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__label__wiki | 0.512917 | 0.512917 | Many major phone apps have Wear OS counterparts, or at least most apps that make sense to have a dedicated watch app. You’ll likely find yourself using most watch apps less than you might think, but they are sometimes convenient for avoiding a phone retrieval. I use regularly use the Nest app for my home thermostat, Keep to take down a quick voice note, PocketCasts to control podcast episodes and playlists, and Stronglifts to time and track workouts. But I use these on my watch mostly when my phone is not at hand; none is easier to use than its phone version. As noted, most apps on your phone will provide notifications that can be acted upon through your watch. For the apps that you do use, the Q watches’ screen (identical to most of the Fossil group watches’ screens) is responsive enough to work with tiny buttons pressed by big fingers.
The watch faces themselves are classic Kate Spade designs. You get a sultry winking moon face with perfectly curled lashes, calling you a leading lady; cute bubbly balloons for a digital watch face with numbers; a speeding cab that reassures you that you'll be there in a New York minute; and a daisy that loses petals as the time ticks away in a classic game of "He loves me; he loves me not."
Speaking of music, that's what really sets this smartwatch apart (especially compared to Garmin's other wearables). The Vivoactive 3 Music has enough internal storage for 500 songs — and they're easy to download to your device using the Garmin Express software. Once your songs are downloaded, you can listen to music without a smartphone. Just connect some Bluetooth headphones to the watch and you're good to go. If streaming is more your game, then you can also download some popular media apps as well.
That same attractive stainless steel design is here. The 240 x 240 pixel display at the heart of the body is by no means the brightest or most vibrant you'll find, but crucially delivers strong visibility in most workout conditions whether you're sweating it out indoors or outside. However, there is no touchscreen or touchpad here, you'll have to resort to pressing some buttons - that could be a deal-breaker for some, but we're sure it won't be a massive one for most.
To charge the watch, you have to clip on the charger and align it with contacts that you can't see when you're clipping. Why make it so complicated? There's no NFC for easy pairing, and you have to find the smartwatch app in the app market, download it, and install it on your mobile device. The Frame's display readability in bright sunlight was judged to be only good. It's relatively heavy, at 2.7 ounces (only the Toq is heavier).
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The Series 4 now has several new health-focused features, which are very intriguing, including the ability to detect when you fall and even alert emergency contacts if need be, as well as an electrical heart rate sensor that works with an app to alert you to heart health issues. The electrocardiogram (ECG) app has been certified by the Food & Drug Administration, but it's not out yet.
Battery life and charging options: Charging your smartwatch is a hassle and the biggest downside to trading in your manually-wound or button battery-powered watch. A Fitbit Versa might last 3 - 4 days between charges, but a smartwatch like the Samsung Gear Sport or Apple Watch will need recharging every couple of days and sometimes every night if you are tapping on the screen regularly and using its apps.
Why we like it: Apple Watches are the best smartwatches overall because they make it easier than any other wearable device to interact with the messages and notifications relayed from your iPhone. The Series 1, specifically, has all the features most people need at a reasonable price. It looks better than most smartwatches and fitness trackers, on wrists both large and small, thanks to two sizes and an array of finishes and bands (both official and third party). While not every major iPhone app has an Apple Watch partner app, many do, and most respond quickly and are optimized for the watch’s small screen, unlike many of the apps available for Android watches. And the Series 1 Apple Watch does a good job of independently tracking most kinds of workouts where accurate distance tracking isn’t vital,1 and encourages non-workout fitness (like standing and moving every hour). We also like that the Apple Watch lets you easily make contactless payments using Apple Pay, and if you own a Mac, you can unlock it by just getting close to it with your Apple Watch.
The hardware is now “swimproof” with improved water resistance and there’s also now a heart rate sensor. Those work with the new Google Fit app to improve the fitness experience from your watch. Further, the Falster 2 has built-in GPS and NFC as well. This opens up Google Pay functionality for the watch for mobile payments in-store. Of course, Wear OS is still at the center of the experience, and the whole thing runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100.
The Apple Watch Series 3 is a really nice smartwatch that does exactly what it should. This is easily one of the best smartwatches on the market. It’ll give you quick access to notifications, allow you to pay with your wrist, give you turn-by-turn directions, and it’s a decent fitness tracker. In terms of design, it doesn’t feel like Apple cut too many corners with the overall look and feel of the device. Even the Sport model (the cheapest one of the bunch) feels like a well-built piece of hardware.
The problem is that to monitor your sleeping patterns, a valuable feature most of these new smartwatches support, the watch needs to be on your wrist. So leaving your watch charging overnight while you slumber isn’t going to work. But smartwatches have small batteries compared to smartphones, so should only take 2 - 4 hours to fully charge, depending on the model.
The base model is crafted from polished stainless steel with a premium calfskin leather band. Other models are available with a titanium casing and alligator leather straps, but they do up the cost quite a bit. All models have a 46mm casing that is 12.5mm thick. Battery life is rated at a day and the watch is IP68 water/dust resistant.Pricing for the Summit starts at a lofty $870 and goes well up from there. Currently, the only place to buy the watch online is via the outlet Mr. Porter, but it’s also available anywhere Montblanc smartwatches are sold in retail locations.
Most stores that sell these smart watches feature display models that you can pick up and touch. We recommend getting a feel for how these watches operate before you invest in one of your own. Specifically, you’ll want to know the form of navigation each of these use to go through the various screens, apps, and functionalities. We were partial to twistable bezels and dials, but you might be used to swiping your way through screens.
Huawei’s Watch 2 looks like a logical follow-up to the original Huawei Watch, a former pick in this guide. It adds built-in GPS capability, plus NFC for mobile payments, and it ships with Android Wear 2.0. The problem is that the Huawei Watch 2’s bezel does not rotate, and it has no rotating crown to take advantage of Android Wear 2.0’s scrolling interfaces. That wouldn’t be so bad if the thick, notched bezel weren’t significantly raised around the screen, making it more difficult than it should be to swipe between screens, scroll through apps, or perform pinpoint taps near the edge of the screen. Beyond that, the watch is thick (12.6 millimeters, or 2.6 mm more than the ZenWatch 3, though that’s still slightly thinner than the original Huawei Watch), and it seems slower to respond to input and to launch apps than other modern Wear OS watches. It doesn’t seem worth its price for most people.
Our 19 contenders all promised to give us some distance from our phones by notifying us of incoming calls and texts. But we found that some smart watches were much slower than others at letting us know we had a call. It turns out the quality of the bluetooth connection determines how quickly you’ll be notified, with our worst performers only registering the call with two seconds to spare before diverting to voicemail (yes you, Montblanc) while others simply failed to display any calls at all. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4 |
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Inspired by @Schwarzbart's concerns about whether adventures could be written in which characters use drugs, and not being sufficiently informed by @Legate of Mineta's reply that "I don't think we have such a policy- but the Player is unlikely to be in a position to consume", I wonder whether @Legate of Mineta would be so kind as to clarify the Team's position about drug/potions. One of my adventures for Y2 has a possible route where the PC can receive a potion that the PC can use or sell (possibly even to help to solve the adventure). The potion is presented as having been made by Tabin Furenzti and has temporary bonuses and penalties if used. In Y1, there are other adventures and events in which characters can receive potions from students. I conceive of all of these potions as equivalents to medicine rather than non-medicinal intoxicants/drugs. But where does the Team draw the line when dealing with potions as medicines or non-medicinal intoxicants/drugs? Should potions that PC can use have no penalties? | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line8 |
__label__cc | 0.620881 | 0.379119 | Aptec receives Top Awards at Schneider Electric MEA Distribution Conference
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — June 14, 2015 — Aptec, an Ingram Micro Company, one of the largest technology distributors in the META region (Middle East, Turkey and Africa), received 3 prestigious awards last month at the Annual Schneider Electric MEA Distribution Awards Ceremony which was held on 12th May 2015 at Budapest, Hungary. Aptec team, along with other regional distributors and elite partners of Schneider Electric, were invited for a 4 day offsite to Budapest for conference and team building. The culmination of the trip was gala awards night.
Aptec an Ingram Micro company bagged 3 prestigious awards and was exceptionally delighted for taking home the biggest award of the year “Distributor of the Year-Gulf” for 2014. The Product Manager of Aptec for North East Africa - Tamer Hassan received a well-deserved “Product Manager of the Year 2014” Award. Saudi Arabia subsidiary of Aptec was also rewarded for their remarkable initiatives and received “Business development initiative of the year 2014” award.
Svetlana Sorokina, Regional Marketing Manager of Ingram Micro META region, commented: “We would like to thank Schneider Electric team and all our partners for these awards. APC by Schneider Electric is a key strategic vendor for Aptec for many years now, relationship with APC started more than 18 years ago and it only strengthens with years. These accolades are recognition of Aptec’s commitment to the brand and to our partners in all countries where we are present with this brand across the region.”
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Scientific name: Odontria striata (White)
Widespread native insect, most common in southern New Zealand, occasionally reaching pest levels
Feeds on a wide range of plants, larvae on roots and adults on foliage
Larvae are found in soil all year round
Adults are attracted to lights at night and can also be found in soil
Larvae appear very similar to common grass grub, but later stages are larger, and the head is usually darker
Commonly found in pasture
Often causes damage in home gardens.
Striped Chafer is found throughout New Zealand but most commonly in Canterbury, Otago and Southland
The approx. 14 mm long, dark brown, striped, velvety beetles of striped chafer are most often seen flying at dusk in spring and autumn although they can be found throughout the year
Spherical 1 to 1.5 mm dia. eggs are laid in the soil in batches of about 10-20 mainly from October until early February
The larvae pass through three stages and all three stages are present year round
Time spent as a larvae varies from 8-14 months
Pupation occurs in late summer early autumn
The eggs and larvae are generally found near the soil surface and large larvae may be surface active at least for short periods
The presence of large numbers of larvae is often indicated by large amounts of fine frass (very fine soil and organic particles) on the soil surface
Moist soils and lush vegetation are preferred by striped chafer and they cannot tolerate extremes of temperature or low soil moisture.
Striped chafer larvae feed on the roots of a wide range of plants including most pasture species
They occasionally cause damage to pasture and this tends to be on mid altitude country and predominantly in Otago and Southland
Low numbers of larvae occur in most southern pastures
When damaging levels of larvae are present pasture plants are easily pulled from the soil as a consequence of roots being destroyed. This is similar to common grass grub but striped chafer larvae aggregate less than grass grub so damage usually, but not exclusively, appears more widespread and less concentrated in patches
The larvae frequently cause damage to nursery and garden plants. Vegetable seedlings, root crops e.g. carrots and strawberries are frequently attacked.
The beetles also feed on a wide range of plants including many pasture species, fruit trees and Eucalyptus species
The importance of adult feeding in pastures is unknown
When feeding on trees damage to young leaves is most likely to affect tree growth.
There are no insecticides registered specifically for use against striped chafer but those used against the common grass grub are likely to also work against striped chafer larvae. However, Bioshield Grass GrubTM , a formulation of the bacterium Serratia entomophilla, is specific to common grass grub and will not control striped chafer.
Barratt BIP, Campbell RA. 1982. Biology of the striped chafer, Odontria striata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) l. The adult, flight and ground surface activity, female reproductive maturation, and food plant selection. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1982, Vol. 9: 249-266.
Barratt BIP, 1982. Biology of the striped chafer, Odontria striata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) ll.Larval development. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1982, Vol. 9: 267-278. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line14 |
__label__wiki | 0.615747 | 0.615747 | Simponi (Golimumab) Receives New FDA Indication as the First Subcutaneous Anti-TNF Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis
Special Feature Fifth Annual Payers' Guide to New FDA Approvals March 2014 Volume 7 - Payers' Guide
Loretta Fala
Ulcerative colitis (UC), an inflammatory bowel disease that often causes chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, can be debilitating and may lead to life-threatening complications.1 UC affects more than 620,000 people in the United States.2 More common than Crohn’s disease, the incidence of UC is 1.2 cases to 20.3 cases per 100,000 people annually, whereas Crohn’s disease has an incidence of 0.03 cases to 15.6 cases per 100,000 people anually.3
Although UC can occur at any age, it is diagnosed most frequently in young adults between the ages of 15 years and 25 years.4 Men and women are affected equally by UC; however, men in their 50s and 60s are more likely to be diagnosed with UC than women of those age-groups.4 The onset of UC is thought to be triggered by a combination of factors, including environment, genetics, and immune-system overactivity.4
UC is associated with potentially serious complications, including intestinal bleeding, severe abdominal distention, and, in rare cases, toxic megacolon.4 UC is also associated with substantial costs, which were underestimated in the past.5 Based on a 2010 analysis, the total economic burden of UC in the United States is estimated to be $8.1 billion to $14.9 billion annually and accounts for annual per-patient direct medical costs ranging from $6217 to $11,477 (in 2008 dollars).5 In that analysis, hospitalizations accounted for 41% to 55% of the direct medical costs, and indirect costs accounted for an estimated 33% of the total costs. Moreover, direct costs, hospitalizations, and surgeries increased as the severity of UC worsened.5
Early diagnosis and management of UC are crucial to improving outcomes, given that effective treatment may control UC and help achieve remission of the disease.6 The therapeutic goals for UC are to reduce the inflammation that triggers the signs and symptoms, which in turn may lead to symptom relief and to long-term remission.1 Treatment helps to decrease the abnormal inflammation in the lining of the colon, permitting the colon to heal.7 Moreover, treatment often helps to alleviate diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, and other symptoms.1,7
Medications used to treat UC include the aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, immunomodulators, and the biologic therapies known as anti–tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents.8 Antibiotics may also be used to combat infections, such as abscesses, that may occur in association with UC.8
In recent years, the availability and use of anti-TNF therapies have helped to change the landscape of UC management, because these agents have shown efficacy in achieving steroid-free remission and mucosal healing.6
A New Subcutaneous Option for the Treatment of UC
On May 15, 2013, golimumab (Simponi; Janssen Biotech) injection was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of UC that is resistant to previous treatment or requires continuous steroid therapy.9 Golimumab is the first and only subcutaneously administered anti–TNF-alpha therapy approved by the FDA to induce and maintain clinical response in patients with UC and to improve the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa during induction.10 It is also indicated to induce clinical remission in patients with UC and to achieve and sustain clinical remission in induction responders.10,11
The FDA approval of golimumab, a self-injectable biologic therapy, for the treatment of UC was based on 2 major clinical studies in patients with moderate-to-severe UC. Golimumab was previously approved by the FDA for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, alone or in combination with methotrexate, and for active ankylosing spondylitis. On July 19, 2013, golimumab (Simponi Aria) was approved by the FDA for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in combination with methotrexate.
According to Andrew E. Mulberg, MD, CPI, Deputy Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors Products, FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, “Simponi is an important new treatment option for patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. It is critical that patients suffering from the serious and painful symptoms of ulcerative colitis have additional treatment options since patients experience the effects of the disease and respond to treatments differently.”9
Lead investigator, William J. Sandborn, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, and Director, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, UCSD School of Medicine, commented, “The FDA approval of Simponi brings an important, new subcutaneous therapeutic option to adults living with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, a disease where treatment options have been limited. Simponi has demonstrated significant benefits in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, and represents a meaningful addition to the treatment armamentaria for gastroenterologists.”12
Golimumab is a human monoclonal antibody that binds to the soluble and transmembrane bioactive forms of human TNF-alpha to its receptors, thereby inhibiting the biologic activity of TNF-alpha (a cytokine protein). Elevated TNF-alpha levels in the blood, synovium, and joints have been implicated in the pathophysiology of several chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. TNF-alpha is an important mediator of the articular inflammation that is characteristic of these diseases. The exact mechanism by which golimumab is beneficial in patients with UC is unknown.11
The recommended initial dose of golimumab for UC is 200 mg by subcutaneous injection at week 0, followed by 100 mg at week 2 and then 100 mg every 4 weeks. Golimumab is available in 50-mg/0.5-mL and 100-mg/ 1-mL single-dose, prefilled SmartJect autoinjectors, and 50-mg/0.5-mL and 100-mg/1-mL single-dose, prefilled syringes.11
The safety and efficacy of golimumab were evaluated in 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of patients aged ≥18 years.
In Trial UC-1, an induction trial conducted in patients with moderate-to-severe active UC, a greater proportion of patients achieved clinical response and clinical remission, and showed improvement of the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa at week 6 in the golimumab 200/100-mg group compared with the placebo group (Table 1).11
Trial UC-2, a randomized withdrawal maintenance trial, evaluated patients who achieved clinical response with golimumab induction and tolerated treatment with golimumab (Table 2). In this study, a greater proportion of patients maintained clinical response through week 54 in the group receiving golimumab 100 mg compared with the placebo group. Trial UC-2 also reassessed patients receiving golimumab in clinical response (which included the subset of patients in clinical remission) in Trial UC-1 for clinical remission at week 30 and week 54. A greater proportion of patients had clinical remission at week 30 and week 54 without demonstrating a loss of response at any time point through week 54 in the group receiving golimumab 100 mg compared with the placebo group.11
The most common adverse reactions (incidence >5%) are upper respiratory tract infection, nasopharyngitis, and injection-site reactions. Additional adverse events include vascular disorders, central nervous system disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders (Table 3).11
Serious infections leading to hospitalization or death, including tuberculosis (TB), bacterial sepsis, invasive fungal (ie, histoplasmosis), and other opportunistic infections, have occurred in patients receiving golimumab.
Lymphoma and other malignancies, some fatal, have been reported in children and in adolescent patients treated with TNF blockers, of which golimumab is a member.11
Other Warnings and Precautions
Boxed warning. Golimumab was approved with a boxed warning about serious infections and malignancy. Therapy with golimumab should not be started during an active infection. If an infection develops, the patient should be monitored carefully and golimumab treatment should be stopped if the infection becomes serious. Patients should be tested for latent TB before the initiation of golimumab therapy. If the TB test is positive, treatment should be started for TB before initiating therapy with golimumab. Patients should be monitored for active TB during treatment, even if the initial latent TB test is negative.11
Invasive fungal infections. For patients who develop a systemic illness while taking golimumab, empiric antifungal therapy should be considered for those who live in or travel to regions where mycoses are endemic.
Hepatitis B reactivation. Hepatitis B virus carriers should be monitored during and several months after therapy with golimumab. If reactivation occurs, treatment with golimumab should be discontinued and antiviral therapy should be initiated.
Malignancies. The incidence of lymphoma was greater than in the general US population. Cases of other malignancies have been observed among patients receiving TNF blockers.
Heart failure. The worsening or new onset of heart failure may occur with golimumab. If worsening symptoms occur, the use of golimumab should be stopped.
Demyelinating diseases. The exacerbation or new onset of demyelinating diseases may occur with golimumab.
Hypersensitivity reactions. Serious systemic hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, may occur with golimumab.
Live vaccines. Live vaccines should not be given concurrently with golimumab.11
Use in Specific Populations
Pregnancy. There are no adequate and well-controlled trials of golimumab in pregnant women. Golimumab should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed.
Nursing mothers. It is not known whether golimumab is excreted in human milk or absorbed systemically after ingestion. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, and there is a potential for adverse reactions from golimumab in nursing infants, consideration should be given as to whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue golimumab, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.
Pediatric use. The safety and effectiveness of golimumab in pediatric patients aged <18 years have not been established.
Geriatric use. With respect to UC, there were insufficient numbers of patients aged ≥65 years to determine whether they respond different from patients aged 18 years to 65 years. Because there is generally a higher incidence of infections in the geriatric population, caution should be used in treating geriatric patients with golimumab.11
The FDA approved Simponi (golimumab) injection in May 2013 for a new indication—the treatment of UC that is resistant to previous treatment or that requires continuous steroid therapy. Golimumab was previously approved by the FDA for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in combination with methotrexate, for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis either alone or in combination with methotrexate, and for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.
Golimumab, a biologic agent, is the first and only subcutaneous anti–TNF-alpha therapy approved by the FDA to induce and maintain clinical response and to improve the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa during induction. Golimumab is also indicated to induce clinical remission and to achieve and sustain clinical remission in induction responders.
The FDA approval of golimumab for the treatment of patients with UC was based on 2 clinical studies in patients with moderate-to-severe UC. In the first study, a greater proportion of golimumab-treated patients achieved clinical response, clinical remission, and improved the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa at 6 weeks compared with the placebo group. In the second study, patients who responded to golimumab were randomly assigned to receive golimumab or placebo. Based on this study, a greater proportion of golimumab-treated patients maintained a clinical response through week 54 and demonstrated clinical remission at week 30 and week 54 compared with the placebo group.
The most common adverse reactions (incidence >5%) seen with golimumab are upper respiratory tract infection, nasopharyngitis, and injection-site reactions. n
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Balversa (Erdafitinib), First-in-Class FGFR Kinase Inhibitor, Approved for Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma and FGFR Mutations
2019 Payers' Guide Mid-Year Addendum published on August 13, 2019 in Select Drug Profiles
Cablivi (Caplacizumab-yhdp): First Targeted, Nanobody-Based Therapy Approved for Adults with Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Doptelet (Avatrombopag) Receives FDA Approval for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia
Skyrizi (Risankizumab-rzaa) a New Treatment Option Approved by the FDA for Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis
Spravato (Esketamine) Nasal Spray First NMDA Receptor Antagonist Approved by the FDA for Adults with Treatment-Resistant Depression | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line15 |
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On October 12th, the first new Michael Jackson song to emerge since the world mourned the loss of this musical icon will be released – a brand new single entitled "This Is It." Soon after, Sony Music Entertainment's Columbia/Epic Label Group will release the two-disc album This Is It featuring the music that inspired Sony Pictures' forthcoming film MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT. This two-disc album will be available internationally on October 26th and North America on October 27th to coincide with the worldwide release of the motion picture which arrives in theaters on October 28th and runs for a limited two-week engagement.
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{SamsoNgroup} Making to the Dubai Metro
May 29, 2005: Shaikh Mohammad at the official groundbreaking ceremony organised by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority at Mina Al Salam Hotel with Mattar Al Tayer, Abdul Majeed Al Khaja and Badriya Al Khalifa.
May 29, 2005: Qasim Sultan, then Director General of Dubai Muncipality, and Susumu Uchida, Board Member of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, signing the Metro contract.
October 24, 2005: Steel beams are put in place as work on the Dubai Metro started at Al Ittihad Park in Deira.
April 11, 2006: Road dug up on Al Rigga Road.
A worker - who seems to have been caught in a web - puts final touches to a foundation piling for a bridge in Al Awir.
August 23, 2006: Work in progress on the pillars for the Metro near exit 22 on Shaikh Zayed Road.
March 13, 2007: Workers carry out tunnelling work for laying Metro tracks. A tunnel-boring machine, Al Wugeisha, was used to bore tunnels.
March 13, 2007: Contruction workers prepare the steel structure for piers for the elevated track at the site of a Metro station.
March 13, 2007: Tunnelling work being carried out at the Union Square Station.
March 13, 2007: The Metro's tracks take shape along Shaikh Zayed Road.
November 5, 2007: Traffic proceeds unimpeded as construction of the elevated tracks continues.
March 2008: The tunnel-boring machine, Al Wugeisha, breaks through the wall.
April 25, 2008: Trains are hoisted onto the tracks.
September 21, 2008: Shaikh Mohammad during the inspection tour of the Jebel Ali Industrial Metro Station, which was the first one to be completed.
August 26, 2009: A Dubai Metro train makes a trial run on the Red Line parallel to Al Khawaneej Road in the area near Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3.
September 2009: A view of the Jebel Ali Industrial Station.
September 1, 2009: A view of the Mall of the Emirates Station at night on the Red Line which runs parallel to Shaikh Zayed Road, in Al Barsha.
BEFORE September 22, 2004: Shaikh Zayed Road as it looked before the work on the Metro started.
TODAY September 6, 2009: Shaikh Zayed Road today - with the Metro infrastructure in place.
Dubai Metro will not be opened to the general public on September 9 - the launch day, Gulf News has learnt.
"There will be an official launch on September 9 but the Metro will be opened to the public only on September 10 from 6am," said a senior official at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will inaugurate the Metro operations at 9pm on 09.09.09.
The launch ceremony will be held at Mall of the Emirates. Preparations are being finalised at the mall galleria.
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A police officer arranges seized counterfeit money during a presentation to the media in Medellin, Colombia.
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Buzz Lightyear returns to Earth aboard space shuttle Discovery, after spending 15 months aboard the International Space Station.
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Performers in Beijing rehearse for the upcoming celebration on the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
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Knut, a polar bear at Zoo Berlin, swims in a pool covered with common duckweed.
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who disappointed us very deeply not so long ago by blindly following Judith Miller's claims, vetted exclusively from Ahmad Chalabi, that there were in fact WMD in Iraq, have done it again. The editorial board of that "gold standard" of U.S. reporting, The New York Times, has endorsed Hillary Clinton on the following grounds:
It is unfair, especially after seven years of Mr. Bush’s inept leadership, but any Democrat will face tougher questioning about his or her fitness to be commander in chief. Mrs. Clinton has more than cleared that bar, using her years in the Senate well to immerse herself in national security issues, and has won the respect of world leaders and many in the American military. She would be a strong commander in chief.
She has cleared that bar? By immersing herself? She claims to have realized that the rationale for war was deeply flawed at about the same time as...the majority of the American people, ahem. She endorsed The Patriot Act. She's done nothing aggressive to challenge or even publicize the rise of Blackwater. She sniffed at the idea of "talking" to "rogue nations" without condition. As Bark, Bugs, Leaves and Lizards points out today, she's in favor of immediately deporting illegal immigrants who "commit a crime."
Domestically, Mrs. Clinton has tackled complex policy issues, sometimes failing. She has shown a willingness to learn and change. Her current proposals on health insurance reflect a clear shift from her first, famously disastrous foray into the issue. She has learned that powerful interests cannot simply be left out of the meetings. She understands that all Americans must be covered — but must be allowed to choose their coverage, including keeping their current plans. Mr. Obama may also be capable of tackling such issues, but we have not yet seen it. Voters have to judge candidates not just on the promise they hold, but also on the here and now.
I need a clearer sense of what "a willingness to learn and change" constitutes? I don't know about the learning, but the changing can be traced almost to the second with shifts in popular opinion. Sitting on the board of WalMart, for instance, she was willing to profit from what she had to know was a calculated devastation of rural America's economy. Later, when public sentiment against Walmart emerged, she "learned and changed." The same was true with her endorsement of an early version of the 2005 bankruptcy bill that severely jeopardizes middle-class families (and especially those who may need to file as a result of a catastrophic medical expense). As it was with her support for the war, her "learning and changing" come at a hefty cost, once considerable damage is done. Her "clear shift" from her "first, famously disastrous foray" into healthcare reform is a shift from demanding an approximation of the other, best-working systems offered in "The First World" to a shameless nod to insurance companies. Mandating health insurance--imposing a fine on those who cannot afford it--adds insult to injury for the uninsured. I understand that her plan is to make insurance affordable, but the mandate is frightening, given that mandates tend to stick while "price caps" do not.
The sense of possibility, of a generational shift, rouses Mr. Obama’s audiences and not just through rhetorical flourishes. He shows voters that he understands how much they hunger for a break with the Bush years, for leadership and vision and true bipartisanship. We hunger for that, too. But we need more specifics to go with his amorphous promise of a new governing majority, a clearer sense of how he would govern.
If I were a delusional narcissist, I'd think the NYT were just trying to piss me off with that one. But seriously, "bipartisanship" does not mean caving in to (and profiting from) corporate interests until your prospective voters notice. There was a time when I seriously wanted to support Hillary, but that was before I witnessed her following this pattern over and over.
If you've been following Hillary's comments in the debates, you too may notice that the endorsement sounds as though she wrote it herself. One member of the Editorial Board was a speech writer for Bill.
I'll still read your stuff, NYT Editorial Board, and some of it I will still respect and quote, and I am sure that this endorsement was not a unanimous decision, so I'll try to cut some slack on behalf of those among you who are probably more disappointed than I am. The rest of you, please demonstrate a willingness to learn and change, okay?
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I made a decision a while ago to try to ignore these types of blood-pressure-raising remarks from the former First Lady, but...
From AP:
Speaking to the same unions a day earlier, Clinton said as first lady she had forcefully battled the agreement President Clinton labored hard to win.
"I did speak out and oppose NAFTA," she said. "I raised a big yellow flag and said, 'I don't think this will work.'" [I remember, oh yes, of course that big yellow...I was distracted at the time because I was in a bloody battle with, um, poachers off the coast of...]
Teamsters president James P. Hoffa, who is backing Obama, disputed her claim.
"No one who was around in the time of NAFTA remembers her doing that," Hoffa told The Associated Press during a telephone interview. [Ahem, well, you know I do blog a lot and it's late at night and so I might have misspoken about that memory, it proves I'm human and I make mistakes.] "Let's face it, she's tied to NAFTA no matter what she says."
At an economic summit in Pittsburgh organized by her presidential campaign, Clinton said she would eliminate tax breaks for companies that move jobs to other countries and use the savings to persuade them to keep jobs in the U.S. [I'm not sure I understand...]
Clinton's plan would offer new tax benefits for research and job development. It would also create "innovation and research clusters" across the country and provide $500 million annually in investments to encourage the creation of high-wage jobs in clean energy. [I see, taking away the tax cuts but replacing the tax cuts with other 'incentives' that will actually benefit us.]
Clinton called it her "insourcing agenda."
"We hear so much about outsourcing," when jobs are lost to other countries, she said. "I want to put an end to it. We're going to change the tax code, we're going to change the giveaways to the special interests." [Was her insourcing agenda in place when she voted for the trade agreements that outsourced jobs?]
Clinton also broadcast a new TV ad in Pennsylvania explicitly challenging Republican John McCain's economic credentials.
Echoing an earlier ad aimed at Obama on national security, it begins with images of sleeping children while a narrator says a phone is ringing in the White House at 3 a.m. but this time the crisis is economic. As the phone rings on and on, the sleeping children are replaced by adults grimly reviewing bills during daylight hours. The narrator faults McCain's response to rising home foreclosures and teetering markets and says he'd just let the phone keep ringing. The ad ends with an image of Clinton answering a phone.
Now, does anybody really believe that this ad is actually aimed at McCain, whom she's not even running against in Pennsylvania, or could it be a desperate attempt at reinforcing the stereotypes that the first ad introduced into her campaign? Nah.
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Proposed ban in Quebec appears widely supported; but crucifix, Star of David still seen as acceptable
December 4, 2018 – As various polls show widespread support in Quebec for the CAQ government’s proposed ban on public employees in positions of authority wearing visible religious symbols, a new survey from the Angus Reid Institute suggests that public opinion on the issue is more nuanced than might be assumed.
While two-thirds of Quebec residents (65%) say they support the provincial government’s proposal overall, the data show that both in that province and across Canada, majorities also believe public employees should be allowed to wear a crucifix or a Star of David on the job.
Meanwhile, residents in all provinces say public employees should be prohibited from wearing a niqab or carrying a kirpan – the ceremonial dagger worn by observant Sikhs – at work.
Quebecers take a more restrictive view than those outside the province on religious head coverings – including the Muslim hijab, the Sikh turban, the Jewish kippa, and the Christian nun’s habit.
More Key Findings:
Out of nine religious symbols asked about in this survey, only three (the aforementioned crucifix, star of David, and nun’s habit) are acceptable to more than half of Quebecers. Elsewhere in Canada, majorities see six of the nine symbols as acceptable
Both in Quebec and outside of it, young people are less supportive of a potential ban on public employees wearing religious symbols, while older respondents are more so
Political partisanship is also a key driver of views, with past Conservative voters mostly supporting a religious symbols ban in their province, while majorities of past Liberal and New Democratic Party voters are opposed
Which symbols would Canadians prohibit public employees from displaying?
Support for CAQ’s proposed ban in Quebec, divisions elsewhere
For more than a decade, successive Quebec governments have grappled with questions of “reasonable accommodation” for religious minorities in the province. The issue has been particularly salient in Quebec, some argue, because the province has long functioned as a distinct society, itself a minority within Canada.
This, coupled with the staunch secularism that has pervaded Quebec politics and society since the Quiet Revolution, has led to significant debate about wearing religious garments or symbols (particularly non-Christian ones) while conducting the business of – or simply interacting with – government.
Legault is the fourth Quebec premier – and the CAQ the third different governing party – to attempt to address these issues through legislation. Like the proposals of his immediate predecessors, Legault’s plan has been met with harsh criticism, even as a majority of Quebecers voice support for it.
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Critics of the Legault government’s planned legislation argue that it amounts to discrimination against non-Christins in the province – especially Muslim women.
While the CAQ bill – like legislation tabled by previous governments – may likely be written to apply to symbols from all religions, public perspectives on this issue vary significantly by the type of symbol in question.
Shown images of nine different symbols and asked whether they should be allowed in the workplace for public employees, Canadians are most amenable to the Judeo-Christian items on the list:
Nun’s habits
Stars of David
Kippas
Each of these three items enjoy more than two-thirds support.
Symbols from Sikhism and Islam are less favourably viewed, particularly if they cover the face (such as a niqab or burka) or – as some argue – could be considered a weapon (as in the case of the kirpan). Turbans and hijabs are OK for public employees in the eyes of six-in-ten Canadians outside Quebec, as seen in the preceding graph. Quebec residents differ significantly from the rest of Canada in their assessments of this question.
Within Quebec, majorities are opposed to public employees wearing hijabs (57%) and turbans (55%), and nearly half (48%) oppose public servants wearing the Jewish kippa. Responses by region are summarized in the table that follows:
Views on this question are also shaped by age, with respondents under age 35 more likely to say each type of symbol should be allowed and less inclined to see it banned.
This pattern holds true across nearly all symbols canvassed, though the gulf between younger and older respondents is more pronounced on symbols from religious other than Christianity and Judaism. For example, fewer than one-in-four Canadians ages 18-34 say public employees should not be allowed to wear a turban (20%) or a hijab (23%) at work. Among older respondents, this rises to more than one-in-three.
Similarly, while majorities of Canadians under age 35 agree with the overall majority view that burkas, niqabs, and kirpans should not be allowed, they are much less unanimous in this view than older age groups:
The following table shows results for all symbols by age and gender.
These same patterns hold within Quebec, though at a lower baseline of approval for all symbols, as seen in the following table:
Despite this lack of consensus on individual symbols, almost two-thirds of Quebec residents (65%) say they support the CAQ’s proposal to ban public employees in positions of authority – a group that includes police, judges, and teachers, among others – from wearing religious symbols while at work. Indeed, four-in-ten (43%) strongly support such a ban:
Residents of other regions are considerably more divided when asked about implementing such a ban in their province.
Overall, 41 per cent of residents of the rest of Canada would support a ban on public employees wearing religious symbols where they live, while 45 per cent are opposed. The rest (14%) are uncertain.
The biggest driver of opinion, as seen in the preceding section of this report, is the type of symbols in question. That said, there are regional differences in support for a ban like the one Legault has proposed in Quebec. Support is highest in Alberta and Saskatchewan and lowest in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Atlantic Canada, as seen in the graph that follows.
As it is on the symbol-specific question, age is an important factor in shaping opinion on this overall question both in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. Though majorities across all age groups support the proposal in Quebec, respondents under the age of 35 do so by only a small majority (56%), while those ages 35 and older support it at a roughly seven-in-ten rate.
In the rest of Canada, meanwhile, support for a ban on religious symbols outpaces opposition among those in the 35-plus age categories, while a majority of younger respondents (56%) are opposed:
*indicates small sample size
The Angus Reid Institute (ARI) was founded in October 2014 by pollster and sociologist, Dr. Angus Reid. ARI is a national, not-for-profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to advance education by commissioning, conducting and disseminating to the public accessible and impartial statistical data, research and policy analysis on economics, political science, philanthropy, public administration, domestic and international affairs and other socio-economic issues of importance to Canada and its world.
For detailed results by age, gender, region, education, and other demographics, click here.
Click here for the full report including tables and methodology
Click here for the questionnaire used in this survey
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__label__cc | 0.725614 | 0.274386 | Friday Clips 3-19-10
by Claudine Isé | Mar 19, 2010 | Blog
Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Forrajeria. C-Print. At Schneider Gallery in Chicago through May 8, 2010.
****On WBEZ Chicago Public Radio this week, Eight Forty-Eight ran a report about artist Chris Drew‘s fight against Chicago’s restrictive laws concerning street art vendors. The report compares Chicago’s laws on the issue to those of San Francisco and New York City, and the results are mostly unfavorable to the Windy City. This quote from Drew’s attorney Mark Weinberg sums it up nicely: “Mayor Daley has an idea of beauty which includes sort of an orderliness, you have the black wrought-iron fences, you have beautiful buildings and you have flowers in between the streets. It’s a nice idea of beauty, but it’s a very limited idea of beauty.”
****Time Out Chicago noticed that The Art Institute seems to be instituting “rolling blackouts” in its galleries. They asked the Art Institute’s Director of Public Affairs Erin Hogan if this was indeed the case, and Hogan told them yes — it’s a cost-cutting measure. Read the story here.
****On his blog, Tyler Green criticizes The University of Chicago Press‘ recent publication Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting for being “essentially an authorized biography, 389 pages of praise rather than examination and contextualization.” The book was written with the full cooperation of the artist himself, and with full access to Richter’s archives. Green adds that the “book rarely contextualizes Richter within broader history. It veers toward as-told-to territory. The prose is often grating, overly laudatory and almost always reads as if it was ripped from a press release.”
****Chris and Sam of the great Midwest painting blog MW Capacity have curated an exhibition titled undercrowded at University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design. The exhibition dates are March 11-April 10, 2010. It features paintings and videos that depict depopulated public spaces and includes artists Joey Borovicka, Sam King, Kristin Musgnug and Stephanie Pierce.
****This special New York Times report on major museums whose gains in attendance are due to being “vibrant destinations where the exhibitions are sometimes besides the point” certainly isn’t breaking news, but it bears being reminded that “the rise of merchandised culture” is more than likely where the future of the behemoth arts institution (and those institutions who wish to join the ranks of the elephantine) lies. Another reason why Jeffrey Deitch’s move to MOCA makes perfect demonic sense.
****Art World Salon wonders if things might be looking up, just a smidge, for print-based arts reporting? The Wall Street Journal announces it is hiring additional arts reporters for its soon-to-be launched local section. The New York Observer says it will also expand its arts coverage on March 31. Good news for NYC-based arts bloggers? Will be interesting to see if expansion of newspaper arts coverage spells greater opportunities for arts bloggers, or if newspapers instead cull from reporters whose background lies exclusively in print media.
****These photographs by Estelle Hanania reminded me of Jeriah Hildwine’s Off-Topic essay about Ghillie Suits. Hanania’s performance images make me think we need an art theory of the ghillie suit, something that delves into performative acts of covering and uncovering, and the art of camouflage. Anyone? (via Nihilsentimentalgia).
****Stunning, and gut-wrenching, if you’re a fan of modern architecture: Chris Mottalini’s After You, They Took It Apart: a series of photographs of demolished homes by modern architect Paul Rudolph. (Via Culture Monster). The only building designed by Paul Rudolph in Illinois was the Christian Science Study Center at the University of Illinois, which was demolished in 1987.
****Eyeteeth: A Journal of incisive ideas is one of our favorite blogs. Paul Schmelzer is in the process of cataloging art blogs based in Minneapolis. He’s also tallying Twin Cities-based Artist’s Blogs, and Graphic Design Blogs. If you can add to his list, go on over and help him out!
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Wealthy bettors in Bahrain that are interested in betting and potentially winning very large amounts of money need to understand which betting sites permit the highest betting limits and winning limits. Most bookmakers only target the average bettor that plays for recreational purposes. Thus, most betting sites keep their limits relatively low to avoid large losses as a result of long-odds accumulator or combination bets. All the sportsbooks listed below are solvent enough to accept the highest stakes, ensuring they can pay out the highest allowable winning bets.
Sports betting sites structure their limits for bettors generally in two different ways: a) by the amount won in a given day in a given sport and also within a given league, or b) by the amount allowed to be wagered on a particular event and by the type of bet like the total, 1X2, moneyline or against the point spread.
Note that the higher limits are always associated with the biggest leagues within each sport as this is where most people are betting like the NFL, Premier League or ATP Tour etc. Also note that if your won bet includes a result from a category with a lower winning limit, that lower limit will then apply to your entire bet, even though the other results belong in categories with higher limits.
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Pinnacle does not limit how much any player can win in a given day like the other listed betting sites here. They limit solely based on the amount that may be wagered on a given type of bet for a given league or event. Pinnacle does not list its full array of limits on site. However, when you register and log in, every event in your interface will clearly display the betting limit for that particular event. The information below will help you understand the limits for the most popular events. Limits below are in GBP.
Pinnacle has no withdrawal limits at all. You will only be limited by the given banking or funding method that you select and several of these have no limits at all with Pinnacle.
Event/League Handicap 1X2 Total
NBA £50,000 £20,000 £20,000
NHL £5,000 £10,000 £5,000
MLB £20,000 £30,000 £10,000
EPL £30,000 £20,000 £10,000
NFL £50,000 £20,000 £30,000
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Betway has an overall maximum payout limit per customer per day which is £500,000. In addition, Betway has limits on the amount that can be won from within given sports leagues, the bigger and more important the league the higher the winning limit is. Additionally, the betting market comes into effect as part of the limits, the most popular types of markets apply to these upper limits. The more rare betting markets will fall within lower betting limits. In general, Betway have significantly higher limits than typical betting sites.
The top level football / soccer leagues have daily limits of £500,000.
The second tier of football / soccer leagues have daily win limits of £250,000.
All other football / soccer leagues are at £100,000.
Major American Sport Leagues are limited to £250,000 per day
Top tennis markets are limited to £250,000 per day.
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MarathonBet maximum winnings for each customer in any consecutive 24 hours is €250,000. Lower limits are applicable to individual events. The list below gives the details of the limits on specific events. All amounts are shown in €'s but in all instances read as 'or the currency equivalent'.
Where customer bets contain selections from events where the limits are different, the maximum winnings in any consecutive 24 hours will be determined by the lowest limit of any of the selections, irrespective of whether that particular selection wins or not.
€250,000 or currency equivalent, where all the selections come from:
American Football: NFL.
Basketball: NBA.
Baseball: MLB.
Football (men): Bundesliga (Germany), FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Ligue 1 (France), Premier League (England), Premier League (Russia), Primera Division (Spain), Serie A (Italy), UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA EURO Qualifying and Final Tournaments.
Ice Hockey: IIHF World Championship and Winter Olympics Final Tournaments (men), NHL.
Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments (men’s & women’s singles).
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Basketball: European Championship, World Championship and Olympic Games Final Tournaments (men & women); Liga ACB (Spain, men); PBL (Russia, men); Serie A (Italy, men); ULEB Euroleague (men); WNBA.
Football (men): AFC Asian Cup Final Tournament, Africa Cup of Nations Final Tournament, Allsvenskan (Sweden), Bundesliga (Austria), Championship (England), Copa America, Copa del Rey (Spain), Coppa Italia, Copa Libertadores, Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal (Germany), Eredivisie (Netherlands), FA Cup (England), FIFA World Cup COMNEBOL Qualification, Gambrinus Liga (Czech Republic), International Friendlies, J.League (Japan), MLS (USA), Olympic Games Final Tournament, Premier League (Scotland), Premier League (Ukraine), Primeira Liga (Portugal), Primera Division (Argentina), Primera Division (Mexico), Pro League (Belgium), Serie A (Brazil), Super League (Switzerland), Superliga (Denmark), Süper Lig (Turkey), Tippeligaen (Norway).
Ice Hockey: Elitserien (Sweden), Extraliga (Czech Republic), DEL (Germany), KHL (Russia), SM-Liiga (Finland).
Rugby League: all competitions.
Rugby Union: all competitions.
Tennis: ATP World tour Masters 1000, 500 Series, 250 Series (men’s singles); Davis Cup; Federation Cup; WTA Tour Premier and International tournaments (women’s singles).
Volleyball: European Championship, World Championship and Olympic Games Final Tournaments (men & women); World League Final Tournament (men).
€75,000 or currency equivalent, where any selection comes from a sport, league or competition not mentioned above.
€150,000 or currency equivalent, where all the selections are for horse racing in the UK and Ireland,
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Limits vary depending on the sport, the type of competition and the type of bet offer. Should a bet contain a combination of offers from different sports/categories/matches and/or offer types, the payout will be limited to the lowest level included in the combination, as specified below.
Top Football Leagues in Major European Countries and Top UEFA and FIFA international matches is £250,000
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Top Ice Hockey leagues are limited to £100,000.
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Most other top sports limited to £100,000 or £50,000.
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__label__cc | 0.654979 | 0.345021 | Arishadvarga
Director: Arvind Kamath
Starring: Avinash, Nanda Gopal, Samyukta Hornad, Mahesh Bung, Anju Alva Naik, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Aravind Kuplikar, Sripathi Manjanabayalu, Sudha Belavadi
Run time: 135 mins | Recommended Certificate: 15
Language: Kannada with English subtitles | Year: 2019 | Country: India
An aspiring actor doubling as an amateur gigolo gets caught up in a sticky situation after accepting a surprise gift from an anonymous client. Anish is desperately trying to make it as an actor but his dire financial situation pushes him to look for an escape, which he finds with an anonymous wealthy client. Called to her place one day for a rendezvous, he turns up only to be met with a surprise gift, ‘a murder’. He finds himself framed for a crime he didn’t commit with a witness who is convinced he is the culprit. Arishadvarga is a smart and tense neo-noir thriller that will have you guessing who did it till the very end.
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Arvind Kamath
Writer and Director, Arvind Kamath, born and raised in Bangalore, began his career in the IT industry. He quit his high paying IT job to pursue film-making in 2011. He started with making short films, which made it to some of the national level short film festivals.
His skill sets include Screenwriting, Animation, Post-production, Direction and Film Production. He was selected for a cultural exchange filmmaking lab called "Understanding the other" conducted by University of Gothenburg, Sweden in association with Suchitra Film Society & Centre for Film & Drama, at Istanbul, Turkey. He is also a visiting faculty at various institutions in and around Bangalore like NICC, iReboot and Suchitra Film Society.
He is in the core team of Bangalore international film festival as a technical consultant and also on the technical advising committee of other major international film festivals across India.
In the early 2017 Arvind founded "Kanasu Talkies", a film production house aimed at producing content oriented films and "Arishadvarga" is the maiden venture from this team.
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__label__cc | 0.709693 | 0.290307 | Welcome to Pharos University (PUA)
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I. What is the ELC?
ELC is an English Language Centre that provides PUA students with English courses to help improve their language proficiency level. The courses and academic plans set are designed to help students attain a degree of linguistic mastery, especially where writing and speaking are concerned. As put forward by Pharos’ Board of Directors, students attend 3 levels of English, where English is considered a mandatory course and is included in the students’ GPA score.
The curriculum and academic plan chosen correspond to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) where students enrolled at the university must at least measure up to B1 standards. Students whose language competence skills are below B1 (A1 or A2) register in an intensive elementary English course which helps prepare them for upcoming levels. This elementary course, however, does not add up to their GPA score and is considered an intensive preparatory course.
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II. Mission, Vision and Goals
At this course, the academic staff seeks to constantly upgrade its pedagogical approaches and facilities to provide its learners with an unparalleled level of education and present them as merit able candidates on graduation.
Since its establishment, the centre has had one purpose in mind: Widening learners’ horizons on linguistic, cultural, personal, and intellectual levels.
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__label__cc | 0.507942 | 0.492058 | Castle Greyhawk Dungeons - Tragedy, Truth, Torgo, and Troy.
Possibly the most notorious dungeon in the history of D&D is Castle Greyhawk. Arguably, it is the history of D&D, along with Castle Blackmoor, as it is here the game was developed and honed from a collection of wargaming miniatures rules, the additions of two inspired referees, and a heaping helping of pulp fantasy tropes and artefacts. Why then, is this cornerstone of a 35-year old hobby, with millions of participants, so elusive?
Just for a moment, sit back and digest that whole "cornerstone of the hobby" concept, and its implications. In a sense, the original rules of D&D itself were developed to facilitate play in the dungeons below Castle Greyhawk. Compare that to how we develop our dungeons today based on those rules. Interesting, right?
So, obviously, its no wonder that Greyhawk has become such an object of fascination among gamers. What is a wonder is that, despite Gygax's immense body of published works, a completed Castle Greyhawk was never to be among them. In the very beginning, it was obvious that the dungeon was ever at the forefront of Gygax's mind. Anecdotes, play reports, and sketchy details were common in Gygax's earliest articles on D&D back in the mid-70's and, bafflingly, they remain our best source of knowledge on the subject to this day, along with a few reminiscences online from players in those original games.
That's not to say you can't go out and buy a book/module called "Castle Greyhawk" or some such. You can take your pick from among such (ahem) works as "Castle Greyhawk" (TSR 1988) (and it pains me to even reference that obscentity, but Torgo finds it amusing), Greyhawk Ruins (TSR 1990), or "Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk" (WotC 2007, released for D&D3.5 the same day 4E was announced). The one thing those books have in common is that none were written by Gygax, or from what I can tell, more than loosely inspired by the source material. Hints of the breadth of the dungeon were available in modules like "Land Beyond the Magic Mirror" and "Isle of the Ape", but were by their nature an inadequate reference point for the dungeon proper (as in, you can't "reverse engineer" the actual dungeon from what is presented in these works).
In late 2004, Troll Lord Games would seemingly come to the rescue of gamers everwhere who despaired of ever seeing the real deal in print. Gygax was finally putting the whole thing on paper in official form, albeit under the alias "Castle Zagyg", for the first time! TLG promised to make available some introductory material, Kuntz's "Castle Zagyg: Black Chateau" (an introductory module), and Gygax's "Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh", a home town nearby the castle proper, along with some surrounding wilderness (beautifully mapped by Darlene, btw), followed shortly by the monstrous dungeons themselves "detailed in the following six volumes of this series". My group fell for it hook, line, sinker. Chateau and Yggsburg appeared on shelves as promised, and we dug in. Two groups of C&C PCs were prepared, as per Gygax's suggestion, one 1st level party to start at the Chateau before moving on to the castle, and one 4th level party to explore the lands surrounding Yggsburgh and serve as future back-up PCs when exploration of the dungeons began.
We tackled the available material furiously, wanting to be ready when the first of the six dungeon releases hit the shelves. We were in for a long wait. As the months passed, we burned through the Chateau (literally, thanks to storeroom full of oil in the basement), trampled around Yggsburgh a bit, and, as we grew to realize TLGs production schedule was based more on wishful thinking than on material, started up the "A" series of C&C modules. Increasingly bored, we put down C&C, not wanting to risk burn-out before the good stuff came out, and kept an alert eye out for release updates. Eventually, we gave up altogether, filed Castle Zagyg away in the "What If?" cabinet, and to this day bear TLG a bit of a grudge, a sour taste in the mouth, perhaps unfairly.
Today, I don't really think TLG "tricked" us into buying that introductory stuff, but the possibility was definitely discussed at our table as our disappointment in the situation deepened. For all I know, TLG was as disappointed as we were, but asses were chafed nonetheless at the advertised line of goods that was nowhere near being "in the can". Predictably, most official evidence of those six originally-planned releases has disappeared, but Greyhawk Grognard has kindly preserved the cover art and descriptions for posterity here.
What led to the demise of the product? The official line seems to lay the blame on Gary's increasingly poor health, while the rumor mill implies some sort of breakdown in relations between Gygax and Kuntz, stemming from some confusion about who did what, when. Personally, in addition to the poor health side of things, I suspect Gygax was simply not wholly enthusiastic about rehashing stuff from 30 years ago (can you blame him?). Compare the product summaries (aliases aside) from the Greyhawk Grognard link above with the short but explicit descriptions of the original Greyhawk levels here, and it seems apparent that Gary was adding in stuff that either stemmed from later development of the dungeon, or was adding wholly new material to make it personally and artisically more interesting to work on in the present.
Eventually, in 2008, the first box, "Castle Zagyg: the Upper Works", finally appeared, though its release was bittersweet. Gygax had passed, and its anyone's guess how much of that work was truly his. Jeffrey Talanian was given the task of drawing Gygax's and Kuntz's various notes and hand-drawn maps of the project into a cohesive, publishable form, and the finished work was met with mostly positive reviews (exhaustive reviews here and here). Talanian, at least, vouches for the veracity of the content, and most probably knows best. Adding insult to injury for those anticipating the release of the other five installments, with Gary's passing came the announcement that the Castle Zagyg license was being pulled from Troll Lord Games, ostensibly to allow the new company "Gygax Games" to release the products instead. "Gygax Games" is apparently a euphemism for "Limbo", as a quick glance at the company's news page reveals no updates since october of '08.
Sadly, the few printed copies of the Upper Works were snatched up long before I got around to looking for one, and no more copies are, or will be, forthcoming. Without even Talanian being involved in any possible (albeit unlikely) future releases, the integrity of those releases is bound to be even further called into doubt.
Which begs the question: Should it matter if the Dungeons of Castle Greyhawk ever appear in their entirety?
My enthusiasm to see this venerable legend in printed form has waned, and it's unlikely to ever rise again. And not just because of its rocky and seemingly cursed history of publications past, but because I'm increasingly of the opinion that Castle Greyhawk belongs precisely where it is today: in our imaginations. I'll be just fine with it remaining a topic of legends, a rumor of days gone by, a Holy Grail of old-school gaming ever-sought but never attained.
As the above picture of the ruins of Troy amply conveys, the truth of things is rarely as grand as the legends they spawn. The real spirit of Greyhawk lives every week around tables across the world, with friends sharing the game those dungeons gave birth to.
Posted by Al at 7:13 AM 7 comments:
Another bit of Gygax Lore...
Stumbled across this link over at Dragonsfoot: Jack Vance and the D&D Game, by Gary Gygax.
Another very interesting read!
*This just in: more archival Gygaxia from Randall!
Posted by Al at 2:28 PM 3 comments:
A bit of lost Gygax lore
Be sure to check out Grognardia today, JM has posted a link to an ancient wargaming fanzine (which is huge, btw, 180-ish pages!). In the article Gary lays out, in five easy steps, how to prepare your own original campaign. Its an interesting read, at least to me and anyone else who is also fascinated by these little glimpses at the "olden days".
Interestingly, it says something about the emerging popularity of D&D at the time that this was the article chosen by the editor to place within a reminder for subscribers to pay their bill: " -----> More than 50 of you should renew their subs - please do it soon!" ;)
Posted by Al at 9:16 AM 1 comment:
BtBG Reader: The Arsenal of Miracles
The Arsenal of Miracles, by Gardner F. Fox (perhaps best known as writer for a lot of original DC comics series like Batman and Flash), is an enjoyable tale of galactic intrigue and adventure. While the premise may sound like "hard" science fiction (as indeed most of the "ACE Doubles" were), the book is more aptly described as "Sword & Planet", with its wonderful melange of swordplay, mysterious princesses, and lost civilizations.
The book's protagonist is Bran the Wanderer, a disgraced former admiral of the Imperial Fleet who now haunts the backwater planets of the Empire, indulging in wine, low women, and gambling (assisted by some very special dice), as well as in brooding solitude. Bran has discovered a way to move from world to world, and visits many lost wonders, none of which cure his brooding nature:
"Some men found Lethe in the bottoms of their liqour mugs; others, in the women who flocked to the stews. Bran found his in far travels. The sandy world of Conchavar. The great green seas that roll eternally on Slithstan. The high rock mountains of Klard. He had touched them all. And yet, he wanted more. To see the marsh fires dance their blazing saraband on Duheel. To stare when the copper skies come down on Boharel and kiss the metal trees... To walk in the caves of Rann. To climb the Tors on Vomarr. A corner of his mind told him that he was a fool..."
Fox knows how to paint a picture with words: "He had been walking on for several years...travelling across the wastelands of the star worlds, appearing from out of nowhere on Costair or Uristhinn or Moorn, planets which dotted the crown of Empire which was flung across deep space. He never stayed long in any place. His feet itched for distant sands, for the waters of unseen planets and their high places that only Bran seemed able to find. After a while he became something of a legend. And then he went to Makkador..."
The narrative begins to move forward upon the appearance of the aforementioned Mysterious Princess, who interrupts Bran's lively gambling session with a wager of her own. The journey that follows is a difficult one; the heroes have anything but an easy time of it. The villains of the book are vain and overly ambitious, but cunning and competant nonetheless.
Fox does a good job of presenting an entire universe in one short novelette. This is not a brief episode, it is an adventure that fundamentally changes the universe. He has some great ideas, and manages to bring them to fruition concisely and effectively. Good stuff, and well-worth a long afternoon on the deck with a good drink close at hand.
Meet the Lady of Pain
Chuckles to be had here: Link
10-foot pole, eh? ;)
DrivethruRPG to enter POD arena
Interesting developments.
Phase One: Publishers will be able to order small runs for use at conventions, or really any other reason they might need a limited set of printed books for. This is already up and running on a “test case” basis with some of our publishers, and will be fully implemented within a few more weeks.
Phase Two: Customers will be able to select printed versions of books they purchase from us, to be directly shipped to them. This will be a strictly opt-in system for publishers; some will choose to open their entire catalog to it, some will choose only to make “out of print” older products available, and some may not opt in for these sales at all. We hope to have Phase Two active by year’s end, perhaps even for holiday sales. It may not be until early 2010 before we can get a full launch of this, though.
Phases Three and Four get into some options we intend to launch to get books into retail stores. We’ve already spoken at length with many principles and potential partners and have agreements to move forward in ways we feel will be very beneficial to all concerned. These elements won’t be in play until sometime (probably late First Quarter or early Second Quarter) of 2010.
Flagship Adventure continued
(breaking this into separate posts was getting confusing, so they're all combined here)
A Flagship Adventure for the OSR
A while ago I discussed the strong possibility that solid adventures are as important to the OSR as solid rulesets. While there is some really exciting stuff being put out (see Matt Finch's and Jim Raggi's published adventures for some excellent examples) I don't feel that there is a module or series of adventures yet that really qualifies as being the sort of "shared experience" we enjoyed in the early days of the hobby. As Jim rightly points out in a recent post, I didn't really go into a lot of detail as to what I felt the necessary elements of such an adventure would be.
When I think about these archetypal adventures, there are definately some elements they have in common:
*Easily obtained
*Introductory in nature
*Provides a starting point for a campaign
*Provides a breadth of material (not just dungeon)
Now, that last element, "breadth of material" is probably the most important, and I'm going to go into that in detail, but the first two elements are probably the most difficult obstacle the OSR will have to overcome.
Why? Because its too late. (Kind of.)
One big thing modules like Keep on the Borderlands, In Search of the Unkown, and even Temple of the Frog had in common, was that they were included with the game to begin with! That's certainly not all they had in common (again, more on that when "Breadth of Material" is discussed), but its certainly an important element. When you went out and bought your fresh new D&D boxed set, it came with a module in there. For a lot of people that module was Keep on the Borderlands, as it was included with Holmes, Moldvay Basic, and Mentzer Basic (I own one of each version, btw, how sick am I?).
Not a single one of the clones was bundled with a module, for the simple reasons that no one really expected them to be anything but a vehicle to release new supplemental materials for the games they were based on, and the fact that no one has an extra twenty grand or so to dump into a big pile of boxed sets to set adrift into the stormy and fickle seas of the Distribution Gods. However justifiable though, its a big disadvantage. The closest I've seen so far is Matt Finch's Tomb of the Iron God, which clearly states that it is an "introductory adventure for Swords & Wizardry". There is also a short dungeon included with Labyrinth Lord, and another short dungeon with the S&W quickstart rules. Now all of these would appear to have the "introductory in nature" base covered, but... they're missing some key elements (more on this later).
Fortunately, not being bundled with a ruleset is one disadvantage that is easily overcome, as the countless fans of Village of Hommlett, Secret of Saltmarsh, and other iconic adventures will attest to. But "Easily Obtained" is a necessity. Since this hypothetical "Flagship Adventure" is not bundled with a ruleset, its going to have to be visible, available in a printed, physical form (not just .pdf), and easy to get from a lot of vendors. Its also going to have to be, and clearly state that it is, usable with all old-school D&D-based rulesets.
Now, on to
Introductory in Nature
I think its all too easy to interpret "Introductory Adventure" as "Simple, Easy-to-run Dungeon". Most of what we get for introductory adventures lately would really be more appropriately classified as "example dungeons". There's a lot more involved with being "introductory" than just offering a 1st level dungeon. As we old-schoolers are fond of reiterating, this game is about a lot more than combat. Its also about exploration, role-play, character development, world building, and a whole bunch of more ephemeral and harder-to-define elements.
To truly be "Introductory" an adventure needs to present these elements to the fledgling referee, both in advisory terms and through examples, and even the experienced referee can benefit from a "refresher" on many key elements of running a game. While it gets something of a "cookie-cutter" reputation these days, Keep on the Borderlands is an excellent example of all the elements I'll be discussing, so I'll stick to that adventure as a reference point, no slight intended to similarly excellent Introductory adventures like Village of Hommlett, Secret of Saltmarsh, or even Crucible of Freya. It also helps that KotB is by Gary Gygax, who was at the top of his game (no pun intended) at the time of this adventure's release.
Pages 2-5 (a good portion of its 22 pages of text) of KotB are "Notes for the Dungeon Master", in which Gygax gives an excellent summary of the rules of the game, including:
*Determining Armor Class
*Using the Combat Tables
*Movement in Combat
*How to be an effective Dungeon Master
*Time
*Dividing Treasure and Computing Experience
*Preparation for the use of the module
Remember that this adventure was included, in a box, with the basic rules. Why reiterate them when they're right there in that other book? Because they're crucial elements of running a game, and so deserve to be reiterated. Gygax also interjects alot of general refereeing advice into this section, like being sure to allow the players ample time to wander their home base, interact with locals, and so on. He encourages the referee to limit classes or races based on their vision of the setting, or to add stuff as well.
It could be argued that it is the non-dungeon material in this adventure that makes it such a good Introductory Module. Providing all this information on how to effectively run things outside the dungeon is just as important as the rules for running the dungeon/subject of the module itself. This is what makes the adventure more than just a static location, and brings us to the next important part of an iconic and enduring adventure - being a good
Starting Point for a Campaign.
Another important element of an enduring adventure is its effectiveness at being a starting point for a campaign. An adventure is more likely by its very nature to have a lasting impact if it is the beginning of an entire campaign, the "place where it all began".
This doesn't necessarily mean the adventure has to be for 1st level adventurers, as I'm using the term "campaign" it its specific sense, rather than as a term to denote the entirety of adventuring groups career. "Campaign" can even be used to denote a referee's entire game setting, with several adventuring groups. For our purposes, "campaign" will hew more closely to "story-arc". This could indeed span the entire career of an adventuring party, but it could just as likely be an episode of their career, like a "season" of a TV series.
Do provide a workable starting point for a campaign, the adventure should have at least some of the following elements:
*A home base
*Multiple adventuring locations
*Some surrounding wilderness
*Notable NPCs
*A place in the campaign setting's mythology
*A sense of history
*A replenishable source of new PCs, hirelings, and NPCs
*A definable villain or group of antagonists
Obviously, an experienced referee can be handed a basic dungeon and build all this stuff around it, either beforehand or on the fly, but that same referee can just as competently build the dungeon itself, so this is beside the point. A big difference between "old-school" and "new school" adventures is that with "new-school" adventures, you are typically given an adventure that consists, in its most fundamental form, of a series of carefully constructed encounters to be conquered, which will provide an appropriate amount of treasure, and the requisite amount of experience points to attain the next couple of levels. To "win" this type of adventure, you basically want to get through as many of these encounters as possible as quickly as possible so you can get on to that all-important goal of advancing the power level of your character (and I'm generalizing things here, obviously not every newer edition game is run this way).
Conversely, much of what is important to an "old-school" adventure happens outside the dungeon or in-between trips to the dungeon. Also, exploration of the dungeon itself is the experience, not simply a means to an end. That's why having all those above elements are so important. If you want to enjoy haggling over the price of daggers, you obviously need a local arms merchant. If you want the players to take an interest in those complex murals on level four, you obviously need some history to exploit. Since the focus of the old-school adventure is not supposed to be on just "killing things and taking their stuff", you need to have all these elements in place as much as you need that exquisitely mapped and populated dungeon.
As the players discover, explore, and exploit all these elements, the "campaign" takes shape around them, organically. Its like giving them a pile of wood, bricks, and tools and seeing what they build. Which brings us to
Breadth of Material
Going back to Keep on the Borderlands as our example, lets take a look at the actual contents of this venerable little booklet:
Detached Cover w/map inside: A lot of referees used this cover as a sort of DM's screen, its got some art on the outside for the players to look at, and a nice big map on the inside, separate from the module itself, so the referee isn't flipping back and forth from page to page as he runs the game. The simple utility of this is often overlooked, and while its probably a bit of a hassle nowadays from a printing standpoint, in my opinion the extra effort is worth it, transforming the module from "booklet" to bonafide "play aid".
Pages 2-5: Introduction and Notes for the Dungeon Master, as detailed above.
Pages 6-7: Player Background, some general notes on "Home Base", the keep.
Pages 8-12: Description of the Keep, the locations within it, notable NPCs, even a menu for the local Inn.
Pages 12-13: Some wilderness encouter areas.
Pages 14-23: Description of the 64 locations within the Caves of Chaos.
Pages 24-25: Addional NPCs, How to desgin floorplans, Tips for the Players, and a Glossary.
Pages 26-28: A example floorplan map, a blank sheet of graph paper, and a chart for creating and listing yet more NPCs.
Also, in the center of the book are four removable pages with a map of the wilderness surrounding the keep, a map of the keep itself, and a two-sided reference sheet with combat tables, lists of equipment, spells, armor, saving throws, and wandering monsters.
All that information in such a small package. And only nine pages of it detailing the dungeon itself. It only takes a quick review of these contents to see why this module, and others like it, was so valuable, enduring, and iconic. It basically contains everything the D&D rulebooks talk about what you can do with the game, and fits it neatly into one slim package designed specifically to be played with at the table. There's enough material here for each referee to take and run with, make it wholly their own, and yet still remain a shared experience from group to group.
So hopefully, all that clarifies what I feel would be the crucial elements in designing a flagship adventure for the OSR. Everyone's tastes are different, but I'd like to think I at least touched on what elements the most memorable modules of yore had in common, and what contributed to them being appealing to so many gamers, regardless of all those different tastes.
Torgo Tuesday!
Whenever Torgo gets all his chores done early, I like to reward him with an hour of play. His favorite is my old Dungeons and Dragons "Hand Defender" set (he can be a little protective of his remaining hand). Interestingly, this is the "Advanced" Dungeons and Dragons Hand Defender Set, making it, obviously, far superior to the "Basic" Hand Defender Set.
What was your favorite old licensed D&D toy or accessory?
What every OSR publisher should have
Espresso On-demand book printer.
Just imagine this bad boy churning out copy after copy of your customized, house-ruled retroclone...
Here's a list of Espresso print machines near you! I'm guessing paper jams are a bitch with this thing.
Random Table - Skeletons in the Closet
Everyone has secrets. How those secrets influence one's life or career remains to be seen. Roll on the following table to determine the skeleton in your character's closet!
Secret Background Table (d%)
01. Unresolved Family Vendetta
02. Unfulfilled Family Quest
03. Orphan
04. Apprentice to a murdered Master
05. Stranger from a strange land
06. Apprentice will some day challenge Master
07. Dark Family Secret
08. Amnesiac
09. Exiled from homeland
10. Spy from a rival nation
11. Bastard child of local nobility
12. Reincarnated from dead hero
13. Consumed by Greed
14. Future Dark Lord
15. Fleeing failed marriage w/kids
16. Criminal incognito
17. Accidental murderer from another town
18. Fulfilling noble destiny
19. Doomed to descend to evil
20. Fated to ascend to sainthood
21. Martyr Complex
22. Deserter from local military
23. In search of dark artifact
24. Spurned by noble love-interest
25. Escaped from indentured servitude
26. Escaped Slave
27. Scion of a fallen noble house
28. Last in line to inherit
29. Failed clergyman
30. Refugee from a fallen kingdom
31. Alcoholic
32. Drug Addict
33. Yearns to be Knighted
34. Thirst for power
35. Thirst for knowledge
36. Hidden at birth
37. Abandoned child
38. Must avenge mother slain by father
39. Destined to be "Chosen One" of local religion
40. Whispered to by Demons
41. Has visions
42. Motivated by dreams
43. Slave to daily horoscope
44. Obsessed with discovering lost/legendary city
45. "I'm from the Future"
46. Deposed ruler
47. Financially ruined
48. Farmboy destined for greatness
49. Seeking soulmate
50. Must adventure to fulfill psychotic urges
51. Driven from village as a witch
52. Just released from jail
53. Hunted for a crime you didn't commit
54. Reluctant heir to a noble house
55. Haunted by ghost
56. Survivor of great cataclysm
57. Suicidal
58. Driven by lusts
59. Seeks lost family member
60. Seeks lost love
61. Following portents, signs, and omens
62. Motivated by religious zealotry
63. Family cursed by the gods
64. Has taken an oath of silence
65. Twin sibling is force for evil
66. Outcast for religious beliefs
67. Fleeing an arranged marriage
68. In hiding from family
69. Seeks wine, women, and song
70. Wants to be best of character class, ever
71. Seeks mercantile opportunities
72. Traumatized ex-soldier
73. Under a powerful geas
74. Thrown out of home by spouse
75. Setting out to avenge a great wrong
76. Fleeing the vengeance of another
77. Shamed by cowardice
78. Shunned for unnatural urges
79. Determined to discover the meaning of it all
80. Last survivor of an infamous massacre
81. Had affair with spouse of dangerous rival
82. Fleeing the legacy of an evil family
83. Victim of circumstance
84. Failed academician
85. Driven from guild for incompetance
86. Wishes funding to found a temple
87. The last of your kind
88. Caused a great tragedy
89. Accidentally killed a sibling
90. Determined to establish a new world order
91. Hopeless Romantic
92. Never catches a break
93. Writing a great novel/epic
94. Aspires to godhood
95. Plagued by recurring nightmares
96. Was raised in Faerie, exiled upon puberty
97. Quixotic wanderer
98. Seeking secret of your origin
99. Betrayed by spouse
00. Human from modern Earth trying to find a way home
"Random" encounters for that map.
I thought it would be cool to have a set "threat" for each hex, sort of like the "lairs" listed for several hexes of every JG Wilderlands map, so I just rolled a "random" wilderness encounter for each, and made the resulting encounter "permanent" for that hex. Here's what I got:
2107(Beckshire): Men, Nomads
2108(Rough wasteland): Dragon, Red(!)
2207(The little islet NE of Beckshire): Elemental, Fire
2208(Beach): Hobgoblins
2007(Farmlands): Sphynx, Hieraco
2008(the Bane Hills): Coeurl
2009(Lake Ifrin): Fish, Giant Pike
1906(Baeldric Mtns, the Thorpe of Black Dell pop60): Ogre Magi
1907(Baeldric Mtns, Castle Nirdrim): Spiders, Huge
1908(the Thorny Mire): Ants, Giant, Queen w/Hive
1909(Magg Forest): Werewolves
So just right there I have plenty of beasties to develop local rumors, crises, quests, and even mythologies.
Getting a result of Men, Nomads right on top of Beckshire was unexpected, I decided to make them some sort of Gypsies, a wandering clan (there are 175 or so of them) that has taken up residence just outside of town. Maybe they have some startling secrets, maybe they'll be a good source of fortune-tellers, wilderness guides, and even magic potions for the players.
Having a Red Dragon just south of town gives an obvious threat to Beckshire and its surrounding farms. It should also give the players something to work towards - maybe someday they'll be tough enough to fight off its depravations, or even track it back to its lair, which is sure to be heaped with treasure!
The Fire Elemental on the little island NE of town opens up some interesting possibilities. As elementals are Neutral and possess intelligence, albeit low, it could offer some roleplaying potential, as opposed to simply a threat. Perhaps there was once a mage school on the island, and a wayward summoning led to their destruction. Or maybe the elemental was placed there by a jealous god to guard a vault containing dangerous secrets.
The Hobgoblins on the beach SE of town (about 120 of them) I've decided are shipwrecked or ship-borne marauders of some sort (Hob-Vikings?) who have begun to make secretive raids farther and farther inland, trying to keep their presence as secretive as possible until they are ready to raid Beckshire itself. This group offers an immediate threat to the players' hometown, as well as a level-appropriate challenge for them, offering combat experience, xp's, and a chance to win some local prestige.
The hieraco-sphynx NW of town is a powerful and evil predator, second only in the region to the Red Dragon. The fact that it haunts quiet farmlands rather than a desolate wilderness means this beast must be dealt with; its lair is doubtless a charnel house of nightmarish proportions.
The Coerl(aka Displacer Beasts) of the Bane Hills are a common and numerous enough predator, making travel through the hills dangerous, and occasionally coming down into cultivated lands to prey on domesticated animals.
The Giant Pike of Lake Ifrin offer popular and dangerous sport fishing for the local nobility, as well as a hazard for local fishermen. Perhaps they guard a sunken ruin of some sort...
The Ogre Magi of Black Dell offers some possibilities. It could be a threat to the settlement, or due to its polymorph self ability, it could even be the leader of the place. As I haven't even determined what race this thorpe is, I'll hold off on determining this until I need to.
Who knows what the monstrous Spiders near Castle Nirdrim guard? Are they the default local predator, or do they infest the castle itself?
The Giant Ants of the Thorny Mire (a whole hive!) offers another level-appropriate challenge for the party. Clearing the hive could open up new farming lands for the locals, and their tunnels could lead to secrets below the surface...
I'm also saving the Werewolves of the Magg Forest for later, though I'm going to let the players know they are there, and that rumor says they kill and eat all who pass through the forest. But perhaps all is not as it seems...
Back to that map...
With only a 16% chance of having a settlement in any given hex, I was expecting a big, empty frontier, but I ended up with 56! The breakdown is like this:
Single Dwellings - 12
Thorps - 9
Hamlets - 6
Castles - 8
Villages - 6
Towns - 4
Cities - 5
Ruins - 6
I was pleased how things seemed to spread themselves out, I was nervous I'd get say, 4 big cities all in a row in a swamp or something.
Obviously, I havn't detailed every little thing yet, and probably won't until needed, but I did want to determine the nature of the 5 cities. Rolling the population for these, I got two with 60,000, one with 30,000, one with 20,000, and one with 10,000.
One of the 60k cities, the one down in the southern part of the map, was surrounded by ruined villages, so I decided this would be a theocracy gone mad, devotees of a dark god scouring the countriside for sacrifice. Its far enough from the PC's "home town" that there won't be any immediate prblems to deal with, but close enough that rumors and the occasional spy or refugee may be around to make things interesting.
