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BCN West - Sneyd to Aldersley
Sneyd to Aldersley Day 3
Another day dawned clear and bright with summer sun shining into the back cabin through the hatch, which had been ajar all night. We made a start at 8.15 am, initially passing under the M6 and then on through the Rough Wood Nature Reserve with its bountiful wildlife masking the industrial foundations that lie beneath.
This stretch of parkland soon gives way to housing of variable quality. There appears to be a direct correlation between the quantity of rubbish and the quality of housing and, as we pressed on the rubbish grew worse, particularly at the bridge holes which we came to approach with a sense of trepidation. Hardy a bridge went by without some kind of knock or bang from an underwater obstruction and each one was left with a blast of reverse gear to try and clear the permanently fouled prop.
The first 3 miles from Sneyd demanded three visits down the weed hatch to remove a jumper, assorted bags and half a chair! Possibly the worst obstacle was a wheelie bin which we managed to carry into a bridge hole under the boat and then proved extremely difficult to remove. After twenty minutes of rocking back and forth like a beached whale (Capt Ahab is familiar with this situation) we resorted to a spot of bow hauling over some shallows, finally dragging the boat free. The water quality improved as we passed the stub of the Bentley Canal and we made good progress into Wolverhampton, passing under a fantastic mirrored arch in which provides boaters with a fleeting glimpse of their craft like a jockey passing a photo-finish post at the nearby racecourse.
78 locks
11 arms
2 items of clothing
1 carpet
1 bollard
1 inbound incident
8 trips down the weed hatch
Would we recommend a trip around the extremities of the BCN? Absolutely yes, but:
1. Take more time than we did.
2. Avoid weekends and school holidays at all costs
3. Lock your front doors
4. Plan your overnight moorings in advance and work out a contingency plan
5. Expect to make frequent trips down the weedhatch including one full blown clogged prop each day.
6. Take a hacksaw, wire cutters, sharp knife and protective gloves
7. Expect some activity from hostile natives at some point, and be pleasantly surprised if it does not materialise
The Canals of the BCN more "interesting" than stunningly beautiful. There are very few boat movements, particularly when you stray off the main line and it is likely that you will travel for days at a time before you pass another moving craft. There are the inevitable areas of heavy industry deprived and urban deprivation but these are balanced by long tracts of reclaimed land which have reverted to a very attractive natural state.
This obscure 100 mile network is well worth a visit but planning is essential. Take a good range of tools with you and accept that a few scrapes on the paintwork and trips down the weed hatch are all part of the experience.
BCN West - Tipton to Walsall
Tipton to Walsall Day 2
The day dawned clear and bright, but with an unseasonable nip in the northerly wind. From the shelter of the museum moorings we made our way down the winding Old Main Line past tracts of urban redevelopment and over seas of lily pads growing out of crystal clear waters. An hours' travel took us through Oldbury and under the crumbling supports of the M5 motorway.
This structure is only 40 years old, ago but already it is on intensive life support, with its crumbling concrete splinted up with steel frameworks and studded with sensors to monitor its remorseless decay. By contrast, the virtually unused 250 year old canal snakes its way under the bustle of the major artery with an air of quiet confidence that it will outlast this brash newcomer which has quite literally, sought to overshadow it.
On this occasion we decided to continue on the Old Main Line to Smethwick, passing through the Summit Tunnel, a modern concrete tube, and then right over the gothic iron aqueduct to reach the Engine Arm, an old feeder from Rotton Park Reservoir. Having crossed over the New Main Line boaters are obliged to make an impossibly tight 90 degree turn to the left. The guide books will tell you that this half mile arm is a one way trip necessitating a reverse out. In fact the end of this end of the arm has been developed into a residential mooring area, complete with a winding hole and a full range of services (even a DIY pump out!) This obscure arm turned out to be the gem of the trip.
The route is lined with factories and is a real slice of the "old BCN" with its pungent smells of grinding accompanied by the screech of metal cutting. The residential moorers are justly proud of this spot and encourage use of the one visitor mooring within the winding hole. Our return to the Old Main Line resulted on the worst weed hatch visit of the trip – a sheet of carpet attached itself firmly to the prop, stopping the engine dead and took about 30 minutes to clear. When we were finally free of the intractable Axminster we dropped down the badly worn Smethwick Locks to the New Main line, doubling back under the Engine Arm. Telford's New Main Line strikes out in it's deep cutting, taking a no nonsense approach to Tipton. After a short tunnel, a twin of that seen up on the Old Main Line, the spectacular Galton Bridge rises magnificently above your head before you pass beneath the understated Stewart Aqueduct and onto Pudding Green Junction.
At this point we entered the remnant of the Wednesbury Old Canal and made a return to the remaindered canals we left last year. The difference was apparent with progress slowed to a crawl and the of bottom rising sharply leaving only a couple of feet of sludgy water, which held hundreds of poly bags in suspension. Noxious bubbles of methane rose around us and we hade gone barely half a mile when the engine shuddered to a halt. This time the prop has snagged a plastic road cone, which managed to lock itself firmly onto two blades. Thick plastic was new territory but after trying the various cutting implements at my disposal, a sharp Stanley Knife did the trick. 15 minutes of wrestling in black water were rewarded initially with the top 10 inches of the cone and then, piece by piece, the rest of the offending article emerged. The Wednesbury Old Canal appears very short, so short that some maps make no mention of it at all and suggest that the Walsall Canal starts at Pudding Green. In fact, the canal continued up what is now known as the Swan Arm and then beyond the busy road into the abandoned Ridgacre Branch. A labyrinth of side arms and basins existed beyond the current head of navigation, some of which can still be seen complete with roving bridges in the ground of the pub opposite.
Ryders Green Junction marks the start of the Walsall Canal and is the gateway to the northern canal network. You immediately encounter the Ryders Green locks, which are a particular favourite of Wand'ring Bark. This well maintained flight of eight with their, massive single bottom gates, were all freshly painted and greased, but with less vegetation than last year.
Our enthusiasm for the Walsall Canal does however have its limitations and that limit is Tame Valley Junction. Up till this point the remains of several heavily locked routes up to Tipton and Bradley sprouted off the main canal, waterways with names like Toll End, Gospel Oak and Ocker Hill. Spotting the likely exit points make good sport. However, these distractions are soon forgotten as the surroundings take a turn for the worse. Some efforts have been made to improve the waterfront at Wednesbury, but the regeneration works are steadily reverting to their earlier state of decay, with anything flammable being reduced to ashes and boaters being offered the opportunity to play a new game of "guess the make of the burnt out car"! It is sad to see the decline of a waterfront complete with strategically placed bollards, which are unlikely to feel the touch of a boaters mooring rope.
Beyond this point the canal seems to have given up all hope, creeping through Darlaston and Pleck, all the time narrowing to the status of a week fringed ditch as it rubs shoulders with the Black Country Spine Road, remaining just about navigable as it passes the southern end of the Bentley Canal and on under the M6. Weeds are once again replaced by the urban detritus of until finally, Walsall Town Arm appears as something of a relief with its renovated basin complete with art gallery and pubs. This short arm has a tendency to be covered with floating duckweed, which has been known to lure unsuspecting drivers into its murky depths, thinking it a short cut across a patch of grass.
Walsall Locks, like Ryders Green, are well maintained and<|fim_middle|> wax lyrical about it. Sadly, this late addition to the network (completed 150 years ago this year) is spectacular only for its functionality. It is all you could ask of a tunnel really: a double width channel, towpath on each side, deep water and excellent ventilation but somehow this perfect functionality results in a lack of form and character, which are found in greater measure in many shorter bores. I guess that it is a bit like the M6, it doesn't set my pulse racing but if it wasn't there is would miss it no end. From the end of the Netherton Branch it is a short trip along the New Main Line to the three Factory Locks at Tipton and the entrance to the Black Country Museum. This site offers secluded moorings, good facilities, bygone atmosphere and excellent food options to satisfy a hunger built up over 13 hours and 41 locks. | although you can't see the entire flight at a glance, the scarcity of traffic means you can safely walk on ahead and set all the locks in your favour with minimal risk of inconveniencing other boaters. Beyond Walsall Top Lock lies Burchill Junction with the Wyrley and Essington Canal. With Harden and Goscote to the right and Leamore to the left it is hardly an inspiring choice. Both areas hold dangers for passing boaters and are best navigated during school hours. Our schedule dictated a passage at 5.00pm but we were fortunate, whilst we were spied by a group of children who made chase, we managed to round the next bend before they reached us! Our self-congratulations were short lived as we struck the remains of a collapsed wall and knocked the rudder clear out of the skeg. Try as we might, we couldn't relocate it so we limped on for the last mile or so to Sneyd Wharf where brute force and luck combined to successfully reseat it.
Sneyd Wharf offers one of the few safe moorings in the area and, although essentially a residential site, the boaters who live there were very welcoming suggested that we stay on the water point overnight. Although you can see lorries scurrying up and down the M6 from this location, the noise is modest and is drowned out by the cooing of the many pigeons, which live in the roof of the BW buildings. We fell asleep to the sounds of the birds and reflected on the quality of this oasis in the midst of a troubled area. Night fell and we slept peacefully.
BCN West - Stourton to Black Country Museum
Index to this series of posts:
1. - Stourton to Tipton - this post
2. - Tipton to Walsall
3. - Sneyd Junction to Calf Heath
Stourton to Black Country Museum (Tipton) Day 1
This was always going to be a big day and so it turned out. Early starts have become a feature of our sorties into the BCN we therefore made a start on the four Stourton locks at 7.00am fortified by mugs of tea to ward off the chills of the morning. Whilst this flight of four locks may technically be part of the BCN, they are set in a very rural location and have dispensed with the need for anti vandal water preservation keys, which are prevalent elsewhere. This short flight is accompanied by a series of picturesque side pounds, some of which have been converted into tranquil moorings with improbably narrow access points.
The lower end of the Stourbridge Canal in enchantingly rural with the diminutive River Stour weaving is way alongside to our left and Primrose Hill living up to its attractive name on the right. When it is not burrowing through dark woods, the canal runs through lush meadowland occupied by horses and covered in wild flowers, all set against a background of towering trees and rhododendron. Whilst boats are few and far between, the canal is well used by land based locals who throng the well maintained towpath. Even at 8.00 am we passed countless joggers, dog walkers, cyclists and fishermen enjoying the beauty of the area.
This rural section continues for about 2 miles coming to an abrupt end when the Stour is crossed by an Aqueduct and boaters emerge at Wordsley Junction and are faced with the bottom lock of the Strourbridge flight. The Town Arm turns sharply to the right at this point and makes its way through a mile and a half miles of industrial wasteland, finishing at the winding hole below the lovingly restored Bonded Warehouse.
The warehouse is now operated by the Stourbridge Navigation Trust, who provide some secure moorings and services to visiting boaters. There is a waterpoint underneath the overhanging canopy of the Bonded Warehouse where we paused and topped up our tanks whilst eating a mammoth cooked breakfast to incongruous strains of Led Zepplin No 4. Our chef has eclectic tastes in music and felt it an appropriate tribute to Mr Plant, who lives in the area.
Fortified with bacon, eggs and beans we attacked the 16 Stourbridge Locks with enthusiasm. No one had worked the locks that day and fortunately, they were all set in out favour. We made swift progress up the hill, past the restored Red House Cone with its inverted wineglass shaped kiln similar to those found around Stoke on Trent.
This is followed by "Dadford's Shed", an old transhipment basin and now a boatyard and then the roofless shell of a disused warehouse, held together by some form of giant Meccano set. This site looks earmarked for redevelopment and hopefully will include the remaining facades thus retaining the industrial atmosphere that still pervades the area. As you continue to rise look out for locks 9 and 10. At first glance they appear to be a staircase pair but in fact these are two separate locks with a tiny 10ft pound between them, which begged the question: What happens when I try to fill the lock? By a miracle of hydraulics and culverts, water is fed into and out of a pound located somewhere beyond the adjacent cottages, in an arrangement similar to that seen at Bratch.
The top of the Stourbridge 16 offered our first opportunity to venture "off piste". We continued straight up the Fens Branch from Leys Junction, to the dismay of the towpath walkers who kept reminding us that we had taken a wrong turn. Fens Branch was built as a feeder and navigation is halted by silt under a railway bridge just beyond Brockmoor Junction but further scope for exploration was offered by the remains of the Stourbridge Extension Canal which leads off to the left for a further half a mile. This section had enjoyed some attention over recent years, having been dredged to a decent depth and a secure mooring site built on the offside, which was formerly occupied by a number of foundries, collieries and rolling mills. Whilst the moorings are in an attractive area of parkland, its remoteness would be off-putting for an overnight stop for a solo craft. The sudden appearance of a solitary narrowboat was clearly something of an event for the locals who rolled up in force to witness the spectacle. What they knew, as we didn't, was that the arm improvements failed to include a winding hole. This omission necessitated a fairly protracted reverse out which involved extensive poling and the churning of an immense amount of black silt. However, 15 minutes saw us return to Leys Junction, at which point we snagged a pair of trousers round the prop, triggering our first trip down the weed hatch. One has to wonder exactly how the unlucky owner came to lose them, but maybe there is a connection with the fact that Stourbridge has more pubs licensed for lap-dancing than anywhere else in the country…. Hmm I'll leave that thought with you.
From here all vestiges of countryside are lost and the canal hugs the backs of endless rows of housing. Oddly, few homes have adopted the canal into their gardens, which you often find elsewhere. Most have elected to turn their backs on the water, boarding their gardens in or simply using the canal edge as an impromptu landfill. However, the canal soon balances its ying with its yang in the form of the glorious Delph Locks, rising from Black Delph Junction.
This flight appears like a mirage climbing up the hill with tumbling waterfalls cascading over the adjacent weirs into to deep side ponds, which are popular with local fishermen. The flight itself is a magnificent example of BCN industrial engineering, with its angular piers, straight lines and a plethora of bull nosed engineering bricks. This flight is a "must visit" for all true canal enthusiasts as its spectacle rivals Foxton or Devises. Don't be put off by the urban location, the locals were all friendly and we never felt threatened. Alongside the current Delph flight you can see the remains of the earlier nine locks line (hence the "Nine Locks Bridge"), which were abandoned in the mid nineteenth century due to mining subsidence.
No sooner have you left the history of Delph behind than you encounter into the ultra modern Merry Hill Shopping Centre, a Meadowhall or Bluewater for the Black Country. The canal was rerouted to accommodate this development on the site of the Round Oak Steelworks and widened to incorporate the Waterfront with its broad pool and extensive moorings. Sadly, the area always feels rather bleak and impersonal and fails to tempt many boaters to stop.
Beyond Merry Hill the canal soon shows a more urban face, passing the course of the long gone Two Locks Line link canal, which cut off a long elbow to Blowers Green and Park Head. Park Head Junction with its huge pumping station offers a great opportunity to bag another quality arm, this time up the three Park Head locks and into a grass fringed basin complete with three stub arms each leading off for a few hundred yards.
Again, our deviation from the normal route elicited comment from those on the towpath, who assured us that the Park Head route was closed and were sufficiently convinced that they followed us all the way to the top. Only the far end of the basin offered any real chance of progress, this being the western portal of the Dudley Tunnel. Whilst the tunnel itself remains clear, headroom is very restricted and only boats with the lowest of air draft can make a passage, even then only with the assistance of one of the electrically powered Dudley Tunnel Trust tug boats. Sadly, Wand'ring Bark can't be ballasted deep enough for this route so any future exploration of the tunnel and its cave system will have to be on a trip boat from the Black Country Museum, which occupies the site immediately outside the eastern portal.
Beyond Park Head the Stourbridge Canal gives way to the prosaically named Dudley No. 2, built to serve the heavy industry which has gone and been replaced by meadows and parkland. Infilled arms and backwaters abound, built to serve the long forgotten collieries and foundries of the area and making Windmill End a surprising oasis of green in the middle of the Black Country. This section offers a number of interesting arms and basins but sadly the intriguingly named Bumble Hole Arm was closed off with a boom, preventing access. The Bumblehole Arm used to curl around and rejoin at Windmill End Junction, where a short stretch remains accessible in the form of Boshboil Arm.
Rather than head straight into the western portal of the Netherton Tunnel, a further 2¼ mile stretch of the Dudley No2 remains, wandering off to the south in the direction of the Birmingham and Worcester Canal at Selly Oak. The collapse of the Lapal Tunnel in 1917 blocks this as a through route but a trip down the length that remains will be rewarded by the 557 yard Gosty Hill Tunnel. This tunnel may be short but, for my money, it out punches the mighty Netherton, its close neighbour. The little tunnel has no towpath and the channel is so narrow that steering is rendered virtually pointless. For some reason the roof profile varies between a double height arch one minute and a roof scraping minimum the next which, in our case called for an emergency chimney removal 200 yards in. Beyond the southern portal the canal opens out into a brick lined canyon, the site of Stewart and Allen's huge tubeworks till 1967. Whilst the workshops are long gone, the atmosphere remains and the silence is almost oppressive. Just a few hundred yards remain to the current terminus, the large Hawne transhipment basin now occupied by the Coombeswood Canal Trust and who's open weekend was drawing to a close just as we approached. Whilst we didn't moor here on this occasion, visitors are welcomed by the Trust and the site offers a quiet and safe location for an overnight stopover. Having maintained navigation along this intriguing stretch of canal for the last 40 years, the Lapal Canal Trust has been formed to campaign for the restoration of a link to the Birmingham and Worcester so, who knows, this sleepy backwater may once again become the busy through route it once was.
Whilst it was nearly six pm, we had promised the crew a trip to Mad O'Rourkes Pie Factory in Tipton so we retraced our steps to Windmill End and hurried through the Netherton Tunnel. As this is the third longest navigable tunnel on the system (eclipsed only by Standedge and Braunston) I feel I should | 2,639 |
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The Free Music Archive presents: Grey Area
Thursday, October 14th, 2010, 9am - Noon
on Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
At 11am, Eric Steuer from Creative Commons calls in to talk about the licenses that facilitate sharing, openness and innovation everywhere from The White House to Al Jazeera to WFMU's own Free Music Archive. Earlier this week, CBC Radio revealed that they will stop using Creative Commons music -- once a prominent feature of programs like Spark -- due to the usage restrictions of CC's more popular noncommercial licenses. A virtual riot ensued. To gain a better understanding of the situation, we'll crack open CC's recent Study of How the Online Population Understands "Noncommercial Use" and discuss how this might play into the future of Creative Commons. Speaking of The Future, the nonprofit organization is currently in the midst of their Superhero campaign.
Atari Teenage Riot
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
An interview with Alec Empire of Berlin's Atari Teenage Riot! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Former National Lampoon Illustrator Rick Meyerowitz
on Irwin Chusid
Former National Lampoon illustrator Rick Meyerowitz will appear on Irwin's show, Weds. Oct. 13 from 4-5pm. Meyerowitz will be interviewed about his new book, DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great. The interview will not just be a staff post-mortem, since Rick is very much alive. National Lampoon was extremely influential on American culture, helping launch Saturday Night Live, the film "Animal House," and countless books, films and writing careers. NatLamp succeeded because, as the late staff writer Michael O'Donohue said, "Making people laugh is the lowest form of humor."
Wolf Eyes and Richard Pinhas
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Richard Pinhas has long been regarded as one of France's seminal experimental composers and musicians. His 1970's combo Heldon were severe competition for the Krautock first string, and his continual forays into electronic and progressive sounds were highlighted by his Robert Fripp-like approaches to guitar. Over the years Pinhas has produced excellent solo material, influencing many in the '80s new wave and ambient worlds. Today Pinhas plays electric guitar on Brian's show sitting in with Michigan's legendary Wolf Eyes, who know a thing or two about outer explorations. As an added bonus, Wolf Eyes will feature Aaron Dilloway who's been on the bench for a few years, stirring up some alien weirdness in the WFMU studios today with bandmates John Olson and Mike Connelly. Do not miss!
Lo'Jo
Saturday, October 9th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
A buoyant live session with Lo'Jo, a wide-ranging multicultural and counter-cultural band very highly regarded in European world music circles. Lo'Jo sprung from a communal artistic collective in Angers, France in the early '80s and has retained that spirit: Members still live and work collectively in a farmhouse given to them by the mayor of Angers in exchange for teaching music to local kids. Among many accomplishments over the years, Lo'Jo helped launch the first edition of the now famous Festival in the Desert in northern Mali in 2001, and won a BBC World Music Award in 2007.
John Wesley Coleman
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Terre T is excited to welcome John Wesley Coleman to the Cherry Blossom Clinic this Saturday October 9th. Coleman is a member of the Golden Boys, who have topped Terre T's Best Ofs in past years. He wowed us at Gonerfest and John Wesley Coleman is on tour thru the US for the month of Oct supporting his new album "Bad Lady Goes To Jail" (out on Goner Records Oct 26). His new band solo venture expands on the Golden Boys awesome acid fried country rock! Go check out Coleman playing on October 8th and 9th at Lulus in Brooklyn, but tune into the Cherry Blossom Clinic this Saturday to hear him live on WFMU!
Saturday, October 9th, 2010, 6am - 9am
on Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten takes a break from her busy touring schedule to join us for a live session in the studio. She's just released her latest CD, "Epic", for Ba Da Bing, and you'll hear why she's a rising star on the local scene as well as garnering attention wherever she goes. She'll be doing an acoustic set.
Rev Billy Returns to WFMU with his Choir
Friday, October 8th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
WFMU regular The Reverend Billy returns to the Jersey City studios, this time with his twenty-plus member The Life After Shopping Gospel Choir for what promises to be a charged, high energy radio performance. This special WFMU live set by these post consumer era, pied pipers of a new culture & economy will preview several songs from their October 10th "Gardens and Mountains" production at the Highline Ballroom.
Friday, October 8th, 2010, Midnight - 3am
on Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
The Communion (from Bethpage, NY) don't linger in one spot long enough to be easily defined or categorized. The metal/hardcore quartet can create angst-ridden explosions that make most power electronics bands seem "light," then on to black metal shrieking and blast-beat takeoffs that are just as easily swapped out for classic hardcore 2/4, and swinging sludge riffs akin to Eyehategod. The Communion do it all, and do it all well, often in the context of a single three-minute song. Their writing and song-structuring are top shelf, and the intensity of their execution make The Communion a hellish live bludgeoning that's not to be missed. Live videos of The Communion taken by Wm. Berger --- Conjugal Apparition | Iron Lung Dust Bowl.
Jett Williams
Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 9pm - Midnight
on Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Spazz talks with Hank Williams' daughter Jett on the release of the Complete Mother's Best Radio Show box set.
Tim Catlin
Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
on Strength Through Failure with Fabio
Tim Catlin from Melbourne, Australia, performs live.
Vermillion Sands
Thursday, October 7th, 2010, Noon - 3pm
on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Fortunately, this country-tinged fuzz-pop combo from Treviso, Italy, sound nothing like the Buggles song of the same name. As someone previewing their Cleveland show last month wrote, "Vermillion Sands sound like they could be the house band at the dystopian oceanside resort that features prominently in the J.G. Ballard short story collection from which the group takes their name." We concur! Their first U.S. tour ever has seen the band rock Gonerfest and be featured on a WFMU bill at Maxwell's in Hoboken.
Nardwuar vs. Charlie Murphy & Melissa Auf de Maur
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
M for Murphy and Maur! Interviews with comedian Charlie Murphy and Montreal punk rocker Melissa Auf de Maur! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Therese and Mike host the Best Show
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010, <|fim_middle|> change when he soon unleashes his new solo project Scapegoat. The emcee will stop by WFMU to talk with Billy Jam about this forthcoming release, and also to freestyle.
Spinnaface
Friday, September 3rd, 2010, 3am - 6am
He has a spinna for a face . . . . and his face is a spinna. In spite of his handicap, this chromed-out mystery man rocks parties like you wouldn't believe. Is it a cheesy gimmick? A comment on the state of mainstream hip-hop? Or just a straight good time? Tune in get down with the grooves and decide for yourself.
G-Chat with Willy Staley
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010, 3am - 6am
Author, blog master, and San Francisco native Willy Staley joins Bennett for an assessment of rap in the internet age. Is the web ruining rap or democratizing it? But more importantly, is Lil B a genius or an idiot? What's the point of swag rap? Is Soulja Boy responsible for all this? What the hell is turf dancing? How do you "dougie?" Do you want to invest in my new streetwear company? Tune in for lots of links, and as many songs as we have time to censor. (When not articulating his views on "hella weak" raps on his blog "Nation of Thizzlam", Willy also writes for "Next American City," where he uses words like "multiplicative.")
Nardwuar vs. MGMT & Semi Precious Weapons
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
Interviews with MGMT & Semi Precious Weapons, plus a couple toons to help further stimulate your ears! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Salutin' Putin
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, 6pm - 7pm
Bronwyn and Jay celebrate the world's most awesomest Head of State ever, with True Tales of Vlad and Putin fan fiction. Plus Kim Jong Il and Snowy the War Bear! Special guest appearance by hundreds of Gypsies expelled from France!
Guest DJ Tom Lax from Siltbreeze Records
Tom heads up from Philly and reprises his yearly visit to BT's show with another box of excellent sounds: mostly 7" singles in the realm of curious outsiders, baked American and Japanese DIY auteurs putting out their own records and other miscellaneous home-brewed weirdness. A rare and always exciting opportunity to hear some real quality stuff from between the cracks you never even knew existed.
Youtube sensation thecomputernerd01 + Menya + Hasan Salaam (Keili fills in for Noah)
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, Midnight - 3am
Youtube sensation thecomputernerd01 exposes himself to DJ Keili, sharing the genius behind his literal song parody videos, the inside scoop on his relationship with Tyler and explains why he beats up little plastic baby dolls.
After that, Menya will be in the studio to talk about what it's like to put your work out on youtube. And finally, Jersey-bred MC, community activist and Fuse TV's "Hip Hop President", Hasan Salaam comes in, armed with the truth, to talk with Keili about being a Muslim artist in the current Islamophobic climate. Like Keili, Hasan Salaam focuses his music on the commonalities that bind us.
Jay-Oh
Monday, August 30th, 2010, 7pm - 8pm
on Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture
Jay-Oh from Berlin's DJ/producer/party-promoter duo The Sick Girls will join Rupture today for a live DJ mix and interview about Berlin's musical climate, testosterone's impact on club microgenres, and more.
Bibi Tanga and the Selenites
Saturday, August 28th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
Paris' sharp and engaging funk soul (and African) brothers Bibi Tanga and the Selenites seamlessly blend a wide array of African-American influences with African stylings reflecting the roots of singer / bassist / leader Bibi Tanga. We'll sample the Selenites' fine new CD Dunya (Nat Geo Records), hear them play a few songs live, and chat with Bibi.
Jay Vons
Terre T is stoked to welcome The Jay Vons to the Cherry Blossom Clinic on Saturday August 28th. This NYC combo lays down a cool organ-driven '60s soul groove the organ courtesy of WFMU's own Dave Amels on loan from the mighty Reigning Sound! The Jay Vons' debut 45 "Maybe I Loved You" b/w "Never Take Me Back" is out now on Cryptovision Records recorded at Daptone House of Soul by Brothers featuring two of their self-described danceable heartbreakers, so pick it up! But check the Jay Vons out on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on Saturday August 28th first!
Friday, August 27th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
Roxanne Shante was only fourteen years old when she began her rap career back in the first half of the eighties; first gaining widespread fame when she recorded her answer-rap to UTFO's hit "Roxanne, Roxanne." That was over 25 years ago, and while Shante's life may have gone through many changes in the years since then, the state of female rap (namely the uneven ratio of female to male emcees) has not progressed accordingly. One of the subjects of a new documentary "My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women In Hip-Hop" that premieres on BET August 30th, Shante will talk by phone with Billy Jam about this issue as well as her own career.
Friday, August 27th, 2010, 6am - 9am
on HotRod's show
Miami-born, Hong Kong-raised, Paris-based Ed Banger Records' artist Uffie stops by to chat with HotRod about her long-overdue debut album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. At the age of 22, she's ready to bridge the gap between cut-up basslines/distorted synths and a provocatively driven pop aesthetic.
Barry Hogan Interview and DJ set
Barry Hogan All Tomorrow's Parties founder and curator of curators comes by the station to play us some of his favorite tacks and talk about the up coming ATP NY Sept 3-5 at Kutsher's in Monticello.
Metal Rouge
Friday, August 27th, 2010, Midnight - 3am
Andrew Scott and Helga Fassonaki--from New Zealand by way of Los Angeles--create surging, alive, dream-like improvisations on an assortment of stringed acoustic and electric instrumentation, voice and effects; they are formerly a duo, now a trio joined by Caitlin Mitchell (Thousands) on drums and trombone. Their newest LP, Trails, is an unpredictable, dazzling psych monster that runs a gamut of moods. After bringing a brighter-than-brimstone air to My Castle of Quiet (and WFMU's blog and FMA) last winter with an exclusive disc's worth of rarities, Metal Rouge return to the Castle in person (with live shows in NY 8/21-22) to render a unique performance. Their pieces strike down from the ozone, like slow-burn aerial attacks, with lots of space, percussive activity and tonal wonders aplenty. Enjoy, and be prepared to view the clouds from a different angle.
Thursday, August 26th, 2010, 3am - 6am
Cousins Tom and George patch together tropical thrift store bounce, amassing a back catalog for the A.D.D. generation like they're trying to exorcise the earworms of our collective youth. Tools of the trade include MPCs, totemic boomboxes, spot-on melodies, and a great sense of knowing when to change the channel. From Brooklyn by way of Providence, the duo has records out on Luaka Bop and Thrill Jockey, and is never not dropping mixtapes. After this WFMU sesh, they take their funky two-man electronic marching-in-place band act on the road to Brazil.
Nardwuar vs. Keith Morris
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
An interview with Keith Morris from Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and OFF! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Live from the UCB Theater
Seven Second Delay returns to the UCB Theater for another hour of live broadcast comedy. Joining them will be world record speed eater Crazy Legs Conti, comedy writer Tom Leopold, writer Mark Allen (and his gay deprogrammer), a mystery guest who Ken and Andy will have to identify with their stellar interview chops, and sanscrit chanting from Prince Rama. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater is located at 307 West 26th Street in Manhattan, near the corner of 8th Avenue. $5.
Justic Yeldham
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010, 3am - 6am
on Nat Roe
Australia's Lucas Abela, aka Justice Yeldham, might just be the best live act on the planet in noise. Playing broken panes of glass led by contact mic through electronics, Justice presses his face to the glass and lets loose the weirdest sounds you've ever heard. Sonically, Justice's textures are as varied as they are beautiful. Live, Justice Yeldham is notorious for biting and smashing the glass over his head. Hence the best live act on the planet in noise comment. He's on the last leg of his (probably last ever) USA tour, so don't miss your chance!
Nick Robbins, Scientist and Expert on Zombies
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 6pm - 7pm
Bronwyn and Jay welcome special guest Nick Robbins, a scientist and expert on ZOMBIES! Robbins studies the portrayal and meaning of monsters and zombies in popular culture, and is writing a book about the connections between zombie mythology and late-stage American capitalism. Robbins will answer Listeners' questions about all things monsters, zombies, cannibalistic banking, and will answer the age-old riddle: Which is scarier, fast zombies or slow zombies?
Hardcore History Day
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, Noon - 3pm
Hardcore History Day! Diane welcomes special guests, Tony Rettman - author of "Why Be Something You're Not - Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985," a book recently put out by Revelation Publishing, and Ian Christe, of Bazillion Points, who have just published, "Touch & Go, the Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83." We'll be discussing both endeavors, playing LOTS of Hardcore, and will also talk to Tesco Vee - Meatmen frontman and co-founder of Touch & Go Zine, John Brannon - vocalist for Negative Approach, Laughing Hyenas and Easy Action, Dave Stimson/DS, co-founder of Touch & Go Zine, and Steve Miller, vocalist of The Fix. The comments board and playlist will be LIVE, and we'll be taking listener questions! Tune in and inquire!
That same night Ian and Tony will be at powerHouse arena to do a signing party where some old HC videos will be screened. The event will be from 7 to 9 pm at powerHouse arena - 37 Main Street in Dumbo Brooklyn. Free beer!
DJ Set from Andy Votel
Monday, August 23rd, 2010, 9pm - Midnight
Andy Votel is a man of with such curatorial prowess that he makes even WFMU DJs blush. As a co-founder of B-music, Finders Keepers Records, and Twisted Nerve Records, he's brought all types of music to the public ear, with heavy emphasis on psychedelia and foreign sounds that would remain undiscovered if it weren't for his incomparable passion for crate-digging. Most recently he's been on a motorcycle music kick. Tune in to hear 45s spun wildly from a man who knows how to do it unlike any other.
Khaira Arby
Saturday, August 21st, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
Khaira Arby is a dynamic Malian singer with a distinctive style drawing on her mixed ethnic background - Berber and Songhai (the late great Ali Farka Toure was a cousin). Khaira and her potent electric / traditional band, veterans of Mali's Legendary Festival in the Desert are touring North America through early October: They're special guests on Sway Machinery's Jewish New Year concert at City Winery Sept 8 and headliners at Joe's Pub Sept 29. And they rock WFMU with a live session tonight.
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T is super stoked to host the return of the amazing Clinic to the WFMU airwaves. Clinic have been making some of the most engaging and influential music of the decade, and their new album "Bubblegum" introduces a majestic orchestral pop sound to the mix. You can also see them live 8/16 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, 8/19 at Joe's Pub in Manhattan, and 8/21 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, but check them out on the CBC on Sat August 21st!
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Kowloon Walled City and Batillus
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010, Noon - 3pm
on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Back-to-back bludgeoning on the Fun Machine! Diane welcomes San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City, along with local outfit, Batillus for a double live session! The final show of their tour is Saturday October 2nd at the Acheron in Brooklyn, go support them before, and listen in later! Kowloon Walled City is a tight combo full of sludge, anger and toxicity; downtuned and aggressive. Batillus are fans of heavy textures, and doom monsters in their own right. This show will transform your relationship to "heavy" music forever- be prepared to worship!!
Toot'N Blink Live from New York Harbor / Balval
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
From 7 to 7:30 pm, a special live broadcast of composer / performer / sound artist Charlie Morrow's large scale maritime performance / radio piece Toot'N Blink, live from New York Harbor between the Battery in Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. Featuring avant garde vocal great Joan La Barbara, audio artist / musician / producer extraordinaire Ed Herrmann, the US Coast Guard, and an armada of tooting (and blinking) boats - including the historic retired fireboat John J. Harvey and toots from the steam whistle of the famous, ill-fated French liner Normandie. As Morrow puts it, "Toot 'N Blink "is a celebration of the expanding use of the waterfront and of machines as music-of-the-people, an echo of Futurism."
Plus, on a less nautical and more intimate scale, a visit with two members of the Parisian ensemble Balval, who (contrary to the prevailing political winds in France) are deeply inspired by East European Romani (Gypsy) culture and set Romani poems to music. Balval is coming over for gigs at Drom (NY Gypsy Festival) in the East Village on Oct 3, The Shrine in Harlem Oct 6 and Barbes in Park Slope Oct 7.
Jay Sherman-Godfrey
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010, 11am - 1pm
on Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with singer/songwriter/producer Jay Sherman-Godfrey about his current series of virtual 45s, available for free download at his website.
William "Upski" Wimsatt
Friday, October 1st, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
In 1994 journalist, graffiti writer William "Upski" Wimsatt published his book on hip-hop culture from a white person's perspective. "Bomb the Suburbs," along with 1999's "No More Prisons," set the stage for "Please Don't Bomb The Suburbs: A Midterm Report on My Generation and the Future of Our Super Movement," on Akashic Books, in which the author weaves a first-person tour of America's cultural and political movements from 1985 up to the present. The author will read excerpts from his new book when he stops by the WFMU studios.
Uz Jsme Doma (pronounced "Oosh Smeh Do-Ma") and Zuby Nehty
Friday, October 1st, 2010, 9am - Noon
on Inner Ear Detour with David
Still skronking after twenty-five years, Uz Jsme Doma stands second only to the Plastic People of the Universe in the inter-galactic rankings of legendary Czech bands. Recent years have seen them collaborating with The Residents and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and gearing up for their 2,000th (!) show in 2011. If you have an itch for some joyous, fire-breathing prog from Prague, tune in as these multimedia mischief-makers return to WFMU for the first time since 1997. They will be joined by all-female Czech stalwarts Zuby Nehty, which has also been wowing audiences since the 1980s. Fans of the Slits, the Raincoats, and Essential Logic, please take note!
Josh Dunn
Thursday, September 30th, 2010, 3am - 6am
on Awesome New Place with Bennett4Senate
A DJ and designer of consummate taste, Josh Dunn was distilled in Detroit and thankfully imported to Brooklyn a few years back. He designs LPs for Kenny Dixon's Mahogani Music and is the Art Director at Wax Poetics magazine. Josh Dunn the DJ selects strong songs - the kind of emotionally potent disco, r&b, and funk that gets blog comments from forgotten small town producers who find Josh's mixes when Googling their own names.
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
An interview with Gavin McInnes from StreetBoners and TVCarnage.com about Street Boners, Vice Magazine and well, TV Carnage! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Seven Second Delay at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
on Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
Seven Second Delay returns to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater for another hour of live broadcast comedy. Joining them will be SIXTY GUESTS. Yes, that's a guest for every minute of the show. Fancy yourself one of the city's most interesting people? Want to join us on stage for a chance to promote your creative project, fascinating profession or ultra-short performance? Send Producer Andrea an e-mail: asilenzi [at] wfmu [dot] org. The UCB is located at 307 West 26th St. near the corner of 8th Ave., NYC $5.
Justin Aguinaldo
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010, 6pm - 7pm
on Pig Talk with Bronwyn C.
Justin Aguinaldo, co-founder of both the Mess Kollective bike messenger co-op and the Bamboo Bike Studio, joins Bronwyn and Jay to discuss bikes, wheelies, bar spins, bike messengering, sustainable development, and the glory of pedal power. Bamboo Bike Studio guides people through the process of building their own bamboo bike frames and assembling finished bikes over the course of a weekend. BBS is also working to develop local manufacturing of bamboo bikes in countries such as Ghana. Justin will take Listener calls about bicycles, while Bronwyn and Jay handle Listener calls about fluoride, on the next Thunk Tank.
The Artifacts (Tame One, El Da Sensei & DJ Kaos)
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010, Midnight - 3am
on Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Legendary Jersey hip hop group The Artifacts released their first album, "Between A Rock And A Hard Place" in 1994. It was well received, featured production by Buckwild (from the DITC crew), T-Ray, Redman and became a classic amongst many for embracing rap, b-boy and graffiti themes. Sadly the trio broke up shortly after their second album, "That's Them," in 1997. On August 2, 2010 at The Rock Steady Crew 33rd Anniversary Celebration in Newark, NJ, both El Da Sensei and Tame One along with DJ KAOS performed officially as The Artifacts. This was the first proper show in over 13 years and it's been confirmed that the Brick City Kids are back together and collaborating on a new album. Tune in as Tame One, El Da Sensei & DJ Kaos perform live on the radio for the first time in over a decade! Also playing records tonight will DJ Porno & DJ Rhino CMZ.
CANCELLED due to rain - midnightGOODBIKE: Sound and Safe Live from a Bicycle
Monday, September 27th, 2010, 9pm - Midnight
on Sound and Safe with Trent
Cancelled due to rain -- It's like a regular edition of Sound and Safe, but it's on a trailer on the back of a bike. Join Trent, Marty McSorley, Delicious Beverages and Band of Bicycles for an epic journey through Brooklyn. You can join the fun in person: meet at the gorgeous new addition to Brooklyn Bridge Park at the base of Old Fulton Street at Water Street for some casual picnic fare at 8pm, then bike along with the show from 9 to midnight. The show will wind up at the Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg) where Marty and Trent will play records and drink a lot of cheap drink special drinks all the way until 2am. It's gonna get weird.
Guča, Serbia's Brass Band Bacchanalia / Adam Pogoff
Saturday, September 25th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
Brass bands are a big deal in Serbia. And ground zero is the legendary Dragačevo* Trumpet Festival held annually in the small village of Guča*. The famously raucous gathering brings over half a million people and dozens of brass bands to the small village every summer. Filmmaker and audio documentarian Adam Pogoff and crew accompanied New York's Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band to this year's festival. (Pogoff is working on a film, Brasslands, about the band's trip and the festival.) Adam will talk about the experience and share field recordings from his musical adventure.
*PRONOUNCERS: Goo-tzah; Drah-gah-tze-voh
New Jersey Returns to Old Jersey, Broadcasting live from the Branchage Film Festival (Billy Jam fills in for David)
Friday, September 24th, 2010, 9am - Noon
For the second year in a row WFMU New Jersey will next travel to "old" Jersey in the UK's Channel Islands to broadcast live from the Branchage Film Festival which takes place September 23rd to 26th. On Friday September 24th between 9am and noon (New Jersey time which is 2pm to 5pm local UK time) during Inner Ear Detour with David's usual time slot WFMU's Billy Jam will broadcast live from the festival's Spiegeltent set up in creative director Xanthe Hamilton Billy's numerous live guests will include old Jersey seafarer/tale teller Dominic Jones, Jersey Constable Simon Crowcroft, filmmakers Chloe Rutheun, Liz Mermin, and Simon Chambers, and musicians The Wizz, Just Muz, The Quietus, and Stanley Forbes. (Note that Inner Ear Detour with David will be doing Billy's usual 3-6pm time slot that same day, Sept. 24)
No Age + Hubble (Ben Greenberg)
Friday, September 24th, 2010, 3am - 6am
on Marty McSorley's show
DIY, Grammy Award nominated destroyers of rock and torchbearers for all thing all ages, No Age of L.A. take some time off of their tour with Pavement to stop by the WFMU studios for a special live ambient set. With a new record about to drop on Sub Pop and a show with Sonic Youth at the Hollywood Bowl, something tells me these kids are going places. I think you should maybe tune in.
Then, punk rock prodigy Ben Greenberg (of Z's, pygmy shrews, and Little Women) debuts his new solo guitar piece Hubble live on WFMU. Tune in for heavy riffs and trancendent trills that will teleport you into uncharted regions of the sonic universe.
Ike Turner & Ed Lasko
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
An interview with Ike Turner plus a special visit from record collector Ed Lasko who will be focusing in on "The Rarest of the Rare: Canadian Rockers vs. American Rockabillys Part 2!" Yes, many toons will be played and lots of different price guides will be quoted! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Dave Soldier + Irene Moon
on Do or DIY with People Like Us
An old musician's joke is on the order of "it takes him half an hour to play the Minute Waltz". Today, WFMU's favorite local classical music composer Dave Soldier visits for a live performance of his newest collaboration, with the late Frederic Chopin and living electronic musician Sean Hagerty. Soldier performs the Minute Waltz on the grand piano at Le Poisson Rouge very very slowly, lasting a half hour, while Hagerty stretches each piano note out over time. Chopin may make a surprise appearance.
Irene Moon and a cast of characters from the Auk Theater perform a musical mystery theater about insects. Each character has an insect of choice that is suspect in a recently discovered serial murder. Information about insects is introduced as they try to unravel the "who done it." Not all of the content is logical, but it is absolutely factual. Irene is an entomologist and musician at North Carolina State University whose present research involves the dissection of wasp heads and the representation of the muscles found within the head. She was quoted recently to say, "social bees and wasps are commonly found and easily organized. It's the non-social beasts that fascinate and truly demonstrate how many creative methods there really are to dispose of an unfriendly caterpillar."
The Work Show
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010, 6pm - 7pm
Consider the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet they get to fly around and sing and have bird sex, so what's the deal with that? And they eat worms; Jay saw one do that just the other day. The Brainiacs discuss "work," this week on Thunk Tank.
El G of ZZK Records - DJ set
The wildest, most futuristic electro-cumbia on the planet right now comes from Buenos Aires, more specifically from a label called ZZK Records. El G is the man behind the label - join Trent in welcoming him back to WFMU for an hour of mesmerizing beats from the deep, deep deep deep deep south. Also: catch El G and friends in your town on the Frikstailers tour at the end of the month.
Tonight on TMI
Monday, September 20th, 2010, 6pm - 7pm
on Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker
Learn about the connections between market research and Allen Ginsberg - and plastic bear shaped honey bottles and Henry Darger. Also - Richard Kern reflects on the cinema of transgression, and Philip dray talks about his new history book "There is Power in a Union" - plus Groupon! All that and more tonight at 6 pm on Too Much Information.
Ahmet Erdogdular / New York World Festival Preview
This month multi-culti musical powerhouses World Music Institute and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance join forces to present the New York World Festival, spotlighlighting music from the Black Sea regions of Europe. There will be a multi-national multi-artist Central Park Summerstage concert, the Black Sea Roma Festival on Sunday afternoon September 26, and three other big events. Tonight's guest Ahmet Erdogdular is a vocalist and virtuoso of the tanbur (plucked long-necked lute). This rising star of Turkish classical music is one of several accomplished artists featured in the festival opener, the Strings of the Black Sea concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday afternoon Sept. 19.
The Girls At Dawn
Terre T is excited to welcome The Girls At Dawn to the Cherry Blossom Clinic on Saturday September 18th! This all-girl NYC trio lays down a trippy sound that is equal parts '60s psych and '80s shamble, and their upcoming Norton full-length is sure to make plenty of Best Of lists for 2010. The Girls At Dawn will be playing the Silent Barn in Brooklyn on September 18th, the Knitting Factory on September 22nd and the Mercury Lounge on September 24th. You can also see them live as part of the legendary GonerFest in Memphis. But be sure to check them out on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on September 18th from 3-6 PM!
Horrible Foreigners
Friday, September 17th, 2010, 6pm - 7pm
on Shut Up, Weirdo with Frangry and Michele with One "L"
In celebration of Frangry's triumphal return from Italy, where she found the locals not quite to her liking, Shut Up, Weird explores the wonderful world of horrible foreigners--those people from other lands who, well, just aren't our cup of tea, old chap. It's fun with stereotypes on a global scale! Call in and kvetch about charming national quirks, or even make them up! (Like on Fox News.) And just because USA = #1 doesn't mean we Norte Americanos are exempt (as we are from the ICC, Kyoto Protocol, and the metric system). It's an hour of fun you'll never forget, unless you're from Peru--Peruvians are so charmingly forgetful. Call Andy and Frangry on the air (201-209-9368) this Friday from 6 to 7pm ET, in America.
Italy to NYC Hip-Hop Special
NY emcees Bisco and Broke MC, along with Italian emcees B.Q. and Ram will join Billy Jam in the WFMU studios to play their own music plus a sampling of Italian hip-hop, discuss the parallels between American and Italian hip-hop, and how both mainstream and underground American hip-hop have directly helped shape the sound of contemporary Italian hip-hop. Additionally NJ born, Bay Area based emcee Rashaan Ahmad will phone in, and the in-studio guests will do a special WFMU freestyle session.
Husere Grav
Friday, September 17th, 2010, Midnight - 3am
This Texas-based project is certainly "metal" enough to have a page on the rigidly parametered metal archives--Athanor (aka Todd Watson) having been 1/2 of Homunculus, who released three full-lengths over 2005-6--but Husere Grav combine black-metal presience (ala Paysage d'Hiver) with MB-like crumble and haunted tunneling. All the Husere Grav releases, including vinyl splits, self-released CDrs, and tapes, are gloriously dark trip-out music (the untitled cassette on Stunned comes highly recommended), and Todd's live visit to the Castle comes highly anticipated. Athanor renders a unique performance for WFMU and My Castle of Quiet, and you can also catch Husere Grav live the following night, at Port d'Or in Brooklyn, with Castle favorites Hex Breaker Quintet and ISA Christ.
Tackleberry
Bennett is joined by Tackleberry, co-host of the disco haven 'A Downtown Affair' on WNYU. It'll be thrift store show-and-tell, with Tackleberry presenting the finest in slightly askew boogie b-sides, unconvincing ballads to forgotten girlfriends, and Sunday school funk, dutifully excavated from Goodwill and Salvation Army stores from Bed-Stuy to his old country home in the Carolinas.
Joanna Newsom, Biz Markie & Wyclef Jean
This week it's interviews with Joanna Newsom, Biz Markie & Wyclef Jean! Any suggestions for next week? Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Ergo Phizmiz Special
Join Ergo Phizmiz in the studio for this week's DO or DIY featuring the premiere broadcast of the entirety of Ergo Phizmiz's score for "La Puce de Neige" ("The Snow Flea"), a mime puppet-opera for Buchinger's Boot Marionettes, which premiered in Marseille, November 2009. The show, created for children, tells the story of Kerugug, a snow flea who in the Arctic who is displaced to Antartica through a hole in the world, and his journey back - with an evil ice-cream in hot pursuit, sneaking snow fleas to use as anti-freeze in his produce. The piece combines field-recordings of Inuit folk songs with a memetic score that references Mussorgsky, Moondog, French folk songs, Augustus Pablo, Prokofiev, Strauss, and Raymond Scott.
Man And Wackiman with Wally Wackiman and Hatch
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010, 9pm - Midnight
The Gun Show show
Bronwyn and Jay report on their 9/11 trip to the Middletown Gun Show: guns, ammo, beer, and Chief Towaco vs. the Brainiacs. Get the Full Report on this week's Thunk Tank.
Junk Science, Tone Tank & Scott Thorough
Old friends and members of the Nuclear Family crew return to the show to play goodies and talk about beer and things. Junk Science has a new record out and so does Tone Tank & Scott Thorough. Tune in, listen up and be cool!
Mexican Independence Bicentennial w/ DJ Mezcalito + DJ Trent's Mom
DJ Mezcalito combines the sharp bite and morning-after regret of distilled agave spirits with the commercial tenderness of Mexican pop culture confection. Join us for a brief, reverse chronological celebration of the bicentennial of Mexican independence, beginning with today's downtownest hipsters and ending with classic(al) music even your (grand)mother could love.
And a special set from the most important DJ in the universe, DJ Porter, Trent's mother.
Mark Pilkington, Michael Benson, and Stan Gaz
Author Mark Pilkington talks about the CIA's attempts to seed the UFO community with disinformation. Artist Michael Benson explores deep space, and photographer Stan Gaz stares at meteor craters - it's FAR AWAY, SO CLOSE on TMI.
John Bellows
Monday, September 13th, 2010, Noon - 3pm
on Liz Berg's show
One-man recording artist John Bellows visits WFMU, bringing his own raw, twisted take on loner/troubadour songwriting. John hails from Chicago via Kentucky, and his 2005 lo-fi weirdo masterpiece "Clean Your Clock" was re-released on the Moniker label earlier this year. Fans of Beck, Daniel Johnston, Jonathan Richman, and Jeffrey Lewis are sure to dig this!
Terre T is stoked to welcome the Oblivians to the Cherry Blossom Clinic! These Memphis legends created some of the most brutally grimy low-fi garage rock in the mid '90s before packing it in to form bands like Reigning Sound, Bad Times and Jack O and the Tearjerkers. This session was recorded during their brief reunion swing through NYC in July. You can catch the Oblivians in late September playing another reunion show at GonerFest in Memphis, but if you can't make it there, listen to the Cherry Blossom Clinic on Sept 11!
Andrew Gregory
Saturday, September 11th, 2010, 11am - 1pm
Michael chats with Andrew Gregory part of the team responsible for the current top 100 Billboard charting song "Bed Intruder Song" by Antoine Dodson & The Gregory Brothers - aka the catchiest #1 hit this year!
Dirty Jersey: Throw the needle in the River
In recently scouting the upcoming WFMU remote broadcast location in Kearny - directly across the water from Newark - along the banks of New Jersey's polluted Passaic, Billy Jam and FMU guest Passaic River anthologist Wheeler Antabanez witnessed an endless flow of garbage including used condoms & syringes float by and then decided to affectionately call their WFMU tribute to the Passaic "Dirty Jersey: Throw the Needle In The River." For this special WFMU NJ riverbank live remote broadcast they will pay homage to the Passaic River and the dirty, gritty side of New Jersey with guests that will include Passaic River lifer 73 year old Bill Rapp, the two Marks from Weird NJ magazine, WFMU personality & lifetime Kearny resident X-Ray Burns (from the Glen Jones Show), and NJ graffiti writers Snow & Demerock.
Chaos*Majik
The solo electronics of Todd Brooks (aka Todd Pendu) are underrecorded and not celebrated nearly enough. He shows up with everything he needs in two hands, and with that gear creates multiverses worthy of the maestros Klaus Schulze and Roland Kayn. Todd seems to work tirelessly on pendu.org, which encompasses art gallery and occult happenings (like an Austin Osman Spare 123rd birthday party), live music every Tuesday at Brooklyn's Glasslands, the online pendu magazine--with its popular Artists & Cats gallery--and the Pendu Sound Recordings imprint, releasing recordings by Sasha Grey's aTelecine, among others. In the midst of all this somewhere fits the amazing music of Chaos*Majik, generated by Todd through several small, often home-built or home-modified boxes and devices, suitcase-bound, including a light-stimulated resonator, off of which Mr. Pendu mirrors the dancing of a candle's flame. All the Chaos*Majik sound-making devices are labeled and / or held together with dayglo electrical tape--the pendu symbol is absolutely bitchin'--and Wm. Berger is a sucker for a great marriage of sound and aesthetics...and multiverses...and alter-verses, and you will be, too. Todd performed on WFMU last November 11 on My Castle of Quiet, as 1/2 of the duo Ghost Moth, with American jazz multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, and that session can be found here. Todd returns to the Castle this time solo as Chaos*Majik, to perform one, continuous, 45-minute electronic suite, prepared especially for this broadcast.
Nardwuar vs. The Misfits & The Mentors!
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010, 8pm - 9pm
Interviews with The Misfits' Jerry Only, Dez Cadena and Marky Ramone plus a conversation with Heathen Scum of The Mentors! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Gwilly Edmondez
Improvising vocalist and sampler-spitter Gwilly Edmondez joins People Like Us to talk about paperweights, bog-standard footwear and 50 Pence, while dashing off a handful of 21st century pop songs that are already ahead of their time. In a revealing discussion, Gwilly helps unravel some of the mysteries of modern awareness while promoting the complete decomposition of all music.
Maluca + Araabmuzik
Monday, September 6th, 2010, 9pm - Midnight
Join DJ Trent as he welcomes Maluka and Araabmuzik to Solar 1 and the WFMU airwaves. Maluca - Bronx-born, Dominican-raised, now part of Diplo's Mad Decent crew - is full of hyperfast rap-sing bounce. She'll bring it with a dance crew in tow. Rhode Islander Araabmuzik - you've probably heard his work on the Dipset track "Salute" - is a prodigy on the MPC drum machine, banging out otherworldly beats you won't believe are being performed live with just two hands. DJ Trent will also bring a stack of videos to screen live, honoring the women of hip-hop who have made the world a lot more interesting in recent decades. Join the fun live at Solar 1 on the East River at 23rd Street - and enjoy really cheap, really good beer - or tune into live audio and video streams at WFMU.org and 91.1 / 90.1FM.
Thomas Patrick Maguire and Two 15 Year Old Kids (Keili fills in for Dave Mandl)
Sunday, September 5th, 2010, 10pm - Midnight
on Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keilidh
Joining Keili will be singer/songwriter Thomas Patrick Maguire, in to share some songs from his upcoming EP, Corporation Town. Also coming in - two 15 year old guys Keili met in Times Square: one plays a recorder on each nostril, the other plays guitar!
Iggy and the Stooges, the Scientists, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney and more: Live from All Tomorrow's Parties New York
Sunday, September 5th, 2010, 3pm - 10pm
on Live Broadcasts and Special Events
Heading back to the Catskills! WFMU is going to be live from All Tomorrow's Parties at Kutshers Resort in Monticello, New York on Sunday, September 5th from 3-10PM. We'll be set up at both stages giving play by play, and carrying full and partial sets from some of the festivals' participants. Keep an eye on the home page and WFMU's Facebook and Twitter for further details, but we will be carrying Iggy and the Stooges (doing Raw Power in its entirety with James Williamson on guitar!), Mudhoney, Hallogallo, Fursaxa, White Hills, Dungen (pron. DOON-yen), Sonic Youth, Australian post-punk godfathers the Scientists, Kurt Vile, and more! This year's festival is being curated by filmmaker (and WFMU supporter!) Jim Jarmusch. If you're at Kutshers, come say hi at the WFMU broadcast booth in the hall between ballrooms, and visit our own Marty McSorley DJ in the Deep End Bar Saturday night from 8-10PM! Tentative broadcast schedule: 3:10 Scientists 4:00 Mudhoney 4:50 Hallogallo 5:25 Fursaxa 5:50 Sonic Youth 6:45 White Hills 7:00 Kurt Vile 7:30 F***ed Up 8:00 Iggy and the Stooges 9:30 Dungen
Lou Barlow
Saturday, September 4th, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is honored to welcome Lou Barlow back to the WFMU airwaves! As a founding member of both Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh, Barlow is a living legend by this point, and his emotive and brutally honest style of songwriting has influenced countless bands. He is currently touring with Wye Oak, who also back him up during the electric portion of his live show. You can catch Lou at the Mercury Lounge on September 1st and Maxwell's at an early show on September 4th, but be sure to tune into on September 4th between 3-6 PM to hear him do his thing live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T!
Roc C
Friday, September 3rd, 2010, 3pm - 6pm
Stones Throw recording artist Ron C may not be quite as well known as some of the acts he has collaborated with over the years, including J-Dilla, Madlib, Aloe Blacc, and Oh No, but that looks set to | 6,761 |
We often hear about the fashion flair of Parisians, Italians, Londoners...while we, Canadians, don't get much credit. We have to deal with an often extreme climate and yet we constantly push the boundaries of style.
Style in the winter is a hassle; it's difficult to get a good look going when it's minus 30 outside. With freezing weather comes unwanted restrictions like<|fim_middle|>uit to the sweater underneath, or keeping it simple with a top in muted tones. Long sleeves are the key.
For a chic appeal, forget the usual t-shirt and try a turtleneck. If you're aiming to create a legit business casual outfit, opt for muted colours and moderate heels with your jumpsuit.
Skip the necklace and opt for a scarf. Not only is it more innovative, but it'll also keep you warmer.
Whether your jumpsuit has a utilitarian or business casual vibe, try wearing a patterned blouse underneath -- it's an interesting variation from the usual knitted top. You can style it up a notch with a ribbon if you feel like it. | wearing dresses, skirts, caps, or fancy hats whenever you feel like it. But some determined individuals won't let a little cold weather keep them down and go for clothes typically associated with summer — one of them being: the jumpsuit.
Initially designed as a practical piece of clothing, jumpsuits they were designed in the 20s by a Florentine artist for skydivers and parachuters. Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli put them on the fashion map in the '30s, followed by Katharine Hepburn who added a touch of Hollywood glamour after wearing a monogrammed silk one-piece in the 1937 film Stage Door.
