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At the Box Office: Abominable
Posted: Oct 4, 2019 / 09:13 AM EDT / Updated: Dec 9, 2019 / 09:34 AM EST
Julia Swift, assistant professor at Champlain College and Rotten Tomatoes critic, reviews the new movie “Abominable”. The Film stars Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai and Tenzing Norgay Trainor and was directed by Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman.
by Haley Bouley / Jan 18, 2020
Snow has overspread the region, starting right around 4 PM here in the Champlain Valley.
You can expect moderate to at times heavy snow to continue overnight, making for some difficult travel conditions.
by Mike Hoey / Jan 17, 2020
Citizen Cider hosted a viewing party in its Burlington taproom Friday night in honor of its appearance on one of the Food Network's most popular shows. The producers of Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives visited Citizen Cider for several days in September to put together a segment for the show, and the episode featuring that segment has just premiered.
"I think that they wanted to showcase what can be done with cider -- cooking with cider, drinking cider, pairing cider with food," Citizen Cider co-founder and co-owner Justin Heilenbach said.
by Lauren Maloney / Jan 17, 2020
Vermont will get federal funds for repairs, following the devastating Halloween storm, yet we don't have an answer on individual assistance.
According to Governor Scott's office, President Trump signed a major disaster declaration.
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House Democrats increasingly troubled by Barr's plan for Mueller report
House majority staff members described their frustration with the attorney general.
Attorney General William Barr leaves after a meeting at the West Wing of the White House March 21, 2019 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong / Getty Images
By Kasie Hunt and Mike Memoli
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are on a collision course with Attorney General William Barr as it appears increasingly unlikely he will comply with their demands to see Robert Mueller's full unredacted report — let alone the evidence that backs it up.
At a Thursday briefing, senior House Democratic staff elaborated on a Wednesday night call between Barr and Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., telling reporters that Barr refused to commit to asking a judge to release grand jury information to Congress.
And the staffers emphasized that Barr all but refused to give Nadler an unredacted copy of the report.
How hard will it be to get information from Mueller firsthand?
"I asked whether he could commit that the full report and unredacted full report with the underlying documents and evidence will be provided to Congress and to the American people, and he wouldn’t commit to that," Nadler told reporters Wednesday night.
Staffers also said Barr acknowledged making a mistake by speaking extensively with the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, over dinner before he had spoken with Nadler.
It's all setting up a major confrontation next week if the Justice Department doesn't send the full Mueller report to Congress by Tuesday, as six committee chairmen have demanded.
The next step, the staffers said, would be a subpoena. "We'll have more to say on April 3," one staffer said.
Democrats are also fleshing out the legal and political arguments they'll make next week if the Justice Department does refuse to release the report.
They'll insist there's no reason the president could not be charged with obstructing the investigation — making the point that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein repeatedly charged defendants with obstruction even if he didn't charge them with an underlying crime.
And they'll also focus on the counterintelligence aspects of the investigation — including looking beyond the narrow scope of Russia contacts outlined in Mueller's letter.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., announced in February that he was relaunching the panel's Russia investigation but expanding it to include whether Moscow or other foreign actors possessed financial leverage over the president and his allies. Schiff reiterated the importance of investigating that question Thursday even as he faced new calls from the committee’s GOP members to resign.
Nadler, too, has committed to a sweeping investigation of the president's conduct, including whether he obstructed justice.
He has called for Barr to appear before the committee to address the conclusion of the Mueller investigation. Nadler, a New York Democrat, has promised to consult with his Republican counterpart before issuing any subpoenas, and to hold a full committee vote if the two disagree on issuing any. That means the earliest any subpoenas would be issued would most likely be weeks, not days.
The Democratic staffers reiterated that there is ample precedent for Congress being given the kind of information it is seeking — pointing to what the Justice Department turned over to GOP-led committees in the last Congress as they investigated how federal law enforcement handled both the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the circumstances that led the FBI to initiate a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign.
Kasie Hunt
Kasie Hunt is an NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent and the host of MSNBC's "Kasie DC."
Mike Memoli
Mike Memoli is an NBC News correspondent.
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Immunology. 1989 Aug;67(4):466-72.
A role for CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells in immunity to Schistosoma mansoni induced by 20 krad-irradiated and Ro 11-3128-terminated infections.
Vignali DA1, Crocker P, Bickle QD, Cobbold S, Waldmann H, Taylor MG.
Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K.
The role of CD4+ (L3/T4+) and CD8+ (Lyt-2+) T cells in immunity to Schistosoma mansoni induced by 20 krad-irradiated and Ro 11-terminated infections in mice was investigated directly by in vivo depletion of these subsets with cytotoxic rat monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Effective physical depletion was demonstrated by flow cytometric analysis and immunohistochemical staining. Functional depletion of helper activity following anti-CD4 treatment was indicated by an abrogation of concanavalin A(Con A)-induced colony-stimulating factor (CSF) release, while anti-CD8 treatment had no effect in these assays. Pre-existing S. mansoni-specific antibody levels were unaffected by anti-CD4 and anti-CD8 treatment. In vivo depletion of CD4+ T cells resulted in a dramatic reduction in immunity induced by one (up to 100%) and two (up to 70%) vaccinations with 20 krad-irradiated cercariae and also of resistance induced by Ro 11-attenuated infections (up to 100%). Depletion of CD8+ T cells had no effect on resistance induced by any of the vaccination protocols investigated. A correlation was observed between resistance and T cell-induced, macrophage-mediated killing of schistosomula in vitro, both of which were abrogated following anti-CD4 treatment but were unaffected by CD8+ T-cell depletion. The possible role of CD4+ T cells in vivo and the implications for vaccine development are discussed.
Antibodies, Helminth/analysis
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology*
Colony-Stimulating Factors/metabolism
Lymphocyte Depletion
Macrophage Activation
Mice, Inbred CBA
Schistosoma mansoni/immunology*
Schistosomiasis mansoni/immunology*
T-Lymphocytes/classification*
Antibodies, Helminth
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June 16, 2015 Sports
National Fistball Squad Announced As Cohen Reach the Top in Both Leagues
The third round of games in the Bank Windhoek National Fistball Championship held at the SKW Fistball fields, reached a high on Saturday evening, 13 June 2015, when the national squad was announced. The ten-man team will travel to Argentina in November, where they will participate in the 15th Men’s World Championship.
The chairperson of the Fistball Association of Namibia (FAN), Michael Baas, reiterated that a young and inexperienced team has been chosen. Only Christoph Kubirske and Mark Roesener have been exposed at international level.
The rest of the team members have been in action for Namibia at U18 level. Spikers, Tristan Minz, Gernot Helm and Gian Rudolph have all been through the successful youth programme, which was headed by the former U18 national team coach, Andreas Minz, until recently. The same applies to defence players, Stephan Zimny, Helmo Minz, Thilo Wilckens, Goetz Friedrich and Marc-Andre Witte.
The team will be coached by experienced campaigner, Christoph Kubirske, in the interim. The FAN is currently in talks with former German national players who will take over the coaching closer to the World Championship.
Baas added that the team will aim to defend the eighth place Namibia achieved at the last World Championship in Austria in 2011. Taking into consideration the huge steps other nations have taken in developing fistball, a more conservative goal of finishing tenth from the participating 17 teams seems more realistic.
Fistball action was not limited to off field events however. In the Bank Windhoek National A League, Cohen FC1 produced a comprehensive 4-1 set victory against title defenders, SKW 1, to wrestle the first place on the log from their opponents.
Spiker, Tristan Minz, was the reason for Cohen FC1’s success. The national team player dominated proceedings with his excellent attacking game. SKW 1 and Cohen FC 1 are now level on points and sets, with Cohen FC 1 having edged the title favourites on ball points. SKW 2 remain in the mix as well, just two points adrift from the log leaders.
SKW 3 had a day to forget in the Bank Windhoek National B League. The home team were left without the services of their spiker, Stefan Marcuzi, who picked up an injury and without an attacking player, they lost all their games. Consequently, the defending champions moved back to last place on the log.
Title hopefuls, Cohen FC 3, suffered a shock defeat against their less-fancied club mates, Cohen FC 4. Cohen FC 4 remain at the top of the log. Swakopmund-based side, SFC 2, pulled off a hard fought 4-3 sets win against Cohen FC 4 in the last game of the day, to retain their second spot on the log. York Hambrecht, especially proved to be a stalwart in defence for SFC 2. The fourteen year old player was honoured with the Player of the Day trophy as a result.
While the national team squad will intensify their preparations, the next fistball event is already on the cards. The Cohen FC Cup Tournament will take place on 4 July 2015.
Below are the log standings for both leagues.
Team Points Sets
1 CFC 1 22 15
2 SKW 1 22 15
4 SFC 1 10 -9
5 CFC 2 2 -33
National B League
3 CFC 4 17 -1
4 DTS 11 -6
5 SKW 3 11 -13
Source : The Namibian
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Counting Voatz: Inside America’s Most Radical Voting Technology
Elections Featured Post Technology Voting Rights
Steven Rosenfeld May 22, 2019
Two days after May’s city elections, Denver’s Elections Division held a low-profile audit of key parts of America’s most radical new voting system.
Over several weeks, 119 residents who were overseas had been using their smartphones to identify themselves and mark and submit their ballots online via blockchains, an encryption and storage method. The voters would get an emailed receipt listing their ballot choices, and later a survey asking what they thought about smartphone voting.
Denver and its technology and philanthropic partners were not just showing how they served overseas voters. They were presenting an unprecedented digital evidence trail, as there had never been a similar open audit of ballot receipts, ballot images and voting data kept on blockchains. The city was showing how far smartphone voting had come—an internet system whose proponents envision millions of Americans eventually using, but one that critics maintain is inherently untrustworthy.
The demo did not resolve that divide, a debate where opponents talk past each other, level charges and present irreconcilable views. But Denver’s smartphone voting pilot offered a remarkable glimpse into where progress is and isn’t happening, what criticisms are more and less legitimate, and where smartphones may or may not fit into America’s voting repertoire.
What Are We Seeing?
The demo took part in an open-air atrium of a government building near the state Capitol and was broadcast live on Facebook. City officials, the mobile voting app developer—Voatz, supporters from a foundation and nearby think tank sponsoring aspects of the pilot, and others—including a few critics—sat in rows facing a large monitor screen. There had not been an internet voting demo like this in the U.S. for years, where, in addition to those present, a few outsiders were given access to the same records, decrypting tools and servers to assess the internet system’s ballot-handling and accuracy.
“We will be live auditing the ballots cast through the blockchain against voter-verified digital receipts in today’s audit,” Denver Elections Deputy Director Jocelyn Bucaro said, before introducing Forrest Senti, director of business and government initiatives at the National Cybersecurity Center, a new think tank, to lead the demo. She welcomed Voatz’s team, officials from Tusk Philanthropies including its president Sheila Nix, who had been Jill Biden’s White House chief of staff, local and state election officials, and scores watching online. NCC and Tusk helped plan and fund aspects of the pilot and blockchain audit.
“We conducted this pilot for two main reasons,” Bucaro said. “One, we wanted to provide a more convenient method for our military and overseas citizen voters to cast a ballot in the election. And second, we wanted to enhance a secure return method for those voters voting from overseas. So this audit today is key to that security feature, offered through the blockchain. We’re very excited about both the transparency and auditability that a blockchain-based voting method provides.”
Senti explained that the audit had two parts. (Online slides and video also laid out the process.) In short, observers would see selected cutting-edge elements of the latest smartphone voting technology.
The monitor had three columns with different ballot records from the same voter, Senti said. The left panel was a blur—lines of 44-character code, with each line referring to a voter but masking their identity. In the center was an image of the receipt that had been emailed to the voter after they used the Voatz app to mark their ballot. The receipt looked like a regular ballot with candidates and ovals, but it only showed their votes and coded identifier. To the right was an image of their entire ballot with the encoded ID on top, and filled-in and empty ovals below. That image was what officials had received, printed, scanned and counted like the rest of the city’s ballots. These records were from the voting process’s starting and finish lines. They had to match, and, as seen, did.
“The next part of this demo is the actual blockchain record,” said Senti, who brought up a new window on the right. It was the “blockchain viewer.” This was software created by Voatz to access votes from a single ballot, which had been encrypted and stored online in separate pieces and places—the blockchain. The viewer showed more lines of scrambled letters and numbers. One paragraph had to be copied, decoded by other software in another window, and copied into yet another window, a table, where after more decoding, the name of chosen candidates or ballot questions stances would appear (such as decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms). After these complex steps, the decoded votes lined up—matching the ballots.
The demo took 22 minutes. Only a few of the 119 overseas ballots were audited. It ended with Bucaro and Senti reminding those present that they could independently take these same steps with all of the ballots if they signed up (including agreeing not trying to sabotage Voatz). No one in the audience asked questions, but those present lingered to talk about it.
Though everyone was polite, differing perspectives emerged.
Bucaro, a focused and intense young woman, was asked how this process provided assurance. In elections, there is the notion that all forms of voting have some level of risk. Why was this good enough?
“We’re verifying several things here,” she said. “We’re verifying that from the voter’s device, to the chain, there was no malfeasance—there was no interruption of, or disruption to, the data. We’re ensuring that the data extracted from the blockchain is accurate. And we’re ensuring that the data was tabulated correctly in our tabulation system. We’re verifying every point of entry and every potential risk area that we have the ability to do, which is certainly more than through other traditional [audit] methods.”
That last comment was intriguing. Colorado was a national pioneer in voting by mail. When asked if the app and blockchain method was more traceable than the vote-by-mail system—where officials lose track of a voter’s ballot once it is removed from an envelope (after a signature on the outside has been vetted), or its practice of sending and receiving ballots by email to the overseas voters—Bucaro did not hesitate.
“Yes,” she quickly replied. “It gives us more data points where we can test and ensure that things happened correctly.”
But not everybody present saw the demo so enthusiastically.
“It utterly failed to produce any confidence in the accuracy or relevance even of the data we were being shown—clearly all images,” said Harvie Branscomb, a longtime Colorado election integrity activist who, like many opponents of electronic voting, believes that there is no substitute for hand-marked paper ballots as the basis for verifiable election results.
“There was hardly any reference to how you would use that data to find a piece of paper that was supposedly behind it,” he said. “In the case of the presumably voter-verified data, that stuff was probably never on paper.”
Branscomb, a semi-retired computer-marketing consultant with a graying ponytail who has spent years on improving audits and is highly regarded in activist circles, was as articulate and adamant as Bucaro.
“We are not going to call this an audit at all, because our understanding of an audit is that you look at the paper that was voter-verified, and that doesn’t exist in this particular model,” he said. “The process that they proposed for doing what I’d call the review was preposterously complex… if someone on the inside actually wanted to make changes, obviously they’d have plenty of ways to interfere where I would be seeing false or twisted election data and not know it. Where is the auditability in that? I don’t know.”
The Schism and Challenge
These contradictory views reflect an old but enduring schism about voting technology in America. One side favors computerized tools like the Voatz app to create ballots, record votes and tabulate results. The other favors handmade ink marks on paper and distrusts any layer of technology that stands between those marks and the vote count. (Those favoring a mix of the best uses of paper and software tend to be distrusted by these factions.)
Seen loosely, this is a clash between proven 20th and emerging 21st century technologies—and innovation’s role at the heart of voting. Hovering above this landscape is a more nuanced question applicable to all voting systems. Does it have an observable evidence trail legitimizing the results? In other words, can it show that voting has neither been disrupted nor corrupted?
These questions are not easily answered. That is because voting systems rely on a mix of paper records and digital processing—sometimes seen and other times not visible. Many voters don’t realize that people almost never count hand-marked paper ballots—computers do. For efficiency, speed and, many contend, greater accuracy, optical scanners are used. Such scanners utilize image-based software. Scanners create and analyze digital images of each ballot and their votes. That data is fed into the process’s tabulation stage.
Today’s highest-profile controversies in voting technology concern new systems that replace hand-marked paper with a computer-generated record. The manufactured ballot is controversially called a paper-based system by vendors, because it is printed for voters to check before they finish. It is unclear how many voters actually do that. The deepest divide is the ballot itself. Should it be hand-marked paper or a digital equivalent?
Seen against this backdrop, Voatz’s smartphone mobile voting app is the most radical new voting system in America. Its features are a microcosm of the most contentious elements in today’s systems—including what many jurisdictions are acquiring before 2020 (digitized ballot-marking devices), and what Democrats may use in 2020 presidential caucus states for voters who are not physically present (a telephone-keyed system in Iowa, for example, and possibly another online system in Nevada).
West Virginia was first to pilot Voatz’s app for overseas voters. But Denver was first to open up the blockchain piece to quasi-public review—the city’s audit demo. The other part of Voatz’s app, using a smartphone’s camera and its biometric sensors to authenticate voters, ensuring they are a real person (and not an avatar or fake computerized persona), was not open to review.
That absence of wider scrutiny has angered internet voting opponents from computer science circles. Several gave Branscomb a recently written paper with 75-plus technical, operational and data privacy questions for Voatz, which he dutifully distributed at the blockchain audit in Denver. These critics want Voatz to give its software code to hackers to attack, which has led to suspending online systems. Switzerland is the latest example.
“This is a totally closed and close-mouthed system and company. And it’s just another internet voting system, however they wish to dress it up with a blockchain,” said David Jefferson, a cybersecurity expert, board member of Verified Voting, an anti-electronic voting advocacy group, and co-author of that paper, speaking of Voatz and Denver’s pilot before the demo.
“They’re using terms that the security community means in a very specific way, and they’re faking it,” he said, referring to assertions that Voatz could verify ballots as they transited from smartphones to government election offices. “Their auditability is not end to end, or rather, it is—if you get to pick the ends, you can always achieve end-to-end auditability.”
The bottom line from opponents like Jefferson comes down to a few key thresholds—questions that apply to any computerized voting system.
Can what a voter sees on a computer screen be trusted? Can an electronic representation, or a printout of their ballot and its choices, be trusted? Can threats lurk below what is seen, submerged in a sea of computer code, which can bypass what voters and officials see, but nonetheless corrupt what the tabulation stage presents as the unofficial results? (Results become official weeks later after a so-called canvas period and occasional recounts.)
Online voting opponents and proponents offer starkly different answers and narratives. Critics say it is possible, though not always provable, that any software, and thus election results, can be corrupted. They contend that Voatz must show that their software and system have not been breached.
“All of the security vulnerabilities of an online voting system affect ballots before they even get to the blockchain, while they are in the device that is creating them, or while they are in transit, or they affect authentication and authorization,” said Jefferson. “It’s evidence that matters, evidence without holes. I’ve got to repeat myself—evidence without holes.”
“This is really black box observation,” said Duncan Buell, a University of South Carolina computer science and engineering professor and co-author of the paper with 75-plus questions for Voatz. “We are seeing some things that allegedly got put in, and we are seeing some things that are being taken out. But a lot of the negative opinion coming from people like me and David Jefferson is because Voatz is not really telling anybody what they are doing. They’re burying all this in software that they’re not letting anyone look at.”
But Voatz’ Senior Vice President Larry Moore rejected these assertions, starting with the assumption that something could be invisibly lurking in its software that could present vote summaries and matching ballots to voters and to officials, on one hand, while secretly altering results on the other.
“Hold on,” said Moore, a broad-shouldered longtime technology executive who is patient but bullish, standing on the demo’s sidelines. Before joining Voatz this winter, he was the founder and CEO of Clear Ballot, the nation’s most precise election audit system, which analyzes digital images of every ballot to account for every vote cast—or find ambiguous marks to review.
Moore talks like an engineer, meaning he methodically works through the steps in a process and the decision points, which he did to respond to the accusations by Jefferson, Buell, and their allies.
“A guy gets an email and it has what the system believes he has voted,” Moore continued. “He can dispute that. First of all, before he even casts it, he can look at the receipt as it is on the screen. I would agree that is insufficient. But if he’s able to print out an email and say that’s who he intends to vote for, and then set that aside, and then several days later look at a bulletin board that has the same votes and the same 44-character anonymous ID, and then see that it is being cast by the primary voting system, tell me how this thread gets cut? Forget, for a second, what lies in between. Just say, I’ve got something over here. Something shows up over there, and it’s identical.”
This reporter recounted what cybersecurity critics were contending: That something could burrow into subterranean elements of Voatz’s software and present one set of votes on a voter’s screen but another in the tabulation.
“Let’s just call that magic,” Moore dryly replied. “Given the existence of magic, I suppose that might be true. But in the real world, tell me how that actually could happen? Where I see something over here and something over there, 10,000 miles away, shows up with the same ID that I’ve got, and the jurisdiction has that in their possession, and it matches.”
This reporter countered that critics say that it is up to Voatz to prove that their software code has not been corrupted.
“No. No. No. You cannot prove a negative,” he replied. “We can prove a positive—that it did happen.” (The ballot, votes, and data lined up.)
Bucaro had a similar reply when presented with the same line of criticism.
“What part of this audit process are we missing?” she asked. “What are we not testing—because we are testing the point from the phone to the blockchain, and [from] the blockchain to the ballot, and [from] the ballot to the tabulation system. If we don’t detect anything amiss at any of these points or entry or exit, what more do we need to do?”
Bucaro also dismissed the theoretical hacking scenario as unfairly vague, if not conspiratorial.
“Until we know what further questions to ask, we will continue to ask what questions we know,” she said.
Where is one left amid such irreconcilable views? One can still look at what is, and pointedly, is not, presented by any voting system and vendor, starting with the evidence trail tracing voter intent and ending with counting votes. One can also look at who is promoting new technology and their motives, including who is and is not participating in its development and testing. Nuances and revelations will surface and allow for new judgments.
The sideline talk following the Denver demo included some of the most revealing details yet about what Voatz was doing and where smartphone voting could be headed, why Voatz has not fully responded to critics who want them to open up their software so hackers can attack it, and the wider cybersecurity debate surrounding the country’s voting systems.
For example, when presented with a new twist on the contention that Voatz could not know if its app software code had been attacked, because, as one recently retired longtime voting official said before the demo, the computer security forensic science did not exist to trace that threat, Voatz CEO Nimit Sawhney said that assertion simply wasn’t true.
“Forensics to detect if any machine has been hacked into do exist,” he said. “You can speak to people at NSA [the National Security Agency], DHS [the Department of Homeland Security], GCQ in England, national investigative agencies around the world. They do exist… The academics that helped to build that science do know about it, but willfully say wrong things [about smartphone voting] because they are ideologically opposed.”
Such intractable opposition is why Voatz won’t open its entire system to independent review, said Nix, president of Tusk Philanthropies, which has underwritten some of the groundwork and studies surrounding Voatz’s pilots (including Denver’s demo audit). (Tusk’s mission is also fighting hunger.)
“I talked to David [Jefferson] for an hour,” Nix said, “and at the end of it, I said, ‘if Nimit participated in DefCon [a hackers’ convention known for breaking into voting systems], and no one could break in, would you be satisfied? Would you be okay then? And he said no… I think what’s helpful is to hear from people who are skeptical but open-minded. But there has to be the open-minded piece.”
Skeptical and curious questions were asked in Denver, however. Branscomb, talking to Sawhney and Nix, asked why use a blockchain to transmit data.
“Those people who are claiming there’s no role for it are missing the point completely,” Sawhney, Voatz’s CEO, replied. “It’s to secure the aggregate vote, and to make sure data remains tamper-free from the time it is cast to the time that it is actually tabulated and canvassed and audited.”
Branscomb said he saw how blockchains were “basically [addressing ballot] chain of custody, but you also need the chain of custody at the beginning.”
He was referring to the stage of Voatz’s app that wasn’t shown at the demo, the smartphone user authentication. These steps involve the phone’s camera and app analyzing if government-issued IDs are real and then taking a video from which a moving image matches the ID’s headshot. Sawhney replied that the app “couldn’t create a voter of our own. The jurisdiction has to do it.”
The conversation then went to the voter-verified receipt, which Sawhney said every overseas voter in West Virginia’s pilot had checked. Branscomb asked how the contents of emailed receipts weren’t traceable to individual voters—to preserve ballot secrecy.
“That’s a good question,” Sawhney replied, first noting that the emails were encrypted as they were sent between voters and officials. But the key was Voatz had no control over the email relay between the sender and recipient, he said. “So this is how. Get two parties with no visibility to each other’s systems to legally confirm that they will never have access to that email. Plus infrastructure controls. So that solved the problem for now.”
Many states, including Colorado, have overseas voters surrender their right to secret ballots. But the issue is complex as Voatz looks beyond overseas voters, as its system must authenticate voters, tie them to their devices so nobody votes more than once, but then submit a ballot that cannot later be traced back to them—so it is a secret ballot.
“Now, whether this [current protocol] will work for millions of people voting, that remains to be seen,” Sawhney said. “It will work for a smaller group, OUCAVA [the federal law for overseas voters], and maybe for the disability community. But if millions of people vote, we will have to modify the email protocol.” He cited European methods where “nobody can read the contents of that email, even if they are relaying the email. So there are solutions there. They will increase the cost.”
Branscomb returned to the issue of personal information tracked by the app. (Critics like Jefferson raise the same question about Voatz subcontractors.) Sawhney replied that Voatz deleted what they used in 24 hours. From there the discussion took what might have been its most intriguing turn. Sawhney noted that smartphones had standard features that their app did not use, but could also help in audits, including, he said, revealing “if somebody would willfully say something to disrupt an election.”
“It’s not PII,” Sawhney told Branscomb, using shorthand for personally identifying information. “It’s anonymous sensor data. It’s not PII.”
Sawhney explained that smartphones have two-dozen sensors that track, among other things, where a user touches the screen and how hard that touch is. When that physical interaction is overlaid with a digital document, such as a ballot, there’s a record that usually can be retrieved.
“It’s digitally signed,” he said. “If you sign a different version, the system will detect it. Now let’s say you say, ‘The software did something wrong. I picked A and it chose B.’ I say, ‘Prove it.’ You come to the forensic team. Do the cure process. As long as you haven’t re-installed the OS [operating system], it’s conclusive. A forensic examiner can conclusively prove what you were saying is true or false.”
“You’re saying the app saves the forensic data?” Branscomb replied.
“Yeah, yeah,” he said. “The phone has 22-plus sensors which are recording this anonymous data, and touch pressures are very strong biometrics.”
The latest smartphones also allow users to make videos of how they are being used, which could include voting with an app. Details like these are intriguing because they suggest that the ongoing evolution of smartphones might offer more election auditing possibilities—or, conversely, pose new challenges for preserving secret ballots. But back in the circles where many officials live, there is a competing priority: a desire to deploy the simplest systems, as elections can be marred by human error and technical snafus.
Ion Sancho, who recently retired as supervisor of elections in Florida’s Leon County, and worked with Moore for years to develop Clear Ballot, said that Denver’s smartphone and blockchain audit sounded very complex—maybe too complex for the average election administrator.
“Do you have to live on that part of the digital planet? Could you live on another part of the digital planet where you have fewer requirements of technical knowledge to be able to audit the system?” he said. “If there’s a problem, it seems very difficult for a local election official to fix that problem.”
The Voatz app is not poised to storm America. It is not federally certified and may never be. It hasn’t been certified by the state of Colorado, either, but Denver was allowed to use it for its pilot because its May 7 elections were local and not for state and federal offices. Denver and West Virginia will keep using it, and Voatz may come next to South Carolina and Utah.
The segment of the electorate first targeted by Voatz is overseas civilians and members of the military. Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, who created the U.S. Vote Foundation 14 years ago to serve overseas voters, has been critical of Voatz and its allies for the same reasons cited by Jefferson, but also because “it gets really old being a guinea pig” for vendors who want to try out their ideas—but don’t ask what these voters may need—and seeing public officials respond too eagerly to private firms.
“This whole overreliance on vendors comes from the fact that LEOs [local election officials] have very little resources, and maybe no guidance,” she said. “Then a vendor comes in and says, ‘I have an answer, let me show it to you.’ They don’t have the ability to evaluate it, really.”
Domestically, Voatz’s next market appears to be voters with disabilities. Every polling place must have a voting station that accommodates people with such handicaps. Denver wanted to pilot that use in its May elections, Bucaro said, but modifications to the app were not ready.
“That’s something they’re working on,” she said, speaking of a nationwide population estimated at 35 million voting-age Americans. “But the next goal is to create a digital bulletin board where the voter can enter their own hash [encrypted ID] and see their own ballot, both as the data stored in the blockchain and as we tabulated it. That’s something voters are not able to do right now.”
Denver’s demo previewed that capacity, but it was not a simple interface. Stepping back, the pilot is trying to create new facts and evidence about smartphone voting that will be taken to other states. A recent San Diego Union-Tribune report said Voatz and its allies envision pilots in 25 states in coming years.
Whether or not that goal is realistic is an open question. Regardless, Denver’s pilot showed a technology and its supporters taking steps toward gaining a wider acceptance. The pilot offered some new details and data, and sought to offer assurances about smartphone voting’s accuracy, but it did so in controlled settings. The city’s team invited a handful of outsiders to review its ballot image and blockchain records, but didn’t putthat invitation on its official website. On the other hand, strident critics were told about the open audit, and most chose not to participate.
Meanwhile, Voatz and its allies are pressing ahead. A day after the demo, Bucaro said the city did its own audit of the smartphone ballots—comparing the starting line and finish line records, and decrypting the blockchain in between. “Everything matched,” she said, adding that twice the number of overseas residents voted in May compared to Denver’s last local election, with half using the Voatz app. “Not only that, we collected survey results from voters who used the app. And 100 percent of them said this is how they’d prefer to vote in the future,” she said.
Comments like these are a precursor to declaring the pilot a success. But when asked if she struggled with the blockchain audit, Bucaro said, “Oh yeah. Blockchain is incredibly hard to understand if you are not a computer scientist. I had to educate myself. It is difficult to explain to the public. I think the key is—it is redundant. It’s auditable. It’s more transparent. And the added layers of redundancy and encryption make it more secure, from our perspective. So as soon as I was able to understand all that, plus the fact that that data can’t be altered once it’s been written on the blockchain, and stored in the blockchain, without detection, that was all important.”
An older generation of election officials, such as Florida’s Sancho, said such complexity “works against wider distribution” of new voting systems. That seasoned perspective suggests that Voatz has a way to go before thousands of voters, let alone millions, use it. Denver’s May pilot had 119 voters. Last November’s West Virginia pilot had 144 voters. These are small-scale test runs in contests and not high-stakes elections. But that may soon change.
In 2020, its most high-profile use may not be with overseas voters or voters with disabilities, but with state Democratic Parties in a few states conducting presidential nominating caucuses. The national party is requiring its caucus states to offer a remote participation option. Iowa, the opening caucus, will use a telephone-key based system akin to how one pays bills over the phone. But other caucus states are studying options, and some have been in contact with Voatz. Whether local broadband is reliable may be a limiting factor.
Denver’s pilot showed smartphone voting as a work in progress. It is not as perfected as boosters claim, not as fatally flawed as critics contend, and still awaiting independent testing. The city’s demo was a looking glass, a look at what may be the evolving future of voting in America. No one can say what parts of Voatz’s system or smartphones as a voting platform will endure. But Denver’s pilot epitomizes the ongoing clash between 20th and 21st century voting systems, and whether smartphones’ revolutionary technology may soon include ballots.
Steven Rosenfeld is the editor and chief correspondent of Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He has reported for National Public Radio, Marketplace, and Christian Science Monitor Radio, as well as a wide range of progressive publications including Salon, AlterNet, the American Prospect, and many others.
This article was produced by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
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Floyd Mayweather dethroned as highest paid athlete on Forbes rich list
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather has suffered a humiliating tailspin down Forbes’ annual sporting rich list, with a new king emerging.
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Take a look at the lifestyles of Lebron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, Floyd Mayweather and Roger Federer.
Old news.Source:AFP
The sporting world has a new highest earner with football superstar Lionel Messi returning to the throne for the first time since 2012, Forbes announced on Wednesday morning (AEST).
Messi was assessed in the annual sporting rich list to be the clear highest earning athlete on the planet with more than $US18 million more than nearest rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi’s return to the top came at the expense of boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather who went from the highest paid athlete in the world 12 months ago with earnings of $US285 million to completely disappearing from the 2019 rich list. Mayweather failed to earn the $US25 million needed to see him feature ahead of Virat Kohli — the No. 100 highest earning athlete this year.
Messi raked in $US127 million via salary and endorsement deals.
That put Messi ahead of long-time rival Ronaldo, the Juventus and Portugal star who was second with earnings of $US109 million.
Floyd Mayweather has been knocked out of the Forbes rich list.Source:Getty Images
Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar completed a sweep of the top three positions by footballers, coming in third with earnings of $US105 million.
The fourth highest earner on the list was Mexico’s middleweight boxing star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez with $94 million.
Alvarez, who defeated Gennady Golovkin last September to become the unified middleweight champion, inked the richest deal in boxing history last October, signing a five-year 11-fight contract with streaming network DAZN worth $365 million.
Alvarez was one of the big movers in the past 12 months, with his annual earnings skyrocketing from $US 44.5 million to $US94 million over the past year.
Evergreen tennis star Roger Federer was another big mover, jumping up to fifth on the list with total earnings of $US93.4 million.
The bulk of Federer’s earnings came through lucrative endorsement deals, with the 20-time Grand Slam singles champion pocketing $US86 million.
His new deal with Uniqlo has helped see his earnings increase from $US70 million last year to $US93.4 million.
Roger is still top dog off the court.Source:Getty Images
Stars from the NFL and NBA rounded out the top 10 on the list, with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson sixth on $89.5 million, just ahead of Green Bay Packers signal-caller Aaron Rodgers ($US89.3 million).
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was the highest earning NBA player, with $US89 million, while Golden State’s Stephen Curry was ninth with $US79.8 million.
Curry’s Golden State teammate Kevin Durant was 10th on the rankings with $US65.4 million.
Former world number one Tiger Woods was 11th on the list with $US69.3 million, which included an estimated $54 million in endorsements.
Meanwhile tennis superstar Serena Williams was the only woman to make the list, coming in at 63rd with earnings of $29.2 million.
FORBES RICH LIST 2019
1. Lionel Messi $127M
2. Cristiano Ronaldo $109M
3. Neymar $105M
4. Canelo Alvarez $94M
5. Roger Federer $93.4M
6. Russell Wilson $89.5M
7. Aaron Rodgers $89.3M
8. LeBron James $89M
9. Stephen Curry $79.8M
10. Kevin Durant $65.4M
— with AFP
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By Tara Lachapelle, Bloomberg Opinion
Friday, 05 April 2019 08:21 AM Current | Bio | Archive
Warren Buffett has started allowing his successor candidates a higher profile internally at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Now, he needs to do so publicly.
One month from Saturday, a Coca-Cola-sipping Buffett will take the stage at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting alongside his right-hand man, Charlie Munger, and a box of See’s peanut brittle. Between bites, they’ll take questions from an audience of some 40,000 investors and adoring fans, who travel from all over the world to Omaha, Nebraska, to hear the billionaires’ business and investing wisdom. That’s the routine, as it’s been for decades. And I mean decades: Here’s the two of them doing exactly that in 1998, when Buffett was just 67 years old and Munger 74.
At its core, the event has become a celebration of Buffett himself, the now 88-year-old chairman and CEO of Berkshire. Aside from Munger, now 95, there are few others with whom Buffett will share this limelight. But I’ve said it before and I will again: It’s time that he expands the Berkshire VIP list, and next month’s meeting is the perfect opportunity. It would be a logical next step in what is already happening organically within the $502 billion conglomerate.
Berkshire has numerous, disparate subsidiaries – See’s Candies, Geico insurance, Brooks running shoes, Fruit of the Loom underwear and Duracell batteries, to name a few of its more recognizable brands (though these are puny within the empire). One of my favorite stats about Berkshire is that among its almost 390,000 employees, only about two dozen work at the headquarters. But while synergy was never the goal in building his conglomerate, lately its executives have discovered the benefits of closer working relationships.
Top Berkshire executives – whose home bases are dispersed around the country and whose businesses wouldn’t necessarily have reason to interact – have started a new tradition of regularly convening in Omaha to share ideas and strategies, according to a Wall Street Journal article on Thursday. The collaborative efforts are “grass roots,” Buffett told the Journal. “I’m certainly glad to see it, but I don’t promote it.”
It’s an interesting bit of color on how the inner workings of Berkshire are beginning to change as new leaders take charge and prepare for a day when they aren’t working for the world’s most admired investor. Buffett has joked that he’s already semiretired, which isn’t even close to true – he’s busy searching up and down for an acquisition candidate that would let him put some of the company’s $112 billion cash hoard to better use. That said, he has handed over more operational responsibility to his potential successors in the last year, with heads of Berkshire’s subsidiaries reporting up to Ajit Jain and Greg Abel, rather than himself.
Jain, 67, is the head of Berkshire’s reinsurance business who was promoted to vice chairman of all insurance operations in January 2018. Abel, 56, runs Berkshire’s energy division and was made vice chairman of anything non-insurance-related. Presumably, they’re being groomed to be the next Buffett and Munger. And yet, more than a year later, investors have still heard little from them. Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, Buffett’s lieutenants on the investing side, have similarly put their own touches on Berkshire’s market portfolio, but rarely interact with shareholders or the press. Ditto Berkshire’s roster of management atop its varied businesses.
Of course, Berkshire shareholders probably prefer to hear from Buffett, and many are quick to come to his defense when things like this are questioned. It’s a different standard to which these same investors would likely hold other CEOs who don’t have Buffett’s celebrity. But that’s exactly the point: A turnover at the top of Berkshire will be the most consequential moment in the company’s history, so Buffett should be doing more to help shareholders get comfortable with it before the time comes. It will make for an easier transition, and that’s just good corporate governance.
I think some, including Buffett perhaps, don’t fully appreciate what it will mean, for example, when at a future Berkshire meeting, the greeting is, “Hi, I’m Greg Abel, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.” Whether or not future leaderships sit for an hours-long Q&A like Buffett and Munger do, they’ll have to answer to shareholders. It won’t hurt to have built up some familiarity and trust on their own.