The next big one (NW area, in the little forest by the lake) ended up being a demihuman city (I gave each only a 5% chance of being non-human, as I wanted a humanocentric world, somewhat Vancian), and my random determination came up being Gnomes! The chart is something like this, btw:
01 Lizardman
02 Dwarf
03 Halfling
04 Gnome
05 Elf
06-99 Human
A city of 60k gnomes! Gnomes have always been one of those "meh" races to me, sort of a mish-mash of halfling, dwarf, and elf, the guardian of flower gardens everywhere. But here in this world they are a force to be reckoned with. I decided to make them the "higher order" in this campaign world, filling the role elves normally take. Elven culture would be somewhat dark, off in the shadows, with Gnomes filling the roles of the great loremasters, healers, wizards, and fearsome non-human military. For them, I came up with the "City of Gold and Glass"(enhanced by their powers of illusion, probably), hidden away in its forested ravines, amid several waterfalls running down into their great lake, a sort of Rivendell-meets-Metropolis. As there is a gnome fighter in the party, some of this could actually come into play.
The next biggest city, pop.30k, up in the NE area, kind of out in the open, I decided would be the default "good" city of the area, good being the perception of the city, though its probably more along the lines of Lawful Neutral or even Lawful Evil. At any rate, its the center of humanity's power in this area of the continent.
The 20k city ended up in that big depression up on the top of the map. This fortuitous placement immediate brought to mind a Lost City, of perhaps a Roman level of technology and society, tucked away in their secluded rift, xenophobic to extremes, convinced the outer world is still under the sway of whatever dark cataclysm forced them into exile in the first place.
The last city, population 10k, ended up on the point between two great estuaries in the middle of the map. This, I made my haven of thieves and pirates, a lawless place, a middle ground between the forces of the lawful city to the north, and the chaotic Baalites to the south.
Next I decided to roll up an encounter for each of the 10-15 hexes around Beckshire, and got still more interesting stuff. To be continued...
Ah, more OSR debate (yay for rage)!
Dan over at Uhluht'c Awakens call our attention to a somewhat... tense... discussion over at Dragonsfoot, ostensibly about the point of this whole OSR thing.
The thread's OP, Gnarley Bones, starts out by (and I'm paraphrasing generously here) claiming something along the lines of "the retro-clone movement has co-opted the term 'old-school renaissance' from the out-of-print movement". He goes on to define the OSR as "individual OOP D&D gamers, spread far and wide and pretty out of touch with current gaming, getting together, talking shop and rolling the dice."
Now, I respect GB's work, and his moderation on DF has always seemed fair to me, but I catch a faint whiff of angst in this post. Perhaps something along the lines of "why are the retro-clones getting all the attention when we've been carrying the torch for OOP games all this time?" I could be wrong, its just the impression I get. (Kellri's response here is amusing btw).
Personally, I use the old stuff and the new RC's interchangeably, along with my own stuff, and stuff from the great blogs and old-school sites out there. I think there is a big difference between the "OOP movement" and what I consider to be the OSR.
I think a look at the definition of Renaissance is in order: "As a cultural movement, it encompassed a resurgence of learning based on classical sources..."
This is a very neat way of putting the OSR into perspective, or at least delineating it from a strict adherance to OOP materials: The OSR, as a movement, encompasses a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, using them as an inspiration and base for new things, and new ways to use old things.
This takes things a step beyond "old-school gaming". The truth is, the differences between B/X, AD&D, LL, S&W, LBBs, OSRIC is so insignifigant as to be reduced to a simple matter of taste. Its like arguing about what brand of sauce you like on your spaghetti. The big difference comes in whether you're using that classic material to keep your gaming experience alive and fresh, or are you just hanging on to the "pure" original for the sake of some sort of archival purity. Obviously I consider the OSR to be the former, not the latter, and I think that's what is making it a little more accesible to new fans, and a little more creatively active. Why take offense if a group of curious newcomers downloads and tries out Labyrinth Lord for free, rather than hunting down a Moldvay Basic set on Ebay or something? That is... silly.
As a disclaimer, I'm not putting one "side" above the other, just stating I don't really feel the term "OSR" is very applicable to the OOP movement. If you're perfectly happy with what you've had for the last 30 years and don't need anything else, that's great. But how about cheering from the sidelines, rather than booing?
Posted by Al at 10:01 AM 14 comments:
And the answer is...
Its a map generated with Appendix B: Random Wilderness Generation (1E DMG p173).
While the generator seems to have been intended for use "in play" as the party moves from empty hex to empty hex, I was curious to see what a randomly generated map would look like. As an aside, if a section of this nature was included in OSRIC, I can't find it, or something like the Castle Tables in Appendix C, p.182-183. Maybe someone wants to put together an OSRIC appendix for this?
As Mr. Mishler somehow intuited (are you psychic?;) the original map was just the area detailed above, with Beckshire as its center. I used Beckshire as a "home base" several weeks back for an OSRIC one-off the day after the "One Page Dungeon" contest winners were released (goblin caves of some sort, very vicious, iirc). That same group (we usually play board games like Diplomacy or Risk) asked for a couple more sessions, and with the Wilderlands S&W game on hiatus I'm happy to oblige. With Beckshire's immediate environs penciled in, I followed with a rough coastal outline, a couple of major waterways, and then went to work with the random chart, one hex after another.
Since I usually use the Wilderlands setting, I wanted a map of similar scale and scope.
The map took maybe two hours to generate, drawing included, and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. I was expecting a hodgepodge of terrains (a lake, then a plain, then a mountain, then a swamp, etc), but things turned out to make a weird sort of sense. Mountain chains emerged, often with foothills, even a great forest.
Then it was time to go back over each hex, and check for "Inhabitation". With only a 16% chance of a result, I was predicting something of a barren Wilderness. What followed was, again, surprising...(to be continued)
Click on it to make it larger.
And, yes, its a map, but what kind of map, exactly?
Posted by Al at 12:32 PM 5 comments:
Old School Emphasis: Character vs. Adventure
I've been following an interesting thread over at the Swords & Wizardry boards, wherein new member "Peregrin" is looking for advice on running old-school games. It's always nice, imo, to see a younger gamer "raised" on 3.5 take a look at the older editions, and Peregrin makes some very insightful observations, the kind you can probably only get from someone who is first experiencing the game, as opposed to returning to it, like a lot of us are.
This statement, in particular, struck me:
"For me, I guess, floating around in different 3.5 circles was like watching people who enjoy tuning up cars more than driving them. They got more joy out of getting new parts than they did actually going out on the road. Now, not everyone was like that. But I've met a lot of people who seem more passionate about char building than about the adventures their char goes through."
And by "struck me", I mean "blew my mind", as Peregrin has managed in 3 or 4 sentences to sum up my dissatisfaction with later editions of D&D.
While this is certainly a process that began in 2E with the addition of kits and "character options" it seems like the main focus of most of the post-2E material published has been aimed at character optimization. A character is created, optimized, tweaked, honed, min-maxed, and point-assigned, down to every minute function and aspect. Heck, in 3.5 you could even min-max your skill rating in something like Profession: Sailmaker or Perform: Poetry.
As a counterpart to this, the DM was now expected to provide appropriately challenging "Encounters" for these optimized characters to overcome. Not too hard, not too soft, just right.
Now, take a minute and digest that.
You, as a player, develop your character. Say its Bolgar the Holy, Paladin of Tyr. You optimize the hell out of him. If your Fortitude save is lacking, simply "take a level" in another class to boost that stat. Then maybe "take a level" of "Radiant Swordmaster" to improve your damage output against undead, and "take a level" of "Blistering Warshield" to boost your AC, etc, etc.
Now I, as DM, take your character's level and abilities, and that of the other players' characters, into consideration, to design the most ass-kickingly safe and appropriate series of Encounters to test their mettle in, each carefully tailored to the right CR and EL.
Obviously, this is a far different experience from running, say, Keep on the Borderlands with B/X. What's not so obvious, is why this different paradigm exists at all.
The kneejerk reaction is to blame the publisher for putting out all that character option nonsense to begin with. But for many players, character optimization isn't nonsense at all. They like it. If those splats didn't sell so well, WotC wouldn't keep churning them out. And really, its just a somewhat more math-intensive version of what we all used to collect Dragon magazine for - new classes and options and whatnot. How many of us played a class out of Dragon Annual, like the duelist or bard? Or one of the "paladins for every alignment".
No, I'm slowly coming to the realization that the difference may be a whole lot more simple and fundamental than I thought.
Lack of good, solid, adventures.
The kind that can be dropped into any campaign setting, challenge a range of levels of characters, and are widespread enough in distribution that everyone is playing them, and enjoying that "shared experience" buzz we all got from sharing our Tomb of Horrors or Lost City stories with folks from other groups. The kind that serves as a centerpiece of the game for weeks or months of play, allowing the roleplay side of the campaign to develop organically (as opposed to a recommended story line from an Adventure Path-style product) as the players begin to interact more and more with their world.
I think the OSR really needs a "showcase" adventure. It needs a Keep on the Borderlands or Temple of Elemental Evil of its very own, something shared from group to group regardless of whether they're using LL, S&W, OSRIC, or the systems that orignally inspired them. That's not to say there havn't been some great adventures released for the RCs, there certainly have been. But I think the emphasis of the last couple of years has been on honing the rule sets themselves, diligently recreating the spirit of the three big old-school games into three faithful and marvellous RCs. I'd love to see that level of commitment put into recreating something as epic and iconic as the G or A series of modules.
I've spoken in the past about a Rosetta Clone, one system for the OSR to band together around, but my opinion is changing in gradual degrees. I think a "Rosetta Dungeon" would be more appropriate. Adventure may really be the heart and soul of the old-school gaming experience, not choice of old-school systems (each one, honestly, being good enough to justify repeated play), so lets see some creative mind out there make us all a "Flagship" adventure to rally behind, and most importantly, share.
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A very nice Character Sheet
I've always loved cool character sheets. Maybe I romanticize them a bit because I so seldom get to use them, being so often on the other side of the screen? Or maybe its fond memories of my first Goldenrod character sheet, an elf Paladin which followed little or nothing actually presented in the rules, and sporting a rough sketch intended to resemble the Grenadier mini I used for the character.
Check out Dyson Logos's B/X Character Sheet. This little guy is quite impressive; when you fold it in half it makes a LBB-sized booklet. Not specifically tailored for S&W, but easy enough to use with that game, too, of course. Its got enough lined space inside to keep track of any character, through a great many levels. Nice work, Logos!
D&D is Dead! (someone should let all those players know)
By now you have no doubt heard of Gamer's Closet's post on whether or not D&D is dead. While I have my suspicions that the blog's author is simply trying to "stir the pot", as they say, it did get me thinking, how many people still play this game?
Well, good luck finding that out.
According to wikipedia, some 20 million people have played D&D at some point, and about 6 million were still playing in 2007. Depending on who you listen to from WotC, they have anywhere from two to four million active customers supporting the current edition, and are on the fourth printing of the core Player's Handbook of the current edition.
The recent release of Pathfinder sold out its first print, though they're not saying how many books that was, exactly (I'm guessing 10k or 20k?). The most recent issue of Dragon magazine I could find in my vault (from shortly before its demise a year or two ago) had circulation info listing about 33,000 issues between subscribers, store copies, and archival copies (unless I'm reading it wrong). The most recent estimate I could find on WotC's online version of the magazine is 8000 confirmed subscribers (representing probably 25% of the total number).
D&D Online, the (laughable, imo) MMO version of D&D, claimed about 100k subscribers at its height, and has fallen to 30k or so in the last several months, which has prompted the service to go to free membership. The RPGA doesn't list any numbers I can find, so its obviously a number they aren't bragging about.
There are currently 307 Dungeons and Dragons Meetup Groups around the world, with 30,153 registered members, 24,957 interested in being members, in 257 cities, in 13 countries. Compare this to two other notable, popular hobbies, Photography and Scrapbooking, and D&D rates favorably among them in popularity, with, I imagine, a similar ratio of Meetup hobbyists to Total hobbyists. Meetup boards, in case you don't know, are used to organize actual face-to-face play, as opposed to online gaming. My local chapter has 146 players (predominantly 4E, btw), with nearby chapters in Rochester (100) , Toronto (256), and Toronto burbs(324).
So, what's the prognosis, Dr. BtBG?
Xor the Hunter
The snow-clad wilds of the Great Icewall are an inhospitable place. Nevertheless, some hardy adventurers are still foolish enough to attempt to venture into this icy nightmare in search of lost cities, forgotten mines, and other places of unguarded fortune. This snowy landscape is anything but unguarded, though, as it is the haunt of Xor the Hunter, a renegade Snow Giant, too cruel and debauched even for his own kind.
Across the frozen plain, he rides upon his silver-clad chariot-sled, pulled by four fierce polar bears, in search of human prey for both his larder and his couch. He resides in a great frozen manor perched on the edge of the Icewall, where he holds in thrall a tribe of some two-dozen Malamute-Gnolls. In combat he weilds the sword Fjordring, a +2 blade that would be a Two-handed Sword in the hands of a normal mortal, which slows anyone cut by its edge for 1d6 rounds.
Xor has amassed an immense treasure from his decades of depredation, and currently has seven "concubines" imprisoned in his manor. One of these, Giselwe, is a witch of some accomplishment (CE MU6 Int17 Cha15), who has been trying, to no avail thus far, to manipulate and control Xor. The remains of several men hang frozen in his larder, including the corpses of the "Lost King", Hinfast IV, and his retinue, who went missing four years ago during a crusade to find the Holy Rod of Parmuul, which still hangs from his belt.
Xor the Hunter, Frost Giant: HD 10+3 (65hp); AC 3[16]; Atk 2d8+2; Move 12; Save 8; CL/XP 9/1100; Special: Throw Boulders, Magic Sword.
Polar Bears (4): HD 7; AC 6[13]; Atk 2 claws (1d6+1) bite (1d10+1); Move12; Save 9; CL/XP 7/600; Special: Hug (+3d6 if hit with both claws).
Malamute-Gnolls: HD 2; AC 5[14]; Atk bite (2d4) or weapon (1d10); Move 9; Save 16; CL/XP 2/30.
The Stone Sentinels of Trepidoore
And so it was that on the Fourth day of Gainful Planting, 1022, known hereafter as Dar'girith, the Day of Blood, the four Stone Sentinels came up out of the wastes of Trepidoore. They slew all in their path, their cruel visages twisted in laughter as they did so. From dawn til night they slew, until all the lands around the Grail Citadel lay wasted, and only then did they come to stand before the Citadel's mighty gates, silent and ominous.
At dawn, the great magus of the Grail Citadel, Panramjin, came forth and conferred with the Sentinels in hushed tones, though all upon the walls strained to hear. After some discussion, the magus laid down his staff, was taken up in the four arms of Akkava, the Obsidian Sentinel, and the whole group retreated back into Trepidoore, never to be seen again.
Obsidian Sentinel (Akkava)
AC 3[16]
HD 12 (75hp)
Atk 4 daggers (2d6 each)
Special +1 or better to-hit; spell immunities
Challenge lvl/XP 16/3200
The Obsidian Sentinel is a 12' tall statue of solid, light consuming obsidian. It appears as a four-armed, fanged female with a demonic visage, wearing a belt of skulls and necklace of phalli. This Sentinel can attack with each of its four, wavy-bladed daggers each round. It is immune to all forms of magic save for magic missiles, spells that effect stone, or fire spells (which act against it as a slow spell).
Quartz Sentinel (Bilaxus)
Atk 2 Eye Rays (2d8 each) or Fist (3d8)
The Quartz Sentinel is a 15' tall statue of solid, gleaming quartz. It appears as a powerfully muscled old man with a long beard, and is draped in a snowy white robe. This Sentinel can emit beams of black, freezing energy from its eyes at up to two individual targets each round. It is immune to all forms of magic save for magic missiles, spells that effect stone, or fire spells (which act against it as a slow spell).
Pyrite Sentinel (Somi)
Atk 2 Glaive attacks (2d8 each)
The Pyrite Sentinel is a 8' tall statue of solid, scintillating pyrite. It appears as a broad, massive, dwarf, clad in rune-covered armor. This Sentinel wields a glaive-like weapon with blades at both ends. It is immune to all forms of magic save for magic missiles, spells that effect stone, or fire spells (which act against it as a slow spell).
Red Sandstone Sentinel (Deruthis)
Atk Sandstorm Breath (3d6) or 2 Claws (2d6)
The Red Sandstone Sentinel is an 11' tall statue of solid, scorching-hot red sandstone. It appears as a pot-bellied old crone, with vulture-talon hands and a gaping maw. This Sentinel can breath out a cone of scorching, blasting sand at anything for 50' in front of itself. It is immune to all forms of magic save for magic missiles, spells that effect stone, or fire spells (which act against it as a slow spell).
BtBG Reader goes shopping!
I got a few minutes yesterday to browse around a local favorite of mine, Oracle Junction used books, and found a few pleasant surprises! The store specializes in rare, old, and signed editions, but has an extensive "back room" filled with old paperbacks. I could easily spend hours digging around back there, but seldom get over to that side of town.
My first grab was "The Pastel City" by M. John Harrison, which I've never read but have heard good things about. Honestly, the cover featuring the cloaked, fantasy-fiction-looking character riding out of the gleaming sci-fi city into a wasteland was enough to pique my interest.
My next find is the Nonborn King, by Julian May. This is part of her Many Colored Land series, of which I only had the first two, having lent out the final two years ago, never to be seen again. If you haven't read this series, I highly recommend it, May sets up a wonderful mix of time-traveling and fantasy, weaving it into the roots of the western mythologies of magic, elves, and goblins. Good stuff.
Yep, another copy of Vance's Dying Earth. I grabbed this for a buddy of mine to read, as I feel this book is required reading for any D&D fan, as equally deserving of a place on your gaming shelf as the 1E DMG.
Edward P Bradbury's Warriors of Mars. Never heard of Edward P. Bradbury? That's because its really Michael Moorcock's pen name used when he wrote his trilogy of homages to Burrough's Mars books. He even wrote a little biography for EPB:
"Edward Powys Bradbury was born in 1924 and spent some time in the Far East, where he developed a strong interest in Sanskrit literature. He returned to England in 1955, when, in his own words, 'the demise of two elderly relatives left me with the shocking reality that I no longer had to work for a living'. He began writing fiction and continued to travel, this time in Europe, Africa and America. He has written detective stories, Westerns and weird thrillers as well as non-fiction. In fact, he cannot stop writing and is convinced that, when he dies, he will be found with a pen in his hand. His only hope is that the story will be finished!"
Wish-fulfillment through an author's characters is nothing new, but wish-fulfillment through a pen name is truely Moorcockian!
Happy Belated Birthday, ERB!
How remiss was I to mention Edgar Rice Burroughs yesterday of all days...? Born Sept 1st, 1875, ERB would have been 134 today if he had been possessed of that marvelous Martian lifespan. He's immortalized forever by the brilliant books he wrote, the father of an entire genre of fiction, a genre I believe is headed towards a bit of a resurgence. With a movie in the works by the most profitable movie production company in the US, its only a matter of time before bookshelves are happily sagging under the weight of his 70-odd novels.
In related news, Marooned is reporting a free online serialized novel by Scott Lynch, author of Lies of Locke Lamore, inspired by ERB's Sword & Planet fiction, called Queen of the Iron Sands.
So today I took the "Which Beatle are You!?" quiz.
Apparently, I'm some unnatural mix of John and Ringo. How does that happen?
Anyway, Torgo took the test too, and the program declared him to be "Pete Best". Wtf!? I didn't even know that was an option. It specifically says "John, Paul, George, or Ringo".
%&^*ing Torgo!
Needless to say, my cloven-hoofed henchman was sorely disappointed; he was hoping to be Paul. He loves "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".
Listens to it all day, in fact.
Makes me nervous.
Warriors of the Red Planet - Sept Preview
Enric Castaigne, Olympic Fencing champion from Barcelona, now a castaway on an alien world, speeds across the Sulfur Sea of Tantaloore in his four-man flier, in hot pursuit of Tan Dranas, the Mad Scientist of Hern. Some meters to his left, his stalwart companion Liris Lir, notorious scoundrel of Carbol City, commands another flier.
The heroes' lighter airships overtake Dranas' heavier twelve-man cruiser easily, but the wily Scientist aims his Lightning Generator and a blinding blue arc of energy slices into Lir's flier, sending it careening down towards the churning yellow sea below. Enric curses roundly, and manuevers his airship above his nemesis's cruiser, unleashing a barrage of irradium bombs across the engine housing. Crippled, the cruiser drifts into a slowly descending spiral. Turning the flier back towards it, Enric gives the controls over to one of his crewmen and, sword in hand, makes a fantastic leap onto the deck below.
Snarling, Tan Dranas orders his black-bearded, ochre-skinned flunkies forward with sabres drawn, while he himself retreats to the safety of the forward cabin's doorway. Grim smile on his lips, Enric slashes about himself, a whirlwind of flashing steel, and cuts down man after man. At last only one enemy crewman is left before him, but the hapless man chooses to leap overboard, cartwheeling down through the thin Martian air to take his chances in the poisonous waters below. Enric advances towards his sworn enemy, but Tan Dranas points a heavily wired , gun-like instrument at him and Enric is frozen in place.
Cackling, Dramas strikes the blade from Enric's nerveless grip, and draws his own dagger, ready to plunge it into the Earthman's chest. Suddenly, from above, Liris Lir appears with a great whoop! Saved from the plummeting flier by his trusty jet-belt, he has flown with haste to aid his friend. Swooping in closer, he takes careful aim at the surprised scientist with his customized irradium pistol...
Above is a "narratized" version of a short combat we ran, one of a series of playtest scenarios designed to test out the new ship-to-ship combat rules from Warriors of the Red Planet, as well as a cool (imo anyway) new Warrior class ability. You'll find these new rules surprisingly familiar (hehe), but used for a whole new aspect of gaming based around the iconic airships of Sword & Planet fiction. As with the rest of the ruleset, there is nothing in WotRP more rules-intensive than anything presented in Swords & Wizardry, and easily used with that game (and similar games wink wink) as well. The battle between an immense Albino Sea-Dragon and a Zodangan Dreadnought was vicious, glorious to behold (ie imagine), and over in just a few minutes of table time.
Warriors of the Red Planet also includes simple rules for combat between groups of adversaries, so you can set up your own large-scale battles on land or in the air, with no complicated rules headaches.
Past WotRP Previews.
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Selenium 3 is Coming!
Selenium 3 is coming! I’m here to tell you about what’s changed, and what impact this will have on your testing.
WebDriver users will just find bug fixes and a drop-in replacement for 2.x.
Selenium Grid users will also find bug fixes and a simple update.
The WebDriver APIs are now the only APIs actively supported by the Selenium project.
The Selenium RC APIs have been moved to a “legacy” package.
The original code powering Selenium RC has been replaced with something backed by WebDriver, which is also contained in the "legacy" package.
By a quirk of timing, Mozilla have made changes to Firefox that mean that from Firefox 48 you must use their geckodriver to use that browser, regardless of whether you're using Selenium 2 or 3.
In more depth:
When we released Selenium 2.0 in 2011, we introduced the new WebDriver APIs, and encouraged everyone to start moving to them. If you're using the WebDriver APIs, then Selenium 3.0 is a simple drop-in upgrade. We've not changed any of the WebDriver APIs, and the code is essentially the same as the last 2.x release. If you're using Selenium Grid, the same applies: in most cases, you can just drop in the new JAR (or update your maven dependency to 3.0.0), and you're done.
At the same time as the Selenium project is shipping Selenium 3.0, Mozilla is changing the internals of Firefox in a way that makes it more stable and secure, but which also makes the community-provided Firefox Driver no longer work. As such, if you use Firefox for your testing, you'll need to use the geckodriver, which is an executable similar to the chromedriver and MS's edgedriver. You'll need to start using geckodriver even if you're using Selenium 2 — the change is in the browser, not Selenium.
If the update to Selenium 3 is such a non-event, why did we call this Selenium 3.0? To answer this question, I first need to provide some history, and tell you a little about how Selenium works under the hood. The very first version of Selenium was "just" a very complicated Javascript framework, running in the browser and interpreting the table-based tests you may be familiar with if you use Selenium IDE. We call this "Selenium Core". This Javascript framework formed the basis of the original implementation of Selenium RC (the oldest set of Selenium APIs, where all the method and functions were on the "Selenium" interface, and which have been deprecated for some time now). Over time, the needs of modern web testing have grown ever more complicated and sophisticated, and Selenium Core is now less capable of meeting these needs than it was before.
With Selenium 3.0, we are deleting the original Selenium Core implementation. If you use the old RC interfaces, we provide an alternative implementation that's backed by WebDriver. This is the same "webdriver-backed selenium" that has been available as part of Selenium 2 since its release. Because the underlying technology has changed from Selenium Core to WebDriver, you may find some places where your existing tests using RC run into issues. Our experience with migrating suites is that it's normally a systemic issue that can be fixed with a minimal engineering effort (that is, the problem is normally isolated to a few places, and these can be rewritten to avoid problems)
We're also removing the original Selenium RC APIs from the main downloads. If you're a Java user, and need to use them to support existing tests, then you'll need a dependency to "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-leg-rc:3.0.0" (or later!). It's strongly recommended that you do not do this unless you absolutely need to.
If you're someone who runs tests exported from IDE in the table format, there is now a new test runner that the project has made available for you to use that can be downloaded from the project's website. It takes the same arguments as the old runner, and we've done our best to ensure the output of tests remains the same too.
This release marks the culmination of a lot of hard work by the Selenium committers and community. I'd like to thank everyone who has been part of this process, and the Selenium users around the world who have done so much to make the project as successful as it is. We hope you enjoy Selenium 3.0!
Simon Stewart is the creator of WebDriver, the open source web application testing tool, as well as a core Selenium developer. WebDriver remains a hot topic as it is currently going through a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) specification process, which Simon is a co-editor of.
Come join Simon at this year's flagship Selenium Conference in London, November 14-16! Learn more.
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The divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie can't be called painless.
Ex-spouses regularly met in courts and still have not settled the issue of custody of children. A stressful period in his life greatly affected the psychological state of the actor, and, as he admitted in an interview with The New York Times, all this time he visited a support group for anonymous alcoholics. According to Pitt, it was this that helped him eventually get rid of his addiction.
"It was that safe place where no one condemned you, and you, in turn, also did not condemn those around you. All these people sat there, and were so open and honest - I had never heard anything like it before. This a real liberation for me, which allowed me to open up and show my bad sides," Brad admitted.
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Graffiti, girls, and bragging rights
Posted on 21 April 2010. Tags: Angelica Nitura, Ashley Cardero, Bronx, Bronx crime, Bronx Criminal Court, Hector Bautista, Homicide, Jennifer Brookland, Juandy Paredes, Ryan Tracy, South Bronx, Stabbing, Yankee Stadium, Youth Violence
This article is by Jennifer Brookland and Ryan Tracy.
Ashley Cardero, second from left, and Angelica Nitura, second from right, stood with friends by a memorial on Cromwell Ave., not far from where 17 year-old Juandy Paredes was stabbed to death Friday night. (Ryan Tracy/The Bronx Ink)
Juandy Paredes’s crew hangs out at 1164 Cromwell Avenue at night, or at the nearby park just north of Yankee Stadium. They smoke, drink, and make too much noise. The cops come arrest people all the time for trespassing and being loud. In fact, the kids from this neighborhood say they see the same cop and the same ambulance on the corner by the park every night, waiting for trouble.
Trouble breaks out a lot.
In this stretch of Mt. Eden, thumping a few blocks away from the 4 train, graffiti colors the exteriors, kids with Spanish nicknames and tattoos fight members of rival cliques, and questions are met with “I don’t know anything,” by people who do.
Next to guys in sweats with ear-buds tracing lines from their pockets to their ears, Angelica Nitura looks almost out of place in skinny jeans and a blue cardigan. She talks about her favorite memory of Paredes, a 17 year-old kid they all called “Frko,” or fresh boy. It was on April Fool’s Day, and someone from another crew had taken a guy’s hat. Paredes stood up for the guy, fighting the kids who had taken the hat until they smashed a bottle over his head. Paredes walked angrily back to Nitura.
“His whole side of his head is bleeding, like busted up, leaking,” said Nitura. “I like that he came back, after washing off all that blood. I like that he stood up for his friend. That was my favorite time.”
Paredes’s crew calls itself the “F— Your Life” group, or “F.Y.L.” for short, but insists it’s not a gang. More like a family where everyone watches the others’ backs. There are maybe 50 or 60 of them, all from the neighborhood. Today, laminated badges that they designed on computers swing from their necks showing pictures of Paredes and “4/16/2010,” the date he was killed a few blocks away at 167th and Jerome Avenue. They cross themselves and kiss their fingers in front of the memorial they’ve built for Paredes, a wooden table with tall plastic flowers under his picture, a Dominican flag, and a collection of candles with pictures of saints on them.
Juandy Paredes, pictured here in a collage made by a family friend. (Ryan Tracy/The Bronx Ink)
Their expressions are hard. But only four days after Paredes was murdered, tears come suddenly.
Ashley Cordero is known by her friends as “Shine.” She has her brother’s name tattooed on her right hand, and swirls of color filling the gap between her shirt and her waistband on her left side. She breaks down thinking about the first time she met Paredes. It was July 14th, and she was eating Chinese food in the park. Paredes hung out there a lot because he loved inline skating, trying out tricks on rollerblades that were fitted with a panel on the bottom for sliding along curbs and rails. He told her she was beautiful and he was going to make her his. She offered to share her Chinese food.
Now Cordero is planning the tattoo she’ll get with Paredes’s name and a pair of wings on her back. She and Nitura both feel guilty that he was killed, because they encouraged him to leave the building where they were chilling and playing with knives. It was getting too loud, the cops were bound to come. So Paredes left with two other teen boys and according to Cordero, went to the convenience store on the corner.
Paredes was stabbed five times. Cordero said he flagged down a police van nearby and banged on its windows for help. “I’m poked, I’m poked,” he told the cops.
Then he collapsed. Paramedics attended to him there on the street, but he died before he arrived at Lincoln Hospital.
The man charged with murdering him lives a nine-minute walk from where the mouthpiece used on Paredes lay full of blood in the street, up Jerome Avenue under the train tracks and past tables selling discount perfume and peeled oranges.
At his arraignment at the Bronx Supreme Criminal Court on Tuesday afternoon, Hector Bautista looked much too young to be charged with second-degree murder. The pony-tailed 18 year-old stood silently when the judge denied his request for bail.
Juandy Paredes' friends scrawled graffiti on the wall across from his family's home. They had nicknamed him "Frko," or fresh boy. (Ryan Tracy/The Bronx Ink)
Outside the courtroom, friends took turns defending Bautista, a basketball player who they said was a jokester with a good heart who had stopped attending high school. They insisted he was innocent of the stabbing. But they admitted he was part of the conflicts that, fueled by graffiti, girls, and bragging rights, permeate the world of teenagers like him and Paredes.
“They lived in different places. That’s it,” said a girl who identified herself as Bautista’s girlfriend but would not give her name.
In the dimly-lit apartment on Irving Avenue where Paredes lived, cousins, uncles, aunts, and friends wore black, about to attend his funeral. They had heard about Bautista’s arrest, but wondered if police would be able to catch the other two teens police told the family were involved in the fight.
The family was calm and poised on Tuesday. Two unsmiling men went about filling a cooler with ice and bottles of water for visitors. Until, contagious as a yawn, a long, slow wail broke out from one of the dark-clad women. She lowered her head and balled her hands into fists. The high-pitched sounds of her crying spread to other family members and escaped into the bright sunlight outside, where Paredes’s friends had spray-painted white graffiti over the entire brick surface of the opposing wall.
“If you stay for 20 minutes you can read it all. Then you’ll understand,” said Dualis, Paredes’s 10 year-old half-sister.
Paredes’s room was covered in graffiti, too, blue and black scrawls painted by him or his friends swarm across the walls. “F.Y.L” appeared in several places, and on the ceiling, emblazoned with a heart was the name Brenda. The room was a disaster. A bare strip of mattress poked out from under piles of clothing that spilled onto the floor and made walking impossible. Boxes of his favorite designer shoes were stacked head-high. A heads-up penny lay near the doorway.
“He would clean it every day but that same day he’d make the same mess,” said Dualis.
Graffiti referring to Juandy Paredes' crew cover the walls in his bedroom. Paredes, 17, was stabbed to death on Friday, April 16. An 18 year-old member of a rival crew has been arrested but is denying the charges. (Ryan Tracy/The Bronx Ink)
Paredes used to play “tickle monster” with her on the bed, where they would tickle each other’s feet. They played board games like Monopoly and “Guess Who?” even though Paredes got so mad when she beat him that he swore he wouldn’t play again. Dualis said she usually won.
A computer with a large silver-framed screen sat on a small desk in the corner, where light from the window illuminated the keyboard. Coralys Nunez, who was like an aunt to Paredes, and says he was creative, smart with computers and could “unblock” any website. He thought about being a game designer, if not a fashion designer. He got all A’s in school.
But Paredes had dropped out of school. He just got tired of going, says Dualis. Even Cordero, who says she and Paredes were always together for the past nine months, didn’t know if Paredes had any goals. They just didn’t talk about that, she says.
One of Paredes’s friends created a Facebook page in his memory. Brendalee Torres captioned a picture of her and Paredes kissing with expressions of grief and love, and also, a threat.
“Whoever did this to you gonna get his, trust me.”
Cordero says none of the crew has been killed before, despite all the neighborhood rivalries. But it’s almost as if she thinks Paredes won’t be the last friend for whom she will be forced to light candles.
“The one person you don’t want to lose,” she said,” is the first one to go.”
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January 23, 2013 by Laura Crowley
58 calories, 3 g fat, 8 g carbs, 2 g protein
The holidays might be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy this classic holiday cookie–and in a healthy way! The average peanut butter kiss cookie has 123 calories, 7 grams of fat, 13 grams of carbs and 3 grams of protein. This recipe cuts down by using light peanut butter, Truvia and egg whites, as well as a mini muffin tin to ensure perfect portioning.
2 Tbsp creamy peanut butter
4 Tbsp Better’n Peanut Butter
1/4 cup Truvia Baking Blend
15 Hershey’s Kisses
1. Heat oven to 350 F.
2. Beat all ingredients (except Hershey’s Kisses) together until well mixed.
3. Spray mini muffin tin with non-stick spray and add 1/2 tablespoon batter to each cup.
4. Bake for 10 minutes.
5. Press in Hershey’s Kisses as soon as cookies are done and enjoy!
Filed Under: Arts & Life, Cooking Corner, Uncategorized
Rees’ Pieces: The Secret Life of the American Male
Man is most insightful when he is in privacy. Most men are neither orators nor performers of artistic crafts for the world to see. But there is one location where the average male can express his emotions anonymously for the rest of the population to contemplate and critique. This location has gone unnoticed and possibly repressed for at least a century. Following a month of uninterrupted contemplation during winter break, I wish to present my readership with a thorough, albeit unconventional, analysis of man’s most private artistic pursuit–bathroom graffiti.
While the bathroom may provide a private bastion for men, it also gives them a space to create art. I say men, as this is the only position I can reasonably infer from experience, but I truly hope that women engage in this same manner of intellectual expression. The stall is utilized not only as a studio, but a canvas. The stall may appear trivial for the artistic process, but in reality, it was the first form of social media. It is a private space while in use, but once the artist abdicates his throne, countless individuals can view his work. This pre-technology blog enables men to post their thoughts about innumerable relevant topics, and then, as Facebook emulated, the men can leave comments about what the others thought. No idea goes unevaluated. The portrait of each artist as a young man lies inscribed upon a universal easel; one man’s etched penis is simply a starting point that begs for myriad of additions by other craftsmen.
Many may find it hard to digest the societal relevance and importance of this realm. In response to their disdain and confusion, I declare the bathroom an area in which creativity is lauded and no “number-for-a-good-time” goes undialed. It is a place for unabashed indulgence in the most basic syntax; yet, it is also a haven for raw emotion. The restroom is exactly that: a place for rest and intellectual cathartic release. The modern day men’s restroom is akin to the French Salons, the British Pub and the powder rooms of the Industrial Revolution (although this term had a brief resurgence in 1960s discos, go figure). Criticism is encouraged, as evaluations of people, sports franchises and institutions abound.
So, the next time you begin to bubble with rage when reading crude stall lingo, remember that some creative avenues, although unconventional, are entirely pure and unadulterated. This leads to a more honest, pleasant and relaxed society, without which we would all develop repressive hysteria and desire to have sex with our mothers anyways.
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The Lying Bison: Your Daily Dose of Satire: Change Coming to University Seal
By Ethan Weber
One semester after the University stirred up a bit of controversy with the launch of its “We Do” campaign and the erection of a semi-permanent tent/dining room on the academic quad, the school is taking its fundraising to the next level with a planned change to the University’s seal. This week, administration and members of the board of trustees announced that the book that has hovered safely above the waves of “the storms of life” since 1849 will be replaced with an iPad.
The decision to bring the antiquated seal into the 21st century was not met without opposition. Following an outpouring of emails from concerned alumni, Nicholas Barrett, chairman of the University’s Seal Reformation Committee, issued this response:
“It is the opinion of the University that the seal should reflect Bucknell’s goals. The book has served the school well, but it is time our seal show the world who we are and who we want to attract. The sad truth is that printed books are just too cheap when compared to tablet devices. Yes, it’s cheaper to download a book to a tablet than to buy the print version, but the device itself is much more expensive. I mean like, ‘ka-ching ka-ching!’ That’s what we’re trying to attract: status, specifically Apple users. We want the new seal to be in keeping with the new campaign. It should send the message, ‘WHO HAS NICE THINGS? WE DO.’”
The statement was sent from Barrett’s iPad, and then re-sent once he noticed all the touch-screen and auto-correct typos.
As for how the iPad will appear on the seal, it will simply be a blue rectangle with a white Apple logo in the center. On the flag, it will be an orange rectangle with a blue logo.
“There’s no need to see the screen,” Barrett said. “The important thing is that people see it’s an iPad and not a Galaxy Tab.”
“We’re keeping it simple, so it will always look like the most fashionable, up-to-date model,” Laverne Rowland, designer of the new seal, said.
Students, faculty and alumni have asked how the University intends to pay for the rights to Apple’s iconic logo, but Barrett assures the campus community that the University has planned ahead.
“It all goes back to the success of the ‘We Do’ campaign,” he said.
Should all go as planned, students can expect to see the transition begin sometime in Fall 2013.
Filed Under: Arts & Life, Columns
Trend Report: Faux Furs & Faux Pas
By Kate Jansen
Before we spring into spring fashion, or at this rate, slide into spring fashion, I’d like to discuss one of winter’s most sought-after looks. Fur has again made a major statement this season in the fashion world. Designers have given us fur-lined hoods, headbands, earmuffs and gloves. My favorite fur look is the vest.
My first, dare I say, fashionable piece was a faux fur vest gone horribly wrong. For my 12th birthday, my mom bought me a white faux fur vest. It was a shag rug with armholes that was equipped with a faux leather tie. When I put it on, I thought I was Coco Chanel herself.
I thought it would be wise to pair the vest with a lime green polka dot shirt and a pair of pink corduroys. Yes, I also resembled a watermelon. I strutted into school the next day, expecting girls to whisper enviously about my ensemble. This was my first fashion faux pas.
My peers smirked as I pranced ito my first period math class. A boy sauntered over to my desk and, without waiting for me to acknowledge him, he said, “How many Yetis did you have to kill to make that vest?”
I suppose the moral of my story is to take fashion risks, but not the kind that leave you looking like a creature out of “The Wizard of Oz.” The other moral is that middle schoolers are cruel. Needless to say, I have recovered from that incident. I picked up a faux fur vest at Manhattan’s newest Aritzia over Christmas break and found that the piece could be paired with dark jeans and a long sleeved tee for a casual look, or layered over a mini dress for formal get-togethers.
If your closet lacks a fur piece, it would be wise to buy one now. Department stores are beginning to push out sweaters and jackets via final sale to make way for tanks and bikinis. This leaves us in the inevitable No Shopper’s Land, a phrase that I have just made up to describe the awkward in-between-winter-and-spring-phase that we face every year. Do we choose to buy short sleeves and sandals that we cannot wear until April? Or do we protest against designers for denying us our inalienable right to buy cashmere in the dead of February? That’s for you to decide.
Trend Report: Snow Boots
November 28, 2012 by cmo015
This November has been unseasonably chilly. I’m sure this week’s snow episode was a rude awakening for those who have not yet had the privilege of bearing Northeastern winters.
After nearly four winters of warmth, I officially retired my Uggs this season and decided to look for a more reliable pair of snow boots. So, amidst Black Friday chaos, my mom and I traveled to the nearby L.L. Bean store.
I must admit, I have wanted a pair of duck boots–commonly known as Bean Boots–since they became wildly popular last spring. When we had finally meandered our way to the outerwear section of the store, a pair of tan Bean Boots immediately caught my attention. Needless to say, I was sold in an instant. And, in case you were wondering, I’m wearing them as I write this article.
L.L. Bean, however, is not a duck boot monopoly. J. Crew is currently selling an exclusive line of Sperry Top-Sider Shearwater boots. They come in a variety of preppy two-tones, including navy blue and pink. They’re also fur lined, making them perfect for Pennsylvania winters.
Bean Boots also look adorable when paired with calf-high wool socks and black leggings. On days when I want to feel extra-outdoorsy, I throw on a plaid flannel and Patagonia vest to complete the look.
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Apples
150 calories, 0.5g fat, 39 carbs, 1g protein
For the holidays this year, you can forget the apple pie with this incredibly delicious treat. This is one of those fantastic recipes that tastes phenomenal and just happens to be more healthy for you. You can also try adding nuts or dried fruit to the filling (golden raisins are my favorite). I topped a few of mine with a half teaspoon of chopped pecans. You can bake the apples longer to make them more soft so they fall apart, or cook them a little less so they still have a bite.
6 large apples
2 Tbsp Truvia Baking Blend
2 Tbsp brown sugar (packed)
1 Tbsp Land O’Lakes Light Butter
Core apples–make sure not to cut through the bottom. You can use an apple corer or carefully use a paring knife.
In a small bowl, mix together sugars and spices.
Cut butter into 6 cubes and put one cube into each apple along with 1/6 of the sugar spice mixture (you can also top with chopped nuts if you’d like).
Place in a casserole dish and add about 1/2 inch of water to the dish as well.
Bake 30-40 minutes until browned and soft.
Skyfall deemed one of the best Bond installments, a possible Oscar contender
Carolyn Williams
As the Bond franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary, director Sam Mendes delivers a terrific reboot to the series with “Skyfall.” Engaging, modern and lovingly self-referential, “Skyfall” is a definite contender as one of the best 007 movies of all time.
“Skyfall” opens, in traditional Bond fashion, in an exotic locale (Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar) as our hero (Daniel Craig), in all his perfectly tailored glory, knocks over some fruit carts in his attempt to catch the “bad guy”–in this case, he’s stolen a flash drive loaded with valuable information. Rooftop chases and a fight on a train ensue (Bond stopping to adjust a cuff link before reentering the fray); it’s all in a day’s work for 007–until it’s not. When the villain in question uses Bond as a human shield and his fellow agent cannot get a clean shot, M (Judi Dench), via earpiece, commands she take the shot, and Bond apparently dies.
Shockingly, 007 does not die 20 minutes into this film. While he’s presumed dead, some serious dilemmas arise at MI6. M is subjected to her new, deeply bureaucratic boss (Ralph Fiennes), who thinks it is about time she stepped down, and is seriously questioning the role of secret agents in an increasingly digital world. Shortly after this dressing down, M is made the target of a terrorist attack on MI6 itself, and is told to “think on her sins.” All this, and she has to write Bond’s obituary, too?
Happily, Bond returns to London soon enough, but this is a tired and aging Bond. Forced to retake his physical and mental exams, he scrapes by and returns to active duty, gunning for the cyber terrorist targeting M. With the help of the latest Bond girl, he finds the perversely amiable Silva (a blonde Javier Bardem) living on a creepily abandoned island. It turns out that Silva’s an ex-MI6 agent who has major Oedipal beef with M. In an exciting and somewhat expected plot twist, Silva is not so well-caught as MI6 had hoped, and both Bond and M must run for cover until they are able to face Silva on Bond’s home turf.
“Skyfall” is hands down the best action movie of the year, which is already saying something unusual about a Bond movie of late. This film is the rightful sequel to 2006’s “Casino Royale,” and firmly sets up Bond movies for years to come. (Let’s just pass over the blip that was “Quantum of Solace,” shall we?) A super-creepy Bardem is a terrific baddie–always a good sign in the world of 007 successes. With the help of fresh, new cast members (Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw), this Bond screams 21st century, a place some weren’t sure he belonged. Specifically great is a sardonically nerdy Whishaw as the latest Q, who jokes, “What, were you expecting an exploding pen? We don’t really do that anymore.”
Although gone is Connery’s sarcastic, all-knowing Bond, Craig’s more realistically brutal performance is an easy second for best ever 007.
“A dynamic and vulnerable Daniel Craig comes of age in this action packed movie, making this Bond one of the best,” Ava Giuliano ’14 said.
The exuberant references to past adventures, witty script and the unexpected return of a certain Aston Martin DB5 make “Skyfall” one of the best Bond installments, and perhaps even a contender this Oscar season.
Filed Under: Arts & Life, Columns, Movies, Review
Rees’ Pieces: The Columnist Manifesto
Ben Rees
The Columnist Manifesto
A couple of weeks ago I did not get a column done–oops! Like everyone else, I was inescapably swamped with loads of schoolwork, and in the midst of my scholarly flurrying, I neglected to write. While entrenched in the intellectual firefight preceding Thanksgiving break, my creative spark was nowhere to be found. Not to say that I failed to attempt a column; in fact, I tried to come up with something halfway decent on more than one occasion. Regrettably, the ideas I came up with were nowhere close to pleasant and even further from endearing. I do not know whether rigorous intellectual pursuits necessarily stifle creativity, and as many of my scholarly endeavors are dedicated to English literature, I would assert that homework and creativity go hand in hand. For some reason, I just couldn’t get it together.
William Faulkner once said: “I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at nine o’clock every morning.” I, on the other hand, seem only to write at a mildly successful level anywhere between six and 12 hours before my deadline. There are two possibilities for this: one, the increased need to produce stimulates whatever comedic abilities I may have, or two, I get stressed and bitter enough that my anger ends up sounding funny. Take a look back, and I think we can all agree that the latter is probably right on the money. All my columns either rant, tell people what not to do or make incomprehensibly juvenile jokes about body parts.
An embittered columnist cannot produce comedy forever, as he is not on stage to make goofy faces and provide filler jokes bashing the ugly couple in front. Rather, from now on, I, Benjamin Rees, will try to be a little more optimistic in my writing. The glass is no longer half full of poison, it is just half full–maybe of Fanta or something else pleasant.
Now don’t forget, my goblet still overfloweth with bubbling scorn, and I rather dislike most things; however, in the spirit of the artistic process I will attempt to create some original, positive jokes in order to make everyone’s day shine a tad brighter. Call this column my metamorphosis: a once sour larvae blossoming into a beautiful, yet decently funny butterfly. With immense grace, as if erupting from its cocoon like the Alien from an unsuspecting abdomen, it spreads its wings and lightly flutters upon the generally confused synapses of those misfortunate enough to encounter this questionable transformation.
Disclaimer: If you have laughed at all during this column, you should be shamefully aware of your cynical chuckles. Every word espouses a delicate, personal transformation, and any humor this may have aroused in my audience is at the expense of my personal progress. Essentially, my happiness is a joke. Thanks, jerks.
Filed Under: Arts & Life, Columns, Humor, Rees' Pieces
Mini Pumpkin Pie Cheesecakes
per cheesecake: 25 calories, 0g fat, 5 carbs, 1g protein
This is one of the biggest hits among my friends, and they have all agreed that if it wasn’t for me making this dessert, they would have never realized cheesecake could be so healthy. You can easily use this cheesecake recipe to make other flavors by just swapping out the pumpkin. You could even make a few kinds by splitting the recipe into halves for an extra impressive Thanksgiving display!
I decorated these with cool whip frosting (found in the freezer section) and fun sprinkles. The frosting is 60 calories for two tablespoons, but I only used half a teaspoon on each, adding only five extra calories.
Makes 36 mini cheesecakes
5 Honey Maid Low Fat Cinnamon Graham Crackers
2 fresh egg whites
2 Tbsp packed brown sugar
1/4 cup fat free sour cream
8 oz (1 pack) fat free cream cheese
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
Crush graham crackers until fine and melt butter.
Combine butter and crushed crackers. Press 1/2 teaspoon into the bottom of each mini cupcake liner.
Whip egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form (this is much easier with a mixer).
Beat together pumpkin, sour cream, cream cheese, sugars and spices until smooth.
Gently mix egg whites into pumpkin mixture.
Add 1/2 tablespoon of batter to each mini cupcake tin.
Bake 15-20 minutes until solid at the top but still jiggly.
Refrigerate for 1 hour to set.
Decorate and enjoy!
Trend Report: Black Friday
Kate Jansen
In one week’s time, we will be stuffing ourselves with Thanksgiving leftovers and deliberating whether or not we are fit enough to join Black Friday’s shopping extravaganza.
For the past few years after Thanksgiving, my mom and I have ventured to New York City to join the anxious mobs of other mother-daughter pairs in search of the best bargain. For those who have not participated in Black Friday, allow me to put things into perspective. Black Friday is a survival of the fittest game of sorts. Women of all ages fight for the cheapest overall haul of garments. My mom and I have witnessed this on several occasions while shopping at Bloomingdale’s. Small mountains of last season’s sweaters litter the department store floor. Mothers go through piles in the dressing room, willing to snag the cheapest cardigan, even if it means they will lose an earring in the process.
I have found that the best way to cure any Turkey Day hangover is to beat the mad rush and shop online. Personally, I think that major department stores like Bloomingdale’s and Saks Fifth Avenue offer better deals online than they do in stores. Other popular retail stores offer major blowout sales the Friday, Saturday and Monday after Thanksgiving. I’d pay close attention to sales that are exclusive to Cyber Monday; these could be the best deals of the season. And so, next weekend, channel your inner shopaholic and grab your laptop. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line62 |
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Report suggests progress, but worst-off need urgency
November 20, 2019Welfare
Press Release – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the Governments Families Package Monitoring Report shows strong commitment to the intentions outlined in the Child Poverty Reduction Act, specifically with regard to reporting on progressing towards …Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the Government’s Families Package Monitoring Report shows strong commitment to the intentions outlined in the Child Poverty Reduction Act, specifically with regard to reporting on progressing towards the Act’s targets.
“The Families Package was a start, but while on some level it’s had successes, it was nowhere near enough to lift the worst-off children out of poverty – and this really should be acknowledged,” says Associate Professor Susan St John, CPAG’s Economics advisor.
“The Welfare Expert Advisory Group’s report, Whakamana Tāngata , that the Government itself commissioned, discussed the ‘broken’ welfare state and the need for additional annual spending of $5.2 billion. We are not hearing yet what will be done about the recommendations of this report.”
After years of erosion in the real value of Working for Families, a substantial boost was needed – and delivered – with the Families Package.
“But to prevent problems further along, Working for Families should be regularly adjusted in precisely the same way that New Zealand Super is adjusted, and in the future, it should not be presented as a major budgetary package,” says St John.
CPAG says that putting the building blocks in place to clean up an inherited mess is a very important part of the process to achieve the targets set for poverty reduction. But what’s most important now is the urgent next steps toward ensuring every child has the opportunity to thrive and to reach their potential by ensuring all families are properly resourced.
CPAG recognises that housing is a key issue for families in poverty.
“We are pleased to hear the Government is intending to ramp up efforts in this area,” says St John. “As we have learned from the Ministry of Social Development’s 2019 Household incomes report, half of all Accommodation Supplement recipients are spending more than half their incomes on housing, and it means they have to continuously cut costs in other areas – such as for food.
“As we heard at our Summit on Monday, there is a good argument for changing the structure of housing-related support so that it doesn’t contribute to increasing housing costs.”
CPAG welcomes the new Best Start payment for all families with newborns.
“Best Start is much better than the old Parental Tax Credit which was tied to work hours and excluded parents on benefits,” says St John. “And it is being extended to the second and third year of a child’s life for families earning under the income threshold. This is a marked improvement on previous discriminatory policy for new parents.”
But most children in families who are receiving a benefit, both sole-parent and two-parent families, have not had enough of a boost to put them over – or even nearly close to – the 50% after housing costs (AHC) poverty line. Their core incomes look more like 25-28% of the after housing costs median – well below the lowest supplementary measure of 40% AHC in the Child Poverty Reduction Act.
“Many families try to supplement their meagre benefits with paid work but their efforts are harshly penalised with the earned income abatement threshold set so low,” says St John. “The fact that costs continue to outstrip low wages and benefits is a legacy of decades of poor policy around minimum wages and a lack of proper indexation of benefits and child-related tax credits.
“We need to see a plan around addressing the recommendations of the WEAG’s report,
Whakamana Tāngata , which is missing from the Families Package Monitoring report. There are some tangible changes the Government can make in the short term that are not only effective but affordable.”
CPAG says that there are steps the Government can take immediately to achieve a real change for families while being consistent with future welfare reforms:
– Reinstating the Winter Energy Payment so that it is a permanent increase to benefits.
– Joining up the In-Work Tax Credit to the main Family Tax Credit, so this payment of at least $72.50 per week per family which is currently and unfairly considered to be a ‘work-incentive’, can benefit all of our most struggling families at annual cost of $0.5b.
– Assisting the transition to work by immediately increasing the benefit threshold for earned income to $177 per week, equivalent to 10 hours of work on the minimum wage. In 1986 the threshold was set to allow for 15 hours of work on the minimum wage before benefit payments reduced, today it is roughly just over 4, and the recent changes will increase it to only roughly 5 by 2021.
– Individualising benefit payments and not penalising couples with reduced payments and placing extraordinary expectations on new couples.
The Government’s Whakamana Tāngata and the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy have stressed the importance of adequate income and standard of living. These changes above are the next income steps needed towards the vision of Aotearoa-New Zealand being the best place to be a child and young person. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line73 |
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Slow Start to the Season for the Dallas Stars
By Martin Iheke Last Thursday evening, your Dallas Stars opened the new season at home against the Chicago Blackhawks looking to forget about how the season ended last spring at home against the Anaheim Ducks. […]
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Electric vs. Hydrogen Powered Forklifts
When it comes to operating an environmentally friendly warehouse, many debate between using electrically-powered versus hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts. Both are said to cut down on emissions and certain costs and serve as ideal options for indoor and closed spaces. But which option is better, electric or hydrogen? Here’s how the two compare.
As mentioned above, electric and hydrogen forklifts are the “green” forklift options because they don’t produce any harmful exhaust. Hydrogen fuel cells release water vapor into the air, which is either absorbed or stored in a reservoir. However, the sourcing of the hydrogen muddles the low emissions claim. Hydrogen is produced by reforming natural gas, a process that emits more CO2 into the atmosphere than simply burning the gas would. Because of this, electric forklifts are probably an environmentally better option.
Costs are also a divisive factor among manufacturers who prefer either electric or hydrogen. Electric forklifts have a lower cost per hour for operation and last longer compared to internal combustion systems. Electric also tends to be more affordable when it comes to routine maintenance.
While electric lasts longer than IC models and cost less to fuel, these models have higher upfront costs than IC models- sometimes 20-40% more. Another major issue regarding electric powered forklifts is the time and space the charging process requires. The battery life will likely last a standard 8-hour workday or 6 hours constant use, but a full recharge can take from 8 to 16 hours, with 8 hours to cool as well. Fast charge batteries are available, but can cost up to 20% more than standard issue.
In addition, if you need forklifts for multiple shift operations, you will need to purchase extra batteries and swap them out using a transporter in a battery changing station. The process can take 20 to 45 minutes and eat into both time and warehouse space.
Hydrogen-powered forklifts have electric beat when it comes to time, refueling in less than 3 minutes compared to upwards of 16 hours. But this option has its downsides as well. At first glance, hydrogen fuel cell forklifts do not seem like the most cost efficient method. The fuel costs are not cheap: hydrogen can cost twice as much as the price of an electric battery. The cost to repair equipment can also be staggeringly high.
However, many businesses have found that over time, the hydrogen method is more efficient and cost effective. They last longer, fuel in three minutes, and sustain power for a longer period of time. Companies like Walmart and Nestle Waters, with larger fleet sizes and high productivity, have found that using hydrogen-powered forklifts has lowered operational costs and increased worker productivity. While the initial investment is high, the return on investment can really pay off.
When it comes to choosing between electric and hydrogen-powered forklifts, it’s really up to your business to weigh out the costs and pros and cons of each method. Companies with the capital to initially invest in hydrogen fuel cells may find the method to their liking, as companies like Coca-Cola and Walgreens have, but electric-powered could be more economically sound for smaller companies.
For more information or questions regarding Electric or Hydrogen Powered Forklifts, reach out to a dealer near you.
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Intro to Forklift Safety
Forklifts or Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) were invented in 1906 to lift heavy materials. These machines are particularly helpful in a manufacturing setting where there are pallets or other heavy items to move. Using a forklift provides an easy way to move heavier items, while reducing the risk of hand, back, and neck injuries from actually personally lifting. While forklifts remain a useful tool, they can also be a dangerous tool if the forklift operator isn’t properly trained.
There are many different types of PITs on the market today. It’s important when purchasing a new PIT or bringing on a new Forklift operator to properly train all employees involved. Knowledge is power, and with such a powerful tool, accidents can happen. Common forklift accidents are being crushed by the vehicle, being wedged between the vehicle and a hard surface, being crushed between 2 vehicles, being ran over, being struck by falling material the forklift is carrying or lifting, and falling from the platform on the forks.
According to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, “Approximately 35,000 serious injuries and 62,000 non-serious injuries involving forklifts occur in the United States every year. OSHA estimates 11% of all forklifts are involved in accidents every year.” Because driving a forklift is different from driving a car, it is required by OSHA that forklift operators go through the proper training to become certified and the operator’s performance must be reevaluated every three years. The employer must have a record of documentation that the training has occurred on file.
Proper safety training will include operating, maintenance, refueling/recharging batteries, operating limitations, use of proper attachments and weight distribution, and more. For more information on ensuring your employees are properly trained to operate a forklift vehicle, visit OSHA’s e-tools for more details and training materials.
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__label__wiki | 0.933591 | 0.933591 | News of the approval of Adani’s Carmichael Mine Project has been welcomed by all three tiers of government, along with the Queensland Resources Council.
Last Thursday, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt approved the project.
The Carmichael Coalmine and Rail Infrastructure Project has been approved in accordance with national environment law subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian history.
In making this decision Mr Hunt has considered additional information provided by Adani and environmental groups, including the Mackay Conservation Group, the Environmental Defenders Office and the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The conditions Mr Hunt has imposed takes into account issues raised by the community and ensures that the proponent must meet the highest environmental standards.
Local, state and federal governments have welcomed the move, saying the mine will create jobs and investment, boosting the local economy.
Federal Member for Dawson George Christensen said workers and business operators in central and north Queensland would be breathing a sigh of relief.
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Empire Detroit
Walking through Corktown on a typical route southbound to the riverfront, the road is transformed into a slushy single lane that is the real estate of honking, unsympathetic taxis. Their tires kick up clods of grey sludge as they speed back to their headquarters. The conditions aren’t ideal — outside of densely residential or commercial areas, sidewalks are nonexistent, snowed into oblivion. Pedestrians are left to fend for themselves, dodging crumbling snowbanks and the vast ponds of murky snowmelt radiating from the curbs. Sharing the streets with impatient drivers, I navigate these gingerly and keep moving.
Where Vermont bends into Porter, it’s quiet as usual outside Ponyride. On the other end of the block, at the intersection of Rosa Parks, a pair of utility trucks is out, servicing who knows what. The two contractors, chatting, look at me suspiciously. I issue a generic Detroit greeting involving such pleasantries as hellos and how-you-doings. They kind of nod in return. Distracted by an incomprehensible sticker on the b-pillar of the leading truck, I consider taking a picture, but deem it weird and pointless. Looking back at the guys looking back at me, I carry on toward the river.
The riverfront has changed significantly in the past year. Since we last rambled there, the trees, except for a few lonely willow specimens, have been cut down, and red emergency phones have been installed in their place. All of this is behind a chainlink fence dotted with “private property no trespassing” signs. It’s progress everywhere, except for the remaining accessible narrow nub at the end of Rosa Parks where people still fish as long as the river isn’t frozen.
By the afternoon, the media’s caught wind of a new expansion in Dan Gilbert’s empire, the Detroit billionaire darling lauded with catalyzing the most profound revitalization the city has seen in decades. His focus has been building a two square mile piece of the downtown business district into a workable, liveable, and, incredibly, walkable destination. But Crain’s calls Gilbert’s new Corktown warehouse, the building I had unknowingly ambled past hours before, “about as anti-Gilbert as it gets.”
The building at Rosa Parks and Porter was purchased in November from the owner of Boulevard & Trumbull Towing. The real estate office facilitating the deal said that they supposed Gilbert’s new acquisition would be used for “warehousing for the owner’s personal belongings.” Deadline Detroit posits that “we can only assume a Gilbert-owned industrial warehouse will be used to store all the small buildings he doesn’t want anymore.”
So what will he really do with this odd purchase? If only Curbed were correct in their glib suggestion on the motivation behind Gilbert’s strange new land use. “An indoor beach, perhaps?” they wonder. “There are two cryptic clues: The seller’s lawyer told Crain’s that the warehouse would be a great place to “run something that required a lot of electricity,” while CoStar added that “some kind of communication center” will be installed.”
Screen capture from WXYZ.
Does this mean a communication center like the infamous state-of-the-art one currently housed downtown in the Chase building? It’s unlikely that there’s any plan to relocate the center to this decentralized spot, but it’s impossible to imagine a Gilbert building without its fair share of cameras.
According to WXYZ, as of October Gilbert had installed 300 cameras in his downtown stomping grounds. Let’s just say it’s doubtful the plan has ended there. Some downtown residents claim that the cameras now number as many as 600. With these cameras “[o]perators can zoom right in on individuals. All of the images are recorded,” ostensibly helping police identify suspects.
We can hope that the subjects of surveillance will be limited to criminals, but will they? What of the homeless, the rambling, the otherwise quirky individuals who don’t fit the whims of Gilbert and his 7,600 young professionals spiking demand in the downtown housing market? The evictions of longtime residents are taking place on camera. As one Detroit writer said of Gilbert, “He also just sent a notice to one of my ex-girlfriends, explaining he has purchased the apartment building she’s lived in for the last 16 years and his future plans don’t include her.” If not welcome to live their lives within the walls of their own homes downtown, how welcome will they be to visit their old streets?
Basically, these improvements downtown just mean that Fernando Palazuelo has to deal with more bodies snatched from high-surveillance areas getting dumped at his new house on E. Grand Boulevard, further dividing a city whose edges are already sagging under the weight of heavy segregation. Crimes will continue to be pushed to outlying areas where “nobody” lives, places actually inhabited by plenty of people who are not Gilbert’s new 1%.
No one can argue against the local benefits of increased security downtown, and Gilbert’s surveillance plan has made for neighborly partnerships with General Motors, the Ilitches, and Compuware, not to mention Detroit, Wayne County, and Wayne State police, which itself has a small empire of cameras. Detroit Police Chief James Craig optimistically said, “I’m hopeful that sometime in the very near future that the Detroit Police Department can replicate and even expand beyond the technology being used in Rock’s Ventures,” adding that it was very nice to be “invited in” to use the system during special events.
It seems that what Dan Gilbert wants, Dan Gilbert will get, with city officials paying gentle lip service to his empire, dubbed Opportunity Detroit. As previous mayor Dave Bing told the New York Times last year about his relationship with Gilbert, “My job is to knock down as many barriers as possible and get out of the way,” expediting permits while longtime Detroiters are left to abide by bureaucracy’s schedule.
Rambling downtown last weekend, the cameras’ presence was palpable even through the veil of oncoming snowstorm. As a Detroiter who, like most, does not reside downtown, it’s been luxurious having my activities go uncharted by an omniscient eye, or at least only as much I let big data peek in. No more. Welcome to Corktown, cameras! Empire Detroit surveillance is now coming to a neighborhood near you.
borders, cameras, Corktown, downtown, pedestrian-friendliness, real estate, riverfront, security, surveillance, weather, winter
Thank you, intrepid ramblers! Snowpocalypse be damned; this weekend we walked right into the polar vortex. We met in the deserted Guardian Building lobby and traipsed through the drifts downtown, covering something like a 4.5 mile jaunt for which most ramblers were surprised to find themselves overdressed as temperatures graciously hovered near freezing.
We cut through a number of buildings, exploring interior and exterior spaces connecting various destinations, following an excellent route planned with historic preservationist Timothy Boscarino and Joe Krause of Backseat Detroit tours, whose knowledge of the city may be as vast as the city itself. You can also catch up with Joe on select Saturday afternoons when he guides walking tours for D:hive.
The elevated tubes at the Millender and Renaissance Centers gave us shelter and perspective as we made our way to the riverfront, an essential stop in any downtown sojourn. The only ship in our foggy field of vision was a motionless freighter, waiting out the storm. Ramblers worried about a lone family of ducks whose runty offspring were bravely surfing the icebergs.
We squiggled through the deeper accumulations in Hart Plaza, untouched by buses and business as usual. Finding the snow imperfect for sculpting snowmen, a halfhearted snowball fight broke out.
Aiming to traverse as many tunnels as possible, we were foiled by locked doors at Joe Louis Arena, which was just as well, judging by the scent making its way out of the window grates. Intentionally or otherwise, we made a fairly complete survey of every set of stairs in the area.
After some alleys and a visit to Capitol Park, the ramble ended at dusk, with 50% of ramblers in favor of looping back to Lafayette for consolation coneys and pie, the whole group disappointed by the dearth of establishments open and ready to serve them hot coffee during the ramble. We were undoubtedly the snowiest patrons there this slow evening.
Rambling home later in the night, I happened upon success where earlier we had failed — a snowman stood in the middle of a field, wearing an uncertain expression as the wind gusted mightily.
downtown, rambles, rambling, riverfront, snow, stairs, tunnels, weather, winter
In summer, every outing stretches into a pilgrimage to water. A pilgrimage: any long journey, especially one undertaken as a quest or for a votive purpose, as to pay homage. In the heat, time distorts, and a perceived long journey shortens, culminating in mirage. Thoughts turn north to cabins, campsites, rivers; to cold Lake Superior and its rocky beaches. In the city, what can quench this thirst?
Emerging into the sticky, still air, a homing device left over from some other evolutionary phase goes off in the brain, echoing, roving insistently toward the nearest body of water. Walks have been simple — a tour of fountains, the Yamasaki Reflecting Pools, the riverfront. It’s the kind of motion that is simultaneously idle. At the Yamasaki Reflecting Pools, the comfort of water is so palpable I swear I can smell the salt breeze of the ocean. I sweat a little and go home to drink another glass of water until it’s neither half empty nor half full.
pilgrimage, riverfront, summer, water
Walk Score not toeing the international border line
Walk Score, the website that rates ease of life as a pedestrian in communities across the country, is afflicted with a nasty bug. DARN rambler Timothy Boscarino reports on this quirk in a tool that has become “more than just a cartographic curiosity.”
I agree that downtown could use a few things (like a bookstore and a place to buy broccoli) but with numerous major employers, almost-affordable housing, parks, shopping, the Rosa Parks Transit Center, and a nifty elevated monorail, it definitely warrants something more than the “car-dependent” red splash seen on the above map.
And why are the (supposedly) least walkable parts of town shaped like perfect right angles? Surely, it must be a math thing!
M-bike blames it all on the Detroit River. Walk Score’s algorithm, according to the blog, “might be okay for swimscore.com but it doesn’t work for walking.”
But water isn’t the real problem.
Follow Boscarino as he explores this on Modeshift, and for more on the topic (including maps!), visit his post “Walk Score gives Detroit the Shaft.”
borders, maps, pedestrian-friendliness, riverfront, walkability
Warm thanks to all who rambled with us this weekend! The weather was unexpectedly lovely. We convened in Scripps Park at 3:00 and enjoyed a modest southerly circuit. At the riverfront we sunbathed momentarily and admired the willows, the sinkholes in the concrete, the typeface of the United States Post Office sign. We then headed north, winding through Corktown, past the train station, and paused for refreshments at Astro Coffee.
The stately USPS Fort branch.
We used a pedestrian bridge, innumerable sidewalks, some roads and fields, and one forlorn playground. We only met one dog, and only one person that we know of trod through dog poop.
Some ramblers up ahead on the bridge.
We saw the usual amount of outdoor art, and one cardboard box full of salad (no dressing) that may or may not have been a part of art.
While we were out, we talked enthusiastically about future walks. For those who were unable to make it on Sunday, don’t worry — we will be rambling again soon.
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DGC Ep 077: X-Com (part one) 0
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we are beginning a series of episodes about 1994's X-COM: UFO Defense. This week, we set the game in its historical context and discuss the beginning of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary.
Up through first ground mission
1:06:28 Break
1:06:51 Feedback segment
Issues covered: business model of early Wizardry, DOS Box, perils of the back catalog, 1994 in games, turn-based games history, war gaming, X-Com as shorthand and a genre definer, tutorial in the manual, pure sim, "Suit up son, you're going to Mars," tracking your first UFO, placing your first base, destroying your base and losing the money, simulation depth, usability issues, getting outrun by UFOs, don't shoot it down over water, placing your base in Australia, air combat, time units as primary resource, line of sight, random number generation and probability, managing player expectations, switching from math to psychology, how we've used probability over time in design, nailbiting moments when the RNG goes your way, end of month ratings, Tim loses, high skill and exploration.
Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Wizardry, The Witcher (series), Mass Effect, Ultima, Bard's Tale, Night Dive Studios, Meridian 59, No One Loves Forever, Julian Gollop, Super Metroid, TIE Fighter, Warcraft, Final Fantasy VI, Doom ][, Earthbound, Earthworm Jim, System Shock, Heretic, Megaman X2, Jazz Jackrabbit, Master of Magic, Beneath a Steel Sky, Burn Cycle, Richard LeMarchand, Fallout, D&D, Avalon Hill, Axis & Allies, Chris Crawford, Eastern Front, TankTics, Koei, SSI, Panzer Strike, Laser Squad, Mario vs Rabbids, Firaxis Games, Jake Solomon, Klei, Invisible Inc, Oxygen Not Required, LucasArts, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Chess, Nintendo, Famicom Wars, Gameboy Wars, Advance Wars, Jagged Alliance, Panzer Generals, Final Fantasy Tactics, Castlevania, Chainmail, Gary Gygax, Star Trek, Morgan Gray, Ron Gilbert, Ken Shoemake, Civ II, Dunkirk, Sid Meier, Oblivion, Skyrim, Ross Hadden, Super Mario (series: World/Sunshine/64/Galaxy), Ben Zaugg, Jason Schreier, SNES Classic, Redwunder, Idle Thumbs, Important If True, ChrisLaBs, scootermm, Micus_Ficus, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ausy19, Kotaku Splitscreen, Spirit Tracks, Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds.
A few hours more
Correction: I believe the "Suit up, son, you're going to Mars" quote actually came from a Mark LeBlanc talk. DGC regrets the error.
DGC Ep 076: Super Mario World (part 4) 0
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we currently playing 1991's Super Mario World. This week, we finish Super Mario World and talk about our takeaways, including some deep dives into modern design sensibilities and constraints. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary.
To End of Super Mario World!
0:37 SMW Discussion
44:57 Feedback/Next time
Issues covered: Bowser's Castle, introducing mechanics in a critical path way, picking up the mecha-Koopas and tossing them onto Bowser's head, relentless pace of new stuff, player-motivated triggering of boss state, boss patterns, using Yoshi (or not), timer platforms, setting your own goals then and now, speedrunning origins, milking more out of levels by choices, keeping people interested via new level design tricks, expense limiting new gimmicks and reinforcing reuse, abandoning the lessons of the past, production realities, combinatorial depth, great base rule set where adding single elements extend in surprising ways, virtuous cycle of exploration and mechanical depth, RPG-ification of games, achievements, intrinsic vs extrinsic rewards, turning off notifications, notification and FOMO, achievements and the platform ecosystem, trading cards, Switch voip weirdness, focusing on the games, collecting every category in Breath of the Wild, tension-based enemy design, finding the rhythm in jumps, playing off up vs down, Eastern design sensibilities, yin/yang, opposition in Eastern design, subtractive vs additive design, punishing mechanics, save states against learning/mastery, apocalypse in Hyrule, lock/key vs player expression in Breath of the Wild, Mario as theater, variance among early Mario games, Luigi through the years, theater and games, comics, VHS of Legend of Zelda, cyclical nature of games, web of games, text adventures and scores.
Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Justin Timberlake, Sonic Mania, SEGA, Legend of Zelda (series), Shadow of the Colossus, Starcraft II, Half-Life, Warcraft, Mario (3D games), Giant Bomb, Breath of the Wild, Chris Hecker, Sony, Microsoft, Steam, Origin, UbiSoft, GOG, Switch, Ratchet and Clank, Pikmin, Shigeru Miyamoto, Jonathan DeLuca, Game Informer, Tacoma, Halo, Bjorn Johansson, Star Wars (obliquely), Inception, Mario RPGs, Mike Vogt, Super Mario All-Stars, Cameron Daxon, Sleep No More, True West, Sam Shepard, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard, Gone Home, The Scottish Play, Punch Drunk, The Antenna Theater, Kublai Khan, The Dark Knight Returns, Vertigo Comics, Wonder Woman, Nick Tapalansky, Skyrim, Ultima, Wizardry, Bard's Tale, Final Fantasy IX.
Interstitial Music from OCRemix.org, artist N4L4
Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!
Ultima III, Wizardry III, Bard's Tale "Introductions"
DGC Ep 075: Super Mario World (part three) 0
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we currently playing 1991's Super Mario World. This week, we talk about how the difficulty of the game more and how it interacts with the exploration of the space. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary.