Five years later, Vera Maxwell designed a jumpsuit worn by millions of 'riveting Rosies'. The one-piece, along with the polka dot headband, then became an iconic cultural reference and symbol of empowered women. Afterwards, Yves Saint-Laurent appropriated himself the look and sent palazzo one-pieces down the runway in the 70s. It was also adopted by Cher, ABBA, Bianca Jagger, and of course, Elvis.
One-pieces have since lost their disco allure (which is good or bad depending on your feelings for disco). They can truly be worn for any occasion since they can appear urban, chic, utilitarian, or extremely cozy.
Because of their inherent complexity (ie. the bathroom situation), we often think that wearing a jumpsuit will add an extra layer of effort in an already complicated winter outfit. But then, who likes to be told what not to wear? Let's not allow a season impose limitations on what we can and cannot wear. I'm sure there's plenty of jumpsuits sitting in closets right now just waiting for spring to arrive. With enough creativity, we can surely rock them all year long.
Since most jumpsuits come with straps, they can easily be turned into a totally different vibe from the slinky simplicity and bare shouldered-vibe of the summer variety. You can go for an eclectic style by mix and matching the prints from the jumps | 422 |
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Designed for mixed use on general alpine terrain and alpine trekking, the Crow GTX has a crampon-compatible Vibram New Mulaz sole – for semi-automatic crampons – that offers grip on rock and traction in mixed mountain terrain and snow. The GORE-TEX® Performance Comfort lining delivers optimized climate comfort should the weather close in on you and there's a full rubber rand for protection against rock and scree.
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The performance clip, captured with multiple cameras, displayed the bona fides in close-up shots of the musicians working their instruments. For sure, it's a befitting presentation of the earthy cut that appears as the second track on Starting Over, Stapleton's fourth studio album, released last month.
Is it country music? Roots rock? Americana? It doesn't matter. The singer behind the song doesn't give any credence to genre restrictions.
"I don't consciously think about that," Stapleton tells Vulture. "I don't think about making music for awards or any other reason than trying to do something that I would like, or that I think is listenable or proper. I'm fine if I fall into one category more than another, and I'm not unaware that I jump around a little more than some people think I should, but music is music."
Well said, Chris. If anything, the rumbling-like-a-freight-train Colbert version of "Devil Always Made Me Think Twice" should show listeners that being real is a lot more meaningful than being trendy.
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Categories: Country Music News, Country Music Videos | Chris Stapleton's 'Devil Always Made Me Think Twice' Simmers on 'Colbert' [Watch]
Philip Trapp Published: December 8, 2020
Chris Stapleton didn't pull any punches Monday night (Dec. 7) when the veteran country musician brought his slow-burning "Devil Always Made Me Think Twice" to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
That's because, while TV music performances in the pandemic era are essentially just pre-taped music videos (as Stereogum rightly pointed out), Stapleton's late-night run-through of the Starting Over number proved that he and his band were undoubtedly performing the song live — | 136 |
Many of the products on our shelves come from United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), a natural foods distributor in Auburn, Wash. Member/Owners can special order UNFI products in larger quantity often for better prices than shelf prices (wholesale plus mark-up depending on total cost of order). Catalog and order forms are available at the Member Services Desk.
Click on links below to download/print a copy of the UNFI catalog and the monthly specials catalog.
Special orders placed by Saturday 9pm are ready for pick up on the following Tuesday.
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To view the 2018 Bi-Annual Catalog (July-December), click the button below. Look for product pricing in the far right "Sale Case/Each" columns.
To get the shelf sale price on special orders,<|fim_middle|> MEMBER SERVICES.
Member/Owners can also special order from our other vendors (Down to Earth for gardening and household supplies, vitamin and supplement vendors, produce distributors and local farms, etc.). Order forms are available at the Member Services Desk. Ask any staff member at the Member Services Desk for more information about vendors you can order from and to see specific vendor catalogs. | check the end date on the sale tag of the item you wish to order. Place your order no later than 9pm Monday the day before the sale end date. SALE END DATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE COVER OF THE UNFI ORDER BOOKS AT | 52 |
Q: Passing Data From Initial XML Request To Subsequent Pages `I am working with an API that sends back an XML response upon request. Here's a simplified example:
<buildings>
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If the result set was always guaranteed to be very small, I could pass it in the url, similar to
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However, I have to account for the possibility of a very large result set.
Can anyone suggest a method for making the result set persistent while a user is navigating within it? The way I have it set up at the moment is that an array of result IDs is generated after the search is complete and the result set has been returned. Is there a way to make this array portable and (relatively) permanent?
A: Probably the easiest is to use PHP Sessions unless you want to make a pure ajax site.
| building attr1="poo" attr2="pee">
...
</building>
</buildings>
After I use $.get() to request the XML, I have to search through it to get the <building>s that have attr1="foo" for example.
After displaying this result set, each <building> has a link that sends the user to another page, let's say details.htm?id=fun There is only one 'page,' but the content changes depending on the id that is passed along in the URL.
Finally, the question:
I have to include Next and Previous links to navigate within the result set that I ended up with after searching | 136 |
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Settlement prediction for footings based on stress history from Vs measurements
Hyung Ik Cho, Han Saem Kim, Chang-Guk Sun and Dong Soo Kim
Abstract; Full Text (3279K) pages 371-384. DOI: 10.12989/gae.2020.20.5.371
A settlement prediction method based on shear wave velocity measurements and soil nonlinearity was recently developed and verified by means of centrifuge tests. However, the method was only applicable to heavily overconsolidated soil deposits under enlarged yield surfaces. In this study, the settlement evaluation method was refined to consider the stress history of the sublayer, based on an overconsolidation ratio evaluation technique, and thereby incorporate irrecoverable plastic deformation in the settlement calculation. A relationship between the small-strain shear modulus and overconsolidation ratio, which can be determined from laboratory tests, was adopted to describe the stress history of the subsurface. Based on the overconsolidation ratio determined, the value of an empirical coefficient that reflects the effect of plastic deformation over the elastic region is determined by comparing the overconsolidation ratio with the stress increment transmitted by the surface design load. The refined method that incorporate this empirical coefficient was successfully validated by means of centrifuge tests, even under normally consolidated loading conditions.
settlement; footings; shear wave velocity; overconsolidation ratio; centrifuge modelling
Hyung Ik Cho, Han Saem Kim and Chang-Guk Sun: Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources,124 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
Dong Soo Kim: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology,291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Application of artificial neural networks in settlement prediction of shallow foundations on sandy soils
Nguyen-Vu Luat, Kihak Lee and Duc-Kien Thai
This paper presents an application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in settlement prediction of a foundation on sandy soil. In order to train the ANN model, a wide experimental database about settlement of foundations acquired from available literatures was collected. The data used in the ANNs model were arranged using the following five-input parameters that covered both geometrical foundation and sandy soil properties: breadth of foundation B, length to width L/B, embedment ratio Df/B, foundation net applied pressure qnet, and average SPT blow count N. The backpropagation algorithm was implemented to develop an explicit predicting formulation. The settlement results are compared with the results of previous studies. The accuracy of the proposed formula proves that the ANNs method has a huge potential for predicting the settlement of foundations on sandy soils.
neural networks; sandy soils; shallow foundation; settlement prediction; back propagation
Nguyen-Vu Luat and Kihak Lee: Department of Architectural Engineering, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 173-147, South Korea
Duc-Kien Thai: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 173-147, South Korea
Experimental study on the mechanical response and failure behavior of double-arch tunnels with cavities behind the liner
Xu Zhang, Chengping Zhang, Bo Min and Youjun Xu
Cavities often develop behind the vault during the construction of double-arch tunnels, generally in the form of various defects. The study evaluates the impact of cavities behind the vault on the mechanical and failure behaviors of double-arch tunnels. Cavities of the same sizes are introduced at the vault and the shoulder close to the central wall of double-arch tunnels. Physical model tests are performed to investigate the liner stress variation, the earth pressure distribution and the process of progressive failure. Results reveal that the presence of cavities behind the liner causes the re-distribution of the earth pressure and induces stress concentration near the boundaries of cavities, which results in the bending moments in the liner inside the cavity to reverse sign from compression to tension. The liner near the invert becomes the weak region and stress concentration points are created in the outer fiber of the liner at the bottom of the sidewall and central wall. It is suggested that grouting into the foundation soils and backfilling injection should be carried out to ensure the tunnel safety. Changes in the location of cavities significantly impact the failure pattern of the liner close to the vault, e.g., cracks appear in the outer fiber of the liner inside the cavity when a cavity is located at the shoulder close to the central wall, which is different from the case that the cavity locates at the vault, whereas changes in the location of cavities have a little influence on the liner at the bottom of the double-arch tunnels.
double-arch tunnel; cavity; liner stress; earth pressure; crack; safety factor; physical model test
Xu Zhang and Youjun Xu: 1.) School of Civil Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014000, China
2.) Key Laboratory of Urban Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Chengping Zhang and Bo Min: 1.) Key Laboratory of Urban Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
2.) School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
A simplified directly determination of soil-water retention curve from pore size distribution
Geng Niu, Longtan Shao, De\'an Sun and Xiaoxia Guo
Numbers fitting-curve equations have been proposed to predict soil-water retention curve (SWRC) whose parameters have no definitude physical meaning. And these methods with precondition of measuring SWRC data is time-consuming. A simplified directly method to estimate SWRC without parameters obtained by fitting-curve is proposed. Firstly, the total SWRC can be discretized into linear segments respectively. Every segment can be represented by linear formulation and every turning point can be determined by the pore-size distribution (PSD) of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP) tests. The pore diameters governing the air-entry condition (AEC) and residual condition (RC) can be determined by the PSDs of MIP test. The PSD changes significantly during drying in SWR test, so the determination of AEC and RC should use the PSD under corresponding suction conditions. Every parameter in proposed equations can be determined directly by PSD without curve-fitting procedure and has definitude physical meaning. The proposed equations give a good estimation of both unimodal and bimodal SWRCs.
soil water retention curve; pore size distribution; air-entry condition; residual condition; mercury intrusion porosimetry
Geng Niu and Xiaoxia Guo: 1.) State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
2.) Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
Longtan Shao: State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, 116024 Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
De\'an Sun: Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, 200444 Shanghai, China
Complex analysis of rock cutting with consideration of rock-tool interaction using distinct element method (DEM)
Guangzhe Zhang, Wengang Dang, Martin Herbst and Zhengyang Song
Cutting of rocks is very common encountered in tunneling and mining during underground excavations. A deep understanding of rock-tool interaction can promote industrial applications significantly. In this paper, a distinct element method based approach, PFC3D, is adopted to simulate the rock cutting under different operation conditions (cutting velocity, depth of cut and rake angle) and with various tool geometries (tip angle, tip wear and tip shape). Simulation results showed that the cutting force and accumulated number of cracks increase with increasing cutting velocity, cut depth, tip angle and pick abrasion. The number of cracks and cutting force decrease with increasing negative rake angle and increase with increasing positive rake angle. The numerical approach can offer a better insight into the rock-tool interaction during the rock cutting process. The proposed numerical method can be used to assess the rock cuttability, to estimate the cutting performance, and to design the cutter head.
crack pattern; cutting force; rake angle; rock-tool interaction; sandstone; tip abrasion
Guangzhe Zhang, Martin Herbst and Zhengyang Song: Geotechnical Institute, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Str. 1, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Wengang Dang: 1.) School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Gungzhou 520275, China
2.) Key Laboratory of Marine Civil Engineering of Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510006, China
3.) Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, 519082 China
PRaFULL: A method for the analysis of piled raft foundation under lateral load
Stefano Stacul, Nunziante Squeglia and Gianpiero Russo
A new code, called PRaFULL (Piled Raft Foundation Under Lateral Load), was developed for the analysis of laterally loaded Combined Pile Raft Foundation (CPRF). The proposed code considers the contribution offered by the raft-soil contact and the interactions between all the CPRF system components. The nonlinear behaviour of the reinforced concrete pile and the soil are accounted. As shallower soil layers are of great relevance in the lateral response of a pile foundation, PRaFULL includes the possibility to consider layered soil profiles with appropriate properties. The shadowing effect on the ultimate soil pressure is accounted, when dealing with pile groups, as proposed by the Strain Wedge Model. PRaFULL BEM code obviously requires less computational resources compared to FEM (Finite Element Method) or FDM (Finite Difference Method) codes. The proposed code was validated in the linear elastic range by comparisons with the code APRAF (Analysis of Piled Raft Foundations). The reliability of the procedure to predict piled raft performance was then verified in nonlinear range by comparisons with both centrifuge tests and computer code PRAB.
laterally loaded piles; piled raft; foundation; horizontal loading; nonlinearity; numerical analyses; pile; pile-soil interaction
Stefano Stacul and Nunziante Squeglia: Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, 56122, Pisa, Italy
Gianpiero Russo: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125, Naples, Italy
Study on rockburst prevention technology of isolated working face with thick-hard roof
Chuanyang Jia, Hailong Wang, Xizhen Sun, Xianbin Yu and Hengjie Luan
Based on the literature statistical method, the paper publication status of the isolated working face and the distribution of the rockburst coal mine were obtained. The numerical simulation method is used to study the stress distribution law of working face under different mining range. In addition, based on the similar material simulation test, the overlying strata failure modes and the deformation characteristics of coal pillars during the mining process of the isolated working face with thick-hard key strata are analyzed. The research shows that, under the influence of the key strata, the overlying strata formation above the isolated working face is a long arm T-type spatial structure. With the mining of the isolated working face, a series of damages occur in the coal pillars, causing the key strata to break and inducing the rockburst occurs. Combined with the mechanism of rockburst induced by the dynamic and static combined load, the source of dynamic and static load on the isolated working face is analyzed, and the rockburst monitoring methods and the prevention and control measures are proposed. Through the above research, the occurrence probability of rockburst can be effectively reduced, which is of great significance for the safe mining of deep coal mines.
thick-hard strata; isolated working face; overlying strata structure; similar material simulation; rockburst
Chuanyang Jia: 1.) School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China
2.) Linyi City Key Lab of Appraisement and Strengthening in Building Structures, Linyi 276000, China
Hailong Wang, Xizhen Sun and Xianbin Yu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China
Hengjie Luan: College of Mining and Safety Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Incompatible deformation and damage evolution of mixed strata specimens containing a circular hole
Shuo Yang, Yuanhai Li, Miao Chen and Jinshan Liu
Analysing the incompatible deformation and damage evolution around the tunnels in mixed strata is significant for evaluating the tunnel stability, as well as the interaction between the support system and the surrounding rock mass. To investigate this issue, confined compression tests were conducted on upper-soft and lower-hard strata specimens containing a circular hole using a rock testing system, the physical mechanical properties were then investigated. Then, the incompatible deformation and failure modes of the specimens were analysed based on the digital speckle correlation method (DSCM) and Acoustic Emission (AE) data. Finally, numerical simulations were conducted to explore the damage evolution of the mixed strata. The results indicate that at low inclination angles, the deformation and v-shaped notches inside the hole are controlled by the structure plane. Progressive spalling failure occurs at the sidewalls along the structure plane in soft rock. But the transmission of the loading force between the soft rock and hard rock are different in local. At high inclination angles, v-shaped notches are approximately perpendicular to the structure plane, and the soft and hard rock bear common loads. Incompatible deformation between the soft rock and hard rock controls the failure process. At inclination angles of 0
circular hole; mixed strata; incompatible deformation; damage evolution; failure mode
Shuo Yang: State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Miao Chen: State Key Laboratory of Mine Disaster Prevention and Control, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Yuanhai Li and Jinshan Liu: 1.) State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering,
China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Patent application title: ACCURATE FLOW CONTROL IN DRUG PUMP DEVICES
Inventors: Po-Ying Li (Los Angeles, CA, US) Po-Ying Li (Los Angeles, CA, US) Minipumps, Llc (Pasadena, CA, US)
Assignees: MiniPumps, LLC
IPC8 Class: AA61M5172FI
Class name: Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin material flow varying means controlled by condition responsive sensor sensor controls pump, motor, or pressure driven means
The accuracy of drug delivery with drug pump devices may be improved by a combination of pump operation at high flow resistances and pump pressures, pressure-relief mechanisms, and sensor-based feedback for pump control.
1. A drug pump device comprising: a drug reservoir; an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site; an electrolysis pump comprising a pump chamber in mechanical communication with the drug reservoir via an intervening displacement member, the electrolysis pump being operable to exert a pressure to drive the displacement member toward the exit member and thereby force therethrough fluid in the drug chamber; and a pressure sensor disposed within the pump chamber for measuring a pressure therein; a direct-measurement flow sensor disposed within the exit member for measuring a flow rate of fluid flow therethrough; and control circuitry for (i) calculating a flow rate from the measured pressure, (ii) comparing the calculated flow rate with the measured flow rate, and (iii) if the measured flow rate is within 5% of the calculated flow rate, continuing fluid flow through the exit member by operating the pump to generate a pressure, and otherwise initiating a safety protocol.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the safety protocol comprises interrupting pump operation.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the safety protocol comprises re-starting pump operation.
4. In a drug pump device comprising a drug reservoir, an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site, and an electrolysis pump operable to exert a pressure on the reservoir to thereby force fluid from the drug reservoir into the exit member, a method of controlling a rate of fluid flow through the exit member, the method comprising: measuring a pressure in a pump chamber of the electrolysis pump; measuring a flow rate of fluid flow through the exit member; calculating a flow rate from the measured pressure; comparing the calculated flow rate with the measured flow rate, and, if the measured flow rate is within 5% of the calculated flow rate, continuing fluid flow through the exit member by operating the pump to generate a pressure, and otherwise executing a safety protocol.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein executing the safety protocol comprises interrupting pump operation.
6. The device of claim 5, wherein executing the safety protocol further comprises re-starting pump operation.
7. A drug pump device comprising: a drug reservoir; an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site; a flow restrictor downstream of the drug reservoir for restricting fluid flow through the exit member; an electrolysis pump comprising a pump chamber in mechanical communication with the drug reservoir via an intervening displacement member, the electrolysis pump being operable to exert a pressure to drive the displacement member toward the exit member and thereby force therethrough fluid in the drug chamber; and a pressure sensor for measuring a pump pressure within the pump chamber; a pressure sensor for measuring a reservoir-outlet pressure between the drug reservoir and the flow restrictor; and control circuitry for monitoring a difference between the pump pressure and the reservoir-outlet pressure and, based thereon, operating the electrolysis pump to achieve a substantially constant rate of fluid flow through the exit member.
8. In a drug pump device comprising a drug reservoir, an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site, and an electrolysis pump operable to exert a pressure on the reservoir to thereby force fluid from the drug reservoir into the exit member, a method of controlling a rate of fluid flow through the exit member, the method comprising: measuring a pump pressure within the pump chamber; measuring a reservoir-outlet pressure between the drug reservoir and the flow restrictor; and monitoring a difference between the pump pressure and the reservoir-outlet pressure and, based thereon, operating the electrolysis pump to achieve a substantially constant rate of fluid flow through the exit member.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of, and incorporates herein by reference, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/091,042, filed on Apr. 20, 2011, which claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications No. 61/326,047, filed on Apr. 20, 2010, No. 61/367,686, filed on Jul. 26, 2010, No. 61/423,945, filed on Dec. 16, 2010, and No. 61/449,899, filed on Mar. 7, 2011. This application further claims priority to and the benefit of, and incorporates herein by reference in their entirety, U.S. Provisional Patent Applications No. 61/561,565, filed on Nov. 18, 2011 and No. 61/704,974, filed on Sep. 24, 2012.
[0002] The invention relates generally to drug pump devices, and in various embodiments to electrolysis-driven piston pump devices.
[0003] The treatment of many diseases requires regular subcutaneous skin injections. For example, diabetes patients may need insulin injections following every meal and, in addition, a continuously administered low "basal" rate of insulin. The major technologies currently in use for frequent or continuous drug delivery are syringes, pre-filled pen injectors, and patient-filled portable drug pump devices. Each of these technologies has problems. For example, syringes, unless filled by a well-trained and skilled person (e.g., a health-care professional), can easily trap bubbles during the filling process, posing a risk to patient safety. Further, certain therapies require injection volumes greater than 1 ml; protein solutions, for example, often cannot be formulated with high concentration because the proteins precipitate in high concentrations, requiring large-volume injections instead. Large injection volumes, however, generally preclude the use of syringes because more than 1 ml can cause pain and swelling when injected at high rates of flow, such as with a syringe. Pre-filled pen injectors are advantageous in that they facilitate accurate manual insulin dosing using a pre-filled, bubble-free glass cartridge, which renders the priming process simple for the patient. However, since the injection is done manually, deficient patient compliance (e.g., improper injection timing and/or failure to follow the dosing prescription) is a major concern.
[0004] Portable drug pump devices can provide fully-controlled drug delivery; therefore, patient compliance is much improved. Decreased numbers of injections (once every three days, for example) and programmable dosing schedules may greatly enhance the patient's quality of life. In addition, many portable pump devices are provided in the form of patch pumps with low pump profiles, which can be attached to the patient's skin without interfering with daily activities such as showering, sleeping, and exercising. Controllable pump devices can, further, deliver drugs at slower rates than syringes and pen-injectors, thereby facilitating the injection of higher volumes of fluid (e.g., 1-10 ml) without causing discomfort or damage to local tissue; this is particularly important for viscous drug solutions (e.g., with viscosities of 35 cSt or higher). However, since these pumps are typically filled by patients, risks arise during the priming procedure. Improperly primed reservoirs may contain large air bubbles and cause the pump to inject too much air into the subcutaneous tissue, which is a serious safety matter. Moreover, many portable drug pump devices, including commercial insulin pumps, are driven by step motors (or similar components for rotating a gear). Step motors are known for their accurate rotational pitch control; however, their motion is discrete, not continuous. Therefore, the basal delivery flow provided by the step motor is also discrete. For example, basal rates in the range from 5 to 5000 nl/min--the typical dosage regime for insulin--are achieved by many systems with discrete 5 nl deliveries at rates between one delivery per hour and one thousand deliveries per hour. This discontinuous drug delivery is a major limitation of step-motor-driven insulin pumps.
[0005] Recently developed electrolytically driven piston pump devices that utilize a pre-filled glass (or polymer) vial in a pen-injection configuration solve many of the problems associated with prior technologies. They facilitate steady, continuous drug flow at a programmed rate, avoiding patient compliance issues. Additionally, the use of a pre-filled vial obviates the need for the patient to fill the drug reservoir, rendering the pump simpler to use and eliminating the risks of drug leakage due to improper filing and of introduction of particulates or foreign matter into the patient's subcutaneous tissue. However, providing controlled and accurate drug delivery still remains a challenge for pumps utilizing glass vials as drug reservoirs. This challenge arises largely from variable stiction/friction forces between the glass vial and the piston or plunger that drives the drug out of the vial. The resulting unstable flow resistance makes the drug flow difficult to control. It tends to cause basal drug delivery to suffer from varying flow rates despite constant driving pressure, and can render bolus delivery unpredictable from one bolus to the next. Accordingly, there is a need for improved flow control schemes and mechanisms to ensure constant, accurate, and predictable drug dosages for both basal and bolus deliveries.
[0006] The present invention provides, in various embodiments, electrolytically driven drug pump devices with control mechanisms that facilitate accurate basal and/or bolus deliveries. In some embodiments, pump pressure generated in the electrolysis chamber is controlled by a feedback loop that adjusts the electrolysis rate based on measurements of pump pressure and/or the flow rate of the liquid drug. To reduce the effect of sudden changes in pump conditions (such as variations in friction forces) on the delivery rate, the device may include, downstream from the drug reservoir, a flow restrictor whose flow resistance dominates the overall flow resistance of the device; for example, a cannula, needle, or other exit member with a small inner diameter (e.g., of less than 50 μm) may serve as the flow restrictor, or the flow restrictor may be a separate component located, e.g., upstream of the exit member. Further, to achieve the desired flow rates (e.g., between 400 and 5000 nl/min) despite the high flow resistance, the pump may be operated at high driving pressures (e.g., pressures in excess of 5 psi and as much as 200 psi). Advantageously, within the high-pressure operational regime, pump pressure and flow rate are directly proportional over a wide range, allowing the flow rate to be accurately and precisely controlled (e.g., maintained at a specified constant value) based on measurements of the pump pressure in conjunction with knowledge of the flow resistance of the device.
[0007] For even higher accuracy in flow rate control and enhanced safety through sensor redundancy, a direct-measurement flow sensor may be used in combination with the pressure sensor, facilitating comparisons between the measured flow rate and a flow rate calculated from the measured pressure. (A "flow sensor," as used herein, is any sensor measuring the flow rate either directly, or indirectly via another physical quantity that has a known relationship to the flow rate. For example, a pressure sensor may function as a flow sensor in that the flow rate can be calculated from a pressure measurement, provided that the flow resistance is known (as described in more detail below). For clarity, flow sensors that measure the flow rate directly are herein referred to as "direct-measurement flow sensors.") In the event of a discrepancy between the two, a safety protocol may be initiated, e.g., to shut down pump operation. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the measured flow rate is used for pump control as long as it is within a specified margin of the calculated flow rate, and, otherwise, the measured flow rate is assumed to be erroneous and the calculated flow rate is substituted as the control parameter. In some embodiments, two pressure sensors are used in place of a pressure sensor and a direct-measurement flow sensor. One pressure sensor may measure the pressure in the pump chamber, and the other one the reservoir-outlet pressure between the drug reservoir and the flow restrictor. Any discrepancy between the pump pressure and the reservoir-outlet pressure may be used either as a trigger to initiate a safety protocol, or to adjust electrolysis pump operation to achieve a substantially constant rate of fluid flow through the exit member.
[0008] Accordingly, in one aspect, the invention relates to a drug pump device including a drug reservoir, an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site, an electrolysis pump having a pump chamber in mechanical communication with the drug reservoir via an intervening displacement member, a pressure sensor disposed within the pump chamber for measuring a pressure therein, and a direct-measurement flow sensor disposed within the exit member for measuring a flow rate of fluid flow therethrough. The pump is operable to exert a pressure to drive the displacement member toward the exit member and thereby force fluid in the drug reservoir through the exit member. The drug pump device further includes control circuitry for calculating a flow rate from the measured pressure, comparing the calculated flow rate with the measured flow rate, continuing fluid flow through the exit member (by operating the pump to generate a pressure) if the measured flow rate is within 5% of the calculated flow rate, and otherwise initiating a safety protocol. The safety protocol may include interrupting pump operation and, in some embodiments, thereafter re-starting pump operation.
[0009] In another aspect, the invention relates to a method of controlling a rate of fluid flow through the exit member of a drug pump device comprising a drug reservoir and an electrolysis pump. The method includes measuring a pressure in a pump chamber of the electrolysis pump, measuring a flow rate of fluid flow through the exit member, calculating a flow rate from the measured pressure, comparing the calculated flow rate with the measured flow rate, and, if the measured flow rate is within 5% of the calculated flow rate (or, in other embodiments, within 3% or within 10%, depending on the required accuracy), continuing fluid flow through the exit member by operating the pump to generate a pressure, and otherwise executing a safety protocol (which may involve, e.g., interrupting pump operation and/or re-starting pump operation.
[0010] In yet another aspect, the invention relates to a drug pump device including a drug reservoir, an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site, a flow restrictor downstream of the drug reservoir for restricting fluid flow through the exit member, an electrolysis pump having a pump chamber in mechanical communication with the drug reservoir via an intervening displacement member and being operable to exert a pressure to drive the displacement member toward the exit member and thereby force therethrough fluid in the drug chamber, a pressure sensor for measuring a pump pressure within the pump chamber, a pressure sensor for measuring a reservoir-outlet pressure between the drug reservoir and the flow restrictor, and control circuitry for monitoring a difference between the pump pressure and the reservoir-outlet pressure and, based thereon, operating the electrolysis pump to achieve a substantially constant rate of fluid flow through the exit member.
[0011] Another aspect of the invention is directed to a method of controlling a rate of fluid flow through the exit member of a pump as described above by measuring a pump pressure within the pump chamber, measuring a reservoir-outlet pressure between the drug reservoir and the flow restrictor, monitoring a difference between the pump pressure and the reservoir-outlet pressure and, based thereon, operating the electrolysis pump to achieve a substantially constant rate of fluid flow through the exit member.
[0012] The terms "substantially" and "about," as used herein, generally mean within 10% or, preferably, within 5%, unless indicated otherwise explicitly or by context.
[0013] The pump technology described herein can be used for a variety of drug therapies, including, without limitation, the delivery of insulin for the treatment of diabetes or of other types of proteins (including, e.g., monoclonal antibodies) for vaccinations and the treatment of obesity, Alzheimer's disease, and/or other diseases. Various embodiments and features of the present invention are particularly advantageous for piston pump devices. However, in general, they are also applicable to other pump device configurations. For example, in some embodiments, syringe pumps capable of dosing the entire reservoir into the tissue within thirty minutes or metering out the flow rate over several days are used.
[0014] The foregoing will be more readily understood from the following detailed description of the invention, in particular, when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:
[0015] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the various functional components of electrolytic drug pump devices in accordance with various embodiments;
[0016] FIG. 2A is a schematic side view of a piston pump device in accordance with various embodiments;
[0017] FIG. 2B is a schematic isometric view of an electrolysis pump chamber in accordance with various embodiments;
[0018] FIGS. 3A-3C are isometric, side, and exploded views, respectively, of a piston pump device in accordance with various embodiments;
[0019] FIGS. 4A-4D are schematic side views of an electrode/electronics/battery module and its assembly into the pump device of FIGS. 3A and 3B in accordance with various embodiments;
[0020] FIG. 5 is an exploded view of another piston pump device in accordance with various embodiments;
[0021] FIGS. 6A and 6B are isometric and exploded views, respectively, of a pump device with integrated lancet insertion mechanism in accordance with various embodiments;
[0022] FIGS. 7A-7C are side views illustrating different stages of lancet insertion using the device of FIGS. 6A and 6B;
[0023] FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a diaphragm pump device in accordance with various embodiments;
[0024] FIGS. 9A-9C are schematic side views of flow restrictors in accordance with various embodiments;
[0025] FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams illustrating high-flow-resistance and low-flow-resistance operational regimes of drug pump devices in accordance with various embodiments;
[0026] FIG. 11A is a schematic side view of a piston-pump electrolysis chamber with a catalytic pressure-relief mechanism in accordance with various embodiments;
[0027] FIG. 11B is a schematic side view of a piston-pump electrolysis chamber with a semi-permeable housing in accordance with various embodiments;
[0028] FIG. 11C is a schematic side view of a piston pump device with a spark-ignition recombination mechanism in accordance with various embodiments;
[0029] FIG. 11D is a circuit diagram for a spark ignition circuit that may be used in the embodiment of FIG. 11C;
[0030] FIG. 11E is a schematic side view of a piston-pump electrolysis chamber as depicted in FIG. 11C that further includes a compartment separation in accordance with various embodiments;
[0031] FIG. 11F is a schematic side view of a piston-pump electrolysis chamber with an active-valve pressure-relief mechanism in accordance with various embodiments;
[0032] FIGS. 12A-12C are diagrams illustrating basal, bolus, and basal/bolus drug delivery modes in accordance with various embodiments;
[0033] FIG. 13A is a schematic side view of a piston pump devices with pressure-based feedback for basal delivery in accordance with various embodiments;
[0034] FIG. 13B is control-flow diagram for a pressure-based basal-delivery feedback loop in accordance with various embodiments;
[0035] FIG. 14A is a schematic side view of a piston pump devices with flow-based feedback for basal delivery in accordance with various embodiments;
[0036] FIG. 14B is control-flow diagram for a flow-based basal-delivery feedback loop in accordance with various embodiments;
[0037] FIG. 15A is a schematic side view of a piston pump devices with dual-sensor feedback for basal delivery in accordance with various embodiments;
[0038] FIG. 15B is control-flow diagram for a basal-delivery dual-sensor feedback loop in accordance with various embodiments;
[0039] FIG. 16A is a schematic side view of a piston pump devices with dual-sensor feedback and a pressure-relief mechanism for basal/bolus delivery in accordance with various embodiments;
[0040] FIGS. 16B and 16C are control-flow diagrams for a basal/bolus-delivery dual-sensor feedback loop in accordance with various embodiments;
[0041] FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a 24 h period of basal and bolus delivery with a drug pump device in accordance with various embodiments; and
[0042] FIGS. 18A-18D are diagrams illustrating multi-bolus delivery protocols for low basal flow rates of 0.05 μl/h, 0.1 μl/h, 0.15 μl/h, and 0.2 μl/h, respectively.
[0043] FIG. 1 illustrates, in block diagram form, the main functional components of a drug pump device 100 in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. In general, the pump device 100 includes a drug reservoir 102 that interfaces with an electrolysis pump 104 via a displaceable member 106. The displaceable member 106 may be, for example, a piston, diaphragm, bladder, or plunger. In use, the drug reservoir 102 is filled with medication in liquid form, and pressure generated by the pump 104 moves or expands the displaceable member 106 so as to push the liquid drug out of the reservoir 102. A cannula, needle, or other exit member 108 connected to an outlet of the drug reservoir 102 conducts the liquid to an infusion set 109. The infusion set 109 may include a catheter fluidically connected to the cannula 108 for delivering the drug to a subcutaneous tissue region. A lancet and associated insertion mechanism may be used to drive the catheter through the skin. Alternatively, the infusion set 109 may include another type of drug-delivery vehicle, e.g., a sponge or other means facilitating drug absorption through the skin surface.
[0044] The electrolysis pump 104 generally includes an electrolyte-containing chamber (hereinafter also referred to as the "pump chamber") and, disposed in the chamber, one or more pairs of electrodes that are driven by a direct-current power source to break the electrolyte into gaseous products. Suitable electrolytes include water and aqueous solutions of salts, acids, or alkali, as well as non-aqueous ionic solutions. The electrolysis of water is summarized in the following chemical reactions:
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The net result of these reactions is the production of oxygen and hydrogen gas, which causes an overall volume expansion of the drug chamber contents. Gas evolution occurs even in a pressurized environment (reportedly at pressures of up to 200 MPa, corresponding to about 30,000 psi). As an alternative (or in addition) to water, ethanol may be used as an electrolyte, resulting in the evolution of carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas. Ethanol electrolysis is advantageous due to its greater efficiency and, consequently, lower power consumption, compared with water electrolysis. Electrolysis pumps in accordance with several embodiments are described in detail further below.
[0045] The pressure generated by the drug pump 104 may be regulated via a pump driver 110 by a system controller 112 (e.g., a microcontroller). The controller 112 may set the drive current and thereby control the rate of electrolysis, which, in turn, determines the pressure. In particular, the amount of gas generated is proportional to the drive current integrated over time, and can be calculated using Faraday's law of electrolysis. For example, creating two hydrogen and one oxygen molecule from water requires four electrons; thus, the amount (measured in moles) of gas generated by electrolysis of water equals the total electrical charge (i.e., current times time), multiplied by a factor of 3/4 (because three molecules are generated per four electrons), divided by Faraday's constant.
[0046] The system controller 112 may execute a drug-delivery protocol programmed into the drug pump device 100, and may be responsive to one or more sensors 113, 114 that measure an operational parameter of the device 100, such as the pressure in the pump chamber 104 or the flow rate through (or pressure in) the cannula 108. For example, the controller 112 may adjust the current supplied to the electrolysis electrodes based on the pressure inside the pump chamber to achieve a target pressure. The target pressure, in turn, may be calculated based on a desired flow rate, using a known relationship between flow rate and pressure (as determined, e.g., by calibration). Due to the low cost of pressure sensors (such as, e.g., MEMS sensors as used in the automotive industry), this option is particularly advantageous for pumps designed for quick drug delivery. Indeed, two or more pressure sensors 113 may be placed in the pump chamber to simultaneously monitor pressure therein; this redundancy provides additional feedback to the controller 112, improves accuracy of information, and serves as a backup in case of malfunction of one of the sensors. Alternatively, the rate of drug flow out of the reservoir 102 may be measured directly and in real-time, using a flow sensor 114 integrated in the exit member 108 in a conventional manner. The total delivered dose can be computed by integrating the flow rate over time, and may serve as a control parameter for the electrolysis current.
[0047] In some embodiments, a pressure sensor 113 inside the pump chamber is used in combination with a flow sensor 114 in the cannula to increase the accuracy and precision of the feedback control loop. The use of multiple sensors also ensures that, in case the flow sensor 114 fails, the pressure sensor 113 would be able to detect high drug delivery rates, and shut the pump 104 down to avoid administration of an overdose to the patient or damage to the pump device. Conversely, the combination of flow and pressure sensors 114,113 can also detect a violation in the drug reservoir 102 if pressure is measured in the pump chamber but no flow is measured in the cannula 108, indicating a potential leak. In general, the sensors used to measure various pump parameters may be flow, thermal, time of flight, pressure, or other sensors known in the art, and may be fabricated (at least in part) from parylene--a biocompatible, thin-film polymer. The cannula 108 may also include a check valve 116 that prevents accidental drug delivery and backflow of liquid into the drug reservoir 112; like the sensor 114, the check valve 116 may be made of parylene. In other embodiments, silicon or glass are used in part for the flow sensor 114 and valve 116 construction.
[0048] The drug pump device 100 may include electronic circuitry 118 (which may, but need not, be integrated with the system controller 112) for conditioning and further processing the sensor signal(s) and, optionally, providing pump status information to a user by means of LEDs, other visual displays, vibrational signals, or audio signals. In addition to controlling the drug pump 104, the controller 112 may be used to control other components of the drug pump system; for example, it may trigger insertion of the lancet and catheter. The system controller 112 may be a microcontroller, i.e., an integrated circuit including a processor core, memory (e.g., in the form of flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), and/or random-access memory (RAM)), and input/output ports. The memory may store firmware that directs operation of the drug pump device. In addition, the device may include read-write system memory 120. In certain alternative embodiments, the system controller 112 is a general-purpose microprocessor that communicates with the system memory 120. The system memory 120 (or memory that is part of a microcontroller) may store a drug-delivery protocol in the form of instructions executable by the controller 112, which may be loaded into the memory at the time of manufacturing, or at a later time by data transfer from a hard drive, flash drive, or other storage device, e.g., via a USB, Ethernet, or firewire port. In alternative embodiments, the system controller 112 comprises analog circuitry designed to perform the intended function.
[0049] The pump driver 110, system controller 112, and electronic circuitry 118 may be powered, via suitable battery electronics, by a battery 122. Suitable batteries 122 include non-rechargeable lithium batteries approximating the size of batteries used in wristwatches, as well as rechargeable Li-ion, lithium polymer, thin-film (e.g., Li--PON), nickel-metal-hydride, and nickel cadmium batteries. Other devices for powering the drug pump device 100, such as a capacitor, solar cell or motion-generated energy systems, may be used either in place of the battery 122 or supplementing a smaller battery. This can be useful in cases where the patient needs to keep the drug-delivery device 100 on for several days or more.
[0050] In certain embodiments, the drug pump device 100 includes, as part of the electronic circuitry 118 or as a separate component, a signal receiver 124 (for uni-directional telemetry) or a transmitter/receiver 124 (for bi-directional telemetry) that allows the device to be controlled and/or re-programmed remotely by a wireless handheld device 150, such as a customized remote control or a smartphone. In certain embodiments, the handheld device 150 and pump device 100 communicate over a (uni- or bidirectional) infrared (IR) link, which may utilize one or more inexpensive IR light-emitting diodes and phototransistors as transmitters and receivers, respectively. Communication between the drug pump device 100 and the handheld device 150 may also occur at radio frequencies (RF), using, e.g., a copper coil antenna as the transmitter/receiver component 124.
[0051] The drug-delivery device 100 may be manually activated, e.g., toggled on and off, by means of a switch integrated into the pump housing. In some embodiments, using the toggle switch or another mechanical release mechanism, the patient may cause a needle to pierce the enclosure of the drug reservoir 102 (e.g., the septum of a drug vial, as explained below with respect to FIG. 2) to establish a fluidic connection between the reservoir 102 and the cannula 108; priming of the pump can then begin. Coupling insertion of the needle into the reservoir 102 with the activation of the pump device ensures the integrity of the reservoir 102, and thus protects the drug, up to the time when the drug is injected; this is particularly important for pre-filled drug pump devices. Similarly, the lancet and catheter of the infusion set 109 may be inserted by manually releasing a mechanical insertion mechanism. In some embodiments, insertion of the lancet and catheter automatically triggers electronic activation of a pump, e.g., by closing an electronic circuit. Alternatively, the pump and/or insertion set may be activated remotely by wireless commands.
[0052] The functional components of drug pump devices as described above may be packaged and configured in various ways. In certain preferred embodiments, the drug pump device is integrated into a patch adherable to the patient's skin. Suitable adhesive patches are generally fabricated from a flexible material that conforms to the contours of the patient's body and attaches via an adhesive on the backside surface that contacts a patient's skin. The adhesive may be any material suitable and safe for application to and removal from human skin. Many versions of such adhesives are known in the art, although utilizing an adhesive with gel-like properties may afford a patient particularly advantageous comfort and flexibility. The adhesive may be covered with a removable layer to preclude premature adhesion prior to the intended application. As with commonly available bandages, the removable layer preferably does not reduce the adhesion properties of the adhesive when removed. In some embodiments, the drug pump device is of a shape and size suitable for implantation.
[0053] The various components of the drug pump device may be held within a housing mounted on the skin patch. The device may either be fully self-contained, or, if implemented as discrete, intercommunicating modules, reside within a spatial envelope that is wholly within (i.e., which does not extend beyond in any direction) the perimeter of the patch. The housing may provide mechanical integrity and protection of the components of the drug pump device 100, and prevent disruption of the pump's operation from changes in the external environment (such as pressure changes). The control system components 110, 112, 118, 120, 122 may be mounted on a circuit board, which may be flexible and/or may be an integral part of the pump housing. In some embodiments, the control system components are integrated with the electrolysis electrodes into self-contained unit.
[0054] Drug pump devices 100 in accordance herewith may be designed for single or repeated use. Multi-use pumps generally include a one-way check valve and a flow sensor, as described above, in the cannula. Further, the drug reservoir of a multi-use pump may be refillable via a refill port, using, e.g., a standard syringe. In some embodiments, the drug pump device 100 is removed from the patient's skin for re-filling. The patient may, for example, place the drug pump device 100 and cartridge containing the new drug into a home refill system, where the pump device and cartridge may be aligned using, e.g., a press-machine mechanism. The patient may then press a button to trigger automatic insertion of a needle that draws liquid drug from the cartridge to the cannula in order to activate the electronics and begin priming the pump.
[0055] The electrolysis pump 104 and drug reservoir 102 may be arranged within the device 100 in different ways, the two most common being a piston-pump configuration, in which the pump chamber and reservoir are formed within an elongated vial and separated by a piston movable along the axis of the vial, and the diaphragm-pump configuration, in which the reservoir is disposed on top of the pump chamber and separated therefrom by a flexible diaphragm. Both configurations are described in detail in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/091,047, filed on Apr. 20, 2011, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
[0056] FIG. 2A schematically illustrates an exemplary piston pump device 200. The pump device 200 includes a cylindrical (or, more generally, tubular) vial 202 with a piston 204 movably positioned therein and an electrolysis electrode structure 206 mounted to one end. A septum 208 may be disposed at the other end to seal the vial 202. Both the piston 204 and the septum 208 may be made of an elastomeric polymer material, such as a synthetic or natural rubber; in some embodiments, silicone rubber (i.e., polydiorganosiloxane, e.g., polydimethylsiloxane) is used. The piston 204 separates the interior of the vial 202 into a drug reservoir 210 and a pump chamber 212. In use, a needle 214 pierces the septum 208 to allow fluid egress from the drug reservoir 210; a cannula (not shown) connected to the needle 214 may conduct the fluid to the infusion set (not shown). The piston pump device 200 is enclosed in a protective housing 216, e.g., made of a hard plastic.
[0057] The electrodes 206 may be made of any suitable metal, such as, for example, platinum, titanium, gold, or copper, and may form a pair of parallel wires or plates. Alternatively, to improve electrolysis efficiency, the electrodes can have non-traditional shapes. For example, they may be interdigitated, or individually wound up into a spiral configuration (and oriented so as to face each other) as illustrated in FIG. 2B. Further, as shown, the electrodes 206 may be embedded in a hydrophilic absorbent material 218 (e.g., a cotton ball) that ensures continuous contact with the electrolyte 220. This solves a problem frequently encountered with conventional electrolysis pumps, in which the electrodes are simply submerged in liquid electrolyte: as gaseous electrolysis products are generated, they push the piston towards the outlet end of the drug reservoir, thereby increasing the volume of the electrolysis chamber, which causes a decrease in the level of the electrolyte. Depending on the orientation of the device, one or both electrodes may, as a result, gradually emerge from the electrolyte and become surrounded by the gas, eventually forming an open circuit and, thus, causing the electrolysis reaction to cease. This problem can be avoided in various ways, one of which is to surround the electrodes with a hydrophilic absorbent material such as (but not limited to) a hydrogel, cotton ball, sponge, or super-absorbent polymer. The electrolyte stays inside the hydrophilic absorbent material, which efficiently expels the generated gas and keeps the electrodes replenished with electrolyte.
[0058] The vial 202 may be fabricated from a glass, polymer, or other materials that are inert with respect to the stability of the drug and, preferably, biocompatible. Polymer vials, e.g., made of polypropylene or parylene, may be suitable for certain drugs that degrade faster when in contact with glass, such as protein drugs. For many other drugs, glass is the preferred material. Glass is commonly used in commercially available and FDA-approved drug vials and containers from many different manufacturers. As a result, there are well-established and approved procedures for aseptically filling and storing drugs in glass containers, which may accelerate the approval process for drug pump devices that protect the drug in a glass container, and avoid the need to rebuild a costly aseptic filling manufacturing line. Using glass for the reservoir further allows the drug to be in contact with similar materials during shipping. Suitable glass materials for the vial may be selected based on the chemical resistance and stability as well as the shatterproof properties of the material. For example, to reduce the risk of container breakage, type-II or type-III soda-lime glasses or type-I borosilicate materials may be used.
[0059] To enhance chemical resistance and maintain the stability of enclosed drug preparations, the interior surface of the vial may have a specialized coating. Examples of such coatings include chemically bonded, invisible, ultrathin layers of silicon dioxide or medical-grade silicone emulsions. In addition to protecting the chemical integrity of the enclosed drugs, coatings such as silicone emulsions may provide for lower and more uniform friction between the piston and vial.
[0060] In certain embodiments, the piston pump device 200 is manufactured by fitting a conventional, commercially available glass or polymer drug vial, which may already be validated for aseptic filling, with the piston 204 and electrolysis pump components. A screw-in needle cassette may be placed over the septum 208, and a mechanical actuation mechanism may serve to screw the cassette into the vial 202 such that the cassette needle 214 punctures the septum 208 and establishes a connection with the cannula at the time the patient desires to use the pump. To accommodate the electrolysis pump, the vial 202 is, in some embodiments, longer than typical commercially available vials, but maintains all other properties such that validated filling methods and the parameters of existing aseptic filling lines need not be changed. The drug pump device may be furnished with a prefilled vial. If a glass vial is used, the drugs can be stored in the pump device for long-term shelf life without the need to change the labeling on the drug.
[0061] FIGS. 3A-3C show a representative piston pump design. In the illustrated embodiment, a pump case 300 integrated with a skin patch 302--i.e., affixed to the patch 302 by, e.g., an adhesive or manufactured with the patch as a single integrated structure--is adapted to axially receive a prefilled drug cartridge 304 through an opening in the back of the case 300. An off-the-shelf lancet set 306 can be mounted to the front end of the case 300 and used to establish a fluid connection between the cartridge 304 and an injection catheter. The electrolysis electrodes, electronics, and battery are integrated into a single module 308, enclosed in a plastic housing 310 from which the electrodes protrude at one end, to simplify assembly. A back-screw 312 may be used to secure the electrode/electronics/battery module 308 inside the pump case, with the module housing 310 abutting the end of the glass cartridge 304. A rubber O-ring 314 can be used to provide a seal between the end of the glass cartridge 304 and the electrode/electronics/battery module 310 in order to ensure the integrity of the electrolysis chamber formed therebetween.
[0062] As discussed further below, various pump devices in accordance herewith are designed for operation at higher pump pressures than conventional drug pump devices (e.g., pressures in excess of 5 psi, 10 psi, 20 psi, 50 psi, 100 psi, or 200 psi). Accordingly, the case and pump connections for these devices are configured to withstand such high internal pressure without causing any leakage. A key component of high-pressure pump case designs in accordance with various embodiments is the electrode/electronics/battery housing 310. As illustrated in FIGS. 4A and 4B, this housing 310 seals against the O-ring 314 between the drug vial 304 and the housing 310. The bottom wall 320 of the housing 310 may include a circumferential recess 322 into which the O-ring 314 is placed; the recess 322 is sized such that the O-ring 314 is securely seated on top of the rim 324 of the drug vial 304 when the housing 310 is mated to the drug vial 304. In this configuration, the O-ring 314 is prevented from slipping inward, i.e., into the interior of the pump chamber, while the back screw 312 is tightened forward in the assembly process. As a result, much higher pressures can be generated in the pump chamber without causing leakage. The housing 310 may be secured to the vial 304 via any of a variety of conventional engagement mechanisms. For example, the housing 310 may extend over the vial 304 and be connected thereto around an inner surface by an adhesive, or the vial 304 may be threaded, or have a threaded collar adhered thereto.
[0063] FIGS. 4C and 4D illustrate how the vial 304 and electrode module 400 can be secured and sealed within a pump case 402 using a compression nut 404. Although the electrode module 400 is herein illustrated simply as an electrode structure on a substrate, the embodiment can be straightforwardly modified to include, instead, an electrode/electronics/battery module 308 as shown in FIGS. 3A-3C. As in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the pump chamber 405 is formed in the back-end of the vial 304 between the piston 204 and the electrode module 400, and is sealed by an O-ring 314 (or other gasket) placed between the rim of the vial 304 and the electrode module 400. The pump case 402 is sized so as to fully accommodate therein the vial 304 and electrode module 400, extending beyond the assembly at the back end. The overhanging portion 406 of the pump case 402 is threaded at its interior surface, allowing the compression nut 404 to be screwed into the pump case 402 to apply a compression force on the O-ring for sealing the pump chamber 405.
[0064] In many wearable pump designs, the battery and electronics (which can optionally include wireless modules such as bluetooth or zigbee) represent components that are expensive to produce and/or dangerous to the environment (due to the materials used); these drawbacks are, however, ameliorated if the battery and electronics can be recharged or reprogrammed and, thus, reused. In certain embodiments, the battery (or batteries) and electronics of the drug pump device can be packaged into a battery and electronics module (BEM) (e.g., the module 308) that can be reused many times for multiple infusion pumps. In a preferred embodiment, the BEM can be inserted or snapped (with an electrical connection) into the pump by the patient before use, and removed at the end of the infusion. In addition to rendering the use of drug pump devices more economical, this reuse delays or avoids the disposal of environmentally damaging materials (e.g., batteries made of nickel metal hydride, liPON, lithium ion, or lithium polymer) in landfills. Moreover, a removable BEM facilitates sterilizing the pump by methods such as ion beam or gamma irradiation, which damage traditional electronics, and adding the electronics after sterilization. In some embodiment, a charging/reprogramming station with a similar insertion or snapping mechanism is provided for charging and/or reprogramming the BEM between usages. Alternatively to an insertion mechanism in the charging station, the BEM can have an additional telemetry coil for inductive charging or wireless control during infusion. A standard micro or regular USB connection may be utilized, and a water-resistant or waterproof standard packaging can be employed to protect the BEM.
[0065] FIG. 5 illustrates another design of a high-pressure pump device. Here, the drug vial 500, pump assembly 502 (including an electrode structure and absorbent material), and O-ring 503 are enclosed in a separate, two-part housing 504, and the electronics/battery module 506 is placed on the side of the enclosed vial 500. An outer case includes bottom and top portions 508, 510 that are closed around the pump housing 504, the electronics/battery module 506, and associated tubing 512.
[0066] FIGS. 6A and 6B depict an exemplary piston pump device 600 with an integrated lancet-insertion assembly. The insertion assembly includes a serter housing 602, needle carrier 604, and needle/catheter double-spring insertion mechanism 606, and is disposed above a prefilled cartridge pump 608 (including the drug reservoir and electrolysis pump) and fluidically connected therewith via tubing 610. A carrier 612 provides a base for the cartridge pump 608, and a connector 614 for the insertion assembly. The serter housing 602 holds the needle 616 and a catheter 618 (e.g., made of Teflon) that connects thereto, as well as the two springs 620 (for insertion of the needle and catheter), 622 (for subsequent retraction of the needle), and connects to the catheter hub 624. The cartridge pump 608 may be contained in a pump casing 626, which, together with the insertion assembly, is enclosed in an outer device shell 630.
[0067] FIGS. 7A-7C illustrate the mechanism of inserting a catheter into the subcutaneous tissue. In the initial position, the needle 616 and catheter 618 are located above the catheter hub 624. By activation of a trigger button 700, the insertion spring 620, which is initially compressed, is released. This moves the needle 616, needle carrier 604 and catheter 618 (hereafter the "needle carrier assembly") downward, inserting the needle 616 with the catheter 618 through a self-sealing silicone plug 704, and into the subcutaneous tissue (FIG. 7B). The self-sealing silicone plug 704 has two septums (top and bottom layers), providing an open area between the two layers with which the outlet of the fluid tubing 610 fluidically communicates. During insertion, the needle carrier assembly is propelled downward by the spring 620, and is stopped when the front (i.e., downward-facing in the figure) face of the needle carrier 604 encounters the rear (upward-facing) face of the catheter hub 624. The catheter hub 624 may have angled sides, which act as latches, holding the retraction spring 706 (which is still compressed) in place. The retraction spring 622 is at least as stiff as, and typically stiffer than, the insertion spring 702; thus, when released, it can compress the insertion spring 702 and drive the needle carrier assembly back into its original position. When the user compresses the sides of the catheter hub 624 with thumb and forefinger, the retraction spring 622 is released. As a result, the needle 616 is extracted out of the tissue as the needle carrier assembly is driven back into the retracted position (FIG. 7c). When the needle is retracted, radial and axial compression on the silicone plug 704 causes the small puncture to close immediately, providing a tight seal for the fluid path in the infusion set. Following catheter insertion, the lancet insertion assembly and outer shell may be removed, leaving only the pump and infusion set on the skin. An alternative catheter insertion mechanism is described in U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/704,974.
[0068] In diaphragm pumps 800, illustrated schematically in FIG. 8, the drug reservoir 802 and pump chamber 804 are stacked in a double-chamber configuration, in which the drug reservoir 802 is separated from the pump chamber 804 by a flexible diaphragm 806. Typically, the pump chamber 804 is formed between the bottom portion of the housing 808 (which may be attached to a skin patch) and the diaphragm 806; the drug reservoir 802 is disposed above the pump chamber 804, and is formed between the diaphragm 806 and a dome-shaped portion of the housing 808. Electrolysis gas developed in the pump chamber 804 exerts pressure on the diaphragm 806, which, as a result, expands, expelling liquid drug through an outlet 810 of the reservoir into a cannula 812 (or other exit member). The cannula 812 may be equipped with a check valve 814 and flow sensor 816. The control circuitry and battery (not shown) may be mounted on a circuit board integrated into the bottom portion of the housing 808. In some embodiments, the electrodes 818 are etched, printed, or otherwise deposited directly onto the circuit board for cost-savings and ease of manufacturing.
[0069] To facilitate accurate basal and/or bolus drug deliveries with drug pump devices such as, e.g., those illustrated in FIGS. 2B and 8, various embodiments of the invention utilize a combination of (1) flow restriction downstream the reservoir in conjunction with high pump pressures, (2) pressure-relief mechanisms that speed up the pressure drop upon cessation of electrolysis, and (3) sensor-based feedback for electrolysis pump control. The following sections describe each of these features in more detail.
[0070] To stabilize the delivery flow rate despite variations in friction and/or other pump conditions, a flow restrictor may be utilized downstream the reservoir. In some embodiments, the exit member 108 itself serves as the flow restrictor. For example, the cannula or needle conducting fluid from the drug reservoir to the injection site, or a portion thereof, may have a small inner diameter, e.g., a diameter of less than 100 μm, less than 50 μm, or less than 25 μm; this embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 9A. Alternatively, a separate flow-restrictor element may be integrated with the exit member, as shown in FIG. 9B; this allows for flow restriction despite the use of conventional needles and cannulas, whose inner diameters are typically in the range from 100 μm to 500 μm. The flow restrictor may simply constitute a portion 910 in the fluid path having a small inner diameter, or may include a valve or similar structure that can variably limit the flow rate (such as an iris-like valve with controllable inner diameter). In yet another embodiment, shown in FIG. 9c, a flow restrictor 920 is connected between the reservoir outlet 922 and an adaptor 924 into which the exit member is fluidically coupled during use. The flow restrictor 920 and adaptor 924 may be formed inside the vial as an extension of and integrated with the inner wall of the vial; the space surrounding the restrictor and adaptor structures inside the vial may be filled, e.g., with an epoxy, for mechanical stability. In general, any component and arrangement in the fluid path between the reservoir and the injection site that deliberately increases the downstream flow resistance may serve as a flow restrictor in accordance herewith.
[0071] In certain embodiments, the flow restrictor is implemented by a micromachined microchannel device. A well-defined microchannel can be manufactured by either a surface or a bulk micromachining technique, as are well known to persons of skill in the art. The depth, width, and length of the microchannel can be machined with high accuracy, and the tolerance can be controlled down to nanometers. Further, with a visual inspection using an industrial, standard, fully-automated microscopic inspection system, the fabricated microchannel flow restrictor can be fully examined without causing a significant increase in manufacturing cost. The micromachining process is also very suitable for mass production. Compared to micro-capillary flow restrictors made by a traditional high-accuracy protrusion process requiring 100% manual flow-rate/flow-resistance calibration, screening, and quality control, micromachined microchannel devices can provide cost savings in both manufacturing and quality inspection.
[0072] The flow restrictor is preferably dimensioned so that it dominates the overall flow resistance of the drug pump device. As a consequence, fluctuations in the flow resistance imparted by other parts have a significantly reduced effect on the flow rate. For the purpose of illustration, assume, for example, that the flow resistance of a conventional piston pump device is due, in equal parts, to the exit member and vial/piston friction. A sudden drop in the friction between vial and piston to half of its previous value then causes the overall flow resistance to change by 25%. If the flow resistance of the exit member is increased by a factor of 10, however, the same drop in friction results in a flow-resistance change of only about 4.5%. It can thus be seen that a deliberately introduced high flow resistance reduces the relative impact of any fluctuations in flow resistance of other device components, thereby smoothing and stabilizing the flow rate. Of course, without any commensurate changes in the driving pressure, an increased flow resistance would result in lower flow rates. Since the desirable flow rates in drug pump devices are usually dictated by medical considerations, devices in accordance with high-flow-resistance embodiments are generally driven at high driving pressures. The case and the connection of the pump are, accordingly, designed to withstand much higher internal pressure without causing any leakage.
