally, I particularly enjoy those books in which the crime, while it remains at the heart of the book, becomes a catalyst for reflection, anecdote, observation, and speculation. If I like the way an author thinks, I don't mind where she takes me. Readers accustomed to the kind of books published by the Pinnacle True Crime imprint—mass market paperbacks with glossy covers and a well-established structure—may be confused or irritated by these narrative excursions. Many prefer their true crime neat, not mixed, or with a twist.
These readers may not be fans of the true crime memoir (first-person narratives recounting a case in which the author is involved, sometimes loosely, or after the fact.) There's a delicate balance involved in writing a book that combines these genres—there are a lot of ways it can go wrong—and the prime architects of the form are women. This may be because both true crime and memoir are genres dominated by female writers, or it may be that women are better than men at keeping themselves in the background, listening and observing, resisting the urge to play detective. To win our sympathy, the narrator of a book like this must be subtle, gently encouraging us to take a certain view of the case without coming between the reader and the story. This is best achieved by the quiet accumulation of small details rather than a piling up of forensic facts. Those who read true crime for its human elements may be bored by ballistics, and while convoluted scientific evidence may help solve the case, too much of it can slow things down.
The success of the true crime memoir balances on the author's voice. Many fascinating stories are spoiled by an author who seems indulgent and self-involved, especially if her tie to the case seems tangential. Such authors often seem to be exploiting a loose or vague connection to a high-profile murder. Juxtaposed with the trauma experienced by the victim, details of the writer's daily life can seem trivial, her own unhappiness exaggerated or overblown.
Authors with a minor connection with the case are most successful when they take a background role. A good example is Emmanuel Carrère, in his book The Adversary–A True Story of Monstrous Deception (Folio, 2001, translated by Linda Coverdale), the story of an epic and finally murderous imposter. Carrère has no direct connection to the case of Jean-Claude Romand, a seemingly wealthy and successful doctor who proves to be a cowardly fraud, although his life had certain parallels (the book begins, "On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean-Claude Romand was killing<|fim_middle|> written by people directly involved in the case. There are plenty of books written (more often co-written, or ghost-written) by the families of victims, or by those who survived, but most are sentimental and formulaic. Although there are some interesting books by a perpetrator's family and friends (most notably Lionel Dahmer's A Father's Story, published by Time Warner in 1994), it's almost impossible to find a well-written, thoughtful autobiography by a perpetrator. This is partly because many states have legislation preventing criminals from profiting from the publicity of their crimes, but it's also because such a book would be almost impossible to market. The criminal memoirs that do exist tend to be either self-serving monologues, or sanctimonious tales of redemption.
The only exception I've ever come across is Life Plus 99 Years by Nathan Leopold, Jr., published in 1958 by Doubleday, and long out of print. Leopold ("of the Leopold and Loeb case," the book jacket–surely unnecessarily–reminds us), was arrested and imprisoned in 1925, and spent 35 years behind bars for the crime (Loeb was killed in prison in 1936). This is the true crime story that begins where others end. After the trial is over, the sentence is pronounced, and the perpetrator disappears from public view into the netherworld of death row, maximum-security prison, or forensic hospital. But for the criminal, this is not the end of the story. Even in these grim places—as Leopold's fascinating book remind us—life goes on. | his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting at the school attended by Gabriel, our eldest son"). Fascinated and disturbed by this local case, Carrère begins corresponding with Roland, learning more about his past, expressing sympathy on occasions, but never defending or justifying. Where appropriate, the author includes personal anecdotes and observations, but his voice is restrained, and he stays in the background.
When the author is more deeply involved in the story, a self-deprecating tone helps allay accusations of egotism. In The Spider and the Fly—A Writer, a Murderer, and the Story of an Obsession (HarperCollins 2017), journalist Claudia Rowe writes frankly about the insecurities and unfulfilled needs, that, during her twenties, led her to become involved with a man named Kendall Francois. Rowe was unhappily exiled in Poughkeepsie, New York, when Francois, an awkward, overweight African-American man, confessed to strangling eight local women after paying them for sex. Rowe wanted to learn more about Francois, his victims, and how their bodies remained undiscovered for so long in the home he shared with his parents and sister. The two began exchanging letters, then talking on the phone. Finally, Rowe began traveling to Attica to visit Francois. Her account of the relationship, and what she learned from it, is frank and incisive.
In Blood Will Out—The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade (Liveright Publishing, 2014), Walter Kirn describes how he fell for the eccentric charm of Christian Gerhartsreiter, a murderous con-man who went by the name of Clark Rockefeller. Like The Spider and the Fly, Kirn's book is partly a confessional; both authors, looking back, see how their own self-doubt made them easy targets. Rowe's style of self-deprecation is brooding and introspective; Kirn, on the other hand, is constantly slapping himself on the forehead, scarcely able to credit his own gullibility. The con-man's lies are brazen and audacious—during a dinner in New York, the charlatan shows Kirn what he claims to be his own private key to the Rockefeller Center—and Kirn laps it up. He admits he was a sitting duck, so easily impressed by the illusion of wealth and a family name that he never stops to wonder why "Rockefeller" never picks up the check.
Those who disliked Blood Will Out complained that the author "loses track of the story," but this assumes Kirn set out to write a book about Christian Gerhartsreiter. In fact, it's about the effect Gerhartsreiter had on Kirn, and how the author's insecurities and projections turned a con game into a folie à deux. It's beside the point to distinguish between the "story" and the anecdotes, detours and personal observations it generates.
In some cases, these tangents become abstract, taking us into the territory of philosophy, psychology, and religion. Some brainy true crime books may even call for footnotes and bibliographies, as in Nicole Ward Jouve's The Streetcleaner—The Yorkshire Ripper Case on Trial (Marion Boyars, 1986). In this book, Jouve, a French academic and essayist, writes about the thirteen violent killings committed in the 1970s by a man known as the Yorkshire Ripper. The Streetcleaner is a heady combination of true crime, memoir, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and myth. When I first read the book about ten years ago, I found it powerful and captivating, but I was in the minority; it didn't sell widely, and is now out of print.
Critical theory is blended more successfully with true crime in The Red Parts—Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson, published in 2007 by Soft Skull, and re-released by Graywolf in 2016. The criminal case described in this book is one in which the author was closely—if not directly—involved. The book describes Nelson's experience attending the trial of a man accused of strangling her Aunt Jane to death in 1969. Although Nelson never met her aunt, she'd always been fascinated and horrified by the murder; in fact, when she got news of the trial, she'd recently finished a verse narrative about Jane's life and death. The Red Parts is elegiac and expansive, moving between present and past, weaving observations about the trial with family memories, reflections on a broken love affair, and meditations on violence, time, and the female body.
Nelson's voice and viewpoint bring the trial to life, but most trials—even most murder trials—are not interesting. When they are, I'd rather know the details first-hand than have them filtered down through the voice of an author whose writing is flat or hyperbolic. Traditional true crime books side with the prosecution, and I don't trust them to give me the whole story. Peripheral elements of the trial—off-the-record comments and sidebar conferences—are often more interesting to me than the more obviously "dramatic" courtroom moments like the verdict and sentencing, both of which, in most instances, can be predicted from the outset.
These days, trial transcripts are unnecessary, since courtroom proceedings are usually recorded and sometimes filmed. In an earlier time, however, anthologies of trial transcripts were extremely popular—collections like Famous Trials, Notable Trials and Notable British Trials offered subscriptions in the manner of magazines. Each series of these long-running anthologies was carefully edited by a professional author, journalist, lawyer, or doctor who would also write the volume's introductory essay.
Some of the Notable Trials anthologies are edited and introduced by a "British lady reporter" named F. Tennyson Jesse, an early twentieth century criminologist and pioneer of first-person trial writing. Jesse is a captivating, if eccentric, narrator. She has an intriguing way of observing the small moments and physical details that are often overlooked by those courtroom reporters more concerned with the implications of legal arguments. This quality is shared by Diana Trilling in Mrs. Harris, an engrossing account of a murder trial. Trilling confesses that she was sympathetic to Mrs. Harris, a middle-aged headmistress accused of murdering the lover—"diet doctor" Herman Tarnower—who had rejected her in favor of a younger woman. But when Mrs. Harris takes the stand, her self-absorption and emotional disengagement lead Trilling to have a change of heart.
In Linda Spalding's Who Named the Knife? A True Story of Murder and Memory (Anchor, 2006), described by the New York Times as "creepily fascinating", the author describes how, when she was living in Hawai'i in 1982, she was selected as second alternate on a jury. The case was a murder trial; the defendant, Maryann Acker, was convicted, although Spalding was not convinced of her guilt. Eighteen years later, the author revisits the case, and begins writing to Acker, who is serving a life sentence in Californian. The two women become friends; Spalding's account of her quest to reverse the conviction is commingled with an account of the Acker's story, her own memories, and reflections on the act of remembering.
Who Named the Knife is absorbing and sympathetic; it reminded me of Helen Garner's book This House of Grief—The Story of a Murder Trial (Text Publishing, 2014). In this book, Garner, an Australian author, describes reading a newspaper story about an apparently loving father who drove into a dam, causing his three children to drown, although he himself escaped unharmed. Some believed the tragedy was a horrible accident; others saw it as well-planned murder. Garner keeps an open mind as she attends the trial and interviews the defendant's friends and family. A discreet and genial narrator, she stays mostly out of sight; nonetheless, we come to trust her judgement in the case.
Janet Malcolm's narrative voice is equally restrained. In Iphigenia in Forest Hills–Anatomy of a Murder Trial (Yale University Press, 2011), she describes the case of a woman accused of arranging the murder of her dentist husband who had recently won custody of the couple's four-year-old daughter. Absorbed by the story, Malcolm attends the trial; she also conducts interviews with family members and other participants in the case, which, along with her observations about the courtroom drama, add to the power of her engrossing account.
Books in which the author is directly involved in the case—at least, engaging and well-written books—are, to fans of the genre, rare and precious. One such gem was published this year. Michelle McNamara's I'll be Gone in the Dark—One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (Harper, 2018) is compelling—surprisingly so, since it was the author's first book. Sadly, there will not be another; Michelle McNamara died unexpectedly in 2016 from an accidental overdose. Her addiction to true crime began when a murder—still unsolved—took place two blocks from the home she lived in as a child. Later, she became fascinated by a violent psychopath who committed a series of rapes and murders over ten years in California. An amateur sleuth, McNamara got deeply involved in the case, and the book was completed from her research notes. It was released posthumously, in February 2018, and is currently being adapted as an HBO documentary series. The Golden State Killer—the name McNamara gave to the mysterious perpetrator—was unmasked and arrested in April 2018, thanks in part to the author's meticulous research.
Another true crime memoir recently adapted for the screen, My Friend Dahmer, by Derf Backderf (Harry N. Abrams, 2012) is a very different kind of book from McNamara's, but equally riveting. In the form of a graphic novel, the author relives his time at school, when one of his classmates was the future serial-killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Backderf depicts Dahmer an unhappy kid beset by problems, driven by a desperate need for attention, and different from other teenagers—but not all that different. When, in 1991, an old friend calls Backderf and asks him to guess which one of their former classmates has been found with body parts in his fridge, Dahmer's name is definitely on the list—but it's not at the top.
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This summer I knit four Antler toques, for four of my favourite people, and we photographed them at one of my very favourite places.
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We had spent a long and happy day hiking on Meares Island, splashing in the Pacific Ocean, sitting around the campfire, and eating delicious burritos. As the light began to fade and the temperature began to drop at the campsite we headed down to the beach, bundled in woolen blankets and topped with toques. Everyone was in a grand mood and the light was golden, it was a perfect evening to sit on the driftwood and watch the sun disappear.
The pleasure of these simple knits, the warm evening light and the company combined to form a golden moment. Our annual Tofino camping trip is a family tradition stretching way back, and occasionally the Wessel family travels from Scotland to join us on the exquisite beaches of Vancouver Island's western shore.
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The second annual Kata Rocks Super Superyacht Rendezvous (KRSR), hosted by luxury Thai resort Kata Rocks, last week welcomed some of the most important industry players of global yachting to the island of Phuket. From 8 to 10 December 2017, the world's leading luxury yachting brands, prestigious shipyards, respected brokerage houses and a number of superyacht owners came together for three days of exclusive parties, celebrations and networking events.
According to Richard Pope, CEO of Kata Rocks & Infinite Luxury: "The KRSR 2017 is proud to have attracted the most prestigious brands from the yachting world including Feadship and Royal Huisman - brands that normally only showcase together in Monaco and Fort Lauderdale.
More than 20 yachts assembled for this year's rendezvous, exceeding last year's attendance. Top yachts included Feadship's70-metre MY Lady Christine that showcased a radically different exterior design from De Voogt Naval Architects; the 52-metre Phinisi Schooner SY Zen, Burgess' 51-metre MY Northern Sun, 32-metre MY Princess Sauvage, two Monte Carlo 86 yachtsand MY Grace, the 2017 Sunseeker Manhattan 66.
Royal Huisman joined the rendezvous and hosted an exclusive brunch to celebrate the Asia launch of its new 'Pura' concept - a radical custom sailing yacht solution that shortens delivery time to owners.
Feadship, co-s<|fim_middle|> region as we have quite a few Asian clients. We've build a trustworthy relationship with them and the KRSR is great brand fit with Feadship."
Other events included a beach BBQ at The Surin Phuket, cocktail sessions on MY Northern Sun and the MY Princess Sauvage, and Northrop & Johnson's sunset cruise onboard the sleek Zeelander. Guests were able to step onboard the participating superyachts during the 'yacht hop' and experience SeaDoo's latest in marine sport toys during 'Big Boys' Toys', and the newly added 'King's Cup Superyacht Experience'.
and is set to be bigger and better, with organisers committed to making the KRSR a major event in the region. | ponsor of the KRSR, hosted an owners' dinner that brought together a curated group of superyacht owners and other discerning guests for an evening of fine dining. Feadship Brand Director Farouk Nefzi said: "As co-sponsors, Feadship has always believed in the Asia | 63 |
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On 11 February 2019, FIFA President Gianni Infantino officially opened FIFA's third African Regional Development Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The establishment of FIFA's newest regional office is intended to improve interaction with African Member Associations (MAs) and offer them support in developing strategies and<|fim_middle|> hands-on support to apply for and deliver football development projects supported through the FIFA Forward programme.
Yesterday the new regional development office hosted a dedicated workshop to update MAs in the region about the new FIFA Forward 2.0 regulations approved by the FIFA Council in October 2018.
The workshop provided an opportunity for MAs to understand the new Forward 2.0 regulations and measures introduced for the 2019-2022 cycle, as well as learning about the statutory obligations and funding controls FIFA has put in place to ensure transparency and the proper use of development funds distributed through FIFA Forward.
Other FIFA regional development offices have also been established in India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Senegal, Barbados, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. | accomplishing their development goals in close cooperation with FIFA's administration in Zurich. It is the 10th regional development office to be opened by FIFA since the creation of the FIFA Forward programme in 2016.
Attending the inauguration event were Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Tourism Dr. Hirut Kassaw, Commissioner of Sport Erstu Yireda, representatives of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF), Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) President Isayas Jira Bosho, FIFA Member Associations and Development Director for Africa and the Caribbean Region Véron Mosengo-Omba and FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura.
As part of the inauguration of the regional office, the FIFA President invited Dr. Hirut Kassaw to cut the ribbon, signalling that the office was officially open for business.
Following the ribbon cutting, the FIFA President made a short address to those present and thanked the government of Ethiopia for hosting the regional office and for the warm reception both he and the FIFA delegation had received since arriving in the country. He also spoke about FIFA's signing of a tri-party agreement earlier that morning with CAF and the African Union, to implement common strategies and programmes with a focus on the areas of education, good governance and the fight against corruption, as well as safety and security at football matches. He complemented the MAs present on their efforts in promoting football in the region and underlined the game's unifying power.
The new FIFA regional development office will be staffed by a dedicated and experienced team of full-time development officers who will work alongside 16 MAs in the region. As part of FIFA's Vision 2.0 and its ongoing commitment to grow and develop football around the world, the opening of a new regional development office in Addis Ababa will ensure a dedicated FIFA presence in North and East Africa, providing MAs in the region with | 397 |
China's Influence In Africa Includes Church Construction
September 14, 2011 ENI 1 Comment
By ENI
By Fredrick Nzwili
At All Saints Roman Catholic Church Cathedral in Nairobi, African workers were recently singing lively Christian worship songs as they broke ground for the construction of a new office block for the Nairobi Archdiocese.
However, they were not working for an African or British construction company. China Zhongxing Construction is building Maurice Cardinal Otunga Plaza, one of many church contracts Chinese construction companies have won in recent years as China has expanded its influence in Africa. Now, Chinese firms build many bridges, roads and stadiums across the continent.
"We have worked with them before and we have had a very good experience with them," the Rev. Anthony Mwituria, who oversees constructions in the archdiocese, said in an interview. "We issued a tender and they came with the best deal." Church officials say the companies are reliable, quick and efficient.
"If you ask people to point out two things that China has accomplished, sometimes without difficulty, people will show you. Stadiums, roads, it is practical. If a road is to be built in two years, they give you a road," the Rev. Mbaya Tshiakany, a leader from Church of Christ in Congo, Kasai Oriental Province told ENInews.
In the past, construction was undertaken by companies from nations<|fim_middle|> company constructed Luther Plaza, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya headquarters.
"China is now winning contracts to build churches because its corporations out-bid those from elsewhere," explained Jesse Mugambi, professor of philosophy and religious studies from the University of Nairobi.