Through the Forest of Illusion
0:33 Segment 1 (SMW Discussion)
Issues covered: finding a key, picking things up mechanic, directing the player, repeating use of mechanics, picking up and placing objects, difficulty controlling the cape, progression of mechanical complexity, building on fundamentals, doing new things with hardware, similarity of modern consoles and PCs, meta infrastructure, controller changes over time, what do you add and remove with sequels, serving old fans vs serving new fans, helping you to be a completist, incentive to explore, discouraging exploration, exploration and requirement for high skill, lag in the Wii and switching to emulation, mastery as a design choice, user experience of difficulty, joy of playing as an incentive, "every level you find is a gift," precision of Mario play, lack of collectibles as proof of mastery, seeing other games in Nintendo games, the picture of Brett in Nintendo World HQ, taking Yoshi or the cape through every level, getting corrected on lore, retconning the lore, trying to make sense of long series, films and world-building, disconnected ("title-related") series, paying down the Wii points, alternate reality games, adventure games being dead, archiving server-based games, appreciating the fleeting experience, Jen's Majestic experience, reflecting on the podcast through a review, eavesdropping mission in Thief II, user experience in literature/theater/film/comics/etc, different every time, role-playing vs boss battles.
Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Star Wars Starfighter, Prey, Dark Souls, Breath of the Wild, Assassin's Creed, Shadow of the Colossus, Metroid (series), Tomb Raider, Halo, Super Meat Boy, Wolfenstein 3D, Skyrim, New Super Mario Bros 2, Link Between Worlds, Ben Zaugg, Mighty Joe Young, King Kong, The Giant BeastCast, Skyward Sword, Marvel Cinematic Universe, John Wick 2, James Bond, Casino Royale, Final Fantasy (series), Wizardry (series), Ultima (series), The Witcher (series), Metal Gear (series), C. J. Zimmerman, Super Princess Peach, Chrono Trigger, In Memorium, mym1nd, Blade Runner, Eternal Darkness, Discworld (series), Reed Knight, Majestic, The Black Watchmen, The Secret World, Antioch Scarlet Bay, Republic Commando, Computer Gaming World, Andrew Kirmse, Meridian 59, Chris Kirmse, 3D0, Star Wars Galaxy, The Matrix Online, Giant Bomb, KaiN - if that's my real name, Half-Life, mjwaz, AddictArts, DocBrutals, Soul Reaver, DreamCast, Thief II: The Metal Age, Looking Glass, System Shock 2, Ken Levine, Ultima Underworld, Origin Systems, Deus Ex, Warren Spector, Dishonored, Raph - some artist guy, Diablo II, Final Fantasy IX, True West, Daron Stinnett, Hitman 2, Tacoma, @giant_rat/Ficus.
Side note: What the heck is a "pedi-stool"?
Correction: Super Princess Peach was a Nintendo DS title.
Bananas and Gigantism
Finish the game!
DGC Ep 074: Breath of the Wild Bonus 0
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we are taking a quick break from our Super Mario World series. This week, we talk in person about the first couple of hours of Breath of the Wild. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary.
First couple of hours of Breath of the Wild
0:39 Seg1: BotW
34:42 Seg2: Feedback
Issues covered: setting up mics, how Zelda is it?, influence from other games, Shrine "modules" and puzzle rooms, pinning spots on the map vs being shown on a map as space is uncovered, lack of metagame (cheevos), checklist approach to design, world design problems with line of sight, ordering of challenges/dungeons, running into different Zelda elements, do things relate to the macro quest, tackling Ganon immediately, tilting towards exploration, materiality of the world, climbing perfection, masters of contextual animation, player engagement via many inputs, player skills, designing to the controller, mapping the N64 controller, influences, the difficult of mixing ideas, technology vs magic, Guardians in prior Zelda games, a new generation of Nintendo designers, lighting things on fire, speedrunning report, number of exits in SMW levels, jailbreaking SMW, Cheese Bridge, save state, identity politics in Mario games, damsel in distress trope, video game characters being defined by what they do or can't do, getting into game development, game jam to meet people, make a thing all the way through, difficulty with just the jump button, reaching for higher level mechanics to adapt to difficulty, choosing hardware to support game design, making things too difficult because you could load, save states changing psychology, streaming data changing design, bigger and lazier games with save everywhere.
Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Twilight Zone, Jennifer Lopez, Tacoma, Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds, Wind Waker, Minecraft, Portal, Assassin's Creed, Miasmata, Bethesda Game Studios, UbiSoft, PS3/Xbox 360, The Witcher 3, Disneyland, Skyward Sword, Ocarina of Time, Wayne Cline, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Nick Pavis, Soul Reaver, Tomb Raider, Ultima (series), Patrick Hollemann, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Super Mario 64, Ray Gresko, Firefox, Clint Eastwood, DLC podcast, Jeremy Fisher, SNES Classic, Shadow of the Colossus, Halo (series), Alien, The Last Guardian, DarkSiders, Prey, Desmond Miles, Star Trek, Hayao Miyazaki, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario Odyssey, Phil Rosehill, Andy Laso, Patty/pcull44444, James Roberts, Jason Schreier, Michael Sew, SethBling, Red Dead Redemption, Sleeping Dogs, Rob ot, King Kong, Chris Suellentrop, New York Times, Mario Run, Super Mario Galaxy, Mickey Mouse, Stefan Soc, Unreal Engine, TIGSource, iOS, Steam, Space Invaders, Edwin Crump, Dark Souls, Super Mario Bros 3, Brian Taylor, Myst, Shadows of the Empire, Half-Life 2, NES Classic, God of War, Super Meat Boy, The Game Informer Show, Ben Hanson.
Through the Forest of Illusion!
Swordless Zelda : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSkrK0-EIVY
96 Exit Race : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajPjBaG3p5c
Super Mario World - Credits Warp in 5:59.6 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14wqBA5Q1yc
Jailbreaking Super Mario World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixu8tn__91E
Sullentrop article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/opinion/super-mario-runs-not-so-super-gender-politics.html?_r=0
DGC Ep 073: Super Mario World (part two) 0
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we currently playing 1991's Super Mario World. This week, we talk in more depth about the level design and the ways in which its open nature influences difficulty. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary.
Through Vanilla Dome
Issues covered: In-depth discussion of saxophones, respecting the game as a work of art, potential tech issues, character momentum, ways in which 3D platformers might be different, preparing for a run, mental state for play and muscle memory, player physics, going back and forth in a level, the ghost levels, how Brett preps for a run, Brett learns thing that Tim doesn't, having levels you can't get past and then the next one being easy, frustration with reaction time, Nintendo design pillars, combining elements for complexity and depth, introduction of mechanics in Donut 3, onboarding players/teaching without them knowing, what is the Nintendo practice to tune these levels?, being prepared for a level rather than coming in fresh, learning through failure and accident, imitating Nintendo but not doing it well, visual fidelity, learning through failure as a trope, our decisions should make the players' lives easy (regardless of the cost to us), "fun does not mean challenge," no room for error, "digital failure," high-lethality shooters and skill, blaming yourself and getting frustrated, overworld, making certain things necessary to prepare for because of the overworld, balancing the game around an ability, getting your money's worth, multiple paths and having your mind blown, hint lines, not being a phone person, help line as crunch, ROM hacks, why not a 3D platformer.
Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Edward Herrmann, The Lost Boys, Koji Kondo, Link to the Past, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World 2, Rayman Legends, Half-Life, Cave Story, New Super Mario Bros, Super Metroid, Breath of the Wild, Shigeru Miyamoto, Valve, Blizzard, Demons's Souls, Tomb Raider, Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios, Rogue Spear, LEC-Quake, Patrick Holleman, Anthony Halderman, GTA series, James Roberts, LucasArts, Alexander Graham Bell, Wizard and the Princess, Sierra, Apple ][, Mario Maker, Eric Anderson, Mario 64, Mario Odyssey, System Shock.
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__label__wiki | 0.670188 | 0.670188 | ABOUT US: History
ABOUT US: Vision Statement
ABOUT US: Statement of Faith
Alamosa, CO Messianic Union
Colorado Springs, CO Messianic Union
Delta, CO Messianic Union (Goshen)
Odessa, TX Messianic Union
Ruidoso, NM Messianic Union
Dai Council Orders of Decree
Dai Council Elder Duties
FUTURE PROJECTS: Shiloh (Dai Mission)
FUTURE PROJECTS: Berea (Dai Institute)
FUTURE PROJECTS: Goshen (Dai Colony)
FUTURE PROJECTS: Goshen
If Project Shiloh (Dai Mission) is “Phase One” and Project Berea (Dai Institute) is “Phase Two”, then this ambitious project — the establishment of a planned Messianic Jewish community north of the Umcompahgre National Forest in Colorado — is “Phase Three”.
The Community of Goshen (also referred to as “Goshen, Colorado”) would be more than merely a religious monastic community. Goshen would be a fully self-sustaining agricultural and industrial colony site where olive growing, kashrut animal husbandry, and silver mining & refining would take place, with Dai Mission at its heart. The colony will take several years to set up, with development occurring in nine planned stages:
Stage 1: Soon after the establishment of the initial fifteen (15) acre Dai Mission site itself, the parsonages and priories required for the monastery would be constructed over an additional four (4) more square acres. Gardens and fruit tree groves would be planted over another four (4) square acre stretch for the use of the monastery’s staff and residents. A road network surrounding the Dai Mission site would be set up and paved. An additional nine (9) acres of general-purpose land surrounding the Mission site would be obtained and developed later.
Stage 2: Greenhouse farming installations using desert farming techniques (such as those pioneered in Southern California, Australia, and Israel) would be erected on an additional thirty to thirty-six (30 – 36) acres of land, and part of the gardens and groves would be transferred to the farms as the farmers cultivate foodstuffs for the whole colony. Private investors will be sought to fund these farms, which would sell their surplus to both residents and outside buyers. Additional cabins and other residency structures would be set up as needed as the site slowly transforms from Dai Mission to Dai Farms.
Stage 3: Land would be set aside for ranching and dairy farming, with the ranch houses serving as the colony’s second residential areas. As this second agricultural project continues, more families would be invited to assist with the ranch work.
Stage 4: Up to nine developers will be sought out to purchase an additional one hundred-and-eight acres (108) acres of land on either side of the colony. Half of this land will be divided into two-acre residential or mixed-use/apartment plots to be sold or leased to new residences, while the other half will be devoted to commercial and light industrial use. Housing, office buildings, and multi-use garages may be constructed, with ample room for future development.
Stage 5: Additional lands would be reserved as industrial zones. Maintenance shops, fuel stations, manufacturing plants, power stations, foundries, machine shops, bio-diesel plants, and even breweries will be located here.
Stage 6: Community facilities for disaster relief and colony security provided by Dai Corps, government offices, parking areas, and a local farmer’s market for both residents and visitors will be established.
Stage 7: A park setting with attached parking area and camping amenities would be set up for visitors to Goshen.
Stage 8: More community facilities would be established during this phase, including dedicated colonial medical services, a volunteer EMS/fire/search-and-rescue station, a dedicated colony security facility separate from Dai Corps, and water and well facilities.
Stage 9: The completion of residential facilities — including the establishment of a Goshen Homeowner’s Association (HOA) to govern Goshen’s residential properties — would occur during this final phase of development as Dai Colony becomes the City of Goshen.
After the site in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico was ruled out, a new site for this future planned community was found a little over three miles from the township of Cederage in Delta County, Colorado: Shadow Mesa Ranch. Nestled atop a private mesa, the 708-acre Shadow Mesa Ranch site already contains all the amenities the nascent colony site will require: ample water supply (the site is bordered by Ward Creek and Dirty George Creek); electrical and phone line connections, in addition to three domestic water taps and a water well; the property is already zoned for (and has already been used for) cattle and horse ranching and seasonal hunting operations; the site has plenty of local wildlife for food and game hunting, if required; the land is fertile and good for agricultural use; the property is strategically elevated for maximum isolation from the outside world; and the existing buildings on site (ranch buildings and associated residences) can all be easily repurposed for use by Dai Mission or the Community of Goshen and would serve well as the beginnings of an agricultural colony.
There’s just one problem: the site will cost over $4 million to obtain, and additional funds will be required later to develop the property from Dai Mission throughout all nine stages of growth into the planned community of Goshen.
That’s where you come in! 😉
We cannot make the dream of Goshen a reality without your support. With your donations, we can obtain the Shadow Mesa Ranch property and develop it into Dai Mission first, then nurture it further into Goshen. With your labor and your assistance in getting the word out to sympathetic ears, we can build the streets, greenhouses, and facilities of this dream.
If you’d like to donate to us or invest in us and help us make Goshen into a reality, contact us for more information or visit our Donations page.
Shadow Mesa Ranch site info: [PDF]
Information provided by Lone Eagle Land Brokerage, Inc.
Ben Terry’s original “Dai Colony” plan from 2016.
Possible alternate sites for the Community of Goshen in the region overseen by the Goshen Messianic Union.
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A Tale of Two Thieves Part 2
By: JD Kenyon
This entry is part of 2 in the series A Tale of Two Thieves
The rising sun was warming the crisp morning air as Storn Mard cantered up Dargon’s Main Street, mulling over the day ahead. While he still felt a bit uneasy about the plan he and Durvin Karrick had devised to get money from Durvin’s estranged wife, he felt buoyant about the prospect of seeing the attractive Della Karrick once again. He decided that he would regard this escapade as a “recovery” and not an act of theft; after all, Durvin insisted that Della had cheated him out of a goodly sum of money two years earlier. Storn pulled up the reins and slipped off his mount, tethering the stallion to a wooden post outside Della’s home. He rapped on the door, then stepped back into the street with a hand tucked behind his back and waited. There were muffled sounds indoors and he heard a little girl’s brief wail just before the door opened cautiously.
“Oh! Milord Mard.” Della balanced her daughter Ginny on a hip as she pushed the door ajar and looked at the bundle in his hand. “I did not expect you to return the clothes.”
The day before, Storn had contrived to meet Della after staging an accident at the docks during the annual blessing of the Dargon fleet. The plan had worked out neatly; not only had she invited him back to her home, she had also loaned him dry clothes.
“It was the least I could do, Madam Karrick.” Storn smiled broadly as he proffered the pile of borrowed clothes and followed Della into the house. “You were most generous in providing me with assistance after my unfortunate tumble.”
He revealed a spray of wildflowers that he had concealed behind his back. “I picked these on the way into town.”
Della took the flowers and set Ginny on the bed, along with the clothes. “They are very pretty. But there was no need.” She was cool and aloof. Storn watched as she crossed to the kitchen and silently searched for a jug.
He bent to talk to the toddler in a loud whisper. “Something tells me that your mother does not like flowers.” Ginny rushed away shyly to her mother’s side and Della reached down to clasp her hand.
“I didn’t mean to sound rude.” She looked at him. Her blue eyes were piercing and her direct gaze caught Storn off guard.
“Della …” he paused. “It so happens that I now have some business in Dargon that I need to attend to. I will be here for a day or two.” He had to convince her he had a good reason to stay on, because he had told her before that he was just in town for the festivities. “Would you and Ginny like to accompany me on an outing tomorrow? After all, we missed the festivities and I feel I owe you both something in return.”
“Thank you for your kind offer, Milord.” Della’s smile seemed forced. “Unfortunately,” she said, looking at Ginny, “we are not going to be here on the morrow.”
“Oh.” This was going to affect Storn’s plans. “Will you be busy the whole day?”
“I am afraid so.” She started to walk back towards the door and Storn was forced to follow. “Thank you for returning the clothes,” she said brusquely, and nudged the door open with her foot. Storn knew he was being given a signal to exit.
He stepped outside into the fresh air, untethered his stallion and hardly had time to say farewell as Della shut the door firmly. With his foot in the stirrup, he swung his leg over and settled on his mount.
“Never fear, Storn Mard. One door closes, and another opens,” he muttered to himself as he set off down the road at a canter, his mind already working on a way to turn the situation to his advantage.
Judging by the glazed look in his eyes, Durvin was already downing his umpteenth ale of the day as Storn walked through the door to the Rogue and Quiver. His greasy-haired companion was also doing his best to engage the serving woman in a conversation and Storn caught the tail end of some fanciful story as he approached.
“Back already?” Durvin grinned. “I guess our Della did her usual icy slip and shunt.” He chuckled at his own description.
“For your information,” Storn said through gritted teeth, “it so happens that I have another plan.”
Durvin’s stool scraped as he pushed it back, swigged his ale and surveyed Storn. “So let’s hear it then.”
“She’s going out tomorrow.” The interest in Durvin’s eyes picked up at Storn’s words.
“You’re sure?”
“She turned me down for a prior arrangement,” Storn informed him, but decided not to say that Della had subtly declined him in more ways than that. He was not used to having his advances rebuffed. He turned his attention to the woman behind the counter.
“Good morning, fair maiden.” The woman blushed, but responded with a gap-toothed smile. Reaching across the counter and catching her hand in his, Storn beamed back at her. “What does a poor man have to do to get a drink and a smile in this place?” He lifted her fingers and brushed them to his lips as his partner snorted loudly next to him.
“Just bring the man a drink, you silly sow,” Durvin interjected loudly.
Storn gave him a sideways blow on the shoulder, almost knocking him from the stool. The woman laughed and filled a tankard with ale. Storn decided that this was a more productive way to spend his day, instead of chasing after a cold-hearted woman like Della Karrick. He took a generous swig and winked at the barmaid.
“It’s going to be much easier than we anticipated, Durvin.”
“Fat lot of good you’ve been,” his partner grunted. “I may as well have done this on my own.”
“Straight! You could not take the chance of being seen by the town guard. In fact, you are taking a risk sitting here.” Storn said under his breath. “Or did you forget that they still hang people who commit murder?”
Durvin’s eyes narrowed and Storn knew that his partner would prefer not to be reminded that he was being sought in Dargon for the killing of a young guardsman. “Well, thieving ain’t much better, Mard. So don’t get all self-righteous with me.”
“We are partners. We do this together,” Storn proclaimed, slapping Durvin on the back. “Besides,” he said, leaning forward to whisper a fact that he had concealed the day before, “I know where she has hidden the money.”
He grabbed the wench as she passed by the table and pulled her onto his lap, ignoring Durvin’s expectant gaze.
“I’ve got work to do,” she protested.
“That you have,” Storn agreed and slid his hand around her waist.
The stallion swished his tail and snorted, and Storn patted his flank as he peered from the alleyway early the next morning. A full bell had passed since first light.
“Shhhh, boy, shhhh.” Storn felt uneasy. It was unlike the horse to be restless, and it was not the first time that he had been backed up in a narrow alley, although Storn usually worked under cover of dark. He had a clear view of Della’s doorway. She was yet to leave for her errand, but there was still no sign of Durvin. Storn cussed under his breath. They had agreed to meet here at dawn and Storn hoped that the stupid fool was not still asleep somewhere. His own head was throbbing slightly. If it had not been for the fact that he had had company in his room the previous night, he would have kept a closer watch on his rogue companion. As it was, he had told Durvin to make his bed elsewhere; after all, Storn had paid for the room and he was in need of a little womanly comfort, even if she was not as fair as Della Karrick.
Sudden movement from across the road caught his eye and he sidled closer to the wall to get a better look. Della was closing the door. She had her back to him and a bright scarf bound loosely over her hair, concealing her face as she turned to the road. Ginny was standing at her side, fidgeting about. Della picked her daughter up, cradling her in the crook of her arm, and walked off in the opposite direction towards Main Street. She was moving slowly, and Storn had to wait a few menes until she disappeared from sight. He stepped from the alley and looked about for any sign of Durvin.
“Turdation!” He decided not to wait any longer. A heavily laden wagon rolled by, stirring up a trail of dust. Storn gave a quick tug on his horse’s reins to check that they were still tied to the wooden wall slat, then hurried across the road as the wagon came to a halt a short distance away. There was some commotion as a group of men started to unload barrels. With a quick glance over his shoulder, Storn opened Della’s door and stepped inside, shutting it behind him.
The room looked as if the Beinison army had plundered it. Chairs had been smashed; jagged bits of splintered wood poked into the air. Bolts of cloth had been yanked open and were covered in ash. His eyes settled on the torn strips of material caught beneath an overturned bench. He recognized it as what was left of the dress Della had been working on.
“*Durvin*!” He spat the word out as he dashed to the back room, stumbling over a tattered flap of curtain that had once covered the doorway, and dropping to his knees to look under the bed. The loose floorboard he had noticed when he had changed in the room two days earlier had been pried open and lay to the side of a now-empty hole. There was no time to be lost if he wanted to catch the two-timing, thieving, no-good whoreson. Storn sprinted for the door — and stopped dead in his tracks as he came face to face with Della Karrick. Ginny was asleep in her mother’s arms, her thumb in her mouth. Their eyes met.
“What are you doing in my home?” she asked in a low tone that seethed with anger. Storn saw with some shock that her scarf was concealing a livid bruise across her cheek.
“I just came to bid you farewell and found this disarray,” he said, watching her reactions closely. “What happened?”
Della sighed and stood quietly.
“Please don’t tell me you think I am responsible for this,” Storn said, with a calculated measure of surprise. He crossed the room and set the bench upright, then gestured for her to sit on it. She walked past him, leaving the door open behind her, and laid Ginny on the pallet, smoothing the little girl’s dark curls.
“I was going to report this to the guard this morning.” Her voice was trembling. She bit her lower lip as she stared at the destruction around her.
“You know who did it?” he asked, feeling ill at ease. There was an extended silence as he waited for her to speak.
“I was not entirely honest with you,” she said at last. She spoke slowly, her body rigid as she perched on the edge of the pallet. “This is the work of my former husband — the lousy rat who walked out on us two years ago and then came back last night.”
If the town guard knew, they would be here soon. Storn glanced at the door. “Did you report it?”
“I changed my mind.” She looked defeated. “Durvin is a brutal man.”
Storn’s hands hung at his side and he felt an inner rage starting to seethe. “Why did he do this?”
“He said it was revenge for the way I treated him.” She shook her head and looked at him, as if she was expecting him to say something.
To avoid her gaze, Storn bent to the task of clearing up the things that were strewn on the floor. He could feel her eyes on his back as he moved about the room.
He found a woven coverlet under an unrolled bolt of cloth and handed it to her. She flinched when she took it and he noticed the bruises on her arm as she covered Ginny with it. Her trembling fingers tugged at the scarf and a sheaf of hair fell across her shoulders. She stood up and brushed past him.
“Did he take much?” Storn asked, watching as she began to straighten her possessions, her hands pausing over the broken shards of mug and bits of shattered wood.
“He took everything I had.” She looked at the torn remnants of the dress she had been working on. The tears welled in her eyes and he barely heard her whispered words. “It was money that I earned the hard way.”
They worked together in silence, turning the table upright and fixing the stools and chairs as best they could. Swirls of dust glimmered in the sun’s rays as they moved about. Ginny whimpered in her sleep and Della rushed to her side. She knelt and cuddled the little girl in her arms, and as Storn looked down on mother and daughter, an uncomfortable sense of guilt settled heavily on him. It was not something that he was used to feeling.
“I have to go,” he said quietly. Della did not reply as he left her house, pulling the door shut behind him.
Storn’s gap-toothed companion from the night before beamed widely as he barged into the Rogue and Quiver. There were a handful of early morning patrons hunched over tables, but Durvin was not in the tavern. Storn darted across to the counter and tried desperately to recall the wench’s name. Eventually he blurted, “Woman! Where is my friend? Did you see him leave?”
She looked taken aback at this sudden show of rudeness and turned away from him. He leapt over the counter and pushed her up against the barrels.
“Please, my dearest one,” he said in a soothing tone, running his hand over a rounded hip, “it’s a matter of life or death.” Her eyes softened as he took her hand in his grasp and dropped to his knees, clutching her waist.
“All right, you charming scoundrel!” She pointed to a stout woman wiping tables. “He spent the night with Maddie over here — even gave her a bleeding Round, unlike some of us who got nothing.”
“I wouldn’t say nothing,” Storn reprimanded in mock offence and stood up. She blushed and pushed at his chest as the other woman came towards them.
“If you’re looking for your friend,” Maddie said, “he bolted during the night.” She leaned over the counter, giving Storn a generous view of her ample bosom. “Just so you know, the Round was only because he couldn’t get it up and wanted me to keep quiet about it.”
“Guess I should have given you a Round then,” his bed companion said, running her hands down his chest and winking at Maddie, who let out a hearty laugh.
“Did he say where he was going?” Storn brushed the roving hands away.
“Do I look like I care where he was going?” Maddie said. Storn swore in exasperation. Durvin could be heading anywhere, and he had a good head start. “If it will help, he asked about barges heading for Kenna.”
Storn bolted back over the counter and planted a resounding kiss on Maddie’s cheek before dashing out the tavern. He could still hear her laughter as he mounted his startled steed deftly and dug his heels in to get the beast moving.
“Thought you would get away, you cheating whoreson,” he grunted, and galloped towards the riverside docks.
It was close on mid of day at the docks as Storn slowed the stallion to a trot. He cursed, looking at the clusters of people milling about. It seemed as if everyone in Dargon had business at the riverside today. A couple of deckhands staggered past him.
“Ahoy there,” he called. They stopped and turned to look up at him. “I’m seeking barges bound for Kenna.”
“End of the dock,” the swarthy one muttered, pointing past a row of crates and goods on the small crowded dock.
“Thanks.” He spurred the horse on, then yelled back over his shoulder, “If you’re wanting a good time, try the Rogue and Quiver!”
With the knot of people thickening every step of the way, Storn slipped off the stallion’s back and looped his reins over the closest post. Charging ahead, Storn narrowly avoided careening into some dockworkers who were shifting a large wooden crate. Ahead of him, he could see deckhands preparing a barge for sail. Storn’s path was blocked by a group of straggling dockworkers. He skirted round them, lengthened his stride and broke into a run. Durvin Karrick was not going to get away that easily. Kenna was upriver from Dargon, and if his cheating partner got that far, Storn would have a hard time tracking him.
“Are you bound for Kenna?” he called to a thickset man who was untying a thick swirl of rope from its mooring.
“Aye.” Storn stepped past the man and bounded up the gangplank, ignoring the shouts of protest from behind him. A glimpse of greasy hair and a black cape were all he needed to confirm that his crooked partner was on board. He lunged forward.
Busy deckhands cursed him and blocked his path as he shoved past them and clambered over crates, jostling his way across the barge’s deck. Durvin was near the barge’s helm, talking to a man Storn took to be the captain. They turned at the sound of the commotion. Durvin’s eyes widened. He muttered to the captain and started to scramble backwards. Storn reached him in two strides.
“Screegull scum!” He grabbed Durvin’s tunic and whipped him round to face him.
“I can explain –” Durvin stammered.
“How you cheated me and beat up a young woman?” Storn snarled. He sensed that the men on board were circling them.
In the background, he heard one of the deckhands start a chant. “Fight. Fight. Fight.” More voices joined in.
“The bitch deserved it!” Durvin spat the words out and widened his stance.
The voices around them rose, but Storn no longer needed an invitation. He swung his arm and felt the crunch of Durvin’s jaw beneath his fist. Wild-eyed, Durvin staggered into the gathered men and was grabbed roughly and flung back into the tight circle. As he straightened, Storn saw that Durvin now held a short dagger in his hands. Durvin lunged at him. Storn pulled back, narrowly escaping the blade, but the circle of men behind him thrust him forward again. Out the corner of his eye, he saw a thick wooden staff against a crate in a narrow gap between the jeering deckhands. Dodging to avoid another of Durvin’s wild blows, he made for the staff, gripped it in his hand and went on the attack, slamming the hard wood into Durvin’s chest and forcing him to reel backwards. He wielded the staff, blow after blow, until Durvin’s knife fell from his grasp and he sank to his knees. The gathered men fell silent, and the only sound that could be heard was the ragged breathing that tore from Durvin’s lips and Storn’s own deep gasps.
The captain bent to retrieve the knife and took the staff from Storn’s clutch. “Beat a woman, you say?” he asked, looking at Storn.
“A beautiful young woman,” Storn said, not taking his eyes off Durvin’s prostrate form.
Nochturon’s glow lit the deserted streets of Dargon as the lone rider’s mount slowed to a trot. The horse’s hooves clack-clacked slowly across the cobbles towards Ramit Street. Storn pulled the horse up short and paused in the cool night air, his tongue running tenderly over a bruised lip. There was a dull ache in his arm and he plucked gingerly at his shirt, prying it away from the dried blood on his wounded shoulder. Less than a bell ago he had been on the road south, heading away from Dargon. “You’re getting soft,” he said under his breath and shook his head. From where he sat, he could see Della Karrick’s door, a short way down the road. The stallion whinnied and flicked its tail. Storn dropped his hand to his waist and felt for the pouch of coins he had taken from Durvin, then he nudged the horse’s flanks with his heels and headed for her threshold.
He slipped off his steed and knocked quietly on the door, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. The house remained silent. He knocked again, this time a short, sharp rap. The sound carried in the night gloom and Storn glanced over his shoulder to see if there were any people about. He heard a light footfall. The door scraped and opened an inch, and he saw Della staring at him in surprise.
“May I come in?” he asked, the reins trailing loosely from his bruised fingers.
She hesitated, the candle she held lighting her face with a soft radiance.
“All right, Milord.” She opened the door to let him in, tugging her shawl around her shoulders. There was an icy chill in the dark room.
“I won’t stay long. I just wanted to return this.” He stretched out his hand and held the bag of coins before her. “I’m afraid Durvin has already spent some of it.”
She stared at the pouch that dangled from his fingers, and he heard her breath catch in her throat.
“I don’t know what Durvin led you to believe,” she said as she eventually reached for the bag. “There wasn’t much to take.”
He raked his fingers through his hair, wincing at the pain in his shoulder. Della crossed to the table and emptied out the small pile of coins in the flickering candlelight. She gathered them in her hand and turned to face him.
“Why?” she asked.
Storn realized that it was a simple question which begged a hundred different answers. He looked away and thought a while before he spoke.
“Durvin lied to me and he cheated me. I expect that he did the same to you.” He swallowed hard. “I suppose I thought that you and Ginny didn’t deserve it.”
“Should I be grateful?”
“No,” he said, “That’s not what I came for.” He was glad that he stood in the shadows so that she could not see the uncertainty on his face, because he did not know what he wanted from her. Not gratitude. Perhaps acceptance; perhaps just to know that he had made her happy; this woman with eyes the color of the ocean on a calm day, and a laugh that made him feel like the gods had smiled on him.
She slipped the coins back into the pouch and tightened her shawl around her. “Then you have done what you wanted to do.”
“Della –”
“I’ve survived Durvin Karrick more than once, Milord Mard.” She sounded bitter, but resolute. “I’ll do it again.”
“Then at least know that Durvin won’t be back in a hurry.” What he did not say was that after he had beaten Durvin, the captain had agreed not to call the guard. Since he had already been paid for the journey, the captain said he would let Durvin stay aboard, but as a deckhand, and not a passenger. “He’s on his way to Kenna.”
She picked up the candle and crossed to where he stood, her hand on the door. He turned to leave, then paused.
“Tell me,” he asked, voicing the one question that had been on his mind, “why did you think that I was involved? Because I was at your house that morning?”
“I knew the day that you brought the clothes back,” she said.
“Was the ruse that obvious?”
“No. But I never told you my married name, Milord Mard,” she said. “When you brought the clothes back you called me Madam Karrick. People around here only know me by my mother’s name.”
He remembered how cool she had been towards him that day.
She gave a wry laugh. “I moved the coins, you know. I took you for a petty thief, and thought if you didn’t find anything you would leave me alone. Durvin was just more persistent.”
“I am truly sorry, Della.” He looked at the fading bruise on her cheek. “I have been many things in my life: I have swindled and conned and stolen. But I have never hurt a woman.”
“Perhaps not with your fists.”
The words hit him harder than any of the blows Durvin had struck. He swallowed and shook his head lightly. “It’s not likely that I will ever do an honest day’s work, but knowing what I have done to you will certainly make it harder.”
She opened the door. “Good bye, Milord.”
Instinctively, he leaned forward and brushed his lips over her soft mouth. “Good bye, Della Karrick.”
He turned and walked out the door. As he settled in the saddle, he saw Della staring at him from the doorway, the candle flickering in the cool night breeze.
“It’s never too late to change, Storn Mard,” she said, and he had a feeling that she knew what she was talking about. He clicked his tongue and yanked the horse’s reins, turning to head up the dark street.
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In Defense of Robert Wexler
My review of Congressman Robert Wexler’s book includes plenty of criticism of him. I would add my extremely negative view of the new get-tough-on-the-nonexistent-threat-from-Iran bill that he’s cosponsored. But this attack on him is utter nonsense.
Was Wexler late in coming to impeachment? Of course, he was. But not as late as many other Congress members, and not as late as many more who we hope will still come around. We want to welcome them with open arms, not attacks for showing up tardy.
Is there more that Wexler could do for impeachment? Of course, there is. But he has already taken the almost unheard of step of publicly whipping his colleagues and committee chairman. He has uniquely put his voice in the media. He has uniquely assigned both congressional staff and campaign staff to work on the issue, and to work in cooperation with grassroots groups.
While Congressman Dennis Kucinich has taken the lead, as Wexler openly acknowledges and praises, Wexler has taken steps that nobody else has taken and done more for impeachment than anyone in Congress other than Kucinich.
Does Wexler hope to generate support for his election campaigns and sell copies of his book? Does he hope to generate some fame for himself, maybe even take pleasure in some talk of a vice-presidential nomination? Maybe even raise some money to pay the salaries of all the staffers he – and NO OTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS – has working on impeachment?
Well, what could be better? What would indicate more life in our tattered democracy? Electing saints who cared nothing for public opinion would be the death of a democracy. Electing anti-politicians who didn’t want to compete is by definition not possible. The wonderful thing about Wexler is that, even compared to most politicians, he’s willing to make a lot of noise for positions actually held by his constituents. Sure, he’s attracting attention to himself – but for exactly what we want him to attract attention to himself.
Already a quarter millenium back, as democracy was being born, David Hume pointed out that there is very little harm, if any, and often much good, in people taking pride in their good behavior. Would we prefer they did the right thing but with indifference to people around them? Or did the right thing but with shame and secrecy? Or did the wrong thing?
Let’s grow up, here. I want to see every congress member who claims to take a position to do more than cosponsor a resolution. I want them to make it a focus of their next campaign. I want them to write a book about it. I want that book to be a best seller. I want them to get on TV and talk about it endlessly. I want them to pressure their colleagues to get on board. Why wouldn’t I?
Now, perhaps I’m corrupt as well. Perhaps AfterDowningStreet and Democrats.com hope to build their membership and run ads for Wexler’s book and run ads from other poor chumps attracted by all the work we do to try to make impeachment happen, while meanwhile I’m secretly traveling around the country giving speeches promoting impeachment, and I make a living at it, and I might write a book someday and want people to buy my book too.
But I hardly see the harm in putting ourselves out for impeachment. I think the Congress member who just signs a resolution and then goes out and tells everyone it’s only for show and not really possible can be thanked for doing something more than most and yet can also be upbraided for hypocrisy and counterproductive actions. But the member of Congress who publicly and privately devotes endless hours to pushing for impeachment as a real possibility? We’re going to condemn him because he’s running for reelection and selling a book? That’s where you lose me.
And that’s where you’ll have to completely condemn every single member of Congress. Kucinich, too, sends people to his campaign website. His website, too, asks for money and Email addresses. And he should do that, and I would complain if he didn’t. Our job is not to complain that he’s promoting himself. Our job is to ask even him, as our leader in Congress, to do more, and to ask everyone else in Congress to catch up to him. And if he writes another book, our job is to make it a bestseller – and maybe even read it, and maybe even learn something.
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DeBakey High School for Health Professions – Qatar is a very unique and special school. I want to remind everyone of the history of this school as it was one of the last major acts that Dr. Micheal E. DeBakey made during his extraordinary life. The school was founded to create the next generations of medical professional research, innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, and engineers, which exemplified who Dr. DeBakey was to mankind.
The mission of this school is to ensure his legacy is sustained and thus we must create global citizens who transform this world for the better. To this end we have a new vision that tells us where we are going as we create an educational institution that is dedicated to challenging, inspiring and empowering our students. This means that everyone in the DeBakey school family must embrace these three key elements as part of our DeBakey DNA.
The next few years will be critical in the development of the school and it will take all of us harnessed in same collaborative effort to sustain Dr. DeBakey trust in us to continue his work.
I know we can do this as we are the stewards of his trust.
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Anthropometric Survey 2008
Cambodia, 2008
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The National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning conducted the Cambodia Anthropometric Survey (CAS) 2008. CAS 2008 is the first survey, and was sponsored by UNICEF and UNDP in Cambodia.
The 2008 Cambodia Anthropometrics Survey (CAS) is a nationally representative sample of 7,495 households with children 0 to 59 months of age. The survey includes representative samples of nineteen survey domains, or areas, throughout the country. The 2008 CAS includes valid anthropometric measurements of over seven thousand children, making it the largest national sample of child measurements ever collected in the country. The main purpose of the survey is to provide policymakers and planners with updated information on nutrition in light of steep increases in the price of food. In order to provide a comprehensive view on nutrition in the country, data on anthropometry, micronutrient deficiency, food consumption, disease, coping strategies, infant/young child feeding, and health services were included in the survey. In addition to the national survey, 400 households in the informal settlements of Phnom Penh were sampled using the same methodology and questionnaire.
Individual, Household, Child 0 to 59 months of age, Woman aged 15- 49 years old
Version 01: Final dataset of the survey.
The scope of the Cambodia Anthropometric Survey 2008 incudes:
1. Child anthropometry
2. Nutritional status of mothers
3. Child disease
4. Coping strategies
5. Food consumption
6. Infant & young child feeding
7. Child health services
8. Maternal health services
Health World Bank
Nutrition World Bank
National Five (5) groups of provinces: Battambang and Krong Pailin, Kampot and Krong Kep, Krong Preah Sihanouk and Kaoh Kong, Preah Vihear and Steung Treng, Mondol Kiri and Rattanak Kiri Provincial (for only 14 provinces)
All private households with children 0 to 59 months of age.
National Institute of Statistics Ministry of Planning
United Nations Children's Fund Technical assistance
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF Co-Funder
United Nations Development Programme UNDP Co-Funder
In order to get estimates on informal urban areas, two separate samples were collected. This was necessary because of different sampling frames. For the purpose of clarity the nationally representative sample is referred to as the "primary sample," while the sample covering informal urban areas is called the "secondary sample" in this section.
The selected design for the primary sample is a cross-sectional cluster survey with explicit stratification by province (domain) and implicit stratification by district and commune. Two of the core objectives of the survey are to provide estimates of child malnutrition at the provincial level for targeting of interventions and to identify provinces that have seen large changes in child malnutrition from 2005. In order to make disaggregated comparisons with the CDHS 2005 the same domains are used:
- Fourteen individual provinces: Banteay Mean Chey, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Kampong Thom, Kandal, Kratie, Phnom Penh, Prey Veng, Pursat, Siem Reap, Svay Rieng, Takeo, and Otdar Mean Chey
- Five groups of provinces: Battambang and Krong Pailin, Kampot and Krong Kep, Krong Preah Sihanouk and Kaoh Kong, Preah Vihear and Steung Treng, Mondol Kiri and Rattanak Kiri
Within each of the nineteen domains, households were selected using a two-stage process. At the first stage enumeration areas from the 2008 National Census were selected based on probability proportional to size. At the second stage all households in enumeration areas with less than 200 households were listed. For those areas with more than 200 households segmentation was used and only selected segments were listed. Households with children under-five were included for a random selection of ten survey participant households. In each selected household all children were measured and their mother(s) or caretaker(s) interviewed, using a separate questionnaire for each mother or caretaker. Each participant has a known, non-zero probability of selection.
Sample size was determined using calculations to fulfill the primary objective of the survey, which is to determine if rising food prices have caused a change in the trend of child acute malnutrition from 2000 to the present day at the national level. Intra-class correlation was calculated using data from the CDHS 2005 and a predicted design effect of 1.31 was estimated.
The sample design of the secondary sample of impoverished, urban areas is based on the design for one domain of the primary sample. The entire sample consists of 400 households from 40 clusters. The power to detect differences between the secondary sample and primary sample is based on the same formula from Rosner and the same design effect calculation used in the primary sample design. With a sample of 400 individuals from 40 clusters the power to detect a five percentage point difference in wasting between the primary sample and the secondary sample is .86.
The sample size formula is available in the Cambodia Anthropometrics Survey 2008 Report.
Face-to-face [f2f]
Interviewing was conducted by teams of interviewers. Each interviewing team comprised of 4 interviewers, a supervisor and a driver. Each team used a 4 wheel drive vehicle to travel from cluster to cluster.
The role of the supervisor was to coordinate field data collection activities, including management of the field teams, supplies and equipment, finances, maps and listings, coordinate with local authorities concerning the survey plan and make arrangements for accommodation and travel. Additionally, the field supervisor assigned the work to the interviewers, spot checked work, maintained field control documents, and sent completed questionnaires and progress reports to the central office.
Field visits were also made by a team of central staff on a periodic basis during fieldwork. The senior staff of NIS also made visits to field teams to provide support and to review progress.
A pretest was held from the 27th-29th of October. Most enumerators for this survey had previous experience with the Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey and all attended a three-day training from the 3rd-5th of November, which focused on selecting a sample, familiarizing staff with the questionnaire, and hands-on training in anthropometry. Data collection ran from the 6th of November until the end of the month. An extended rainy season meant that a few villages were not accessible during the month of November. Teams returned to the field from mid-December until the end of December to interview in these villages.
National Institute of Statistics NIS Ministry of Planning
Provincial Planning Department PPD Ministry of Planning
The questionnaire for this survey is designed to make trend analysis possible. It is largely based on the 2005 CDHS questionnaire. The questions used to calculate indicators shared by CAS 2008 and CDHS 2005 are identical. Indicators of coping strategies are compared to the CDRI 2008 survey and the questions used in CAS 2008 are the same as CDRI 2008. The layout of the questionnaire is designed to ensure data collection could be carried out in one month. The CAS 2008 questionnaire consists of three sections: household, child, and mother. The household section includes a list of women, their anthropometric measurements and questions on socio-economic characteristics and coping strategies. The child section consists of a child list and anthropometric measurements. A separate child section was given to each mother age 15-49 years in the household. The final section includes background characteristics, disease, health services, and food consumption. For some indicators CAS 2008 does differ from the CDHS 2005 because the base population of some indicators is different. All comparisons made in this report are of comparable estimates. A detailed account of analysis is provided in the Analysis Methodology section.
Data entry personnel were familiarized with the survey questionnaire through training before processing began. Data entry architecture was custom built for the survey using SQL and checks were built in to the program to minimize data entry error. Data processing was carried out by 20 staff, began at the beginning of December and was finished by mid-February.
Director General National Institute of Statistics sythan@forum.org.kh www.nis.gov.kh
Director, Social Statistics Department National Institute of Statistics tith_vong@yahoo.com www.nis.gov.kh
Data User Service Center National Institute of Statistics dusc@nis.gov.kh http://www.nis.gov.kh/
The Statistics Law Article 22 specifies matters of confidentiality. It explicitly says that all staff working with statistics within the Government of Cambodia "shall ensure confidentiality of all individual information obtained from respondents, except under special circumstances with the consent of the Minister of Planning. The information collected under this Law is to be used only for statistical purposes."
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National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Cambodia. Cambodia Anthropometrics Survey 2008. Ref. KHM_2008_AS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://www.nis.gov.kh/nada/index.php/catalog on [date].
The user of the data acknowledges that the National Institute of Statistics, Cambodia beares no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
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AK Garrison Keillors Sitka pen pal
The first time Keillor and Woods met was in 2013, after his show in Boone, North Carolina. Woods, whose red hair is somewhere between copper and strawberry blonde, stuck straight up. “He thought this was hilarious,” Woods said, “and took a picture peeking through my hair.” When they re-met in Palmer in 2015, Woods included the picture with a note. From then on, the two became regular pens pals. (Photo courtesy of Jasa Woods)With a new year often comes the resolution to be well. Do good work. Keep in touch. Sound familiar? That’s the famous outro to the daily “Writer’s Almanac,” hosted by legendary writer and radio host Garrison Keillor. He visited Alaska last year on a cruise and made a pit stop in Sitka to visit a pen pal. Because it turns out, when it comes to resolutions, Keillor is good on his word. KCAW’s Emily Kwong has more. Listen nowAudio transcript:Jasa Woods first met Garrison Keillor like most people do, as a disembodied voice on the radio. She said she has “a lot of beautiful memories of sunsets listening to Prairie Home Companion.”Woods grew up with that voice. And she met him in 2013, briefly in her hometown, and then last summer in Palmer. Woods was working as a park ranger in Denali and at the end of his performance, gave him a note.Garrison Keillor came to Sitka on the two-week Prairie Home Companion cruise, which previously traveled through Alaska in 2006. He also paid a visit to pen pal and former Sitka park ranger Jasa Woods. (Kendall Rock/KCAW photo)“I put my address on the back of the card. I just took a chance,” Woods said. “And about a month later, my mom texts me and she goes, ‘You got a letter. I think it’s political because it’s really nice handwriting.’ And she calls me on the phone. I was like, “Oh no, what’s the deal?” She’s like, ‘Jasa, this letter is from Garrison Keillor.’”She wrote him and he wrote back and pretty soon, they were exchanging letters and emails, every week.“Every single time that I would open up my email inbox, it was just like, ‘OMG.’ Even now it doesn’t feel like real life,” Woods said. “That someone I’ve looked up to for so long would want to be friends with me.”In August, the Prairie Home Companion was taking it’s annual cruise through Alaska and on a bright, bluebird day, word got around that Garrison Keillor was coming to Sitka. Sitkans were feeding me questions all day. Can you ask what his favorite joke is? What’s his favorite cocktail? Berett Wilber was working as a deckhand this summer and would often be standing in the pit, hauling fish, when the Writer’s Almanac came on. WILBER: That’s how I mark the time.So I want to know, when he does that, does he imagine people like me when he’s doing that?KEILLOR: I will now! From now, on for sure. I’m going to imagine a woman half covered with slime and blood and carcasses of fish.Keillor with Woods, photographer Kendall Rock, and reporter Emily Kwong on the front porch of the historic Cable House, home of KCAW – Raven Radio . (Kendall Rock/KCAW photo)Though Keillor has handed over the reins of Prairie Home Companion to Chris Thile, the Writer’s Almanac – a five minute digestive of poetry and history – continues. And most often, Keillor says, he’s writing for someone who is very busy. KEILLOR: “Probably a woman with children who is in the kitchen. It’s early morning. There are children running around. And she’s making scrambled eggs. Everything you do in that five minutes has to be extremely clear. You are not there to blow smoke at her. Poets like Mary Oliver. Her poem, “Wild Geese,” begins:You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.And to me that’s a poem that sends a message to this woman with the frying pan that is absolutely clear. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination.”Woods, the park ranger, and I sat there, kind of breathless, as this was happening. In the past year, through their correspondence, she and Keillor have become really good friends. He turns to her and says, “What’s terrific about you is your life as a park ranger. This adventurous life, never knowing where you’re going to be station.”KEILLOR: “To me that’s a life so unlike my life that I just find it fascinating. I never told you that before, but you’re fascinating.”WOODS: “Thank you.”KEILLOR: “Yeah!”Keillor said he wants to go to places like Alaska because he’s seeking grandeur. And he wants he vividly remembers performing at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer last year.“All of these Alaskans who were dizzy with pleasure of summer,” Keillor said. “And I walked out into the crowd and we sang, we sang ‘Swing low, sweet chariot.’ It was absolutely transformative.”Keillor is working on his memoir. He’s turning 75 this year. When you remove the celebrity of Garrison Keillor from the simple act of keeping in touch. Knowing that words are points of contact – a way to reach out and say, “Hey you, you’re going to be okay.” A few days later, Woods and I talk and she says this is person she’s come to know. “When he’s done autographs, I’ve never seen him turn anyone away,” Woods said. “He will always talk to the oldest to the youngest person and he wants to hear their stores. I think he just admires people for being who they are.Which is fitting, in a way, for a man whose voice alone causes you to slow down, pull up a chair, and stay awhile. read more
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French furniture pieces from the 18th-century are, in many ways, the Platonic ideal of an antique. By and large, they are exquisitely constructed, reflect a rich social and political context and come with their own semi-foreign vocabulary. French furniture pieces from the 18th-century can also be dauntingly complex and overwhelming to a non-expert.
This article will help you spot and understand some of the key differences between armchairs of the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles.
The Sun King took the throne in 1661, and his reign ushered in a period of unparalleled splendor in the French decorative arts. It was his belief that the furnishings and decor should reflect the glory, wealth and power of the monarchy itself. Accordingly, many of the exuberant, flamboyant pieces from this period may be properly described as Baroque.
How to spot a Louis XIV chair:
▪ Seat backs are rigid, rectangular and upright
▪ Seat backs are also frequently upholstered
▪ The seat itself is rectangular
▪ Armrests extend to the edge of the seat
▪ Chair legs are straight, and not connected at an angle
▪ Stretchers connect the legs beneath the seat
Louis XV style represents the French iteration of Rococo. In fact, the term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles—“rock” and “shells”—organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style. Gentle S-curves and naturalistic floral motifs are characteristic of the period, and crop up frequently on carvings of chairs. Some postulate that the increased social prominence of women influenced the more delicate and asymmetrical designs of the Louis XV style.
How to spot a Louis XV chair:
▪ Seat backs are framed with molded and/or curved wood
▪ Seat backs are often cartouche-shaped
▪ An emphasis on comfort means that seat backs are often gently angled
▪ The crest rail — or top curve of the seat back frame — features carvings, or even a central medallion
▪ Armrests are shorter
▪ Chair legs are placed at an angle
▪ Cabriole, or S-curved, leg shapes are popular
Termed the goût grec when it emerged circa 1750, Louis XVI style reflects a reaction against the florid stylings of the previous era — and, according to some historians, a nostalgic impulse for the grandeur of the Louis XIV’s reign. During the second half of the 18th-century, French furniture underwent a Neoclassical revision. Restrained, geometrical forms were preferred to the twirled, freehand designs of Rococo, and stylized references to classical Greek architecture abounded.
How to spot a Louis XVI chair:
▪ Seat backs are oval or shield-shaped
▪ Chair frames are geometric, neat and angular
▪ Carvings are more restrained, and reflect regularized, classical motifs, like the Vitruvian scroll
▪ Arm rests meet the front of the seat, often in scroll arm terminals
▪ Chair legs are typically straight
▪ Chair legs often reflect references to columns, like fluted or ribbon-twist carvings
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“Bibi got elected and now they have to go through the process again? We’re not happy about that,” Trump said. (File photo: AFP)
Reuters, Washington Monday, 3 June 2019
US President Donald Trump, voicing impatience with close ally Israel, said on Sunday he was not happy about electoral upheaval there and urged the Israelis to “get their act together.”
Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament on Thursday, paving the way for a new election on Sept. 17 after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government before a midnight deadline.
Trump is expected to keep up his support for Netanyahu, a right-wing leader who has forged close ties with the US president over their tough stances on Iran.
But the latest uncertainties clouding Israeli politics are expected to further delay the Trump administration’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan, which already faces deep skepticism from many experts. Palestinians have boycotted the effort, seeing it as heavily tilted in favor of Israel and denying them a state of their own.
The need to go to the polls again so soon after a closely contested April 9 election in which Netanyahu had claimed victory showed a new weakness in a leader who has been in power for the past decade.
“Israel is all messed up in their election,” Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving on a European trip. “They have to get their act together.”
“Bibi got elected and now they have to go through the process again? We’re not happy about that,” Trump said.
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5 Secrets that keeps apart Andrew Lincoln’s private life from the gun-toting, mean machine Rick Grimes!
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If you have been watching the critically acclaimed Zombie Apocalypse inspired Action Adventure TV show, known as ‘The Walking Dead’, then you need no introduction to Rick Grimes. For the uninitiated, Rick Grimes is the leader of a resistance formed by a band of humans in the aftermath to a Zombie Apocalypse that is growing even worse day by day.Rick Grimes is played by the brooding, salt and pepper haired, gun-toting, mean machine, Andrew Lincoln. Lincoln became a household name by the time the zombie drama reached its first season’s finale. Here are a few things you did not know about Andrew Lincoln that he is up to, while not filling undead corpses with hot lead! Use the navigator button below to check them all out.
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Big Box Retail-Physical CD Distribution is dead!!
Posted on September 7, 2010 by promusicrecords
By “Big Box Retail” (BBR), we’re really only referring to 2 companies: Walmart and Best Buy. Yes, that’s what the music industry has come to in 2010: Down to just 2 major companies, neither of which specialize in music (nor much care, as CDs are a low-margin item anyway), selling the CDs that used to make record companies, and some artists, very rich…..
Decades ago, Big Box Retail sold music as an afterthought, a loss-leader to get customers in the door and steer them towards bigger ticket items like stereo systems, TV’s, or a washer and dryer. By leveraging those big-ticket items, they discounted the CD to bare-bones pricing. This strategy, combined with the overall decline in CD sales, helped to drive big-chain record stores like Virgin, Tower, and Warehouse music out of business in just a few short years. Now, with no CD stores left to compete against except themselves, BBR are still using CDs as a loss leader, AND they’ve begun shrinking the shelf space that was once reserved for music. The simple formula of Major Record Label to Retail Record Store has all but collapsed.
This new reality has not escaped many veteran artists now compelled to bypass record labels completely and sell directly to Big Box. Artists like AC/DC, The Police, and others have offered their CDs exclusively to Walmart and Best Buy, respectively. And why not? With the state of the physical CD retail business, there is only one other possibility (okay, two if you count Target) outside of the “exclusive” retailer anyway. These artists have opted to skip the label, skip the record distributor, and simply ship CDs direct to one Big Box Retailer hub. Yet another nail in the major record label coffin…
So what’s it mean for music? Unfortunately for indie and emerging artists, this new landscape in retail does not add up to a favorable situation. Most indies don’t have the pull to approach BBR directly. And, with fewer outlets to sell a CD, and less labels and distributors to approach, selling a physical CD at a retail store has become that much more difficult. Despite all this, physical CDs still make up the 60% of music sold in the U.S., and although this percentage is falling every year, there are still a good number of consumers who will always prefer walking in a store to buy the CD. So does this mean in a couple more years you won’t be able to get the CD anywhere? Nah, don’t worry, guess which online retailer will fill this void? It’s www.thegoodzonline.com who will compete with the likes of Itunes.com and Amazon.com, whose tied with Walmart for overall sales (CD + digital) and right on the heels of Best Buy for CDs in the first half of 2010.
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CENTRAL GROUP III
(2) Jackson Liberty 8, (15) Lawrence 1
CENTRAL GROUP II
(3) Manasquan 4, (14) Rumson-Fair Haven 3
CENTRAL GROUP I
(10) Florence 7, (7) Henry Hudson 0
SOUTH GROUP III
(6) Brick 11, (11) Moorestown 1
NON-PUBLIC SOUTH B
(8) St. Rose 8, (9) Wildwood Catholic 1
Middletown North 6, Toms River North 5
Howell 10, Freehold 0
Manalapan 12, Monsignor Donovan 2
Ocean 14, Matawan 4
Red Bank (10-12) at Holmdel (9-11), 3:45 p.m.
Manchester 10, Keyport 5
No. 6 Raritan 4, No. 8 Wall 3
No. 4 Red Bank Catholic 5, No. 1 Middletown South 2
Brick Memorial 11, Long Branch 1
Keansburg 5, Shore 4
No. 9 Pinelands 4, Southern 1
What to watch for: Due to the high volume of state tournament baseball and softball games over the next two days, I won’t be able to get out and actually cover a first-round game. Add that to the list of reasons the NJSIAA’s decision to allow below .500 teams to enter the tournament was a poor one, right under how teams like St. Rose and Monsignor Donovan actually received home games. The idea behind the new guidelines – giving teams that play in strong conferences new life if they’re a game or two under at the time of the cutoff – is fair, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. Nothing against Rumson-Fair Haven, but the two-win Bulldogs don’t belong in the state tournament, for example. ………. No matter your feelings on the subject, the teams are in and the tournament begins today with five games involving Shore Conference teams. In CJ III, second-seeded Jackson Liberty, which I expect to reach the sectional final, doesn’t figure to have much difficulty with Lawrence, which is currently 7-13. ………. Aforementioned Rumson-Fair Haven visits Manasquan for the third game this season between the Class A Central teams. The Warriors swept both regular season games, but not without a near-upset the second time around, when they needed four runs for a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory. Still, Manasquan joins Jackson Liberty as a heavy favorite to advance. And like the Lions, I can definitely see Manasquan reaching the final. ………. Things don’t figure to be as easy for Henry Hudson, which begins CJ 1 play against Florence, which enters the tournament at 9-6 after advancing to the sectional final last season. Among those losses is a 2-1 defeat to Ocean County Tournament champion New Egypt and Emily Bausher in which New Egypt scored twice in the seventh to win. Bridget Rafter, Julie Barradale and the Admirals are good enough to win this one; but it likely won’t be a gimme. ………. In SJ III, Brick opens up against a Moorestown team that gave Rancocas Valley a game earlier this month, but also suffered an 11-4 loss to Timber Creek, the No. 12 seed in the section. And in Non-Public B, St. Rose hosts a 4-8 Wildwood Catholic team for the right to play top-seeded Sacred Heart, which is 20-2, in the quarterfinals.
The best games of the day aren’t even in the state tournament as Middletown South visits Red Bank Catholic and Raritan travels to Wall in a pair of interesting nondivisional games between teams ranked in the APP Top 10. The Eagles don’t get much of a breather after losing to St. John Vianney in the Monmouth County Tournament final Saturday against Red Bank Catholic, which has to be hungry for a big win after losing its past two to the Lancers. At Wall, the Crimson Knights are coming off a loss to East Brunswick, while Raritan’s won two in a row since a 2-1 loss to Toms River East. ………. Toms River North and Middletown North also get together with both teams looking to tune up heading into the state tournament, as well as the Shore Conference Tournament round of 16.
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6 Responses to Softball: Monday (5/17) schedule
hua says:
Rob – I beg to differ about who should enter the state tournament. Obviously by the 4-3 score against Manasquan, RFH could play with the #3 seed Manasquan (they also lost to them by the same 4-3 score earlier in the season). That is why you play the games instead of just giving the win to the higher seed. If the coach wants to give his team the experience of getting into the state tournament, then why shouldn’t they?
Also, if you look at the CJ Group 2 baseball bracket, the #14,15, and #16 seeds all beat the #1,2, and 3 seeds. The #16 seed had 4 wins at the time of the state cutoff and the #14, and #15 seeds had 5 wins. Should their coaches not have entered the state tournament even though they beat the #1,2 and 3 seeds????
Robert Ziegler says:
Thanks for the comment, hua. My problem isn’t necessarily with the coaches and athletic directors that enter below-.500 teams into the state tournament; that’s their option. I do have a problem, however, with the NJSIAA allowing teams with zero, one or two wins, for example, to play in the tournament. At best, it’s playing into the “everyone deserves a trophy” culture that’s ruining youth and high school athletics. At worst, it comes off as a money grab by the NJSIAA that ultimately will embarrass teams and student-athletes when they get blown out by that No. 1 seed in the first round.
Now, some teams will find a way to compete against higher-seeded teams, as Rumson-Fair Haven did, and that’s fine. I applaud them. But their ability to compete isn’t necessarily the issue. A spot in the postseason should be earned by consistent, winning play over the course of the regular season. Also, while I believe those baseball teams with poor records also don’t belong in the state tournament, baseball’s a different game than softball. Those teams can have one pitcher capable of dominating a game and upset a better team overall. In softball, that’s much less likely to happen because a softball team with a top pitcher is almost assuredly not going under .500 for the season.
hype says:
agree to disagree Rob, why most likely a top potcher will finish .500 or above for the season, with the pitching distance moved back 3 feet, the ball is put in play more often requiring the defense to step up their game. When that doesn’t happen errors result, runs score, games are lost thru no fault of the pitcher. The game this year has become more of a team game, so even though you may have a strong pitcher, if the team doesn’t play well games that should be won are not. just an observation thanks
sbfan says:
A team under .500 does NOT belong in the tournament.End of story.Sorry
Abner Doubleday says:
I disagree with you sbfan. If a sub .500 team wins a sectional final, will you still say that a team under .500 does not belong in the state tournament? Only time will tell with this rule. I have seen teams that are under .500 that go out and get the Asbury Parks and the Long Branches on their schedule just because they want to get in the state tournament. I have seen these types of teams get all the way to the sectional finals and I am sure Rob can look up some of these teams winning sectionals.
I think that there are some schools that play very weak divisional and out of division opponents and have glowing records. I have seen other sports (and been there to witness it) where the #16 seed has gone against the #1 seed and had to basically play keep away and not shoot just to keep the score down and be respectable because the #16 seed was winning by a large margin. I say whoever wants to get in should get in and if they truly are not good enough, you will see that in the 1st round.
Abner,
So,if what you’re saying is true, then when do you stop,let everyone in,until your daughter’s team gets in and then shut it down.There are 46 or 48 teams in Shore Conf. alone,how and WHEN do you play this tourney along with Mon.Co. and States.If Gov. Christie had to pull the plug on all Liberal spending,then Athletics should have to pull the plug and cap the tourney ertries.Under .500 you’re not in.Sorry.
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Posted on November 29, 2014 by Eddie
Part 1: One Foot Before The Other
From the Circuit’s very outset, in Besi Sahar, the trail is rockier than Sylvester god damn Stallone. Well, into the deep end, I thunk. I had reconnoitered the previous eve with my partners (we’d taken separate buses from Kathmandu), and as they wanted to get started straight away while I wanted to hang out and eat fruit, we agreed to meet up next morning in Buhlbule, the second village along the route. So, despite stepping off at shortly after 6:00 in the AM (had to wait for the dude, running a little late, to come and open up the checkpost), I had little time to waste.
Was tempted to throw on some shoes so as to not keep them waiting, but was really quite keen to put in an honest effort at remaining barefoot as long as possible, so decided against it. It took about an hour longer than expected to arrive to Buhlbule, and like as not for that reason, the foursome had either left without me, or ended up staying in a different village the night before. Probably for the best, I figured, as I was sure I’d only end up slowing them down quite badly.
So, I turned my attentions to dodging the sharpest of the rocks and gogging the scenery. In re the former, I very early on took up as my mantra this great Frank Turner song from a few years back, repeating its lyrics over and over again inside my head.
Granted, he’s not literally singing about hiking, or walking, or anything like that. But even a metaphorical reading seemed to me entirely appropriate:
But I place one foot before the other, confident because I know
That everything we are right now is everything that was
That Wat Tyler, Woody Guthrie, Dostoyevsky, and Davy Jones
Are all dissolved into the ether and have crept into my bones
And all the cells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands
Were once carved into the details of two feet upon the sand
And, indeed, there were some sandy stretches. What’s more, in the lower elevations of the circuit, there’s water everywhere – including, running down, over, and through the road. Even more at the particular time, so soon after monsoon’s end. So, rather than needing to sit down, remove one’s shoes, ford through, dry one’s feet, and re-shoe, it only required passing “Go” directly. Made for some muddy feet, sure – but mud is one of the more delectable surfaces in which to nestle one’s clompers.
Moreover, the waters were surprisingly warm — though this also meant that leeches were still in season. I’d been told by some returning trekkers back in Kathmandu that this was the case. And though I’d never seen one, I’d always been squeamish about taking it in the hide from same. So I was kind of freaking out a little – but by the time I’d got on the trail and begun looking at the look-see, I’d more less forgotten about them. So when (I think it was on the third day) I chanced to look down and notice a fresh wound oozing with blood (here it is post-ooze)…
…I was pretty truly confused at the sight, recalling no memory of having gashed it, nor having felt even one whit of pain or discomfort. It was only when, a few hours later, I noticed more blood running – from the webbing this time – that I finally situated my thinking-cap just so, and sussed out the nature of the woundings. So, I kind of tried to proceed through the crossings more quickly, and didn’t suffer any more bites after that. But, really, I dunno – so long as they only go at you one at a time, every few hours or so, turns out leeches ain’t all that bad.
As for the rocks, assuming one weren’t attempting to barrel through and set a land-speed record, they weren’t quite on the Satanic side. The soles did become quite sore by the end of a day’s hike; but, next morning, they were ready to go again. Anyhow, the slow pace allowed me to enjoy the overwhelming scenery all the more.
It seemed even more beautiful than it had in the Spring. Maybe because the rains had only recently stopped falling, or maybe all in my head. Either way, that very same head was spinning too right. I had thought that – having already taken so many in the Spring – I’d perhaps spend less time taking photos, and more just living in the moment. But that thought was quickly forgotten, and I ended up keeping 750-plus shots from the trek and various day-hikings around Pokhara. They’re all there at the Flickr page, so feel free to go and have a gander. But for the current moment, we’ll see if we can refrain from getting too carried away here…
In the lower elevations, the Circuit is all about the Rice paddies, the butterflies, the massive rock formations, and the sun playing its way into the gorgeous gorges throughout the early-morning hours.
And, of course, it’s also about the Marsyangdi river and the insanely numerous waterfalls thrashing their ways from the tops of said gorgeous gorges all the long splash down to the river itself. Shoot-howdy, those three rivers that so totally and thoroughly rock my world – the Marsyangdi, the Mekong, and the Yellowstone – please don’t ever ask me to choose from among them, as I fear I’d end up sitting down in the road and having myself a straight conniption.
There’s a short-ish loop trail outside of Chamche featuring one of my favourite waterfalls; in which, the water is raging right underneath one’s feet. Arriving there, I sat down on a little log bridge and luxuriated in the sun for a good thirty minutes’ time and eating some Cucumbers (pretty sure this was the last day on which I was able to find any of these).
That’s the great thing about solo trekking: You can arise whenever you want, depart whenever you want, stop for the day whenever you want, keep whatever pace you want, and stop to take photos or gog the scene whenever you want and for as long as you want. And – at least during peak season – there’re so many trekkers on the trails and in the lodges, and so many villagers out and about, that you’ll never want for camaraderie – nor have to worry about being discovered should you fall down and bash your skull (or what) real good one. Count me a solo-trekking apostle!
Anyhow, back to the waterfalls. Here’re a few more gratuitous shots:
Also, I had it in my gourd that I wanted to make a video for the awesome Cloud Cult song “When Water Comes To Life”, so was busy collecting footage to purpose toward that end. I shot it in HD, just to be pretentious-like; and while this would come back to haunt me in the form of limited memory-card space and files too massive to upload using Nepal’s miniscule tubes, I did manage to cobble together the following. I’m not completely smitten with it; but I do think it’s an enjoyable enough four minutes.
From the second day, making the climb into Bahundanda:
The Annapurna Witch Project? Nah, it’s the remains of the then-recently-completed Dashain festival, upon which I reported during my previous correspondence. Turns out, the citified celebrations are nothing like how they do things in the country. If I’d not heard all about it from some hostel-mates before departing, this sight may well have had me totally bamboozled.
What they do, they attach attach a swing to these uprights, get their dimpled asses as drunk as possible on rice beer, and then (standing rather than sitting, natch) swing those same dimpled asses up as high as they might – even ‘til they kiss the sky. At least so I’m told. Kids of all ages take part in the rite. But by the time, a week or so later, I reached the Rainbow Super View Hotel, near Chamche, the schoolchildren had eyes only for the teevee show.
Yep, a few of the lodges are equipped with teevee screens and satellite dishes. That’s a few too many, in my estimation – but, I guess it’s not for me to say.
Speaking of Bahundanda, here’s a kind of a funny story. On my way back down, the second-to-the-last night of the trek, the only other guests in the lodge there in Jagat were a quite nice Australian couple on the way up, their second-to-the-first night of trekking. They were using a guide, a young-one of only nineteen years – whom, they had come to learn, had greatly oversold his familiarity with the trek.
Shortly after passing Ngadi, Annapurna trekkers are presented with an alternative: Either stay on the road, continuing on through Jagat and points upward, or branch off onto the trail climbing up to Bahundanda and Ghermu before descending back down and re-joining the road at Syange. They’d wanted to use the Bahundanda route, but their guide, insisting all along that he knew what he was doing, ended up getting them lost, and they’d had to backtrack for some time and ended up taking the road instead. So they never did make it to Bahundanda.
A real shame, because the lady of the couple was having a devil of a time pronouncing “Bahundanda”. She could always, eventually, spit it out – but, holy hell, it was painful to watch. Or rather, it would have been painful for anyone with a soul; myself, I found it deeply hi-larious. What was painful was trying to keep oneself from corpsing every time she began to steel herself for a new attempt – which attempts were shockingly frequent, in fact, even considering the central role Bahundanda played in their story. Gotta give her props, though, for never having tried to steer ’round its use, nor employing some kind of code-word, or what have you.
It’s all very strange anyway, because it’s so well marked that to find the conjunction-junction needs neither guide, nor map, nor even prior knowledge of its existence. Don’t know just what their guide had been smoking that day, but he’d definitely been smoking something.
Part 2: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The trail through Bahundanda, as well as a similar diversion through the village of Tal, are much desired as they allow trekkers to avoid the road for large stretches of time. I voiced in the Spring my opinion that the road wasn’t nearly so bad as has been made out. But now in the Autumn, it was even less so than before. I couldn’t figure it out, really: Why were there so few jeeps and motorcycles? They were just…nowhere to be seen.
Finally, on my fourth day of trekking, I discovered the reason. A massive rockslide was covering the road between Chamche and Karte. There was one backhoe working at clearing the path, but until then, there were just a few jeeps on either side of the slide, with porters ferrying supplies from those arriving below to those waiting above.
Meanwhile, the walking trail over the slide was precarious as a motherfucker. Not for Nepalis, of course – but the latter have been blessed with magical feet and an equally nimble stride to accompany them with. I picked my way slowly through, however, until right near the end where there were two different routes one could take. A gentlemen was taking the lower, so I thought to take the upper and avoid having to cross his path. But I quickly became unsure of my ability to make the grade, and turned back to try the lower route instead.
Just as I was so doing, a Nepali gentleman of sixty or so years arrived out of nowhere and offered to take my backpack across. “No problem,” he kept repeating over and over. Almost before I could get the straps unlatched, he’d grabbed the pack with one arm and teleported to the end of the slide. Even without the pack, I still had to take it slow and unsteady. But, eventually, I did make it to the other side as well.
The Nepalis in the slide area were much less interested in my difficulties navigating the obstacle course, and much more interested in my bare feet. The same was true everywhere, of course: Nepalis and trekkers alike – to the very last person – stopped to ask me about my bare feet. One of the former assured me that my barefoot ways were “very Nepali”, but every single other one of the former conveyed to me that I was completely, asininically, ridiculously, locopants motherfucking crazy.
The foreigners felt more less the same – though they did at least give me respect for making the effort. One Frenchman asked straight out, “Are you crazy?” After I answered in the affirmative, he began making his way down the trail, and stumbled and fell into a rock wall. Looking back with a sheepish grin on his face, he offered, “Even when we’re wearing shoes, we still can fall down!”
Everybody, foreigner and local alike, wanted to know why. Why was I doing it? But try as I might, each time asked the same, to plumb the depths and return with some kind of sagacious or existential burst of Meaning, the only response with which I could ever come up was, “Because I want to.”
Shortly after the slide, however, the road becomes exceedingly rocky – even by rocky mountain road standards. Really, I didn’t want-to any more. Oft tempted as I was, though, to just finally throw on some shoes, I kept to the unshod path. Finally, with a few hours’ hiking remaining in the fourth day, I decided that the unshod path was affecting my enjoyment of the trek. What should have been one of the great life experiences was becoming a drag. And so, at last, I bent over and slipped on my shoes.
As soon as I did so, it was like a great weight lifted (Dr. Nusbaum was right). It was like a revelation, almost. Why indeed? Why had I been so stoopid as to try the Circuit barefoot? What had I been trying to prove? How foolish can one human person possibly be?
One’s enjoyment of the Circuit is, for sure, infinitely the greater whilst wearing shoes. The truth of the matter is, however, that after checking in to a destination each day, I was always eager to kick off those shoes. Shorn of backpack, I daily went traipsing merrily bare of foot over these very same rocky expanses which would have so horribly bedeviled me mere moments before, singing, “Tra-la-la, ain’t life grand?”
Human persons are meant to live their lives barefoot.
Human persons are not meant to live their lives barefoot whilst humping twenty-five pounds of backpack over endless rows and columns of jagged-ass rock.
Part 3: Stuck Inside Of Chame With The Pisang Blues Again
The first sign that anything might be amiss came when I was checking out of my lodge in Danakyu. I thanked the proprietress for the hospitality (my third time staying at this particular lodge, and they always remember me and offer a warm welcome), and she told me, “If it rains, maybe a little cold. Otherwise, no problem.”
Her advice slightly unnerved me. Why would it rain? Rainy season was supposed to be over, wasn’t it? I made for Chame, her words still ringing in my head. Not to make too much of it, but, I do rather dislike hiking in the rain – especially in cold rain, as it would be now above 2,000 metres of elevation.
At the very least, the overcast had marred the beauty of the hike between Danakyu and Chame. It’s still pretty great, no doubt…
…but even at that, I found myself not wanting to linger too long in any one place, lest I get caught out. I mean, I did have raingear and all, but I didn’t want to have to use it. So, not so long after purchasing some delicious Apples purchased by the side of the road from a very nice old lady (from Chame up to Manang is prime-time Apple-growing country, and they were prime-time in season), I arrived in Chame at about 1:00 in the PM.
Wanting to find a lodge right next to the river (most of the villages are situated some distance above the river, but in Chame it runs right through town), I initially passed by another very nice lady – this one chopping wood by the side of the road, and begging me to bed down in her lodge for the evening – on my way into town. But something niggled at my barely-there conscience, I turned around and looked at her, and the lodge, and thought, “Well, what the Hell?”
I checked in at the Snowland, and, right inside of the Dining Hall – What do you know? – ‘twas a hen-in-the-house.
Yes, I was going to like this place.
I went up to eat my Apples by the river — and after chatting for a while with some hostel-mates from back Kathmandu, who’d stopped for the night a few lodges above my own, sat down and did exactly that. Couldn’t believe how incredibly beautifully turquoise the river was now, and made a note to myself to get a picture of it in the morning, when the sun would be shining bright.
Later, eating dinner by my lonesome – same victuals as every night, either plain Rice or boiled Potatoes – I thought that it was good that I’d stopped at this lodge, as it looked like it otherwise would have been guestless for the evening. But just as I was finishing up, a group composed of an Indonesienne (name of “Dewi”) and two Germans (names of “Peter” and “Johanes”) showed up as well.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, I went off to go to bed, and as I left the Dining Hall and climbed the stairs toward my room, I felt a few pings of water hit my face. “Ah, so perhaps it is going to rain after all,” I thought. It had been cloudy and quite cold all day, but the threats of rain had ‘til now proven empty. I fell asleep to one of my favourite sounds: The pitter-patter of raindrops on a wooden roof…
…And woke up to the very same pitter-patter. When trekking, the sound is not nearly so appealing in the early of the morning as it is in the late of the night. By 8:00 in the AM, it had become readily apparent, though, that there would be no trekking on this day. And so that was the crew that rode out the storm: Myself, Dewi, Peter, Johanes, their guide, our hostess (never did meet her husband – apparently he leaves very early in the morning, and returns quite late at night), her ten-ish-year-old daughter with the mad dancing skillz, and her eight-ish-year-old twin sons.