[0073] FIG. 10A depicts a typical flow regime for insulin delivery, as achieved using a high-resistance outlet (e.g., an exit member having an inner diameter of less than 100 μm). The desirable basal flow rate is in the range from about 8.3 nl/min to about 5 μl/min. By carefully calibrating the flow resistance of the outlet tube by properly selecting its dimensions (i.e., length and inner diameter), a flow rate of 400 nl/min under a driving pressure of 20 psi can be obtained. Further, due to the fixed flow resistance of the outlet, the flow rate increases linearly with the driving pressure. Thus, by increasing the driving pressure by a factor of 12.5 to 250 psi, the delivery flow rate can also be increased by a factor of 12.5 times to 5000 nl/min. Within this delivery window (400-5000 nl/min), the delivery is truly continuous (not discrete like with commercial step-motor pumps). Lower flow rates (between 8.3 and 400 nl/min) can be achieved via multi-bolus deliveries, as further explained below. The same flow rates as shown in FIG. 10A can also be accomplished at lower pressures if a correspondingly lower resistance is used at the outlet (e.g., if the exit member has an inner diameter substantially greater than 100 μm); FIG. 10B shows, for example, an embodiment where flow rates between 400 nl/min and 5 μl/min are generated by driving pressures ranging from 2 psi to 20 psi. In general, however, the lower the pressure/flow-resistance combination, the stronger is the effect of any fluctuations in the resistance imparted by the piston/vial subsystem. To ensure a high flow-rate stability, is therefore desirable to work at higher flow resistances and pressures, provided, of course, that the pump device is able to withstand such pressures without breaking or leaking.
[0074] For different drug therapies, different flow rate regimes than those shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B may be required. The flow resistance and/or driving pressures can be adjusted straightforwardly to achieve these different flow rates while stabilizing the flow rate in accordance herewith. Further, for different vial and pump systems, different pressure and flow-resistance levels may be preferable for any given flow rate, and can be determined by a person of skill in the art without undue experimentation.
[0075] The relation between driving pressure and delivery rate is given by:
P=Q×R
where P is the driving pressure (less any back pressure at the injection site, which is, however, generally negligible), Q is the delivery rate, and R is the flow resistance of the device. In embodiments with a high-resistance flow restrictor downstream the reservoir, as contemplated herein, the contribution of the piston and vial (and any lower-resistance portions of the fluid path downstream the reservoir) is negligible, and R becomes, essentially, the flow resistance of the flow restrictor. For a tubular flow restrictor with length/and inner diameter D, the flow resistance can be expressed by the following relation:
R = 128 μ l π D 4 ≡ μ f r ∝ 1 D 4 ##EQU00001##
where μ is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid and
f r = 128 l π D 4 ##EQU00002##
is the flow resistance factor, which is defined for the purposes hereof to characterize the flow resistance provided by the flow restrictor independently of the fluid.
[0076] In various embodiments, the flow resistance is at least 1 psi/(μl/min), at least 2 psi/(μl/min), at least 4 psi/(μl/min), or at least 10 psi/(μl/min), and in certain embodiments it is as high as, e.g., 50 psi/(μl/min). For ordinary drug-fluid viscosities, which are in the range from about 1 cP to about 35 cP (where 1 cP=1 mPas is the approximate viscosity of water at room temperature), such high flow resistances can be achieved using flow restrictors of 1-15 cm in length with diameters of less than 100 μm, preferably less than 50 μm, resulting in flow resistance factors in excess of 106/μl and as high as 2109/μl. For example, a flow restrictor that is 10 cm in length and has a diameter of 50 μm results in a flow resistance factor of about 6.5108/μl.
Pressure-Relief Mechanisms
[0077] To facilitate accurate bolus deliveries, it is important for the pump device to be able to shut down drug flow as fast as possible. However, while electrolysis can be interrupted almost instantaneously, the built-up electrolysis gas pressure in the pump chamber falls off over much longer time periods as the gas constituents (e.g., hydrogen and oxygen) gradually recombine into liquid electrolyte (e.g., water). It is, therefore, desirable to provide an efficient pressure-relief mechanism that helps reduce the driving pressure, and hence shut down drug flow, more rapidly. In preferred embodiments, the pressure can be reduced to substantially zero within 1-2 min or less; excessively rapid pressure relief, however, can cause safety concerns. Suitable mechanisms relieve pressure reproducibly, safely, and preferably controllably to enable reliable bolus delivery.
[0078] In general, any equipment or process that can physically, chemically, mechanically, electrically, electrochemically, or thermally decrease pressure by recombining electrolysis gases, removing gases from the pump chamber, or changing the format of the gases can be used for pressure relief. Further, with respect to their timing and duration, pressure-relief mechanisms generally fall into two categories. Mechanisms of the first type cause continuous recombination and/or release of electrolysis gas from the pump chamber, and work against the electrolysis pump during periods of active pump operation, i.e., when power is supplied to the electrolysis electrodes to produce electrolysis gas. In order to achieve a desired pump pressure in this case, the rate of electrolysis, and thus the electrolysis current, needs to be larger than in the absence of a pressure-relief mechanism. Once the electrolysis ceases, the mechanism operates to quickly reduce the amount of gas in the pump chamber; in other words, it accelerates the pressure drop upon interruption of gas generation. Mechanisms of the second type are actively triggered, and either operate for a duration that is inherent in the mechanism, or until they are interrupted by a control mechanism. Many such active pressure-relief mechanisms can be controlled so as to only partially relieve pressure in the pump chamber, rather than causing the pressure to drop to zero. For example, they may be operated to achieve a desired end pressure selected within a pressure continuum or among a number of discrete end-pressure levels. Variably controllable pressure-relief mechanism facilitate the delivery of bolus injections (e.g., of 10 μl each) in combination with a background basal rate (e.g., of 500 nl/min).
[0079] An example of a continuously operating pressure-relief mechanism is the use of a recombination catalyst in the pump chamber, illustrated in FIG. 11A. Suitable catalyst materials for the recombination of the electrolysis gas include (without limitation) metals such as platinum, palladium, nickel, and iridium, and metal alloys such as nickel-cadmium, all of which decrease the activation energy for the formation of liquid water from gaseous hydrogen and oxygen. When the power to the electrolysis electrodes is turned off such that the recombination of hydrogen and oxygen to water is not off-set or surpassed by the reverse reaction, this phase change from gas-phase hydrogen and oxygen to liquid-phase water is accompanied by a significant decrease in volume--a shrinkage by about a factor of a thousand--and a corresponding large drop in the pump pressure. Catalytic materials can increase the rate of recombination by about an order of magnitude or more, compared with the baseline rate of recombination that takes place in the absence of any catalyst or other accelerating mechanism.
[0080] Nano-catalytic materials, such as nano-porous materials, nanowires, and nanoparticles offer significantly improved performance over normally-scaled catalysts. With the high surface-to-volume ratio of nano-structures, recombination rates in excess of two to three orders of magnitude (compared with the baseline rate) can be obtained. Examples of suitable nanomaterials include (but are not limited to) platinum black, platinum nanowires or nanoparticles, palladium nanowires or nanoparticles, and iridium nanowires or nanoparticles. As shown in FIG. 11A, these nanoparticles 1100 can simply be disposed within the electrolysis chamber during the manufacturing and assembly process, and can function there as is, constantly recombining hydrogen and oxygen. To inject a bolus of drug, electrical power is applied to produce gas at a rate higher than the recombination rate until the desired bolus volume is reached, at which time the power is turned off and the nanoparticles recombine the gases quickly to relieve the pressure and stop drug delivery.
[0081] Pressure relief based on continuous removal of the electrolysis gas from the pump chamber (at a rate lower than that at which gas is produced during active pumping periods) can be accomplished with a pump-chamber casing that is permeable to gas, but impermeable to liquid, as shown in FIG. 11B. Suitable materials include, for example, porous Teflon, porous sol-gel ceramics, and sintered porous metals such as stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium. The gas-permeable material need not form the entire portion of the casing around the pump chamber, but may be limited to a sub-portion in contact with the interior of the chamber that allows gas to escape from the chamber. In some embodiments, a tube inlet through which the chamber is initially filled with liquid electrolyte may be closed with a gas-permeable membrane, for example. In general, the rate of gas permeation through the gas-permeable casing portion or membrane can be pre-set by careful selection of the dimensions of the gas-permeable portion (e.g., its thickness and surface area) and the porosity of the material (e.g., the density and size of the pores). Via the permeability rate, the rate of pressure decrease after power shut-down can be controlled, allowing the device to be manufactured to achieve a particular desired bolus volume for a given electrolysis current.
[0082] An example of a controllable pressure-relief mechanism is the creation of an electrical-discharge spark in the pump chamber that induces a rapid gas-recombination ignition process. Spark ignition can be achieved using any of a variety of suitable systems and processes, such as, e.g., capacitive-discharge ignition, inductive-discharge ignition, or transistor-discharge ignition. For example, as shown in FIG. 11C, a discharge arc can be created simply by application of a high voltage across a gap between two wires 1110 of a spark plug 1122 disposed in the chamber 1124. Like a chemical catalyst (as described above with respect to FIG. 11A), the spark decreases the activation energy between gas-phase hydrogen and oxygen to form liquid-phase water, causing the gases to recombine virtually instantaneously. The phase change from gas-phase hydrogen and oxygen to liquid-phase water can drastically decrease the volume of the substance (e.g., by a factor of about a thousand), and this sudden volume shrinkage provides the pressure relief. Recombination induced by spark ignition is very fast, usually resulting in nearly complete pressure relief (e.g., a drop down to 1% of the original pressure) within the microsecond to millisecond range.
[0083] Unlike spark ignition in a combustion engine, which causes gas expansion, spark ignition to induce gas recombination causes a volume decrease; consequently, there is no risk of explosion. Further, only minimal heat is produced during the process, likewise not presenting any safety risk. However, under certain conditions, the very fast pressure drop may induce a shock wave inside the pump chamber, potentially damaging certain delicate components installed in or around the chamber, such as a pressure sensor and circuitry. To avoid such problems, it may, therefore, be desirable to reduce the speed of spark-ignition recombination. A controllable and adjustable pressure drop is also advantageous for implementing drug-delivery protocols in which the pressure in between bolus deliveries is above zero, i.e., protocols that include a background basal rate. For bolus-basal deliveries, the driving pressure preferably decreases from a high bolus pressure to a low basal pressure in a controlled fashion rather than falling from the high pressure to zero and then going back to the low pressure; the former can reduce power consumption.
[0084] One way to accomplish controlled, reduced-speed recombination is to shorten the ignition time of the spark. With a high-speed circuit 1115, as illustrated in FIG. 11D, the spark can be quickly turned on and off. The circuit 1115 is basically a spark-plug circuit that includes a DC source 1117, a momentary on/off switch 1119, and a high-voltage transformer 1121. In operation, the circuit 1115 operates in the manner of an automobile ignition circuit: current flows from the DC source 1117 through the windings of the primary coil of the transformer 1121, and when the current is disrupted by opening the switch 1119, the magnetic field of the primary transformer coil collapses rapidly. The secondary coil is engulfed by a powerful and changing magnetic field, which induces a current in the transformer coils--a very high-voltage current in the secondary coil because the number of windings therein is much larger than the number of windings in the primary coil. This voltage causes breakdown to occur, and current to flow in the form of a spark, across the spark gap. Thus, by shutting down the spark, recombination can be deliberately stopped before all the hydrogen and oxygen gases have recombined.
[0085] Another way to slow down spark-ignition recombination is to use a separator 1130 to divide the interior of the pump chamber into two compartments 1132, 1134, as shown in FIG. 11E. The separator 1130 can be, for example, a valve, a membrane, a porous material, and/or a solid material with holes. Only gas in the compartment 1132 that includes the spark gap 1110 will recombine and reduce the compartment pressure to zero (or nearly zero); the gas mixture in the other compartment 1134, which is adjacent the piston, will gradually diffuse through the compartment separation (on times scales much longer than the duration of the spark) and replenish the first compartment 1132 until pressure equilibrium is reached. Via the volume ratio between the two compartments 1132, 1134, the end pressure can be set. For example, if the compartment 1132 that contains the spark gap takes up one fourth of the total pump chamber volume, the pressure will drop down to about one fourth of its original value. Repeated spark-ignition and pressure equilibration can, thus, be used to relieve the pressure incrementally (e.g., in the example, in factors of four). Of course, spark timing and compartment separation can also be used in combination in order to optimize recombination control.
[0086] An alternative approach to controllable pressure relief involves the use of an electrically resistive filament that is heated by application of an electrical current. This mechanism is similar to that used in incandescent lamps, where the filament acts as an electrical resistor and, upon application of sufficient power, the temperature of the filament rises to thousands of degrees Celsius. The thermal energy of the filament initiates recombination of the hydrogen and oxygen gases into water, and thereby lowers the pressure of the chamber. This mechanism provides a high degree of control, as the rate and duration of recombination can be readily adjusted via the magnitude and timing of the current applied to the filament.
[0087] Pressure relief can also be achieved by controllably releasing gas from the pump chamber using an active release valve, as shown in FIG. 11F. This valve 1140 can be normally closed (or have a small, controllable leakage rate that does not prevent pressure build-up in the chamber), and may be opened as needed to remove gas from the chamber 1144 and thereby relieve pressure. Typically, the valve is electromechanical or piezoelectric so that it can be controlled by the pump's control circuitry, which activates the valve as soon as the proper amount of drug has been pumped out (as indicated, for example, by readings from a flow sensor 1146 in the exit member). By closing the valve 1140 before all gas has escaped, the end pressure can be controlled--i.e., retained at an elevated level that does not expel drug but reduces the pressure buildup necessary for the next cycle of drug delivery. The valve 1140 may also facilitate control over the rate of gas release by providing different valve-opening sizes with associated different air-flow resistances. In some embodiments, the valve opening can be continuously adjusted by the pump controller, whereas in other embodiments, the valve provides a number of discrete size settings that the pump controller selects (or a single setting that is either open or closed). Suitable active pressure-relief valves include, but are not limited to, solenoid valves, diaphragm valves, ball valves, and duckbill valves.
[0088] To avoid ejecting electrolyte during the pressure-relief stage, which might cause the pump to eventually run out of electrolyte so that electrolysis reactions can no longer occur, the electrolyte may be soaked into a highly absorbent material, such as, e.g., a hydrogel, cotton fiber, sponge, or super-absorbent polymer. The electrolyte will then stay inside the absorbent material, separate from the gas compartment formed in the remainder of the gas chamber. The valve may be integrated into a portion of the chamber wall adjacent the gas compartment, and/or may be connected to a tube that opens into the gas compartment, as shown in the figure.
Sensor-Based Feedback Control
[0089] In various embodiments, drug delivery can be controlled via the electrolysis drive current to implement different delivery modes and protocols. A fully-functioned insulin pump, for example, enables three basic delivery modes for the treatment of different types of diabetes patients: (1) basal delivery at a constant rate of fluid injection, (2) bolus delivery (e.g., triggered manually by the patient or based on measured blood sugar levels, or at certain pre-programmed times throughout the day), and (3) background basal plus (multi-)bolus deliveries; FIGS. 12A-12C schematically illustrate delivery profiles corresponding to all three modes. A dinner pump, for instance, may administer a 150 μl dose of insulin immediately after dinner, and dispense another 350 μl at a basal rate over eight hours while the patient sleeps. Different diseases may require different delivery protocols, including complicated protocols that involve intermittent or continuous drug delivery at variable rates, with or without additional bolus injections. In general, a drug-delivery protocol may specify drug delivery times, durations, rates, and dosages, depending on the particular application. With reference to FIG. 1, the pump driver 110 may control delivery based on a selected preprogrammed delivery protocol (e.g., stored in system memory 120), or based on real-time commands received, e.g., via a telemetry module 124. A clinician may alter the pump programming in system memory 120 if the patient's condition changes.
[0090] High-accuracy pump control in accordance with a desired delivery mode or protocol typically utilizes sensor feedback. Different sensor types and feedback systems may be suitable for different modes. Feedback control schemes for basal, bolus, and combined basal/bolus delivery are described below. While these control schemes will be illustrated with reference to electrolytically driven piston pump devices (as described, e.g., with respect to FIG. 2A), it should be understood that many aspects and features of the control schemes are applicable to other types of drug pump devices as well.
[0091] FIGS. 13A and 13B illustrate, respectively, an exemplary piston pump device 1300 and an associated feedback loop for basal-rate delivery. To obtain a stable flow rate, the device 1300 is preferably equipped with a high-resistance flow restrictor at the outlet and operated at high driving pressures, as explained above. The driving pressure required to achieve a given target flow rate can be calculated based on the known flow resistance. The flow resistance, in turn, may be determined prior to device deployment--e.g., experimentally or by calculating it based on known outlet dimensions--and stored in memory (e.g., in memory of the system controller 112 or in separate system memory 120). Alternatively, the flow resistance may be determined by calibration before drug delivery begins, e.g., during the priming phase. If the flow resistance is known prior to device deployment, the target pressures for one or more target flow rates may likewise be calculated and stored in memory, e.g., in the form of a look-up table. Otherwise, the target pressure may be calculated by the system controller 112 at a later time based on input indicative of the target flow rate. In various embodiments, the pump is operated in a pressure regime in which the flow resistance is constant and the flow rate, consequently, is directly proportional to the driving pressure. However, the feedback loop illustrated in FIG. 13B is not contingent upon such a linear relationship, but can be employed whenever the relationship between flow rate and pressure is known.
[0092] To assure pump operation at the target pressure, the pump device 1300 may include a pressure sensor 1310 (e.g., an inexpensive, but accurate MEMS sensor as used in the automotive industry) that continuously monitors the driving pressure inside the pump chamber. Multiple pressure sensors may be used for increased accuracy and/or to detect sensor failure. As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the pressure sensor creates an output voltage (or other electric signal) indicative of the measured pressure that is fed back into the electronic circuitry. A signal conditioner may amplify and convert the analog voltage signal into a digital signal. This digital pressure signal is then provided to the system controller 112, which processes it in accordance with control code to compare the driving pressure with the target pressure. A differential output digital signal may be sent to the pump driver 110 to provide an analog control current for adjusting the power to the electrolysis pump accordingly.
[0093] In one embodiment, control logic implemented by the system controller 112 determines whether the measured pressure is within a specified margin (called the "bias") of the target pressure, and adjusts the electrolysis current according to the following steps: First, when the measured pressure is below the target pressure minus the bias value, the current is turned on. Then, when the measured pressure is within the range of the target pressure plus/minus the bias value, the current is reduced to a medium level. Finally, once the measured pressure is larger than the target pressure plus bias, the applied current is shut down. This process can be repeated continuously to adjust the rate of electrolysis so as to keep the pressure constant at the target pressure. Many other control methods may be used, including, without limitation, proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control, pulse-width modulation (PWM) control, artificial-neural-network (ANN) control, fuzzy-logic control, evolutionary computation control, model predictive control (MPC), and/or linear-quadratic-Gaussian control (LQG). The electrolysis current achieved by the various logic schemes may, in general, take any waveform; for example, it may be a square or triangular wave or be pulse-width-modulated.
[0094] Using a high-pressure, sealed pump design in combination with feedback control of the electrolysis rate based on pressure measurements in the pump chamber, an accurate and constant flow rate for basal delivery can be achieved. As an alternative to pressure-based feedback, direct flow control can be implemented; this is illustrated in FIGS. 14A and 14B. The pump device 1400 includes, in this case, a flow sensor 1410 at the drug outlet or elsewhere in the exit member (downstream from the reservoir). This flow sensor monitors the actual delivery rate of drug flow out the exit member, and outputs a voltage signal that feeds back into the control system. As with the control method used for pressure feedback, the flow-rate voltage signal is compared with the target delivery rate, and the supply current to the electrodes is adjusted based on the difference between the target delivery rate and the measured delivery rate.
[0095] In yet another embodiment, the flow rate measurement itself is pressure-based: a pressure sensor (e.g., an inexpensive, yet accurate MEMS sensor as used in the automotive industry) connected to the drug outlet of the reservoir is used to measure the pressure, and the flow rate is obtained from the collected pressure data and the dimensions of the flow restrictor (or alternatively, the flow resistance as determined by calibration). The flow rate thus determined is then processed in the same manner as depicted in FIG. 14B, facilitating stable drug delivery at a constant rate. Using pressure sensors for flow-rate measurements can be preferable over direct flow-rate measurements with flow sensors because the latter are, in general, more expensive. In high-flow-resistance embodiments as described above, the pressure drop across the piston and drug reservoir is generally negligible, compared with that across the flow restrictor, such that pressure measurements in the pump chamber and the drug outlet, or anywhere in between (e.g., in the drug reservoir), yield approximately the same value.
[0096] In applications demanding high delivery-rate accuracy and patient safety, a dual-sensor closed-loop feedback system can be used to provide extra control of the delivery rate. Advantageously, the use of two sensors allows for safe and controlled drug delivery even if one of the sensors experiences strong fluctuations or malfunctions. In dual-sensor feedback systems, both the pressure in the electrolysis chamber and the flow rate at or downstream from the reservoir outlet are measured and used as control signals, as illustrated in FIGS. 15A and 15B. A comparator 1500, which is typically implemented in programming, may select an action based on the signals from the sensors 1310, 1410. For example, the measured pressure value may be looked up against a pressure/flow-rate curve stored in a history module 1510 to find a corresponding calculated flow rate; the curve may be preloaded or obtained, e.g., during the priming stage. In some embodiments, any discrepancy between the measured and calculated flow rates beyond a tolerable margin is used as a trigger to initiate a safety protocol. This may involve shutting down the pump and issuing a warning signal, or restarting the pump to see whether renewed measurements are then in agreement.
[0097] In alternative embodiments, the comparator 1500 discriminates among or arbitrates between the two signals to adjust the electrolysis current based on one or the other, or both. For example, in one embodiment, if the measured flow rate agrees with the calculated flow rate within a set margin of error (e.g., the measured flow rate varies from the calculated flow rate by no more than 5%, 10%, or another fixed amount), then the measured flow rate is accepted and current control is based thereon (e.g., using the same kinds of control mechanisms as described above for pressure-based control, such as PID control, PWM control, etc.); otherwise, the calculated flow rate value is accepted and passed through as the correct flow-rate output value. This arbitration scheme is based on the assumption that the measured flow rate is either more accurate than the calculated flow rate, or so far off from the true value that it better be discarded entirely and substituted by the calculated flow rate. The scheme helps protect against untrue measurements of the flow rate, which<|fim_middle|> stored in system memory 120 to compute the required electrolysis current. The pump driver 110 may receive a digital current control signal from the controller 112, convert it to an analog signal, and amplify the analog signal to provide the drive current to the electrodes. The instructions that implement the computational functionality may (but need not) be grouped into discrete modules, such as modules for comparing measured and target pressures or flow rates, arbitrating between different control parameters, computing flow rates from pressure values based on stored pump history data, integrating the flow rate to obtain delivered dosages, etc. The modules may generally be programmed in any suitable programming language, including, without limitation, high-level languages such as C, C++, C#, Ada, Basic, Cobra, Fortran, or Object Pascal, or low-level assembly languages; the choice of language may depend on the type of system controller or processor employed.
[0108] The terms and expressions employed herein are used as terms and expressions of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof. In addition, having described certain embodiments of the invention, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that other embodiments incorporating the concepts disclosed herein may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, while this disclosure relates specifically to electrolysis pumps, certain aspects described herein, such as pump operation at high driving pressures or sensor-based feedback, may also be implemented in other types of pumps (e.g., electrochemical, osmotic, piezoelectric, pneumatic, of motor-driven pumps). Further, embodiments of the invention need not include all of the features or have all of the advantages described herein, but may possess any subset or combination of features and advantages. Accordingly, the described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as only illustrative and not restrictive.
Patent applications by Po-Ying Li, Los Angeles, CA US
Patent applications by MiniPumps, LLC
Patent applications in class Sensor controls pump, motor, or pressure driven means
Patent applications in all subclasses Sensor controls pump, motor, or pressure driven means
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1 Christopher Brian Locke
2 Roderick A. Hyde
3 Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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5 Donald Carroll Roe | may result, e.g., from air bubbles in the exit member or from sudden jerking motions, and can prevent premature activation or deactivation of electrolysis gas and pressure generation.
[0098] Alternatively or in addition, the control system may operate the pump based at least in part on recent pump operation via the history module 1510. Pump history may take the form of pressure and flow readings (as provided by the sensors 1310, 1410) measured continuously, over absolute time, or discretely at points in time when the electrodes are energized. Typically, a burst of readings will be stored following pump actuation as the pump operates; readings may or, more generally, may not be taken during quiescent periods.
[0099] The readings are stored in a shift register or circular buffer of the history module 1510; typically, newer readings replace older ones in FIFO order. The history module 1510 may enforce hysteretic operation of the pump, and the depth of the register or buffer determines the degree of hysteresis. For example, the recent history of the relationship between pressure and flow may be used to avoid jittery pump operation due to transient events, e.g., a momentary blockage of the exit member 108 by blood-borne debris. Rather than suddenly increasing pressure based on the instantaneous flow reading, the pressure is increased based on, for example, an average of the previous several flow readings stored in the history buffer. (The number of flow/pressure reading pairs used to determine a current pumping pressure depends on the application and is straightforwardly determined without undue experimentation. Furthermore, the number of reading pairs used may itself depend on the degree of departure from the previous flow readings, so that, for example, sudden spikes are smoothed out using more prior readings than smaller changes. In some embodiments, as few as three data samples are stored and averaged to predict the next.) Longer-term effects on flow, such as increasing blockage due to accumulation of biological material around the outlet port of the exit member 2410, are compensated for as the history readings revise over time the pressure/flow relationship (i.e., the amount of pressure necessary to achieve a target flow rate).
[0100] A dual-sensor feedback system may also utilize, instead of flow and pressure sensors, two pressure sensors. Typically, one pressure sensor is disposed within the pump chamber, and the other one is disposed at the outlet of the drug reservoir, i.e., downstream of the reservoir at a position where the reservoir-outlet pressure has not yet appreciably dropped. In embodiments with flow restrictors downstream of the reservoir, e.g., as shown in FIG. 9B, the second pressure sensor 930 is disposed in the fluid path between the drug reservoir and the flow restrictor 910. In embodiments that do not have a discrete component downstream of the reservoir and which dominates flow resistance (e.g., where the entire exit member, or a substantial portion thereof, functions as the flow restrictor), the second pressure sensor is generally placed as close to the reservoir as possible. When the flow resistance in the reservoir is high, the pressure drop across the drug vial is usually negligible. Thus, the pressure readings from both pressure sensors should be the same or nearly the same. In some embodiments, therefore, any appreciable difference between the two pressure readings (e.g., a relative difference exceeding 5% or 10% of the higher value, or some other predetermined difference) is taken as an indication of an error condition, and used to trigger pump shutdown or another suitable safety protocol.
[0101] Alternatively, the two pressure measurements upstream and downstream of the drug reservoir can be used to characterize the pressure drop across the reservoir as a function, e.g., of driving pressure. For example, for piston-pump devices with pre-filled drug vials, stiction/friction profiles can be measured and recorded prior to employment of the devices in patients. Different types of vials from different manufacturers can vary greatly in their quality and the friction generated between the interior vial wall and the piston, e.g., depending on whether or not the interior surface is coated with a friction-reducing layer. In some vials, even after the initial stiction forces are overcome, fluctuations in friction may cause piston movement to stop abruptly and, as the drive pressure is increased to resume drug delivery, start abruptly, entailing a risk of overdose to the patient. Rather than requiring and relying on low-friction vials and/or accurate a-priori knowledge of the effects of friction, drug pump devices with two pressure sensors in accordance herewith can calibrate friction and pressure drop across the drug reservoir for individual vials (and/or types of vials) to determine a suitable pump drive pressure and/or adjust for the now-known variations in pressure drop during drug delivery. A suitable drive pressure may be determined, e.g., by measuring the pressure drop and variations therein over a period of time for different drive pressures, and establishing a threshold pressure above which the pressure drop and, consequently, the flow rate at the outlet is sufficiently stable. Alternatively or additionally, pressure readings of the two sensors can be used during drug delivery to compensate for any remaining fluctuations in the pressure drop across the reservoir so as to maintain a constant flow rate.
[0102] In certain drug pump devices, flow rates of up to 1 ml/min, or even more, are established. In this case, a single pressure sensor may be used to assure proper pump operation. Safety concerns such as kinking or occlusion of a fluid path, or rupture of the pump chamber, will be readily detectable via the pressure measurements, and can be used to trigger shut-down of the pump.
[0103] Closed-loop feedback for electrolysis control has, so far, been described with respect to a constant basal flow rate. As those of skill in the art will appreciate, however, the control systems described above can readily be applied to variable target flow rates as well. For example, measured pressure or flow-rate values can be compared against a time-variable target pressure or flow rate, and the electrolysis rate be adjusted, in the manner depicted in FIG. 13B, 14B, or 15C.
[0104] FIGS. 16A, 16B and 16C illustrate an exemplary drug pump device 1600 and associated feedback system for accurate bolus delivery. The pump device 1600 includes, in addition to a flow sensor 1410 and related control circuitry, a pressure-relief mechanism 1610. While conceptually illustrated with a valve, the pressure-relief mechanism 1610 may be any of the mechanism described above (e.g., a recombination ignition spark, catalyst, etc.), or any other suitable mechanism that helps reduce pressure when the electrolysis pump has been deactivated. The flow sensor 1410 is used to monitor the real-time flow rate of drug delivered to the patient. A delivery-volume monitor 1620, which may be implemented in programming, integrates this real-time flow rate to calculate the delivered bolus volume in real time, and compares that volume against a target bolus dosage. When the delivered drug volume reaches the target bolus delivery volume, the system controller causes the pump driver to shut off the current to the electrolysis electrodes such that the pressure in the pump chamber begins to decrease. In pump embodiments that utilize an actively controllable (rather than continuously operating) pressure-relief mechanism, the system controller simultaneously triggers the mechanism. Thereafter, control of the electrolysis pump and/or the pressure-relief mechanism depends on the delivery mode.
[0105] For bolus delivery without background basal delivery, the pressure-relief mechanism is operated to allow the pressure in the pump chamber to go down to zero, causing the pump to completely stop drug delivery. Further, the electrolysis pump remains shut down, and electrolysis is not resumed until the next bolus delivery is due in accordance with the applicable delivery protocol. By contrast, for bolus delivery with background basal delivery, the pressure-relief mechanism is controlled to reduce the driving pressure until it reaches the target driving pressure for the background basal rate. Once this pressure is achieved, the pressure-relief mechanism is deactivated, and power to the electrolysis is started back up to maintain the target pressure level. To control the basal rate itself, a pressure sensor 1310 and feedback loop as described with respect to FIGS. 13A and 13B may be employed. Further, flow sensor readings may be used to increase the accuracy and reliability of the pump control scheme. Thus, a fully-functioned pump system (as shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B) may combine the feedback loops used with basal-only and bolus-only flow control to implement highly accurate delivery modes for continuous basal delivery, bolus delivery, and background basal plus multiple-bolus delivery. FIG. 17 illustrates the pump pressure and flow rate achieved over a 24-hour period with an exemplary insulin pump system including dual-sensor feedback and an active pressure-relief mechanism, showing a stable background basal delivery rate of 500 nl/min and three 10 μL bolus deliveries at times of 8, 12, and 18 hours, representing breakfast, lunch, and dinner, respectively.
[0106] The bolus control scheme is also applicable to very low basal rates (e.g., with flow rates below 400 nl/min), at which continuous delivery becomes difficult due to the associated low driving pressure and resulting high impact of friction between the piston and vial. Low basal rates can be effected by discrete, fixed-volume (e.g., 8.3 nl) bolus deliveries at regular time intervals, which are adjusted to the desired average rate. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 18A, an average rate of 0.05 μl/h can be achieved with a single 8.3 nl injection per hour, whereas 2 μl/h require an 8.3 nl injection every 15 min, as shown in FIG. 18D.
[0107] The various feedback loops described above can generally be implemented in hardware (including analog and/or digital circuitry), software, or a combination of both. For example, signal voltages supplied by the sensors 1310, 1410 may first be converted into digital signals, which are then processed by the system controller 112 (which may, e.g., be a microcontroller or microprocessor) based on instructions | 2,222 |
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In this painting, we clearly perceive a paradox between cold and warm, life and the absence of life.
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#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #25. Large size #11. Year 2018
In this linear representation of an urban interior, the painter Nadia Vuillaume animates this staging of lights placed in different places. Nothing indicates at what time of day we are. The stage is set. The spectator can thus take possession of the place and the painting.
In her artistic progression, the painter Nadia Vuillaume wants to get out of a codified painting, to which she has accustomed us. As much as, until now, her paintings could simply be admired for their aestheticism, as much as each one could find there tracks of reading, and references to themes or subjects tackled.
Through his "Mises en scène", the artist does not refer to any real subject. She no longer focuses on a social phenomenon. She no longer takes a position on a current topic. She offers us a pictorial representation, where the spectator, beyond marvelling, can build, if he wishes, a story, a personal interpretation. The viewer is thus invited to imagine his or her own scenario.
The painter Nadia Vuillaume contrasts straight and curved, empty and full, inside and outside, playing on the illusion of openness to the world. Like windows opening onto the intimacy of people's lives. The characters are implied by the spaces of light.
This strange and singular creature, sitting there on a pontoon scanning the ocean, has an apotropaic function.
It symbolizes the guardian of oceans, sailors. It is the link between aquatic and terrestrial worlds. The creature seems carved in the canvas due to the impasto technique.
The artist painter Nadia Vuillaume here gives us a purely imaginary and poetic vision.
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#1. Abstract #23. Small size #1.3 Still lifes #19. Year 2010
This representation leads us to reflect on the three steps that all religions give and quote: heaven, earth, and hell.
The sky refers to spiritual life; the land to the place where one evolves neutrally ; and hell represents anxiety, doubts and temptations.
At the same time, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume addresses the accompaniment and, more specifically, the long and painful path that humans follow to leave their coat of pain and ascend towards the light.
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In this painting, the portrait was made like a wood sculpture; symbol of life, heat and light, which characterize the model.
It also refers to the wooden mannequins used as artistic model. Playing on this reference, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume indicates the small size of the character by sending us back to the origin of the Dutch word «mannekijn», or « little man ».
#1.6 Characters #1.1 Figurative #23. Small size #13. Year 2016
This imaginary vision associated with a bird resembles the lying recumbent statues, as it is sleeping with its eyes open, like a funerary sculpture. The stretched paint on the background contrasts with the impasto technique used for this subject.
The magenta background may be seen as the blood of the bird or a piece of velvet like a funeral sheet.
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In this representation, the character's almost palpable kindness comes to light, as well as his ability to listen to others. His impeccable look imposes his charisma and establishes his position in society.
The artist voluntarily apposed her signature at the level of her spouse's heart, thus expressing her emotional attachment and her feelings.
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One may wonder about the choice of title for this painting by the painter Nadia Vuillaume. What did the artist want to arouse in us? Is it a position to take in front of the numerous copies of masters? Is it a reaction to the multiple interpretations of this painting? Or is it simply a nod to Picasso, where the artist would have pushed the subject to an almost total abstraction? Whatever the case, the pictorial ensemble that the artist gives us here offers us several avenues of interpretation.
#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #The workshop background #The cheap prices #Test canvas #10. Year 2019
In this stylized painting that tends to still life, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume plays on the inanimate subject, or rather animated with silent life.
She freezes life by using metallic paint, which gives these birds a statuary position.
She uses the symbolism of the water lily to offer a spiritual dimension of this visual representation.
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#1.5 Animals #1.1 Figurative #17. Year 2012 #22. Sold paintings
The artist painter Nadia Vuillaume transcribes here a couple's consuming passion.
The burning fire of love that consumes the young woman irradiates the man's forehead, torso, arm and hand. She gives herself to him without any fear, reassured by the powerful hand resting on her arm. An open and protecting hand.
Passion seems to spread from one to another, humanizing the man and warming it up until it starts consuming him as well.
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#1.1 Figurative #1.4 Genre scenes #20. Year 2009 #22. Sold paintings
The spatial perspective, as well as the interplay on shadows and lights, give this work intimate depth, where the abundant vegetation surrounds the basin, as if protecting the water, source of life and purification.
This representation by the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume evocates the botanical gardens in Washington DC during holidays. It also hints at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, all adorned in multitudes of poinsettias at that time of the year.
This painting by the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume refers to the relationship between two people in love.
The grapes symbolize the pleasure of the senses, the apples refer to the goddess of love, and even the painting of the table in magenta pink resembles passion. The crystal of the fruit bowl represents purity, the transparency of the soul.
The artist offers us, by her composition, a chromatic richness that detaches to a uniform background.
#1.1 Figurative #23. Small size #1.3 Still lifes #21. Year 2003 to 2008
The artist opens for us a small door into a private life with the distorted view of her bedroom.
The delimitation of the walls with their varied graphics, the ceiling that seems to go down, and the plans that tighten around the bed like a protective cocoon, give this room heat and safety.
The column of light, which can be seen again in a 2016 painting, symbolizes the divine light, God's protection. At the center of the room, the imposing bed is reminiscent of motherhood.
Subtly, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume, just with an architectural representation, talks to us about her life as a woman, a wife and a mother.
#1. Abstract #18. Year 2011 #1.3 Still lifes #The workshop background #The cheap prices #Previous works
This table could lead us to ask ourselves the same questions as for "Lunch on the grass, continuation and end". But we could also see in it, a desire of the painter Nadia Vuillaume, to challenge the viewer, by standing out from her usual style. This painting is relevant by the cutting of the sky, the trees crossing the representation, from one side to the other, but also this cypress, a wink to the masters of the past.
The abstract, which does not relate to any visual, has the power to convey the painter's idea, and/or to provoke leads for reading.
Here, the painter Nadia Vuillaume has become attached to the symbolism of lines. The verticals evoke balance, strength, dignity. The horizontals symbolize calm, tranquility, the future. The obliques represent dynamism, progression. Thin lines signify delicacy, elegance, while thicker lines represent energy, will. The short lines are associated with strength, and the long ones represent spirit.
The choice of colours has also been studied. Blue represents truth, loyalty. White is associated with purity, perfection. In the vertical lines with warm hues, the painter Nadia Vuillaume refers to the gifts of the Magi: myrrh, incense and gold.
#1. Abstract #1.7 Abstract compositions #11. Year 2018 #23. Small size
This distressing position gives us the emotional state in which the model is.
With a still-childish hand put on her head and underlined by a soft and fleshy outline, whereas the other hand, treated as opposite, reveals a certain maturity, we can wonder if the causes of aging might be due to life events.
In this visual representation, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume treats her subject in the way of a sketch made live, as if unfinished.
This charcoal and wash-drawing portrait from the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume brings to light the youth's worries for the future.
The geometrical work on the neck opposes the soft and sinuous lines of the face. The hermetically closed mouth declines to comment. The direct stare raises questions while the oversized ear is waiting for answers.
#1.6 Characters #1.1 Figurative #25. Large size #15. Year 2014
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Finally, in addition to contributing to the development of Art and Culture in the world, the painter Nadia Vuillaume shares her knowledge within her studio, but also through social networks.
Just as she does not hesitate to donate her works to humanitarian causes.
Moreover, the painter Nadia Vuillaume, in her will to democratize art and make it accessible to all, offers a selection of paintings at low prices. | that seem to caress the ground and protect the underground world that lives there.
Is this return to a figurative representation and this game of ambivalence a new approach to painting by the painter Nadia Vuillaume? To find out, we will have to wait for her next works.
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#1.1 Figurative #1.2 Landscapes #1.8 Year 2021 #26. XXL size
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When the painter Nadia Vuillaume realizes very large formats, she systematically tries to propose, to her public, a small format inspired by the original work. It is like a fragment, a small part of the original large painting.
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#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #1.8 Year 2021 #23. Small size
In this new approach, I wanted something airy, light. The words that came to mind were: birth, flight, lightness. I wanted life on earth and life in heaven to merge, all in joy.
These little figures, fairies and angels cross each other, while playing, gliding, in aerial acrobatics, each going to its own destination.
It's like a busy playground, but in the sky. It is the uninterrupted movement that lets us imagine and hear the joyful laughter of this childish flock.
A phrase that led me to this creation comes from James Barrie. In his book "Peter Pan", he wrote: "When the first baby laughed for the first time, his laughter broke into a million pieces, and they jumped around. This was the origin of fairies."
As I read, I visualized these pieces of laughter and the composition of this painting sprouted in my mind.
The Birth of the Fairies could also have been called the Birth of the Angels. It represents life on earth and life in heaven. It symbolizes life but also rebirth.
#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #1.8 Year 2021 #26. XXL size
The staging #9 or "The lost city"
The story of this painting is a quest for an imaginary place where it would be good to live. A place full of spaces to isolate oneself, meditate... and other spaces for exchange and sharing. A place where one could easily enter or leave at will. A place of freedom, without hindrance or judgment.
The context of creation is indeed unusual since the artist is coming out of a long period of emptiness, of creative absence; if a long period is summed up in a few months without artistic creation, but which seemed to her an eternity. But it is perhaps also a certain malaise that led her in the quest of an imaginary world where she would feel good.I simply shot two diagonals with charcoal. Then it was the subconscious that worked. I didn't have the impression that I was directing the work.
The contemporary painter Nadia Vuillaume quotes: « One line calls for another line, which requires a curve to bring some softness, roundness and so on. Little by little, I settle in the place and my charcoal makes the way. Just as light calls for darkness and vice versa. Warm colors call for cold colors, thus the painting comes to life.
With this work, I finally achieve the desired effect, namely that the spectator really stops in front of the painting and contemplates it in its entirety, penetrates it, settles down and offers himself for a while a moment of escape. »
Private Collection.
#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #1.9 Year 2020
The staging #8 or "When the nature gets back its rights"
This painting is conducted as a curtain-raiser offering the spectators a setting of heaps and entanglements.
The inspiration for this scene comes from the ruins that we encounter on walks. Where at the bend in the road, in a grove, you find yourself in front of what the man left behind when he left.
Beyond an ecological awareness, these ruins, these various abandoned objects tell us a story. In front of this spectacle of dilapidation and abandonment, there is a struggle with nature. The one where it takes back its rights. The expelled becomes the invader. The animal world reoccupies the place. It settles in the interstices of the walls opened by the various bad weather and the past decades.
There is a continuity that reassures the painter Nadia Vuillaume where she tells herself that nature is stronger than anything and that it cannot be doomed to disappear.
#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #1.9 Year 2020 #25. Large size
The Australian Shepherd is a very intelligent dog, dynamic and close to man. These three criteria had to appear in the table. The instruction, given to the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume, was also, that the painting gives the living environment of the animal.
The client chose a square format of a size adapted to the place where she wanted to hang the painting.
Personalized, sold.
#1.1 Figurative #1.5 Animals #15. Year 2014 #22. Sold paintings
For this personalized commission, the painter Nadia Vuillaume had complete creative freedom. The only instruction was to create one or more small paintings of this Boston terrier. The format being rather small, the artist preferred to access her work on the expressions of the animal.
The painter Nadia Vuillaume responds to the bestiary trend by creating commissioned paintings on the subject of animals. For this particular request, from a portrait of a Boston terrier, the artist has created about fifteen small formats, nine of which have been brought together in a single frame. This painting is entitled « Humeur De Chien » and is available for sale. You can see it in the category Animal and XXL size.
A curtain of trees in the morning fog of a harsh winter, an horizontally-cut river bank, trees outlined by thick and tilted lines and stripped of their leaves reflect in the frozen river.
The artist painter Nadia Vuillaume offers us here a simple work with beautiful monochrome.
Art for all/Solidarity/The workshop background/ The cheap price.
#1. Abstract #1.2 Landscapes #The workshop background #Previous works #The cheap prices #18. Year 2011
This painting, by the painter Nadia Vuillaume, is particular by its background worked in two steps. One third of the background is black while the rest is treated in dark green. This treatment intensifies the bright red colour of the poppies as well as the softness and transparency of their petals.
The poppy, also called the wild poppy, is a symbol of rest and consolation. It is also a symbol of remembrance of the Great War, associated with the memory of those who perished.
#22. Sold paintings #1.1 Figurative #Sketch #1.3 Still lifes #10. Year 2019
In this refined and spinning work, artist painter Nadia Vuillaume brings us back a travel memory. The extremely aerial background creates the whirling while the drawing of the model is made using an impasto technique, making him spring out of the scenery.
Small size, framed painting.
#1.1 Figurative #1.4 Genre scenes #23. Small size #19. Year 2010
Waiting for a better world, an encounter, a loved one's return …
Here, the artist froze herself, lost in absolute sadness, prisoner from the absence of all life, of all hope.
In her choice of position and the way she approached the human body, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume gives us a glimpse of a return to a fetal position and a dystrophy of the body leading to a deadly outcome.
XXL size.
#1.6 Characters #1.1 Figurative #26. XXL size #15. Year 2014
Here, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume wonders about the fact that people believe, rightly or wrongly, that life is easier and less complicated elsewhere for others.
The artist translates this idealized world by applying swatches of bright colors. She gives us a glimpse of earth from the sky, glorifying the lands below while ignoring armed conflicts, climate change, the harshness of the regions, poverty…
The deliberately cold composition of the foreground, symbol of a rejected place, is reflective of someone's feeling of unease.
In this painting, the artist sketches a dashboard, like the ones found in a cockpit, thus suggesting that everyone is in control of their own life and making us reflect on ourselves.
Large size.
#1. Abstract #1.2 Landscapes #25. Large size #16. Year 2013
In this assemblage of geometric lines that represent houses and buildings, the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume refers to the place where she resided at the time.
The artist discovered the new town upon her return from Norway. She did not find this artificial and standardized landscape appealing, yet she resided for 30 years.
The theme of this painting is the solitude of cities. Solitude by choice, by fear of the outside world, even by constraint. It is also the artist's solitude. This leafless window offers the possibility to get out of the dark room and to go meet others. The light timidly enters the room like an invitation to open one's heart to the world.
Medium size.
#1. Abstract #1.2 Landscapes #24. Medium size #16. Year 2013
The window has always been a topic addressed in art. It is an essential instrument that allows artists to erase the frontier between the inside and the outside.
By creating this painting, the contemporary artist Nadia Vuillaume is no exception to this rule. She uses the window to accentuate her voyeurism beyond representing just buildings. These multitudes of buildings let us imagine a dense population with an extraordinary idea of diversity, stories…
By adding bars to this window, she adds a double narration, the psychological and physical side of the one who looks at the world from the inside.
The artist actually reflects here on the reasons that she feels so lonely in her urban surrounding, but also on the lack of communications and relationships between people. Here, the imprisonment, whether deliberately or not, the deprivation of liberty, the introversion, cultural and religious barriers, the denial of the right to be different, the absence of compassion… are many ways of interpretation given to us by the artist. Her work characterizes her interest for the people and the world surrounding her.
In fact, this is one of the reasons why the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume was given the title of Ambassador in favor of human rights in the world in 2014: a title conferred by the special Human Rights award in homage to Nelson Mandela, in Italy.
#1.1 Figurative #1.2 Landscapes #26. XXL size #16. Year 2013
In her abstract compositions, the painter Nadia Vuillaume lets the matter speak for itself. Vestige N°1, suggests that a continuity, of this mixed technique approach, will take place. Realized with pigments, binder, mortar and gold leaf, this painting finds its balance through its very distinct areas of color.
#1. Abstract #1.7 Abstract compositions #12. Year 2017 #22. Sold paintings
These two stylized characters, whose title evokes a relationship and complicity, draw attention with the approach chosen by the artist.
Each of them looks in an opposite direction, revealing different interests. However, we can feel their desire to mimic one another in the same distortion of their mouth and get to get along with the similar facial expressions. The fact that the character on the left is trying to equal her friend's size by stretching her neck excessively reveals a feeling of inferiority.
Here, the contemporary artist Nadia Vuillaume examines friendship, what it generates and where it can lead.
#1. Abstract #1.6 Characters #The workshop background #The cheap prices #Previous works #19. Year 2010
This small painting by the artist painter Nadia Vuillaume is the perfect measure between volume and color.
This pictorial representation is reminiscent of the Matmata troglodyte houses dug into the rock, thus protecting their inhabitants from harsh climatic conditions.
The bright and vibrant colors are like the heart of the Berbers, whose hospitality and generosity are distinctive.
#1. Abstract #1.2 Landscapes #23. Small size #19. Year 2010
This construction of successive arches leads us to think of an architectural work of beautiful scale, or possibly stained glass windows. The choice of a tone of cold colours is due either to the night or to the cold weather. Through her particular framing, the painter Nadia Vuillaume opens this decor to us, as if we were in a theatre. This painting is also entitled « Holy night ».
#1. Abstract #1.4 Genre scenes #24. Medium size #10. Year 2019
In this monochrome of red, the painter Nadia Vuillaume takes us to a picturesque neighbourhood where streetlights illuminate the dark alleys. Perhaps she was inspired by a few districts of Paris, a city she loves? The atmosphere is subdued. The lights are soft. Everything in this decor inspires love. This painting is also called "The Valentine's day ».
In this representation of superimposition, the painter Nadia Vuillaume transports us to a new setting. The passage from light to dark is gradual, seeming to split the painting horizontally into two parts. This flat painting, represented as a folding menu, gives a gradual depth. It would seem that we can only enter this scene through the small door at the bottom of the bluish space.
In this painting, by the painter Nadia Vuillaume, interior and exterior merge. Some parts of the painting seem to be during the day, while others are in the dark. The blackness of the night, or the blackness of unknown depths and spaces? One may wonder about the artist's intention. Perhaps she | 3,019 |
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Blu-Ray Review: 'Runner Runner'
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I should probably preface this review by admitting that I'm a huge fan of Ben Affleck: despite some unfortunate decisions earlier in his career, the man is undeniably talented both behind and in front of the camera. While recent years have seen him emerge as one of the premiere directors in Hollywood, he's not above taking a flashy, scenery-chewing role from time to time, and his performance is one of the highlights of Runner Runner.
After getting busted by Princeton officials for referring students to a popular gambling site in exchange for a small commission, Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake) decides to try his luck at the poker tables in an effort to pay for his tuition. Everything goes according to plan until Richie goes all in on what seems like a sure thing, and gets cleaned out in the process. But the surprise defeat spurs an investigation which reveals that Richie has been cheated, a revelation that shouldn't sit very well with the site's owner, Ivan Block (Affleck).
Richie hops on a plane to Costa Rica and manages to arrange an audience with Block himself, who is so impressed with the youth's moxie that he not only reimburses him for the loss, but offers him a job. But Block's motivations may not be entirely what they seem, and navigating the complicated underworld becomes increasingly difficult when a hard-boiled FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) trying to bring Block to justice backs Richie into a corner.
Timberlake carries this film much better than his previous headlining efforts, but Affleck steals the show here, giving a gleefully frenetic performance that comes dangerously close to mustache-twirling territory. Gemma Arterton is also along for the ride, in a pointless romance angle that feels shoehorned into the proceedings and seems to exist for the sole purpose of allowing her<|fim_middle|>-Ray Review: 'Carrie'
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The Blu-ray release has little to offer in the way of special features: there are a handful of deleted scenes that run about ten minutes in length, a theatrical trailer, and a rather interesting featurette called House of Cards, which explores the rapid growth of the online gambling industry. At only 17 minutes, it's less detailed than it could've been, and I found myself longing for a more in-depth examination of the culture and the people involved.
Runner Runner is a decent-enough thriller, but the rapid-fire pace of the storytelling, implausible dialogue, and unnecessary romance subplot make it difficult to become fully invested in the onscreen events. It's an enjoyable film, but there isn't enough to justify adding it to your collection.
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Lessons from Big Blue and A&P
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Evan Cooper
The juxtaposition was unsettling.
Tuesday's lead story in The Wall Street Journal's Business & Tech section<|fim_middle|> loot with shareholders. On the other hand, we want those companies to remain competitive and to change — profitably — with the times. If we, the shareholders, become as piggish as CEOs and take too much, we'll be killing, not nurturing. | was about how revenue at International Business Machines (IBM) has fallen for 13 consecutive quarters.
Below the fold was a story about how the venerable supermarket chain A&P is returning to bankruptcy court for a second time since 2010 and is unlikely to survive.
Two storied names in American business and two tales of decline. For dividend investors, IBM and A&P are cautionary tales.
The Gusher Dries Up
First, Big Blue. Despite its woes, America's flagship technology company is still a profitable giant, earning $3.45 billion in the second quarter and paying a hefty dividend of $5.20 per share, for a 3.2% yield. But IBM has an existential problem: it hit the bonanza with mainframe computers and nothing that it has ventured into to replace the shrinking mainframe business has come close to replicating its one-time gusher.
Like all good corporate bureaucracies, IBM is managing the decline of its core business well. But its new efforts in technology services, business services, and software are struggling. All the reorganizations and right-sizings in the world aren't going to create some 21st century version of the mainframe business. Some company we've barely heard of, or some group of crazy entrepreneurs who haven't even formed a company yet, is likely to do that, not IBM. So if I want to be cruel and perhaps overdramatic, I'd say you can enjoy IBM's dividends while they last — and for reasons of pride the company will undoubtedly do all it can to preserve its dividend — but be prepared for declining equity value and a shrinking company.
Troubles at the Checkout
While A&P's business is much more prosaic and low tech, the former Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, whose stock symbol was GAP when it was public, is another example of a category-killing company that lost its core.
Begun in 1859, by the Depression year of 1930 A&P was the world's largest retailer with 16,000 stores and sales of $2.9 billion. It adopted the self-service model in 1936 and grew to 20,000 stores by 1950. Its decline started later that decade when rivals opened larger, more modern stores and A&P failed to adapt. But there was another problem, as noted by author Marc Levinson in his acclaimed The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America (Hill and Wang, 2011):
"Many poor decisions in the early 1960s sped A&P's downfall, but one factor stands out: A&P paid generous dividends. From the time of its public share listing in late 1958, shareholders both inside and outside the family called for dividend increases. The John A. Hartford Foundation was A&P's largest shareholder, and it is here that the dual role of Ralph Burger, serving as head of both A&P and the foundation, was problematic: high dividends may have been in the foundation's interest even if they damaged the company's long-run prospects. In the year ending February 1961, nearly half of A&P's earnings went for dividends. In 1962 and 1963 the payout topped 70 percent."
Two lessons: first, as it says in the Book of Ecclesiastes, there is a time for everything. Some companies never make it, but even for those that do, staying on top forever is unlikely. For investors, the hard part is knowing when to get in and when to get out.
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Oh Rita – how lovely. You and I are looking down the same road with different eyes. Treasure your present as it is your past.
Nice. Before long, my mom will be gone. Turn, turn.
Thanks Rob. Yes, indeed. Turn, turn, turn. We had that song sung at her memorial!
Beautifully written. I'm so sorry that you're missing your mom. Sounds like she was a rare wonder.
Thanks Alison. She was a wonder and a real force in our lives. It was terrible to see her suffer, but she remained tough to the end.
Blessings on the memories … and the<|fim_middle|> amazing people and we're lucky to have them as role-models. Thanks and hugs. | tears and the laughter and the emptiness and fullness of all that is in this moment.
Yes to all of the above!! Thanks.
BEAUTIFUL tribute to your mom's strength of character, determination, and Montana grit—I aspire to show such grace each day.
Susie, you show that grace and those guts every breath you take!! Love you too.
Oh Rita, this is such a spirit filled, soulful remembrance of your Mum.
Thanks D. Marley always makes me miss you. Hope all is well over there :).
Peace and love to you, dearie.
Wonderful…thanks. Shedding a few tears. A good woman, and I never forget that I too had such a mom, and thank her daily.
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'That was the beginning of the end at Cork City because the new owners were strange, strange people'
Having just turned 70, we catch up with one of the most unmistakable personalities in Irish football — Damien Richardson.
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After winning the FAI Cup with Cork City in 2007.
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DAMIEN RICHARDSON CAN pinpoint the exact moment that he fell in love with football.
"I remember going to Milltown when I was seven years of age," he recalls. "It was my first time and we went one Sunday afternoon for a Shield game in early September.
"Shamrock Rovers were playing Drumcondra. There were huge crowds and you could feel this sense of excitement queuing outside Glenmalure Park. I was lifted over the turnstiles, the place was packed. We were down at the front of the terracing where the goal was and you had to stand on your tippy-toes to look over the wall.
"All of a sudden, I was exposed to a scene that still lives with me to this day. We had arrived in late and the game was already started but the colour was just amazing — the green and white hoops of Rovers and the yellow and blue of Drumcondra. The pitch was in pristine condition too."
Brought up in Maryland, just off Cork Street in Dublin's south inner city, the Richardsons moved to Lombard St at the back of the Meath Hospital, which he says was either Rovers or St Patrick's Athletic territory.
Damien's father George had played League of Ireland with Brideville and Bray Unknowns before managing Pat's, but didn't support any one club. That afternoon, the youngster decided he would become a Hoops fan, while his brother chose Drumcondra.
"I think he did that more to annoy me than anything else!" he laughs. "From then on, my love for Shamrock Rovers was encased in stone. That Rovers team were enshrined in the history of the League of Ireland. I can even tell you the team now." He begins listing off the line-up: "It was O'Callaghan, Burke, Keogh, Mackey, Nolan, Hennessy, McCann, Tuohy… That side really brought the game to the fore for me."
Long before that eye-opening experience, Richardson had already been developing his own talents in various locations around the capital.
"Essentially, I learned football on the streets of Maryland and Oriel St in the North Wall, where my grandmother lived. I used to be down there every weekend. It was street football and very rarely did we go to the park, although we would the odd time.
"Football was a passport for me and my brother. We'd go to Finglas, Cabra, Kimmage or wherever our relations lived and because you were quite decent you would mix with anybody. People had respect for you if you could play a little bit.
It began on the streets and still to this day they are part of what I am."
From the age of 12, he joined one of the top clubs in the country — Home Farm. At schoolboy level, he played a year older than his age group and found it hugely beneficial in improving his skills. Small in height initially, Damien took a stretch at 16 and soon realised that he was now better than most of the other boys.
In 1965, an unprecedented situation saw Home Farm's A team meet Richardson's B team in the FAI Youth Cup final at Tolka Park — the only time two sides from one club faced off in that round of the competition. It took two replays to separate them, but the A's eventually edged it.