China is now the leading trading partner with Africa. In 2009, with US$90 billion worth of trade, the country overtook France and the U.K., Africa's traditional commercial partners.
China's international contracts value hit US$126.2 billion the same year having registered a 20 per cent year on year increase and achieved a total revenue of US$340.7 billion, according to China International Contractors Association.
China also prints most of the Bibles used by Christians in Africa. Although reports say millions of Chinese Christians who do not worship in state-sanctioned churches are denied freedom of worship, the world's largest Bible printing facility opened in Nanjing in 2008.
Amity Printing Company, the only state-approved Christian publisher, which works in collaboration with the United Bible Societies, doubled its annual Bible printing output. In 2007, Amity printed 6 million Bibles, but the new facility gave the company potential to print up to 12 million per year.
"China is offered contracts to print Bibles because this can be done in China much more cost-effectively than anywhere in the West," said Mugambi.
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It's good to hear some are doing so well and even helping others again gets a good mark, instead of where Congress in the uS had everyones head stuck way out there somewhere on some other planet for so many generations about how every meeting there in Washington was such a holy procession … that even the widows were suppose to contribute their last portion of a penny as a gift to the members there. And forget too that the markers she could not afford at her grave was no problem in the Middle Kingdom 1000's of years ago. | that had sent missionaries to Africa, such as Britain, and in recent decades, companies from North America.
"Our traditional brothers together with their companies have helped us construct churches," said Ugandan Anglican Bishop Stanley Ntagali of Masindi-Kitara diocese in an interview. However, he added, "China has also become a world economic power and they want to have a grip on Africa in this global village we are living in today."
Country statistics on successful Chinese bids for church construction are not readily available, but in Kenya, ENInews found out that China Zhongxing has also constructed affordable houses for the Archdiocese of Nairobi staff. It has also built a church for the Faith Evangelistic Ministries, a Kenyan Pentecostal group.
Another company, Fubeco Ltd. (China Funshin), is also constructing Our Lady of Rosary Ridgeway's Roman Catholic Church in Kiambu area near Nairobi. The | 192 |
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All That Glitters Is Gold
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Good morning, Hank, it's Tuesday. So for the last, I don't know, like 21 weeks or so, I've been thinking a lot about the lyric "All that glitters is gold", which appears in the 1971 classic Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven" and then re-appears many years later in "All Star" by Smashmouth.
It's a strange lyric because it's manifestly untrue. Like, much that glitters is not gold, including glitter, and that observation goes back a long way, like in Merchant of Venice, immediately after Shakespeare writes "<|fim_middle|> is the way the songs I love, even the stupid songs I love, contain both the warmth of past memory and the warmth of future hope.
Hank, I'll see you on Friday.
Oh, one last thing. This video contains a clue and the clue leads in a roundabout way to a secret livestream. You can learn more about the clue and find people to help solve it with you in the comments below. There was also a clue last week and in the coming weeks, there will often but not always be clues. I think that's all I have to say on the matter. | all that glisters is not gold", he adds, "often you have heard that told", like it was a cliche back then.
Two centuries earlier, Chaucer wrote, "Hyt not al golde that glareth," and Aesop made a similar observation 2600 years ago.
"All that glitters is not gold" is a reminder that we can't always trust our senses, that superficial truth is often deeply misleading, and that what seems at a distance to be wonderful or precious often turns out not to be. To cite one example from my own life, when I was younger, I thought that being famous was like, the most glitteringly magnificent thing that could happen to a person, but then I got to see it up close and realized that it was a little more complicated, but what's up with the notion that "all that glitters is gold"?
I suppose I should stop here and acknowledge that I'm not an expert at analyzing song lyrics. You know like there are some people who can tell you that such and such song by The Mountain Goats is about a Maoist rebellion in the 1970s or whatever, I never think that way. I always think that every song by The Mountain Goats is about me and how I feel listening to the song and what it makes me think about in my own life, so I'm not an expert song analyst. Also, I don't think that poems or songs or whatever exist primarily as riddles to be solved. I think art exists primarily not to be figured out but to be lived with and around and also other prepositions.
But right, the lyrics to that Led Zeppelin song begin "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold and she's buying a stairway to heaven." So this is presented as a presumably naive belief that all that glitters is gold and if you just collect enough of this glittering gold, you can buy a stairway to heaven, but 28 years later when Smashmouth repurposes the lyric, now it seems like it's just about the life of a rock star. You get the show on, you get paid, all that glitters is gold.
Now, this gets a little more interesting and complicating if you consider that the original lyric that followed 'all that glitters is gold' was 'wave bye bye to your soul'. Like, yeah, you're gonna get rich and it's gonna feel like everything that glitters is gold, but you are going to lose your soul in the process just like the Led Zeppelin character can't buy their way into heaven, the Smashmouth character can't rockstar their way into heaven, which is maybe or maybe not what Smashmouth had in mind when they wrote the lyric, but, and this may surprise you, I don't really care about Smashmouth or what they had in mind.
What is important to me is what 'all that glitters is gold' makes me feel when I hear people sing it. There are moments in human life that feel genuinely magical. When you find yourself on some adventure or when you're having an amazing conversation with people you really love or when you're sitting backstage watching your brother play music to a crowd that's singing along. Your moments will be different, but I think we all have them, these little moments where we feel infinite, to borrow a word from Stephen Chbosky, and for me anyway, in those moments, it's almost like you can feel a memory being presently formed and it really does feel like all that glitters is gold, and what I love most about music in the end | 743 |
Dr. James C. Gunnells Jr.
James Caulie Gunnells Jr passed away peacefully at his home in Croasdaile Village on June 19, 2018. Caulie was born February 4, 1931 in Greenwood SC to the late James Caulie Gunnells Sr and Frances R Gunnells where he also grew up. He graduated from Greenwood High School, Furman University and the Medical School of South Carolina. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Virginia Burns Gunnells, and survived by his daughters, Virginia Burns Rhoton "Burns" of Durham; Mary Madge Amsler and her husband Allen Amsler of Lexington, South Carolina; his son Michael Francis Gunnells and his partner Cyndie Gregory ,of Durham; his sister, Jean Gorman of Greenwood, South Carolina; his grandsons, Michael E. Rhoton and Preston J. Freeman; a number of cousins, nieces, nephews and his furry four-legged child, Jasmine.
Our Dad was an extremely private man, a proud man and one who loved his family more than anything. He taught us so many things. He and our mom moved as newlyweds to New York<|fim_middle|> I can remember once describing symptoms of ongoing pain, edema, petechia. He calmly listened; as I got up to leave he handed me an order to go immediately to the hospital for an ultrasound; saying he was pretty sure I had a blood clot in my leg, saying I'll call the hospital and your medical dr to alert him. That was Dr Gunnells not alarming me but always there for me. There were other incidents through the years, but I was able to handle it because I knew I had Dr Gunnells taking care of me. When my check ups were finished, we talked about our families; he asking about my daughters, then telling me about his family. The last visit to him I cried until I couldn't talk; he hugged me, reassured me and sent me to the ladies room to get myself together while he talked to my husband. Today when I saw my nephrologist, I asked about Dr Gunnells and told he had died. I felt such sadness but such pride and joy that I knew him. Our world needs more fathers and doctors like Dr Gunnells. God bless you all.
I know I am late seeing this, and responding. Your father was my mothers doctor from the time she was a child until well into her adulthood. Thank you for sharing your fathers gift of being a amazing doctor with the world. He saw more than a statistic in my mother. He saw someone who was a Nurse, Mother and wife, with a kidney disorder. I have and will always credit your doctor with giving me more years with my mother that anyone expected. I wish you all comfort, as losing a parent is very difficult.
Caulie was a mentor, role model and a great inspiration to me. I am very sorry to hear belatedly of his passing yesterday at the Duke ASN reception. He defined Duke Nephrology! I will always be greatful for what he taught me. | City where he did his residency, at Bellevue Hospital. The stories of their time in NYC as young loves from South Carolina made us know that their love for each other could always get them through good times and bad. They moved to Virginia, as Caulie spent two years in the Navy. Then with two young children, Burns and Madge, they moved to Durham where the family was complete with the arrival of their son Michael. Caulie spent the next 30 years practicing medicine at Duke University Medical Center and then with colleagues in private practice at Wake Nephrology Group.
Dad taught us that you need to love what you do for a living. He always wanted to be a physician and wanted to take care of people and he was great at doing just that. He was one of the top Nephrologists in the country although he never cared about the accolades. He loved teaching other physicians at Duke and teaching them to think and care about each patient.
Our Dad taught us to love the arts. Dad always supported and admired our mom's passion for art and loved traveling with her to art galleries. The countless paintings and jewelry that she created were proudly displayed in his home. Dad loved music and going to Broadway shows. The family fondly remembers weekend mornings when you could have the windows shake with music loudly playing from his beloved McIntosh Stereo. You never knew if you were going to be treated to Classical, Jazz or Rock and Roll. He had such a varied taste in music and we will so miss the memories of Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd or Boz Scaggs blasting in the den!
Our Dad loved to travel with his family but especially with our mom. They loved soaking up the culture in cities all over the world, especially in Europe and Mexico, but the most loved place was only hours away at the family beach house on Topsail Island. He taught us all to love the sun (sometimes too much), the sand and the ocean. He loved that it was just his family and we spent many of the years without a phone at the house. Nobody could interrupt the time with his family at the beach. He was completely disconnected from work and gave 100% of his time to us as DAD. The memories of where life was easy and happy at the beach will be with us forever.
Dad loved to eat at a great restaurant with his family. He loved a proper cocktail and always loved something sweet to end that meal no matter how full we already were!
Dad loved his pets. The family dog Bismark, was the first to be loved unconditionally, followed by two more Schnauzers, Daisy and then Jasmine, who has been by his side until the end. These little people with fur loved our Dad just as much as he loved them. We smile knowing that he can now shower Bismark and Daisy with love again and feed them the table scraps they have been missing from their time apart.
Dad taught us to value friendships. He knew that his profession and his dedication to his family sacrificed time with a lot of friends, but his close friends knew who they were and that he truly loved them. He wanted us to understand that true friends were to be cherished and never taken advantage of.
Dad loved to worry about his children. Sometimes the worry was justified, but most of the time it was just that he loved us so much that he did not want anything to make us sad. We all are going to miss our hero, our best friend and our Dad. We are going to miss that smile and hearing him hum a familiar song knowing he was happy. We are going to miss everything that made him who he was, but we want him to know that we are all going to be alright and that until that day comes when we see him again, we will always do our best to make him proud and smile down upon us.
The family will be having a Memorial Service at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home, 1113 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701 on Monday, June 25th at 1pm.
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You go through life collecting only a few true friends on the journey. I was so glad that I accompanied him on part of his and that he was with me on part of mine. Caulie Gunnells was an honest, true friend of mine and Nancy and I will miss him greatly.
Burns, Madge and Michael – you were very fortunate to have had him as your dad and friend.
What a truly great man. Caulie was a friend, partner, colleague, and mentor to me, my dad, and my husband. He was unbelievably sensitive, gregarious, caring, humorous, and had such a vigor for life. We grieve with you and know you will be 'alright' but wish you peace as the days, months, years go by remembering the joys of his life.
I was so sorry to read that your Dad had passed away. The last time I saw you was at Harris teeter getting lunch and we talked about your Dad. The obituary was so well done. We spent many years behind your parents at Duke basketball games.. I'm thinking of you and your siblings.
Caulie was the mainspring of clinical excellence and teaching during my years on the faculty of Nephrology.
Your dad was a wonderful person as well as an outstanding physician. I remember when he came to Duke Nephrology. As I was a research technician (37 years), we shared those ground-breaking years in the lab. I cherish the memories.
The obituary is beautiful and shows how much you loved and appreciated him and your mom.
Blessings to you and your family. Your Dad lived a very full and wonderful life that is truly worthy of celebrating! I know he is genuinely at peace now and enjoying all the Glories and Majesty of Heaven! My prayers are with you and your family.
What a beautiful remembrance of your dad. Although I didn't get to see him much, I knew he was a good man who loved his family. I enjoyed talking with him on the occasions that I did see him. He was so gentle. I know he will be missed immensely.
Virginia (Burns) you know you are in my thoughts and prayers as well as the whole family. My heart goes out to you. Love you like my sister!!
Caulie was my teacher, my colleague and my doctor. A role model in all three. Susie and I had many fond memories with him, Ginger, Ike, Anne, and the entire nephrology division.
My Heartfelt thoughts and Prayers go out to you in the loss of your Dad and my dear Friend Caulie. I had the pleasure and privilege of knowing him for 50 years this past February. I owe him everything that I turned out to be. He was my Mentor, Confidant and Asbsolutely my best friend. I will miss the phone calls, visits and pep talks of life that he was so good at. Keep your heads up and keep living. It is what he and your mom taught you.
I met Dr. Gunnels when I arrived at Duke for training in medicine and nephrology ~35 years ago. His clinical expertise and teaching abilities taught the next generation of nephrologists at Duke and contributed to the growth of the Division over the last 3 decades.
To Michael and family – There are very far and few between men in this world but as we can read on Dr. James Gunnells was the pinnacle of a man; what every father should model his family after. His devotion to helping others and his self-sacrifice to his loving wife of 58 years should truly be immortalized. There is no other greater accomplishment than having your children truly emulate what they have been taught by their own father. His life will live on through them and his grandchildren for the many generations he has created.
Your Dad was my physician at Duke for many years. What a good man and excellent doctor. When he retired from Duke he continued to be my doc and I would see him at the Dunn office. Always caring and asking about my wife and 3 kids, we spent a lot of time after my check up just sitting in his office and visiting. Over the years he became my friend. After his retirement I had many visits with your Dad on the screen porch of your home at Topsail. I also met your Mom at that time. We have a home a little over a mile from yours. My last visit was in the summer of 2016 and we spent the better part of a morning on the porch, talking and catching up. Your Dad took such good care of me when I was having serious health issues in the early 90's and I am very grateful he was my physician. You all were very blessed to have such a fine Father.
Caulie was one of the finest men I've known in my life. Although I knew that he was an outstanding physician, I did not know him as a doctor but as a thoughtful and deeply religious churchman. I had the honor of serving on church vestries with Caulie on several occasions and admired his wit, compassion and common sense. We continued to see each other several times a week at the Lakewood YMCA for a number of years and it always amazed me how vigorously Caulie exercised. I will miss him but I know he is happy to be reunited with Ginger.
I first saw Dr Gunnells in 1977. My local nephrologist had been his student at Duke. I continued to see him until his retirement. He was the only nephrologist I ever saw at Duke. As a young sick wife and mother I was worried, angry and scared. Dr Gunnells' care, compassion, understanding and expertise gave me the courage and health care to keep me here these years. I'm a Christian and I have thanked God all these years for sending me to Dr Gunnells. He was the smartest person I have ever met. I was his first patient and Duke's to get pregnant after a Duke kidney transplant. He followed my pregnancy with the OB doctors and the day she was delivered he came to see me, telling me he had seen her and she had all her fingers and toes, although small she was going to be fine. That was all the reassurance I needed. Seeing him every six months for check ups | 2,150 |
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Ferretti Group docks 12 smart yachts at "Boot 2008", 4 of which previews for the German market
Ferretti Group, one of the leading companies in the world within the sphere of designing and building luxury motoryachts and sporting boats, is at Boot 2008 with an incredible fleet of 12 motoryachts, 4 of which new models displayed to the German market for the very first time.
The Group is in Düsseldorf with a prestigious stand set out on two levels, and a surface area of over 2,000 square metres, featuring a smart architectural style, strongly characterised by natural materials and large, open spaces.
Ferretti Group is displaying the following yachts in Düsseldorf, the most important appointment for the nautical market in the Central-Northern European area:
FERRETTI YACHTS: Ferretti 550, Ferretti 630
PERSHING: Pershing 72' (preview for the German market), Pershing 56'
ITAMA: Itama Forty, Itama Fiftyfive
RIVA: Sportriva 56' (preview for the German market), 63' Vertigo, Aquariva 33'
APREAMARE: Maestro 51' (preview for the German market)
MOCHI CRAFT: Dolphin 54' (preview for the German market), Dolphin 44'
Besides the 12 highly prestigious, luxurious yachts displayed at our stand, visitors will be able to admire many scaled models of the Bertram and Custom Line brands, and a corner dedicated to CRN megayachts.
From the industrial point of view, the results Ferretti Group achieved at the first few Boat Shows of the 2007/2008 season - Cannes, Monte Carlo, Genoa and Fort Lauderdale – must be underlined, both in terms of the number of highly impressed visitors, and the orders placed. This confirms Ferretti Group's leading position on both European and international nautical markets.
FERRETTI GROUP YACHTS DISPLAYED AT "BOOT 2008"
The Ferretti 550 was successfully welcomed on the international market thanks to its special features: for the first time in a boat of such dimension (57 feet, 17,37 metres) three cabins and three heads offer the owner and the guests the highest level of comfort.
This revolution of the spaces – result of the cooperation between Studio Zuccon International and the AYT (Engineering Division of Ferretti Group) is allowed by the external windows that provide natural light to the cabins and the interior design, now more spacious and with highly luxurious finishes. Furniture is made of varnished opaque light oak open-pore, while galley floors and the heads are fitted with wengé wood.
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The design solutions include the rearrangement of on-board areas, endowing this 16 metre yacht with the liveability of a much larger model, whilst still retaining typical Dolphin features such as the sinuous lines, highlighted by the new creamy-yellow livery and extensive use of solid wood, beginning with the inviting teak flooring of the large cockpit.