Berkshire, despite all its pieces, runs like a well-oiled machine, and that’s probably not going to change after Buffett is gone. Instead, the biggest quandary of a Berkshire without Buffett is what happens with its war chest. The amount of cash it has is both an asset and a burden – even for a dealmaker like Buffett. He’s uncharacteristically turned to small share repurchases and unusual stock picks as he struggles to find Berkshire’s next megadeal.
The notion of sharing the stage with Abel and Jain in May – and even offering the microphone to others in management – isn’t about wanting to see Buffett go. Quite the opposite: It’s about making sure his presence will still be there someday even when he’s not.
To contact the author of this story: Tara Lachapelle at tlachapelle@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Beth Williams at bewilliams@bloomberg.net
Tara Lachapelle is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., media and telecommunications. She previously wrote an M&A column for Bloomberg News.
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Author: Rose Wulf
For as long as I can remember, I've always dreamt of becoming a published author. I started writing for my own entertainment during junior high, when I was around ten or eleven, and I never looked back. Since then my writing has improved (we don't talk about those earlier stories!) and, thankfully, my tastes have matured - as well as my storytelling ability! I took creative writing courses in school whenever they were available, and once I started college it didn't take long to decide that writing was still my focus. I endured two years of junior college, graduated, and transferred to the local California State University set for a major in English with a minor in Creative Writing. Two years later I graduated the CSU with those degrees and some very valued feedback on my writing. I was twenty-one years old when I graduated college and now, barely two years later, I'm twenty-three and have finally reached my first real life goal - being a published author!
Owned by the Alpha
Number: B06ZZLRPFQ
Authors: Beth D. Carter, Stacey Espino, Lily Harlem, Elyzabeth M. VaLey, Doris O'Connor, Sam Crescent, Rose Wulf, Michelle Graham, Wren Michaels, Elena Kincaid, Maia Dylan, Roberta Winchester
Tags: * Romance: Speculative / PNR, Collections & Anthologies
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
The Alpha lives for the hunt...
Driven by instinct, an Alpha shifter recognizes his fated mate from one scent, one touch. He'll pursue his woman, regardless of the cost, and anyone else would be smart to get out of his way. He won't stop until he takes possession of his prize.
Although the hunter doesn't need convincing, his mate certainly does. The Alpha will have to prove himself as a lover and convince his woman that he plays for keeps.
Scent of Destiny by Rose Wulf, Taken Mate by Sam Crescent, Finders Keepers by Stacey Espino, The Hunt by Doris O'Connor, Alpha at Altitude by Lily Harlem, Fated to the Razorback Demon by Maia Dylan, Running Home by Michelle Graham, Alpha's Sunshine by Elyzabeth M. VaLey, Checkmate by Wren Michaels, Frozen Heart by Beth D. Carter, Wolf Hunter by Elena Kincaid, Returning to the Coyote by Roberta Winchester
Lost in Magic - Night Shadows Book 4
Number: 9781773390215
Nearly a year after losing her best friends to vampires, Allison Drake knows it’s time for a change. And a nice cruise to the Bahamas sounds like just the ticket. She meets a sexy man on day one and knows it’ll be the vacation of a lifetime. But she’s not prepared for passengers to start disappearing under mysterious circumstances, or the implications that follow.
Mick Darringer is on the cruise not for the destination, but for the distraction. He needs to lay low and he knows the Council would never think to look for an earth witch on a cruise. It wasn’t part of his plan to meet a beautiful woman, but he’s not about to walk away. Ali captivates him from the moment he lays eyes on her.
But it’s not long before they learn that this cruise has problems. Problems in the form of vampires.
Sparks of Blue - Dark Light Book 2
Tags: * Young Adult, Supernatural
Nearly a century ago warrior angel Kai and Belle were lovers. Then he broke her heart and never looked back.
Now Second in Command of the angel armada, Kai knew he was the obvious choice for this long-term mission. And his job was clear: keep Belle and her patient alive. But he wasn’t prepared for the resurgence of old memories and long-ignored feelings. He’ll have to face what he did a hundred years ago if he wants a chance to be back in Belle’s arms…but even then, angels are forbidden from laying with Nephilim. If they're caught, Belle would be executed.
Born a Nephilim, Belle was neither angel nor human. But she was a healer, and she was damned good at it. Her reputation got her noticed by the armada and eventually earned her the title of Master Healer. It also earned her a terrible assignment: save the life—and therefore the soul—of a cursed human…under the protection of her ex-lover. And it turns out the chemistry they’d once shared may have been buried, but it’s a flame that could never burn out.
Blown - Elemental Series Book 2
With enemies that can pull lightning from the sky, it’s probably a bad time to fall in love.
Air elemental Nate Hawke had it bad for his new renter, Madison Price. He should have been staying away, but then it was too late—her place of work was up in flames. So he planted himself at her side, vowing to stand between his enemies and the woman he was falling in love with.
Madison knew better than to have a thing for her sexy new landlord. She just couldn’t help herself. After her work burned to the ground, leaving her with the battle scars to prove it, she didn’t have much to do other than think about Nate Hawke. She just never imagined what he and his brothers were truly capable of—or what it might mean if she were to lose him.
This is a previously published work. It has been revised and edited for Evernight Publishing.
Stayed for Alpha - Night Shadows Book 3
Tags: * Romance: Speculative / PNR, * Under 45k Words
Adam Jefferies is a young Alpha taking a big risk. He wants to set down roots in California—a state largely claimed by the oldest and most powerful vampires. He's going to have to earn his place the hard way.
Whitney King is a Rogue wolf with a single purpose in life: get revenge for the pack that took her in so many years ago. The pack that was slaughtered by a dangerous vampire. She's tracked that vampire to California and she's prepared to risk her life to end him. But she's not prepared to find something worth living for...
When Adam takes Whitney in she says it's temporary. He knows it won't be, but he'll have to show her why if he wants her to stay.
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She was human. He was not...
Aurora’s life took a turn for the exciting when she won a four-night trip to Castle Finnegan. A castle inhabited by a sexy stranger with smoldering bedroom eyes and a sinful touch. It was easy getting swept up in his arms, harder to accept that she had to let go.
Daemyn didn’t get attached. There was no point. But he couldn’t keep Aurora out of his heart any easier than he could keep her from his bed. And that presented a problem, because if she ever found out he wasn’t human she would run. Not that it mattered, because he was cursed to the castle for eternity… unless he could get Aurora to love him for what he was.
Hostage Hearts - Romance on the Go
Genre: HOT Romance
Tags: * SPICY: HOT Romance, * Contemporary, * Under 45k Words, * Romance: BBW/Rubenesque
Ace Bufford’s day just went from bad to worse...
All he’d set out to do was a favor for a friend, and he’d somehow found himself barging into a random apartment with a gun in his hand. Except the sole inhabitant wasn’t a stranger, she was Lydia Caldwell—the one that got away.
She wasn’t supposed to want the man who’d pointed a gun at her. But she did. Ace had grown up in all the right ways, well, except for the gun thing. Without knowing how, Lydia suddenly found herself having to decide whether or not to embrace her unexpected attraction. And together they had to find a way to get Ace out of the mess he’d landed in, or their time together would end as abruptly as it had before.
Wet - Elemental Series Book 1
Tags: * Romance: Speculative / PNR, * Romantic Suspense, New Adult & College
Blake Hawke, first born of the four Hawke brothers, has the ability to control water.
Keeping the family secret is a big deal. A deal Blake all but throws out the window when he finds Brooke sitting alone on the beach. Before he knows it, he’s showing her everything he can do—until he gets the call that his baby sister is trapped between an impossible fire and a cliff.
Brooke has barely come to terms with the fact that she’s got the hots for a real-life Aquaman when news breaks that they have serious enemies. Now she’s got a guy to win, a secret to keep, and weather-controlling enemies to look out for. The last thing she needs is to add some creepy stalker to the list.
Can Blake protect his family and the woman he’s falling in love with from an enemy he never knew he had?
Black Dawn - Dark Light Book 1
Tags: * Romance: Speculative / PNR, * Romantic Suspense, * Under 45k Words, #FirstInaSeries
Demons are real, and they walk among us...
Isolde Duchane grew up with a demon for a bodyguard. But as she’s matured, so have her preferences. And she’s got a thing for tall, strong, dark, and powerful demonic men. Really just one very specific demonic man. It’s too bad his life is bound to hers, putting her in a terribly awkward spot since what she wants is something more than a bodyguard.
Darr was summoned to protect Izzy when she was young. And he played the part to keep his own personal demons off his back. But things are starting to get out of hand, and not just because of his powerful attraction to the woman she’s become. The demon he’s been hiding from may have found him, and if he has…he may never get to tell Izzy the truth.
Found in Flames - Night Shadows Book 2
Tags: * Romance: Speculative / PNR, * Romantic Suspense, * Under 45k Words
All his life Luka Craige has been haunted by the one that killed his family. Finally, having chased him across the country to the edge of vampire territory, Luka has his chance at vengeance—but not before his Beta is killed and Luka finds himself protecting a woman he doesn’t know. A woman who arouses him like never before. Could he possibly exact his revenge and find his mate?
A burning body was the last thing Joella Harp expected to find when she rounded the corner. Let alone a body with a man standing over it. After that her droll life becomes a whirlwind of werewolves, wild sex, and deadly fire. Someone wants her dead, she can barely think past her mouthwatering rescuer, and in no time she realizes this adventure could be more than a fantastical memory...if she’s brave enough.
Caught in Darkness - Night Shadows, 1
Tags: * Romance: Speculative / PNR, * SPICY: HOT Romance
Veronica Wyndham had no idea that vampires were real, let alone that her new favorite customer—Tall Dark and Handsome—just so happened to be one. And she never imagined she’d overhear a robbery plan with murderous potential while eating lunch in the park. Making those kinds of enemies just wasn’t a good way to spend a day.
Seth Hunter knew he should have been grateful for Veronica’s unintentional help in exposing the traitors, but all he could worry about was how much danger she’d just landed in. Instinct had him taking it upon himself to keep a protective eye on her, but even then he had to keep his distance. If she found out the truth about the world around her, she would surely get Caught in Darkness.
Campfire Romance
Release: Out Now
Tags: * Contemporary, Romantic Elements
Publisher: Pink Petal Books
Extended summer camping trips are supposed to be fun. But when Marie Anderson’s friends bail on her and leave her alone in the mountains, she finds herself second-guessing her decision to stay. At least, until her brother’s long-time best friend, Nick Cubb, arrives to keep her company, reminding her of the attraction she’d once had for him that she thought for sure she had buried….
When Nick hears that Marie has been stranded in the mountains he wastes no time in packing his things and jumping in his truck, telling himself that he’s just going to make sure she’s alright. She’s his best friend’s little sister, after all, and he’s known her for as long as he can remember. But being alone with her in the mountains for over a week is a prime opportunity to find out if they can be something more…an opportunity he’s not so sure he can resist.
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NMPF Testifies at FDA Modernizing Standards of Identity Meeting
NMPF regulatory expert and staff counsel Clay Detlefsen spoke about the importance of maintaining the integrity of the standards of identity and the unintended consequences of horizontal standards at a meeting hosted Sept. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) soliciting input on the creation of horizontal standards across all categories of standards of identity.
So-called “horizontal” standards would allow the FDA to make sweeping changes to food standards of identity across categories. Proponents argue such standards would allow manufacturers to innovate and produce more nutritious versions of standardized foods. Detlefsen urged caution, noting the unintended consequences of across-the-board changes.
Of more than 280 standards of identity, 95 are for dairy products, Detlefsen said. If a change to one is a change to all, unforeseen results could be seen in any number of the other 280 foods, he said. For example: FDA has proposed allowing vegetable oils to be used where animal fats are currently used because of their so-called “healthier” nature, opening the door, for example, to olive oil substituted for animal fat – with an end result being an inferior-quality ice cream that has no cream in it.
“When dealing with 280 very different standards, and the intention is to improve one, such changes may not be transparent when applied to different foods, and stakeholders could be deprived of a proper opportunity to weigh in,” Detlefsen said. “Further, in many cases the real motivation for change could be to make the product cheaper.”
NMPF suggested that if any changes possibly could be limited to foods that are similar, such as grouping all dairy together or all cheeses.
The meeting, which took place on September 27th, was held as part of the agency’s comprehensive, multi-year nutrition innovation strategy. FDA wants to modernize the standards of identity to:
1) protect consumers against economic adulteration;
2) maintain the basic nature, essential characteristics and nutritional integrity of food;
3) promote industry innovation and provide flexibility to encourage manufacturers to produce healthier foods.
The meeting included a history of the standards of identity, and three breakout sessions on innovation, nutrition, and consumer expectations where participants were free to share their opinions on the topics.
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Climate change: 2019 was 10th warmest year on record for New Jersey
The warming temperatures continue a trend related to climate change.
Climate change: 2019 was 10th warmest year on record for New Jersey The warming temperatures continue a trend related to climate change. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2020/01/09/nj-had-its-10th-warmest-year-record-2019-second-most-tornadoes-climate-change-global-warming/2846573001/
Scott Fallon, NorthJersey.com Published 5:30 a.m. ET Jan. 9, 2020 | Updated 2:31 p.m. ET Jan. 9, 2020
New Jersey saw its 10th warmest year on record in 2019, echoing a global trend that has seen sea levels rise and extreme weather events become more common, according to a report released Wednesday.
In a year with severe algae blooms on its biggest lakes and an early start to mosquito season, 2019's record temperatures came as little surprise to David Robinson, the state climatologist, who wrote the report.
"We're seeing the results of a warming planet in every corner of this state," said Robinson, a Rutgers professor. "It's no random chance that New Jersey has seen so many warm years in the last few decades."
The average temperature of 54.3 degrees for 2019 is 2.5 degrees above normal since record-keeping began in 1895. New Jersey also had its 17th wettest year in 2019, along with its second-most tornadoes, two indicators associated with warmer weather.
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The overwhelming majority of scientists, peer-reviewed studies, and government agencies have shown that the planet is warming due in large part to human activity. Burning fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and gasoline has increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, preventing heat from escaping into space.
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New Jersey has experienced an increase in temperature of at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. All of New Jersey's top 10 warmest years have come since 1990.
The combination of heat and rain was cited by scientists with the state Department of Environmental Protection as a prime cause of the worst algae blooms in recent memory.
Two of New Jersey's largest lakes — Lake Hopatcong in Morris County and Greenwood Lake in Passaic County — were closed to swimming and water sports for a significant part of the year.
Torrential rainstorms followed by warm days also helped spur algae growth in places like Deal and Sunset lakes in Monmouth County, and in Swartswood Lake and Lake Mohawk in Sussex County.
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Photos: Heat wave in northern NJ
Damilka Garcia of Paterson, wets her hair at a splash park at Eastside Park in Paterson on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Yovanny Padilla, sells water on Main St. in Paterson for a dollar on Sunday. Temperatures in Passaic County reached the upper 90's, with humidity more than 50%, it felt like 110 in some areas. Sunday, July 21, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
Jim Carlos (L) and Anthony Jose (R) of Paterson, play basketball during the extremely hot weather at Garrett Mountain Reservation in Woodland Park on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Lorenyi Liriano cools off by a fire hose with holes poked in it to help cool residents at Schevchenko Park, in Passaic. Temperatures in Passaic County reached the upper 90's, with humidity more than 50%, it felt like 110 in some areas. Sunday, July 21, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
Two women cooling off under the shade of a tree at Memorial Pool in Fair Lawn on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Jovana Pliego, 23, her daughter, Jayleen Cortes, 2, and her son, Hazen Cortes, 6, cool off by a fire hose with holes poked in it to help cool residents at Schevchenko Park, in Passaic. Temperatures in Passaic County reached the upper 90's, with humidity more than 50%, it felt like 110 in some areas. Sunday, July 21, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
General scene of people cooling off at Memorial Pool in Fair Lawn on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Shirley Jimenez, 23, of Puerto Rico, drinks a piragua (snow cone), on Main St. in Paterson. Temperatures in Passaic County reached the upper 90's, with humidity more than 50%, it felt like 110 in some areas. Despite being more than 1500 miles to Paterson's south, San Juan, Puerto Rico's high temperature was ten degrees cooler, Sunday, July 21, 2019. Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
Nathan Martienz (age 9) of Paterson, plays in a splash park at Eastside Park in Paterson on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Jorge Torres carries a newly purchased fan along Main St. in Paterson. Temperatures in Passaic County reached the upper 90's, with humidity more than 50%, it felt like 110 in some areas. Despite being more than 1500 miles to Paterson's south, San Juan, Puerto Rico's high temperature was ten degrees cooler, Sunday, July 21, 2019. Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
A man jogs during the extremely hot weather at Garrett Mountain Reservation in Woodland Park on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
A man exercises on a bench under the hot sun at Memorial Pool in Fair Lawn on 07/21/19. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Be careful swimming this summer. There are steps to take so you don't get sick. Mitsu Yasukawa/ Northjersey.com
Sea level has risen along New Jersey's coast by about 1.5 feet since 1911 — more than double the global average, according to a report issued last month by Rutgers scientists.
New Jersey also experienced nine tornadoes in 2019, eight less than the record set in 1989. Most of the tornadoes were weak and short-lived. No one was killed and property damage was contained. But one that hit Stanhope in May forced Lenape Valley High School to close for a day after some buildings were damaged.
While there were not as many extreme events as in recent years, Robinson said 2019 saw a number of trends continue, such as warmer autumn weather. September and October were each 3 to 4 degrees above average.
"We're seeing that summers have been extended well into September and October," he said.
Winters are also becoming warmer. Temperatures bounced up and down in December, but the average for the month was still more than one degree above normal.
And while temperatures were below freezing this week, they are expected to rise to the mid-60s this weekend, approaching record highs.
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Best of Orange County 2018: Best Mexican…
Best of Orange County 2018: Best Mexican restaurant
Specialtiy cocktails, appetizers, combination plates, tostadas and Sunday brunch are among diverse offerings at Moreno’s. (Photo by Kevin SullivanOrange County Register/SCNG)
By George A. Paul | britpopgeo@sbcglobal.net |
Moreno’s Restaurant
4328 E. Chapman Ave., Orange; 714-639-2181; morenosrestaurant.com
Javier and Nora Moreno opened their restaurant in the 1970s. The remodeled property dates to the 1880s, when it was an old Quaker church building. With a patio and courtyard festooned with trees, plants, flowers and a fountain, it is a prime setting for wedding-related events, anniversaries and banquets. Strolling mariachis give the place an authentic vibe. The menu includes “secretly guarded recipes” of such entrees as chorizos enchiladas, molé con pollo and Chile Verde, flan and crème-filled churro desserts, chimichangas, taquitos and Mexican pizza appetizers, plus margaritas (half off on Mondays). Then there’s traditional Mexican bread baked fresh daily.
Bill Singleton of La Mirada attended a pleasant Mother’s Day Brunch, where he savored free-flowing champagne for a while before ordering. “I enjoy the relaxed setting and the great margaritas. … Brunch is the best time to go, especially on a nice day.” His go-to dish is chorizo and eggs.
Another Yelp reviewer, a former O.C. local who lives in Hawaii and visited here recently, raved about its “awesome décor, ambience, generous meal portions, astounding service” and pointed out that reservations are recommended.
Avila’s El Ranchito
Multiple locations; avilaselranchito.com
Established in 1966 by Salvador Avila, after he arrived in America from Mexico, this popular local restaurant chain is still family owned and operated. The menu features such standbys as burritos, carnitas, tacos, Mama Avila’s homemade soup and more. Trip Advisor designated the establishment with a Certificate of Excellence in 2013.
Chuck Bates of Laguna Hills said Avila’s is one of his and wife Brenda’s favorites because it “offers some of the best and most authentic Mexican cuisine in town.” The couple has patronized all 12 locations in O.C. (the flagship location is in Huntington Park) and gravitate toward the street tacos, enchiladas and fajitas. Bates called the theme and atmosphere “inviting,” with a “relaxing ambience that’s visually stimulating and never gets boring. It’s also a fun place to meet friends.” He cited “fantastic, generously-sized and flavorful Cadillac margaritas” as their drink of choice.
296 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa; 949-645-7626; micasa1.com/home
A frequent finalist in the Register’s Best of Orange County tally and regional award winner, this Cal-Mex Cantina was opened in 1972 by the late Barrie Moore (who also launched Taco Tio in Santa Ana during the late 1950s). It is currently run by his grandson Ryan Moore. There are upwards of 70 different varieties of tequila on offer at the bar, while the menu contains mahi mahi tacos, fajitas, carnitas, taquitos, flautas, cheese enchiladas and other favorites; many are family recipes. There’s even a “Drunken Burrito” containing borracha cream sauce and chipotle citrus drizzle.
The relaxed setting has a rustic dark wood interior with weathered chairs. Flat-screen TVs project sporting events. Mi Casa began bottling and selling its popular salsa in 2009. Mi Casa’s website lists President George W. Bush, Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale, John Wayne and Barbra Streisand among the celebrities who have eaten there.
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Fashionable Grecas in Smoke
Greca Pattern Alpaca Blend Sling in Smoke from Peru, "Fashionable Grecas in Smoke"
Working on traditional artisanal floor looms, the talented Peruvian artisans of... more
Working on traditional artisanal floor looms, the talented Peruvian artisans of the Maldonado Family hand-weave this fascinating sling from a soft alpaca blend. Displaying stripes and geometric greca spirals in hues of smoke, black, alabaster, graphite, and snow white, this exciting sling drapes over the shoulder on a single, adjustable strap. This bag opens with a zipper, revealing a lined interior in white with a zipper pocket on one side for organizing your belongings.
Bag: 32 cm H x 26 cm W x 4 cm D
Bag: 12.5" H x 10.25" W x 1.6" D
Strap: 66 cm min L - x 122 cm max L x 4.5 cm W
Strap: 26" min L - x 48" max L x 1.8" W
Drop length: 28 cm min L - x 57 cm max L
Drop length: 11" min L - x 22.5" max L
90% acrylic, 10% alpaca, cotton warp; polyester lining
Features a zipper closure
Dry cleaning recommended
Adjustable strap(s)
Hand-crafted item -- color, size and/or motif may vary slightly
Dry clean or hand wash in cold water
Certified and shipped by our office in Andes
You can find alpaca blend sling 'Fashionable Grecas in Smoke' by Maldonado Family in handbags categories such as Hand Woven Handbags, Alpaca Wool Blend Handbags and Slings Handbags. Enjoy exploring these sections for other Novica treasures.
Preserving Traditions
The Maldonado's hometown, Hualhuas, is a renowned textile center. It is there that Faustino and his wife learned to weave from their parents, who learned from their parents before them. The Maldonado family motto defines what it means to be a Keeper of the Arts — "I will never let go of either my grandfather or grandson's hands, for what I have learned from the elders, I will teach to the young."
Profound Impact
Faustino truly understands the meaning of community. He feels a great responsibility for his assistants. He knows that, without their wages, his workers would be unable to care for their families. Novica sales have brought stability to the Maldonado Family workshop. they are no longer dependent upon tourism and can now meet their monthly expenses.
The steady income that Novica sales bring have enabled the Maldonado Family to expand their workshop. They are now one of the largest workshops in Hualhuas and this has led to an increase in the income they receive from tourism. In addition to their two full-time employees they are able to give seasonal work to other artisans.
Faustino Maldonado began working as a boy with his parents and grandparents. Today, his family workshop has grown and he has greatly expanded his design collection. As a result, he is able to provide work to neighbors who are weavers.
Microcredit Financing
Maldonado Family has received 7 microcredit loans with 0% interest from Kiva and Novica, the first for $2300 and the most recent for $2850. Proceeds were used to purchase alpaca wool and sheep wool for his weavings.
Confronting Adversity
The family elder, Faustino struggles to manage his diabetes. He follows a special diet and undergoes ongoing treatment. However he brings his weaving expertise to the family workshop he founded as a young man.
Media Featured
Faustino and the Maldonado Family workshop have been featured in many publications, among them El Comercio in which Faustino was shown alongside former Peruvian President, Fernando Belaunde.
During times of high demand for his weavings, Faustino hires temporary workers. He has employed several blind artisans who excel at hand spinning.
Enabling Education
Faustino helps his son and daughter pay for the education of their children.
Maldonado Family
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"I will never let go of either my grandfather or my grandson's hands, for what I have learned from the elders, I will teach to the young."
Update (July, 2019)
The parents of Faustino Maldonado were artisans, a tradition that has been maintained since time immemorial. When Faustino met the lady who is now his wife, Agripina Lazo, he did not know that her parents would also keep the textile tradition of weaving alive. Love did not take long to arrive, and over time their union became stronger. Today they have been married for more than 45 years, and together they formed a beautiful family composed of 4 children and 11 grandchildren.
Life was certainly not simple, and in the early years Faustino's parents worked very hard to support the family. His mother was deaf and dumb, and his father illiterate, but it did not mean that they could not develop their craft to feed their children. Despite these difficulties in life, the Maldonados managed to make their art unique, and their work soon highly valued. It became the livelihood of the family.
Since he was 12 years old, Faustino could create beautiful pieces like carpets. When school ended, he spent some time working in a mine as a drilling assistant for almost a year. But because of the dangers of the area he was forced to retire. When he was 20 years old he met the love of his life who would accompany him on this long road through the years. They met at a party, and were soon inseparable.
Their beginning was complicated, however; with an infant daughter to care for, they had to ask the neighbors for help by lending money for food. Both Faustino and his wife dedicated their time to weaving on a loom that they had inherited from their parents. Soon they ran a small workshop in his hometown with just a manual machine and little room to work.
Despite the difficulties, Faustino knew that he had to move his family forward, and together with his wife they worked very hard. There was no rest--day and night were spent weaving. Times were hard, and the work had to be finished and finished well. Patience and concentration were and still are very important.
“We are a family that works based on the values of honesty, respect and responsibility as fundamental pillars of life and work. Little by little, we won more clients and with our first formal loan we were able to buy a larger property where we could work. We were able to buy a lot of material for alpaca wool fabrics and implement the pedal looms that we needed to work the larger pieces.
“I am proud to have managed to overcome the economic challenges. When the situation became difficult we knew how to face it, despite robberies and scams. We get up and keep working. The work and the loading of packages brought me some ills and a hernia that had to be operated upon. Shortly afterwards, doctors detected my diabetes, and it is a daily struggle to stay healthy in order to continue working on what I love most. But it inspires me to continue doing what I do until life no longer allows me.
“Thank God, our children have grown up and each one has formed his own family. Today, we support each other and continue to grow in the great family workshop that we have. Every effort has its reward, and we have received awards and decorations from our Huahuas people and from the Huancayo region. Their high officials have valued our work and our ancestral art.
“We provide training to all those who wish to know our art; from dyeing using natural plants to weaving on traditional looms.”
Original Artisan Story
Faustino Maldonado's artistry has been featured in Sunset magazine.
Faustino Maldonado was born in Hualhuas. Because his parents and grandparents were artisans, he learned at an early age to weave on rustic looms, to prepare the warp using the pushca, and spin on the rueca.
Since he first started weaving, Maldonado has mastered the art and has immensely improved the quality of his textiles. Maldonado's work is a representation of the art that has been passed down from generation to generation within his family. The family motto has been, "I will never let go of either my grandfather or grandson's hands, for what I have learned from the elders, I will teach to the young."
Based on this family philosophy, Maldonado and his relatives have been making large bedspreads in high relief without any stitching. They also proudly craft sheep wool and alpaca tapestries, purses, backpacks, cushions, and vests.
The Maldonado family's works have become increasingly popular.
36 Testimonials for Maldonado Family
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
I have now purchased four Maldonado ponchos. And the fourth will certainly not be the last. The quality of the alpaca is excellent, the weaving is flawless, and you can tell that someone put thought and care into its production. If you are on the market for a one-hundred percent alpaca poncho, brother let me tell you, THESE are the cadillac of the breed. Bless you Maldonado Family! I wish you many more years of success and health. I would love to come and visit. -D.H. Douglass
Granite Bay, Californix
I ordered both a poncho and a twin sized throw. They are absolutely beautiful - colors, softness and workmanship. The only thing that disappointed me was that my husband wanted my new poncho as soon as he saw it. Right now, I am sharing mine with him. He gets to wear it tonight. Sounds like I need to order a birthday present. Thank you very much, Mr Maldonado and family. You are gifted.
I ordered the Andean Desert poncho with hood from Lima, Peru and less than 48 hours later, it arrived in Vancouver, B.C. There is something very special about owning something that is hand made. Each of the three buttons are individually carved from gourds, discernible by the very slight differences in detail. The poncho itself is a work of art, with beautifully even weave on the inside and a slight felting to the outside. The poncho remains lightweight, however, the tight weave ensures the poncho is windproof, warm and comfortable..The stitching around the pockets looks durable enough to last for many, many years. I am absolutely delighted with my purchase and will have no hesitation in making further purchases from the Maldonado family or any of the fine artisans under the umbrella of Novica. My wife is itching to get her orders in as I write, as she was completely bowled over with my purchase.
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Fanciful FlightHandwoven Artisan Designed Alpaca Blend Tapestry
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Legal Marijuana Means Huge Drop In Washington Felony Convictions
By Austin Jenkins July 24, 2018
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The legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington state in 2012 resulted in a dramatic decrease in the number of people sentenced for marijuana-related felonies, according to an analysis conducted for public radio by the Washington State Caseload Forecast Council.
Between June 2008 and December 2009, the analysis showed, there were 1,312 offenses committed that resulted in felony sentences for the manufacture, delivery or possession with the intent to deliver marijuana.
By contrast, during an 18 month period following the opening of recreational marijuana stores in 2014, there were just 147 marijuana-related crimes that resulted in felony level sentences–a nearly 90 percent decrease.
“It’s really heartening,” said Alison Holcomb, the director of strategy for the ACLU of Washington who authored and sponsored Initiative 502 to legalize recreational marijuana. “These are strong signs that this was the right policy choice for Washington state voters to make and we’re really grateful that they had the courage to do it.”
I-502 created a regulated, state-licensed system for the sale of recreational marijuana modeled after alcohol regulation and sales. The initiative’s stated intent was to decriminalize the use of marijuana and free up law enforcement to focus on higher priority crimes.
“And I think this data reflects that that’s in fact what happened,” Holcomb said, while cautioning that more data is needed to draw long-term conclusions. “Law enforcement is realizing that it’s more important for them to be investigating different types of offenses that involve, for example, violence or property theft and destruction.”
Washington and Colorado were the first states to legalize pot in 2012. Since then, seven more states—including Oregon, California and Alaska—and the District of Columbia have made recreational marijuana legal. On July 1, Vermont became the first state to enact a marijuana legalization law passed by lawmakers instead of voters, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
However, federal law still prohibits the sale, possession and use of marijuana. In January 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote a letter to Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson outlining a long list of concerns he had with Washington’s legal marijuana system, including diversion to other states and youth access to pot.
Earlier this year, Sessions repealed an Obama-era policy of taking a hands-off approach to legal marijuana. That prompted a forceful rebuke from Inslee and Ferguson.
“Make no mistake: As we have told the Department of Justice ever since I-502 was passed in 2012, we will vigorously defend our state’s laws against undue federal infringement,” Inslee said in a statement at the time.
The sharp drop in felony-level marijuana sentences in Washington is not a surprise to Tom McBride, the executive director of the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys. In an email, McBride said a decline in prosecutions was “expected” and “desired” by the public.
He added that legalization had also made it more difficult to establish probable cause in delivery to minors or black market marijuana-related cases “because presence, odor, etc of marijuana can be legal or not.”
Steve Strachan, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, also said the reduction in prosecutions was to be expected. But he added that a de-emphasis on marijuana enforcement, in part because of the rise in heroin and fentanyl cases, was resulting in more black market marijuana grows with ties to organized crime.
“We need to direct more resources to the illicit [marijuana] grows that we are seeing across the state,” Strachan said in an email.
Of the 1,312 felony marijuana sentences that stemmed from offenses committed between June 2008 and December 2009, the vast majority, 1,217, were for first-time offenses, 76 were for subsequent offenses, 17 were for marijuana-related felonies in a school zone and two were for delivery or possession in a correctional facility.
By contrast, between December 2014 and June 2016, after marijuana stores opened, the number of marijuana crimes resulting in felony sentences for a first offense dropped to 145, there were no sentences for subsequent offenses or for selling marijuana in a school zone, and just one felony sentence related to marijuana in a correctional facility.
The Caseload Forecast Council, which helps the state plan for growth in entitlements, picked those particular date ranges to account for several factors including: the time lapse between the date of an offense and the date of the sentencing, and the length of time between when I-502 passed and the start of retail sales.
Data showing sentences for misdemeanor level marijuana crimes was not immediately available.
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9/26: Will Muschamp’s Monday press conference
By Adam Silverstein
Head coach Will Muschamp and a few players meet with the media each Monday to wrap-up the previous Saturday’s game and look ahead to the Florida Gators next opponent. Below are some of the most important notes and quotes from the availability.
OPENING STATEMENT AND PLAYER AWARDS
Muschamp began his portion of the press conference by commending Florida for a terrific team effort against Kentucky and recapping Saturday’s game.
“[It was the] first road win for us. A SEC victory is always important,” he said. “I felt like offensively when you rush the ball for 400 plus yards that’s always exciting. Two guys went over 100 yards in Jeff [Demps] and Chris [Rainey] but really blocked well up front, played very physical on the line of scrimmage. [We] had a 99-yard drive to be able to flip the field, come off the goal line, obviously the 84-yard run was huge by Jeff. It was well blocked. Our downfield blocking was outstanding in finishing some runs. That’s really what creates explosive runs for you. Defensively we affected the quarterback. We stopped the run. We were 82 percent on third down which is critical on getting off the field. We created four turnovers and had three fourth down stops, which we count as a turnover situation.”
He also handed out his weekly awards, which can be found below along with honors that one Florida player received from the Southeastern Conference:
Offensive Player of the Game: Senior running back Jeff Demps
Scrap Iron Award (best OL): Redshirt sophomore tackle Kyle Koehne
Big Play Award: Redshirt freshman tight end Gerald Christian (45-yard touchdown)
Extra Effort Award: Redshirt senior RB Chris Rainey (blocking)
Defensive Player of the Game: Junior linebacker Jon Bostic
Hard Hat Award: Junior safety Josh Evans
Ball Hawk Award: Sophomore S Matt Elam, redshirt freshman LB Michael Taylor, redshirt senior defensive tackle Jaye Howard, redshirt junior DT Omar Hunter, redshirt sophomore LB Jelani Jenkins
Special Teams Players of the Week: Freshman LB Chris Johnson (coverage)
Scout Team Players of the Week: James Wilson, Mike McNeely, Scott Peek
Howard was also named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week.
WEEKLY INJURY UPDATES
Redshirt junior cornerback Jeremy Brown (knee), who has yet to play in 2011, will be the only player out of action for Saturday’s game against Alabama. Redshirt sophomores TE Jordan Reed and wide receiver Andre Debose – both of whom traveled to Kentucky but did not suit up for the game – are healthy and able to return to the field.
Apparently injured on Saturday, redshirt sophomore right guard Jon Halapio is “good” and feeling better, according to Muschamp. Redshirt senior quarterback John Brantley also appeared to get dinged up but he said all he felt Monday was some soreness. “I feel good. I took a couple shots bu that happens in football,” he said.
ADVICE FOR ALABAMA DEFENDING DEMPS AND RAINEY
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Between Demps and Rainey alone, the Gators rushed for nearly 300 yards on Saturday. Asked how he would negate the speedsters if he was the opposition’s defensive coordinator, Muschamp offered his honest thoughts on the subject.
“I don’t have to, so that’s a good thing,” he joked. “I don’t think there’s one answer for that. That’s something that could take a long time to really talk about. Obviously you’ve got to gain the edges, but we do run the inside zone and some different things that are off-tackle and inside plays. It’s not like it’s only a perimeter run game. You got to get speed on the field.
“Do you match up in nickel or do you match up big people? It’s a little bit of a ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ so to speak as far as what you want to do defensively and what you want to try to take away. I don’t know all the answers to that. That’s not something I spend a lot of time worrying about as far as our preparation is concerned. You got to look at those two guys and understand they’re doing a lot of things well as far as running, blocking and catching the ball. When you’re talking in terms of defending them, something that has got to hang in your mind is that one missed tackle is pretty costly.”
DOWNFIELD BLOCKING CREATES EXPLOSIVE PLAYS
Rainey’s reverse-field 27-yard run that brought the ball down to Kentucky’s goal line was one of the highlights of the evening. Watching the tape on Sunday, Muschamp said he was glad Rainey’s a Gator and explained that his “great vision” is what “keeps plays alive.” That and the downfield blocking by the receivers and offensive linemen.
“We always talk in terms of our extra effort award on offense is generally some type of downfield blocking. It’s been going to a wideout or an offensive linemen and this week Chris. That’s something that we really talk about because generally explosive runs are created by some sort of downfield blocking on a secondary defender or a linebacker trying to finish a play,” he explained.
“Our players understand the importance of that and they understand the importance of explosive plays. How do those happen? Generally in the run game they happen because of some downfield blocking. They all complement each other very well as far as players are concerned in blocking for each other. It’s part of what we’re preaching as a football team. Be unselfish – don’t be a selfish player. In doing so, that shows a lot of unselfishness as far as our players are concerned.”
One player had a slightly different take on Rainey’s play. “It’s magic. That’s all you can say. I’ve seen him do crazier things than that [in practice],” Jenkins said.
MUSCHAMP’s ENERGY “GETS THE PEOPLE GOING”
Anyone who has watched Muschamp on the sideline this year (or in the past) has obviously noticed how emotional he can be at any given time. Discussing whether or not his players feed off that emotion, Muschamp was unsure but said it did not matter much. “I’m going to be who I am. If it’s working and it’s good than I think it’s good,” he said. “If it’s not then we’ll change and do something different. It’s about being who you are. The worst thing you can do in a leadership position is try to be somebody you’re not.”
Sophomore defensive end Sharrif Floyd somewhat agreed with Muschamp’s explanation, noting that every player is different. “A good group of us feed off of Coach Muschamp’s emotion. We love it. It gets us going. It wakes us up. It’s amazing to me, actually, watching him pour his emotions out on game day and throughout the week,” he said.