A gloriously magnificent crew with whom to be stuck in for the day. My one truly great regret from the entire trek is that I neglected to get a picture of the all of us together. Turns out, too, that ol’ Peter was probably the only person rounding the Circuit with an even more bizarre and wretched diet than mine own. Owing to allergies and some manner of kidney issues, he’d had to pack his own food in with him. Namely, dried or smoked snausages he’d brought from Germany, and packets of crackers he’d got in Kathmandu. The latter he crushed up and stirred into a nudge glass filled up with boiling water dispensed from a gleaming-white thermos.
We spent the day alternately freezing our dimpled asses off inside the Dining Hall and trying to warm up under the covers back in our rooms. At one point, Johanes did don some gear and go purchase a candy bar. And, amazingly enough, there were trekkers making their ways into the village throughout the day. Johanes later said that he’d counted about thirty of them in total. Crazy fucks. Why subject oneself to hiking in the cold rain?
It was coming down, too. Never like, really really coming down – but also, never seeming to slack off from its constant, soaking downpour. So it was a second night of pitter-patter. But when I woke up at around midnight to use the head, I noticed that the rain had stopped. I estimated that it had rained for about thirty hours straight, then went back to sleep.
Part 4: Magic And Loss
Next morning, the sun was shining bright, and it was time to trek! There would be no pictures, alas, of the impossibly-turquoised Marsyangdi River. It was now, instead, a roiling, boiling, muddy mess. Drat.
I figured that the road would be pretty muddy in places as well. Which it was. But otherwise, all was good. The sun was shining, and the trail was filled to bursting with stir-crazy trekkers who’d been cooped up all day and night and were itching like craziness incarnate to again kick theyselves into the good mode of the old heel/toe. The river, in its muddified state, may not have been much to look at. But the mountains…yeah.
I caught up to the threesome in Bhratang. Everybody else was there, too. It’s the very heart of the Apple-growing region – the trees were groaning with fruit – and the village’s one and only lodge is renowned for serving the finest Apple Pie of the entire trek (the latter has been whimsically dubbed the “Apple Pie Circuit”).
When Kieran and myself had passed this lodge in the Spring, there’d been one lonely diner seated in its patio. To-day, they were hanging out of the rafters. And lounging by the side of the road. And mobbing with their orders the insufficient staff. On offer is every kind of Appley concotion one could imagine – but also just Apples, too. As local and organic as it can get; and, yes, these ones did live up to their reputation.
The threesome soon made to depart while I lingered on to finish my Apples and enjoy the ambiance of the throngs of giddy trekkers high on Apple Pie and the sun’s beaming rays. Just as I was fixing to leave, however, it all began to crumble. I noted a trekker coming down the hill, with his guide, and asked him why he was heading in the wrong direction? Had I not heard, he wondered? No, I had not.
Twenty-five missing outside of Manang, he insisted. Twenty below at Thorung La. Three feet of snow on the ground at Upper Pisang. “Holy crap!” was the most edifying response I could find. I’d, of course, expected that all that rain down in Chame would have been falling as snow higher up the hill, but…Holy crap, man.
On my way toward Dikhur Pokhari, I continued to ply with queries those trekkers who’d turned around and begun to head back down. And swiftly the rumors began to mount – to this day, I don’t know which were true, and which not: Four Israelis had been killed. Thirty-five feet of snow at Thorung La. One Israeli trekker had rescued three other trekkers. Scores of trekkers were trapped at Tilicho Base Camp. Nine people killed in an avalanche at Thorong Phedi. No, it was eleven people, and they were killed just the other side of Thorung La. Or had there been two killer avalanches?
And hearing these rumors, one begins to wonder: What if I had not been playing at barefoot, and had made better time in the lower elevations? Or what if I had not been so paranoid about getting sick again, and had not intentionally cut off my days early so as to avoid ascending too quickly?
But also: It’s crazy enough to be trekking in the rain; who in their right mind would possibly go out in the snow? It then occurred to me that there were not only those trekking the Circuit itself here in the region, but also those making expeditions – i.e., using well-known and -maintained trails, but without the tea-house infrastructure – as well. My mind then quickly turned to the Germans.
At the Rainbow Super View in Chamche, I’d met two German dudes who’d been part of a group of seven trekkers, two guides, and four porters. They’d not liked their own lodge, so had come up to the Super View to drink beer and gog the waterfall. Very nice and friendly guys, with whom it was quite good fun to be speaking.
But they were quite derisive of my beloved Annapurna Circuit, claiming it was too easy, and too touristy, and that all the lodges’ menus were exactly the same, and so on and so forth. So they were, instead, soon to branch off the Circuit and make a four-day expedition to some peak in the Manaslu range. The trekkers were packing all their own gear, while the porters were carrying the camping and kitchen supplies along with the food.
I don’t know whether it was four days in and four days out, or four days total. If the latter, I think they’re probably okay. But if the former, then… I never did catch their names, so have no idea how they have fared. I did hear that the Manaslu area got hit particularly hard.
Two others about whom I wondered, whose names I did know, were the bicycling Brit name of “Steve” and Virginian name of “Mike”. I’d lodged with them in Karte, a few days before arriving in Chame. Steve is in the fifth year of a world cycling tour, and Mike in the second. I guessed they would have been around about Manang when the storm hit – and turns out I was right: Read Steve’s wonderful account of his and Mike’s time in the Circuit. His writing is so good it almost makes me never want to set pen to blog again.
I did later hear, by the way, that it wasn’t so much campers that had gotten whacked, but more people who’d gone out the morning of the snow, usually at lodge-owners’ insistence that it’d not be a problem (but also, so I heard, against their guides’ advice). Again, I really don’t to this day know truth from rumor.
Anyway, it was all quite mind-boggling to say the least; and also surreal, the rumors such a stark contrast to the colossally gorgeous panoramas the storm had wrought. Just two days before, these had all been snowless scenes…
At Dikhur Pokhari, the scene was similar to the one in Bhratang: All the lodges’ patios were packed to “Full” with noonday diners. Almost all of them would be moving on to either Upper or Lower Pisang. I’d be staying here, however, so when I bumped into my Alobar friends again (an Alabaman name of “Ben” and an Australian name of “Tom”, along with some French girls with whom they’d been hiking), I checked in to the lodge at which they were lunching, pulled off my shoes and shirt, and sat my dimpled buttocks down upon their very nice rock wall, soaking up the rays and shooting the shit.
Unlike in Bhratang, the rumors had already begun to reach the trekkers here in Dikhur Pokhari. So the mood was much more on-edge than it had been in the former. People seemed more or less to be taking it in stride, however.
Among those heading up the trail were my friends Dewi and Peter. I’d passed them during the climb up toward Dikhur, and would now say goodbye to them, as they were trekking on to Lower Pisang. Johanes had made fast pace after Bhratang, so I never did see him after that – though I did run into Peter again in both Kathmandu and Bhaktapur. Off the trekking circuits, he was no longer eating his snausages and crackers, but had instead reverted to “normal” food.
There were also people heading down the trail, of course, including a completely mental Canadian family. It was a dad, a mom, and two of the most precocious pre-teens you’ve ever seen in your life. They’d hiked the Manaslu Circuit, and after having finished that had thought to head up to Manang for a few days, just for shits and giggles – so, their descent had been pre-planned, and was unrelated to the storm (though not unaffected by it, as the hike from Manang to Pisang was on that day very snowy and slushy).
The father was wearing a, like, scout uniform; and the family had just finished reading Roots aloud together – the mom even having employed a southern accent when appropriate. They’d stopped here to dry the daughter’s socks on the rock wall, and to eat chocolate cookie. They took a keen liking to yours truly as, being from Vancouver Island as they are, we’re practically next-door fuckin’ neighbours. (Also, the mom appreciated it when I corrected the daughter’s English at one point. I was just horsing around, really — but you know how moms are…)
After keeping us thoroughly entertained for fifteen minutes or so, they made for Bhratang and its legendary Apple Pie. No sooner had they begun their departure that the dad let out a great war-whoop and took off running at full gallop right down the hill, the family following his lead to a T. In that moment, it was just about all I could do to prevent myself chucking Thorung La altogether and running after the family to ask whether I could make a documentary about them.
The diners eventually moseyed on, and after performing my daily post-trek stretching routine, I went and explored a beautiful big meadow a bit outside of town. There were some areas of slush on the road, which were certainly cold to walk through – but the cold was more than made up for by the brilliance of the warm, wonderful mud which followed.
In the meadow, the birds and butterflies were in full force; and the mountains — oh, my god, the mountains…
As the afternoon sun started really making its presence known, the valley began to reverberate with the sounds of avalanching snows. They would occur every half-hour or so at first, but near to evening time, the frequency had increased to about one every five minutes. I did manage to catch a few seconds’ worth of footage. May not look like much, but believe you me: When that rumble forces its way into your noggin’, it’s most spookifying indeed.
Even freakier than that, though, would be what replaced those reverberations over the next many days – viz., the reverberations of rescue helicopters making up and down the valley. Apparently a common sign on the Everest Base Camp trek, they’re (usually) virtually unknown on the Circuit. Yikes, there were so many of them.
Part 5: You’ve Got Arms, And You’ve Got Legs, And You’ve Got Heaven
Next day, I made the short two-hour trek to Upper Pisang, site of my demise back in the Spring. This second day’s sceneries were every bit as impressive as had been those the first day after the storm.
That ginormous rockface is known as the “Gateway To Heaven”: Nepalis believe that the souls of the dead must climb up to its summit before proceeding to their destination. At any rate, when we were here in the Spring, it had held nary a flake of snow.
I checked in at my favourite lodge of all time, the Yak And Yeti. Rather than spending the entire time in bed there, though, I was on this occasion free to go and explore Upper Pisang. Not so easily accomplished now, though, as the place was (this rumor at least turned out to be true as blue) buried in snow.
A bit of a blessing, as it happened. I’d been filling my water bottles with river-water after ascending upstream of the ghastly Chinese dam-construction project near Ngadi (still hasn’t been blow to smithereens, more’s the pity), but here, there were no rivers to be found. So, I filled the bottles up with snow instead. Apart from taking a long time to melt, this worked out just fine. Indeed, the river water tastes like snow anyway, when cold. (When warm, it just tastes like delicious water.)
The prayer wall was accessible enough.
Climbing up to the village’s famous temple was a bit more challenging, but worth the effort. Some of the paintings in there were pretty far out, too.
I sat down on a stump to eat some Apples and gog the mountains, and the gentleman on the far right here…
…came down to hang out with me. I offered him an Apple, but he refused on the grounds that being one of the temple’s caretakers entitled him to as many of its trees’ Apples as he pleased. Turns out he has a currency collection, and wanted to trade me for some American dollars. I hadn’t any in my billfold, though – only some left over Thai Bhat. These he was eager to trade for also, so I did the conversion in my head, and we made the exchange. I later got the feeling that I’d gypped him, and breaking out the calculator, confirmed that I indeed had done. Gypping a Buddhist temple caretaker…what miserable hand might fate deal me now?
Hiked, then, up to the very top of the hill; which was beautiful enough for twenty…
…though there were many places were a path through the snow had not yet been established, so I ended up getting good and soaked. A good excuse to lay about atop the lodge’s sundeck. The snow had reduced the number of people out and about virtually to zero. So, rather than sit there inside in his infamous aerie and cajole the passers-by, bossman was content to join me on the roof, alternately napping and playing with his grandson.
That night figured to be much less lively than previous nights spent here, considering the only guests were myself, a Japanesian couple, and their guide (apparently, the night before there had not been a single vacant bed in the entire village). The locals soon arrived, however, for a fine birthday celebration. It began in the kitchen with the drinking of many beers and the singing of the traditional birthday song; to be followed by the singing of every other song in the history of the Nepali language. Nepalis love to sing – which doesn’t necessarily mean that they know how to sing. I’d loved to have taken some footage, but, being that none of the lodges had any power after the storm, I wanted to preserve my camera’s batteries’ juices for the capture of photographic evidence instead.
The party soon moved on from the kitchen to the Dining Hall, for yet another round of singing and drinking. Eventually it ended as all evenings (in my experience) at the Yak And Yeti must: with drunken fisticuffs. As is apparently a nightly occurrence here, the bossman finally had to come down and throw the drunken louts out into the cold night, and locking the door behind him. If you never in your life get to experience an evening at the Yak And Yeti…oh, but pity you I most surely do.
The high route to Manang is considered the more preferable option both because it offers the finest views of the entire trek, and because it greatly aids the acclimatisation process. The climb up to Ghyaru, though, is one of the trek’s most notorious. The two-hour hike from Upper Pisang to the base of the climb is pleasant enough. But, after crossing a suspension bridge over a cascading river, the climb is on.
It’s no worse, really, than similar climbs into Bahundanda, Tal, and Timang – except that it’s at altitude (Ghyaru sits at 3,700 metres of elevation). It means: Too much the huffing, and too much the puffing. Thankfully, most all of the switchbacks are decked out with nice rock walls upon which to plop one’s dimpled cheeks and catch a breather or three. Believe you me, when they weren’t covered in snow (the rocks, I mean – luckily, my dimpled behind had not found its way onto the ground), mine made their way to nearly every single one.
Not to say it wasn’t shockingly gorgeous, because that it most certainly was…
But so difficult was the climbing that, had I not access to any frame of reference, I’d have guessed myself to have been struggling more than might be considered normal. But as it happened, I’d been hiking much of the way from Pisang with a friendly Indian trio. And, poorly as my performance seemed to me to be going, I very soon left the trio far behind, and then caught up to a very friendly Korean couple. The male of the couple was intensely interested in my shoes (he’d heard of them, but never seen them in person), even requesting to take of them a photo — which request was happily granted.
I left them behind as well, and at very, very long last, reached the summit. The very first structure on the way up is a tiny little restaurant whose owner is a shockingly insistent pusher of black tea. I had to tell her no fewer than twenty different times that I didn’t want any black tea, and still she refused to believe that I could possibly be telling the truth. Finally, I bought a couple of Apples from here, which seemed to shut her up for a little while.
I was happy when the Koreans, and then the Indians showed up and did want black tea, as it took the pressure of myself to be buying some. The Koreans then busted out their own god damn pocket burner to boil some water for the noodles they were packing.
The owner’s teenaged son was up on the rooftop shoveling snow with a huge wooden spatula, so I climbed up the ladder to have a look around. No sooner had I peeked my head above the roof, that he was asking would I help him in the shoveling, being that he was very tired.
“You think you’re tired?” I rejoined, incredulous, pointing down to the river, barely visible far, far below. “I just hiked my dimpled posterior all the way up here from that river – I’m the one who should be tired!” I finally relented, though, when he assured me that my helping him would bring me good luck. He quickly demarcated the area he expected me to clear, and showed me the technique – this involved breaking off cube-shaped chunks of snow, then scooping them up and flinging them over the rail.
And it was actually pretty fun! If they’d had lodgings there, I’d have offered to shovel the whole damned roof in exchange for a bed, a blanket, and a gigantic plate o’ spuds. As it was, though, I continued on up to the village, and checked in at the Yak Ru (“Ru” is the Nepali word for “horn”). With Swastikas lining the walls (always a bonus)…
…and an excellent room – a low ceiling and lots of windows, just the way I love it – I could tell this would be a fine place to stay.
I washed my shoes (the road had been pretty slushy in places), and hung them up to dry…
…and, after finishing my stretching routine, sat down to talk with the owners’ son (that’s him on the left, there).
We talked about Jimi and Kurdt for a while, but he soon turned our attentions to the only subject on anybody’s minds. He said that in twenty years, he’d never before seen such a deep accumulation of snow from a single storm. He then began listing off the numbers of people who’d been killed, by region – except that, rather than using the word “killed”, he every time used a throat-slitting pantomime instead. That was pretty unsettling.
As shocking as casualty figures like those from this storm may to-day to us seem, however, I couldn’t help thinking: Welcome to the future. A rogue, out-of-season storm dumping more snow than the locals have seen in twenty years’ time – wanna try to tell me that ain’t climate-related? The weather’s already plenty haywire enough. But I’ve a feeling that in five or so years, storms such as this one, and the recent event in Buffalo, along with the Sandys and Katrinas et al., will be arriving with such head-spinning frequency that they will hardly even be news anymore.
For now, though, I just kept gogging in disbelief at the mountains playing out before me. While pinching myself to make sure it weren’t all a dream, I recalled the words of the very first person to tell me of the existence of the Annapurna Circuit, an Angeleno I met in Luang Prabang in 2012 (yes, it’s true: I’d never heard of the Circuit before then – I’ve lived rather a sheltered life). While looking at his pictures, he in hushed tones allowed to me that he “still can’t believe I was there.”
Looking at the scene, I could more less believe I was there. What I couldn’t, and can’t still, believe, is that such a place even exists in the first place. A scene made all the more impressive by the very storm which had taken dozens of lives and, so it seemed, scotched any and all chances of my making it up to Thorung La. The Himalaya giveth, and the Himalaya taketh away…
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Eddie ,
This is exactly what I expected from you ! Read the whole thing non-stop . Fantastic !!
Thanks a bunch for sharing ! Keep up the great work !
Love & Hugs , Aunt Becky
So glad you like!!
I am not sure Becky read your whole post…….
But she is right. Fantastic.
By the way, thanks for being predictable. I studied the route you were on and re-read your last post a few times and predicted, due to your bare feet, that you were safe in Psiang. Was extremely doubtful that you would have made in to Manang. 100% didn’t think you made it to the Pass.
Welcome back to the world and can’t wait to see your dimpled “cheeks”.
Ah, if only I could teleport myself back home for the holidays and the NFL Playoffs, then teleport back here ’til Summer.
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Garbage Collection Conditions; The Managed Heap; Generations; Survival And Promotions; Ephemeral Generations And Segments; What Happens During A Garbage Collection; Manipulating Unmanaged Resources; Workstation And Server Garbage Collection; Garbage Collection Configuring. WebSocket facilitates complete duplex communication between the client and server. NET Core under the name of SignalR Core, that allows you to easily create real-time applications and push content to clients through the Websocket protocol, gracefully falling back to other alternatives. What to Expect From the Session Together, we will: • Explore a real use cases of IoT Analytics using the Amazon Kinesis family of services. New functions are ready a few moments after the API Gateway receives the request. Ideally you should re-architect your application into small discrete functions to take full advantage of serverless. Serverless is particularly important as enterprises of all sizes develop and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. If you already have an access key and secret access key in ~/. Edits synch in real-time. The service is minimal and easy to start with but also eliminates the operational, scaling, compliance, and security surprises that inevitably reveal themselves in software projects. "NetApp's vision is how we help organizations manage data - delivering the right data in the right place, in the right time, to the people who need it, and doing it agnostic to what the platform is," explained Josh Atwell, Developer Advocate for NetApp, in this SYS-CON. They also raise a number of critical issues and questions about employee training, development processes, and operational metrics. Shine is a French provider of mobile banking services, and has implemented WebSockets across several parts of its platform. Apica, a performance testing and monitoring company teamed up with Kaazing to bring performance monitoring to apps using WebSockets. When serverless architecture is not the right choice. They also raise a number of critical issues and questions about employee training, development processes, and operational. The AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) is an open-source framework for building serverless applications. They also raise a number of critical issues and questions about employee training, development processes, and operational metrics. 42 - Updated 4 days ago - 2. Compared to the serverless framework, no large configuration file was needed or any AWS specific code. Configure: -. js realtime framework server SockJS-client is a browser JavaScript library that provides a WebSocket-like object. Its community has done a great job advancing the tools around Serverless architecture. The Amplify Framework allows you to easily build and connect to your serverless backend with a powerful toolchain and resourceful library. 0, adding a raft of features to make using AWS' serverless services that little bit easier. js and browser clients consuming realtime updates via websockets. The container images in Fission contain the language runtime, a set of commonly used dependencies and a dynamic loader for functions. A preview of what LinkedIn members have to say about Anil Kumar: Anil is one of the best problem solvers I have worked with. A WebSocket connection starts its life as an HTTP handshake, which then upgrades in-place to speak the WebSocket wire protocol. Today's economy requires IT management to justify the cost of every purchase while ensuring their teams are more productive, agile and versatile than ever before. Azure SignalR Service is an Azure managed service that helps developers easily build web applications with real-time features. Serverless is the latest buzz among the modern application development. Personally I have found the Serverless framework has gotten a lot more. Guest Post: Fission - Serverless Functions and Workflows with Kubernetes and NATS. Cloud Expo, Inc. They also raise a number of critical issues and questions about employee training, development processes, and operational metrics. Architect provides everything you need to build fast, modern, massively scalable cloud apps with low code, clear and terse config, and zero ceremony. This means Framework users around the world finally have a straightforward way to create client-driven, real-time applications via WebSockets. Realtime chat web app using React, AWS API Gateway Websockets, Dynamodb and custom Cognito authorizer. Solid understanding and usage of Git source control. He is the core developer of Yew, a modern Rust framework inspired by Elm and React JS for creating multithreaded frontend apps with WebAssembly. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Claude Remillard, Principal Program Manager in Developer Division at Microsoft, contrasted how his team used config as code and immutable patterns for continuous delivery of microservices and apps to the cloud. All configuration and infrastructure requirements are expressed as go types - no JSON or YAML needed!. Join our Slack channel in #ambassador-dev to get started. Cloud-Native thinking and Serverless Computing are now the norm in financial services, manufacturing, telco, healthcare, transportation, energy, media, entertainment, retail and other consumer industries, as well as the public sector. Sparta is a framework that transforms a standard go application into a self-deploying AWS Lambda powered service. The project. yml which will tell serverless how to deploy our function to AWS. The most immediate benefit of serverless is that it frees developers from the hassles of managing a server. With Knative, Google Brings Multicloud Serverless to the Enterprise. - yai333/React-Chat-App-using-AWS-API-Gateway-Websocket-and-Serverless-Framework. As they do so, IT professionals are also embracing the reality of Serverless architectures, which are critical to developing and operating real-time applications and services. It is a current project which I am immigrating the original bumo project into serverless architecture with AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS S3, AWS DynamoDB since I am learning AWS. For the HTTP will hosts both static websites from file storage buckets and serverless functions. SignalR is fast and scalable Like the rest of ASP. Serverless is particularly important as enterprises of all sizes develop and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. As such, many existing HTTP security mechanisms also apply to a WebSocket connection — one of the reasons why the WebSocket standard deliberately chose the strategy of being HTTP compatible. It allows you to run code without the burden of setting up a server - and even better you only pay what you use with the first 1,000,000 calls being free of charge. AWS Lambda is the perfect example of serverless architecture and employs Functions as a service (FaaS) model of cloud computing. A fast open framework for deep learning. html 2019-10-24T12:00:00Z Matthieu Chaffotte https://github. 39 release we added support for Docker-based local invocation, which makes it possible to support any runtime and AWS Lambda Layer combination with the invoke local command, enhanced the Framework's AWS websockets support to include websockets authorizers, added support for AWS X-Ray tracing, and addressed a. There was also Apex, Claudia and a few others. If you need to do this routinely, then you should consider wrapping the behaviour into a plugin and share with others. View Jinsuk Kim’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Framework Selection Serverless Application Model AWS From AWS CloudFormation based Templates Integrated with AWS services CloudFormation knowledge req. OPEN = 1, WebSocket. Select “Other type of secrets” unless you are storing database connection info, in which case click one of those buttons instead. Acquired by IBM in 2015, the StrongLoop team continues to build LoopBack, the open-source Node. San Francisco, CA. In this book, you will learn how to leverage powerful databases and Spring Boot's state-of-the-art WebFlux framework. Deconstructing Serverless Computing Part 3: Ninety-Nine Platforms, But How Do You Choose One? Whether you want the hands-off fully-managed approach or an open source FaaS you can control, there. Lambda functions assume an IAM role during execution: the framework creates this role and set all the permission provided in the iamRoleStatements section of serverless. About Sails The Sails framework was developed by Mike McNeil to assist his team in building scalable Node. Since I love not running servers I've been excited about the chance to use serverless WebSockets via AWS API Gateway. 0 release is a major overhaul with significant additions to the API including, a Client API, Filters, Interceptors and much more. The aws-serverless-express module knows how to translate between API Gateway requests and Express requests and responses, so we’ll use that. WebSockets is the optimal transport, but other techniques like Server-Sent Events (SSE) and Long Polling are used when other options aren't available. Applauding your #serverless efforts one tweet at a time! Curated with ️ by @harprits. Serverless Framework, or simply "Serverless", is an excellent provider-agnostic framework for defining the functions and events that make up your service. Java 10 will be released this month with a focus on cloud and serverless computing, Oracle has announced. Welcome to the Nexmo Developer Documentation. com framework I created this stack by describing it in a serverless. It provides a shorthand syntax you can use to describe your application (Lambda functions, API endpoints, DynamoDB tables, and other resources) using a simple YAML template. Koa is a new web framework designed by the team behind Express, which aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Reserved Instances (RIs) can provide your business substantial savings compared to pay-as-you-go, on-demand services alone. Serverless - An application framework for building serverless web, mobile and IoT applications exclusively on AWS Lambda Favor - A javascript/node. That seems like a reasonable thing to wish to implement in a serverless framework. They also raise a number of critical issues and questions about employee training, development processes, and operational metrics. CloudNative London 2018 Sponsor Pages (size relative to sponsorship level) Your dedicated 200-word Company Profile with visual on skillsmatter. Find Serverless Jobs for freelance and full time remote positions. WebSockets is the optimal transport, but other techniques like Server-Sent Events (SSE) and Long Polling are used when other options aren't available. How do the container orchestration and management tools help? How does serverless, and the demand for it, also fit in?. In the past, you’d probably use AJAX and polling to make new posts appear in realtime. aws-iot amazon-cognito serverless-framework aws-lambda dynamodb react redux websockets mqtt LambdAuth - A sample authentication service implemented with a server-less architecture, using AWS Lambda to host and execute the code and Amazon DynamoDB as persistent storage. Top Stories by Kaazing Blog AjaxWorld Special: Creating AJAX and Rich Internet Components with JSF This article is based on, and contains excerpts from, the book Pro JSF: Building Rich Internet Components by Jonas Jacobi and John Fallows, published by Apress. Serverless Websockets Plugin Deprecation Notice. API Gateway routes incoming requests to specific Lambdas, which then access DynamoDB and the IoT message broker. For those of you that do not know, SignalR is a library that's been around since 2013 for the ASP. Announced at the regional AWS Summit in New York City in July 2015, AWS Device Farm allows developers to simultaneously test applications on a wide range of devices including smartphones, tablets and more, in the cloud. In the app folder, there is a serverless. For developers and operations professionals, Serverless Framework builds, packages, and deploys code with one simple command. Apache OpenWhisk Apache OpenWhisk is an open source, distributed Serverless platform that executes functions (fx) in response to events at any scale. Forrest said, “I have to plug my former Trek10 colleague, Jared Short, who’s now over at Serverless Framework. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. This guide aims to be the quickest way to adding a websockets endpoint to your existing Serverless application. In order to connect to a mesh, a peer node requires the IP addresses of other nodes. Serverless applications are great from the perspective of a developer - no infrastructure to manage, automatically scaling to meet requests without ever having to think about it, pay by the RAM gigabyte/second, and the ability to deploy via code however…. The WebSocket wire protocol is governed by the IETF who manage many of the world's protocols like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and others. "NetApp's vision is how we help organizations manage data - delivering the right data in the right place, in the right time, to the people who need it, and doing it agnostic to what the platform is," explained Josh Atwell, Developer Advocate for NetApp, in this SYS-CON. While we were all waiting for CloudFormation support, we created an official Serverless Framework plugin to support WebSockets in the Framework right away. IO for different environments. WebSockets are a rising technology that solves one of the great needs of web development – full duplex communication between a browser (or a different client) and a server. Fission is a serverless framework that further abstracts away container images and allows HTTP services to be created on K8s just from functions. It includes everything you need to build an API and deploy it to AWS Lambda. Serverless and Kubernetes are great examples of continuous, rapid pace of change in enterprise IT. Serverless and Kubernetes are great examples of continuous, rapid pace of change in enterprise IT. A fast open framework for deep learning. I'm looking for a service that is the client that receives the new data pushed out from the websocket. Extending Stackery capabilities to Serverless Framework New Feature October 25, 2018. In this session, I’ll introduce OpenWhisk and show you how it works. Let's have a look at the most interesting highlights. now includes built-in support for Websockets, go to backend directory, update your serverless. The AWS serverless Java framework provides a base implementation for the handleRequest method in LambdaHandler class. com Support Sign In Try it free. Albert has 7 jobs listed on their profile. Read the docs. A few tools have emerged to fill this space such as the Serverless Framework and Claudia. Enable ActiveMQ for STOMP. 38 might not sound like a particularly interesting version number but the Serverless Framework now includes full WebSockets support now that CloudFormation supports it too. Using API Gateway WebSockets with the Serverless Framework December 22, 2018 ~ irrlab As we approach the end of 2018, I'm incredibly excited to announce that we at Serverless have a small gift for you: You can work with Amazon API Gateway WebSockets in your Serverless Framework applications starting right now. js projects for startup and enterprise customers. Saurabh Sharma A Rust Runtime for AWS Lambda — Built around Lambda's new Runtime API approach to allowing any language to run on Lambda, AWS has open sourced a runtime for the Rust language. FaaS/Serverless. IO , or some other framework to help you set up and use websocket connections, but those frameworks require a long-lived connection to a server. Developing PHP applications within an MVC-style framework. View Damir Baba-Alic’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Serverless is particularly important as enterprises of all sizes develop and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. However, in the Serverless community there is debate among developers on whether a single AWS Lambda function should only be responsible. I get that most of us in the serverless world already have AWS experience, but I know of a lot of people from underrepresented groups (including children interested in serverless) that aren't quite comfortable sharing their credit cards with AWS in order to use API Gateway. Serverless computing is a very popular approach to building server-side applications, and the Serverless framework claims to be the most flexible way to build Serverless applications. Latest release 1. Infrastructure-wise the setup is extremely basic. • Building the Hulu/Hulu + Live TV subscriber experience on the Webby-award winning web clients team (browser, mobile web, PWA, Tesla, etc. That seems like a reasonable thing to wish to implement in a serverless framework. Build #serverless applications your way, on any provider. Its really slick as the testing portion uses docker containers to emulate the AWS services. NET Standard so you can still use it with the. Dhruv has 4 jobs listed on their profile. yml to look like the following:. The Serverless Framework enables you to provision serverless applications in a Function + Events pattern. If you want to add realtime functionality to your web or mobile app, you may have considered using the WebSockets protocol to push data between the server and the client’. Slides from intro workshop at Berlin Buzzwords 2019 about building serverless applications using Serverless Framework on AWS. | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line144 |
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By readytogo1955, August 21, 2012 in Survival and Current Events
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
New Orleans-based Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets said the stretch of river near Greenville, Miss., has been closed intermittently since Aug. 11, when a vessel ran aground.
The Mississippi River from Illinois to Louisiana has seen water levels plummet due to drought conditions in the past three months. Near Memphis, the river level was more than 12 feet lower than normal for this time of year.Thousands of people depend on its waters.
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Sounds like some commodity prices for that area are going up... buy now, it'll take a few weeks for the prices to jump.
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Trump says he is ready to help resolve S Korea-Japan dispute
Author: Sonia Alvarado Jul 22, 2019,
Jul 22, 2019, 0:44
Tensions escalated Friday as a South Korean man in his 70s died after setting himself on fire outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul, and Japanese foreign minister summoned the South Korean ambassador in Tokyo over the dispute.
Last week, South Korean Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki told lawmakers that the government is bracing for Japan's plan to remove Seoul from the list.
Export restrictions were imposed after the top court in South Korea said that citizens have the righit to sue Japanese companies for the forced labor used during World War II.
"We hope that the Japanese government would withdraw its unilateral pressure, including the export restrictions of retaliatory character, and return to the stage of diplomatic resolutions", Seoul's ministry said in the statement.
In the wake of a withering trade relationship with Japan, which had recently banned sensitive tech exports to South Korea, triggering risks of disrupting global smartphone supply chains, South Korean businesses had been dumping wide-ranging Japanese goods, as the trade row between the noisy neighbors had worsened over the past week.
South Korea is sparing no efforts to persuade the worldwide community this week to help press Japan withdraw its export restrictions on high-tech materials and impugn Tokyo's reasoning behind its retaliatory measures.
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While Japan believes all compensation issues had been settled under a 1965 bilateral treaty that normalized relations, the Korean court ruled that individuals had the right to seek reparations beyond the state-to-state accord.
Nevertheless, Japan has denied this, arguing that the controls are mandatory for national security.
In its complaint, the Korean government is likely to quote articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - which are still in effect under the WTO framework - to counter Japan's moves to exclude it from the whitelist and its restrictions on key tech materials.
The accident occured at around 3:24 a.m. Friday.
Police declined to comment, saying they were investigating.
US President Donald Trump (left) says he's here for "very special guy" Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) and for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, whom he also likes.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics has sent letters to partners urging them to stockpile more Japanese components in case Tokyo widens its export curbs.
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‘Arrow’ Review/Recap: “The Return”
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Manu Bennett and Willa Holland in the Arrow episode “The Return.” Photo Credit: The CW.
This episode of Arrow broke up the recent string of Canary centered episodes and was a love letter to long-time fans. In the present day, Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Thea (Willa Holland) are currently training on Lian Yu with an enraged Slade (Manu Bennett) running free. Meanwhile, in the past Maseo (Karl Yune) and Oliver are in Starling City trying to capture the vile of Omega from the Chinese Triad.
Willa Holland dominates this episode of Arrow and it was pure bliss. Out of all the characters, Thea has accomplished the biggest character arc. In season one, Thea was simply Oliver’s young, rebellious sister. By season two, she had begun to flourish when her relationship with Roy (Colton Haynes) escalated however, this season Thea has become an amazing, three-dimensional character with the ability to kick some serious butt. In this episode, she is dropped on Lian Yu to continue her training with Oliver and it couldn’t have been a better setting for the brother-sister duo to be placed where Oliver finally doesn’t hide the fact he is The Arrow.
Thea and Oliver are placed in the precarious situation of having to battle Slade Wilson after he is released from the A.R.G.U.S maximum prison by Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) as a “training exercise” for the Queen siblings. This is when Holland showcases the immense amount of training she has accomplished this past year. Thea holds her own on the island alongside Oliver. The opening sequence of the episode simply shows Oliver and Thea training in different locations on Lian Yu. This is the first time Thea appears to be on the same level both physically and mentally as Oliver as she overtakes him at one point. Holland and Amell have always had an older brother, younger sister relationship on Arrow however, this is the first time she appears to be his equal. When Thea finally confronts Slade she pummels, maneuvers and fights in one of the best fight sequences of the episode. Holland has emerged as a true star on Arrow and fans could not be happier.
Stephen Amell in the Arrow episode “The Return.” Photo Credit: The CW.
Although the fight sequences on Arrow are always the most thrilling, it’s the intimate moments between characters that often float to the surface. This episode saw two of those moments become stand outs: one in the present and one in the past. In the present, Oliver is finally confronted by Thea about Sara’s (Caity Lotz) death. In an emotional and beautifully acted scene, Oliver reveals to Thea that she indeed killed Sara while under the influence of Malcolm’s drug. With tear-filled eyes, Thea is both sad and enraged (at herself and Oliver) over the news. Holland has be transformed into one of the strongest actresses on Arrow and this small scene between her and Amell proves just how far both of them have come in terms of acting.
The other intimate and poignant moment on this episode of Arrow comes in one of the flashback scenes. This week fans see as Oliver and Maseo travel to Starling City to help capture the bio-weapon, Omega. During this trip, Oliver must break into Queen Consolidated to retrieve information. While lurking outside of his father’s office, Oliver hides and spies a young, fresh-faced Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) patrolling the halls and checking out his Dad’s office. In a small scene, fans watch as Felicity looks down on a photo of Oliver and mutters the shortest but most adorable line of the night, “You’re cute.” An onlooking Oliver smiles and looks at the woman he will later grow to love. This limited scene was perfect for the couple and shows the spark of attraction between the two characters. Rickards and Amell have grown tremendously as actors and their ability to make these small moments memorable is extremely impressive.
The other big storyline in this episode was Quentin (Paul Blackthorne) dealing with Sara’s death, both in the past and present and how his actions affect his relationship with Laurel (Katie Cassidy). In the past, Sara’s death has taken a major toll on Quentin. Fans get to see the early days of his drinking problem, his hardened exterior and his hatred for the world. Sadly all of these emotions are taken out on Laurel. Blackthorne delivers a stellar performances as he flawlessly portrays the heartache every father goes through when he loses a child. His relationship with Laurel is one of the strongest on Arrow and to see it fractured and broken was heartbreaking. Meanwhile, the pattern seems to be repeating in the present as Quentin visits Sara’s grave with flowers and some alcohol. Laurel of course stops her father and tries to comfort him but, once again that isn’t enough. He is distraught, angry and heartbroken that Sara is dead (once again) and Laurel lies to him. Blackthorne and Cassidy deliver stellar performances and help add more depth to Quentin and Laurel’s already strong but complicated father-daughter relationship.
Colin Donnell and Katie Cassidy in the Arrow episode “The Return.” Photo Credit: The CW.
Arrow also delivered some small pieces of information during the flashback scenes. Fans finally got the see Diggle (David Ramsey) and his brother, Andy (Eugene Byrd). This small scene is something longtime fans have been waiting for since Diggle revealed Andy was killed by Floyd Lawton/Deadshot (Michael Rowe) in season one. Of course Tommy (Colin Donnell), a fan-favorite, made a reappearance. He was seen taking care of Thea and Laurel while Oliver was presumed dead. These scenes were a perfect foil to the present day scenes of Laurel and Thea that show them as strong, independent women who can handle themselves.
Arrow continues to pack the punches and deliver amazing episodes centered around character development and story arcs. This episode was a huge love letter to the fans and allowed viewers to take a break from the action packed storyline involving Ra’s al Ghul (Matt Nable), which will resume next week in the episode aptly titled “Nada Parbata.”
Arrow airs on Wednesdays at 8/9c on the CW.
Overall Episode Grade: A
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omarid513 says:
I’m not sure if we really needed to see Diggle and Felicity in this episode, to be honest. Just seemed to be a wink and nod when we know fully well that these characters existed. I mean, Felicity’s scene didn’t really add much when we already knew as far back as Season One that she had feelings for Oliver.
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AnnB says:
I was really happy with this episode. And, I thought the Diggle and Felicity scenes were fantastic. I think the flashback scene with Felicity really showed how drawn to her Oliver is, even when he doesn’t know her yet. He had been living in hell for two years, and this bubbly blonde made him smile. Which I would wager did not happen often then. I also loved Slade’s ending taunt to Oliver about Felicity. When Oliver stills and turns back around, it is clear that Slade has touched a nerve. I so hope that is not last time we see Slade.
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It's music.
Not a Teddy Bear, or Barbie, Beanie Baby, Raggedy Ann, Cabbage Patch Doll, or Furby – definitely not a Hula Hoop, Mood Ring, Ouija Board, Pet Rock or a Duncan Butterfly Yo-Yo, though they're fun -- like Play-doh, Silly Putty, and Slinky are fun but they get tiresome, like Smurfs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a Zhu Zhu, hamster.
Classical music -- Bach, Beethoven, Bartok -- and a player that works with or without earphones that a two-year-old can learn to handle -- that's a gift that will grow as the child grows, never get boring, stay with the child year after year, along with other music the child wants to hear again and again.
Can a two year handle a CD player? Sure -- it'll take a little teaching, plus patience, but oh my, it's worth it -- its fun -- it's a gift that lasts longer than any toy.
Crayons are a great gift, but some children just don't have an aptitude, a hand that works naturally with a pencil, or similar tool that has to be gripped. Finger painting? It's fun, but messy, and needs supervision. The same thing is true of chalk and charcoal -- you have to work at it.
You don't have to work at listening to music.
The wonders of FAO Schwartz toys, inexpensive ones as well as expensive ones fade -- you can fall in love with a toy, but a cherished possession that you learn to use, that expands into a hobby -- a part-time or full- time way to be by yourself -- that's a gift supreme.
Once, when I was in my studio rehearsing my choreography to Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," my son (a toddler), peered in -- he wanted something. I put a "shh" finger to my lips, and tuned the volume up a little --.the music was crescendoing, coming to a climax where ... well, it takes my breath away whenever I hear it. I sat down on the floor next to him, and listened, tears in my eyes.
Here's the recording, by Albioni, the one I was using. It has pictures illustrating nature's wonders. You can enjoy them, but if you squint them away, you'll hear what my son and I were hearing -- Barbar's "Adagio for Strings."
I put my son's hand on my cheek, and when the music ended, I played that climax section again. It thrills me and it thrilled him,.and though we've never discussed it, after that adventure, he often peered into the studio while I was choreographing, and listened to whatever music I happened to be working on.
Later, he started doodling on the piano -- just doodling, he's not a Mozart. Later on, he decided he wanted to play an electronic piano, and got involved (very early on) with jazz, pop. rock. He even built a synthesizer , and wrote music for a while.
Then he fell in love with guitar music -- saved his allowance and bought a guitar, took lessons, and played an electronic guitar, and a classic guitar. He plays them both beautifully. He has a music habit, an addiction that's still growing, expanding.
At the moment my son's installing sound equipment in his home, so his wife can share with him what he loves.
He's a working actor, like his dad, and a talented, interesting writer, but ... well, I can't help feeling that his love of music is something he inherited from me. and shh ... when he talks about music, it delights me.
Whenever we listen to music it delights me. We've had delightful chats about various conductors, and sometimes when I'm writing, I'll ask him who's IN, what's the latest in popular music. He advises me. It delights me.
My best gift to him turned out to be ... wow ... a grand gift for myself.
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DEAR SANTA --
I didn't put up a stocking, and I'm using last year's Christmas decorations.
All I want for Christmas is a couple of things that aren't major major -- just things that might get swept under the rug because there are more urgent wishes coming up and at you from all over the world.
1. No more ugly statements from important people, like the Senator who compared the President's efforts to overhaul health care, to the battle that dethroned Napoleon Bonaparte -- Republican Jim Demint said, "It will be his Waterloo. It will break him." Santa, drop a blanket over him.
2. No more horrible remarks from Palin about Obama's "death panel," and "junk science" not proving global warming -- no more stupid questioning about Obama's citizenship. Drop a blanket on her, Santa!
3. For Will Phillips, that ten-year-old Arkansas school boy who won't recite the Pledge of Allegiance because his gay friends don't have equal rights -- Santa, give him a reward, a laptop, maybe!
4. Those African American and Latino kids in California who are going to schools that are sub par "drop out factories," (according to UCLA's Civil Rights Project), where students of color make up 90% of the student body -- Santa, please -- get them re-zoned, and enrolled in one of the "mostly 'white"' schools.
5. Those 17 million American households currently struggling to put food on the table – please help them get some sort of subsidy right away, Santa -- please -- something like double food stamps!
And if you have any time -- those 700 Sudanese women in prison for wearing pants, who can't get out without paying a $200 fine -- with a little nudging from you Santa, maybe some jackpot winner might shell out $140,000.
And thanks, for being what you are every year, Santa -- a merry, cheery, Christmas spirit I can talk to in my mind -- mention what I'm wishing for, say "please help" in case God is too busy with ... oh my ... so many things, much more this year than last year.
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"Sherlock Holmes"-- it's a big movie and tomorrow, when it opens, is a big day for Downey.
I've been looking at clips, wondering what I can say that will add to what's been said and what you probably know.
Downey-the-actor's career has been on a steady rise upward. Downey-the-man has had much publicized ups and downs.
We were living in Malibu during his "down," when he was required to be at a hearing, held before a judge in the Malibu courthouse.
It's next to the entrance to the library, so picking up books, I saw the crowd waiting to get a glimpse of Downey -- found it interesting -- we'd seen some very famous actors in the parking lot at Hughes Market, at the post office, Malibu Hardware, various restaurants, even occasionally at Starbucks.
Malibu-ites don't stop and stare, or zoom in for autographs. It seems to be an un-spoken, un-written rule. (JC at that time was a recognizable "name"-- on TV every week in "Northern Exposure." The clerks in the grocery, post office, drugstore, without asking, addressed him as Mr. Cullum.)
The crowd waiting for Downey wasn't just tourists -- it was Malibu-ites, (people I knew), as well as fans from Santa Monica, Pasadena, and Hollywood. All the parking lots were jammed.
I bought into Robert Downey Jr., the very first time I saw him. The movie was "Less than Zero," and he made it touching, involving.
The "downs" in this actor's life don't interest me as much as the ups.
I loved him and Mel Gibson in "Air America," was amazed by him as "Charlie Chaplin." I watched the Ally McBeal television series when he joined the cast. I missed the movie, but read the raves for him, in the hit movie, "Iron Man," and thoroughly enjoyed Downey in Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder."
Robert Downey has been a working actor since 1970 (when he was 15). He's been in 60 films.
He's not pretty, and he's not handsome. He's short -- five-foot-seven or so, depending upon what lifts he's wearing in his shoes, and weighs -- up and down -- about 155. (I'm guessing, based on my experienced eye -- I can't find any specifics anywhere, about his actual weight.)
So, what is it that makes him such an employable actor?
Well ... he's a character actor, but also a "leading man" type. Five-foot-seven is short for a leading man -- but in quite a few movies, as the leading man -- he was charming, sexy, tender, strong, very masculine, lovable.
Downey has the ability to enter the character he plays, become that person without adding or inventing external characteristics. It's a special talent, different from those actors who change, when they don the character's clothes.
Is it method acting? Sure, but Downey's method isn't the set of emotional exercises that the method actor uses, practices, and does during rehearsal.
There is in Downey an openness, an ability to be someone else. In each film he's different, and yet, he's himself. But the timbre of his voice changes -- the look in and around his eyes, his mouth, the way he carries himself, and his moments of thoughtful repose -- change.
To my eye he's a natural. It's easy for him to become someone else. And he doesn't watch himself in a mirror, or listen to the sound of his voice (like some actors do) -- he's just IT, that other person.
In the trailers, and clips for "Sherlock Holmes," he's older, wiser, and seems like a detective.
In a recent interview, (the link follows this paragraph) he still seems to be studying the interviewer, searching for clues. Though he responds to the interviewer, he's Holmes/Downey.
Take a look. It's not a very good interview, but it's interesting to see Downey awkwardly trying to be himself.
Here's an interview from last year. Again, Downey's trying to be himself, sort of laughing at himself. (I think he understands the characters that he plays more than he understands himself -- only when he's performing, do I feel him relax, and be Robert D.) Have a look.
The "Sherlock Holmes" clips and the trailers I've seen don't draw me to the theater to buy a ticket. The preview scenes and the music fit with the "create suspense" elements of the box office hit films today -- the trailers suggest that the film is chock- full of spooky, scary, possibly shocking, terrifying happenings.
Hmm ... When I see it, I'm sure I'll enjoy Downey's work -- not sure that the story, the case that Sherlock Holmes is solving, will get me involved in the case, beyond just watching an very gifted actor.
Even if Robert Downey Jr. is not nominated for an Oscar for this film, sooner or later he'll be nominated again, (he's already been nominated twice), and very likely he'll win -- there's no one quite like him in Hollywood.
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Everyone whose opinion I respect, LOVES "Mad Men."
I watch the show. Not regularly. I don't want to watch anything regularly except, in the late evening, news (usually Olberman and Maddow). Then I browse around, looking for a movie.
And sort of accidentally (while checking AMC), watch an episode of "Mad Men."
In the pilot, and early episodes, I watched because my favorite actor (my husband JC), was playing a strong-willed cigarette manufacturer, an important client of the show's advertising agency.
The leading actor, Jon Hamm, playing Dan Draper, a strong, talented, down-to-earth, ambitious ad agency executive, has a rare charisma. Watching him handle the client, the sexy secretaries, his cut-out-doll, loving wife, his kids -- I'm riveted. His story line is compelling -- current, as well as a look at how we got where we are today.
Draper's wife, actress January Jones, is scripted as a typical, conforming, "wifey" wife of the early sixties -- doing what girls were brought up to do -- serving, seducing, supporting the man of the family, while handling the kids and household routines as her job.
Draper's infidelities, his aggressive, risky moves as an executive, create suspense as his wife becomes aware of her own restlessness, and senses that Draper is distracted, not very interested in her sexually.
The story line of copy-writer Peggy Olsen (skillfully, believably played by actress Elizabeth Moss), is for me, by itself, a reason for watching of the show.
It's fun, and fascinating, to see the virtuous, un-liberated young Peggy, after her first time with a man -- a one-night stand with a co-worker that gets her pregnant -- having the baby, holding onto her job -- learning to maneuver, while politely, tactfully, managing to rise in the male hierarchy.
The bouffant clothing and hairdos, the various female types of the early sixties, the chauvinistic men -- everyone smoking -- chain-smoking, lighting up after sex, after meals, and the first thing in the morning -- the casting, the dialogue, decor, props -- all of it is good. But it's not as super good (in my opinion), as the citations, awards, and the advertisements for the show suggest.
So why am I now watching this show regularly?
Because, in my book "Somebody" (see The Readery.com), I wrote about women and girls of the fifties sixties, and seventies -- the events that changed makeup, clothing, manners, morality, and what women were striving for and ... well...
Okay, I'll say it.
I'm jealous, irritated, that what I wrote wasn't translated into a show. And that prejudice -- liking what I did better than what the other guy did -- is what a writer feels. While I'm watching "Mad Men," my mind is half-way above the scene, remembering -- facts, details that you store in your brain when you're creating scenes for a novel.
I'm writing about "Mad Men" because it' s one of the highest level, absorbing soap operas on television -- worth watching, if you're the kind of person who likes to participate in a show by watching it regularly.
I can't. I'm too much involved with my work, as a blogging commentator. And now we're turning my blogs, the best ones -- into videocasts, in which my husband and I chat and banter about the blog.
"Mad Men" will be one of them in January.
STEAMPUNK IS "IN"
Have you heard of it? I hadn't, so I looked it up.
"Steampunk is a nostalgia for a time when technology had some relationship to the human scale." Scott Westerfield, author of a new novel in what he calls a steampunk setting, Levithan." [Oct. 09]
" (Steampunk) ...a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time- traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines." New York Times, [May 09]
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia says:
"Steampunk ... works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne ..."
It's wood, brass, and leather, hand-made -- you can take it apart and put it back together -- the opposite of the Iphone with its shiny, impenetrable, exterior -- it's impregnable interior with all its microscopic elements permanently encased plastic square-beads that can't be opened.
It increasing popular -- there are steampunk housewares, music, fashion, steampunk apps for Itunes, "Steampunk Magazine," blogs, steampunk conventions in San Diego, and Seattle -- a museum in Oxford with an exhibition devoted to steampunk.
Will it affect you and me?
Golly, my clothes, shoes, hat, coats -- jewelry -- everything in my closets, in my home and offices -- furniture, dishes, appliances, window shades, wall and floor coverings -- phones, clocks, radios – I never thought of it as steampunk, but now that I know the definition ... that's what it is!
Goody, I'd rather think of myself as "steampunked than old-fashioned."
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NEW HERO FOR THE KIDS
Oh wow -- teenagers, and we TV watchers have a brilliant super bandit --a double, triple cool guy -- with a hundred robberies under his belt in and around Camano Island (near Seattle), where he lives.
Young --just 18-years-old -- he stole cars for awhile, now it's speed-boats, and aircraft. He flies around without a license, crash-lands the plane, and escapes unhurt.
Good-looking, six-foot-five-inches tall, dimpled chin, quick, marvelously sharp eyes, Colton Harris-Moore goes for it -- whatever he sees and wants -- a bath in someone's a sunken tub, food from someone's fridge, jewelry, fun knickknacks from the rich, or from plain, average folks. He's defnitely not a Robin Hood.
Apparently, he just does whatever he's in the mood to do. He doesn't seem to care about what's right, or wrong, or worry about being caught.
You have to admire a guy like that -- no wonder he's got 8000 fans in his fan club on Facebook. No wonder his mother says she's proud of him. "I hope to hell he stole those planes. I'd be so proud. But next time, I want him to wear a parachute."
So where is Colton Harris-Moore?
Police found a stolen Mercedes-Benz on Camano Island, with a camera, and a photo that Harris-Moore had snapped of himself. They have his DNA -- Harris-Moore police a note saying: "Cops wanna play huh? Well its no lil game. It's war! "
Then, he proceeded to steal an assault rifle from a deputy, a neighbor on Camano Island. The deputy said, "Unless he's stopped, chances are he'll end up a career criminal — or dead."
That, of course, has added to his legend. He's already known as "The Barefoot Burglar" because he kicked off his shoes when deputies were chasing him. A young, tattooed waitress says she saw a tall young man sprinting down the street, last month. "He was barefoot, and he was laughing. I wanted it so much to be Colton."
Just last weekend, blankets, shoes and food were found -- stolen stuff from a home near the site where a stolen Cessna crash-landed north of Seattle, near Colton's home. When police were looking for him, a shot was fired at them from the woods -- the shooter got away.
It's a serious problem. The police don't have the manpower to mount an all-out hunt. While residents wonder why they can't find a teenager in the confines of a not large island, a Seattle man's selling T-shirts bearing Colton's picture and the words "Momma Tried."
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, whose office has dealt with Harris-Moore since he was 11, blew up at a "Today" show producer who mentioned a possible made-for-Hollywood story. "He is an adult felon!" Brown said. "I will not have him made into some kind of folk hero."
Colton's mother hopes her son makes his way to a country that won't extradite him. She said she talks to him on the phone, but she won't let on if she knows where he is. "I figure I'll spend my time with him in a positive way," she said, "because who knows if he'll be shot tomorrow?"
Whew -- this guy is a hero, that kids want to emulate?
Well, who are kids going to admire these days? Grungy, sexy rock stars, pelvis dancing, screaming into their mikes? Sports heroes? They've got Derek Jeter, but he's kind of old. And we keep hearing about baseball, basketball, hockey stars, more and more of them into steroids, weed, wild women, wild behavior.
So what thrills the young, younger generation? Colton breaking the law, that's for sure! Colton doing whatever he wants to do -- with no supervision, no rules.
Is it because kids, like us adults, are constantly seeing and hearing about lying, immorality, no sense of right and wrong, in many of the men and women who are running the country?
What can I do? How can I promote the old adage --do unto others as you would have them do unto you?
Should I point with my forefinger -- that's good -- that's bad -- that's right, that's wrong. Should I try to sneak the adage into a conversation with friends, strangers -- techies, delivery guys?
Well ... if I can't say it, maybe I can think it ten times a day -- strong thoughts can be ESP-contagious.
HOME SWEET HOME IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Obama's back from Copenhagen with less than he hoped for.
How can he turn a not great outcome into something hopeful?
What about the climate-gate emails?
What about Howard Dean's "Kill the Bill" declarations ... and fellow Democrats saying "you won't get my vote unless you do .......?"
What about the troops preparing to go to Afghanistan, and double digit unemployment -- black supporters now saying he isn't doing enough for them, and Guantanamo?
And the polls ...
If you or I had all those issues on our minds, we couldn't sleep.
What can we do? If Obama felt the health care bill, that's now needing an up and down vote in the Senate, was "bad" and should be dropped, Obama would say so and tell us, and he'd drop it.
Hey -- I'm a rebel, if a trusted adviser (like an agent, an editor) tells me what to do, I don't do it -- not without questioning, and examining by myself, for myself what it means. But I'm a doer. Sometimes a decision has to be made. If I don't do what I've been told to do, I'm going to end up with nothing.
Okay? No, it's not okay.
I may lose a year or so of work -- maybe more. I may not be able to go back and start from scratch again. So, despite my reservations, I proceed to do what my adviser suggested.
That applies to writing, and any creative project. Somebody said (I think it was Teddy Roosevelt), "The man who does nothing makes no mistakes."
Am I advocating that you close your eyes, cover your ears, and nod? Yes. We hired him, we picked out the most trustworthy, smartest, best man around to do the job. Let him do it.
Sure, I've got questions -- how is the current Health Care bill going to affect me, and my family? But at this point, opinions questions, alternatives, individual concerns accomplish nothing.
Let the President handle it. He didn't come home with what he'd hoped to come home with, but he won't drop the problem of global warming or stop working on health care.
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Avissawella, (අවිස්සාවේල්ල in Sinhala) is a big town in Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council, situated on the A4 route from Colombo to Ratnapura, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, approximately 59km east of capital Colombo. It's also known as Seethawakapura.
It is on the periphery of the Western Province on its border with the Sabaragamuwa Province. This town has a rich and proud history in the annals of its military exploits against the Portuguese invaders as it was the capital of Sitawaka Kingdom from 1521 to 1593. Seethawaka was ruled by King Mayadunne and later his son Rajasinghe the First during this period. There is a lore that Rajasinghe was a parricide but some historians discount this as a story spread by jealousy. Avissawella is the junction from where the oldest land route to the Hill Country via Hatton and the road down South via Ratnapura diverge. The town is governed by an Urban Council named the Seethawakapura Urban Council.
During the past, this area was known as Seethawaka and this name is used to identify a section of this town to this day. There are folklore which relate this name to "Seetha Devi" of Ramayanaya fame. Seethawaka legend has become richer because of these stories.
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Shriya Bhupal Blogs, Comments and Archive News on Economictimes. Shriya Bhupal wore an embellished Tarun Tahiliani saree with a spectacular diamond necklace and complimentary add-ons, for the pheras. Krishna Ram Bhupal is registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs with a DIN (Director Identification Number) of 00005442, and is currently associated with 65 companies. While at a recent wedding in Hyderabad, Pragya was photographed in a Jayanti Reddy lehenga. The engagement of Akhil Akkineni and Shriya (industrialist GVK Reddy's granddaughter) happened in a rather extravagant ceremony in December last year. Here she can be seen spending some tender moments with her. Shriya Bhupal is a costume designer by profession, and she began her career at a budding age in this field. After her wedding is been called off with Akhil Akkineni she had handed to the United States. 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Shriya Bhupal is a costume designer by profession, and she began her career at a budding age in this field. Explore more on Dia Bhupal exclusively at Navbharat Times. Currently, Shalini Bhupal is Joint Managing Director & Director at TAJGVK Hotels & Resorts Ltd. Shriya Bhupal and Anindith Reddy's Starry Ring Ceremony Granddaughter of GVK group's chairman and ace fashion designer Shriya Bhupal got engaged to her soul mate Anindith Reddy. You also may find Shriya-bhupal film galleries, Shriya-bhupal gossip news, Shriya-bhupal cinema trailers and telugu news related to Shriya-bhupal. Launched under the label Shriya Som, the line-up is the designer's imagination of a hidden paradise -- lush with verdant textures and romantic florals. She is a Wife of South Indian Actor Akhil Akkeneni. Marathi Wedding. Shriya Bhupal got married to Anindith Reddy recently in Paris, a year after breaking the engagement to actor Akhil Akkineni. It is shocking to learn that Nargarjuna’s son and Telugu actor Akhil Akkineni’s impending wedding with Shriya Bhupal, granddaughter of industrialist G V K Reddy has been reportedly called off. Krishna Ram Bhupal is registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs with a DIN (Director Identification Number) of 00005442, and is currently associated with 65 companies. Dia is a photographer and at a second venue, Anand Warehouse, she displayed four photographic prints - a supermarket, a waiting room of a clinic, a bookstore and the inside of an. The mandap of Shriya Bhupal and Anindith Reddy's wedding took six full days to complete with more than 1000 people working day and night on it. Shriya Bhupal is an official costume designer for Filmfare South. Hyderabad: P. Read full. Krishna Bhupal initially engaged with Deccan Chronicle owner's daughter Gayathri Reddy but it was cancelled later. Nagarjuna's son Akhil Akkineni and fiancee Shriya Bhupal have ended their engagement months before their Italy wedding. Shriya Bhupal has married Anindith, the grandson of Apollo hospitals Chairman and founder Prathap C Reddy. Shalini Bhupal is Joint Managing Director at Taj Gvk Hotels & Resorts Ltd. Dia Mehta Bhupal originally from Mumbai, now works and practices in Hyderabad, India. Educated at The Parsons School of Design in New York, she holds a BFA in Photography. Bhupal said: "This is my very first show in my hometown Hyderabad. PHOTOS BY PR Wire On July 7, 2018. Mother-to-be Sania Mirza also turned up dressed in her best for the. Bollywood's far-famed Tarun Tahiliani is her Guru in the fashion world. Shreya is also known as the granddaughter of the well-known businessman of Hyderabad, GVK Reddy. Right: Dia Bhupal looked fabulous in Abhu Jani Sandeep Khosla lehenga and Grand two tone diamond choker and earrings, large diamond maang tikka. Anindith Reddy is the grandson of Apollo Chairman, Pratap Reddy. This actually is a particular picture. Ram Charan, Upasana, Pinky Reddy and other family members attended the. TheTribune: Inspired by the late 60’s, designer Shriya Bhupal unveiled her haute Bohéme look, which matched the energy and joi de vivre of the New Age lady. Tuesday, September 10, 2019. akhil-akkineni-shriya-bhupal-engagement Akhil Akkineni, Shriya Bhupal Engagement Images. Akhil and Shriya have been a dating for a long time now and have informed their families about their romance too. The wedding was to take place in Italy in May. Book online tickets for Mind The Gap - Art Exhibition By Dia Mehta Bhupal happening on 03 March 2016 at New Delhi. Her father name is not known and her mother name is Shalini Bhupal. For the uninitiated ones, Shirya is the granddaughter of Hyderabad tycoon Dr GVK Reddy and Anindith belongs to the Apollo Hospitals family. Over the last few days many. Shriya Bhupal Latest News and Updates, Special Reports, Videos & Photos of Shriya Bhupal on India TV. This is going to be held at GVR House at 7 p. Shriya Bhupal is a costume designer by profession, and she began her career at a budding age in this field. Launched under the label Shriya Som, the line-up is the designer's imagination of a hidden paradise -- lush with verdant textures and romantic florals. Akhil engagement with Shriya Bhupal. For the first time, the possible reasons for the split. Anindith Reddy and Shriya Bhupal wedding, Shirya Som Wedding, Shirya Bhupal in Tarun Tahiliani Turquoise Jewellery Diamond Jewellery Manoj Kumar Tarun Tahiliani Half Saree Jaipur Receptions Saree Blouse Bridal Makeup. The wedding was a grand affair with many. Best Website to read breaking and latest shriya bhupal News in Hindi, Amar Ujala बेहतर अनुभव के लिए अपनी सेटिंग्स में जाकर हाई मोड चुनें।. "Shriyasom" (Hyderabad-based label house) was founded by her and she dedicated it in the name of her deceased father. Nagarjuna's son Akhil Akkineni's engagement with fashion designer Shriya Bhupal has reportedly been called off months before their destination wedding in Italy. Dia Mehta Bhupal January 24, 2019. Shriya Bhupal is the owner of designer label Shriya Som, which has been worn by several. The latest Tweets from Dia Mehta Bhupal (@diamehtabhupal). Nagarjuna's son Akhil Akkineni engaged to girlfriend Shriya Bhupal! Telugu superstar Nagarjuna's son Akhil Akkineni on Friday got engaged to girlfriend Shriya Bhupal in Hyderabad. Artist Dia Mehta Bhupal is all set to showcase her art installation and photographs at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016. Launched under the label Shriya Som, the line-up is the designer's imagination of a hidden paradise -- lush with verdant textures and romantic florals. Anindith Reddy is the grandson of Apollo Chairman, Pratap Reddy. Verve Weekend Guide. Bhupal said: “This is my very first show in my hometown Hyderabad. Its total obligation of contribution is Rs. Tag: Shriya Bhupal. Shriya Bhupal Wore Only Diamonds At Her Wedding; Different 'All-Diamond' Look For Each Function. Sindhu and I have known each other since childhood. Nagarjuna's youngest son Akhil Akkineni got engaged to his girlfriend Shriya Bhupal in a private ceremony in in Hyderabad on December 9. Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 2(3), Hyderabad 2. Akhil already told that his girl belonged to the family friends. Shriya Bhupal wearing Tarun Tahiliani grand lehenga with mirror work and zardosi gota palli heavy blouse. Nagarjuna's son Akhil Akkineni engaged to girlfriend Shriya Bhupal! Telugu superstar Nagarjuna's son Akhil Akkineni on Friday got engaged to girlfriend Shriya Bhupal in Hyderabad. How to fashion-week like a pro. Shalini Bhupal is Joint Managing Director at Taj Gvk Hotels & Resorts Ltd. Then, Akhil's affair with a Hyderabad-based fashion designer doubled the follow-up. She graciously agreed to walk for my show and I am most grateful to her. Shriya has 2 jobs listed on their profile. where Acquisition of 15,479,428 Equity Shares done was reported to the exchange on March 15, 2018. Dia Bhupal in Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla at Shriya and Anindith’s pre-wedding function. dia bhupal: Find dia bhupal latest news, Images, Photos & Videos, Pictures & Video Clips on dia bhupal and catch latest updates, news, information. Shriya Bhupal wore an embellished Tarun Tahiliani saree with a spectacular diamond necklace and complimentary add-ons, for the pheras. The 2 appeared good collectively and the followers appeared to be fairly enthusiastic about their impending wedding ceremony. It is a symmetric scale. Their destination wedding in Italy was planned for May. Bhupal said: “This is my very first show in my hometown Hyderabad. Tag: Shriya Bhupal. Bhupal has been instrumental in the. Hero Nithin going to Marry After His Next Film He is Going to Marry Shriya Bhupal Friend for more details watch this video. The installations and images of artist Dia Mehta Bhupal capture private moments in public spaces Dia Mehta Bhupal, 32, hails from one of the oldest and most reputable diamond families of India and is married to Krishna Bhupal, grandson of the leading industrialist G. But according to reports by New Indian Express, both families have called off the wedding. Skip to content. Dia Bhupal in heavy diamond jewellery at her sister-in-law Shriya Bhupal's wedding. Shriya Bhupal and Anindith Reddy's Starry Ring Ceremony Granddaughter of GVK group's chairman and ace fashion designer Shriya Bhupal got engaged to her soul mate Anindith Reddy. Shriya Som was established to create a bridge between international and Indian styles, to bring the concept of international evening wear into Indian silhouettes, and employ Indian techniques in. Specialising in fine art conceptual images, her practice centres around constructing large, life-size sets and then photographing them. 561 Followers, 381 Following, 205 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Shriya Bhupal (@shriyabhupal). Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 2(3), Hyderabad 2. Bhupal Todi. Its total obligation of contribution is Rs. Shriya Bhupal, the fashion designer and the granddaughter of the Business giant G. On their wedding day, the couple looked like a dream. Dia Mehta Bhupal. Art, Bengaluru, Brewery. Obviously, Upasana and Ram. Buzz is that they will have a grand destination. Obviously, Upasana and Ram. Get the Shriya Bhupal తెలుగు వార్తలు | Today's Shriya Bhupal Latest News in Telugu, Photos and Videos, Daily News Headlines and Updates on Sakshi. , has been in the news for various reasons. Wedding of Shriya Bhupal and Anindith Reddy | Beautiful Shriya Bhupal at her wedding events Photos | Inside Shriya Bhupal And Anindith Reddy's Wedding Photos | Celebs at Shriya Bhupal & Anindith Reddy's Marriage | Namrata Shirodkar Takes Us Inside Shriya Bhupal-Anindith Reddy's | Grand Wedding Ceremony of Anindith Reddy (Dr Prathap C. Upasana, Sania Mirza & Dia Bhupal Telugu360 is always open for the best and bright journalists. Actor Akhil Akkineni and fashion designer Shriya Bhupal's wedding scheduled for May has been called off Last month the couple was seen happy during Akhil's elder brother Naga Chaitanya's engagement with actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu Now the reason for their break-up has been revealed. Hyderabad based fashion designer Shriya Bhupal, who is the ex-fiance of south actor Akhil Akkineni, got hitched to Anindith Reddy, who is the grandson of Apollo chairman, Pratap Reddy in a grand. Fasionista diamond girl. Shriya has 2 jobs listed on their profile. Shriya Bhupal Blogs, Comments and Archive News on Economictimes. Shriya is a fashion designer based in Hyderabad and the granddaughter of business tycoon GVK Reddy. This year, the bar on big fat Indian weddings is only getting higher — Shriya Bhupal, grand-daughter of businessman GVK Reddy and the brains behind the fashion brand Shriya Som, had a lavish pre. Earlier she was engaged to actor Akhil Akkineni. Sindhu on Friday walked the ramp for designer Shriya Bhupals first solo show here. The person they have kissed in the photograph is Diya Bhupal. She is a Wife of South Indian Actor Akhil Akkeneni. These images form part of Watch This Space, the first solo show by Hyderabad-based artist, Dia Mehhta Bhupal, in Mumbai, on at Pundoles and presented by GallerySKE. Dia Mehhta Bhupal Artist, Dia Mehta Bhupal Studio. Dia Bhupal originally from Mumbai, now works and practices in Hyderabad, India. 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The event was graced by many celebrities including megastar Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan with wife Upasana Kamineni, Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata Shirodkar among many others. The two have been dating for a few years now,they fell in love and were engaged recently. Nagarjuna‘s younger son Akhil Akkineni was all set to get married in a destination wedding in Italy to fiancee Shriya Bhupal this summer. From a cupcake baking class to a republic day blues concert, Verve gives you the. After eight years, wedding bells will ring at Cooperage Published: Dec 25, will tie the knot with Dia Mehta, who hails from a diamond trader's family. Everything You Would Want To Know About Akhil's Girl Friend Shriya Bhupal. August 31, 2019, 4:21 pm. HONBLE SRI JUSTICE V. Explore more on Dia Bhupal exclusively at Navbharat Times. Anindith Reddy ( Dr C Prathap Reddy's Grand son ) tied the knot with Shriya Bhupal ( GVK Reddy's Grand daughter) at Hyderabad. Shreya is also known as the granddaughter of the well-known businessman of Hyderabad, GVK Reddy. It was a family affair which was attended by close friends and relatives. Sindhu looks beautiful as she walks the ramp for designer Shriya Bhupal ← Prev Event Next Event. Everything You Would Want To Know About Akhil's Girl Friend Shriya Bhupal. Shriya Bhupal has worked with Tollywood stars Kajal Agarwal, like Shriya Saran, Samantha, Rakul Preet Singh. Prior to enrolling at Parsons, Dia completed her foundation studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. T Subbarami Reddy's daughter-in-law Sarita Reddy attended Shriya Bhupal and Anindith Reddy's pre-wedding party wearing a mustard yellow and gold checkered silk saree paired with contrast blue and gold elbow length sleeves blouse. dia bhupal: Find dia bhupal latest news, Images, Photos & Videos, Pictures & Video Clips on dia bhupal and catch latest updates, news, information. Verve Weekend Guide. 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Dia is a photographer and at a second venue, Anand Warehouse, she displayed four photographic prints - a supermarket, a waiting room of a clinic, a bookstore and the inside of an. Sindhu walks ramp for designer Shriya Bhupal. Launched under the label Shriya Som, the line-up is the designer's imagination of a hidden paradise -- lush with verdant textures and romantic florals. The event was a close family affair in Hyderabad and the only actors. shriya bhupal and anindith reddy wedding ceremony at novotel hyderabad వైభవంగా శ్రియా భూపాల్ - అనిందిత్. The superstar behind the famous label Shriya Som, Shriya Bhupal recently got engaged to an NRI guy named, Anindith Reddy who belongs to the Apollo Hospitals family. Shriya Bhupal. Hyderabad based fashion designer Shriya Bhupal, who is the ex-fiance of south actor Akhil Akkineni, got hitched to Anindith Reddy, who is the grandson of Apollo chairman, Pratap Reddy in a grand. 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Shriyasom Fashions International Llp is a Limited Liability Partnership firm incorporated on 13 January 2015. She is Shriya Bhupal's sister-in-law. Shriya Bhupal and Anindith Reddy's Starry Ring Ceremony Granddaughter of GVK group's chairman and ace fashion designer Shriya Bhupal got engaged to her soul mate Anindith Reddy. Akhil Akkineni and Shriya Bhupal had a grand engagement in December 2016. The engagement of Akhil Akkineni and Shriya (industrialist GVK Reddy's granddaughter) happened in a rather extravagant ceremony in December last year. Specialising in fine art conceptual images, her practice centres around constructing large, life-size sets and then photographing them. Actor Akhil Akkineni and fashion designer Shriya Bhupal's wedding scheduled for May has been called off Last month the couple was seen happy during Akhil's elder brother Naga Chaitanya's engagement with actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu Now the reason for their break-up has been revealed. दक्षिण भारतीय सुपरस्टार नागार्जुन के छोटे बेटे अखिल और उनकी मंगेतर श्रिया भूपल ने शादी से महज तीन महीने पहले अपना रिश्ता खत्म कर लिया है. Book online tickets for Mind The Gap - Art Exhibition By Dia Mehta Bhupal happening on 03 March 2016 at New Delhi. In a shocking turn of events, the wedding of Tollywood superstar Nagarjuna's younger son Akhil Akkineni to designer Shriya Bhupal has reportedly been called off. She graciously agreed to walk for my show and I am most grateful to her. Photo Courtesy de l’artiste, Mumbai L’exposition « Rendez-vous » à l’Institut d’art contemporain, à Villeurbanne, est un événement dédié à la jeune création qui réunit les œuvres de vingt artistes émergents. 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Re: Potential Summer Transfers in and out
Didn't Torres hand in a transfer request on the last day? If so, the club had a matter of hours to make a decision. Suarez was bought to partner Torres. I'm not sure £40M + Sturridge would have been a better deal but I'll keep an open mind on that.
With the width we were building in the team having a big centre forward makes sense. It's too early to say whether Carroll will be a success or not but tomorrrow at Stoke will be an interesting test for him if he's picked.
Trouble is, with Kuyt and Suarez forming such a good working partnership it would be a brave man who would disrupt it.
the dude abides
that rug really tied the room together
Quote from: Ageing Stick Insect on September 09, 2011, 05:01:52 PM
with Kuyt and Suarez forming such a good working partnership it would be a brave man who would disrupt it.
exactly, ASI.
the old Liverpool mantra, was to only bring in someone better than what you already have.
As for Torres (and Moreless), I wouldn't focus too much on a player putting in a last minute transfer request.