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Below deck, at the end of the corridor lies the master cabin, featuring two large windows, two wardrobes, large drawers set beneath the bed and numerous wall units. There are two guest cabins: a twin bedded cabin, and a third cabin which provides for a standard version with a double bed and extra single above it, or an optional version with large double bed and spacious wardrobe.
Comfort and stability are guaranteed by the variable geometry, deep V-shaped hull, and average deadrise angle of 19° with longitudinal steps. Dolphin 54' is powered by two last generation 800 hp MAN Common Rail engines which drive the yacht to a cruising speed of 28 knots and a top speed of 32 (preliminary data).
Mochi Craft 44' Dolphin
The strong personality of Dolphin 44', leader of the Mochi range, is immediately apparent from the coral-coloured hull chosen for the first yacht – bringing to mind the colour of the lobsters caught by the New England workboats in the 1950s.
Once on-board, visitors will immediately discover the new interpretation of this 44 footer, a cockpit and dinette which are open, but can be closed off by a light-coloured, sliding canvas partition, so the salon can be air-conditioned. The large cockpit and dinette, furnished with comfortable corner sofas, welcome guests, as does the spacious sundeck at bow, which can accommodate up to four people comfortably.
Mochi Craft's vocation to the sea is also apparent from the swimming platform which opens out at stern, extending the cockpit towards the surface of the water, creating a private swimming platform, ideal for relaxing or swimming in the sea. Plenty of space is also to be found below deck. The stairway leads directly down into the well-equipped, American-style galley with a large window opening out over the worktop, providing a view of the sea.
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The large spoiler provides room for storing a 3.2 m tender or a jet ski. Thanks to the new tank, the Ferretti 550 has 11 hours autonomy at a cruising speed of 30 knots. The maximum speed, provided by two 900 HP Man engines, is 33,5 knots.
Ferretti 630 was yet another challenge for the great design skills and consolidated experience of Studio Zuccon International Project and the Ferretti Group's Engineering Division, who managed to design a yacht of unrivalled space and light.
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A spacious, American-style galley is set at the entrance to the salon, which can be closed off completely by a transparent sliding door and pivoted window. Once opened, however, the window removes all barriers between indoors and out.
Below deck, the mezzanine floor houses the VIP cabin featuring a bathroom with separate shower. The twin-bedded guest cabin on the starboard side shares a bathroom with the day area. A stairway descends to the large, full beam master cabin, where the light and view of the sea can be enjoyed both from the bed and chaise-longue set to the right, and the spacious bathroom area.
Pershing 72' (preview for the German market)
Pershing 72' is pure innovation, in which the painstaking attention paid to design, a high level of technology and a revolutionary interior layout have completely changed the concept of life at sea.
With a radically new hull profile, fruit of the endless creativeness of yacht designer Fulvio De Simoni, and continuous consultation with founder and Chairman of Pershing Tilli Antonelli and AYT - Ferretti Group's Engineering Division, Pershing 72' presents herself as a forerunner from every point of view.
Advanced technology is paramount on this new model, starting with the exclusive glass partition between cockpit and upper salon which slides away completely, making it possible to transform the interior and exterior into a single area.
The new hard top is like a sunroof, making it possible to completely open or close the cockpit. The revolutionary gangway was created with Besenzoni.
The night area, split into three cabins and three bathrooms, stands out for the sophisticated comfort of the full beam master cabin, which is amazingly bright and sunny thanks to two special open-view windows offering spectacular sea views.
The furnishings and finishes, the seating and leather ceiling panels were all designed in partnership with prestigious company Poltrona Frau.
With twin 1823 hp MTU Common Rail engines combined with an Arneson drive, this model can reach speeds of up to 45 knots, while maintaining a trim guaranteeing perfect comfort, fully-satisfying the sporting spirit of the Pershing brand.
Top levels of performance, a rich, multifaceted character and luxurious comfort. Totally in keeping with Pershing's unique style, the result of painstaking attention paid to the design of the yacht's internal and external areas is a remarkable layout and optimum use of space for a craft of this size. Featuring three cabins and three bathrooms, a comfortably-sized dinette, fully-equipped galley, crew cabin and carefully studied spaces, Pershing 56' guarantees the finest on-board living comfort. Her 3-level structure and high ceilings mean this craft features exceptional solutions, such as the original way in which the galley is elegantly separated from the living area by a translucent aluminium and crystal partition, and the refined master cabin which makes expert use of space, even the corners of the room.
With the distinct personality of her design, dominated by the brilliance of her white and silver colouring, Pershing 56''s harmonious profile is made more aggressive by her side band and black inserts. A powerful character, confirmed by excellent levels of performance, enable this yacht to cruise comfortably at over 48 knots, even when fully laden, thanks to twin MAN 1360 hp "Common Rail" engines coupled with Arneson (ASD 12L) drives.
Itama Forty
Itama has, rightly, focussed on this fibreglass yacht since she was launched, and to date the vessel has achieved a range of significant sales objectives. Developed from the unforgettable 38', Itama Forty is the first open yacht in an innovative new line, featuring a contemporary, yet timeless, design and distinctive Itama style.
Itama Forty is a day cruiser able to accommodate up to 8 guests. The sleek, streamlined line of this craft is uniquely and aggressively Itama, with her distinctive 22° deep "V" hull which guarantees unrivalled seaworthiness. Itama Forty can reach a top speed of 35 knots, and is driven by twin 450 hp MAN engines offering an excellent performance, making this open both powerful and reliable thanks to her perfect cruising trim.
The layout below deck features a refined, essential design, combined with large, modular spaces. This model, characterised by the master cabin set at bow, a bathroom and a large dinette with concealed galley, is available in two versions, with either one or two cabins.
The result is a highly-appealing, fast cruiser, which harmoniously combines top performance, reliability, seaworthiness and sophisticated comfort.
Itama FiftyFive
Launched in 2006, Itama FiftyFive is a completely new motoryacht and leader of the Itama fleet. She combines a top performance with a layout featuring unimaginable space, both indoors and out. This motoryacht is markedly contemporary, and clearly features all the aspects of evolution and development in terms of the technology used, the modern project, and attention paid to the very latest style trends, whilst maintaining a marked Itama style.
Itama FiftyFive can accommodate up to 12 guests. This open features twin 1360 hp MAN Common Rail engines in V-drive, reaching an estimated top speed of 41 knots and cruising speed of 37, an outstanding performance guaranteed by the shape of the yacht, strongly marked by the now famous, pronounced V shape. The FiftyFive has a new, more dynamic structure, with a higher bow and sleeker stern than before. The new design of the deck, thanks to the greater curve of the profile, enhances the sportiness of a yacht whose performance at sea is one of her strongest features.
The layout of FiftyFive features 3 cabins – a master, a VIP and a twin-bedded cabin – and 3 en-suite bathrooms, a large dinette complete with a modern, functional galley, a seaman's cabin with its own bathroom astern, and independent access from the cockpit.
The finishes of the interior are both sought-after and valuable, such as the zebrano essence, ostrich leather and the alcantara which make this model precious, elegant and extremely comfortable.
SportRiva 56' (preview for the German market)
SportRiva 56', a yacht with a "sporty glamour" philosophy featuring Riva's inimitable style, guaranteed by Mauro Micheli and the designers at Officina Italiana Design.
This yacht is the first in a new line called SportRiva, whose models will be defined by their length. Studied to satisfy the demands of owners who, while not wishing to renounce to the lines of an Open, prefer the convenience of a closed, air-conditioned upper salon, SportRiva is ideal for sailing in countries with a tropical clime.
The extended, aggressive bow gives her a strongly dynamic appearance, whilst a number of highly innovative solutions for the interior and exterior layouts, such as the large living area on the upper deck and elegant central ladder enabling easy access to the fly-bridge make this yacht a true jewel of modern design.
SportRiva 56' features top of the range, hand-made finishes, sophisticated quality materials, careful research to ensure total liveability in the various areas, and a new exclusive "Roman Bronze" colour specially studied and produced for her.
Fitted with twin 900 hp MAN engines, SportRiva 56' guarantees, as always, an exceptional performance, reaching a top speed of 34 knots and a cruising speed of 30, with a 270 mile range at cruising speed.
Aquariva
More than any other model, this yacht testifies Riva's natural style evolution over the years. The soft, elegant lines of this 33 footer reflect a taste for tradition, the valuable, beautifully carved wooden decks (mahogany inlaid with maple) and leather trimmings of the dashboard and helm highlight the pleasure of sailing in a timeless classic, offering unique, incomparable emotions and comfort. The innovative, electronically-controlled, two speed gearbox reveals all the gritty passion of the two powerful 370 horsepower Yanmar motors, featuring an exceptional performance.
Symbol of Riva's modern elegance and style, Aquariva has confirmed her success on all continents, just as the legendary Aquarama - now a cult yacht for collectors all over the world - did a few decades ago.
Aquariva has not just inherited her distinguishing style and elegance from her predecessor, but also the continuous success she enjoys, season after season. Indeed, in October 2006 model no.100 was launched, an event celebrated by the creation of a special, limited edition of the model, called Aquariva Cento.
Riva 63' Vertigo
Elegance, harmony, style. These three nouns best describe the new 63' Vertigo, the latest Riva open designed by Mauro Micheli and Officina Italiana Design, which entered production this year. The yacht's unmistakable style is true to all the shipyard's products, yet still highly innovative and considerably different to its predecessors. Exquisitely elegant and beautifully designed, 63' Vertigo features aristocratic lines which only just manage to conceal its spirited character.
Designed to optimise the space available and guarantee total comfort, this new open features a number of highly innovative solutions, beginning with the comfortable sofa running on two tracks towards the table to its left, transforming the cockpit into an elegant outdoor salon. The central command position features last generation navigation instruments and the command seat – an example of the latest technology recalling the Rivarama seat – can transform from one to three positions in just a few seconds.
The interiors have also been designed to guarantee maximum space and comfort.
This new Riva cadet, set between the 52' Rivale and 68' Ego, is the largest craft currently being produced in the Sarnico shipyard. She has two MAN 12 valve engines producing1360 Mhp, guaranteeing - as ever – an excellent performance – speeds of up to 38.5 knots and a range of 250 nm at cruising speed.
APREAMARE
Apreamare Maestro 51' (preview for the German market)
Just under a year after the successful debut of the Maestro line, inaugurated with Maestro 65', Apreamare presents Maestro 51' launch, the leader of the range.
Maestro 51' shares some distinctive features with the 65 foot model like, for example, technical innovations and a highly original design. The result is a yacht with harmonious lines, where a direct relationship with the sea appears to be the designer's main aim.
The yacht was created from the working relationship between Studio Zuccon International Project and architect Umberto Tagliavini, with support provided by Ferretti Group's Engineering Department.
The incredible light on this model was achieved through huge, vertically-sliding windows, transforming the dinette into an out and out terrace on the sea.
The internal areas have been fitted out with the aim of optimising space as much as possible. The result is that Maestro 51' has three comfortable cabins and two bathrooms with a separate shower cubicle.
It is, however, in the control panel area that the Maestro line, including this new yacht, marks the real difference which is also the basis for the name. The circular command seat features vast vertical windows which are much larger than those featured on other yachts of a similar size.
The performance of Maestro 51' is also extremely interesting thanks to the special hull which characterises the entire line, permitting owners to enjoy the sea both at a displacement speed and at a cruising speed of 26-27 knots with twin 730 hp MAN engines.
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A classy restaurant and bar in Ho Chi Minh City, The Deck Saigon is a top dining choice among affluent locals and travellers due to its romantic setting, scenic locale, and excellent pan-Asian cuisine. Set alongside Saigon River, the alfresco dining venue is fitted with glass doors, warm lighting, and elegant furnishings by top local designers, as well as an outdoor wooden deck that's surrounded by bamboo trees and a small pond.
The Deck Saigon is open all-day, so you can enjoy a western-style breakfast menu of fruit smoothies, eggs benedict, homemade granola, and pancakes while brunch and<|fim_middle|> River and The Deck Saigon Mojito. | lunch offerings range from pan-fried foie gras and Wagyu beef burger to bento sets and phu quoc prawn rolls.
Catering to health-conscious diners, The Deck Saigon also has a vegetarian and gluten-free menu. Highly recommended dishes include marinated tuna spring rolls, sautéed Chinese vegetables with udon noodles, and miso-marinated black cod.
Great for mingling with fellow travellers, The Deck Saigon is also fitted with lounge chairs surrounding a fully-stocked bar that's fronted by a team of skilled bartenders. Happy hour is between 16:00 and 18:00 daily, where you can enjoy a wide array of champagnes, wines, martinis, and unique cocktails such as Pair on the | 159 |
MENAPiC: a new actor in the field of thin film characterization
Created in 2010 on the basis of a laser technology developed since 2000, MENAPiC's mission is to support innovation by providing mechanical characterization of thin films, stacks and/or interfaces.
MENAPiC is a french SME located in Lille (France). MENAPiC is active in the field of mechanical characterization of thin films (nm to µm), a scale at which standard metrological tools are facing limitations. Created in 2010 on the basis of a laser technology developed since 2000, MENAPiC's mission is to support innovation by providing mechanical characterization of thin films, stacks and/or interfaces.
Combining optics and acoustics facilities.
Taking advantage of an original laser-technology, MENAPiC provides services to measure mechanical properties of thin films. Combining optics and acoustics facilities, the MENAPiC technology enables measurements of numerous elastic properties in thin film in a non-destructive way.
MENAPiC<|fim_middle|> laser to implement a SONAR at nanoscale from which elastic/mechanical properties of thin layer can be measured. Neither contact nor destruction of the sample is required for such a characterization.
Any material is welcome.
Such characterizations can be performed on various materials as different as metals, dielectrics or semiconductors. The studied material can be crystalline, poly-crystalline, amorphous or porous. The thickness range is from a few nanometers to a few microns. The technology operates in the time-domain which means that it is compatible with complex stacks, the successive layers being detected at various time-delays.
The technology, developed since 2000, has been successfully applied to characterize BAW, SAW and MEMS materials. Further application fields are now concerned such as coatings, interfaces or surface treatment.
MENAPiC, a research spin-off from CNRS.
MENAPiC has been launched in March 2010 out of IEMN (http://www.iemn.univ-lille1.fr), a CNRS lab by Dr Patrick EMERY and Dr Arnaud DEVOS in order to offer services of characterization on thin films.
A better physical knowledge to support innovation at the nanoscale".
For further information please contact: MENAPiC 41, bd Vauban 59046 LILLE CEDEX – FRANCE
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Students present MEMS designs at Sandia contest
BY NEAL SINGER
On May 19, student winners of the fifth annual Sandia-sponsored MEMS University Alliance Design Competition, aided by their professors, presented their visions of astonishingly tiny yet productive machines to the scrutiny of Sandia's seasoned microelectromechanical systems group — arguably one of the most advanced MEMS design and fabrication groups in the world.
The 2009 winner in the "novel device" category was a "microswimmer," which resembles a tiny fish and is designed to swim like one, its aluminum tail whipping back and forth as it is heated and cooled by periodic bursts of microwave radiation. The design was created by Kevin Bagnall of the University of Oklahoma<|fim_middle|> device not only for power but, treating their parallel comb teeth like capacitors, as sensing devices. With this and with pads that extend off the surface of the chip, the gauge will detect wear, friction, stiction (the force needed to break an object out of its stationary position), and lubrication of various MEMS devices in situ, including those actuated by electrostatic and electrothermal means.
Elastic salt? That's a stretch
Test driving the future at the Hydrogen Road Tour | 's School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and presented by graduate student Jeff Lantz under the direction of professor Harold Stalford.
"Think Fantastic Voyage," says Sandia senior microfabrication manager Tom Zipperian (1740), referencing, as a possible future use for the design, the movie that portrayed a vessel shrunken enough to navigate the human body by touring its bloodstream.
A second area of competition — a device to characterize and test the reliability of tiny devices — was won by a design that Texas Tech University students termed a "tribogauge," used to determine the wear, friction, stiction, and lubrication of moving parts of MEMS devices, on-chip and in situ. (These determinations are called tribological.) The work was presented by student Ganapathy Sivakumar under the direction of associate professor Tim Dallas.
Also participating in this year's contest were the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Utah, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.
"This year's group was again very competitive," says design contest leader and MEMS Core Technologies team lead Mark Platzbecker (1749). "Each year, the designs get better and the associated white papers more professional."
Among universities now going through the process to join the alliance but not yet signed up are Cornell and the University of New Mexico. Duke University and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., have also expressed interest. More than 20 educational institutions are members of the alliance.
The contest, which took place in a conference room at Sandia's MESA center, is intended to take students beyond the academic classroom into a world where MEMS devices are of high significance — "a career-altering moment for some student engineers," says Mark.
The University of Utah's MEMS team leader and professor Ian Harvey agrees. "I can bleed all over the paper in a classroom," he says, "but that's different from being here." He gestures at the Sandia MEMS personnel and the imposing conference room, with its 30-foot-high ceiling, reserved for the team presentations. "I'm dealing with engineers early in their careers. This can make them passionate about their work."
Increased interest
From Sandia's point of view, says Tom, the contest brings in new design ideas, provides impetus to universities to train the next generation of MEMS engineers, permits Sandia engineers the satisfaction of acting as mentors, and allows Sandia to partner on university grants from the National Science Foundation that are ordinarily closed to the national labs.
The program has drawn increased interest from universities, says Mark, perhaps because the latest flat-screen digital light processing — DLP — TVs use MEMS mirrors to switch pixel colors, and MEMS accelerometers provide key sensing elements in popular Wii game controllers.