Agreeing with Floyd’s assessment is Jenkins, who believes Muschamp “has the ability to get his team really fired up about going out there and playing,” something that makes him “really enjoy going out there and playing full speed for him.”
» Muschamp was asked if his relationship with Saban is like a “master vs. padawan” thing, a reference about Star Wars. Confused by the reference, Muschamp quipped: “What’s a ‘padawan?’ Huh? I watched Star Wars one and after that I watched Empire Strikes Back. I ain’t see nothing after that. I don’t know what a padawan is. You didn’t call me a bad name, did you? I don’t speak French either.”
» Muschamp on Florida’s three offensive turnovers: “I credit Kentucky there before the half with the nice play on their defensive back. Well-thrown ball by Jeff [Driskel] caught by Frankie [Hammond] – it’s a tough one to hold on to. That was a nice play by Kentucky. The other one we got to have better ball security in the pocket and protection with Jeff. And then Mike [Gillislee] there he’s got to keep that ball high and tight.”
» Muschamp on if his emotional nature ever clashed with Saban: “We’re both intense guys.”
» Muschamp on how the team’s depth at linebacker is doing: “I think Mike [Taylor]’s done some nice things for us in his opportunities. Obviously he was very productive the other night. We’ve got to continue to play better behind that. Dee Finley, Graham Stewart and Chris Johnson [and Darrin Kitchens] have all been guys who have got some opportunities. All of those guys need to continue to progress in order to give us some quality snaps.”
» Muschamp on the recruiting implications of Florida-Alabama: “To me a young man who makes a decision to go to college is not based on one game. It’s going to be based on a body of work – academically, athletically, socially, support system…”
» Muschamp on if the atmosphere will be intense on Saturday: “I hope – I’m sure it’s going to be loud. We got the best fans in the country, so I know they’re going to be excited.”
» Muschamp on how Christian has done in place of Reed: “Very well. Caught the vertical route there down the middle. Very pleased with that. Thought he blocked well. He did a really nice job in the pass game, had a critical third-down conversion coming off their goal line when we were backed up there. I’m very, very pleased with Gerald’s production.”
» Muschamp on Christian temporarily switching positions in the spring: “Gerald’s very intelligent. He can handle a lot. We would not have asked a player to do that who maybe couldn’t have handled it. The bottom line is, the best thing for our football team was for him to play tight end. He plays a little bit of what we play the F – a move position when we’re in 12 personnel – and the on-the-line tight end. He plays two positions offensively and there […] are different assignments on different plays based on what he’s doing. He handles all that very well.”
» Muschamp on how getting Reed back helps the team: “Vertical passing game, he’s a guy that can stretch the field. He’s a guy that blocks well at the point of attack. He’s also a guy that you’ve got to account for in the passing game. He’s an accomplished receiver.”
» Floyd on the importance of the defensive line’s play on Saturday: “I feel like every game we come across it’s going to be defined [by] how we play up front. A lot of teams want to run on us, a lot of teams want to run, so we got to defend the run before we can defend the pass.”
» Easley on being a unique character on- and off-the-field: “I just try to have fun. That’s how I get in my zone, just dancing, that’s how I just have my fun.”
» Easley on what he does that is “wacky” and if Muschamp’s intensity allows him to “get away with” his antics: “To me? Nothing. A lot of people say the Chucky doll is ‘wacky.’ […] It’s not really me getting away with it. It’s just who I am. I’m just really different.”
Brantley on Muschamp putting less of an emphasis on rivalry games than Urban Meyer did: “There’s certain games that bring the intensity. They mean the same on the schedule – a win’s a win. Different games bring different intensities, but we try to be as intense from game one to game 10.”[/EXPAND]
Chris Johnson Chris Rainey Darrin Kitchens Dee Finley Frankie Hammond Gerald Christian Graham Stewart Jaye Howard Jeff Demps Jeff Driskel Jelani Jenkins John Brantley Jon Bostic Josh Evans Kyle Koehne Matt Elam Michael Taylor Mike Gillislee Omar Hunter SEC Sharrif Floyd Will Muschamp
8/16: Muschamp’s updates on players, scrimmage
8/11: Christian, Sturgis, Jenkins, Bostic speak
Florida Gators 2012 spring practice depth chart
SC Gator says:
I won’t link it of course, since Adam didn’t, but do yourselves a favor and go checkout the video of Muschamp answering the Jedi question. Rachel George over at Swamp Gas recorded it and has it posted to see.
Adam Silverstein says:
http://www.gatorvision.tv/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=801453&db_oem_id=6500
Go to around 12:00 and it should be within a few minutes forward of that.
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Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) that are formed by monoclonal antibodies along with linkers and chemotherapy drugs are having better tumor targeting action with less toxic side effects than the traditionally developed chemotherapy drugs. ADCs combine the unique targeting nature of monoclonal antibodies with the cytotoxic drugs that are having the ability to kill the cancer cells. These will allow differentiation between healthy and diseased tissues. Advancements made to couple monoclonal antibodies with cytotoxic drugs allow better control of drug pharmacokinetics, and thus, significantly improve drug delivery to target tissue. Now, Potent novel anti-cancer drugs can be used to target cancers by minimizing the exposure of healthy tissue.
The recent approval of four ADCs (Adcetris, Kadcyla, Mylotarg and Besponsa) in the global market and presence of a strong pipeline of such drugs are highlighting the potential for new therapeutic innovations in this industry. The global antibody drug conjugates industry has been growing rapidly over the recent years as the global sales of Adcetris and Kadcyla have been showing rapid growth after their approval. Due to the targeting and improved technology, ADCs are gaining a lot of attention from both small and large pharmaceutical companies. Currently, there found more than 50 ADCs in clinical trials, and it has been predicted that three to four ADCs will be commercialized in the area of refractory hodgkin lymphoma, glioblastoma, small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer during the forecast period. FDA has granted priority review for ADC from Immunopharma (Sacituzumab Govitecan), which if approved would be first ADC based biologics for the treatment of Metastatic Triple-negative Breast Cancer. It has been witnessed that the maximum number of clinical trials are being conducted for lymphoma.
The high cost of production, regulatory challenges, and lack of experienced manufacturers are slowing down the global ADCs market growth. Linking drug compounds to a careful target selection, the controlling and knowing of ADC off-target toxicities, a better insight on ADCs mechanism of action, and also the selection of clinical settings like patient selection, dosing regimen of the molecules that are going to bring the highest clinical benefit are the challenges that are going to add to the drug therapeutic index improvement. The major drivers for the global antibody drug conjugates market include increasing incidences of cancer types, efforts regarding patent protection, advances in drug linking technologies, and increasing demand to the antibody drug conjugates.
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On the basis of product: Adcertis, Kadcyla, and others.
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On the basis of end-user: Hospitals, specialized cancer centers, academic research institutes, biotechnology companies, biopharmaceutical companies, and others.
The global ADCs market consists of four regions, namely, America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. Americas are dominating the global ADCs market owing to the technological innovation, the contribution of nanotechnology for developing Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC), advancement in manufacturing processes. The European ADCs market stood as the second largest market. The Asia Pacific is known to be the emerging market in the global ADCs market.
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This is the webpage where you will be able to access important information to assist you in planning for your child's entry at Ormiston College in January 2020.
Below is a checklist of the mandatory forms for each year of entry.
Further information regarding entry into each year level is included in the sections which follow below the checklist under the following headings.
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Please scroll down the page to view the information for your child's year level.
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Prep to Year 3 Entry, have you:
Booked a Uniform Shop Appointment here.
Completed your Medical Form and returned to the College Registrar
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Completed your Junior School Co-curricular Involvement Form and returned to the College Registrar
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1. Booked a Uniform Shop Appointment - For your convenience and to avoid excessive wait times, a uniform fitting appointment is required for new students. You can make an appointment on our website. If you have any questions regarding uniforms or appointment times, please contact our Uniform Shop Convenor, Trudi Styger at uniformshop@ormistoncollege.com.au
Ormiston College Uniform Price List
Blazers must not be worn in the Junior School.
Boys’ hair must be a traditional College cut. Under-cuts, gel or wax are not permitted.
Girls’ hair below shoulder length must be in one plait down the back, secured with black elastic and finished with maroon ribbon or scrunchie. Coloured bands are not permitted.
Hair must remain its natural colour with no streaks or foils at any time.
2. Completed your Medical Form and returned to the College Registrar
Prep 2020 Stationery
Stationery for students entering Prep is to be purchased through MK Educational Supplies. To ensure timely delivery, please place your order by Tuesday 14 January. Your order will be delivered directly to your child/children's classroom. Please note that this stationery is not required to be named or wrapped.
Ormiston College Ordering Process for Stationery
Prep 2020 Information Evening
An Information Evening for all Parents of students commencing in Prep 2020 will be held on Thursday 23 January 2020. Further information will be communicated to you in the lead-up to this date.
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On the first day of school (Wednesday 29 January) students should arrive sometime between 8am and 9am. You are welcome to stay and settle your child but we ask that you leave at 9am. You are then invited to join our Parents and Friends (P&F) Association morning tea which is held on the first day of each term in the Hall of Fame.
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An OSHC and Vacation Care Program is offered for Ormiston College students. Students commencing at Ormiston College in Prep in 2020 may attend Vacation Care.
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Ormiston College encourages all students to acquire a lifelong love of music. Specialist music teachers inspire and equip students to become the best musicians they can be.
In doing this, music becomes a highly valued component of their lives both at school and beyond the classroom and as a consequence of this, students develop skills in the areas of socialisation, self-expression and creativity, critical and subjective thinking, concentration and self-discipline. We believe the pursuit of excellence in music to be an essential part of a holistic and integrated education for all students.
Music Tuition Program
Ormiston College provides a comprehensive and expansive Music Tuition Program. The College’s Music Tuition Program has long had a reputation for producing outstanding results and engaging students as lifelong musicians.
For more information regarding Music offerings at Ormiston College please view the Music Brochure below.
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Drama at Ormiston College
Private or group co-curricular drama is offered to interested students. The drama students have the opportunity to enter eisteddfods and participate in accredited drama examinations. Various productions and presentations are also held throughout the year.
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The Ormiston College Swim Academy is where our students, parents, staff and members of the public come together to enjoy swimming in an inclusive, positive and friendly environment. Everyone is welcome, from OC students and their families to members of the general public!
View the Swim Academy webpage here.
Tennis at Ormiston College
Synergy Tennis offers a Tennis Program at Ormiston College to create a pathway from Prep to Year 12. This Private Coaching Program provides a link for students who wish to improve their individual skills throughout the year, complementing the team coaching provided at TAS and Junior TAS levels.
Ormiston College Tennis Program Information
Ormiston College Tennis Program Enrolment Form
Ormiston College Tumble Bees Gymnastics Program
External specialist gymnastics coaches from Industrie One Australia coordinate the Tumble Bees Gymnastics Club at Ormiston College. The Mini Gym program for children in Pre-Prep, Prep and Year 1 focuses on the development of coordination and confidence. Children are introduced to the basics of gymnastics (jumping, landing, rolling, spacial awareness) in a fun and encouraging environment.
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Booked a Uniform Shop Appointment - For your convenience and to avoid excessive wait times, a uniform fitting appointment is required for new students. You can make an appointment on our website. If you have any questions regarding uniforms or appointment times, please contact our Uniform Shop Convenor, Trudi Styger at uniformshop@ormistoncollege.com.au
Years 1 and 2 2020 Stationery Lists
Stationery for students entering Year 1 and Year 2 is to be purchased through MK Educational Supplies. To ensure timely delivery, please place your order by Tuesday 14 January. Your order will be delivered directly to your child/children's classroom. Please note that this stationery is not required to be named or wrapped.
Year 3 2020 Stationery List
For your convenience, the college sources stationery packs through https://mkeducationalsupplies.com.au/. To ensure timely delivery, please place your order by Tuesday 14 January.
If you prefer to purchase your child/children's stationery items elsewhere, please ensure that you purchase all items listed. Please note that all stationery items should be named.
An Orientation for new students entering Year 1 to Year 6 in 2020 will be conducted on Tuesday 28 January. Further information will be forwarded to you in December.
Parent Information Evenings will be held in Term 1 2020. This is a great opportunity to meet your child's teacher and receive an overview of the program, procedures and expectations. Ample time will be available for questions and answers. Further details regarding these evenings will be provided closer to the time.
An OSHC and Vacation Care Program is offered for Ormiston College students. New students commencing at Ormiston College in 2020 may attend Vacation Care.
Year 3 Sing and String Program
This special program allows all Year 3 students to learn a string instrument as part of their academic Music studies at the College. Tuition is offered on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello and double bass. Students attend a one-hour Sing and String session each week in their regular class Music time.
Year 3 Sing and String Program Information and Fees
Sport at Ormiston College
Sport plays an integral part in the well-rounded education offered by Ormiston College.
Central to the program is our commitment to TAS (The Associated Schools), an independent schools’ sporting association which offers seasons of Saturday fixtures as well as swimming, cross country and athletics carnivals. Complementing the TAS competition is the opportunity to participate in the regional selection process which allows our elite athletes to ultimately compete at State and National level.
All students have the opportunity to represent their House in a range of interhouse sporting events which culminate in a Champion House Cup. We offer outstanding sporting opportunities for students, including excellent coaching programs and state-of-the art facilities. Most importantly, our sporting program boasts an exciting tradition of excellence with premierships recorded every season.
Ormiston College Sports Brochure
Ormiston College Tumble Bees Gymnastics Program and Sport Aerobics Program
External specialist gymnastics coaches from Industrie One Australia coordinate the Tumble Bees Gymnastics Club at Ormiston College. The Gym Fun program is taylored to suit children in primary school. It begins to focus on the use of apparatus and the development of more identifiable gymnastics elements (ie: handstands, rolls, cartwheels).
Booked a Uniform Shop Appointment - For your convenience and to avoid excessive wait times, a uniform fitting appointment is required for new students. You can make an appointment on our website. If you have any questions regarding uniforms or appointment times, please contact our Uniform Shop Convenor, Trudi Styger at uniformshop@ormistoncollege.com.au.
Completed your Junior School Co-curricular Involvement Form
Year 4, 5 and 6 2020 Stationery Lists
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Year 5 Information Booklet
Year 4 to 6 Co-curricular Program
In the aim to develop the full potential of students, Ormiston College provides an extensive co-curricular program. It is an expectation of the College that students from Year 4 and onward will participate in at least two co-curricular activities each year.
Students who are involved in programs outside of the College are expected to prioritise their commitment to College programs. Please complete and return the below Junior School Co-curricular Involvement Form to the College Registrar.
Junior School Co-curricular Involvement Form
Please click here to view further information regarding the Year 5 Beginner Band Program.
All students in Years 7 to 12 wear Blazers in Terms 2 and 3 only.
Completed your Medical Form and returned to the College Registrar.
Completed your Secondary School Co-curricular Sign-On . In the aim to develop the full potential of students, Ormiston College provides an extensive co-curricular program. It is an expectation of the College that students will participate in at least two co-curricular activities each year. Students who are involved in programs outside of the College are expected to prioritise their commitment to College programs.
Completed your Laptop Agreement Form and returned to the College Registrar. The College has a one to one Laptop Program for all students in Year 7 to Year 12.
Completed your Textbook and Resources Hire Scheme Agreement and returned to the College Registrar.
Year 7 to Year 12 Stationery Lists
Ormiston College Ordering Process for Stationery and Textbook Collection
A textbook and resource hire scheme operates for all Secondary School students. The current cost of the textbook and resource hire scheme for Senior School students is $62 per term. This amount may increase slightly in 2020. A deposit on textbooks of $200 will be charged to your first fees account next year. The deposit, less any incurred charges for non-return or damaged resources, will be refunded at the completion of schooling at Ormiston College.
All Secondary School Textbooks must be collected from Rooms 4 and 5 in the Secondary School during the times listed below:
Wednesday 22 January, 8am to 2pm
Thursday 23 January, 11am to 7pm
Friday 24 January, 8am to 11am
Textbook and Resources Hire Scheme Agreement - Please complete and return to the College Registrar
Ormiston College Sport Aerobics Program
The Ormiston College Sport Aerobics Competition Program is run by specialist external sport aerobics coaches from Industrie One Australia. Sport Aerobics is a high paced, energetic combination of choreography, strength, flexibility and fitness. It combines the specific elements of aerobics, the flexibility, strength and agility of gymnastics and the showmanship, choreography and creativity of dance.
Ormiston College Sport Aerobics Enrolment Information 2020
Ormiston College Sport Aerobics Enrolment Form 2020
Curriculum Information Booklets
Year 7 (2020) Information Booklet
Year 9 (2020) Curriculum Electives Information Booklet
Senior Studies (2020 - 2022) Subject Selection Handbook
Important Information for students entering Year 7 in 2020
Transition into the Middle School
Our aim is to assist your child to settle into the Middle School quickly and happily so that he or she may concentrate on learning effectively. Part of this includes the Making Connections Day, a Parent Information Evening and Orientation Day.
Making Connections Day
Part of this transition program includes the Year 7 Making Connections Day which will be held on Wednesday 27 November 2019 commencing in the Somerset Sports Centre.
This day provides an opportunity for students to take part in some fun activities aimed at providing an opportunity for them to make connectionswith our current Year 6 Ormiston College students. Students will also have the opportunity to form positive relationships with key Year 7 staff members including our Year 7 Coordinator, and the 2020 Year 11 Student Mentors.
Orientation Day will be held for students and their parents on Tuesday 28 January 2020. It is compulsory for Year 7 students to attend this day. Please note that students are not permitted to purchase uniforms on Orientation Day.
Further information regarding the Year 7 Orientation Program will be emailed to families in due course.
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The Quest National Competition
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To win one challenge in a major state competition is excellent, but to win two out of three and be informed that no other team has ever accomplished such, is extremely encouraging; especially when the final national challenge is only a matter of days away.
Farewell Class of 2019
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On Friday 15 November, the Ormiston College community bid farewell to this year's Year 12 cohort at a whole school assembly which was followed by a Graduation and Valedictory ceremony.
A new tradition for the College
On Friday 1 November, Ormiston College held the inaugural Generations’ Breakfast, an occasion that is to become a biennial tradition for the school.
GALA 2019: Lost in Space
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An out-of-this-world music Gala was presented on Friday 18 October, in the Somerset Sports Centre.
Kindness ROCKS!
Throughout the entire year, Ormiston College students are given many opportunities in which to demonstrate their genuine care and consideration for others. From as early as Prep, through to Year 12, students are taught to look out for their friends and to assist in any way they can, should they feel there is an upset or a challenge.
The Chop 2019
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Ormiston College is extremely proud of 23, Year 12 girls who took part in The Chop 2019 on Tuesday 15 October. The girls individually consented to have 20cm of their hair chopped to donated to Children with Hair Loss.
Further recognition for Ormiston College staff
It has been a proud and gratifying year for the College with continuing awards bestowed upon the school and more importantly upon several members of College staff.
OCPreneur Challenge 2019
Over 50 Year 6 students rose to the 2019 OCPreneur challenge and pitched their business ideas to a panel of experts including Entrepreneur Mr Steve Baxter, Headmaster Mr Webster, Business Manager Mrs Johal and Secondary School Subject Coordinator - Business Mr Molyneux.
Excellence in Educational Leadership Award
On 27 August, the Queensland Branch of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL), held their Annual Award Ceremony. Ormiston College congratulates Mrs Lee Catterall, Deputy Head of College, on receiving the Excellence in Educational Leadership Award.
Christmas in July Trivia Night
Everywhere you looked there were happy groups of people dressed in red or green, silver and gold tinsel or other Christmas attire, all decorating their tables.
Singing for Your Supper
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On Friday 14 June, the Ormiston College Music Department hosted the annual ‘Singing for Your Supper’ evening, which showcased the College Choirs from Prep to Year 12.
Hearts & Hands visit the Redland Hospital
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On Tuesday 11 June, our Year 11 Hearts & Hands crew members visited the Redland Hospital to donate knitted blankets and octopuses, made by parents, grandparents and staff members of the OC community.
The Connected Generation Parent Workshop
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This week, over 100 parents joined us for The Connected Generation Workshop. Special guest presenter and parent, Richard Booth delivered two sessions on the latest social apps, being a good digital citizen and some practical take-home tips aimed at protecting our children while online.
Students from Prep to Year 2 took part in National Simultaneous Storytime in the CLI, joining children Australia-wide in taking time out of their day to read 'Alpacas with Maracas'.
Rave Reviews for Mary Poppins
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Congratulations to the students, volunteers and staff who delivered a ‘practically perfect’ musical for Ormiston College. The community response has been phenomenal.
The Official Opening of the CLI
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On Tuesday 30 April, special guests, staff, students and parents gathered to share the experience of yet another milestone for Ormiston College as the new Centre for Learning and Innovation was officially opened by His Excellency, the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland.
2019 ANZAC Day Commemoration Service – Lest We Forget
Ormiston College staff and students, plus special guests, Mr Paul Oates from the Cleveland RSL Branch and Redlands Councillor Tracey Huges, attended a special ANZAC Day commemoration service on Wednesday 24 April.
Ormiston College Student named for Queensland Youth Parliament
Year 11 student Lauren Sullivan has been named in this year's cohort to represent the Redlands at Queensland Youth Parliament.
P&F Association 2019 Executive Committee Announced
The P&F Association 2019 Executive Committee was announced at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 27 March.
Parent Workshop - Engaging Students in the Writing Process
On Tuesday 26 March we held an “Engaging Students in the Writing Process” workshop for our parents in Prep to Year 9. Our main aim for this workshop was to equip our parents with an understanding of how we approach writing in the classroom. By sharing the language and techniques we use, we hope to open a powerful dialogue between home and school that encourages our families be on the lookout for texts that inspire the imagination, provoke passion through persuasion and entice the senses.
Back to Where it all Began - POPS and Past Staff College Tour
On Tuesday 19 March a group of Parents of Past Students and Past Staff attended our first-ever tour of the College that was specifically arranged for members of POPS and PS.
National Day of Action against Bullying
The National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (NDA) is an opportunity for the whole school community to 'take a stand together' against bullying.
Chaplaincy Pancake Breakfast
Students from all over the campus came together this morning to enjoy a free pancake outside the Chapel to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and Chaplaincy at OC.
Centre for Learning and Innovation News Update
Our new Centre for Learning and Innovation opened to the school community at the beginning of the year. It has been wonderful seeing our students, parents and staff begin to embrace the facility for learning activities, events and social gatherings. It has certainly become the hub of the school community! With so much happening, we will be providing regular updates to showcase the spaces, learning activities and the numerous events occurring in the building. In each update we will include a spotlight learning area to highlight how this space supports teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
Creating a Culture of Reading in your Home
We recently held the Creating a Culture of Reading Volunteer Workshop in the CLI and are happy to welcome a number of new parents to the volunteer program this year. This event always reminds me of the importance of involving our parents in their children’s learning and especially, in ways that they can encourage a love of reading at home.
Coles Sports for Schools
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During last year's “Coles Sports for School” promotion, our College families collected thousands of tickets which the P&F pooled together.
The 2019 Social Justice Project
This year the Social Justice Committee are focusing support for the Redlands Community Centre program ‘Homeless United’. The support gained from Ormiston College will go towards making a positive difference to the homeless youth in Redlands.
Mary Poppins Launches in Style!
Sunday 10 February saw the launch of our 2019 Ormiston College Musical – the iconic Mary Poppins. Joining the cast for the first hour of rehearsals, were our dedicated parents, all keen to hear how the creative vision for the show will be realised. Thank you to Mrs Lee Catterall – Deputy Head of College for officially launching our Season.
Student leaders for 2019 presented
On Friday 8 February, staff and all students from Year 1 to Year 12 made their way across campus to gather in the Somerset Sports Centre for the very first whole school assembly for 2019, celebrating the Prefects’ Investiture and Presentation of the Year 6 Student Leaders.
Ormiston College 2019 Musical Cast Announcement
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Every two years a burgeoning wave of excitement starts to flow around campus. When that happens, you know that it is a College Musical year!
POPS Mums enjoy a coffee at Cleveland Harbour
A quote that is very relevant to POPS is … … "Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side-by-side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that." Ally Condie.
Welcome new OC Staff
It is wonderful to have some new additions joining the Ormiston College teaching team this year.
Thank You From Hearts & Hands
Term 4 has been very busy for Hearts & Hands students and volunteers.
P&F Community Award - Congratulations Judy Mathes-Doy
Congratulations to Judy Mathes-Doy on receiving this semester’s P&F Community Award. Judy is a grandmother of two students at Ormiston College (Jamal, Year 8 and Leyla, Year 6), and has been volunteering on a weekly basis in the Uniform Shop for almost two years.
Members of the Ormiston College community came together last Saturday night for our 30th Anniversary Cocktail party.
Happy Birthday OC!
Happy Birthday OC! Each year, Ormiston College celebrates 22 October as its Foundation Day.
Run4Fun Colour Explosion!
The Junior Support Group held the first ever Run4Fun Colour Explosion last Friday 12 October. We were grateful that the rain held off, enabling 400 students to enjoy a fabulous afternoon.
Chess Invitational
On Tuesday 18 September,128 students from 14 different schools competed in three hours of fast, furious and fantastic chess at Ormiston College’s biennial chess competition.
Students chopping their hair for charity
This semester, 16 girls from Year 12 will be cutting and donating more than 20cm of their hair, all for two very worthy causes.
Australia's Best School - Use of Technology
Ormiston College is proud to be the national winner of the 2018 Australian Education Award for Best Use of Technology.
Aerobics Success
Our Aerobics teams had a successful day at the FISAF (Federation of International Sport Aerobics & Fitness) Schools Stream National Championships which were held at the Sleeman Sports Complex on Saturday 11th August.
OC Alumni Fundraise for Mater Chicks in Pink
OC Alumni Conor Grimes, Michaela Mulder and Dylan Pearse (Class of 2015), and Declan Grimes (Class of 2013), have been busy fundraising for Mater Chicks in Pink.
Big News for OC Chess
The Ormiston College Chess Club is able to boast about two major events within the club this term.
Schools Tree Day
The Environment Committee took part in the Schools Tree Day on Friday 27 July with 40 new native plants finding a home in the reserve behind the Early Learning Centre.
Cicada Awards Winners
On Friday 20 July, six Ormiston College students attended the screening of the 2018 Cicada Awards.
Visit from the Connect2Group
Representatives from the Connect2Group attended Headmaster’s Assembly on Friday to provide students with more information about its function and to thank them for the ongoing support of their organisation and its activities.
Ormiston College, Australian Education Award Finalists
Every new acknowledgement of the wonderful work we do here at Ormiston College confirms for us that we are continuing to do a superb job when it comes to providing our students with the very best education that a school can offer.
Maths Team Challenge Success
The College community proudly welcomed home this year’s Maths Team Challenge students who competed in the annual competition at Moreton Bay College this week.
Language Perfect World Championships Achievements
Last month, 2500 schools from around the world, including Ormiston College, took part in the Language Perfect World Championships.
Morning Tea with Mr Webster
Once again this year, new students made the trek to the College boardroom for morning tea with the Headmaster.
OC Carnival Fun
The OC P&F Carnival on Saturday was a huge success and a truly wonderful celebration for the community.
Twilight Jazz On The Green
On Friday 18 May, the Ormiston College Music Department hosted its inaugural Twilight Jazz On The Green.
Pink Cupcakes For Pink Day
A pink cupcake was the food of choice at last weekend’s TAS games when OC Rugby held their annual Pink Day.
A Visit From Shayna Jack
Commonwealth Games gold medallist and OC Alumni, Shayna Jack, was our special guest at Headmaster’s Assembly last Friday. Shayna was interviewed by our Dean of Activities, Jack Pincott, in front of the Secondary School audience.
Delvene Cockatoo-Collins Visits OC
Ormiston College was honoured to host Delvene Cockatoo-Collins as our Artist In Residence on the 2 May. An emerging artist from Stradbroke Island, Delvene has an impressive folio of work nationally and internationally, with an exhibition currently held at Redland Art Gallery.
Exceptional Service By An Exceptional Young Man
Prefect, Oliver Breadmore, has demonstrated what it means to be a leader not only in our community but much further afield.
Microsoft EduMeet Conference
Ormiston College continues to lead the way through its continual introduction of innovative pedagogy.
Kanagawa Gakuen Student Visit
On Saturday 3 March, Ormiston College welcomed twenty Japanese students and two teachers from our Sister City School, Kanagawa Gakuen in Yokohama, Japan.
On Sunday 4 March, students of Ormiston College were exclusively invited to participate in Clean-Up Australia Day alongside the Marine Research and Rescue Team at Sea World.
Students 'Give it up for BABI'
Commencing in Week 2, the Social Justice Committee will begin project 'Give it up for BABI' to help support and fundraise for a BABI Youth Centre to be refurbished.
All the glamour and glitter of Hollywood
One has to admit Ormiston College does nothing by halves. The 2017 POPS and OC Alumni ‘Hollywood Glam’ Trivia Night certainly created a sparkle.
Cooking up a feast
Recently, some of our Hearts & Hands team cooked up a feast as they stayed back after school to prepare meals for those in need.
OC students bring home champion school trophy!
The mighty mathletes returned to the competition in 2017 to defend their trophies and are thrilled to have claimed the Year 11/12 Senior, the Year 7/8 Junior and Year 9/10 Intermediate Divisions, as well as the Overall Champion School.
Students exhibit their creations
Tuesday 16 May saw the opening of a combined Year 6 and Year 7 gallery exhibit displaying work from Term 1.
BRING IT ON WE DID!
Since late last year when BRING IT ON – THE MUSICAL was announced as the chosen production for 2017 the College has been abuzz with excitement. In true Ormiston College spirit, it didn’t take long before students, staff and parents put up their hands to become part of this OC arts highpoint.
Social Justice Committee helps local not-for-profit community organisation BABI
This year, the Ormiston College Social Justice Committee have decided to shine the spotlight on disadvantaged youth in our local community.
Leading the way through 2017
In the early weeks of each school year we pause to recognise many Junior and Secondary School students who take on various leadership roles. Without doubt a highlight within this period is the investiture of our College Captains, Prefects and Junior School Year 6 Leaders.
The Student Support Services team look forward to supporting your child in reaching their full potential – emotionally, socially, and academically, alongside the amazing team of educators at Ormiston College.
Returning to School
Returning to school after the holidays can be a stressful time for both children and parents. It is normal for nearly all children (and adults!) to experience some back-to-school nerves that should reduce over a couple of weeks.
OC staff fuzz-up for Movember
A number of Ormiston College staff are taking part in 'Movember' this month and have been growing some fuzz on the top lip in an effort to raise awareness and money for men's health.
Ormiston College students remember those who have fallen
On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, a minutes’ silence is observed and dedicated to those soldiers who died fighting to protect the nation.
Supporting McHappy Day at McDonalds Cleveland
Ormiston College once again supported this worthy cause with 32 students and 11 staff helping to raise money at McDonalds Cleveland.
Connections – a vibrant showcase of student art
What a night!! With over 1,000 artworks from Visual Art students across the College the 2016 Art Show was a memorable event. Guests enjoyed walking through the ‘Connections’ installation and adding their own connections.
School Community’s Eat Street
On Wednesday 19 October, the School Community’s Eat Street event was held in the Secondary School as part of the College’s 28th birthday celebrations.
Year 9 Art Exhibit 'Exploring the Human Figure'
On Friday 14 October, the Year 9 students welcomed parents, teachers and peers to view their exhibit ‘Exploring the Human Figure’ in the Shared Space Art Gallery.
OC students cook up a storm with their hearts and hands!
On Saturday 8 October Hearts and Hands had its inaugural cook up, beginning the Food Bank initiative.
Ormiston College lends hearts and hands
The first Heats & Hands initiative commences this week with a ‘cook-up’ on Saturday 8 October.
Ormiston College bi-annual Chess Invitational Tournament
OC students take out the Beginners School Trophy with skill and dominance across the board
Redland City Mayoral Prayer Breakfast
A number of College staff and Year 12 School Leaders attended the Redland City Mayoral Prayer Breakfast on 26 August at the Redlands Sporting Club.
Students celebrate Queensland Debating Union achievements
Late in August the Queensland Debating Union (QDU) Secondary Schools Competition drew to a close for Year 8 to Year 12 teams. It was an exciting 2016 debating season with exceptional achievements all round. Three of our teams, Year 8, Year 9 and Year 11 progressed through to the final rounds, with our Year 10 being defeated in the last 16, just prior to the quarter finals.
MOCCHA Club creates another extravaganza
There has been no rest since OC’s volunteer craft group finished the Carnival’s OC House of Horrors. The ladies have been busily working this term on the sets and costumes for the upcoming Junior Drama Production - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Students plant 40 native shrubs to celebrate Schools Tree Day
Poppies knitted by hundreds of volunteers displayed at Pozieres, a small village in Northern France
The poppies knitted by the Ormiston College community were proudly presented to the Mayor of Pozieres, Mr Bernard Delattre.
Welcome German Exchange Students!
While the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying Summer holidays, 3 German students are spending a large part of July and August (18/07/16-23/08/16) as exchange students at Ormiston College.
Greece Tour 2016: Hype Equals Reality
Those who had gone before told us it was the trip of their life! They told us it was an amazing experience! They told us it was not to be missed! So it was that 24 Year 11 and 12 Humanities students who signed up to see if the hype matched reality. Greece Tour 2016!
2016 Bayside District Readers Cup
On Thursday 9 June, Ormiston College hosted the Bayside District Readers Cup competition in the CLI.
Visual Arts Hive of Creativity
To celebrate International Arts Education Week a magnificent ‘Chill Out Hive’ was created on the Northern Courtyard lawn.
Ormiston students embrace the arts
International Arts Education Week is to stimulate local and global awareness of the important part ‘the arts’ play in our everyday lives.
Success at the Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition
The Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Competition is an international competition, administered by the Australian Mathematics Trust to promote logical and algorithmic thinking, which are two fundamental skills required in the study of Informatics.
Students and staff pay their respect to the Anzacs
The entire student population from Prep through to Year 12 attended a special ANZAC Day commemoration service on Friday, 22 April,
Ormiston College staff leading the way …
Over the past two decades College graduates have built up a strong reputation for academic excellence but in the past few years it has been staff members that have placed the name Ormiston College on the map.
A permanent remembrance of Community Service Abroad to India
As a permanent remembrance of or Community Service Abroad to India in December 2015, we have now purchased a mandala – a symbolic Indian religious symbol representing the universe.
Next generation of education leaders
The Educator magazine is part of an international group of publications dedicated to professionals in various fields. Their latest edition featured a list entitled ‘Rising Stars 2016’, in recognition of the industry’s best and brightest talent under the age of 40.
Students show Compassion and Service through Reading
This year, 30 Ormiston College students have signed up to become a reading ‘buddy’ by helping a student who is struggling to improve their reading skills.
Prefects’ Breakfast – Celebrating 21 Years of Leadership
Close to 100 people arrived at the Hall of Fame on Friday, 19 February, to attend the 10th Biennial Prefects’ Breakfast.
OC students providing community service abroad
Senior School students travel to India to help refurbish pre-schools.
Ormiston College staff receive worldwide leadership status
Ormiston College the only Microsoft Showcase School in Australia to have four Innovation Educator Experts.
Middle School students give back to the community
On Wednesday 11 November, Ormiston College presented two huge boxes of donations to Chris Brown from the iSee Church.
Ormiston College students raise money for the Mater Foundation
The College Social Justice Committee, led by Prefects India Hedger and Michaela Mulder, set a goal at the beginning of the year to raise $8,000 for the purchase of a Chemotherapy Infusion Chair, for the new Oncology Unit to be started at Redlands Mater Hospital.
Families volunteer over ten thousand hours to commemorate our lost Australians
At Ormiston College on Wednesday, 11 November, the entire staff and student body, plus parents and friends, attended a special Remembrance Day commemoration, with guest speaker, Barry Gracey, President of the Pozières Remembrance Association.
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An Fengshan, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party are resisting the peaceful reunification trend and seeking "Taiwan independence".
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Taiwan leader Tsai unveiled a set of measures aimed at countering the "one country, two systems" put forward by the mainland in a meeting on Monday.
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Canon PowerShot S120 Review
October 8, 2013 | Mark Goldstein |
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The Canon PowerShot S120 is a pocket-sized camera that offers a lot of professional features. Aimed at the serious photographer looking for a capable compact, the Canon S120 features a high-sensitivity 12.1 megapixel 1/1.7-type CMOS sensor, 5x zoom lens with a focal range of 24-120mm and fast maximum aperture of f/1,8, new DIGIC 6 processor, fast auto-focusing of 0.1 seconds, and a 3-inch touchscreen LCD display with an improved resolution of 922K dots. The S120 also offers a maximum ISO of 12,800 at full resolution, built-in wi-fi connectivity, GPS functionality via pairing with a smartphone, 1080p movie recording at 60fps, full range of manual shooting modes, RAW format support and faster 12.1fps burst shooting. Also present are the innovative lens Control Ring, which enables users to adjust the settings of various functions by twisting the selector at the base of the lens barrel to the left or right, a built-in Neutral Density Filter, a 4-stop optical Intelligent Image Stabilizer with five-axis Enhanced Dynamic IS mode during movie recording, two new Creative Filters and improved HDR mode capabilities. Available in black or silver, the Canon Powershot S120 officially retails for £449.99 / €529.99 / $449.99.
The Canon PowerShot S120 is outwardly almost identicalto the S110 model that it succeeds, so a lot of the comments that we made in that review apply equally to the S120. It's an understated yet handsome camera that looks a lot simpler than its extensive feature list might suggest. It feels solid at a body-only weight of 217g and measures 100.2 x 59.0 x 29.0 mm, so ever so slightly bigger and heavier than its S110 predecessor, slipping readily into a trouser pocket or handbag. The S120 is completely covered in a tactile coating which helps to improve handling, although there's no useful hand-grip on the front, just a rubberised thumb-rest on the rear.