The club will have known about Torres interest in possibly leaving for some considerable time. Heck, the club may even have been trying to previously offload him on the quiet (I did see reports of that). But any top club (which we are) will be on top of developments and have contingency plans in place.
But for me, the worrying aspect is that Carroll, all 35/36 million of him, was their contingency plan. It's bad enough that he cost a record transfer fee for a British player and was injured, and never gonna play much part in the rest of the season. But the most worrisome aspect, is that someone at the club thought 1) that he was technically good enough on the ground; 2) fast enough; and 3) Liverpool would develop a hoof it to the big centre-forward approach.
The little and large era, ala Toshack and Keegan, worked at a time. But that era is long since gone.
Certainly it is good as an option (via substitution)......but never as your core strategy. Well at least not at a top club like Liverpool.
We paid a helluva lot of money for mere potential. If he had come at half the price, then it wouldn't be a major issue. My key concern is not related to fitness, it is ability. On the ground, and also in terms of pace, he is not near good enough. IMHO
Anyways, overall, I am very impressed with our new acquisitions.
Enrique, Downing and Adams look superb. I am delighted for the lads. They look bona fida Liverpool FC players. I know some of you had major doubts about Henderson. But I saw enough in these opening games to be confident that he is gonna be a good signing for the club.
We did miss out on two top players, that United took off our noses this summer. I hope that our second-choice, Coates, can be a success. Carragher is a worry in defence.
Overall VERY impressed. Kenny is going for an offence based game. The key to the game is balance. I hope he can get that delicate balance right. But he is on the right track. I suspect he has realised that Fergie has it right....to win premierships, you have to throw the kitchen sink at the opposition at times. In doing that tho, a weak chink in your defence will get exposed.
In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was, in me, an invincible summer.
There’s no next time. It’s now or never.
Quote from: Tes on September 08, 2011, 03:08:25 PM
Agreed, Dude, it's a head scratcher alright. Is he not fit or is this what Andy Carroll actually is?
As I've stated before on here I'm not a fan of the 'English target man' style of player.
The fee itself is one thing, but the biggest thing for me was the way it was decided. FSG said any replacement for Torres had to be £15M less than we received for Torres. No problem there. But having got £35M to play with we should have been keener with our valuations on the player(s) we were looking to spend the (Torres minus £15M) money on.
yes, it was a poor method of approaching the transfer, Tes.
And with the lad going to be out for several months anyway with his injury, and thus playing little part in the rest of the season, why the big rush to buy him. Made no sense.
My suspicion was that it was a statement of intent....a political statement, that the club felt they needed to make, to keep the fans onside (with selling Torres). It was a poor decision, made in haste. As you say, the valuation was way off.
As for the player, I think he is fit. I think this is it.
If we want the tall man option, Crouch would have been a far better temporary bet - 10 million quid, technically superb in the air and on the ground. Would have offered a height option that would not have broken the bank. And as an option, he could have given us 2, maybe 3, years service.
Too old to be a
I hate defending
I'd prefer a Drogba type player if we are to add an aerial dimension to our play. Being strong aerially being just one of his attributes, not the main one.
Don't make the same mistake twice, there's plenty of new ones to choose from.
Those who choose to preach would do well to take note of their own sermons.
if an aerial threat is a striker's sole key attribute, then he is only really deployable as an option from the bench.
mind you, lads like drogba come with a lot of attitude.
if only we could have found a 22 year old alan shearer, with our 35 million.
Meireles has come out and given his side of the story as to why he left.
Firstly he said he was made available for transfer during the summer. He claims the club didnt want him. I tend to believe him because it seemed early on in the transfer window he was being linked with a move to Juventus or Inter. He also stated that the club asked him to hand in a transfer request. In the clubs defence I assume that was only after he had expressed an interest in going to Chelsea. Otherwise why would they have rejected Chelseas original bid also supposed to be for 12 million.
Secondly he claims that the club broke a promise. He had been promised a 100% pay rise if he had performed well in his first season. You cant fault the club for not following through with the promise considering it was made by the previous regime. Theres no doubt Meireles deserved to be on a higher wage but if KD and DC didnt think so thats fine with me. We've lost a good player but in my opinion he can be easily replaced by somebody younger and possibly better.
Story in the papers today about Van Der Vaart being left out of Spurs Europa team. Wouldn't be a bad buy in the winter transfer window. Fantastic player imho.
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Quote from: Juan on September 12, 2011, 05:42:49 PM
Juan, the second part is the reason for the first part. If Meireles hadn't allegedly kicked off with agent in tow as soon as the season finished and had had some patience, once the wage bill had been lowered there would probably have been a better than evens chance of him having his contract looked at again.
There had been links all Summer with different clubs but how many times did Raul come out and state he only wanted to play for us.
As Chelsea made several offers it's not beyond the realms of possibility that once Villa-Boas had been appointed at Chelsea that Meireles' agent didn't go to work enquiring about the possibility of a move.
Ultimately, his desire to be at our club was not of the requisite strength if we are to move forwards and upwards.
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Israel in panic over losing their ‘dear’ ISIS & Al-Nusra terrorists - Assad
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Israel in panic over losing their ‘dear’ ISIS & Al-Nusra terrorists in Syria – Assad
http://www.rt.com/news/428305-assad-israel-strikes-threats/
'Striking targets in Syria and threatening to assassinate the leader on the pretext of fighting Iranian influence is a sign that Israel is in “panic” after losing its “dear” terrorist assets, President Bashar Assad told RT.
Over the last couple of months, Israel has intensified its bombing of military infrastructure in Syria, arguing that the Iranian presence in the Arab Republic jeopardizes its own national security. However, Israel’s justification for its air strikes based on alleged Iranian assets is a “lie,” Assad told RT’s Murad Gazdiev in an exclusive interview. Spam_A Spam_B “We don’t have Iranian troops,” Assad said. “We always said that we have Iranian officers, but they work with our army, we don’t have [Iranian] troops.”
Some Israeli politicians have threatened to “liquidate” Assad and topple his government if Iran continues to operate in Syria and transfer weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah. The Syrian president, however, has made it clear that he is not afraid of the threat.
“The Israelis have been assassinating, killing, occupying for decades now, for around seven decades, in this region, but usually they do all this without threatening. Now, why do they threaten in this way? This is panic, this is a kind of hysterical feeling because they are losing the ‘dear ones,’ the dear ones Al-Nusra and ISIS, that’s why Israel is panicking recently, and we understand their feeling,” Assad said.
Rejecting claims that Syria’s air defenses are practically useless against Israeli jets, the 52-year-old Syrian leader said the old Soviet weapons were capable of repelling numerous IAF strikes and the US-led bombardment in April, when the US, Britain, and France fired over 100 cruise missiles at Syria.
“Our air defense is much stronger than before, thanks to the Russian support and the recent attacks by the Israelis and by the Americans and British and French proved that we are in a better situation” than at the start of the civil war seven years ago, he said.
To protect the sovereignty of Syria, Assad vowed to “improve our air defense, this is the only thing we can do, and we are doing that.”'
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2Revolutions
I guess this ends the streak of fake gas attacks that happened the last couple years Syria around the same time. Of course the Western Powers declined to be named for this article.
Syrian 'White Helmets' flee to Jordan with Israeli, Western help
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-israel/syrian-white-helmets-flee-to-jordan-with-israeli-western-help-idUKKBN1KC061
JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian “White Helmet” rescue workers and their families fled advancing government forces and slipped over the border into Jordan overnight with the help of Israeli soldiers and Western powers, officials said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a brief video statement on Sunday he had helped the evacuation at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders - and there had been fears that the workers’ lives were at risk.
The group, known officially as Syria Civil Defence, has been widely hailed in the West and credited with saving thousands of people in rebel-held areas during years of bombing attacks by Damascus and its allies.
Its members, known for their white helmets, say they are neutral. But Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his backers, including Russia, have dismissed them as Western-sponsored propaganda tools and proxies of Islamist-led insurgents. There was no immediate response from Damascus on Sunday.
A Jordanian government source said 422 people were brought from Syria, over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights frontier and into Jordan, down from a figure of 800 announced earlier by the foreign ministry in Amman.
The evacuees will be kept in a “closed” location in Jordan and resettled in Britain, Germany and Canada within three months, the source said.
A second non-Jordanian source familiar with the agreement said the original plan had been to evacuate 800 people, but only 422 made it out as operations were hampered by government checkpoints and the expansion of Islamic State in the area.
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Netanyahu: Trump & Trudeau asked Israel to evacuate White Helmets from Syria
http://www.rt.com/news/433958-netanyahu-trump-trudeau-white-helmets/
US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Israel to evacuate the members of the controversial Western-backed White Helmets group from Syria, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed.
"President Trump and also Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, as well as others, requested us to help take out from Syria hundreds of White Helmets members,” Netanyahu said in a video address on Sunday.
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Several days ago @POTUS Trump contacted me, as did @CanadianPM Trudeau and others, and requested that we assist in evacuating hundreds of 'White Helmets' from Syria. These are people who have saved lives and whose lives were in danger. pic.twitter.com/mGzFCvPe1X</p>
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He described the White Helmets, who have been accused of cooperating with terrorists and faking chemical attacks, as “people who saved lives.” Spam_A Spam_B The members of the controversial group were “under life-threatening danger… I therefore authorized for them to be transferred through Israel to other countries as an important humanitarian measure,” the Israeli PM said.
Israel evacuated several hundred White Helmet staff and their families from the Golan Heights region in southern Syria to Jordan overnight on Saturday. The initial plan reportedly involved the evacuation of 800 people, but the Jordanian authorities later said that only 422 made it into the country.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, Emmanuel Nahshon, earlier wrote on Twitter that the Jewish state carried out the operation “upon request of the US, Canada and European states.”'
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Top militant commanders flee southern Syria to Israel: Report
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/07/23/568978/Israel-Syria-militant-commanders-White-Helmets
'Four top militant commanders have fled southern Syria to Israel after hundreds of Western-backed "White Helmets" did the same in the face of the Syrian army's imminent recapture of a strategic province.
According to pan-Arab news and commentary website al-Masdar News, the militants fled the Syrian province of Quneitra with their families and were secured by Israeli military once they got into the occupied Golan Heights.
It named the militant commanders as Moaz Nassar and Abu Rateb of Fursan al-Golan Brigade, Ahmad al-Nahs of Saif al-Sham Brigade, and Alaa al-Halaki of Jaish Ababeel. Spam_A Spam_B The website cited what it called as opposition sources revealing that the commanders had been recruited by the Israeli intelligence and remained in touch with Israeli officers for years.
Quneitra and the neighboring Dara'a province have been used for years to transfer injured militants into the occupied Golan Heights for treatment.
Israel transported several hundred "civil defense workers" known as White Helmets from southwest Syria to Jordan overnight Saturday at the request of the United States and European countries.
Military authorities said Israel engaged in the “out of the ordinary” operation due to the “immediate risk” to their lives as Syrian forces closed in on the area.'
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Syria: The White Helmets’ Final Performance
http://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-the-white-helmets-final-performance/5648513
'It is commonly known that when a ship is sinking, the crew does not board the lifeboats before the passengers. Most noble of all is when the captain and crew go down with the ship. Then with what level of ignobility should we assess the so-called “Syrian Civil Defense” more commonly referred to as the White Helmets?
We are told that Syrian forces backed by Russian airpower are brutalizing the remnants of “rebels” in southern Syria near the Jordanian border and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Surely now more than ever do the people of southern Syria need the “bravest of the brave” – as UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt described them on social media. Spam_A Spam_B Yet instead of rushing to where the cannons sound loudest, the White Helmets slunk across Syria’s borders with the aid of the Israeli Defense Forces, onward to Jordan, where the UN is working to relocate them – allegedly to Europe and North America.
It is a final act laying to rest once and for all a monumental lie – that the White Helmets were anything more than an extension of the foreign-funded proxy war aimed at overthrowing Damascus.
And now that overthrowing Damascus is no longer a possibility, the White Helmets are being evacuated to lie another day.
The White Helmets were never “rescuers,” but a public relations wing of Al Qaeda and its various affiliates. The US did not arm and funded terrorists for years to ravage Syria only to “also” fund groups to help save lives. Instead, the White Helmets’ only real mandate was to augment the proxy war, exploiting humanitarian themes similar to how the US and NATO justified and executed the destruction of Libya.'
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Kurds reach deal with Damascus to end Syria conflict
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/07/28/569493/SyriaKurdishSyrian-Democratic-Councilpeace-talks
'An alliance of Kurdish and Arab militants in Syria says it has come to an agreement with the Syrian government to develop negotiations to end violence in Syria.
The announcement was made after the so-called Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), sent a delegation to Damascus for talks with Syrian officials earlier this week. The SDF, itself, is a US-backed coalition of mainly Kurdish militants.
The SDC said in a statement Saturday that it had agreed with the government of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to form committees that would "chart a roadmap to a democratic, decentralized Syria.” Spam_A Spam_B The SDC delegation visited Damascus for the first time after President Assad said that he was “opening doors” for negotiations with Syrian Kurds that he said had "apparently become wary" of their unpredictable ally - the United States.
The Kurds then expressed readiness to hand over control of the Eastern Euphrates to the government after Washington withheld its support for the Kurdish militants in the northern Syrian cities of Manbij and Afrin.
The SDC's co-chair Riad Darar said on Friday the talks with Damascus were aimed at "working towards a settlement for northern Syria," as it was time to "solve our problems ourselves."'
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Russia Swats Away Israeli Bluster On Syria
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http://www.orientalreview.org/
http://orientalreview.org/2018/07/27/russia-swats-away-israeli-bluster-on-syria/
'The Russian version of the visit by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chief of Staff General Valery Gerasimov to West Jerusalem on July 23 became available, finally, on Wednesday in the nature of a terse TASS report quoting a ‘military-diplomatic’ source in Moscow as saying that the visiting Russian officials “looked into the tasks of completing the anti-terrorist operation in Syria’s South.”
An unnamed Israeli official had earlier floated a story that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did some tough talking with Lavrov and “rebuffed” a Russian offer to create a 100-kilometre buffer zone adjacent to Golan Heights. Netanyahu reportedly insisted that he won’t be satisfied with anything short of Iran ending its presence in Syria conclusively.
The first indication that the talks didn’t go well came when Israel shot down a Syrian jet on July 24 in Quneitra bordering Golan. It was a calculated act of belligerence by Israel. (The Islamic State fighters who are present in the region have since released the photograph of the wreckage and the mutilated body of the Syrian pilot.) Spam_A Spam_B The TASS report on July 25 punctures the Israeli version that the two Russian officials were deputed by President Vladimir Putin specially to discuss with Netanyahu the future of Iranian presence in Syria. (It now transpires that the Russian officials were on a tour of Israel, Germany and France.) The Israeli bravado can only be seen as a desperate ploy to cover up its humiliating defeat in Syria with the terrorist groups that were its proxies surrendering lock, stock and barrel in Daraa and Quneitra to the Syrian-Russian forces – especially the hasty exfiltration of the controversial group known as the White Helmets to Jordan via Golan Heights with the logistical help from the Israeli military.
Quite obviously, Moscow does not want to get entangled in the Israel-Iran tensions. This is also the American assessment of the Russian thinking, as articulated by the Director of the National Intelligence Agency Daniel Coats on Thursday: “We have assessed that it’s unlikely Russia has the will or the capability to fully implement and counter Iranian decisions and influence (in Syria.) Russia would have to make significantly greater commitments [in Syria] from a military standpoint, from an economic standpoint. We don’t assess that they’re keen to do that.”'
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UK cuts funding for Syrian opposition group which the BBC accused of being under jihadist control
http://www.rt.com/uk/436384-syrian-opposition-defunded-idlib/
'The UK will finally end its support of a Syrian opposition group accused by the BBC of being under an Al-Qaeda proxy’s control, in a move that shows the UK realizes that “these groups have no real future” in the Syrian conflict.
Operational funding to the Free Syrian Police Force (FSP) is to stop in September, with government sources, cited in the Guardian, admitting the Access to Justice and Community Service (AJACS) program has become too difficult to deliver.
A former foreign correspondent for the Guardian, Jonathan Steele, told RT that while the group, largely based in the northern opposition-held Idlib province, was unarmed, they still carried out “patrols,” adding that “they got equipment and salaries from the British government.”
While humanitarian support is set to continue, all operation assistance will stop. Steele stated that the UK had provided the FSP with “training and tactical support,” adding that “some of the training was happening in Turkey.” Spam_A Spam_B Britain’s aid spending in 2017-18 has been estimated at £152 million (US$194 million), a third of which has been delivered to Idlib province, on the Turkish border. The area, where the FSP operates, is a stronghold of the Al-Qaeda proxy group Al-Nusra Front, now rebranded as Tahrir al-Sham.
The Foreign Office and the Department for International Development (DfiD) denied that the move had anything with the BBC’s revelations in December 2017 – that the FSP were under the control of Al-Nusra Front.
The BBC Panorama program, titled ‘Jihadis You Pay For’, claimed FSP officers in Idlib province had to be approved by Al-Nusra.
After the program’s broadcast, the Foreign Office suspended access to the AJACS scheme for the FSP. A DfID source, cited in the Guardian, stated that the defunding decision had nothing to do with Panorama's claims.'
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__label__cc | 0.74836 | 0.25164 | P2P INTRA WORKOUT TROPICAL (VEGAN)
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GEN-TEC NUTRITION’S P2P (Power to Perform) is an advanced intra workout formula designed for bodybuilders and strength training athletes. The synergistic blend of creatine monohydrate, amino acids and carbohydrates is ideal for individuals with a goal of increased strength and lean muscle mass. Due to the cortisol suppressing effects of carbohydrates and certain amino acids, P2P is ideal for individuals with a goal of reducing catabolism (muscle breakdown) and improving recovery. Consuming P2P during exercise supplies the working muscles with all of the essential nutrients at this crucial time to maximize your potential and give you the Power to Perform.
SUGGESTED USE: Mix 30g (1 rounded scoop) in 300mL of water and consume during exercise. Store in a cool, dark place.
NOTE: Bodybuilders and strength training athletes > 80kg bodyweight; mix 60g (2 rounded scoops) in 600mL of water and consume during exercise.
INGREDIENTS: Maltodextrin (M180), Creapure® creatine monohydrate, Optipure™ glutamine, L-Leucine, Fructose, L-Glycine, Arginine alpha ketogluterate, L-Lysine, L-Isoleucine, L-Valine, Dextrose monohydrate, Citrulline malate, Calcium ascorbate, Natural flavour, Sucralose, Colour (copper chlorophyllin), Chromium picolinate.
May contain traces of milk, soy, gluten, tree nuts, sesame seeds and egg.
DISCLAIMER: Not suitable for children under the age of 15 or pregnant women. Should only be used under medical or dietary supervision. This food is not a sole source of nutrition and should be used in conjunction with a sensible exercise and nutrition program.
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Evidence based view on the intra-workout puzzle
By Dane Ivicevic: Dip, B.Sc, GCert, GDip
Nutritionist, Exercise Scientist and Clinical Biochemist
Resistance training (RT) is known to stimulate gains in strength and lean muscle, however to what extent can these gains be acquired is now known to be heavily dependent on nutrient intervention and the timing of these nutrients. By now everyone is quiet familiar that correct post workout nutrition is critical for muscle growth and recovery, but, many aren’t aware of the importance that intra-workout nutrient delivery has on maximising lean muscle growth and development. The purpose of this article is to discuss the evidence and relevance behind various nutrients contained in one of the leading intraworkout products, P2P.
Gaining the maximal benefits from hard training requires optimal conditions for strength and muscle development to occur. The importance that various hormones play in the development of strength and muscle is well established in the literature, however achieving the best anabolic environment by dietary means has only become more clear in recent years. Evidence shows that intense exercise initiates the muscle remodelling process by activating hormone-mediated proteolysis, resulting in a drop of nitrogen balance and therefore an increase rate of muscle breakdown(1, 2). In order to regulate this inevitable process in favour of less myofibrillar breakdown and a higher nitrogen balance to support protein synthesis , the correct balance and timing of nutrients is crucial. However, to date there has been a clear misunderstanding in the required balance and timing of nutrients amongst athletes and supplement manufacturers.
To date the beneficial effects of CHO ingestion during exercise is well established, However, it is also well documented the beneficial effects that EAA has on protein synthesis and muscle repair(3-5). Unfortunately, even this knowledge alone doesn’t cut it as the combination of the two must be correctly proportioned and the sources of CHO must also be well balanced in order to maximise absorption and nutrient delivery (4, 6, 7). Furthermore, the confusion surrounding the timing and combination of other nutrients has not helped people make an informed decision on what products or dietary methods they will adopt in order to prevent them being robbed of their hard training. A study by Bird et al, 2006, addressed the issue between CHO and EAA for RT athletes and found that subjects who ingested a mix of CHO and EAA significantly increased strength, fat loss and lean muscle gains compared to the placebo or individual groups over a 12 week period(4).The loss of adipose fat was theorized to be due to the heightened calorie expenditure at rest due to increases in lean muscle and strength which wasn’t observed in groups without CHO. In addition, the study took into account, which many don’t, that it is the neural adaptations that occur in untrained individuals who gain strength after commencing a RT program. What they reported was gains in strength in the PLA groups for only the first 8 weeks and not from weeks 8-12(4). However the test groups continued to gain strength up until week 12, indicating that the gains in strength were not attributed to neural adaptations and were indeed the tested subjects. In addition, the combined CHO and EAA groups acquired more gains in myofibrillar cross sectional area (CSA) compared to groups ingesting CHO or EAA alone(4). This too is quiet significant as it clearly indicates the importance both CHO and EAA have on regulating catabolic hormones and increasing protein synthesis for achieving higher lean muscle growth and strength. The gains in strength and muscle for the combined group was attributed to the synergistic effect that CHO and EAA had on suppressing Cortisol and hormone-mediated catabolism which was due to the rise in insulin and the affects of EAA on protein synthesis(4). The reduction in muscle breakdown was measured by the excretion of 3-methel-Histadine (3MH), which is a marker of muscle breakdown and was suppressed significantly more in the combined test group(4).
Moreover, another nutrient which plays a critical role is creatine. Creatine is an amino acid derived nutrient that has been unequivocally shown to increase fat free mass, increase strength and enhance repeated anaerobic performance(8). This has been suggested to result as an increase in protein synthesis and muscle water that ultimately leads to enhanced quality of training gains. Too often people underestimate the importance of combining creatine with a CHO and EAA supplement, merely resulting in partly delivered creatine to the muscle cells and more creatine excreted in the urine. The combination of creatine with CHO that utilise both glucose and fructose transporters, results in significantly higher absorption rates and nutrient delivery to the working muscles(3, 9). The best way to describe this complex process is that CHO and EAA together provide more cars so more nutrients make it to the party (muscle cells) and the use of multiple routes to avoid traffic congestion. As simplistic as this may seem the importance of maximizing this system is critical for fast muscle repair and growth. Furthermore, the use of nitric oxide precursors such as arginine are the finial icing on the cake when it comes to perfecting the intra-workout puzzle. Arginine stimulates vasodilatation which allows improved blood flow to the working muscles, which is felt by an increase in muscle pump or venous pooling as its correctly called(10). This process complements our previous analogy about the cars taking nutrients to the cells as blood vessel dilation essentially adds more lanes to every route that the cars take to get there, ultimately leading to even further enhancement of nutrient delivery and therefore a more optimal environment for greater muscle repair and growth to take place.
In summary a combination of the correct CHO mix, the right EAA, creatine monohydrate and arginine precoursors results in a synergistic enhancement of the muscle remodelling process, resulting in significantly greater gains in strength, muscle, performance and fat loss. P2P is one of the most balanced intra-workout products on the market today with its combination of carbohydrate (CHO), essential amino acids (EAA), creatine and nitric oxide precursors makes this a crucial addition in order to maximize anabolic hormones, strength and acquire maximal lean muscle mass.
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00008 Liberation in One Lifetime
Highlights It is recorded in the Surangama Sutra that Shakyamuni Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Quan Yin Bodhisattva unanimously proclaimed the Quan Yin Method to be the ultimate method for attaining liberation, and also the speediest and safest ..(more)
00019 Meditation Is Food for The Soul
People are always unknowingly bound in the midst of worldly grievance and fate together with their loved ones. How can we be aware of this short-lived ephemeral love life, so as to seek the way of eternal Love? The Great king Alexander was one ..(more)
00052 The Meaning of The Three Treasure of Buddhism: the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
What is it like to be enlightened? Through reading the scriptures, we get to know what kind of experiences an enlightened person may have. So if we have the same kind of experience, then we are enlightened too. As I mentioned just now, according to what Buddha ..(more)
00053 How to recite Buddha’s name effectively
Regardless if we aspire to practice spiritually or not, we should not kill sentient beings. We should have compassion! This is the most important thing. It’s useless to seek spiritual practice without perfecting our moral virtues. We should practice both. ..(more)
00057 The Invisible Work of a Master
What are the different works an Enlightened Master’s physical body and transcendental body each do? Is physical pain related to one’s karma? Who is the devil or Maya?He is also a sentient being! How do Enlightened Masters resolve their disciples’ karma and make ..(more)
00061 The Sacred Relationship Between Master and Disciples
What is the divine relationship between a Master and His disciples? The great Masters are the manifestations of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. They are very compassionate. However, they have limited power in this world. They are not and cannot reveal who they are and what ..(more)
00062 There is Essentially No Sin
Highlights This is a compilation of Master's brilliant discourses from the early years before She began preaching publicly in Formosa. In it She answers the following questions. Why does Master say that whether good or ..(more)
00072 What Is the Difference Between Karma and Fixed Karma
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00077 The Virtuous Atmosphere of Spiritual Practitioners
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00090 Pratyeka Buddha
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00093 Is Keeping Vegetarian a Kind of Killing
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00111 The Power of Blessing
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00112 The Job of Bodhisattva Mahasattva
Our souls are the true Prajñāpāramitā.Originally the soul is the same as Prajñāpāramitā; there's no difference. Hes has the same great wisdom. Hes himself is the great wisdom, the great Tao, the original Self, and Buddha nature. However, when hes comes to this ..(more)
00123 The True Meaning of Amitabha Praise
Vibration is a kind of fine, subtle light. All scientists know that vibration is a kind of sound and light. If the sound is very fine, it turns into fine, subtle light that can be seen by our physical eyes. That's the basis of the working of television and radio ..(more)
00124 True Teaching and False Teaching
What is Dharma? It is something intangible and hard to explain, at most we could talk only a little bit about it. Actually true teachings are not to be talked with mouth, and cannot be expressed with words. Therefore, it's not easy to teach the Dharma with this body or ..(more) | cc/2020-05/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line186 |
__label__wiki | 0.55394 | 0.55394 | The Role of Ceramide Kinase in Eicosanoid Synthesis
Chalfant, Charles E.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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Products of arachidonic acid (AA), eicosanoids, are well-established mediators of inflammation. The production of AA by phospholipases is the initial rate-limiting step in eicosanoid biosynthesis, and the major phospholipase that regulates eicosanoid synthesis in response to inflammatory agonists is group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2a). Our laboratory first discovered that ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) is a potent activator of cPLA2a both in vitro and in cells. In our previous funding cycle, the PI's laboratory demonstrated that CERK and its product, C1P, are required for the activation of cPLA2a, and are major regulators of eicosanoid synthesis in cells. Our laboratory has now begun to study CERK in depth since CERK is a possible target for anti-inflammatory therapeutics. Preliminary results demonstrate that CERK is phosphorylated in response to inflammatory agonists (e.g. IL-1?). These results also demonstrated that phosphorylation of Ser424 regulates both the enzymatic activity of CERK as well as eicosanoid synthesis in cells. Other preliminary results from our laboratory demonstrate that CERK specifically binds and is activated by phosphatidic acid (PA). Based on these data, we hypothesize that CERK is activated by phosphorylation and interaction with the lipid co-factor, PA, in response to inflammatory mediators. Our preliminary results also suggest that lipid phosphate phosphatase-3 (LPP-3), a member of the LPP family, is responsible for the catalytic degradation of C1P. Therefore, building upon our previous work and these data, we hypothesize that C1P is catabolized by LPP-3 to effectively """"""""shut-down"""""""" prolonged activation of eicosanoid synthesis in response to inflammatory agonists. Lastly, CERK inhibitors (e.g. multiple siRNAs) are effective in blocking eicosanoid synthesis in response to inflammatory agonists in tissue culture systems. Therefore, one of our central hypotheses is that C1P produced from the phosphorylation of ceramide by CERK is an important in vivo mediator of eicosanoid synthesis induced by inflammatory phenotypes via activation of cPLA2a. To validate our above hypotheses, we will: 1) Determine the role of lipid cofactors in regulating CERK in response to inflammatory agonists;2) Determine the role of phosphorylation in regulating CERK in response to inflammatory agonists;3) To determine the catabolic regulation of C1P in response to inflammatory cytokines;and 4) Determine the role of CERK in regulating eicosanoid synthesis in vivo. *Significance: Since almost nothing is known about the regulation of this enzyme critical for eicosanoid synthesis, we predict that these studies will produce great insights into the regulation of this enzyme as well as identify additional upstream mediators of eicosanoid synthesis. These studies will also define a role of CERK in mediating inflammatory responses in vivo. This cannot be understated because CERK will be defined as a therapeutic target for modulation of eicosanoid synthesis. Indeed, the proposed studies will generate insights into novel aspects of signal transduction in inflammation perhaps leading to new therapeutics for asthma, thrombosis, ATH, and Alzheimer's disease.
These studies will produce great insights into the regulation of ceramide kinase as well as identify additional upstream mediators of eicosanoid synthesis. These studies will also largely define a role of CERK and its product, C1P, in mediating inflammatory responses in vivo. This cannot be understated because CERK will be defined as a therapeutic target for modulation of eicosanoid synthesis. Thus, this grant application has the high potential (HIGH IMPACT) for establishing a tangible new factor that impinges on the important inflammatory mediators, eicosanoids. Indeed, the proposed studies will generate significant insights into novel aspects of signal transduction in inflammation perhaps leading to new therapeutics for asthma/AHR, sepsis/pulmonary infection, thrombosis, cancer metastasis, inflammation, ATH, and Alzheimer's disease.
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Sarkar, Rita
Schools of Medicine
R01 HL The Role of Ceramide Kinase in Eicosanoid Synthesis
Chalfant, Charles E. / Virginia Commonwealth University $551,203
R01 HL Role of Ceramide Phosphate in Prostaglandin Synthesis
Chalfant, Charles E. / Virginia Commonwealth University $37,500
Vhuiyan, Mynol I; Pak, Magnolia L; Park, Margaret A et al. (2017) PRMT2 interacts with splicing factors and regulates the alternative splicing of BCL-X. J Biochem 162:17-25
Barbour, Suzanne E; Nguyen, Phuong T; Park, Margaret et al. (2015) Group VIA Phospholipase A2 (iPLA2?) Modulates Bcl-x 5'-Splice Site Selection and Suppresses Anti-apoptotic Bcl-x(L) in ?-Cells. J Biol Chem 290:11021-31
Al-Husseini, Aysar; Wijesinghe, Dayanjan S; Farkas, Laszlo et al. (2015) Increased eicosanoid levels in the Sugen/chronic hypoxia model of severe pulmonary hypertension. PLoS One 10:e0120157
Hoeferlin, Lauren Alexis; Huynh, Quoc K; Mietla, Jennifer A et al. (2015) The Lipid Portion of Activated Platelet-Rich Plasma Significantly Contributes to Its Wound Healing Properties. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle) 4:100-109
Dhall, Sandeep; Wijesinghe, Dayanjan Shanaka; Karim, Zubair A et al. (2015) Arachidonic acid-derived signaling lipids and functions in impaired healing. Wound Repair Regen 23:644-56
Dhall, Sandeep; Do, Danh; Garcia, Monika et al. (2014) A novel model of chronic wounds: importance of redox imbalance and biofilm-forming bacteria for establishment of chronicity. PLoS One 9:e109848
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Wijesinghe, Dayanjan S; Brentnall, Matthew; Mietla, Jennifer A et al. (2014) Ceramide kinase is required for a normal eicosanoid response and the subsequent orderly migration of fibroblasts. J Lipid Res 55:1298-309
Mohammed, Bassem M; Fisher, Bernard J; Huynh, Quoc K et al. (2014) Resolution of sterile inflammation: role for vitamin C. Mediators Inflamm 2014:173403
Ward, Katherine E; Bhardwaj, Nitin; Vora, Mohsin et al. (2013) The molecular basis of ceramide-1-phosphate recognition by C2 domains. J Lipid Res 54:636-48
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__label__wiki | 0.515451 | 0.515451 | Gun Sales in January 2016 Set Another Record
February 4, 2016 by Guns 'n' Freedom
January of 2016 set a record for more gun sales than any other January since the background check system was created.
FBI records detailed 2,545,802 background checks in January alone, which beat the previous record in January of 2013 by at least 50,000.
Not only does the number of background checks represent the 9th month in a row that has set a record in gun sales, but it’s also the 3rd month in a row with at least 2 million background checks.
In other words, Americans are buying more guns than ever before.
And this number does not include every single gun sale, since some private sales would not utilize the National Instant Background Check System. But it is the clearest and most effective way to look at gun sales.
This trend is unilateral across the country. According to freebeacon.com,
The Second Amendment Foundation said the continued spike in gun sales was in line with other indicators from around the country.
“The Boston Globe reported last week that tens of thousands of new gun licenses were issued in Massachusetts last year,” Alan Gottlieb, the group’s founder, said in a statement. “In New Jersey, with tough gun laws, applications for gun purchases last year nearly tripled over what they were in 2005. One Missouri county reported a three-month back-up in processing permit applications. A county sheriff in North Carolina is so overwhelmed, he’s asking that citizens make appointments.”
“Add to this the fact that scores of sheriffs and police chiefs have encouraged citizens to arm themselves. Suddenly, gun ownership sounds like a very good idea to people concerned about personal safety,” Gottlieb said.
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[248] Publisher Correction: Precision and accuracy of single-molecule FRET measurements-a multi-laboratory benchmark study. (B. Hellenkamp, S. Schmid, O. Doroshenko, O. Opanasyuk, R. Kühnemuth, S. R. Adariani, B. Ambrose, M. Aznauryan, A. Barth, V. Birkedal, M. E. Bowen, H. Chen, T. Cordes, T. Eilert, C. Fijen, C. Gebhardt, M. Götz, G. Gouridis, E. Gratton, T. Ha, P. Hao, C. A. Hanke, A. Hartmann, J. Hendrix, L. L. Hildebrandt, V. Hirschfeld, J. Hohlbein, B. Hua, C. G. Hübner, E. Kallis, A. N. Kapanidis, J. Y. Kim, G. Krainer, D. C. Lamb, N. K. Lee, E. A. Lemke, B. Levesque, M. Levitus, J. J. McCann, N. Naredi-Rainer, D. Nettels, T. Ngo, R. Qiu, N. C. Robb, C. Röcker, H. Sanabria, M. Schlierf, T. Schröder, B. Schuler, H. Seidel, L. Streit, J. Thurn, P. Tinnefeld, S. Tyagi, N. Vandenberk, A. M. Vera, K. R. Weninger, B. Wünsch, I. S. Yanez-Orozco, J. Michaelis, C. A. M. Seidel, T. D. Craggs, T. Hugel), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[247] Cdc42-dependent modulation of rigidity sensing and cell spreading in tumor repopulating cells. (F. Chowdhury, S. Doğanay, B. J. Leslie, R. Singh, K. Amar, B. Talluri, S. Park, N. Wang, T. Ha), In Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[246] Single-Molecule Studies of ssDNA-Binding Proteins Exchange. (O. Yang, T. Ha), In Meth. Enzymol., Meth. Enzymol., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[245] Precision and accuracy of single-molecule FRET measurements-a multi-laboratory benchmark study. (B. Hellenkamp, S. Schmid, O. Doroshenko, O. Opanasyuk, R. Kühnemuth, S. Rezaei Adariani, B. Ambrose, M. Aznauryan, A. Barth, V. Birkedal, M. E. Bowen, H. Chen, T. Cordes, T. Eilert, C. Fijen, C. Gebhardt, M. Götz, G. Gouridis, E. Gratton, T. Ha, P. Hao, C. A. Hanke, A. Hartmann, J. Hendrix, L. L. Hildebrandt, V. Hirschfeld, J. Hohlbein, B. Hua, C. G. Hübner, E. Kallis, A. N. Kapanidis, J. Y. Kim, G. Krainer, D. C. Lamb, N. K. Lee, E. A. Lemke, B. Levesque, M. Levitus, J. J. McCann, N. Naredi-Rainer, D. Nettels, T. Ngo, R. Qiu, N. C. Robb, C. Röcker, H. Sanabria, M. Schlierf, T. Schröder, B. Schuler, H. Seidel, L. Streit, J. Thurn, P. Tinnefeld, S. Tyagi, N. Vandenberk, A. M. Vera, K. R. Weninger, B. Wünsch, I. S. Yanez-Orozco, J. Michaelis, C. A. M. Seidel, T. D. Craggs, T. Hugel), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[244] Single-Molecule FRET Analysis of Replicative Helicases. (S. J. Lee, S. Syed, T. Ha), In Methods Mol. Biol., Methods Mol. Biol., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[243] Mimicking Co-Transcriptional RNA Folding Using a Superhelicase. (B. Hua, S. Panja, Y. Wang, S. A. Woodson, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[242] Mechanisms of improved specificity of engineered Cas9s revealed by single-molecule FRET analysis. (D. Singh, Y. Wang, J. Mallon, O. Yang, J. Fei, A. Poddar, D. Ceylan, S. Bailey, T. Ha), In Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[241] The Single-Molecule Centroid Localization Algorithm Improves the Accuracy of Fluorescence Binding Assays. (B. Hua, Y. Wang, S. Park, K. Y. Han, D. Singh, J. H. Kim, W. Cheng, T. Ha), In Biochemistry, Biochemistry, 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[240] Real-time observation of DNA target interrogation and product release by the RNA-guided endonuclease CRISPR Cpf1 (Cas12a). (D. Singh, J. Mallon, A. Poddar, Y. Wang, R. Tippana, O. Yang, S. Bailey, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[239] Correlating Transcription Initiation and Conformational Changes by a Single-Subunit RNA Polymerase with Near Base-Pair Resolution. (H. R. Koh, R. Roy, M. Sorokina, G. Q. Tang, D. Nandakumar, S. S. Patel, T. Ha), In Mol. Cell, Mol. Cell, 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[238] Toward Single-Cell Single-Molecule Pull-Down. (X. Wang, S. Park, L. Zeng, A. Jain, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[237] Mechanism of polypurine tract primer generation by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. (M. Figiel, M. Krepl, S. Park, J. Poznański, K. Skowronek, A. Gołąb, T. Ha, J. Šponer, M. Nowotny), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[236] Editorial Overview: Single-Molecule Approaches up to Difficult Challenges in Folding and Dynamics. (Y. Zhang, T. Ha, S. Marqusee), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[235] Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of the CRISPR Toolbox Using Single Molecule Approaches. (D. Singh, T. Ha), In ACS Chem. Biol., ACS Chem. Biol., 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[234] TGFβ1 reinforces arterial aging in the vascular smooth muscle cell through a long-range regulation of the cytoskeletal stiffness. (W. Zhu, B. C. Kim, M. Wang, J. Huang, A. Isak, N. M. Bexiga, R. Monticone, T. Ha, E. G. Lakatta, S. S. An), In Sci Rep, Sci Rep, 2018. [bibtex] [pdf]
[233] Quantitative analysis of multilayer organization of proteins and RNA in nuclear speckles at super resolution. (J. Fei, M. Jadaliha, T. S. Harmon, I. T. S. Li, B. Hua, Q. Hao, A. S. Holehouse, M. Reyer, Q. Sun, S. M. Freier, R. V. Pappu, K. V. Prasanth, T. Ha), In J. Cell. Sci., J. Cell. Sci., 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[232] Single-cell analysis of early antiviral gene expression reveals a determinant of stochastic IFNB1 expression. (S. Doğanay, M. Y. Lee, A. Baum, J. Peh, S. Y. Hwang, J. Y. Yoo, P. J. Hergenrother, A. García-Sastre, S. Myong, T. Ha), In Integr Biol (Camb), Integr Biol (Camb), 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[231] Sphingolipids facilitate age asymmetry of membrane proteins in dividing yeast cells. (P. Singh, S. K. Ramachandran, J. Zhu, B. C. Kim, D. Biswas, T. Ha, P. A. Iglesias, R. Li), In Mol. Biol. Cell, Mol. Biol. Cell, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[230] Metals induce transient folding and activation of the twister ribozyme. (S. Panja, B. Hua, D. Zegarra, T. Ha, S. A. Woodson), In Nat. Chem. Biol., Nat. Chem. Biol., 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[229] Single-molecule imaging reveals the translocation and DNA looping dynamics of hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase. (C. T. Lin, F. Tritschler, K. S. Lee, M. Gu, C. M. Rice, T. Ha), In Protein Sci., Protein Sci., 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[228] Voltage-gated sodium channels assemble and gate as dimers. (J. Clatot, M. Hoshi, X. Wan, H. Liu, A. Jain, K. Shinlapawittayatorn, C. Marionneau, E. Ficker, T. Ha, I. Deschênes), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[227] Evolution of protein-coupled RNA dynamics during hierarchical assembly of ribosomal complexes. (S. C. Abeysirigunawardena, H. Kim, J. Lai, K. Ragunathan, M. C. Rappé, Z. Luthey-Schulten, T. Ha, S. A. Woodson), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[226] Mapping cell surface adhesion by rotation tracking and adhesion footprinting. (I. T. Li, T. Ha, Y. R. Chemla), In Sci Rep, Sci Rep, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[225] Notch-Jagged complex structure implicates a catch bond in tuning ligand sensitivity. (V. C. Luca, B. C. Kim, C. Ge, S. Kakuda, D. Wu, M. Roein-Peikar, R. S. Haltiwanger, C. Zhu, T. Ha, K. C. Garcia), In Science, Science, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[224] Flipping nanoscopy on its head. (J. Xiao, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[223] Structural biology: Growth factor rattled out of its cage. (T. Ha), In Nature, Nature, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[222] A genetically encoded fluorescent tRNA is active in live-cell protein synthesis. (I. Masuda, T. Igarashi, R. Sakaguchi, R. G. Nitharwal, R. Takase, K. Y. Han, B. J. Leslie, C. Liu, H. Gamper, T. Ha, S. Sanyal, Y. M. Hou), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[221] Probing Single Helicase Dynamics on Long Nucleic Acids Through Fluorescence-Force Measurement. (C. T. Lin, T. Ha), In Methods Mol. Biol., Methods Mol. Biol., 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[220] Rupture force of cell adhesion ligand tethers modulates biological activities of a cell-laden hydrogel. (M. K. Lee, J. Park, X. Wang, M. Roein-Peikar, E. Ko, E. Qin, J. Lee, T. Ha, H. Kong), In Chem. Commun. (Camb.), Chem. Commun. (Camb.), 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[219] Natural antisense RNA promotes 3' end processing and maturation of MALAT1 lncRNA. (X. Zong, S. Nakagawa, S. M. Freier, J. Fei, T. Ha, S. G. Prasanth, K. V. Prasanth), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[218] Single-Molecule Analysis of Lipid-Protein Interactions in Crude Cell Lysates. (E. Arauz, V. Aggarwal, A. Jain, T. Ha, J. Chen), In Anal. Chem., Anal. Chem., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[217] A Chemical Controller of SNARE-Driven Membrane Fusion That Primes Vesicles for Ca(2+)-Triggered Millisecond Exocytosis. (P. Heo, Y. Yang, K. Y. Han, B. Kong, J. H. Shin, Y. Jung, C. Jeong, J. Shin, Y. K. Shin, T. Ha, D. H. Kweon), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[216] Spider Silk Peptide Is a Compact, Linear Nanospring Ideal for Intracellular Tension Sensing. (M. D. Brenner, R. Zhou, D. E. Conway, L. Lanzano, E. Gratton, M. A. Schwartz, T. Ha), In Nano Lett., Nano Lett., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[215] Direct evidence for sequence-dependent attraction between double-stranded DNA controlled by methylation. (J. Yoo, H. Kim, A. Aksimentiev, T. Ha), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[214] Plantazolicin is an ultra-narrow spectrum antibiotic that targets the Bacillus anthracis membrane. (K. J. Molohon, P. M. Blair, S. Park, J. R. Doroghazi, T. Maxson, J. R. Hershfield, K. M. Flatt, N. E. Schroeder, T. Ha, D. A. Mitchell), In ACS Infect Dis, ACS Infect Dis, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[213] Probing Nature's Nanomachines One Molecule at a Time. (T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[212] Effects of cytosine modifications on DNA flexibility and nucleosome mechanical stability. (T. T. Ngo, J. Yoo, Q. Dai, Q. Zhang, C. He, A. Aksimentiev, T. Ha), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[211] The light side of the force. (A. Basu, T. Ha), In Elife, Elife, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[210] Constructing modular and universal single molecule tension sensor using protein G to study mechano-sensitive receptors. (X. Wang, Z. Rahil, I. T. Li, F. Chowdhury, D. E. Leckband, Y. R. Chemla, T. Ha), In Sci Rep, Sci Rep, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[209] Structural dynamics of potassium-channel gating revealed by single-molecule FRET. (S. Wang, R. Vafabakhsh, W. F. Borschel, T. Ha, C. G. Nichols), In Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[208] In Planta Single-Molecule Pull-Down Reveals Tetrameric Stoichiometry of HD-ZIPIII:LITTLE ZIPPER Complexes. (A. Y. Husbands, V. Aggarwal, T. Ha, M. C. Timmermans), In Plant Cell, Plant Cell, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[207] Defining Single Molecular Forces Required for Notch Activation Using Nano Yoyo. (F. Chowdhury, I. T. Li, T. T. Ngo, B. J. Leslie, B. C. Kim, J. E. Sokoloski, E. Weiland, X. Wang, Y. R. Chemla, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Nano Lett., Nano Lett., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[206] Ebola Virus Does Not Induce Stress Granule Formation during Infection and Sequesters Stress Granule Proteins within Viral Inclusions. (E. V. Nelson, K. M. Schmidt, L. R. Deflubé, S. Doğanay, L. Banadyga, J. Olejnik, A. J. Hume, E. Ryabchikova, H. Ebihara, N. Kedersha, T. Ha, E. Mühlberger), In J. Virol., J. Virol., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[205] Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy of native macromolecular complexes. (V. Aggarwal, T. Ha), In Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[204] Nanoscale mechanics guides cellular decision making. (Z. Rahil, S. Pedron, X. Wang, T. Ha, B. Harley, D. Leckband), In Integr Biol (Camb), Integr Biol (Camb), 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[203] Real-time observation of DNA recognition and rejection by the RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9. (D. Singh, S. H. Sternberg, J. Fei, J. A. Doudna, T. Ha), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[202] Correction: Nanoscale mechanics guides cellular decision making. (Z. Rahil, S. Pedron, X. Wang, T. Ha, B. Harley, D. Leckband), In Integr Biol (Camb), Integr Biol (Camb), 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[201] Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Viral Interferon Regulatory Factor 4 (vIRF4) Perturbs the G1-S Cell Cycle Progression via Deregulation of the cyclin D1 Gene. (H. R. Lee, J. Mitra, S. Lee, S. J. Gao, T. K. Oh, M. H. Kim, T. Ha, J. U. Jung), In J. Virol., J. Virol., 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[200] Effects of DNA replication on mRNA noise. (J. R. Peterson, J. A. Cole, J. Fei, T. Ha, Z. A. Luthey-Schulten), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[199] Integrin Molecular Tension within Motile Focal Adhesions. (X. Wang, J. Sun, Q. Xu, F. Chowdhury, M. Roein-Peikar, Y. Wang, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[198] Tandem Spinach Array for mRNA Imaging in Living Bacterial Cells. (J. Zhang, J. Fei, B. J. Leslie, K. Y. Han, T. E. Kuhlman, T. Ha), In Sci Rep, Sci Rep, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[197] Single molecular force across single integrins dictates cell spreading. (F. Chowdhury, I. T. S. Li, B. J. Leslie, S. Doğanay, R. Singh, X. Wang, J. Seong, S. H. Lee, S. Park, N. Wang, T. Ha), In Integr Biol (Camb), Integr Biol (Camb), 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[196] Allosteric Regulation of E-Cadherin Adhesion. (N. Shashikanth, Y. I. Petrova, S. Park, J. Chekan, S. Maiden, M. Spano, T. Ha, B. M. Gumbiner, D. E. Leckband), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[195] BEND3 represses rDNA transcription by stabilizing a NoRC component via USP21 deubiquitinase. (A. Khan, S. Giri, Y. Wang, A. Chakraborty, A. K. Ghosh, A. Anantharaman, V. Aggarwal, K. M. Sathyan, T. Ha, K. V. Prasanth, S. G. Prasanth), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[194] Dual-color three-dimensional STED microscopy with a single high-repetition-rate laser. (K. Y. Han, T. Ha), In Opt Lett, Opt Lett, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[193] A parameter estimation method for fluorescence lifetime data. (D. Sewell, H. Kim, T. Ha, P. Ma), In BMC Res Notes, BMC Res Notes, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[192] Protein structure. Engineering of a superhelicase through conformational control. (S. Arslan, R. Khafizov, C. D. Thomas, Y. R. Chemla, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[191] Nucleosomes undergo slow spontaneous gaping. (T. T. Ngo, T. Ha), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[190] The preRC protein ORCA organizes heterochromatin by assembling histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferases on chromatin. (S. Giri, V. Aggarwal, J. Pontis, Z. Shen, A. Chakraborty, A. Khan, C. Mizzen, K. V. Prasanth, S. Ait-Si-Ali, T. Ha, S. G. Prasanth), In Elife, Elife, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[189] Protein structure. Direct observation of structure-function relationship in a nucleic acid-processing enzyme. (M. J. Comstock, K. D. Whitley, H. Jia, J. Sokoloski, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha, Y. R. Chemla), In Science, Science, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[188] RNA biochemistry. Determination of in vivo target search kinetics of regulatory noncoding RNA. (J. Fei, D. Singh, Q. Zhang, S. Park, D. Balasubramanian, I. Golding, C. K. Vanderpool, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[187] Asymmetric unwrapping of nucleosomes under tension directed by DNA local flexibility. (T. T. Ngo, Q. Zhang, R. Zhou, J. G. Yodh, T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[186] Distinct mechanisms regulating mechanical force-induced Ca²⁺ signals at the plasma membrane and the ER in human MSCs. (T. J. Kim, C. Joo, J. Seong, R. Vafabakhsh, E. L. Botvinick, M. W. Berns, A. E. Palmer, N. Wang, T. Ha, E. Jakobsson, J. Sun, Y. Wang), In Elife, Elife, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[185] Dynamic growth and shrinkage govern the pH dependence of RecA filament stability. (S. H. Kim, J. Park, C. Joo, D. Kim, T. Ha), In PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[184] RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization in cultured mammalian cells. (V. Tripathi, J. Fei, T. Ha, K. V. Prasanth), In Methods Mol. Biol., Methods Mol. Biol., 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[183] A price to pay for relaxed substrate specificity: a comparative kinetic analysis of the class II lanthipeptide synthetases ProcM and HalM2. (C. J. Thibodeaux, T. Ha, W. A. van der Donk), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[182] Stoichiometry and assembly of mTOR complexes revealed by single-molecule pulldown. (A. Jain, E. Arauz, V. Aggarwal, N. Ikon, J. Chen, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[181] An improved surface passivation method for single-molecule studies. (B. Hua, K. Y. Han, R. Zhou, H. Kim, X. Shi, S. C. Abeysirigunawardena, A. Jain, D. Singh, V. Aggarwal, S. A. Woodson, T. Ha), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[180] Targeting DNA G-quadruplexes with helical small molecules. (S. Müller, K. Laxmi-Reddy, P. V. Jena, B. Baptiste, Z. Dong, F. Godde, T. Ha, R. Rodriguez, S. Balasubramanian, I. Huc), In Chembiochem, Chembiochem, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[179] Single-molecule pull-down (SiMPull) for new-age biochemistry: methodology and biochemical applications of single-molecule pull-down (SiMPull) for probing biomolecular interactions in crude cell extracts. (V. Aggarwal, T. Ha), In Bioessays, Bioessays, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[178] Designing a nine cysteine-less DNA packaging motor from bacteriophage T4 reveals new insights into ATPase structure and function. (K. Kondabagil, L. Dai, R. Vafabakhsh, T. Ha, B. Draper, V. B. Rao), In Virology, Virology, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[177] Single-molecule packaging initiation in real time by a viral DNA packaging machine from bacteriophage T4. (R. Vafabakhsh, K. Kondabagil, T. Earnest, K. S. Lee, Z. Zhang, L. Dai, K. A. Dahmen, V. B. Rao, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[176] Single-molecule methods leap ahead. (T. Ha), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[175] Cooperative conformational transitions keep RecA filament active during ATPase cycle. (S. H. Kim, K. Ragunathan, J. Park, C. Joo, D. Kim, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[174] A Coarse-Grained Model of Unstructured Single-Stranded DNA Derived from Atomistic Simulation and Single-Molecule Experiment. (C. Maffeo, T. T. Ngo, T. Ha, A. Aksimentiev), In J Chem Theory Comput, J Chem Theory Comput, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[173] Matrix softness regulates plasticity of tumour-repopulating cells via H3K9 demethylation and Sox2 expression. (Y. Tan, A. Tajik, J. Chen, Q. Jia, F. Chowdhury, L. Wang, J. Chen, S. Zhang, Y. Hong, H. Yi, D. C. Wu, Y. Zhang, F. Wei, Y. C. Poh, J. Seong, R. Singh, L. J. Lin, S. Doğanay, Y. Li, H. Jia, T. Ha, Y. Wang, B. Huang, N. Wang), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[172] Biophysics. Ultraslow relaxation of confined DNA. (Y. R. Chemla, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[171] Ultrafast redistribution of E. coli SSB along long single-stranded DNA via intersegment transfer. (K. S. Lee, A. B. Marciel, A. G. Kozlov, C. M. Schroeder, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[170] Single molecule analysis of Thermus thermophilus SSB protein dynamics on single-stranded DNA. (J. Zhang, R. Zhou, J. Inoue, T. Mikawa, T. Ha), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[169] Periodic DNA patrolling underlies diverse functions of Pif1 on R-loops and G-rich DNA. (R. Zhou, J. Zhang, M. L. Bochman, V. A. Zakian, T. Ha), In Elife, Elife, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[168] Dynamic look at DNA unwinding by a replicative helicase. (S. J. Lee, S. Syed, E. J. Enemark, S. Schuck, A. Stenlund, T. Ha, L. Joshua-Tor), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[167] Single-molecule fluorescence reveals the unwinding stepping mechanism of replicative helicase. (S. Syed, M. Pandey, S. S. Patel, T. Ha), In Cell Rep, Cell Rep, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[166] Protein-guided RNA dynamics during early ribosome assembly. (H. Kim, S. C. Abeysirigunawarden, K. Chen, M. Mayerle, K. Ragunathan, Z. Luthey-Schulten, T. Ha, S. A. Woodson), In Nature, Nature, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[165] Single-molecule optical spectroscopy. (M. Orrit, T. Ha, V. Sandoghdar), In Chem Soc Rev, Chem Soc Rev, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[164] Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral interferon regulatory factor 4 (vIRF4) targets expression of cellular IRF4 and the Myc gene to facilitate lytic replication. (H. R. Lee, S. Doğanay, B. Chung, Z. Toth, K. Brulois, S. Lee, Z. Kanketayeva, P. Feng, T. Ha, J. U. Jung), In J. Virol., J. Virol., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[163] Crosstalk between the cGAS DNA sensor and Beclin-1 autophagy protein shapes innate antimicrobial immune responses. (Q. Liang, G. J. Seo, Y. J. Choi, M. J. Kwak, J. Ge, M. A. Rodgers, M. Shi, B. J. Leslie, K. P. Hopfner, T. Ha, B. H. Oh, J. U. Jung), In Cell Host Microbe, Cell Host Microbe, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[162] Structural mechanisms of PriA-mediated DNA replication restart. (B. Bhattacharyya, N. P. George, T. M. Thurmes, R. Zhou, N. Jani, S. R. Wessel, S. J. Sandler, T. Ha, J. L. Keck), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[161] Relaxed rotational and scrunching changes in P266L mutant of T7 RNA polymerase reduce short abortive RNAs while delaying transition into elongation. (G. Q. Tang, D. Nandakumar, R. P. Bandwar, K. S. Lee, R. Roy, T. Ha, S. S. Patel), In PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[160] Towards a computational model of a methane producing archaeum. (J. R. Peterson, P. Labhsetwar, J. R. Ellermeier, P. R. Kohler, A. Jain, T. Ha, W. W. Metcalf, Z. Luthey-Schulten), In Archaea, Archaea, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
[159] Understanding the photophysics of the spinach-DFHBI RNA aptamer-fluorogen complex to improve live-cell RNA imaging. (K. Y. Han, B. J. Leslie, J. Fei, J. Zhang, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[158] Watching DNA breath one molecule at a time. (J. Fei, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[157] ATPase-driven oligomerization of RIG-I on RNA allows optimal activation of type-I interferon. (J. R. Patel, A. Jain, Y. Y. Chou, A. Baum, T. Ha, A. García-Sastre), In EMBO Rep., EMBO Rep., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[156] Molecular mechanism of sequence-dependent stability of RecA filament. (S. H. Kim, C. Joo, T. Ha, D. Kim), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[155] Single-molecule approaches embrace molecular cohorts. (T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[154] A dendritic single-molecule fluorescent probe that is monovalent, photostable and minimally blinking. (S. K. Yang, X. Shi, S. Park, T. Ha, S. C. Zimmerman), In Nat Chem, Nat Chem, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[153] Single-molecule FRET reveals the native-state dynamics of the IκBα ankyrin repeat domain. (J. A. Lamboy, H. Kim, H. Dembinski, T. Ha, E. A. Komives), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[152] PriC-mediated DNA replication restart requires PriC complex formation with the single-stranded DNA-binding protein. (S. R. Wessel, A. H. Marceau, S. C. Massoni, R. Zhou, T. Ha, S. J. Sandler, J. L. Keck), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[151] Defining single molecular forces required to activate integrin and notch signaling. (X. Wang, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[150] Antibiotics that bind to the A site of the large ribosomal subunit can induce mRNA translocation. (D. N. Ermolenko, P. V. Cornish, T. Ha, H. F. Noller), In RNA, RNA, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[149] Fusion pore formation and expansion induced by Ca2+ and synaptotagmin 1. (Y. Lai, J. Diao, Y. Liu, Y. Ishitsuka, Z. Su, K. Schulten, T. Ha, Y. K. Shin), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[148] Single-molecule nanometry for biological physics. (H. Kim, T. Ha), In Rep Prog Phys, Rep Prog Phys, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[147] The SOSS1 single-stranded DNA binding complex promotes DNA end resection in concert with Exo1. (S. H. Yang, R. Zhou, J. Campbell, J. Chen, T. Ha, T. T. Paull), In EMBO J., EMBO J., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[146] The telomere capping complex CST has an unusual stoichiometry, makes multipartite interaction with G-Tails, and unfolds higher-order G-tail structures. (N. F. Lue, R. Zhou, L. Chico, N. Mao, O. Steinberg-Neifach, T. Ha), In PLoS Genet., PLoS Genet., 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[145] Direct imaging of single UvrD helicase dynamics on long single-stranded DNA. (K. S. Lee, H. Balci, H. Jia, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
[144] RecA filament sliding on DNA facilitates homology search. (K. Ragunathan, C. Liu, T. Ha), In Elife, Elife, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[143] Activated GTPase movement on an RNA scaffold drives co-translational protein targeting. (K. Shen, S. Arslan, D. Akopian, T. Ha, S. O. Shan), In Nature, Nature, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[142] Single-molecule FRET with total internal reflection microscopy. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[141] Prism-type total internal reflection microscopy for single-molecule FRET. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[140] Objective-type total internal reflection microscopy (emission) for single-molecule FRET. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[139] Objective-type total internal reflection microscopy (excitation) for single-molecule FRET. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[138] A helicase with an extra spring in its step. (M. Schlierf, T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[137] Preparing sample chambers for single-molecule FRET. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[136] Imaging and identifying impurities in single-molecule FRET studies. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[135] Labeling DNA (or RNA) for single-molecule FRET. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[134] Labeling proteins for single-molecule FRET. (C. Joo, T. Ha), In Cold Spring Harb Protoc, Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[133] Dynamics of major histocompatibility complex class I association with the human peptide-loading complex. (M. S. Panter, A. Jain, R. M. Leonhardt, T. Ha, P. Cresswell), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[132] Extreme bendability of DNA less than 100 base pairs long revealed by single-molecule cyclization. (R. Vafabakhsh, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[131] Dynamic association of ORCA with prereplicative complex components regulates DNA replication initiation. (Z. Shen, A. Chakraborty, A. Jain, S. Giri, T. Ha, K. V. Prasanth, S. G. Prasanth), In Mol. Cell. Biol., Mol. Cell. Biol., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[130] The influenza A virus PB2, PA, NP, and M segments play a pivotal role during genome packaging. (Q. Gao, Y. Y. Chou, S. Doğanay, R. Vafabakhsh, T. Ha, P. Palese), In J. Virol., J. Virol., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[129] One influenza virus particle packages eight unique viral RNAs as shown by FISH analysis. (Y. Y. Chou, R. Vafabakhsh, S. Doğanay, Q. Gao, T. Ha, P. Palese), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[128] Assembly of the five-way junction in the ribosomal small subunit using hybrid MD-Gō simulations. (K. Chen, J. Eargle, J. Lai, H. Kim, S. Abeysirigunawardena, M. Mayerle, S. Woodson, T. Ha, Z. Luthey-Schulten), In J Phys Chem B, J Phys Chem B, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[127] Single-molecule imaging: a collagenase pauses before embarking on a killing spree. (G. Lee, T. Ha), In Curr. Biol., Curr. Biol., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[126] Elastic coupling between RNA degradation and unwinding by an exoribonuclease. (G. Lee, M. A. Bratkowski, F. Ding, A. Ke, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[125] A single vesicle-vesicle fusion assay for in vitro studies of SNAREs and accessory proteins. (J. Diao, Y. Ishitsuka, H. Lee, C. Joo, Z. Su, S. Syed, Y. K. Shin, T. Y. Yoon, T. Ha), In Nat Protoc, Nat Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[124] A rule of seven in Watson-Crick base-pairing of mismatched sequences. (I. I. Cisse, H. Kim, T. Ha), In Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[123] Quantitative fluorescence labeling of aldehyde-tagged proteins for single-molecule imaging. (X. Shi, Y. Jung, L. J. Lin, C. Liu, C. Wu, I. K. Cann, T. Ha), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[122] Single-molecule pull-down for studying protein interactions. (A. Jain, R. Liu, Y. K. Xiang, T. Ha), In Nat Protoc, Nat Protoc, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[121] Opening-closing dynamics of the mitochondrial transcription pre-initiation complex. (H. Kim, G. Q. Tang, S. S. Patel, T. Ha), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[120] Photophysics of fluorescent probes for single-molecule biophysics and super-resolution imaging. (T. Ha, P. Tinnefeld), In Annu Rev Phys Chem, Annu Rev Phys Chem, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[119] Single-molecule analysis of SSB dynamics on single-stranded DNA. (R. Zhou, T. Ha), In Methods Mol. Biol., Methods Mol. Biol., 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[118] Single-molecule views of protein movement on single-stranded DNA. (T. Ha, A. G. Kozlov, T. M. Lohman), In Annu Rev Biophys, Annu Rev Biophys, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf]
[117] Detecting intramolecular conformational dynamics of single molecules in short distance range with subnanometer sensitivity. (R. Zhou, S. Kunzelmann, M. R. Webb, T. Ha), In Nano Lett., Nano Lett., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[116] Antiparallel EmrE exports drugs by exchanging between asymmetric structures. (E. A. Morrison, G. T. DeKoster, S. Dutta, R. Vafabakhsh, M. W. Clarkson, A. Bahl, D. Kern, T. Ha, K. A. Henzler-Wildman), In Nature, Nature, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[115] An entirely specific type I A-kinase anchoring protein that can sequester two molecules of protein kinase A at mitochondria. (C. K. Means, B. Lygren, L. K. Langeberg, A. Jain, R. E. Dixon, A. L. Vega, M. G. Gold, S. Petrosyan, S. S. Taylor, A. N. Murphy, T. Ha, L. F. Santana, K. Tasken, J. D. Scott), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[114] A single-molecule view of chaperonin cooperativity. (T. Ha, S. Myong), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[113] Single-molecule nanopositioning: structural transitions of a helicase-DNA complex during ATP hydrolysis. (H. Balci, S. Arslan, S. Myong, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[112] Real-time observation of strand exchange reaction with high spatiotemporal resolution. (K. Ragunathan, C. Joo, T. Ha), In Structure, Structure, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[111] Rotations of the 2B sub-domain of E. coli UvrD helicase/translocase coupled to nucleotide and DNA binding. (H. Jia, S. Korolev, A. Niedziela-Majka, N. K. Maluf, G. H. Gauss, S. Myong, T. Ha, G. Waksman, T. M. Lohman), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[110] Tyrosine phosphorylation enhances RAD52-mediated annealing by modulating its DNA binding. (M. Honda, Y. Okuno, J. Yoo, T. Ha, M. Spies), In EMBO J., EMBO J., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[109] SSB functions as a sliding platform that migrates on DNA via reptation. (R. Zhou, A. G. Kozlov, R. Roy, J. Zhang, S. Korolev, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[108] Monovalent, clickable, uncharged, water-soluble perylenediimide-cored dendrimers for target-specific fluorescent biolabeling. (S. K. Yang, X. Shi, S. Park, S. Doganay, T. Ha, S. C. Zimmerman), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[107] Single-molecule analysis reveals three phases of DNA degradation by an exonuclease. (G. Lee, J. Yoo, B. J. Leslie, T. Ha), In Nat. Chem. Biol., Nat. Chem. Biol., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[106] Visualization of the nanospring dynamics of the IkappaBalpha ankyrin repeat domain in real time. (J. A. Lamboy, H. Kim, K. S. Lee, T. Ha, E. A. Komives), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[105] Editorial on nanobiology. (S. K. Kim, T. Ha, J. P. Schermann), In Phys Chem Chem Phys, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[104] Forcing a connection: impacts of single-molecule force spectroscopy on in vivo tension sensing. (M. D. Brenner, R. Zhou, T. Ha), In Biopolymers, Biopolymers, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[103] Probing cellular protein complexes using single-molecule pull-down. (A. Jain, R. Liu, B. Ramani, E. Arauz, Y. Ishitsuka, K. Ragunathan, J. Park, J. Chen, Y. K. Xiang, T. Ha), In Nature, Nature, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[102] Ultrahigh-resolution optical trap with single-fluorophore sensitivity. (M. J. Comstock, T. Ha, Y. R. Chemla), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[101] Reverse-chaperoning activity of an AAA+ protein. (C. Liu, M. C. McKinney, Y. H. Chen, T. M. Earnest, X. Shi, L. J. Lin, Y. Ishino, K. Dahmen, I. K. Cann, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[100] Seeing a molecular machine self-renew. (X. Shi, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[99] A promiscuous DNA packaging machine from bacteriophage T4. (Z. Zhang, V. I. Kottadiel, R. Vafabakhsh, L. Dai, Y. R. Chemla, T. Ha, V. B. Rao), In PLoS Biol., PLoS Biol., 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[98] Homochirality and the origin of life. Editorial of the PCCP themed issue. (S. K. Kim, T. Ha, J. P. Schermann), In Phys Chem Chem Phys, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2011. [bibtex] [pdf]
[97] Single-molecule four-color FRET. (J. Lee, S. Lee, K. Ragunathan, C. Joo, T. Ha, S. Hohng), In Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[96] Reversible and controllable nanolocomotion of an RNA-processing machinery. (G. Lee, S. Hartung, K. P. Hopfner, T. Ha), In Nano Lett., Nano Lett., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[95] Temperature-independent porous nanocontainers for single-molecule fluorescence studies. (Y. Ishitsuka, B. Okumus, S. Arslan, K. H. Chen, T. Ha), In Anal. Chem., Anal. Chem., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[94] 5'-Single-stranded/duplex DNA junctions are loading sites for E. coli UvrD translocase. (E. J. Tomko, H. Jia, J. Park, N. K. Maluf, T. Ha, T. M. Lohman), In EMBO J., EMBO J., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[93] Advances in mass spectrometry for biological science. (S. K. Kim, T. Ha, J. P. Schermann), In Phys Chem Chem Phys, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[92] The role of L1 stalk-tRNA interaction in the ribosome elongation cycle. (L. G. Trabuco, E. Schreiner, J. Eargle, P. Cornish, T. Ha, Z. Luthey-Schulten, K. Schulten), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[91] Water in biological systems. (S. K. Kim, T. Ha, J. P. Schermann), In Phys Chem Chem Phys, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[90] A single-vesicle content mixing assay for SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. (J. Diao, Z. Su, Y. Ishitsuka, B. Lu, K. S. Lee, Y. Lai, Y. K. Shin, T. Ha), In Nat Commun, Nat Commun, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[89] PcrA helicase dismantles RecA filaments by reeling in DNA in uniform steps. (J. Park, S. Myong, A. Niedziela-Majka, K. S. Lee, J. Yu, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[88] Measuring mechanical tension across vinculin reveals regulation of focal adhesion dynamics. (C. Grashoff, B. D. Hoffman, M. D. Brenner, R. Zhou, M. Parsons, M. T. Yang, M. A. McLean, S. G. Sligar, C. S. Chen, T. Ha, M. A. Schwartz), In Nature, Nature, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[87] Acidification of the oxygen scavenging system in single-molecule fluorescence studies: in situ sensing with a ratiometric dual-emission probe. (X. Shi, J. Lim, T. Ha), In Anal. Chem., Anal. Chem., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[86] Human Rad52 binds and wraps single-stranded DNA and mediates annealing via two hRad52-ssDNA complexes. (J. M. Grimme, M. Honda, R. Wright, Y. Okuno, E. Rothenberg, A. V. Mazin, T. Ha, M. Spies), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[85] Insight into helicase mechanism and function revealed through single-molecule approaches. (J. G. Yodh, M. Schlierf, T. Ha), In Q. Rev. Biophys., Q. Rev. Biophys., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[84] Inching over hurdles: how DNA helicases move on crowded lattices. (M. Spies, T. Ha), In Cell Cycle, Cell Cycle, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[83] A comparative study of multivariate and univariate hidden Markov modelings in time-binned single-molecule FRET data analysis. (Y. Liu, J. Park, K. A. Dahmen, Y. R. Chemla, T. Ha), In J Phys Chem B, J Phys Chem B, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[82] Biomolecular structures: from isolated molecules to the cell crowded medium. (S. K. Kim, T. Ha, J. P. Schermann), In Phys Chem Chem Phys, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[81] Multivector fluorescence analysis of the xpt guanine riboswitch aptamer domain and the conformational role of guanine. (M. D. Brenner, M. S. Scanlan, M. K. Nahas, T. Ha, S. K. Silverman), In Biochemistry, Biochemistry, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[80] Single-Vesicle Fusion Assay Reveals Munc18-1 Binding to the SNARE Core Is Sufficient for Stimulating Membrane Fusion. (J. Diao, Z. Su, X. Lu, T. Y. Yoon, Y. K. Shin, T. Ha), In ACS Chem Neurosci, ACS Chem Neurosci, 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[79] Stepwise translocation of nucleic acid motors. (S. Myong, T. Ha), In Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[78] Single-molecule FRET analysis of helicase functions. (E. Rothenberg, T. Ha), In Methods Mol. Biol., Methods Mol. Biol., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[77] Force-fluorescence spectroscopy at the single-molecule level. (R. Zhou, M. Schlierf, T. Ha), In Meth. Enzymol., Meth. Enzymol., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[76] Real-time observation of G-quadruplex dynamics using single-molecule FRET microscopy. (B. Okumus, T. Ha), In Methods Mol. Biol., Methods Mol. Biol., 2010. [bibtex] [pdf]
[75] Real-time observation of the transition from transcription initiation to elongation of the RNA polymerase. (G. Q. Tang, R. Roy, R. P. Bandwar, T. Ha, S. S. Patel), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[74] Coordinating DNA replication by means of priming loop and differential synthesis rate. (M. Pandey, S. Syed, I. Donmez, G. Patel, T. Ha, S. S. Patel), In Nature, Nature, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[73] SSB protein diffusion on single-stranded DNA stimulates RecA filament formation. (R. Roy, A. G. Kozlov, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Nature, Nature, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[72] Single molecule nanocontainers made porous using a bacterial toxin. (B. Okumus, S. Arslan, S. M. Fengler, S. Myong, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[71] G-quadruplex DNA bound by a synthetic ligand is highly dynamic. (P. V. Jena, P. S. Shirude, B. Okumus, K. Laxmi-Reddy, F. Godde, I. Huc, S. Balasubramanian, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[70] Single-molecule analysis reveals differential effect of ssDNA-binding proteins on DNA translocation by XPD helicase. (M. Honda, J. Park, R. A. Pugh, T. Ha, M. Spies), In Mol. Cell, Mol. Cell, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[69] C2AB: a molecular glue for lipid vesicles with a negatively charged surface. (J. Diao, T. Y. Yoon, Z. Su, Y. K. Shin, T. Ha), In Langmuir, Langmuir, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[68] Fluorescent lifetime trajectories of a single fluorophore reveal reaction intermediates during transcription initiation. (M. Sorokina, H. R. Koh, S. S. Patel, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[67] Photonics: How nanocrystals lost their blink. (T. Ha), In Nature, Nature, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[66] DNA nanotechnology: a nanomachine goes live. (Y. Ishitsuka, T. Ha), In Nat Nanotechnol, Nat Nanotechnol, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[65] Multimodal optical sensing and analyte specificity using single-walled carbon nanotubes. (D. A. Heller, H. Jin, B. M. Martinez, D. Patel, B. M. Miller, T. K. Yeung, P. V. Jena, C. Höbartner, T. Ha, S. K. Silverman, M. S. Strano), In Nat Nanotechnol, Nat Nanotechnol, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[64] Following movement of the L1 stalk between three functional states in single ribosomes. (P. V. Cornish, D. N. Ermolenko, D. W. Staple, L. Hoang, R. P. Hickerson, H. F. Noller, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[63] BLM helicase measures DNA unwound before switching strands and hRPA promotes unwinding reinitiation. (J. G. Yodh, B. C. Stevens, R. Kanagaraj, P. Janscak, T. Ha), In EMBO J., EMBO J., 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[62] Cytosolic viral sensor RIG-I is a 5'-triphosphate-dependent translocase on double-stranded RNA. (S. Myong, S. Cui, P. V. Cornish, A. Kirchhofer, M. U. Gack, J. U. Jung, K. P. Hopfner, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[61] Human Rad52-mediated homology search and annealing occurs by continuous interactions between overlapping nucleoprotein complexes. (E. Rothenberg, J. M. Grimme, M. Spies, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[60] Roles of RIG-I N-terminal tandem CARD and splice variant in TRIM25-mediated antiviral signal transduction. (M. U. Gack, A. Kirchhofer, Y. C. Shin, K. S. Inn, C. Liang, S. Cui, S. Myong, T. Ha, K. P. Hopfner, J. U. Jung), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[59] Engineering of functional replication protein a homologs based on insights into the evolution of oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding folds. (Y. Lin, L. J. Lin, P. Sriratana, K. Coleman, T. Ha, M. Spies, I. K. Cann), In J. Bacteriol., J. Bacteriol., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[58] Orientation dependence in fluorescent energy transfer between Cy3 and Cy5 terminally attached to double-stranded nucleic acids. (A. Iqbal, S. Arslan, B. Okumus, T. J. Wilson, G. Giraud, D. G. Norman, T. Ha, D. M. Lilley), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[57] Complexin and Ca2+ stimulate SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. (T. Y. Yoon, X. Lu, J. Diao, S. M. Lee, T. Ha, Y. K. Shin), In Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[56] The SNARE complex from yeast is partially unstructured on the membrane. (Z. Su, Y. Ishitsuka, T. Ha, Y. K. Shin), In Structure, Structure, 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[55] Spontaneous intersubunit rotation in single ribosomes. (P. V. Cornish, D. N. Ermolenko, H. F. Noller, T. Ha), In Mol. Cell, Mol. Cell, 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[54] Transcription initiation in a single-subunit RNA polymerase proceeds through DNA scrunching and rotation of the N-terminal subdomains. (G. Q. Tang, R. Roy, T. Ha, S. S. Patel), In Mol. Cell, Mol. Cell, 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[53] A practical guide to single-molecule FRET. (R. Roy, S. Hohng, T. Ha), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[52] Branch migration enzyme as a Brownian ratchet. (I. Rasnik, Y. J. Jeong, S. A. McKinney, V. Rajagopal, S. S. Patel, T. Ha), In EMBO J., EMBO J., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[51] Advances in single-molecule fluorescence methods for molecular biology. (C. Joo, H. Balci, Y. Ishitsuka, C. Buranachai, T. Ha), In Annu. Rev. Biochem., Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008. [bibtex] [pdf]
[50] How directional translocation is regulated in a DNA helicase motor. (J. Yu, T. Ha, K. Schulten), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[49] Dissecting metal ion-dependent folding and catalysis of a single DNAzyme. (H. K. Kim, I. Rasnik, J. Liu, T. Ha, Y. Lu), In Nat. Chem. Biol., Nat. Chem. Biol., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[48] MCM forked substrate specificity involves dynamic interaction with the 5'-tail. (E. Rothenberg, M. A. Trakselis, S. D. Bell, T. Ha), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[47] Fluorescence-force spectroscopy maps two-dimensional reaction landscape of the holliday junction. (S. Hohng, R. Zhou, M. K. Nahas, J. Yu, K. Schulten, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[46] Fueling protein DNA interactions inside porous nanocontainers. (I. Cisse, B. Okumus, C. Joo, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[45] Spring-loaded mechanism of DNA unwinding by hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase. (S. Myong, M. M. Bruno, A. M. Pyle, T. Ha), In Science, Science, 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[44] Dynamic structural rearrangements between DNA binding modes of E. coli SSB protein. (R. Roy, A. G. Kozlov, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[43] Single-molecule conformational analysis of G-quadruplex formation in the promoter DNA duplex of the proto-oncogene c-kit. (P. S. Shirude, B. Okumus, L. Ying, T. Ha, S. Balasubramanian), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[42] Need for speed: mechanical regulation of a replicative helicase. (T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[41] A survey of single-molecule techniques in chemical biology. (P. V. Cornish, T. Ha), In ACS Chem. Biol., ACS Chem. Biol., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[40] Spectroscopic observation of RNA chaperone activities of Hfq in post-transcriptional regulation by a small non-coding RNA. (V. Arluison, S. Hohng, R. Roy, O. Pellegrini, P. Régnier, T. Ha), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2007. [bibtex] [pdf]
[39] Multiple intermediates in SNARE-induced membrane fusion. (T. Y. Yoon, B. Okumus, F. Zhang, Y. K. Shin, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[38] Nonblinking and long-lasting single-molecule fluorescence imaging. (I. Rasnik, S. A. McKinney, T. Ha), In Nat. Methods, Nat. Methods, 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[37] Analysis of single-molecule FRET trajectories using hidden Markov modeling. (S. A. McKinney, C. Joo, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[36] Methanosarcina acetivorans flap endonuclease 1 activity is inhibited by a cognate single-stranded-DNA-binding protein. (Y. Lin, C. E. Guzman, M. C. McKinney, S. K. Nair, T. Ha, I. K. Cann), In J. Bacteriol., J. Bacteriol., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[35] Structure-based model of the stepping motor of PcrA helicase. (J. Yu, T. Ha, K. Schulten), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[34] Real-time observation of RecA filament dynamics with single monomer resolution. (C. Joo, S. A. McKinney, M. Nakamura, I. Rasnik, S. Myong, T. Ha), In Cell, Cell, 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[33] Bridging conformational dynamics and function using single-molecule spectroscopy. (S. Myong, B. C. Stevens, T. Ha), In Structure, Structure, 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[32] Defocused orientation and position imaging (DOPI) of myosin V. (E. Toprak, J. Enderlein, S. Syed, S. A. McKinney, R. G. Petschek, T. Ha, Y. E. Goldman, P. R. Selvin), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[31] Single molecule nanometronome. (C. Buranachai, S. A. McKinney, T. Ha), In Nano Lett., Nano Lett., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[30] Unraveling helicase mechanisms one molecule at a time. (I. Rasnik, S. Myong, T. Ha), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2006. [bibtex] [pdf]
[29] Extreme conformational diversity in human telomeric DNA. (J. Y. Lee, B. Okumus, D. S. Kim, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[28] Repetitive shuttling of a motor protein on DNA. (S. Myong, I. Rasnik, C. Joo, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Nature, Nature, 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[27] Surfaces and orientations: much to FRET about? (I. Rasnik, S. A. McKinney, T. Ha), In Acc. Chem. Res., Acc. Chem. Res., 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[26] Interhead distance measurements in myosin VI via SHRImP support a simplified hand-over-hand model. (H. Balci, T. Ha, H. L. Sweeney, P. R. Selvin), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[25] Single-molecule quantum-dot fluorescence resonance energy transfer. (S. Hohng, T. Ha), In Chemphyschem, Chemphyschem, 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[24] The euryarchaeota, nature's medium for engineering of single-stranded DNA-binding proteins. (J. B. Robbins, M. C. McKinney, C. E. Guzman, B. Sriratana, S. Fitz-Gibbon, T. Ha, I. K. Cann), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[23] Observing spontaneous branch migration of Holliday junctions one step at a time. (S. A. McKinney, A. D. Freeman, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[22] Stereospecific effects determine the structure of a four-way DNA junction. (J. Liu, A. C. Déclais, S. A. McKinney, T. Ha, D. G. Norman, D. M. Lilley), In Chem. Biol., Chem. Biol., 2005. [bibtex] [pdf]
[21] Observation of internal cleavage and ligation reactions of a ribozyme. (M. K. Nahas, T. J. Wilson, S. Hohng, K. Jarvie, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[20] Vesicle encapsulation studies reveal that single molecule ribozyme heterogeneities are intrinsic. (B. Okumus, T. J. Wilson, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[19] Single-molecule three-color FRET. (S. Hohng, C. Joo, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[18] Exploring rare conformational species and ionic effects in DNA Holliday junctions using single-molecule spectroscopy. (C. Joo, S. A. McKinney, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[17] Probing single-stranded DNA conformational flexibility using fluorescence spectroscopy. (M. C. Murphy, I. Rasnik, W. Cheng, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[16] Structural dynamics and processing of nucleic acids revealed by single-molecule spectroscopy. (T. Ha), In Biochemistry, Biochemistry, 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[15] Single-molecule high-resolution imaging with photobleaching. (M. P. Gordon, T. Ha, P. R. Selvin), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[14] Functional analysis of multiple single-stranded DNA-binding proteins from Methanosarcina acetivorans and their effects on DNA synthesis by DNA polymerase BI. (J. B. Robbins, M. C. Murphy, B. A. White, R. I. Mackie, T. Ha, I. K. Cann), In J. Biol. Chem., J. Biol. Chem., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[13] Conformational flexibility of four-way junctions in RNA. (S. Hohng, T. J. Wilson, E. Tan, R. M. Clegg, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[12] Discrete and heterogeneous rotational dynamics of single membrane probe dyes in gel phase supported lipid bilayer. (B. C. Stevens, T. Ha), In J Chem Phys, J Chem Phys, 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[11] DNA-binding orientation and domain conformation of the E. coli rep helicase monomer bound to a partial duplex junction: single-molecule studies of fluorescently labeled enzymes. (I. Rasnik, S. Myong, W. Cheng, T. M. Lohman, T. Ha), In J. Mol. Biol., J. Mol. Biol., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[10] Near-complete suppression of quantum dot blinking in ambient conditions. (S. Hohng, T. Ha), In J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[9] Conformational model of the Holliday junction transition deduced from molecular dynamics simulations. (J. Yu, T. Ha, K. Schulten), In Nucleic Acids Res., Nucleic Acids Res., 2004. [bibtex] [pdf]
[8] A four-way junction accelerates hairpin ribozyme folding via a discrete intermediate. (E. Tan, T. J. Wilson, M. K. Nahas, R. M. Clegg, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2003. [bibtex] [pdf]
[7] Myosin V walks hand-over-hand: single fluorophore imaging with 1.5-nm localization. (A. Yildiz, J. N. Forkey, S. A. McKinney, T. Ha, Y. E. Goldman, P. R. Selvin), In Science, Science, 2003. [bibtex] [pdf]
[6] Photodestruction intermediates probed by an adjacent reporter molecule. (T. Ha, J. Xu), In Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. Lett., 2003. [bibtex] [pdf]
[5] Structural dynamics of individual Holliday junctions. (S. A. McKinney, A. C. Déclais, D. M. Lilley, T. Ha), In Nat. Struct. Biol., Nat. Struct. Biol., 2003. [bibtex] [pdf]
[4] Early steps of supported bilayer formation probed by single vesicle fluorescence assays. (J. M. Johnson, T. Ha, S. Chu, S. G. Boxer), In Biophys. J., Biophys. J., 2002. [bibtex] [pdf]
[3] Initiation and re-initiation of DNA unwinding by the Escherichia coli Rep helicase. (T. Ha, I. Rasnik, W. Cheng, H. P. Babcock, G. H. Gauss, T. M. Lohman, S. Chu), In Nature, Nature, 2002. [bibtex] [pdf]
[2] Mg2+-dependent conformational change of RNA studied by fluorescence correlation and FRET on immobilized single molecules. (H. D. Kim, G. U. Nienhaus, T. Ha, J. W. Orr, J. R. Williamson, S. Chu), In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2002. [bibtex] [pdf]
[1] RNA folding and the origins of catalytic activity in the hairpin ribozyme. (T. J. Wilson, M. Nahas, L. Araki, S. Harusawa, T. Ha, D. M. Lilley), In Blood Cells Mol. Dis., Blood Cells Mol. Dis., . [bibtex] [pdf]
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ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: L’illusion de l’Amérique, nation élue
by André Tosel, Philosopher
The Illusion of America, as the Chosen Nation
Translated Sunday 17 March 2013, by Henry Crapo
The simultaneous appearance of two books by the American Chris Hedges, in French translations, by a Canadian publisher in Quebec, is to be welcomed. Journalist for fifteen years at the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize recipient, analyst of the society of his country, Hedges shows the vitality of American critical thinking. The books in question [1] are — The empire of illusion: The death of culture and the triumph of spectacle — Death of the progressive elite,
Chris Hedges shows, in the first book, that culture produces a neoliberal American conformism, magical in nature, an illusion of happiness, catering to the most outrageous individual desires and preventing the followers of this culture from distinguishing what is real from what is false and pretentious. Thus the pornography industry in Las Vegas, which holds regular exhibitions, and gives the illusion of free sexuality while organizing the mercantile and sadistic humiliation of its followers. Thus the "reality shows" that adapt their players and spectators to fierce competition and render acceptable the idea that anyone defeated by life deserves to be annihilated by the others. Thus academic seminars devoted to personal development that fetishize the ideal of private happiness. Finally, the use of images immunizes against any thoughtful judgement, and dispenses knowledge for the profit of the permanent spectacle instead of politics, and gives free play to established powers and their ruthless strategies.