Still, from a university's point of view in a time of cutbacks, says Harvey, "MEMS is called a boutique course. Administrators ask, 'Why don't we just teach the basics? Cover fundamentals? Train people who can find jobs?'"
Harvey says his problem with that outlook is that "a lot of kids are vacillating. They're not sure what they want to do. Instead of throwing them into a thermodynamics class, we offer a nontraditional class. There are no books or tests. Instead, there's design, simulations, continuous feedback, and talk about reliability and packaging."
"It's the machine shop of the future," says Tom, "and, here at Sandia, at the most advanced MEMS facility in the world, we have the personnel to help alliance members through problems. But a university has to make a significant investment in tools and education to get its program going."
The alliance helps by providing classroom teaching materials and licenses for Sandia's design tools at a very reasonable cost. This makes it possible for a university without its own fabrication facilities to develop a curriculum in MEMS.
No instant gratification here
Contest participation is the opposite of instant gratification. The entire process takes almost nine months. It starts with students developing ideas for a device, followed by creation of an accurate computer model of a design that might work, analysis of the design, and finally, design submission. Sandia's MEMS experts and university professors review the design and determine the winners.
Sandia's MESA fabrication facility then creates parts for each of the entrants. Once the parts are fabricated, they're shipped back to the university students for lengthy tests to determine whether the final product matches the purpose of the original computer simulation.
Among factors of continual interest to MEMS fabricators and designers are friction, stiction, temperature, humidity, and surface topography.
The university alliance coordinates with the Sandia-led National Institute for Nano Engineering (NINE), providing additional opportunities for students to self-direct their engineering education, and the Sandia/Los Alamos Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), a DOE Office of Science center with the most up-to-date nano-technology tools.
The winning MEMS design contest entries
The University of Oklahoma's microswimmer is the first known microscale artificial swimmer capable of being produced in batches of 100 by the process known as surface micromachining — the most widespread technique used worldwide to fabricate micromachines, and in which Sandia's facility is a leader. The swimmer's free-swinging tail is 40 micrometers in length. The different rates of expansion and contraction of a tail strip with one side aluminum, the other polysilicon, when heated by a cyclically powered microwave, set the tail wagging, propelling the swimmer forward at an average speed of 3.3 micrometers/second. Potential applications include research and drug delivery in the body.
The tribogauge design uses comb drives — interlaid sets of "teeth" that, when electrically charged, attract each other. These normally are used to drive rods that power microgears or latches. Texas Tech student designers propose using this | 1,235 |
<|fim_middle|>ings and work is underway to incorporate it into a new mixed-use development. Planning permission has been granted, despite conserted local opposition, for the proposed redevelopment that wil provide a 100,000sq ft. high-end residential led scheme comprising 35 apartments and 5 town houses with a new cinema in the basement. The facade of the cinema will remain. | Odeon Kensington, London
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Opened January 3, 1926
263 High Street, London, W8 6NA
The Odeon cinema on Kensington High Street used to be a centre of entertainment for local residents but in recent times it has become a centre of controversy for the community. The building opened in 1926 as the Kensington Kinema. It had a single auditorium accommodating 2,370 customers on two levels. Apparently it was one of the first steel framed buildings to be built in the UK. It features a neo-classical facade. The Cinema Treasures website adds that it has, "... a huge deeply recessed entrance, remeniscent of a proscenium opening. The interior was decorated in what could be described as Neo-Greek style which had a coffered ceiling." It also had a Christie Three-Manual theatre organ.
The first name change occured in 1940 when it became the Majestic Cinema. Four years late Odeon Theatres Limited purchased it and it reopened in October of 1944 as the Odeon. As with most of these large cinemas, the Odeon was split into a number of screen. It became a triple in 1976 and a fourth screen was added in 1980. By 1991 it had six film studios. After all of this redesign it should come as no surprise that little of the original auditorium remains.
In 2005 speculation was that it would be demlished to make was for a Tesco supermarket but in fact it survived a further 10 years. In 2016, as you can see below, the cinema is hidden behind hoard | 377 |
I am assuming this is a sudden failure and no gas or electrical repairs or appliance service has been done recently that could have resulted in the gas control valve being turned to Pilot, a main service shut off but not fully turned back on, breaker turned off, etc. I also assume everything else gas and electric in the house is working OK - including that ALL circuits are working, not just half of them which could indicate a loss of one side of your 220V power feed, which is most commonly due to a downed powerline so your neighbors would have about half their circuits out too unless downed wire is just on the line feeding only your house.
Check thermostat is set higher than the current room temp at the thermostat, and that the batteries are not dead. Many units set back to 60 degrees or so if the batteries go dead - some will not work at all with dead batteries. Check also, if your thermostat has a "flame" icon or "Furnace On" indication when it is calling for heat, that the indicator is actually on when thermostat is calling for heat. Try temporarily bumping the desired temp up 10 degrees to see if indicator comes on - if it does, but furnace does not kick on then problem is either thermostat wiring to furnace has disconnected, or a problem in the furnace controls. Also check batteries arenot corroding and have corroded the battery contacts so they arenot conducting electricity.
Of course, also check thrermostat programming hasnot been changed to temps you do not expect, and that the HEAT / AC (or COOL) switch has not been accidentally slid to the AC or COOL position.
Check also that filter (assuming forced air unit) is not plugged or pulled out - some units have pressure differential sensors and filter-present sensors and will not fire if the filter is missing or there is too much resistance across the filter because it is blocked.
If tab on valve is almost perpendicular to the pipe, then your gas is almost turned off and letting just enough through for the pilot to burn. Would be due to some maintenance work or maybe vandalism - call utility before turning on in case they turned off for some reason, though there should be a security seal through the locking ear on the valve to lock it closed and a notice put on your door if they did it, and of course it should have shut the gas completely off, not letting enough through for the pilot to work.
May have red pilot hold-to-ignite button like shown, or may light pilot by pushing down and<|fim_middle|> pilot when let go...???
Furnace blowing only semi warm air. The pilot is on, and the burners are lit, the fan goes on as well. | holding the gas control knob till pilot stays lit when released while lighting. gas control valve knob (commonly black, as in this example) commonly has to be pressed down when turning from PILOT to ON or it willnot turn all the way to ON. If this control valve has been monkeyed with recently, it may not have been fully opened so turn back to PILOT (pilot should stay burning OK), then back to ON - usually a 1/4 turn of the valve stem.
Check breaker for the furnace has not tripped. If it has, I recommend NOT turning it back on till the CAUSE of it tripping is found and fixed, because it will likely just trip out againfor the same reason, plus turning power back on without solving the problem may cause further furnace damage if something is shorting out.
Check power switch for furnace itself - commonly located on wall within about 3-4 feet or furnace, usually a regular "light switch" in the wires leading to the furnace - commonly, though not always, where household wiring converts to spiral metal flex conduit leading to the furnace.
If your furnace has any indicator lights, check for them being on. If it is getting power at least one of the indicator lights should be on steady - can be green but sometimes red or amber or white depending on manufacturer. If multiple lights are on or any are flashing, that is usually a coded message indicating the type of failure - call a Heating and A/C technician.
If your thermostat is hooked up with a fan-only setting for the furnace, try setting it to FAN to see if it comes on - that would tell you the furnace is getting power and at least partly working andthat the thermostat is at least connected.
Causes that might not be evident - all of which call for an HVAC technician - main fan failure, exhaust gas blower or exhaust flue damper failure if a high-efficiency furnace with exhaust flue leading horizontally out side of house instead of through the roof (usually has plastic exhaust pipe), failed flame rollout sensor thinking it is sensing a flame rollout (this is probably the microtherm talked about in the referenced prior response), failed duct overheat sensor, or heat exchanger leak detection sensor detecting (or thinking it detects) a heat exchanger leak.
My problem is my pilot is lit as long as the knob is hell down but to turn the knob in the on position you have lift up on the knob and turn to the on position that's when the pilot goes out when you lift up on the knob.
Furnace is blowing mild air, pilot is lit and thermostat working.
Pilot stays lit for two weeks then goes out with the thermocouple brand new.
Pilot stays lit, burners will light, but valve keeps turning back to | 565 |
The feature, an adaptation of a play by Marcus Gardley, will be set in the 1800s in Faubourg Treme in New Orleans.
MWM Studios is developing a feature adaptation of Marcus Gardley's play The House That Will Not Stand. MWM's Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane will develop the project with producer Diane Nabatoff.
The House That<|fim_middle|> Amazon's Z: The Beginning of Everything, is repped by WME, Manage-ment and Jackoway Austin. | Will Not Stand, which premiered this summer at the New York Theater Workshop, is a historical comic drama set in 1813 in Faubourg Treme in New Orleans. Loosely inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba, the story centers on the lives of the free women of color who became millionaires within the system of plaçage — the common-law marriages of white men and black Creole women — and fought against racial oppression pre-Civil War.
The play earned Gardley, an alum of the Yale School of Drama, the 2015 Glickman Award, and it was a finalist for the 2015 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
"The House That Will Not Stand invites us into a little-known moment in history — a time where definitions of property, slavery and love are turned on their head," added Nabatoff.
Gardley, whose screen credits include Showtime's The Chi, Fox's The Exorcist and | 212 |
Resetting Your Brand and Marketing Foundations for 2021
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It's January 5, 2021, and the world has been through a lot over the last 12 months.
As business owners, marketers, and human beings, the focus over the last year was understandably on resilience, adaptation, pivoting, and safety. While the COVID pandemic is still going to be part of our world for the foreseeable future, the new year offers us all a new opportunity (psychologically, at least) to take stock, move out of panic mode, and start building the future we want to see.
If 2020 was all about adapting to seismic changes, 2021 is about evaluating and strengthening your foundations with the future in mind. From a marketing perspective, here are the 5 key areas to take stock of in your business in Q1.
1. Customer Profiles
Getting an accurate sense of your customers and audience is the single most important thing you can do for your<|fim_middle|> https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-write-a-small-business-marketing-plan-2951749
The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Strategies (HubSpot) — https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/digital-strategy-guide
Digital Marketing Essentials (CampTech) — https://camptech.ca/products/digital-marketing-essentials
Depending on where you're at in your evolution as a company, and how much your business changed in 2020, not all of the above topics may apply to your particular situation. At the very least, we encourage you to consider each area, even if you feel like it's in a solid place, as you may find some low-hanging fruit you can take care of alongside the larger tasks.
Here are the next steps we recommend to evaluate your overall marketing and digital presence as we head into 2021:
Evaluate the topics and links above
Establish a shortlist of no more than 3 key activities for Q1
Create a longlist or bucket of other things you could bring into play later
Act upon those 3 key activities, aiming to complete 1 per month
Repeat until your foundation is set and you're ready to make more of an effort in marketing tactics and activities throughout the year
Good luck — and happy new year!
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hello@stackcreative.co | business' marketing. It's the cornerstone piece of any positioning or marketing exercise, and taking the time to create or update an accurate, detailed audience persona document will pay off in spades by making every other decision in marketing easier.
It's one of the two main "magic ingredients" of strategy that tie together your products and services with your marketing, website, advertising, and sales strategies and tactics.
Do you already have customer profiles or audience personas created?
Has your target market changed in 2020?
Have you started offering new services or products in 2020?
Customer Camp — https://customercamp.co/ (Katelyn Bourgoin)
The Beginner's Guide to Creating Customer Personas (Buffer) – https://buffer.com/library/marketing-personas-beginners-guide/
How to Create Detailed Buyer Personas (HubSpot) — https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/buyer-persona-research
2. Positioning
Positioning sounds simple, but its impact is profound. It's simply how your company positions itself in the minds of your customers and prospects. It translates "what you do" into "why we're different", and it's the exercise and output that combines your customers' needs and wants and what you make and sell into something unique and different in the marketplace.
It's is the second of the two main "magic ingredients" of strategy that tie together your products and services with your marketing, website, advertising, and sales strategies and tactics.
Do you already have a positioning statement and proof points created?
Have you started offering new services or products?
How does your direct competition (those with a comparable offering for the same audience) position their company, products, or services?
The 2020 Guide to Successful Positioning (HubSpot) – https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/brand-positioning-strategy
Seven Position Strategies for Your Marketing Plan (Indeed) — https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/positioning-strategy
Obviously Awesome (April Dunford) – https://www.aprildunford.com/obviously-awesome
3. Brand Identity
A brand identity is not just the logo and graphic design elements of your company. A complete identity should consider messaging, copy and tone of voice, and a mix of guidelines, templates, and toolkits for design and brand elements across digital, print, physical, and motion.
Chances are you already have an identity and some form of guidelines. But if it's been over 5 years since you last evaluated it, chances are it could use an update, even if the core elements don't require changing.
Have you started offering new products or services since the brand was last refreshed?
Have you started selling to new audiences since the brand was last refreshed?
Has your company structurally changed (i.e. new lines of business, mergers and acquisitions) since the brand was last refreshed?
Have you started marketing in new channels — video, out of home, etc — since the brand was last refreshed?
Does your brand instinctively feel "not correct" for what you make or who you sell to?
4 Ways to Know When It's Time to Rebrand (Entrepeneur) — https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/322558
The Definitive Guide to Successfully Rebranding in 2021 (Crowdspring) — https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/how-to-rebrand/
Designing Brand Identity (Alina Wheeler) —https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Brand-Identity-Essential-Branding/dp/1118980824
4. Your Website
A website is a key, evolving piece of your marketing and sales puzzle. and this is especially the case if your company actively sells online (e-commerce, etc).
Like a good brand identity, a well-built website should have a shelf life of at least 5 years — but unlike brand identities, there are many more ongoing changes to website technologies and best practices. A good website is never finished, but it evolves as your company, customers, and marketing tactics change.
Is your current website still accurate and true to your brand strategy?
Have you started offering new products, services, or ways to buy that are not currently reflected in your website?
Does your website offer clear calls-to-action for visitors to buy from you or get in touch?
Have you recently done any audits on page load speed, SEO, or accessibility?
Is your website integrated with your CRM, email marketing, or other APIs and authentications?
Free Accessibility Audit (aCe) — https://ace.accessibe.com/
Free Domain SEO Analysis Tool (Moz) — https://moz.com/domain-analysis
PageSpeed Insights (Google) — https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
5. Your Marketing Strategy
We put this last, not because it's the least important — but because it's best to have a rock-solid foundation across your website design, brand identity, and positioning and messaging before you put added effort into bringing more people to your platforms.
It's crucial to note one thing: a marketing strategy is not a collection of tactics, and it's also not defined by any media. There's pretty much an unlimited number of tactics, channels, and audience combinations you could try, which is what makes the previous steps so important in giving you that clarity before you start investing in content, ads, calendars, and consultants or staff time and effort.
Where is your audience? (In both digital and non-digital contexts)
What are the overall goals of your marketing? (e.g. More broad awareness, higher volume of targeted sales leads, growing your site traffic, etc)
What channels do we have to play with? (Email, Social, Search, Direct Mail, Pre-Roll/Video, Content, Television, Radio, Out of Home, Events)
What budget — in terms of time and money — do you have to play with in Q1?
What metrics will you use to measure success?
What smaller "tests" could you run to validate messaging, audiences, or channels, before investing more of my valuable budget?
Essentials to Creating a Powerful Marketing Plan (The Balance) — | 1,279 |
New Vampire Weekend album review: 'Father of the Bride' is a commitment
By Chuck Arnold
May 2, 2019 | 4:04pm | Updated May 2, 2019 | 6:14pm
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Fab 5 Freddy loves 'kinda dope' Vampire Weekend video with Jerry Seinfeld
Vampire Weekend's queasy new 'Sunflower' video spotlights NYC legends
Make every weekend count with our guide to summertime in NYC<|fim_middle|> — gently strokes you with its acoustic guitar as lovers say goodbye before one goes off to become somebody else's bride.
In one of the most upbeat songs about cheating that you'll ever hear, Vampire Weekend channels '70s Paul Simon with a deceptively breezy touch.
One of two songs featuring Steve Lacy, guitarist of the alternative R&B/hip-hop band the Internet, this single is a whimsical, sunflower-petaled delight.
"We Belong Together"
This Irish-flavored ditty — no relation to the Mariah Carey smash — may revel in the fact that two people belong together, but cautions, "it don't mean we'll stay together."
"Jerusalem, New York, Berlin"
"Don't let them restart that genocidal feeling," sings VW lead singer Ezra Koenig, referencing his Jewish history on a piano-laced ballad that ends the album on a reflective note.
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After winning their first Grammy for their last album, 2013's "Modern Vampires of the City," Vampire Weekend apparently decided that, as a reward for that achievement, a six-year break was in order.
But now the alt-rock band born out of Columbia University is making up for lost time with "Father of the Bride," a double album, out Friday, which features 18 tracks. While it's not quite at the super-size level of Drake's 25-track "Scorpion" blockbuster last summer, VW's fourth LP — whose title indeed nods to the 1991 Steve Martin comedy — is an ambitious effort that may take a while before it fully sinks its teeth into you.
Here's a cheat sheet of five highlights to listen to right away:
"Hold You Now"
The first track — one of three cuts featuring Danielle Haim, of the sister trio Haim | 198 |
Powerful winds, no power
Remnants of Hurricane Ike tore through central Ohio, its whipping winds knocking out electricity to hundreds of thousands of residents, some of whom<|fim_middle|> list of customers affected by county. | might be without power for up to a week, an American Electric Power spokeswoman said last night.
Because of the massive number of outages, Franklin County school systems including Columbus, Bexley, Dublin, Gahanna-Jefferson, Grandview Heights, Hilliard, South-Western, Upper Arlington and Worthington closed schools for Monday. Groveport Madison and Westerville schools are on a two-hour delay.