A week before that, Richardson was invited up to Richmond Park. Rovers were playing in a testimonial match and player/manager Liam Tuohy, a man he had idolised for many years, asked him to play.
"I didn't have boots or anything with me so I had to borrow a pair," he explains. "You wouldn't be allowed do it today because I was still with Home Farm and you'd have to get clearance. I was put in centre forward that night, a position I had never played before because I had always been a midfielder<|fim_middle|> by people."
In stark contrast to those highs, Cork City was cast into turmoil in the years that followed.
"I made the mistake, despite the huge experience I had, by not letting the players aware of the situation. I couldn't sign players and we dropped a little bit.
"Brian guaranteed he would always pay the wages but he added that he couldn't invest in the team. I said the players getting paid was my priority.
"We got through that period and won the FAI Cup in 2007, maybe on the back of a clear-the-air meeting.
Brian sold the club, unwisely as it turns out, and to the wrong people — Arkaga. That was no fault of his because they were very plausible when I met them, but the one thing that struck me was that every time you met them it was different people.
"Brian had to do it after putting a huge amount into the club but that was the beginning of the end because they were strange, strange people. They appointed a man called Aidan Tynan, who had no idea what professional football was about. Not the faintest idea.
"He listened to advice from a certain quarter, which I'm not willing to mention at this time, that sent him in a direction that was totally at odds with what the club stood for at that particular time.
"Everything fell apart on the back of his appointment. It went from bad to worse and Tom Coughlan came in, who took a lot of stick and to a great extent rightly so. But it wasn't all his doing as the deep-rooted rot had set in before he arrived."
Rico managed an Airtricity League XI in the Dublin Super Cup in 2011. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO
Departing Cork after their FAI Cup triumph in 2007, Richardson stepped away from top level management for a period. During the summers of 2010 and 2011, he was invited to take charge of a League of Ireland XI for pre-season friendly matches at the Aviva Stadium.
He chose not to make it public back then, but he was also diagnosed with prostate cancer around that time.
"That took a bit of getting used to," he admits. "While I was working in the media and doing other bits, I went through the treatment. It wasn't successful though. I left it for awhile and I was seeing a specialist in Dublin and Galway."
When Richardson took the Drogheda job in 2014, there was still a tumour in the back of his prostate.
I had the others cleaned out but I still had one spot," he adds. "So I had to have an operation last year in Surrey. That was my prostate removed and the tumour came out with it. Thankfully, there was nothing around it so everything is good."
One why he decided to only share the information with immediate family, he explains: "Ireland is such a great place in that no matter where you go people will know you and want to talk about football. I used to loved that, even going into town — no matter if you were in Cork or Dublin — and people coming up to talk to you.
"I didn't want the first question to be 'How are you feeling?'. I wanted people to chat about football or politics or whatever else. So I didn't make it public, but now that it's all behind me and everything is good I have no problem talking about it."
His most recent LOI job was at Drogheda United. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
His stay at Drogheda was short-lived and these days Richardson is based in their house in Kent — where he is enjoying being able to spend time with his wife, children and grandchildren.
That said, at 70, he remains actively involved in football and just last week announced that he is the new director of coaching at Carrigaline United in Cork. That will involve coming over four or five days each month to pass on his knowledge and experience to the 60-plus coaches working at the current FAI Club of the Year.
In schoolboy clubs, it's more important to coach the coaches than the players. You'd want to be superman to be able to coach all the young footballers.
"So the best way is to influence the coaches and improve their education. I always had a plan to do that in the back of my head. Denis Behan, who used to play for me at Cork, is now their senior team manager and he approached me.
"Coaches don't get enough backing. The FAI do what they can but coaching badges are a little bit artificial. It teaches them organisation and an awareness to certain situations, but they won't get to the nitty gritty of what schoolboy football is all about. Coaching and management are things you only learn through experience so I hopefully I can pass on mine.
"Carrigaline United is the perfect example of inclusion of all age groups and levels of ability. It's everything I feel a football club should be."
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"Tuohy saw something in me that I didn't know I had. A couple of weeks later we played in the Youth Cup final but by that time I had made my mind up that I was joining Rovers."
Liam Tuohy had a stint with Newcastle United either side of two spells at Shamrock Rovers. Source: S&G and Barratts/EMPICS Sport
Having watched the great Rovers side of the 1950s, the teenager was about to share a dressing room with several of those same players he looked up to as a boy.
"It was quite daunting but also exciting," he tells." Tuohy had been a hero of mine and having him call around to the house caused consternation in the street. There were kids lined up outside in the front garden as me, my dad, Liam and the scout Gerry Moran discussed my move."
Joining his boyhood club was a no-brainer and Richardson was a Hoops player a couple of months shy of his 18th birthday. By the age of 21, he had already won two FAI Cups as the club made it six in-a-row.
Understandably, he admits having to pinch himself: "I had been to all the cup finals and watched them play. Now I was involved in the last two.
"It was a stunning achievement in such a short period of time. That Rovers team were used to success. In those days, the cup was the preferred competition because there was more money involved in winning it."
That was undoubtedly a golden era for domestic football in this country, but when the Cunninghams sold the club on after four decades in charge, it spelled the end of that remarkable success for Rovers.
"We used to get 20,000 watching games but there was never any investment put back in," Richardson says. "When Joe and Mary Jane Cunningham moved on, there wasn't the same love for the game from the young people and gradually the club started to go down hill.
We went from 20,000 to 12,000 and all the way to 3,000 and it wasn't the same place. The spark had gone. An attendance of 3,000 sounds great now but in those days it wouldn't have been anywhere near what we expected. That was the beginning of the end of the great times in League of Ireland football.
"It was happening all around the country too and the sad part of it is that it wasn't a gradual demise. It was too quick for my liking but that was the way the country was moving. Sunday afternoon was no longer just about football.
"Football suffered the effects of society changing its habits and it had a knock-on effect with Shamrock Rovers and the League of Ireland as a whole."
The old road sign from Glenmalure Park now on the wall at Tallaght Stadium. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
When he was 21, Preston North End had attempted to bring him to England after a recommendation from former Rovers captain Johnny Fulham. An offer came in, a fee was agreed and he made his mind up to go but then the transfer fell through.
Richardson was later led to believe that the secretary had naively chanced his arm and pushed for more money.
"When that happened, I wasn't shattered by it," he says. "I was playing for Rovers and making good money. They got me work in Volkswagen on the Naas Road. It was a terrific job with very little work to do but the money was fabulous."
A few years later, Gillingham expressed an interest after ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Pat Dunne tipped off their manager Andy Nelson about a decent target man playing in Ireland. By then, the atmosphere at Rovers had taken a turn for the worse and Richardson was keen to test himself in the professional game.
"I was just gone 24 at that time, which in those days was too late to go over. It's a different game now. You go over and people respect you have a whole career ahead of you at 21. If you go at 24 in those days, half your playing career is effectively gone.
"I joined Gillingham and took a drop in money but going full-time was what I wanted to do. Any player worth their salt would like to give it a go.
"It was a dream come true that I was now a professional footballer and it gave me an added confidence. Andy Nelson was a top quality manager and I was hugely impressed with him. He made me an even better player than I was a Shamrock Rovers."
Richardson during his Gillingham days. Source: PA Archive/PA Images
He would go on to spend nine years at the club — scoring 102 goals in all competitions as they won promotion to the old Division 3.
"The first two or three years there were the happiest period of my football career," he reveals. "We had a first class manager and won promotion the following season. We were getting crowds of 12,000 to 15,000 that year and it was a great atmosphere.
"The camaraderie that Andy created by signing good players was wonderful to be involved with. There was varying degrees of ability but one thing they had in common was a bond to be a good team.
"You trained every morning and went to bed in the afternoon. That suited me down to the ground, and then I would get up and pick the kids from school.
Kent is the garden of England and it was a wonderful part of my life. It was a great place to bring kids up and I stayed at Gillingham longer than I should have."
At international level, Richardson earned a total of three senior Ireland caps. Called up first by Mick Meagan for a European championship qualifier away to Sweden, he didn't get on the pitch as the Boys in Green performed well but lost out 1-0.
He had to wait a little longer than expected to be included again and blames the workings of the FAI at that time.
"The manager put his squad into the FAI, but somebody in there deleted my name from it," he claims. "Before the managers demanded control, the squad could be changed by people within the association after it had been submitted by the manager. That's how amateurish it was.
"If you had a connection with the FAI as a club manager, you could promise players an international cap if they signed for you and then get them into the squad. It was frustrating for people like Mick, who was ultra professional about everything in the game."
As fate would have it, old mentor Tuohy handed Richardson his debut against Austria in 1971.
"It was essentially a League of Ireland team because the game clashed with English fixtures. Paddy Mulligan, who was with Chelsea, was the only one who played from over there. We got beaten 6-o but were unlucky that day and it wasn't as bad as it sounded."
He later donned the green under Sean Thomas and, subsequently, during John Giles' time and remarks on the noticeable difference in standards as the years went on.
"It had become very professional and Giles created a good team spirit. It was almost like a club team, with sing-songs and all that. Playing for Ireland added a huge amount of experience to me. Working with big players and watching top managers in action was great preparation for my own managerial career."
Ireland player/manager Giles gave Richardson his final cap. Source: EMPICS Sport
Let go by Gillingham in 1981, Richardson admits finding it extremely difficult to re-adjust to life and accept his time as a full-time player were over.
"In those days, 32 was a cut off point. There weren't the levels of fitness and the sports science there. That was a very dark period in my career and my life. You walk in on a Monday morning and you're a professional footballer, then you leave that day and you're no longer one.
"It's a bad blow in many senses — psychologically as much as anything else. It's a part of football that I just don't think has been addressed properly. In those days in particular, there was no preparation at all."
He decided to keep up playing with various non-league clubs while take a job selling double-glazed windows. Then when John Gorman, who later worked under Glenn Hoddle with England, was promoted to Gills assistant manager, Richardson was offered the role of youth team boss at his old club. Management and coaching hadn't necessarily been on the cards, but he decided to accept the position.
I was making very good money and went back to be youth team manager for little or nothing, but it was something I wanted to do. I had a BMW Seven Series that I had to sell and take a Vauxhall Cavalier, which is what you were given on the youth team. I went back and did really well. We were competing with all the London teams in the South East County League.
"It was a terrific two-year period for me. Spurs and Arsenal were the top two teams and we finished third a couple of times, which we had never done."
With money tight and results not going well, Keith Burkinshaw resigned as Gillingham manager in April 1989. Several candidates, including ex-Ireland boss Eoin Hand, applied to replace him but they instead turned to Richardson — even though he had shown no interest.
Despite being warned not to take it by Burkinshaw, who felt they needed a more experienced man, he said yes.
"Everything Keith had told me was true," he accepts. "He said there was no money, and there was none. I had to sell all my best players.
"Gavin Peacock was sold to Harry Redknapp at Bournemouth and he ended up at Newcastle. And there were loads of others. I had to replace them with youngsters.
"The directors weren't honest and they only appointed me because I knew the youth team players. I was a stop-gap manager. I had to promote the kids and get the best out of them.
"The mistake I made was that I didn't bring in someone experienced with me. My naivety cost me but I learned valuable lessons and never let that happen again. It's part of the cynical aspect of football but I never lost my love for it."
That spelled the end of his football career in England and Richardson was appointed Cork City boss for the first of two spells in 1993.
"I came over and joined Cork but I learned a lesson and didn't let directors or chairmen boss me about. I knew what I wanted to do and I came to Cork a different manager. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes again.
"I took over Cork after they had won the league and they were a very good team. Declan Daly was the captain, then there was Dave Barry and Pat Morley."
Rico's first game in charge was a European Cup tie against Welsh outfit Cwmbran Town. Despite going 3-0 down inside the first half, they pulled back it back to 3-2 before progressing on away goals after a narrow win in the return leg.
"That really made me aware of what Cork City was all about. Turner's Cross was packed, you had people standing on walls, and when we won the next day, the sponsors Guinness plastered the city with advertisements featuring pictures of the game."
That set up a tie with Turkish giants Galatasaray, and the winner would go on to face Manchester United in the next round.
"So we went to Istanbul and lost 2-1 out there, which was without a shadow of a doubt the greatest experience I've ever had in football. We got to the ground about two hours before the game and the stadium was absolutely rammed.
"Walking out onto the pitch, the reception we got was staggering. There was a ferociousness from their supporters and they made it known that we weren't welcome.
"They thought they were going to beat us well as we were part-time. I played up to that and said we should be pinching ourselves that we were in the same stadium as this big club. They didn't score for the first 25 minutes but it was almost worth it to see the reaction. The place looked as though it had gone on fire — there were flares everywhere and the colour was quite astonishing.
"Never have I seen anything like it. When Steve Bruce went out there in the next round he said the very same thing. It was amazing.
"They scored two goals and they thought the job was done. Then we hit them through Dave Barry and all of a sudden they woke up and belted us but couldn't get that third goal."
Ahead of the second leg in Bishopstown and trailing 2-1, Richardson used some underhand tactics in an attempt to upset the opposition's preparations.
"The night before the game, Galatasaray trained at the ground and I spotted one of their officials pacing out the pitch. Then he went to the manager and gave the dimensions. I thought 'That's interesting'.
I called my assistant and told him what happened so we decided to come in the following morning and narrow the pitch.
"When they arrived for the game, it caused consternation. They informed Uefa delegates, and I was called into a meeting. I said 'Listen, it's our pitch. We can do what we want'.
"The Uefa delegate agreed and it worked a treat. On the back of things like that, they've changed it so you have to put in the dimensions beforehand.
"We only lost 1-0. Kubilay was superb and he got the goal that killed it. Then they went to Old Trafford and threw 3-3 before holding them to 0-0 at home to knock Man United out. It was a great occasion."
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Richardson also credits another European opponent, Slavia Prague, with forcing him to rethink his training methods and put more of an emphasis on the technical side of the game.
After 18 months in the job, Richardson departed Cork — citing a breakdown in relationship with chairman Pat O'Donovan over players' wages.
"I fell out with Pat because wages were late. He was trying to build a stadium, which I understood, and things were very tight financially.
"As manager, the players were coming to me and Pat and I had several, big fall-outs. In the end, I had no option but to leave because he wasn't allowing me to protect the players. It caused shock waves in Cork and there was trouble over it but I've always been proud of the fact that I made my stand.
"I know that it was well-received in Cork because at that time the chairman had a bad name for not paying people so everyone understood."
After a brief stint with Cobh Ramblers, he was handed the reins at Shelbourne as a replacement for Colin Murphy.
"Colin is an articulate man and someone I got on with, but he was a bit of a bluffer," Richardson says. "He knew he was and he wanted a way out. I met with [chief executive] Ollie Byrne and [chairman] Finbarr Flood and took the job. There were some good players there but I said to them 'If you employ me, you employ my ways. My philosophy'.
All down through the years of me following the League of Ireland, Shelbourne was the one club that always insisted the team play football. They had a superb ethos and you had to play football — even more than Shamrock Rovers."
Under him, Shels won an FAI Cup and League Cup double in '96 before retaining the country's top cup competition the following year.
"Ollie was delighted and I remember him saying 'We can become the cup team of the 90s'. It was a particularly good team and we played a great brand of football. Ollie brought Tony Sheridan back from England. He had more connections than all the electricians in the country. We had Pat Scully, Tony McCarthy and also Stephen Geoghegan up front. Then I signed Pat Morley and Pascal Vaudequin.
"At the time, I took great delight in saying Tolka Park was the entertainment capital of Ireland. We got good crowds and there was some super football."
Shels lifted the FAI Cup in 1996. Source: INPHO/Norman McCloskey
But it was to end on bad terms between the late Byrne and Richardson, as he explains.
"The first two years were brilliant, but then something happened between me and Ollie that I've never quite been able to put my finger on.
"I was very popular with the Shels fans because of the style of football. I used to come out on a Friday night and I'd get a tremendous round of applause walking up to the dug-out.
"Ollie was Mr Shelbourne and he was a bit like Donald Trump in that he had to have that ego massaged. We all have it in football and that's nothing derogatory towards Ollie but that's just the way he was.
"There little bit of friction started between us. It might have been a little bit of jealousy that I was too well-received."
We were fighting Pat's for the league but in the end we lost to Dundalk. We didn't perform to the level that day. We were beaten in the cup final by Cork City and it had gone beyond repair between me and Ollie by then.
"He used the defeat in Dundalk to further widen the void between us. We negotiated a settlement but in the last minute Ollie wanted me to stay. I had made my mind up by then and left.
"I was delighted with the foundations we put in at Shelbourne at that time. It was a joy to work with Ollie and Finbarr — two very different characters. I could tell you hundreds of stories."
Over the years, Rico has become well-known for the eloquent language he used during interviews and in his famous programme notes — the joke being that you'd be advised to carry a dictionary if you were reporting on one of his teams.
He wears the reputation as a badge of honour and believes its originality has helped promote the league at times.
"I do take great pride in that," he says. "When I joined Shamrock Rovers, I used to read all the papers and listen to Philip Greene on RTÉ Radio. He was a great LOI man but even more than that he was a great Shamrock Rovers man.
"Tuohy always had a great way about him when he was interviewed. He wasn't the most articulate but he was full of fun. He was my hero and I admired everything about him.
One of the first interviews I did was when Jimmy Magee asked me to go into RTÉ Radio studios, which at that time was in Henry St in Dublin.
"I was quite eloquent in what I said and when we were walking out Jimmy said to me 'See the way you spoke there, most journalists wouldn't be able to do that. Think about that'.
"Jimmy said similar things over my career and it just got me talking. I learned from him to slow your words down and pronounce them properly. I learned the art of the interview and the value of it.
"When I was young, everyone had elocution lessons. I think it's part of the Dublin I grew up in."
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He adds: "I did my programme notes over in England and realised they were all the same. I even stopped reading them. So I decided to change mine and make them more informative. I started to tell people what was going on behind the scenes and doing it in a way that is as attractive as possible.
"When I came home, there were far more allowances and we didn't take ourselves as seriously as the English. I took it a step further with my notes. I could go to a different galaxy, and it was almost done in tongue-in-cheek. It took on a life of its own, which was great.
"We needed to make the game as attractive as we could for people outside. The LOI was often seen as a poor relation to the GAA, played in bad conditions. Pat Dolan used to do the same at the time. He was a good interviewee."
Pictured in 1999. Source: Andrew Paton/INPHO
His next managerial job saw him return to the club he supported– Shamrock Rovers. But sadly, a lot had changed since he had been away, and not for the better either.
"The only connection with the team I left all those years back and the one I joined were the green and white hoops," he says. "We had 18 different training venues the first year and the one we used most was the public park out in Clondalkin.
"We played out in Santry, which was too small for a pitch. The running track meant the crowd was too far away. Not only was it a venue that I didn't enjoy, I found it very difficult to motivate myself to go there.
"To be fair, it was the way things were. If you can't change the conditions, then you make the best of them and I thought we did really well.
"When I joined Rovers, they weren't in a good state and when I left they had just qualified for Europe. When Liam Buckley took over, his first game was a European tie.
I was proud of what I did at Rovers during that difficult time. The real frustration for me was that we couldn't train on the pitch in Tallaght while they were building the stadium.
"We trained on the it without people knowing about three or four times, but then we were stopped from doing so.
"Usually for training, players would come, change in the car, train, and go home to have a shower. That was a professional outfit at the time. It was a very tough spell and the fact that I left the club before they got into Tallaght was an element of frustration."
Having a word with Roddy Collins during a derby between Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians. Source: Andrew Paton/INPHO
Between 2002 and 2005, he took a break from the LOI and did some work in the media as well as bits of coaching here and there. That was until the Cork job came up for a second time.
"There was unfinished business at Cork City. Pat Dolan, Liam Murphy and Dave Barry had been there before me and they all left their imprint on the club.
"The chairman Brian Lennox brought me in simply to win the title but I said to him 'I'm going to come in and it has to be done according to me principles'. He said 'If you take the job, you can do it the way you want but you have to win the league'.
"So I went in and changed things, changed attitudes. Shelbourne had won the league the previous year and they were the team to beat. We played them in the Blacksmith the week before the season started.
"Cork hadn't beaten them at all the previous season but won that day with Denis Behan scoring the winning goal, and that really got our season going.
That year, we won the league title in the most dramatic fashion — the last game of the season at Turner's Cross. It was the perfect finale.
"Although I'd signed a two-year contract, had I not won the league then that would have been the end of it. That was the conditions I had accepted.
"One of the most satisfying moments of my career was that we stayed true to our values on the most demanding night. That will always be a great source of pride for me personally."
Trailing leaders Derry City by a point heading into a title-decider at Turner's Cross, the Leesiders claimed a 2-0 win to become top flight champions for only the second time in their history.
Celebrating a goal with the Cork players. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
The achievement is even more impressive when you consider that Richardson spent a week in hospital during the season after blood clots were found on his lungs.
"First of all, that team had unique Cork character," Richardson says of the side. "They would never give up and their attitude was first class. We had some good players. Neale Fenn was the catalyst, although he got injured in the last game and Behan came on to help transform it in his own unique fashion.
"There was John O'Flynn, George O'Callaghan and Michael Devine. There was good quality throughout the team and they bought into the philosophy.
"When Kevin Doyle and Shane Long left, people thought it would hurt us badly but Fenn came into his own on their departures and he was very influential that season — albeit in a fashion that is often overlooked | 5,227 |
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Each event is uniquely different and is catered more towards a meet and greet style of evening, or happy hour. Each individual can come and go as they please, while also being able to really connect and share ideas with others in different fields.
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Hilton College Rolls Out First Restaurant-based Food Delivery Robot in Houston
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As dean of the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership, Dennis Reynolds is constantly looking for the newest technologies and innovations to keep his program front and center on the world hospitality stage. His latest find is a state-of-the-art food service robot called "Servi," now on duty in Eric's Restaurant at the Hilton University of Houston.
"There's a lot of buzz out there," Reynolds says. "People are excited about it."
Hilton College is the only hospitality program in the world where students work and take classes in an internationally branded, full-service hotel. Now, it's the only college in the country, and the only restaurant in the city of Houston, using a robot to serve food.
"With this kind of exposure to the latest hospitality technology, as graduates of this program, we are better equipped to lead this global industry."
Melica Jahed, Hilton College graduate student
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Top Built with Shorthand | a certain wow factor but, more importantly, it provides an opportunity for research that could help shape the future of the foodservice industry.
"Robotics and the general fear of technology we see today are really untested in the restaurant industry," Reynolds said. "At Hilton College, it's not just about using tomorrow's technology today. We always want to be the leader in learning how that technology impacts the industry."
Over the next few months, Reynolds and graduate student Melica Jahed will study how Servi affects the customer experience. Specifically, is the service better because the food was robotically delivered or do people prefer that personal touch that only a human server can provide?
"We want to evaluate what that difference is," Jahed said. "We want to slice and dice the data to find out which age groups like the robot service better, what income groups prefer it, as well as other ways to measure those perceptions."
Servi is a creation of Bear Robotics, a company founded by restaurant experts and tech entrepreneurs to develop smart solutions that deliver memorable dining experiences. Reynolds saw Servi in action at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago earlier this year and immediately saw an opportunity.
"Studies have been conducted in senior living facilities where you might think a robot wouldn't be well received, but it's been just the opposite," Reynolds said. "Those residents saw the change in their lives and loved it."
"This isn't about cutting our labor costs. It's about building our top-line revenues and expanding our brand as a global hospitality innovator."
- Dennis Reynolds, Hilton College dean
The robot arrived at Eric's Restaurant in October and was painstakingly prepared for service by Tanner Lucas, the executive chef and foodservice director at Eric's. The process involved a few weeks of mapping, programming and "test driving."
"We created a digital map of the restaurant to let Servi know the pathways it could take and then designated service points, like table numbers," Lucas said. "Then we sent it back and forth to all of those points from the kitchen with food to make sure it wouldn't run into anything."
While some critics worry robots could one day replace humans in restaurants, Reynolds disagrees. He believes they will complement their human counterparts, while enhancing the customer experience and expanding the industry as a whole.
"This isn't about cutting our labor costs. It's about building our top-line revenues and expanding our brand as a global hospitality innovator," Reynolds said. "People will come to expect more robotics, more artificial intelligence in all segments of hospitality, and our students will be right there at the forefront."
The immediate response from employees has been overwhelmingly positive.
"The robot helps my workflow," said Joel Tatum, a server at Eric's for nearly a year. "It lets me spend more time with my customers instead of just chasing and running food."
While the current focus is on the restaurant and research, for now, Reynolds is already eyeing other potential applications and learning opportunities for Servi throughout the hotel, such as room service and banquet services.
"The ballroom would be a fantastic place to showcase Servi – not as a labor-saving device, but as an excitement generator," Reynolds said. "To have it rotating through a big event delivering appetizers would be really fun."
The Servi project comes at an exciting time for Hilton College, which recently changed its name to "Global Hospitality Leadership" to better reflect its mission and impact on hospitality education around the world. Right now, the college's hotel is undergoing a $30 million expansion and renovation that includes a new five-story, 70-room guest tower that is slated for completion in February.
The new and improved student-run Cougar Grounds coffeehouse reopened this semester in a much larger space. And next door is the Eric's Club Center for Student Success, a one-stop shop for recruitment and enrollment, undergraduate academic services and career development.
"To be the first university in the country to introduce robotics in the dining room is remarkable," said Reynolds. "There are a lot of unique things we're doing at Hilton College."
Since its founding as the first hospitality school in Texas more than 50 years ago by hotel icon Conrad N. Hilton, the college has graduated nearly 10,000 students who work in hospitality leadership positions around the world. Lucas believes the consistent push to be at the forefront of innovation is what sets the Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership apart.
"It is such a great opportunity for our students to be able to learn about these innovations in the classroom and then see the practical applications in our hotel," said Lucas. "No one has ever worked with something like Servi before, so they're all interested in seeing what value it brings to the restaurant experience."
Chef Tanner Lucas programming Servi.
Jahed, who will soon join that long list of Hilton College alumni, agrees.
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8. Scusami – Excuse me
It is used to express remorse, regret, or apology for something done wrong. Many people also use scusami to politely ask someone to repeat themselves or clarify what was just said.
9. Dove sono le toilette? – Where are the toilets?
Do not worry; you can use this phrase in informal and formal settings. However, it's important to note that this phrase should only be used when asking for public restrooms instead of a private home or office.
10. Quanto costa?- How much is it?
This question can be used when inquiring about the price of a product or service. It is typically asked in stores, restaurants, and other commercial establishments where goods and services are offered for purchase. If you don't know how to say the numbers in Italian, a simple reply is "non lo so," which means "I don't know." You can also say "Parla lentamente," which means "speak slowly" and learn numbers before traveling.
11. Mi piacerebbe – I would like
In Italian, Mi piacerebbe means "I would like it" or "I'd like that." It is used to respond to invitations, offers, requests, and suggestions. For instance, if someone invites you to dinner, you could respond with Mi piacerebbe! Similarly, when presented with an opportunity or suggestion, you could reply with Mi piacerebbe to show your interest in participating. The expression is also used as a polite way of expressing one's desire for something.
With these 11 Italian phrases, you'll be well-prepared for your trip and confidently experience the incredible Italian culture. Buon Viaggio! (Have a nice trip!)
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Top 6 Unusual Christmas Traditions In Italy You Didn't Know About | phrases to learn? It will be an unforgettable experience. To make the journey even more fun, learn some basic Italian phrases and words that can be used while traveling. Here's a list of essential Italian basics with their English translations, perfect for you to check!
How do Italians communicate?
It's no secret that Italians are well known for their passionate and animated way of communicating with others. A key characteristic of their communication style is the extensive use of hand gestures. Not only do they share information through words, but they also express feelings and emotions through these expressive movements.
Italians tend to express their feelings through body language, facial expressions, and the tone they use when speaking. That means how you say something can be just as important as what you say. Italians also use hand gestures to emphasize their point of view or express emotions. It can range from light finger-pointing to broad arm movements and everything in between. Hand gestures are a great way to relate to others and can express sympathy, understanding, or agreement. So, start learning a few simple phrases and start compering hotels to book the best vacation ever!
1. Ciao – Hello/Goodbye
When an Italian says "Ciao," it can mean different things depending on the context and tone of voice. A friendly and cheerful "Ciao" could be a greeting and a goodbye. It could also be used as a way to express understanding and sympathy. On the other hand, a more stern "Ciao" could be used to convey disapproval or to reprimand someone. However, no matter how it's said – with a smile or frown – it is still a friendly expression meant to show respect.
2. Grazie – Thank you
In Italy, the most common way to say "thank you" is Grazie. Pronounce it as graht-see-eh. In Italian culture, saying Grazie is essential to showing respect and gratitude for someone who has done something for you. A simple "Grazie" can go a long way in expressing your appreciation.
3. Per favore – Please
It is commonly used to show politeness and respect in social situations. It can be translated as "please" or "if you please, " but it has a much stronger connotation than these literal translations suggest. Italians use this phrase to express appreciation for any service or help, no matter how small. For instance, when ordering something in a restaurant, saying "Per favore" is polite when requesting the item.
Similarly, if someone does you a favor, it's customary to say "Grazie mille per il tuo aiuto" ("Thanks a million for your help") and "Per favore" as a way of expressing your gratitude. Additionally, it's also important to remember that in Italy, it's common to say per favore when saying goodbye or thanking someone for something they did.
4. Buongiorno – Good morning
In Italy, when people meet, they often greet one another with the phrase "Buongiorno," which translates to "Good day" in English. It is a formal way of greeting someone.
5. Buonasera – Good evening
This phrase is useful when you meet someone late afternoon or early evening, usually from 4 pm to around 8 pm. You can also use it to say goodbye in the same time frame.
6. Prego – You're Welcome
Unlike in English, where "you're welcome" is generally the only response to "thank you," the Italians have a variety of expressions they can use to show appreciation. It can be used as a polite way to say "you're welcome" when someone says "thank you" or as a greeting similar to "hello." Prego also matches when offering something to someone, either a literal object or an opportunity to do something. The expression Prego can be used to politely invite someone to join you for dinner, for example.
7. Mi dispiace – I'm sorry
The Italian phrase Mi dispiace is for you to express sympathy and regret. Its translation means "I'm sorry" or "I feel bad." The term is commonly used when | 846 |
STARK-EFFECT IN BARIUM 6SND 1D2 RYDBERG STATES - EVIDENCE OF STRONG PERTURBATIONS IN THE 1F3 SERIES
K.A.H. van Leeuwen, W. Hogervorst, B.H. Post
Atoms, Molecules, Lasers
The scalar and tensor polarizabilities of the barium 6snd D21 states with principal quantum number n ranging from 14 to 30, as well as those of the 5d 7d D21 perturber state near n=26, have been measured with high-resolution laser-atomic-beam spectroscopy. The data are analyzed by calculating the contribution to the polarizabilities of all known odd-parity states connected via the electric dipole operator with the D21 states. In this way the contributions of the unknown 6snf F31 states are inferred. The results indicate that the F31 series is heavily affected by at least two perturber states. A tentative three-channel quantum-defect theory analysis of the F31 series, based on a fit to the experimental polarizabilities, is presented. © 1983 The American Physical Society.
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Give the rock a chance - An interview with Ray Tipton
Ray 'Tip' Tipton is an often-seen figure at Chimera
Climbing and training hard and always with a smile on his face.
Having climbed locally since the sixties, Tip has seen plenty of generations of climbers come and go, but has remained loyal to the sport throughout. From the days of climbing in boots and woollens, through to the modern world of bouldering gyms and training programmes, Tip has seen the sport change immeasurably. Yet he believes the fundamentals are the same…
"It's about the people – good people, like-minded, easy to talk to," says Tip in his calm, quietly spoken way. Friends got him into the sport aged<|fim_middle|> Whether you seek enjoyment from pushing yourself, competing or just having a day out with mates.
Climbing has been the mainstay of Tip's life, from the early days of Harrison's, through many an adventure abroad. But what climbing means to Tip is more than just moves and holds – it is about sharing an enthusiasm with good friends, and making new ones. People are what has held him to the sport for so long, and his friends are what keeps him climbing. Climbing should always be about enjoyment first, which is a good reminder in an age when we can all be guilty of taking it too seriously. | nineteen, when you tied on with the rope around your waist down at Harrison's Rocks. It was long before the age of belts with an in-built rope loop, let alone harnesses with gear and leg loops but while the safety element has improved over the decades, there is still something to be said about the old ways.
"Three goes and you're out, that was the rule," continues Tip. "You give the rock a chance, you don't beat it to death. Now it's easier to fall off and get back on the same point, try again and again. We had to lower straight off and start from scratch. We let the rock win."
Tip learned his trade on the sandstone, with Harrison's a firm favourite. The distinctive nature of the sandstone is renowned for improving climbing skills and abilities, especially footwork. Tip confirms what everyone believes, that it makes you a better climber as you have to "work harder" – and makes you amazed at what you can stand on when you head up to the grit. Elementary and Far Left are two routes that stand out for him, but there are many more.
"A few I've left unclimbed, a bit too hard but I've tried most things," says Tip. "I remember the rush to put new routes up whenever there was a guidebook coming out. It was good fun trying some new things, but the favourites get returned to, and always teach you something new."
A fireman in his youth, any time off was dedicated to finding new crags to explore. Like all serious climbers, Tip has taken his trade around the British Isles – and further afield, to Spain and France. Llanberis was the first 'foreign' stop on a lifetime of climbing adventures. "Terrifying," is the first word that sprang to mind, with a rueful grin. "My first taste of anything other than sandstone, and it was not for the faint-hearted. My first route was only a VS, but it was a big change in all ways."
Tip comes across as a careful, considered man, and you sense that translates into his climbing – but even he wasn't immune to odd dicey moment in the early days. "Oh yes, I took a fall on the slate once. Questionable gear placement I think. Two pieces ripped out, and off I went to the local hospital with some nasty cuts on my arms. You know how it is."
Indeed, most climbers do know and it is so easy to get carried away when the love for the sport overrides natural caution and common sense – or ability and knowledge. But not so for Tip, who clearly climbs for enjoyment first, for the love of being outside, surrounded by good friends and good rock. "There's a few Johnny Dawes' routes on the slate – E3 and up probably, that you'd be on for a big ground fall. I was rather frightened off those. Too many other classic lines to try instead," he says with a shake of the head.
One of those classic lines is 'Dream of White Horses' at Gogarth, a four pitch route above the foaming Irish sea. Exposed, daunting but exhilarating in good measure, the memory brings a big smile to Tip's face. "Oh yes, that was a good day. Beautiful line." Another favourite is 'The Devil's Slide' in Lundy, Devon. "Not the hardest, but good, honest climbing. Requires a firm head."
One thing that was noticeable from his trips – the fact you could always recognise a fellow British climber, no matter where in the world. "You'd be surrounded by Frenchman, dressed up with all the latest gear, polished boots, creases ironed into their breeches. Then a walking scarecrow would amble up, scruffy as you like and you'd know there was a Brit approaching."
Tip invariably always returned to his roots, and the familiar rocks down at Harrison's. Sundays were spent surrounded by friends and families, children scrambling around, grown-ups laughing and drinking. But before you get the idea that climbing used to be like something out of a Enid Blyton novel, Tip was swift to remember a few early dirt bags who set the scene for what was to follow.
"Al Alvarez and his lot – you'd hear them coming up through the woods. All swear words, no minding the women and children. But they did it with such grace, such character that no one really minded."
"The thing is, everyone was friendly. That's what sets climbers apart. They have their stories of course, but they pause and listen to yours. They want to know where you've been, what you've climbed."
When Tip references "they" he is talking about some of the biggest names from the sport – the likes of Sir Chris Bonnington, Ian Clough, Pete Livesey and Hamish MacInnes to name a few. The latter taught Tip about winter climbing in Glen Coe. But when asked about the appeal, Tip was clear. "Too cold. Too much faff with the ropes in the snow, your hands get too cold to climb. Walking to the top was good but climbing in snow? No, not for me. Too many better ways to climb."
So how does this stalwart of the British climbing and Southern Sandstone scene feel about the modern rise of bouldering, and climbing indoors week in week out?
"Oh, at first I saw no point in it," he admits with honestly. "No exposure, no chance to get into a rhythm. Not proper climbing." A trip to Font persuaded the seasoned climber that bouldering could be good fun, but it is clear his heart lies with ropes. "The Peaks is better," he added with a cheeky look, a brave thing to say in a bouldering gym.
"I can see how indoors, it has its place now. Accessible, and convenient. The wall here is good, a good crowd." Always at the heart of Tip's climbing are people, the friendly smiles, the chance for a chat, to climb together and share beta alternated with quips and stories.
"Oh but the Olympics, no, not for me," he adds when asked about Tokyo 2020. "Bouldering doesn't make a good spectator sport, unless you watch someone for their beta. Now, a good roadside crag, a chance to sit and have a cup of tea and watch someone climb for a good long while, and see if the rock comes back at them or they dance up it, that is worth the watch."
Watching was something that invariably happened when the night before had been particularly merry, climbing hard and heading to the pub afterwards being a time-honoured tradition in climbing, then as it is now. "Oh, you didn't always want to get up to belay," Tip said with a shake of the head. "Oh no. But sometimes you were forced, and it became a bigger struggle to stay upright than your friend was having on the climb. But it's all part of the fun"
And that is just what climbing should be – fun. | 1,462 |
Unearthing the Past: Researching the Hard to Find
Research plays a critical role in biographies, but when the information is difficult to locate, authors have a more difficult task in order to construct an engaging factual story about that person's life. Three authors will share their process of research and their struggles to unearth the<|fim_middle|>How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower" and "The Gardener of Alcatraz....
The Gardener of Alcatraz
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Rosalind Looked Closer: An Unsung Hero of Molecular Science
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How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation | past as well how these strategies might be used in classrooms to engage students in research.
Where: Education Room 351 (Seats 46, Wheelchair accessible)
When: Sun, Mar 5, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Genre: Children / Teens
Moderator: Jose Arizpe
Lisa Gerin
Lisa Gerin is a former school librarian and high school teacher. She was born and raised in New York City. Her debut picture book, "Rosalind Looked Closer: An Unsung Hero of Molecular Science" is a Junior Library Guild selection....
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C. E. Winters is the author of the picture book biography "Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation," illustrated by Matt Schu. She also writes award-winning historical novels for teens and adults as Cat Winters....
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Emma Bland Smith is a public librarian and the author of many books for children. She writes mostly nonfiction picture books and her latest include "Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings," " | 240 |
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|| June 24: 2018: University of Liverpool News || ά. University of Liverpool Medical Statistician Dr Laura Bonnett has been awarded the Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture for Physical Sciences and Mathematics by the British Science Association as part of its Award Lectures for 2018. Dr Bonnett joins six other senior UK researchers, who have been recognised for their innovative work and engaging communication skills, following a competitive selection process.
They join an illustrious group of previous Award Lecture recipients, including, Professor Brian Cox, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Richard Wiseman. Each Award Lecture winner will be celebrated at the British Science Festival in Hull, September 11-14, where they will give a special talk about their innovative research. Dr Bonnett will talk about how her work made huge shifts in the law, influencing the DVLA to change their driving rules for people with epilepsy.
The Award Lectures have been presented at the British Science Festival since 1990. They celebrate and promote front line research being carried out in the UK by talented early-career scientists. The Awards recognise researchers' excellent communication skills and their ability to demonstrate the social and societal aspects of their work.
Ivvet Modinou, the Head of Engagement at the British Science Association, said, "We're delighted to announce this year's cohort of Award Lecturers. They're a hugely talented group, who are at the forefront of their fields and who bring their research out from the labs and into the public domain, for everyone to share, learn from and enjoy.
This year's British Science Festival will showcase over 100 events on campus and throughout the city of Hull. It provides an opportunity to meet researchers face-to-face and discuss cutting-edge research, innovation and ideas in science, technology and engineering.
All events are free, but booking is required, as spaces are limited. Booking is now open.
Caption: Dr Laura Bonnet: Image: University of Liverpool:::ω.
|| June 10: 2018: University of Southampton News || ά. A team of researchers from the University of Southampton has invented a new way for designing electronic systems, that incorporates the best from both analogue and digital paradigms. The approach combines the computational power of analogue with the energy benefits of digital technologies. This new model alters the current way of thinking and is destined to shape the next generation of electronics.
The study, 'Seamlessly fused digital-analogue reconfigurable computing using memristors', was published in Nature Communications. The research showed how the fusion of analogue and digital thinking could be achieved by combining standard digital electronics, as found in every computer and mobile phone today, with the rapidly emerging technology of analogue memristor devices. This powerful combination is a significant stepping-stone towards the next generation of ultra-low power, high battery life and adaptable electronics.
Dr Alexantrou Serb, Lead Author of the paper from the University of Southampton, said, "Over the last five decades we have processed digital signals and have computed using digital techniques, which has taken us very far.
This work builds on previous developments of memristive technologies undertaken at the University of Southampton. This included the demonstration of a new memristor technology that can pack unprecedented amounts of data per device, almost four times more than previously reported.
Professor Themis Prodromakis, Head of the Electronic Materials and Devices Research Group at Southampton's Zepler Institute, said, "Memristors have gathered a lot of interest as a next generation memory technology by being smaller, more power efficient and yet being able to support more memory states when compared to existing technologies that are routinely used in our smartphones and computers.
Our group has worked tirelessly in that direction with the support of EPSRC, contributing towards demonstrating more mature and reliable technologies and<|fim_middle|> Radiographers. Amy said: "I feel honoured to have been awarded the Beth Whittaker Memorial Prize, but this is very much a team success.
|| December 02: 2016 || ά. Three young female engineers have been recognised at the Institution of Engineering and Technology's:IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards for their innovative work in engineering. All three winners will play an ambassadorial role for the engineering and technology professions in the forthcoming months, promoting engineering careers to girls and young people. IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year: Jenni Sidey, 28), is a lecturer in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, currently working on the development of the latest low emission combustion devices for use in the transportation and energy sectors.
IET Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices: Gemma Dalziel, 23, is an Apprentice Network Consulting Engineer at Cisco, working on network technologies and network security. Women's Engineering Society:WES Award: Bethan Murray, 23, is a Manufacturing Systems Lead at Rolls-Royce Plc, working on the systems that aid the manufacture of the latest aircraft components. On winning, Jenni said, "I am enormously proud to be recognised by such a progressive programme promoting women in engineering within the UK. | improving on their performance.
The capability to pack large amounts of memory cheaply is a key stepping stone towards a new breed of electronics. Traditionally, the processing of data in electronics has relied on integrated circuits, chips, featuring vast numbers of transistors, microscopic switches that control the flow of electrical current by turning it on or off.
In this switch-based concept, memory is an expensive resource used as sparingly as possible. Until now, performance improvements were achieved by reducing the size of transistors and packing more of them in each microchip. However, with transistors now reaching their physical scaling limits, further improvements using the old techniques are becoming increasingly challenging.
A direct impact of this research on modern technologies could be the creation of ultra-efficient Programmed Algorithmic Machinations:PAM. PAM by nature lends itself to analogue implementation of computation much more readily than to the current digital-based techniques used in our smartphones and the cloud.
The projected power-savings and performance gains from using memristor-based, analogue microchips suggest that this research could one day lead to hardware, that exhibits advanced algorithmic functioning without the help of a supercomputer in the cloud and yet fits in the palm of one's hand.
The resulting proliferation of algorithmic advancement of computation is capable of disrupting every level of social and economic activity and fundamentally change the daily environment with which we interact. ::: ω.
|| May 14: 2018: Bournemouth University News || ά. Professor Alice Roberts will be sharing tales of the species, that changed our world, as guest speaker at Bournemouth University's Festival of Learning 0218. Well, Professor Roberts is many a thing: a Doctor of Medicine, which she learnt, practised and taught and then followed newer pathways, that opened up so that she began to become a Palaeontologist, an Evolutionary Geneticist, a Little of an Archaeologist, an Anthropologist, a little of a Sociologist, Media Presenter and public face of promoting science in the public spheres among many other things, including, being an author and, add to this, a good artist and, from here, there is a good chance that she plays some musical instrument and is learning cultures and languages. Because an eternal learner this is, that keeps on going seeking and learning and so keep on developing. If, the Mitochondrion is the 'Powerhouse' of the human physiology, the Power House of the human soul is Eternal Learning.
And, we maintain, it is not the Mitochondrion or the physiology, that determines what happens to us as an agency of the mind but the mind does but this mind can not do this unless and until it becomes the disciple of this learning, this eternal learning. Professor Roberts is the perfect example of a person, of a soul, of a name to throw at the 'market manipulated propaganda' of 'the box' of 'specialism'life-box'! Life is not a box and a human being can not exist as human proper until and unless she:he accepts the existential necessity to keep on learning, by only which a human soul can keep on growing and developing. And here the Professor is to appear at the Learning Festival 2018 at the University of Bournemouth, which is taking place on June 16-20. Professor Roberts will give two free talks during the festival's family day, which takes place at the University's Talbot Campus on Saturday, June 16.
Professor Roberts received an Honorary Doctorate from the University in 2013 and is currently on our TV screens exploring the extraordinary history of well-known places in Channel Four series Britain's Most Historic Towns. She said, "I am very much looking forward to coming back to Bournemouth University to give a couple of lectures, drawing on my latest book, Tamed.
I'll be exploring the ancient roots of the bonds between humans and species like dogs and horses and looking at how archaeology and genetics come together to help us uncover these deep histories." She will be exploring our relationship with species, that helped shape our world in a family talk, aimed at a family audience with children aged seven and over.
Her second talk, aimed at audiences aged 12 and over, will explore archaeology, history and genetics to show the amazing stories of species, that became our allies. The Festival of Learning is bringing learning to life with over 90 free events and activities.
It starts off on Saturday with a Festival for the Family at Talbot Campus, with a host of educational and hands-on activities for all ages, including, free sports sessions, an archaeological escape room and the chance to become kitchen detectives. There are many other events taking place across Bournemouth and Poole. These include a talk about exceptional sporting performance at Vitality Stadium and a roving play at Upton Country Park.
During the week, events and activities will run throughout the afternoon and evening back at Talbot Campus, including, interactive workshops, talks and professionally-focused events.
The Festival of Learning is now in its sixth year and aims to share the University's research and expertise with the community in engaging and accessible ways.
Festival Director Ms Jane Kavanagh-Lauridsen said, "We've got an exciting programme of free events, activities and opportunities to learn something new, from exhibitions to hands-on workshops, talks and sports sessions.
For full details of Festival of Learning events, and to book your free tickets, visit the Festival of Learning website::: ω.
|| May 06: 2018 || ά. NASA and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration:NNSA have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system, that could enable long-duration crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and destinations beyond. NASA announced the results of the demonstration, called, the Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology:KRUSTY experiment, during a news conference Wednesday at its Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Kilopower experiment was conducted at the NNSA's Nevada National Security Site from November 2017 through March.
"Safe, efficient and plentiful energy will be the key to future robotic and human exploration." said Mr Jim Reuter, NASA's Acting Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate:STMD in Washington. "I expect the Kilopower project to be an essential part of lunar and Mars power architectures as they evolve.'' Kilopower is a small, lightweight fission power system capable of providing up to 10 kilowatts of electrical power, enough to run several average households, continuously for at least 10 years. Four Kilopower units would provide enough power to establish an outpost.
According to Mr David Poston, the Chief Reactor Designer at NNSA's Los Alamos National Laboratory, the purpose of the recent experiment in Nevada was two-fold: to demonstrate that the system can create electricity with fission power and to show the system is stable and safe no matter what environment it encounters.
"We threw everything we could at this reactor, in terms of nominal and off-normal operating scenarios and KRUSTY passed with flying colours." said Mr Poston. The Kilopower team conducted the experiment in four phases. The first two phases, conducted without power, confirmed that each component of the system behaved as expected.
During the third phase, the team increased power to heat the core incrementally before moving on to the final phase. The experiment culminated with a 28-hour, full-power test, that simulated a mission, including, reactor startup, ramp to full power, steady operation and shutdown. Throughout the experiment, the team simulated power reduction, failed engines and failed heat pipes, showing that the system could continue to operate and successfully handle multiple failures.
The Kilopower project is developing mission concepts and performing additional risk reduction activities to prepare for a possible future flight demonstration. The project will remain a part of the STMD's Game Changing Development programme with the goal of transitioning to the Technology Demonstration Mission programme in Fiscal Year 2020.
Such a demonstration could pave the way for future Kilopower systems, that power human outposts on the Moon and Mars, including, missions, that rely on In-situ Resource Utilisation to produce local propellants and other materials.
The Kilopower project is led by Glenn, in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama and NNSA, including, its Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nevada National Security Site and Y-12 National Security Complex.
Caption: Artist's concept of new fission power system on the lunar surface: Image: NASA ::: ω.
|| April 26 2018: University of Southampton News || ά. A team of researchers have developed a new technology, which could prompt a significant change for a spacecraft or satellite. Meta-material Optical Solar Reflectors:meta-OSRs, are the first-surface coatings on the outside of a spacecraft, designed to, effectively, radiate infrared heat away from it while reflecting most of the optical solar spectrum. For a satellite or spacecraft, the OSRs play a crucial role in the system's thermal control.
Glued to the external skin of the radiator panels, OSRs are designed to reject solar radiation and dissipate the heat that is generated on board. OSRs are commonly made of quartz tiles, that combine thermo-optical properties with an ability to withstand the environment in space. However, quartz tiles are heavy and fragile add significantly to assembly and launch costs and can not be applied to curved surfaces. Other commercial solutions based on polymer foils suffer from fast performance degradation and are therefore unfit for missions lasting more than three to five years.
The research team demonstrated that a new meta-OSR coating is enabled by the use of metal oxide, a material, commonly, used for transparent electrical contacts, which, in this instance, is patterned into a meta-material with very strong infrared emissivity while retaining a low absorption of the solar spectrum.
The researchers demonstrated an advanced radiator based on their meta-material design, which allows tuning of the radiative cooling of the spacecraft using another type of metal oxide. Professor Otto Muskens, from the University of Southampton and the Principal Investigator of the study, said, "The meta-OSR technology is entirely based on durable and space-approved inorganic coatings, which can be applied onto flexible thin-film substances with the potential to be developed as a new technology solution.
Supported by a two-year Horizon 2020 space technology project, the University of Southampton is a member of the META-REFLECTOR consortium, which, also, includes the Italian research centre Centro Ricerche Elettro-Ottiche:CREO, Danish nanoimprint developer NIL Technology and Thales Alenia Space. The work of the consortium is featured in ACS Photonics in two reports: 'VO2 Thermochromic Metamaterial-Based Smart Optical Solar Reflector' and 'Metasurface optical solar reflectors using AZO transparent conducting oxides for radiative cooling of spacecraft'.
Dr Kai Sun from the University of Southampton said, "All of the partners have actively worked together to ensure the design and fabrication are suitable for its transfer to mass-production. It is an exceptional research experience to transfer the cutting-edge research idea to a commercial product."
The researchers are currently working on upscaling the prototypes to larger areas through processes developed by NIL Technology, while first tests of the metamaterials in space are being prepared. Dr Sandro Mengali, from CREO, who has supported the study, said, "Passive control of the thermal emissivity is important to preserve precious heat during start-up and eclipses and to maintain the temperature stability of the spacecraft.
Currently, thermal emissivity control requires bulky mechanical components such as louvers, which are extremely expensive and prone to failure, posing significant risk to missions. The smart meta-OSR technology will offer a valuable new tool for thermal engineers of spacecraft, of particular importance for the lightweight segment of the satellite market.'' ::: ω.
Amy Wareing, a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University:RGU, who also is studying at Lancaster University for a PhD has been awarded a prestigious research prize at the UK Radiology Conference in Liverpool, last year. She received the Beth Whittaker Memorial Prize, awarded to the best poster presentation where the lead author is a member of the Society of | 2,534 |
Whitesheet Primary raises almost £200 as part of the World's Biggest Coffee<|fim_middle|>an benefits adviser to spend half a day with someone who is struggling to make ends meet when it comes to the costs that cancer can bring or could keep a Macmillan support centre running for an extra hour.
Well done Whitesheet Primary for playing your part! | Morning.
The Coffee Morning was preceded by a Food Technology week at the school and the children enjoyed baking cakes for sale at the Coffee Morning. The parents also spent time in the school baking. "We were amazed at the number and range of cakes that were brought in to school," said Mrs Brooker. "The school hall was packed with families and friends. Not only did they enjoy eating the excellent cakes and drinking good coffee but they were entertained by the school choir led by a year 5 pupil who accompanied them on the piano".
The funds raised could pay for a Macmillan nurse to spend an hour with someone who has just been told they have cancer; could pay for a Macmill | 139 |
Manangatang
Website: www<|fim_middle|> Her 44 years of service was recognised by the public at a gathering in her honour that year. A progress association was successful in having state School no 3263 opened on 26 September 1914. # Weather # Things to do
Address: Swan Hill Rural City Council VIC, PO Box 488,Manangatang,VIC,3546
Website:www.swanhill.vic.gov.au | .swanhill.vic.gov.au
Manangatang is a remote town in north-west Victoria, Australia.
Area:448.049 km2
Local Government Area:Swan Hill Rural City Council
Manangatang is a remote town in north-west Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Manangatang had a population of 309. It is sometimes noted for its unusual name, from an Aboriginal term - "manang" meaning land and "kaaiti" meaning water. # History A Mr A T Creswick, who held the Bumbang station, had a hut on or near the present township. Surveyed blocks, each of about one square mile in area, were available in 1911. Manangatang was proclaimed a town in 1915. In January 1919, the local police station was set up with mounted Constable E E Dunkley in charge. 1930 saw settlement by some Punjabi emigrants. Mrs Della Dillon opened a store in the town in 1912. The first sale of township subdivision was in 1913 at prices ranging from 15 to 30 pounds. The post office opened on 6 January 1913 when the township was settled. Miss Alice McKinnon was the Post Mistress from that time until 1958 when she sold the premises. | 302 |
Every year we build a quincy – a snow cave – in our front yard. We wait until there's a good pile of snow on the ground, then Josh runs the snowblower in a circle a few times and blows the snow into a big pile. We dig out a cave when the pile of snow settles a little.
Here's a few snapshots of our snow caves over the years<|fim_middle|> Eve one year – it must have been this year. A green Christmas and not much white the rest of the winter either!
Winter 2007 – 2008: We forgot to take a picture of our snow cave until it was almost melted away!
Winter 2008-2009: The snow cave was a great one! Good times had by all!
Winter 2009 – 2010: The snow cave was AWESOME – it lasted forever and we finally had to break it apart with shovels in the spring.
Winter 2010 – 2011: And now we come to the beginnings of our snow cave for this year! It looks a bit small still (or is it just that Josiah is getting bigger?!) and we haven't dug out the cave yet. But it's a good start! | . This will be our 5th cave I believe!
Winter 2005-2006: Josiah has just finished watching Aladdin and he wants to call this the Cave of Wonders. We put a milk crate in later and we can store treasures in there.
Winter 2006 – 2007: I don't think there was a snow cave this year. I don't think there was very much snow. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I do remember feeding the ducks on Christmas | 111 |
Atlanta had a reputation for being better at tearing down historic buildings than restoring them.
But a shift towards preserving history may change even more as the city's largest adaptive reuse project continues to garner accolades.
That would be Ponce City Market, the historic landmark constructed by Sears, Roebuck, & Co. in 1926. The urban centerpiece along the Beltline that combines retail, restaurants, office space and residential flats has recently been awarded several prestigious design and sustainability awards, according to a news release.
2016 Global Award for Excellence from<|fim_middle|> Jamestown revitalization projects include Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco and Chelsea Market in Manhattan. | Urban Land Institute —The annual awards recognize real estate projects that achieve a high standard of excellence in design, construction, economics, planning, and management. They are widely recognized as one of the land use industry's most prestigious awards programs. This marks the first time in over a decade that a project in the southeastern United States has won this award.
2016 Project of the Year from Urban Land Institute Atlanta —For 22 years, ULI Atlanta has celebrated outstanding leadership in development in the Southeast. The annual Awards showcase the "best in class" in real estate development in various categories.
LEED Gold Certification —The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained, and operated for improved environmental and human health performance. By re-using the existing building structure and flooring material, installing water-efficient fixtures and landscaping, and using the latest in LED lighting and efficient HVAC systems in the base building, Ponce City Market offers tenants a space that is sustainable and efficient to operate for years to come. The building also earned LEED for Homes Gold Level certification for The Flats at Ponce City Market, and LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors for the Jamestown Corporate Office.
"Golden Shoe" Award from PEDS — Honoring pedestrian-friendly people, places and projects, PEDS is a pedestrian advocacy organization that works with the community to promote changes that help make streets and communities in Georgia walkable. Zipcars, EV charging stations, a tenant shuttle to MARTA, space for over 500 bikes, bike valet and a direct connection to the BeltLine make PCM one of the most accessible buildings in Atlanta by alternative forms of transportation.
Ponce City Market is now owned by real estate investment and management company Jamestown and features retail, restaurants, office space, and residential flats. Previous | 397 |
<|fim_middle|> | We Americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. It is a test of our courage — of our resolve — of our wisdom — our essential democracy.
If we meet that test — successfully and honorably — we shall perform a service of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all time.
As I stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow countrymen — in the presence of our God — I know that it is America's purpose that we shall not fail.
I remember that my old schoolmaster, Dr. Peabody, said, in days that seemed to us then to be secure and untroubled: "Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights — then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend."
So we pray to Him now for the vision to see our way clearly — to see the way that leads to a better life for ourselves and for all our fellow men — to the achievement of His will to peace on earth. | 258 |
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Review: Insert Coin
HE'S ON FIRE!
By Peter Glagowski December 3, 2020
Over the course of the last two decades, nerd culture has grown from that thing Hollywood rejected into the box-office mega-machine that is currently big-budget filmmaking. If you had told anyone in the year 2000 that a Marvel licensed movie would one day become the highest-grossing film of all time, they likely would have laughed in your face. The same thing happened with video-game adaptations, which have progressed from moderate success to tremendous blockbusters.
What caused this cultural shift in perception? The change likely stems from the fact that children of the 90s are now grown up and have thrown out the negative perception of generations before. Those same kids are also filmmakers in their own right, wishing to pay homage to the things they grew up with. Martin Scorsese is unlikely to make a video game documentary, so why not someone young and with a genuine interest in the medium?
That's where Insert Coin slots in. A feature-length film on the rise and fall of Midway Games' coin-op business in the 90s, the entire project is filmed with a loving appreciation for the quirky and controversial arcade games that the company put out. It may not be the most in-depth film around, but it's hard not to enjoy yourself when watching.
Director: Joshua Tsui
Release Date: November 25, 2020 (Digital)
Split into a series of different chapters, Insert Coin is the story of how Williams Entertainment struck gold with games like NARC and Smash TV before it ended up acquiring Bally Midway and creating the multi-media success that is Mortal Kombat. While not specifically covering the founding of the company, many of the people most instrumental in Williams' success are featured and give insight into their development process and how the company practically represented the Wild West of gaming.