Hedges paints a terrifying portrait of his society, of this monster that is governed by large companies, that feeds upon the material and moral impoverishment of the multitudes, and seeks to be desired by exalting the identification of individuals with the illusion of American exceptionalism.
The second book is a sequel, and is more directly political. Hedges seeks a major cause of this disaster in the cultural bankruptcy of American progressivism, be it democratic or more radical. By making unlimited concessions to neoliberalism in economic and social matters, progressivism has participated in this barbarism and has run adrift, under Obama’s rule.
A handful of intellectuals resisted, of course, such as Chomsky, Rorty, Hove, Zinn, Jameson and others. Politicians also, like Ralph Nader, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X. But resistance was not massive. Opportunism and careerism came first, but fear came to undermine ethical-political commitment. Intellectuals of the moderate left, vaguely humanist, have not denounced the violence of the business community, the unjustified enrichment, the rise of poverty and racism, imperial warmongering. They agreed that the lure of profit, patriotic delusions, the ideology of the "clash of civilizations", the fear of internal enemies, the hatred of the critical left, become the new accepted rationale for loss of freedom.
The state-as-enterprise is then freed from giving any consideration to its "progressive" critics. The latter — the unions, the Democratic Party, universities — are all inclined to entrepreneurial management and to using their supposed neutrality to defend the interests of private enterprise, in a democracy people now disdained. The "progressive" elite is now a memory: detached from any connection with the multitudes of ordinary citizens, it lives happily in its intellectual devaluation, since this is outweighed by the commercialization of society. The consequence of this undeniable betrayal of progressives is the rise of racist right wing populism, fundamentalism, both nationalist and ultra-liberal. This "elite" is a caste without honor that sacrificed intellectual honesty for financial success without awareness of their acts.
These analyses may seem catastrophic, but they are fed by a lucid historical consciousness. Hedges departs from the voluntary wreckage of attempts at countering power ever since the First World War, and develops a narrative that carries on up to the invasion of Iraq. They are based on the examination of specific research and first-hand information. They do not limit themselves to ruminating over impotence, since they announce revolts and liberate the field of possibilities by getting rid of the ideological vacuum. When will the journalists of Le Monde, Liberation, and other organs "ready-to-think" French pseudo-progressivism display the same courage, and work to understand the growing Monster?
[1] Chris Hedges, The empire of illusion. The death of the culture and the triumph of spectacle (2009), editor Lux, Quebec, 2012, 268 p., 20 euros The death of progressive elite, (2010), Lux publisher, Quebec, 2012, 299 p. , 20 euros. Translation by Nicolas Calvé.
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The Last Lynch Line?
In a couple of ways, yes. It’s the last Lynch Line for the year 2008 and it’s the last Lynch Line to be written from my now former home of Auburn WA…….but the last Lynch Line ever? Is ULHRA's John Lynch moving on? Answer, below.
The new racing season commences at the end of April in Phoenix (Chandler) AZ. As I write this the Phoenix race is looking particularly good with sub freezing temperatures and snow here in western Washington State.
Lots of people think the economy right now is hazardous to motor sports. At the top end, maybe, with all of the job losses and sponsorship reductions at NASCAR teams and other series. Keep in mind the top NASCAR teams were commanding up to 25 million dollars a year from a single Title Sponsor. Here at ULHRA, according to Director of Marketing Wil Muncey, we’re finding exactly the opposite. Sponsors are stepping up. Wil and his wife-business partner-team owner Debi Muncey and other ULHRA officials have been traveling to the eastern and southern regions of the USA, meeting with media representatives, community leaders, government officials and local facility owners to build regattas for the ULHRA that are substantially east of the Pacific Time Zone…..specifically, North Carolina and Florida. Notable in this eastward reach is the revitalization of the Miami Marine stadium. The reception for ULHRA has been very good.
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Angelo D. December 19, 2018 Czech Republic: Eight contestants for the national ESCZ 20192018-12-20T03:13:15+00:00 No Comment
It was revealed today that 8 acts will compete in the upcoming Czech Republic’s national selection for Eurovision 2019, ESCZ 2019, who will take place next January.
MIKOLAS REVEALS NF DETAILS
After last year’s 6 national final acts, this year the national final will have a total of 8 competing acts battling for the golden tickets to Tel Aviv. The news didn’t come from any broadcaster’s announcement but from last year’s Eurovision representative Mikolas Josef , who through his Instagram story revealed that the national final will see one band, 4 women and 3 men comepting to represent the country in Eurovision 2019.
According to previous information the national final details incuding the contestants will be revealed on January 7 while the voting format will be the same with the previous year’s .
The story so far in Eurovision
Czech Republic appeared for the first time in the Contest in 2007 with Kabat. A a row of disappointing results the country withdrew in 2010 and didn’t return until 2016. In 2016 its returned was followed by a gran final qualification for the first time . The best result came for the country in this year’s edition of the contest with Mikolas Josef who achieved a 6th placing in the Lisbon with his song και Lie to me.
Lets remember Mikolas’ successful performance that gave to his country its best placing:
Czech Republic, ESCZ 2019, Mikolas Josef
Czech Republic: ČT unveils the 7 participants of the national final Eurovision Song CZ 2020
Czech Republic: CT sheds more light on Eurovision Song CZ 2020
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North (奥の細道 Oku no Hosomichi) is the title of famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho’s most famous work, a poem-filled travelogue. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics) [Matsuo Basho, Nobuyuki Yuasa] on *FREE* shipping on . The Narrow Road to the Deep North, travel account written by Japanese haiku master Bashō as Oku no hosomichi (“The Narrow Road to Oku”), published in.
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When spring came and there was mist in the air, I thought of crossing the Barrier of Shirakawa into Oku. I left his house, however, on the third day, for I wanted to marrow the full moon of autumn at the port town of Tsuruga.
Add your preferred email address and password to your account. As I sat in the temple drinking warm tea and sake, I was overwhelmed by the lonliness of the evending scene. Sleeping overnight at Toima, where the long, swampish river came to an end at lastI arrived at Hiraizumi after wandering some twenty miles in two days.
Upon the threshold of my old home, however, I wrote a linked verse of eight pieces and hung it on a wooden pillar. To illustrate my point, given the Japanese haiku above as Basho’s most famous onethe following translation taken from Essentially Oriental: My only mundane concerns were whether I would be able to find a suitable place to sleep at night and whether the straw sandals were the right size for my feet.
During the nine days I needed for gasho trip, I could not write very much, what with the heat and moisture, and my old complaint that pestered me immeasurably. I sailed the distance of seven miles in a boat and arrived at the beach in no time, aided by a favorable wind.
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The whole mountain was made of massive rocks thrown together and covered with age-old pines and oaks. It was, on the other hand, an incurable folly of mine to think that, had I come here in autumn, I would have had a greater poetic success, for that only proved narroa poverty of my mind.
In short, The Narrow Road to the Deep North is Basho’s study in eternity, and in so tl as he has succeeded in this attempt, it is also a monument he has set up against the flow of time. My friends had got together the night before, roxd they all came with me on the boat to keep me company for the first few miles.
Basho has a religious motivation for his travels, abandoning his house and his possessions is a renunciation of earthly things.
Narrow Road to the Deep North
As a result, her son was named the Lord Born Out of the Fire, and her basbo, Muro-no-yashima, which means a burning cell.
Since everybody advised me to see it, I changed my course at Obanazawa and went there, though it meant walking an extra seven miles or so.
Jul 08, Tim rated it liked it Shelves: I went to the Tenryuji Temple in the town of Matsuoka, for the head priest of the temple was an old friend of mine. I called on the Poet Tokyu at the post town desp Sukagawa, and spent a few days at his house.
He was overjoyed to see me so unexpectedly, and we talked for days and nights together. I was riding on a horse my friend had lent me, when the farmer who led the horse asked me to compose a poem for him. I put up at a solitary farmer’s house for the nightand started again early next morning. View all 22 comments. Whatever such a mind sees is a flower, and whatever such a mind dreams of is a moon. Everybody was overjoyed to see me as if I had returned unexpectedly from the dead.
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According to the child who acted as a self-appointed guidethis stone was once on the top of a mountain, but the travellers who came to see it did so much harm to the harrow that the farmers thought it a nuisance and thrust it down into the valley, where it rests now with its chequered face downward. First, Basho has written on a huge chestnut tree: Five months of the journey are described in exquisite prose that combines intimate details of his journey with historical background, fictional anecdotesliterary allusionsand his own emotional responses, often expressed in haiku.
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World Show more World links. I was just about to start reading this, until my new puppy ate the book. The passing spring Birds mourn, Fishes weep With tearful eyes. Back in Basho walked the entire distance, starting in late spring and taking over five months days, to be precise for the entire journey. He was more interested in the shrines and historical sites. The years that come and go are also voyagers. What a travel it is indeed that is recorded in this book, and what a man he is who experienced it.
It is clear that art feep no protection against the darkest elements of human nature. I asked him to do me the favor of lending me his horse.
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Customers to Present Results from a Range of Market Areas Including Human Biomedical, Evolutionary Biology, and AgBio; Company to Present New Methods for Single-Cell Isoform Sequencing and Low-Input DNA Protocol
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced its participation in this week’s Advances in Genome Biology & Technology (AGBT) General Meeting taking place February 27-March 2 in Marco Island, FL.
Several talks by PacBio customers will feature results produced using the company’s Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology, some including data from the new Sequel® II System that is currently at early access sites. Customer presentations include:
“Isoform Sequencing in Tissues, Cell Types and Thousands of Cells,” by Dr. Hagen Tilgner of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University on February 28 from 10:50-11:10 a.m.
“Heterochromatin and Genome Evolution” by Dr. Andrew Clark of Cornell University on February 28 from 3:00-3:30 p.m.
“Chromosome-length Haplotigs for Cattle and Yak from Trio-Binning Assembly of an F1 Hybrid” by Dr. Edward Rice of University of Nebraska, Lincoln on March 1 from 8:50-9:10 p.m.
PacBio will also present information about the latest improvements to the company’s SMRT Sequencing technology, including the Sequel II System. On Friday evening, March 1, CEO Dr. Mike Hunkapiller will describe the company’s new data type: HiFi long reads powered by the company’s CCS method, which produce highly accurate long reads for large-scale whole genome sequencing projects. This advance was recently posted on bioRxiv in collaboration with other leaders in the NGS bioinformatics community. Later that evening, Principal Scientist Dr. Jason Underwood will present a talk about the company’s single-cell version of its Iso-Seq® sequencing method titled “Single Cell Isoform Sequencing (scIso-Seq) Identifies Novel Full-length mRNAs and Cell Type-specific Expression.”
During the company’s workshop, “The Sequel II System: The Next Evolution of SMRT Sequencing,” on Friday, March 1 at 3:30 p.m., CSO Dr. Jonas Korlach will describe the latest enhancements to the company’s sequencing technology and preview the release of the Sequel II System, which will increase data output by approximately a factor of eight with its new SMRT Cell 8M. He will also share early customer data using the new system.
In a poster presentation on Thursday, February 28 at 1:00 p.m. entitled “A High-quality De NovoGenome Assembly from a Single Mosquito Using PacBio Sequencing” (Poster #305), Applications Lab Director Primo Baybayan will discuss work to develop a low-input DNA method for SMRT Sequencing that opens the door to high-quality genomes for individual small organisms, or on projects with limited-input DNA for other reasons. This work was recently published in Genes in collaboration with the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
“The AGBT meeting has long been the go-to event for innovations in sequencing tools and applications, and we look forward to seeing PacBio customers present some truly impressive results from projects that relied on SMRT Sequencing,” said Dr. Korlach. “Their data, together with the internal and customer data we can share from the Sequel II System, will provide a clear demonstration of how SMRT Sequencing delivers high-confidence results with peerless accuracy.”
For more information, please visit http://www.pacb.com/.
About Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB) offers sequencing systems to help scientists resolve genetically complex problems. Based on its novel Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) technology, Pacific Biosciences’ products enable: de novo genome assembly to finish genomes in order to more fully identify, annotate and decipher genomic structures; full-length transcript analysis to improve annotations in reference genomes, characterize alternatively spliced isoforms in important gene families, and find novel genes; targeted sequencing to more comprehensively characterize genetic variations; and real-time kinetic information for epigenome characterization. Pacific Biosciences’ technology provides high accuracy, ultra-long reads, uniform coverage, and the ability to simultaneously detect epigenetic changes. PacBio® sequencing systems, including consumables and software, provide a simple, fast, end-to-end workflow for SMRT Sequencing. More information is available at www.pacb.com.
All statements in this press release that are not historical are forward-looking statements, including, among other things, statements relating to future availability, enhancements, uses, accuracy, quality or performance of, or benefits of using, products or technologies, the suitability or utility of methods, products or technologies for particular applications, studies or projects, the expected benefits of sequencing projects, the Sequel II System or the SMRT Cell 8M, and other future events. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond Pacific Biosciences’ control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the information expressed or implied by forward-looking statements made in this press release. Factors that could materially affect actual results can be found in Pacific Biosciences’ most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Pacific Biosciences’ most recent reports on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q, and include those listed under the caption “Risk Factors.”
Pacific Biosciences undertakes no obligation to revise or update information in this press release to reflect events or circumstances in the future, even if new information becomes available.
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EVALUATION OF THE BLOOD PROFILE OF GROWING RABBIT BUCKS FED GRADED LEVELS OF Tephrosia bracteolata LEAF MEAL
A. O. Agbo, A. I. Okwori, A. H. Abu
Twenty-five (25) grower rabbit bucks of mixed breeds weighing between 875.80 - 878.60 g were randomly allocated into five (5) treatment groups with five (5) rabbit bucks per treatment. Each rabbit buck served as a replicate. The rabbit bucks were fed diets containing 0%, 20%, 25%, 30% and 35% Tephrosia bracteolata leaf meal diets designated as T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. The experimental diets and clean drinking water were served ad-libitum throughout the experimental period of twelve (12) weeks. The result of the experiment showed no significant (P>0.05) differences among the treatments for packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin concentration (Hb), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and monocytes. The values were within the normal range for healthy rabbits. The values of red blood cell count, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, red cell distribution width, white blood cells, platelets, neutrophils and lymphocytes were also within the normal range for rabbits. There was no significant (P>0.05) difference in all the serum biochemical parameters. Only alkaline phosphatase, glucose and urea were within the normal range. This study revealed that dietary inclusion of Tephrosia bracteolata leaf meal up to 35% per feed had no adverse effect on the blood profile of rabbit bucks. It was recommended that Tephrosia bracteolata leaves can be used in rabbit diets without any adverse effect.
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__label__cc | 0.550355 | 0.449645 | Archives of Acoustics is an English-language peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing original research papers from all areas of acoustics and abstracts from some specialised acoustical conferences. It gives free internet access to its full content (abstracts of research papers) to current issues.
Archives of Acoustics, the peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishes original research papers from all areas of acoustics like:
acoustical measurements and instrumentation,
acoustics of musics,
acousto-optics,
architectural, building and environmental acoustics,
bioacoustics,
electroacoustics,
linear and nonlinear acoustics,
noise and vibration,
physical and chemical effects of sound,
physiological acoustics,
psychoacoustics,
quantum acoustics,
speech processing and communication systems,
speech production and perception,
transducers,
ultrasonics,
underwater acoustics.
Earlier issues are available on the old website http://acoustics.ippt.gov.pl/index.php/aa/issue/archive
ISSN 0137-5075, eISSN 2300-262X
Committee on Acoustics PAS, PAS Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Acoustical Society
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 |
1 Acoustic Study of REpower MM92 Wind Turbines During Exploitation
Maciej Kłaczyński, Tadeusz Wszołek
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 3-10 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0001
Keywords: wind turbine noise low frequency noise airfoil self noise measurements assessment
The paper presents the current state of knowledge concerning the sources of noise generated by wind turbines, force measurement methodology, and assessment of noise onerousness in this type of installation, on the basis of a study concerning a wind farm with five REpower MM92 wind turbines and the electric power of 2 MW and the sound power level of 104.2 dB(A) each. Particular attention was focused on the often discussed problem of presence of infrasound generated by turbines and on the requirements of the applicable reference methodologies for the measurement of wind speed to 5 m/s, while the turbine reaches its full power at speeds above 10 m/s.
2 Model of Interactive System for Training in the Proper Use of Hearing Protection Devices
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 11-15 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0002
Keywords: active noise reduction hearing protectors
In 2011, over 520 thousand persons worked in hazardous conditions (according to the GUS). Among hazardous factors related to working environment noise was found to be the most common one, threatening 199,6 thousand people (52.9% threats-per-persons related to working environment). The prevalence of workplace noise and increasing awareness of effects of its impact on the human body causes increase of the demand for knowledge of the methods of noise reduction. Due to the lack of knowledge concerning the proper use of hearing protectors, effective noise exposure in the real world may be about a dozen dB higher than the declared assumed protection value. For this reason, in Central Institute for Labour Protection - NRI “The interactive system for learning the correct use of hearing protectors” has been developed. The system includes a multimedia guide on hearing protectors supplemented by video tutorials, training materials with training hearing protectors, and software for evaluation of the activities of the trainee.
3 Definition and Measure of the Sound Quality of the Machine
Dariusz Pleban
Keywords: sound quality machine noise
The analysis of available literature indicates that tests of products sound quality, which would not involve participation of groups of listeners supposed to evaluate the sounds emitted by these products, are neither carried out in Poland, nor in the world. That results in the fact that the products sound quality is determined on the basis of psychoacoustic information and comprises both objective and subjective factors of sound perception. With reference to those factors and to different life cycles of the machine, an original definition of the “sound quality of the machine” has been developed and presented in this article. The global index of the acoustic quality of the machine, accounting for the relations between the noise level at the workstation and the selected parameters characterising both the machine's sound activity and the working environment, was adopted as the measure of the sound quality of the machine. The experiments that followed confirmed the appropriateness of the assessment made with the use of the global index of acoustic quality.
4 Type a Standard Uncertainty of Long-Term Noise Indicators
Wojciech Michał Batko, Bartłomiej Stępień
Keywords: long-term noise indicators uncertainty kernel density estimation bootstrap Bayesian inference non-classical statistics
The problem of estimation of the long-term environmental noise hazard indicators and their uncertainty is presented in the present paper. The type A standard uncertainty is defined by the standard deviation of the mean. The rules given in the ISO/IEC Guide 98 are used in the calculations. It is usually determined by means of the classic variance estimators, under the following assumptions: the normality of measurements results, adequate sample size, lack of correlation between elements of the sample and observation equivalence. However, such assumptions in relation to the acoustic measurements are rather questionable. This is the reason why the authors indicated the necessity of implementation of non-classical statistical solutions. An estimation idea of seeking density function of long-term noise indicators distribution by the kernel density estimation, bootstrap method and Bayesian inference have been formulated. These methods do not generate limitations for form and properties of analyzed statistics. The theoretical basis of the proposed methods is presented in this paper as well as an example of calculation process of expected value and variance of long-term noise indicators LDEN and LN. The illustration of indicated solutions and their usefulness analysis were constant due to monitoring results of traffic noise recorded in Cracow, Poland.
5 Digital Signal Processing Approach in Air Coupled Ultrasound Time Domain Beamforming
Krzysztof Herman, Tadeusz Gudra, Joanna Furmankiewicz
Keywords: beamforming air-coupled ultrasounds DSP bat signals direction of arrival
The work presents the results of experimental study on the possibilities of determining the source of an ultrasonic signal in two-dimensional space (distance, horizontal angle). During the research the team used a self-constructed linear array of MEMS microphones. Knowledge in the field of sonar systems was utilized to analyse and design a location system based on a microphone array. Using the above mentioned transducers and broadband ultrasound sources allows a quantitative comparison of estimation of the location of an ultrasonic wave source with the use of broadband modulated signals (modelled on bats' echolocation signals) to be performed. During the laboratory research the team used various signal processing algorithms, which made it possible to select an optimal processing strategy, where the sending signal is known.
6 A Versatile Model of Nonlinear Electrodynamic Loudspeaker Co-Operating with the Amplifier Designed by Way of Advanced Software
Mehran Erza, Etienne Gaviot, Guy Lemarquand, Pascal Tournier, Lionel Camberlein, Stephane Durand, Frederic Polet
Keywords: loudspeaker nonlinear effects advanced software current-driving force factor
Sound processing with loudspeaker driving depends critically on high quality electroacoustic transducers together with their relevant amplifiers. In this paper, the nonlinear effects of electrodynamic loudspeakers are investigated as regard the influence of the changes of their main descriptive parameters values. Indeed, while being operated nonlinear effects observed with loudspeakers are due to changes of such constitutive parameters. Regarding either current or voltage-drive, an original model based on Simulink R is presented, taking account of all the electrical and mechanical properties closely associated with nonlinear behaviours. Moreover, as such a Simulink R model may be combined with the PSpice R advanced software, the behaviour of both loudspeaker and amplifier can be exhaustively investigated and optimized. To this end, the amplifier is simulated thanks to the Orcad-Capture-PSpiceR software prior to match with the loudspeaker model with the so-called SLPS co-simulator. Then, values of the current flowing through the loudspeaker can be determined and plotted considering voltage controlling. Obviously in this case current-drive has not to be assessed. This way to proceed allows us to highlight any critical information especially due to the voice coil displacement, yielded velocity, and acceleration of the diaphragm. Indeed our approach testifies to the imperative necessity of mechanical measurements together with electrical ones. Then, considering a given amplifier-loudspeaker association with specific parameters changes of the latter, the entailed nonlinear distortion allows us to qualify and criticize the whole design. Such an original approach should be most valuable so as to match the best fitted amplifier with a given electrodynamic loudspeaker. Then non linear effects due to voltage and current-drive are compared highlighting the advantages of an apt currentcontroled policy.
7 Detection of Montage in Lossy Compressed Digital Audio Recordings
Rafał Korycki
Keywords: tampering detection digital forgeries digital audio authenticity lossy compression frame offsets MDCT AAC Ogg Vorbis
This paper addresses the problem of tampering detection and discusses methods used for authenticity analysis of digital audio recordings. Presented approach is based on frame offset measurement in audio files compressed and decoded by using perceptual audio coding algorithms which employ modified discrete cosine transform. The minimum values of total number of active MDCT coefficients occur for frame shifts equal to multiplications of applied window length. Any modification of audio file, including cutting off or pasting a part of audio recording causes a disturbance within this regularity. In this study the algorithm based on checking frame offset previously described in the literature is expanded by using each of four types of analysis windows commonly applied in the majority of MDCT based encoders. To enhance the robustness of the method additional histogram analysis is performed by detecting the presence of small value spectral components. Moreover, computation of maximum values of nonzero spectral coefficients is employed, which creates a gating function for the results obtained based on previous algorithm. This solution radically minimizes a number of false detections of forgeries. The influence of compression algorithms' parameters on detection of forgeries is presented by applying AAC and Ogg Vorbis encoders as examples. The effectiveness of tampering detection algorithms proposed in this paper is tested on a predefined music database and compared graphically using ROC-like curves.
8 Assessment of Impulse Noise Hazard and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices in Workplaces Where Forging Hammers are Used
Emil Kozłowski, Rafał Młyński, Jan Adamczyk
Keywords: impulse noise noise attenuation hearing protection device die forging hammer
The impulse noise is agent harmful to health not only in the case of shots from firearms and the explosions of explosive materials. This kind of noise is also present in many workplaces in the industry. The paper presents the results of noise parameters measurements in workplaces where four different die forging hammers were used. The measured values of the C-weighted peak sound pressure level, the A-weighted maximum sound pressure level and A-weighted noise exposure level normalized to an 8 h working day (daily noise exposure level) exceeded the exposure limit values. For example, the highest measured value of the C-weighted peak sound pressure level was 148.9 dB. In this study possibility of the protection of hearing with the use of earplugs or earmuffs was assessed. The measurement method for the measurements of noise parameters under hearing protection devices using an acoustical test fixture instead of testing with the participation of subjects was used. The results of these measurements allows for assessment which of two tested earplugs and two tested earmuffs sufficiently protect hearing of workers in workplaces where forging hammers are used.
9 An Introduction to Virtual Phased Arrays for Beamforming Applications
Daniel Fernández Comesana, Keith R. Holland, Dolores García Escribano, Hans-Elias de Bree
Keywords: beamforming source localization virtual phased arrays measurement techniques
Sound localization problems are usually tackled by the acquisition of data from phased microphone arrays and the application of acoustic holography or beamforming algorithms. However, the number of sensors required to achieve reliable results is often prohibitive, particularly if the frequency range of interest is wide. It is shown that the number of sensors required can be reduced dramatically providing the sound field is time stationary. The use of scanning techniques such as “Scan & Paint” allows for the gathering of data across a sound field in a fast and efficient way, using a single sensor and webcam only. It is also possible to characterize the relative phase field by including an additional static microphone during the acquisition process. This paper presents the theoretical and experimental basis of the proposed method to localise sound sources using only one fixed microphone and one moving acoustic sensor. The accuracy and resolution of the method have been proven to be comparable to large microphone arrays, thus constituting the so called “virtual phased arrays”.
10 Annoyance Related to Wind Turbine Noise
Małgorzata Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska, Adam Dudarewicz, Kamil Zaborowski, Małgorzata Zamojska-Daniszewska, Małgorzata Waszkowska
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 89-102 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0010
Keywords: wind turbines noise annoyance
A questionnaire inquiry on response to wind turbine noise was carried out on 361 subjects living in the vicinity of 8 wind farms. Current mental health status of respondents was assessed using Goldberg General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12. For areas where respondents lived, A-weighted sound pressure levels (SPLs) were calculated as the sum of the contributions from the wind power plants in the specific area.
Generally, 33.0% of respondents were annoyed outdoors by wind turbine noise at the calculated A-weighted SPL of 31-50 dB, while indoors the noise was annoying to 21.3% of them. The proportion of subjects evaluating the noise produced by operative wind turbines as annoying decreased with increasing the distance from the nearest wind turbine (27.6% at the distance of 400-800 m vs 14.3% at the distance above 800 m, p < 0.016). On the other hand, the higher was the noise level, the greater was the percentage of annoyed respondents (14.0% at SPL up to 40 dB vs 28.1% at SPL of 40-45 dB, p < 0.016). Besides noise and distance categories, subjective factors, such as general attitude to wind turbines, sensitivity to landscape littering and current mental health status, were found to have significant impact on the perceived annoyance. About 50% of variance in annoyance rating might be explained by the aforesaid subjective factors.
11 Experimental Study of Silent Sonar
Jacek Marszal
Keywords: silent sonar wideband signal detection distance measurements accuracy
Stealth is a frequent requirement in military applications and involves the use of devices whose signals are difficult to intercept or identify by the enemy. The silent sonar concept was studied and developed at the Department of Marine Electronic Systems of the Gdansk University of Technology. The work included a detailed theoretical analysis, computer simulations and some experimental research. The results of the theoretical analysis and computer simulation suggested that target detection and positioning accuracy deteriorate as the speed of the target increases, a consequence of the Doppler effect. As a result, more research and measurements had to be conducted to verify the initial findings. To ensure that the results can be compared with those from the experimental silent sonar model, the target's actual position and speed had to be precisely controlled. The article presents the measurement results of a silent sonar model looking at its detection, range resolution and problems of incorrect positioning of moving targets as a consequence of the Doppler effect. The results were compared with those from the theoretical studies and computer simulations.
12 Transistor Effect in the Cochlear Amplifier
Piotr Kiełczyński, Marek Szalewski
Keywords: cochlear amplifier acoustoelectric transducers electromechanical transistor equivalent circuits field effect transistors ion currents
The paper presents a new electromechanical amplifying device i.e., an electromechanical biological transistor. This device is located in the outer hair cell (OHC), and constitutes a part of the Cochlear amplifier. The physical principle of operation of this new amplifying device is based on the phenomenon of forward mechanoelectrical transduction that occurs in the OHC's stereocilia. Operation of this device is similar to that of classical electronic Field Effect Transistor (FET). In the considered electromechanical transistor the input signal is a mechanical (acoustic) signal. Whereas the output signal is an electric signal. It has been shown that the proposed electromechanical transistor can play a role of the active electromechanical controlled element that has the ability to amplify the power of input AC signals. The power required to amplify the input signals is extracted from a battery of DC voltage. In the considered electromechanical transistor, that operates in the amplifier circuit, mechanical input signal controls the flow of electric energy in the output circuit, from a battery of DC voltage to the load resistance. Small signal equivalent electrical circuit of the electromechanical transistor is developed. Numerical values of the electrical parameters of the equivalent circuit were evaluated. The range, which covers the levels of input signals (force and velocity) and output signals (voltage, current) was determined. The obtained data are consistent with physiological data. Exemplary numerical values of currents, voltages, forces, vibrational velocities and power gain (for the assumed input power levels below 1 picowatt (10-12 W)), were given. This new electromechanical active device (transistor) can be responsible for power amplification in the cochlear amplifier in the inner ear.
13 Changes in Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission Caused by Contralateral Broadband Noise
Edward Ozimek, Andrzej Wicher
Keywords: distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) contralateral acoustic stimulation(CAS) contralateral suppression
The main purpose of this investigation was to measure the effect of contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS) on distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) in twenty human ears, for a ratio of primary tones f2/f1 = 1.22 and a wide frequency range of f2 (1.4-9 kHz), for two intensity levels of primary tones (L1 = 60 dB SPL; L2 = 50 dB SPL and L1 = 70 dB SPL; L2 = 60 dB SPL) and two intensity levels of CAS (50 and 60 dB SPL). It was found that in the presence of CAS, in the majority of cases the DPOAE level decreased (suppression), but it might also increase (enhancement) or remain unchanged depending on the frequency. The mean suppression level of the component of the frequency fDP = 2f1 f2 might be approximated by a linearly decreasing function of the f2 frequency of primary tones. The slope of this function was negative and increased with an increase of the contralateral stimulation level. The higher was the contralateral noise level the greater was the suppression. For the fDP level below about 15 dB SPL, suppression was observed in a substantial number of measurement cases (in about 85% of all measured cases on average). When the fDP level was higher than 15 dB SPL, only suppression (not enhancement) was observed.
14 Noninvasive Imaging of Thermal Fields Induced in Soft Tissues In Vitro by Pulsed Focused Ultrasound Using Analysis of Echoes Displacement
Piotr Karwat, Jerzy Litniewski, Tamara Kujawska, Wojciech Secomski, Kazimierz Krawczyk
Keywords: HIFU therapeutic ultrasound ultrasonic imaging echo strain estimation
Therapeutic and surgical applications of focused ultrasound require monitoring of local temperature rises induced inside tissues. From an economic and practical point of view ultrasonic imaging techniques seem to be the most suitable for the temperature control. This paper presents an implementation of the ultrasonic echoes displacement estimation technique for monitoring of local temperature rise in tissue during its heating by focused ultrasound The results of the estimation were compared to the temperature measured with thermocouple. The obtained results enable to evaluate the temperature fields induced in tissues by pulsed focused ultrasonic beams using non-invasive imaging ultrasound technique
15 Effect of Bass Bar Tension on Modal Parameters of a Violin's Top Plate
Ewa B. Skrodzka, Bogumił B.J. Linde, Antoni Krupa
Keywords: violins modal analysis bass bar tension
Experimental modal analysis of a violin with three different tensions of a bass bar has been performed. The bass bar tension is the only intentionally introduced modification of the instrument. The aim of the study was to find differences and similarities between top plate modal parameters determined by a bass bar perfectly fitting the shape of the top plate, the bass bar with a tension usually applied by luthiers (normal), and the tension higher than the normal value. In the modal analysis four signature modes are taken into account. Bass bar tension does not change the sequence of mode shapes. Changes in modal damping are insignificant. An increase in bass bar tension causes an increase in modal frequencies A0 and B(1+) and does not change the frequencies of modes CBR and B(1-).
16 In Memoriam. Zygmunt Grzegorz Wąsowicz Ph.D.
Andrzej Dobrucki
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 151 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0016
Zygmunt G. Wąsowicz, PhD emeritus of the Chair of Acoustics and Multimedia, Wrocław University of Technology, passed away on the 8th of January 2014. His whole professional career was associated with the acoustics. Dr. Z. Wąsowicz was born in Nowy Sącz in 1931. In 1956 he graduated from the Faculty of Telecommunications at the Wrocław University of Technology and started to work there in the same year. In 1966 he obtained the PhD title, under supervision of Professor Z. Żyszkowski, for the dissertation concerning the subjective criteria of nonlinear distortions in loudspeakers. His main interests of activity were room acoustics as well as subjective assessment of sound quality. He worked out the subjective method of loudspeaker evaluation for Polish Loudspeaker Company “Tonsil” – this method was based on so-called “the live apparent sound”. He worked also on computer methods of acoustical field modeling in rooms. The works mentioned above were pioneer and modern in Poland. He participated as an acoustician, in various designers groups at for example auditory halls of Faculty of Electronics. Dr. Wąsowicz was the outstanding academical teacher whom students liked very much. He was also a member of Polish Acoustical Society and worked for the Main Board as well as the Wrocław Division of this society. In periods 1979–1983 and 1994–1996 he was the vice-dean of Faculty of Electronics. He received many awards, for example Golden Cross of Merit, Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the National Education Commission and many awards from the Governors of Wrocław University of Technology and Institute of Telecommunications and Acoustics. In 1996 he was retired and beside of this he stayed in contact with Faculty of Electronics for many years. Wrocław acoustical community mourns the loss of Dr. Z. Wąsowicz.
17 In Memoriam. Elżbieta Maria Walerian, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Mirosław Meissner
Elżbieta M. Walerian, Ph.D., D.Sc., a retired employee of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN), passed away after a serious illness, on the 26th December 2013. She was one of the scientific leaders in the Section of Environmental Acoustics of IPPT PAN and her career, educational and organizational activities were inseparably linked with the acoustics. Elżbieta Walerian was born on August 9th 1950 in Poznań. She graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, receiving her Master of Science degree in the environmental acoustics in 1973. Five years later, under the supervision of Professor Ignacy Malecki, she obtained her PhD title, in the physical acoustics, in IPPT PAN in Warsaw. In 1979 she began working at the Section of Environmental Acoustics of IPPT PAN, where she dealt with the diffraction of acoustic waves and a description of the sound field produced by vehicles moving in an urban area.
18 Chronicle: 42nd Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions Szczyrk, Poland, March 3 – 7, 2014
Roman Bukowski
Traditionally, the 42nd Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions national conference is organized by Upper Silesian Division of the Polish Acoustical Society. The conference again is organized in Szczyrk. As at previous year, the conference has two co-organizers, i.e. Institute of Physics – Science-Didactic Center at the Silesian University of Technology and the Committee of Acoustics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The conference is a forum for all environmental vibroacoustic fields. Particularly it concerns traffic noise, industry noise, vibroacoustics of machines, room acoustics, building acoustics, noise protection and similar problems. Works which are presented during the School are theoretical, experimental, measuring, technical, applied and normative. The School lectures and other conference materials will be published in the “Materials of the XLII Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions” (in Polish) edited by dr. Roman Bukowski. This publication will be intended for participants of the School and for many libraries in Poland. Other information about the 42nd WS on VHS you can find on our website http://ogpta.pols.pl/szzzw
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It's the nursery rhyme that says, "the cow jumped over the moon"; in the military it precedes "straight up the middle" <i>Hey Diddle Diddle</i> 200 March 27, 2014
Jack is urged to be nimble & quick, helping him do this jump over the candlestick 400 March 27, 2014
Little Jack Horner put his thumb in a Christmas pie & pulled out this fruit plum 600 March 27, 2014
Jack of Jack & Jill got his head patched with these 2 things vinegar and brown paper 800 March 27, 2014
"Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has" this far to go 1000 March 27, 2014
Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell pumpkin 200 January 19, 2012
"I had a little hobby-horse and it was dapple gray; its head was made of pea-straw, its tail was made of" this hay 400 January 19, 2012
In a counting nursery rhyme, they were "a-courting", "in the kitchen" & "a-waiting" maids 600 January 19, 2012
While "January brings the snow", "May brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams" lambs 800 January 19, 2012
"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning" the mulberry bush 1000 January 19, 2012
He "was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he" Old King Cole 200 May 18, 2011
He said, "What a good boy am I!"--if he's so good, why was he in the corner? (Little Jack) Horner 400 May 18, 2011
"Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over" this the candlestick 600 May 18, 2011
Mary, Mary who grows silver bells in her garden is quite this, opposite in position or character contrary 800 May 18, 2011
This little guy "runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown" Wee Willie Winkie 1000 May 18, 2011
Illustrators often showed her sitting on a 3-legged stool as there was no such thing as a tuffet Miss Muffet 200 October 11, 2004
It's what Mary's little lamb did even though it was against the rules followed her to school one day 400 October 11, 2004
She went to the baker's to buy her dog some bread; "when she came back the poor dog was dead" Old Mother Hubbard 600 October 11, 2004
"Ding, dong, bell, the cat is in the well! Who put her in?" This "Little" guy Little Johnny Green 800 October 11, 2004
Simple Simon thought he could not fail to catch this because he had "a little salt to put upon his tail" a bird 1000 October 11, 2004
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch this poor creature a bone Her dog 100 July 17, 2000
It's the precarious location of the Rock-a-bye Baby's cradle In the tree top 200 July 17, 2000
Jack, of Jack & Jill, had his head patched with this & brown paper Vinegar 300 July 17, 2000
He indulged in self-congratulation after using his pollex to extract a fruit from a baked food Little Jack Horner 400 July 17, 2000
In a popular rhyme, "I had a little" one of these & "his name was Dapple-Gray" Pony 500 July 17, 2000
This piper's son "learnt to play when he was young" Tom 100 April 5, 1999
Some believe that these 2 pail fetchers actually represent Cardinal Wolsey & Bishop Tarbes Jack & Jill 200 April 5, 1999
"Betwixt them both, they lick'd the platter clean" Jack Sprat & his wife 300 April 5, 1999
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater put his wife here "and there he kept her very well" Pumpkin shell 100 April 14, 1997
He told the pieman, "Let me taste your ware" Simple Simon 200 April 14, 1997
They were the "Three Men In A Tub" The butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker 300 April 14, 1997
"There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, he found" this "beside a crooked stile" Crooked sixpence 400 April 14, 1997
This insect saw Cock Robin die, "With my little eye, I saw him die" The Fly 500 April 14, 1997
He had to show the pieman his money before he could take a taste test Simple Simon 100 March 28, 1996
He didn't kiss & tell, he kissed & ran Georgie Porgie 200 March 28, 1996
He's been quoted as saying, "What a good boy am I" Little Jack Horner 300 March 28, 1996
The rhyme says he's responsible for the sheep; you can only infer he's in charge of the cows, too Little Boy Blue 400 March 28, 1996
A cat killed the rat that ate the malt in his house "The House That Jack Built" 500 March 28, 1996
Gardener Mary, Mary was described as "quite" this contrary 100 September 6, 1995
In one version, "Threescore men, and threescore more, cannot place" him "as he was before" Humpty Dumpty 200 September 6, 1995
One rhyme claims he had a pig that was not very lean & not very fat Jack Sprat 300 September 6, 1995
Barnyard cry that precedes "My dame has lost her shoe" cock-a-doodle-doo 400 September 6, 1995
"Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, please to put a penny in" here old man\'s hat 500 September 6, 1995
Color of the wool held for the little boy who lives down the lane black 100 November 29, 1994
The animal musician in "Hey, Diddle, Diddle" the cat 200 November 29, 1994
Dapple Gray is this type of animal a horse 300 November 29, 1994
Weather request couplet that precedes "Little Johnny wants to play" Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day (Rain, rain, go away/Come again some other day accepted) 400 November 29, 1994
Jack Lemmon comedy title included in the "Pease Porridge" rhyme <i>Some Like It Hot</i> 500 November 29, 1994
It's the question asked of "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" Have you any wool? 100 July 5, 1993
He said to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware" Simple Simon 200 July 5, 1993
"Hickey, pickety, my black hen," she does this "for gentlemen" lays eggs 300 July 5, 1993
"See-saw", this girl "sold her bed and lay on the straw" Marjorie Daw 400 July 5, 1993
The 2 items little Tom Tucker eats for his supper bread & butter 500 July 5, 1993
"There was a farmer had a dog and" this "was its name" B-I-N-G-O 100 February 20, 1991
"Cock-a-doodle-doo, my dame has lost" one of these Her Shoe 200 February 20, 1991
"A-tisket-a-tasket", they're the colors of "my basket" Green & Yellow 300 February 20, 1991
"A Child's Garden of Verses" grew out of the fertile imagination of this "Treasure Island" author Robert Louis Stevenson 500 February 20, 1991
The only one of the "Three Men in a Tub" who didn't work with food Candlestick Maker February 20, 1991
A man by this name wears whiskers on his chinnegan Michael Finnegan 100 February 2, 1990
Higgledy piggledy; it's the color of the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen Black 200 February 2, 1990
We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on Polly 300 February 2, 1990
Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to....uh--oh Chop off your head 400 February 2, 1990
"Betwixt", a word you don't often run into, is in line 3 of the rhyme about this man & his eating habits Jack Sprat ("could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean") 500 February 2, 1990
Since she had a bare cupboard, hers certainly wasn't a lucky dog, lucky dog Old Mother Hubbard 100 September 26, 1989
Precarious position of the bough-borne cradle up in the treetop 200 September 26, 1989
"See-saw, Margery Daw," he "shall have a new master" Jackie 300 September 26, 1989
A 2nd verse to this rhyme begins "Every fiddler he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he" "Old King Cole" 400 September 26, 1989
In this rhyme, a parent bemoans the fact her child has gone to bed with stockings & 1 shoe on "Diddle Diddle Dumpling" 500 September 26, 1989
Another version has him asleep under a haycock Little Boy Blue 100 April 7, 1987
While the rhyme doesn't mention summer, winter, or spring, it does say he "had a great fall" Humpty Dumpty 200 April 7, 1987
With "rings on her fingers & bells on her toes, she shall have" this "wherever she goes" music 100 January 15, 1987
He "kissed the girls & made them cry," but "when the boys came out to play," he ran away Georgie Porgie 200 January 15, 1987
After "Jack fell down & broke his crown", he "went to bed to mend his head" using brown paper & this liquid vinegar 300 January 15, 1987
"With silver bells, & cockle shells, & pretty maids all in a row" Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary how does you garden grow? 400 January 15, 1987
One theory says "Ring-A-Ring-A-Roses" refers to this medieval disaster plague (black death) 500 January 15, 1987
What little Tommy Tucker did for his supper sing 100 February 4, 1986
In "The Queen of Hearts", he stole the tarts the Knave (of Hearts) 200 February 4, 1986
What Little Bo Peep's sheep will do if left alone come home 300 February 4, 1986
The 3 things growing in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's" garden cockleshells and silver bells and pretty maids all in a row 400 February 4, 1986
In "This little pig went to market", it's what the only pig that ate pigged out on roast beef 500 February 4, 1986
Where you are when you "open the door & see all the people" the church 100 November 21, 1985
In England, "the merriest month in all the year" May 200 November 21, 1985
Colchester, England was named for this legendary Celtic king immortalized in rhyme Old King Cole 300 November 21, 1985
"Rub a dub dub", these 3 went to sea in a tub the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker 400 November 21, 1985
After turning around, what "Teddy bear, teddy bear" does touches the ground 500 November 21, 1985
Hurdler who was nimble & quick Jack 100 October 2, 1985
What Little Tommy Tucker vocalizes for his supper 200 October 2, 1985
Her dog dies in the 2nd verse, probably from malnutrition Old Mother Hubbard 300 October 2, 1985
They cost "one-a-penny, two-a-penny" hot cross buns 400 October 2, 1985
Product reserved in bags for the master, the dame, & the little boy wool 500 October 2, 1985
Where the crooked man, the crooked cat, & the crooked mouse all lived in a little crooked house 100 December 6, 1984
He killed Cock Robin the sparrow 200 December 6, 1984
His kisses drove girls to tears Georgie Porgie 300 December 6, 1984
At the count of 7, all good children go there heaven 400 December 6, 1984
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John Grisham will be speaking at a fund raising event in Princeton, NJ at Nassau Presbyterian Church on April 13. Centurion Ministries, a secular, non-profit organization, has been working to free the wrongfully convicted since 1983.
John Grisham e-books now available, including on Kindle
John Grisham is making his debut in digital. Random House announced the publication of the entire John Grisham backlist of twenty-three titles as e-books, beginning March 16, 2010. “John Grisham is one of the greatest storytellers of all time,” said Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. “This is one of our most exciting e-book initiatives to date, and is certain to usher in a new generation of Grisham readers and e-book adopters.”
Grisham’s “A Time to Kill” heads for Broadway
A stage adaptation of John Grisham’s first novel, “A Time to Kill,” will have its world premiere in 2011 in Washington in what is being billed as a “pre-Broadway” production. Arena Stage’s artistic director Molly Smith said on March 11 that the play will run May 6, 2011, through June 19, 2011. “A Time to Kill” concerns the murder trial of a father who takes the law into his own hands after his daughter is raped.
Grisham among the speakers at BookExpo America
BookExpo America has announced its star lineup for the main Author Breakfast of the trade show, to take place on Thursday, May 27. It will feature John Grisham, Condoleezza Rice and Mary Roach. Jon Stewart will be the Master of Ceremonies. BookExpo America will be held in New York from May 25-27, 2010.
John Grisham remembers Barry Hannah
When Barry Hannah died of a heart attack on the March 1, he left behind a literary legacy that included eight novels and four short story collections. For John Grisham, the first book-signing he ever attended was in 1988, for Hannah’s Hey Jack! Grisham recalls, “I discovered him through Airships, in law school, back when I wasn’t thinking about being a writer.”
Grisham’s next legal thriller for adults to be released in October
Although John Grisham has sold rights to the first two children’s books to Penguin, Doubleday will still publish his forthcoming legal thriller for adults, an untitled work that will be released in October 2010. Grisham has said in the past that at some point, he would like to pick up where his 2001 novel A Painted House left off.
Grisham to attend ‘Justice’ program
John Grisham will add celebrity sparkle to “Justice Through Journalism” programming by the Innocence Institute of Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Grisham will speak briefly and answer questions during a March 24 gala that will benefit the Innocence Institute.
John Grisham to write children’s books
John Grisham is writing a new series for children centered on a precocious amateur lawyer. First book is called “Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer” and it will be published on May 25, 2010. It features the 13-year-old Theodore Boone, the son of two attorneys in a small Southern town.
Video: John Grisham discusses innocence cases
Author John Grisham discussed innocence cases at the UVA Law School during a talk to the Innocence and Capital Post-Conviction clinics and related student organizations Jan. 26, 2010.
Grisham banned by Texan jail authorities
Bestselling and classic books have been banned from prisons in Texas over security, race or sex concerns. John Grisham has had four titles banned in the last five years. Other authors include Annie Proulx, Jenna Bush, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike and Alice Walker.
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Shlock-Pop Slap-Sappy Lounge Trio
(2003 ~ 2005)
"... channeling Bryan Ferry with Spike Jones as music director ..."
Bob Strauch
"... The King, on bad acid..."
Larynx Eon Zillion
Laurence Miller a.k.a.Yours Truly:
Vocals and backing tracks (sequenced digital drums, keyboard, electric guitar, Bb clarinet, etc)
Brian Delanie a.k.a. B Deluxe:
Vintage Electric Guitar
Eric Bernreughter a.k.a. Sliced Holmes:
Home-blown Slide Trombone
VELVETEEN BLUE "Live" at the prestigious FIRE FLY Jazz Club in Ann Arbor, fall 2003.
YOURS TRULY B DELUXE SLICED HOLMES
This page covers the whole comic lounge phenomena which Laurence traveled on and off for over 12 years. VELVETEEN BLUE, the final stop, formed in 2003 as an odd mix of an "over the top romantic sentiment" mixed with "bastardized existential comedy". This was his eventual answer to the now defunct retro lounge music resurgence of the 1990's. As a trio, VELVETEEN BLUE performed against original backing tracks, coming off as a surreal, shlock-pop jazz sextet.
It's precursor, MEZZANINE, started it all back when the retro lounge style was so popular in the mid 90's. (More information on this band found at the bottom of this page.) As a five piece their claim to fame was opening up for LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP, in 1994, at Ann Arbor's Blind Pig. Who would have thunk?
VELVETEEN BLUE, after playing the prestigious Fire Fly Club in Ann Arbor in 2003, went into the studio to record a quality demo for actual gigging purposes. Without seeing this bloom into full fruition, the band quickly faded into an existential comedy shtick duo with just Laurence and Brian Delaney. This version was not unlike what he was trying to do with twin brother Benjamin Miller in the late 90's. This didn't last.
It all started back in 1993, while Laurence was cutting the back-40. Moronic Elvis interpretations would come to mind with absolute screw ball demos ensuing shortly, thereafter. Songs like "Knock First, My Love", "Gentleman of Honor", and "Can't Crap For Nothin". By 1994 he'd written a few half-serious numbers and quickly formed an actual group with current members from his band LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP. Laurence called this mock lounge act, MEZZANINE". MEZZANINE recorded a few original numbers in the studio, and opened up for LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP at the Blind Pig where they sported a haunting version of David Lynch's MYSTERY OF LOVE from the film Blue Velvet.
The band began playing out at Ann Arbor's coffee shop, THE GYPSY CAFE, from 1995 thru 1996 with mixed results. Very few seemed to have any idea we were "trying to be like that" so, as LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP folded in 1997, so did MEZZANINE."
Laurence eventually gathered professional experience under his belt, crooning lead for David Swain's II-V-I Jazz Orchestra. Playing the Hiedleburg, Clutch Cargo's, weddings and special events spurred his interest on.
Miller tried resurrecting MEZZANINE again, this time as a duo with twin brother, Benjamin Miller, calling themselves THE SUICIDE DOORS. They fancied the idea of taking the comedy route, seriously. Home videos were shot and song lists grew but sadly their take on it all would have been too whacked for the public at large. Though Laurence and Ben considered cleaning up their act and going pro, it was clearly impossible. They were that good.
By 1999 things came to a head. Laurence ended up solo in the display window of Ann Arbor's antique resale shop, SARAH'S ATTIC, singing along to the original demo tracks on his own for the sidewalk crowd on football Saturdays. Seriously. Music was pumped out into the street while Laurence performed, garnished with "live" manikins (coined HuManiquinns -- see pics below) with gawkers stumbling by in utter amazement. Nightmarishly surreal and no cover charge. Ann Arbor had no idea what good thing it had. At the turn of the century however, it seemed all was for naught...
Suddenly, in 2003, Miller resurrected the whole concept yet once again, this time calling it VELVETEEN BLUE inspired by David Lynch's film Blue Velvet. "The scary thing is that I took it seriously this time." says Miller. Hiring local guitarist Brian Delaney (B Deluxe) from THE ROYALLE GARDEN TRIO and digging up the original trombonist for LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP, Erik Beurnrighter (Sliced Holmes), Miller hoped to put together something viable. His idea was to perform along to various old and new backing tracks as a surreal shlock pop jazz trio. Amazingly enough, VELVETEEN BLUE managed to snag a gig at the prestigious jazz club THE FIRE FLY, get hired for birthday parties, book themselves in at Dreamland Theatre, and shoot a community television music video collection, "Shoot The Piano Man". This video production won Finalist Award at 2004 Philo T. Farnsworth Festival.
Shortly thereafter, VELVETEEN BLUE went into Brian's studio to record a pro-demo for "straight" gigging purposes. However, having lost their trombonist by that point, VELVETEEN BLUE was destined to quickly devolve from there (much like it's predecessors) into an existential comic routine.
Brian Delaney as B Deluxe and Laurence Miller as Yours Truly continued on a couple more gigs that year at Dreamland Theatre, dragging their mind numbing performance art into the mix. No one seemed to understand nor appreciate the sheer beauty of their collective madness. Little Surprise.
Example 1: Before taking the stage, there would be a three minute recording of people coughing, playing in the background. That's correct. Coughing and coughing. Miller would then scramble on stage, seemingly agitated, getting ready to start the show alone, when B. Deluxe suddenly steps into the club as if way late for the show. Miller went off on him while the crowd thinking it was serious, sat horrified...
Example 2: In the spacial mid section to their original arrangement of Twilight Time by The Platters, B. Deluxe would suddenly sit down on a stool and pretend to roast weenies over a fire pit, while Miller played a suspended, surreal dream-scape on the keyboard. Who would have thunk?
VELVETEEN BLUE , now struggling as a studio only duo, Laurence and Brian dubbed their parts on the bulk of their backing tracks for their first CD. This was comprised mostly of originals, but never saw the light of day. Laurence and Brian eventually gave up the ghost entirely, sometime in 2005. The band never completed the CD release and as a performing act has not been seen since.
VELVETEEN BLUE "Live" at DREAMLAND THEATRE New Year's Eve, 2003.
VELVETEEN BLUE for your listening pleasure
Lyrics written by Buck Ram, and music written in 1944 by the Three Suns
(Morty Nevins, Al Nevins and Artie Dunn).
LBM www V - Twilight.mp3
Size : 4.187 Kb
Type : mp3
I'M R.S.V.P.ING
Music and Words by Jimothy Juback
LBM www V - RSVP.mp3
Music and Words by Yours Truly
LBM www V - Sleepy Eyes 1.mp3
WITH THE RHYTHM OF THE WAVES
LBM www V - Rhythm Waves.mp3
That lonely half-floor in between
"... a slap-sappy lounge-ish act, not too unlike Elvis Presly
on bad acid, under the direction of David Lynch..."
Laurence Miller a.k.a. Yours Truly: Vocals
Chris Casello a.k.a. Buzz Amerika: Electric Guitar
Chris Smith a.k.a. Hubba Chubba Bubba: Trombone and Slide Cornet
David Swain a.k.a. Chip Reed: Bass
(Sometimes as a quintette with late drummer, Buzzie a.k.a. Buzzie: Drums)
Yes, it's true. Other than our drummer, this band was essentially THE NOVELTY SHOP, charading as a 50's throw back loung act. God help us all.
MEZZANINE "live" at The Gypsy Cafe, Ann Arbor, 1996
Buzz Amerika Yours Truly Hubba Chubba Bubba Chip Reed
MEZZANINE MP3's for your listening pleasure
Laurence Miller a.k.a. Yours Truly, hamming it up in Chicago,
for MEZZANINE'S demo cover.
A mock poster Laurence drew up, back in the day.
(Little did he know he'd actually get to play that venue!)
SHOOT THE PIANO MAN
Lyrcs by Yours Truly and Suzan Whiles
Music by Yours Truly
LBM www Mezz - Shoot the Piano Man.mp3
Music and Words by Pee Wee King and Red Stuwart
LBM www Mezz - Tennis Waltz.mp3
LBM www Mezz - Sleepy Eyes.mp3
THE SUICIDE DOORS
A comic act, never intended for the masses
Laurence Miller a.k.a. Yours Truly:
Vocals, etc
Ben Miller a.k.a. Mr. Sincerely (sometimes known as "Mr. Mirror", or simply "Pedro"):
Guitar, C Melody Saxophone, and harmony voice
Though Ben and I did start out as "pure comic chaos" in the finest sense, The Suicide Doors did eventually move into a more forward leaning, professional disposition.
Check the pic below. Too bad this trend didn't do us any good, so we shut our fingers in the door.
As this concept of humor & retro nostalgia fumed and sputtered thru the 90's, Laurence would find himself performing solo from time to time,
both accappella and with backing tracks. He performed in his twin bro's avant guard performance art opera, WHY DOES THE DIRT
JUST SIT THERE?, in Chicago, on more than one occassion. He also MC'ed for his friend's swing dance troupe,
THE SWING KIDS, during gorilla street performances at the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
"I'd do my best, barking in their favor, and then proceed to attract a good crowd
for them, singing accapella like the bullheaded buffoon that I am."
His biggest triumphs in this MC solo presentation were his two original numbers,
KISS ME, PLEASE KISS ME (Please, kiss me, please?) and BY INVITATION ONLY.
YOURS TRULY and The Humaniquinns
Here we see YOURS TRULY performing solo in the display window
of SARAH'S ATTIC, on 10/21/00, a long since defunct vintage retail store in Ann Arbor. Dig them reflections in the window, man. This was a semi regular happening on football Saturdays, in the fall of 1999 thru 2000. YOURS TRULY would sing along to the original tracks from his band's demos, pumped out into the street, while standing in the presense of "live" manikins. "We called ourselves The HuManiquins. I can't tell you how much fun that was. Passerbys would literally freak, not knowing if we were real or not. And, I've got video footage to prove it. 'Look! He moved!' ...oh, please"
The Humaniquins in action at Sarah's Attic.
""Standing around on the job"
AOK. So, it was after this whole thing that Yours Truly took a final rest from
it all, only to return suddenly, if not for just a brief and lovely
15 minutes of fame, with VELVETEEN BLUE...
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by Tomasz Pierscionek
Sun 10th May 2015
Occasionally the ruling class led media inadvertently lets the truth slip out. In March 2015, leading US business magazine Forbes revealed that Crimeans prefer to remain part of Russia rather than rejoin Ukraine. Repeat polls, some of which were conducted by Western organisations, gave similar results . As expected, Forbes couched this information in a headline suggesting foul play on the part of Russia: “One year after Russia Annexed Crimea, locals prefer Moscow to Kiev”. However, the article opens with the words: “The U.S and European Union may want to save Crimeans from themselves. But the Crimeans are happy right where they are”. (Anyone detect the hint of an imperialist civilising mission being rudely rebuffed by the natives). Perhaps the headline could have read: “One year after a US sponsored coup in Ukraine, things are not going to plan”
Arguably, Putin's alleged ‘annexation' of Crimea helped the local population avoid the horrendous fate suffered by their fellow citizens in Donetsk and Lugansk, who were repeatedly bombed and shelled in President Porosheko’s Anti Terrorist Operation (ATO). Crimea, voting to join with Russia before the ATO was unleashed, escaped unscathed.
Following the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s, Russia's economy, prestige and self esteem declined during the Yeltsin era. Now Russia plays an ever increasing role on the world stage. Russia’s mere existence poses a threat to US hegemony by way of its reluctance to acquiesce to the whims of the self-anointed world policeman. Furthermore, Russia’s vast natural resource reserves must be tapped in order to throw a lifeline to global capitalism as it faces terminal decline. Hence, the need to surround Russia with NATO bases and attempt, by all means possible, to oust Putin and replace him with a more pliable (read democratic) leader: another Yeltsin.
Historically speaking, throughout much of the 20th century, Russia’s neighbours threatened its sovereignty. In this context, one can understand Russia's mistrust of the West’s motives. Russia was attacked twice by Germany within 27 years, on the latter occasion, in the 1940s, the invading forces were assisted by Ukrainian Banderists. Consider too the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 and Japan’s aggression during WW2. Let us not forget that multiple nations invaded Russia following the 1917 revolution in order to strangle at birth the world’s first fledgling socialist state and snuff out the flicker of hope this historical development inspired in the hearts of workers everywhere. During the cold war, the US was arguably responsible for the lion’s share of aggression or ‘brinkmanship’. Yet, in the eyes of the West, Russia remains the villain.
In December 1991 the Ukrainian people voted to become independent of the USSR. Polarising inequalities, corruption and a resurgence of Ukrainian nationalism (at least in certain parts of the country) followed. The Ukraine of 1991 no longer exists, having been riven apart by civil war, economic collapse and repression.
Crimea voted to join Russia after the US orchestrated coup in February 2014. The eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk followed suit but paid a heavy price in blood. Talk of secession has since arisen in the regions of Kharkov and Odessa, despite the presence of the increasingly repressive Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and their paramilitary allies.
Recently Standard and Poors downgraded Ukraine’s credit rating for the fifth time since 2013. An article published in February on a Ukrainian news website was titled: “Some experts say: If you can, you must leave [the country]”. That article discussed the effects of high inflation and currency depreciation describing how in Ukraine pensions and the minimum wage have sunk to the equivalent of $36.5 and $47 (USD) a month respectively. The article points out that the World Bank sets the absolute poverty threshold at less than $1.25 a day. Economist Aleksandr Okhrimenko is quoted as saying that with an average monthly salary of around $150 (130 Euros), Ukraine’s standard of living ranks below that of Tajikistan, Kyrgystan and well below Bulgaria (the EU’s poorest member). A year after the Maidan, Ukraine’s standard of living is now on a similar level to that of Senegal or Nepal. All the while, Ukraine's currency, the Hryvnia, continues to decline. If Ukraine’s chances of joining the EU were slim in 2013, they are now vanishingly small. Another article states that the average retirement pension in Ukraine now amounts to 1600 Hryvnya (about 65 Euro) per month.
After being pushed into civil war by the US and supported, mostly, with words only, the pawns leading the coup in February 2014 cannot survive without an IMF lifeline. On top of this, Ukraine reportedly owes the ‘aggressor’ Russia $2.5 billion for gas that it has continued supplying throughout the course of the alleged ‘invasion’. (Though surely Russia’s patience will expire eventually).
With the cream of Ukraine’s heavy industries in the Donbass region lost through secession or destroyed by its own artillery shells, it looks increasingly unlikely that the wheels which came off Ukraine’s economy will be reattached in the foreseeable future (if ever), let alone set in motion to create sufficient wealth to repay the IMF debt. The IMF will, for a time, continue demanding massive restructuring such as widespread privatisation and massive increases in utility bills which will further impoverish the Ukrainian working class. But when the people of Ukraine have nothing left to give, the IMF will become reluctant to throw good money after bad knowing there will be no return on their investment. Russia too will not continue supplying gas for free forever. When Western money and Eastern gas cease to flow, will Ukraine’s patriots and Europhiles pick up the tab? More likely, the Ukrainian ruling class will gather what wealth they can and flee abroad leaving their nation to self destruct.