Gahanna Superintendent Gregg Morris said the winds tore most of the roof off the multipurpose room of Blacklick Elementary School.
It was just one of scores of buildings damaged by ferocious winds that finally relented late last night, but not until gusts of about 75 mph barreled through Port Columbus.
"What we experienced was a hurricane-force wind gust," said Myron Padgett, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
That gust was born from a combination of the remnants of Hurricane Ike and a cold front.
At least three people were killed by toppled trees in southwestern Ohio, and more than 1 million homes lost power in the state.
At 12:30 a.m., nearly 400,000 homes and businesses in central Ohio were without power. AEP reported more than 325,000 customers were without power in Franklin, Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Madison and Union counties. More than a quarter million were in Franklin County. That's more than the 207,000 that lost power during the December 2004 ice storm.
South Central Power reported more than 53,000 of its Ohio customers were without power, including 22,000 in central Ohio.
In addition, 3,000 of the city of Columbus' 14,000 electric customers, were without power, utilities spokesman Rick Tilton said.
By late afternoon yesterday, winds started to whip, then moan, then shriek until it was as if an enormous hair dryer on full blast was being held over the region. Tree limbs that weren't strong enough gave up and were ripped from their trunks.
Whole trees -- big ones, old ones too -- were ripped up by their roots and driven through houses, road signs tossed about like sheets of paper, gas station canopies peeled like the lid of a sardine can and power lines were sent flying like dental floss in the wind.
AEP was still assessing the damage late last night. Franklin County was the hardest hit, AEP spokeswoman Terri Flora said.
She said crews will get a better look today. But preliminary assessments indicate power could be out for a week for some.
Power-company crews were "kind of shorthanded" because some local crews had been sent to Texas to assist with the areas hit hardest by the hurricane, AEP spokesman Jeff Rennie said.
The winds were enough to ground MedFlight during the late afternoon hours. The helicopter ambulance service based at Don Scott Airport was cleared to resume flying by 8:30 p.m., near the end of the high-wind advisory. It had been out of commission for at least three hours.
At Polaris Fashion Place, the power went out about 4 p.m., a security guard said, and didn't come back on before the mall closed two hours later. The guard didn't say how anyone conducted business or selected purchases in the dark.
Other people didn't stay inside. Even as traffic lights sagged into intersections or went blank, folks were on the roads. They were on their porches, walking through their neighborhoods with babies in strollers, bracing themselves against sudden windy blasts and gawking at the damage as it happened.
In Schiller Park, where once-grand trees now laid across the road, people were walking their dogs. A Chihuahua dodged (and barely escaped) walnuts falling from a tree like raindrops.
"How often do you get to experience hurricane winds?" asked David Sabbath, who lives on Deshler Avenue and was riding his bike around the park.
Law-enforcement agencies and fire departments were overwhelmed with calls about the damage.
By 8:50 p.m., Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman was asking people to stay inside, to avoid the danger of downed power lines, branches and motorists.
"We have large branches and entire trees across roads everywhere," said Mary Carran Webster, spokeswoman for the Columbus Public Service Department, who advised people to watch for debris this morning.
The crews moved quickly. A team with a wood chipper, two chainsaws and a crane-like contraption with a pincer cleared a tree that had fallen across City Park Drive in about 20 minutes.
The howling winds also turned a blaze that firefighters had been battling all day at Kurtz Bros., 2850 Rohr Rd., in Groveport, into an inferno that sent flames high into the night sky as piles of mulch burned.
The wind sheared a large section of the J.C. Penney Logistics Center's roof next to the outlet store off of Brice Road.
The Delaware County Fair was shut down in the late afternoon, as was Via Colori, a Goodale Park festival. In Fairfield, Licking and Hocking counties, the high winds downed trees and power lines, and some of them were blocking roads, officials said. Officials in Union County northwest of Columbus and Ross County in southern Ohio reported the same problems.
Some businesses were able to shelter and distract those without power.
The Lion King performance at the Ohio Theatre went on as scheduled, and other moviegoers were in luck, too. At Easton Town Center, a security guard said the AMC Easton 30 cinemas were operating as usual at about 8:15 p.m., and most of the shopping center had power.
Dispatch reporter Mary Beth Lane contributed to this story.
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Political Left, Ethics and Brotherhood
Expanding Good Will and
Sincerity Among Humans
Former Italian Senator Maria Rosaria Manieri, with the book "Fraternità" in her hands
The intense struggle between honesty and corruption is more secret than public. All the noise is limited to its superficial levels. The battle occurs first and foremost in human soul.
It is from the essential plane of existence that the war between truthfulness and its opposite finds an expression in the outer spheres of life. Largely silent, the conflict unfolds in one's family, in the politics of one's city and the dialogue among nations.
Besides fighting corruption in political circles, it is necessary to build the whole of society around the principle of sincerity with oneself and one's fellow beings.
The big and the small are mirrors to each other. He who is honest in one sphere of existence tends to be sincere in the other ones. If someone gets distant from his own soul in any particular aspect<|fim_middle|>The Mahatma Letters", published by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., in London, UK, with 493 pages and Index. The book is available in PDF in our associated websites. The page is the same in the TUP edition, Pasadena, California.
[9] Nuclear weapons are an example of this principle: left-wing and right-wing parties must be intelligent enough to see that nuclear proliferation and atomic suicide are not good ideas.
The above article was first published in our blog at The Times of Israel. | of daily life, he is in danger of seeing his moral defeat expand to other areas.
Everything is interconnected. In each aspect of life, starting with the way the citizen relates to his own conscience, there's an open or implicit conflict between wisdom and ignorance, sincerity and illusion, decency and its opposite.
The corresponding contrast unfolds in the individual as well as the community. It is alive in the parties of the so-called political left, and also in the "conservative" parties.
In her book "Fraternity" ("Fraternità") [1], Italian thinker and former Socialist senator Maria Rosaria Manieri suggests the idea that the political world of the 21st century should once more discover the "forgotten" concept of brotherhood. By fraternità she means friendship and mutual help.
Of course, in life and politics things are not isolated. Ethics, justice and cooperation go together, while embezzlement, theft and lies also tend to be inseparable.
The concept of fraternity is central to theosophy and esoteric philosophy, because it results from the perception of the unity of all beings. It is present in Judaism and every true religion. Since the ancient world the idea constitutes a decisive tenet in any honest approach to Politics.
Philosophy does not see Politics as a "struggle" for power, but as the permanent process of building a creative power which is based on mutual help and reciprocal trust. The true duty of Politics is to improve a Polis or community and keep it alive through a feeling of common union.
Although the idea of brotherhood is of decisive importance in Sociology, Theosophy, Philosophy and Religion, it has been underestimated for a long time in these and other areas of knowledge.
In their anxious search for followers, spiritual and political organizations make a choice for nominal brotherhood and leave aside their duty to form solidary communities that are deeply unified. The choice for appearance instead of reality results from a lack of knowledge.
Spiritual ignorance produces an absence of good will. Crime, selfishness, injustice and pain get the most attention from ill-informed people. It is easier to repeat slogans and clichés than to think by oneself. Being creative is a challenging experience.
Conventional Psychology could do more in studying the complex issue of how to create fraternity.
Even in original esoteric philosophy, the topic deserves more attention than it gets. The first object of the theosophical movement points to universal brotherhood, and the theme is in the agenda of the Independent Lodge of Theosophists.
Born in 1943 and experienced in social activism, Maria Rosaria Manieri writes:
"As one speaks of brotherliness, one's thought immediately associates it with its religious dimension, generally Jewish and Christian. On the other hand, brotherliness fades away in its civic and republican meaning, as a guiding principle of public action and as an ethical criterion of decision making and political and social evaluation. Evidence that this is true is found in the fact that it is referred to as a forgotten tenet. [2] The term has practically ceased to be used in the contemporary public lexicon."
This is a serious defeat for humanistic ideals.
Maria Rosaria proceeds:
"In these times of fundamentalist liberalism, the very political groups that were historically born as an answer to the need of fraternity have forgotten the meaning and the power of this idea. And this is one of the deep causes of its loss of identity, its being now beyond recognition, and its decline. Even the word 'solidarity', which in the 20th century constituted the most important proclamation of fraternity, is now distant from the context of struggles and social demands which took place together with its establishment in legislation and regulations of trade unions in Western Europe. The topic became almost exclusive to religious organizations (…)." [3]
Collective selfishness dominates more than one trade union and association whose goals are officially altruistic. It is also not absent from philosophical, spiritualistic and theosophical associations around the world.
However, a civilization can only exist as long as there is enough good will and mutual help among the citizens. The end of a civilization based on selfishness is unavoidable. It is a good idea to observe, therefore, how generosity and egocentrism, solidary thoughts and destructive feelings, ignorance and wisdom are generated in contemporary society.
Father Spirit and Mother Nature
By observing the political life and social dynamics of a country, one can see the strength or weakness of mutual respect among its citizens.
The insincere use of words is a sad trap for nations and individuals alike. Great absurdities can be done in the name of beautiful ideals.
On the other hand, a large amount of good will and social justice can be generated without using any supposedly infallible ideology.
Elegant words are also not enough for theosophical and philosophical associations, and noble actions are more effective if developed in an unpretentious way. Building the future consists in creating healthy ways to produce friendly forms of knowledge and expand the project among honest persons.
The book "Fraternità" helps reduce the distance between politics and philosophy. It renders a service to the associations which aim at improving human experience during the 21st century.
Ms. Maria Rosaria Manieri writes:
"For centuries the idea of fraternity has been based on Jewish-Christian concepts referring to the common divine paternity, which generates the commandment of brotherly love among human beings."
Theosophy points out that the phrase "fatherly god" is a personalization and a metaphor. It helps popularize the study of religious matters. "God" is a symbol of the eternal universal law, the Natural Law regulating both Spirit and Matter.
From the "marriage" between the father-god and the mother-nature (Maya, or Illusion in the sense of being subject to constant change) humanity is born.
This fundamental view of the creative polarity in the Universe is present in various forms in the Andean tradition, and in most religious legends of East and West. In Judaism, HaShem ("The Name") created the Universe-Nature and guides it.
Human beings are the children of Karma, the descendants of the severe Father, the Law. From time to time the Universal Father puts into motion the expansion of life in Mother Nature (Maya, Matter). All beings are brothers, because they are born as a result of the creative meeting between Spirit and Material Existence.
The basic idea of universal brotherhood is of course much older than Judaism and Christianity and does not remain untouched by time. It evolves along History: it is born once and again and adopts different forms. Maria Rosaria says:
"With the beginning of modern revolution, which after the Renaissance establishes the dignitas et excellentia ('dignity and excellence') of man, faber fortunae suae ('maker of his own destiny'), new foundations are sought for the idea of fraternity and the way is paved for a lay or worldly humanism, which will inspire the ethics of modern secular nations." [4]
Maria uses the term "Jusnaturalism" to mention the idea of Natural Law, a basic principle in modern theosophy:
"First the Jusnaturalism and later the Enlightenment get to a new conception of this principle [of brotherhood], no longer based on the authority of a faith which not everyone shares, but on a Reason instead, which all human beings possess. The revealed fraternity is replaced by a universal brotherhood, based on human nature and reason."
Thus the concept of human fraternity transcends the narrow dogmas of churches and sects and becomes universal in our world.
Maria writes:
"The modern age starts with a lofty and lay translation of Paul's principle: 'There is no Jew or Greek, no slave or free man', not because they are 'one in Christ', but because all are human beings. Fraternity is based on being human and includes all of humanity." [5]
Seen from a simplistic point of view, to "work for universal brotherhood" means one expects everyone to agree with his opinions. Childish souls believe that their own political or religious views are necessarily superior to all the others and their universal acceptance constitutes the exclusive door to "brotherhood". This idea generates unlimited intolerance and fanaticism.
In fact, being fraternal places before us the challenge of perceiving unity in diversity, while persevering in the active search for truth. We cannot despise sincerity for the sake of brotherhood. The fact of fraternity makes it necessary to live in cooperation, without denying contrast and imperfection. The individual must constantly improve the way he lives.
It is our duty to observe the unity of opposites.
The next evolutionary step of human beings consists in realizing that Peace is bigger than Paradox. It includes establishing the basis of an enduring intercultural dialogue and opening the doors to cooperation among all nations, and among the different social sectors within each country.
There is no reason to be too anxious about that, yet helpful actions are welcome.
There is time enough to reach the noble ideal. The proof of that lies in the historical fact that civilizations are born and die, while the search for harmonious fraternity remains alive.
As time passes, the process of mutual help makes progress. The story of solidarity renews itself every century. Whenever a civilization becomes excessively materialistic, corrupt and arrogant, it denies the basic principle of fraternity - and destroys itself, to be replaced by another, better and more honest kind of civilization, which will also live for some time before meeting its end.
A Harmonious Coexistence
Chapter three in the book by Maria Rosaria Manieri is dedicated to tolerance and fraternity. Advocating the practice of respect among different churches, religions and lines of thought, Manieri quotes from Voltaire and John Locke.
The author is right in defending flexibility and the harmonious coexistence between contrasting points of view. While working in this direction, however, one must remember there is a Law of Symmetry in social relations.
Every specific practice of flexibility must be compensated by some form of firmness.
An old illusion of generous left-wing thinkers must be transcended: the idea according to which human beings are good enough already, and they don't need to improve themselves morally.
"In order for justice and happiness to flourish in communities", naïve people say, "it is enough to eliminate limits and obligations, and to establish the great law of mutual tolerance."
The self-defeat of almost all social revolutions which aimed at "eliminating the power of elites" shows us that human beings must improve themselves in the first place. To think that the citizens are all perfectly honest and generous, and that they suffer exclusively because of social injustice, has been for centuries an effective recipe for disaster.
In fact, each one must promote and direct his own inner revolution. It is possible to help others and receive their help; however, the process of production of common sense includes many unexpected challenges.
If one intends to be generous with the others, it will be necessary to have self-control. Only by personal austerity one can be brotherly toward his fellow beings.
The unilateral propaganda of tolerance, as if it were an absolute value and always valid in itself, leads society to mere indulgence and to an absence of moral responsibility.
The generalization of falsehood, theft, violence and alcoholism, the ill-disguised adoption of pornography in means of mass-communication, the epidemic use of drugs, the political influence of big drug-dealers and the corruption in public administration, all attack the fraternal feeling and threaten democracy.
Maria Manieri tends to ascribe "coercion" to the State, while in civil society tolerance and gentleness should dominate. One cannot ignore the uncomfortable fact that whenever the citizen fails to "coerce" himself, practicing self-restraint and sustaining a correct behavior, life and Karma will "coerce" him in unpredictable and undesirable ways.
Good sense is necessary. If we want an ethical community, there must be a firm ability to reject the degeneration of habits and procedures. The blind search for irresponsible pleasure destroys the sense of togetherness. The balanced sectors of political left, which are able to think, must discover lessons coming from the Freudian Psychoanalysis. It is useful to study the works of Psychologists who worked for fraternity, such as Alfred Adler, Viktor Frankl, Erich Fromm, Rollo May, Karen Horney, Fritz Kunkel and others. The ethics of Judaism will provide insights and guidance.
The books by Carl Jung, a collaborator of Nazism and an adversary of Ethics, will not help in such a task.
Human being is complex. He must evolve by studying his own inner contradictions and make progress through an "individual reform" while struggling for collective regeneration. The social renaissance will result from his self-improvement.
It is our duty to create a culture where people are stimulated to search for their moral progress. The citizen who awakens from ignorance stops wasting too much time in talking about the mistakes of others, or the misdeeds of the "ruling class". He ceases to use old scapegoats and neurotic mechanisms which previously seemed effective ways to escape from the vision of his own failures.
An unavoidable task of left-wing groups is, therefore, to realize that true social progress results from the advancement of the individual in self-knowledge, self-respect, self-control, equilibrium and wisdom. Each one must transcend by his own merit the habit of worshipping money. It is necessary to defeat in oneself several forms of material illusion, before one is free to tread the path to peace and live in voluntary simplicity.
No ideological propaganda can replace individual consciousness. The ability of a citizen to listen to his own moral conscience is the foundation of every valuable proposition in politics. The correct solution to social problems is based on the ethical awakening of the individual. Political parties of the Left and of the Right must accept this fact before they are able to help in effective ways the people of the countries where they act.
The Ideal of Human Perfection
On chapter 4 of her book "Fraternità", Maria Rosaria Manieri examines the presence of ethics and the individual sense of duty in the building of correct social relations.
It is in the works of Immanuel Kant, she says, that the Christian duty to search for self-improvement becomes universal and non-sectarian. Each human being must make efforts to defeat the instinctive selfishness present in himself:
"The search for the perfection of man, before whom the Gospel places the highest task - 'Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect' (Matthew: 5, 48) - undergoes in Kant a conscious conversion to the material world, in a process similar to what happened during the Renaissance and the Reformation. The ideal of perfection is now placed in the process through which man dominates nature, including human nature." [6]
The ideal of human progression and perfection is theosophical 'par excellence' and corresponds to the initiatic journey. The issue refers to the essence of all religions and philosophies. Maria Manieri writes:
"The culture of Law and morality is the ultimate goal of modern Reason and it 'elevates man completely above the animals'." (p. 85)
Here we see Kant treading the same path as Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm and every ethical thinker, besides classic theosophy. Through self-knowledge, human being transcends the animal kingdom and reaches the plane of Reason, of higher perception, of immortal soul and the brotherhood of all beings.