The Canon PowerShot S120 maintains the same 12 megapixel count as its predecssor and the same CMOS sensor type. It does have a slightly faster 5x zoom lens then the S110, offering f/1.8 at the 24mm wide-angle setting and f/5.7 at 120mm telephoto, which translates into an additional third stop of light. The new f/1.8 maximum aperture allows for faster shutter speeds and shallower depth of field, although note that it's only f/1.8 at full wide-angle. The optically stabilized 5x zoom provides a four stop advantage and works for both still images and movies, and there's no less than six different modes of stabilisation that are automatically detected and applied by the camera, including a special five-axis Enhanced Dynamic IS mode for video.
There's a new 3-inch, 922-dot resolution LCD touchscreen on the back, an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) port for easy hookup to a HDTV set, plus the new Digic 6 processor and exposure adjusting iContrast function which is now a standard feature across the Canon family. More surprisingly for a compact with a width not a great deal broader than your credit card, both RAW and JPEG capture are also offered.
Perhaps more predictably, point-and-shoot user friendliness on the Canon PowerShot S120 comes in the form of the fully automatic face detection, motion detection and Smart Auto scene detection technologies regularly found on Canon's snapshot compacts. There's also full 1080p movies at 1920x10800 pixels resolution available at 60/30fps complete with stereo sound, with full use of the optical zoom and thankfully continuous auto-focusing too, plus super slow-motion options (640x480 pixels at 120fps or 320x 240 pixels at 240fps) and a new Star Time-Lapse Movie mode for recording star trails.
Pared down to the essentials, which includes a quick start guide in the box and full manual on provided CD only, there's nothing initially about the Canon PowerShot S120 that feels extraneous or gimmicky. The most prominent feature of the S120's clean and rather serious looking faceplate is firstly the lens itself, and secondly the lens control ring that encircles it and turns with a series of satisfyingly audible clicks. Functions are attributed to a twist of the ring in conjunction with a press of the Ring Function button on camera's rear, with 8 available presets and a Custom option too.
In this way, to take one example, users can elect to adjust focus manually, a distance slider appearing on the right hand side of the LCD screen and the central portion of the image enlarged as a further aid to accuracy. Other options for the ring function include changing the aperture, selecting the ISO speed, tweaking of exposure (+/- 2EV), manual adjustment of white balance, as a stepped zoom providing the equivalent of 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm and 120mm steps, changing the i-Contrast, or choosing one of the aspect ratios.
Apart from the enticingly tactile draw of the lens ring, the front plate of the Canon PowerShot S120 only houses an AF assist/self timer lamp window top left of the lens. The clever flash is housed within the top plate so that when it's raised it is at least a centimeter away from the lens in a cursory attempt to avoid the blight of red eye. There's also a very welcome dedicated button on the side of the camera for activating the pop up flash, rather than being done automatically via selection of the settings offered via the rear command pad/scroll wheel, as on the S110.
Moving to the top plate, we find at its foremost edge a shutter release button, encircled by a zoom rocker switch with front lip that has been squared off to fall into line with the width of the body and avoid distracting from the clean lines. There's just enough of it to achieve purchase with a fingertip, the lens traveling steadily and surely from maximum wide-angle setting to extreme telephoto in just under three seconds sound-tracked by a low operational whirr.
Also set into the Canon PowerShot S120's top plate is a tiny round on/off button, which proved annoyingly small in use. Press this with a fingernail and the S120 powers up for action in just under a second, rear LCD bursting into life soundtracked by a musical 'sting' and the lens barrel extending from its stacked hiding place within the camera's innards to its maximum wide angle setting.
Completing the top of the S120 is the Wi-Fi logo and tiny holes for the stereo sound and microphone. The wi-fi capabilities allow you to share images during playback via the Wireless button on the rear navigation pad. Simply enter a nickname for the camera and five more icons then appear, connecting the S120 to another camera, a smartphone, a computer, a printer and the internet respectively. Setup is relatively straight-forward for each scenario, although you'll need a basic understanding of the protocols involved. Note that you need to install the dedicated and free Canon CameraWindow app to connect the S120 to the world's most popular smartphone, or the Apple iPad, iPad 2 and fourth-generation iPod Touch), or an Android device.
The S120's wi-fi functionality is also employed to tag your images with GPS data recorded by your smartphone ( latitude, longitude, altitude and shooting time) via the Canon CameraWindow app, which effectively replaces a more coventional built-in GPS system. We actually prefer having GPS built-in to the camera rather than having to sync it with an additional device, so in this regard the S1200 doesn't compare well with rivals that offer this feature, although it does side-step the issue of negatively affecting battery life.
A half press of the shutter button and the Canon PowerShot S120 chooses a point of focus within a quarter of a second, AF point or points flashing in green accompanied by an affirmative 'beep'. Go on to take the shot and there's little if any discernible shutter delay, while full resolution JPEGS are written to inserted (optional) SD or SDHC card (there's no internal memory provided to fall back on) in just over a second, with RAW files - selectable in Program or one of the other four creative shooting modes - taking a mere fraction longer.
With the integral flash housed and hidden to the far left of the top plate (if gazing down on the camera), to the far right is a slightly raised shooting mode dial that's operated by the thumb. Rigid to the touch, it clicks into place at each of its ten mode settings with a definite clicking action. These comprise the creative grouping of Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual and a single Custom mode, plus separate Smart Auto, Scene, Creative Filters and Movie modes.
The beefed-up continuous shooting mode offers a very impressive shooting rate of 12.1fps for the first 5 frames and then 9.4fps for approx. 635 JPEGs. Note that acompatible SDHC/SDXC UHS Speed Class 1 memory card is required to achieve these speeds. The Creative Filters shooting mode contains 10 different options, including High Dynamic Range, Miniature and Toy Camera. In the High Dynamic Range mode the S120 combines three separate images to greatly expand the dynamic range and can be safely used hand-held. The new Star Mode captures starry nightscapes, star trails and creates star time-lapse movies, while Background Defocus mode achieves DSLR-style background blur.
The Canon PowerShot S120's Smart Auto functionality goes further than some rivals in comparing common scenes or subjects with not just five or six options, but 58 variables to deliver (21 in movies) - in theory - the most appropriate and optimal results. Click the mode wheel around to each subsequent setting and the name and icons of said mode appears on the camera's LCD with, in some cases, a brief text description of the best application for the particular mode. This suggests that the S120 can be used as readily by beginners as more seasoned digital camera users, the variety of shooting options to be found on the mode dial allowing first timers to move beyond their initial comfort zone as familiarity with the camera's workings grows over time. More experienced users can turn this Hints & Tips feature off.
With the back of the S120 largely swallowed up by the high-resolution 922K-dot, 3 inch LCD screen, the visibility of which proves more than adequate both indoors and out, a familiar array of controls is found shunted to the right hand side. Familiar, in that they ape those found on the G-series cameras to a fair extent, including the love it or loathe it scroll wheel surrounding the thumb operated four-way control pad.
The Canon PowerShot S120 has a touch focus/shoot option which is on by default. To switch it off, change the Touch Shutter option in the main menu. This becomes a touch focus screen and will lock onto the subject where you touched. Calibration of the screen isn't all too impressive and it really needs a touch pen which unfortunately doesn't come in the box. You have to use your finger, so the touch focus tends to miss smaller subjects.
Also available via the touchscreen are a means of toggling between the ISO speed and the exposure (here -/+ 2EV) via a soft dial on the right-hand side, best activated with your right thumb, with the camera's control ring then used to select the value that you want. It's a bit awkward to use as you have to keep your thumb on the soft dial whilst spinning the control ring, otherwise it switches back to the control ring's default setting.
In playback the touchscreen can be used to change the magnification of an image by spreading and pinching two fingers, and switch between images by swiping from side to side, just like on a smartphone. You can also adjust the LCD's touch sensitivity to your liking.
Located to the right of the screen is the rubberised thumb-rest, below which we find a pairing of buttons for changing the lens control ring function and a dedicated one-touch movie record button respectively. The Ring Control button can be more usefully assigned a different function, with no less than 20 different options to choose from. In conjunction with the customisable lens control ring, this makes it easy to tailor the S120 to your own specific way of shooting.
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Beneath this is the control pad and scroll wheel combination. At points north, east, south and west we get options, in capture modes, for adjusting exposure compensation, flash settings, display options, and macro or manual focus, if not already using the front lens ring for the latter. The Tracking AF mode focuses on the subject in the centre of the frame and tracks them if they move, useful for keeping up with fast-moving or unpredictable subjects like children. If the camera is in playback mode, points north and south allow a series of captured images to be leapfrogged if hunting down a particular shot saved to card in a hurry, or alternatively deleting a duff capture.
In the centre of the control pad is the Function/Set button. Press this, and as we're used to from recent Canon compacts a toolbar appears down the left hand side of the screen, options highlighted or de-selected dependant on whether the user is in auto capture or one of the more fully featured creative capture modes. In Program mode, for example, selecting the ISO icon provides a slide rule across the bottom of the screen with ISO speeds set out incrementall and the user simply utilizes the scroll wheel or tabs between them to select the desired setting.
The other selectable options on the tool bar comprise white balance (which can detect scenes with two different light sources and apply area-specific correction in the Smart Auto shooting mode), Canon's familiar 'My Colours' effects modes, an exposure or focus bracketing option - whereby three successive shots are taken - single or continuous shooting modes, self-timer options, switch between evaluative, centre weighted average or spot metering, turn the new neutral density filter on or off to allow for larger apertures in bright conditions, select one of the five aspect ratios, choose the various image capture formats including RAW and/or JPEG, and set the movie size. Finally, the DR Correction option allows you to manually select the DR strength - off, auto, 200% or 400% - and if you want to turn Shadow Correction on.
Returning to the camera back, and below the control pad we find a final pairing of buttons for the self-explanatory Playback and Menu. A press of Menu brings up a trio of folders, for Camera, Setup and My Menu settings, in that order. It's via the first folder that the user can enable such settings as noise reduction, wind filter and auto red eye reduction/removal, as well as blink detection and adjusting the image stabilization mode to come into effect only when taking a shot, when panning the camera, or have it on continuously.
While the left hand flank of the S120, viewed from the rear, just has the pop-up flash release button, the right hand side features a hard plastic covered port for both an HDMI cable (not supplied in the box) plus the more regular combined AV out/USB out port (for which two separate cables are provided).
The base of the camera features a metal screw thread for a tripod attachment just left of centre and a sliding door with catch protecting slots for the provided lithium ion rechargeable battery and optional SD/SDHC card, both of which slot relatively easily into place. A battery life lasting 230 shots without flash isn't particular generous however, and any less would be downright alarming at this price point. As it was, after one days' extensive use our battery was back in the provided charger, so you'll want to take this or a spare battery away with you on any extended trip or visit.
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Proton Mass
Thread starter David George
I read on NIST CODATA that electron mass is a fundamental constant. I take from this that proton mass is not fundamental. I also read it is possible that proton-electron mass ratio may vary. So I wonder how proton mass is measured or derived. I have no training in physics, however in studying a way to describe electron and proton as superconducting electric current shells I find a ratio of 1860.308707, and this ratio makes possible an equation describing elementary charge (q). From what I read the possible ratio variation is not that large, but it makes me wonder.
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mgb_phys
The proton mass shouldn't vary (in most normal cosmological models)
It's just that the electron is the smallest common stable particel and so it is easy to define all the other atomic masses in terms of it.
It is a bit more 'fundemental' than the proton in the sense that it doesn't have any constituent parts (that we have found yet!) whereas the proton is made up of three quarks.
Thank you MGB,
I am wondering how the proton mass is measured or derived, in the sense that the precision is pretty amazing to me – I can dimly understand that a specific value for the electron could be defined, then working from that value the experimenters or theorists would be able to somehow arrive at a value for the proton. I wonder how that is done. I assume they get some kind of a readout on some kind of instrument, then they do some figuring according to a theory – is that describable here? Or am I asking too much?
rbj
what NIST says is a "fundamental constant" might not be the same semantic that a physicist like John Baez would say is a fundamental constant. some folks might say that "fundamental constants" are the dimensionless ones that are expressed as the same number, no matter what unit system one uses. i would say that the proton/electron mass ratio is more fundamental than the electron_mass/kilogram ratio.
but, it's the quark and lepton masses (measured in terms of some natural units; i would vote for Planck units) that are the truly fundamental parameters.
Since the proton and electron have the same (but opposite) charge it's very easy to measure their relative masses.
Just shoot them with the same voltage through a magnetic field and measure the different curvature of the paths of the two particles - this gives you the relative mass directly.
It's the principle behind the mass spectrograph which can give you the mass of any atom/molecule to amazing accuracy.
rbj – I feel the same way: that it is the electron-proton ratio that is fundamental, not the electron-kilogram (particularly since the kilogram bar seems to be losing mass). (I have a problem with quarks as “fundamental” but I won’t go there for now.)
mgb – Thank you, that is what I was looking for. In the case of electron and proton, how is the curvature of the path measured?
jtbell
David George said:
how is the curvature of the path measured?
You can place the source and detector on the same plane, and shoot the particles from the source perpendicularly to the plane. The magnetic bends the path around in a semicircle back to the detector. The distance between the source and the "impact point" is twice the radius of the circle. This is the original classic "mass spectrograph" design, in which the detector is a sheet of photographic film.
Thank you folks for pointing me in the right direction, I appreciate it very much. The questions below may be scatter-brained, but I appreciate any response to help focus.
From google search it appears that mass spectrometers are measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions, which I take to mean protons. Do they also measure the mass-to-charge ratio of electrons? Does it matter whether the electron spin is up or down? I recall reading there is some energy difference in different spins.
Most interestingly, hydrogen at 1.008 has more mass than it “should have” since it has only a proton in its nucleus, so according to theory no strong nuclear force (to absorb mass-energy?). In the evolution of physics, is this where particle physics begins to come into the picture?
From google search it appears that mass spectrometers are measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions, which I take to mean protons.
Mass spec measures ions because in lab use you use them to meausre real molecules. You knock one electron off a molecule so you know it has a charge of one and then measure it's mass-charge ratio to get it's mass. You don't use them to measure the mass-charge of protons because everybody already knows the answer.
What I meant was that experiments using a similair principle were used to measure the mass/charge for the proton originally.
Do they also measure the mass-to-charge ratio of electrons? Does it matter whether the electron spin is up or down? I recall reading there is some energy difference in different spins.
Commercial mass spec machines don't measure electrons because they are built to run positive ions and anyway the mass/charge ratio for an electron would be out or range - they are normally built to ananylse heavy ions with a mass of 10-100protons not an electron with a mass off 1/2000 proton.
Most interestingly, hydrogen at 1.008 has more mass than it “should have” since it has only a proton in its nucleus,
The quoted chemical values are averages. A small proportion of hydrogen in a sample of real gas will contain some Deuterium (hydrogen with a neutron) the 1.008 is an average taking into account the proportion of hydrgone (mass=1) and Deuterium (mass=2).
Similairly Chlorine has a mass of 35.5 because it consists of about 50% Cl35 and Cl36.
mgb_phys said:
Er... hum. Is this true?
I thought 1.008 is in atomic mass unit, which, by definition, is defined with respect to carbon 12 nucleus?
Actually, the atomic mass of ordinary hydrogen is about 1.008 (more precisely 1.007825). Deuterium is 2.014102 and tritium is 3.016049.
The reason hydrogen isn't exactly 1.000 is because the atomic mass unit is defined as 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom, so that carbon-12 has an atomic mass of exactly 12. This is for practical reasons, probably because it's easier to get a pure sample of carbon-12 for "calibrating" our mass spectrometers etc.
The fractions of an a.m.u. for the other elements come about because of differences in nuclear binding energy, via [itex]E = mc^2[/itex].
I seem to remember reading that at one time physicists and chemists used different definitions for the a.m.u. One group used 1/12 the mass of carbon-12, and the other group used 1/16 the mass of oxygen-16 (or maybe it was 1/16 the average atomic mass of oxygen?). I can't remember which group used which definition. Anyway, this obviously led to confusion until everybody agreed to use the same definition.
(0ops, Zz slipped in with his brevity while I was being verbose.)
Sorry my mistake - forgot that for hydrogen the binding energy mattered.
And D2 is only 0.01% so has no real effect on the chemical mass.
I think the fundamental physics is where I am looking. The problem which prompted me to post is as follows.
The CODATA respective values for the electron and proton masses in kilograms are 9.10938215 e-31 and 1.672621637 e-27. I am trying to follow an idea or scenario in which the electron and proton are superconducting electric currents (with slightly different characteristics) – that is, shells rotating at c. In effect, massless particles. Using the “equivalence” of E = mc^2 and E=hf, you get m=hf/c^2 and I see these values used in some places, i.e. in GeV “energies”.
I find that a slightly different set of values – and a slightly different electron-proton ratio “r”, namely 1860.308707 – gives an interesting result, namely that the elementary charge can be defined in terms of fine structure constant alpha, permittivity of space, c, and “r”. In other words, “r” is like a fundamental constant value rather than an observed or measured value. There is also an interesting relation to the Josephson constant i.e. 2q/h.
Therefore I guess I am wondering whether the electron and proton mass measurements are “defined” by a theory that could be subject to another theory, etc., leading to an observed value that reflects for example space-time curvature in general relativity, so the underlying event could have slightly different values. In other words a massless shell rotating at c would come under general relativity (whose math I do not understand), maybe leading to slightly different values.
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Continuing it's annual tradition of celebrating Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day, Perfect Sense welcomed 23 children to its Reston headquarters on Thursday, April 27. During the day, the children learned more about their parent's job and what happens on a daily basis at Perfect Sense through a variety of hands-on activities. The children paired with designers to design a website for the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. They sat with front-end developers to learn basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to bring the newly designed sites to life. They worked with the QA team to identify bugs and set with their parents for a one-on-one interview. To conclude the day, all of the children published short listicles with their favorite moments of the day. View the 2017 Activity Packet.
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Bud Chiles struggled to gain traction for his candidacy this summer.
Chiles expected to quit Florida race
By DAVID CATANESE
Updated 09/01/2010 10:10 AM EDT
Bud Chiles is expected to announce Wednesday the end of his independent bid to become Florida’s governor, according to a state Democrat familiar with his plans.
The son of former Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles launched his campaign in June on the anti-establishment premise that the two big-moneyed political parties were part of the problem.
A call to Chiles was not immediately returned, and aide Jim McClellan told POLITICO he could not confirm Chiles’s pending plans, first published in the St. Petersburg Times.
“We will probably have some more information tomorrow,” said McClellan.
But Democratic consultant Steve Vancore said, “He’s out for sure.”
Chiles, who heads an advocacy organization for children, struggled to gain traction for his candidacy this summer and polled far behind in hypothetical three-way matchups. He recently signaled he did not want to be a spoiler.
“As long as my candidacy is viable, then, if I'm sending the message that Floridians want to hear, I'm going to keep doing that. And if, at some point, I feel that it's not viable, then we can have another discussion about it,” Chiles told reporters last week.
Democrats have repeatedly downplayed the impact Chiles might have on Democratic nominee Alex Sink, but some privately worried that in an election with a razor-thin margin, he could cost the party the governorship.
A Rasmussen Reports survey taken last week showed Chiles drawing just 4 percent in a three-way contest between him, Sink and Republican nominee Rick Scott.
Vancore said while polling showed Chiles pulling equally from both parties, his exit will clearly put a smile on Sink’s face. “He was mostly drawing the protest vote. As the election began moving forward, GOP voters began abandoning him, but the threat of Scott’s team branding him as a liberal standard-bearer could have pulled 3 to 5 points away, especially given the legacy of his father. There is only one way to look at this: It clearly helps Alex Sink,” he said.
Sink campaign spokeswoman Kyra Jennings declined to comment.
But another Democrat who requested anonymity said Chiles was taking his time, reaching out to supporters with phone calls before he addressed the media. A separate source noted that the timing is not a coincidence: Sunshine State candidates have until Thursday to withdraw their names, or they will automatically appear on the November ballot.
Chiles ran for governor in 2006 as a Democrat before being forced to drop out because he had not been a Florida resident long enough to qualify for the ballot. Throughout the summer, he pushed a message that money has corrupted politics and pledged to accept no donation over $250.
He also had his own financial baggage. Chiles faced a series of lawsuits involving millions of dollars in foreclosure cases and claims that his construction company failed to pay leases for equipment. And nearly two decades ago, when his father was governor, he battled allegations that he tried to use his family ties to aid a client before a state commission.
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Taylor's Victory Target
Striker wants the wins to keep coming
Pompey have lost just one of their last seven matches to move six points clear of the League Two drop zone.
But just two of those have been victories – and Ryan Taylor wants more.
The striker grabbed the winning goal from the penalty spot at Wycombe on Tuesday night.
And now he is looking to build on that result and climb even higher up the table.
“Now we need to push on, get a few more wins and start climbing up the league,” says Taylor in the official matchday magazine for Saturday’s match against Torquay. “We’ve got a big game against a side who are near us in the table, so three points would be massive.
“We’ve had a few draws lately and if we can turn more of them into victories then we’ll be looking up the table instead of down it.
“We should be higher in the league than we are – everyone knows that. But we have to take each game as it comes and look to put some more points on the board.”
You can read the full interview with Taylor – where he also talks about his fellow forwards – in Saturday’s programme.
Issue 18 is another packed edition with a double-sided pull-out poster and collectable player cards.
Also in the perfect-bound 84-page publication, Ricky Holmes discusses his firsts, we take an in-depth look at Torquay and there are exclusive columns from Richie Barker, Iain McInnes and Johnny Ertl.
Saturday’s matchday magazine is available to buy from programme sellers around Fratton Park and is great value at just £3.
You can also download the programme (from 9am on Saturday) for £2.99 to read on your iPhone or iPad. Download the free Matchday Digital app from the iTunes store, find the Pompey section and follow the instructions. Click here for more information.
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BBC WANTS FANS TO #GETCARRIEDAWAY WITH THE FA CUP
Help capture first round memories
BBC Sport is asking football supporters to share their FA Cup experiences this weekend by capturing magical moments from the first round.
Fans are requested to upload pictures and videos to social media, chronicling their journeys to and from matches, using #getcarriedaway to join in.
The best of the content sent in will be used across the BBC’s FA Cup coverage this weekend and may be featured across a range of broadcast, website and social media coverage; whether that’s pictures and videos in the pub singing songs, celebrating victories or even recreating some of the action on a local park pitch.
The first round tie between Warrington and Exeter will be live on BBC Two and at bbc.co.uk/sport. Dan Walker will host Match of the Day Live from Warrington's Cantilever Park from 7.30pm.
As part of the BBC's weekend of first round coverage, Football Focus will come live from Weston-super-Mare on Saturday before the Conference South side's home tie against League One Doncaster.
Other programmes to look out for include Jason Mohammad presenting a new FA Cup edition of Final Score on BBC One from 1.55pm on Sunday as eight first-round matches – including Pompey’s clash with Aldershot – take place.
Manish Bhasin will then wrap up all the weekend's action later the same day on BBC Two with a full FA Cup highlights programme from 6:30pm.
You will be able to follow every draw in a regular Monday evening slot at 7pm on BBC Two, BBC Radio 5 live and via the BBC Sport website – continuing with the second-round draw on Monday.
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NFL Street
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Developer: TBC
Mild Violence
NFL Street features fast-paced, 7-on-7 gameplay where players use stylin' moves, pitches, and brute force to power their way down the field. Players include over 350 of the NFL's biggest stars from all 32 teams including legends like William The Refrigerator Perry and Lawrence Taylor. Eight urban locales are more than just a place to play; they change how the game is played. Each field has unique dimensions and field surfaces like loose sand, dirt, mud, and turf can force a change in your lineup and game plan. All of the NFL players featured in the game were made available from a license with PLAYERS INC, the marketing and licensing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association.
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The PS2 logo is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Online gameplay requires internet connection, Network Adaptor (for PlayStation 2) and Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation 2) (each sold separately). Online gameplay server will be available at the sole discretion of the game publisher. Please refer to the publisher's official site or game user agreement for more information.
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Online Editors Note :: “Live for Speed”
Live for Speed is a small development team dedicated to making the best online racing simulator. Their current release is S2 with which they attempt to recreate the thrill and fun of real racing, by simulating all aspects important to racing.
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Festo’s “Live for Speed” Race Car Simulator simulates a virtual car race with diagnostics that provide a transparent view of the entire pneumatic system. The control unit determines the driver’s ranking based on lap time, as well as air consumption, and a diagnostic display unit displays the results at the end of the race.
Imagine attending a tradeshow where you’re the virtual driver of a racecar in a simulated race with up to 23 other people. Your ranking is determined not only by the time it takes you to complete the race, but also by the number of objects you hit and the severity of the hits, as well as the number of times you must re-align your car.
The driver views the simulated race on a large screen display.
In a race car simulator designed by Festo Corp. called “Live for Speed,” the driver sits on a moving carbon fiber chair, which connects to a hexapod support structure, comprising six fluidic muscles. With its degree of freedom in six directions – three linear and three rotational, as well as a forced feedback steering wheel, the racer experiences the true-to-life gyrations he would feel on an actual racetrack. What’s more, a digital surround sound system floods the driver with stellar, race-tuned engine and exhaust sounds, and a large monitor visualizes the race. The simulator lets trade show attendees experience how Festo’s components work together and gives them a chance to feel a fluidic muscle in action.
The Race Car Simulator is based on a hexapod support structure that contains six fluidic muscles. Because the actuation and the forced feedback are so fast, the driver feels virtually no time delay between his actions and the response of the unit.
The CPX determines the winner based upon each car’s air consumption. When a driver hits a curb, runs over grass, or corrects the direction of his car, he consumes extra air, which knocks down his score. (Time is also a factor.)
The entire pneumatic system of the simulator is transparent, and diagnosticians can look into each actuator remotely to check its health status and history.
The muscles function as actuators that accelerate the racer without time delay whenever he hits a curb, drives in the lawn, touches a barrier, or has to correct the direction of his car. A PC controls the game, and an algorithm in Festo’s control unit, CPX, controls six proportional pressure regulators. They have embedded sensors that measure the pressure and pressurize the fluidic muscles depending on the situation in the race. According to Christian Boehm, PhD, Manager Technical Engineering Center (TEC) of Festo, Corp., because they had to control six axes simultaneously, the company’s engineers had to incorporate a complex algorithm into the simulator’s control unit to pressurize the fluidic muscles accordingly. Additionally, the unit uses fluidic muscles, so there is almost no time delay between the driver’s actions and the rate at which the driver feels the response. It is a realistic race – the racer feels the track, and he feels the car accelerate and decelerate when he puts on the gas or the brake pedals.
According to Christian Boehm, PhD, Manager Technical Engineering Center (TEC) of Festo, Corp., the biggest design challenge engineers faced was to translate the forced feedback signal from the software into a hexapod structure. “You have to pressurize each actuator as the situation changes during the race. We had to incorporate a very complex algorithm into our control unit because we had to control six axes at the same time.”
Fluidic muscles are actuators that consist of rubber hoses, and when pressurized, they contract. They have no moving parts, so they have extremely long life times. Also, there is only one actuator chamber because they do not have a piston that moves back and forth from one end position to the other end position. So there is no need to pressurize the opposite branch of the actuator to move the piston back. The fluidic muscle generates a much higher force than a normal pneumatic cylinder, so it can operate at a lower pressure, which is very energy efficient.
The pressure regulators in the system regulate the pressure in proportion to an electrical value. They record the pressure at the given working condition. The electronic control compares the pressure value with the nominal value. An electrical signal is then transmitted proportional to the output pressure. If the nominal and actual values differ, the CPX sends a signal to actuate the regulating valve until the output pressure and the nominal value match.
In a multi-player race, the simulator supports 23 players within an intranet, or it can be played over the Internet. In this mode, it ranks the drivers based on lap time and air consumption. The simulated car can consume a considerable amount of air during the race, depending on the driver’s skill. Air consumption rises when the driver hits an object or corrects the direction of his car.
A flow sensor in the main air supply line of the simulator connects to the CPX, which runs an algorithm to determine the air consumption. At the end of the ride, air consumption and lap time appear on an MS-Excel Worksheet.
The Festo Diagnostic Display presents diagnostic data of the system based on CPX. The simulator is virtually transparent. Users can visualize the entire pneumatic system in action. They can view the data through a Web browser, OPC to a SCADA software, or Front End Display (FED). Users can also view the information remotely as numbers, indicators, or graphs, and can log the data to an SQL database. Developers can program the database to record the driver’s name, company, start number, lap time, air consumption, cycle time, air consumption per cycle, average pressure per cycle, extension and retraction time for every stroke of the actuator, every threshold violation that occurred during a cycle, and more.
Six pressure regulators of the type VPPM interact with the CPX in proportion to an electrical value to pressurize the fluidic muscles.
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Zappa Allows Fan Distribution of “Roxy By Proxy”
Sherman Oaks, CA (December 21, 2012) – For fans who have ever dreamed of being in the music business or running their own record company—here’s their chance.
The Zappa Family Trust and Zappa Records are offering up the unprecedented opportunity for Zappa fans to license their very own copies of Roxy by Proxy by Frank Zappa with The Mothers of Invention.
For a $1000 licensing fee, fans can own a master duplication copy of Roxy by Proxy (All Roxy No Elsewhere): 76 minutes of never-before-released Frank Zappa master recordings from the Roxy performances of December 9 & 10, 1973 including “Inca Roads,” “Penguin in Bondage,” “T’Mershi Duween,” “Dog/Meat,” “RDNZL,” “Cheepnis & Dupree’s Paradise,” “King Kong,” “Chunga’s Revenge” and more. They will also be provided with liner notes and packaging artwork so they can duplicate the CDs to sell at any price they choose, with a $1.20 per CD mechanical royalty to be paid back to Zappa Records. The opportunity is valid now through December 28.
Interested fans/participants can sell as many copies of the album as they’d like at the retail level, as official licensed distributors for the Zappa Family Trust. They can also give CDs away as gifts. All the details can be found here: https://getsome.zappa.com/roxy-by-proxy-the-license/
Proceeds from this unprecedented opportunity are being used to complete the long-awaited film The Roxy Performances--recorded December 10, 11 and 12, 1973 in Los Angeles and released in part on 1974’s Roxy & Elsewhere CD--for eventual theatrical release and on DVD. According to the ZFT, “You are the ones who want it and you are the ones we need to help us make it happen! This is also a big Thank You to all the fans that are ready willing and able to participate in the ultimate adventure of distributing this record. We are grateful–and we are hopeful that you will show us how to do it better than it has ever been done before.”
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Nigeria gives condition to reopen borders with neighbours
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Seme Border used to illustrate the story.
Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says Nigeria’s borders will remain closed until the country and its neighbours agree on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement.
Mr Ali stated this on Wednesday at Maigatari/Niger border, Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa while fielding questions from journalists.
“But there is no specific time for opening the borders. However, if they agree with us tomorrow on the existing laws, then we sign and update the existing protocol of transit, that’s all.
“And we are looking forward to meeting with them and there are moves to sit with them to make them understand why we are doing what we are doing and what we want to achieve by doing what we are doing,” Mr Ali said.
When asked about the consequences of closing the borders, he said “if you check our website, you will see the seizures and interception we’ve made”.
He said that by closing the borders, Nigeria was able to completely block the importation of contraband.
“We are able to completely block the influxes of illicit goods, and most important, stopped the exportation of petroleum product which is the biggest problem we have,” Mr Ali said.
According to him, through the measure, the importation of foreign rice has stopped and the market for local varieties has risen.
“We’ve also stopped the influx of rice and our rice is now selling.
“Even those selling garri that have been abandoned because there was cheap rice are making brisk business.
“This is because people are now buying garri as food. So, I think the economy is now picking up and we are grateful for that,” he said.
When asked about petty traders who are unable to bring goods to the neighbouring countries, Mr Ali said “There must be collateral damage in this kind of situation. Somebody must miss one or two things.”
He said the number of petty traders affected was insignificant compared to gains recorded through the operation.
Mr Ali said Nigeria’s neighbours had no reason allowing cars, cooking oil and other contraband items to pass through their borders into Nigeria.
“For instance, Niger has no reason to allow rice, cooking oil and other illicit goods to pass through its borders to come to Nigeria.
“So, if it is their national interest to collect revenue it is our national interest to close our borders until we sit down and discuss,” Mr Ali said.
He warned that any officer caught conniving to pave way for the importation of contraband items into the country would have himself to blame.
“Some of these things happened in connivance with some of our men. We are trying our best to see that we produce what we consume, particularly rice.
“But the police are being bastardised in connivance with some of my officers. We’re aware of that.
“So, if we catch you, you know where to go, no compromise and you will have yourself to blame.
The customs boss who was at the border to inspect the on-going Operation Border Drill, said: “This is the first time the entire military and paramilitary come together to ensure security and wellbeing of Nigerians, as well as stop human trafficking.
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Nigeria has shut its borders with it’s immediate neighbours, Benin Republic to the South and Niger to the north, for about a month.
Arguably the most affected is Seme border, which borders Lagos with Benin Republic and through which a large volume of imported materials, legal and illegal, arrive Nigeria.
Some of the items imported through the border include cars, foodstuff and electronics.
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China's new aircraft carrier: a menacing name?
April 27, 2011 · 10:27 PM UTC
By David Case
French army Rafale jets fighters, are seen on March 25, 2011, on the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle during the military 'Odyssey Dawn' operation in Libya.
Credit: Eric Feferberg
BOSTON — The Chinese military is putting the finishing touches on its first aircraft carrier, which could set sail later in 2011.
What will its first mission be? Officials aren't saying. But its neighbors worry that the vessel’s putative name may provide a not-so-subtle hint.
The ship is rumored to be called the Shi Lang, after a Qing Dynasty admiral who in 1681 conquered the Kingdom of Tungning — a territory better known today as Taiwan.
If it is christened as such, the political implications would be "obvious," said Tsai Der-sheng, head of the Taiwanese government’s National Security Bureau.
Shi Lang’s historic parallels run deep.
One of China’s staunchest strategic priorities is to bring Taiwan — which it regards as a rogue province — back into its fold. The island has essentially been independent since 1949, when Mao Zedong’s ragtag communist army overthrew China’s Kuomintang government. The Kuomintang's supporters fled across the China Straits (carrying an eye-popping fortune in national treasure) and have largely run the island since.
Likewise, in the 17th century, Taiwan served as a refuge for the derelict Ming Dynasty after it was vanquished by a starving, neglected peasantry. Ultimately, Adm. Shi Lang finished the job, conquering the last Ming elite and claiming Taiwan for China.
So will the aircraft carrier enable Beijing to repeat the historic admiral’s feat? Or will the real winners be the weapons merchants as Asia’s arms race heats up?
On thing is certain: China has devoted an enormous amount of energy to the project, now over two decades in the making. Beijing purchased the warship’s hull in 1998 for a mere $20 million from Ukraine, where its construction had halted when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Officials suggested it would be used as a floating casino in the gambling mecca of Macau, along China’s southern coast. Lacking engines, steering or electronics, the hull was reportedly towed by tugboats through Turkey’s treacherous Bosporus and around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope in an epic, multi-year journey to China. The ship eventually found its way to a dry dock in Dalian, north of Shanghai. There, it was painted sea gray and is now being refurbished with modern military hardware.
The question is whether it’s worth the effort, given the realities of 21st-century warfare.
True, the carrier could eventually enable China to exercise air power around the world. The U.S. operates eleven such floating airports — which currently enable it to attack Libya from the Mediterranean. The Pentagon has come under criticism domestically for ordering as many as seven new ones over the next three decades, at a cost of more than $12 billion each. Several other nations — including France, the United Kingdom and Russia— maintain the massive vessels. But some argue that smaller, more nimble (and less pricey) ships, or even long-range bombers with global reach, would be more effective.
Operating a carrier is both costly and complicated. In the near term, China will have to develop and test aircraft that can serve on a carrier. Beijing recently unveiled photos of its new J-15 Flying Shark attack jet, which has the necessary features, such as folding wings and a shortened tail cone, needed to accommodate tight quarters. The plane will soon be ready for test flights, the New York Times reports.
That’s just a first step, however. “An aircraft carrier requires not just a functioning air group — itself composed of not only fighters and strike aircraft — but anti-submarine, airborne early warning and in-flight refueling aircraft, but also a variety of escorts to provide additional air, surface and sub-surface protection,” writes Dean Cheng, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. It could take as long as a decade before China can deploy a functioning aircraft carrier group, according to Cheng.
There are also tactical limitations that render carriers somewhat obsolete against major powers. China is well aware of this: it is currently developing an anti-ship ballistic missile that could threaten U.S. carriers.
Senior U.S. and Asian naval officers “regard the [Chinese] carrier as a manageable threat,” writes Douglas H. Paal, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, formerly the unofficial U.S. ambassador to Taiwan (unofficial because Beijing prevents the U.S. from officially recognizing the island’s government).
“Some [military experts] joke that they hope China will acquire five more battle groups and waste even more money that could go into other, more threatening systems,” Paal writes.
Taiwan, which appears to be most immediately in China’s crosshairs, is not taking any chances. Next year, its military will begin building 10 stealth warships armed with guided missiles, to prepare for the threat from the Chinese carrier, Defense News reports.
"The defense ministry has been closely monitoring the construction of [the aircraft carrier], so of course we are abreast of all the latest developments and the carrier's potential threat to the Republic of China [on Taiwan]," said defense ministry spokesman Lo Shau-ho, according to Radio Tawian International. "We have carefully devised strategies as a response, but as they are military secrets I'm afraid I cannot give you any details."
Other Asian militaries will likely choose to bulk up their own defenses against their huge neighbor’s more mobile air power. The only other option would be to rely for defense on China’s biggest debtor: the U.S.
Follow writer David Case on Twitter: @DavidCaseReport
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Players Vote Playtech as Clear Winner at WhichBingo Awards
LONDON, May 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Playtech, the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online, mobile, TV and land-based gaming industry, is pleased to announce that it was awarded the coveted 'Best Online Bingo Software' at the 2014 WhichBingo Awards.
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Playtech prides itself on offering the best bingo offering in the industry and operates the industry's largest bingo network. Virtue Fusion, the bingo brand of Playtech, has won numerous awards reflecting the continued success of their product, with this latest accolade voted for by the people that really matter - the players.
The 11th annual WhichBingo Awards are the premier awards event for the UK online bingo industry. Its aim is to reward and recognise the very best in online bingo.