If there existed a prize for the most gratuitous destruction caused to one’s nation in the shortest space of time, surely Poroshenko, Yatsenkuk, Timochenko and their cliques would be firm favourites. They have succeeded in creating a record downturn in Ukraine’s fortunes. In just a single year, they have managed to turn a country with a shaky economy and endemic corruption, though nevertheless a functioning bourgeoise democracy, into a dysfunctional failed state with a third world economy: an unenviable disaster zone plagued by civil war, fascism, and poverty. Whilst Putin is to blame for all this, or at least that’s what we are repeatedly told, those who clamour the loudest about patriotism in Kiev have done the most damage to their nation.
However, these leaders could not have done it alone. The cosmopolitan urban dwellers and the wealthier and more ambitious sections of Ukrainian society sold their souls for the pot of gold at the end of the EU rainbow. Now they face tears and disappointment. Those students and petty bourgeoisie of the Euromaidan movement who took to Maidan nezalezhnosti in November 2013, helped sell and dismember their nation through their naivety and greed. Instead of democracy, for which they sold their souls, they have found disappointment and destitution. In seeking economic freedom, they helped awaken the nationalist beast. Their dogmatic perseverance led to hundreds if not thousands of young Ukrainian men killing thousands of their former countrymen and women in the east of the country. Due to the stiff resistance of workers militias and other self-defence forces in Donetsk and Lugansk, Poroshenko and his allies were increasingly forced to rely on paramilitary gangs which included unashamedly neo-nazi elements in order to implement the Ukrainian version of Shock and Awe. The mood of the population can be judged by the lack of young men willingly answering the draft call. Reportedly, the 4th wave of military mobilisation to have occurred within a year failures massively as many young men refused to report for military service. Many Ukrainians have fled abroad to avoid fighting for the Kiev cabal. A large number of these escaped to Russia, the alleged aggressor. Indeed this must be the only time in recent history that a large number of military aged males flee to an ‘aggressor’ for safety from their own government.
Due to the political passivity of the Communist Party of Ukraine and without a robust political party or movement offering a socialist alternative, in February 2014 the Euromaidan liberals were quickly swept aside by armed far right organisations. The working class of Ukraine, the unemployed, the retired, those who fought fascism in the 1940s, have been betrayed. Ukraine, as it once was, no longer exists.
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SALVERY
RIP Ukraine 1991-2014
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__label__cc | 0.642839 | 0.357161 | PRO-LIFE? REALLY? [via Nina Reznick]
PSYCHOPATH TEST [via David Adashek]
Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result.
This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has gotten it right, Few people do.
A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.
Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?
[Give this some thought before you answer, see answer below]
She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again.
If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to determine if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly. If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you.
If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my e-mail list.
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The FBI files of the rich and famous
By Daniel Nasaw BBC News Magazine, Washington
Princess Diana's file included information on a scheduled trip to the US and an investigation into threats made against her and Prince Charles in 1981
The FBI has released its investigative file on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Who else did its agents keep tabs on, and why?
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are perhaps best known for their comedy sketch Who's on First?
But in the 1950s, the duo caught the FBI's attention for other reasons.
"A police informant furnished information to the effect that Bud Abbott, the well-known motion picture and television star, is a collector of pornography, and alleged he has 1,500 reels of obscene motion pictures," an agent wrote in an FBI file.
Of Costello, agents reported: "Information was secured reflecting that two prostitutes put on a lewd performance for Lou Costello," for which they were paid $50 each.
On Thursday, the FBI released a far less salacious file on Steve Jobs, which was compiled in 1991 after President George Bush Sr weighed appointing him to an international trade council.
How to obtain an FBI file
If the subject is no longer alive, you can obtain a copy through the Freedom of Information Act
If the bureau has already processed the records, it will hand over that material first, says official FBI historian John Fox
Other documents may be held by the US National Archives, so you will have to check with them
If the subject is alive, you must obtain his or her permission in writing
You can obtain a copy of your own FBI file merely by requesting it - if it exists: "Despite the rumours, we don't have files on everybody and everything," says Mr Fox. "We never have."
FBI Freedom of Information website
The FBI has also compiled, and subsequently released to the public, hundreds of files on movie stars, US and foreign political figures, athletes, writers, musicians and others.
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Washington Post winning Submissions - Alternate meanings for common words [via Steven Kates]
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. Absent mindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
My Valentine's Day Challenge
by Sarah White
The "Day of Love" is upon us, and with Rick Santorum (aka Senator Lovekill) surging in the polls, I heartily put forth to HuffPost readers the same Valentine's Day Challenge I gave to my clients: Send a love note to the last person in the world you would ever admit to loving.
No, I'm not trying to start some "spread the peace" movement, though that would be a wonderful byproduct. Rather, I pose this challenge to help you see that all the hate you feel for someone who's "done you wrong," all the disgust you hurl at your neighbor's "lifestyle," all the scorn you pile upon those who seem "different," all this loathing might be a gateway drug to higher forms of love, and if you embrace the object of your disfavor you may discover one of life's most transformative realizations: we can't know what someone does for us until we stop obsessing over what they've done to us.
Take the case of George, one of my clients. As soon as his kids fly the nest, his wife starts openly cheating on him. She calls him on the phone and lets him hear her having sex with her new boy toy. She refuses to make love with him because she claims he can't compare to what she's getting from the newbie. And she constantly tells him that were he a real man, he'd leave her. So what do I tell George? Leave the bitch? No. I tell him to write a love note to his wife's new stud muffin, letting him know how grateful he is that he's bringing pleasure back into his wife's life.
Does he do it? Yep. Does it help him? Big time. Because, deep down, George loves his wife's new playboy. He's been feeling inadequate for years. His marriage had become sexless long ago. He had stopped seeing his wife as alluring. But her infidelity (a misnomer for what is in fact often an act of deep and desperate faith in the potential of a relationship) roused his dormant emotions and made him feel excited again!
So what does he do with all that excitement? Something truly brave. He embraces the cuckold lifestyle. Yes, in one of the more productive reaction adjustments of the modern age, being a cuckold, which for centuries was cause enough for a man to murder his wife (e.g. Othello), is now a growing fetish in which a man gains sexual gratification from his partner having intercourse with other people. That's right. George and his wife are not only having sex again, but he's also enjoying the experience of watching her make it with his rival. His world has been blown wide open, he's exploring new erotic horizons, and he's feeling better than ever. Happy Valentines Day, Mr. Other Man. I love you!
Now if only I can get Rick Santorum to send some candy hearts to Dan Savage :-)
Sarah White Bio:
Sarah White is the founder of Naked Therapy, an innovative form of psychotherapy in which the therapist removes her clothes during the therapy session in order to bring about several unique elements that can at times be lacking in a traditional therapeutic context: an openness on certain topics between therapist and client, a more transparent transference, and the types of powerful self-discoveries that often emerge in a state of arousal. She practices Naked Therapy at SarahWhiteTherapy.com, and she writes about psychology, sexuality and culture on her blog, NakedTherapy.org.
Labels: Sarah White, The Huffington Post, The Naked Therapist
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A Man. A Van. A Surprising Business Plan [via Nina Reznick]
We've all been there. Trapped in line at the DMV. Or stuck on hold while trying to call a city agency. It's easy to complain about government bureaucracy. But it's the rare person who sees such inefficiency as a business opportunity.
Meet Adam Humphreys. He lives in New York City, and he wanted to travel to China for a vacation. His bureaucratic hassles with the Chinese consulate launched a whole new business.
LISTEN TO THIS GREAT INTERVIEW ON NPR
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Published on Jan 24, 2012 by AssociatedPress
The Northern Lights lit up the skies above Scotland and northern England after the biggest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth with radiation. Video shot last weekend shows the effect of the Aurora Borealis above Norway. (Jan. 24)
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__label__wiki | 0.848962 | 0.848962 | Headstones with unusual stories to tell: The soldier whose beer was too weak
In Winchester, there is a grave which pays homage to a 26-year-old grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hants Militia. Thomas Thetcher died after drinking contaminated small (weak) beer when he was hot.
Before the invention of modern sanitation, people would drink small beer when fresh water was unavailable. This was because the alcohol was toxic to water-borne pathogens.
However, it was not enough to prevent Thetcher catching a fever and dying.
Following his death in 1764, his comrades arranged for a jocular headstone inscription warning of the dangers of drink. It read:
Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier,
Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer,
Soldiers be wise from his untimely fall
And when ye're hot drink strong or none at all.
In 1918, the tombstone caught the attention of a young American soldier called Bill Wilson, who was camped nearby with his US Army unit.
Twenty-one years later, following a battle with alcoholism, he founded Alcoholics Anonymous and in 1939 published a book about his experience.
In it he claimed the gravestone had been an "ominous warning which I failed to heed", and printed the first two lines of the verse in the front of his book.
However, it appears he misunderstood the headstone, as he missed out the crucial advice about only drinking strong beer.
On 12 May - the anniversary of Thetcher's death - people gather at the grave to drink (strong) beer and raise a glass to the grenadier.
Headstones with unusual stories to tell: The diver who saved a cathedral
William Walker was a deep-sea diver who, in 1905, was employed to help repair the foundations of Winchester Cathedral.
Large cracks had appeared in the cathedral's walls and vaulted ceilings, some of which were wide enough for owls to roost in.
Because Winchester has a high underlying water table and the cathedral is built on peaty soil, trenches dug below filled with water before any reinforcing work could be done.
So Walker, who usually worked at Portsmouth dockyard, was recruited.
A tunnel was excavated beneath the building and for six years he spent nearly six hours a day underwater, in darkness, replacing and shoring up the foundations with his bare hands. He worked entirely by touch. Eventually he propped the cathedral up with 900,000 bricks, 114,900 concrete blocks and 25,800 bags of cement.
Because it took him so long to put on and take off his heavy diving suit, when he stopped for a break he would just take off his helmet in order to eat his lunch and smoke his pipe.
As if that was not enough effort, each weekend he cycled 150 miles - home to Croydon, south London, before returning to work on Monday.
He died aged 49 during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918. His grave, at Beckenham Cemetery in Bromley, south-east London, bears the words: "The diver who with his own hands saved Winchester Cathedral."
Headstones with unusual stories to tell: The barmaid who taunted a tiger
In 1703, Hannah Twynnoy became Britain's first recorded victim of a tiger.
She was a barmaid at the White Lion in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, when a travelling menagerie set up in the pub's large rear yard, ready to attract paying crowds.
Hannah was warned against upsetting the tiger but she enjoyed bothering and poking at the big cat - until one day it discovered the cage door was open. Fed up of the pesky barmaid, the tiger launched itself on the unfortunate servant and mauled her to death.
The stone, in Malmesbury Abbey has the epitaph:
In bloom of life
She's snatched from hence
She had not room to make defence;
For Tyger fierce
Took life away
And here she lies
In a bed of clay
Until the Resurrection Day.
Dream of Venus: Inside Salvador Dalí‘s spectacular & perverse Surrealist funhouse from 1939 [via NIna Reznick]
The fabled entrance to the “Dream of Venus” pavilion created by Salvador Dalí for the World’s Fair in 1939.
Salvador Dalí was asked to create a pavilion for the World’s Fair to be held in Summer of 1939 in Flushing Meadow, Queens, NY. Given a canvas this big, as you might imagine, Dalí‘s concept for what was called “Dream of Venus” was just as over-the-top as the wildly eccentric Surrealist himself. In a letter written to his friend, Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Dalí reported that the pavilion would include “genuine explosive giraffes.” That never happened during the eight weeks it took to set up and construct what has been referred to as Dalí‘s “funhouse.”
The creation of the pavilion was the idea of noted architect, artist, and art collector, Ian Woodner. Woodner approached New York art dealer Julien Levy and together they quickly decided to give the gig to Dalí. As you entered the pavilion you had to pass between twin pillars that were fashioned in the image of female legs that were protruding from a skirt that had been pulled up above the knees. In various windows at the entrance, Dali placed a sculpture of a nude torso of a woman with another naked body of a woman in a window above who had a mermaid-like tail. There was also a large-scale image of Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus.” Dalí had intended to remove the head of the goddess and replace it with a fish head. This was one of many conceptual ideas the artist had intended to incorporate into the pavilion that was soundly rejected by the Fair’s organizers and sponsors. Dalí was so incensed by the Fair’s requests for alterations to his fever-dream funhouse that he wrote a pamphlet called “Declaration of the Independence of the Imagination and the Rights of Man to His Own Madness.” The pamphlet condemned the Fair’s censorship of his work and with the help of a pilot and an airplane, he had copies of it dropped from the sky all over New York City.
What a wonderful find!
Centuries Ago, a Cat Walked Across This Medieval Manuscript
While pawing through a stack of medieval manuscripts from Dubrovnik, Croatia, a student stumbled upon a familiar set of splotches marring the book’s page.
Fascinating talk about the early days of the iPhone
In his first public interview since leaving Apple in 2012, former head of iOS development Scott Forstall provided commentary on his background, the first iPhone and his relationship with company cofounder Steve Jobs.
Speaking with John Markoff, formerly of the New York Times, Forstall offered a timeline of events leading up to his contribution to "Project Purple," the secret internal initiative that ultimately resulted in the first iPhone.
Apple began "Project Purple" because Steve Jobs hated Microsoft exec, says Scott Forstall.
New York Times reporter John Markoff interviewed some of the original engineers who work on the first iPhone that was unveiled in January 2007. Hugo Fiennes, Nitin Ganatra, and Scott Herz all talked about their own experience working on this incredible project. Fast forward to: (1:06:56)
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Hilarious 911 Call About an Escaped Elephant in Canada
Just a casual day in Canada with a full grown elephant walking down the street..
Now this is Yoga I can get into!
Every Day This Dog Rides The Bus All By Herself To Go To The Park
Meet Seattle’s celebrity dog, Eclipse, who takes a bus to a nearby park all by herself. “All the bus drivers know her. She sits here just like a person does,” fellow rider Tiona Rainwater told KOMO. “She makes everybody happy. How could you not love this face?”
It all started when the black Labrador and Mastiff mix was at a bus stop with her owner Jeff Young. Her human was taking too long to finish his cigarette. So, when the bus arrived, the pooch just got on it by herself and got off at the park. Since that day, the owner knows he can always catch up with her later in the park. The guy realized this smart girl can ride those 3-4 stops on the D line on her own and always knows where to get off.
Although some officers say that Eclipse should ideally be on a leash, King County allows dogs on public transport at the discretion of a driver. So, as this pooch causes no harm but only makes passengers smile, the drivers are always more than happy to give this four-legged miss a lift.
What about the doggie herself? Well, she seems to be proud of herself. Besides, her Facebook profile says: “I love my big city life and enjoy taking the D line daily to the Belltown dog park.” What a smart doggie!
More info: Facebook (h/t)
If you ride a D line bus in Seattle, you can meet this unexpected furry passenger named Eclipse…
Image credits: Sunday Post
“All the bus drivers know her. She sits here just like a person does”
Image credits: King County Dept. of Transportation
The doggie rides the bus all by herself, has a bus pass attached to her collar, and gets off at her favorite park
Image credits: Lindsay Cohen
It all started when the black Labrador and Mastiff mix was at a bus stop with her owner Jeff Young
Image credits: KOMO news
Her human was taking too long to finish his cigarette, so when the bus arrived…
The canine just got on it by herself and got off at the park
That’s when the owner realized this smart girl can ride those 3-4 stops on the D line on her own
King County allows dogs on public transport at the discretion of a driver, and Eclipse makes people smile
Therefore, the drivers are always glad to give this four-legged miss a lift
“She makes everybody happy. How could you not love this face?”
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In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to engulf Australasia, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire terrier was discovered hiding in a Japanese shell scrape amidst the thick jungles of Papua New Guinea. The GIs who discovered her presumed she had been some kind of Japanese army mascot, but it soon turned out that she understood neither commands rendered in Japanese nor English. A mystery, she was adopted by Corporal William 'Bill' Wynne, an air-crewman with the US 5th Air Force's 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. 'Smoky the Brave' is the extraordinary, touching and true story of a heroic dog and her adoptive masters in the jungles of the Pacific War
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PHILIPPINES NEEDS NEW MEGA CITIES
by vernoveno on September 22, 2014
PH NEEDS NEW MEGA CITIES–ROMUALDEZ
• September 21, 2014
• Written by Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
• Published in Top Stories
LAWMAKERS sought the decongestion of Metro Manila by building new mega cities as they underscored the need for the government to allocate more funds for disaster preparedness after Tropical Storm Mario flooded Metro Manila, practically shutting down schools, shops and government offices and sending tens of thousands to forced evacuation last Friday.
House independent bloc leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, whose district in Tacloban City was hardest-hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda last November 8, said decongesting Metro Manila and giving huge funds to finance long-term flood control and environmental projects would help spare the country from flooding.
“Let’s build new mega cities outside Metro Manila. We need also more funding for long-term anti-flood control projects. We have to focus on addressing concerns and issues on the protection and conservation of the environment to build resilient communities and adopting strategic and sustainable mitigating measures against the impact of natural disasters, global climate change and environmental concerns,” Romualdez stressed.
Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe backed Romualdez, saying the government should work to “decongest Metro Manila by creating a sustainable and long-term program to prevent or, at the very least, minimize migration of the people to the metropolis.”
Caloocan City Rep. Egay Erice echoed the same sentiment. “Technological advances in flood control must be studied and implemented on a long-term basis. We also have to decongest Metro Manila by building mega cities outside Metro Manila.”
Quezon City Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo, who chairs the House committee on Metro Manila development, said the government was much prepared last Friday compared to onslaughts of previous typhoons, adding that there are long-term projects that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been implementing to address flooding concerns.
“The solution lies in the massive infrastructure projects the DPWH is currently implementing. But we have to wait for a few years for their completion. The rainfall brought by Mario was extraordinarily heavy. But we have learned from the Ondoy experience. We were better prepared for the onslaughts. Our preparation explains the lower rate of death and injury,” said Castelo.
House Deputy Majority Leader and Citizens Battle Against Corruption (Cibac) party-list Rep. Sherwin Tugna also agreed with Romualdez that more funds should be appropriated to focus on natural resources management and disaster risk reduction.
“There should be a comprehensive and long-term plan on the typhoon and flooding issue. The national government, all the Metro Manila mayors, governors and international community should allot a big chunk for disaster preparedness and preparation. The typhoons and floods are not only destroying properties, it is also claiming lives. This should be given utmost importance,” said Tugna.
Parañaque City Rep. Gus Tambunting sought a flooding control summit as he lamented that man-made activities contributed to floods and rising sea level.
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An RIA's MF Startup Keeps the Lead
Reported by Neil Anderson, Managing Editor
A mutual fund startup and sibling to an RIA kept the lead last month among the smallest fund firms.
Drew Kent Horter
Tactical Fund Advisors / Horter Investment Management
CEO, Chief Compliance Officer / CEO, President, Fonder
This article draws from Morningstar Direct data on July 2019 open-end mutual fund and ETF flows, excluding money-market funds and funds of funds. More specifically, this article focuses on the 508 firms (six fewer than in June) with less than $1 billion in fund AUM each. 223 of those firms gained net inflows last month.
Newcomer Tactical Fund Advisors (sibling to Horter Investment Management) repeated its victory, bringing in an estimated $75 million in net July inflows, down from $111 million in June (its launch month). Other big July winners included: Aptus Capital Advisors, $67 million (up from $5 million in net outflows); Stone Ridge, $44 million (up from $18 million in net outflows); Aristotle, $43 million (up from $15 million); and Infinity Q, $42 million (up from $31 million).
Proportionately setting aside brand new fund families, AFAM's Innealta led the micro fund firm pack with estimated net July inflows equivalent to 44.42 percent of its AUM, down from 49.6 percent in June. Other big July winners included: Tactical, 40.25 percent; Roundhill, 38.79 percent (down from 48.99 percent); Heitman, 35.52 percent (down from 1.19 percent in net outflows); and Green Square Asset Management, 26.02 percent (up from 6.27 percent).
July's apparent newcomers included: Kennedy Capital Management, OBP Capital, RimRock Capital Management, and Wahed Invest.
On the flip side, July was a rough month for Vivaldi, which suffered an estimated $96 million in net outflows, more than any other sub-$1-billion-AUM fund firm and down from $27 million in net June inflows. Other big July sufferers included: BNP Paribas, $68 million (up from negligible outflows); Equinox, $44 million (up from $9 million); Power Mutual Funds, $40 million (down from $68 million); and Gerstein Fisher, $39 million (up from $36 million).
Proportionately, BNP Paribas suffered the most last month, with estimated net July outflows equivalent to 6,656.16 percent of its AUM (i.e. its outflows were 66 times the size of the AUM it had left over afterwards), up from 0.01 percent in June. Other big July sufferers included: PSG Funds, 4,678.93 percent (up from 0.83 percent); Harvest, 105.9 percent (up from 0.48 percent); Chou America, 103.59 percent (up from 53.28 percent); and NorthPointe, 84.08 percent (up from 10.71 percent).
As a group, the 508 fund firms with less than $1 billion each in fund AUM suffered about $84 million in net July outflows, equivalent to about 0.09 percent of their combined AUM. That's down from $198 million last month.
Across the whole industry (M* tracks flows from 771 firms), long-term mutual funds and ETFs brought in a combined $26.698 billion in estimated net inflows in July, equivalent to about 0.14 percent of industry AUM. That's down from $46.25 billion in net June inflows. Passive funds brought in $26.540 billion in net July inflows, while active funds brought in $158 million in net inflows.
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The family photograph at the top was Gerry's favourite.
The Durrells of Corfu has been translated into Greek and published by Patakis in Athens. The cover shows the Durrells' villa at Sotiriotissa and the family on the terrace: Margo, Nancy, Larry, Gerry and Louisa. Leslie took the photograph.
At the end of the summer of 1935 the Durrells moved from the Strawberry-Pink Villa at Perama to the Villa Anemoyanni. This was Gerry’s Daffodil-Yellow Villa near Kontokali, at Sotiriotissa, about five miles along the coast road north of Corfu town.
Standing on the side of a hill rising out of the sea, the Daffodil-Yellow Villa was an enormous and neglected Venetian mansion four storeys high, set amidst extensive grounds, overgrown and almost wild, with unkept orange and lemon orchards and olive groves, and with melancholy cypresses and stout arbutus heavy with ripening berries.
Facing the sea was a stone-paved terrace shaded with a trellis of vines and evergreens from where terraced gardens and a Venetian stairway descended to a wooden jetty projecting from the shore. A couple of small islands shimmered in the channel and in the distance loomed the hills of mainland Greece and Albania. To the left was Gouvia Bay, a smooth sheet of water used as a landing place for seaplanes, and beyond that the high hills shouldering Pantocrator, the highest mountain on the island.
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__label__wiki | 0.746168 | 0.746168 | Intakes: The history of tactics – A political reading
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A tongue in cheek political review of Inverting the pyramid – The history of football tactics by Jonathan Wilson.
Editorial Introduction
We have decided to print this review of Inverting the pyramid – The history of football tactics by Jonathan Wilson (Orion books, 2008) despite its spurious nature. We obviously reject the notion that a book can be read politically so as to imbue it with a meaning which was not intended by the original author. And we have little time for the author’s apparent targets. But the salient points are worthy of more general consideration and we trust that readers will enjoy extracting them from the bullshit.
Despite its obvious importance the relationship between football and communism remains relatively neglected by theorists in both camps. This book in turn also fails to adequately address the problematic. But it does at least point towards a novel trajectory that any theoretical efforts aspiring towards a dialectical approach will be forced to engage with.
Communism and football
Previous embryonic theoretical explorations have in different ways grasped football as essentially either a precursor to or pre-figuration of communism. On the one hand there has been the focus on the direct correlation between the growth of football and proletarian formation. This school of thought has long held that communism remains a tendency within proletarian subjectivity incapable of adequate realization until the FIFA World Cup has been held in all five major continents. The 2010 World Cup in South Africa thus heralds the end of capital’s progressive function of spreading football to all corners of the globe, after which it becomes essentially decadent. The project of the immediate abolition of wage labour and the socialisation of the means of producing football will then become not only imperative, but also possible, whilst the project of reforming capitalist football through the affirmation of the working class will be doomed to failure. The pre-figurative strand has considered football as communism. The early seminal work in this direction was that of Jean-Paul Sartre in his Critique of dialectical reason comparing the relationship between individual and collective realisation in a communist guerrilla army to that of a football team.1 As with Antonio Negri’s work on immaterial labour, however, such attempts to identify select contemporary social practices within bourgeois society with its negation, as essentially communist, fail to problematise the question of alienation on the one hand and underestimate the need for rupture on the other.
Capitalism and football
Both of these theoretical currents have remained inexplicably underdeveloped. But whilst each approach has yielded a number of fruitful insights they remain perhaps necessarily limited by their one-sidedness. Perhaps what is needed is a theory rooted in the unity of the (football-playing) proletariat/capital relationship. Whilst this book undoubtedly fails to make it explicit, the development of football tactics can be read (politically) as an allegory for the changing forms of the subsumption of labour under capital, thereby pointing towards a perspective which could enable the development of a unified theory of communism and football. Football tactics were imposed on teams by (bourgeois) managers. The freedom of the charging, dribbling mob was replaced by a division of labour in which players were assigned positions on a pitch with specific functions to perform. Hard as it may be to believe given the current backwardness of Scottish football, managers there were the first to impose the passing of the ball between team mates, a revolutionary development which by connecting disparate players to team functionality enabled this division of labour to occur.
Readers of Aufheben will no doubt be aware of the major tactical innovations which have led certain team formations to dominate historical epochs and thus be able to easily decipher the title of the book. They will also be aware of the transformations of labour processes and restructured patterns of global accumulation to which they correspond. Wilson resists the temptation however to subsume developments within the categorical prison of periodisation in favour of an account of the concrete experiments and struggles which resulted in the hegemonic dominance of certain tactical formations. The tactical categories defining periods are seen as the results of struggles; the categories themselves are defetishized, echoing Simon Clarke’s critique of periodization:
Periodisation does not solve the problem which gave rise to it, that of getting beyond the static fetishism of simple ‘essentialist’ structuralism, because it merely proliferates structures which remain, each in their turn, equally static and fetishistic. Far from providing a middle way between a fatalistic essentialism and a political opportunism, the periodisation of the capitalist mode of production can only embrace historical specificity in the mutually exclusive forms of historical contingency and structural inevitability, either of which serve to legitimate a political opportunism in the name alternatively of the openness or the determinism of the conjuncture, and both of which cut the present off from the past, and so prevent us from learning the lessons of history.2
Given his critique of the dogma inherent in periodisation theories it will be of no surprise to learn that Wilson echoes Marx’s dictum that history is the history of class struggle in his overview of the history of football tactics: The history of tactics, it seems, is the history of two interlinked tensions: aesthetics versus results on the one side and technique versus results on the other.3
The history of football tactics, like that of the capital-labour relation, has been characterised by the ebb and flow of struggles. For Wilson, however, this history has not merely been about the contingent, accidental or external. Each swing of the pendulum has not, nor cannot, mark a return to a previous era. There has been teleological development. Players have got fitter as the application of science to the labour process has improved nutrition and training. And the development of ever more efficient means of communication has lead to greater tactical sophistication, fewer anomalies and fewer tactical surprises from foreign fields as satellite TV enables devotees to watch football matches from all over the world.
This teleology has, according to Wilson, brought us to the brink of the universal footballer, able to operate anywhere on the pitch and perform multiple roles, a metaphor perhaps for the post-Fordist worker. But he does not see this process as constituting a now with a greater historical significance than was then, unless we as communizing footballers make it so; communism is, and has always been, only possible in the future:
Many before have hailed the end of history; none has ever been right.4
Conclusion – The unity of theory and practice
It is not enough for would be revolutionaries to merely play football. Our theory and practice must become one in the heat of the class struggle. The contemplative stance of those who believe that history is now on our side can only be an impediment to the realization of football’s potential as part of the communist programme. The theoretical problem of football and communism will only find its truth in revolutionary praxis.
K. E. Aug 2009
1. This was popularised during the early 1990s by the communist footballers of Brighton Autonomist F.C. The players wore shirts which eschewed commercial sponsorship in favour of subversive propaganda. ‘Communist’ was emblazoned across the front of the shirt in large letters, ‘total proletarian football’ in small, and a quote from Sartre was printed across the back.
2. P. 149 Simon Clarke, The global accumulation of capital and the periodisation of the capitalist state form, in Open Marxism Vol.1 Dialectics and history, Bonefeld, Gunn and Psychopedis, Pluto Press London 1992.
3. Wilson J., 2008, Inverting the pyramid, Orion Books, p. 6.
4. Op cit p. 356.
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1972 Memorial Plaque for Leslie Hunt
Featured in August 1972, Resume. Photo caption: "Lorraine Powers (left), former dean of women at western, advises Dr. Robert Lawyer, director of Wilson Library, and Darlene Nelson of the faculty research bureau regarding placement of a plaque dedicating a reading room in the new library addition to the memory of Miss Leslie Hunt, a member of the English department faculty who died in 1969. The plaque reads "In memory of Leslie Hunt, whose professional life was devoted to English language and literature." Contributions from friends of Miss Hunt have established a fund which will purchase two library books in her name in the subject area of English literature each year in perpetuity, plus a memorial student-aid fund." Original inventory #1351.5
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Information included with image: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Buchanan stand beside a family coat of arms which was recently installed in Buchanan Towers residence hall at the southern end of the campus. Buchanan was business manager at Western from 1928 until his retirement in 1967. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan currently reside in Mesa, Arizona. To the Bellingham Herald Welcome Students Edition. 1973.
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In the third of our series of theatre round-ups, we take a look at who’s treading the boards in Northumberland in 2015
By Claire Dupree on Friday, December 26th, 2014
The wilds of Northumberland offer some canny treats for theatre-lovers this year, with several of the local stages presenting up and coming local talent alongside touring productions.
Alnwick Playhouse continues with its Theatre Onscreen series, presenting a variety of screenings from National Theatre and the RSC including Robert Louis’ Stevenson’s Treasure Island (Saturday 7th and Wednesday 18th February); Love Labour’s Lost (Wednesday 11th February) and Love Labour’s Won (Wednesday 11th March); Meera Syal’s Behind The Beautiful Forevers (Thursday 12th March and Friday 10th April); new Tom Stoppard play The Hard Problem (Thursday 16th and Thursday 30th April); Ralph Fiennes in Man & Superman (main image above, Thursday 14th and Saturday 30th May) and Shakespeare’s uncompromising tragedy The Merchant Of Venice (Wednesday 22nd July).
There’s live action to be had too, as a troupe of travelling players from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre head to Alnwick to present Romeo & Juliet from Tuesday 31st March until Thursday 2nd April.
Blyth’s Phoenix Theatre host a handful of worthy productions including Weekend Breaks by John Godber. A comedy of culture clashes, aspiring film writer Martin Dawson tries to patch up his marriage and his disapproving parents after an extra marital fling (Wednesday 25th until Saturday 28th February); there’s an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray on Sunday 3rd May courtesy of European Arts Company; and if you like your music with a pinch of cheese, an amateur production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard visits from Monday 29th June until Saturday 4th July.
Supplementing their strong musical programme, Queen’s Hall Arts Centre in Hexham have a range of theatre and comedy to suit most tastes. Younger audiences will enjoy Queen’s Hall Young Theatre and Tyne Valley Youth Theatre’s performances inspired by David Almond’s Heaven Eyes, entitled Pieces of Heaven, on Saturday 7th February. Comedy fans will delight in Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Complete History of Comedy (abridged) on Thursday 5th February. An alternative look at Shakespeare’s Macbeth (pictured above) is on offer from Wednesday 25th until Friday 27th February, thanks to Tara Arts’ production where three outrageous drag queens cook up an explosive brew of treachery, ambition and passion, setting an Asian family off on a path of bloody self-descruction; while on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th April, Opera North present Swanhunter, an operatic adventure for all the family. If dance is more your thing, London Contemporary Dance present EDge, a versatile, feisty dance company who perform dramatically different routines by renowned and up and coming choreographers.
NEWS: Terror From The Skies @ Various Venues
NEWS: Crackle. Dust. @ Various venues
NEWS: Leaving @ Northern Stage & Alnwick Playhouse
NEWS: Convicts & Lunatics @ Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
NEWS: Chernobyl@30 @ Alphabetti Theatre
FEATURE SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – Blyth
NEWS: Made Up @ Various Venues
NEWS: North East Theatre Makers Selected For Bridging The Gap
NEWS: Stowaway @ Various Venues
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British Petrofac Threatens to Leave Tunisia Over Protests
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Militants Kill Three Tunisian Soldiers in Ambush Near Algerian Border
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Guest Article Provided by Sandra Harbrecht, Paul Werth Associates
By objective marketing analytics, Amazon's H2Q competition was a smashing success. The e-commerce goliath generated palpable excitement, anticipation and publicity through its purposefully public process of choosing communities to build additional headquarters. But somewhere along the line, conversation shifted from the benefits of opening an Amazon headquarters to the costs.
While there are a variety of legitimate viewpoints about the collapse earlier this month of its deal with New York City, the situation amplified a narrative that all those jobs and the recognition that came with the announcement may not have been worth the accompanying requirements and headaches. Overall, I would argue that the Amazon brand was stronger prior to the HQ2 campaign.
Now, don't worry about Amazon — it's going to be fine. But the experience reminds us that all organizations need to be strategic in how they measure marketing and PR success.
I'm a strong believer in quantifiable metrics. We always need to hold ourselves accountable, and we need to know when to abandon strategies that aren't working. Traditional metrics such as ad equivalency and website hits are often-used tools to measure success. But they aren't always the best.
Sometimes your efforts generate publicity, but the wrong kind. In other cases, even favorable attention can be counter to your strategy of changing the conversation or keeping a lower profile. There are even instances in which the right message in the wrong setting does more harm than good.
Savvy marketers know that metrics are a poor substitute for strategy. They always take the opportunity to determine their desired outcome, and then work backward from there. The folks at Amazon would have been better served to consider their greater goals — and their vulnerabilities — before launching the high-profile HQ2 competition. Sometimes making a big splash just leaves you all wet.
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Sandra W. Harbrecht
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Science Says Fish Should Stay in School!
By Derrick Alcott ⋅ August 18, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment
Filed Under Hydrodynamics, Schooling
Hemelrijk, CK, DAP Reid, H Hildenbrandt, and JT Paddling. 2015. Increased swimming efficiency of fish swimming in a school. Fish and Fisheries, 16:511-521. doi: 10.1111/faf.12072
Some species of fish swim together in large social groups called schools for several reasons. Sticking together helps fish avoid predators by relying on a team of eyes that could potentially detect a predator and then signal to the rest of the group that a predator is nearby. The signal could be as simple as the fish that first sees the predator turns and suddenly swims in another direction. The other fish in the group can notice this and follow suit, even if they did not see the predator themselves. There is also likely to be hydrodynamic benefits to swimming in schools. This means that fish swimming together in a group do not have to work as hard to go the same speed as a fish swimming by itself. The concept here is similar to drafting in racing – racecar drivers and cyclists both follow each other in straight lines because the one in front breaks up the air, making it easier for the ones following to go faster.
Studying the Hydrodynamics of Schooling
Figure 1 – A still shot from MultiParticle Collision Dynamics tracking many small particles of water around swimming fish.
Several scientists have proposed theories about the hydrodynamic benefits of swimming in a school since the 1970’s. One of the first direct theories of the hydrodynamic benefits to schooling was proposed by Daniel Weihs in an article in Nature in 1973, which predicted that swimming in a close diamond pattern is the most efficient swimming configuration for fish. However, the energetic benefits to swimming in a school has been a bit of a controversial topic with other scientists refuting the idea of hydrodynamic benefits to swimming in schools. A likely factor in the controversy is the fact that studying the way water behaves is incredibly difficult. In a new study published in Fish and Fisheries, Hemelrijk et al. took advantage of modern advances in computing power to test several of the existing theories of the hydrodynamic benefits to swimming in a school, including Weihs’ theory, using a technology called MultiParticle Collision Dynamics. MultiParticle Collision Dynamics looks at water as a collection of millions of tiny particles, simultaneously tracking the movement of each individual particle. This technology allows researchers to see the way water interacts and changes as groups of swimming fish move through it.
Figure 2 – The mullets (Chelon labrosus) used as a model species in this study.
Thicklip grey mullets were examined in previous studies to generate computer models of the way these fish swim (Figure 1). This study utilized computer simulated fish modeled after 126mm mullets. Thicklip grey mullets were chosen in part because of the existing models of swimming performance, but also because it is considered an obligate schooler, meaning they must be in groups, and because of the way it undulates its body when swimming at cruising speed.
Figure 3 – School configurations tested: A) Diamond, B) Rectangle, C) Phalanx, D) Line. The distances between fish in each of these configurations (dx and dy) were varied in different simulations.
What They Measured
The researchers tested four different schooling configurations: A) Diamond, B) Rectangle, C) Phalanx (aka side-by-side line), and D) Line (aka front-to-back line) (Figure 2). To determine if fish gain a benefit in swimming efficiency from schooling, the researchers calculated the percentage of power exerted by the fish that was converted into forward speed, called the Froude efficiency. Measuring Froude efficiency requires measuring the useful force exerted by fish (forward thrust), separated from wasted sideways power (from moving the tail sideways), and of course the forward speed of the fish.
Is it energetically beneficial for fish to swim in schools? Can they swim faster more easily when in a group?
Surprising Results
Hemelrijk et al. predicted that fish swimming in a single file line would be less efficient than a lone fish because they are swimming in the thrust wake of the fish in front of them, receiving the jet from that fish on their nose. Instead they found that fish can move their heads side to side to catch the wake in an advantageous position, resulting in increased efficiency! The oncoming wake can be directed to one side of the body, generating lift much like an airplane wing. This is done on alternating sides of the body, which helps to generate forward thrust for fish swimming in a single file line (see red and blue vortices in video clip below!)
Another surprising outcome from this experiment was that fish swimming close together in a diamond pattern (0.4 body lengths apart) is less efficient than when there is a bit more space between them (Figure 4), which refutes Weihs’ original theory in 1973 that a close diamond pattern would be the most efficient configuration. Instead, the diamond pattern becomes much more efficient once the fish are more than 0.4 body lengths apart from each other (Figure 4). Weihs’ theory did not include viscosity, deformable body shape, and interactions between an individual and wake, which may explain why it did not accurately predict the results from this experiment which did include these factors.
Figure 4 – The swimming efficiencies for each of the 4 school configurations compared to a single fish. Distance in body length (L) along the x-axis represents how close together the fish in the school were.
Nearly every configuration of swimming in a school is more efficient than swimming alone (all of the configurations in Figure 4 are above the Froude efficiency line of a lone fish). Only the densest phalanx configuration (side-by-side line) was less efficient than swimming alone. A phalanx with fish very close to each other is the least efficient swimming configuration because of the increased resistance of the oncoming flow over the closely grouped fish (effectively becoming one, very broad fish with a lot of drag as they push forward together through the water). Once there is enough space between the fish in a phalanx to allow water to more easily pass between the fish, swimming in this configuration is again more efficient than swimming alone. Also, as expected, the rectangular configuration is more efficient than the line and the phalanx because individuals benefit from neighbors in both directions.
Hemelrijk et al.’s experiments utilized state-of-the-art technology to conduct some of the most thorough tests of the hydrodynamic efficiency of schooling fish. The surprising findings from this study will help reshape fish biologists’ understanding of the behavior of schooling fish, as well as the energetic consequences of their behavior. Furthermore, better understanding what factors increase the efficiency with which power and thrust are converted into forward speed (which configurations are best and at what densities) may help in improving robot systems that explore the ocean floor.
Derrick Alcott
Derrick is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is interested in anadromous fish migrations, how aquatic organisms interact with their physical environment, and the impact of human development on natural systems.
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You’re On The Clock Dougie! Time for SU To Land The Big Fish in New York
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Doug Marrone has the SU football program rolling in the right direction, but to take the next step and become a Big East power the Orange now has to reel in top-tier New York State prospects. The Dougie has already put Syracuse at the center of the NYS high school football universe and strengthened the New York/New Jersey pipeline. Solid talents like Brandon Reddish, Ashton Broyld and Tyree Smallwood are staying in-state. But SU has missed out on big-named NY guys like the powerful Ishaq Williams and the lesser-publicized Dominique Easley. Both five-star recruits in-state slipped through the Orange fingers.
Even before Marrone, New York products Mike Hart and Ray Rice also never found their way to the Hill. Hitting on one of those two could have sparked life in the program during the dark ages of Syracuse football. Rice, who initially committed to Syracuse, was a star for Rutgers and helped put the program on the map. He had monster years for the Scarlet Knights and transitioned them from the laughing stock of the Big East to an 11-win team. Hart grew up in Syracuse and finished with over 5,000 career rushing yards for Michigan and was one of the best backs in the country for four years.
For the 2012 recruiting class, New York has once again produced a couple highly-touted players the ‘Cuse is after. SU is already has an uphill climb on Rochester’s Jarron James. The behemoth defensive lineman has verbally committed to Penn State. Although his “soft verbal” is not binding, many signs point toward Jones playing in Happy Valley. Erasmus Hall’s (Brooklyn) Wayne Morgan is another sought-after recruit who has offers from Michigan, Alabama, Penn State and Rutgers, as well as Syracuse. The cornerback is rumored to be leaning towards Michigan and Rutgers. Potentially another miss for the Orange.
The Fizz has been hot on the trail of St.Joseph’s (Buffalo) quarterback Chad Kelly. The four-star recruit has narrowed his school choices down to seven and Syracuse is on that list. Kelly has the star power to resurrect this Syracuse team. SU seems like a good fit for Chad; it’s close to home, has a family-like atmosphere and the Orange has the talent to go to a BCS bowl right away playing the weak Big East conference. Having Kelly would be enormous for the Orange and Marrone would be wise to put all his eggs in this basket to do whatever it takes to land the QB.
However, getting Kelly to the Hill is easier said than done. Other schools on his list include Alabama, Florida State and Clemson. Competing against the likes of these national powerhouses is no small task. Schools such as ‘Bama live and breathe football, play in front of 90,000 fans and are coming off a recent national championship.
How can SU compete with that? The Orange has to prove last year wasn’t a fluke and convince kids it’s back on the rise and a consistent bowl team. Winning cures a lot and is also contagious. Once the victories start piling up, fans will pack the Dome again and the Loud House can again be used as a selling point to land big time recruits. The program needs to also overhaul its facilities to compete with the rest of the top teams in the Big East. Landing star recruits is crucial if Syracuse wants to be considered a top football program again. And when SU finally catches a top talent, the gates will open wider and more big named recruits will begin either finding their way to upstate New York or hopefully staying there.
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As Paul states on his blog, he is an ex Parliamentary Lobby Journalist who now works in digital media management. He left Westminster in 2004 for "a better quality of village life", and now lives in Derbyshire with his wife and son.
What made you decide to start blogging?
The fact that the technology became available! I think blogging is a medium that suits me, in the sense that I’m a bit of an opinionated git and also that I’m not afraid to share aspects of my private self, so once it became technologically possible it was probably inevitable I would take it up.
What is your best blogging experience?
Being named in Iain Dale’s Top 10 Political Blogs. My traffic doesn’t come close to justifying such an accolade so it must have been down to the quality of the writing/analysis. Unlike many at the top of their professions, Iain is very generous to bloggers less successful than himself. He’s a top man.
And your worst?
Undoubtedly the worst thing about blogging is getting abusive personal comments from anonymous posters, or anonymongs as they are commonly known. I don’t mind people having a pop at me, but to do so anonymously, and in a way that plays the man rather than the ball, is just plain cowardly.
What do you regard as your best blog entry?
Any that get linked to by Iain Dale as it invariably doubles my stats overnight!
Favourite blogs?
There are so many good blogs around it’s hard to single them out. Iain Dale is still up there, Dizzy Thinks has a growing reputation for breaking stories, The Daily regularly has good inside stuff on Labour, and Tim Ireland’s Bloggerheads is quite frequently a work of genius. But the two blogs really setting the agenda on the two big stories of the moment are Political Betting.com on the Labour leadership and Guido Fawkes on cash for peerages.
What do you feel you learnt the most about the political process through being a lobby correspondent?
Basically, I had a ringside seat at some of the great political dramas of our time. Two weeks after joining the Lobby for the South Wales Echo in 1995, the Welsh Secretary John Redwood resigned to challenge John Major for the Tory leadership. Later on, when I moved to the Newcastle Journal, we had a Labour Cabinet stuffed full of North-East MPs. It gave me a way in to major national stories like the resignations of Mandelson and Byers and it is fair to say I took full advantage of that.
Over time, I did become very disillusioned at the degree of news management exercised by New Labour, and how frankly peripheral the regional papers were to all that. The name of the game was to set the news agenda for the day, and key to that was to get a story in the nationals which would then be followed up by the Today Programme. That did piss me off a lot, because the regional press had given Labour a much fairer hearing in opposition when the national press by and large regarded them as unelectable. And they basically sold us right down the river.
All said and done, though, I loved being Political Editor of The Journal, it was the best job in regional journalism in my view. I agonised for about a year over whether to give it up, but in the end it was simply no longer compatible with the kind of family life I wanted to lead.
Is village life better, worse, or the same than you expected?
I don’t have any regrets at all about leaving London, or the Lobby. I first moved to Belper in the late 1980s and kept my house on here all the time I was in Westminster. I always wanted to come back here to live and knew deep down that one day I would, irrespective of what happened in my career.
How do you define your political neutrality and do you find it tough i.e. a temptation to consistently attach yourself to a political party?
While it is true that I don’t attach myself to a particular political party, I wouldn’t claim to be politically neutral. I make no bones about being on the “progressive” wing of politics and an Paul Linford is an unashamedly left-of-centre blog.
It’s unlikely I will ever consistently attach myself to a party, for the simple reason that there isn’t one that comes close to encompassing my views. If there was a political party that was both economically progressive and socially conservative, as I am, I would probably join it, but there isn’t, and as far as I can see there isn’t ever likely to be.
That said, I do attach myself from time to time to political personalities I admire, such as Gordon Brown. I genuinely hope he does become Prime Minister, because I think he is a good man with a strong commitment to social justice. It doesn’t mean I am about to go and join the Labour Party though.
Is there anywhere abroad which you haven't been to, that you would like to visit?
The Grand Canyon. But travelling isn’t a particular obsession of mine. Whenever my wife and I discuss holiday plans, I always want to go back to the Lake District again!
Is there anywhere abroad you have visited, that you would love to revisit?
New Zealand. My wife Gill and I made the mistake of going there for two and a half weeks in 2003 when we really should have bitten the bullet, jacked in our jobs and gone for six months. One day I hope we’ll go back there and do it properly.
Do you have a favourite political figure in history?
My political heroes growing up were Denis Healey and Tony Crosland. It is a tragedy
that neither of them ever got to be Labour leader. The recent history of the left in this country might have been very different if they had.
Which figure has been your greatest inspiration?
In journalism, Harold Evans, editor of the Sunday Times in its glory years from 1967-81. Reading it as an idealistic teenager showed me just what a huge force for good journalism could be, and part of me still thinks that.
In life generally, my grandad George Cox, who died when I was 12. He worked as a civil servant in the Treasury and was offered the OBE when he retired but turned it down, saying people shouldn’t get gongs just for doing their jobs.
In my Christian life, the evangelist David Watson. I never heard him preach but his books underpinned my faith in its early years.
Favourite Bond movie?
Die Another Day, I think, but more because Toby Stephens makes such a great villain than because Pierce Brosnan was a great Bond.
Favourite Doctor Who?
I thought Christopher Eccleston did a great job, but I’ll show my age and say Jon Pertwee.
Chocolate, vanilla, or mint?
Chocolate, especially Green & Black’s Organic.
Which Band, past or present, would you most like to see in concert?
Like quite a few sad old gits who grew up in the 70s, I would love to see the classic Genesis line-up of Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford back on stage together. There are persistent rumours that it will happen, but they never seem to come to anything.
In terms of visiting for the weekend, Oxford, Cambridge, or Barsby, Leics..?
Well, on the off-chance that it might contain a decent real ale pub that isn’t full of students, I’m tempted to say Barsby.
Favourite national newspaper?
The Guardian, because it is the only one with a genuinely progressive worldview. But its republicanism, political correctness and naked hostility towards biblical Christianity regularly drives me to despair. I have the same problem with newspapers as I do with political parties – there is no newspaper that is both economically progressive and socially conservative.
What would you say your hobbies were?
Cookery, gardening, DIY and fellwalking. I am at my happiest either when putting together a four-course meal for close friends, or when out walking in the hills. Part of the reason I left London was to do more of that.
And what would you say were your three favourite songs and three favourite books (Bar the Bible and The Complete Works of Shakespeare)?
101 Eastbound – Fourplay. Whenever I hear this, all seems right with the world.
Blood on the Rooftops – Genesis. Easily the best thing they ever did.
Thieves Like Us – New Order. Immense.
Watership Down, by Richard Adams. I still re-read this every five years or so.
A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Vol 4 - the Southern Fells, by A. Wainwright. This has given me so much pleasure down the years.
The Art of Captaincy, by Mike Brearley. Quite simply the best sports book ever.
Casino Prague! ;)
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November 11, 2013 Lynn Mazzoleni
“I was out in the field on the island with the team for part of last summer,” Harkness says.
Lorentyna Harkness and Lynn Mazzoleni sat down with Michigan Tech reporter, Danny Messinger, to talk about our outreach activities for this project. Here’s an excerpt of the story.
Written by Danny Messinger
If you ask an eighth or ninth grader what a scientist really does, you’re likely to hear plenty about wearing lab goggles and white coats, watching bubbling beakers, and preparing microscope slides. But besides surface-level attributes, many students have trouble explaining what being a scientist actually entails.
That’s exactly the issue Lorentyna Harkness aims to tackle. Harkness is a high school science teacher earning a master’s in applied science education at Michigan Technological University. As part of her degree program, she is teaming up with Tech chemistry and physics faculty to break complex scientific principles into bite-sized chunks for teenage students and to clarify what scientists actually do. And that’s music to Lynn Mazzoleni’s ears.
Mazzoleni, an assistant professor of chemistry, has no shortage of convoluted chemical concepts she’s eager to communicate to colleagues. But she says its always challenging to pare more vexing problems down for general audiences—especially high schoolers.
“For almost ten years, Tech researchers have been studying the composition of trace gases at a mountaintop station in the Azores,” Mazzoleni says. Now, together with three other universities, researchers have set up atmospheric aerosol measurement equipment 7,000 feet above sea level on a picturesque, mountainous island in the middle of the Atlantic. There, a perfect storm of conditions combine to give Mazzoleni’s team access to a critical region of the atmosphere not readily accessible in most locations: the free troposphere.
“Most recently, we’ve looked at the chemical and physical properties of aerosols in the atmosphere,” Mazzoleni says, “like aerosol scattering and absorption—things that can have drastic impacts on climate change.”
One of the biggest challenges she faces isn’t related to the science itself, but in finding an effective way to communicate the work. It’s a problem faced by countless researchers. “Balancing technical concepts with more easily accessible things can be a difficult task,” Mazzoleni says.
That’s where Harkness’s applied science education training comes in handy.
“I was out in the field on the island with the team for part of last summer,” Harkness says. “I came up to do measurements a few times myself and got to take part in their experiments and studies.”
Now that she’s back stateside, Harkness is distilling what she saw into lesson plans for high school earth science teachers nationwide.
“I want to develop research-relevant activities for the classroom—lessons that teach students what science really is,” says Harkness, who lives in the small town of Mason, near Lansing. “When students understand what scientists actually do—learn more about the scientific process, testing hypotheses, conducting experiments—that’s when science teachers succeed.”
As she wraps up her master’s degree, Harkness is contributing to a website for general audiences to showcase educational videos she has made. “I want it to be a resource for teachers, undergrads, graduate students, colleagues from other universities, and even community members,” she says.
Harkness plans to present her findings about developing atmospheric science lesson plans for earth science students at an upcoming American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.
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What’s possible in a week? If you dedicated seven days to the achievement of one goal, how ambitious could you make this goal? These were the questions that the multilingual friends Katy and Sara posed themselves when they determined to learn English in one week, to prove that it can be done and anyone can do it with the right methods.
They would attempt to liberate themselves from the distractions and responsibilities of modern-day life in order to cram eight hours of study time and I was observing some of the world’s most capable language learners at work.
The language learning expert: Sara
The friends set themselves the challenge of learning a language in a week in order to stretch themselves, and then it was a question of choosing which language to learn. English presented itself as a natural option; there are nigh on 300,000 English speakers in Germany’s capital, and the areas are dotted with stores adorned with signs in English.
“Truly understanding one’s environment requires one to first understand English”
The first operational step in the friends learning process was to decorate the entire apartment with sticky notes. This had an almost ceremonial touch to it as the friends delved into dictionaries and proceeded to label everything with its corresponding English name.
Within the space of about an hour it was impossible to carry out any menial task, be it making a coffee or flicking off a light switch, without first being presented with at least three different words related to this action.
Sara learning in the park
The importance of the other twin’s presence became immediately apparent as Katy and Sara delegated responsibilities for rooms to decorate with sticky notes. This simple task was augmented by continuous little tests that they would spring on one another, and the fact that they split up their day slightly differently and studied different topics meant that each twin became a source of knowledge for the other.
The most extraordinary moment came towards the end of the week!
The friends simply switched their everyday conversations to English, asking one another if they wanted tea or coffee, were ready to cook dinner or when they were going to leave the house.
Katy and Sara had numerous micro-challenges throughout the week. On the first day they were visited by a English friend who greeted them in English and complimented them on how quickly they’d picked up their first words and phrases.
They then learned the names of fruits and the numbers from one to a billion so that they could visit the English market (although they refrained from purchasing nine hundred thousand kumquats). Displaying their haul after their first functional exchange in English, they beamed with pride and a palpable sense of accomplishment before marching back home to study further.
Katy playing audio lessons
On our second visit to the brother’s apartment 24 hours into the week, we found them sampling dozens of different kinds of English snacks.
Like kids staring at the backs of cereal packs before heading to school, the nutritional information and various special offers and competitions on the packaging were analysed during snack breaks.
There was no moment of complete removal from the language learning process during the eight hours that the friends had allotted to it.
They were constantly using their existing knowledge to support the ever-growing knowledge of English, this being the root of their success.
“you will likely come across words that share common origins with your native tongue”
The friends spent a lot of time engrossed in books or on their computers and apps, flicking and swiping their way through exercises eagerly, but at other times they were to be found searching busily for English radio stations and write-ups of English football games on the web.
There is no definitive method to learn a language fluently
All too often, people enter their weekly language class to converse with their teacher, but then barely have any contact with other speakers and that’s not enough.
The old saying that we can solve problems more effectively when we sleep on it may be especially true if the problem we’re trying to solve is learning a new language.
Motivated Katy out to the library
Researchers from two Swiss universities wanted to know if they could enhance the learning of words from a foreign language by exposing people to the words during non-rapid eye movement sleep the deep, dreamless sleep period that most of us experience during the first few hours of the night.
To find out, they gathered two groups of study participants, all of whom were native German speakers, and gave them a series of Dutch-to-German word pairs to learn at 10 pm. One group was then instructed to get some sleep, while the other group was kept awake.For the next few hours both groups listened to an audio playback of the word pairs they’d already been exposed to and some they hadn’t yet heard.
The researchers then re-gathered both groups at 2 am and gave them a test of the Dutch words to uncover any differences in learning. And indeed there was a difference:
“The group that listened to the words during sleep did better at recalling the words they’d heard”
The simple yet potent trick the researchers employed is known as verbal cueing, and this isn’t the first claim made for its success while sleeping. But what makes this study different is that it puts a finer point on the conditions necessary for this trick to actually work namely, it only works when we’ve already been exposed to the verbal cues before we sleep.
The researchers added a techie dimension by conducting electroencephalographic (EEG)recordings of the sleeping participants brains to track neural electrical activity during the learning period.
They found that learning the foreign words overlapped with the appearance of theta brain waves, an intriguing result since theta is the brain wave state often associated with heightened learning while awake (usually we’re in either the high-frequency, high-alertness alpha or beta states while awake, but it’s thought possible to induce theta state slower in frequency than alpha and beta through concentration techniques).
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Conclusions The following major conclusion were drawn from this study
Introduction The ubiquitin-activating enzyme Uba1 (E1) constitutes the first step in the covalent cascade modification of target proteins with ubiquitin (Ub). Ubiquitin itself, discovered less than 50 years ago, tags thousands of diseased proteins for destruction [1], [2]. It is small (only 76 amino acids), and is found unchanged in mammals, birds, fish and even worms. Because of its universality, Ub is a valuable proving ground for universal biophysical theories discussing protein amino 235 6 australia sequences, structure and function [3]. Indeed key features of Ub functionality (hydropathic waves) were identified using critical point thermodynamic scaling theory [4]. The general biochemical logistics of Ub activation, conjugation and ligation are orchestrated sequentially by the Ub conjugation cascade of E1, E2 and E3 enzymes. Humans are known to harbor two E1, ∼30 E2 and ∼600 E3 enzymes in the Ub conjugation cascade [5]. While Ub is “perfect”, Uba1 (E1) has evolved only modestly from slime mold to humans. The details of this evolution express several leading features of enzyme functionality. Uba1 (E1) is a large protein (>1000 amino acids), but it is readily treated by critical point thermodynamic scaling theory, with its firm foundations in statistical mechanics and its bioinformatically determined universal parameters [3]. It turns out that hydropathic waves are also useful for Uba1 (E1), which is >14 times larger than Ub. As before [3], [4], all calculations are based on thermodynamically first- and second-order hydropathic (amino acid) scales [6], [7], linearly scaled to a common center and a common range for each of the 20 amino acids. These are then converted to a triangular matrix , where is the length of a sliding window centered on each amino acid site. We have studied the range , which is includes values of W much larger than the small value, fixed at , in most calculations using sliding windows [8]. Just as one focuses a microscope to optimize its image, one scans W to optimize its recognition of allometric regularities of hydropathic hot spots (hydrophobic extrema of ) at special values of .
Results The hydrophobic extrema of neuroglobin form sophisticated patterns that are closely related to the evolution of specific species. For example, mouse and rabbit escape predators in different ways, and these differences are recognizable in their profiles [9]. There are several other examples already of proteins whose hydrophobic extrema form level sets. In Fig. 1 we plot the profiles of Uba1 (E1) for humans and slime mold. The choice levels the human hydrophobic extrema, and simultaneously aligns the slime mold extrema linearly with a small tilt (about 15% of the overall range). Such excellent alignments (to within 1%) are unlikely and not accidental. For instance, the differences between the MZ and KD scales are small (85% correlation [10]), yet as Fig. 2 shows, the successful pivotal alignment with the MZ scale is lost with the KD scale. Structural data are most complete for Uba1 (E1) yeast, and the human and yeast profiles are compared in Fig. 3. The differences are small, and are mentioned in the Fig. 3 caption. Before we compare the long-range (“allosteric”) correlations of these figures, we show in Fig. 4 the results for fruit fly, which has a lifetime of days, not years. This implies that its Uba1 kinetics are ∼103 faster than human Uba1 kinetics. It is plausible that the two hydrophilic minima discussed in Fig. 4, which are 3–6 lower values of (5%–10% of the full range) than in the human , are good indicators of this kinetics acceleration.
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Jasmine Blu at September 12, 2019 1:08 pm .
One of the biggest cliffhangers on A Million Little Things Season 1 Episode 17 was whether or not Eddie would tell Katherine the truth about Delilah (and his) baby.
The two of them reached a place in their relationship where they wanted to work on their marriage and try again, but Eddie couldn't in good conscience reunite with his wife when he was holding another secret that could tear them apart.
He's the father of Delilah's baby, not Jon.
If you're on Twitter and follow the A Million Little Things Twitter handle, then you'd know they came up with a clever campaign where they promised to release the first two and a half minutes of the season premiere to Millionaires who liked their tweet.
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As a diehard Million Things Fanatic, I couidn't wait to get all the juicy details, and the clip has us on the edge of our seats!
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In the clip, Eddie tells Katherine that he wants to come home but he promised her that he wouldn't lie to her again.
He says that it's something he needs to tell her, and then, he throws her for an emotional spin when he says, "it's not Jon's baby."
Eddie rips the bandaid off, but it doesn't stop the sting. Even though Eddie is being honest with Katherine and telling her as gently and maturely as possible (that's growth, you guys!), it catches Katherine off guard.
Katherine quietly sobs while Eddie goes on to tell her that he and Delilah agreed to keep the paternity a secret, but he couldn't lie to Katherine anymore.
"I couldn't as you to take me back and lie to you," he says.
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But once again, before Katherine can process this devastating blow and her feelings, she gets a text message that Delilah has gone into labor.
She's the one who has to tell Eddie that his baby is on the way.
Eddie is visibly torn between finding out his baby is on the way and trying to make things right with Katherine. He even asks her, "tell me what you want me to do?"
And if you have followed along with Katherine's arc on A Million Little Things Season 1, you know that she has exuded as much grace as the woman who plays her.
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She's a strong, gracious, practical woman who has grown accustomed to compartmentalizing her feelings in an effort to "be the bigger person," and that has not changed.
"I don't know what I want you to do. I know what you need to do. You need to get to that hospital and be there for that baby the way that you weren't there for Theo," she tells him.
Oof, that hurts!
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Eddie rushes to the hospital with one last, "I'm sorry," and Katherine is left standing, crying, and trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces again.
Can we just call her St. Katherine, now?
She's devastated, but in the end, she encourages Eddie to be better to his mistress than he was to her. #TeamKatherine Always.
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Also, petition for Katherine to find a modicum of happiness at any point in this series. Please, and thank you!
If those are the opening moments, then we're in for a hell of an emotional premiere! Are you ready for it, Million Things Fanatics?!
If you need a refresher, you can watch A Million Little Things online here via TV Fanatic!
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Check out the angstiest, most gutwrenching two and half minutes ever below and hit the comments with your thoughts.
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I truly believe everything happens for a reason. The challenge in life is to find that reason. Sometimes what happens is terrible, and you think what good could possibly come from this? Sometimes what happens is so hard to believe, that you refuse to accept the truth. And sometimes, you even try to change it. But as bad as it seems. There is good, and you will find it. I promise.
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The study was done from an analysis of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the variables included were: knowledge, sexual assertion skills and decision making based on the intention of sexual and reproductive behavior. Robert Evans, the Paramount executive who produced “Chinatown” and “Urban Cowboy” and whose life became as melodramatic and jaw-dropping. Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo, who have coauthored the voting behavior SETUPS modules since 1984, developed this new SETUPS module to provide students the opportunity to analyze data from the most recent presidential. ABSTRACT Using survey data for 157 Nordic firms, we study the determinants for the choice of capital budgeting methods and the setting of hurdle rates (WACCs) in five Nordic countries. A cross-tabulation is a table that displays the RELATIONSHIP between two variables. As such it treats the same set of problems as does logistic regression using similar techniques. The dummy variable Y1990 represents the binary independent variable ‘Before/After 1990’. 37-44 3 3,28 24 0 0. The log-linear model allows a contingency table to be decomposed into effects in terms of a hierarchical model. • And for those not mentioned, thanks for your contributions to the development of this fine technique to evidence discovery in medicine and biomedical sciences. The estimates presented in Table II, column (1) also show that the leave-out firm-year-month average promotion rate is highly predictive of an individual worker’s promotion probability. Get YouTube without the ads. Describe the main components of transport models 2. 2005 Occurrence of mycotoxin producing fungi in bee pollen. The Newton Method, properly used, usually homes in on a root with devastating e ciency. New evidence from a large. Control variable should not be confused with controlled variable, which is an alternative term for independent variable. 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We also performed a probit analysis (regression with binary dependent variable) to investigate which factors influence the probability that the farmer will adopt GAP, where adopt is y = 1 and not adopt is 0, and whether there is a relation between the adoption of GAP and compliance with the requirement of the new Forest Code (Law 12. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and financial analysts and how managers make accounting choices. The rural population is expected to be equal to the urban population by the year 2030. REGR factor score 4 for analysis 1. PowerPoint Presentation: It is an index determination of medicine and poison's virulence. Main points Quasi-experimental research designs, like experimental designs, test causal hypotheses. Overfitting. Equations for the Ordinary Least Squares regression. CEIL(x) rounds the number x up. software numara. 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It has not changed since it was first introduced in 1995, and it was a poor design even then. For the probit model where F is the cumulative normal, f = exp(x,,b,) as the factor of proportionality cancels. The design research was a descriptive or experimental cross transaction. The authors wish to avoid case-deletion --- in the particular context of a probit model with missing data on the explanatory variables; so they develop a new estimator. Découvrez tout ce que Scribd a à offrir, dont les livres et les livres audio des principaux éditeurs. On the classification table, all the predictions have failed at a cut-off of 0. 야의 파일 세트를 저렴하게 구성 해 봤어요~ 꼭 꼭 필요한 녀석들로 알차게 구성했구요, 이 세트 하나만 있으면 손톱 손질은 이제 걱정 끝 +ㅂ+!!!. GRIFFITHS University of Melbourne GUAY C. 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For example, if you will be doing a linear mixed model, you will want the data in long format. We then introduce the suggestions of multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) and machine understanding, prior to subsequent describing how we utilised these techniques inside the present experiment. Binomial Logistic Regression using SPSS Statistics Introduction. 5: Lethal doses of F7 of B. Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. Ashutosh has 5 jobs listed on their profile. Probit Analysis. Get YouTube without the ads. t Probit Analysis 2 P = ∫ 0 0 λ f λdλ; The measure of dose is here assumed to be a quantity that can conceivably range from zero to +∞. When properly. ita, k a R nko čilovićE a r B vić, la MomNALIZACIJ o k – r nies Ma ć. How to calculate ED50 using log probit analysis? I want to calculate Effective dose 50 values for a fungicide resistance trial, I have measured growth of Phytophthora colony at different. Abstract Anti-smoking policies can in theory make smokers better o , by helping smokers with time-inconsistent. The summit focused on the usage of analytics and big data towards improved business efficiency and insights. slideshare. The antidote to atropine is physostigmine or pilocarpine. higher income users express more fear and anger, whereas lower income users express more of the time emotion and opinions. Column (1) of Table 3 presents the probit regression results with turnover as the dependent variable, and columns (2) and (3) present the multinomial probit regression results for the outcomes of routine and nonroutine turnover with no-turnover used as the base outcome (Parrino, 1997). Send an email to the ICT team via [email protected] Vietnamese Immigrant Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Vietnam and the United States May 2014. China has been the most prominent. The following theories are briefly discussed below: 1. Problem definition, any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty. retinal sensitivity and night visibility. Analysis of data was done at the University of Florida Computing Center by employing the Potency Probit Analysis procedure of Daum & Givens (1963). Overfitting. It has not changed since it was first introduced in 1995, and it was a poor design even then. In the case of a model with p explanatory. It is also called a cross-tab, or a CONTINGENCY TABLE. 2-1) Based on the logistic regression model, what scientific conclusions can you make about the association between age and death? If appropriate, include estimates of the effect size and statistical inference in your written description of the results. As the name implies, multivariate regression is a technique that estimates a single regression model with more than one outcome variable. Hypothesis testing is an essential procedure in statistics. Slideshare teaches works to use hanno and ed, and to complete you with privatizzare parere. Atropine is incapacitating at doses of 10 to 20 mg per person. Purpose The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of four pretrial jail release mechanisms (i. Column (1) of Table 3 presents the probit regression results with turnover as the dependent variable, and columns (2) and (3) present the multinomial probit regression results for the outcomes of routine and nonroutine turnover with no-turnover used as the base outcome (Parrino, 1997). Specially, dose respon… Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. ‘vile about action advances against application… archive aroun around asian azkals better betting bostonherald calculators configurable contextconvert convenient could czech czechs defeat description details disrespectful download effective exchange february festival finals football games germany goals greece group handicap highly hints hockey japan knockout leagues little lucky match. Découvrez tout ce que Scribd a à offrir, dont les livres et les livres audio des principaux éditeurs. Linear regression analysis is the most widely used of all statistical techniques: it is the study of linear, additive relationships between variables. Let me come back to a recent experience. METHODS to DETERMINE LD50 - authorSTREAM Presentation. Binomial distribution and Poisson distribution are two discrete probability distribution. Probit Estimation In a probit model, the value of Xβis taken to be the z-value of a normal distribution Higher values of Xβmean that the event is more likely to happen Have to be careful about the interpretation of estimation results here A one unit change in X i leads to a β i change in the z-score of Y (more on this later…). In comparison with other population, it was found that in general, mean number of emerged teeth in Punjabi children is more at most ages and with lower medium age of eruption for most teeth. The first step in calculating the Geometric Mean using this method is to determine the logarithm of each data point using your calculator. The first table is an example of a 4-step hierarchical regression, which involves the interaction between two continuous scores. It is possible that liberalization increases the risk of shock that precipitates a food crisis or makes populations, at least during the transition in trade regimes, more vulnerable. Thus, regression analysis has been conducted to identify the level of relationship between the variables and to test the hypothesis proposed for the study. 03089986996-1 5 0 5 3. It has not changed since it was first introduced in 1995, and it was a poor design even then. deviation, range and Spearman’s correlation were used as the data analysis. In logistic regression, the dependent variable is a logit, which is the natural log of the odds, that is, So a logit is a log of odds and odds are a function of P, the probability of a 1. of Animal /group Dead % Dead Correction of % Dead Probit 1 0 - 5 0 0-2 0. Probit Analysis. MODEL PROBIT BAHAN KULIAH EKONOMETRIKA PROGRAM STUDI KAJIAN TIMUR TENGAH DAN ISLAM UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA Agung Priyo Utomo - [email protected] The range of possible applications of StatPlus 2009 is virtually unlimited - sociology, financial analysis, biostatistics, economics, insurance industry, healthcare and clinical research, probability calculations for lotteries and gambling operations - to name just a few fields where the program is already being extensively used. It is defined as estimation or determination of concentration or potency of a physical, chemical or biological substance (agent) by means of measuring and comparing the magnitude of the response of the test with that of standard over a suitable biological system under standard set of conditions. 130 5 Multiple correlation and multiple regression 5. This is the age of robotics, AI, and the “race against the machine. Genebanks maintaining seeds for long-term genetic resources conservation monitor seed lots to detect early loss in viability. The data were collected on 200 high school students and are scores on various tests, including a video game and a puzzle. The assumption of uncorrelated or indepen- dent errors for time series data is often not appropriate. From the probit analysis the following were discovered. Probabilities may be either marginal, joint or conditional. THE 2016 AL-MISHRAQ SULPHUR PLANT FIRE: SOURCE AND RISK AREA ESTIMATION Oscar Björnham†, Håkan Grahn, Pontus von Schoenberg, Birgitta Liljedahl, Annica Waleij, Niklas Brännström. Introduction This page describes the tetrachoric and polychoric correlation coefficients, explains their meaning and uses, gives examples and references, provides programs for their estimation, and discusses other available software. 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Mass Immigration Via S.386 & "Population Refugees" — The Greatest Environmental Threat — Help Push The Solution
Consider a question asked often by pro-illegal-immigration/open-borders supporters.
"What happens to the USA’s economy (and environment) if 20 million people go away?"
Indeed, just what would happen? Consider these pithy points from Rocky Mountain News reporter, Tina Griego.
“Over one million of Mexico's poorest citizens now live inside and along our border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, California, in what the New York Times called, 'colonias' or new neighborhoods. Trouble is, those living areas resemble Bombay and Calcutta where grinding poverty, filth, diseases, drugs, crimes, no sanitation and worse. They live without sewage, clean water, streets, roads, electricity, or any kind of sanitation.” (cf Tina Griego, “What If They Left,” Rocky Mountain News, 08/26/2019)
The New York Times has branded these abysmal areas as “America’s new Third World.” If some of these 20 million newest residents went away, so would much of the USA’s poverty. That’s part of how much we have to lose, and there is more!
Griego continues with statistics familiar to BALANCE activists:
1. $14 Billion to $22 Billion dollars Expenditure on illegal aliens on welfare.
2. $7.5 Billion dollars per year on Medicaid.
3. $12 Billion dollars per year are spent each year on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally plus $27 Billion dollars each year for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
4. $3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.
5. 28% percent of all federal prison inmates are illegal aliens.
And the NET Costs of Legal Immigration are even more staggering. The NET estimates that the cost of Legal Immigration to U.S. Taxpayers of $ 330 Billion per year — a bill which falls to the American Federal Taxpayer (i.e., not including State & Local Costs). So add that.
Absent a change in U.S. policy, the colonias of legal and illegal aliens (a politically incorrect term, but it is legally correct) farther inside America’s borders are expected to increase to many million residents, adding to those millions of aliens who have already migrated to the interior of the USA.
Potential passage of S.386 (sponsored by Kamala Harris, D-CA) would open the floodgates to even more Legal Immigrants than we accept now, including 300,000 Indian H1B workers per year plus their families! A threat to pass any week now, S.386‘s companion has already passed the House.
This surge of immigration would only increase the pressure to emigrate to Lifeboat USA. The success of some immigrants propels other potential movers into motion.
Now for the environmental impacts. Consider a recent article in the Spectator-US by Lionel Shriver:
“When last week’s IPCC report warned that the human race may soon have trouble feeding itself, my reaction was: duh. Having pooh-poohed the 1960s ‘population bomb’, … we’ve grown complacent about increasing our 7.7 billion world population by at least a quarter in the next 30 years, and by about half in 2100, when we’re likely to number around 11 billion.
“Perhaps it’s forgivable that an outfit called the ‘Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’ would blame a perilous future food supply on climate change. … After all, what causes climate change? Even according to the most fervent of climate activists, the culprit is people. More people, more carbon emissions: double duh. [Remember that! (Ed.)]
“… But then fertility in the West plummeted to below replacement rates virtually overnight. Though also subsiding, birth rates still remained concerningly high in what we then called ‘the Third World’.
“… As Africa’s population almost doubles by 2050 and reaches an anticipated 4.3 billion by 2100, expect more of this fig leafery. The resultant migrants to Europe will all be branded climate refugees. But in the main, on a continent that has never been especially hospitable to human life, they will really be population refugees. …
“I’ve been uncharacteristically agnostic about climate change — sorry, Guardian, climate emergency. It’s actually the graph of human population….
“The weird thing about this issue is the feeling it seems to evoke in the West of orgiastic guilt. What makes the great and the good so at ease with raising the climate alarm is the often-tacit assumption that global warming is all the West’s fault. That makes inhabitants of Africa and the Middle East victims of our own short-sighted profligacy. Brilliant. Break out the hair shirts.
“…[T]he numbers are shocking all right, but I may not be referring to the statistics you think I am.