Maria sums up Kant's view:
"Man has a right to fraternity when, by defeating the resistance of the plane of [animal] inclinations against the law of inner morality, he makes sure that rationality prevails over selfish instincts, that the principle of universal legislation prevails over the variety and conflicting nature of specific positions and interests, and the safeguards of civil order and the dignity of moral law prevail over the anarchy and uncertainties of the Hobbesian idea of bellum omnium contra omnes ('the war of all against all')." (p. 86)
The ethical duty of the individual becomes the law and produces social order. Justice is the supreme good, and not the short term personal happiness. Kant has something to teach political parties on the left and right of the ideological spectrum. Fraternity, as a moral imperative, is a road to be traveled through the correct practice of Politics.
There must be a predominance of Reason over selfishness and passions. The task of building such a hegemony does not depend any longer on an elite of wise men, like in Plato. This is now the obligation of each conscious citizen (p. 104). The existence of this ethical duty creates a moral danger, due to the large distance between the individual and his duty, between the grand task and the limited reality of human beings in the present age (p.105).
The ethical principle of fraternity is no quietism or passive contemplation (p.108). In Kant, as in any other vision guided by common sense, the building of a just society is not a merely political or economical goal, let alone electoral projects. One must accelerate the process through which human beings become more balanced and honest.
Society will be harmonious when its citizens treat each other with equilibrium and have good will towards one another. Before achieving this goal, however, left-wing political parties will have to stimulate self-education and the independent formation of responsible citizens.
The work by Maria Rosaria makes a useful summary of the Western Philosophy views regarding brotherhood. It is somehow modest and non-ambitious because it does not elaborate on the next steps and on what must be done. Maria points out a basic fact: the issue of brotherhood is decisive to any discussion of human reality, and deserves study. This is an unavoidable truth both for students of philosophy or theosophy, and social activists.
The Choice for Building the Future
Upon reading the fifth and last chapter of the book "Fraternità", one sees that it is difficult for its author to decide what has primordial importance, and what has not, in the various viewpoints from which the problem of human brotherhood has been seen in recent centuries.
After summarizing in chapter four the Kantian view of Ethics, Maria Manieri spends a time discussing Marx and the materialistic views of Economics and Sociology. And she does so as if she had forgotten the fundamental proposition made by Kant, which establishes the "common" individual as the great responsible for the production of a better society.
She does mention en passant in the upper half of p. 137 the idea that social improvement needs individual transformation, and personal well-being is made easier by social progress. Nowhere Maria places in the center of her reasoning the uncomfortable yet decisive fact of the moral responsibility of the individual citizen. Forgetting what she herself wrote about Kant's philosophy in previous paragraphs, she now discusses Marx ignoring the inevitable need for an individual revolution towards altruism, as the foundation of social improvement.
Maria did not build her own view of the world.
Her book consists in part of an un-structured report of the main Western points of view regarding fraternity, seen as isolated facts from which she does not attempt to say which ones are of decisive importance. She does not form an independent set of guiding principles. The volume she wrote is significantly helpful anyway.
Left-wing groups often stimulate fraternity within their ranks while postponing the experience of universal brotherhood (or national brotherhood) to some magic moment which should take place after they obtain political power and the control of the state.
However, after the postponement of brotherly action takes place once, it tends to get automatically renewed. As time passes, the excuses used to justify the absence of respect for others grow and multiply, and procrastination eliminates much of ethics.
The healing of such a problem is simple. Yet actually putting it into practice is difficult, because few are those who accept the personal detachment needed to live in simplicity.
Instead of struggling "against" something that is seen as wrong, left-wing groups must learn to build that which is correct, in those areas of life which already depend on them.
They will become much more effective by ascribing less importance to the nominal control of formal and bureaucratic structures of political power, and by seeing the need to establish that cooperative power which creates new social relations, including relations of production and mode of production, starting in small scale.
The action needed relates to the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam or the healing of the world.
Examples of such a creative process are agricultural, industrial or commercial co-operatives; the traditional mutual help or voluntary work "mutirões" in the countryside of Brazil; collective vegetable-gardens in poor communities; many small economic and social actions based on mutualism; the kibbutzim and moshavim in Israel; the cooperative economy in Amish and Mennonite communities, and the action of Mohandas Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave in India. [7]
The book by Maria Manieri has the important merit of raising the issue of fraternity and demonstrating its centrality in political thought. In this regard, the book contains a valuable lesson to the theosophical movement and every masonic and philosophical association. An Eastern Master of the Wisdom wrote:
"The term 'Universal Brotherhood' is no idle phrase. Humanity in the mass has a paramount claim upon us (…). [Brotherhood] is the only secure foundation for universal morality. If it be a dream, it is at least a noble one for mankind and it is the aspiration of the true adept." [8]
Fraternity is the right relation among human beings. Building it constitutes a task for all areas of knowledge, including the "exact" science, which must be put at the service of life and not be made to serve the accumulation of material wealth in the hands of the few. The actions which threaten the principle of universal brotherhood must be unmasked, understood, watched and eliminated with due severity, care, and discernment. [9]
Having a "left-wing" view of society - id est, aiming at social justice - does not mean repeating void slogans and unexamined clichés about the vague dream of eliminating this or that "elite", as if fighting against something could be enough.
The book by Maria Manieri helps understand such a fact.
Belonging to the political left can mean being part of an effort to establish new relations of production, based on shared duties and rights.
The main goal of the Left is not to fight the Right at each new election and propose to society a populist demagoguery as opposed to the conservative demagoguery. The Left is able to express in creative ways the human need and potentiality for mutual help and compassion. It can expand the feeling of unconditional respect for life and increase and improve the commitment of all citizens with their common future.
[1] "Fraternidade", Maria Rosaria Manieri, Brazilian edition, 2017, Fundação Astrojildo Pereira e Contraponto Editora, Brasília / Rio de Janeiro, 143 pages. First edition, in Italian, 2013: "Fraternità, Rilettura civile di un'idea che può cambiare il mondo", Maria Rosaria Manieri, 160 pp., Tempi.
[2] A. M. Baggio (org.), "Il principio dimenticato. La fraternità nella riflessione politologica contemporanea", Roma, Città Nuova, 2007. (Note by Maria Rosaria Manieri)
[3] "Fraternidade", Maria Rosaria Manieri, Fundação Astrojildo Pereira, Brasília / Rio de Janeiro, 2017, see pp. 15-16.
[4] "Fraternidade", Maria Rosaria Manieri, Brazilian edition, 2017, Fundação Astrojildo Pereira, see p. 71.
[5] "Fraternidade", Maria Rosaria Manieri, also p. 71.
[6] "Fraternidade", Maria Rosaria Manieri, see p. 84.
[7] See in our associated websites the article "Vinoba and the Power of Good Will".
[8] From the last paragraph of Letter 4, p. 17, in the 1926 edition of " | 4,989 |
Notes: Miami drama surprises locker room leaders; Bilukidi contract voided as Atkins IRed
Chris Crocker and Andrew Whitworth, two elder statesmen of the Bengals locker room, are just as amazed and puzzled as anybody about what may have or may not have happened in the Miami locker room.
After getting the weekend off and having a walkthrough Monday afternoon, the Bengals' own locker room had time to digest the news of Richie Incognito's suspension amid reports he left threats and racial slurs on the cell phone of AWOL Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin.
Both Crocker, an 11-year veteran with four teams, and Whitworth, in his eighth NFL season all with the Bengals, say they've never seen bullying. And while an NFL locker room isn't your normal, everyday workplace, both talked about a line never being crossed.* *
"Not any kind of picking on anybody. Never. That's never happened here," said Whitworth, the team's rep to the NFL Players Association. "But if it's a rookie dinner or something like that and you like feel somebody's maybe pushing it too far or making it where it's almost personal, that's really the fine line. The fine line is it's fun and it's all in good jest and then as soon as it crossed the line that this could be deemed as personal, it's your job as a leader of that team to stop it.
"I've never seen it. But that's what you're really looking for. Could this be deemed personal? Could this guy be taking this home with him and his feelings being hurt or just being affected by this?"
There are the usual rookie rites. Getting food for the position group. Carrying helmets and pads of the veterans off the practice field. The rookie show and singing on demand.
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Bilukidi, whose father is a diplomat, was born in Angola and lived in France and Brazil before arriving in Ottawa, where he was a second-team all-region selection in basketball after lettering all four years in high school.
With Atkins down the Bengals finished last Thursday's game in Miami with just Domata Peko and Brandon Thompson as their tackles. Devon Still, a second-round 2012 pick, is recovering from what has been reported as a dislocated elbow and may not be able to go Sunday. Also Monday the Bengals signed linebacker Bruce Taylor to the practice squad to fill the spot vacated by rookie tackle Reid Fragel's move to Cleveland's active roster. The 6-1, 245-pound Taylor, a rookie free agent out of Virginia Tech, played in all four Bengals preseason games while becoming a favorite of the Hard Knocks cameras. He had 10 tackles before he was waived in the 53-man cutdown. Earlier this season he spent two weeks on the Cardinals practice squad. | and time and time again, it just becomes something that's a little strange," Crocker said. "And I could see how someone could take that personal. I would also take that as a 'Hey, leave me alone. I've done my [time]. I've sung, I've carried stuff and all of that.' At some point, it's just about trying to win football games. You don't need any distractions like that. Conduct detrimental is serious. That's as serious as it gets. You're talking about really being a distraction to the team. You're a distraction to winning games and you're losing a lot of money."
Both men emphasize that no one knows what went on for certain in Miami and they won't comment on that situation. But they both talked about how the environment is different than most in corporate America.
"(A rookie) is not learning from guys who have been an attorney or this or that, an understudy. He's thrown in the starting lineup. He needs all the help and information he can get, and it's basically your job to provide it to him," Whitworth said. "Yet he's going to take your job one day, the more you provide him. Part of the deal is 'hey, I'll help you all you want but there's little things, you being a young player, if we want some breakfast on Friday or we want to do this or that.' And those things are perfectly healthy. There's nothing wrong with them.
"They're actually a great instrument for those guys to learn 'hey, proving my value to those guys for why I'm here.' Then there's a certain line that just never should be crossed, and that is if somebody is offended or somebody doesn't like what's happening to them, that should stop."
The big question is why can't these strongest of men stand up to the smallest of minds and push back?
"Guys have egos. This is an ego-driven profession. Guys have egos and it's a very manly sport. It's a Gladiator sport. Guys don't want to stand down," Crocker said. "You fight until the death, so to speak. That's where it's really tough to say, 'Alright, this guy's had enough, I'm going to leave him alone.'
"Sometimes it's just about testing guys. Coaches do it all the time where they pick on a certain guy and try to motivate him. And pick on him and pick on him and see if they can break him, and that guy just takes it. You don't do that in corporate America.
"But there is a line that you just don't cross. There are certain things you just don't do. Obviously, there's something going on that went a little too far."
ATKINS IRed; BILUKIDI DEAL VOIDED:The Bengals lost a game on a walkoff safety last Thursday night and then saw a player on Monday have to walk off because of paperwork.
They put defensive tackle Geno Atkins on season-ending injured reserve Monday, but their contract for Raiders 2012 draft pick Christo Bilukidi was voided by the NFL because the Canadian does not have proper documentation to work in the United States. The NFL said the work permit Bilukidi had with the Raiders before he was waived last week doesn't transfer. Once his documentation is properly filed, he'll be eligible to sign but that could be a week or two and since the Bengals can't wait it's believed they'll sign another defensive lineman before Wednesday's practice.
After Bilukidi worked out at Paul Brown Stadium on Monday, the club signed him with the hope he could take some snaps Sunday (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Channel 12) in Baltimore if needed.
The club's search for a veteran to add to the line was brief, since it was looking for a healthy guy that could play right away, was in shape, and had at least a training camp and preseason under him. A lot of the vets didn't qualify and in Bilukidi the Bengals not only got a guy who has played all season until the last week, but a guy they liked in the scouting process.
The 6-5, 320-pound Bilukidi, who played 71 downs for the Raiders this season and had a sack before being waived last week, is a sixth-rounder out of the Margus Hunt mold with little football experience but with an interesting athletic upside. Bilukidi, 23, took 249 snaps as a rookie last season in 13 games after being the first player drafted out of Georgia State's new program. He didn't begin playing football until he was a senior in high school in Ottawa, but still ended up also being a third-round pick of Winnipeg in the CFL draft. Last season Pro Football Focus graded Bilukidi 59th out of the 84 defensive tackles | 1,005 |
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PUMA signs long-term deal with PSV Eindhoven | fearlessness and an unapologetic attitude, always finds new ways to express herself and uses her body as a catalyst for conversation. Her inspiring defiance of the status quo will set the tone for this campaign.
"To 'DO YOU' is to take ownership of yourself and finding the power within that ownership —it's a very powerful statement," says Cara. "It's about accepting who you are, no matter your faults. 'DO YOU' is about finding your truth and sticking to it. I think it's so special because it means something different for everyone. It specifically encourages people to be themselves."
Cara will be at the center of the "Do You" campaign, leading the pack of strong women appearing in this campaign, including Mimi Staker and Olivia Boisson of the New York City Ballet, German track and field athletes Alexandra Wester and Tatjana Pinto and Cuban volleyball players Leila Consuelo Ortega Martinez and Lianma Flores Stable.
The campaign was inspired by Rihanna, who once said: "I dare myself to make things work. I don't do things for the response or controversy. I just live my life."
The 'DO YOU' campaign launches this month with a cross-category product assortment dropping through December from PUMA's Running & Training and Sportstyle collections. Cara will be featured in outdoor advertising, PUMA stores and retailers, and PUMA.com.
English fashion model and actress Cara Delevingne was born in London in 1992. She won the "Model of the Year" award at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014 and appeared in the fashion shows of Burberry, Mulberry, Dolce & Gabbana and Jason Wu. Her first major film role was as Margo Roth Spiegelman in Paper Towns (2015).
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Strong like Adriana this holiday
PUMA ambassador Adriana Lima shares her advice
Welcome to FUTRO LAND
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Le Lisa von Lübeck est une réplique d'une Caravelle de la Ligue hanséatique du appartenant au musée portuaire de Lübeck.
Histoire
Ce navire est une reconstitution authentique d'une caravelle de l'époque de la Hanse. Un moteur diesel supplée à la navigation à la voile qui manque de performance.
La caravelle a été lancée en et son voyage inaugural a été effectuée en . En 200<|fim_middle|> Rostock en 2012.
En 2013 elle entre en collision avec le roulier MV Transpaper vers Travemünde et perd son beaupré.
Voir aussi
Notes et références
Liens externes
Lisa von Lubeck- Site Tallship Fan
Lisa von Lubeck - Site SchiffsSpotter.de
Nom de bateau
Bateau d'intérêt patrimonial en Allemagne
Bateau allemand
Bateau des années 2000
Réplique de bateau
Musée portuaire de Lübeck
Navire musée en Allemagne | 6 elle effectue un voyage vers Dantzig (ancienne ville hanséatique) en faisant escale à Stralsund et Kołobrzeg en Pologne. Elle a participé à quelques évènements maritimes comme la semaine de Kiel en 2005 et la Hanse Sail de | 69 |
Yota Ioannidou is an artist (born in Athens/Greece). She lives and works in Athens. Ioannidou graduated with a BA from the Athens School of Fine Arts (Greece), a MFA from the Dutch Art Institute (<|fim_middle|> on the research subject. So far in her projects looks into issues related to social struggles and movements with a strong focus on the idea of the local and translocal (i.e. most of her projects are referred to social struggles from the current Greek history related to examples that we find in other places as well as in past times). Her work has been presented in "The kids want communism" - Notes on division/ ΜΟΒΥ Bat Yam, Ιsrael (2017), No need for references, WUK, Vienna, (2015), 3rd and 4th Athens biennale a.o. | The Netherlands) and currently is a PhD researcher in PhDArts in Leiden University/Creative and Performing Studies and KABK/ Den Haag. In her projects creates and revises archives, following a process of research (visits in archives and in situ research), collection (texts, images, data, maps, films) recordings, involving various ways of formulation. The formulation of the research material combines storytelling and formation of reading and performing groups | 90 |
Meet Our VP of Men's Fashion, Sam Lobban
A Q&A with Hip-Hop Stylist Misa Hylton
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How our VP of Men's Fashion, Sam Lobban, defines the Nordstrom men's floor and his monochromatic personal style.
By Britt Burritt
Since he was 15, Sam Lobban has been immersed in the world of men's style. "I started in a shop when I was 15 and three-quarters, which sounds like a very British thing because that's when you can start work in the UK—it's when you get your national insurance number," he explains. "So I used to work Saturdays, Sundays, every school holiday selling."
His fascination with fashion stemmed from a love of music—particularly new wave and artists like David Bowie, the Smiths and the Cure. "I guess from a very young age I was always really interested in subcultures, British subcultures, and the way that different guys wear clothes to represent themselves in different ways," he says. "We'd hang out in East London around Shoreditch and go see bands. Especially back then it was a really big live music scene.<|fim_middle|> really work.'"
Concept 004: Patagonia | It was quite edgy. It was pretty gritty, a lot of fun. It was a good scene to be around."
From a small men's boutique in St. Albans near London, Lobban moved on to the shop floor at Selfridges. Within a year, after persistent badgering on his part, the 19-year-old was moved to the buying office. In 2011, he joined Net-a-Porter as the Buying Manager for their men's division, Mr. Porter. Then just last year, Nordstrom welcomed the precociously accomplished Lobban as VP of Men's Fashion. He says he was lured in part by Nordstrom's physical stores and customer service. "That customer service proposition coupled with a really engaged store team, that's probably the thing that struck me most—how passionate everyone is."