Previously known as the 'Site of the Year Awards', this year the event organisers revolutionised its entire awards process from the ground up, introducing a new nominations round, 6 new award categories and an exclusive awards presentation event for industry guests in Central London.
Amongst the finalists, Playtech powered 11 of the 35 bingo brands that were shortlisted, whilst in the 'Online Game of the Year' category, which aims to recognise the best bingo variant game, Playtech developed 5 of the 7 shortlisted games.
Playtech has a unique offering, built on a platform with a proven track record. With cross-product and cross-platform capabilities it allows players to move across products and platforms using a single login, ensuring the 'on the go', 'on the sofa', 'at your desk experience' are the same.
This award success comes hot on the heels of Playtech rolling out its new tablet offering for bingo. Designed specifically for tablet screens, this dedicated player interface brings all the features of Playtech's desktop product to life on tablet devices. With access to bingo, chat and sidegames on screen all at once, this optimised offering tailored specifically for the ever growing number of tablet users, makes Bingo play much more engaging, smooth and fun. This has led to Playtech licensees experiencing huge take up, helping them win market share and exceed desktop in new registration numbers.
Daniel Phillips, Virtue Fusion COO, commented, "We are extremely proud that players voted Playtech as their winner for Best Online Bingo Software. This WhichBingo Award is a testament to our core focus of continued innovation, all driven by working closely with licensees and players, to deliver an online bingo product that is simply unrivalled."
About Playtech
Playtech (http://www.playtech.com) develops unified software platforms and content for the online and land-based gaming industry, together with providing a range of ancillary services such as marketing, hosting and CRM services.
The Group's capabilities enable the delivery of an integrated software or turnkey solution, with players accessing online, broadcast, mobile and server-based gaming terminals through a single account.
New licensees include existing online operators upgrading or diversifying their offering, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities such as lotteries, and new entrants making their online gaming debut, particularly in newly-regulated markets.
Founded in 1999, Playtech is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 3,000 employees located in twelve countries. Its leading gaming applications include casino, poker, bingo, sports betting, live, mobile and social gaming, casual and fixed odds games.
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The property is located in a prominent position fronting on to Rochdale Road (A671) close to the junction Chadderton Way. Oldham town centre is within 0.5 miles 500 metres away.
To be offered by Auction. Freehold two storey former public house which has been fully converted to form 9 self contained apartments all of which are finished to a high standard & specification throughout. The whole of the property is offered with vacant possession.
We detail below the following accommodation although interested party should view the detailed floor plans available at the website:
Ground Floor - 3 x 1 bedroom apartments & 1 x 2 bedroom apartment.
First Floor - 4 x 1 bedroom apartment & 1 x 2 bedroom apartment.
Gated & secure courtyard style development to the rear with access and storage areas.
Approximately 373.349 sq m (446.52 sq yds)
Planning consent was approved on 14th February 2017 (Application Number PA/339578/17) for conversion of the former public house to 9 apartments (7 one-bed and 2 two-bed) including replacement of existing windows to front and side elevations, formation of additional door and window openings to rear elevation and partial removal of flat roof to existing single storey rear extension. Interested parties should consult with the Planning Services, Oldham Council, Civic Centre, PO Box 30, West Street, Oldham OL1 1UQ. Tel: 0161 770 4105. Alternatively, enquiries can be made at the Planning Enquiry Desk within Access Oldham between the hours of 9.00am - 1.00pm Monday to Friday.
This lot has SOLD PRIOR to the auction.
Former Trap Inn,
124 Rochdale Road,
OL1 1NT
Auction: June 2018 Date: 7th June 2018 Lot Number: 080 Doors Open: 10:30am Bidding Starts: 12:00pm
Hive House, Hive Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Property: Former Trap Inn, 124 Rochdale Road, Oldham
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Bowen enters Cowboys Hall of Fame
Cowboys.com.au
Fri 8 Mar 2019, 02:41 PM
Matthew Bowen has today been inducted as the third member of the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Hall of Fame.
Announced at the Cowboys 2019 Season Launch at the Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Bowen joins Paul Bowman and Matt Sing who were unveiled as inaugural inductees in 2015.
Unrivalled as the greatest fullback in Cowboys history, Bowen rewrote the record book during a glittering 13-year career in North Queensland.
‘Mango’ is the only player to eclipse the 100-try landmark for the Cowboys, crossing 130 times over the course of his career, 45 more than any other player to don a North Queensland jersey.
He scored a mammoth 22 tries in 2007 alone, tied with Israel Folau for the most in the NRL and also finished fourth in Dally M voting behind eventual winner and long-time teammate Johnathan Thurston. The same season he was named RLPA Player of the Year and Dally M Fullback of the year.
At the end of his Cowboys career, Bowen had appeared in 270 games for North Queensland, a club-record only topped by Thurston in 2018.
A member of both the club’s 10 and 20-Year Anniversary teams, Bowen is also one of just nine Cowboys Life Members.
“I’m extremely humbled to be inducted into the Cowboys Hall of Fame,” Bowen said.
“Bear [Bowman] and Singy [Sing] are two blokes I really looked up to when I came into first grade, when I played alongside them and I continue to look up to them today. To be inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside two players and men of that calibre is a huge honour.
“I would have never achieved what I did in my career without my mum and dad, they drove down to Townsville for every one of my games. Receiving honours like I did today would never have happened without their love and support.
“The Cowboys are the only team I played for in Australia and I’m a home-grown product of North Queensland so this club, its members and fans mean the world to me.”
Cowboys Director of Football and Hall of Fame Committee Chairman Peter Parr described Bowen as “one of the great Cowboys” upon announcing his induction.
“The Hall of Fame is designed for the best of the best so first and foremost you need to meet the criteria and Mango has definitely done that,” Parr said.
“He’s obviously done it statistically, but the voting also calls on you to look at the player’s character and integrity and he clearly ticks both those boxes as well.
“I think above all is the fact no player in any jersey to play at 1300SMILES Stadium has captivated a crowd like Matthew Bowen.
“There is no doubt that there is not a player in Cowboys history who brought more joy to the crowd or entertained more on the field than Matthew.”
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How Big Oil Dodges Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules
We’ve identified 12 ad campaigns in which energy, insurance and other industries masked their sponsorship of political messages on Facebook.
by Jeremy B. Merrill
Nov. 1, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT
A Facebook ad in October urged political conservatives to support the Trump administration’s rollback of fuel emission standards, which it hailed as “our president’s car freedom agenda” and “plan for safer, cheaper cars that WE get to choose.” The ad came from a Facebook page called Energy4US, and it included a disclaimer, required by Facebook, saying it was “paid for by Energy4US.”
Yet there is no such company or organization as Energy4US, nor is it any entity’s registered trade name, according to a search of LexisNexis and other databases. Instead, Energy4US — which Facebook says spent nearly $20,000 on the ads — appears to be a front for American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, a trade association whose members include ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell. In 2015, when the Energy4US website was launched, it was registered to AFPM, which is also first on a list of “coalition members” on the site. AFPM, which did not respond to calls and emails for this article, has spent more than $2.5 million this year lobbying the federal government, including advocating for less stringent emission standards.
Although Facebook now requires every political ad to “accurately represent the name of the entity or person responsible,” the social media giant acknowledges that it didn’t check whether Energy4US is actually responsible for the ad. Nor did it question 11 other ad campaigns identified by ProPublica in which U.S. businesses or individuals masked their sponsorship through faux groups with public-spirited names. Some of these campaigns resembled a digital form of what is known as “astroturfing,” or hiding behind the mirage of a spontaneous grassroots movement. In most cases, Facebook users would have to click on the ad and scrutinize the affiliated website to find any reference to the actual sponsor.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms in Washington in September. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
The 12 ad campaigns, for which Facebook received a total of more than $800,000, expose a significant gap in enforcement of its new disclosure policy, and they cast doubt on Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s assurance to the U.S. Senate in September that “you can see who paid for” ads. Adopted this past May in the wake of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, Facebook’s rules are designed to hinder foreign meddling in elections by verifying that individuals who run ads on its platform have a U.S. mailing address, governmental ID and a Social Security number. But, once this requirement has been met, Facebook doesn’t check whether the advertiser identified in the “paid for by” disclosure has any legal status, enabling U.S. businesses to promote their political agendas secretly.
“Facebook and other social media platforms that allow political advertising must do more to provide transparency to Americans on the source of the content on their platforms,” U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Nevada Democrat, told ProPublica.
Cortez Masto warned of this loophole before Facebook introduced its disclosure rules. In written questions to the company, she asked: “Would you let a mysterious group … run an ad on Facebook without any further information about who they are?” and “Will these transparency measures you are discussing tell you who paid the Facebook page to run the ad?”
Facebook told her that when users click on the disclosure, they would be able to see details about the advertiser. However, Facebook leaves it to the advertiser to decide whether to supply these details, and clicking on those disclosures for the 12 campaigns offers no new information. (Most of these ads were contributed by readers participating in ProPublica’s Political Ad Collector project.)
Like Cortez Masto, Richard Hasen wasn’t surprised. “It struck me when Facebook announced its rules that it was about to encounter a hornet’s nest,” said Hasen, a professor of law and political science at the University of California’s Irvine campus and an expert on election law. “Right now, it does not seem like it’s a regime that’s set up to create effective disclosure.”
Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of product management, said Facebook doesn’t try to verify the provenance of every political ad. The lack of a “reliable source to look and see every possible entity name that would be valid, including ‘doing business as’ names,” would make it a herculean task, he said. “We have to rely on the things that we can scalably look at.” Facebook primarily monitors disclaimers for profanity, names of hate groups and “vague or inaccurate” descriptions, as well as URLs (banned because they’re not official names), he said.
“It’s pretty hard to prove a negative that something does not exist,” Leathern said. Facebook reviewed the ads identified by ProPublica, and they comply with the disclosure policy, he said.
Leathern said that the new policy has improved advertiser transparency overall, and ProPublica did find some examples of enhanced disclosure. For example, a “Hoosier Country” campaign supporting U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, an Indiana Democrat, and criticizing his Republican opponent, has added a disclaimer that it’s paid for by Priorities USA Action — a liberal superPAC — and SMP, the “Senate Majority Project,” which is associated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Leathern also noted that Facebook’s disclosure policy applies to ads about political issues as well as candidates. By contrast, Google’s disclosure requirements only apply to ads about federal candidates or officeholders, according to its website. Issue-oriented ads on television also don’t require a disclaimer.
“We’re looking to do more than has been done in other media, we’re looking to take a leadership position here,” Leathern said. “This is not only an on-Facebook problem.”
Like Facebook, Twitter requires ads about political issues to carry a “paid for by” disclaimer. But unlike Facebook, under a policy that it began enforcing on Sept. 30, Twitter verifies advertisers’ names via their Employer Identification Numbers, making it harder for the actual sponsors to hide. For instance, ads from Energy In Depth carried a disclaimer on Twitter — but not on Facebook — that they were paid for by Independent Petroleum Association of America.
Energy in Depth’s ads on Facebook criticized lawsuits against oil and natural gas companies over climate change. Seth Whitehead, a team lead with Energy in Depth, said that it complies fully with Facebook’s rules and that the group’s website discloses its role as an IPAA program.
Including the Energy4US and Energy in Depth campaigns, seven of the 12 ads identified by ProPublica were linked to the energy industry. The American Petroleum Institute, a trade association that has spent more than $5 million this year on federal lobbying, accounted for three of them. Under Energy Citizens, a name that API began using in 2009 to organize an ostensible grassroots movement against limits on emissions linked to climate change, the institute spent $260,000 since this May on Facebook ads aimed at people interested in Donald Trump or Sean Hannity. The ads praised oil and gas production for protecting the environment and addressing climate change, supported the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and opposed a nuclear power plant “bailout” in Ohio. Under Energy Nation, API urged Facebook users to “Vote for energy. Vote for jobs.” Under Explore Offshore Coalition, it courted people interested in Trump with ads contending that offshore drilling benefits veterans and doesn’t affect tourism.
Facebook users would have to click through the links on these ads and scroll to the bottom of the websites of Energy Citizens and Explore Offshore Coalition to learn that they are actually linked to the petroleum group; the Energy Nation website’s header image includes a reference to API. “We are in compliance with Facebook’s advertising rules,” API spokeswoman Natalia Sharova said. (API has also run political ads under its own name since Facebook’s policy took effect.)
Of the five ad campaigns unrelated to energy, three trace back to insurance, real estate and technology companies. For instance, Trenton Don’t Touch My Insurance ran ads against a New Jersey bill that would have made it easier for individuals to sue insurance companies. The logo of the Insurance Council of New Jersey appears at the bottom of Don’t Touch My Insurance’s website.
“The insurance industry is behind the campaign,” Christine O’Brien, president of the Insurance Council of New Jersey, said. “We’re not hiding that the industry is educating the public through this campaign. I don’t know why there wouldn’t be a disclaimer on it.”
She said the failure to include “Paid for by Insurance Council of New Jersey” on the Facebook ads was unintentional, adding, “We stand behind it.” Other ads related to the campaign that ran on platforms besides Facebook did say they were paid for by the Insurance Council of New Jersey.
The businesses or individuals behind the other two campaigns — one by the Long Island Coalition for Healthy Lawn and Water opposing a proposed New York state ban on certain fertilizers, and one by Americans for Fair Courtrooms against bail reform in California — could not be traced. The groups didn’t respond to requests for comment via Facebook Messenger, and Facebook declined to say who was behind these ads.
“We have no reason to believe that these disclaimers are violating our policies,” Facebook spokeswoman Devon Kearns said. “There is no way to be absolutely sure.”
Other media outlets have also identified Facebook political ads that were less than transparent. The New York Times reported in October on ads in a Virginia congressional race that identified the funder only as “A freedom loving American Citizen exercising my natural law right, protected by the 1st Amendment and protected by the 2nd Amendment.” CNN found ads on Facebook from “Memes that are right” and “Crush Cruz” groups, without further identifying the sponsors.
Kearns told ProPublica that these disclaimers violated Facebook’s rules.
Facebook users can’t judge the validity of a political message without knowing who’s behind it, said Ann Ravel, a former Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission. “Often groups with neutral-sounding names will send advertisements … to try to influence people and you don’t know that they’re self-interested in that a particular policy,” she said. “Those people have a self-interest” in the policies their ads are pushing, referring to the trade groups. Or, as Facebook put it in a training manual for advertisers, “Knowing who paid for an ad with political content is crucial to properly understand and evaluate it.”
In response to ProPublica’s questions, two advertisers promised more disclosure. Connect Americans Now, which pushes for improved access to high-speed internet in rural areas, is a “Microsoft-supported community,” Zachary Cikanek, a Connect Americans Now spokesman, said. “In future ads we are going to go beyond what is required” and identify Microsoft’s role.
Groups Mask Partisan Attacks Behind Neutral-Sounding Names in Facebook Ads
Names like “The Voter Awareness Project” and “Breaking News Texas” are being used by political groups for negative campaign ads on the platform.
We Stand For Energy ran ads seeking to limit refunds that South Carolinians with solar panels receive on electric bills for excess power that they generate, and supporting wind energy in South Dakota and electric vehicle charging stations in Washington, D.C. It’s actually a campaign of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade group of electrical utilities. “We have always been transparent that EEI sponsors We Stand for Energy, and we are currently in the process of updating all the Facebook ads,” said EEI spokesman Jeff Ostermayer. As of Oct. 25, its new ads said “Paid for by Edison Electric Institute.” He described “We Stand For Energy” as a “grassroots platform that unites and educates customers and key community stakeholders.”
Energy interests, including EEI, have a decades-long history of cloaking sponsorship to promote their interests, environmental researchers and activists say. Energy companies “were raising their offshore drilling platforms to account for larger storms and higher seas due to climate change while funding front groups to undermine climate science,” said Richard Wiles, executive director of the Center for Climate Integrity. “And those groups were just very similar to these Facebook operations, designed to look credible, designed to look independent. They’re after any additional bit of credibility that they can conjure up. You’re trying to get every little psychological edge in this game.”
Wiles cited leaked documents from a proposed 1991 ad campaign sponsored in part by EEI. To avoid “lower overall credibility ratings” garnered by industry sources, the campaign would have created a group called “Information Council on the Environment” or “Informed Citizens for the Environment” to express skepticism about global warming. The messaging was tested in a few media markets and received critical press coverage, according to the documents. EEI did not respond to questions about this campaign.
Similarly, when the American Petroleum Institute sought in 1998 to cast doubt on climate change and stop the U.S. Senate from ratifying an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one tactic it considered in a “roadmap” memo was to establish a nonprofit organization called the “Global Climate Science Data Center.” The nonprofit’s goal would be “raising questions about and undercutting the ‘prevailing scientific wisdom,’” according to the memo. At the time, an API spokesman told The New York Times that the plan was “very, very tentative.”
In response to questions about this history, API said it is “often joined by individuals and organizations who share our vision of American energy leadership.”
Several years ago, the “California Drivers Alliance” and “Fed Up at the Pump” —stand-ins for, respectively, the Western States Petroleum Association and the California Independent Oil Marketers Association, now rebranded the California Fuels & Convenience Alliance — ran ads on Facebook and elsewhere in an attempt to stop the scheduled implementation of climate regulations in California.
Kara Siepmann, a WSPA spokeswoman, confirmed that it was behind the California Drivers Alliance campaign. WSPA is now running ads on Facebook under the name “Californians for Cost Containment,” warning that climate change restrictions could lead to higher fuel prices.
“We agree that there needs to be transparency,” Siepmann said. WSPA is “examining the updates the social platforms are making and ensuring that WSPA is remaining transparent around the communications campaigns that it’s running.” CFCA did not return requests for comment.
Kathy Mulvey, who directs the Climate Accountability Campaign of the Union of Concerned Scientists and reviewed several of the energy industry ads identified by ProPublica, said that the masking of sponsorship on Facebook is “eerily similar” to earlier tactics. “The new Facebook transparency measures clearly don’t cut it for anyone who wants to know the real interests behind an ad,” she said. “There are loopholes big enough for front groups … to drive a truck through.”
Here are the examples found by ProPublica where Facebook has allowed advertisers to say their ads are “paid for by” a legally nonexistent group.
Energy Citizens, Energy Nation and Explore Offshore Coalition, actually programs of the American Petroleum Institute. “We are in compliance with Facebook’s advertising rules,” API spokeswoman Natalia Sharova said.
We Stand For Energy, actually a program of the Edison Electric Institute. EEI spokesman Jeff Ostermayer said, “We have always been transparent that EEI sponsors We Stand For Energy, and we are currently in the process of updating all the Facebook ads to reflect that EEI is sponsoring the ads.”
Energy In Depth, actually a program of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. Seth Whitehead, a team lead with Energy in Depth, said, “Our role as an IPAA program is disclosed on every page of our website and in all our interactions with the media and other third parties. EID’s Facebook profile also clearly notes the program’s affiliation with IPAA. Occasionally, EID will run ads on Facebook, which is done in full compliance with Facebook’s advertising requirements.”
Energy4US, linked to American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers. AFPM did not return requests for comment.
Long Island Coalition for Healthy Lawn and Water, actual advertiser unknown. Did not respond to a request for comment via Facebook Messenger.
Don’t Touch My Insurance is “just a name of a campaign” managed by the Insurance Council of New Jersey, said ICNJ president Christine O’Brien.
Americans for Fair Courtrooms, actual advertiser unknown. Did not respond to a request for comment via Facebook messenger.
Texans for Natural Gas is a “is a digital advocacy campaign,” said a spokesman, Steve Everley, “As clearly disclosed on our home page, Texans for Natural Gas receives support from three natural gas producers,” EnerVest, EOG Resources and XTO Energy. XTO Energy is a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.
Connect Americans Now is a “Microsoft-supported community.” Connect Americans Now spokesman Zachary Cikanek said.
Greenlight the Gulch, an ad campaign promoting tax benefits for a proposed real estate development in downtown Atlanta, is linked to CIM Group, the project’s developer. Spokesman Bill Mendel said that “all advertising for Greenlight the Gulch — including on social media and in print — directs people to the campaign’s website, which clearly states CIM’s developer role.”
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The Last Forever
Deb Caletti. S&S/Simon Pulse, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4424-5000-4
Q&A with Deb Caletti
A Flicker of Courage
A Heart in a Body in the World
Essential Maps for the Lost
THE QUEEN OF EVERYTHING
The Nature of Jade
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What's Become of Her
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After a trying bout with cancer, Tess’s mother has died, but she’s left behind a one-of-a-kind pixiebell plant. “My mother vowed that the last pixiebell would never die on her watch, and now that I have it, it isn’t going to die on mine, either,” Tess vows. When her impulsive, pot-smoking, less-than-dependable father takes her on an extended road trip to the Grand Canyon, Tess brings the plant with her, but keeping it alive during their journey through the desert is a struggle. Unexpectedly, Tess’s father brings her to the home of his mother, an artist Tess barely remembers. Tess is in for some life-changing lessons about old family grudges and secrets held by new acquaintances, including a boy who makes it his mission to help Tess save the withering pixiebell, and wins her heart in the process. Featuring sharp-witted first-person narration, some fascinating facts about plants and seeds, relatable characters, and evocative settings, Caletti’s (The Story of Us) inspiring novel eloquently depicts the nature of mutability. As with her previous books, this love story reverberates with honesty and emotion. Ages 12–up. (Apr.)
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Rediff.com » Business » Budget 2020: Key demands of the IT sector
Budget 2020: Key demands of the IT sector
The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing digital penetration in rural areas, and corporate guarantee to startups for competing with other nations.
Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com
A 15 per cent corporate tax rate for services companies in SEZs, setting up a fund for deep-tech startups and establishing clusters to demonstrate design-to-manufacturing capabilities of tech firms were some of the key demands made by the IT sector at the pre-Budget consultation on Monday.
Representatives from the IT, startups and mobile devices sectors met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to put forward their demands for the Budget next year.
"What we have suggested is that given that they have reduced the manufacturing corporate tax rate to 15 per cent...the fact that the SEZ sunset is happening, at least for the new services companies in SEZs, if you make it 15 (per cent), then you will have one composite rate in SEZ for both manufacturing and services," Nasscom senior director and public policy head Ashish Aggarwal told PTI after the over two-hour meeting.
He added that combined with other criteria like employment and investments over a period of time, SEZs can drive further growth.
Aggarwal said another recommendation made was to drive innovation and growth for deep-tech startups in the country.
"Set up a fund for deep-tech companies...it is no longer just about low-value jobs.
“The focus is on deep-tech. China has attracted a lot of investment.
“Globally, we see a trillion dollar opportunity till 2035 in deep-tech, so setting up a fund for enabling access of capital to deep-tech startups," he added.
Nasscom has also suggested setting up innovation clusters where "design-to-manufacture" capabilities of engineering and IT companies can be demonstrated.
"So you walk in with an idea and go out with a prototype.
“Such clusters do exist globally and this can be used as an opportunity to showcase India's capabilities as a sector," he said adding there were other areas as well where clarity has been sought by the industry body.
Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association president Rajat Tandon said the body's demands were primarily around clarity and consistency of rules.
"Our demands have been primarily around clarity and consistency, so that confidence of international stakeholders is there and hopefully, we can see more investments coming in.
“We are at the tip of the iceberg, and the minister has been very assuring," he added.
He said clarifications were needed around areas like certain treaties, sunset clauses and if pool of capital can be increased from investments done by global pension funds that can "further help build the ecosystem".
Vishakha Saigal, vice president and head at Reliance Jio, pointed out that it is important that a robust data centre infrastructure is created to meet the burgeoning data demand seen in the country.
"It is very important to have a robust data structure and complete infrastructure in India because without that, nothing is going to happen...Our current data centre capacities, they are extremely less, the demand is already outstripping the supply," she said.
Saigal noted that India is already the largest data consumer in the world and has outpaced even developed countries.
"So if we don't catch up on data centre infrastructure in India, it is very difficult to achieve our target for $1 trillion (digital) economy," she said.
Saigal highlighted that it is also important to create an "enabling PoS (point of sale) infrastructure" in areas which are under- penetrated.
"Currently, there are large number of merchants which are still not on board, so to drive government vision of cashless economy, it is imperative that the government comes out with a subsidy, fiscal measures or incentives for players who are actually reaching out with innovative solutions and PoS infrastructure in rural areas in tier II and III cities, which are under-penetrated in terms of financial transactions," she said.
Sitharaman will meet different stakeholder groups as part of pre-budget consultations for the forthcoming General Budget 2020-21.
During Monday's meeting, issues around use of Big Data technology, digital infrastructure and role of government, and regulation of digital economy, especially in the wake of privacy concerns were discussed.
Financial regulation, ease of doing business for startups, infrastructure gaps for digital India and taxation issues were also discussed, an official statement said.
The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing digital penetration in rural areas, and corporate guarantee to startups for competing with other nations, it added.
Other demands included rationalisation of MAT tax rate, tax exemption for startup units, creation of specific agency for looking after cross border financial crimes, increasing women employment (gender dividend in skill development), training youth in skill development along with international internships and incentivising Research & Development (R&D) within India.
"While the experts suggested improvements in their respective fields, they also gave a variety of solutions to the sector specific problems.
“Many speakers suggested giving tax sops to startups and nurture them in the country," the statement said.
The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur, finance secretary Rajeev Kumar, economic affairs secretary Atanu Chakraborty, revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, MeitY secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney, telecom secretary Anshu Prakash and others.
Representatives from the industry included Wipro Global chief legal officer Deepak Acharya, Apple India managing director (strategy and policy) Virat Bhatia and Lava International CMD Hari Om Rai.
Electronic and Computer Software Export Promotion Council chairman Mandeep Singh Puri, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA) president NK Goyal and Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) chairman Pankaj Mohindroo were also present.
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10 bizarre mythical monsters you should know about by Halloween
TOPICS:creatureHalloweenmonstermythicalMythologyyoushouldknow
Illustration by arif.aly (ZBrush Central)
Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal October 26, 2017
Over the years, we have been entranced, baffled, tantalized and even shocked by the monsters of well-known mythologies, be it the ubiquitous dragon, the gargantuan Kraken or the boisterous Minotaur. Fortunately, the list of legendary beasts and creatures hasn’t run out of potential candidates, even after numerous of the ilk having ‘identified’ starring roles in various cinematic blockbusters from around the world. So, as an ode to the forthcoming Halloween, let us talk about ten mythical monsters that have still not been able to take the center stage in pop-culture, in spite of their frightfully ‘monstrous’ credentials.
1) Amarok (from Inuit mythology) –
Illustration by Vinodrams
A fantastical giant wolf from the barren lands of the Arctic, the Amarok is said to hunt alone in contrast to the pack tendencies of its much smaller brethren. Many believe the legend of this lone wolf actually comes from real-time ecological periods when the untraveled deep woods were indeed populated by larger varieties of wolves (like the better known dire wolves). Some also draw parallels of this beast with the Waheela giant wolves that supposedly inhabited the northern parts of Canada.
Illustration by Indigohx (DeviantArt)
Interestingly, according to famous Danish geologist Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink, the term Amarok pertains to only a ‘fabulous’ monster for the Greenlanders, while other Arctic inhabitants believed the Amarok to be a monstrous wolf greater in size than a human being.
2) Aqrabuamelu (from Mesopotamian mythology) –
Illustration by Larkin Art (DeviantArt)
The Aqrabuamelu or the Scorpion Men are mentioned in many myths written in the Akkadian language, with the most famous descriptions being in the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. They were said to be guardians of the sun god Shamash and were found around his abode at the Mashu mountains.
In terms of portrayal, the Aqrabuamelu are described to have astronomical proportions, with their heads supposedly touching the sky and their mere glances resulting in death. However, they were also depicted as nominally benevolent beings who warned travelers of any danger in their future journeys.
3) Camazotz (from Mayan mythology) –
Illustration by Tom Kelly (DeviantArt)
In terms of conventional zoology, all of the three known species of vampire bats are actually native to the New World. So, it really doesn’t come as a surprise that it is Mayan mythology that brings forth the legend of a mythical vampire creature. But the fascinating part is – the Camazotz’s legend does have many similarities to the well-known vampire stories of the later eras. For example, the Camazotz has been described as a purely evil entity with the sole aim to cause terror.
In fact, the legends pertain to the folkloric narrative when the Mayan Gods deliberately let loose the monster from its prison so as to destroy the entire race of Mayans – which would have made way for a new order of humans. This was supposedly done as a punishment to the existing civilization when the people revolted against the bloodthirsty divine will that demanded human sacrifices in return for protection.
4) Erymanthian Boar (from Greek mythology) –
Greek Mythological traditions have brought us a host of exalted creatures, including Kraken, Cyclops, Minotaur, Manticore, and Fury. But the enormous one-ton Erymanthian Boar has seemed to elude pop-cultural references for quite some time now. Residing in the vicinity of Mount Erymanthus, the boar was fabled because of its sharp yet strong canine teeth that were used to gore and impale unfortunate victims who had mistakenly wandered to the ominous location.
Oddly enough, the Erymanthian Boar was considered to be a repugnant form of the Greek god Apollo, who had changed himself into a monster to punish Adonis. But unfortunately for the ginormous creature, the demi-god Hercules successfully captured the boar – as outlined by one of his twelve heroic labors.
5) Ghatotkacha (from Indian mythology) –
Going against the grain of ‘evil’ monsters portrayed in various mythologies, the giant Ghatotkacha was described as a humble and loyal character in the world’s longest known epic poem Mahabharata. He was the son of Bhima, who was one of the heroes of this Sanskrit mythological work, and the giantess (rakshasa) Hidimbi.
Having the blood of the rakshasa endowed Ghatotkacha with many magical powers, including the ability to glide and the capacity to turn into a monstrous giant. Incidentally, he met his tragic death in his very giant form at the climactic Battle of Kurukshetra. According to the legend, when he fell down upon the adjacent soldiers, his massive body simultaneously buried 109,350 men and 21,870 elephants!
6) Gogmagog (from Anglican/Celtic mythology) –
Source: Mythical-Creatures Wiki (link)
The other G in our entries, Gogmagog was a muscular humanoid giant from the island of Albion (the ancient name for Britain). Sometimes described as more than 14 ft tall, the monster’s kind was said to have descended from demons. The folklore maintains Gogmagog himself was hideously repulsive in nature, and even draped himself in various animal skins to keep up his unpleasant and intimidating appearance.
Unfortunately for the giant, despite having the strength of 20 men, he was not really known for his tactical abilities. And that proved to the death knell when he was unceremoniously pushed off a steep cliff by the warrior Coineus in a melee combat duel.
7) Hecatoncheires (from Greek mythology) –
The Hecatoncheires was the collective name given to three monsters (Briareus, Cottus and Gyges) who were the children of Gaia and Uranus. And, they were not only known for their frightful enormity, but also for their ghastly arrangement of hundred arms and fifty heads. Even Uranus was so taken back by their ugliness that he decided to push them back into their mother’s womb. On failing to do so, they were subsequently banished to the underworld of Tartarus.
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However, the Hecatoncheires more than made up for their revolting appearance when they helped the Greek gods in their fight against the Titans, who were also the offspring of Gaia and Uranus. As legend has it, the multi-limbed monsters had the better of their siblings partly aided by their capacity to launch a multitude of rocks at their opponents.
8) Kludde (from Belgian folklore) –
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A malicious spirit from the desolated parts of the Flemish countryside, the Kludde is said to have the ability to generally take the form of a winged black dog with a blue flame flickering around its macabre visage. Its wolfish nature had led many myth enthusiasts to define the Kludde as a werewolf or even a manifestation of the Devil himself.
Interestingly enough, the original spirit has been slated to be amorphous in nature, and hence the Kludde can take a myriad of forms – including that of a cat, a snake, a frog, a horse and even as a tree or a shrub. And, as every respectable monster, the supernatural being also has the power of speech and speed – both of which helps in ‘catching up’ with its victims.
9) Ogopogo (from Native American mythology) –
Finally, we have a marine-based monster in the form of the Ogopogo, a water serpent with seemingly affable flippers along its flanks and ominous horns along its head. An exceptional part of the folkloric traditions around the Okanagan Lake (presently in British Columbia, Canada), the native tribes even offered dead fishes and live cattle as sacrificial ‘presents’ to the cavernous behemoth.
Did we say cavernous? Well, the serpent supposedly resides inside the dark caverns underneath the deep lake, while the bones of its victims is said to be scattered around the shores of the ‘Monster Island’ on the lake. Some baleful descriptions even frightened the usually adventurous ferry commuters from the early part of the 20th century – so much so that they armed themselves in a daily fashion to defend against the monster during every crossing.
10) Sleipnir (from Norse mythology) –
Illustration by Lady Mischief (DeviantArt)
Sleipnir is possibly the ‘fastest monster’ in the world, courtesy of its eight-legs that carried the enchanted gigantic horse across the land, sea and even air. Of course, all of that speed was not just for bragging. Sleipnir is described as Odin’s personal mount, and so it helped the Allfather to travel in a blistering speed between Asgard and Earth.
Quite oddly, all of the super-exhilarating strength and elan are touted to come from Sleipnir’s magical marking on its teeth. And in an interesting note, archaeologists have found numerous depictions of an eight-legged horse from a few 8th-century figure stones etched on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
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history by the history-makers
stephen adams: book review, experimental music
A NEW BOOK, EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC: AUDIO EXPLORATIONS IN AUSTRALIA, FROM UNSW PRESS, OPENS ‘SCENIC’ WINDOWS ONTO HIDDEN WORLDS OF AUDIO CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC-MAKING FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN ITS SPELL AND WONDERED WHERE IT ALL CAME FROM.
My first conscious meetings with experimental music were through a high school music camp tutor and through the older brother of a school friend. The tutor introduced me to the post-war classical experiments of total serialism, graphic scores and chance processes; the friend’s brother to the world of Severed Heads and other Australian and international manifestations of the experimental electronica that emerged in the wake of Punk. These two broad strands of activity are the primary antecedents that the editor of Experimental Music, Gail Priest, identifies for today’s Australian experimental music culture.
It’s been a long wait for a book-length attempt to document and interpret these developments in Australia and I approached Experimental Music with both excitement and anxiety. I was excited because at last an important part of the music scene of my own era and place was being represented in book form, but anxious that the book would not be up to the task—that I would find myself taking issue with the writers on everything from the book’s title to its many claims and omissions.
In attempting to meet this challenge, Gail Priest and her publishers have provided an introduction and framework for what amounts to a series of essay memoirs by a representative group of artist-commentators, each presenting and reflecting on the genre, scene or facet of the experimental music kaleidoscope they know best.
The opening quote from Jon Rose sets the book’s tone. “You can and should research and write your own history…” This is history written by the history-makers, an idiosyncratic assemblage of artists whose primary strength as commentators is the immediacy of their experience and the freshness of their memories of the cultural scenes, practices and people they write about.
A snapshot of Experimental Music’s kaleidoscopic treatment of the experimental scene is gleaned by turning to the index and dipping into the different facets of particular artists featured across several chapters. The commonalities point to the slippery and constantly evolving nature of experimental ‘genres.’ They also highlight the importance of a relatively small number of artists in catalysing the scene-making activities of the many. Indeed, the convergence of the book’s narratives around these figures (such as Lucas Abela, David Ahern, Ross Bolleter, Philip Brophy/tsk tsk tsk, Warren Burt, David Chesworth, Jim Denley, Tom Elllard/Severed Heads, Robin Fox, Ron Nagorcka, Jon Rose and Rik Rue) seems to suggest an implicit Australian experimental canon. The absence of women from this quick survey reflects the apparent rarity of influential cross-genre female protagonists, women being best represented in improv and radiophony. Does much ‘experimental’ culture have a relatively macho, or ‘boys-with-toys’ character?
Launching in from a brief sketch by Priest of the main uses of the term ‘experimental music’ and its neighbours ‘sound art’ and ‘exploratory music’ the book’s 10 chapters provide 10 slices or ‘scene-based’ views of recent experimental music in Australia. Each of the chapters is marked by the language, feel and cultural priorities of the writers and their ‘scenes’—a jumble of heterogenous voices set within the framework provided by Priest. She bookends the collection with a brief focus on the ways in which contemporary sound culture is increasingly engaging the visual.
Priest and Julian Knowles in his opening chapter define experimental music primarily in terms of what it is not, a culture marked by its spirit of opposition. The glue that binds this unruly assemblage of divergent music-makers together is the will to push or transgress boundaries, whether between music and noise, the extreme loud and soft edges of hearing, the boundaries of intention and chance, of copyright, of the nature of instruments whether found, newly created, modified or reinvented, of music with other artforms, or of the social and physical contexts of music-making.
Knowles’ introduction delivers an overview of some key festivals and concert series that have supported and promoted the DIY end of experimental music over the past two decades. He provides a sense of the background and ecology of current scenes, emphasising both the fecundity of artists, events and practices and their fragility, subject to intermittent funding and the rapid ebb and flow of venues and series, all riding on the largely unpaid energies of their artists/curators.
His sketches of What Is Music?, Liquid Architecture, the NOW now Festival and other manifestations of the contemporary listening-oriented music scene begin to flesh out sub-cultural affiliations to free jazz and improvisation, to the electronic music and multimedia work of the academy and to the more anarchic energies of noise and other more punkish music-making.
As with the other contributors in this book, Knowles’ conception of experimental music-making perpetuates the late modernist amnesia concerning the extraordinary local Indigenous and colonial musical experimenters of the previous 200 years, as described in Jon Rose’s 2007 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address. Again, this amnesia is partly built into the publisher’s brief for this book and its UNSW Press Australian Music series companions to tell the story of the past 30 years of music in this country. This is a time frame that makes more sense in Australian classical music where there are already a handful of books dealing with earlier periods. The short focus unfortunately reduces any sense that there is a local or national heritage to be drawn on, making experimental music culture seem to be an international phenomenon to which Australians have more recently responded and occasionally contribute.
In “The Lost Decade”, Ian Andrews and John Blades flesh out the first phase of DIY activities in a scene marked by hand-made cassette releases, low-tech looping, ephemeral labels, fanzines, and constantly permutating bands and collaborations creating an apparently bewildering array of small-scale, grass-roots activity all taking place in opposition to the established music industry. This evokes the time of my early adulthood, full of familiar and half-known names that provoke a flush of nostalgia and recognition while providing a larger context for a scene that I experienced on a purely local level.