Throughout, we're treated to interviews with Eugene Jarvis (creator of Defender), John Tobias (co-creator of Mortal Kombat), Mark Turmell (director of Smash TV), Tim Kitzrow (voice talent featured in NBA Jam), and even some non-industry folk like Paul W.S. Anderson (director of the Mortal Kombat film) and Ernest Cline (author of Ready Player One). With the different chapters focusing on specific games, the information doesn't become jumbled up as the film progresses. You often know exactly what each person is talking about and how it relates to the overall story of Midway Games.
What I especially liked was seeing games industry pundits Andrea Rene and Jeff Gerstmann. Known for their charming personalities and in-depth looks at the medium from a consumer perspective, it gives Insert Coin a quality that most video game themed documentaries lack: relatability. Not that one can't relate to the creators behind games (because the cast of developers here are some of the most colorful and down-to-earth people around), but there's often stuffiness to things like Netflix's High Score that can feel like it is pandering to the audience. Insert Coin doesn't have that sensation of talking down.
That might make the film a bit unapproachable for people unfamiliar with games. I might balk at how hand-holdy other documentaries can be, but those are often made for viewers with absolutely no knowledge of the subject at hand. Take something like the critically acclaimed March of the Penguins and show it to a zoologist and they'd likely be bored out of their mind. Still, it's nice to finally see something video game-related that feels like the director had a true passion for the subject matter at hand.
That passion doesn't necessarily extend to the editing, which can be a bit basic. That was likely an intentional decision and while I appreciate the interstitial title cards that fuzz in and out like an old CRT, most of Insert Coin lacks a specific style. It's not overly professional like a History Channel documentary, but you could fool someone into thinking this was a daytime network anthology series.
As well as that, there is a surprising lack of insight into how Midway Games collapsed following the decline of its coin-op business. Arcades were never quite as popular in America as overseas, but Midway was making tons of money at the height of things. Due to a lack of foresight, the company began to scramble as arcades were starting to fold and that led to a series of lackluster game releases that eventually culminated in Midway shutting down in 2008. None of that information is contained in Insert Coin apart from a few slides at the end.
It's obviously not meant to be a complete retrospective on the company, especially since it begins in the early 80s. Both Williams Entertainment and Bally Midway were already something of forces to be reckoned with at the time, but you aren't getting an exhaustively comprehensive history here. This is more a document of the most exciting time, which does make for some good stories.
I particularly like the bits where Jarvis explains how he randomly left the company one day to break off on his own and everyone was left unaware. Tobias also recounts how he and Ed Boon (the other co-creator of Mortal Kombat) got their start in the company, which is insightful. Even if you've studied these games and this company for a long time, there is bound to be some information that is brand new.
That's ultimately what made me enjoy Insert Coin. It doesn't reinvent what is possible for a documentary, but it's made with such zest and such reverence for its subject matter that you end up glossing over any deficits. Once you let go of what could have been, you'll be strapped in for a ride that sees a bunch of young guys getting rich quickly and eventually falling into stability in their later life. It's certainly sad that Midway is gone, but nothing of this story makes it sound like the people working had a rough time. Everyone looks back fondly on this period of prosperity
In an era where most majortriple-A developersare beingouted as trash, it's refreshing to learn that one company wasn't complete garbage. It's also nice to see a video game documentary that understands its viewers already know certain lexicon and have extensively played the games mentioned instead of describing things like it's the first time you're hearing about them. That's all any game-loving person can ask for.
I would have liked a more extensive look at this company, but I can't blame director Joshua Tsui for keeping things focused on a particular period. Being that the mid-80s to late-90s were Midway's most prosperous time, it's not much wonder why Insert Coin would rather recount the glory days instead of dwell on the downfall. Maybe if there's ever a follow-up, we can get that all-encompassing look at one of America's finest developers.
As it stands, Insert Coin is still worthy of your time if you love video games and want to learn more about the history behind them. Even if you don't learn something new, you'll still likely leave with a smile on your face and an appreciation for what Midway Games brought to the table.
It's easy to like this one. Some minor gripes here and there, but still fun.
Insert Coin doesn't reinvent the wheel on how to make a documentary, but it provides a brisk and fun look at the history of Midway Games.
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This is hands down, one of my family's favorite dishes. If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably seen that we like chicken and jalapeno poppers… so obviously the perfect dish would be to meld the two together, right?!
I wish I could eat this every night, but we already eat a good amount of jalapeno poppers, so adding this might be overkill.
This is pretty easy to make (though there are a few<|fim_middle|> of bacon used. Using a calculation of 9 servings, this came to about 460 calories, 3 grams net carbs, 55 grams of protein, and 23 grams of fat per patty.
In a medium sized bowl, add cream cheese, diced jalapenos, cheddar cheese, garlic paste, salt, and black pepper. Mix well and set aside.
If needed, tenderize chicken by pounding flat. I usually use a rolling pin to beat my chicken into submission. You want the chicken to be flattened and flexible for folding in half.
Place about a tablespoon (or desired amount) of cheese filling in the middle of each chicken breast.
Fold chicken over and wrap two pieces of bacon around the whole thing to keep it from falling apart.
Increase oven temperature to 400° and bake for another 20 minutes.
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Cheese Crisps - So easy and oh so cheesy! | recipes out there making it even easier), but it is a little time consuming. However, it's perfect for keto; it is low carb, high fat, and so tasty I don't mind the extra time put in. Plus I get the added bonus of the kids standing around the counter, asking, "Oh, are you making that thing again? Awesome!" Word for word folks. You could say this is a hit with the family.
Hope you guys enjoy it! Please let me know what you guys think, I welcome the feedback!
2. In a medium sized bowl, add cream cheese, diced jalapenos, cheddar cheese, garlic paste, salt, and black pepper. Mix well and set aside.
3. If needed, tenderize chicken by pounding flat. I usually use a rolling pin to beat my chicken into submission. You want the chicken to be flattened and flexible for folding in half.
4. Place about a tablespoon (or desired amount) of cheese filling in the middle of each chicken breast. Fold chicken over and wrap two pieces of bacon around the whole thing to keep it from falling apart.
5. Bake for 30 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 400° and bake for another 20 minutes.
6. Serve with your favorite side dish and enjoy!
I actually ended up with 9 chicken breasts. I don't know if that was just an anomaly with the frozen chicken I bought or not; but, I based my calculations off of using all the cheese filling into 9 chicken breasts with 18 pieces | 316 |
Male news anchor shows off makeup blending skills in hilarious video
He has some serious skills!
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We're used to our favorite YouTube beauty vloggers demonstrating their killer makeup skills in fun tutorials, but it's not every day that you see a<|fim_middle|> requires makeup. Boom. That rhymes. Anyway, it began w/me just jabbering. It's still that but last wk I started going all "#MakeupTutorial" too. & so the universe brought makeup nation & me together. pic.twitter.com/jg1qTtmHCH
— Bob Herzog (@Bob_Herzog) February 9, 2018
The morning news anchor clearly has a great sense of humor, and he takes fans through his makeup process in the video, showing off some impressive blending skills. Herzog starts off with a generous dose of concealer, commenting, "This, as I understand it, is called concealer. It is for concealing things, like the ridiculous circles under my eyes. I can't fill in the divots in my forehead; they are far too deep."
While blending in foundation, bronzer and powder, Herzog walks fans through the application process with his signature humor. "I blend like I'm angry at my skin. I'm a violent blender," he jokes.
I too am a violent blender. Bob, thank you for putting a voice to the movement. https://t.co/LcOF3qxHDt
— Nathan Edwards (@Nathan_Edwards) February 9, 2018
As co-workers watch in the background, Herzog gets some funny feedback on his blending technique, with one woman calling it "aggressive." Another eggs him on from the sidelines, saying, "You're gonna be the next YouTube star!"
One of our favorite parts of the video? When the anchorman makes the trademark awkward "makeup face" we all do while applying our favorite products.
The morning news anchor told us his time in the makeup chair has made him realize just how much work goes into the beautifying process. "Not only has my respect gone up for those who actually know how to do their makeup, but I'm floored by the vastness of makeup nation," he said. "Everyone is so nice, telling me, 'Don't blend so violently; you'll get wrinkles.' Or, 'That's a lot of primer, Bob!' Everyone is trying to help me, this poor, lost soul," he joked.
This isn't the first time one of Herzog's videos have gone viral. In 2012, he caught attention for his epic on-air dance moves while doing a traffic report. It looks like fun and games are all in a day's work for this amusing anchorman! | male news anchor showing off his blending talent. But that's exactly what Cincinnati-based news anchor Bob Herzog did in a funny video he posted on Facebook late last month.
The 43-year-old anchors "Good Morning Cincinnati" and has been posting "Wake up and makeup!" videos on his Facebook page since last year. The video series began as an upbeat way to help people start the day, Herzog told TODAY Style, but this was the first time he's actually filmed himself applying makeup.
This news anchor doing his makeup will make you smile
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"This was just a way to try to make folks smile. I started it at the beginning of the year and didn't even do my makeup in the videos until last week — it was just me jabbering. Now I jabber, and contour," he said.
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Started simple enough. A daily rise-&-shine vid on FB. It's when I wake up. Job | 222 |
Stephen Fry<|fim_middle|> would be "big shoes to fill", but added that a "torrent" of emails had called for the programme to continue. | , Rob Brydon and Jack Dee will all host a return of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Stephen Fry, Jack Dee and Rob Brydon have been announced as the new hosts for the return of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
The trio will share presenting duties for the Radio 4 panel show after the death of former chair Humphrey Lyttelton last year.
Brydon said: "[It's] not really a question of filling Humph's shoes because that couldn't be done - he was a complete one-off.
"I'm a real latecomer to it, I only came to it about three years ago but I'm so proud to be a small part of it and this is really just about continuing that lovely atmosphere."
He added: "People don't do it for the money, they do it for the enjoyment of it and it's a unique radio show and one that I think we're all hugely proud of."
Regular panellist Barry Cryer insisted that the show's return is no disrespect to Lyttelton and that his | 219 |
Tommy Lee Jones finally laughing!
The 85th Academy Awards are this Sunday night. There are some powerful nominees this year, albeit with the absence of "The Dark Knight Rises." Understanding its dark cloud, it is still odd that not even its soundtrack/sound was acknowledged. Fans know the quality of the film, which is perhaps most important.
Will Daniel Day-Lewis be the first former Republican President to receive a standing ovation in Hollywood?
Did Sally Field prove that she is not only still one of the finest actresses in Tinseltown, but literally the best from this past year…for the third time!?
Will Argo take home the Oscar for Best Picture? If so, will Ben Affleck be the primary speaker? What tone will he strike?
Does Seth MacFarlane become a household name or remain a comedy writer and producer within his already existent niche market?
What is Hollywood's real opinion regarding the true story of tracking down and killing Osama bin Laden? The Navy Seal who shot bin Laden said Jessica Chastain's portrayal of Maya was, "awesome." He added, "They made her a tough woman, which she is," he said. Will his endorsement of sorts mean anything?
And quite possibly the most important question pondered each year: Will the best individuals and films actually win?
Forget flowers this year. Instead, go with the "saving a group of innocent people from a bus with a bomb attached to it" move. It shows a little more creativity!
These are two of the more popular attempts of pronouncing the name of my collegiate alma mater: Quinnipiac University (FYI-"QUINN-uh-pea-ack" in one smooth breath). My first visit to the university was in the middle of winter and it was so frigidly cold the temperature had to have frozen somewhere in the single digits. There was snow, but not the 40" avalanche that recently descended on the Hamden area. I loved it then and continue to love it today with nostalgia.
Speaking of which, I was a broadcast journalism major, focused in sports, and covered numerous sports teams during my four year residence, one of which was men's ice hockey. This team was particularly exciting because it was the most popular sports team on campus and therefore created an incredibly electric atmosphere for each of their icy battles against the best of the Ivy League and others in the ECAC.
While there were some thrilling moments from my time as a student, those teams may have been more responsible for building the foundation for what is transpiring during the 2012/2013 season thus far with the same head coach at the helm, Rand Pecknold.
Quinnipiac is currently the #1 college hockey team in the country! For all of us alums, this is not only amazing, but also quite a bit surreal. To see them listed in the top spot atop the giants of college hockey from around the United States is truly a sight to witness.
To quote from a local Ohio favorite of mine, "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good®". To my fellow Bobcats past and present, we all could substitute our beloved college into that phrase and it too would be a perfect fit.
For those who are studying and have graduated from this university, the word "Quinnipiac" signifies many things: Relaxing on the quad on a Saturday or Tuesday afternoon, studying in groups at the iconic Arnold Bernhard Library, ordering a mouthwatering bacon, egg and cheese sandwich from the cafeteria after an 8:00 a.m. science class, adventures in New Haven on Friday & Saturday nights (Toads!), socializing in the many dorms, dressing up in a pink skirt and a tight pink tank top and singing "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" in front of all the fraternities and sororities with two happy backup dancers (my picture made the yearbook!) and so on.
Now<|fim_middle|> team in the country. | , Quinnipiac also means the best men's college ice hockey | 13 |
Pass Plus Course is a training specifically aimed at new drivers.
Statistics show that new drivers are more likely to have an accident in the first two<|fim_middle|> who holds a full UK licence is eligible to take part in the scheme. You will not have to take another driving test but your driving instructor will assess how you have performed through the course and advise if you need further practice with any part of the course. You must successfully complete all the modules in the course to an achieved or exceeded standard after which you will receive a Pass Plus certificate, this will also enable you to get discounted car insurance from any. participating insurance companies. | years of passing their test due to a lack of driving experience – this is where Pass Plus comes in! The course aims to build upon your newly acquired driving skills and knowledge.
Designed by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) with the help of insurers and the driving instruction industry. Pass Plus will teach you how to anticipate, plan for and deal with all kinds of hazards, and can help you to become a more confident driver on the road.
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project is "the romance of the nation-state." More recently, Walzer has been criticized for having described the intervention in Afghanistan as a "just war". Walzer himself believes that he has been more or less consistent, but has moved towards a more communitarian position lately. For the purposes of this chapter, I would like to focus on those aspects of Walzer's theory that bring new insights into the issues involved in pluralism. I have laid out Walzer's theory of the regimes of toleration rather schematically. The purpose in discussing his theory is two-fold. One is that Walzer rightly focuses on toleration as a practice. The strains of pluralism arise because groups are in conflict. If peaceful coexistence is a priority, then of course, a practical, political arrangement may be arrived at in a number of ways and Walzer has cited them. Some of these arrangements may be the result of political initiatives that do not rest on any principle at all, as John Horton has argued. (Horton, 40)
The other, more important reason is that in constructing the postmodern model, Walzer moves the issue away from the liberal<|fim_middle|>'s theory of the regimes of toleration rather schematically. The purpose in discussing his theory is two-fold. One is that Walzer rightly focuses on toleration as a practice. The strains of pluralism arise because groups are in conflict. If peaceful coexistence is a priority, then of course, a practical, political arrangement may be arrived at in a number of ways and Walzer has cited them. Some of these arrangements may be the result of political initiatives that do not rest on any principle at all, as John Horton has argued. (Horton, 40) The other, more important reason is that in constructing the postmodern model, Walzer moves the issue away from the liberal-multiculturalist deadlock and relocates it in what is effectively, a postmodern world. This is of some importance since the deadlock arises largely because liberals and multiculturalists alike are still within the paradigm of modernity. Barry is suspicious of cultural embeddness because he sees it as a return to feudal hierarchy. He defends the French Revolution because it abolished the privileges of the aristocracy and the | -multiculturalist deadlock and relocates it in what is effectively, a postmodern world. This is of some importance since the deadlock arises largely because liberals and multiculturalists alike are still within the paradigm of modernity. Barry is suspicious of cultural embeddness because he sees it as a return to feudal hierarchy. He defends the French Revolution because it abolished the privileges of the aristocracy and the
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This position could be located anywhere in the US, either in one of our locations or remotely from home. Our preference is that this individual be located in the Central, Eastern time or Moutain Time zone.
Albany International Corp. seeks a Senior Manager, Customer Proposals for its Engineered Composites Group to design, implement, and lead a robust and fully compliant customer proposal process across all applicable functions to further enhance the Company's growth strategy.
Albany International Corp. is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company. The products and technologies help make paper smoother, tissue softer, and aircraft engines and structures lighter. The company has 2 core businesses, The Machine Clothing segment -is the world's leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) is a rapidly growing supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry.
This is a lead role in our new and more aggressive business capture business model that takes advantage of more dedicated and focused global account management designed to earn AEC first and last look at the majority of opportunities we are interested in pursuing. The Senior Manager of Customer Proposals will design, implement, and lead a robust and compliant customer proposal process across all applicable functions that ensures we address all internal and external requirements while delivering a complete and compelling proposal for each desired bid opportunity on-time and 100% correct the first time. This role requires a highly skilled and experience engineered composites professional who can work across AEC in a collaborative and productive way to get proposals properly worked, completed, and signed off. This role will also manage some accounts as designed in accordance with workload and strategy.
1) Develop a comprehensive, CAS-compliant Bid and Proposal Process across all AEC, including<|fim_middle|> from A to Z, including all internal and external requirements, sign-offs, the customer bid calendar, updating the bid dashboard, and coordinating all customer communication with Account Management, Engineering, Program Management, and Contracts.
4) Ensure all bids meet internal and external compliance requirements.
5) Work with Contracts and Program Management to draft the final Bid Letter.
6) Work with Account Management, Engineering, Program Management and Marketing to build the customer bid presentation when desired / applicable, and ensure the presentation is well-prepared and rehearsed and participate in the customer presentation.
7) Establish metrics to provide feedback and continuous improvement opportunities for our bid processes. Put plans in place to achieve desired and required improvements to the process.
8) Establish a comprehensive Bid Dashboard that provides visibility to all applicable stakeholders and decision makers in our cross-functional bid process, as well as feedback on wins, losses, and missed opportunities so that we will be more successful going forward.
9) In coordination with the Director of Business Development & Account Management, establish a robust monthly "opportunities pipeline review and management" process and meetings with mandatory participation by Senior VP Customers and Marketing, all Account Management, Contract Management, Research & Technology, site GM's and Program Management; with invitations to participate to other AEC executive leadership.
Bachelor's Degree in a business related field from an accredited college or university; Master's degree or equivalent in Business preferred.
Solid "business sense" and understanding of the manufacturing industry. The ability to quickly assess new markets/space and strategically grasp the market dynamics.
Experience developing materials, preparing documentation, and maintaining standards in a capture and proposal development environment.
Experience interfacing with vendors, internal customers, and external customers.
Travel may be necessary up to 50% of the time for customer outreach and other business meetings and events.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex information to senior leaders and program managers.
A strong work ethic, attention to detail and a compelling desire to succeed in a team environment. | tracking and metrics to continually measure bid performance.
2) Manage the initial "triage" of all RFQs to ensure they are properly logged, validated, valuated, and efficiently designated for bid or no-bid in accordance with our defined strategy and with proper visibility and sign-off by the appropriate key decision-makers.
3) Once the decision to bid is made, determine the bid team, run the kick-off meeting, assign responsibilities, and manage the complete bid process | 94 |
Now at 132 members and counting, Gemmill, who lives in the Noda district while studying at ITT Technical Institute's north campus in University City, has reeled in more fish-lovers than he can believe.
From bankers to stay-at-home-moms, he has found that the people who love sushi are as different as the kinds of sushi rolls on a menu. "It goes up and down the whole spectrum," said Gemmill.
When Shannon Stinson moved to Charlotte from Orlando, Fla., recently, she was thankful to find the club. "Sushi is a nice thing to do when you want to socialize with somebody," said Stinson, 26, a marketing specialist now living in the Chatham neighborhood of University City. "It's a nice thing to sit around and have sushi rolls and talk. You can swap sushi and trade sushi and try everybody's."
Growing up, sushi was practically a staple for Stinson. "We had a little area where I lived in Winter Park called Park Avenue. There were quite a few different sushi places, and also in downtown Orlando it was quite popular as well."
Sushi has become popular in Charlotte over the last 20 years, too, said Chris Allen, 33, a former chef at La Bibliotheque in Charlotte, who recently joined the club.
Allen first tried sushi in 1992, when the head chef offered him a slice of sashimi<|fim_middle|> Back Creek Church Road, doesn't worry anymore about becoming ill from sushi. "Your fish should never have a slimy texture to it," he tells people new to the raw food. "It shouldn't smell like fish. It should smell like the ocean."
Gemmill admits he was once one of the doubters who turned his nose up at sushi. Four years ago, he tried it on a date and was forever hooked. "Up until that point, I was like a lot of people, I didn't think I wouldn't like it. "
Now he eats it at least once a week with the sushi-loving friends he's made. "When you think raw fish, you think slimy. How's that going to taste good?" he said. "But it's not even like that." | -grade fish. "I was a little apprehensive to eat it at first. The chef wasn't from the U.S. He was from Morocco," said Allen, who worried he was not protected by the same immunities as the foreign-born chef.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not regulate sushi-grade seafood but does recommend seafood industry suppliers freeze fish intended for raw consumption at -4 degrees Fahrenheit for seven days.
Allen, who eats sushi twice a week, often at Sushi 101 near his home on | 106 |
The amp was originally built in Somerset by SJB and then heavily modded by Steve Dove (SA Ampworks).
The guitar is an old Kay made in Chicago. The pickups are DeArmonds - in Pete's opinion the best sounding pickups ever made. The neck is HUGE but strangely comfortable to play.
This guitar was probably made in Harmony's Chicago factory and was sold through the Sears catalogue. The body is hollow and the pickups (known as 'Hers<|fim_middle|>200ma power supply.
Malcolm is an endorsee for these excellent cymbals, currently playing the Mosaic range. | hey bars') are by DeArmond - incredibly punchy and twangy.
Pete uses this for slide, mainly because of the pickup which is a very powerful single coil that distorts beautifully. The guitar was made by Valco and although it looks solid, it is in fact hollow. The back is completely open and is covered by a plastic plate.
Pete's current main stage guitar. Another Chicago-made catalogue guitar with a Dearmond gold-foil pick-up that kicks like a mule.
British made dedicated Harmonica Amplifier MAGIC 2120, 18 watts of Chicago sound. This amp has been developed by Keith and built by Magic in the UK. He has been playing this for the last 3 years and it has "THAT" sound in bucketfuls.
Spher-o-dyne, 1970's and the best harp mic ever. A good example of the mic Keith uses at every show.
A British Made Harmonica Delay Pedal, made to Keith's specifications. Delay time 40 to 300ms Powered by 1 x 9v battery or | 232 |
Another great "meet-and-greet" opportunity, this time on Portland's Waterfront, you are invited to the Maine Real Estate & Development Association's (MEREDA's) highly-anticipated Annual Fall Social on October 25th!
MEREDA's networking events attract key players in Maine's real estate industry and provide our members with excellent opportunities to interact with the experts.
Join us on Portland's waterfront for hors d'oeuvres, spirits, and great conversation with colleagues, friends and other industry professionals for our Annual Networking Fall Social on October 25 from 5:00 – 7:0<|fim_middle|>els after October 18.
MEREDA's 2018 Annual Fall Networking Social is sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, J.B. Brown & Sons and Preti Flaherty.
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Join us for a cocktail or two, and reconnect with colleagues and friends, both old and new!
Prices Increase by $10 after October 18.
Your RSVP is requested by October 18. Payment is expected at the time of registration. No refunds will be granted to anyone who registers, but fails to attend or who canc | 71 |
With each new generation of games coming, and furthering a fad or finding new mechanics, we reminisce, and often hold the standards, to classic games that we grew up with. With Omensight, an action role-playing game developed and published by Canadian studio Spearhead Games, it really feels like playing some of my favorite PS2 platforming games. Omensight was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on May 15, 2018, and recently for Nintendo Switch on December 13, 2018.
The land of Urralia is torn by war, as the dark god, Voden, consumes the world. The Pygarian faction fights to maintain balance, as the Rodentian forces seek dark power with a Ciphers to gain dominance, causing the End Of Time. You, the Harbringer, are summoned to help solve the murder of the Godless Priestess, but you can only have one day to solve it before the destruction of the world. Being celestial, you repeat the final day over and over, discovering more truths with each new evidence. The game keeps you guessing as you progress and think you know who done it.
The land of Urralia is inhabited by tribes of animals, Imperial dogs, cats, and troubling rat, and the Harbringer, a celestial being. Its great to see a different species cast, as to your typical humans, robots, even monsters. Your companions all have a lovable factor to each personality, Draga, the stalwart captain who will defend the kingdom.
Ludomir, a bar bear who is seeking revenge for his slain sister, The Godless-Priestess, against the leader of the Imperials, Indrik. And finally, Ratika, the leader of the rouge Rodentians, who was also friends with the Godless-Priestess and friends with Ludimir. I wish I could personally get to know more about the characters, but outside of each character talking about how they relate to the others, are the collectible memories throughout the world that gives a back story to how each character grew into who they are.
The whole premise of the game is that the Godless Prietess has been murdered and the world is left vulnerable to a dark god, Voden<|fim_middle|> difficulties.
The controls are very simple, almost to a fault in the beginning as I saw myself using only the doge and light attack to clear out entire rooms. But as the game gets harder, you start to rely on other abilities to help you fight through waves of enemies. It's easy to remember the few abilities in your arsenal, and upgrading each ability to have a lasting effect, you start formulating a plan on how to attack each different enemy with which ability.
Of course, getting hit, or not fighting at all, you will lose some of your magic and have to work back up so you can use higher abilities. Also, when you're not fighting you will not have any fighting abilities to use. That is because you will be at a platforming section, where it mostly involves jump small distances, and pressing square to interact with doors, levers, and detonators.
The use of the simple cell shading really brings nostalgia to me because it reminds me of the ps2 era platformers. It is family friendly, but the shaping of the characters and environment also draws in the older crowd who grew up on anime and comics, like Samurai Jack. And playing through this game in multiple different ways, you can see each set in every time zone, peacefully, or war-torn. The characters are funny and cute, even the bar crawling bear, yet not overly cutesy to push anyone away.
This game truly looks and feels like a classic. The artwork and gameplay beautifully blend together into an artistic stroke, making the player want to see more of this kind of master craft. The only downside to this is the repetitiveness. Even those it is the premises of the game, trying to get everything and running into the same areas and near similar fight can start to wear.
New writer for The EXP Grind. Plays games on PS4, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Be sure to follow him on Twitter for up-to-date updates on the gaming culture. | . As the Harbringer, a celestial being, you control time in combat and overall gameplay, to solve the murder of the Godless Priestess. Each day, you pick which support character, Ludomire, Drage, Ratika, and live out the final day trying to uncover how each character is intertwined in the overall arc of the story. After each level, "your time is up," with the dark god appearing and ending all life, but as the Harbringer, you save yourself and return to the beginning of the day and start all over again, except you retain the knowledge of what happened, even though your companions won't.
As for your gameplay mechanics, the gameplay style reminds me of the Batman Arkham series as well as Devil May Cry where you gain more bonuses the more stylish your fighting is. The fighting is simple enough where I found myself relying mostly on dodging and using the light attack most of the time. But that does change as you move further into the game where the new enemies are introduced, and they not only lung at you, but also start doing multiple attacks after each other. When you start using all of your abilities and buffers, the fights can be fun and creative. One example, finding a platoon of Imperials with two fire mages up front, you can either use a fire trap to waste half of the platoon, or you can dash to the front, slow down time, and chain attacks to build your magic to use the lethal flurry attack.
Throughout each level, you fight and explore the world, gaining exp from stylishly beating enemies, and gaining amber from destroying pots and opening treasures. At the end of each day, you also gain bonuses from beating a new path for each character, no death, style fighting, and if you come across a new omensight or seal ability. All of these gathers can be used between days when you're at the Tree of Life, and you use the two statues to spend your exp to unlock new abilities and spend amber to buff them. Playing farther into the game will unlock more buffs to each ability and companion.
The home for the Harbringer is the Tree of life. This is your hub where you meditate to the statue to spend your exp and level up, spend your amber to upgrade different abilities and companions. This is also where you pick which companion to follow for the day. You also have the Witch and her orb to help you along if you selected the help option. Being brash, and wanting to explore on my own, I did not select this option, so it won't show or interact in any way, but I can always turn it on and off in the options, just like changing | 549 |
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7 USC 9081: Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance Text contains those laws in effect on January 16, 2020
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 115-AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMSSUBCHAPTER IV-SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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§9081. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance
(a) Definitions
(1) Covered producer
The term "covered producer" means an eligible producer on a farm that is-
(A) as determined by the Secretary-
(i) a beginning farmer or rancher;
(ii) a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher; or
(iii) a limited resource farmer or rancher; or
(B) a veteran farmer or rancher, as defined in section 2279(a) of this title.
(2) Eligible producer on a farm
(A) In general
The term "eligible producer on a farm" means an individual or entity described in subparagraph (B) that, as determined by the Secretary, assumes the production and market risks associated with the agricultural production of crops or livestock.
(B) Description
An individual or entity referred to in subparagraph (A) is-
(i) a citizen of the United States;
(ii) a resident alien;
(iii) an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25);
(iv) a partnership of citizens of the United States; or
(v) a corporation, limited liability corporation, or other farm organizational structure organized under State law.
(3) Farm-raised fish
The term "farm-raised fish" means any aquatic species that is propagated and reared in a controlled environment.
(4) Livestock
The term "livestock" includes-
(A) cattle (including dairy cattle);
(B) bison;
(C) poultry;
(D) sheep;
(E) swine;
(F) horses; and
(G) other livestock, as determined by the Secretary.
(5) Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(b) Livestock indemnity payments
(1) Payments
For fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make livestock indemnity payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal mortality, sold livestock for a reduced sale price, or both as determined by the Secretary, due to-
(A) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the Federal Government or protected by Federal law, including wolves and avian predators;
(B) adverse weather, as determined by the Secretary, during the calendar year, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold, on the condition that in the case of the death loss of unweaned livestock due to that adverse weather, the Secretary may disregard any management practice, vaccination protocol, or lack of vaccination by the eligible producer on a farm; or
(C) disease that, as determined by the Secretary-
(i) is caused or transmitted by a vector; and
(ii) is not susceptible to control by vaccination or acceptable management practices.
(2) Payment rates
Indemnity payments to an eligible producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate of 75 percent of the market value of the affected livestock, as determined by the Secretary, on, as applicable-
(A) the day before the date of death of the livestock; or
(B) the day before the date of the event that caused the harm to the livestock that resulted in a reduced sale price.
(3) Special rule for payments made due to disease
The Secretary shall ensure that payments made to an eligible producer under paragraph (1) are not made for the same livestock losses for which compensation is provided pursuant to section 8306(d) of this title.
(4) Payment reductions
A payment made under paragraph (1) to an eligible producer on a farm that sold livestock for a reduced sale price shall-
(A) be made if the sale occurs within a reasonable period following the event, as determined by the Secretary; and
(B) be reduced by the amount that the producer received for the sale.
(c) Livestock forage disaster program
(1) Definitions
In this subsection:
(A) Covered livestock
(i) In general
Except as provided in clause (ii), the term "covered livestock" means livestock of an eligible livestock producer that, during the 60 days prior to the beginning date of a qualifying drought or fire condition, as determined by the Secretary, the eligible livestock producer-
(I) owned;
(II) leased;
(III) purchased;
(IV) entered into a contract to purchase;
(V) is a contract grower; or
(VI) sold or otherwise disposed of due to qualifying drought conditions during-
(aa) the current production year; or
(bb) subject to paragraph (3)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2 production years immediately preceding the current production year.
(ii) Exclusion
The term "covered livestock" does not include livestock that were or would have been in a feedlot, on the beginning date of the qualifying drought or fire condition, as a part of the normal business operation of the eligible livestock producer, as determined by the Secretary.
(B) Drought monitor
The term "drought monitor" means a system for classifying drought severity according to a range of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, as defined by the Secretary.
(C) Eligible livestock producer
The term "eligible livestock producer" means an eligible producer on a farm that-
(I) is an owner, cash or share lessee, or contract grower of covered livestock that provides the pastureland or grazing land, including cash-leased pastureland or grazing land, for the livestock;
(II) provides the pastureland or grazing land for covered livestock, including cash-leased pastureland or grazing land that is physically located in a county affected by drought;
(III) certifies grazing loss; and
(IV) meets all other eligibility requirements established under this subsection.
The term "eligible livestock producer" does not include an owner, cash or share lessee, or contract grower of livestock that rents or leases pastureland or grazing land owned by another person on a rate-of-gain basis.
(D) Normal carrying capacity
The term "normal carrying capacity", with respect to each type of grazing land or pastureland in a county, means the normal carrying capacity, as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i), that would be expected from the grazing land or pastureland for livestock during the normal grazing period, in the absence of a drought or fire that diminishes the production of the grazing land or pastureland.
(E) Normal grazing period
The term "normal grazing period", with respect to a county, means the normal grazing period during the calendar year for the county, as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i).
(2) Program
For fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide compensation for losses to eligible livestock producers due to grazing losses for covered livestock due to-
(A) a drought condition, as described in paragraph (3); or
(B) fire, as described in paragraph (4).
(3) Assistance for losses due to drought conditions
(A) Eligible losses
An eligible livestock producer may receive assistance under this subsection only for grazing losses for covered livestock that occur on land that-
(I) is native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover; or
(II) is planted to a crop planted specifically for the purpose of providing grazing for covered livestock.
(ii) Exclusions
An eligible livestock producer may not receive assistance under this subsection for grazing losses that occur on land used for haying or grazing under the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
(B) Monthly payment rate
Except as provided in clause (ii), the payment rate for assistance under this paragraph for 1 month shall, in the case of drought, be equal to 60 percent of the lesser of-
(I) the monthly feed cost for all covered livestock owned or leased by the eligible livestock producer, as determined under subparagraph (C); or
(II) the monthly feed cost calculated by using the normal carrying capacity of the eligible grazing land of the eligible livestock producer.
(ii) Partial compensation
In the case of an eligible livestock producer that sold or otherwise disposed of covered livestock due to drought conditions in 1 or both of the 2 production years immediately preceding the current production year, as determined by the Secretary, the payment rate shall be 80 percent of the payment rate otherwise calculated in accordance with clause (i).
(C) Monthly feed cost
The monthly feed cost shall equal the product obtained by multiplying-
(I) 30 days;
(II) a payment quantity that is equal to the feed grain equivalent, as determined under clause (ii); and
(III) a payment rate that is equal to the corn price per pound, as determined under clause (iii).
(ii) Feed grain equivalent
For purposes of clause (i)(II), the feed grain equivalent shall equal-
(I) in the case of an adult beef cow, 15.7 pounds of corn per day; or
(II) in the case of any other type of weight of livestock, an amount determined by the Secretary that represents the average number of pounds of corn per day necessary to feed the livestock.
(iii) Corn price per pound
For purposes of clause (i)(III), the corn price per pound shall equal the quotient obtained by dividing-
(I) the higher of-
(aa) the national average corn price per bushel for the 12-month period immediately preceding March 1 of the year for which the disaster assistance is calculated; or
(bb) the national average corn price per bushel for the 24-month period immediately preceding that March 1; by
(II) 56.
(D) Normal grazing period and drought monitor intensity
(i) FSA county committee determinations
The Secretary shall determine the normal carrying capacity and normal grazing period for each type of grazing land or pastureland in the county served by the applicable committee.
(II) Changes
No change to the normal carrying capacity or normal grazing period established for a county under subclause (I) shall be made unless the change is requested by the appropriate State and county Farm Service Agency committees.
(ii) Drought intensity
(I) D2
An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases grazing land or pastureland that is physically located in a county that is rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 8 consecutive weeks during the normal grazing period for the county, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph in an amount equal to 1 monthly payment using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B).
(II) D3
An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases grazing land or pastureland that is physically located in a county that is rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having at least a D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area of the county at any time during the normal grazing period for the county, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph-
(aa) in an amount equal to 3 monthly payments using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B);
(bb) if the county is rated as having a D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 weeks during the normal grazing period for the county, or is rated as having a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity in any area of the county at any time during the normal grazing period, in an amount equal to 4 monthly payments using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B); or
(cc) if the county is rated as having a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 weeks during the normal grazing period, in an amount equal to 5 monthly payments using the monthly rate determined under subparagraph (B).
(4) Assistance for losses due to fire on public managed land
An eligible livestock producer may receive assistance under this paragraph only if-
(i) the grazing losses occur on rangeland that is managed by a Federal agency; and
(ii) the eligible livestock producer is prohibited by the Federal agency from grazing the normal permitted livestock on the managed rangeland due to a fire.
(B) Payment rate
The payment rate for assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 50 percent of the monthly feed cost for the total number of livestock covered by the Federal lease of the eligible livestock producer, as determined under paragraph (3)(C).
(C) Payment duration
Subject to clause (ii), an eligible livestock producer shall be eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph for the period-
(I) beginning on the date on which the Federal agency excludes the eligible livestock producer from using the managed rangeland for grazing; and
(II) ending on the last day of the Federal lease of the eligible livestock producer.
(ii) Limitation
An eligible livestock producer may only receive assistance under this paragraph for losses that occur on not more than 180 days per year.
(5) No duplicative payments
An eligible livestock producer may elect to receive assistance for grazing or pasture feed losses due to drought conditions under paragraph (3) or fire under paragraph (4), but not both for the same loss, as determined by the Secretary.
(d) Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish
For fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary, that are not covered under subsection (b) or (c).
(2) Use of funds
Funds made available under this subsection shall be used to reduce losses caused by feed or water shortages, disease, or other factors as determined by the Secretary, including inspections of cattle tick fever.
(3) Availability of funds
Any funds made available under this subsection shall remain available until expended.
(4) Payment rate for covered producers
In the case of a covered producer that is eligible to receive assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide reimbursement of 90 percent of the cost of losses described in paragraph (1) or (2).
(e) Tree assistance program
(A) Eligible orchardist
The term "eligible orchardist" means a person that produces annual crops from trees for commercial purposes.
(B) Natural disaster
The term "natural disaster" means plant disease, insect infestation, drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, lightning, or other occurrence, as determined by the Secretary.
(C) Nursery tree grower
The term "nursery tree grower" means a person who produces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christmas trees for commercial sale, as determined by the Secretary.
(D) Tree
The term "tree" includes a tree, bush, and vine.
(2) Eligibility
(A) Loss
Subject to subparagraph (B), for fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance-
(i) under paragraph (3) to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that planted trees for commercial purposes but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary; and
(ii) under paragraph (3)(B) to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that have a production history for commercial purposes on planted or existing trees but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(B) Limitation
An eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower shall qualify for assistance under subparagraph (A) only if the tree mortality of the eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower, as a result of damaging weather or related condition, exceeds 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality).
(3) Assistance
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the assistance provided by the Secretary to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for losses described in paragraph (2) shall consist of-
(A)(i) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of replanting trees lost due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent mortality (adjusted for normal mortality); or
(ii) at the option of the Secretary, sufficient seedlings to reestablish a stand; and
(B) reimbursement of 50 percent of the cost of pruning, removal, and other costs incurred by an eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower to<|fim_middle|> 2018, 132 Stat. 4522 , provided that: "The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to inspections of cattle tick fever conducted on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2018]."
Pub. L. 115–123, div. B, title I, §20101(e), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 69 , provided that: "Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081), as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to losses described in such section 1501 incurred on or after January 1, 2017." | salvage existing trees or, in the case of tree mortality, to prepare the land to replant trees as a result of damage or tree mortality due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent damage or mortality (adjusted for normal tree damage and mortality).
(4) Limitations on assistance
(A) Definitions of legal entity and person
In this paragraph, the terms "legal entity" and "person" have the meaning given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)).
(B) Acres
The total quantity of acres planted to trees or tree seedlings for which a person or legal entity shall be entitled to receive payments under this subsection may not exceed 1,000 acres.
(5) Payment rate for beginning and veteran producers
Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a beginning farmer or rancher or a veteran farmer or rancher (as those terms are defined in subsection (a) of section 2279 of this title) that is eligible to receive assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide reimbursement of 75 percent of the costs under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of paragraph (3).
(f) Payment limitations
(1) Definitions of legal entity and person
In this subsection, the terms "legal entity" and "person" have the meaning given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)).
(2) Amount
The total amount of disaster assistance payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under subsection (c) may not exceed $125,000 for any crop year.
(3) Direct attribution
Subsections (e) and (f) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) or any successor provisions relating to direct attribution shall apply with respect to assistance provided under this section.
( Pub. L. 113–79, title I, §1501, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 697 ; Pub. L. 115–123, div. B, title I, §20101(a)–(d), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 68 , 69; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, §1501(a)–(c)(1), (d), (e), title XII, §12306(h), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4522 , 4523, 4970.)
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (c)(3)(A)(ii), is Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1354 . Subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII is classified generally to subpart B (§3831 et seq.) of part I of subchapter IV of chapter 58 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1985 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.
2018-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, §12306(h)(1)(B), added par. (1). Former par. (1) redesignated (2).
Subsec. (a)(1)(B)(iii) to (v). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(a), added cl. (iii) and redesignated former cls. (iii) and (iv) as (iv) and (v), respectively.
Subsec. (a)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 115–334, §12306(h)(1)(A), redesignated pars. (1) to (4) as (2) to (5), respectively.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–123, §20101(a)(1), inserted "sold livestock for a reduced sale price, or both" after "normal mortality," in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(b)(1)(B), substituted "cold, on the condition that in the case of the death loss of unweaned livestock due to that adverse weather, the Secretary may disregard any management practice, vaccination protocol, or lack of vaccination by the eligible producer on a farm; or" for "cold."
Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(b)(1)(A), (C), added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–123, §20101(a)(2), substituted "affected livestock, as determined by the Secretary, on, as applicable-" for "applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary." and added subpars. (A) and (B).
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(b)(2), inserted heading.
Pub. L. 115–123, §20101(a)(3), added par. (4).
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 115–123, §20101(b), struck out "not more than $20,000,000 of" before "the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation".
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(c)(1), inserted ", including inspections of cattle tick fever" before period at end.
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, §12306(h)(2), added par. (4).
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(d)(1), substituted "paragraphs (4) and (5)" for "paragraph (4)" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e)(4)(B), (C). Pub. L. 115–123, §20101(c), (d)(1), substituted "1,000 acres" for "500 acres" in subpar. (C), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B), and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, text of subpar. (B) read as follows: "The total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under this subsection may not exceed $125,000 for any crop year, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings."
Subsec. (e)(5). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(d)(2), added par. (5).
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, §1501(e), substituted "subsection (c)" for "this section (excluding payments received under subsections (b) and (e))".
Pub. L. 115–123, §20101(d)(2), substituted "subsections (b) and (e)" for "subsection (e)".
Pub. L. 115–334, title I, §1501(c)(2), Dec. 20, | 1,799 |
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Woodhall Spa has hidden depths and unless you are in the know you can miss just how much this destination has to offer, writes Julie Sayed.
Visitors frequently comment positively on how clean and well-kept the village is, especially the main street. Here you will find traders like the traditional butcher and baker, as well as good old-fashioned hardware stores, which have disappeared from so many high streets. Woodhall Spa is also home to the smallest shoe shop in Britain.
Peter Scott Shoes is unmissable to anyone who walks down The Broadway. The shop is owned by Philip Simmons, who has been in business since 1999.
Peter Scott Shoes stock quality brands such as Hotter, Rieker and Softline.
"We try and stock shoes that are that bit different and I think this is part of the reason we have been so successful for so long," said Mr Simmons.
Peter Scott Shoes marks its 20th anniversary this year and Mr Simmons says this event will be celebrated, but no firm plans have yet been decided upon.
"We are open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year and, as an inland resort, I think Woodhall Spa is getting busier. We get many return visitors.
Unlike so many other places there never seems to be an empty shop in the village. I think part of the reason it thrives is because most are independent traders, nice small shops and people like that.
Woodhall Spa is ideal if you want to do your weekly food shop, get your hair restyled, order your newspapers, buy shoes, a new dress or find a great read. You can do it all – and much more, besides.
Huckle Buckle Boutique, also on The Broadway, is well worth dipping into if you are looking for the latest summertime fashions and accessories, while the Polka Dots Gift Shop on Station Road is another Aladdin's cave – for gifts, crafty items, knitting wools and cards galore.
Avid bookworms will be in seventh heaven when they visit The Book Fayre. Stocking new and classic titles across the genres, the shop also sources out-of-print titles and has a secondhand section at the back of the building. They also carry a range of branded gifts and offer areas where you can sit down and relax over tea, coffee and cake.
The former Just Desserts, a popular ice cream shop on the Broadway has recently been taken over and given a new lease of life by Anthony Sharpe, who has rebranded and refurbished the business under the name of Woodlands Café.
"We spent the first two weeks after taking over, by transforming the interior to a sort of modern, slightly industrial look, which has caused a bit of a stir in the village. I wanted [the shop] to look a little different to everything else but not so different as to be at odds with the lovely atmosphere and feel of Woodhall Spa," said Mr Sharpe.
Mr Sharpe grew up in Newark but visited Lincolnshire on a regular basis both to stay and to help out at a hotel in Skegness, owned by his grandparents. After leaving school he spent seventeen years in the army before embarking on a career in London.
He said: "I had long wanted to set up in business and felt drawn back to Lincolnshire, which I know so well and where I have family and friends, so when Just Desserts become available I felt it was the perfect fit.
Staff from the former Just Desserts have been retained and as the business, which is still in its infancy has slowly progressed, additional staff, including a manager, have been appointed.
"We are hoping to be able to extend our food offer as we progress, it's very early days yet," added Mr Sharpe.
At Bainland Country Park, another local business, Tennis Buddies, is going from strength to strength. Dave Williams, who runs the business, has been involved in the venture since it started around twenty-eight years ago.
He played for Great Britain in the Under 16s and the Under 18s and joined Tennis Buddies as a coach when it was first started by Belinda Chapman and Maria Wesson.
"I played Tennis Buddies' opening Exhibition Match with Virginia Wade against Belinda and John Crump, who was then chairman of Dunlop Slazenger," said Mr Williams.
For the last fifteen years or so, Dave has run Tennis Buddies on his own after the original partners moved on. Tennis Buddies has three tennis courts which for a large part of the year are covered by a large Air Dome.
"We tend to take the dome down in the summer months but having it means we are not hostage to the vagaries of the British weather and can play all year round," he said.
Tennis Buddies has produced three players at Junior Wimbledon including Daniel Cox and Jade Windley. Jade has returned to the club as a coach.
Tennis Buddies is open to players of all abilities and offers Mini Tennis, designed to bring on the young hopefuls of tomorrow.
"We are coming up to our thirtieth anniversary, which is a great achievement and soon we are embarking on a new venture in another part of the county," said Mr Williams.
Dave with Tennis Buddies is part of a consortium which will shortly be opening a new tennis centre in Lincolnshire. Work has just begun laying three courts in Dunholme, where the new Lincoln Tennis Academy will open its doors on 1st September.
Woodhall Spa has much more to offer by way of leisure activities. The outdoor pool in Jubilee Park is a great attraction during the summer months, as is the Park itself, which has recently fully refurbished its children's play area.
Meanwhile, the ever popular Kinema in the Woods is the only fully functioning cinema in the UK to employ back projection, and also offers the experience of stepping back in time.
Similarly Tea House in the Woods is the village's oldest restaurant, established in 1903. This lovely eatery retains much of the genteel air that its original owners instilled in the business.
A glimpse of life in the olden days can also be experienced on a visit to the quirky Cottage Museum, housed within a rare, early prefab iron cottage.
The Woodhall Spa 1940s Festival takes place again this year, on 7th and 8th July. Up to 45,000 visitors are expected to attend this popular event which consists of a wide variety of 40s 'Home Front' events.
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Views of glorious gardens make the Petwood Hotel the perfect spot to enjoy an afternoon tea or summer's evening supper on the terrace. After a swim at Jubilee Park or a film at the Kinema, the Petwood is a great way to finish a family day out in Woodhall Spa.
To commemorate RAF100, the Petwood has sponsored one of the 100 Voices cycle trails. The Lincoln to Woodhall Spa stretch of the Tiger Moth trail follows the old railway line – now a safe cycle route. The trail continues on to Coningsby and RAF Metheringham before looping back to Lincoln.
Visit the Petwood Hotel for a fantastic programme of events this summer. The Woodhall Spa 1940s Festival on 7th-8th July, a classic car show with jazz on 12th August, live music on the terrace on Sunday afternoons in August, a special children's theatre production of Pirate Pearl and the Big Blue Monster on Wednesday 22nd August and an outdoor theatre production of A Midsummer Night's Dream on Sunday 26th August make Woodhall Spa and the Petwood Hotel the perfect summer destination. | and budgets, including The Petwood, famed for its connection with The Dambusters. Its gardens at this time of year are looking particularly spectacular. Alternatively, there are lots of caravanning and camping facilities in the area.
Maintaining its reputation as a destination for unique shopping and a peaceful retreat from the bustling cities, with events that revive past traditions, Woodhall Spa is definitely a destination to put on the calendar this year.
Woodhall Spa's famous Tea House in The Woods enjoys a delightful leafy setting and is the perfect spot to relax over a refreshing cuppa, a light lunch or a delicious main meal.
Tucked away from the main thoroughfare, in Coronation Road, it's a favourite with locals and tourists alike. So, if you haven't yet visited, it's well worth discovering this gem of a restaurant.
The Tea House is also conveniently close to the Spa's much-loved Kinema in The Woods and some lovely walks too, so it's easy to let yourself be tempted!
Owned by Natalie Leech and Stephen Sleight, the Tea House is 115 years young this year, but it still retains an air of its original Edwardian charm. However, you can expect to find a much more extensive menu than it would have once served.
This eye-catching building, with its lovely veranda – which is extremely inviting on warmer days – also offers plenty of indoor seating and caters for everything from morning coffee, through to lunch, afternoon tea and evening dinner.
It was first operated by the daughters of London clergyman and sisters of Dr Williams, the superintendent of the Spa Baths, who ran it for 'the season', before buying it outright in 1913. Apart from serving delicacies, they also sold hand embroidery and gifts.
Today, Natalie and Stephen primarily concentrate on offering a wonderful array of delicious food and great service – but the Tea House also offers Comedy Nights and celebrates other special occasions – which will include Woodhall Spa's 1940s Festival on 7th and 8th July.
Natalie said: "We have had the Tea House for four years. We welcome a wide range of customers, including many visitors who discover us for the first time, and we are proud to serve an extensive menu which offers people plenty of choice.
The Tea House, which has restaurant and lounge areas, can seat 70 diners inside, but it also offers more covered seating on the attractive veranda and casual table-and-bench seating in the garden area. There is also on-site parking.
But back to the food and a menu which caters to everyone from children to adults, including those with special diets and really spoils you for choice.
Lunch is a relaxed affair when you can tuck into sandwiches and sweets, or if you have a bigger appetite opt for dishes including Lincolnshire Sausage in Onion Gravy, Beer Battered Haddock or Ham, Egg and Chips.
Evening dinner choices include the Tea House's famous Steak and Stilton Pie and, for the vegetarians, Wild Rocket with Cherry Tomato Gnocchi. Then there are the delicious Sunday Roasts and irresistible nursery-style puds – and of course, unmissable, creamy afternoon teas!
A specials board is running at both lunch and dinner, which features items such as Blade of Beef, Belly Pork and Grilled Salmon and those wonderful afternoon teas are served every day the Tea House in The Woods is open!
The Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum, managed by volunteers, has welcomed over 40,000 visitors since opening in 1987. Within this unusual corrugated iron clad bungalow, displays feature unique photographs of the area. The summer display features 'Notable Names of Woodhall Spa'.
An active Friends group has a programme that includes 'The Mad Hatter's Tea Party' on Sunday afternoon, 10th June, for children with adults when family fun and games with stories can be enjoyed. Tickets cost £5 and are limited to 36 places.
'We'll Meet Again' is a musical concert by the Lincoln Ukulele Band on the evening of Friday 6th July as a pre-1940s event. Tickets cost £5 and are limited. Last year was a sell out!
The usual 'Music in the Garden' on Sunday afternoons continues from July through August.
Enjoy a range of children's craft activities during the school holidays for example 'Play with Clay' and 'Fabric Fun'.
All this and more is waiting to be discovered at the small museum with big surprises!
Discover more by checking out the website www.cottagemuseum.co.uk for more information or email info@cottagemuseum.co.uk to reserve tickets.
Sadie and Russell, of RJ Hirst Family Butchers in Woodhall Spa have been enjoying an exciting few months. In October last year they scooped two coveted accolades: Retailer of the Year and for the fifth consecutive year, Highly Commended Producer at the Prestigious Select Lincolnshire Food and Drink Awards. This was followed on the same day by a Rural Oscar nomination in the national Countryside Alliance Awards.
In January they were invited to the Houses of Parliament by MP Victoria Atkins, to a Taste of Horncastle and Louth event. This was a wonderful opportunity to showcase their produce to MPs, peers, the media and DEFRA Minister George Eustace. This was alongside celebrity chef Rachel Green and other fantastic food and drink producers from Victoria's constituency.
In February a Channel Four show Village of the Year was aired featuring Woodhall Spa. Russell and Sadie were thrilled to meet and do some filming with TV icon Penelope Keith. Russell showed Penelope how his multi-award winning Lincolnshire Sausages are made!
Russell and Sadie look forward to welcoming you to their shop, with lots of new delicious BBQ dishes and pies for you to enjoy and not forgetting the fantastic Forties weekend too!
Underwoodhall Antiques and Jewellery are focused on providing customers with the highest levels of satisfaction and will do everything they can to meet your expectations. With a variety of offerings to choose from, they're sure you'll be happy working with them. They will search the county for unusual items of antique and later jewellery. Their team is on hand to help you find the perfect piece.
Two events which attract re-enactors, enthusiasts and visitors in equal measure are being held over the same two days this year giving everyone an outstanding opportunity to enjoy these great summer events in one fantastic weekend.
Woodhall Spa 1940s Festival and Thorpe Camp 1940s Weekend will take place on 7th-8th July. Woodhall Spa alone attracts more than 40,000 visitors and with excellent parking and free transport between Woodhall Spa and Thorpe Camp – a journey of less than ten minutes – every visitor will have the chance to learn about the social and military history of the region, see exciting re-enactments, sing and dance along with the very best 1940s entertainers. Weather permitting, crowds will be able to gaze into the sky and feel the thrill of seeing the BBMF's historic aircraft soar overhead. The Thorpe Camp weekend is vital to help support the future of the museum for generations to come.
This year's festival will celebrate Life on the Homefront and there is a packed programmes of events – many of which are free – so be sure to book early. Highlights include The Flying Proms at St Peter's Church on Friday evening, Remembering Al Bowlly at The Petwood Hotel on Saturday evening and a 617 Salute Ball at St Hugh's School. There are also Tea Dances, drop-in Swing sessions, living history groups and a Pre-1950s Vehicle Rally.
Lincolnshire Life will be bringing our marquee for the first time this year to be part of the fun. You will find us at the Inn at Woodhall Spa, amongst the trade exhibitors. Do come and say hello.
Woodhall Spa is home to Peter Scott Shoes, which is Britain's smallest shoe shop.
When Woodhall Spa had it's own railway station, the shop was a booking office, and was the last building on the platform before the railway line diagonally dissected The Broadway.
This explains its unusual shape which is only three feet deep at one end and led to the property being known as the 'Woodhall Wedge'. Customers have to view the displays in 'single file' at this end of the shop!
During its life it has seen service as a bicycle shop, an electrical retailer, a jeweller's and even a bank!
The shop opened in 1999 and over the years has gained a reputation for stocking shoes with style that fit as well as they look. They try to offer a range that is just a little different from those seen in every high street. Customers regularly travel from Lincoln, Louth and Boston for brands like Hotter, Rieker and Softline, and their price promise means you are always sure of good value.
The traditional Lincolnshire building method of mud and stud travelled across the globe with settlers to the New World but its use in our county declined in favour of local stone and brick soon after. The artisan skills required for this type of construction are still used by local craftsmen for heritage renovations but what is believed to be the first mud and stud barn to be built in Lincolnshire for over 300 years has opened its doors as a unique wedding reception venue.
Located at Abbey Farm on the edge of Woodhall Spa, the traditionally built Lincolnshire Oak Barn has views over thirty acres of tranquil gardens and the Kirkstead Abbey ruin.
Abbey Farm Weddings has been running since 2005 with an area on the farm previously being rented out as a marquee venue, so experience of weddings is plentiful. They can also recommend partners for high quality bespoke catering, flowers, cakes, dresses and photography.
Abbey Farm Weddings, Oak Barn is now available as a charming venue which oozes character and epitomises the current theme for rustic/country weddings. The small, charming St Leonard's Church is situated on the farm and is the most romantic and picturesque of venues to marry in, or alternatively the beautiful National Trust property Tattershall Castle is close by and conducts civil ceremonies.
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Going to see dance shows with my Mum has become somewhat of a tradition - it started with a trip to see The Nutcracker when I was five and has now moved onto me introducing her to a wider range of more contemporary works. When I saw that Ballet Boyz were performing at my local theatre before taking their tour onto Sadler's Wells I knew it was the perfect opportunity for a little treat. I was introduced to the Ballet Boyz during my time at university but had never seen the company perform live; I couldn't really miss the opportunity to see the new cohort of dancers when they were only 10 minutes down the road!
Ballet Boyz: The Talent sees 10 young male dancers come together under the guidance of Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt (the founders and original Ballet Boyz) to perform works by Liam Scarlett and Russel Maliphant. The show opens with the curtains lifting to unveil a hanging screen. The audience is then treated to a short film of the dancers in rehearsals whilst Scarlett discusses the challenges he faced in choreographing for an all-male group opposed to his usual classical ballet setting. The screen then lifts revealing the 10 dancers dotted around the stage lying with their backs to the audience. What unfolds in the next half hour or so is a piece that has breath taking fluidity underpinned by a strength that makes the dancers reminiscent of Greek Gods (their bare chests and toned muscles also enhance this image). All movements are executed as if in water; fluid, smooth and flowing, even when they toss one another into the air if is as if they weigh no more than a feather. The only sharpness in the piece comes from the specifically choreographed staccato duets that involve jabbing arms and precise limb placement. As a whole this piece works best when the dancers are in unison as they present a striking image – a mass floating along in a way that seems impossibly light for such Adonises.