"I think what meaningful customer service has become is not defining how the customer wants to shop," he says. "It's giving them a lot of opportunities and then letting them decide. If you want to walk into the shop, find something and walk out, great. If you want to come into a shop and spend three hours with a Personal Stylist to get this very elevated experience. If you want to shop online and pick it up in the store. Or if you just want to shop the site and have something shipped to your home address. You can't have all that without a store. So, the whole idea of physical retail dying, I don't agree with it at all."
Lobban has brought customers into Nordstrom stores. His New Concepts shops offer curated immersive and informed retail experiences. So far, he has used this dedicated space in selected Nordstrom locations to showcase high-performance cold-weather wear (Concept 001: Out Cold); Kim Jones' debut Dior Homme collection (Concept 002: Dior); and Printings.jp (Concept 003: printings.jp), a museum-like shopping partnership with a Japanese publishing house that featured Helmut Lang and Raf Simons collectibles.
The fourth concept, Patagonia, debuts this month and may strike some as much more mainstream than the others, but Lobban would disagree. "American workwear is such a thing right now," he says. "One of the prevailing things for me in fashion is this idea of authenticity, and all the major designer fashion brands are really looking to super authentic menswear lines like Patagonia. Designers like Louis Vuitton have got a shearling snap fleece that's like $2,000 or $3,000, but it's a reference to a $100 fleece from Patagonia. I think that idea has been super interesting, and it's really an exciting time for a business like Nordstrom because of course we have the full spectrum."
When it comes to style, Lobban is surprisingly egalitarian. "I really have no sort of preconceived perception of any individual style. As long as you're into the thing that you're into, I'm super into it too," he says. But his own outfit rarely varies. "Ever since I was 18, I've been wearing all black. I wear white T-shirts and white shirts in the heights of summer—a purely practical concern. Other than that, I wear all black." The only three items in his rotation—aside from white shirts—that aren't black are a Stüssy T-shirt, a Raf Simons camo jacket and a Helmut Lang denim coat. It's kept his wardrobe pared down and, in a way, his buying habits unbiased. "I think the way I find it easy as a person to stay really interested with all the different facets of fashion is to be so strict on one thing, if that doesn't sound too paradoxical," he explains.
"I was never a goth, per se, but I just kind of like that aesthetic I guess, and the music," he explains about his dark wardrobe. "For about three months when I was about 21 or 22, I tried color because everyone around me said I should. I just felt super weird the whole time. Also, everyone else was like, 'Yeah, that doesn't | 868 |
Latest Tests,
Pearl Harbor: Security Warning for Smartlock VisorTech TSZ-580.fp
© by Pearl
VisorTech advertises its Smart Lock: "Never locked out again: Because you simply close your front door with a tap of your finger! Alternatively, open your door lock via smartphone app or transponder". Unfortunately, opening the Smart Lock is all too easy. In order to open doors in which the VisorTech lock is installed, attackers only need to copy the access data stored unencrypted on the supplied transponder with a free app. Meanwhile, Pearl has responded to the transponder's insecurity and wants to equip new locks with transponders, which have been fixed regarding the discovered vulnerability. Whether customers of previously sold locks will be informed and will receive secure transponders, was left unanswered by Pearl. Since the VisorTech TSZ-580.fp is anything but smart when it comes to security, the AV-TEST Institute has decided to warn against its use.
Manufacturer informed in advance
Smart door locks are extremely practical, but also have some attack vectors conventional locking systems don't have. In the worst case, an unsecure smart lock can be overcome without the attacker needing physical access. In such cases, it will also be difficult to subsequently prove the burglary, since corresponding physical traces are missing. Although products of this category have been able to provide adequate security in past tests, there are also candidates with blatant security flaws that open doors wide to attackers. This category includes the VisorTech TSZ-580.fp.
After revealing serious security flaws in the IoT laboratory, AV-TEST decided within the Responsible Disclosure procedure to withhold publication of this test report for two months and to inform manufacturer VisorTech resp. its distribution partner Pearl beforehand. The aim of "Responsible Disclosure" is to not endanger the users of affected products and to give manufacturers sufficient time for security updates or other appropriate responses to the situation. Accordingly, AV-TEST informed Pearl's press office on May 29, 2019 of the detected security leaks on the VisorTech TSZ-580.fp. On the advice of AV-TEST Pearl responded on July 25 with modifications of the transponder. AV-TEST tested the updated device provided by Pearl and confirmed that at least the simple copying of access data via app in this test device was no longer possible. All other security leaks mentioned in the test were still open.
What problems the VisorTech TSZ-580.fp has and why the AV-TEST Institute warns against the use of the Smart Lock, is explained in the following test report.
Vulnerability transponder (local communication)
The most obvious weakness of the VisorTech lock are the transponders. These can also open the lock, which is otherwise opened by fingerprint or by using the smartphone app. The transponders and the data saved on them are however completely unsecured and can be easily read by potential attackers: As tests in our labs showed, the transponders can easily be copied and emulated within seconds using freely available apps. This way anyone can easily open the corresponding VisorTech TSZ-580.fp. This extremely easy to exploit vulnerability allows for effective attacks and was ultimately crucial for the notification of the manufacturer by the AV-TEST Institute.
Users of this lock are advised to refrain from using the transponder, as long as the manufacturer has not demonstrably eliminated this risk.
But the unencrypted transponders are far from beeing the only security flaws in the VisorTech product.
With a free-of-charge app, the data of the Visortech transponder can be copied unnoticed to the smartphone.
With the data copied from the transponder the smartphone works as a key.
Insecure app
Starting with the analysis of the mobile applications (Android and iOS) the testers brought other flaws to light. For example, the essential part of the app, at least the main functionality, is written completely in the programming language C and is integrated into a JAVA stub by so-called shared objects (.so) in order to be able to run on Android. Function calls (via so-called natives) are obfuscated within the stub app. It is questionable whether this implementation was chosen for security reasons, especially as the patching of the app is prevented or at least severely restricted. Some obvious vulnerabilities of the application, for the identification of which a deeper reverse engineering is not necessary at all, raise justified doubts about this intention.
For example, the Android application contains various implementation errors, including so-called implicit intents and public content providers. With their help, third-party applications can access data from the app and might get potentially sensitive information. In addition, the implementation of encrypted connections seems to be flawed. But more on this in the corresponding section on online communication. A further complicating factor is that<|fim_middle|> AV-TEST Institute is now publishing this test report to warn users of the VisorTech TSZ-580.fp. If you want to continue using the unsecure lock, you should at least refrain from using the transponder.
That's why the rating can not be more than 0 out of 3 stars.
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Certified! Nuki Opener
Testing Amazon Echo Dot & Alexa App
OK, Google Home. What about privacy?
Recertified! Nuki Combo 2.0 | the app stores the QR codes necessary for setup and connection between the lock and the smartphone unsecured as a JPG image on the SD card of the smartphone.
Apart from that, the app demands some critical permissions on user smartphones. For example, they have to allow processes to be started and stopped unnoticed in the background without informing the user. The test also showed that even with the main application closed, processes in the background communicated over the Internet, transmitting data to Far Eastern domains such as "ipush" and "alibaba" – classic data collection.
Unencrypted online communication
The online communication of the mobile applications was also analyzed. A large number of unencrypted HTTP connections could be observed in the lab. It is particularly critical that even the login process ran on the unencrypted Internet protocol. Although account data such as username and password were not transferred in plain text – the data was at least veiled – but this credentials could be intercepted and used for authentication attempts. Because neither app nor online service provide timeouts after several failed attempts, attackers can use the data for classic replay attacks. Thus, attackers can intercept login data and successfully complete the login process.
Privacy does not seem important
In the privacy statement of App and online service of VisorTech, the shortcomings continue. The privacy policy does not cover, as legally necessary, the product and several points in the field of "App" and "External Communications" suggest dubious privacy practices. A quote from the privacy policy, which also incorrectly links to the Chinese version in Google Playstore, illustrates the lax handling of the manufacturer with minimum legal requirements: "Without revealing the privacy of individual users, we reserve the right to analyze the entire user database and the user database commercial use. "
Conclusion: Warning of use of VisorTech TSZ-580.fp
In addition to the risk of unencrypted transponder data, which allow any attacker who can operate a smartphone, to open the VisorTech-Lock, the Smartlock also has unencrypted data transmission, inadequate authentication, insecure storage of data and non-privacy-compliant handling of user data and other significant defects. Therefore, the AV-TEST Institute advises against using the VisorTech TSZ-580.fp. The deficiencies described in this test report were only determined as part of a quick-check. It can be assumed that with more intensive examination further security deficiencies might come to light.
The German retailer Pearl, who provided the Smartlock on request to AV-TEST, was informed with a notice period of two months about the security problem by using unencrypted transponder data and asked for proof as soon as this immediate danger would be eliminated. As part of the two-month commitment to non-publication, we received a revised version of the lock from Pearl. In this device at least the reported vulnerability of the transponder was fixed. The post-test showed that other gaps described in this review continue to pose risks. Likewise, the manufacturer left open whether he calls back already sold devices or at least notifies his customers. For this reason, the | 612 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 4K Blu-ray
Paramount Pictures | 2016 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 20, 2016
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 4K (2016) 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The Turtles return to save the city from a dangerous threat.
Director: Dave Green
Writers: Josh Appelbaum<|fim_middle|> a newcomer: the hockey-masked vigilante Casey Jones. After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater threat with similar intentions: the notorious Krang. Hailed as "fun from start to finish" (Brian Medina, Movie Pilot), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, and Tyler Perry in the live action film that is fun for the whole family.
Supplemental Features and Specs:
- The release includes the feature presented in 4K, Blu-ray with English Dolby Atmos
- We Are Family
- Whoa! Expanding the Turtleverse
- House Party
- It's Tricky: Inside the Van
- ILM—The Effects Beneath the Shell
- Did You Catch That? Turtle Eggs! | , André Nemec, Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard
Synopsis: Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo are back to battle bigger, badder villains, alongside April O'Neil and | 66 |
A bunch of passionate hearts & minds.
We got on the World map in the year 2013, when Anshul Dureja, Veteran Strategy Leader and first generation entrepreneur, founded CREATING VALUES. Having worked at the helm of affairs in the Corporate World for more than two decades, Anshul was restless to assist organizations, which are at an inflexion point of their growth curve. When not operating in the zone of 'OURS', he is inspiring many through his stirring blogs and Coaching sessions (as a Happiness Coach), besides delivering Motivational Talks at various popular platforms.
At CREATING VALUES, we are the preferred strategy advisors to enterprises who see opportunity in challenges. Whether you are an Mid or a Large size Corporate, if it is a business challenge related to People, Culture, Strategy or Technology, we are thrilled to take it head-on and help you succeed!
People-Centricity and Technology Focus form the corner stone of our core business. These are exciting times for us, as we keep venturing into newer industry segments. We are geared to build a loved brand in the area of Business Strategy & Consulting.
Ours is a group act. We operate as a squad and whatever we do we are constantly 'Creating Values' for you. A bunch of passionate hearts and minds, where we all create values for our clients, and in this process we are busy scripting a glorious first decade for ourselves.
Our philosophy is simple, whatever we do, we<|fim_middle|> the people who need it the most.
Be it Employees, Vendors or suppliers we ensure that they receive fair payment for the work they do and also ensure appropriate working conditions.
We have a sincere commitment to climate leadership that can't be overstated. We consciously measure our carbon footprint, and aim to be carbon neutral by year 2020.
Our Sustainability Report effort is a small step in that direction.
We have been Profitable since inception with a strong EBIDTA.
This has powered us to constantly invest on innovation, customer excellence and people development.
Are you seeking people like us who can create values which not only enhance business but also enrich culture? | strive for customer excellence, satisfaction and to deliver a positive experience for all our clients.
We create, design innovative and out of the box solutions while enabling our fueling the growth ambitions of our clients.
Our scale is our biggest USP. Sky high passion and ability to deliver customized offerings empowers us to compete against the Best in the Business.
At CREATING VALUES, we don't focus on Employee Engagement or Employee Satisfaction, we only strive for Employee Happiness, isn't that interesting!!
For us, the only certainty is our belief that; "We either Win or we Learn".
At CREATING VALUES, we live our belief of a happier world. This world doesn't come when we alone are the core; but when the entire ecosystem is. The Triple Bottom Line for us goes beyond profitability and includes societal and environmental dimensions as well. This forms the triad of three Ps: People, Planet and Profits.
The measure of who we are, is what we do, with what we have!
We are the forefront of leading multiple initiatives of supporting and enabling | 214 |
• Learn how to craft a customer-obsessed, comprehensive marketing program. Joe Stanhope will show you<|fim_middle|> tackling net neutrality, GDPR, and personalization. And we'll be kicking it all off with pre-forum workshops on AI and customer journey mapping.
I hope to see you at April 5th-6th for Consumer Marketing 2018!
Interested in hearing more? Join us at Forrester's Consumer Marketing 2018 on April 5-6 at the New York Marriott Marquis. To receive a complimentary Brand Marketing pass, please email your contact details to events@forrester.com and receive the code. | how to make sure you're using the right channels and tech for your audience—not just every channel and platform you can think of.
• Get the first look at Forrester's Consumer Technographics® Global Online Survey 2018. Gina Fleming will show how Forrester's data reveals the fickle-ness of today's consumers.
• Discover how the NHL is using an omnichannel data strategy to drive growth. Heidi Browning, CMO & EVP of the National Hockey League, will share how her organization is implementing far-ranging, yet intelligently curated, data to broaden the NHL's reach in a challenging sports environment.
• Get into the debate about agencies' role in digital transformation and brand planning. Jay Pattisall will lead a panel comprised of some of the most award-winning agencies and consultancies including Aaron Reitkopf, Global Chairman and CEO, MullenLowe Profero and President, MullenLowe Group New York, and Alicia Hatch, CMO of Deloitte Digital.
• Find out how to create an emotion-powered brand. Dipanjan Chaterjee will show you the science behind uncovering consumers' emotion to create, support and grow your brand's unique value.
This is just a taste of the fantastic lineup. The full agenda includes many more analysts; marketers and analytics and privacy experts from Charles Schwab, NBC, Uber, Gimlet Media, L'Oreal, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas; and deep dives into the marketing channels that matter most. We'll be | 309 |
Brian Redmond, head of archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, holds a spear point found at a 4,000 year-old site in Sheffield Village.
Around the time Stonehenge was being built in England, native peoples here in Ohio were building more humble structures. But an excavation this summer of an ancient settlement in Sheffield Village shows that early Ohioans lived pretty comfortably here 4,000 years ago.
<|fim_middle|> the 7,000 year stretch known as the archaic, from 8,000 BC to 1,000 BC, is the least understood, according to Kent State anthropologist Linda Spurlock.
People were starting to live in one place for longer periods, like at the site in Sheffield Village.
"People are settling into areas and learning to extract a living very carefully from the local resources," she says.
Back at the site, Redmond is digging another test pit. He says the dirt all around us contains relics of ancient habitation.
But archaeologists hesitate to call such a grouping of homes a 'village." Instead he calls it a "seasonal base camp."
In fact, Redmond says archaic people lived here off and on for at least 500 years, primarily during the fall and winter months, living off the land with plenty of hickory nuts, deer and fish from Lake Erie and the Black River.
But there was no corn; that Native American staple hadn't reached Ohio yet. Neither had pottery.
Volunteers at the museum are cataloging the dozens of stone tools, animal bones, and other artifacts found at the Burrell Orchard site. | In this week's Exploradio, WKSU's Jeff St.Clair looks at how a first-of-its-kind discovery is shedding new light on archaic Ohio.
The stately Burrell homestead was built in 1820. It's one of the oldest buildings in Lorain County. But nearby, in what was once the estate's orchard, are the remains of much older habitations.
"This is a 4,000 year-old house floor," says Brian Redmond, head of archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, pointing to a smooth patch of yellow clay. Redmond and his team led digs this summer that revealed ancient living spaces buried beneath this grassy field.
He points to a neatly dissected pit.
Clay floors like this have been found farther south in Kentucky or parts of Illinois, says Redmond, but never before in Ohio.
The floor was enclosed by an oblong shaped house. He points to a series of dark patches around the floor's edge.
Just outside the house Redmond and his crew found a pile of deer bones -- perhaps the remains of a stew pot -- plus nutshells and several stone tools. But inside – not much.
"People swept their floor," he says.
But he did find one special item inside the house, buried in a shallow depression.
Redmond had found part of a bannerstone.
It's a diamond-shaped piece of slate with a hole drilled down the middle. It was used as a counterweight for an ancient spear thrower or atlatl. He thinks this one was ritually broken and buried beneath the floor.
Back at the museum, Redmond shows me the artifact itself.
Before bows and arrows arrived in Ohio, people used spears and spear throwers to hunt game. The bannerstone helped hold the spear steady, but Redmond says its artful design and ritual burial show it meant more.
Of all the periods of Ohio's prehistory, | 398 |
When Your House Explodes
Good stories from around the globe. Essays and immersion, into the harrowing, the sweet, the surprising — the human.
With houses exploding in Boston, a writer remembers his own near escape — and sifting through rubble and suspects.
By Matthew J. Webster
The Daily Dose OCT 23 2018
Barefoot and shivering, I watched from the sidewalk as flames pushed out the basement windows of the three-story wooden tenement, then up along the siding and toward the roof with speed.