The next three chapters follow three different paths from the experimental ‘scenesters’ of the post-punk ‘lost decade’ to the contemporary network of independent listening-oriented festivals and concert series described by Knowles. Cat Hope tells the story of the rise of ‘noise’ from a band-based challenge to mainstream definitions of musical sound to a genre, and now an increasingly important aspect of experimental music across the spectrum. Shannon O’Neill looks at appropriation-based music—the sampling, mash-ups and tributes that have pushed the boundaries of copyright. He makes the interesting observation that experimental music in Australia as a whole has recently shifted towards a more ‘materialist’ focus, eschewing quotation and absurd juxtaposition for a mostly straight-faced focus on the materiality of the instruments and the physicality of sound production and its by-products. Priest and Sebastian Chan’s brief sketch of the coexistence of popular and unpopular electronic music in the rave and party worlds of the 90s fills in one more background to the ‘listening-oriented’ music culture partly created by these artists as they detached themselves from the dance scene at the start of the new century.
By this time the lists of artists and projects, known, unknown and half-familiar, cry out for more detailed description of actual practices, provided to some extent by Bo Daley’s case study of the Sydney electronic music collective Clan Analogue. The account fleshes out the mechanics of scene-making with its attendant behaviours, aesthetics and ethics, within a typically post-Punk collectivist environment that characterised many of the DIY experimenters covered in the previous chapters.
Alistair Riddell takes the reader away from scene-making and into the world of the university electronic studios of La Trobe, Melbourne University, the NSW Conservatorium and Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium in the 1970s, characterised by the interplay between scientific and artistic mind-sets. It’s a starker version of the interplay between instrument and idea that characterises all creative music making. A similar interplay is found in the independent instrument-building activities of Sean Bridgeman’s chapter, ranging from software, through circuit-bending and the building and radical modification of acoustic instruments. Riddell ends his chapter with a plea for the continued university development of the programmer-musician in the face of a scene increasingly dominated by individual laptop artists operating in the main as end-users of third-party software rather than creative developers of new software to express highly individual artistic intentions.
Jim Denley’s chapter on ‘improv’ returns to scene-making but continues Riddell’s larger sweep of time and geography with a definition and brief sketch of the development of improv in Australia from 1972 to the present followed by a series of portraits of key artists, neatly distilling the contributions and stylistic approaches of each. The What is Music? festivals of the 1990s, founded by improvisers Robbie Avenaim and Oren Ambarchi, are seen as key in taking improv from the underground of a handful of practitioners into a visible scene with a surprisingly large and youthful following. Part of the secret of the large numbers is that improv has developed a participatory ethos in which many players move easily between the roles of audience and performer.
In “Written In Air”, Virginia Madsen introduces readers to the world of radiophonic arts, a strand of experimental sound culture emerging out of the radio sound studios of France, Germany, Italy and the UK. This tradition thrived within the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over two decades, most famously in the long-running program The Listening Room, providing experimental opportunities and resources to diverse artists interested in hybrid interplays of environmental recordings, words, instrumental music, sound effects, electronics and any and all of the arts of sound. Her hymn of praise to peripatetic ex-pat Australian Kaye Mortley’s radiophonic oeuvre had me wanting to hear more and wishing for spaces today where this work might more readily continue to be heard. Gail Priest’s accompanying CD selection of examples barely skims the surface of the many scenes and artists in this book, but does provide a number of tantalising glimpses, including an extract from Mortley’s Exilio from 1999.
Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia fills a cultural gap, documenting local audio culture and providing a useful taxonomy of the main modes of practice in Australia frequently understood as ‘experimental music.’ A contentious aspect of the book will be the very Sydney-centric roster of contributors. Some of these do better than others in elaborating a national perspective, but the provocation is there to counter the shortcomings with more books and articles, offering alternative readings and the coverage of artists and local scenes not represented here.
And the publication of such a book has a valuable legitimising effect, building wider awareness of the experimental scene’s traditions and key antecedents and therefore of its place in the broader culture. There is of course some ironic tension in the legitimising of experimental music culture given that culture’s commitment to opposing and dismantling orthodoxies. At what point does an experimental musical form/scene/process/aesthetic/…cease to be ‘experimental’ and become part of received culture? Nevertheless it’s healthy for any culture to foster historical awareness among its participants if only to guard against the uncritical acceptance of new ‘experimental’ orthodoxies.
Gail Priest, editor, Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia, UNSW Press, 2009, ISBN 978 1 921410 07 9. The UNSW Press Australian Music series was supported by the Music Board of the Australia Council.
www.experimentalmusicaustralia.net
RealTime issue #93 Oct-Nov 2009 pg. 48
© Stephen Adams; for permission to reproduce apply to realtime@realtimearts.net
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Live on stage 11/11/2016
Who's playing where this week?
Live on stage 11/11/2016 Who's playing where this week? Check out this story on reporternews.com: http://arnne.ws/2fQIZpS
Abilene Published 9:51 p.m. CT Nov. 13, 2016 | Updated 9:56 p.m. CT Nov. 13, 2016
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If you’re a musician who has a gig, or you’re a venue owner who has a musician playing, send us your information. It’s FREE to be listed here, but we can’t tell everyone who’s playing if no one tells us.
Send your gig information to publishme@reporternews.com; via fax to (325) 670-5242; or via mail in care of the Reporter-News, 101 Cypress, Abilene, 79601.
Deadline is one week before publication.
Abilene Seafood Tavern, 1882 S. Clack St. Tripp Mathis, 9 p.m. to midnight Thursdays.
Ball Ranch, Highway 83-84 (2 miles south of Abilene Regional Medical Center). Chuck wagon supper and Old West songs, 7-9 p.m. Saturdays.
Chelsea’s Street Pub, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road. 180, Wednesdays.
Cypress Street Station, 158 Cypress St. “Piano Man” Mike Schuler, 6 to 10 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Don Luis’ Mexican Cafe, 3370 N. First St. Dulcimer Divas, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays.
Emerald Inn Expo 80 Proof Lounge, 840 Highway 80 E. Jhon-AleX, 9 p.m. Fridays.
Firehouse Bar & Grill, 2074 Butternut St. Tony Barker, 4 to 7 p.m. Sundays.
Heff’s Burgers, 1902 Antilley Road. “Piano Man” Mike Schuler, 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
Legacy Bar, 3450 S. Clack St. Vincent Allen Dawson open mic, Wednesdays.
Little Italy, 1417 S. Danville Drive. Dan Mitchell (acoustic), 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Long Branch Saloon, 3525 N. 6th St. Happy Fat, 9 p.m. Thursdays.
Monk’s Coffee Shop, 233 Cypress St. Open Mike Night, 9 p.m. Thursdays.
Play Faire Park, 2300 N. 2nd St. Tony Barker, Saturday.
Note: All live entertainment listings are subject to change without notice.
Anson Opera House, 1104 11th Street. Country musical, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19.
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Old Steak House. Dance, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
MCCAULLEY
Community Center. Musical, 6:30 p.m. Saturday (all ages).
MINGUS
Mule Lip Bar. C.B. Sutton and the Outcast Band (country), 5-9 p.m. Sundays.
OPLIN
Grand Ole Oplin. Midnight Blue, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday and Nov. 18, $5.
The Lumberyard, No. 7 Cypress. Dusty Creek, 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts, 9 p.m. Nov. 19.
Civic Center, 301 E. Housley St. Country/Western/bluegrass/gospel musical, 6 p.m. Nov. 19.
VFW Post 2479. Midnight Blue, 8 p.m. Saturday, $10. Mike and the Last Call Band, 8 p.m. Nov. 19.
Wagon Wheel, 1023 South I-20 access road. Muddy Creek, 7-10 p.m. Nov. 18.
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Conad acquires Auchan's Italian activities
Italian supermarket chain Conad strengthens its position in Northern Italy through the acquisition of 1600 stores, including 46 hypermarkets, from Auchan. The French chain needs this transaction, pending the approval of the Italian competition authorities, to go through after a billion euro loss last year.
Strategic acquisition
Auchan Retail and Italian co-operative retail group Conad have reached an agreement today concerning the sale of almost all activities of Auchan Retail Italia, the latter announced in a press release. Auchan is (or was) strongly anchored in Italy, with 1600 sales points of various kinds (hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores). Those outlets are operated under the brand names Auchan and Simply, some managed by the chain and others by franchisees. Geographically, the store network is complementary with Conad's.
The supermarkets of Auchan Retail in Sicily and the drugstores of Lillapois are not included in the deal, which also does not cover sales points in shopping centres: those will continue to be managed by Ceetrus, which will be continuing its activities in Italy. Ceetrus is the real estate division of the Auchan group, previously called Immochan.
"By combining Conad's and Auchan's expertise, we want to improve the difficult situation of Auchan Italy and allow Conad to continue its ambitious plans. For the staff, it is a chance to join an Italian player with a strong commercial dynamic," said Edgar Bonte, president of Auchan Retail.
Auchan is going through a difficult time: the French group suffered a 1.1 billion euro loss in the past financial year and has recently announced a major reorganisation in France.
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Rights Group Claims Russians Arrested, Tortured Uzbeks
July 15, 2005 18:33 GMT
Andijon after the Uzbek government's crackdown 15 July 2005 -- A Russian human rights group today accused authorities in Russia of arresting and torturing 14 people of Uzbek origin following a request by Uzbek officials related to violence in eastern Uzbekistan in mid-May.
According to Memorial, 12 Uzbek nationals, a Russian, and a Kyrgyz were detained in Ivanovo, northeast of Moscow, in June.
According to the nongovernmental rights group, the 14 were beaten and given electric shocks in the presence of Uzbek interrogators for their suspected involvement in violence in the Uzbek eastern city of Andijon.
On 13 May, Uzbek troops opened fire on the protesters. The government says 187 people were killed, half of them armed militants. Human rights groups have claimed that as many as 750-1,000 people died.
See also "Is Russia Helping Tashkent Clean Up After Andijon?"
[For more on the protests and bloodshed in Uzbekistan, see RFE/RL's dedicated Unrest In Uzbekistan archive.]
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Abraham Polonsky
Highest Rated: 100% Madigan (1968)
Lowest Rated: 0% Monsignor (1982)
Birthday: Dec 5, 1910
A law school graduate, New York-born Abraham Polonsky entered movies after a short teaching career, as a screenwriter. After serving with the Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the CIA) during World War II, he returned to Hollywood and, after a brief stint with Paramount, wrote the screenplay for the independent production Body and Soul. With help from producer Bob Roberts, Polonsky ascended to the director's chair for Force of Evil, a stunning film noir that attracted a great deal of attention despite major distribution problems. Unfortunately, Polonsky blacklisted in 1950 after refusing to testify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. He continued to work as a screenwriter, but didn't get another chance to direct until 1970 in Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.
Force of Evil
No Score Yet Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (Hollywood: An Empire of Their Own) Actor — 1998
0% Monsignor Screenwriter — 1982
No Score Yet Avalanche Express Screenwriter — 1979
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Class of Heroes
Class of Heroes bills itself as a classic first-person dungeon crawler, and they certainly put a lot of effort into making the experience feel like just that. But does this title manage to distinguish itself from the rest in a long-running line of similar games, or does it just fade into the background immediately?
Back in the early to mid 1980s, technology didn't really allow for a lot in the way of storytelling and narrative in games; "Role Playing Games" instead were mostly reliant on providing a lengthy, complex and challenging gaming experience to hold the player's attention, with an emphasis on obscure puzzles, difficult enemy encounters and first-person dungeons that all but required the player to draw out their own maps on graph paper. This style of gameplay has persisted in one form or another throughout the entire history of video games, and Class of Heroes fills that niche once again with an exacting homage to games like Wizardry in many fronts. The player has a choice of ten races to create characters in (each with their own unique abilities, stat balance and affinity with other races) and numerous classes to work with as well - some relatively mundane (the usual fighter, mage, thief and cleric combinations) and others a bit more niche - Alchemists aid with item crafting by increasing item drops and being able to identify rare items, for example, whilst Psychicers can use any weapon from the back row, and Samurais can hit an entire row of enemies at the same time. As with the early RPGs, any class can be taken up by any race, though there are obvious disadvantages to making weaker races take up the reigns as a physical fighter, or stronger races becoming a magic-using class.
The rest of the game is just as by-the-numbers in most respects. There is very little in the way of an overall story or character narrative, with the only hints of it being in small quests given to you by various characters. Quests themselves are mostly generic affairs, usually tasking the player to either find items, craft a specific item or defeat a specific foe in the depths of a given dungeon. Not all of these are are as simple or straightforward as they appear, either; one of the earliest quests you get is to craft a slingshot out of "wood chips", which I didn't find any of until at least 3-4 dungeons into the game. It's all a bit of a shame, really, as the game has some interesting lore behind its races and an overall cute and charming visual style for its characters, which just made me wish there was more of an emphasis on exploring the game's environment and interacting with its various races and cultures.
As per the standards of these games, Class of Heroes' main emphasis is in its dungeons - navigating mazes full of traps, puzzles and frequent encounters with enemies, some of which can be enormous in scale (with upwards of 15 enemies for the player to fight at a time). However, this does also afford Class of Heroes a slightly interesting twist in comparison to most dungeon crawlers - while the dungeon maps themselves are not randomly generated, they are shuffled around randomly with each visit, which makes for a slightly different experience each time the player enters one. Each dungeon floor is also symmetrical with screen-wrapping (exiting the edge of a map puts them on the opposite side), and when the player navigates their way through one, they unlock gates which quickly allow them access to the floor's exit on subsequent visits, which makes navigating already-cleared floors much faster. This definitely helps when the player simply wants to get to another town or quickly access a floor they've already cleared to complete a quest. Combat animations in the game also goes by relatively quickly, which makes mundane encounters a bit less of a slog.
However, despite its efforts to speed up the more commonplace and mundane elements of the game, Class of Heroes is a timesink by design - an exacting homage to old school dungeon crawlers like Wizardry and Might & Magic with very little emphasis on story and characters, instead making way for huge amounts of dungeon exploring, item crafting and battling monsters, with your only real motivation being to power up your forces, complete new dungeons and take on greater challenges. If you're a big fan of that style of gameplay this should be right up your alley, but if you're not, the sheer grind that Class of Heroes has to offer will probably get tiresome quickly.
Developer: Acquire, Zero-Div
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: Playstation Portable
Recommended version: N/A
Tags: CRPG, Fantasy, Customizable Characters, Turn-Based, Random Encounters, Dungeon Crawler, Randomized Content, Collection-Fest, Crafting System, Voluminous Side Content, Save Anywhere, Very Long Campaign, Humorous
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Dreaming of a world without nuclear weapons
5 Mar, 2010 07:12
The main objective of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1970 is aimed to reduce the threat of nuclear annihilation, yet four decades later nuclear safety remains a burning issue.
The treaty was signed at the height of the Cold War, when the entire world lived in constant fear of an all-out nuclear war breaking out between the Soviet Union and the United States, the nuclear-armed ideological foes. Thus, when the two superpowers were among those who signed the deal, it was a real breakthrough for international global security.
But as the dangers of the Cold War may have passed, many new ones have arisen.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is still in effect and currently has 189 signatory states that have pledged not to develop nuclear weapon technology; those who presently possess such weapons have declared their intent to get rid of them in the near future.
Despite the conditions set down in the NPT, some experts say we still face a nuclear challenge, and they readily support the claim.
“First, the nuclear non-proliferation regime is eroding,” argues Evgeny Buzhinsky, who was one of the participants to help draft the NPT. “More countries possess nuclear weapons and there are threshold countries that are about to join the nuclear club.”
Buzhinsky then made reference to one of the gravest threats to international security: terrorists with nuclear weapons.
Soviet Premier Leonid Kosygin speaking after the NPT signature (RIA Novosti / Stuzhin, STF)
“We now talk about nuclear terrorism, something which couldn’t be imagined 40 years ago,” he said.
The conditions set down by the NPT bans non-nuclear countries from developing atomic weapons, and in return grants them access to nuclear technology for the purpose of generating electricity. But this has not prevented India, Pakistan and North Korea from joining the nuclear club, while Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied its status, is widely believed to have one of the world’s most deadly nuclear arsenals.
The one thing that the experts are unanimous about is that the treaty has become an effective bargaining chip in modern politics.
The document's most infamous loophole is Article 4, which allows for the use of civilian nuclear energy. Iran, whose nuclear aspirations now top the international agenda, claims it is enriching uranium in full compliance with this provision. But not everybody agrees. Indeed, some nations fear that Iran is secretly developing a nuclear weapons program behind the shroud of a civilian energy program.
"For almost twenty years Iran has been working on its nuclear program in secret from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” says Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister. “It was only after its activities were revealed that Iran started contacts with the IAEA and it now has to answer a range of questions. So far, we haven’t received definite answers.”
Lavrov then made reference to a secret nuclear facility that the Iranians had failed to disclose until late last year.
“What’s more, a surprise came when in September we found out that the Iranians had for a long time been building a nuclear facility in Qom,” Lavrov added.
Tehran's clandestine atomic activities have prompted international leaders to make calls for a draft of a new weapons elimination treaty to be hammered out.
If ratified by all current NPT members, the development of nuclear fuel would be limited to very few states and would be subject to rigorous controls.
But what must exist to ensure the deal will work is the trust from all the parties and their determination to stick to their commitments up to the end.
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California’s statutes on spousal support sprawl over more than fifty provisions (some rather extravagantly subdivided and lengthy) in Division 9 of its Family Code. Spousal support shares about half of those fifty-odd provisions with child support. That’s before we get to California’s version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, and after we agree to ignore what other divisions of the Code have to offer on the topic.
California’s current statute doesn’t call it “alimony.” In fact, California legislation hasn’t called any part of it “alimony” for the better part of fifty years. Since 1970 the term “spousal support” has been used to refer indiscriminately and—ambiguously—to support (and support entitlements) while marriage is going-concern, while marriage is in the throes of dissolution, while married couples are legally separated, and post-divorce. Even before that, “alimony” in the statute was used sparingly—only to refer to court-ordered support payments during legal separation and pendente lite divorce proceedings.
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HOME > THE Sands Cotai Central PRESS CENTER > Cantopop Legend Hacken Lee to Mark 30-Year Career with Mega Show at The Venetian Macao on Dec. 14 | The Sands Cotai Central
Cantopop Legend Hacken Lee to Mark 30-Year Career with Mega Show at The Venetian Macao on Dec. 14
Suncity Group Presents: HACKEN LEE 30th
ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MACAO at Cotai Arena
(Macao, Nov. 13, 2019) – One of the most popular Hong Kong singers of all time, Hacken Lee will celebrate three decades in the music industry when he performs Suncity Group Presents: HACKEN LEE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MACAO at The Venetian® Macao’s Cotai Arena on Dec. 14, 2019. Tickets go on sale on Nov. 14 at all Cotai Ticketing box offices.
Lee has released over 70 albums, had numerous hit records throughout his career and become a household name in the music industry.
The consummate professional, he has a unique voice and outstanding singing skills which have made him an evergreen favourite across generations. With a huge passion for music, he has participated in several high-profile TV singing competitions, which have further raised his profile.
For Suncity Group Presents: HACKEN LEE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MACAO, Lee will demonstrate his dancing as well as his singing skills with dynamic new choreography. The show will also add vibrant stage and costume design never before seen in Macao. There will be an acoustic guitar section, and he will also sing tracks he rarely performs at concerts.
Get your tickets for Suncity Group Presents: HACKEN LEE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MACAO at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on Dec. 14, 2019 and enjoy a spectacular concert experience.
ICBC Sands Lifestyle Mastercard cardholders can enjoy 10% discount on ticket prices as well as earn points when shopping or travelling anywhere in the world and then redeem them in Macao within Sands Resorts Macao’s integrated resorts.
Ticketing details:
Event Suncity Group Presents: HACKEN LEE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MACAO
Date and Time Dec. 14, 2019 (Sat) 8 p.m.
Venue Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao
Ticket Prices MOP/ HKD 1,280 (VIP Reserve)
MOP/ HKD 880 (A Reserve)
MOP/ HKD 680 (B Reserve)
MOP/ HKD 380 (C Reserve)
Ferry Packages Add MOP/HKD 128 to ticket price for a round-trip Cotai Water Jet ferry ticket between Hong Kong and Macao
Ticketing Outlets Cotai Ticketing
Online: www.cotaiticketing.com
Box offices:
The Parisian Macao – Main Lobby Box Office L1
The Venetian Macao – Main Lobby and West Lobby Box Offices
Four Seasons Hotel Macao – The Plaza™ Macao Box Office
Sands® Macao – Level 1 Box Office
Sands® Cotai Central – Sheraton Main Lobby and Holiday Inn Main Lobby Box Offices
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Photo caption: Hong Kong superstar Hacken Lee will celebrate three decades in the music industry when he performs Suncity Group Presents: HACKEN LEE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN MACAO at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on Dec. 14.
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Entertainment at Sands China Properties
Sands China Ltd. has a clear vision to establish Macao as Asia’s top entertainment destination.
The 15,000-seat Cotai Arena and 1,800-seat Venetian Theatre are the only venues in Asia ranked in Pollstar’s Top 100 Worldwide Arena Venues and Pollstar’s Top 200 Worldwide Theatre Venues based on ticket sales. Cotai Arena is the top entertainment destination in southern China, hosting the world and region’s biggest names in music, sports and awards shows. Superstars frequently choose the venue as the starting point of their Asian tours. The 1,800-seat, multi-purpose Venetian Theatre is one of the most luxurious entertainment venues in greater China. Featuring ushers in black tie, champagne service, gourmet food and beverage and other unique, premium amenities, it offers an intimate, luxurious and exclusive venue experience. The Venetian Theatre is playing a key role in bringing the best in international and Chinese entertainment to Macao, with a theatre experience like no other in the region.
Sands® Macao’s 650-seat Sands Theatre regularly features internationally-renowned singers, performers and artists of the highest calibre. From traditional Chinese-costumed dance to modern performances, everything from Western rock to Cantonese pop is covered. At The Parisian Macao the 1,200-seat, purpose-built Parisian Theatre offers an elegant experience for world-class entertainment of all kinds, while the latest venue is the state of the art 1,700-seat Sands Cotai Theatre, which opened with a successful two year residency from the renowned Beijing Huayan Group with its classic Monkey King – China Show.
Offering world-class diversity and quality, Sands China Ltd.’s next generation of live venues is ushering in a new era of entertainment in Macao.
For information about upcoming shows and events, visit http://en.sandsresortsmacao.com/macau-shows.html and www.sandsmacao.com/entertainment.html
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Examining Public Charge: What Is It and Who It Affects?
By Powers Law Group
What is the public charge rule and how can it affect my immigration process?
Public charge is a concept that essentially allows the United States government to deny a visa to anyone who may become dependent on governmental assistance in the future or who may have used government resources in the past. Public charge is when someone is primarily dependent on the government for subsistence as demonstrated by using public cash assistance for income maintenance or long-term care at the expense of the government. The types of benefits considered will include both cash and non-cash benefits.
Who will this rule affect?
The federal register states that the public charge ground applies to any individual applying for a visa to come to the US temporarily or permanently, for admission, or for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident.
What assistance is considered a public benefit?
Under the proposed rule, Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps), Section 8 housing assistance and federally subsidized housing will be used as evidence that a green card or visa applicant is inadmissible under the public charge ground. Medicaid received by applicants while under age 21 or while pregnant are not considered.
How will the officer analyze whether to make a public charge finding?
Immigration officials will consider a person’s: age, health, family seize, skills and financial status to determine whether there is a likelihood that they will become a public charge in the future. The Department of Homeland Security is also proposing to add form I-944, Declaration of Self Sufficiency. The goal of this form is for an officer to determine whether the applicant is likely to receive any government benefits in the future. This form is 19 pages long and requests information, including: age, family information, health information, assets details, income, credit history, and many more details.
The final rule states that a person who has received a public benefit for more than 12 months in aggregate within any 36-month period, will be deemed a public charge. The rule specifies further, that if you received more than one benefit a month, it will c ount as two months of having received these benefits.
Are any applicants exempted from the rule?
Yes. Congress has specifically exempted the following groups from the public charge inadmissibility:
Refugees, asylees, Afghani or Iraqi national employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government, Cuban and Haitian entrants at adjustment, Nicaraguans and other Central Americans who are adjusting status, under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), Haitians who are adjusting status under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, and VAWA self-petitioners, among others.
When will this go into effect?
As of now, the final rule was published on August 14, 2019. However, the rule will go into effect 60 days later, on October 15, 2019, if legal challenges do not cause the rule to be delayed.
At the Powers Law Group, we have vast experience handling complex adjustment of status cases. If you have any questions about this potential new policy and would like to know how this will affect you, please contact our office at (713) 589-2085 to schedule a consult with one of our attorneys.
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Synopsis: Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one. She thinks she is a fairy who came on a mission and got caught in this world. She travels by bus every day. At the bus-stop, there is a "web camera" which records images and puts them into the Internet. Santiago is a scientist who works in an international research project to detect signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. He is a lonely man who lives with his dog and his computer. Rosalía finds she has some extra-sensory powers and thinks three young women she knows are fairies. They will remarkably influence her life. She also feels the need to meet her father, whom she has not seen since she was 8.
Director(s): Eliseo Subiela
Actors: Héctor Alterio, Antonio Birabent, Mónica Galán, Julieta Ortega
The evil in this world
chases away the fairies.
They don't want to see the
destruction of forests,
mankind's cruelty and selfishness.
That's why it gets harder
and harder to see a fairy.
Whenever a child says he
doesn't believe in fairies,
one of them dies.
That's why there are so few of them.
LITTLE MIRACLES:
They are fantastic beings
who show themselves in the shape of women
and are given magical power
and the gift of foreseeing the future.
Their main mission is
to help make the wishes
of others come true.
Mom, it's Rosalia.
Please, call me.
Signs of life in space,
Lola.
Don't get jealous...
But there she is.
It's her again.
I have the same dream every night.
I'm in danger and a fairy
godmother saves me.
- what that means?
Before being a mother...
Did you dream of it?
Did you dream of having a child?
- Good morning.
I'm leaving Lola with you.
- Bye.
- See you later.
Argentine Institute
for Radio-Astronomy.
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Should we call Harvard?
No, move the antenna.
The signal is the same.
It's an interference.
During the trip,
I talked
about my recent
exciting experiences
in the ballrooms devoted
to tango dancing...
- I'll bring some tea.
- I'll help you.
No. Make yourself at home.
You've got a new walking stick.
It's for when I wear beige.
Two, or have you gained weight?
You have.
How are you doing timewise?
I'd like to try to finish this year.
I have Don Francisco,
but I think I still have time.
Are we going to graduate this year?
It'd be a miracle. Shall we try it?
Shall I open this letter?
No. Later. It must be
the bank statement.
The electricity bill.
A letter.
Sent by P.P.
It's a love letter.
Read it. Go on.
"My dearest beloved..."
Alejandro Casona: "It's forbidden"
to commit suicide in spring."
It must be an older man.
"I don't know what to do with this love."
I did everything I could
to get your address.
I lied, I trembled, I feared.
I don't understand why, if you
don't see me, when you look at me,
I feel something I haven't
felt for a long time.
So many people see without looking.
You don't see.
But no one's ever looked at me this way.
I have an irrepressible desire
"to hold you in my arms..."
It must be a guy from the ballrooms.
"To explore your body"
as if I were the blindest of men.
Pore by pore,
with my hands...
with my tongue...
"with my breath..."
Come on, don't be afraid.
Go on reading.
"I want to stay in your hills..."
rest in your valleys...
get lost in your forests...
suffocate in your thickets...
taste the forbidden fruit
as long as you assure me that,
"when I'm expelled from Paradise
you will come with me."
Isn't it funny how he
mixes geography and sex?
Maps must turn him on.
"If that doesn't happen,"
I'll be glad dancing with you.
For me, your darkness
is my heart's brightest spot.
"I love you, P.P."
He wants to act like a gentleman,
but he is a pig. I like that.
Who could it be?
I'm going dancing on Saturday.
I never go on Saturdays
because men go with their sweethearts.
But I want to try it.
Are you coming with me?
You haven't danced the tango lately.
You must have forgotten how.
Men are asking you to dance.
You don't respond. They look upset.
But how could I...?
Today is Saturday, Rosalia.
The guys from Saturday don't know me.
Let's go to the rest room.
Across the dance floor. I want everybody
to know I am blind.
Your attention, please.
We'll now
start dancing the canyengue tango,
Aldo Romero
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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
Martinez, A. Lee
[S.I.] : Saga Press, 2016.
Constance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she's sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to reset her destiny and become the one thing she's never been: ordinary. Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become the world's great adventurer. She is a master of martial arts, a keen detective, and possesses a collection of strange artifacts. Constance has spent the past twenty-eight years saving the world, and she's tired of it. All she wants is to work in an office and date a nice, normal guy. And she's figured a way out. The only problem is that saving the world is Constance's destiny. She's great at it, and there are forces at work to make sure she stays in the job. Then again, it's also her destiny to have a glorious death.
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MISCONDUCTERS ‘Pariah’ Review; Select Tracks Streaming
October 31, 2017 October 31, 2017 Pat 'Riot' Whitaker
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com)
The global-wide metal underground is an intriguing place to say the least. It is a place that exists with duality or purpose in many cases, at any given time. For some, it can be both a treasure trove of undiscovered riches yet for others, it is a musty graveyard where many bands go to die. The point I’m trying to make is this: that you must tread carefully within its confines and exercise a discerning sensibility when you do such.
Thankfully, today’s discovery lands firmly within our grasp as a metallic treasure, my friends. That wealth comes in the form of the just-released genre-smashing album “Pariah” from Misconducters. Some of you may already be familiar with the band but to be honest, I only recently discovered them myself despite the fact that this is their fifth full-length record.
Originally birthed in the U.K. circa 2008, Misconducters are primarily the vehicular brainchild of the band’s founder, Den. After years of writing songs, collaborating with fellow musicians and the such, he relocated to his homeland of Brazil and went to work on writing and recording “Pariah“. Now that the album is out, what we have is a real, truly bona fide trend-bucking collection of kick ass music.
Misconducters do not conform to any preconceived notions when it comes to music, they’re as comfortable wrenching out a blistering slice of speed metal fury as they are belting out some crustened punk. They see your pigeonholing ploys and linear labeling lines and they amusingly piss on them and grin.
See, that is the key to this 8-track treasure chest, a blatant disregard for staying-inside-the-lines safety. From the punk rock-fused funk and thrash of a song like “Skyline” or the semi-maniacal melodic metal of “Battlefield“, there are unexpected twists and turns lurking behind every note. In fact, it is Misconducters type music that the term “crossover” was surely coined for describing.
There is just so much to experience here, all of which is crackling with electrified energy and angst, then channeled for maximum effectiveness. From the fantastic title track “Pariah” to the sludgy blues of “Pace Of Life“, body blow after body blow of heavy metal mangles you with zeal. Then there is one of my favorite tracks, the incendiary strike of “Born Down South“, a fast-paced fret boogie of swaggering guitar and devil-may-care attitude. Check out its’ lyric video below.
So there you have it! Misconducters “Pariah” is a gritty, rough-around-the-edges slug fest of sonic hard knocks. The Digital version is available now as is the CD format (that dropped today, October 31st) at this location.
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Formerly known as Dragon so you probably already know my deal. METAL & ROCK! Nearly 40 years involved in it, every style, genre & sub genre you can imagine. I'm as real as it gets... come put me to the test.
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Sensor technology to improve safety and health in aged care
Flexible sensors developed at RMIT will be integrated into new health monitoring technology to improve aged care, in a project supported through a $1.7 million Federal Government grant.
The $1.7 million Cooperative Research Centre Projects (CRC-P) grant has been awarded to Melbourne-based research and advanced manufacturing company Sleeptite, which is leading the development of the non-invasive health care monitoring program.
Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation, Senator Zed Seselja, today announced the CRC-P grant at RMIT’s Micro Nano Research Facility.
The Sleeptite collaboration brings together a multi-disciplinary team in sensing, micro-technology, health data analytics and bedding manufacturing that will deliver new Australian-made products for the aged care and assisted living sectors.
Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran (centre) and Senator Zed Seselja (right) with researchers and project partners at the Micro Nano Research Facility. Photo: Mark Dadswell, Sleeptite
RMIT researchers led by Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran will work to integrate their flexible, unbreakable electronics into bedding products to enable the real-time monitoring of health and sleep.
Bhaskaran said while some technologies existed to improve monitoring, they were either too expensive for wide implementation or unreliable.
“What we’re developing is a cost-effective way to improve the supervision and monitoring of people living in aged care and assisted living facilities, especially at night,” she said.
The new technology is designed to give nurses, carers and aged care facility managers greater insight into the health and wellbeing of patients within their care.
By alerting health care workers to movements or potential areas for concern, the technology aims to minimise night time disruption and deliver better quality of life for residents.
An Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow and co-leader of the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT, Bhaskaran said she was thrilled that an Australian company was leading the drive to take her team’s work from the lab out into the real world.
“To have an Australian partner that truly understands research and is passionate about getting our home-grown technology out to the public, where it can benefit society, it’s very special.”
Associate Professor Sharath Sriram and Sleeptite CEO Cameron van den Dungen examine the flexible sensors. Photo: Mark Dadswell, Sleeptite
The RMIT researchers will work closely with other project partners Hexoskin (biometric data analytics) and Sleepeeze (advanced manufacturing), with the aim of delivering a product that is approved for medical use within three years.
Sleeptite CEO Cameron van den Dungen said the aged care industry was entering a new era, with greater than ever demand for excellence in functionality, design and care.
“Australia has the chance to become world leaders when it comes to increasing the quality of health care provided to its elderly through technology; technology that not only supports the valuable care workers but enables them to provide greater care than they believe is possible, and at a cost that is more affordable than the assistance currently on offer, this is why Sleeptite exists,” he said.
Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation, Professor Denise Cuthbert, said the funding announcement was a testament to the strong collaborative relationships between RMIT researchers and industry.
“At RMIT, we’re strongly focused on working with industry partners to ensure our research continues to shape the world for the better,” Cuthbert said.
"We’re excited at this opportunity for our leading research in sensor technology to make a real and positive difference to our communities.”
Story: Gosia Kaszubska
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Innovative therapy to assist with brain injury rehabilitation is extending to Spain as part of a new agreement between RMIT and one of the country’s largest teaching hospitals.
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Management Committee minutes - March 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the Harbour Club
Funding - The £1,200 bridging grant has been spent by the NP, according to the agreed expenditure budget set with Locality.
Household Survey progress update - Work to prepare a printed and online version of the survey is now nearing completion. Distribution is due to commence on April 22. Joss Loader is leading this work, and an independent analyst will be used by Joss to prepare feedback. It is hoped that Adur District Council will fund survey costs.
Planning & Regeneration Working Group – progress on the Characterisation Study - Julia Watts will update the committee at the next meeting.
Informal Executive Meetings - Dawn emphasised the need for these meetings on a regular basis and invited committee members to attend where possible. The next one is scheduled for Thursday, April 16.
Nomination of Beach Green Toilet Block as Asset of Community Value - This issue was covered first in the meeting, in order to clarify whether the forum had approached the council with an ‘Expression of Interest’ or applied for an ‘Asset of Community Value’. It was made clear that we have applied to the council for the latter which all agreed was the right way forward regarding the proposed development of the toilet block. The NP will have some involvement in the toilet block in a supportive ‘soft way’ as suggested by John Haffenden. John has arranged a meeting with an interested third party which will be attended by Cllr Ben Stride and other committee members. To further clarify, the registration of the Asset of Community Value means that potentially any community group can put together a bid to develop the toilet block.
AOB - It was suggested that the Church of the Good Shepherd host future management meetings. The next one is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28.
Review of minutes of meeting from 26th February 2015 - Minutes were agreed
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The Adamant Eves feat. Jonathan Pitts
The Adamant Eves, India's only active all-women Improv troupe is back for a splendid evening of Improv joined by the amazing Jonathan Pitts. Join us at MyBoTree in Koramangala for 75 minutes of scenes and stories that will make you laugh, tug on your other emotions and overall give you a great live experience.
About The Adamant Eves:
The Adamant Eves was formed in September 2017 and debuted with a performance at Rangasthala Auditorium on MG Road. This modern-day coven of badass witches is breaking stereotypes when they take the stage in Improv. They are the first and only all-women ensemble who regularly have shown and believe in making scenes that unravel the magic of everyday happenings.
About Jonathan Pitts:
Jonathan Pitts is an award-winning international improv theatre artist from Chicago with over 30 years experience. He's a creator, director, improviser, producer, and teacher, and he's also the Founder and Executive Director of Chicago Improv Productions. He co-founded the Chicago Improv Festival and produced it for 20 years. He created and produced the College Improv Tournament for 10 years. He was Teen Comedy Fests executive producer for 7 years. Hes also the founder and producer of Chicago Podcast Festival for the past 2 years.
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Global Life Sciences: U.S. Healthcare Update
HHS Regulatory Agenda Forecasts Impending Agency Action on Key Healthcare Issues
Agenda Items Include 340B Rules and Guidance, Three Significant Office of Inspector General (OIG) Final Rules, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Nondiscrimination Standards, Numerous Medicare Rulemakings and the Long-Awaited Medicaid Covered Outpatient Drugs Final Rule, Among Others
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published its Spring 2015 regulatory agenda which sets forth HHS’ upcoming rulemaking initiatives. The agenda includes numerous items affecting healthcare stakeholders, including biopharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, patients, providers and suppliers, health IT companies and researchers, among others. Below, we highlight several key agenda items, organized by agency within HHS. Stakeholders may wish to comment on the proposals as they are issued.
CMS expects to issue its annual rulemakings for 2016 related to the Physician Fee Schedule (proposed rule expected in June), Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (proposed rule was issued in April, with comments due in late June; final rule expected in August), Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (proposed rule expected in June), Home Health Prospective Payment System (proposed rule expected in June) and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (proposed rule expected in June), among others. The ESRD rulemaking will also address the methodology for adjusting the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies fee schedule payment amounts.