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Remember, Remember the Fifth of November... | of hail; it's sharper, faster and more direct. It begins like the first piece with a short film then the unveiling of the dancers but that is where the similarities end. The action starts with the dancers in two circles – one inner and one outer – slowly rotating like a cog. The cog continues to steadily wind itself up until it is ready to release its kinetic energy into the dance. The duets that follow resemble combat; the dancers react to one another's movements as well as protrude into each other's personal space with fierce pushing and pulling. Dressed in khaki tones, the link to the warriors seems inevitable, especially combined with the dancers repeating their movement sequences over and over as though strategizing and rehearsing a plan of attack. The piece builds to the group working as a whole - running and using one another as ledges, tumbling in and out of lifts with precision and ease and supporting one another to create shapes that would not be possible without the camaraderie of the troop. In general, Fallen felt like it had more of a drive behind it – this was probably helped by the pounding accompaniment but also in the way the movements were executed.
All in all, it was a night that pleased. Those who went for the 'Ballet' would not have been disappointed with the clean, precise lines of Serpent, and those who went for the 'Boyz' | 283 |
Nineteen members of Congress as well as newspaper executives, including Wisconsin publisher Andrew Johnson, testified Tuesday, July 17, before the International Trade Commission in opposition to proposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint. They urged the Commerce Department to reverse the preliminary import tax imposed earlier this year, arguing it would harm newspapers, readers and, ultimately, newsprint producers.
The petition was filed by North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC), a Wall Street-owned paper mill based in Washington State, and one of five newsprint-producing mills still operating in the United States. No other mill has supported NORPAC's petition.
Johnson, publisher of the (Mayville) Dodge County Pionier, the Campbellsport News and the Kewaskum Statesman, was one of two publishers to testify Tuesday on behalf of the News Media Alliance. Johnson is president-elect of the National Newspaper Association and serves as president of the WNA Foundation. Paul Tash, chairman and CEO of the Tampa Bay Times — which announced in April it was cutting staff by 50 people<|fim_middle|> the tariffs, also addressed the ITC.
Johnson testified that the increases have already caused him to reduce his page sizes, eliminate office hours at one of his newspapers, layoff a staff member and reduce the hours of another. He explained that the increased costs — an estimated $23,000 a year for him — would not just be harmful to his newspaper, but would also hurt local businesses and the community. Expecting advertisers to pay more would be tough, he said, adding they'd be facing less exposure along with increased rates.
He argued the biggest loss would be that of civic leadership in the community, expressing how invested he and his staff is in their community.
"The ironic thing is that forcing newspapers to cut pages, reduce days of delivery or go out of business will not help the one U.S. newsprint producer that is supporting these tariffs," Johnson said.
Four ITC commissioners are expected to vote on the case on Aug. 28, with three votes needed to reverse the preliminary tariff. A 2-2 vote would favor the petitioner and the tariffs would become permanent. The rationale behind the decision will be made public Sept. 17.
The commission will continue to accept comments from members of Congress through Aug. 20. | in response to | 3 |
Despite missing several regulars Vectis demonstrated their continuing improvement by beating a very good Bognor Regis side, who are second in the Sussex league,on a blustery day in Ventnor.
The game opened however opened in similar style to the away fixture with Bognor scoring an early try from a rolling maul following a line out close to the Vectis line. With the strong wind at their backs Bognor kept Vectis tied down on the half way line, but as the half wore on strong driving play from Thor Lawel-Reiley, Caleb Reynolds, making his first start, and Sam Thomas in particular got Vectis on the front foot. The backs benefited from being on the front foot and Rory Taylor finished off a try which the team had worked hard for. In the wind kicking for the posts was a lottery and the conversion was missed.
Bognor however came back well and a series of drives close to the line resulted in a mis- match with the Vectis backs unable to stop one of the big forwards scoring from close range. In response that prompted one of the best passages of play with Will Hatch, Nathan Sanchez and Tom Branagh handling well to allow Branagh to burst for the line where he was brought down just short. Branagh was not to be denied however and soon afterwards he barrelled his way down the pitch scattering tacklers before him to touch down under the posts allowing Taylor an easy conversion. To their credit Bognor responded with another try and the half finished with the teams evenly matched.
In the second half Vectis used the wind well and Rory Taylor made sure that they had territory with a series of pinpoint kicks. Sam Thomas crossed early in the half with further tries being added by Taylor and Branagah, both of which were converted,and gave Vectis a healthy lead they weren't to lose. The forwards kept up their hard work with Freddie Newton, Ollie Fry and Sam fox showing great commitment to ensure Bognor couldn't get back into the game. The visitors<|fim_middle|> were a credit to rugby with their attitude and skill levels, and the game was well refereed by Tom Mahoney making for a great mornings sport, noisily enjoyed by two sets of supportive parents. | fought to the end however and ended the match with a converted try to bring the score to 33-22 to Vectis.
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Thompson, Jerry Joe
Jerry passed away at age 76 on June 1, 2017 at his home in Richardson, TX after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He fought the disease for 16 months, all the while taking chemo to extend the quality of his life for himself and his family. He was the consummate family man helping family in any way he could. He went by many names during his life, Joe, JJ; but his favorites were "Grampy" and "Peeps."
Born on March 17, 1941 to Ivan & Lucile Thompson of Chillicothe, MO. His working career started early in life by helping on the farm. During high school, he worked for his dad at Thompson Motor Sales pumping gas and washing cars. He spent his early years through high school in Chillicothe graduating from Chillicothe High School in 1959. After graduation, he attended William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. Dissatisfied with college life and dropping out, he enrolled in IBM school learning to operate their many new machines. Because Mobil Oil Corp. was a new customer of IBM, Jerry applied there and got a job as a machine operator in the Credit Card Center in KC, MO.
After a courtship that began during high school, Jerry married Janet (Adkins) on September 1, 1963, in their hometown of Chillicothe. Upon taking the advice of his many Mobil mentors, he re-enrolled at William Jewel part-time while continuing to work full time. In 1966 Jerry got his BA in business administration. His 35 year career with Mobil was in data processing, working in KC, NYC, & Dallas. He also served 12 years on the Board of Directors of Dallas Mobil Credit Union.
Retiring in 1996 he and wife, Janet, spent the next 20 years traveling the globe. Cruising was his favorite mode of travel. Jerry and Janet took 23 cruises. Favorite places were Santorini, Bora Bora, and Hawaii. He was an avid sports fan following college and professional sports. His favorite was Mizzou (MU) and cheering on his Tigers. He especially enjoyed all the time<|fim_middle|>91. JERRY WAS A GOOD BOSS AND A GREAT FRIEND TO ME DURING THAT TIME AND FOR ALL THE YEARS I KNEW HIM.MAY YOU REST IN PEACE AND MAY JANET ALWAYS KNOW WHAT A GREAT PERSON HE WAS.
Bob Hill says:
Jerry, you were a courageous and great friend. I enjoyed knowing you during our years at Mobil, and taking your money at our Mobil poker games. RIP my friend, and prayers for your family. | spent in Las Vegas with his buddy, Frank Robl, watching and betting on the NCAA basketball tournament play.
He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors are his wife of 53 years, son Tony, his wife Jinna, & daughter, Haley of Carrollton, TX; son Kenny, his wife Kathy, sons Jonathan & Nicholas; & step children Kyle & Kayla Hoyle of Little Elm. Siblings include Dale Thompson of Lynnwood, Washington; Bill & Ron Thompson of Chillicothe, MO; and Betty Banks of Mesquite, TX.
A celebration of life will be at the First United Methodist Church in Richardson on June 12, 2017 at 4:00 P.M. in the Chapel. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Diana (Thompson) Mattix says:
"Uncle" Joe was a fun and loving guy. My sisters and I share so many fun memories of him from our childhood. He will be greatly missed. Much love to you all and prayers for you Aunt Janet and your whole extended family. Love, Diana
Mike Bell says:
I send my sincere condolences to Jerry's family. I worked in Jerry's organization for several years and fondly remember him to be an excellent manager and very personable.
Patrice Taylor says:
To the Thompson family – my condolences on the passing of your husband, father, sibling, grandfather. Jerry, as he was known at work, was "the big boss" at DCA&S when I hired on with Mobil Oil IT in 1984, and I remember him as being "one of us" – very unassuming and someone I could relate to with respect, but never fear. A good man, with good values. May he rest eternally in the Peace of Christ. Amen.
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Andrew Garfield says lying about his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home was 'weirdly enjoyable'
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Andrew Garfield says he found lying about his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home to be "weirdly enjoyable".
The 38-year-old actor returned to the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the recent superhero blockbuster and admits that he embraced keeping his involved in the project despite persistent rumours.
Speaking to The Wrap, Andrew said: "It was stressful, I'm not gonna lie. It was rather stressful but also weirdly enjoyable."
Andrew likened the experience to the party game Werewolf, where players have to kill their friends without their identities being revealed.
He said: "It was like this massive game of Werewolf I was playing with journalists and with people guessing, and it was very fun.
"There were moments where I was like, 'God, I hate lying.' I don't like to lie and I'm not a good liar, but I kept framing it as a game. And I kept imagining myself purely as a fan of that character, which is not hard to do."
The Hacksaw Ridge star continued: "I placed myself in that position of, well, what would I want to know?... Would I want to be lied to?... Would I want to discover it when I went into the theatre?
"I would want the actor to do an incredibly good job of convincing me he wasn't in it. And then I would want to lose my mind in the theatre when my instinct was proven right<|fim_middle|>iversemovies | . That's what I would want."
Andrew was joined in the movie by fellow former Spider-Man Tobey Maguire.
He said: "I still can't believe it happened. I snuck into a theatre on opening night and just watched with my baseball cap on and my mask. In fact, I was also with Tobey, me and Tobey snuck into a theatre together and no one knew we were there."
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The EYFS door will be open at 8:45am and will close promptly at 8:55am ready for the school day to start. The children finish school at 3:15pm.
It is important that your child is in school on time and your child is collected on time at the end of the day as children often become distressed if they are collected late. If you are running late, please contact the school office by phoning 01517093672.
Breakfast Club is FREE for all children. It starts at 8am each morning. Reception children who attend breakfast club will be taken to their class at 8.45am.
Our P.E day is a Thursday. To make life easier for everyone we are asking that your child comes in to school with their P.E kit on on their P.E day.
Children are not allowed to bring their own toys to Reception as this can cause upset. However, we love to see things that the children have made at home or have found whilst out and about. These items can be bought into school to share with the rest of the class.
Our theme for this half term is 'Food Glorious Food' which we know the children will really enjoy.
If you have any concerns or worries, please speak to one of us when you drop your child off in the morning or collect them in the afternoon.
This half term we will be learning about Celebrating and Gathering. Celebrating will include learning about what a celebration is and talking about our own experiences of celebrations. We will then learn about how the family parish celebrates in different ways and end with our own class celebrations. During the gathering topic we will be learning how and why people gather together, we will also learn about the joy of how people gather together and celebrate at mass.
Throughout our 'Food Glorious Food' topic there will be lots of opportunities for the children to apply their phonic knowledge. We will be continuing to learn set 1 sounds (RWI) and using our knowledge of these sounds to read three letter words as well as segmenting to spell. We will also be starting to learn 'red' words such as I, the, no, go and to. The children will be<|fim_middle|> their self care including putting coats on and fastening them up, Funky Fingers and Formation station activities will support this. Children will be learning about food and discussing what is healthy and unhealthy about the food they eat. We will be encouraging them to pick healthy choices as often as possible. Our P.E day will continue to be on Thursday. Please continue to send your child in their kit on this day.
This half term we will be developing skills of confidence in approaching new tasks and situations and speaking in small groups. Children are independently accessing the resources within the unit and will continue to be encouraged to be independent.
We will use disagreements between the children to model and encourage positive problem solving and sharing.
We will be making lots of different creations this half term linked to food including healthy and unhealthy food plates, fruit and vegetable collages, making characters from the story in different media. We will be using music and dance to express the stories and information we are learning about. We will represent characters from stories in different ways and use drama to represent stories or our feelings towards them. We will role play in our shop, restaurant and vet surgery and small world activities. | coming home with a different reading book each week. Please ensure you send it back to school so it can be changed.
We will be reading lots of books about food. We will begin by reading our 'Talk for Writing' focus book 'Six Dinner Sid' and looking at the food Sid ate throughout the story. We will be making some of the food to taste and also using our creative skills to make it in the play dough and creative area. We will have a role play of a restaurant which will serve food from the books we read or celebrations we are learning about throughout the topic. Our story corner will be bursting with stories about food and recipe books for children to explore. We will be applying our phonic knowledge to label and describe Sid as well as making menus for our Role –Play restaurant.
We will be using the Numicon to order and match the numeral to each piece. We will explore money and counting through our restaurant and fruit and vegetable shop role play, we will be applying our knowledge of addition to work out how much two items cost. In the outdoor area we will be matching large Numicon to their numeral. We will be using shapes to make real representations of houses and food. We will also be looking at 1 more, 1 less, subtraction and halving.
We will observe our school area as it changes from Winter to Spring and talk about the changes we see. We will explore technology by learning to use the I-pads, internet programmes, cameras and story phones. We will be learning about different foods and where they come from. We will be comparing the foods that we consider to be healthy and unhealthy and sharing experience of food we eat in different cultures.
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Collins on Leamington win, Dongda He wonderstrike and Loiodice debut
James Collins is hoping victory over Leamington FC in the Birmingham Senior Cup<|fim_middle|>da He
"He's shown us he can play; he was lively, he ran in behind, he was a threat, and he took his goal brilliantly, so he can't do any more than that.
"He's definitely staked a claim with his performance."
On keeping a clean sheet
"They stood up to the pressure. Early on in the first-half, you're wondering if they would stand up to it, but it was a brilliant save from Andy [Sondergaard] which kept us in it, and after that I felt we managed it well.
"When you're coming up against set-pieces from non-league teams it's hard, they're winning the headers and we're trying to get the second balls, but I thought the midfield really got on top in the second-half and picked up a lot of balls, which you have to do in these kinds of games against non-league teams.
"We also showed enough quality to prove we've got some good players as well."
On short preparation time
"There wasn't a lot of time for this game. Lewis [Richards], Owen [Otasowie], Enzo [Loiodice] and Andy were away with the first-team and there was obviously the Youth Cup game on Monday which was a long trip for all them.
"It was also hard for them to come back and recover after just two days in a game which affected them mentally as well as physically, but I thought they all got through it well.
"The good thing is this competition gives us different types of challenges, different styles of football, different types of pitches, and is great for their education."
On a debut for Enzo Loiodice
"I thought he was excellent. He looked liked an experienced pro out on the pitch, which is a good sign for a young player.
"He looks like he has plenty of ability, playing a lot of through balls and playing people through the lines and I thought he looked like he knew the role well, knows the game well and shows good game understanding, so I was really pleased with him."
On advancing to the semi-finals
"Whatever competition you're in, you want to win the games. The boys have had a tough year, so to come to places like this and win games is good for them.
"It's good to get used to winning games, getting used to good results, so we'll take that and look forward to the semi-final."
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Dongda He and Raphael Nya scored the goals which secured the Wolves' place in the semis, as Collins handed debuts to Nigel Lonwijk and Enzo Loiodice following their January moves to Molineux, and the head coach was impressed with he control his young players asserted on the game against last season's competition champions.
On victory over The Brakes
"These are tough places to come, playing against experienced players and men who are just one level below the conference.
"I thought our boys rode the early storm where the ball was coming into the box, a different style of football to what they're used to and settled down in the second-half much better and won the game well in the end.
"The goals were good, especially on what was a difficult pitch, but they found four or five times during the game where we produced really good moves. There were several occasions in the second-half when we could've scored a couple of goals. However, we only got the one, after the great hit by Dongda in the first-half, but I'm really pleased with them."
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Critical philosopher and historian of science, Paul K. Feyerabend was an ardent defender of everyone's freedom to think, decide and determine one's own priorities and values. The right to enjoy this freedom should be guaranteed to all persons and communities against any attempts to limit its reach for the profit of a few. This "freedom", however, should not be separated from a critical perspective<|fim_middle|> excludes all profit or commercial purposes. It supports, in Switzerland and abroad, projects, organisations and/or individuals acting for human solidarity in favour of communities in need. The initiatives sponsored by the Foundation are centred on the capacities of those communities to understand and to act, which need to be developed, strengthened and given value to improve their lives and conserve their natural environment. The interaction with these communities engages them in solidarity as joint decision-makers and actors— never as "targets" of initiatives conceived elsewhere. The Foundation supports initiatives that respect local cultural identities while facilitating the critical analysis of their own tenets, as well as of the tenets of other cultures. It acts to promote biological and cultural diversity, the respect of human rights and the environmental consciousness of everyone in society.
The Foundation can provide grants, subsidies, prizes, fellowships, interest-free loans, free financial guarantees and any other type of aid compatible with the objectives of the Foundation and its status as a non-profit organisation. | towards itself and its own principles and embedded culture— without which it could become an abstract self-created prison. It is important to take one's own ideas not too seriously and to understand tolerance, empathy and solidarity in human communities as values more important than abstract logical principles— even more important than the cult of one's own "truth".
The Foundation is inspired by these ideas and attempts to follow the style of the work of Paul K. Feyerabend — sincerely appreciating the complexity of human experience and refusing both the tyranny of "Reason" and the imposition of methods.
"The Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation promotes social justice, human rights, bio-cultural diversity and the empowerment and well-being of human communities via community solidarity and mutual aid, as well as via collective reflexion, organisation and action."
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Being sat on the south coast of Madeira, Funchal is blessed with a fine marina so taking a stroll down Av. Do Mar and Av. Sá Carneiro is a good starting point when trying to get a feel for the city.
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Although Madeira is a<|fim_middle|> there is less than an hour and it's worth making the effort.
Heading east along the north coast will bring you to Ponta Delgada and eventually São Jorge, both of which offer breathtaking views and scenery.
You'll find fantastic local food all over Madeira, especially in Funchal. Meat lovers should keep an eye out for carne de vinho e alhos, picado and espetada, which is large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a branch of bay leaves and left to grill over smouldering wood chips.
Despite being sat on the southern coast, Funchal doesn't have any sandy beaches. For those, you'd have to drive over to Machico or Porto Santo. Funchal does have the one man-made beach nearby though, at Calheta to the west of the city.
We'd also recommend checking out Monte Palace Tropical Garden and Santa Catarina Park.
Funchal is home to some speciality museums, most notably, one dedicated to Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal's national football team, who was born in the city in 1985.
Other museums include the Madeira Film Experience and Museu do Brinquedo, which houses childrens' toys from the 1940s and 50s, right up to modern day.
There are also some deeply historic landmarks such as the Santa Clara Monastery and Sao Tiago Fort.
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Going to Stanford during the beginning of the digital music revolution, I was taking advantage of MP3 technology early on. Back then, when we wanted to create digital copies of our CDs, we had to rip the songs off of CD, converting them to WAV files and then encode those WAV files to MP3 files, each step requiring a separate piece of software.<|fim_middle|> bought an IPod (which is awesome) and that comes with the MUSICMATCH Jukebox software. It has a handy little utility that "records" the CD, automatically creating MP3 files that are then added to your music library. While CD burning and music software has been doing this for years now, I have to admit that I've only just started using this feature and find it very convenient.
The funniest part of this whole thing is that when the software is done recording the CD, it plays a little sound to signal the completion. Amusingly enough, the default sound is the tada.wav file that has been on Windows system since at least Windows 95. It's almost as if it's saying, "Ta da! I've created some MP3 files! You're now on the road to sharing copyrighted materials with the world!" Ha ha. It's like a little magic trick. | In fact, MP3 codecs were hard to come by, so we had a little pirated utility. And I have to admit, since I knew the old skool way to do it, the few times I have encoded music since then, I would do it this way.
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For lovers of all things dry cured, charcuterie specialist Charles Wekselbaum has written an unconventional entry-level guide to the process. An award-winning chef and owner of Charlito's Cocina, Wekselbaum draws on his Cuban-Jewish background and takes inspiration from flavors from Asia to Italy. "Charlito" includes recipes for pork and beef salami, dry-cured whole muscles like prosciutto and bresaola, and more unusual seafood and vegan options made from salmon, tuna, figs, cucumbers, and more. He provides<|fim_middle|> the finished product, and recipes to implement your favorite dry-cured ingredients. With information on everything from sourcing your materials through plating your dish, this book allows home chefs of all levels to enjoy their own dry-cured delicacies without being intimidated. | instructions for easily constructing your drying and fermentation chamber, putting together the perfect charcuterie board, pairing wines and beers with | 24 |
Armentrout Memorial Set for Saturday
The late Bob Armentrout will be honored for his work to Ruddle Park and cresting a veterans' memorial during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday at the park. Photos by Shawn Stinson.
By Shawn Stinson
A former Pendleton County commissioner and a longtime member of the Pendleton County Board of Parks will be honored for his work and dedication to the park.
Bob Armentrout, who died on Jan. 22, will be recognized for his work involving Ruddle Park as well as the creation of a veterans' memorial at the park. The ceremony is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the park.
Armentrout originally joined the board of parks in 2006 when he was serving as a county commissioner. He remained on the board following his six-year term in office.
Gene Boggs, a member of the county board of parks, said Armentrout got the inspiration to create the memorial from the Highland County Courthouse in Monterey, Virginia. There are bricks on a sidewalk with the names of Highland County's veterans.
"He sold the bricks for the memorial," Boggs said.
Boggs added as part of the ceremony, a plaque will be placed at<|fim_middle|> | May 12, 2022 | the memorial to acknowledge Armentrout's work at the park and the memorial. Armentrout was serving as president of the board at the time of his death.
"It wasn't hardly anything to it to start with," Boggs said.
Boggs added bricks are available to purchase for any veteran for $40. If interested in purchasing a brick, contact him at 304-358-7982.
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We started off our summer session at Natasa's home. She just got a new kitten named Willow, a sweet, small, rather elusive kitten. it was our goal to take photos of Natasa and her new furbaby prior to going out on location. After about a half hour of trying to get the scared kitty out of a certain spot that was unreachable Willow decided to make an appearance!<|fim_middle|> as sweet as could be and we got some adorable shots of these two beauties!
I loved Natasa's colorful wardrobe she brought with our shoot! I particularly loved her in RED!
I'm so happy that Natasa was so flexible. When we got to one of our locations I painted on a window, Peace, Love and Happiness...well, I had to run to my car and get a 70's style vest and glasses as it was so fitting for the window. Natasa had no problem with trying new things!
Best to you Natasa...you'll do great things!
I'm proud Natasa has grown to be a very responsible young lady who has her priorities in order. She's always excelled in school, thanks to her discipline with her studies and genuine desire to learn. She's pursuing a college education in business and communications, and has applied to several schools in Midwest. She's toured a handful of schools so far and falls in love with each one. She'll make her final decision in the spring of 2019.
In her teen years, she's been her parents' partner is helping with chores around the house and caring for her younger brother, Peter. She enjoys helping in the kitchen and it's a treat when she cooks and bakes!
Natasa is such a joy to be around. She's witty, fun-loving and sweet. Our favorite pastimes are exploring new restaurants in the city, shopping (makeup and clothes, of course!), poolside lunches, music concerts and Cubs games.
Natasa loves to travel and explore new cultures. She's visited several fun cities in the U.S. - her favorites are L.A. and New York City. And her passport has several stamps from her visits to family in Greece and Adelaide, Australia.
Natasa always had a heart for animals, and finally at the age of 17, she got her first kitty, Willow, and she's so in love...the feeling appears mutual. It'll be hard for Natasa to part with Willow when she goes to college. | I was SO glad she did! She was | 9 |
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-g @
What I am expecting to see is "@" but the output is null?
What am i missing?
Thanks
A: Since your g option requires an argument, Changing the third parameter in option from false to true works.
options.addOption("g", "delimiter", true, "default delim is ,");
I have changed from false to true since option g requires an argument if it's passed in command line. It works fine then.
This is from their java doc
The addOption method has three parameters. The first parameter is a java.lang.String that represents the option. The second parameter is a boolean that specifies whether the option requires an argument or not. In the case of a boolean option (sometimes referred to as a flag) an argument | 168 |
Sundance Film Festival is one of the most celebrated independent film festivals in the world.
Naturally it was only a matter of time before brands started to muscle their way into this high profile event.
Not content with hosting exclusive screenings, sponsoring events and creating installations, brands have stealthily moved behind the lens to launch branded films.
Among the films that have been attracting attention at this year's event is a documentary film called,"Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World".
Exploring the digital revolution and its impact on our rapidly interconnecting human lives, the film is causing a stir for a number of reasons.
Firstly, it is immensely topical. The film examines the power and fragility of our connected world and features leading technology luminaries such as Elon Musk, Bob Kahn and Sebastian Thrun. It ponders the impact of the internet, robotics, AI and the Internet of Things on human life and has been described as "playful yet<|fim_middle|>, it's a film about the impact of the digital revolution on humanity and that makes Herzog the perfect choice.
Interestingly this project did not start as a documentary film, but with Herzog onboard it quickly became clear that to him that he was making a "powerful and extraordinary film".
Herzog says, "What started out as interviewing a handful of subjects about the state of connectivity, quickly turned into a cornucopia of footage that was destined to become something much bigger. The project took a life of its own, and size, and substance, and everything pointed to the direction of a feature length documentary."
Herzog is no stranger to branded entertainment. He lent his superb storytelling skills to AT&T's very worthy 'It Can Wait' campaign, which targeted mobile phone use while driving. Herzog created the devastating documentary film 'From One Second to the Next', which has been viewed more than 3.2 million times on YouTube.
"Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World" is also a product of the brilliant minds at Periera & O'Dell, Netscout's advertising agency. Pereira & O'Dell also have significant form when it comes to branded entertainment having worked on Intel & Toshiba's award-winning social films series, including The Beauty Inside. The agency also created Coca-Cola's Crossroads series and Skype's Stay Together films.
The result of teaming Herzog and P&O'D is a highly creative group of people with significant understanding about how to create compelling storytelling for audiences, as well as how to weave a brand into the mix without diluting the film's message and authenticity.
Herzog is a huge boost to the authenticity of the film. He is immensely respected and has been critical in the past about the presence of brands and marketing within the creative industries. When he signed on to AT&T's project it was because the film was not trying to "sell anything" and was all about raising awareness.
In this regard, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, is not about a direct sell and is also about generating awareness. However, arguably the potential commercial gains for Netscout are significant.
The aim of the film is to generate awareness of the reality of our modern world and to create a greater level of understanding of the possibilities and the dangers that lie ahead. In creating this film, Netscout positions itself perfectly as the trusted experts of your connected world. These trusted guardians can swoop in and advise on how you and your company can install systems to protect yourself.
It's a brilliant piece of positioning by Netscout and outstanding work by Pereira & O'Dell.
Dave Arnold, Executive Creative Director at Pereira & O'Dell, said in a statement, "As storytellers, we set out to interconnect the truths of a pervasive brand such as Netscout with the collective psyche of popular culture. This film will bring a mass audience to a deeper understanding of the health, capacity and security of our digital infrastructure."
Without seeing the film it's hard to comment further on how successful this is from a brand perspective, however, it's worth noting that critics have praised the film. In a further sign of its appeal, Magnolia Productions have acquired the worldwide distribution rights.
This is an immense and ambitious project by Netscout and it is, by all accounts, an impressive success. This is certainly one to watch out for. | chilling".
Secondly, the film has been made by the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Herzog, who has been called "the most important film director alive", is known for his confronting and poignant films, which often explore humanity, human torment and the limits of human beings.
Finally, the film has been created in partnership with systems security company NetScout and its' advertising agency Pereira & O'Dell.
This film brilliantly positions Netscout as the trusted experts of your connected world.
"Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World" is a exploration of the impact of the rise of technology is having on human lives, all seen through the brilliant and unique lens of Werner Herzog.
The film has been described as a "complex portrait of our brave new world" which "wrestles with profound and intangible questions regarding the internet's future. Will it dream, as humans do, of its own existence? Can it discover the fundamentals of morality, or perhaps one day understand the meaning of love? Or will it soon cause us—if it hasn't already—more harm than good?
The film plays a central and significant role in launching Netscout's new brand platform and positioning, Guardians of the Connected World.
Anil Singhal, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Netscout, said, "As technology changes the world, more and more companies must adopt digital transformation strategies. Those that do not, will be replaced. This film is a wakeup call to the world on how incredibly powerful and fragile connectivity is, and Werner has done an extraordinary job bringing the message to life."
The film premiered on January 23 at the Sundance Film Festival.
Werner Herzog is known for films which examine the human spirit like: 'Grizzly Man', 'Into The Abyss' and 'Encounters at the End of the World'. So he seems a surprising choice for a film about the Internet made by a cyber security systems company. But that is the brilliance of this project | 402 |
Evan Goldberg (born 1982) is a Canadian film screenwriter and producer. Goldberg attended Point Grey Secondary School and McGill University before joining the staff of<|fim_middle|> he is now working on with Rogen. Goldberg and Rogen are both "obsessed" fans of The Simpsons. After learning that The Simpsons executive producer James L. Brooks was a fan of Superbad, they decided to ask the producers of the show if they could write an episode. They were invited to The Simpsons writers room, where they pitched several episode ideas. One was accepted, and they wrote an outline with the help of some feedback from the regular writers. It became the episode "Homer the Whopper", which was the season premiere of Season twenty-one.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Evan Goldberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. | Da Ali G Show along with his childhood friend and comedy partner Seth Rogen. Rogen and Goldberg collaborated the films Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Funny People, and The Green Hornet. In a strategy to garner interest and funding, Goldberg created a pre-production trailer for Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, a film | 69 |
ST 476 650The airy grasslands above the Combe make a marked contrast to the dark woodland below. A great spot for butterflies, with a magical view across Mendip.
The damp wooded Combe is home to the rare moonwort fern which grows under the old yew trees. The woodland and scrub on<|fim_middle|> do not approach cliffs and scree slopes. | the reserve support a thriving population of the hazel dormouse, one of the largest in the area. Goblin Combe is a gorge cut into the limestone by melting snow and ice during the last ice age. Climb steeply to the limestone grassland and patches of heath above. In late summer the grassland is dotted with autumn gentian, autumn lady's tresses and yellow-wort. Over 30 species of butterfly have been recorded here, including grizzled and dingy skippers, brown argus and green hairstreak.
Near to the village of Cleeve, the reserve can be accessed from the neighbouring reserve manged by Goblin Combe Environment Centre.
Footpaths along the floor of Goblin Combe can be very muddy and slippery. Exercise caution and | 157 |
il mondo di Rory: Freedomsilk!
Hello everyone, today I'm talking about Freedomsilk, an online store that is very well stocked with regards to silk bedding.
In this shop you will find a wide selection of high quality silk bedding, many suits are available in different colors, all at very cheap prices.
Buying on this site is easy but above all safe, deliveries are fast and reliable payments.
It is possible to buy silk bedding from the comfort of home and with simple clicks, you will find a very wide choice that meets every single customer request.
There are fashionable and trendy silk bedding, ideal to give a touch<|fim_middle|> will surely be satisfied with your purchase.
They are really good quality garments at sensational prices. | of class and originality to your home.
This floral model is also very beautiful.
In this shop you will also find a wide selection of very refined and elegant silk pajamas for women.
They are made with excellent fabrics, comfortable and practical to wear.
Splendid this silk pajama set, I really like the pink color and the model, fabulous!
Also refined this floral model.
You also choose your favorite model on the shop, the choice is vast and you | 93 |
In 2010, while reading The Power of Purpose, by Richard Leider, I set<|fim_middle|> in the comments below. | a powerful intention for myself by composing my own personal purpose statement.
creating growth in myself and others.
For the past six years, the intention I set to live purposefully and in alignment with my core values has been my daily guidepost and has fueled the realization of very meaningful dreams and aspirations. My personal purpose statement has served as a constant, centering reminder of where I want to spend my time, who I want to surround myself with, how I want to share my gifts with the world, and has aided me in realigning when I've found myself veering off course.
Your destiny is shaped by your deepest intentions.
As we're approaching mid-year 2016, you may be revisiting and assessing the goals you established for yourself back in January. Mid-year is also a good time to reflect upon what's working and what's not. If you find yourself in a place that's not where you hoped you might be at this point in the year, setting a powerful intention may be impactful.
What are you choosing? What are you expecting?
Every action, thought, and feeling is motivated by an intention, and that intention is a cause that exists as one with an effect. If we participate in the cause, it is not possible for us to participate in the effect. In this most profound way, we are held responsible for our every action, thought, and feeling, which is to say, for our every intention…It is, therefore, wise for us to become aware of the many intentions that inform our experience, to sort out which intentions produce which effects, and to choose our intentions according to the effects that we desire to produce.
If you're feeling stuck and want to create a new path forward, start by examining your past thoughts, actions and emotions and connect with your truest intentions.
produced the experiences you're having now?
what different consequences might you create?
As you make more conscious and intentional choices that honor your deepest desires and dreams, you will realize exactly what life intended for you – the opportunity to grow and achieve your highest potential.
To learn more about the power of setting intentions and how to set an intention, listen to my January 2016 radio interview with Andrea Oliver of Hall Communications.
What are you intending for the remainder for 2016? Please share your thoughts | 471 |
County council voices concerns with 'absolutely horrible' Bill 23
December 2, 2022, 12:14 p.m. ·3 min read
WELLINGTON COUNTY — Bill 23 will actually slow housing development, says county councillor Gregg Davidson, one of several councillors who spoke out against the province's Bill 23 at a Thursday county council meeting.
"This is absolutely horrible legislation coming from the province," Davidson said.
Bill 23 is the More Homes Built Faster that dictates housing growth and rules around that growth to municipalities.
Davidson worries municipalities won't have waste water systems ready for extensive new home creation.
"And I don't know how, warden, this is going to play out. But I can tell you from the standpoint of our local municipality as well as probably every other local municipality that has waste water, it's not going to increase housing. It's actually going to put a halt to it. Because we don't have the waste water capacity and there will not to be any financing to actually build it and expand it," Davidson said.
Davidson further noted that the bill will have impacts across the province.
"It effects us here in county. It effects every municipality in Ontario when it comes to finances," Davidson said.
Councillor Mary Lloyd noted that Bill 23 will have impacts and changes in many housing-related areas.
"Our government of Ontario introduced legislative changes that impacts all residents of whether it be through infill, more units on single properties, whether it be on removal of heritage designated, heritage listed properties, whether it be the effects through the conservation area. All of those things have major impacts," Lloyd said.
However, Lloyd fears that by removing opportunities for residents to voice concerns about new home construction there will be an ongoing problem.
"But the one that strikes the core with me the most is to do with the public input. Removing the opportunity for our residents in any area to come forward with questions and concerns about the development in the area they live, to me, is a vital detriment to what we have going forward. While I don't see the public as making the sole decision, I see it as an important part of transparency and government," Lloyd said.
Councillor Shawn Watters explained that right now municipal governments are transitioning into the new term of council. So it is not an appropriate time to pass this bill.
"The difficulty I've had with this is sort of the timing of this, everyone's in transition right now," Watters said.
Watters emphasized that municipal governments and other bodies they work in conjunction with should be collaborating respectfully. However, the province has not acted that way with the development of Bill 23.
"I always like to think that we're partners obviously locally, we're partners with the county, we're partners with conservation authorities, we're partners with the province," Watters said.
"And as partners in this whole endeavour to keep things going and make this a great place to live, there is supposed to be discussions and dealings with each other and being respectable. But I find that this process has not been very respectful, especially in our community," Watters said.
Councillor Diane Ballantyne explained that solving the housing crisis won't be easy and Bill 23 is concerning.
"The housing crisis, there is no simple solutions to it. And I echo your concerns with regard to the democratic input, and the environmental concerns, the removal of conservation authority voice, and the impact on long range provincial planning framework," Ballantyne said.
Jesse Gault is the Local Journalism Initiative reporter for GuelphToday. L<|fim_middle|>3 | JI is a federally-funded program.
Jesse Gault, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, GuelphToday.com
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Scottie Barnes (Toronto Raptors) with a dunk vs the Portland Trail Blazers, 01/28/2023
Drew Eubanks with a block vs the Toronto Raptors
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Gone are the days when brides would all have the same round, traditional bridal bouquet. The modern bride can do just about anything she darn well pleases for her bridal bouquet; as well as the bouquets for her bridesmaids.
More and more brides strive for a different bouquet to carry; one that fits their personal style. So, we had a little fun at our shared studio space: Block Studios, owned by Jeannine Marie Photography. We put together different shapes and styles of<|fim_middle|>, designed either tight and dense or loose and airy. Always "round"!
Shape/description: Small bunch of blooms, often circular/round in shape and often tied with a ribbon.
Great for: A posy can be a budget friendly option for a bridal bouquet and/or bridesmaids or it can be fancied up with larger and more lush blooms.
Shape/description: Loosely tied bunch of flowers and foliage, varying lengths and shapes.
Great for: The bride who wants a "wow factor" and is seeking a modern twist on a traditional style bouquet.
Shape/description: Flowing, cascading, waterfall-like floral. Can be anchored in a holder or handtied.
Great for: A Bride who want's to make a statement with her bouquet.
Shape/description: Long stemmed bouquet, created to look most presentable leaning against the arm. Also known as Presentation Bouquets or Arm Bouquets.
Great for: A bride looking for something different than your typical round or hand tied bouquet.
Shape/description: A ball of flowers and/or foliage suspended from a ribbon.
Great for: A flower girl, program attendant, greeter or usherette.
These shapes and styles of bridal bouquets are just the start of what can be done for wedding day floral design. Brides can always customize their bridal bouquet by choosing different flowers and foliage to fit their style. For more information on what we can do for your special day, contact us at events@jessicawonders.com. | bouquets to help you select YOUR style.
As creatives, we tend to be visual people. We know thatsometimes it helps our brides to see what we are talking about in the planning process of wedding floral design. So get inspired!
Shape/description: Small and usually fragrant cluster of flowers, cut all in one uniform length.
Great for: Great option for personal attendants or maybe even a flower girl.
Shape/description: Simple and elegant | 91 |
The core subjects of English, Maths and RE are taught discretely.<|fim_middle|> foundation subjects, all classes follow a topic (see Topic timetable in each class section). The 'topic-based' approach to the curriculum which we follow at St Mary's means we group certain subjects around a broad theme. We have created a skills and knowledge based continuum which includes coverage of the new National Curriculum, as part of a broadly balanced curriculum which meets the needs of St Mary's pupils, taking regard of the school setting and local, national and international developments. The new computing curriculum is incorporated throughout each topic.
Teaching staff broaden the experience of the topics for the children through promotion of the outdoor curriculum, off-site visits and visitors into school and shared experiences with the wider school community.
Music & PE specialists work alongside class teachers to develop teachers' skills and subject knowledge and provide further enrichment activities eg school orchestra/inter-sports competitions and clubs. | Some aspects of Science are also taught discretely and some aspects are taught as part of a topic.
To meet the requirements of the National Curriculum | 28 |
Chef Eddie's Holiday Dining Tips
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Holiday dining is a highlight for many of us during this festive season. It's a time for friends<|fim_middle|> us online or call us at 773-433-1801 to learn more about vibrant retirement living in Chicago. | and family, for gift giving and receiving, but it's also a time for delicious meals topped off with cakes, pies, and plenty of Christmas cookies.
Of course, it can all be a little stressful for those preparing the meals, especially when it comes to deciding what all to serve your guests. So if you're planning your holiday dinner party and don't know where to start, read these three easy tips from our expert on dining, The Admiral At the Lake's Chef Alejandro Arreola.
Food and Friends: Celebrating Holidays The Admiral Way
Tip 1: Keep Using Old Favorites
It might be tempting to try out a new dish to shake things up a bit during the holidays. However, it's best to stick with the tried-and-true dishes that everyone loves—at least for the main course.
Alejandro, who goes by Chef Eddie, said that each year during the holidays, he's always sure to include residents' favorites.
"I have gotten to know what the favorites are, so during the holidays, we keep it very traditional. We have dialed down to the dishes that people always love during the holidays," he explained. "People want to see the traditional dinner."
He went on to say that for Thanksgiving, this means turkey and pies. For Christmas, there's a bit more wiggle room so he and the culinary team prepare things like leg of lamb or roasted duck. And for New Year's Day, he likes to serve things like lobster bisque and filet mignon.
"That's when we do a get a bit fancier with a plated dinner. I like to do things we wouldn't regularly do during the year," he said.
With that said, don't be afraid to think outside the box a little. Once you have a few favorite dishes on the menu, it's always fun to mix in newer dishes like one of Chef Eddie's go-to sides, Brussels sprouts with bacon and dates. He added that another popular winter dish is a butternut squash bisque with white chocolate cream. Although it's not a traditional holiday dish, he said it "feels very wintery and Christmasy" and is a big hit with residents.
Tip 2: Offer Healthy Sides
It can be difficult but healthy eating is key during the holidays, Chef Eddie said. In addition to traditional, rich entrees, offer healthy sides for your guests to enjoy.
"Our community likes vegetables a lot so we try to have plenty of options for them, like vegetable medleys or composed salads," Chef Eddie said.
The composed salads are very popular, he added, and they're crafted using local ingredients.
"Most of our salads have winter ingredients like pomegranates or whatever's available," he explained. "We plan our menus depending on what's available locally because we buy from a few local farms. We try to do everything sustainable and local, so we base it on that. We like to use the best the season has to offer."
Of course, the holidays are also a time for indulgence. If you can't treat yourself now, when can you? Offering some healthy sides is a great way to break up an otherwise rich, filling meal, but you do want to offer guests a few chances to indulge.
One creative way to do that is to provide festive holiday drinks. For example, on New Year's Eve the culinary team at The Admiral at the Lake offers champagne or sparkling wine to diners. On Thanksgiving, a hot cider station is always a crowd pleaser. And for Christmas, Chef Eddie says he turns to homemade eggnog, as well as some Admiral-brewed beer, which was introduced last year and has been a big hit with residents and guests.
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Tip 3: Don't Forget Dessert!
Dessert can sometimes be an afterthought after you spend your time carefully crafting the main course. But it's a great opportunity to get a little creative and end the night with flair.
Chef Eddie said that in addition to holiday mainstay desserts like pies and Christmas cookies, one popular dessert at The Admiral at the Lake is their famous Butter Rosemary Cookies, which have a hint of honey.
"They have become a favorite of the community and everybody looks forward to them. Residents even ask us to make them for private parties," he said.
The Admiral at the Lake's Butternut Squash Soup
2 large butternut squash (about 4 ½ pounds total), halved lengthwise, and seeded
2 cups of sliced onion
5 cups vegetable broth (see below)
1 ½ cups of mascarpone cheese (if not available, substitute with crème fraiche or heavy cream)
2 fresh bay leaves
Sprig of fresh thyme
Salt and white pepper to taste
Vegetable Broth Recipe:
Roughly chop 3 stalks of celery, three carrots, three parsnips, 1 large celery root, 1 large leek, ½ cup of fresh ginger; place them in a stock pot. Barely cover with chicken stock (or water if vegetarian soup is desired), add a small bay leaf and bring to boil, simmer for 20 minutes, strain and save.
Directions for Soup:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Oil baking sheet. Place squash, cut side down, on baking sheet. Bake until squash is very soft, about 50 minutes. Using paring knife, remove peel from squash; discard peel. Cut squash into 2-inch pieces. Heat butter in heavy large pot over medium-low heat. Mix in onion, brown sugar, and garlic. Cover pot and cook until onion is tender, about 15 minutes. Add squash, 5 cups vegetable broth, and 1 cup of mascarpone cheese (if not available, it could be substitute with crème fraiche or heavy cream). Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
Working in batches, purée soup in blender (this can be done one day ahead. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate.). Return soup to pot. Season soup with salt and white pepper. Bring to simmer, thinning soup with more broth if necessary. Ladle into bowls. It can be garnished with Truffle cream, pumpkin seed oil or toasted pumpkin seeds.
Celebrating the Holidays at The Admiral at the Lake
Chef Eddie said that his favorite part of celebrating the holidays at The Admiral at the Lake is getting to meet the family members of residents.
"You piece everything together," he said. "You get to know the residents and they talk about their son or their daughter, and then you have the opportunity to meet them and relate even more."
He explained that it's common for people to bring their families in for dining.
"Particularly in our community, they're here for the holidays," he said. "I don't want to brag, but I think it's partly because of the culinary program we have here."
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How Did Bastille Day Change America Forever?
Annually France shuts down to celebrate its major annual holiday, Bastille Day. But did you know the events of that day changed America forever?
Vive la France!
Each year, France celebrates its greatest national holiday La Fête Nationale,<|fim_middle|>Christians only or holiday for all? Read next feature >
Sign up for Beliefnet's Love and Family newsletter. | or "The National Celebration." It is also called Le Quatorze Juillet, which simply means "The Fourteenth of July,"
It is more commonly known as Bastille Day.
All of France commemorates the storming of the Bastille Saint-Antoine on July 14, 1789, when the people of Paris, furious with an incompetent and corrupt king, marched on a fortress prison in the middle of the city that served as both a royal armory and a prison for political prisoners.
Painting is La Liberté Guidant Le Peuple or "Liberty Leading the People" by Eugène Delacroix
Annually, festivities and official ceremonies are held nationwide – and anywhere that large populations with French heritage reside.
Each July 14, the oldest and largest military parade in Europe is held in the morning down the broad Champs-Élysées boulevard in Paris, through the Arc de Triomphe and past of the President of the Republic, who reviews the parade with selected French officials and honored foreign guests.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
The French Revolution officially began on that day in 1789 with the oppressed, overtaxed middle class storming Bastille.
They proclaimed "Liberté, égalité, fraternité!" -- the idea that common man should not be oppressed by an indolent king living luxuriously off of their labors. Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!" they shouted.
It is commonly told that the angry crowd stormed the prison, overpowered the guards, freed the political prisoners, then ripped the building apart, brick by brick until only the foundation remained.
What happened on Bastille Day?
A crowd of 8,800 men and women marched on the castle, which was defended by 82 elderly former soldiers hired by the king and 142 Swiss mercenaries. The crowd proclaimed its desire to free the political prisoners, not knowing that only seven remained.
The guards refused.
Let them eat cake!?!?
Enraged by high prices, food shortages and the continued extravagant lifestyle of the aristocracy, the crowd had become inflamed by rumors, such as the oft-repeated but likely untrue story that Queen Marie Antoinette, when told that her subjects had no bread, responded, "Then, let them eat cake!
The crowd wanted blood
The Bastille's commander, Bernard-René de Launay, prepared for a siege, but the crowd broke into the outer courtyard. Word spread throughout Paris. The crowd grew larger. Suddenly, they were joined by members of the army who brought with them two cannons. The crowd dragged down the drawbridge and poured into the building.
De Launay surrendered under a white flag and the castle's seven political prisoners were released.
... but the crowd wanted blood.
They killed de Launay and the defenders of the citadel.
The victorious crowd marched through the streets of Paris with the heads of the Bastille's commander and his guards held high on pikes.
Revolution!
The French crown had been of the greatest supporters of the American revolution -- delighting in seeing England's King George humiliated.
The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the American Revolution's greatest heroes. Cities through the United States are named in his honor. He was sent by the French king to assist the Americans in any way possible.
Without the intervention of the French navy, is doubtful that England's General Cornwallis would have been deprived of supplies and reinforcements ... and forced to surrender to a band of upstarts led by a land surveyor named George Washington.
Upon learning that the Bastille had fallen, King Louis XVI is reported to have asked: "Is this a revolt?"
His advisor La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt answered quietly, "No, Sire, it is a revolution."
The demolition
Although popular myth has it that the furious crowd dismantled the castle by hand, destruction of the Bastille actually took several months.
An entrepreneur, Pierre-François Palloy, on July 15 was given the exclusive right to the fortress and sold its stones and fixtures as souvenirs.
Individual bricks were carved into models of the Bastille.
By November 1789, nothing remained but the foundation.
A model of the Bastille, carved from one of the citadel's stones.
The key to the castle
As a symbolic gesture, the key to the west portal of the Bastille was presented on March 17, 1790, by Lafayette to President Washington.
Today it is displayed at George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
A decade of political turmoil followed, including the public guillotine executions of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette as well as hundreds of French aristocrats and even the leaders of the uprising.
In the ensuing Reign of Terror, no one was safe from the crowd's lust for blood.
Amid the chaos, an enlisted man in the French army, Napoleon Bonaparte, rose to power. He united France in a series of wars, crowned himself Emperor, conquered much of Europe under the French flag ... and ran up an immense national debt.
To raise cash, he sold to the former U.S. Ambassador to France -- President Thomas Jefferson -- an enormous tract of land stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border.
The price: $15 million.
The "Louisiana Purchase" essentially doubled the size of the young United States.
Independence for Latin America
The French Revolution has often been credited with fanning the revolutionary flames that swept through Latin America at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Spain was severely weakened and unable to hold onto its vast territories that stretched from California to Argentina.
"It thus seems logical that the struggle against Spain was conditioned by the ideas and events that caused the upheaval in France, and that the great liberators of the continent, men like Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin, were inspired by political tremors from across the sea," --The French Revolution and Latin America, July 1989, an essay by Luis E. Aguilar, a professor of history at Georgetown University.
Painting; General San Martin Crossing the Andes by Julio Vila y Prades (1873 - 1930)
The Monroe Doctrine
Napoleon's subsequent defeat at Waterloo after years of war weakened the European powers and empowered U.S. President James Monroe to issue his famous declaration that the United States would no longer tolerate European interference in the affairs of the governments of the Americas.
This was known as "The Monroe Doctrine" and established the United States as the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere.
The Revolution continues
The revolutionaries of 1789 unleashed passions and ideas that continue their work into our time. Among those ideas are the leveling idea of equality, the divorce revolution, secular liberalism, sexual freedom, state-centered education, and communism. The French Revolution also defined our modern political vocabulary: the labels "liberal," "radical," "socialist," and even "conservative" all derive from that time of ferment (for example, it was books by Edmund Burke and Louis deBonald written in reaction to the French Revolution that first defined modern conservatism).
From an essay by Allan C. Carlson, Ph.D., adapted from a lecture presented to the Witherspoon Fellowship of the Family Research Council, Washington, DC, July 20, 2005.
The favor is repaid
Enormous pressure was put on America's leadership to remain neutral in World War I. However, the longstanding friendship between the United States and France was too strong.
After all, in New York harbor, there stands a gift from the French people to the citizens of the United States, given upon the occasion of America's 100th birthday on July 4, 1876 -- a testament to the bond between the two countries.
And so it was that when days looked the darkest for France on April 6, 1917, that American soldiers waded ashore in France and proclaimed, "Lafayette, we are here!"
Happy Bastille Day
And so, as you hear that France is once again celebrating Bastille Day, remember that in many ways, this is also an American holiday.
America would never be the same after July 14, 1789, when the peasants stormed the barricades, French soldiers hurried through the streets to turn two cannons against their incompetent king's citadel and an unruly mob in the street proclaimed to the world that they would never again accept the notion that the commoner is a lesser creation than the royal-born.
Power belongs to the people, living together in liberty, equality and common purpose ...
Or as they say in France: Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité!
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Do your church events sneak up on you?
Are there ministries in your church that seem to compete with each other?
Do you feel like you just have too much stuff going on?
Organizing your church isn't fancy and it requires very little technology. This particular tool has been around for thousands of years and it's helped countless people, families, and organizations.
I'm talking about a calendar.
Hunt<|fim_middle|> of June gets loaded up with too many activities, you need to lead the charge to simplify and rearrange. Your church is not a collection of ministries held together by a common thread. It's the body of Christ, not parts of a mannequin in a cardboard box. Every ministry affects every other ministry.
This is why your annual calendar discussion needs representatives from each ministry. You can even involve volunteer leaders in this meeting. Putting all the key players in the room gives you the widest possible perspective.
Argue, debate, and discuss based on the calendar. You're not debating the merits of each ministry or program; You're looking factually at the events and activities central to the life of your church. Like a puzzle, your goal is to make everything fit together for one great purpose.
It may take a while, but imagine the synergy that will come from all of your key leaders having a general framework about what to do. Imagine walking away from this meeting with a big picture understanding of a year in the life of your church.
With a little intentionality and some focus from your team, you could have a big picture annual calendar completed in just a few hours. This type of one-page document will give you the framework to plan the rest of the year. It will help you allocate resources, including time and communication, to what really matters in your church. | ers used calendars to know when game would migrate south. Farmers used them to know when to plant their corn. The ancient Jews used them to mark the date of Pentecost or celebrate the beginning of the Year of Jubilee. Without calendars, we wouldn't know when football season starts, when to set our clocks forward an hour, or when to blow up millions of dollars of fireworks on the 4th.
Without calendars, we wouldn't know when football season starts, when to set our clocks forward an hour or when to blow up millions of dollars of fireworks on the 4th of July.
A simple calendar is one of the most powerful organizational tools you can use to align your church. And the most important calendar you need is an annual calendar.
An annual calendar isn't a calendar for this year…it's a calendar for every year. It's an at-a-glance overview of your entire year. And it's one of the most important things you can create for your church.
What happens in your church in January… EVERY January?
What do you do in the summer… EVERY summer?
How do you kick off the fall… EVERY fall?
What do you do during the Christmas season… EVERY Christmas season?
Why does your church need an annual calendar?
Success is best measured over time. Doing something one time might not give you a true indicator of success for your organization. New churches and organizations shouldn't put too much stock into first-year numbers, because they aren't real. You've got to measure things over a longer time period.
Life has a natural rhythm. Whether it's the back to school season, the Christmas holidays, or the early emergence of spring, life has a season just like the weather. You're wise to understand the seasons of your industry and plan accordingly. Great leaders don't just react to the current season, but intentionally build a calendar knowing how to connect the dots. People in your organization or community understand the rhythm of life…stop trying to fight it.
There is power in tradition. When it comes to organizations, traditionalism is bad, but tradition is good. When you do some of the same things year after year, you build a story. "Ladies and gentlemen…start your engines" – that's a tradition. So are Christmas Eve Family Candlelight services and the staff Olympics. Annual picnics, big events, and company retreats can go a long way towards building a culture. Don't be so quick to discount the meaning of tradition, and all traditions are not sacred cows. Not only should you appreciate traditions, you should leverage them. In the quest to be innovative and relevant, don't cast aside something valuable.
Repetition leads to improvement. When you do something once, you don't really know if it worked. For example, after a near-disastrous Easter outreach event, our entire team would have supported the idea of wiping it from the church calendar forevermore. But after a few evaluation meetings, we decided a few adjustments would make it more effective. I committed to hosting the large-scale event one more time before making the final decision. The following year, attendance was lower but the event was smoother. We worked out the kinks and the event lasted a total of five years. Had we pulled the plug after the initial flop, we would not have been able to gauge the true effectiveness.
Patterns will keep things from sneaking up on you. When people say, "that just snuck up on me," they generally mean, "I am disorganized and wasn't paying attention." So stop reacting to whatever is current and start planning in bulk. Plan the year in advance and know when it's time to start working on something. When you plan an annual calendar, you'll know what's going on in June and July. And after a few seasons, advance planning will become second nature.
A calendar will keep you from competing with yourself. Churches are among the worst culprits when it comes to internal competition. It's routine for people to be encouraged to get in a small group, sign up for a mission trip, bring in school supplies, set up online giving, and volunteer in their kid's class….all on one Sunday. What is your church emphasizing in the month of October? Are there strategic times for groups emphasis, where other ministries can chill out on the public communication? When you get your entire team in the room and work on the big picture calendar, you'll stop stepping on each other's toes and stop confusing your people with multiple action steps.
If you're a Church Fuel member, you'll find a template in the Annual Plan Course. You'll also get coaching you can share with your team, plus resources on how to align every ministry in your church with your annual calendar.
Here's how you can create your own annual calendar.
Start by creating a simple spreadsheet. You can use Excel, Google, or even a legal pad and a pencil. Put the months of the year in rows across the top. Then list categories down the left side. Examples of categories might be Preaching, Children's Ministry, Students, Discipleship, Staff or Special Events.
Then go ahead and fill in what you know. If your church always does a homecoming service in November, type it in the appropriate cell. If a Junior High retreat happens each Spring, write it down. Vacation Bible School, Small Group Sunday, the Volunteer fair…write down everything that happens on an annual basis. Now there will surely be events that happen just one time in the life of your church and that's okay. Your mission here is to write down the things that happen every year.
You're going to move, edit, add and delete in the next step. You're going to involve other people, too. But for now, your job is to get everything out of your head and on your screen.
Step 2: Spend a half-day with all of your staff or key ministry leaders.
The best way to lock down your annual calendar is to get the majority of the principal leaders in one room and work on it together. You can create this on your own, but I've found that systems created alone are typically followed alone. The more you involve people in the process, the more excited they will be about the result.
Creating an annual church calendar is a great way to create conversations and build buy-in among all of your leaders. Frankly, you need to have some discussions about what to do when. If the month | 1,308 |
Thursday Roundup/Panthers 2, Caps 1 (SO)
By J.P.@JapersRink Nov 29, 2007, 6:41am EST
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Daily Awards
Hart: Mike Knuble (G, 2A, +2, 3 SOG)
Ross: Mike Knuble, Pat Kane, Milan Hejduk (3 points each)
Norris: Andrej Meszaros (2G, 4 blocked shots)
Vezina: Tomas Vokoun (32 saves on 33 shots against in shootout win)
Richard: Andrej Meszaros, Martin Havlat (2G each)
Calder: Pat Kane (3A, +2)
Aiken: Johan Holmqvist (3 goals allowed on 10 shots against in just 40 minutes of work) | AP Recap - Game Summary - Super Stats - WashingtonCaps.com Postgame]
Well, the initial adrenaline rush that accompanied the coaching change has worn off leaving the same Caps team trying to learn a new system. The result? What we saw Wednesday night. A few thoughts on the game:
If Tomas Vokoun catches with his left hand, the Caps win that game. Period.
He doesn't, and they didn't. Period.
Neither Chris Clark nor Alex Semin were available for the shootout. Semin's injury would appear to be that same ol' ankle, and he's day-to-day, and Clark's malady wouldn't seem to be significant.
Both Vokoun and Olie Kolzig were awesome through overtime but beatable in the shootout (I wonder what the highest combined total in a shootout is).
It was awfully nice of Brooks Laich to wear the #21 in honor of Sean Taylor. It was nicer still to see Shaone Morrisonn honor Taylor by hitting everything that moved early on.
Speaking of Laich, if you want to see what his shootout move looks like when it's successful, it's #6 here (and I could easily go another 35 games without seeing the Caps in one of those skill competitions).
Last word on Laich - he's always a good guy to talk to, and last night was no exception. Check out his post game interview (warning: MP3).
It took the Caps more than ten minutes to get their first shot of the second period, meaning that in the other 55 minutes of hockey, the team fired 33 shots on goal (11 of which came off Alex Ovechkin's stick).
The Caps won a paltry 44% of the game's faceoffs, with Nicklas Backstrom going 0-for-8 and Viktor Kozlov only slightly better at 1-for-6.
If only David Steckel could lift the puck.
Another 30+ minutes of ice time for Tom Poti, and a hair over 30 for AO as well.