“As of 2017, of worldwide carbon emissions, the US accounted for 13.7 percent, Canada 1.6 percent, Down Under 1.1 percent, and the entire EU 28 only 9.6 percent. Ergo, ‘the West’ is responsible for a mere 26 percent of emissions. …
“As for the trend, emissions in the US and EU are steadily coming down. Starting in 1990, a graph of ‘other countries’ (that is, excluding the US, the EU, China, Russia, India and Japan) traces an unrelenting upward trajectory with a gradient of about 45 degrees. These ‘other countries’ now match China in total emissions.
“… The biggest driver of climate change and every other global headache you care to name — species extinction, deforestation, desertification, ocean acidification, pollution, fresh water scarcity, oceanic plastic, soil erosion, ‘irregular’ migration — is people. Too many of them, and born too fast. [Emphasis added. (Ed.)]
“At least another 2.3 billion more neighbors are on their way by 2050, and they will all aspire — understandably — to a western lifestyle. …”
In sum, overpopulated China and India together account for at least half of all emissions.
Importantly, it is the still-growing populations of China (with over 1.3 Billion people) and
India (about the same number and growing faster) which produce the most CO2 and cause the most other environmentally destructive Effects.
Understandably, this pressure from citizens of these countries to emigrate to Lifeboat USA is great and it is thus not surprising that S.386 would admit 300,000 Indian Workers per Year (plus their families) Of course, they do come to work. Stated another way, they come to compete for Americans’ jobs, thus Depressing Wages and causing unemployment. These effects add to citizens; need for welfare, so they are at American Taxpayers’ expense. Over 5 Million Americans have lost their jobs since 2005 as a result of the USA’s import of Cheap Labor Lobby (see The NET Costs of Immigration Study).
Nevertheless, the Senate may pass S.386 because the Cheap Labor Lobby has immense power in the U.S. Congress.
A first Giant Step toward Solving the Over-population Problem in these sending countries would be to Dramatically reduce the ability to emigrate from them.
Research shows that reducing immigration from sending Countries reduces Fertility Rates in those countries. The why is simple: people want/tolerate additional dependents when they are optimistic. Thinking it possible to move to a richer country is a strong reason for optimism.
This effect is known as the Fertility Opportunity hypothesis, explained in The Vanishing American Dream by Dr. V. Abernethy, Professor Emeritus at Vanderbilt University Medical School. In sum, allowing emigration from a Sending Country provides Opportunity for whole families. If some of their members emigrate to the USA where they are able to work and to send home remittances, those remaining at home can afford larger families. Fertility rates in the sending countries stay high or actually rise.
Similar conclusions were reached by Dr. Anne Brittain of the Department of Anthropology, University of Miami Coral Gables.
“…Those districts with the greatest stability of population had the lowest child-to-woman ratios, suggesting that the anticipated loss of children to migration may be an important factor in maintaining high reproductive rates.”
Anticipated Child Loss to Migration and Sustained High Fertility in an East Caribbean Population, Social Biology, Vol.38, No. 102, Spring Summer 1991, pp 94-112
“… Instead, the probability of emigration accounted for 34 percent of the variation in the crude birth rate, which increases in emigration being followed by increases in the birth rate five years later.”
Migration and the Demographic Transition: A West Indian Example, Social and Economic Studies, 39:3, 1990
In sum, with the world population increasing by 80 Million per year, the pressure to come to the USA will only increase. Americans can help sending countries reduce their overpopulation problem by reducing or stopping immigration from them.
If we ignore these facts, will Lifeboat USA sink?
Or “merely” become an overpopulated Environmental Disaster like China and India and the rest of the NON-Western World which together generate 70% of the World’s CO2?
Re Illegal:
Complete the Wall
Implement e-Verify
Require asylum seekers to apply and wait for a decision before entering the USA
Require proof of kinship to protect children
Re Legal:
Most Important: since the “Slots” allowing Legal Immigration (e.g., the Uncapped Asylee Category) are Magnets for Illegal Immigrants and since the numbers of Legal Immigrants is Far Too High anyway, it is also essential to enact an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium on Legal Immigration. A Zero-NET Policy (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) would still allow 150,000/year Legal Immigrants including asylees and refugees. Enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM on Legal Immigration!
A strong preference in hiring be given to Americans and especially those 5.9 Million displaced by immigrants since 2005.
Require asylum seekers to apply and wait for a decision before they enter the USA.
Unfortunately, S.386 is counter-productive on all counts. The Center for Immigration Studies concludes that this Bill would:
“…dramatically change our employment green card distribution system by eliminating a safeguard that prevents green card numbers from being monopolized by citizens of one or two countries. Known as the “per country cap,” this provision ensures that the employment-based visas are available to a truly global pool of talent in a wide variety of occupational sectors. It should not be scrapped; eliminating it would benefit one industry (Big Tech) and two groups of applicants (Indian tech workers and Chinese investors) and squeeze out all others. …
“This bill (S.386) would reward the employers who literally replaced American workers with hundreds of thousands of low cost and less skilled contract workers who entered on temporary visas (mainly H-1Bs), often working in the tech sector. These employers are mainly Big Tech and foreign outsourcing companies. …
“…If this bill becomes law citizens of India will get more than 90% of the professional employment green cards, according to USCIS – for at least the next 10 years. …
“HR 1044 (companion to S.386 which already passed) reportedly also includes a provision to eliminate the per country cap on the EB-5 category, which enables foreign investors to receive green cards. If passed, the result would be that primarily Chinese investors would receive these green cards, with citizens of other countries largely squeezed out.”
Fact Sheet on HR 1044, Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, 07/08/19, cis.org
So please help BALANCE MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS and contact Media and Congress to intensify our push to Stop S.386 and for the aforementioned all-categories included Zero-NET MORATORIUM TODAY NOW! S.386 could be voted on any day now. Contact your representatives!
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Dollar for Dollar, Tax-Deductible Donations to BALANCE and its ASAP! Coalition Allies who push a Moratorium, create much more Political Clout for reduction in both Legal and Illegal immigration numbers than Donations to Mass Immigration Management Groups, i.e., those who refuse to push for an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium.
Refusal is to push for Net-Zero Immigration is counterproductive to genuine Immigration Reduction Efforts. Main Immigration Management Groups advocate such positions, possibly in full knowledge that they ensure unending Mass Immigration. Merely arguing for some reduction (but refusing to push a Zero-Net Moratorium) inherently sanctions the continuing Mass Legal (and therefore Illegal because of the Magnet Effect) Immigration flow.
The Next Few Days are Critical! The contests for the 2020 Elections have already begun and S.386 could be voted on any day now, unless we stop it!
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Population Explosion Bills Threats to Pass This September — The Solution to Help Stop Them
S.386 (Kamala Harris, D. CA) and Companion Mass Immigration Increase Bills are all a Threat to Pass as one Gigantic Composite Immigration “Reform” Bill when Congress reconvenes this September.
S.386 (the Senate Version of H.R.1044 which already passed The House) would dramatically increase Legal Immigration via, inter alia, the H1(B) route to Green Cards, specifically, e.g., this Bill would, inter alia, allow admission of 300,000 H1B Indian Contract Workers annually! (Displacing Americans from jobs) plus 300,000 of their family-members annually (cis.org and Breibart.com).
Of course, Big Tech is behind this push for their Cheap Labor authorization which is why 140 RINO Republicans joined a majority of Democrats to successfully push its passage in the House in early July.
Given this RINO/Democrat combo, the Open Borders crowd is encouraged to push for passage of the Dream & Promise Act (as one part of the Composite Bill) in September which would not only legalize Ten Million plus DACAs but also 12 Million or more Illegals in other Categories (e.g., TPS and DED categories).
And that Comprehensive Bill is also likely to also include the proposed Bill Jerrod Kushner/Ivanka are pushing — the so-called “Merit-Based” Immigration Bill — which, while it would eliminate the Visa Lottery and some Chain Migration, would not only not limit but also increase the overall number of Legal Immigrants with a de facto uncapped “Merit-Based” System of admissions (causing even more job loss and Wage Depression for Americans). And none of these would cap the uncapped “Asylee” Category, which, inter alia, encourages Child-Trafficking.
And do not forget the Environmental Consequences — For every person added to California and the USA’s Population one acre of farmland or natural habitat is lost to development (Pimental, Cornell). As well as the intensifying consequences for the Cultural Environment as BALANCE reported earlier this year:
· “Gypsies Threatening America, Defecating Everywhere and Beheading Chickens” via Pittsburg Post-Gazette & Tucker Carlson re Roma Asylum Seekers Invasion of Pennsylvania Town,” and
· “Lima River in Peru and Ganges in India and Yangtze in China are ‘Running Sewers’ and People in those Countries have absolutely no regard for Environment Whatsoever.” International Trekker, F. Woolridge Personal Observations
· Or a report that “Taiwanese Community in California Mad that Chinese Immigrants Pooping on People’s Lawns” from News with Views.
If these Bills pass, will Lifeboat USA sink?
Or “merely” become an overpopulated Environmental Disaster like China and India which together generate 80% of the World’s CO2?
But there is a Solution Regarding Illegal and Legal Immigration.
and since the “Slots” allowing Legal Immigration (e.g., the Uncapped Asylee Category) are Magnets for Illegal Immigrants and since the numbers of Legal Immigrants is Far Too High anyway, it is also essential to enact an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium on Legal Immigration. A NET ZERO Policy (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) would still allow 150,000/year Legal Immigrants including asylees and refugees.
So tell Congress You want:
Enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM on Legal Immigration!
Complete funding for The Wall.
An end to Catch and Release of illegal aliens and an end to Chain Migration and Anchor Baby citizenship.
Implementation of e-Verify.
Require DNA tests from adults and children claiming kinship.
And please help BALANCE MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS and contact Media and Congress to intensify our push for the aforementioned all-categories included Zero-NET MORATORIUM TODAY, NOW! Contact your representatives!
TO MAXIMIZE BALANCE's CLOUT PLEASE DONATE NOW! by Credit Card on our website: BALANCE or by check to: Population-Environment Balance | P.O. Box 268 | San Francisco, CA 94104
Dollar for Dollar, Donations to BALANCE and its ASAP! Coalition Allies who push a Moratorium, create much more Political Clout for reduction in both Legal and Illegal immigration numbers than Donations to Mass Immigration Management Groups, i.e., those who refuse to push for an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium.
Refusal is to push for Net-Zero Immigration is counterproductive to genuine Immigration Reduction Efforts. Main Immigration Management Groups advocate such positions, possibly in full knowledge that they ensure unending Mass Immigration. Merely arguing for some reduction (but refusing to push a Zero-Net Moratorium) inherently sanctions the continuing Mass Legal (and therefore Illegal) Immigration flow.
The Next Few Weeks are Critical! The contests for the 2020 Elections have already begun!
But Most Important, Contact & Re-Contact your
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Massive Legal & Illegal Immigration Increase Bill Introduced — Tell Congress Moratorium Now!
IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT
Massive Legal & Illegal Immigration Increase Bill Introduced— Tell Congress Moratorium Now!
HR 6 just introduced in the House by Democrat Nancy Pelosi would dramatically increase both Legal and Illegal Immigration, offer Amnesty and citizenship to not only DACA recipients, but also those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status. Even some already-deported illegal aliens would be allowed to apply to legally return under the Dream and Promise Act, announced by House Speaker Pelosi.
Coupled with the incentives for Child Trafficking in the recently passed Funding Bill, it would both serve as a Magnet for more Illegal Immigrants and a dramatically increased number of Legal Immigrants.
HR6 would admit many more Immigrants than previous versions of the Dream Act that would have provided Amnesty and work permits to about two million illegal residents. Chain migration would lead to the arrival of additional millions of immigrants.
This Bill and the Funding Bill illustrate the connection between Illegal and Legal Immigration levels.... More Legal "Slots" create an even greater Magnet Effect for Illegals.
So tell Congress You want enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) on Legal Immigration! and complete funding for The Wall, an end to Catch and Release and Chain Migration and Anchor Baby citizenship, implementation of e-Verify.
TO MAXIMIZE BALANCE's CLOUT PLEASE DONATE NOW! by Credit Card on our website: BALANCE or by check to:
Indeed, such Refusal is counterproductive to genuine Immigration Reduction Efforts because these Main Management Groups advocate positions which ensure unending Mass Immigration. Merely arguing for some reduction (but refusing to push a Zero-Net Moratorium) inherently sanctions the continuing Mass Legal (and therefore Illegal) Immigration flow.
The Next Few Weeks are Critical!
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Labels: Amnesty, Cost to Environment, DACA, DED, HR6, Mass Immigration, TPS
Legal Immigration Adding 50 Million to U.S. by 2060 — Support BALANCE’s Reduction Initiative
URGENT ACTION ALERT
Legal Immigration Adding 50 Million to U.S. by 2060
— Support BALANCE’s Reduction Initiative
Legal Immigration will add over 50 Million to U.S. population by 2060, about three times more than Illegal, given current trends (U.S. Census/CIS analysis, S. Camarata, “Immigration to Add 75 Million by 2060”) with all the Negative Environmental and Budgetary Consequences BALANCE has documented.
But if we intensify our efforts NOW, we can get reductions just after the 2020 election. After all, candidates are already running hard for the 2020 Election.
Important to note that the recently passed funding Bill will likely increase both legal and illegal immigration, because it gives illegal immigrants the right to stay in the U.S.A. if they bring in or house — i.e., “sponsor” — an unaccompanied minor child (UAC).
“Specifically, section 224 of that act states:
(a) None of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to place in detention, remove, refer for a decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiate removal proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)) based on information shared by the Secretary of Health and Human Service. ‘Think about the Children.’” [Emphasis Added]
Andrew R. Arthur, cis.org 2/16/19
This provision is de facto an incentive to Trafficking UACs (“The Worst Provision in the Funding Bill; Think about the children,” A. Arthur, cis.org).
Indeed, the Bill adds additional Legal Immigration “Slots” which are yet another incentive to continued Mass Illegal Immigration. That is why it is essential to push for ending illegal immigration and for a Zero-Net Moratorium on Legal simultaneously.
Though the Funding Bill was a setback for BALANCE’s U.S. Population Stabilization Advocacy, it is essential we keep pushing our Initiative! We reiterate, the Politicians are already involved in pushing to be elected or re-elected in 2020 and we can influence them.
So please contact Representatives and Candidates NOW, and demand funding for The Wall, an end to Catch and Release and Chain Migration and Anchor Baby citizenship, implementation of e-Verify, and above all, enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) on Legal Immigration!
Indeed, such Refusal is counterproductive to genuine Immigration Reduction Efforts because these Main Management Groups advocate positions which ensure unending Mass Immigration. Merely arguing for some reduction (but refusing to push a Zero-Net Moratorium) inherently sanctions the continuing Mass Immigration flow.
Labels: affect of Legal immigration, Cost to Environment of Mass Immigration, illegal immigration, open borders, over population
Multi-Cultural Invasion – Environmental Consequences
Together, we can stop them.
Yet another Multi-National Caravan is headed North to our Southern Border and the overwhelming Evidence is that Illegal Migrants/Asylum Seekers come from Scores of Different Countries and Cultures with Values which reflect little or no Regard for the Environment:
Consider the following Environmental Threats:
“Gypsies Threatening America, Defecating Everywhere and Beheading Chickens” via Pittsburg Post-Gazette & Tucker Carlson re Roma Asylum Seekers Invasion of Pennsylvania Town,” and
“Lima River in Peru and Ganges in India and Yangtze in China are ‘Running Sewers’ and People in those Countries have absolutely no regard for Environment Whatsoever.” International Trekker, F. Woolridge Personal Observations
Or a report that “Taiwanese Community in California Mad that Chinese Immigrants Pooping on People’s Lawns” Daily Mail & Chinese in L.A.com
Disease Threats
“‘Crisis’ of Seriously ill Migrants Slams Border Patrol — TB, Pneumonia, Influenza, Parasites’ Federal agents are referring 50 illegal immigrants a day for urgent medical care’ The MSM never reports this and open border advocates vehemently deny this fact. Look what these alone are costing U.S. taxpayers.
“Weeks after mainstream media outlets reported that illegal immigrants don’t bring disease into the United States, the Border Patrol reveals that is getting slammed daily with dozens of illegal immigrants carrying ‘serious illnesses.’ This includes tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumonia. In fact, a Guatemalan migrant who died in U.S. custody on Christmas Eve, had Influenza B, a virus that causes respiratory infections.
“Federal agents are referring 50 illegal immigrants a day for urgent medical care, according to figures obtained by Washington D.C.’s conservative newspaper. Authorities say ‘it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before.’ Many of the migrants have tuberculosis, parasites or the flu, the feds confirm.
“There are also lots of pregnant women about to give birth. …
“Judicial Watch has interviewed medical experts that confirm illegal immigrants do indeed pose a serious public health threat to the U.S. by bringing dangerous diseases into the country. This includes tuberculosis, dengue and Chikungunya.
“After returning from covering the Central American caravan along the Guatemala-Honduras border, Judicial Watch spoke with a prominent physician in a border state who warned that the migrants will undoubtedly bring infectious diseases into the U.S. Among them are extremely drug resistant strands of tuberculosis and mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya that are widespread in the region.”
“‘Crisis’ of Seriously ill Migrants Slams Border Patrol — TB, Pneumonia, Influenza, Parasites,” Judicial Watch, 01/07/2019
Cultural Environment Threats — Child-Bride Approvals — Thousands!
“Washington (AP) — Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl.
“The approvals are legal…. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services goes by whether the marriage is legal in the home country …
“But the data raises question about whether the immigration system may be enabling forced marriage …
“There were more than 5,000 cases of adults petitioning on behalf of minors and nearly 3,000 examples of minors seeking to bring in older spouses or fiancés …
“Some victims of forced marriage say the lure of a U.S. passport combined with lax U.S. marriage laws are partly fueling the petitions.
“‘My passport ruined my life,’ said Naila Amin, a dual citizen from Pakistan who grew up in New York City.
“She was forcibly married at 13 in Pakistan and applied for papers for her 26-year-old husband to come to the country.
“‘People die to come to America,’ she said. ‘I was a passport to him. They all wanted him here, and that was the way to do it.’
“Amin, now 29, said she was betrothed to her first cousin, Tariq, when she was just 8 and he was 21. …
“Overall, there were 3.5 million petitions received from budget years 2007 through 2017.
“Over that period, there were 5,556 approvals for those seeking to bring minor spouses or fiancées and 2,926 approvals by minors seeking to bring in older spouses according to the data. …
“In nearly all the cases, the girls were the younger person in the relationship.
“Fraidy Reiss, who campaigns against coerced marriage as head of a group called Unchained at Last, researched data from her home state of New Jersey. She determined that nearly 4,000 minors, mostly girls, were married in the state from 1995 to 2012, including 178 who were under 15. …
“‘This is a problem both domestically and in terms of immigration,’ she said.
“Reiss — who says she was forced into an abusive marriage by her Orthodox Jewish family when she was 19 — said that often cases of child marriage via parental consent involve coercion, with a girl forced to marry against her will. …
“The country where most requests came from was Mexico, followed by Pakistan, Jordan, the Dominican Republic and Yemen. Middle Eastern nationals had the highest percentage of overall approved petitions.”
APNewsBreak: “US approved thousands of child bride requests.”
To end this despicable practice and protect American citizens from lethal diseases (largely eradicated in the US) and other cultural and national Environmental Threats, CONTACT & RECONTACT your Congressional Representatives and demand an end to this abuse of women and girls, Full Funding For The Wall, an end to Catch and Release, Chain Migration, Anchor Baby citizenship, implementation of e-Verify, and above all, enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) on Legal Immigration!
Remember that for each person added to the population, an acre of arable land or natural habitat is converted to developed uses. (Pimental et al Cornell)
So please help BALANCE MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS and contact Media and Congress to intensify push for the aforementioned. Contact your representatives!
Dollar for Dollar, Donations to BALANCE and its ASAP! Coalition Allies who push a Moratorium, create much more Political Clout for reduction in immigration numbers than Donations to Mass Immigration Management Groups, i.e., those who refuse to push for an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium.
Indeed, such Refusal is counterproductive to genuine Immigration Reduction Efforts because these Main Management Groups advocate positions which ensure unending Mass Immigration.
The Next Few Days are Critical! But Most Important, Contact & Re-Contact your Congressional Representatives today!
BALANCE is the leading National Organization publicizing information regarding the Threat of Mass Immigration-generated population growth to our Environment, Nation, Budgets, and Personal Safety and Mobilizing Activists to Reduce it and is a co-sponsor of The Diversity Coalition for an Immigration Moratorium.
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Labels: Child-Brides, child-trafficking, cultural incompatibility, environment destruction, FGM, Full Funding for The Wall, infectious diseases
Urgent! Immigration Reduction Opportunity In Peril!
BALANCE's Strategy Can Succeed with Your Help NOW! Here's how!
The House recently passed a Bill including funding for The Wall and other Immigration Reduction Provisions. But the Senate is gridlocked, with several Senators who formerly supported a Wall now opposing it. Result: Partial Government shutdown which could last into the New Year. The situation is NOT hopeless (cf. Leader McConnell's recent comments) But there is reason for hope if we all CONTACT and RECONTACT OUR SENATORS NOW and tell them the Key Reasons we need a Wall and an all categories included zero-NET Moratorium on LEGAL Immigration.
First, tell them the COSTS For example, In the USA, over 63% of Non-Citizen-headed Households (i.e., by Green Card Holders, Temporary Workers & Illegal Aliens) use one or More Welfare Programs, according to the Center for Immigration Studies' [CIS] Analysis of U.S. Census Data.
For example, 429,000 Annual Immigrant Births Cost Taxpayers $5.3 Billion.
Specifically, 1 in 5 births in the U.S. are to Immigrant Mothers. U.S. Taxpayers pay for 67% of births to illegal immigrants, 47% of births to legal immigrants according to a new report by CIS, S. Camarota, Director of Research, 10/9/18.
Illegal alien mothers who give birth in the United States score a “citizen child”, an anchor that often results in immunity from deportation and also entitles them to participate in child-oriented welfare and bring relatives into the USA under the Chain Migration Provisions of current law.
And consider that it costs $65,292.00 NET for each Illegal Alien remaining in USA! excluding descendants. But the cost to deport is a mere $5,915 each! (CIS)
In High-Immigrant Destination States like California (receiving 400,000 Legal Immigrants per Year) the Number and rate of using welfare is higher than the national average — 72% in California, and 70% in Texas. And other negative consequences of allowing this Mass immigration are clear — intensifying crowding of means of transportation, unaffordable housing for low and middle income American citizens (some of whom are living under bridges), drawdowns of water aquifers far in excess of recharge rates in Agricultural areas and the use of “Toilet to Tap” water in Orange and other counties in California and elsewhere.
Large Majorities of Non-Citizen Welfare Users are Legal Immigrants. Nearly two-thirds of the Annual 1.5 to 1.6 Million Legal Immigrant Cohort use Welfare. Even ten years after arrival in the United States, the majority continue to participate in one or more welfare programs.
Thus, it should be no surprise that LEGAL Immigration Costs U.S. Taxpayers $330 Billion per year NET (after subtracting Taxes Immigrants pay). That is over $6 Billion per Week (and over $1,000/year in tax for each U.S. Taxpayer) and this does Not include State and Local Costs.
See the Net Costs of Legal Immigration study at Carrying Capacity Network.
Adding insult to injury, if current LEGAL immigration Trends continue, Native Born U.S. Citizens are headed toward Demographic Minority Status in Major Receiving States. This Demographic Trend toward Minority Status for Native-Born Citizens is already evident in Key Counties in these Major Receiving States, from a variety of indicators. Orange County, California — long known for its Conservative leanings — just had all of its Congressional Seats Flip from Conservative Republican to Leftist Democrat mainly as a result from dramatic recent increases in immigrant residents.
Immigrants' demographic ascendancy is making itself felt in the policy arena in measures that favor their own ethnic group/s. For example, in California, illegal Immigrants — primarily Hispanic — have already been allowed to Vote in San Francisco Elections, and there is a push to make Illegals (already eligible for Drivers Licenses) Eligible for the Vastly Expensive Medicaid Healthcare Benefits, statewide.
But Perhaps the Best Evidence of Demographic Displacement is the Fact that the Entire State of California (and many major immigrant destination cities across the USA) is now a “Sanctuary State”, which means that lobbyists for Illegal Aliens are quite happy to thumb their noses at Federal Law for the benefit of Non-Citizens. One cannot help but remember the dying words of Kate Steinle “Help me dad” who was killed by an Illegal Alien as have scores of others (see The Remembrance Project) who had been deported, but returned to the Sanctuary State.
Bottom line: Native-Born & Immigrant Citizens are losing Political Power, Assets (e.g., Wealth Transfers via Taxes) and Legal and Personal Safety and Environmental Protections as a result of their Demographic Displacement.
Good News: We can stop, and to an extent reverse these Trends IF we All Act Together NOW.... When the House of Representatives “Flips” on January 3, prospects will dim considerably!!!
Implementing the Trump Administration’s Admirable Proposal that No Green Cards (reflecting permanent Resident Status) would be issued to those who had accepted, or were likely to accept in the future, welfare or indeed any Taxpayer-funded Benefits, would reduce Immigrant Numbers significantly.
IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IS BEING CONSIDERED NOW! And January 2 is the Deadline to pass a Budget and fund The Wall via the Lame Duck Congress. The new Congress to be seated January 3 will be much less likely to enact substantial Immigration reduction.
It is highly likely that a Bill funding The Wall will contain other Immigration Reduction Provisions! So, we must ACT NOW! Emphasize that a Zero-Net Moratorium on Legal Immigration would save Taxpayers nearly $One-Half Trillion in the next Decade. See the Net Costs of Legal Immigration study at Carrying Capacity Network.
So CONTACT & RECONTACT Your Senators and demand funding for The Wall, an end to Catch and Release and Chain Migration and Anchor Baby citizenship, implementation of e-Verify, and above all, enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) on Legal Immigration!
The Next Few Days are Critical!
But Most Important, Contact & Re-Contact your Senators today!
Labels: border security, build the wall, Cost to Environment of Mass Immigration, Cost to Taxpayers of Immigration, Criminal Illegal Aliens, illegal immigration, protect American citizens
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Hi Crapper,
Saw this on my way to the Post Office in Flushing today. A real "Crappy" driver drove through the fence while parking on Depot Rd and Northern Blvd. He was trapped behind the fence until a good Samaritan and I pushed the fence to release him. Luckily no one was hurt. - Mike
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de Blasio embarking on exclusionary rezoning effort
From DNA Info:
A push by Mayor Bill de Blasio to allow developers to build taller buildings across the city as long as they include affordable housing was met with vehement opposition at a public hearing on Wednesday.
Critics blasted the mayor's Zoning for Quality and Affordability initiative — part of de Blasio's 10-year affordable housing plan designed to change regulations so that building new housing is easier and cheaper — during the Department of City Planning's hearing at their lower Manhattan office.
Their main complaint was the lack of transparency the mayor's office has offered to date. The city has not publicized the plan enough in order to push it through without substantial community input, according to the lineup of speakers — ranging from elected officials to everyday citizens, and even a former member of the City Planning Commission.
“If not for the fact of emails flying from Greenwich Village… to civic groups in Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx," said Ed Jaworski, president of the Marine-Madison-Homecrest Civic Association in Brooklyn, "this might have been held before two people.”
Amending the city's zoning regulations will allow the city to create badly-needed senior housing and "encourage better quality buildings that contribute to the fabric of neighborhoods," according to DCP director Robert Dobruskin, who led the hearing.
But organizers who fought to secure neighborhood-specific construction regulations around the city — in places like Greenwich Village, The Rockaways, and Bay Ridge — fumed at the possibility that the city could undo their work.
Several speakers accused the de Blasio administration of working to make things easier for developers while demanding too little in exchange.
Kelly Carroll, director of advocacy and community outreach at the Historic Districts Council, said the proposal could "incentivize demolition of existing housing in order to replace it with new development" that could be built with bigger height limits.
"Bigger buildings do not equal lower rents," Carroll said. "If that were the case, West 57th Street would be Manhattan’s newest neighborhood for the middle class."
City & State has published the 5 challenges to de Blasio's affordable housing plan:
1. Comprehensive community planning takes a lot of time (shouldn't be rushed)
2. Comprehensive community planning takes resources (which City Planning doesn't have)
3. Comprehensive community planning takes more than zoning (hello, infrastructure)
4. Comprehensive community planning begins in the community (doesn't exclude communities)
5. Community planning hasn't delivered in New York City in the past (because developers rule the Council)
And here's one more from the Times Ledger.
In a statement, Paul Graziano, an urban planning consultant and a historic preservationist, said the 160-page document proposes changes that are a “giveaway to developers under the guise of promoting increased affordable and senior housing.”
CB 7 member Tyler Cassell, a member of the board’s land use committee, agreed.
“If the city wants affordable housing, they should stop selling off city properties for a dollar to developers and build housing projects like they did in the 40s and 50s,” Cassell said.
Labels: affordable housing, Bill DeBlasio, Department of City Planning, hearing, zoning
Scam artists squatting in woman's home
From WPIX:
Corrine Butt decided to rent her downstairs apartment to tenants who would have some of their rent paid by the federally sponsored Section 8 program. She chose Paula Rivers and her family.
For the first year, Corrine says things were great. Then they stopped paying on time according to Corrine. Now she hasn’t gotten a cent from them in six months. And to top it off, Corrine says everyone in Rivers’ family is employed!
“I served notice in December,” Corrine told me. “And she started to bang on the floors at night when she comes home from work.”
And that’s far from the worst of it. Corrine says Paula slammed a door on her finger. They’re intentionally breaking things and then taking her to court to complain. Police have been called, complaints filed. It’s costing Corrine time and money — and maybe her health.
Labels: eviction, harassment, landlord, lawsuit, Rosedale, scam, section 8, tenants
This one's not so wily
s From LIC Post:
A coyote has taken up residence in Long Island City and has been stuck on the roof of LIC Bar all day.
The tenants who live above LIC Bar discovered the wild animal this morning when they saw it from their back window, according to Brian Porter, the owner of the bar.
Porter said that they think the coyote entered via a broken window from the old Paragon Paint building and couldn’t get back inside the old building.
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Labels: bars, coyotes, Hunters Point, LIC, roof
You might as well bribe
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on Sunday slammed toothless laws that make it tough for state prosecutors to go after corrupt New York politicians.
They are “out of touch with the reality” compared with other states that make it easier to go after crooked officials, he said on John Catsimatidis’ radio show on AM 970.
“It’s more difficult in New York State to prosecute a politician or the briber for bribery than it is to prosecute a sports promoter for bribery,” he said. “We sort of have a carveout in New York State for political bribery, which makes it, I think, simply out of touch with the reality of statutes around the country.”
I'm sure the lawmakers will get right on correcting this.
Labels: bribery, Cy Vance, elected officials, interview, john catsimatidis
Spring soaking
Spring has sprung and it’s time for New York City homeowners to get soaked again on their water rates.
Mayor de Blasio, who was critical of his predecessor Michael Bloomberg for routinely hiking water rates, Friday announced a plan to raise water rates by 3.24%.
Although it’s the lowest rate hike in 10 years, critics say it’s still unfair because homeowners have been hit with so many increases in recent years. The average homeowner will pay $1,058 if the plan goes through, up from $499 a decade ago.
New rates will go into effect on July 1.
Labels: Bill DeBlasio, water rates
Boats sinking in Hawtree Creek
From the Queens Chronicle:
No chance to look off the port bow for two Howard Beach boats, because they’re slowly sinking into Hawtree Creek.
The 50- and 30-foot boats, both belonging to a Bayview Avenue resident, have slowly been listing into the creek after they lost their sea legs about a week ago. Although still tied to the dock, both are just about halfway underwater.
Both were leaking oil and fuel into the creek, which leads into Jamaica Bay, over the weekend until authorities pumped the fluids out of them, according to members of the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, located a few yards away from the wreckage.
“But that was after a day of leakage that went unmitigated,” said Mike Raffo, a member of the boat club and a lifelong resident of Howard Beach. “Now there’s a whole canal full of gasoline.”
Oil slicks were visible on the water Tuesday afternoon.
Dan Mundy Jr., a member of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, said the fluids in the water present an environmental hazard that should be addressed immediately.
“If you have oil in the boat, you have contaminated water and you need to get the Department of Environmental Conservation out there,” he said.
Labels: boats, contamination, DEC, hawtree creek, Howard Beach, jamaica bay, oil, pollution
NYCHA selling off its open space to developers
The housing authority is quietly selling off parking lots, green space and playgrounds to developers — a spree that will create more affordable housing and help ease NYCHA’s budget woes.
NYCHA has sold small parcels here and there over the years, but in 2011 began to ratchet up its sales effort, a Daily News review found. Since 2013, they’ve sold off 54 plots with 441,000 square feet of public land to private developers, records show.
Most of these parcels are related to 12 projects where NYCHA has sold vacant or what it deems “underutilized” land to developers to build affordable or senior housing. On some parcels, the housing is now up; on others it’s in the works.
Recently, tenants say, NYCHA officials have visited their developments in search of more potential land to sell, with plans for more “For Sale” signs later this year.
Agency officials wouldn’t discuss details, promising to lay out their plans in May when Chairwoman Shola Olatoye unveils her “Next Generation NYCHA” plan.
Labels: developers, nycha, parking lot, parks, real estate, shola Olatoye, vacant property
Blissville strip club relocates
I noticed this weekend on my way to LIC that the Sugardaddy's strip club that was formerly on Review Avenue near Greenpoint Avenue has moved to the former Infinity/Goldfingers site on 27th Street near Borden Avenue. I can only hope that this will be a positive change for Blissville. There were no DOB plans filed for the building, but I'll keep my eye on what moves in.
Labels: Blissville, Borden Avenue, LIC, strip club
Here comes the boom!
From the Queens Courier:
The Department of Buildings authorized about 4,900 units in 448 buildings in Queens last year, a 64 percent jump from 2013 when the department approved 3,161 units, according to a New York Building Congress analysis released Thursday. An average of 11 units per building will be constructed in the approved projects.
Labels: building permits, construction, Department of Buildings
What 77 stories in Queens Plaza would look like
From Nick Normal:
The clocktower, resting here since 1927 and historically famed as “the tallest building in Queens” for 63 years until the Citigroup tower (located .4+ miles away) surpassed it in 1990, is only 14 or 15 stories tall, depending on how you measure the ground floor. So when I saw those dirt outlines I thought, “OK, but what would a 77 story building actually look like?”
I’m sure whatever they propose will be full of lots of steel and glass and absolute lack of creativity or character, but I also thought I’d assist the conversation a bit by showing what the clocktower would look like if it were 77 stories tall, in context with the surrounding neighborhood structures:
Now that just seems silly!
Of course, even these satellite images are not current. There’s been so much construction in recent months that the plot about 1″ to the left of the clocktower at this scale is a future hotel being built currently – what you see here that is just foundation is now some 20+ stories tall (seen in background in video below). So the neighborhood is already scaling up, but 77 stories just seems excessive, even gluttonous.
Labels: air rights, clock tower, LIC, Queens Plaza
Astoria community garden proposed
From Brownstoner Queens:
A group of Astoria residents are hoping to transform some unused land right next to the Elmjack Little League Field — which is located near the Riker’s Island Bridge — into a community growing space. According to the land use organization 596 Acres, the Elmjack Little League has had a license to use this city-owned space since the 1960s. The group of residents plan to send a letter proposing the community space to the League’s board.
Labels: Astoria, community gardens, little league
New Keith's plan gets CB7 ok
From the Times Ledger:
The long-delayed plans for RKO Keith’s Theater in Flushing have been approved by Community Board 7 after years of the property passing through the hands of multiple developers.
Board members unanimously passed a motion at the monthly board meeting Monday night approving developer JK Equities’ revised plan for the historic theater at 135-35 Northern Blvd. in Flushing. The company’s reworked blueprint increased the building’s height and reduced the number of rental units and parking spaces.
Chuck Apelian, CB 7’s first vice chairman and chairman of the land use committee, said the board has previously asked for a movie theater to be built in downtown Flushing, but to no avail. “We don’t have any development plans in front of us,” Apelian said. “I don’t have anybody standing here with the money to build the theater. The way it’s gone, it went from developer to developer to developer at this point. I can’t change that.”
He was momentarily interrupted by Jerry Rotondi, a member of the Committee to Save the RKO Keith’s Theater in Flushing, who insisted that plans were presented to save the theater.
Historic preservationists were staunchly opposed to the plan. In a statement, the Committee to Save the RKO Keith’s criticized former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman for not supporting the theater.
“We could have had a restored showcase theater,” said Cheshire Frager, a member of the committee.
Michael Donnelly, a New York City District Council of Carpenters representative, said the developer has not made a commitment to quality construction jobs.
“These units will now be marketed to wealthier individuals and contribute to the gentrification of the neighborhood,” Donnelly said. “The absence of a commitment in the development of high-quality construction jobs for the members of the community further enforces this impression.”
Apelian introduced a separate resolution that would consider converting the planned 16,000-square-foot space from a senior center into community facility space.
Labels: Chuck Apelian, community board, community facility, Flushing, jerry rotondi, landmarking, northern boulevard, RKO Keith's, senior centers, theater, unions
Illegal aliens actually taking jobs Americans WILL do
Undocumented immigrants in the United States now hold more white-collar jobs and less blue-collar ones, a new study found.
The share of undocumented workers in managerial or professional roles rose to 13% from 10% from 2007 to 2012, while the percentage in construction or production jobs dropped to 29% from 34%, according to new estimates by the Pew Research Center released Thursday.
Still, the majority hold low-skilled service or construction jobs — much more so than workers born in the U.S., the analysis of government data found.
Labels: illegal aliens, jobs, study
Interesting old house becomes latest teardown victim
"Hi Crappie,I know how everyone likes to moan and groan when a nice old house with a big yard gets knocked down so here it goes.
Yesterday I was driving by Booth Memorial Ave.and 136 street on the corner and there was a house from around 1900 with a round front being torn down.About five years ago it was resided with cedar shingles and looked nice." - Anonymous
Yup, this will be some grade A crap to match the rest of the block.
Labels: developers, Flushing, teardown
Large parking lot created on sidewalk
There are a bunch of complaints for this house at 161-04 Sanford Avenue, but let's focus on the driveway permits, since that's been a theme lately. Looks like they were stopped in 2007, but resumed work shortly after:
Take a look at the Google Street View. It's a doozy!
Labels: building permits, curb cuts, Department of Buildings, driveways, Flushing
Update on 149th Street bridge project
I found this info which seems to be stating the open contractor bid will start March 24 and due deadline April 23 but states "deck replacement" only. Sounds a bit funny to me. Does that mean the concrete only or the steel which supports the concrete deck?
If it's the concrete only maybe they are willing to take their chance it may not crack a second time. Also, June 12 2014 queens papers stated an engineer has already begun designing a new bridge for a complete rebuilding.
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Labels: bid, bridges, concrete, contractors, deck, LIRR
State Senate passes fake ID bill
From Animal New York
The illicit market for fake identification has made Roosevelt Avenue a destination for decades for underage youths looking for “proof” to enter bars and clubs as well as immigrants looking for a fake green card or Social Security card.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it was aware of the problem and was working with law enforcement to prevent false documents from aiding terrorists. State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) has spent nearly a decade trying to remedy the dangerous situation.
His bill to crack down on the fake ID market and other forged official documents was passed unanimously by the state Senate last Friday. The bill toughens the penalties against individuals who manufacture or sell fake IDs, especially government identifications, such as driver’s licenses, passports and Social Security cards.
“This illicit industry does us a lot of harm, and it is still a huge problem in Queens,” Peralta said. “This bill and the new municipal ID program is very bad news for the counterfeit mills operators. We have to crack down on the mills and increase the penalties on these mill operators to eradicate this serious problem.”
The bill prohibits the sale of forged instruments. It also amends the penal code to include the sale and manufacture of government issue documents as a class C felony in the first degree that would carry a penalty of 1 to 15 years behind bars. In addition, it creates the presumption that an individual who possesses two or more forged government documents depicting a person other than him or herself intends to sell those fake documents.
Labels: fake id, green cards, jose peralta, legislation, roosevelt avenue, social security
Woodhaven fire site had multiple illegal conversions
For more than three years, the city Department of Buildings knew that people were living in illegally converted residences at 91-21 90 St.
The landlord of the home lived in an illegal cellar apartment, according to city records dating back to December 2011.
The tenant on the first floor was Luis Lopez, who when asked to leave the house last Wednesday allegedly set fire to it, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
The flames spread to seven other houses on that block.
Another tenant on the second floor was forced to climb out the window to escape the fire, according to eyewitnesses.
And it seems that house was not the only one with illegal apartments.
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said one of the homes damaged in the fire was found to have bunk beds in its basement, apparently being rented to several tenants.
Records show that a complaint was made last year about 91-31 90 St. stating that there were “a lot of teneants [sic] going in and out of the house. I believe that the basment [sic] was converted into rooms and there has been past constuction [sic].”
According to Ulrich, six summonses were written for those who had illegal conversions in their homes on that block.
Labels: basement, Eric Ulrich, fire, illegal conversion, Woodhaven
Headed for Demo-ville?
Broadway Flushing...vacant for years...awaiting a tear down? Without municipal historic district status...this is the fate of Broadway in about 4 years. Councilman Paul Vallone seems to show no interest in supporting the majority of Broadway residents desire for landmark status. Once again...Senator Tony Avella will have to be doing Vallone's job.
Signed....Jerry Rotondi...a BFHA member's personal observation. I DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE ASSOCIATION.
Meanwhile there's another Broadway-Flushing house on the market, but this one will stay as is because the owner put a deed restriction on it.
Labels: broadway-flushing, Paul Vallone, real estate, teardown, Tony Avella
Lots of unanswered questions remain
From Epoch Times:
An hour before an apparent gas explosion sent flames soaring and debris flying at a Manhattan apartment building, injuring 19 people, utility company inspectors decided the work being done there was faulty.
The powerful blast on Thursday in the East Village caused the collapse of three buildings and fire damage to a fourth, the fire department said. It left four people in critical condition, more than a dozen others injured and one family searching for a loved one.
Firefighters worked through the night to put out pockets of fire, pouring large volumes of water over the rubble, a fire department spokesman said Friday morning as a steady rain fell.
He said when a building collapses it takes much longer — even days — to put out all the fire.
About 200 firefighters and medical staff remained on the scene.
The blast caused three five-story buildings to collapse within a few hours of each other, the spokesman said. A fourth, seven-story building, suffered extensive fire damage.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said preliminary evidence suggested a gas explosion amid plumbing and gas work inside the building that collapsed was to blame. A plumber was doing work connected to a gas service upgrade, and inspectors for utility company Con Edison had been there, company President Craig Ivey said. But the work failed the inspection, partly because a space for the new meters wasn’t big enough, Con Ed said.
I didn't see any permits for any type of gas line work, but I'm not sure what is required when a plumber is involved. The contractor was already in deep doo-doo before this happened.
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Labels: building collapse, building permits, explosion, manhattan, natural gas, plumbers
A look inside a the Woodhaven Volunteer Ambulance Corps building
"Take a look inside the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corp, at 78-15 Jamaica Avenue, nearly two years after the collapse of the building next door (which had many open violations at the time of collapse).
The conditions of 78-19 have caused damage to the Ambulance Corp every day since it collapsed on Friday, April 12th 2013. The city finally acted after the community rallied and said they were going to tear down the rest of the collapsed building - but the building's owner George Kochabe and lawyer Elio Forcina too the city to court and struck gold when they were assigned Justice Diccia Pineda-Kirwan, who has granted the owner extension after extension.
Most people don't realize the ongoing catastrophic damage that is being done to the Corp's building - maybe this video will open some eyes and help some people realize that after 2 years, the owner of the collapsed building deserves no more extensions or breaks.
The Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a mainstay in our community for 50 years, lost their only sources of income due to this collapse - yet they are still forced to pay insurance for a building in shambles, and pay taxes to a city that failed completely to protect them.
Many thanks for all that you do,
Ed Wendell
Woodhaven"
Labels: ambulance, building collapse, jamaica avenue, Woodhaven
City fell victim to oil scam
Five of the city's largest fuel oil companies allegedly swindled the NYPD, the FDNY and some of Manhattan's largest developers in a multimillion-dollar citywide scheme, DNAinfo New York has learned.
The companies are suspected of taking worthless but hazardous waste oil and "blending" it with fuel oil before delivering the diluted product to customers, including NYPD precinct houses, FDNY firehouses, other city agencies, local hospitals and many of the city’s largest residential buildings, as well as smaller homeowners and mom-and-pop businesses across the boroughs, sources said.
In addition to the “blending scheme,” the companies are also suspected of rigging meters on trucks to inflate the number of gallons delivered to customers, thereby charging them for fuel they did not receive, sources said.
Labels: FDNY, NYPD, oil, scam
Addabbo wants Glendale shelter to be for veterans
The controversial plan to turn the abandoned warehouse located at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale into a homeless shelter appears to be moving forward, but state Senator Joseph Addabbo wants to make that proposal a little more specific.
If the city is going to make the site into a homeless shelter, Addabbo said, it should extend the facility to the homeless who have fought for this nation’s freedom.
Isn't the site suspected to be highly contaminated?
Labels: Glendale, homeless, Joe Addabbo, shelters, veterans
Be careful who you hire to build a house
From NJ, but relevant:
From Eyewitness News:
A dream home became a nightmare in Florham Park, New Jersey.
When the homeowner was handed over the keys he suddenly learned his new home was sinking, cracking, and crumbling.
"I spent all the money I had and I was cleaned out. I have nothing now," said Humayun Akhtar. He thought he was building his wife the home of her dreams, a gleaming palace where they'd live together.
But nearly a decade later, they've never spent a night here.
"Look at this, won't even close," he said at the bathroom door.
Weeks after closing, the cracks started to form, and he soon found he'd sunk his life savings into a house that was sinking into the ground.
Labels: contractors, developers, New Jersey, scam, soil
Lots of people jumping ship
From AM-NY:
The New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania metro area added 90,797 people between July 2013 and 2014, the third biggest gain in the U.S. But the New York metro area was unable to make the top 20 list of fastest-growing urban areas.
People nonetheless are still flocking to the city, but mainly from outside the U.S. International migration accounted for 85,438 new residents in a 12-month period ending June 2014, compared with 82,022 from July 2010 and 2011. Queens, long known as the most diverse borough, attracted the most people from other countries last year, with 27,072 people.
Domestically, however, more people moved out of the city than moved here over the past three years. Including people who moved to another borough, between 2013 and 2014:
Brooklyn lost 32,731 people, compared with 14,908 people between 2010 and 2011
Manhattan lost 21,582 people, compared with 3,620 in the 12-month period ending June 2011.
Queens lost 25,836 people, compared with 17,093 in 2011.
Bronx lost 17,199 people, compared with 18,237 in 2011.
Staten Island lost 2,044 people, compared with 2,099 in 2011.
Labels: immigrants, moving, population
MTA sells air rights to clock tower developers
The MTA board voted to sell unused development rights from one of its Queens properties for nearly $56 million to a developer planning to build the borough's tallest building.
Through the deal made on Wednesday, the developer of a proposed 70-story apartment tower will be able to build up to 77 stories instead of the 38 the current zoning at the site allows, and up to 490 additional apartments, according to the MTA board documents.
Once the sale is finalized, the MTA will transfer 478,000 square feet from an MTA-owned lot at Northern Boulevard and 40th Road to the development group Queens Plaza Park Development LLC, which includes Property Markets Group and The Hakim Organization.
The sale is expected to go through in the next month or two, an MTA spokesman said.
Labels: air rights, clock tower, LIC, MTA, Queens Plaza, real estate
Because every piece of available land must be developed
From the Queens Tribune:
Several years ago, a handful of Elmhurst neighbors and volunteers transformed a vacant lot into a community garden. In the coming months, it is slated to transform again, but this time into new apartments.
Winnie Mok, a secretary at Tan Architect P.C., which is designing the planned development, said five two-family buildings are slated for the lot. Owners expect to file construction permits within weeks, Mok said; preliminary work installing a temporary perimeter fence has already begun.
The lot in question sits at the end of Manilla Street at Kneeland Avenue, up against the LIRR tracks. The youth volunteering program Young Governors spearheaded the reclamation of the lot, starting in 2011, with the help of the New Life Development Corporation and other community members.
According to lead garden organizer Jennifer Chu, the group received a “verbal OK” from the lot’s then-owner, a retired attorney now located in Florida, to use the site.
“We figured, he’s not using it, we can just work on it make to it look nice.” Chu said. “He said he intended to sell it and so we said, ‘sure, whenever you need to sell it, we’ll vacate.”
Nevertheless, the lot was sold in early February, according to the City Department of Finance. Chu said she received no notification of the sale.
“I’m just surprised that he didn’t give us any notice,” she said, adding that the Young Governors had made an effort to keep the owner up-to-date on activity at the garden, sending pictures and sometimes harvested produce.
The site’s previous owner could not immediately be reached for comment.
Labels: apartment, community gardens, Elmhurst
Big long bus route proposed
The city’s most ambitious plan to speed bus travel to date — an approximately $200 million, 14-mile super route through the heart of Queens — was unveiled by the de Blasio administration Tuesday.
The design features bus-only lanes, curbside fare payment and wireless technology that activates green lights for approaching buses between Woodside in the north all the way down to the Rockaways on the southern coast.
A six-mile segment in the center of the route along Woodhaven and Cross Bay Blvds. will be the most dramatically altered, with separate lanes for local and through traffic, turning restrictions and wide, landscaped pedestrian islands for riders getting on and off buses, officials said.
Construction is expected to start in 2017 and take about one year, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said. The entire project is estimated to cost $200 million, officials said.
When finished, the seven Select Bus Routes created by the city since 2008 will pale in comparison, Trottenberg said.
Labels: buses, MTA, polly trottenberg, Rockaway, transportation, Woodhaven Blvd
Racist graffiti-bombs Astoria subway station
"Another one for American Eagle Outfitters, had "Slut" written on the model. The Abraham Lincoln exhibition advert had the N-bomb scrawled on it. It was smudged, but there." - Anonymous
Labels: Astoria, graffiti, racism, subway
Parks destroys 100 year old Astoria tree
From CBS 2:
People in the neighborhood said the Parks Department told them the old tree was rotted and hollow inside. But when they cut it down, it was not hollow at all.
“You didn’t have to be an expert to see, it’s a healthy; a very healthy tree,” said Anna Jutis.
Jutis has admired the tree for the 45 years she has lived in the area. Now, she and others are mourning its loss.
Patterson said she was assured multiple times by city officials that the tree would be safe.
“Their exact words were, ‘It will never be cut down, because it’s a landmark,’” she said.
But now, they are left with a stump, and pieces of the tree as souvenirs.
Labels: arboricide, Astoria, Parks Department, street trees
Big Glendale property sold
From the Observer:
A 94,000-square-foot property in the Glendale section of Queens has sold for $9.18 million to two different buyers, according to Avison Young, the brokerage firm that represented the seller and one of the buyers.
The property at 79-40 Cooper Avenue includes eight lots, a 50,000-square-foot industrial building, two attached residential buildings, two parking lots and vacant land spread over two acres.
The seller of the property was Hansel ‘n Gretel Brand, a deli processor that had been in business for 140 years that has since closed. Hansel ‘n Gretel Brand occupied the industrial building until last year.
Carye & Sons Acquisitions, a family-owned real estate company, bought the majority of the property, including all of the holdings along Cooper Avenue, for around $7 million. This included four lots, a vacant piece of land and the industrial building. Carye & Sons plans to redevelop the industrial property on the site into an 80,000-square-foot self-storage and retail building.
The remaining piece of the property, including a parking lot and two residential dwellings, was sold to an adjacent landowner for $2.2 million. Right Time Realty’s Joe Ibrahim represented the buyer on this transaction. Mr. Ibrahim could not immediately be reached for comment.
Labels: Glendale, manufacturing, real estate, self storage
Forest Hills mansion tops $3M
From Curbed:
This 5,000-square-foot mansion in Forest Hills, Queens was built in 2006, after the owners' previous home was destroyed in a fire. As traumatic as that experience must have been, it did afford them the opportunity to design their dream home from the ground up, and the property now sports five fireplaces, radiant marble heated floors, built in speakers, occasional soaring vaulted ceilings, and various outdoor spaces including a balcony, terrace, garden, and patio. Relisted a week ago, it's now asking $3.289 million.
Labels: Forest Hills, mansion, real estate
Contract awarded for tunnel repairs
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the MTA is expected to award a four-year, $236.5 million contract to rebuild the Queens Midtown Tunnel, which since the 2012 hurricane has been operating with temporary repairs. Around 40 percent of the length of tunnel was submerged in 12 million gallons of salt water during the storm.
The contract, which will be completed with Judlau Contracting Inc., was approved by the MTA Bridges and Tunnels Committee on Monday and is expected to be approved by the full MTA board on Wednesday.
Labels: Andrew Cuomo, contracts, hurricane, MTA, Queens-Midtown Tunnel, repairs
LIC Clock Tower to be calendared
From Brownstoner:
Awesome news for preservationists in Queens! This Tuesday the Landmarks Preservation Commission will calendar the LIC Clock Tower — officially known as The Bank of the Manhattan Company Long Island City Branch Building — to be considered for landmark status. Located at 29-27 Queens Plaza North, preservationists have rallied around this neo-Gothic structure, built in 1927, which is not protected from demolition. And recently, news came out that the owners of the clock tower, Property Markets Group, planned to develop 830,000 square feet on the surrounding land.
Sounds like someone wants those air rights for the adjacent property.
Labels: air rights, calendaring, clock tower, LPC
It's time to clean up the brownfields program
From Capital New York:
Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on a statewide brownfield cleanup program that is woefully insufficient, according to a report issued by a leading environmental advocacy group in New York.
"The current program is out of control," Peter Iwanowicz, head of Environmental Advocates of New York, said in statement accompanying the report. "Taxpayers are footing the bill for an extraordinarily costly and broken system that is in desperate need of reform.”
The report, entitled "Ripe for Reform," says that since 2009, close to $800 million in tax breaks have gone to redevelopment at brownfield sites and not for cleanup, leaving thousands of sites in need of remediation. In releasing the report last week, the group joined Citizens Budget Commission in urging Albany to enact reforms proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Brownfields are sites of concentrated contamination that are the environmental legacy of New York's 20th century manufacturing industry. Former gas and oil refineries, chemical plants and foundries are the chief sites in need of remediation.
According to the EANY report, whole regions of the state have been ignored by New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program, while the "cleanup" aspect of the program has given way to lucrative redevelopment tax credits. The group reports that 86 percent of all payouts since 2009 have been redevelopment credits as opposed to remediation costs.
Labels: Andrew Cuomo, brownfields, contamination, environment, government waste, tax credit
How we'll be screwed, in a nutshell
Draft Scope DCP of Proposed Zoning Changes - Review
QCC Members
Attached, with great thanks and appreciation to Paul Graziano, is Paul's analysis of the subject plan. This five page document boils down the mayor's proposed changes to NYC zoning that will be heard at Wednesday's scoping meeting.
PLEASE DON'T FORGET THERE WILL BE A RALLY. PRESS CONFERENCE AT 3PM WEDNESDAY ON THE STEPS OF CITY HALL.
After you read Paul's synopsis, or the whole 166 pages, we hope you will understand the urgency and come out Wednesday. As civics we have all fought for dozens of years to protect and systain our communities - of whatever nature - from over development. The mayor's (or should we say, developers) plan will dramatically affect the shape and size of our neighborhoods forever.
We hope to see a huge, city-wide turnout on Wednesday. The scoping meeting will follow at 4pm at 22 Reade Street, only a few blocks away.
Once again, our thanks to Paul for this monumental effort.
Richard Hellenbrecht, V.P.
Labels: paul graziano, queens civic congress, rally, rezoning
Trains late a lot
You're not imagining it — your commute has been off the rails recently.
Delays increased on most subway lines in 2014, with about 20 percent of all trains on the tracks arriving late to their stations and medium and major delays increasing sharply, according to MTA records.
The problem was the worst on the 5 train, which saw 32 percent of its trains delayed.
The news coincides with a fare increase this past weekend, taking the basic fare on the system to $2.75.
Experts are divided on what's been bringing your ride to a screeching halt, with MTA officials pointing to a surge in ridership and commuter advocates blaming a lack of funding for needed infrastructure repairs.
Hmmm...surge in ridership? So we shouldn't have been upzoning all those areas near a subway?
Labels: funding, infrastructure, MTA, subway
Same old story in Bayside
Another nasty parking situation in Bayside.
This property has had multiple complaints about a variety of issues.
They got banged for the curb cut back in 2009, but nothing was done about it.
Labels: Bayside, curb cuts, parking, paving, zoning
Dromm to introduce immigrant voting rights bill
From Newsday:
The City Council is drafting legislation to let noncitizens vote in New York City's municipal elections, a move that could bolster the clout of recent immigrants in races across the five boroughs.
The policy, if enacted, would make the city one of just eight jurisdictions in the nation, and by far the largest, where U.S. citizenship isn't required to cast a ballot, according to iVote NYC, a coalition of immigrant advocates and allied groups that supports the change.
Dromm said a bill is being readied and conversations with the mayor's office would begin soon. The change would cover only New York City residents with legal immigration status.
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Labels: Daniel Dromm, immigrants, voting
I gotta get outta here
Here we go with the Archie Bunker and Queen Catherine references again...
The Revolutionary part of the twisted history lesson was pretty much lifted word for word from Forgotten NY.
The rest of the mess is here.
My favorite is the headline that promised "authentic ethnic eats" where she proceeded to chow down on hamburgers.
Labels: queen catherine, Sunnyside
DOB says problem is resolved...but it's not
"Spotted this piece of Queens Crap today while driving in Bayside. Maybe the DOB will shift some building inspectors back to Queens if more people make 311 complaints about all the illegal parking going on in Northern Queens." - anonymous
The owner got banged for this in 2006. And got it "resolved" in 2011.
So much for that.
Labels: Bayside, Department of Buildings, ECB, parking, paving
de Blasio is no progressive
The Campaign for One New York buys television advertisements; coordinates grassroots organizing campaigns; and employs and coordinates with allies of the mayor, including former staffers.
In short, it works as a campaign apparatus in years when there’s no election.
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling blew the doors off all previous attempts to limit outside money in government — and made hefty political spending by outside groups inevitable.
But it’s no small irony that the man putting the nail in the coffin of the city’s campaign finance caps is Big Bill, progressive friend of the little man.
Labels: Bill DeBlasio, campaign finance, progressives
Hipster feedback sought at Fort Tilden
The government has been looking for input on rehabbing popular hipster summer hangout Fort Tilden, but hearing from locals isn't enough, so it wants feedback from summer visitors as well.
The National Parks Service is only in the initial stages of the process of changing access points and replenishing the beach inside the Gateway National Recreation Area, which was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy, officials said.
The NPS sought public input before construction begins, but have only heard from area residents and local fishermen, according to a Parks spokeswoman, Daphne Yun.
Yun said she hopes to get the input of other groups that use the beach like day visitors from around the city who tend to flock during the summer months.
Labels: fort tilden, hipsters, repairs, survey
What happened to the parking lot plan?
Something big is going up on the site of the shuttered Flushing Mall. Rumors of the mall's demise have been swirling since way back in 2011, but the foodie haven finally closed its doors this year and, it seems, will be razed to make room for a new development. YIMBY spotted plans for a 13-story, 192-apartment building with cellar-floor retail space near the site, and believes they're connected to the Two Fulton Square development. The new plans were filed by One Fulton Square developer F & T Group for the site bounded by College Point Boulevard, 37th Avenue, Prince Street, and 39th Avenue.
I seem to recall that the plan for this site was for it to be replacement parking for Municipal Lot 1 while construction was taking place, which will take years. So why are we seeing building plans for this site now?
Labels: Flushing, flushing commons, lying, parking lot, TDC
An end to hotels in IBZs?
From Crains:
As the city's manufacturing sector awaits Mayor Bill de Blasio's long-promised industrial policy, one private-sector insider predicts with professed certainty that it will call for an end to as-of-right hotel construction in light-manufacturing zones.
In other words, hotel developers would need some sort of political approval, either a special permit or a zoning exception from the Board of Standards and Appeals, or new zoning from the City Council and mayor. "I'm sure that's what it will be," the source said.
Moreover, the insider said there might be an outright ban on new hotels in industrial business zones, or IBZs, which are manufacturing districts singled out by the Bloomberg administration for extra protection from nonindustrial uses.
More than a few manufacturers would welcome such reforms. They say an influx of hotels in their districts has put upward pressure on land prices and rents, threatening the viability of longtime businesses that have expiring leases, and tempting those who own their buildings to sell to developers who want to construct hotels or apartments.
Labels: hotel, ibz, manufacturing, variances, zoning
An important message from HDC
Dear Friend in Preservation,
We need your help. The de Blasio administration is made it obvious that the preservation of New York City’s character is not being considering in their plans for the future. As citizens and organizations who are working to preserve and uplift New York, we need to make the Mayor hear our voices and address our concerns. HDC and our colleagues are planning a press conference next Wednesday at 3pm on the steps of City Hall to express our concerns about the Mayor’s citywide rezoning proposal ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability’ – an anti-neighborhood proposal which would slash neighborhood zoning protections and lift height limits in both contextual and non-contextual zones. The press conference will be at 3pm and the public hearing on the scoping begins at 4pm at a few blocks away at City Planning, 22 Reade Street.
I’m asking for you help with three things.
1. Please lend your name and support to the attached open letter to the Mayor. Let me know if I can add your organization to the list of supporters. I’m also collecting individual supporters (if so, please tell me which neighborhood you should be identified from). This letter will be going out next week to the Mayor and the press.
2. Please come and participate at the rally on Wednesday 3/25 at 3pm on City Hall steps. We need a good showing to voice our concerns.
3. Testify at the City Planning scoping hearing which starts at 4pm. I have cut and pasted below a template for testimony and/or a letter you can send in (they are accepting comments until April 6). Please let me know if you can testify and/or send in a letter.
It’s vital that we get the message out now that neighborhoods across the City are very concerned about the proposal and the impact it would have, esp. in terms of the lifting of height limits and the way in which this proposal is being rushed through. I hope you can join us.
Simeon Bankoff
Historic Districts Council
sbankoff@hdc.org
rdobrus@planning.nyc.gov
Robert Dobruskin, AICP, Director
Environmental Assessment and Review Division
New York City Department of City Planning
22 Reade Street
Re: ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability,’ CEQR No. 15DCP104Y
Dear Director Dobruskin:
I have several very strong concerns regarding the proposed scope of the environmental review for this application, and urge that the scope be expanded.
First, it is imperative that the scope of the review allow for the possibility of the existing height limits for contextual zones and for the Quality Housing program to remain in place. It is one thing to suppose that the City could benefit from having contextual districts with different height limits than those which currently exist, and to examine where such changes might be appropriate; it is another to retroactively change the existing limits everywhere they currently exist, and eliminate the current limits across the board.
It is also imperative that the scope look at the impact which allowing taller development with greater volumes, as proposed, would have on historic resources, neighborhood character, and shadows, especially in and around parks and other light-sensitive resources. While the Landmarks Preservation Commission would continue to regulate the allowable size of new developments and additions in historic districts, important historic resources also exist outside of designated historic districts. Under this plan, the incentive for demolition of such resources would increase, as would the likelihood of vertical extensions being added. Larger and taller construction in neighborhoods, and especially in areas of historic resources, would in many cases have a negative impact which should be measured. Similarly, the larger, taller buildings allowed under this plan would cast larger shadows, impacting parks, playgrounds, and other light-sensitive sites.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Labels: Bill DeBlasio, hearing, historic districts council, preservation, rally
No eminent domain plans for affordable housing (right now)
From CBS New York:
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ambitious redevelopment plans won’t involve the use of eminent domain to acquire property, Planning Director Carl Weisbrod said Tuesday.
The mayor’s planning priorities include building more affordable housing and rezoning a five-block stretch of midtown Manhattan adjacent to Grand Central Terminal.
“I don’t see us using eminent domain in a broad way,” Weisbrod told a real estate conference hosted by Crain’s New York Business. “I don’t believe that it’s going to be in our toolbox.”
Labels: affordable housing, Bill DeBlasio, Carl Weisbrod, eminent domain
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Labour Unrest at the Montreal Cottons/ La Montreal Cottons et les luttes ouvrières
McGee, Robert (Author)
An examination of labour unrest at the Valleyfield-based Montreal Cottons Limited. Founded in 1874 by Andrew Gault, this textile mill was supported financially by such well-to-do Montreal businessmen as Sir Hugh Allan. The mill labourers tended to be mostly French Canadian Catholics while the owners and managers were English Protestants. The first strike at Montreal Cottons happened in 1880. The author outlines the strikes at the mill between that date and 1946, and the attempts by trade unions to organize the workforce. Trade unions were largely unsuccessful in their efforts until the mid-1940s. Not only did management oppose the union movement at Montreal Cottons, but the provincial government, the Catholic Church and the local French language newspaper all opposed trade unions and strikes.
Chateauguay Valley Historical Society Annual Journal/Revue annuelle de la Société historique de la vallée de la Châteauguay
McGee, Robert. “Labour Unrest at the Montreal Cottons/ La Montreal Cottons et les luttes ouvrières.” Chateauguay Valley Historical Society Annual Journal/Revue annuelle de la Société historique de la vallée de la Châteauguay No. 47 (2014): 29–48.
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Roborn 5G motion control robot impressed the Chairman of MTN Nigeria
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__label__wiki | 0.823234 | 0.823234 | Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
Max Goldberg December 13, 2006
It would not seem to bode well for the stewardship of studio classics that Preston Sturges’s indomitable comedies have been so slow to DVD. Sturges’s filmography is manageable in number and of unusually consistent quality, so why did a set like “Preston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection” take all this time? Regardless, it’s here, and it’s an embarrassment of riches: seven of the eight movies comprising his unprecedented run as a writer-director for Paramount (the eighth,“The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek,” is available as a separate DVD). As colorful a character as Hollywood has ever indulged, Sturges’s own confounding life was freewheeling enough to pass as one of his madcap plots. He doggedly sought success before arriving in California, churning out hits and misses for Broadway, marrying (four times in all), and inventing kiss-free lipstick. Then, ten years as one of Hollywood’s premier screenwriters, penning a key screwball comedy (“Easy Living”), as well as a script (“The Power and the Glory”) which anticipated “Citizen Kane” closely enough for Orson Welles to bristle at its mentioning. Sturges famously agreed to write “The Great McGinty” for a dollar on the condition that he be allowed to direct it. Thus, at 42, he entered his unfathomably industrious prime: eight films written and directed between 1940 and 1944, each an unwieldy blast of brilliance. Watching these films, Sturges frequently seems to jump ship three-quarters through, on to the next movie before finishing the one at hand. One memorable press photo shows him on the set of 1941’s“The Lady Eve” … on a pogo-stick.
Sturges simply moved too fast for any of these films to rest as unqualified masterpieces — his inconsistencies vexed contemporaneous critics, none more than James Agee — but they demonstrate genius at every turn. The first two, “The Great McGinty” and “Christmas in July,” send up politics and consumerism while introducing Sturges’s bustling stock company: a collection of lovable losers and eccentric loudmouths, ever evocative of Americana. With its star power and screwball structure, “The Lady Eve” probably bears the most studio polish of the set, and “Sullivan’s Travels” is easily the most ambitious here: both were previously available in Criterion copy. “The Palm Beach Story” is one of Sturges’s purest comedies and shows his clever hand for genre mechanics. In essence, he amplifies the best parts of the screwball comedy, disregarding causality and shooting for the moon with gags, misunderstandings, and marriage after marriage (decades before Stanley Cavell wrote his famous essay about “The Comedy of Remarriage,” Sturges was already consciously playing with the idea). Then, one fascinating failure (
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__label__wiki | 0.890132 | 0.890132 | Four Performers on Getting "Fired!"
Susan Gerhard May 19, 2006
They tell us that “pain plus time equals comedy.” But what writer-director-actor-blogger-NPR commentator Annabelle Gurwitch has found is that pain plus celebrity can equal a franchise — to date, a book, a number of live theater shows, and now, a documentary film — that can be uncomfortably funny at points, but also sobering and poignant as well. The “Fired!” project has taken many forms — and you can buy the written version tonight at A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books, when Clinton-era U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich shows up at 7 p.m. in support of it — or you can get two for one (snippets of the live theater version within the documentary) when “Fired!” the movie plays Docfest tonight at the Little Roxie, and Saturday at the Women’s Building. What follows are four familiar performers who once found themselves in the “formerly employed by” category.
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2. Richard Kind: Working with Second City in Chicago, Kind took on a guest acting job for a TV series shooting there. He believed he did a great job, but later, the head of the network called and requested a re-shoot with a Midwestern Goy, saying “What the f&$# are we shooting in Chicago for?!”
3. Illeana Douglas: Paid as an Armani showroom model to wear slicked back hair, tons of makeup, and a poster-board, Douglas said Mr. Armani himself walked by and commented, “They look like clowns.” By her sixth hour on the job, Douglas was bored enough standing next to a mannequin with no upper limbs to alter her sign to say “Please Send Money for Arms.” “I hated that job.”
4. Tim Allen: Laboring in a tool and dye factory fabricating locating pins, Tim Allen once attempted to get a half-day off by speeding up his output to meet what he believed was some kind of daily quota, only to realize he’d — and probably everyone else — would now be required to double their output. “It caused a union insurrection.”
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Building Consensus in Large Collaborations, Organizations, and Cooperatives through Deliberation
Submitted by Ed on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 15:36
As groups grow in size, participatory decision-making becomes difficult. Can online platforms make it easier for large groups to deliberate and reach consensus?
My PhD research at the University of Michigan School of Information, supervised by Daniel Romero, focuses on large-scale decision-making in collective action. Groups like Wikipedia, free software projects, worker cooperatives, and social movements all rely on contributions of time and energy from a large number of people. Success often depends on how well contributors can reach decisions and work together. While reviewing the literature, I identified some common themes that set successful collaborations apart from the rest. Now I'm working on translating those themes into theory-driven tools and best practices, and I'm looking for groups to partner with as we co-design tools and run large-scale experiments. If you're part of a project or organization with an interest in participatory decision-making, send me an email at elplatt@umich.edu.
For the interested, here's a little more background on my dissertation research.
Why Deliberation Matters
In a group setting, the back-and-forth of deliberation is not just a process of persuasion, but also of information diffusion, of idea generation, and of trust-building. But deliberation is much easier with 3 people than with 300. When an organization grows too large, it might switch to voting, and lose many of the benefits of deliberation in the process. At its best, voting can find an existing consensus, but it can't generate new ideas or build the trust needed for compromise. To make matters worse, there are mathematical results suggesting that the results of a vote can never fairly represent a group's preferences (for example: the Condorcet Paradox and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem).
My work focuses on deliberation because it offers the potential to generate new solutions and actively build consensus before votes are cast, and before a decision is made. And when large groups can deliberate at scale, they can make full use of every contributor's resources to accomplish colossal tasks.
Interlocking Small Groups
Across the examples of large-scale collaboration I've studied, one theme stands out above others: most effective work and discussion happens in small groups. While Wikipedia has millions of editors, each article has only a handful of active contributors at any one time. Likewise, free software projects like the Linux kernel and the Drupal content management system are built from modules, with a small (or at least smaller) community of collaborators focused on each module. In social movement organizations, complex tasks are often delegated to groups with a range of names: committees, working groups, teams, circles, zones, or nodes.
While small groups can make coordination easier, they can also create silos and echo chambers-trapping good ideas and preventing them from being adopted. But in all of the examples above, contributors participate not just in one small group, but in many. These interlocking groups appear to be key to allowing information, ideas, and resources to flow from group to group across the entire organization.
This interlocking group structure seems important, but there are important open questions. In particular, does it matter how contributors are assigned to groups? Groups can be designed so that ideas can spread quickly across an entire organization, or spend time slowly developing within a cluster of groups. The experiments we're designing are intended to evaluate these methods in a real-world setting. With a better understanding of the implications of interlocking group structure, we hope that it will be easier for large organizations to use participatory decision-making.
Work So Far
In December, we invited 18 participants into our lab to deliberate on a policy for electric scooters on campus. They were presented with four options:
Electric scooters should be banned from roads and sidewalks.
Electric scooters should be permitted only on roads.
Electric scooters should be permitted only on sidewalks.
Electric scooters should be permitted on both roads and sidewalks.
Participants were randomly divided into groups of 4 or 5 and deliberated on the policy in an online chat room for 10 minutes. The participants were then assigned to new groups for another round of deliberation. In all, there were three rounds. We asked participants to rank their options before and after each round.
For each group in each round, we calculated which option would win a vote, using both majority vote and some alternative ranked-chioce voting methods (Borda count, and Tideman ranked pairs). The results are shown below.
Group Round Majority Borda Tideman
------- ------- ---------- ------- ---------
2 1 1,3,4 2,3,4 4
9 3 1,3 3 1
While #3 was the clear winner in most cases, other winners or ties appear for some rounds and methods. Option #4 appeared in two groups in the first two rounds, but none in the third. Option #1 appeared in one in the first round and one in the third. Even in this simple example, we can see #4 losing popularity over the course of the deliberation.
Looking at the chat logs, we saw evidence of some notable behaviors, including novel ideas:
In the last group, we prioritized bike lanes as the ideal place for scooters, and then sidewalks if no bike lane existed
… requests for more information:
I think there's a lot of missing information like safety and environmental impact that we don't have
… diffusion of ideas:
the most popular opinion in my previous chats have been the usage of electric scooters ultimately helps the environment
Oh interesting, never thought about the environment
… and opinions changing (or not):
I changed from both to only sidewalks at the first round.
The discussion didn't change my opinion much. The groups did bring up interesting points that I didn't think of before.
This study shows that deliberation in small interlocking groups has the potential to spread information and change opinions. We've also seen that we can use studies like this to measure changes in consensus quantitatively and corroborate those results with qualitative analysis of group discussions. Now, we want to apply these same methods to study real large-scale collaborations and conduct controlled experiments.
Currently, I'm looking for organizations (formal or informal) to partner with for the next stage of this research. Partners will use our tools to deliberate on real issues in their organizations and/or participate in co-design workshops to evaluate and improve the tools we're building. Interested? Say hi by sending an email to elplatt@umich.edu. Speaking of tools, we're currently extending the free/open-source decision-making suite Loomio to support networked deliberation. If you'd like to follow along, the repository is here.
Crossposted to Medium. Thanks to Daniel Romero and Sarah DeFlon for feedback on a draft of this post.
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