In February 2016, CMS expects to finalize a rule to implement the ACA provisions that require the Secretary to establish a process for a provider or supplier to return an overpayment to Medicare, and to establish a process for CMS and its contractors to receive and apply the overpayment.
This November, CMS plans to finalize its proposal to establish waivers of the application of the Physician Self-Referral Law, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and certain Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) law provisions to specified Accountable Care Organization arrangements under the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
CMS also plans to issue an interim final rule revising certain requirements for beneficiary access to covered Part D drugs. CMS plans to accept comments on the interim final rule by July 2015 and to issue final action on the interim final rule by May 2018.
The long-awaited Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) “Covered Outpatient Drugs” final rule is slated for release in August 2015, according to the regulatory agenda. This rule revises requirements pertaining to Medicaid rebates and reimbursement for covered outpatient drugs, including changes to implement the ACA’s amendments to the MDRP.
As required by the ACA, CMS also plans to issue a final rule in August that will revise the Medicaid “home health services” definition to add a requirement that physicians document the existence of a face-to-face encounter with the Medicaid eligible individual within reasonable timeframes.
This May, CMS plans to finalize changes to the definition of an “eligible organization” that can avail itself of an accommodation in connection with coverage of certain preventive services (including contraception) without cost-sharing under the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the ACA.
In November, CMS expects to issue a proposed rule that would set forth benefit and payment parameters for the Federally-facilitated Exchanges created pursuant to the ACA. This proposed rule will include provisions related to the risk adjustment programs; cost-sharing parameters and cost-sharing reductions; user fees for Federally-facilitated Exchanges and possibly Essential Health Benefits requirements.
The agenda includes two items related to the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program, expected to be proposed in late May/June of this year and then finalized in March/April of 2018. These rules will implement a number of updates to the program.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
The agenda includes three HRSA regulatory actions related to the 340B drug pricing program.
One proposal, expected in July, is required under the ACA and would impose monetary sanctions (not to exceed $5,000 per instance) on drug manufacturers who intentionally charge a covered entity a price above the 340B ceiling price, and would define standards and methodology for calculating the 340B ceiling pricing.
Another proposal, expected in December and also required by the ACA, would establish a required and binding administrative dispute resolution process to resolve claims raised by covered entities asserting they have been overcharged for drugs purchased under the 340B program. This process would also be available to manufacturers.
In response to a court ruling striking down previous regulations, HRSA plans to propose “omnibus guidance” in September to “address key policy issues raised by stakeholders for which HHS does not have statutory rulemaking authority.”
The agenda includes three significant OIG final rules.
In October, OIG plans to finalize its proposal to revise the CMP rules to implement authorities under the ACA and other statutes, including provisions to provide CMS with assessments and exclusions for a number of activities, including making false statements or omissions in an enrollment application and failure to return an overpayment. The rule would also finalize an alternate methodology for calculating penalties and assessments for employing excluded individuals under several authorities.
This November, OIG plans to finalize its proposal to codify changes made by the ACA regarding OIG’s authority to protect the federal healthcare programs from fraud and abuse. OIG also plans to update and clarify its regulations pursuant to other statutory authorities.
OIG plans to finalize its proposed amendments to the AKS safe harbors and CMP rules to add new safe harbors, to codify the ACA’s revised definition of “remuneration” and to add a gainsharing CMP provision to existing regulations. This final rule is expected to be released in December.
Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
The following are among the anticipated rulemaking activities for OCR this year:
OCR plans to issue a proposed rule, expected in June, to implement provisions against discrimination in federal health programs and activities as called for under the ACA.
OCR also plans to release an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, expected in December, that would solicit comments on establishing a methodology under which an individual who is harmed by a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) offense may receive a percentage of any CMP or settlement collected by the government.
The full agenda can be accessed at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain.
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Gospel hope transforms lives of addicted couple
Our partners in Mongolia are doing some astonishing gospel work among people with addictions, helping them out of their dependencies and into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. This is a first-person account of how one woman's life has been transformed.
Mongolia in East Asia
“My name is Altantsetseg,” she says. “I was a bright and lively child who loved to sing and play music. When I was in fifth grade, I told my classmates about another classmate’s secret. Consequently, my classmates stared to call me ‘blabbermouth.’ They jeered at me so much that I began to distance myself from them and kept to myself all the time.
“Of course, I lost my friends too. They also made fun of my looks and the color of my eyes,” says Altantsetseg. “I felt so ashamed that I dared not look at others directly. When I finished high school, I married a guy from my home town. The initial two years were blissful, but in the third year of our marriage, my husband stared to drink and gamble.
“Whatever we had – house, flock and valuables - were gambled off. His winnings could not recover the losses. Whenever my husband lost the gamble, he would drink, fly into rages, and break all that he could break in the house.
“Even though he had chased me out of the house in the middle of the night with only the clothes on my back on numerous occasions in summer and winter, I tolerated his behaviour because I thought he was just frustrated and envious of another person’s winning. One thing that I found intolerable, though, was the way he heaped abusive words on me.
“We quarrelled a lot,” says Altantsetseg. “One way I coped with all that was to indulge in sweet food and shopping if I had money, or window shopping if I had no money. This went on for more than twenty years, and then I became fed up with my life. At a time when I thought it was better to die, and when I had made plans to commit suicide, I came to know the Lord.
“In fact, God found me and saved me; as well as my family. Shortly after I came to the Lord, my husband and I learned about the Celebrate Recovery programme from a friend, and we decided to attend,” she says. “At first, I thought only my husband needed to change. Soon, I realised I needed to change too. Participating in the support group was a challenge because I had difficulty expressing myself or simply to look directly at others.
“Nonetheless, I acknowledged that I was co-dependent and addicted to shopping, sweet food, even to squabbling, and I started to work through the twelve steps for recovery. Gradually, my husband and I saw changes in our lives. I am very thankful that God renewed our relationship and restored peace in our family.”
Now Altantsetseg says her husband is a leader in church, and both of them are planning to start a sister church in our neighborhood soon.
“It has been ten years since I joined the Celebrate Recovery programme in our church,” she says.
She now serves joyfully at the Celebrate Recovery ministry and volunteers as a para-counselor in the ministry, which is now called Transformation TRACC (Training and Counselling Centre for Addiction and Recovery).
“I want to share the joy and happiness God has given me with women who are experiencing what I went through, and tell them that there is hope. I thank God that he is using my experience for his kingdom,” says Altantsetseg. “All glory be to God!”
Pray for:
• couples like Altantsetseg and her husband who are or have been trapped in abuse or addiction in Mongolia.
• ministries like TRACC who reach out to them with the love of Christ.
• a great harvest among these hurting people in Mongolia.
If you're interested in giving to programs that work with addicts or serving among the people of Mongolia, contact SIM today.
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Interview with the Poet, K Lang
Lexie Reese
1) I loved your poem, “Ghost’s Mouth.” It seemed to be exploring the passage of time. The lines “an old september / something extinguished / in dry sage” evoked a feeling of nostalgia in me. How has your own sense of time influenced your poetry?
This poem is very much about the passing of time, but I wouldn’t specifically say “nostalgia.” Wordsworth says in his that “poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings…the emotion is contemplated till…the tranquillity gradually disappears, and an emotion, kindred to that which was before the subject of contemplation, is gradually produced.” I think in general, harkening to old-dead-white-dudes is bullshit, but I do feel that this poem is representative of that kind of process. This poem was not produced by a feeling of tranquility about the moment it is in reference to, rather it was something I sat with, deconstructing for a while until it fell apart, basically, into a poem.
2) Can you share what inspired this poem?
To expand upon my thoughts to the first question there, this poem was a reflection on the summer I spent after high school recovering from sexual assault – physically, mentally, artistically. At the time, being mired in the abuse I was going though, I didn’t see anything wrong—I couldn’t—even though everyone around me was watching as I fell apart. This poem was written many many years later. The anguish of the situation is now very much a ghost for me, in that it is not as present as it used to be but still haunts me in strange ways. I sought to deconstruct what that greiving/healing process looks like as an observer of my own trauma—how it is shaped like something vague but worrisome, how it nips at my heels just when I think it’s over, how I still wonder what I lost then and if I can ever have it returned to me.
3) I loved the form of the poem. The white space between words emphasized them perfectly. What was the thought process behind the structure of the poem?
Structurally, I wanted to emulate the separation in my own mind and body, but also create something depictive of the images within the poem—you can see the round mouth of the ghost, the scoop of the valley, the rocks falling, and I hoped for this use of space to emphasize the “hollow” feeling accompanying that particular trauma. I realize now that a lot of the hollow imagery I used to emphasize time and landscape was really just a means for me to represent in a way beyond words my internal hollowing.
4) In your untitled poem from “Orange Blossom,” I thought your exploration of the seasons was intriguing. The last lines, “it’s always been like / this” seemed to emphasize the idea that the cycle of the seasons is a familiar one. What was your process for writing this poem?
I write a lot about seasons, it’s an easy metaphor (maybe too easy?) for the passing of time and our own changing. This poem is reflecting on similar themes of “a ghost’s mouth.” While “a ghost’s mouth” focuses on summer, the moving in of frost in this poem is representative of the moving in of the realization of what has happened to me.
5) I enjoyed your use of personification in the poem. The personification of frost especially caught my attention. What was your thinking behind using this technique?
I feel that names are often powerful incantations—to call the grief by its true name, or by the name of the perpetrator, or even to say that grief is the haunting thing outright gives the grief more power than I am willing to give it. To personify it as a natural thing both emphasizes its pervasiveness and also offers me the ability to bend it into a character that does my bidding in the poem. It’s a reclamation to some extent.
6) How did you hear about our magazine?
I was a creative writing major at Utah State for my first three years of university before transferring to Boise State University where I have now received my B.A. in Creative Writing!
7) Do you have any tips for aspiring writers who aren’t sure how to get started?
If you mean for writers who are not sure what to write, I always keep a notebook with me wherein instead of writing poems (that’s too much pressure!!!) I just make observations— “sunsets are like peanut shells, my hands smell like garlic, that is not a cicada that is the sound of a prison style tattoo gun coming from my neighbor’s garage” etc. The poem happens when it happens.
If you mean for writer’s looking to get published…just submit everywhere! Keep your rejection letters! Frame them! You can’t be out there if you’re not out there, but also, publication isn’t the point. Emily Dickinson is my ride or die and she didn’t give a fuck if most of her words ever got read by anyone. The point is making it, doesn’t matter where it goes. Just start hanging your poems on telephone poles or hiding them in napkins at Starbucks.
8) Can you describe your writing process?
I start with some of my observations which are usually really weird and non sequitur then I try to compile them to evoke a limited scene. I like to think of my poetry as a moment in time rather than a strong narrative, just feeling something over a short span of time, or in retrospect. I want the feeling to come on stronger than the story and I want it to be complex too—for example, in “a ghost’s mouth” I wanted that summer feeling but also like…ominous. Once I know what I’m feeling, I like to keep the poem like a little egg in my pocket. I usually write two to ten drafts of a poem, and to edit I just read it outloud and edit in real time until I can stand to hear it. Then I put it in one of 100 Google Docs I have called POEM, or THIS IS SOMETHING, or OH HECK. Then they live there til I feel like someone wants to listen.
9) What poets and writers have inspired you the most?
Ada Limon is a huge favorite of mine, I think her poetry does an incredible job of capturing “the moment.” I also love Mary Oliver (because nobody else can make me cry about a grasshpper), Frank O’Hara (because WOW I’m in the city and STUFF HAPPENS and THAT!!! is a POEM!!!) and also, Whitman (who I always return to because I am here for that queer theory transcendental yee-haw America writing).
10) When did you realize you wanted to write?
In first grade, I wrote a story called “The Evil Corn Popper” which was, I suppose, an epic poem about a popcorn machine that was trying to flood the world with popcorn so the entire earth had to come together and munch it all away. It was a ten book series in my elementary school composition books. After that, I started writing poetry for the first time intently in a high school creative writing class where our teacher let us watch R rated Cohen brother’s films if we wrote good poems. In college, a professor told us to memorize a poem (shout out to Michael Sowder forever) because we never knew when we would be at a party and need to recite a poem – then I found myself in many basements with friends and pink wine sharing the good word and I can’t imagine a better life than that.
11) What do you think makes a good poem?
I think you have to mean it—and not even for the sake of your audience, but for your own sanity. I also think my favorite poetry startles me, not quite scares me, but is amusing in its imagery.
12) Where can our readers find more work by you?
My work has also been published in literary magazines such as and as well as in my self published chapbooks (2016), (2017) and (2018) which can be purchased on my website: klangepoetry.weebly.com
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By Andrea Van Essen | November 21, 2019
The state’s first fintech accelerator will kick off its inaugural 10-week program in March 2020, welcoming a cohort of five early-stage businesses to Sioux Falls.
Falls Fintech was formed in 2019 as a subsidiary of Central Payments, the payments division of Central Bank of Kansas City. Based in Dell Rapids, Central Payments administers payment cards and fund disbursement programs.
According to Falls Fintech’s co-founder and managing director, Nikkee Rhody, most fintech companies require a bank sponsor or money service business to administer their services. Central Payments acts as that sponsor for payment products or activities, both card-based and app-based.
Why a fintech accelerator?
Fintech, short for financial technology, is a rapidly growing industry, particularly in the startup space. According to Falls Fintech, there were nearly 5,880 unique fintech companies in the United States as of February 2019, with a global industry of $111 trillion dollars.
For Central Payments, the idea of forming its own fintech accelerator came about through strategic planning.
“In 2019, we started asking ourselves those hard questions of ‘Who are we?’, ‘What are our strengths?’, ‘What opportunities do we have?’, and ‘What assets can we leverage?’” Rhody said.
Central Payments concluded that fintech was a natural clientele, with 10 of their current clients representing the industry.
“Central Payments is very nimble. We’re small, we’re adaptable, we move quickly, and those are strong features that are needed for serving fintechs,” Rhody said.
Looking into a fintech accelerator program was a clear next step, and in May 2019, Central Payments hired two interns to conduct market research on over 30 accelerators across the country.
By the end of August, the Central Payments team was convinced, and they received approval from their board to begin drafting a business plan. Rhody transitioned from her former role as the vice president of product development for Central Payments to that of managing director for Falls Fintech, and planning began.
“We like to help people succeed, and what better way than to identify some companies that need to get over that last hurdle and help them get to market?” Rhody said.
Fintech accelerators provide strategic guidance and connections for entrepreneurs, through intensive, short-term programming. It’s an opportunity to propel a business forward with tools and networking opportunities it wouldn’t have access to otherwise.
“They’re often younger entrepreneurs who know their means to distribution, their app and their user experience really well, but they need a well-versed and experienced bank that can help with regulatory challenges and offer connections to the right players in the ecosystem,” Rhody said.
With dozens of fintech accelerators across the country and none in South Dakota, Falls Fintech felt that basing its program in Sioux Falls—a hub for banking and payments—was a no-brainer.
They also see it as a potential tool for local economic development. According to Rhody, other accelerators have seen their companies relocate to the cities where they were incubated.
“With a strong banking and payments industry, a supportive startup community, engagement with local universities, tax advantages, and 5G right around the corner, Sioux Falls could be the right fit for some of these companies,” Rhody said.
How is Falls Fintech structured?
Falls Fintech will operate two 10-week accelerator programs each year, beginning in 2020. The first cohort of five companies will begin the onsite program in March, and the second cohort will run from August through October.
Companies are invited to apply from across the country and even internationally, and selected applicants will relocate to Sioux Falls for the duration of the program.
For Central Payments, it could prove to be a successful business development pipeline.
As part of the program, each participant will receive a cash infusion of $30,000, for which Falls Fintech will take a small piece of equity in the company, thus becoming its bank sponsor. This is a unique opportunity for these companies, as most applicants for bank sponsorship are required to meet certain minimums and pay implementation fees.
“These are companies who would likely be denied sponsorship if they just came to us cold because there are minimums they couldn’t meet at that point,” Rhody said.
By the end of the accelerator, however, Falls Fintech will have invested both time and money into the companies, grooming and preparing them for the next step in their business’ life cycle.
The 10-week program will be split between classroom time featuring experts on subjects like data security, regulations, leadership, marketing, and venture capital, and communal working time where participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with one another, as well as like-minded, experienced entrepreneurs.
Additionally, participants will be flown to either New York City or Silicon Valley for an opportunity to meet with venture capitalists. The trip is funded by Mastercard, one of Falls Fintech’s founding sponsors.
“We think at that point we’ll have poured a lot into them, and the only thing that would make them not a good client would be a lack of engagement on their part,” Rhody said. “We’re trying to make the best selections up front so that doesn’t happen, and we’re providing real substance, real connections, and real opportunity for these companies.”
Ideal applicants are early-stage fintech companies in need of a bank partnership, with no more than 2 million dollars in external funding.
“They should be at that last mile, that last hurdle they’re trying to overcome,” Rhody said. “It’s not your idea on a bar napkin—we’re looking for companies that likely have a minimum viable product but just haven’t broken through yet.”
Preferred verticals include digital banking, early-wage access, debt reduction, disbursements, and lending. Falls Fintech is particularly interested in concepts that heal pain points in the American economy, specifically those that assist more vulnerable consumers or those with modest means.
Applications are open and will be accepted on a rolling basis—if the first cohort has already filled, applicants may be accepted to the second, and so on.
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Recently, we featured an illustrator and her husband running a studio and retail shop in Toronto. We also spoke to a merchant on the East Coast of Canada—a personal care brand embodying the true spirit of the Canadian Maritimes.
3700 miles west, on the opposite end of the country, another brand is repping local in its own way. Woodlot is a lifestyle and body care brand steeped in west coast culture and Canadian pride.
If you’ve never been to Canada, you might not know that province to province, the country feels as if it’s made up of different planets. The vocal inflections, the architecture, the landscape, the food—every part of Canada with its own culture. The only constants? Snow and humility.
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Vancouver is a multicultural melee with a California ease gently clashing with Portland bohemia. It’s Canada’s third largest city, and maybe due to its milder weather, it has the laid back vibe of a much smaller place. Bordered by mountains and oceanfront, it naturally draws and cultivates a more nature-conscious population.
When Sonia Chhinji and Fouad Farraj began building Woodlot, they knew that their hometown Vancouver would be the best testing ground for their products. Their freshman line of candles was inspired by their surroundings, after all. And, most importantly, a city that leaned towards healthy living would relate to the values of a naturally-derived brand.
I spoke to Sonia, Woodlot’s Co-Owner and Creative Director, about cultivating a modern homegrown brand rooted in tradition.
The Origin of Woodlot
As a child in the Mediterranean, Fouad played among the olive trees in his own backyard. His family pressed the resulting fruit for oil used for many purposes including soap-making, Sonia tells me.
"A lot of the soap bars that are made in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe are typically olive oil based. So, different from a lot of the bars you find in North America that contain palm and other ingredients that aren’t necessarily as good for your skin. Fouad went back home when he was in his early 20s to learn how to make soap, and had since been making it for friends and family.”
Fouad went back home when he was in his early 20s to learn how to make soap, and had since been making it for friends and family.
On the other side of the world, in Surrey, BC, Canada, a young Sonia would help her mother hand roll candle wicks, a craft passed down from her grandmother in India.
When Sonia and Fouad, now partners in business and life, began exploring the idea of building a brand, they infused elements from both ancestral cultures and from their life together in Canada.
A few years ago the couple’s life looked very different. They both worked in the startup space, gleaning knowledge in many aspects of small business operations respectively. As Sonia travelled frequently for work, she and Fouad grew the new relationship slowly and mostly long-distance. She began learning about his family history and soap making tradition. The two started creating soaps together, first as a hobby and a way to connect as a couple.
"It was something that I was missing in my life for a while, because I was working in this really busy industry. It was go, go, go all the time. I felt that I was quite disconnected from a lot of things. When we started making soap, it was a really nice form of therapy, and also a way to spend time together, be inspired, and to activate a sense that has been dormant for a while.”
I felt that I was quite disconnected from a lot of things. When we started making soap, it was a really nice form of therapy, and also a way to spend time together.
The new-found hobby reignited a long-held desire in Sonia to start a product based company. And, while shopping, they saw a gap in the market—cleaner products for home and body that were well-designed and accessible. They saw opportunity between the luxury market and grocery store natural brands.
"We just got really into making these products. We were excited about our product, and started sharing it with friends and family. We started to work with a friend on a design, and the name. We had fun with it while we were both working full time.”
Sonia and Fouad quietly began selling their inaugural products online—one candle in three scents—and building a brand on social.
When Sonia’s company recognized her passion in her side gig, they approached her: would she consider doing it full time? The company’s own pay-it-forward values inspired them to invest in entrepreneurial people like her. Leaving the comfort of steady employment was at first a scary prospect for Sonia, though.
"I was a bit afraid but it was an opportunity that I couldn't say no to either. Woodlot was starting to gain momentum, and people were really excited about the design and minimalism. We were able to get into a number of stores, too.”
I was a bit afraid but it was an opportunity that I couldn't say no to either.
Since the leap, they’ve been growing the business into new markets and have added more retail partnerships. The product line has expanded and production has graduated from their home to a manufacturing facility.
Building a Lifestyle Brand from Scratch
Though industries like beauty, once dominated almost exclusively by major brands owned by even larger companies, have become democratized by technology and access to manufacturing, they are also still largely saturated markets. In 2017, launching a new brand in one of these crowded markets is no small feat.
Woodlot entered the market with candles, a product with $3.2 billion in US annual sales alone. Candle making has a relatively low barrier to entry, too, meaning competition ranges from massive candle manufacturers to mom-and-pop home-based brands.
Standing apart in the noisy candle industry relies largely on three factors: scent, ingredients, and most importantly, branding. They started with clean burning coconut wax, cotton wicks, and essential oil scents, packed into simple, minimal packaging with thoughtful design. But branding transcends design—to reach an audience for the brand, they would have to define that audience and speak their language.
Sonia and Fouad cared deeply about the ingredients that went into their products, a reflection of west coast values and their own buying choices. What they didn’t expect: not everyone felt the same way.
“We just feel that the products that you are putting on your body and bringing into your home should be natural by default. It was tough for us in the beginning to find that not everybody around us cared about that. Some people care about brand, some about price, some people don't really read the ingredients, and some people buy products based on how much it smells like vanilla or flowers. It was one of those things that was really challenging, because you can't necessarily assume that everybody cares about what you care about.”
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They identified an audience that did care about their values: the Whole Foods customer, the Lululemon customer—those already embracing a healthy lifestyle.
“That was easy audience for us to identify in the sense that these are people that care about their everyday well-being, people that shop at Whole Foods, or are looking for better versions of the products that they may have been buying from the superstore. We can tap into that customer that's already convinced.”
Sonia’s background in marketing was an asset in building the brand, but she relied on her own instincts as a consumer. She put herself in her customer’s shoes.
“I asked, ‘How do I want to be spoken to? How do I want to be convinced of these products?’ That really helped shape how we were going to talk to our audience, what visuals we were going to use.”
The approach, as an emerging brand was “not overly strategic”, says Sonia. They used their growing social audience to help gauge their content and brand decisions. Reaction to their posts helped them pivot and tweak over time, defining the voice and aesthetic.
“We’re always tinkering and experimenting. We're young, so the wording that we use, we're not set in any way. We have brand values, brand ethos, but in terms of being like a large company that's constrained by bureaucratic stuff, we're not there. That’s really exciting for us to be able to identify that our demographic at the moment is someone who already cares, but that we could move into a category of people that isn’t going to naturally fall into that, and that opens it up for us even wider.”
We have brand values, brand ethos, but in terms of being like a large company that's constrained by bureaucratic stuff, we're not there.
For audiences outside their loyal core, they’re leaning on education, and banking on a shift in the beauty industry towards transparency and savvy consumerism.
Finding the Right Sales Channels
The lion’s share of Woodlot’s revenue is derived by wholesale. Sonia and Fouad realized that while an online presence was extremely important for the brand—they do sell direct to customer via their Shopify store—their product was experience-based and would rely on offline channels, too.
The products are tactile, designed to be touched, smelled, and experienced in way that the online store model could never replicate.
Choosing their retail partners was a strategic process. Sonia relied on her business background and her knowledge of the local market, targeting her hometown for the brand’s first foray into the retail space.
“Vancouver is a great test market for our type of product. We have these neighborhoods, these specialized communities within these neighborhoods. You have your go-to coffee shop, you have your go-to boutique where you buy your gifts. So, I was able to really identify in our city: what were these neighborhoods? What were some of the stores that I go to myself?”
They researched the neighbourhoods in Vancouver, creating a target list of shops to approach. At the same time, inbound requests began trickling in, and the demand helped them identify strong markets outside of their comfort zone.
"It makes sense to start in your home city—it’s the one where you're going to get a lot of attention, a lot of support, and also a lot of opportunity, but eventually, you're going to need to expand and grow. We were able to take that neighborhood idea, and bring it to Toronto, to Montréal, and then other cities across Canada and the US. We had a lot of learning. We didn't even know what a line sheet was.”
Approaching stores was easy because they did their homework, Sonia says. It’s all about fit, and asking yourself the right questions:
Where do you fit in with other brands in your space, in terms of pricing, design, and target audience?
What are some of the other brands that the store is carrying? Are they complementary to yours?
What’s the aesthetic of the shop, and how is it merchandised? Does your product fit in?
Where is the store located? What are other retail opportunities in that area?
It makes sense to start in your home city—it’s the one where you're going to get a lot of attention, a lot of support, and also a lot of opportunity, but eventually, you're going to need to expand and grow.
The business is thriving on wholesale orders, and they’re happy that the online business pulls its own weight without much investment.
Cultivating a Homegrown Brand
As Woodlot grows, the couple has invested a lot of thought into manufacturing. When they started the business, they were hand-making products in their home before moving to a larger space. They initially weren’t planning on focusing on production, and assumed that they’d eventually manufacture out of province or overseas. But, as their brand began to take shape, it was clear that the origin of their product was a massive part of its identity. The products are now all made in and shipped from their facility in Vancouver, while they continue to update their equipment and systems to improve output.
Product development, too, has taken on a deliberately Canadian flavor.
“For our upcoming products, we’re sourcing things like glacial clay from BC. We also have some of the most amazing hemp, and other ingredients in our own backyard that have really allowed us to capture the essence of Canada. A lot of our product is inspired by Canada. Access to nature has helped us shape the brand identity.”
Woodlot found its customer right at home, cultivating their brand on local pride.
Their success in growing beyond the Vancouver market has hinged on a deep understanding of and empathy for their audience, a strategic approach to sales channels, and authentic branding rooted in personal values.
Dayna Winter
Dayna Winter is a Storyteller at Shopify, curious about the humans behind the brands and the moments that motivate them to create. She follows more dogs than humans on Instagram and isn't a real redhead.
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This species is sometimes confused with the much bigger, stockier L. elongata.
Head detail.
Juvenile specimen.
Caudal fin detail.
Leptobotia pellegrini FANG, 1936
Order: Cypriniformes Family: Botiidae
Described from Sichuan province, southwestern China (presumably the upper Yangzte River, aka Chang Jiang, drainage) and also known from parts of the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) basin in Guangxi Autonomous Region.
The latter area is one of the most populous and industrialised in China meaning much of the main river channel is now highly polluted.
Its relatively wide distribution probably explains why it’s commoner in the aquarium hobby than the similar-looking, much sought after L. elongata. A similar-looking but unidentified fish was also recorded from the Lo River drainage, northern Vietnam by Kottelat (2001).
Unconfirmed but presumably a riverine loach favouring clear, well-oxygenated, running water with substrates of rocks and/or gravel.
Other members of the genus are present in bedrock and boulder-filled headwater streams as well as larger, turbid river channels depending on the time of year.
180 – 200 mm.
An aquarium with a footprint measuring 120 ∗ 45 cm should be the minimum considered.
It is advised to find a filter which has a water flow between 4-5 times the volume of your aquarium. At a volume of 243 litres, the filter we recommend can be found here.
Should be kept in a set-up designed to resemble a flowing stream with a substrate of variably-sized rocks, gravel and some water-worn boulders.
This can be further furnished with driftwood roots and branches arranged to form some shaded spots while lengths of PVC piping or similar can be used to provide additional cover.
Although most plant species will fail to thrive in such surroundings hardy genera such as Microsorum, Bolbitis or Anubias spp. can be grown attached to the décor and bright lighting will promote the growth of aufwuchs.
Like many fishes that naturally inhabit running waters it’s intolerant to the accumulation of organic wastes and requires spotless water at all times in order to thrive.
It also does best if there is a high level of dissolved oxygen and a decent level of water movement in the tank so external filters, powerheads, etc., should be employed in order to obtain the desired effect.
As stable water conditions are obligatory for its well-being this fish should never be added to biologically-immature aquaria.
Temperature: Its natural waters lie in a humid, subtropical region where air temperatures rarely drop below 60°F/15.5°C and may be much higher in summer. For general care 20 – 24 °C is therefore recommended but it can withstand temporarily warmer conditions provided dissolved oxygen levels are maintained.
Likely to be a benthic predator hunting insects, crustaceans and smaller fishes in nature.
Captive specimens should therefore be offered a varied diet comprising live or frozen bloodworm, Tubifex, chopped shellfish, earthworms and good quality, sinking dried foods.
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Unlikely to prove aggressive but don’t keep it with much smaller fishes as they may be intimidated by its size and sometimes very active behaviour.
Slow-moving, long-finned species such as ornamental bettas, guppies and many cichlids should also be avoided.
More suitable tankmates should include peaceful but robust open water-dwelling cyprinids while in terms of other bottom-dwellers this species should do well alongside most Botia spp. and in very large tanks,Chromobotia macracanthus.
Some cobitid, nemacheilid, and balitorid loaches are also possibilities as are members of Epalzeorhynchos, Crossocheilus and Garra plus many catfishes. As always, thorough research prior to selecting a community of fishes is the best way to avoid problems.
Leptobotia spp. are sociable animals forming apparently complex social hierarchies meaning 3-4 specimens should be the minimum purchase.
When kept singly they can become withdrawn or aggressive towards similarly-shaped fishes, and if only a pair or trio are purchased the dominant individual may stress the other(s) to the extent that they stop feeding.
Unconfirmed but presumably females will be heavier-bodied once sexually mature.
No information exists.
This species is often traded as ‘royal clown loach’, a name also applied to L. elongata which has led to some confusion. The most notable difference between the two is adult size with L. elongata capable of growing to 500 mm SL. L. pellegrini is also a comparatively slender fish and the head darker in colour than in its relative.
L. elongata is the type species of the genus but according to current thinking there exist 13 members in total, all of which are endemic to China and northern Vietnam.
They’re diagnosable by the following shared characters: possession of a simple (non-bifurcated), short sub-ocular spine not extending beyond the posterior edge of the eye; a laterally-compressed body; relatively deep caudal peduncle; pelvic fins reaching origin of anal-fin; anus below base of dorsal-fin and equidistant between pelvic and anal-fin origins.
Modern studies have resulted in various changes to the taxonomy of both the family Botiidae and its constituent genera although Leptobotia has been mostly unaffected.
Botiidae has been widely considered a genetically distinct grouping since Nalbant (2002), having previously been considered a subfamily (Botiinae) of the family Cobitidae. Nalbant also moved some previous members of Botia into the new genus Yasuhikotakia based on a number of morphological characters.
Later Kottelat (2004) made further modifications to the taxonomy, raising Chromobotia for B. macracanthus and confirming that species previously included in the genus Hymenophysa should instead be referred to Syncrossus.
The former alteration was based on colour pattern plus some morphological characters and the latter because Hymenophysa not only represents a spelling mistake (McClelland’s original spelling was Hymenphysa) but is a junior synonym of Botia.
More recently Kottelat (2012) erected the genus Ambastaia to accommodate A.nigrolineata and A. sidthimunki, two former members of both Botia and Yasuhikotakia.
As a result of these works the family Botiidae is thus divided into two tribes within which Botia appears to be the most basal lineage:
Tribe Leptobotiini – Leptobotia, Parabotia, Sinibotia.
Tribe Botiini – Ambastaia, Botia, Chromobotia, Syncrossus, Yasuhikotakia.
Phylogenetic studies by Tang et al. (2005) and Šlechtová et al. (2006) have largely confirmed this system to be correct although the latter disagreed with the placement of Sinibotia, finding it to be more closely related to the tribe Botiini.
Ambastaia nigrolineata and A. sidthimunki were found to be more closely-related to both Sinibotia and Syncrossus than Yasuhikotakia, despite being considered members of the latter at the time. Šlechtová et al. also proposed the use of subfamily names under the following system:
Subfamily Leptobotiinae – Leptobotia, Parabotia.
Subfamily Botiinae – Botia, Chromobotia, Sinibotia, Syncrossus, Yasuhikotakia.
Within these Botia appears to be the basal, i.e., most ancient, lineage and in a more-detailed phylogenetic analysis Šlechtová et al. (2007) confirmed the validity of the family Botiidae with the genera listed above as members rather then being grouped into subfamilies. This more recent, simpler system is the one we currently follow here on SF.
Leptobotia spp. also possess sharp, motile, sub-ocular spines which are normally concealed within a pouch of skin but erected when an individual is stressed, e.g., if removed from the water. Care is therefore necessary as these can become entangled in aquarium nets and those of larger specimens can break human skin.
Botiids are also susceptible to a condition commonly referred to as ‘skinny disease’ and characterised by a loss of weight. This is especially common in newly-imported specimens and is thought to be caused by a species of the flagellate genus Spironucleus.
It’s treatable although the recommended medication varies depending on country. Hobbyists in the UK tend to use the antibiotic Levamisole and those in the United States Fenbendazole (aka Panacur).
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
Kottelat, M., 2004 - Zootaxa 401: 1-18
Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiinae nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus.
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Threatened fishes of the world: Leptobotia elongata (Bleeker, 1870) (Botiidae).
Nalbant, T. T., 2002 - Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 'Grigore Antipa' 44: 309-333
Sixty million years of evolution. Part one: family Botiidae (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Cobitoidea).
Hymenphysa, Hymenophysa, Syncrossus, Chromobotia and other problems in the systematics of Botiidae. A reply to Maurice Kottelat.
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Phylogeny of the East Asian botiine loaches (Cypriniformes, Botiidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences.
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Molecular phylogeny of the Southeast Asian freshwater fish family Botiidae (Teleostei: Cobitoidea) and the origin of polyploidy in their evolution.
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49ers’ wide receivers pick up the slack as Vikings smother George Kittle
Ron Kroichick Jan. 11, 2020 Updated: Jan. 11, 2020 7:57 p.m.
49ers’ wide receivers pick up the slack as Vikings...
1of6San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne (84) catches the ball in the end zone for a touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings in the first quarter of an NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, in Santa Clara, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
2of6Kendrick Bourne (left) celebrates his first quarter touchdown reception with Deebo Samuel.Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
3of6SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 11: Emmanuel Sanders #17 of the San Francisco 49ers reacts after a catch against the Minnesota Vikings during the NFC Divisional Round Playoff game at Levi's Stadium on January 11, 2020 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)Photo: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images
4of6Deebo Samuel (19) turns up field after a catch in the first half as the San Francisco 49ers played the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, January 11, 2020.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
5of6Deebo Samuel (19) dives to the end zone but comes up a yard short in the first half as the San Francisco 49ers played the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, January 11, 2020.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
6of6Kendrick Bourne (84) celebrates his touchdown catch in the first half as the San Francisco 49ers played the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, January 11, 2020.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
Emmanuel Sanders, the savvy veteran, showed up. So did Deebo Samuel, the dynamic rookie, and Kendrick Bourne, the fun-loving dancer in this eclectic group of wide receivers.
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo found them all in a spread-the-wealth first half Saturday. That helped propel the 49ers toward a methodical 27-10 victory over Minnesota in an NFC divisional playoff game at Levi’s Stadium.
Yes, the defense snuffed the life out of the Vikings. Absolutely, running back Tevin Coleman churned out 105 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. But if you have any sense of 49ers postseason history, you know their wide receivers often play a prominent role.
Consider the indelible snapshots, from Dwight Clark and “The Catch” to John Taylor in the Super Bowl. Or Jerry Rice being Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens making his memorably clutch, goal-line catch against Green Bay in 1999.
This year’s group of receivers didn’t inspire much confidence when the season started, beyond tight end George Kittle. But Samuel increasingly became a factor, Sanders arrived in an October trade and Bourne also made an impact.
Garoppolo needed his wideouts, in part, because the Vikings contain tight ends more effectively than any defense in the NFL. They allowed a league-low passer rating of 60.7 on throws intended for tight ends during the regular season.
49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne talks about teammate Emmanuel Sanders’ influence.
Sure enough, Kittle was unusually quiet Saturday — one catch early, two afterthought catches late, only 16 yards in all and none of his customary run-after-the-catch mayhem.
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The 49ers adapted, leaning on their wide receivers in the first half and turning to running backs Coleman and Raheem Mostert (58 yards) in the second half.
“If they’re going to double team George, it always opens up everybody else,” Bourne said. “Whoever they double, we’ve got so many weapons, you can’t really do that. If you do, we have an answer.
“That’s the thing about” head coach Kyle Shanahan, “he has answers for everything. He always puts us in position to be successful.”
That became evident on Saturday’s opening drive. The 49ers marched 61 yards on eight plays, as Garoppolo completed five passes to four receivers: Samuel, Sanders, Sanders, Kittle and finally Bourne for a 3-yard touchdown.
The three wide receivers combined for seven catches for 94 yards in the first half, before Shanahan leaned on Coleman and the running game.
It was no surprise to see Sanders come through in the postseason. He was Peyton Manning’s reliable target during Denver’s run to the championship after the 2015 season, culminating with a Super Bowl win in Santa Clara.
Still, Samuel and Bourne counted as playoff neophytes before Saturday’s game.
“I knew they were going to handle it,” Sanders said. “New Orleans and all those games were playoff-type games, a lot of pressure trying to get the No. 1 seed, and they performed.
“So I had nothing but confidence they were going to perform again. These guys are poised, man, and they have confidence.”