Why can't the Caps get players like Richard Zednik?
Finally, if a picture's worth a thousand words, this one that KB took in the locker room post game says it all:
Next up, the Hurricanes in Raleigh on Friday night. Then the Panthers. Again.
Elsewhere 'Round the Rinks:
Michal Neuvirth was named to the Czech World Junior team.... Happy 58th birthday to #7 | 510 |
Mac Cuill ([], "Sohn der Hasel"; auch Séthor) ist eine Sagenfigur aus der keltischen Mythologie Irlands. Er gehört zum Volk der Túatha Dé Danann und gilt als einer der legendenhaften Hochkönige Irlands.
Mythologie
Mac Cuills Vater Cermait ist im Lebor Gabála Érenn ("Das Buch der Landnahmen Irlands") der Sohn des Dagda. Mac Cuill und seine Brüder Mac Cécht und Mac Gréine – in einer anderen Variante auch Séthor, Céthor und Téthor – waren alle drei Könige Irlands.
Nach dem<|fim_middle|> werden die drei Schwestern Banba, Fótla und Ériu mit den drei Brüdern – Mac Cuill (mit Banba), Mac Cécht (mit Fótla) und Mac Gréine (mit Ériu) – verheiratet. Damit übernahmen die Tuatha Dé Danann die legitime Herrschaft über die Insel. In der Variante des Lebor Gabála Érenn sind die Brüder Sethor, Cethor und Tethor die Ehemänner der Schwestern. In beiden Versionen haben die Brüder als legendenhafte Hochkönige bis zur Ankunft der Milesier gemeinsam über Irland geherrscht. Sie fallen in der Entscheidungsschlacht der Túatha Dé Danann mit den Milesiern um die Vorherrschaft auf der Insel.
Siehe auch
Liste keltischer Götter und Sagengestalten
Liste der Hochkönige von Irland
Anmerkungen
Literatur
Helmut Birkhan: Kelten. Versuch einer Gesamtdarstellung ihrer Kultur. Zweite, korrigierte und erweiterte Auflage. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3.
Ingeborg Clarus: Keltische Mythen. Der Mensch und seine Anderswelt. Zweite Auflage. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3-491-69109-5.
Bernhard Maier: Lexikon der keltischen Religion und Kultur (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5.
Lebor Gabála Érenn
Legendenhafter Hochkönig Irlands
Túatha Dé Danann
Irische Gottheit | Lebor Gabála Érenn | 8 |
L'indicatif régional 928 est l'indicatif téléphonique régional qui dessert la majorité du territoire de l'État de l'Arizona aux<|fim_middle|> Nation navajo située en Arizona est desservie par cet indicatif.
Historique des indicatifs régionaux de l'Alabama
Voir aussi
Article connexe
Liste des indicatifs régionaux du plan de numérotation nord-américain
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Site du Plan de numérotation nord-américain
Indicatif régional américain
Arizona | États-Unis, à l'exception de la région métropolitaine de Phoenix et du sud-est de l'État.
Le Grand Canyon se trouve dans la région desservie par cet indicatif.
L'indicatif régional 928 fait partie du plan de numérotation nord-américain.
Principales villes desservies par cet indicatif régional
Flagstaff
Lake Havasu City
Kingman
Prescott
Wickenburg
Yuma
Peoria incluant le Lake Pleasant Regional Park
Les villes du comté de Greenlee
La portion de la | 127 |
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The stakes and site will be different when Russell Turner takes a fourth shot at Oregon on Sunday.
The UC Irvine coach lost at Matthew Knight Arena during three straight seasons from 2014-16, including a 69-67 overtime loss four years ago when the Ant<|fim_middle|>rebound opponents by an average of seven per game.
UC Irvine averages 72.8 points per game while shooting 36.2 percent on 3-pointers, but Oregon ranks sixth in the nation by allowing opponents to shoot 29.1 percent on 3-pointers. Leonard is at 41.2 percent behind the arc followed by Hazzard at 39.7.
During five previous trips to the NCAA Tournament at Oregon, Altman has never lost to a team below a No. 2 seed. He is 8-1 against lower-seeded teams in the tournament with the Ducks.
The Anteaters are coming off their first NCAA Tournament win in their second appearance in the tournament. | eaters let an 11-point lead get away and Dwayne Benjamin hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds left in regulation.
The 12th-seeded Ducks (24-12) and 13th-seeded Anteaters (31-5) each pulled an upset on Friday to meet up in the South Region second round at 6:40 p.m. at SAP Center. The winner moves on to the Sweet 16 in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday.
None of the current Ducks have played against UC Irvine, but they flipped on the film soon after defeating Wisconsin 72-54 in the first round.
Oregon made a surprising late-season surge with nine straight wins while UC Irvine counts the nation's longest winning streak at 17 consecutive games over more than two months. The Anteaters defeated fourth-seeded Kansas State, 70-64, in the first round while making 9-of-23 3-pointers.
"We know they are good and watching them last night reinforced that," Oregon coach Dana Altman said.
Junior guards Max Hazzard and Evan Leonard lead UCI with 12.7 and 11.3 points per game, respectively, but nine players are averaging at least 16 minutes per game. The Anteaters start 6-foot-10 Jonathan Galloway and 6-8 Tommy Rutherford with 6-9 Collin Welp and Elston Jones off the bench as they out | 317 |
university of new orleans<|fim_middle|>arris, director of UNO-CHART.
A project titled "The New First Line of Defense: Building Community Resilience through Residential Risk Disclosure," was awarded a $3.4 million grant.
Led by the University of Central Florida, researchers will work with communities throughout the Gulf region to improve the dissemination of information about potential hazards to residential housing that can change overtime.
The grant's principal investigators say the first line of defense for residents and their resilience is housing protected from natural hazard impacts. Yet many residents remain unaware that the building codes and zoning regulations they expect to protect them become outdated as environmental stressors, local development patterns, materials science and construction practices change, according to the grant application.
Improved residential risk disclosure is a key component for building resilient communities. To make informed decisions about where to live and how to protect housing investments, residents require knowledge about potential natural hazard exposure and impacts along with available mitigation strategies, the application states.
The ultimate goal of the project is to identify practices most likely to result in residents taking actions to reduce risk and increase resilience.
The second project, titled "Climate, Culture, Movement: Navigating Decision-Making in a Shifting Landscape for a Resilient United Houma Nation," was awarded $2.1 million.
Led by Tulane University, the goal of this project is to determine how the United Houma Nation can adapt to climate-related and other short- and long-term stressors while maintaining the integrity of its community and culture.
The United Houma Nation is a Louisiana state-recognized tribe primarily based in southeastern Louisiana that is striving to maintain its unique culture amidst dramatic climatic, environmental and socioeconomic change. According to the grant application, while tribal citizens have sustained livelihoods and communities in a shifting landscape for generations, today ongoing coastal land loss combined with the cumulative impacts of health, social, and economic disparities have created unprecedented challenges for the tribe.
The project team will collaborate with the United Houma Nation to examine existing and emerging stressors, identify resilience strategies and produce actionable information, tools and interventions that can be used by the tribe to navigate these challenges.
Researchers say the project's findings will be useful to other Gulf Coast communities facing similar issues. | researchers to study community resilience
CAMPUS NEWS: OCTOBER 28, 2019
HAZARD RESEARCH GRANTS
University of New Orleans Researchers To Study Community Resilience as Part of $5.5 Million Grant
University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response, and Technology researchers will study ways that communities along the Gulf Coast can adapt to a range of environmental stressors.
Researchers in the University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) will study ways to enhance the resiliency of Gulf Coast communities as part of two grants totaling more than $5.5 million from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Gulf Research Program.
UNO researchers will work on the two projects in collaboration with an interdisciplinary group of scientists from 10 universities, including Tulane University.
The University's portion of the grants is just over $290,000, according to Monica F | 203 |
Because part of your loved one's stay at Verrazano may include addressing medical concerns, we go to great lengths to provide excellent medical case management. All of our teams work together, with families and residents, and with the resident's physicians, for a comprehensive care plan.
Our social services department focuses heavily on resident satisfaction. Through cross-departmental cooperation, we maintain a staff in which every employee is on the same page. The rehabilitation coordinator will know your loved one's history and daily plan, as will the counselor, dietician, nurse, and recreation coordinator.
This interdisciplinary team creates a personalized comprehensive care plan for every resident. The plan covers every aspect of a resident's life at our facility, including admissions, medical assessments, screenings, personal preferences, counseling for the resident and family members, and referrals to outside agencies if a resident chooses to transition back into his or her home community.
While our team includes skilled nurses, therapists, a dietitian, and other professionals, we often need to remain in close contact with individuals outside of Verrazano<|fim_middle|> and treatment information. We also provide financial counseling to make sure that families understand their commitments and options for payment.
Individualized, personal care begins on the day of admission and continues throughout each resident's stay. We keep progress notes and medical charts for easy access to records. In every aspect of a resident's day, our team members take pride in working with residents to create the optimal experience. Fortunately, our small size allows us the luxury of close relationships, which creates an environment that feels like home. | , such as a resident's physicians and family members. Part of our medical management plan includes this coordination. Our social services department is the primary point of contact with a resident's coordinating hospital, regarding medical records | 41 |
ABOUT EILERT SMITH HOTEL
A HISTORICAL JOURNEY TO SOMETHING ELEGANT AND BRAND NEW
In between Stavanger's old wooden houses and modern buildings, you will find Eilert Smith Hotel. The boutique hotel with 12 rooms is named after the great architect from Stavanger, Eilert Smith, whom originally designed the building. The late 30's was a great time for functionalistic architecture in Stavanger. Institutions, stores, and private homes were built in this new, international style. In 1937, the machine department of Rogaland Felleskjøp moved in to the brand new building in Nordbøgata 8.
On the ground floor (where the Michelin star restaurant, RE-NAA, is located today) there was a showroom with top modern freezers and heaters. You could buy parts for tractors and other machines in the second floor. Employees who worked with purchasing, marketing and administration had offices on the third floor, and on the fourth floor there was a large warehouse. At the top of the building, where Eilerts Residence is today, there was a large roof terrace.
THE BUILDING COMES TO LIFE
Today, the functionalistic warehouse has been given a new life as a boutique hotel and restaurant – Eilert Smith Hotel and RE-NAA. The architect Pål Trodahl from Trodahl Arkitekter has been responsible for the renovation of the building. The hotel's owners, Signe Anne and Kristoffer Stensrud, wish to preserve the historical heritage of the building and create a hotel with soul. Trodahl was determined<|fim_middle|> hotel experience.
"Would you have done anything different with your life?" "No, I wouldn't have had it any other way." | in his choice to keep the original design at the same time as the building went through a significant upgrade and expansion.
Transforming this piece of history into a boutique hotel required a new extension. Trodahl's challenge was to add two extra floors and at the same time preserve the modernist expression, characterised by its general proportions, curved geometrical shapes, clock tower and the slim horizontal windows.
Inspired by similar Nordic modernistic buildings from the same era, the design solution was to elongate the existing clock tower, keeping the two new floors subordinate. The ground floor of the building was redesigned with the same footprint as the additional floors in order to strengthen the relationship between the base and the top. The existing windows where rearranged and adjusted to serve the new purpose. Rather than making a new extension with a clear division between new and old, the architect's approach respectfully edits and rearranges the existing building while preserving the essence of the original design.
Classic modernistic materials, such as travertine, brass, marble and wood, were used to enhance the building's architectural language. Travertine in particular plays a lead role in the project. The stone's natural appearance from the quarry is recreated; the cloud-like appearance of horizontally cut surfaces serves as flooring whilst the layered appearance of the vertically cut surfaces serves as walls.
The restaurant on the ground floor is organised around an open kitchen, inviting the guests to observe the preparation of the food. The next three floors accommodate different hotel rooms and suites, each one individually designed with custom furniture and their own identity.
The two top floors are a part of the Eilert's Residence. This suite is built around a spiral staircase measuring three meters in diameter. A circular skylight ensures that the daylight floods down the stairs towards the entrance. The panoramic view over Stavanger will take your breath away.
EILERT SMITH, THE ARCHITECT
Our hotel is named after the architect Eilert Smith, who originally designed the building in 1937. He was a popular architect and designed several hotels and private houses.
Eilert Smith was born in 1903. Together with his wife Aud, he had two children - Andrew and Aud. They spent a lot of time together at their cabin, and Eilert loved fishing for salmon with friends. He thrived on the coast and at sea. Eilert Smith was more of an artist than a businessman. The aesthetics of his projects was incredibly important to him.
Eilert was described as a cheerful and kind man. Because he was so outgoing, warm and funny, he often became the social center everywhere he went. He got along well with people of all ages and from different backgrounds. We want to take these qualities with us when we give our guests the world's best | 567 |
On Wednesday night at Dunwoodie Golf Club in Yonkers, Phil DiRuocco will be recognized for his contributions when he is inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame.
"He's been a tremendous asset for Section 1," said former North Rockland baseball coach Pat Amendola, who was co-section coordinator with DiRuocco from 1995-2013. "We'd go to meetings and clinics, and I could always tell that Phil had what it took to get kids to respond. He had a certain trait in his personality that made kids believe in him, and I found it to be true with the coaches as well. Coaches really respected his opinion and expertise."
DiRuocco, a Stepinac graduate, started out umpiring baseball games for a few years before being hired as an assistant football coach at Irvington in 1968. By 1971, he was the varsity baseball coach at the age of<|fim_middle|> and the plaques are on display at the County Center in White Plains. The induction dinner is Wednesday at Dunwoodie Golf Course in Yonkers. To attend the dinner, contact Kevin Cook at kdc2@westchestergov.com. | 29.
From 1971-87, DiRuocco compiled a 225-138-6 record, leading the Bulldogs to seven league titles and three Class C sectional championships (in '72, '82 and '83).
"Baseball was my love," DiRuocco said. "I started umpiring in the mid-'60s, and that sort of set my foundation and philosophy for coaching. As an umpire, I saw a lot of things that coaches were doing correctly, and a lot of things that coaches were doing incorrectly."
In 1982, DiRuocco was named athletic director at Irvington — a position he held until his retirement in 2000. But even after he stopped coaching, DiRuocco has continued to officiate baseball and basketball games while serving on the Section 1 baseball committee, where he remains a co-chair.
"It's kept me close to the game," said DiRuocco, who repeatedly referred to his wife, Lucille, and three children, Celeste, Marciene and Marco. "It's been a part of my life, and my family has grown up with that as well. That's how lucky I am. I've been doing things my whole life that I love."
Twitter: @vzmercogliano
The Westchester Sports Hall of Fame is sponsored by Westchester County Parks, | 293 |
Reedley is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. Reedley is located in the San Joaquin Valley, 22 miles east-southeast of Fresno, at an elevation of 348 feet. The population at the 2010 census was 24,194. Its chief economic source is agriculture, particularly fruit and vegetable cultivation. The city dubs itself "The World's Fruit Basket".<|fim_middle|> city in 1888.
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Listing Provided By Ronald D Kusch (License ID: 00945565) of Valley Land & Investment Co. | Reedley holds many festivals year round. The city of Reedley hosts the annual Reedley Fiesta in October, the Reedley Electrical Christmas Parade in December, the Reedley Street Faire in May, the Reedley Certified Farmers Market, the Reedley Taste of the Town in September, and many other festivities to keep the residents and visitors busy and entertained. Reedley is situated along the Kings River and in the summer, many local residents and visitors drive to Cricket Hollow Park and Reedley Beach.Reedley is named for Thomas L. Reed, a veteran who gave half of his holdings to the | 119 |
We are at the beginning of global disruption via blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies. In fact, the sun is only just peeking over the crypto horizon as the tech world comes to grips with the implications of distributed ledgers, smart contracts, tokenization, and crowdfunding.
Andrea-Franco Stöhr and his brother Nicolo Stöhr grew up in a tiny village — of just 80 inhabitants — in the Swiss Alps around St. Moritz, famous for its winter holiday scene and a host city for the Winter Olympics in both 1928 and 1948.
After taking jobs in different locations in and around Switzerland, the brothers are once again based in the mountains, but life is very different now. In addition to running<|fim_middle|> complement each other when it comes to skillset, too.
Of course, working with a sibling has its downsides, especially in a marketplace that never sleeps.
"The biggest challenge is that we never stop talking about business, which means that our mom, dad, and little brother know quite a lot about San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and the crypto space," Nicolo said.
So how do you go from building a waffle business to getting involved in the crypto space?
Andrea-Franco got started a little earlier. In an industry that is evolving from minute to minute, and that has only really been on the radar for 10 years, a year can seem like a lifetime.
So how do blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies differ from traditional currencies, especially when it comes to crowfunding models?
It also means blockchain technology gets a lot of attention from finance incumbents, and that attention is not always positive.
The returns from blockchain technology projects are not traditional either, according to the brothers.
As with all high-reward endeavors, however, there are dangers.
Of course, one of the main issues with blockchain projects is that the products and services don't yet exist. Funding is required to build the solution, which means it can't exist before the initial coin offering or token generation event. That means a lot of utility tokens are being used for investment only, instead of their intended purpose.
With so many scams and non-existent products, it is fair to say that the fledgling blockchain industry has one other major problem to solve.
One of the ways the brothers are accelerating their learning in the blockchain space is by running events where they invite leading experts — if there can be such a thing this early in the game — to speak. But competition in this area is high. I currently track over 300 events between March and December 2018, which makes it difficult for newcomers to stand out.
Every event company has to decide how much to limit their offering. Do you go broad and invite everyone or do you stay focused and target those who will really benefit from the content and networking. The latter argument is the reason VentureBeat limits its audiences for events like Transform and VB Summit, and the brothers agree on this approach.
What's next for crypto finance? | a successful waffle business, which includes supplying delicious treats at various music festivals around Switzerland and near the ski lifts in St. Moritz and Celerina, the Stöhrs have created Crypto Finance Conference AG, an events business that focuses on blockchain-technology finance.
I had the opportunity to learn more about where the industry is heading and what working with a sibling is really like when I chatted with the brothers recently.
That sibling bond is, in Nicolo's eyes, a plus.
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About Schmidt: A Novel
by Louis BegleyLouis Begley
Paperback(Reissue)
Reading Group Guide
Ballantine Reader's Circle Series
Louis Begley is the author of four novels. Wartime Lies, which was written when he was in his mid-fifties, was followed by The Man Who Was Late, As Max Saw It, and About Schmidt. He is currently finishing a fifth novel. Begley has another life, that of a lawyer. He is a senior partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, one of America's most prestigious firms, and is the head of its international practice.
Wartime Lies was the winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, The Irish Times Aer Lingus International Prize, and the Prix Medicis Etranger, France's most coveted prize for fiction in translation. It was a National Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, and National Book Critics' Circle Award finalist. About Schmidt was likewise a National Book Critics' Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist. Begley has received the American Academy of Letters prize for literature and numerous other awards.
Begley was born in Stryj, a town that was Polish and is now part of Ukraine, in 1933. Being Jewish, he survived the German occupation by pretending, with the help of false identification papers, to be a Catholic Pole.
Begley and his parents left Poland in 1946 and settled in New York in 1947. Begley graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and after having served in the U.S. army, from Harvard Law School in 1959.
Since 1974, Begley has been married to Anka Muhlstein, a prize-winning French author of biographies and other historical works. The combined family includes five grown children. His are a painter and sculptor, a book critic, and an art historian. Hers are a foreign relations specialist and a television journalist.
Ballantine Reader's Circle: About Schmidt (Excerpt)
Schmidt's wife had not been dead more than six months when his only child, Charlotte, told him she had decided to get married. He was finishing breakfast at the kitchen table. The "Metropolitan" section of the Times was in his left hand; as on every Saturday, he had been poring over the mutual fund quotation table to check the prices of two investments, one in small capitalization companies and the other in international equities, both of which he had bought on his own initiative, out of conviction, and had come to regard, irrationally, because the rest of his money was managed with reasonable success by a professional whom he left quite alone, also out of conviction, as the weather vane of his financial standing. The small capitalization fund was down, by ten cents. He thought that made it a loss of about fifty cents for the week. The international stocks were down too. He put aside the paper, looked at his daughter, so tall and, it seemed to him, painfully desirable in her sweat-soaked running clothes, said I am very happy for you, when will it be? and began to cry. He had not cried since the afternoon when the specialist confirmed the advice he had previously given to him over the telephone: Don't think of an operation, why mutilate Mary, it won't give her even one good year, we'll keep her as comfortable as possible. Meanwhile, you two try to have a good time. He held Mary's hand until they were out in the street.
The morning sunlight was blinding. He put Mary into a taxi—ordinarily, she would have walked home, but he saw that she was shaken, almost disoriented—caught one himself, proceeded to the office, told his secretary he didn't want to be disturbed, shut the door, called David Kendall, the family doctor who was also their friend, heard that he and the specialist had discussed the advice before it was given, and, lying facedown on the couch, wept like a boy, the parade of his life with Mary passing on the screen of his burning eyelids like some refurbished newsreel. That day he had been mourning the end of his happiness. But today it was the imminent collapse of a bearable existence he had thought he might be able to sustain. He didn't need to ask Charlotte who the man was: Jon Riker had been around for a long time before Mary began to die. That very minute he was probably shaving, in Charlotte's bathroom.
In June, Dad. We want to talk to you about picking the day. Why are you crying like this?
She sat down and stroked his hand.
From happiness. Or because you are so grown-up. I'll stop now. Promise.
He blew his nose elaborately, using a piece of paper towel he tore off the roll on the upright holder next to the sink. Of late, he was finding himself reluctant to use the handkerchief he always carried in the pocket of his trousers, saving it for some unspecified emergency when having a clean handkerchief would save him from embarrassment. Then he kissed Charlotte and went into the garden.
Jim Bogard, the new gardener he had hired at the beginning of the season, and his crew had been at work all week. He noted once more with satisfaction that dead leaves and broken branches had been raked, even from the mulched flower beds around the house and the more inaccessible spaces beneath the azalea and rhododendron bushes. The wilted yellow tops of Mary's lilies had been cut so close to the ground that one could not suspect the presence of the bulbs underneath; the Montauk daisies looked like topiary porcupines; the hedges of honeysuckle that enclosed the property on three sides, leaving it open only to the saltwater pond that lay beyond a stretch of fields beginning to turn light green with winter rye in this mild weather, had a prim and angular look. If his neighbor Foster decided to subdivide, or a developer finally got to him, it would not be difficult to plant out whatever monstrosities they might build: at worst, they could put up two or three houses. Of course, the feeling of open space and the view would be lost. This was subject of worry for him each year, when the potatoes had been taken in and farmers had time to turn their minds to money and taxes. He had been thinking of it during his last visit to the tree nursery, and noted the great number of mature bushes for sale and their prices, which weren't so high as he had expected. Should he take the initiative and talk to Foster about his plans? Mary had never wanted to tie up such a large part of her own money in the Bridgehampton property, and she didn't want to use his money, but Charlotte, really Charlotte and Jon—he would have to accustom himself to that formulation—might see the problem differently. One never regretted a purchase of land made to protect one's property.
He walked around the house and the garage, examining them closely. Here and there, Bogard's chattering Ecuadoreans had missed an apple. He picked up as many as he saw, threw them on the compost heap, and inspected, one by one, the garage, the pool, which was under a new cover he didn't like, and the pool house—really a strangely minuscule barn—they had been able to convert into a cottage and finish just before the thunderbolt of Mary's illness stuck. It had been her project: Schmidt preferred to have Charlotte and her guests in the house, under the same roof as he—which wasn't awkward since Mary required these young men to use the bedroom and bathroom with the shower stall off the kitchen—so that to see Charlotte at breakfast required no prearrangement. He could linger quite naturally with his newspaper at the kitchen table or in the wicker rocking chair and listen while she talked on the telephone or with the visiting friend, absorbing the texture of the day she planned.
Once the upstairs bedrooms in the pool house, with their Town & Country bathrooms, and the red-tiled kitchen next to the changing rooms had been completed, the mornings became awkward for Schmidt. In theory, Jon Riker still occupied these new quarters alone, or with guests he and Charlotte had invited, but Charlotte would make breakfast there, and something inside Schmidt recoiled from the idea of simply walking in and sitting down with them. Mary had done it quite naturally and laughed at his formality. But he detested surprising others as much as being surprised himself. In his opinion, the whole point of giving the young people a separate house was to ensure their privacy. He was not to go there unless he had been invited; but since it was very rare that an invitation was issued, he would try to get around his own polite rules by telephoning to ask whether they would like him to bring the paper. Sometimes he got the paper early, before there was any sign of activity in the downstairs of the pool house. Jon was asleep, and, one could suppose, Charlotte as well—in Jon's bed. Then that pretext was unavailable, and he would watch miserably as Charlotte took the copy of the Times he had bought for them from the kitchen table, carried it across the lawn, and disappeared behind the forbidding door of the other house.
Schmidt couldn't deny that the pool house turned out to be a blessing during Mary's illness. It had let Charlotte and Jon continue a relatively carefree sort of life alongside theirs, without calling attention to the disparity, and without unduly tiring Mary or forcing Jon to come face-to-face with the indignities, at first small, and then so shattering, of Mary's struggle. By then Charlotte had told them she was moving from her studio on West 10th Street into Riker's Lincoln Center apartment, and the fiction that she slept in her room in the big house while he spent the night in a lonely bed, perhaps working on documents he had brought from the office, had to be abandoned. There was nothing to be done: to suggest that she no longer bring him to the country would have been a useless provocation, one that would have surely made her decide to stay in the city. As soon as Mary died, though—in fact, the evening of the day they all came down from the city for the funeral—Charlotte moved Jon to the main house, into her sunny room with its bow windows and the blue Chinese rug Schmidt had bought for her at an estate auction in Amagansett, a room so particularly comfortable because it was in the more solid part of the house that had been added at the turn of the century. And that's how they had continued to live: his daughter and her lover separated from him by the stair landing and the upstairs hall between their room and the one where he slept, which he had shared with Mary. Schmidt did not protest; so far as he was concerned, the house was now much more his daughter's than his. Charlotte's plan, she had told him, was to continue to use the pool house for younger guests—her and Jon's friends—so that Schmidt's light sleep would not be disturbed by the pulse of alternative rock or the thud of bedroom or bathroom doors being shut without the care he had instilled in his wife and daughter. That was considerate, and Schmidt welcomed the restoration to the weekends of the morning ritual he liked. How was he to avoid, though, the sense that in these arrangements he was the tiers incommode?
Altogether, the house looked good. Mary and he moved to the country soon after he had negotiated an early retirement. Schmidt had found it indecent, yes more indecent than unbearable, to go to the office day in and day out, ostensibly affable from habit and collected the moment he set foot in that place, as though all were not in ruins, actually attend to work, and at times allow himself to becomes so caught up in a client's problem that he forgot Mary and, in any case, for long hours did not think about her, while she, virtually alone, was stretched on the rack. He put the Fifth Avenue apartment on the market. That it was much too large for them had become evident once they stopped entertaining; the wind that blew from Central Park down the side street was so strong that already in the winter of Mary's first operation the doorman needed to put his arm around her to keep her from being blown over while she took the few steps to a taxi; besides, with the abrupt diminution of the income Schmidt received from the firm, the expense of keeping and running that large place had become uncomfortably noticeable.
It was understood that the house near the beach was the place they both liked, in all seasons and every kind of weather. When Mary worried that he would feel trapped in Bridgehampton, and disoriented without his long-established weekday habits, he reassured her: he had spent more than enough years behind a desk, and they weren't really giving up New York. The two-hour bus ride to the city was itself a habit as comforting as any other; in time, they might look for a pied-á-terre, perhaps in one of the new condominium buildings people claimed weren't all that shoddy, and become the owners of a dashing pad on a high floor, surrounded by the sky and humming with central air-conditioning and kitchen and laundry machines no one had ever used before. Of course, they both knew there wouldn't be time for that. Mary's strength had lasted, miraculously, until the essential furniture and objects had been transported to the country and accommodated in the house. Afterward, waiting for the end was enough to keep them busy.
Decidedly, there was nothing wrong with Jon Riker. Schmidt had invited him to dinner one night—along with a group of other associates and two investment officers of a Hartford insurance company they all serviced—without in the least imagining that Charlotte would find him remarkably attractive. In fact he was surprised at her turning up, after Mary had warned her that the party would be business entertainment, one of those rank-has-its-obligations affairs older partners have to suffer through once in a while to make the hardworking young fry feel appreciated. But the next morning Charlotte said she was glad she had come. She thought Jon looked like Sam Waterston; that was her pronouncement, enough for Schmidt to get the picture. She had graduated from Harvard the previous year and was still living at home. The time to say what he really thought about Jon as his daughter's prospective beau was then, or over the course of the next few weeks. But he never told them—either Charlotte or Mary. He gave them only his office point of view: an excellent young lawyer, almost certain to become partner, except that he works much too hard. How will he find time to take Charlotte to the movies, never mind movies and dinner! Schmidt had behaved with decent consistency, of which he was rather proud, just as he would later, when he became Riker's principal, probably indispensable, supporter for partnership. Luckily for Riker, that process took place, and was concluded favorably for him, before he began sleeping with Charlotte; anyway before the word had gotten around or Mary had opened Schmidt's eyes, so that the firm did not need to face the dreaded question of whether the rule against nepotism was about to be breached.
But even if Charlotte had not just informed him that she and Jon had made their decision—now that he thought of it, couldn't Riker have gone to the trouble of coming to Charlotte's father to ask for her hand?—and it weren't too ridiculously late to speak to Charlotte with the utmost candor, there was still nothing he could say against Riker, or, more precisely, against the marriage, that wouldn't seem to her, and perhaps even to him, once the words were out of his mouth, quirky, possessive, smacking of jealousy or envy. What could he say beyond admitting that, outside the office, he didn't care all that much for the qualities that in time would make Riker such a useful, reliable partner in that beloved firm—which Schmidt was coming to realize he missed principally as a source of income and porous barrier against self-doubt—and that surely weren't the qualities he had hoped to find in a son-in-law? According to an Arab proverb that one of his partners with oil-rich Middle Eastern clients had assured him was genuine, a son-in-law is like a pebble, only worse, because you can't shake him out of your shoe. Schmidt knew that the Romans, on the contrary, had prized these intruders. If one really loved a woman, one loved her the way a man loved his sons and his sons-in- law. Since he regretted not having sons—at work, he had had a tendency to develop a strong affection for the best of the young men who worked with him, a feeling that was generally reciprocated until the associate he had singled out as his right hand and object of loyalty became a partner and no longer needed a father figure in the firm—he had hoped to have Roman feelings for the man who married Charlotte. But how was he to bestow them on Jon Riker?
The stuff he had written about Riker, with considerable eloquence, in the critiques that, according to office procedures, followed the completion of each important assignment, was true enough: with variations appropriate to the occasion, it was like what he had told Charlotte and Mary and what became, in due course, the necessary mantra of slogans he repeated wearily at firm meetings when Jon came up for partnership. These slogans were not contradicted by Riker's other attributes, which Schmidt liked less but hadn't felt compelled to mention because they had little to do with the criteria according to which his partners judged candidates. For instance, the narrowness of that strong intelligence: What did his future son-in-law think about, apart from client matters and deadlines and the ebb and tide of bankruptcy litigation (Jon's annoying specialty, the domain of loudmouth, overweight, and overdressed lawyers, thank God Jon didn't look or sound like them), spectator sports, and the financial aspects of existence?
Jon's talk about finances was sort of a mantra too, one that Jon repeated and Schmidt despised. After his clerkship, should Jon have taken a job with a firm that paid associates more than Wood & King did? How should he evaluate the loss of income resulting from his choice, if there had been one, against the possibly lower probability of partnership at some other more lucrative place—but had he "made partner" there, what a bonanza! Now that he was a Wood & King partner, was his generation's share of income sufficient (here the pocket calculator might come out of the neatly organized attache; case, Charlotte's lavish offering), or was too much going to older types (like Schmidt, but that was left unsaid), who had not had the decency to get out when their productivity declined? Should he buy an apartment or continue to rent, was it to be a condo or a co-op, how much would it cost him to be married if Charlotte stopped working, what price tag to put on each child? The evidence of Jon's having read a book since the first volume of Kissinger's memoirs, Mary's Christmas present, was lacking. On long airplane trips, of which Jon took many, Schmidt had noticed that Jon did his "homework"—an honorable enough occupation—caught up on advance sheets, read news magazines, or stared into the middle distance. There was no pocket book tucked into Jon's litigation bag or in the pocket of his belted raincoat that looked like a Burberry. Such had been Schmidt's personal observations during the early years of their working together, when they often sat side by side in the plane, Schmidt struggling, once his own "homework" was done, to stay awake over some contraband belles lettres. Discreet interrogation of Jon had revealed only one subsequent change in his traveling habits: as the proud owner of a laptop computer, he could also use the time to write memos to files and work on his checkbook. What was this young man if not a nerd, or in the slang of Schmidt's own generation, apparently coming back into use, a wonk, a wonk with pectorals? His Charlotte, his brave, wondrous Charlotte, intended to forsake all others and cleave to a wonk, a turkey, a Jew!
Schmidt kicked the last of the stray apples. His anger was like a bad taste in the mouth.
That final indignity was unmentionable. He could not have spoken of it to Mary: a word against the Jews, and she brought all the sins of Hitler on your head, but this marriage was not a matter of civil rights or equal opportunity or, God help him, the gas ovens. To the best of his recollection, no matter how deeply or how far back he looked, Schmidt was sure he had not once in his life stood in the way of any Jew. But now he was discovering that what didn't count at W & K (which had certainly filled up with Jews since the day he had himself gone to work there) and what could even furnish him at times some eyebrow-raising sort of amusement, as it had when Jews, beginning in the seventies, had begun to move into his Fifth Avenue apartment building, or joined one of his clubs, did count heavily when it came to his family, or what was left of it! This marriage would turn Charlotte, his one remaining link with life, into a link with a world that wasn't his—the psychiatrist parents he had so far escaped meeting, grandparents on the mother's side whom Jon occasionally mentioned, possibly uncles, aunts, and cousins he hadn't yet hear about. What might they be like? That contact with them would be unpleasant, that it would put a strain on his quiet good manners and composure, he was quite sure. Before long, they would cover Charlotte like ooze from the sea; they would absorb her and leave him out; never again would he be alone with her on his own ground; the pool-house kitchen and its hostile threshold were the microcosm of his future.
Reader's Guide copyright © 1997 by The Ballantine Publishing Group,
a division of Random House, Inc.
1. This book is about a man whose life, as he has always known it, is about to change forever. What happens to a man who loses everything: his profession, his wife, and his daughter in a short span of time? How does he go about building a new life for himself in his sixth decade?
2. How are today's views on aging different from what they were at the turn of this century; or, perhaps, even as recently as the mid-1950s? How was a man in his sixties viewed one hundred years ago, fifty years ago? How was he "expected" to behave? How do older people today view their future, now that life expectancy has been so dramatically increased?
3. How do you think Schmidt's feelings about his own childhood and parents have affected his relationships with his wife and daughter?
4. Schmidt says he expects all lives to end badly. How does he feel about his own life? How do you think Schmidt's life will end?
5. What problems or concerns might older people have today that they might not have had eighty, or even less than forty years ago? Where might they turn for help, solace, affection, understanding? How does aging and its accompanying problems expose one's frailties and flaws? How does one go about examining one's life? Is the process of self-discovery different when you're older?
6. What do you see as lost opportunities in Schmidt's life; professionally, socially, emotionally? Do you<|fim_middle|>idelities? How do you suppose he justified them?
8. How does Schmidt cope with his alienation from Charlotte? What steps does he take or could he take to reconcile with her?
9. Why do you suppose Charlotte's character is written out of focus? Why do we only hear from her indirectly; through letters, telephone calls, and messages?
10. Why are Carrie and Schmidt attracted to one another? What qualities endear her to him? What does he offer her?
11. Why does Schmidt object to attending Thanksgiving dinner at the Riker home? What are some of the things he learns about them that surprise him? How was he wrong about them?
12. How could Schmidt's attraction to Renata Riker further complicate his relationship with Charlotte and Jon? Do you think Schmidt is jealous of her relationship with his daughter? Why do you think he is unable to accept Renata's attempts to help him understand how to deal with Charlotte?
13. Older people today are generally healthier and more vigorous than they were in previous generations. With the additional promise of greater life expectancy, there exist the probabilities of new romances and sexual encounters. What hopes, fears, expectations, might one face in reentering this role after many decades? If you were in this situation, what might you do?
14. Give some examples of Jon Riker's behavior that infuriate Schmidt. Why does Schmidt react as strongly as he does? Do you feel his objections are justified? How would you behave in his place?
15. Money seems to be a recurring theme throughout the book. Schmidt is preoccupied with working out numbers so he can maintain his style of living. How does his preoccupation with money play a role in alienating Schmidt from Charlotte? How does money help Schmidt? How does it hurt him? While Schmidt and Mary never discussed money in Charlotte's presence, there were many veiled references to it. How do you think Charlotte was affected by her parents' attitude toward money? Why does her attitude annoy Schmidt?
16. Begley writes about a very closed, privileged society of wealthy people. How do you think the "upper" and "lower" classes view one another? What sets them apart? How might one compare clannishness and anti-Semitism? Are they in any way alike? How are they different?
17. The Bridgehampton property acts to create an enormous rift between Schmidt and Charlotte. What does the house represent to each of them? Why can't Schmidt share the house with them in harmony? Why can't she accept his gift to her and Jon?
18. Schmidt is keenly observant and highly intelligent, yet he is unable to understand the reasons for his problems with Charlotte. Why do you think Mary was always the one to take care of matters concerning Charlotte instead of encouraging Schmidt to develop a closer relationship with her?
19. Anti-Semitism is often extremely subtle. How is the subject of anti-Semitism handled in this book? What do you think a bigot is? What qualities does a bigot have? Why do you think it is so difficult to write about anti-Semitism?
20. How would you describe Charlotte's feelings about her father? She accuses him of being anti-Semitic but if she believes this, why had she not objected sooner? Why now and in the manner she chooses? Why does Schmidt not consider himself to be anti-Semitic? What examples does he bring up to bolster his claim? How does his friend Gil react to Schmidt's description of Charlotte's fiancé?
21. Why are Charlotte's marriage to Jon Riker and her conversion to Judaism such a problem for Schmidt? Is it merely a question of religion? Why do you think Charlotte believes it is so important to convert? How does that news add further to Schmidt's sense of isolation?
22. Do you think Schmidt and Charlotte truly love each other? If so, then why can't they understand and accept each other's viewpoints? Is it a generational divide, a difference in values, or something else? Describe Schmidt's reaction to her requests for the family furniture and silver? Why does he object to her work on the tobacco campaign?
23. What do you think Carrie represents to Schmidt? How does he manage to develop such deep feelings for her if he is anti-Semitic? How can Charlotte accuse her father of being anti-Semitic yet object to his having "that Hispanic girl" in the house? What contradictions do you see in Charlotte?
24. Mr. Wilson taunts and frightens Schmidt, but doesn't hurt him. What is Schmidt's reaction when he discovers he has killed him? Why was Mr. Wilson stalking him?
25. How does Schmidt feel about getting older? In what way does his friend Gil mirror the changes in himself? What conflicts of values might exist between the younger and older generations? How may those generational divides contribute to the tension, anger, and frustration that fester in so many families? Are these conflicts any different from previous generations? What pressures exists today that may not have existed in earlier generations? Have you or your family had similar experiences?
26. Schmidt understands Carrie, who is younger than his own daughter, far better than he understands Charlotte. How are the two women different from each other?
27. In spite of Schmidt's many infidelities, including an affair with Charlotte's nanny, he still considers himself to have been a good husband and father. How does he explain this to himself? Do you agree with Schmidt?
28. Why do you think Schmidt decides to hire Bryan to take care of his inherited house in Palm Beach? What would it mean to have Bryan live with him and Carrie? Does Schmidt want that to happen? How has Schmidt's view of people changed after he meets Carrie and Bryan? What do these changes signify? How does Schmidt change?
"Novels are supposed to tell something about the real world, but in most novels about the upper classes money figures only in the decor, the things that money can buy. Begley's books have the great virtue of knowing about money itself, how it's acquired and kept.... Begley's previous books gravitated rather anxiously toward Europe, which was seen as the source both of any satisfactory culture and of appalling historical and personal tragedy. About Schmidt turns toward America and the present, exchanging an interest in suffering and failure, with its dangerous possibilities of self-magnification, for comic romance, with its emphasis not on finality but on life going on anyway."
"Albert Schmidt is another of Begley's brilliant impostors, though this time an impostor unaware of his charade. He is the cultivated man—out of
Harvard, no less—unable to acknowledge his subtle strain of
Jew-hating.... About Schmidt amounts to an intriguing about-face for
Begley.... By blinding his flawed hero, Begley has painted an indelible portrait of a man with a hole where his soul should be."
"What emerges... is a poignant study of aging centered on a man whose flaws become both sinister and sympathetic. In an era of encroaching coarseness, where civility dissolves... Schmidt summons in us remembrance of elegance past.... Is he a cultured patrician, a supercilious snob or both? Whichever he is, Begley succeeds wonderfully in making us care."
"Consistently subtle and intelligent, this novel ends by getting under your skin despite the unlikability of its protagonist. You are left with the feeling of having found out the complex truth behind the impeccable facade of someone you might never notice if you met him at a party."
"If the sorrows of old 'Schmidtie' strike us as somewhat short of fully tragic, less than deeply moving, it's clearly intentional; Begley means for us to keep our distance—to withhold our sympathies—from his smug,
officious hero.... It's this that makes Begley's novel most interesting and nervy."
—Washington Post/Book World
"In the end, Begley has created a terribly funny, touching, infuriating and complex character in Schmidt, whose self-deceptions and imprisonment by his own world-view stand not only as a devastating portrait of a disappearing world but also sound a strangely evocative cautionary tale."
—Los Angeles Times Book Review
"In what could be called a novel of bad manners, Begley again demonstrates that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a clear eye and graceful style. Schmidt may not live up to today's strict standards of political correctness, but he more than meets the requirements of convincing fiction."
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How COVID-19 Will Affect 2020 Elections: Analysts
(L)-Former Vice President Joe Biden. (Frank Franklin II/AP Photo); President Donald Trump. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
By Brad Jones
Brad Jones is an award-winning journalist based in Southern California.
April 23, 2020Updated: April 27, 2020
Pandemic or not, the Nov. 3 general election will most likely happen as scheduled, political analysts tell The Epoch Times—but the COVID-19 outbreak will continue to wreak havoc with the process and the campaigns.
The uncertainties surrounding the pandemic and its economic fallout continue to change on a daily basis. As the election nears, voters will get a clearer picture not only of who will be on the ballot, but also where and how they will be able to vote.
Two California-based analysts agreed during a joint interview that unless the number of deaths from the pandemic subsides significantly, mail-in ballots may be required.
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a retired public policy professor at the University of Southern California, and Tony Quinn, a senior editor at California Target Book, agreed that the constantly changing landscape is providing an opportunity for former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, to defeat President Donald Trump—if the election does takes place.
Will the Election Take Place?
"Gee whiz, are we still going to have an election on November 3? How … do we know?" Jeffe asked. "We just flat-out do not know."
Anyone who says differently, is just "whistling up the chimney," she said. "This is a situation—politically, economically, and socially—unlike any other situation I have ever seen," she added.
Quinn said, "The real danger is that the whole thing comes back in the fall. When the weather cools in October, we could have another outbreak."
"It could all come right back. It could affect the November election," he said.
Voters cast their ballots at a voting center in El Segundo, Calif., on March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Mail-in Ballots
Both analysts say that mail-in ballots will be a likely necessity come November—but many Californians already vote that way.
According to the California Secretary of State's website, about two-thirds of Californians voted by mail in 2018, and more than half in 2016.
Now, due to the pandemic, Secretary of State Alex Padilla is pushing for an all-mail statewide election in November. And Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order requiring all eligible voters to be sent vote-by-mail ballots for a May 12 special election in two districts.
Many Republicans, including the president, warn that more mail-in ballots could open the door to increased voter fraud. Certain citizen watchdog groups, such as Election Integrity Project California (EIPCa) and True the Vote, agree.
EIPCa has pointed to officially acknowledged problems with voter registration lists in California, for example. It has found that more than 1 million ineligible people remain registered to vote in California.
If Padilla's plan goes into effect, ballots "will be mailed to potentially ineligible voters, which will open the door to unlawful voting. The risk is increased because California law allows anyone to gather and deliver these ballots to the officials," EIPCa said in a March 16 statement.
Quinn dismisses the notion that mail-in ballots are problematic.
There is no greater risk of voter fraud from mail-in ballots than there is when votes are cast in person, he said—because the signature on each mail-in ballot must be matched with the signature on a voter registration form to be valid.
"The mail ballots have to be signed by the voter," Quinn said. "The reason that it takes so long for the votes to be counted is that the counties have to verify every signature. That's how it works. You have a fail-safe."
Jeffe agreed that although there are always some instances of voter fraud, it's not a widespread problem.
"No system is perfect," she said. "But isn't the job of voting in democracy to allow … the largest number possible to vote?"
While Jeffe previously told The Epoch Times she isn't a big fan of voting by mail, she said this year might be a first for her.
Whenever concerns about potential voter fraud surfaces, the question of whether voter ID should be required at the polls quickly follows.
Quinn is in favor of voter ID.
"I think it's constitutional and makes sense," he said.
But he added that many Democrats are against the requirement, because they feel that some minority voters don't have proper identification.
"The Democrats have some view that minorities don't have ID. Well, that's just not true," Quinn said.
Jeffe said she would want to find out more about any voter ID law before supporting it.
"I'm a little uncomfortable, but I haven't really formed an opinion on that," she said.
"I want to know how it's done, why it's done, and what's involved in it. If you're registered to vote, you're registered to vote. That's all I care about. And they can check it."
Trump Versus Biden
Quinn and Jeffe agree that Biden will eventually take the nomination—though perhaps without a Democratic National Committee convention.
While the convention is scheduled for August in Milwaukee, a virtual convention has not been ruled out, due to COVID-19 concerns. If the outbreak does force the gathering to be canceled, however, Quinn feels there may be unexpected benefits for Biden.
"Conventions are not healthy. They don't help the political parties," Quinn said.
Progressive attendees and their platforms, such as Medicare for All, could distract from party unity, he said.
"You get all the screamers going to them. Frankly, the media gives them less and less coverage. They're just a big show, and sometimes the show gets out of hand."
If Biden is going to win against Trump, he must get back to the middle—to claw back the votes of working class Democrats in the industrial states that Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, Quinn added.
Jeffe agreed, and predicted Trump could lose votes in the Midwest if the pandemic gets much worse in those states.
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"It's serious in South Dakota," Quinn added.
He cited the recent closure of a Smithfield Foods Inc. meat processing plant in Sioux Falls. As of April 27, more than 800 workers at the plant, and 245 cases of contacts of Smithfield employees, had tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.
Yet, while confirmed virus cases are spiking, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has yet to issue a statewide stay-at-home order.
"The governor won't shut it down," Jeffe said.
How the Midwest governors handle the pandemic in their states could influence the election; if virus cases continue to spike and disrupt life in the heartland, it could spell trouble for the president.
The most recent Real Clear Politics national average shows Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, leads Trump in the polls by 5.8 percent—and both analysts agree that Biden has a better chance of winning the presidency.
Even if Biden has nothing more to offer than "peace and quiet," that might be enough, Quinn said.
"He's going to be the nominee, unless he has a health problem or something, and wants to drop out," Quinn said.
But if, by chance, Biden does unexpectedly end his campaign, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could have a shot at the presidency, Jeffe said. If not, there is still a possibility he could be approached to become Biden's running mate.
Both analysts agree that Biden's choice for running mate is crucial to the election, and could be impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Both feel the party would prefer a woman of color, but the way certain governors handle the outbreak in their states could impact their chances.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer might have been a strong choice before the pandemic, Quinn said. But she has lost popularity over what her critics have called an overreaction to the COVID-19 outbreak.
"Whitmer has kind of made a fool out of herself, with this latest order to ban travel in Michigan," Quinn said.
Both Quinn and Jeffe predict the ongoing pandemic will hurt Trump's chances of reelection, citing recent national polls.
"I think we're headed into a terrible depression," Quinn said. "I mean, when I'm reading on the economic stuff, it's just going to be terrible. It's not gonna be a V-shaped [recovery]."
He cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecasts that the U.S. may face another round of COVID-19 outbreaks when the weather cools in the fall and another flu season begins.
"The economic impact is not going to end early. I think that there's a real possibility that Trump just kind of gets washed away—that he can't do anything. And, if you take a look at the states right now, in every single state, Biden is ahead—significantly in Pennsylvania and Michigan," Quinn added.
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Bella's gaze darted around the room until it paused on him. Instead of a smile, her glossy pink lips were pressed into a firm line. His hopes were immediately dashed.
After the way she'd walked out on him, refusing to stand by him when he needed her most, he didn't feel compelled to accommodate her. But he just couldn't ignore her mention of the hospital. Bella didn't have many people in town she would turn to in times of trouble. If there was something wrong with her, he'd do his best to help.
He was torn. His pending business with Mr. Garza was quite urgent. But the worry reflected in Bella's eyes tore at him. No matter what had gone down between them, she could still get to him.
The man didn't look happy, not at all, but after a moment's hesitation, he nodded.
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What is IAM? Identity and access management explained
IAM products provide IT managers with tools and technologies for controlling user access to critical information within an organization.
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IAM definition
Identity and access management (IAM) in enterprise IT is about defining and managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users and the circumstances in which users are granted (or denied) those privileges. Those users might be customers (customer identity management) or employees (employee identity management. The core objective of IAM systems is one digital identity per individual. Once that digital identity has been established, it must be maintained, modified and monitored throughout each user's "access lifecycle."
Thus, the overarching goal of identity management is to "grant access to the right enterprise assets to the right users in the right context, from a user's system onboarding to permission authorizations to the offboarding of that user as needed in a timely fashion," according to Yassir Abousselham, senior vice president and chief security officer for Okta, an enterprise identity and access management provider.
IAM systems provide administrators with the tools and technologies to change a user's role, track user activities, create reports on those activities, and enforce policies on an ongoing basis. These systems are designed to provide a means of administering user access across an entire enterprise and to ensure compliance with corporate policies and government regulations.
IAM tools
Identity and management technologies include (but<|fim_middle|> architectures that include UNIX, Windows, Macintosh, iOS, Android and even internet of things (IoT) devices.
Ultimately, the identity and access management system should enable centralized management of users "in a consistent and scalable way across the enterprise," says Abousselham.
In recent years, identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) has evolved as a third-party managed service offered over the cloud on a subscription basis, providing identity management to a customers' on-premises and cloud-based systems.
Why do I need IAM?
Identity and access management is a critical part of any enterprise security plan, as it is inextricably linked to the security and productivity of organizations in today's digitally enabled economy.
Compromised user credentials often serve as an entry point into an organization's network and its information assets. Enterprises use identity management to safeguard their information assets against the rising threats of ransomware, criminal hacking, phishing and other malware attacks. Global ransomware damage costs alone are expected to exceed $5 billion this year, up 15 percent from 2016, Cybersecurity Ventures predicted.
In many organizations, users sometimes have more access privileges than necessary. A robust IAM system can add an important layer of protection by ensuring a consistent application of user access rules and policies across an organization.
Identity and access management systems can enhance business productivity. The systems' central management capabilities can reduce the complexity and cost of safeguarding user credentials and access. At the same time, identity management systems enable workers to be more productive (while staying secure) in a variety of environments, whether they're working from home, the office, or on the road.
What IAM means for compliance management
Many governments require enterprises to care about identity management. Regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and HIPAA hold organizations accountable for controlling access to customer and employee information. Identity management systems can help organizations comply with those regulations.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a more recent regulation that requires strong security and user access controls. GDPR mandates that organizations safeguard the personal data and privacy of European Union citizens. Effective May 2018, the GDPR affects every company that does business in EU countries and/or has European citizens as customers.
On March 1, 2017, the state of New York's Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) new cybersecurity regulations went into effect. The regulations prescribe many requirements for the security operations of financial services companies that operate in New York, including the need to monitor the activities of authorized users and maintain audit logs—something identity management systems typically do.
By automating many aspects of providing secure user access to enterprise networks and data, identity management systems relieve IT of mundane but important tasks and help them stay in compliance with government regulations. These are critical benefits, given that today, every IT position is a security position; there's a persistent, global cybersecurity workforce shortage; and penalties for not being compliant with relevant regulations can cost an organization millions or even billions of dollars.
What are the benefits of IAM systems
Implementing identity and access management and associated best practices can give you a significant competitive advantage in several ways. Nowadays, most businesses need to give users outside the organization access to internal systems. Opening your network to customers, partners, suppliers, contractors and, of course, employees can increase efficiency and lower operating costs.
Identity management systems can allow a company to extend access to its information systems across a variety of on-premises applications, mobile apps, and SaaS tools without compromising security. By providing greater access to outsiders, you can drive collaboration throughout your organization, enhancing productivity, employee satisfaction, research and development, and, ultimately, revenue.
Identity management can decrease the number of help-desk calls to IT support teams regarding password resets. Identity management systems allow administrators to automate these and other time-consuming, costly tasks.
An identity management system can be a cornerstone of a secure network, because managing user identity is an essential piece of the access-control picture. An identity management system all but requires companies to define their access policies, specifically outlining who has access to which data resources and under which conditions they have access.
Consequently, well-managed identities mean greater control of user access, which translates into a reduced risk of internal and external breaches. This is important because, along with the rising threats of external threats, internal attacks are all too frequent. Approximately 60 percent of all data breaches are caused by an organization's own employees, according to IBM's 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index. Of those, 75 percent were malicious in intent; 25 percent were accidental.
As mentioned previously, IAM system can bolster regulatory compliance by providing the tools to implement comprehensive security, audit and access policies. Many systems now provide features designed to ensure that an organization is in compliance.
How IAM works
In years past, a typical identity management system comprised four basic elements: a directory of the personal data the system uses to define individual users (think of it as an identity repository); a set of tools for adding, modifying and deleting that data (related to access lifecycle management); a system that regulates user access (enforcement of security policies and access privileges); and an auditing and reporting system (to verify what's happening on your system).
Regulating user access has traditionally involved a number of authentication methods for verifying the identity of a user, including passwords, digital certificates, tokens and smart cards. Hardware tokens and credit-card-sized smart cards served as one component in two-factor authentication, which combines something you know (your password) with something you have (the token or the card) to verify your identity. A smart card carries an embedded integrated circuit chip that can be either a secure microcontroller or equivalent intelligence with internal memory or a memory chip alone. Software tokens, which can exist on any device with storage capability, from a USB drive to a cell phone, emerged in 2005.
In today's complex compute environments, along with heightened security threats, a strong user name and password doesn't cut it anymore. Today, identity management systems often incorporate elements of biometrics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and risk-based authentication.
At the user level, recent user authentication methods are helping to better protect identities. For example, the popularity of Touch ID-enabled iPhones has familiarized many people with using their fingerprints as an authentication method. Newer Windows 10 computers offer fingerprint sensors or iris scanning for biometric user authentication. The next iPhone, due out later this year, is rumored to include iris scanning or facial recognition to authenticate users instead of fingerprint scanning.
The move to multi-factor authentication
Some organizations are moving from two-factor to three-factor authentication, says Abousselham, combining something you know (your password), something you have (a smartphone), and something you are (facial recognition, iris scanning or fingerprint sensors). "When you go from two-factor to three, you have more assurance that you're dealing with the correct user," he says.
At the administration level, today's identity management systems offer more advanced user auditing and reporting, thanks to technologies such as context-aware network access control and risk-based authentication (RBA).
Context-aware network access control is policy-based. It predetermines an event as well as its outcome based on various attributes, says Joe Diamond, Okta's director of products. For example, if an IP address isn't whitelisted, it may be blocked. Or if there isn't a certificate that indicates a device is managed, then context-aware network access control might step-up the authentication process.
By comparison, RBA is more dynamic and is often enabled by some level of AI. With RBA, "you're starting to open up risk scoring and machine learning to an authentication event," Diamond says.
Risk-based authentication dynamically applies various levels of strictness to authentication processes according to the current risk profile. The higher the risk, the more restrictive the authentication process becomes for a user. A change in a user's geographic location or IP address may trigger additional authentication requirements before that user can access the company's information resources.
What is federated identity management?
Federated identity management lets you share digital IDs with trusted partners. It's an authentication-sharing mechanism that allows users to employ the same user name, password or other ID to gain access to more than one network
Single sign-on (SSO) is an important part of federated ID management. A single sign-on standard lets people who verify their identity on one network, website or app carry over that authenticated status when moving to another. The model works only among cooperating organizations—known as trusted partners—that essentially vouch for each other's users.
Are IAM platforms based on open standards?
Authorization messages between trusted partners are often sent using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). This open specification defines an XML framework for exchanging security assertions among security authorities. SAML achieves interoperability across different vendor platforms that provide authentication and authorization services.
SAML isn't the only open-standard identity protocol, however. Others include OpenID, WS-Trust (short for Web Services Trust) and WS-Federation (which have corporate backing from Microsoft and IBM), and OAuth (pronounced "Oh-Auth"), which lets a user's account information be used by third-party services such as Facebook without exposing the password.
What are the challenges or risks of implementing IAM?
Dimensional Research released a report, Assessment of Identity and Access Management in 2018, in October 2018 based on a survey of more than 1,000 IT security professionals. Sponsored by IAM solution provider One Identity, the report asked those professionals about their biggest IAM challenges.
Not surprisingly, 59 percent said that data protection was their biggest concern about their organization using IAM. Only 15 percent said they were completely confident their organization would not be hacked due to their access control system.
IAM systems hold the keys to some of a company's most valuable assets and critical systems, so the consequences of an IAM system failing are great. Specific concerns include disgruntled employees sharing sensitive data (27 percent), the CIO is interviewed on TV because of a data breach due to bad IAM, and finding their username/password lists posted to the dark web.
"The concept of putting all your eggs in one basket is scary," says One Identity's Shaw, "but if you don't unify the fundamentals of IAM you will never reduce risk. So the correct path is to arrive at a single approach (not necessarily a single solution) that provides all the scope, security and oversight you need (and were probably struggling to get with older projects) across everything, all user types, and all access scenarios."
Security professionals are also concerned about integrating IAM with legacy systems (50 percent), moving to the cloud (44 percent), and employees using unapproved technology (43 percent).
Much of that concern stems not from the current IAM technology itself, but with their organization's ability to implement it well, believes Shaw. "People have always been doing IAM (i.e., authentication, authorization and administration). It's just that now they are beginning to realize that doing those things poorly puts them at heightened risk and leaves the door open to bad actors doing bad things," he says.