It was the middle of the night. There were neighbors out watching the fire. A frat boy who lived next door saw my bare feet and brought out a pair of boat shoes. I thanked him and put them on my feet. Fire trucks arrived and doused the flames, by then consuming the whole building. The firefighters put up ladders, climbed to the roof and ripped open a hole with pickaxes.
Your home burns down very quickly. I came home late from work that night and fell asleep. I woke up after noticing a strange smell and decided maybe someone was burning incense and went back to sleep. Then our downstairs neighbors were banging on our door screaming "FIRE!"
We all got out fast.
Forty minutes later the TV crews were gone, the building was wet and smoldering, and the jakes got back in their trucks and split. There were cops who calmed us and, we<|fim_middle|> he never planned to stop helping.
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More from True Story | would discover later, who probably stole our marijuana. In the seamy student slums of Boston, no one was surprised.
"It's the kerosone vapah. The furnace gets really hot, then the air has no place to go. Then it EXPLODES! All because of the KEROSENE VAPAH!"
I do remember being slightly disappointed to realize no help from the Red Cross was forthcoming. Some kind local observers let me and some housemates stay the night. We had the groggy, twisted meta-thrill of watching ourselves watch our own house burn down on the TV news, and slept on couches.
I was 25 and had recently returned to the area after finishing college and spending some unglamorous months as an undocumented alien in Canada. I'd only lived in the shared apartment for a couple of months, and I'd only known the people I lived with for that long. I had five housemates: a couple, two young men and a woman.
One of the guys was called Joe. He was a gardener. I remember he drank a lot and had a frequent guest who was openly working as a call girl. To give you an idea of our milieu, not long before the fire, Joe's boss had made him the gift of two healthy shrubberies, which Joe planted in front of our building. A couple weeks later, Joe was shocked to wake up and find his plantings gone. Creeps had scooped up the valuable trees in darkness, thence absconding.
The morning after the fire, I called my older brother on a pay phone and told him my house had burned down. He said I could come by his job and get the key to his house nearby.
Then I walked home. The building hadn't burned to the ground; it was just very charred, destroyed and soggy. The floors and stairs were fine, although the interior walls had been ripped up with axes to choke the flames. Our possessions were pretty much unharmed except for the smell of smoke, which clung to clothes and furniture. Whichever cop or jake had thieved my weed also left the $80 in cash that was sitting next to it on the dresser, wages for working the door at a club that night. I was grateful.
Where you stay when you have no place to stay.
Source Photo courtesy of Matthew J. Webster
I went out to leave the frat boy's shoes on his porch and found a person who can only be described as a pyromaniac loitering in front. A white guy about 60, he wore coveralls flecked with ash and smelled like he had spent the morning rooting around the smoldering, wet wreckage of my home.
"That yoah house?" he asked strangely. I said yeah.
The creep drew closer, his gaze intense.
It was awful. The pyro creep torched my house, for all I knew. I got the hell out of there.
Somehow in the next few days, the landlord communicated to my housemates and I the cause of the fire — the furnace had exploded — and said he had a vacancy nearby where some of us could move. That was a relief.
I met the landlord and housemates at the new place. It was all right, it was cheap. We'd have five people sharing one bathroom. The landlord was cagey, but I had no interest in lawsuits and was grateful to have a place to live. He gave us the keys and left.
When he was gone, Joe the gardener turned to me smiling.
"You see the landscaping out front?"
I didn't know what he meant. He took me out to the front of our new building, where two healthy shrubberies stood, freshly transplanted by the cunning slumlord.
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'My Eyes Don't Lie': A Navy Corpsman's South of the Border Adventure
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Argentea Planum
Saturn's 15th moon, 1980S28
Broad areas of light and dark material seen in this enhanced Voyager 1 picture of Saturn's satellite Rhea suggest varying amounts of fresh ice on the moon's surface. A few small bright spots are visible and are similar in appearance to small fresh impact craters seen in Voyager images of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter taken at this resolution. The photograph, taken Nov.<|fim_middle|>, that a population of small objects impacted the rings at the same time and caused streaks of material to emerge.
Mini-jets in the F Ring | 10, 1980 at a range of 2.7 million kilometers (1.6 million miles), shows features about 50 kilometers (30 miles) in scale. Near the terminator (lower right) are several features which indicate topographic relief. The two circular features may be large impact craters perhaps a hundred kilometers (60 miles) across. (The extreme brightness of the southern (lower left) region is probably not real and is a result of image processing.) Rhea is one of the larger of Saturn's inner satellites with a diameter of about 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) and is known to be covered at least partially with water frost. It may be mostly icy in nature. The Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Mission: Voyager
Target: Rhea
Spacecraft: Voyager 1
Instrument: VG Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Image credit: NASA/JPL
This image of Saturns rings, taken by NASAs Cassini spacecraft, illustrates how textures in the rings can differ, even in close proximity.
Texture in the Outer Cassini Division
NASAs Cassini spacecraft shows false-color spectral mapping images of Saturns A, B and C rings.
Infrared Eye Yields New Spectral Map
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Khedira: "Getting into our groove"
With Saturday's match against Cagliari (kick<|fim_middle|> shall continue on our own path, without looking too much at what they're doing." | -off 20.45 CET) marking the final fixture before the impending winter break, having already booked their place in the Coppa Italia semi-finals and Champions League last 16, there is plenty ti analyse from the Bianconeri's first half of the 2017/18 season.
"This year we have almost the same points tally as last year and we can be satisfied with that, but in order to win titles again, we will have to keep up momentum in the second part of the season.
"We did not start the season particularly well, losing some points, but now we are in good shape and just one point below Napoli. That's the only thing that we have to change quickly, but we are working on it.
"Napoli are one of the best teams in Italy and Europe, they are among the favourites to win the Europa League and very difficult to play against.
"We are strong too, we got the three points at their place and this made us happy, but we know that to get our hands on the Scudetto, we must also win against the smaller teams in the league. Therefore, we | 232 |
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Square Unveils Plans to Help Bitcoin Become the Native Currency for the Internet
Square Inc. has affirmed that its focus is on helping bitcoin become the native currency for the internet. CEO Jack Dorsey explained, "We have a number of initiatives toward that goal" that will help "bitcoin reach a mainstream audience while at the same time strengthening the network and ecosystem."
Square's Focus Is on Helping Bitcoin Become the Native Currency for the Internet
Square Inc. reiterated its commitment to bitcoin during the company's Q3 earnings call Friday. Square also revealed that its mobile payment platform Cash App generated $1.8 billion in bitcoin revenue. Square's market cap is currently $110 billion.
During the call, Dorsey was asked whether Square is "looking to expand into crypto beyond bitcoin buy and sell," such as offering other cryptocurrencies and enabling users to "engage in defined NFT ecosystems."
Dorsey simply replied, "We're not," emphasizing:
Our focus is on helping bitcoin to become the native currency for the Internet … We have a number of initiatives toward that goal. Cash App is just one.
He continued: "We're going to be building a hardware wallet. We're exploring bitcoin mining, a consumer device to mine bitcoin at home or in a business or seller businesses, in fact. We believe this focus is important. We believe it's right."
Dorsey also talked about a new business unit, TBD. "We also recently created a business called TBD in order to build an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to create noncustodial, permissionless and decentralized financial services with a focus on bitcoin," he described. The platform aims "to enable more ideas around decentralized finance on the bitcoin stack and on the stability that it offers and all the resilience that's had over the decade plus."
The Square CEO said, "We're going to release more details on what TBD is doing with a white paper on Nov. 19," elaborating:
Both are focused on helping bitcoin reach a mainstream audience while at the same time strengthening the network and ecosystem.
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Bee Together is a Health for All's, Time to Shine Project, looking at the reasons for social isolation and loneliness in Older People with a Learning Disability(OPLD).
Anna-Marie Garbutt, Health for All Time to Shine Community Learning Disabilities Project Coordinator tells us more about it.
Anne-Maire says: "The project has been running for almost a year and so far I have interviewed over 20 people and spoken to many more about the problems they face getting out and being more social.
Some of these people have been in supported living, some living with elderly parents and some who live independently.
The problems are not new, having enough staff to support them in their chosen activities, accessible transport, not knowing what there is to do, not feeling safe on public transport in the evenings and not having a friend to go with.
Thankfully the time has passed when people with a learning disability were locked up in a hospital, but much of the learning disabled community keeps itself to it's self.
This is where I think things need to change.
In order to reduce isolation and loneliness we all need friends and to be involved within a community. Many Older People with Learning Disabilities do not have a friend just people who live in the same accommodation or go to the same day service.
We need to break down the barriers and the easiest way to do that is getting to know each other.
With this in mind I have started a Bee Friends Café afternoon which runs weekly on Thursdays 1-2.30pm at The Bridge Café in Cross Flatts Park in Beeston.
The Café is run by Health for All and is staffed by people with learning disabilities.
The aim of the Café is to provide a safe and welcoming space for older people with and without learning disabilities who might be feeling lonely or are socially isolated to have a chat and meet new friends. I invite people from the local community and people from<|fim_middle|> disabilities we would welcome them into our community groups and chat to them in the pub.
As I am a one person project my aim is to pollinate ideas between organisations, looking at using what we have differently, to better suit the need. Using volunteers, possibly tapping into the vast student population in Leeds is one idea. Communicating between staff to find people with similar interests across Leeds who might be able to share the costs of support and transport, across different organisations, we have technology let's use it.
I'm sure there are many people out there who are coping by themselves but with the right support could lead much more fulfilling lives.
With this in mind I am trying to raise awareness for learning disabilities via Twitter.
This entry was posted in Active ageing, Age Friendly, Better Lives, Learning disablity, loneliness, older people, Social Isolation, Time to Shine, Working together and tagged Age Friendly, awareness, celebration, choice, independent living, joint working, learning disability, Older People, social isolation, Support. Bookmark the permalink. | the learning disabled community to mix together and get to know each other.
Ideas of things to do or not do will be instigated by those attending, though I do want to involve community groups and invite local services to come along.
I have also been putting information on the walls about disabilities. Explaining the difficulties associated with each one and why people are the way they are. This is very low key but hopefully will give people a better understanding.
Wanting to change the way the world sees people with a learning disability is not going to be a quick process. But every journey starts with the first step.
If we respect people with learning difficulties we would pay support staff more and we would then get the right people who care and don't sit on their phones whilst supporting.
If we respect people with learning | 161 |
Kilmatik continues his efforts to push left of center into the norm. Regular 2 finds our host spitting the same off-kilter on-point bars that he's known for, and this time, he's brought a wrecking crew of collaborators to the table. With guest verses from<|fim_middle|> doomsday device, tone of the cosmos, white jamal. Bookmark the permalink. | Click-Clack, Emcee Eats, Robbie Analog, Mad One, Tone of the Cosmos, Cooley Fly, Apaso, Ruler Why and Norman Ba$e, it's no surprise that the album holds the listener from track to track in terms of variety and wordplay. Production assistance is provided from Markie Tee, HADES, and White Jamal (plus a Kilmatik track for good measure). This is definitely more moves in the right directions from a man continuing to make a name for himself.
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I'm sure many of you will know that in the years since my dad died, I have been a 'mental health campaigner' and that the charity work and fundraising I've done has been for Rethink Mental Illness. My aim was and always will be to raise a bit of money, but perhaps more importantly to get people talking about and sharing their experiences of mental health.
I can honestly say that since I started fundraising and talking, a shift appears to have occurred whereby people are more open and more honest. That's not to say there is a really, really long way to<|fim_middle|> for me to write it. 'No problem, MOFO, was the response'. Typical!
The second reason I wrote this is because I am someone who has campaigned for years to get help for the people who believe the want to choose to die because life provides nothing for them. In essence, I wanted to help my dad, long after his death. I have come to realise that Harvey did not have the option of whether to choose life, or indeed not choose life. The choice was made for him and he was taken from the world. It's the opposite situation to my dad which results in the same outcome, and that hurts. Ten years after my dad died, and I still have conversations with him in my head. I still go to him for advice in the hope that I can remember what kind of person he was like. And it's after some of these conversations that I know he would push me to say that this year, I will not raise money for a mental health charity, but am instead asking you to give some money to Gemma and Martin's charity of choice, SANDS. I'd like you to donate anything at all to help reduce the number of still births in this country and to provide the essential support and care for the parents who have had to endure what no parents should ever endure – the loss of their baby. I will still campaign and I'll still be 'that suicide guy'. But I want the money to go elsewhere this year. | go, though. Perhaps I have rose tinted glasses on because many of the people I now know are as a result of the campaigning – maybe I've surrounded myself with like-minded people. But I do honestly feel that great progress has been made.
Whilst preparing for the birth, Amy and I attended NCT ante-natal classes for two reasons. One was to understand exactly what would happen when Jesse was born and the other was to meet people going through a similar experience in the hope that we would form a good social network – especially for Amy, who would be on maternity leave. We did that, and our group was at the very least 'interesting' and at best, a lovely group of people who were generally on the same wavelength as us. One of the couples in particular, Gemma and Martin, were very similar to us. They didn't take things too seriously and they were obviously people who made the most of what they had in life. As couples, we clicked and had a laugh. It made some of the more laborious exercises in the classes easier!
Amy was the first of the group who was due to have her baby, with Gemma a couple of weeks behind. Being a brand new parent puts you into this whirlwind of activity that I can best describe as a 'required selfishness'. When we were told we could leave the hospital with Jesse, the realisation hit that he was ours, that we made the decisions that affected his entire future and that frankly, his life was in our hands. That was scary. I didn't have to sign anything or take any tests. We could just go! The required selfishness is that you need to do whatever you think is right to make things work for your family – especially whilst you are learning. Asking visitors to leave, or indeed arrive, for example. To choose the wellbeing of your newborn and your immediate family above and beyond anything else that might occur.
It was during this period, early on a Thursday, that Amy received a text message from Gemma's phone. It was a relative, who had text Amy to say that Gemma and Martin, who were now approaching a couple of weeks overdue, had lost their baby, Harvey. Amy was immediately beside herself and I struggled to comprehend what was going on. How could that be possible? What should we do/say/think? Amy informed the rest of the girls from the ante natal group and we then entered the space between a rock and a hard place. We gave it some thought and decided that we would not make contact yet because they had so much going on, had close friends and family around them and frankly speaking, would probably not want to hear from a couple with a newborn baby!
I had to teach a spin class that evening and the journey over there gave me some time to think about the situation. I found it extremely hard to consider what it might be like. It was far too hard to think about what I would do or feel in that situation just a few weeks earlier when Jesse was born. It horrified me. That evening, as I drove home with a real heaviness in my heart, I had a text come through on my phone. I glanced down to see it was from Martin: 'Kev its me. Don't be a stranger'. There was a tidal surge of tears and a struggle to breathe followed as I found somewhere to pull over. It's hard to imagine that a man who had just lost his baby had taken the time and care to get in touch with me. I text back immediately and insisted that Amy and I would do anything we could to help them. I also said that I would totally understand if that involved removing ourselves from their lives because of the circumstances in which we met. If it were me, I would not only recoil into a tiny insular world of my own, but I don't think I could do anything but want to never see anyone associated with my wife's pregnancy again. It is a measure of a man to see beyond a gut reaction and to take the time to ensure that bridge didn't crumble. I was and am absolutely honoured.
The days after Harvey's death are a bit of a blur. Amy was deeply affected by it all and we both cried intermittently. We talked an awful lot and tried to contemplate the unthinkable. To consider the mortality of your baby when you have spent nine months preparing for it to have the best life possible is so hard to do. We kept in touch with Gemma and Martin quite often, always understanding that at any point they may decide that we must depart in order the let them progress. That never happened and we became closer than I thought we could get. Closer, I believe, than perhaps we would have done had this all not happened. We've sat and talked about their experiences (which I have purposefully not gone into in this blog, as that's not my place) and we've sat and talked anything but their experiences; at all times mindful that this situation was engineered by an incomprehensible loss.
Gemma and Martin are wonderful people and I'm not sure they understand just how much Amy and I love them both. They have made us stronger in their weaker times and have had a profound effect on us. When our baby cries and won't stop, we don't mind. When we're exhausted and haven't slept, that's ok. When things don't go to plan, that doesn't matter. Because we're so lucky. I'm not sure I like clichés like 'time is a healer', but I do believe that over time, your resilience improves and you become a better person for enduring such hells. Seeing Gemma and Martin laugh is lovely. Talking to them about the future is dead nice. I'm not ignorant – I know this is all done with a heavy heart and that there are times when they go back to the bottom rung of the ladder out of this hole – but I have so much admiration for the way they've undertaken this journey so far. We want them to remain a large part of our lives, and of Jesse's life.
Jesse will be told all about Harvey, his friend he's never met, and how important he is. Legacies are often talked about on a whim and with no real significance. But I believe Harvey will have a significant legacy which manifests in his mum and dad, his nearest and dearest and in people he has never met. Because of the people they are, Gemma and Martin asked that instead of flowers for Harvey's service, people donate to SANDS – the stillbirth charity – and have so far raised well over a thousand pounds. They seem to be doing well and are very well grounded. They're refreshingly up front and honest and look to the future with fear and trepidation, I'm sure. But I can tell that they also look to the future with hope, resilience and unbreakable unity.
I wrote this blog because I do feel that sharing helps to ease a burden. And I'm not sure that I have fully come to terms with such pain. Not the pain to me, but that endured by Martin and Gemma. There is a helplessness that I hate and can't do anything about, and so I wanted to put into words what the situation was like to help anyone else who might end up in a similar situation. I purposefully haven't gone into details that may be intrusive and I hope you can see that it has been written with sensitivity in mind. I asked Martin if it were OK | 1,528 |
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