"The biggest challenge is that old practices that were put in place to secure legacy systems simply don't work with newer technologies and practices," Shaw adds, "so often people have to reinvent the wheel and create duplicate workloads and redundant tasks. If the legacy practice was done poorly, trying to reinvent it on a newer paradigm will go poorly as well."
Shaw sees confidence and trust in IAM growing as companies gain experience administering the solutions, but that depends on how well that administration is executed. "Organizations are more-and-more learning that they can actually unify their administration approach, streamline operations, remove much of the workload from IT and place it in the hands of the line-of-business, and place themselves in an audit-ready stance rather than a reactive stance," he says.
A successful implementation of identity and access management requires forethought and collaboration across departments. Companies that establish a cohesive identity management strategy—clear objectives, stakeholder buy-in, defined business processes—before they begin the project are likely to be most successful. Identity management works best "when you have human resources, IT, security and other departments involved," says Shaw.
Often, identity information may come from multiple repositories, such as Microsoft Active Directory (AD) or human resources applications. An identity management system must be able to synchronize the user identity information across all these systems, providing a single source of truth.
Given the shortage of IT people today, identity and access management systems must enable an organization to manage a variety of users in different situations and computing environments—automatically and in real-time. Manually adjusting access privileges and controls for hundreds or thousands of users isn't feasible.
For example, de-provisioning access privileges for departing employees can fall through the cracks, especially when done manually, which is too often the case. Reporting an employee's departure from the company and then automatically de-provisioning access across all the apps, services and hardware he or she used requires an automated, comprehensive identity management solution.
Authentication must also be easy for users to perform, it must be easy for IT to deploy, and above all it must be secure, Abousselham says. This accounts for why mobile devices are "becoming the center of user authentication," he added, "because smartphones can provide a user's current geolocation, IP address and other information that can be leveraged for authentication purposes."
One risk worth keeping in mind: Centralized operations present tempting targets to hackers and crackers. By putting a dashboard over all of a company's identity management activities, these systems reduce complexity for more than the administrators. Once compromised, they could allow an intruder to create IDs with extensive privileges and access to many resources.
What IAM terms should I know?
Buzzwords come and go, but a few key terms in the identity management space are worth knowing:
Access management: Access management refers to the processes and technologies used to control and monitor network access. Access management features, such as authentication, authorization, trust and security auditing, are part and parcel of the top ID management systems for both on-premises and cloud-based systems.
Active Directory (AD): Microsoft developed AD as a user-identity directory service for Windows domain networks. Though proprietary, AD is included in the Windows Server operating system and is thus widely deployed.
Biometric authentication: A security process for authenticating users that relies upon the user's unique characteristics. Biometric authentication technologies include fingerprint sensors, iris and retina scanning, and facial recognition.
Context-aware network access control: Context-aware network access control is a policy-based method of granting access to network resources according to the current context of the user seeking access. For example, a user attempting to authenticate from an IP address that hasn't been whitelisted would be blocked.
Credential: An identifier employed by the user to gain access to a network such as the user's password, public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate, or biometric information (fingerprint, iris scan).
De-provisioning: The process of removing an identity from an ID repository and terminating access privileges.
Digital identity: The ID itself, including the description of the user and his/her/its access privileges. ("Its" because an endpoint, such as a laptop or smartphone, can have its own digital identity.)
Entitlement: The set of attributes that specify the access rights and privileges of an authenticated security principal.
Identity as a Service (IDaaS): Cloud-based IDaaS offers identity and access management functionality to an organization's systems that reside on-premises and/or in the cloud.
Identity lifecycle management: Similar to access lifecycle management, the term refers to the entire set of processes and technologies for maintaining and updating digital identities. Identity lifecycle management includes identity synchronization, provisioning, de-provisioning, and the ongoing management of user attributes, credentials and entitlements.
Identity synchronization: The process of ensuring that multiple identity stores—say, the result of an acquisition—contain consistent data for a given digital ID.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): LDAP is open standards-based protocol for managing and accessing a distributed directory service, such as Microsoft's AD
Multi-factor authentication (MFA): MFA is when more than just a single factor, such as a user name and password, is required for authentication to a network or system. At least one additional step is also required, such as receiving a code sent via SMS to a smartphone, inserting a smart card or USB stick, or satisfying a biometric authentication requirement, such as a fingerprint scan.
Password reset: In this context, it's a feature of an ID management system that allows users to re-establish their own passwords, relieving the administrators of the job and cutting support calls. The reset application is often accessed by the user through a browser. The application asks for a secret word or a set of questions to verify the user's identity.
Privileged account management: This term refers to managing and auditing accounts and data access based on the privileges of the user. In general terms, because of his or her job or function, a privileged user has been granted administrative access to systems. A privileged user, for example, would be able set up and delete user accounts and roles.Provisioning: The process of creating identities, defining their access privileges and adding them to an ID repository.
Risk-based authentication (RBA): Risk-based authentication dynamically adjusts authentication requirements based on the user's situation at the moment authentication is attempted. For example, when users attempt to authenticate from a geographic location or IP address not previously associated with them, those users may face additional authentication requirements.
Security principal: A digital identity with one or more credentials that can be authenticated and authorized to interact with the network.
Single sign-on (SSO): A type of access control for multiple related but separate systems. With a single username and password, a user can access a system or systems without using different credentials.
User behavior analytics (UBA): UBA technologies examine patterns of user behavior and automatically apply algorithms and analysis to detect important anomalies that may indicate potential security threats. UBA differs from other security technologies, which focus on tracking devices or security events. UBA is also sometimes grouped with entity behavior analytics and known as UEBA.
IAM vendors
The identity and access management vendor landscape is a crowded one, consisting of both pureplay providers such as Okta and OneLogin and large vendors such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. Below is a list of leading players based on Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide, which was published in June 2017.
Atos (Evidan)
Centrify
Covisint
ForgeRock
IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance
I-Spring Innovations
Microsoft Azure Active Directory
OneLogin
Optimal idM
Oracle Identity Cloud Service
SecureAuth
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How to identify, prevent and remove rootkits in Windows 10 | aren't limited to) password-management tools, provisioning software, security-policy enforcement applications, reporting and monitoring apps and identity repositories. Identity management systems are available for on-premises systems, such as Microsoft SharePoint, as well as for cloud-based systems, such as Microsoft Office 365.
In its Tech Tide: Identity and Access Management, Q4 2017, Forrester Research identified six IAM technologies with low maturity, but high current business value:
API security enables IAM for use with B2B commerce, integration with the cloud, and microservices-based IAM architectures. Forrester sees API security solutions being used for single sign-on (SSO) between mobile applications or user-managed access. This would allow security teams to manage IoT device authorization and personally identifiable data.
Customer identity and access management (CIAM) allow "comprehensive management and authentication of users; self-service and profile management; and integration with CRM, ERP, and other customer management systems and databases," according to the report.
Identity analytics (IA) will allow security teams to detect and stop risky identity behaviors using rules, machine learning, and other statistical algorithms.
Identity as a service (IDaaS) includes "software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that
offer SSO from a portal to web applications and native mobile applications as well as some level of user account provisioning and access request management," according to the report
Identity management and governance (IMG) provides automated and repeatable ways to govern the identity life cycle. This is important when it comes to compliance with identity and privacy regulations.
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Booklet 2: The formation of the Missionary Novices-Viñas
Formation booklet 2
Prefecture of Formation Rome 1988
The formation of the Missionary Novices
according to our Father Founder Saint Anthony Mary Claret
José Maria Viñas CMF.
Translation by Joseph C. Daries, CMF..
Aut . Autobiography of Saint Anthony Mary Claret.
CCTT. Saint Anthony Mary Claret. Constitucionesy textos sobre la Congregaciòn de
Misioneros, ed. by John M. Lozano CMF. (Barcelona 1972).
EA Escritos autobiogrficos de San Antonio Marfa Claret, ed. José Marfa Viñas, CMF
and Jesús Bermejo, CMF(Madrid 1981).
EC Epistolario Claretiano, ed. José Marfa GlI, CMF (Madrid 1970 and 1987) 3 vols.
EE Escritos Espirituales de San Antonio Marfa Claret, ed. Jesus Bermejo, CMF (Madrid, 1985).
HD Cristòbal Fernández, CMF, EI Beato Padre Claret. Historia documentada de su vida y
empresas, (Madrid 1941) 2vols.
NHD Cristóbal Fernádez, CMF. La Congregación de Misioneros Hijos del Inmaculado
Corazòn de Maria. Noticia e Historia Generai Documentada de sus primeros sesenta y
tres anos de existencia (1849 1912), Madrid 1967.
I. THE REGULATION FOR THE FORMATION OF THE MISSIONARIES
On December 20, 1862, our Father Founder wrote as follows to Father Joseph Xifré, the Director General:
My very esteemed and dear sir:
Let the present letter serve to inform you that, considering how fitting it Is to see to it that the young men God is calling to the Congregation are well formed in learning and virtue, I have chosen to write this Regulation, which I am pleased to enclose herein, so that it may be put into practice in all its parts: for this is the will of God and of Mary Most Holy, our dear Mother.
Keep well and rely on you Most affectionate servant and Chaplain, who sends kindest regards.
Anthony Mary, Archbishop of Trajanopolis
1. What did this Regulation Contain?
It contained the Constitutions relating lo the formation of the Missionary Novices and Students. So testifies Father Clotet: "December 20, 1862. Our Ven. Father Founder sends the Superior General of the Congregation a regulation for the aspirants, novices and students of the Same."(1)
2. Since the<|fim_middle|>, attention or self complacency. Let them remember that they have nothing which they have not received and of which they will not have to render an account. Therefore they must never despise, disparage or prefer themselves to anyone else.
19. Obedience: the young Missionaries, having left the world behind, should have their own will with it, so that after entering the Congregation each of them may be able to say with the Apostle: Vivo autem, iam non ego, vivit vero in me Christus. Thus they will be perfect in obedience, which they need so much and which is so firmly enjoined by the Constitutions. Consequently, in order to practice this mother virtue', as St. Augustine calls it, they should blindly submit their understanding and will promptly and joyfully in all things that are commanded of them, even though they may be repugnant to self-love. Accordingly, they should submit themselves willingly, not only in virtuous practices, but also in everything relating either to external occupations or to their studies, whether in reviewing past studies or in acquiring new ones.
20. Rectitude of intention: the new Sons of the immaculate Heart of Mary must always hold the glory of God as their guide and end. This must be the total aim to which they direct all their actions. Rectitude of intention is the soul of works. Therefore, whether they are preaching, studying, praying, eating or recreating, they must always keep before them the glory of God, thus growing in merit and holiness, and rendering themselves worthy of His grace.
21. Prayer: that which the Missionary probandi must never forget, that which must merit their particular attention and care, that which they must practice unceasingly without laziness or lukewarmness, is holy prayer, which will be performed, both by those in the year of probation as well as by the students, will be performed either alone or in common, as the Superior disposes – always, however, following the additions prescribed by the masters of the spiritual life and customarily used in the Congregation. The Superior General will determine what should be done during the year of probation; besides morning prayer, he will also assign devotions, readings and spiritual talks, as well as the times at which they shall be performed, so that the students may turn out well equipped.
22. Fidelity to vocation: finally, those in probation should remember that the calling to the missionary state is a special gift from God; it is a calling to a divine state, to which Jesus Christ has promised a hundredfold in this world and life everlasting hereafter. However, they must also know that salvation depends on vocation, for which reason the Apostle exhorts us to continue in it, saying: 'Let everyone continue in the calling in which he was called.' And he says elsewhere: 'Those he called, he also justified, and those he justified he in turn glorified.' From this follows the need of remaining faithful to one's vocation, on which, says Saint Jerome, eternity depends. This is doubtless the reason why the devil tries it in so many ways, availing himself now of a inordinate love of family, now of a fear of sickness, now of a lack of talent or of being able to work better in some other place, etc. Thus the devil, transformed into an angel of light, uproots many, to the detriment of their soul, from the place where God had put them. In order to avoid these in dangers, they should recall what the Divine Master says: 'He who loves father and mother more that me, is not worthy of me.' He goes even further:
'Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple.' Accordingly they shall live a life of detachment from parents, relatives and even from themselves.
They shall not engage in worldly converse and shall avoid as something greatly harmful every particular friendship, especially with those of the same Congregation, never communicating with those who are discontent with it, speak ill of it or give other signs of a doubtful vocation.
23. Consequently, they shall neither write nor receive any letters without the permission of the Superior; nor shall they speak with persons outside the Congregation, especially with women, except in the presence of the Master or his substitute. Whenever they go outside the house, they will be accompanied by a novice or elder assigned to them by the said Master. They shall make their confession every eight days with that Missionary whom the aforementioned Superior assigns them.
24. Finally: if, at the end of the year of probation, they are decided and resolved to remain in the Congregation, and if the qualities befitting a good Missionary have been observed in them, they will fervently make a ten-day retreat which will serve as an immediate preparation for their definitive admission. This will be done by a solemn act of Consecration Io God and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This consecration will entail the oaths of remaining in the Congregation until death and of not accepting any ecclesiastical dignity, without the express mandate of the Superior General or of the Supreme Pontiff, who will also be the only ones who can dispense from the said oaths. And so that nobody may be deprived of the double merit of his acts, the Superior may authorize those who so will, to make simple temporal or perpetual vows.
1. "Notices of the most important events of the Congregation until 1868," cited by Fr. Fernàndez in NHD, p.568.
2. Letter to Fr. Xìfré, August 4 and November30, 1858: EC I, pp. 1624,1680.
3. Die 8 Juliì mano, Positio secunda, p.l24.
4. Fr. Lozano is of the opinion, based only on internal criticism of the text, that Fr. Xifré redacted the chapters on the aspirants and novices. CI. CCTT, pp.
275-76.
5. It was printed toward the end of 1862 and the beginning of 1863. It is entitled, Apéndice/a lasi Constifuciones anfecedenteslo seaìreglamento/para los aspirantes y estudiantes de nuestra Congregaci6n y sus respectivos maestros. The approval of the Ordinary of Vic Is dated December 3Oth (Fr. Larraona's note).
6. The expressions which the Ven. Founder uses in the closing phrases of this letter to Fr. Xifré are so strong that they have given rise to this pious belief. In the Processes of Beatification, several witnesses have claimed this special assistance (Fr. Larraona's note).
7. Annaìes29 aprii 1916, p. 496.
8. 12 July 1857: EC I, pp. 1375-76.
9. HD I, p. 371.
10. Spiritual Notes, 1850-57: EA, p. 590.
11. EI Colegial Instruido, Il, p. 20.
12. Aut 344.
13. ElColegiallnstruido, I, p.221.
15. Resolutions, 1843, 4.
16. Resolutions, 1 850a, 2; 1 850b, 17.
19. EE p. 349. The first advice given to the Missionary.
20. Letter to the Missionary, Theophilus: EE, p.344.
21. EI Colegial Instruido, I, pp. 362-81.
22. A. Larraona: "Hisforj of the Constifutions' Iris de Paz, Supplement, n.
15, 1980, p. 81.
23. A. Naval, "Ascetical explanation of the Holy Constitutions", in Flos campi, Chascomùs, 1940, p. 89.
ABREVIATONS
2. Why was it not published earlier
1. Experience of the Roman Novitiate
2. Fundamental principle orienting formation
3. Aim of the novitiate
4. Fundamental apostolic virtues
5. Consecration rather than profession
6. Functions of the Master of Probandi
IV. ESTEEM OF CONGREGATION FOR THIS REGULATION
Why has the Congregation esteemed it so highly?
PRIMITIVE TEXT CE THE REGULATION
Chapter I. On the Master of Those in Probation
Chapter Il. On the Adjutant
Chapter III. On the Aspirants
Chapter IV. On Those in Probation | Congregation was founded 1849, why were the Constitutions for the Missionary Novices and Students not published until 1862?
In the beginning, the Congregation only admitted priests, for the apostolic ministry, and laymen, as "Adjutant Brothers." The Father Founder, on returning from Cuba in 1857 and observing the Spanish Church's urgent need for evangelizers, began recommending that Father Xifré also admit seminarians who were advanced in their priestly studies(2) In 1862, from the 7th to the l4th of July, the First General Chapter of the Institute was held. This Chapter was decisive in the life al the Congregation. One of its first acts was the decision to introduce Students, as well as Priests and Brothers, as members of the Institute.(3) The Chapter also ordered that all candidates Priests, Students or Brothers should spend fifteen days as Aspirants, after which they would be admitted to the year of probation, "with those formalities which the Superior may deem fitting: which will be repeated at the end of the year, mutatis mutandis, for their definitive admission."
After the Chapter, the Holy Founder returned to Madrid, accompanied by the two Chapter Members from Segovia, Fathers Serrat and Fàbregas. On July 17th he arrived at Court and left on the 2lst for La Granja, accompanying the royal family. The tranquillity of La Granja gave him more time far prayer and study. On July 28th he left there to visit with his Missionaries in Segovia and on that occasion entrusted Father Serrat with the Rules for Students, to be copied and sent to Father Xifré. We have spoken of these Rules in the Notebooks on Claretian Formation, par.1, p.10.
We should not be surprised that our Father drafted these Rules in such a short time, since he had just published The Well-Instructed Collegian or Seminarian. It is almost certain, however, that on this occasion he did not send the chapters relating to the Aspirants and the Novices. On the contrary, Father Clotet assures us that he sent the latter to Father Xifré a few months later, on December 20, 1862.(4)
Father Larraona writes: "The Venerable Father […] during the last months of this year of 1862, composed an appendix to the Constitutions which he entitled Regulation, (5) enforcing the six chapters running from 21th , De probandorum Magistro to 26th, De Scholasticorum Praefecto, al the First part of the current Constitutions" [1870].
"These six chapters were so perfect that it has been said that they were written with the special help of the Blessed Virgin.(6) Certainly, the Venerable Father had to introduce only a few slight changes in order to harmonize them with his definitive recasting of the Constitutions in 1864. They were not even subjected to the slightest kind al correction in Rome, as we can see from the Original in the Archives of the Sacred Congregation."(7)
Il. THE ASPIRANTS
Who were the Aspirants?
The Regulation provides for a brief period al fifteen days from entry into the Congregation until the beginning of the novitiate. These were days of orientation towards this new panorama of lif e. The occupations of the Aspirants during this period included the following: reading and becoming acquainted with the Constitutions and practices al the Institute; making the Spiritual Exercises in order to form their spirit; setting their souls at peace through a general confession since the time they had reached the use of reason; and drawing up and writing down their resolutions in keeping with the perfection which their new state required. The Master or Adjutant would initiate them into this new life and 'if during these days they offer hopes of becoming suitable for the Congregation, after they have finished them, they will begin the year of probation."
III. THE FORMATIVE CODE OF THE NOVICES
Our Holy Founder chose to entitle this ensemble of rules for formation: Regulation for the Aspirants, Probandi and Students of our Congregation and their Respective Masters. The Regulation is made up of six chapters, the last two of which refer to the professed formandi and the first four of which deal with aspirants and novices:
Chapter I: On the Master of Probandi;
Chapter Il: On the Adjutant;
Chapter III: On the Aspirants;
Chapter IV: On the Probandi.
1. For the drafting of this Regulation, did our Father Founder rely on his experience in the Jesuit Novitiate in Rome?
Our Father Founder had personally experienced the novitiate during the tour months he had spent as a Jesuit novice in Rome. In his Autobiography he highlighted what he had learned there for the benefit of his neighbour: "There I learned howto give the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, and methods for preaching, catechizing, hearing confessions usefully and effectively." But he adds: "as well as many other things that have since stood me in good stead"(Aut 152). Among these "other things"
– as the Saint himself remarked on various occasions – were criteria of government and organization, and perhaps others relating to formation and spirituality: "As I had just finished making the Exercises, I was full of fervour. With all eagerness I was bent on aspiring to perfection. And since I saw so many good things in the novitiate, everything attracted my attention. I liked everything and it was engraved on my heart. I had something to learn from everyone, and in truth I learned it, with the help of God's grace"(Aut 142).
One of the things that remained most deeply engraved on our Founder's heart was the self -denying obedience he speaks of in numbers 149-151 of his Autobiography, which he also recalled Iaterwhen writingto Father Lobo, who had formerly been his Provisor in Cuba and had since become a novice: "For some time now, the Lord has been bringing me up Jesuit-style, that is, depriving me of whatever I like most and denying me what I desire."(8) Perhaps the phrase in the Regulation on blind subjection of the Students' understanding and will in obedience owes something to this experience (cf. Regulation, n.19).
A few other norms may have come from the same source, for example the rule to change companions during recreation (n.6). While preaching the Exercises to the Carmelites of St. Teresa (as one of them tells us), the Saint recalled this practice: "He told us that there in the Jesuits they were so careful about this, that there was one in charge of pairing-off the novices during recreation periods. This person always saw to it that the same ones were never together twice in a row; rather, at noonday recreation tour of them were together and at nighttimes he used to put one group and another in another. They took such great care to see to it that there were no particularfriendships there."(9)
2. What was the fundamental principle orienting the formation of the Missionary Novices?
The aim was to transform the candidates – whether priests, seminarians or laymen -into Missionaries. Prior to this, the only ones who had been admitted were either diocesan priests, to become Missionaries, or laymen, to become Coadjutor brothers. But our Father Founder saw that the kind of Missionaries the Church needed had to be "evangelical and apostolic." A missionary continues the mission of Jesus, and Jesus lived the Gospel he proclaimed. Nobody can adequately preach the Gospel of Jesus without living it.
For this very reason:" it is indispensable for one whom God has called to a ministry as sublime and important as the apostolate, to be adorned with the virtues suited to that effect (n. 1). Nothing is so important to the Missionaries, nothing is so essential for them as the adornment of all virtues. Without them their talents would be useless, their voice fruitless, and all their efforts in vain (n. 15). For the Founder, this principle was a conviction based on personal conviction, as is clear from his Autobiography, n. 340: I would say that the apostolic missionary should be a model of all the virtues: he should, in fact, be virtue personified. Following the example of Jesus Christ, he should first practice, then preach. "He began to do and to teach" (Acts 1:1). By his actions, the missionary should be able to say with the Apostle: "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor 11:1). The 1857 Constitutions, of which the Regulation was an appendix, make it clear that a good missionary should lead an entirely apostolic life (cf., for example, nn.57, 68, 71).
3. What is the aim of the novitiate, according to our Father Founder?
In 1862, the Congregation did not as yet have the full structure of religious Order or Congregation. For this reason, the stress in the first Constitutions is on the missionary, evangelical and apostolic, rather than on the religious. They do not state, for example, that the aim of the novitiate is to prepare one for profession. The aim of the novitiate Is to lay the foundation of the apostolic virtues (n.15). Of course, the so-called "apostolic virtues" include the evangelical nucleus of poverty, chastity and obedience, but they also entail other attitudes or dispositions demanded by the missionary charism. The foundations of the whole building are those attitudes the disciple needs in order to accept his call and become an apostle: faith, prayer, obedience (we should say a formative obedience), docility, malleability and active collaboration.
Another aim of the novitiate is to test the novices and discover whether they have resolved and made up their minds to remain in the Congregation and whether they have the qualities befitting a good Missionary (n.24). If they are resolved to remain, the novitiate also prepares them for their commitment to God and the Institute by means of a consecration that has the same content as the vows. The reason for making vows was not to give them a broader or more demanding field of action, but so as "not to deprive them of the twofold merit of their acts" (ibid.).
4. The fundamental apostolic virtues
The Constitutions set before the novice the apostolic virtues with which he must lay a foundation on which to found all other virtues. They are attuned to the dynamism of the attitudes and dispositions necessary for one who has received a vocation to follow Christ and to proclaim the Gospel precisely in a communion of life.
a)What kind of faith does the missionary need?
He must first of all believe in the God who calls him and in His plan of salvation. The faith of the missionary novice must be like that of the prophets, Apostles, martyrs and apostolic missionaries who have gone before him: a necessary, fundamental, lively, active, witnessing and victorious faith.
b) Why does our Father Founder speak more of humility than of trust?
Faith discloses to the novice the grandeur of his mission of "being called to the most divine state," the state of a missionary (n.22). Faced with the greatness and responsibility of his state, the novice – like the ancient prophets – might be tempted to shrink away from it in fear. Far this reason, as our Founder puts it, "in the second place, they must have great trust in God, looking to Him for all the graces they need, and especially for the fitness to discharge the sacred ministry well" (n.1 7).
It has sometimes been called to my attention that the theme of trust or confidence is not very common in our Father Founder. He seems to have spoken of it only once in the notes for the Retreats he preached to all classes of people. The reason is that he himself felt much loved and protected by grace. We might even say that he showed an excess of optimism in everything relating to the apostolic ministry. Ordinarily, he felt more in need of humility – on which he made his particular examen for so many years – than of trust. Notwithstanding this, when he was faced by the magnitude of his pastoral responsibilities in the Archdiocese of Cuba, He wrote: "Therefore I trust in God, who will give me the grace that I need." he based his trust on Providence: "St. Augustine and St. Thomas, commenting on St. Paul's words: 'He has made us fit ministers of the new testament,' (2 Cor 3:6), state that when God chooses someone for a position or office, he gives him the talents required for it. I know that I have not sought this dignity; rather, I refused it. Others have commanded me to accept it and told me that it was God's will."(lo) In his frequent dealings with young seminarians and with the novices of various women's Institutes, he began to observe the occasions that often led beginners to lose heart, and this in turn led him to insist on trust. He told seminarians: "You must be generous with God, trusting that he will give you the helps you need, for He who 'can raise up children to Abraham out of stones' is wont to choose the weak, puny and miserable to confound the pride and overweening of men."(11)
In what sense Is humility fundamental for a missionary?
in the Well-Instructed Seminarian, our Father Founder speaks of the pride and vanity to which young beginners might be tempted. He deals here with the humility befitting a missionary as such, in much the same manner he does in the Autobiography: "My God, if you had not silenced me when I felt like talking about my sermons, etc., I would not only have lost all the good of it, but would also have gained a well-deserved punishment. Far you have said, 'I will not give my glory to another' (Is 42:8), and i, by talking about it, would have given your glory to the demon of vanity[…}Only you know whether or not the devil has managed to pilfer something in spite of the powerful help you gave me. Have mercy on me, Lord!"(12)
d) Is the obedience of the novitiate mainly disciplinary?
For Saint Anthony Mary Claret, obedience is so to speak a consequence Ct humility: "Let him [the Seminarian also think of his need to be humble and to subject himself, in order to learn the sciences and virtues. Far example, how could a potter form a useful vessel if the clay did not allow itself to be shaped?"(l3) In other writings he proposes Jesus as an exterior model of obedience; but here, he proposes him as the obedient Son who is sent, and who lives and perpetuates His obedience in the heart of the novice. In the Autobiography, he speaks of obedience in this latter sense, as a living of the mission of Christ. Obedience is constitutive of the missionary: his very being is to be sent.(14)
e) To glorify God, or to please Him?
Since the aim of the Congregation is to seek in all things the glory of God, it is only fitting that the novice should begin lo live this dimension. "Rectitude of intention is the soul of works. Thus, whether they arepreaching, studying, praying, eating or recreating, they must always keep before them the glory of God" (n.20). in his writings, our Founder tells us how he directed everything to the glory of God: "I will strive to be in the presence of God, and I will direct and do everything for God." (15) "I will do everything for the greater glory of God… I propose to walk always in the presence of God and to direct all things to Him, not seeking in anything my own praise, but only the glory of God."(16) The Saint also uses another expression which is so to speak less philosophical and more personal, namely. to please or give pleasure to God." He used to consider what was pleasing to himself and what would be more pleasing to God: "I would joyfully abstain from the pleasure in question, in order to give pleasure to God. This is still the way it is with me in all things: eating, drinking, resting, talking, looking, hearing, going somewhere, etc."(17)
f) Why did our Father lavish so much attention on the prayer of the missionaries in their year of probation?
The "Missionary Probandi" must devote themselves to prayer both as Missionaries and as persons undergoing probation. Prayer is essential for the Missionary, in keeping with the example of the Lord: "By day He preached and cured the sick, and by night He prayed. Et erat pernoctans in oratione Dei (Lk 6:12)."(18) "You must be a great friend of prayer, in imitation of Jesus, 'who spent the night praying to God' (Lk 6:12) and very strongly charged the Apostles to pray. All renowned missionaries have been men of prayer."(19) Prayer is necessary (or the Probandus, who should bend every effort to initiate himself into it. Moreover, the Regulation charges the Superior General to organize prayer during this year of probation in such a way "that the students may come away from it well equipped"(n.21).
g) What is the source of fidelity to vocation?
The calling to the missionary state Is a special gift from God; It is a calling to a divine state, to which Jesus Christ has promised a hundredfold in this world and life everlasting hereafter" (n.22). But it requires correspondence and perseverance in the midst of temptations, of inordinate family attachments, of dreams of doing better elsewhere, or of discouragement in the face of difficulties. "Ask yourself, then, Theophilus, whether there can be any honour like the one Jesus Christ bestows on us by accepting us into his apostleship, and sharing with us his title of Saviour of the world. We should take great heart, then, in following in his footsteps, working day and night at our mission, shedding our life's blood and spending our life in its flower, as Jesus did, should that be God's holy will. What I want to tell you is that you must let nothing daunt you or frighten you, but you must keep pressing onward."(2o) To help them avoid dangers, n. 23 offers certain cautionary measures, taken in part from the Jesuits, concerning correspondence, leaving the house, and confession.
5. Why do the Regulations speak of consecration rather than profession?
In 1862 the Congregation was not yet recognized as a religious institute, and for this reason the commitment to remain in it was not a religious profession publicity acknowledged as such in the Church. But the recently held Chapter wanted to have some sort of formal and solemn expression of commitment, and therefore commissioned the Founder to find a way in which this might be done. The Saint composed a consecration to God and to the immaculate Heart of Mary" which was published at the end of the Regulation.
6. What were the functions of the Master of Probandi?
The first Chapter of the Regulation is devoted to the Master of those making their year of probation. Our Father Founder had a clear idea of the Master's functions. He does not confuse them with the functions of a confessor-director, a "prefect" of discipline or a seminary rector. One need only read what he says In the Well-Instructed Seminarian concerning these other functions as compared with those of the Master.( 21) In the diocesan seminary, the seminarian's heart is also being formed, but in order to prepare him for living alone later on. The seminary is simply a place of formation; its formation community is only transitory. In contrast, the religious community is a definitive situation and entails a permanent communion of life. The function of the Master is to be a guide who teaches and regulates initiation into the missionary life, which entails not only the activity of the apostolic ministry – even when performed in teamwork – but a communion of persons and lif e in the style of the twelve with the Lord. The choice of the person for this charge belongs to the highest responsible authorities in the Congregation: the Director and Sub director General. The qualities with which he should be endowed are:
maturity, kindness, discretion and the knowledge required for his role. He should be a man of God "and most devoted to the Blessed Virgin"; a man of the Superior, "most faithful, working always in dependence of him"; a man of the novices, 'for whom he must be Father…, a Teacher and a Physician"; he must look after their health and their initiation into piety, detachment, mortification. Beginners should feel free to turn to him in the special temptations they may be undergoing; he should therefore listen to them patiently, even if they should be childish or wearisome; he should encourage and comfort them, giving them salutary and prudent advice, especially when they are sad. It is also one of his functions lo discern whether they are truly called lo missionary life in the Congregation. "Finally, he should be a light, a way, a father, a teacher and an example them all." Since this charge is a burdensome one, he may have an auxiliary, known as the Adjutant." This adjutant is dealt with in the second chapter, where the functions assigned him are mainly of a supplementary nature.
IV. ESTEEM IN WHICH THE CONGREGATION HAS HELD THIS REGULATION
Why has the Congregation attached so much importance to this Regulation?
Because of our Father Founder's own testimony. In commending this Regulation lo Father Xifré, he used some very telling expressions: 'I have chosen to write this Regulation, which am pleased to enclose herein, so that it may be put into practice in all its parts: for this is the will of God and of Mary Most Holy, our dear Mother." One can only suppose that this warm commendation also accompanied the presentation of the Regulation to the Bishop of Vic, Dr. John Castarer y Ribas, who would have lo approve it. This he did in terms of high praise: "We have seen the Appendix […) and found its contents to be most orthodox, pious and conducive to the aim it proposes." Not only did he approve the Regulation, but exhorted its intended recipients to fufill it, and even attached indulgences to it. We have already seen Cardinal Larraona's testimony on this matter. He repeated it later in his notes on the External History of the Constitutions: "Perhaps with special assistance from the Lord and the Blessed Virgin, as he himself seems to all firm."(22) Fr. Antonio Naval, commenting on the Constitutions, says: "The spirit of our Father Founder is in the ascetical part, and more than anywhere else, I see this in Chapter XXIV of the first part "De probandis." (23)
PRIMITIVE TEXT OF THE REGULATION
We do not have our Father Founder's original draft of this Regulation, and I have been unable to locate the printed copy which Fr. Larraona cites. In our General Archives there is a typescript copy of the 1857 Constitutions together with the Regulation, which has the following note at the end: "N.8. THE APPENDIX TO THE PRECEDING CONSTITUTIONS… (pp. 34 to 43 of this copy) is taken from a separate short work which the Superior of The Mission House of Lérida entrusted to the Very. Rev. Fr. Postius; in the copy I have before me there is no place or date of printing." The text that follows is a faithful copy of this copy. I have respected its spelling. Biblical quotations do not cite their sources, nor are they written in italics or underlined,
ON THE MASTER OF THOSE IN PROBATION
1. It is indispensable that those whom God has called to such a sublime and important ministry as the apostolate should be adorned with the virtues suited to it. And as this ordinarily requires a guide to teach and regulate it, the Director General with the Sub-director should choose for the fulfilment of this most important charge, a member of. the Congregation who has the combined requisites of maturity, kindness, discretion and knowledge.
2. Obligations : the many obligations that the Master of those in probation should have can be reduced to three. The first regards God and the Blessed Virgin, to whom he must be most devoted in order to obtain those lights he needs to fulfil his duties well.
3. The second regards the Superior, to whom he must be most faithful, working always in dependence on him, and never authorizing anything contrary to his disposition or to his express or presumptive will.
4. The third regards those entrusted to him, for whom he must be a Father, deeply concerned for their health of soul and body; a Teacher, instructing them in the virtues by his word and example; a Physician, diagnosing their ailments and prescribing the remedies best suited each individual's illness and temperament.
5. For the body: he will see whether they have what they need in the way of clothing and food; whether one of them Is overworking, Is studying with bad physical posture, or is doing so at forbidden times; whether anyone Is given to idleness or lets himself be carried away by laziness; finally, whether anyone is performing mortifications without the Superior's permission or unauthorized by the Constitutions. He will likewise see to it that no one misses those recreations that are required for reasons of health.
6. For the soul: He will give them spirited ascetical conferences directed toward their advancement, and will learn whether all of them are punctual in making their meditation, spiritual reading, visits to the Blessed Sacrament and examens. During recreations he will always be with them. He will instil in them detachment from their country, parents and relatives, and the spirit of mortification and self denial: he will never allow them to go to the porter's office alone, nor to have particular friendships. And to avoid these, he will be very vigilant, most exacting on silence, and never gloss over anyone's entering the room of another. Furthermore he will arrange for them to change companions during recreations every day.
7. Those who are in the year of probation will require a good deal of attention by reason of the temptations they are undergoing. Let him therefore listen to them patiently, even when they may seem childish or burdensome. Let him encourage and comfort them, giving them salutary and prudent advice. When he sees that someone is sad or introverted, let him call him at once, examine the cause, and apply the suitable remedy.
8. lf he observes that someone lacks a vocation or has bad customs (over which he will be most vigilant), he should offer him some opportune reflections and manifest it to the Superior without losing time. Likewise, he will often inform the Superior as to the talent, health and other qualities of each one, for which purpose he will form a list of all of them.
9. Finally, he should be a light, a way, a father, a teacher and an example to them all, assured that he will thus gain great merit before God and the Congregation. But as this charge is a burdensome one, he may have an auxiliary, known as the Adjutant.
ON THE ADJUTANT
10. The Adjutant will be chosen in the same manner, and should have the same spirit and qualities as the Master.
11. His duties consist of substituting for the latter and, in his absence or default, of performing all that was prescribed for him above, afterwards giving him an exact account of all that may have occurred and or have been done, remembering that as both of them will be greatly rewarded for fulfilling their duties well, they will likewise be held gravely responsible for failing lo do so.
ON THE ASPIRANTS
12. This name designates all those who are approved for the Congregation, during the first fifteen days of their stay in it.
13. Their occupations during this short period will be:
1° To read and become well informed on the Constitutions and practices of the Institute.
2° To form their spirit according to them, making spiritual exercises and during them a general confession since the time they reached the use of reason.
3° To form and write down resolutions in keeping with the perfection required by their new state.
4° To spend the remaining time in doing whatever the Master may dispose.
14. They will be very obedient and submissive to the latter, while he, either in person or through his Adjutant, will in a kindly way teach them all that befits them as to morality, education and materialities; and if during these days they give hopes of being suitable for the Congregation, when they have finished them they will begin the year of probation.
ON THOSE IN PROBATION
15. Nothing is so important for the Missionaries, nothing is so essential for them, as the adornment of all virtues. Without them their talents would be useless, their voice fruitless and all their efforts in vain. Hence, their desires and their primary attention should be directed toward obtaining them. Since the year of probation has been established far laying the foundation of virtues, all, whether priests, students or adjutant for others, will diligently endeavour to practice the most effective means to this end.
16. Faith: although they have need of all virtues, nevertheless, they should strive above all to acquire a lively faith. For aside from the fact that without faith it is impossible to please God, it is also the foundation of all other virtues. it is faith that inflamed the Prophets, that made the Apostles fervent in the midst of persecution, torments and death itself, that allayed the sufferings of the Martyrs and inspired many preachers to embrace gladly poverty, abnegation and sacrifice, in order to spread and propagate the kingdom of Jesus Christ. This Is why the Missionaries must root faith in their soul and live by it. The Divine Master often preached on faith to those He had chosen as Missionaries, and reproved them strongly whenever He saw them wavering in it. For this reason the Probandi of our Congregation should always act out of faith, ask God for it and have recourse to It whenever they feel assailed by the world, the devil or the flesh.
17. Trust: in the second place, they should have great trust in God, looking to Him for all the graces they need, and especially for the fitness to discharge the sacred ministry well; for discouragement is surely the weapon whereby the devil overthrows most Missionaries. Let them take heart, then, even when they see that they are lacking in virtue, hardiness or talent, remembering that the same God who had the power to raise up children to Abraham out of stones, and to prophesy through the mouths of sinful men and even beasts, is wont to chose the weak and feeble to confound the proud. Accordingly, when they are tempted to distrust, let them have recourse lo God, telling themselves: The Lord who chose me will give me whatever I need; and if I am weak or ignorant, His Providence will shine forth all the more brightly.
18. Humility: the third virtue which the young missionaries should bend every effort to acquire is humility, without which God looks from afar, despises prayer and withholds His grace. A proud preacher is a thief of God's glory and an idolater of himself. Therefore in the hour of his death he will be called an evildoer and he will be told: Recepisti mercedem tuam. Let them flee, then from all self praise, refer everything to God, and promptly reject any thought tending to foster pride | 6,791 |
Indian Muslim Social Service Association (IMSSA) Youth Forum - Speech by Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development
Ustaz Kooni Syed Ibrahim Sehuali, Director, Indian Muslim Social Service Association (IMSSA)
Mufti Ustaz Dr Nazirudin Nasir
Members of the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG)
And to all the youth participants today
1. A very good afternoon. I am pleased to join everyone here today for the IMSSA youth forum. I was told that some of you attended a workshop two weeks ago at the RRG Resource and Counselling Centre (RCC) as a prelude to today's forum. I am glad that you had an insightful and engaging learning journey to the RCC.
2. I want to start off by commending the good work of IMSSA in uplifting the Muslim community in Singapore, and particularly the Indian Muslim community. IMSSA has grown to be an important and inspiring community organisation that contributes towards nation-building and safeguarding the common space that we enjoy in Singapore.
3. Today's youth forum organised by IMSSA is a testament to your commitment to strengthening the spirit of volunteerism and keeping the peace in Singapore. Your efforts will go a long way to reinforce the social and religious resilience of the Singapore Muslim community.
4. I want to thank<|fim_middle|> in mid-2014. Between 2007 and 2014, we saw 11 cases as compared to 32 cases between 2015 and Feb 2022. It is a worrying trend, when we see that the numbers have gone up within that period of time. It is pertinent that we continue to be discerning of divisive and extremist views purveyed online that have the potential of radicalising individuals or in the worst-case scenario, rendering them prone to violent extremism.
7. This evolving threat landscape has brought about new challenges to the way we prevent, detect and counter radicalisation. Nevertheless, the counter-terrorism capabilities we developed during the JI arrests have stood us in good stead.
8. Partnership with the community, in particular, has been a critical pillar in our fight against terrorism, since the JI arrests. So the community plays a very important role. The Government alone would not be able to neutralise the terrorism threat without the strong partnership from community organisations such as the RRG and the Inter-Agency Aftercare Group (ACG) who have played an important role in the rehabilitation of terrorism-related detainees and supervisees. We are fortunate to have the members of RRG. We are also grateful to other community partners like the IMSSA who have stepped forward to contribute to upstream efforts to strengthen the community's resilience against extremist ideas, such as through this youth forum. All of us, including the Indian Muslim community, play an important role to counter and preventing violent extremism in Singapore.
9. The terror threat to Singapore is still high, and events abroad can have an impact on our domestic security landscape. Take the example of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, where the situation remains "fragile and unpredictable". Singapore has articulated a clear stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and has strongly condemned the invasion. Overseas, there have been reports of some sympathisers being drawn to Ukraine to join the fight against the invading forces. Nevertheless, in Singapore, it is against the law for anyone here to take part in the conflict. If any of your friends ask you, please share with them that it is against the law for anyone here to take part in the conflict.
10. I urge those of you who wish to help the Ukrainians to do so via legitimate channels such as the Singapore Red Cross, that are raising funds for humanitarian aid to support affected communities in Ukraine.
11. I am pleased to know that IMSSA has several community projects in the pipeline, and I look forward to the successful completion of IMSSA's future initiatives.
12. Let me conclude by thanking once again IMSSA for organising this event. Not forgetting the RRG and MUIS for partnering IMSSA in making this event successful. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and every Muslims in Singapore a blessed Ramadan and may the spirit of Ramadan stay in our hearts and brings out the goodness in everyone.
13. Thank you. | you again for your contributions and dedication to organising this event.
The Terrorism Threat Persists
5. Twenty years ago, Singapore began a crackdown on the local members of the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), who had identified close to 80 targets in Singapore for possible attack. While the Singapore JI has been dismantled, the regional JI network remains resilient and quietly active. It continues to pose a serious long-term threat to Southeast Asia and Singapore, given its ambition of establishing an Islamic state in this region through the use of force.
6. At the same time, new threats have emerged over the years, like the phenomenon of self-radicalisation through the online sphere, and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) amidst the Syrian conflict. Singapore has seen an uptick in the number of self-radicalised cases since 2015 after ISIS's declaration of its so-called Caliphate | 193 |
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Cats use their whiskers for lots of reasons. One thing that they use them for is to communicate their emotions. Their whiskers are like our GPS devices. Cats use them to navigate so it's very important<|fim_middle|>: edgewatergoldradio.com. Also listen on Tunein or our own Edgewater Gold Radio app. | that you NEVER cut them. They use their whiskers to feel their boundaries, gauge distances and to determine the sizes of objects. Their whiskers also help them determine whether or not they will fit into tight spaces. Their whiskers help guide them in the dark and they help them to avoid running into certain objects. Being that cats communicate with their whiskers, you actually could learn to determine what kind of mood your cat is in as well as his emotional state. If his whiskers are pulled back, he is angry and in a defensive mood. If his whiskers are relaxed and pushed forward, it means that he is happy or content or even curious about something.
Cats have 24 whiskers on their face. Twelve on each side of their nose. Cats also have special whiskers on the eyes, paws, chin and legs. These are more like "feelers" and are also used for sensing objects, textures and boundaries.
So, the next time your cat squeezes through the bathroom door to pay you a visit like mine do, you'll know that his whiskers helped him to navigate the small space that he needed to fit through. He probably just stopped by to tell you that it is time for his cat treat.
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This class will begin where Letterpress I: Wood and Metal Type leaves off. Students will jump right into working with polymer plates, which allow artists to print their own design, and set type digitally. The class will cover all aspects of printing with polymer plates, including design, pre-press, developing plates, and printing. This class will also investigate two-color registration, double-sided printing, and other skills that arise based on each<|fim_middle|> bring laptop with Illustrator are encouraged to do so. | student's projects. The goal is for students to graduate from the class having versatile knowledge of letterpress printing.
Beginning in the fall of 2014, we are condensing our polymer class to four weeks, allowing more students to add this method of image-making and printing to their skill set. Letterpress Finesse will be offered in early 2015 for students looking to fine tune their skills and tackle larger projects.
Paper, film, & plates for independent project. Two 5″x8″ polymer plates, one film, and basic supplies will be provided. Students able to | 122 |
Hearts have been heavy at the Post since late last week, when we lost our friend and coworker Cindy Lewis. She died in her sleep last Thursday morning, December 17. We were told it was probably a heart attack. She was only 54.
This came as a real shock to her family, friends and coworkers because Cindy was so full of life. She was the type of person that brightened the room as soon as she entered. She was always smiling, often laughing, and<|fim_middle|> time. And then, with a little stab of pain, I remembered.
When deciding what to make for our Thursday staff lunch meeting this week, I wondered what I could substitute for onion in the recipe—because Cindy was allergic to onions. Sadly, that will no longer be an issue.
But I think what I will miss most is when she would come plop down in the chair in my office and talk—about anything, about everything—her family, the community, what was happening in the office. In the days and weeks before she died, we talked about what she was getting the kids for Christmas; the surprise she had for her mom and other family members about someone coming for the holidays and how hard it was to keep that secret; her grandchildren; my kids and grandchildren; and much more. It was nothing earthshaking; just the stuff that affects us everyday—the things that friends share. Because Cindy was more than a coworker; she was a friend. One that I and the rest of the staff at the Post will miss very much. But I do know that I will see her again someday, and that I am a better person for having known her.
For more information about Cindy, you can read her obituary here. | was genuinely interested in those around her. She was kindhearted, compassionate, generous and selfless. She loved people—and she showed it in the way she treated them.
Some of you who are business owners knew Cindy through her contact with you about advertising in our paper. She was one of our salespeople, and took a real interest in not only keeping her customers happy, but in building relationships with advertisers.
When Lois Allen, our publisher, was involved in her accident last spring, Cindy often went out of her way to make sure Lois had what she needed. She also made sure several of Lois's customers were taken care of, though she made no commission. She cared more that the paper survived that setback than she did about who got credit for sales.
Some readers may have known Cindy through interactions with her during her children's sporting activities over the years, such as football and cheer. She was an avid supporter of her seven children, who are now grown. Family was the most important thing in her life; she talked about them often. Our hearts go out to her family; her fiancé John, her children, grandchildren, mother, and extended family. She was a stabilizing force in their lives and they will need much peace and comfort in the coming weeks, months and years.
Cindy's death has left a gap here in our office, as well. We are not quite whole. We keep waiting to see her smiling face come through the door, or hear her voice on the phone.
Sometimes it's the little things that get you. Yesterday, when I got to the office, I wondered briefly if I should unlock the back door for Cindy, since her key didn't work last | 342 |
British empiricism
British empiricism, though it was not a term used at the time, derives from the 17th century period of early modern philosophy and modern science. The term became useful in order to describe differences perceived between two of its founders Francis Bacon, described as empiricist, and René Descartes, who is described as a rationalist.
Earlier concepts of the existence of "innate ideas" were the subject of debate between the Continental rationalists and the British empiricists in the 17th century through the late 18th century. John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume were the primary exponents of empiricism.
Responding to the continental "rationalism" most prominently defended by René Descartes (a philosophical approach that should not be confused with rationalism generally), John Locke (1632–1704), writing in the late 17th century, in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), proposed a very influential view wherein the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori, i.e., based upon experience. Locke is famously attributed with holding the proposition that the human mind is a tabula rasa, a "blank tablet," in Locke's words "white paper," on which the experiences derived from sense impressions as a person's life proceeds are written. There are two sources of our ideas: sensation and reflection. In both cases, a distinction is made between simple and complex ideas. The former are unanalysable, and are broken down into primary and secondary qualities. Complex ideas combine simple ones, and divide into substances, modes, and relations. According to Locke, our knowledge of things is a perception of ideas that are in accordance or discordance with each other, which is very different from the quest for certainty of Descartes.
A generation later, the Irish Anglican bishop, George Berkeley (1685–1753), determined that Locke's view immediately opened a door that would lead to eventual atheism. In response to Locke, he put forth in his Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) a different, very extreme form of empiricism in which things only exist either as a result of their being perceived, or by virtue of the fact that they are an entity doing the perceiving. (For Berkeley, God fills in for humans by doing the perceiving whenever humans are not around to do it). In his text Alciphron, Berkeley maintained that any order humans may see in nature is the language or handwriting of God. Berkeley's approach to empiricism would later come to be called subjective idealism.
The Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711–1776) added to the empiricist viewpoint an extreme skepticism that he brought to bear against the accumulated arguments and counterarguments of Descartes, Locke and Berkeley, among others. Hume argued in keeping with the empiricist view that all knowledge derives from sense experience. In particular, he divided all of human knowledge into two categories: relations of ideas and matters of fact (see also Kant's analytic-synthetic distinction). Mathematical and logical propositions (e.g. "that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides") are examples of the first, while propositions involving some contingent observation of the world (e.g. "the sun rises in the East") are examples of the second. All of people's "ideas", in turn, are derived from their "impressions". For Hume, an "impression" corresponds roughly with what we call a sensation. To remember or to imagine such impressions is to have an "idea". Ideas are therefore the faint copies of sensations.
Via his skeptical arguments he maintained that all knowledge, even the most basic beliefs about the natural world, cannot be conclusively established by reason. Rather, he maintained, our beliefs are more a result of accumulated habits, developed in response to accumulated sense experiences. Among his many arguments Hume also added another important slant to the<|fim_middle|> doubt.
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This page was last modified 20:42, 3 December 2014. | debate about scientific method — that of the problem of induction. Hume argued that it requires inductive reasoning to arrive at the premises for the principle of inductive reasoning, and therefore the justification for inductive reasoning is a circular argument. Among Hume's conclusions regarding the problem of induction is that there is no certainty that the future will resemble the past. Thus, as a simple instance posed by Hume, we cannot know with certainty by inductive reasoning that the sun will continue to rise in the East, but instead come to expect it to do so because it has repeatedly done so in the past.
Hume concluded that such things as belief in an external world and belief in the existence of the self were not rationally justifiable. According to Hume these beliefs were to be accepted nonetheless because of their profound basis in instinct and custom. Hume's lasting legacy, however, was the doubt that his skeptical arguments cast on the legitimacy of inductive reasoning, allowing many skeptics who followed to cast similar | 202 |
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trypanosomiasis
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https://www.britannica.com/science/trypanosomiasis
Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans
sleeping sickness eflornithine Chagas disease East African sleeping sickness West African trypanosomiasis
trypanosomiasis, infectious disease in both humans and animals caused by certain members of the flagellate protozoa genus Trypanosoma (family Trypanosomatidae) and spread by certain bloodsucking insects. The life cycle of trypanosomes includes a stage spent in blood or other tissues of a vertebrate host and a stage in the gut of an invertebrate, typically a fly.
Of the various known species of Trypanosoma, only two—T. cruzi and T. brucei—cause disease in humans. Each species is responsible for a different disease. Trypanosoma cruzi causes American trypanosomiasis, also called Chagas disease, which occurs primarily in the Central and South American tropics and is spread by the bite of reduviid bugs (family Reduviidae), particularly Triatoma infestans, also known as "kissing bugs." The parasite multiplies in the bloodstream and may enter the heart, liver, and spleen, where it causes extensive damage.
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Trypanosoma brucei is responsible for African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, which occurs in equatorial Africa in two forms, both transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina). East African, or Rhodesian, sleeping sickness is an acute form of the disease caused by the subspecies T. brucei rh<|fim_middle|>osomiasis is a slower-developing chronic form of the disease caused by T. brucei gambiense. Both organisms can eventually invade the brain, causing mental deterioration, coma, and death.
Other Trypanosoma species cause economically important diseases in livestock: nagana, dourine, surra, and mal de caderas.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Kara Rogers. | odesiense. West African, or Gambian, trypan | 13 |
This loft, housed in a converted industrial building, was purchased in a completely undeveloped 'raw' condition. The loft is situated on one of New York City's rare diagonal streets. The diagonal imposes a powerful affect on the geometry of the space. Finding a clean, patina-ed industrial space is unusual and one of the primary goals of the client and our office was to celebrate the raw texture of the existing shell and provide counterpoint elements constructed of durable, appropriately industrial modern materials.
We highlighted the contrasting diagonal and orthogonal ceiling beams, the pitted and stained concrete floor and the rough brick surfaces of<|fim_middle|> of concealed perimeter lighting and a rigorous, unbroken grid of porcelain sockets and frosted bulbs evenly lighting the space below. A smoothly finished curved and planar soffit acts as a bold organizational gesture, defining the more private functions housed under it.
Walls are fashioned in a variety of translucent and opaque materials including translucent channel glass, polycarbonate, and sandblasted cold rolled steel and stainless steel. The materials were used as elements to deflect or reveal hidden layers of space beyond. | the exterior walls through the use | 6 |
Sugar Mountain Resort has nine slopes open, including Gunther's Way, which has been described as the best run in the Southeast. Currently, Sugar Mountain Resort has a base of 12 to 48 inches with fresh man<|fim_middle|>. The base is currently 12 to 34 inches. Ice skating is available during three two-hour sessions at noon, 2:30 pm and 7 pm. | -made powder on top of a firm and packed base. There are five lifts now operating.
The 700 foot long tubing park at Sugar Mountain Resort has four lanes open. Sugar also offers snowshoeing, which is unique to the area, and a snowboarding park that is closed to skiers. Tubing and Ice Skating sessions start at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm, and 8 pm.
Beech Mountain Resort, also known as Ski Beech, is the highest ski resort on the East Coast, and currently has six slopes and five lifts open, along with a base of 12 to 36 inches. For snowboarding, there is a dedicated terrain park, which has it's own surface lift, snowmaking system, and lighting system. There is also a snow tubing park which provides a 700 foot run with great views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It also boasts it's own lift, lighting and snowmaking system, as well.
At the Alpine Village, there are shops, eateries, a craft brewery, and a 7,000 square foot ice skating rink. A free sledding hill is next to Beech Mountain Town Hall for kids 12 and under.
Appalachian Ski Mountain has 10 slopes open, and 5 lifts open. All three freestyle terrain park slopes are open for skiing and snowboarding | 300 |
We also noticed there were two or three distinct kinds of Atlanteans. There's one 'caste' that carriers<|fim_middle|> little extra attention. A little more space and some gravity. We saw a few children, and though they were introduced to us and greeted us warmly, I noticed that there really weren't many of them. Perhaps they're in school. | itself a little more aggressively, that moves a little more lithely. They're not any bigger, or look noticeably stronger, but they move like better athletes. I saw one wearing armor. No one treated her any different, not when she emerged from one of the central, larger pools, carrying something that looked like a tire iron, a long spear, and some manner of kick board. And no one especially looked at her as she glided through the market, receiving treats and conversations like all the rest of us.
If I'm not mistaken there were also another group who had gills. This was unique even among the Atlanteans, with long slits behind their jaw line, back against the ear. I didn't get a close look at these guys, but they did seem to receive a | 161 |
Fenwick Gallery at George Mason is pleased to host "Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art," an exhibition of comic books and graphic novels.
Curated by Jan Descartes and Monica McKelvey Johnson, "Our Comics, Ourselves" includes comic books, graphic novels, DIY comics, and various comics paraphernalia primarily from the United States, from 1945 to present. The works range from autobiographical to sheer fantasy, and explore feminism, abortion, racism, cultural identity, social activism, labor unions, veterans of war, sexual abuse, student debt, immigration, public health, civil rights, gender and sexual identity, and more. "Our Comics, Ourselves" presents the graphic stories that describe the complexity and diversity of our collective experience, and examines the social and historical contexts within which they emerged.
"Our Comics, Ourselves" is an independent traveling exhibition that originated at Interference Archive (Brooklyn, NY) in 2016, and is supported by faculty partners and departments across George Mason University.
Jan Descartes leads a workshop and letter-writing session for incarcerated persons, in partnership with Black and Pink.
In this workshop, we will learn about why comics is a uniquely powerful medium, and how to create a 8 page mini-comic. We will learn about creating a character, a narrative, drawing and inking our comics. This class is for beginners and experienced drawers alike – no experience with comics is necessary, only excitement to tell your story! The goal is to leave with a mini-comic, drawn on letter sized paper, that will be ready for you to Xerox<|fim_middle|> Program, the School of Art, the Department of English, the Film and Video Studies Program, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution; the Honors College, INTO Mason, the University Curator, University Libraries, and University Life.
Grey Cohen, Edie Fake, Stephanie Grimm, Christopher Kardambikis, Angela Hattery, Mika'il Petin, Josh MacPhee, Interference Archive, and all the guest curators on our Tumblr at ourcomicsourselves.tumblr.com, and contributors to the Our Comics, Ourselves catalog.
Programming and arrangements for this exhibition at Mason were organized by Stephanie Grimm, Art and Art History Librarian; Christopher Kardambikis, Assistant Professor of Printmaking; Angela Hattery, Professor and Director, Women & Gender Studies at Mason; and Mika'il Petin, Professor, African and African American Studies.
Printing services generously sponsored by Canon. Additional support for refreshments provided by Giant Foods (Braddock Road, Fairfax), Safeway (Twinbrook Shopping Center, Braddock Road, Fairfax) and Dunkin Donuts (University Mall, Braddock Road, Fairfax).
This exhibition is made possible in part with support from Interference Archive, an all-volunteer organization in Brooklyn. The mission of Interference Archive is to explore the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in an open stacks archival collection, publications, a study center, and public programs including as exhibitions, workshops, talks, and screenings, all of which encourage critical and creative engagement with the rich history of social movements.
For more information go to http://interferencearchive.org/our-comics-ourselves/. | and distribute!
Join us for an open discussion with Jan Descartes and Monica McKelvey Johnson, curators of Our Comics, Ourselves. Event to be followed by a reception and print shop jam at the Mason School of Art. Make a comic, print a t-shirt, or stay for conversation and snacks!
Fantom Comics, 2010 P Street NW, Washington D.C.
"Our Comics, Ourselves" is generously supported by the George Mason University Department of Women & Gender Studies, the Department of History and Art History, the African and African American Studies | 118 |
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