Bourne did drop two passes later in the game, a reminder of his erratic tendencies. He and Samuel still exude the bravado of youth, as if they fully expect to prosper on the biggest stages.
That’s what the 49ers will need when they host Green Bay or Seattle in the NFC Championship Game next Sunday. This offense stretches beyond Garoppolo and Kittle, as Saturday’s victory illustrated.
“We’ve shown this year we can do it in a variety of different ways,” offensive tackle Joe Staley said. “We’ve had to really air it out when the running game wasn’t working, and we’ve also had games like this where we’ve run the ball really well and controlled the clock.”
Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rkroichick@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ronkroichick
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St. John's University (MN) Lacrosse
Familiar face
By SJU Lacrosse, 02/28/13, 12:00PM CST
Joe Nelson (Class of 2010) added to St. John's Lacrosse coaching staff
St. John's Lacrosse is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Nelson to its coaching staff effective immediately.
Nelson, a 2010 graduate of St. John's, will serve as a goaltender and offensive coach bringing both of his playing experiences to the table.
"Joe was a great goaltender when he first came to St. John's," St. John's head coach Derek Daehn said. "But the great thing about him was that he was skilled at basically every position on the field. When he wasn't in-between the pipes, he was a very good midfielder for us.
"He'll bring that versatility and lacrosse IQ to our staff and pass that along to our players."
As a goaltender, Nelson was named to the UMLL All-Conference Second Team in 2007 and earned UMLL All-Conference Honorable Mention in 2008 and 2009. Switching to midfield his senior year, Nelson was named to the UMLL All-Conference First Team in 2010.
Joe Nelson (No. 9) unleashing a shot against Davenport University during a 2010 game. Photo by Steve Sanner
Nelson scored 52 career points (22 goals and 30 assists) as a midfielder with 45 of those points coming during his senior year, his only as a full-time midfielder. He also owns a 21-3 record as a goaltender (149 total saves, 1.35 goals against average and a 0.696 save percentage) in his four years as a Johnnie.
Following his graduation, Nelson coached at the youth level within the Wayzata Lacrosse Association and also founded TC Metro Lacrosse -- a company that specializes in goaltender-centric clinics and camps for youth and high school level lacrosse players in Minnesota -- with St. John's Lacrosse alumnus Stu Van Ess (Class of 2010).
"We're excited for the impact that Joe will bring to the team," Daehn said. "He has a great overall knowledge of the game and it will also be great having a coach that can spend one-on-one time with our goaltenders."
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Saint John's faces tough test in five-game fall slate
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Saint John's takes on top-ranked Duluth, reigning champs NDSU
Jamboree schedule set
Saint John's to host 12 varsity, four junior varsity teams in tournament
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Serial entrepreneur and retail moghul Touker Suleyman has a net worth of £150 million.
Touker Suleyman studied at Peckham Manor secondary school, while spending his spare time working in the family restaurant.
He later went to work as a trainee in an accountancy firm.
At 18, Suleyman stepped into retail, buying garments for his grandmother to sell to her friends.
He then forayed into the leather industry, establishing his own clothing firm Kingsland Models in 1976. Having a factory in Stoke-on-Trent, his firm supplied womenswear to high street brands such as Dorothy Perkins, C&A, and Topshop. He then bought a 29.9% stake in the garment firm Mellins.
But a buy into Bamber Stores left him £20 million in the red. With the company going into liquidation, Suleyman had to sell his house and start from scratch.
Later, in 1984, he acquired a ladies' wholesale business named Low Profile, a manufacturing property company that made garments for fashion brands. He shifted its base to Turkey and soon expanded to Bulgaria and Georgia. Its success helped him invest in property, especially around Fitzroy Square. Low Profile became 'Most Successful Company' at the Turkish Business Awards in 2012 and now supplies to brands like Marks and Spencer.
In 2000, Suleyman's affinity for shirts surfaced while manufacturing for Ralph Lauren Europe. In search of a classic English brand he stumbled upon Hawes & Curtis on Jermyn Street, which had a debt of £500,000, no stock and was going into administration. Suleyman paid a paltry £1 for the brand, with the whole purchase costing him about £100,000.
Hawes & Curtis now has 28 outlets across Britain, boasts a turnover of £21 million and is debt free. Suleyman is a serial entrepreneur, with investments in Huxley & Cox (luxury bag brand), Docks Rio (casual boat-shoe brand), Bikesoup (online bicycle market), the behavioural marketing company Intelligent Futures and several commercial property ventures.
He will be entering the 13th season of Dragons' Den along with Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins, joining Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden.
He drives a Bentley and owns a homes in Kensington and Clapham Common.
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Science of the Spirit
Science as we know it can't explain consciousness
Professor Philip Goff
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:24 UTC
© MRIman
MRI scan of the brain.
Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time. The brain is an extraordinarily complex organ, consisting of almost 100 billion cells - known as neurons - each connected to 10,000 others, yielding some ten trillion nerve connections.
We have made a great deal of progress in understanding brain activity, and how it contributes to human behaviour. But what no one has so far managed to explain is how all of this results in feelings, emotions and experiences. How does the passing around of electrical and chemical signals between neurons result in a feeling of pain or an experience of red?
There is growing suspicion that conventional scientific methods will never be able answer these questions. Luckily, there is an alternative approach that may ultimately be able to crack the mystery.
For much of the 20th century, there was a great taboo against querying the mysterious inner world of consciousness - it was not taken to be a fitting topic for "serious science". Things have changed a lot, and there is now broad agreement that the problem of consciousness is a serious scientific issue. But many consciousness researchers underestimate the depth of the challenge, believing that we just need to continue examining the physical structures of the brain to work out how they produce consciousness.
The problem of consciousness, however, is radically unlike any other scientific problem. One reason is that consciousness is unobservable. You can't look inside someone's head and see their feelings and experiences. If we were just going off what we can observe from a third-person perspective, we would have no grounds for postulating consciousness at all.
© Olga Danylenko
Only you can experience your emotions.
Of course, scientists are used to dealing with unobservables. Electrons, for example, are too small to be seen. But scientists postulate unobservable entities in order to explain what we observe, such as lightning or vapour trails in cloud chambers. But in the unique case of consciousness, the thing to be explained cannot be observed. We know that consciousness exists not through experiments but through our immediate awareness of our feelings and experiences.
So how can science ever explain it? When we are dealing with the data of observation, we can do experiments to test whether what we observe matches what the theory predicts. But when we are dealing with the unobservable data of consciousness, this methodology breaks down. The best scientists are able to do is to correlate unobservable experiences with observable processes, by scanning people's brains and relying on their reports regarding their private conscious experiences.
By this method, we can establish, for example, that the invisible feeling of hunger is correlated with visible activity in the brain's hypothalamus. But the accumulation of such correlations does not amount to a theory of consciousness. What we ultimately want is to explain why conscious experiences are correlated with brain activity. Why is it that such activity in the hypothalamus comes along with a feeling of hunger?
In fact, we should not be surprised that our standard scientific method struggles to deal with consciousness. As I explore in my new book, Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, modern science was explicitly designed to exclude consciousness.
Before the "father of modern science" Galileo Galilei, scientists believed that the physical world was filled with qualities, such as colours and smells. But Galileo wanted a purely quantitative science of the physical world, and he therefore proposed that these qualities were not really in the physical world but in consciousness, which he stipulated was outside of the domain of science.
This worldview forms the backdrop of science to this day. And so long as we work within it, the best we can do is to establish correlations between the quantitative brain processes we can see and the qualitative experiences that we can't, with no way of explaining why they go together.
Mind is matter
I believe there is a way forward, an approach that's rooted in work from the 1920s by the philosopher Bertrand Russell and the scientist Arthur Eddington. Their starting point was that physical science doesn't really tell us what matter is.
This may seem bizarre, but it turns out that physics is confined to telling us about the behaviour of matter. For example, matter has mass and charge, properties which are entirely characterised in terms of behaviour - attraction, repulsion and resistance to acceleration. Physics tells us nothing about what philosophers like to call "the intrinsic nature of matter", how matter is in and of itself.
It turns out, then, that there is a huge hole in our scientific world view - physics leaves us completely in the dark about what matter really is. The proposal of Russell and Eddington was to fill that hole with consciousness.
The result is a type of "panpsychism" - an ancient view that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the physical world. But the "new wave" of panpsychism lacks the mystical connotations of previous forms of the view. There is only matter - nothing spiritual or supernatural - but matter can be described from two perspectives. Physical science describes matter "from the outside", in terms of its behaviour, but matter "from the inside" is constituted of forms of consciousness.
This means that mind is matter, and that even elementary particles exhibit incredibly basic forms of consciousness. Before you write that off, consider this. Consciousness can vary in complexity. We have good reason to think that the conscious experiences of a horse are much less complex than those of a human being, and that the conscious experiences of a rabbit are less sophisticated than those of a horse. As organisms become simpler, there may be a point where consciousness suddenly switches off - but it's also possible that it just fades but never disappears completely, meaning even an electron has a tiny element of consciousness.
What panpsychism offers us is a simple, elegant way of integrating consciousness into our scientific worldview. Strictly speaking it cannot be tested; the unobservable nature of consciousness entails that any theory of consciousness that goes beyond mere correlations is not strictly speaking testable. But I believe it can be justified by a form of inference to the best explanation: panpsychism is the simplest theory of how consciousness fits in to our scientific story.
While our current scientific approach offers no theory at all - only correlations - the traditional alternative of claiming that consciousness is in the soul leads to a profligate picture of nature in which mind and body are distinct. Panpsychism avoids both of these extremes, and this is why some of our leading neuroscientists are now embracing it as the best framework for building a science of consciousness.
I am optimistic that we will one day have a science of consciousness, but it won't be science as we know it today. Nothing less than a revolution is called for, and it's already on its way.
lsjarvi · 2019-11-03T10:30:26Z
Making consciousness an intrinsic function/component of matter is the ultimate materialism. If matter is intelligent/conscious, then intelligence/consciousness no longer needs to be considered, does it? It can just be acknowledged, and we can thus pretend to understand it, like we pretend to understand everything else. You don't like the fact that we measure the behavior of matter and think we're understanding it? Well, you've just made the problem worse, not better.
Maybe we'd make some progress if we turned the tables - it isn't the electron that contains a tiny element of consciousness. It's consciousness that externalizes itself as an electron. There is source , and source must be revealed and acknowledged, not buried in matter, if we are to make any progress in understanding.
@Isjarvi:
A good read (for you) might be, 'The Philosophy of Consciousness Without an Object' by Franklin Merrill-Wolf.
It has been years and I am sourcing my memory and not the 'instant oatmeal' internet for that title and author.
So I could be mistaken on certain particulars.
Unlike instant oatmeal.
Which is always right.
ned,
nedlud I appreciate the recommendation!
MacDo · 2019-11-03T12:50:08Z
The brain is a machine controlled by a ghost
What happens with this ghost when we die?
MacDo Where does your fist go when you open your hand? It does not go anywhere because it never was a noun - but a verb. When you neglect to use a ghost you release the idea of control. No need to die by the way.
mothman777 · 2019-11-04T19:33:01Z
The reality of (mental, psychic and spiritual) consciousness existing beyond the confines of the human brain, able to exist independently of any brain has already been scientifically established already, it is just a matter of where people care to look, but some scientists are apparently doing that 'looking' for people in a manner that is seemingly designed to actually obscure the real truth.
If someone has an out-of-body experience, and experiences something that should really have been impossible from the currently accepted mainstream scientific perspective, then we can demonstrate that consciousness is not restricted to being a phenomenon that can only occur inside a brain.
People whose bodies have literally died, with their brain waves and all other vital signs having completely flatlined before they have been resuscitated from apparent complete death, have recounted experiences of being out of their bodies during the time when the usual mainstream scientific understanding is that such experience could not have been possible at all, with individuals recalling visual descriptions of activities in operating theatres, and even of details of conversations they have witnessed being held between surgeons and other medical staff, when 'scientifically' speaking, such a thing would have been totally impossible according to the current mainstream scientific theory that consciousness is impossible outside the brain, or after death of the human body and brain.
Quite frankly, there is something quite political, quite sinister in the ridiculous assertion that consciousness only occurs in the brain, when the actual experience of a great many clearly shows otherwise.
A huge proportion of people have conscious psychic experiences, yet there seems to be an almost Big Brother approach by 'conventional science' to prove that telepathy and other psychic phenomena like life after death are all literally impossible.
It is a stated objective of the Marxist agenda to destroy all Gentile religions and the communal mystical knowledge and psychic sensitivity of each Gentile society, this being designed to deaden our mystical sensitivities and to prevent spiritual, psychic or mystical knowledge being passed on, essentially to weaken and downgrade every non-Jewish people in order to make them more suitable for complete subjugation.
All communication between Gentiles is now intended to be only by means that can be effectively monitored, for instance by an all-seeing worldwide electronic surveillance program like the current Israeli Talpiot Program.
The practice of non-surveillable telepathy by more liberated people is being massively discouraged and disabled by fluoride etc., with synthetic telepathy, via microwave, being restricted only to government intelligence agency and military usage.
The intention is to restrict acceptable means of even day-to-day intercommunication of any type of information to those which are entirely surveillable, by means of microphone, spy software currently built into the back of all computers and mobile phone devices and other means, to reduce us all to mere men of clay golem suitable as nothing more than soulless programmable slave robots, something intended to be facilitated by the current (malevolently intended malgenic or dysgenic) mass racial interbreeding program which the Jewish ex-French leader Sarkozy stated is actually 'imperative' for the French people and not merely a matter of choice.
What Sarkozy stated is truly frightening, representing a truly vile form of Jewish warfare against the rest of humanity, the Jewish-controlled state-controlled breeding out of the white people, and the creation of an new, totally interbred race. Of course, the Jews themselves are not intending to be interbred with their own created slave race.
Only mass-surveillable means of communication are to be acceptable, with telepathy and other psychic phenomena increasingly being ridiculed and even being criminalized in practical terms in many instances by the current medical establishment. Again, the Marxist agenda does actually include the stated intention to increasingly use medical services to criminalize and punish 'subversive' opinions and activities, rather than to use the police and law courts for such purposes.
As far as the Jewish-controlled authorities are concerned, if they cannot see and hear exactly what you are doing, then you should not be doing it at all. Hence the stated intention of the Noahide Laws and of the Jewish death cult in general to literally destroy all other religions and ultimately to physically kill any human beings who will surely attempt to carry on practicing those other religions under the intended draconian Stalinist regime that will use lethal military and other means to enforce those laws.
Witchcraft was effectively illegal in Great Britain from 1735 until 1951, yet the UN has already approved the idea of worldwide Noahide Laws that are intended to be implemented all over the world in every nation at some future time, which literally term all non-Jewish religion as 'idolatrous', and as such, illegal, which is a means of destroying access to multidimensional consciousness to all the Gentiles, who, the Jewish law states, are all to made slaves, at least those few hundred million Gentiles who are allowed to survive the mass purges intended under the Noahide Laws, there being 6 billion people in the world who practice 'idolatrous' religions today, as all Gentiles who insist on carrying on practicing Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Wodenism, etc. are all literally intended under the terms of the Noahide Laws to be physically exterminated (a process which is already well underway by a wide variety of surreptitious means despite the apparent absence of any official implementation of such laws, indeed, the fact that they have not yet been officially accepted by many nations or officially implemented by them is one of the means of providing deniability).
The Jewish idea is to remove all hope of communal telepathic social intercommunication and sensitivity between Gentiles, and to remove all hopes of spiritual escape from this dimension from the Gentile souls, to restrict any access to psychic or spiritual higher dimensions, to prevent any use by Gentiles of non-surveillable methods of intercommunication on any level of consciousness, to strongly discourage even belief in the possibility of such a thing as telepathy and multi-dimensional consciousness.
The Jewish idea is to make the human skulls of the goyim literal prison houses, to destroy any hope for the Gentiles not only of engaging in traditional means of telepathy and psychic means of communal sensitivity within their societies that would permit any multidimensional knowledge and intercommunication, but also to prevent Gentile souls from ever escaping from bondage to the Jews under slavery.
The very notion of 'explaining' reality is a nullification of consciousness - or a way of becoming aware of the 'explanation' as IF a factual object or event OUT THERE - while the predicate and its constructs are internalised and invisible or running subconsciously.
The piling up of assumed predicates to which the world (life) then has to fit - demands the dumbing down of a slave unit to its narrative programming as well as a denial of the living to conform and comply to a dead model.
Predicates are anything added to being - which could be called a 'beingness'.
I Am is being. I am a man predicated being. I am writing. I am aware of.. etc.
Existence is simply already so. beingnesses are all the attributes we give it - accept true and suffer to be real.
Science can think about and explore predicates and can question them but it cannot operate without them.
One has to start from somewhere.
Descartes began with "I think, therefore I am". While this CAN suggest Self-awareness in recognition of being - it is taken as a pronoun verbing its own existence - and stands in opposition to the meaning of 'The Bridegroom cometh when ye thinketh not'.
'Bridegroom' representing the resonance of a true recognition (Self-Aware) as unexpected, in neglecting to 'think about'. IE: not a manufactured 'reality'.
Wardy · 2019-11-07T05:53:45Z
The author makes an interesting point when claiming that science deliberately avoids the topic of consciousness. I suppose that it's materialistic, so certainly that is beyond it's parameters, but one of the reasons atheists and other people who avoid God love science so much is that it's non-moral. To suggest pantheism as a viable alternative is going back to the moral jungle. If you want to study consciousness and conscience, how about the Bible?
Solare · 2019-11-08T18:34:09Z
Contemplate the mystery of 0 + 1 = 1 and then you will enter upon the path of understanding. The concept of the void is mind boggling; the filling of the void is even more so. Singularity is hologrammatic. Einstein said reality is an illusion, although a very persistent one. Reality is a precipitate of the all pervading consciousness (aether)...a dream if you will. The final conclusion of atheistic particle researchers confirmed this, however, they did not clearly state so. There is no "god particle". There is no matter. There is only unquantifiable MIND STUFF! What image do two mirrors facing each other produce?
Welcome to the DREAM TIME.
Consciousness is the currency of the universe. Our consciousness has been debauched just as has been our currency.
roman avaqyan · 2019-11-10T03:47:51Z
When people will grasp that they are in Consciousness and not the consciousness in them (and it's definitely not produced by brain), then the science will begin.
Now we are living in a dark, barbaric era of the science
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NASA Skylab Rescue Embroidered Patch
NASA Skylab Rescue Embroidered 113 mm dia. (4.5") Patch
After attending the launch of Apollo 17 in 1972 and seeing the patch created by Robert McCall, I knew I wanted to contribute in that way.
The Skylab mission patches had already been designed but during the second increment a leak developed in the RCS of the Service Module, requiring the preparation of a rescue.
This was the very first mission patch I designed and submitted to Vance Brand. He saved my original drawings all these years and returned them to me last September for my birthday. And I am glad I was able to create this 4 1/2" fully embroidered emblem.
Tim Gagnon
Skylab was the name of America's firs orbiting space station. It used hardware developed for the Apollo Moon landing including the Command Module and the Saturn V rocket. The three crews lived on Skylab for the longest space voyages up to that time; for 28, 59, and 84 days each for a total of 117 days. Skylab traveled a total of 70.5 million miles and completed 2,476 manned orbits of the Earth.
It was the largest habitable structure ever placed into
orbit. Skylab returned harmlessly to Earth on July 11, 1979 after completing 24,181 orbits. In-orbit repairs to the Skylab proved that men can accomplish much more than programmed machines in space. It also proved that men can survive for long periods of time in space and helped pave the way for future permanent manned space stations.
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Official: Ewan McGregor Returns as Obi-Wan Kenobi for Disney+ 'Star Wars' Show
By George Marston 2019-08-24T16:00:00Z
Ewan McGregor as Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. He will return to the character in a new Disney+ TV series.
(Image: © Lucalsfilm)
Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi for "Kenobi: A Star Wars Story," a Disney+ TV series.
Few details of the plot have been announced, however Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy says all the scripts are finished, with filming to take place in 2020.
"After 4 years I can say we're going to do it," McGregor said during the show's announcement at Disney's D23 Expo.
No projected release date for "Kenobi" was announced.
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Top Selling Daytona 500 Items on eBay
February 28, 2012 By Rich Mueller
The race that wouldn't start turned into the race that wouldn't end Monday night. The Daytona 500 finally got put to bed with a new winner...a day later than normal. There are plenty of 'stick and ball' sports fans who appreciate NASCAR, even when the weather and track clean ups tend to dominate races. In fact, race fans pony up good money for modern and vintage NASCAR … [Read more...]
Auction Features 1911 Indy Racing Suit, Yankee Stadium First Program, Autographs
February 3, 2012 By Rich Mueller
A massive three-day sale that will feature as many as 2,000 quality, fresh-to-the-market lots in a host of categories will be held the weekend of March 1-3 by Philip Weiss Auctions, in the firm’s gallery located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. While the company sells in a variety of categories, sports memorabilia will be at the forefront. A few of the expected top lots … [Read more...]
Long Live the Vintage Box
January 8, 2012 By Rich Mueller
Even if your local card shop is more about the newest product than the old classics, they've probably got at least one. Even if your local show has more Ryan Howard rookies than Nolan Ryan rookies, you can probably find a few to sooth your hankering for the days when every pack came with a stick of gum. A big ol' box of vintage cards. While many of the kids who grew up … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Around the Horn
The one-of-one 2010 Topps Tribute Legendary Lineup Cuts booklet card featuring the 1927 Yankees that sold at auction last month was purchased by Cleveland Indians' closer Chris Perez. The card generated some controversy over the authenticity of the signatures, but Topps, PSA/DNA and JSA all gave them passing grades. Beckett reports that the card, which features nine … [Read more...]
$10,000 Reward for Crosby’s Golden Stick
March 8, 2010 By Rich Mueller
In an era when even the most mundane sports artifacts are taken from the field of play, tagged with a hologram, authenticated and put into locked storage, it seems almost unbelievable. The stick Sidney Crosby used to score the goal that gave Canada its Olympic gold medal--perhaps the greatest or second greatest triumph in that country's sporting history-- … [Read more...]
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MacKinnon lifts Mooseheads over Winterhawks
Mooseheads right winger Martin Frk, centre, celebrates his goal against the Portland Winterhawks with teammates MacKenzie Weegar, (obscured) left to right, Nathan MacKinnon (22) Brendan Duke (obscured) and Andrew Ryan. (CP/Liam Richards)
Canadian Press May 18, 2013, 10:12 PM
SASKATOON — Nathan MacKinnon doesn’t think Saturday’s performance at the MasterCard Memorial Cup will change the minds of many NHL scouts, but the flashy centre is sure of one thing — the Halifax Mooseheads deserve their ranking as the No. 1 team in the Canadian Hockey League.
The 17-year-old from Cole Harbour, N.S., grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck in the second period, scoring at even strength, on the power play and while shorthanded as the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champions exploded for five straight goals to cruise past the Portland Winterhawks 7-4 in both teams’ first game at the tournament.
"I think we definitely earned a little bit more respect," MacKinnon told a massive media gathering. "Obviously coming from the (QMJHL), sometimes we get looked down upon a little bit but I thought we had a good game and definitely sent a message."
The slick centre, ranked as the No. 2 North American skater for next month’s draft behind Portland defenceman Seth Jones, added an assist to his hat trick, while Martin Frk, with a goal and an assist, Jonathan Drouin, Luca Ciampini and Stephen MacAuley also scored for a Halifax team that found itself down 3-1 early in the second. Zachary Fucale was strong in net, making 37 saves to get the win as the Mooseheads got off to the start they wanted in the round-robin event to decide the CHL title.
"Obviously (MacKinnon) won’t be scoring three goals every night but at the same time he’s a guy that competes all the time. Tonight he made things happen," Mooseheads coach Dominique Ducharme said. "He was skating. He was hard on the puck. It was hard to get the puck away from him. He was strong on it and obviously he was a key player in our comeback.
"He’s the kind of player that can make a difference like that."
The game featured three top ranked North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting ahead of next month’s draft in Jones, who had a goal in the first period for Portland, MacKinnon and Drouin.
And while Jones is still expected to go first overall in Newark, N.J., this night belonged to the kid from Sidney Crosby’s hometown.
"The (NHL) teams here that are watching us have watched all of us play many times this year. I don’t know how much this game is going to change anything," said MacKinnon as he sported a black fur coat given out by the Mooseheads coaches to their player of game. "Obviously it’s nice to get a few (goals) but I just wanted to win and I’m glad we did."
Troy Rutkowski had two goals for Portland, while Tie Rattie added a goal and two assists. A shaky Mac Carruth allowed seven goals on 35 shots in taking the loss for the Western Hockey League’s top team, which is ranked No. 2 in the CHL.
Ranked as the No. 1 North American skater for the draft in the early part of the season before being overtaken by Jones, MacKinnon put an exclamation point on his performance late in the second period to put the game effectively out of reach. With a goal and an assist already in his back pocket and the Mooseheads up 4-3, he danced around the big Winterhawks defenceman on a Halifax power play at and beat Carruth at 14:03 before firing a shot past the beleaguered netminder from behind the Portland goal-line with 1:25 left in the period.
"He’s a great offensive player, very dynamic. He’s got great foot speed," Jones said. "You saw on his second goal coming down against me — a quick inside-outside move — it’s tough to contain."
With the teams tied 1-1 after the first, goals came fast and furious in the second. Rutkowski scored on a shot from the point after just 39 seconds and Rattie wove through the Halifax defence on a Portland power play before sliding a backhand home at 2:11 to put the Winterhawks up by two.
The two-goal deficit seemed to spark the Mooseheads, who scored the game’s next five goals. Drouin popped a rebound at 3:16 before MacKinnon scored his first of the night on a deflection 1:20 later.
After the Winterhawks’ Oliver Bjorkstrand chimed a shot off the crossbar behind Fucale about eight minutes into the period, Ciampini gave Halifax the lead by walking out of the corner and beating Carruth on the power play at 11:17. MacKinnon then went to work offensively on the power play and the penalty kill to put Halifax in the driver’s seat.
"It wasn’t the start (to the tournament) we wanted. It was the start to the game we wanted. I thought we played real well for about 25 to 27 minutes and the game got away from us for about 10 minutes there," Winterhawks coach Travis Green said. "They got a couple of bounces and they’re a good team and the momentum went to their side."
Rutkowski scored on a Portland man advantage at 1:09 of the third to cut the Halifax lead to 6-4, but MacAulay restored the Mooseheads’ three-goal edge at 5:33.
It wasn’t as easy early on for the Mooseheads as the Winterhawks, who carried the play for much of the first period in outshooting Halifax 16-7, were unlucky to be only tied 1-1 heading to the second.
Rattie ripped off a puck off the post for Portland that stayed out five minutes into the game and Fucale was forced to make a couple of big saves for a Halifax team that was a bit scrambly in its own zone.
Despite having the better chances, the Winterhawks trailed 1-0 after MacKinnon wheeled into the offensive zone and found Frk in the slot, who beat Carruth through the five-hole at 15:46. Jones evened the score just 55 seconds later by taking a pass from Tyler Wotherspoon off the rush and beating Fucale with a snapshot over the glove.
"We didn’t have the first period we wanted," Ducharme said. "After their third goal in the second we came back with our strength and played much better. We’re happy with the win but we know we can be much better (over) 60 minutes.
"We were not skating as well as we’re able to skate. We were not applying pressure. We were watching them a little bit too much and we were not as active as we want to be.
"When we started doing that we played better."
Notes: MacKenzie Weegar had two assists for Halifax, while Derrick Pouliot added three of his own for Portland. … Halifax was 2 for 6 on the power play. Portland scored twice on its eight chances. … The Mooseheads take on the host Saskatoon Blades (0-1) on Sunday. The next game for the Winterhawks goes Monday against the London Knights (1-0). … Steve Hartley, the son of Calgary Flames coach Bob Hartley, is an assistant with Halifax. … The crowd of 8,771 at the Credit Union Centre joined in to help anthem singer Alexis Normand after she forgot the words to The Star-Spangled Banner. … Super Fan Cameron Hughes has attended the first two games of the tournament, whipping up the crowd up during commercial breaks. Hughes was profiled in Sports Illustrated last August.
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After contributing the track Young And Beautiful to last year’s Great Gatsby soundtrack, releasing the short film Tropico earlier this year and covering Once Upon A Dream for the film Maleficent, Del Rey has just revealed the first taste of her next album.
The new track, which she first performed at a Las Vegas concert on April 11, is now streaming and will be available for purchase on iTunes starting today.
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With a film sequel stalled, Bill & Ted are coming back to life as a comic book
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It seems like we’ve been hearing about Bill & Ted 3 for years (because we have), but now we’re finally getting a continuation of the whoa-tastic time-travel tale. Just not the way we might have hoped.
We don’t know a lot of details at this point, but Boom! Studios has dropped a major hint implying the company is hard at work on a new Bill & Ted comic-book series. Ian Brill, an editor with Boom! Studios, set off a little Tweet-storm where he talked about his approach to licensed books and how they try to make them good ... before revealing a WYLD STALLYNS logo.
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For those unfamiliar, WYLD STALLYNS is the future rock band fronted by Bill and Ted, which is supposed to play a role in turning the world into a utopia. We don’t know exactly which direction the comic will take, but judging by the reveal, we’d think the band will obviously play a part. For what it's worth, the rumored plot of the third film would follow the boys as they try to set things right after failing to reach their rock-stardom potential:
I know my praise more original content in comics may seem strange considering the licensed books I edit BUT there is a method to my madness
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You see, I try to cast talent on these books who have done great original work, who have a POV and bring that to the characters we have
Every licensed book I work on I try to ensure the material works on its own, if the creators are bringing a distinct passion to the book
That's all a build up for me to tease THIS pic.twitter.com/q2Rh6TiEIv
So, does this mean we should finally give up hope on Bill & Ted 3? Absolutely not. Though aborted sequels often end up as comic books these days, there’s been no indication (yet) that Bill & Ted 3 is off the table. If anything, having a monthly comic hitting shelves could help generate some buzz for the decades-old franchise, which has been pretty much dormant since the early 1990s. Plus, with no budget limitations, just imagine the trouble the guys could get into in a comic.
What’s your take? Would you read a book recounting the time-travel adventures of this dated duo?
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Managing Whiplash
Published on December 29th, 2014 under Whiplash
Whiplash is a common injury that is often ignored or improperly treated due to a lack of understanding of the condition. Common whiplash symptoms include (but are not limited to) neck pain/stiffness, headache, shoulder pain and stiffness, dizziness, fatigue, jaw pain (TMJ symptoms), arm pain, numbness and/or weakness, visual disturbances, ringing in the ears (tinnitis), [..]
Tests for Fibromyalgia?
Published on December 29th, 2014 under Fibromyalgia
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just tell your chiropractor, primary care doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant about how you’re feeling and have the condition easily diagnosed and treated? With fibromyalgia (FM), it NEVER works that way! Some doctors even think FM is a mental issue and don’t believe it’s a “real” condition. [..]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Onset and Symptoms
Published on December 29th, 2014 under Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a painful, often debilitating, progressive condition that occurs when a nerve in the wrist becomes compressed. Let’s take a closer look at what CTS is and what can be done for it!ONSET: Often, CTS starts with an infrequent, vague sort of numbness or tingling that prompts us to periodically shake [..]
Neck Pain, Headaches, and Low Back Stability
Published on December 29th, 2014 under Neck Pain
Neck pain and stiffness are very common complaints, and these problems can come and go chronically for years, even decades. Numerous studies point to exercises and chiropractic care as two of the best approaches for gaining control over this common, potentially long-lasting, and sometimes disabling condition. However, focusing only on the neck may NOT be [..]
What's Causing My Back Pain?
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Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons patients seek out Chiropractic care, and they appreciate being told what is causing their back pain. This is why doctors gather a careful and complete history from new patients and perform a physical examination. Once the "pain generator" is determined, a doctor can discuss [..]
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Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease and Chiropractic Spinal Adjusting
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Pathophysiology, Safety, Effectiveness IntroductionA pioneering study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1994 (1). Researchers from Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California, performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations on 98 people who did not have back pain. Sixty-four percent of the 98 asymptomatic subjects were found to have abnormal lumber spine discs. [..]
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Love Singapore? Love to paint? Never tried painting Singapore, don’t know what to paint about Singapore? You gotta be kidding! Singapore’s full of diversity and distinct cultures, it is impossible to NOT be inspired. But if you do need, here are 15 Uniquely Singapore inspiration for your next Art-jamming session!
Singapore is part of the tropics, so there is no wonder that one can find many tropical, exotic fruits that are creamy, sweet and/or juicy. There is doubt that when we talk about Singapore’s exotic fruit, its definitely got to be the King of fruits- Durian! A fruit with a thorny, spiky outer covering, it has managed to split the country into 2. Some find that the flesh of the durian are sweet, flavourful custards, while others find the smell to be repulsive. Well, regardless if you love or hate the durian, you cannot deny that durians make good painting ideas!
You might be thinking how can a fast food chain be part of Singapore’s unique landscape. Just kidding, you definitely know why, right? McDonald’s curry sauce holds a special place in our Singaporean hearts. Originally meant as a dip for the McNuggets, the curry sauce ended up as a must-have condiment every time we have a meal at McDonald’s . It’s sweet, its savory, its a total flavour bomb. The McSpicy too, is another signature item of McDonald’s Singapore that is irresistible to Singaporeans. A burger with a crunchy, spicy chicken patty, there’s is no way that you can actually hate it. As you can see above, McDonald’s have some real fans in Singapore.
Eating: Singapore’s national past time. Thanks to the deep-rooted thriving hawking culture, Singaporeans are able to indulge in hearty cuisines for three meals a day. For breakfast, the sweet and crispy kaya toast, together with smooth, creamy soft-boiled eggs. Come lunch, get yourself a piping, spicy bowl of Laksa. And finally for dinner, a steamy fragrant plate of Chicken Rice topped off with moist, tender steamed chicken. If you are proud of our Singapore hawker food, why not show some love by painting them!
Yes, Singaporeans do not just have three meals a day. Dessert is also part of our meal courses. The diversity in food choices also meant a diversity in post meal sweet indulgences. Ice Kacang, Chendol, Cheng Tng, Red/ Green Bean soup… the list goes on and on. Each of them, distinct in their own flavour, yet still brings about the satiation. Fun fact: do you know, before Ice Kachang was served in a bowl, it was just an ice ball topped with different syrup and placed on your hand? Imagine all the mess it would create!
Just like any other Asians out there, Singaporeans are heads over heels for bubble tea. We even have our own home-brand, LiHo! Refreshingly sweet milk tea together with chewy tapioca pearls, what’s there to not like about?
This performing arts centre is also known as ‘the big durians’ due to its architectural style bearing resemblance to the tropical fruit. While it was officially opened in 2002, the Esplanade was actually conceptualized back in 1989 and built entirely on reclaimed land! ‘The big durians have come a long way since then, with a $30 million waterfront theatre in the works.
Dubbed the ‘new Noah’s Ark’, Marina Bay Sands is an impressive structure. An integrated resort that consists of the world’s most expensive casino, it is enclosed by a 2,561-room hotel, topped with a 340 metre long sky park which features the famous infinity pool. If you’re a fan of painting skylines, why not paint the MBS? After all it redefined Singapore’s skyline.
Ranked as the World’s Best Airport, it is impossible not to stand out. Over the top service, world-class facilities and amenities, there’s always something for everyone. But that’s not how us Singaporeans remember Changi Airport is it? We are talking about Changi Aiport’s control tower- you know, the one that looks like a torch with that big golden ball at the top?
Art-Science Museum
The art science museum is located within Marina Bay Sands ad is currently the world’s first Art-science museum. Reminiscent of a lotus flower, the art science museum consists of three galleries, each with a different theme- Curiosity, Inspiration, Expression. Together with Marina Bay Sands, the Art-science museum provides a beautiful backdrop for Singapore’s night skyline.
Singapore Flyer
One of the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the Singapore Flyer observation wheel is meticulously constructed to hold 28 passengers in each of their 28 capsules. Together with Marina Bay Sands, Art-science museum and the Esplanade, the Singapore Flyer completes the downtown skyline of Singapore.
Singapore is a ‘fine city’- a tongue in cheek statement that everyone knows. No doubt that you can enjoy world class facilities and amenities, you also have a chance to get fined for leaving a rubber band on the street, or feeding pigeons, or eating and drinking on the public train. In fact, there are many articles that you can find online showcasing some of the laws of Singapore.
Singapore is a society of diverse cultures, thus there is no doubt if there are numerous celebrations and festivals. There is almost a popular festival celebrated by Singaporeans every month! Lunar New Year festival in January, Food Festival in June, Grand Prix in September, just to name a few. Full of colours and vibrance, festivals are definitely a challenging yet fruitful idea to attempt painting!
‘Kiasu-ism’
The behaviour of fearing of losing out, it generally refers to the hardcore competitiveness of Singaporeans. Fun-fact: the word ‘Kiasu’ was added into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007, where it was described as a selfish attitude. Kiasu-ism is so prevalent in Singapore that it was personified and made into comics and toys!
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Water flows again in Fort Lauderdale, but boil order remains in place
By Brittany Wallman, Tonya Alanez and Wayne K. Roustan
South Florida Sun Sentinel |
Jul 19, 2019 | 10:27 AM
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis announces that a temporary fix has water flowing to Broward County.
Boiling is better than going thirsty. And on the upside, we’ll still be able to flush our toilets.
Twelve hours after Fort Lauderdale and beyond awoke to learn its water supply was doomed and would likely dry up for a day or more, Mayor Dean Trantalis announced that the city’s no-water crisis seemingly and hopefully had been averted.
“Water is flowing,” Trantalis said at a Thursday evening news conference at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, near to where a Florida Power & Light subcontractor accidentally bored a 6-inch hole into a 3½-foot-wide pipe more than a full day earlier.
Some uncertainty remains: A concrete patch appeared to be holding by the end of the day, but that fix is temporary.
City workers poured a lake of cement around the patched pipe to protect it in a concrete “bunker.” That work was expected to be stable by 10 p.m. Thursday, allowing more work on a permanent fix to move ahead.
Pressure wasn’t quite up to snuff, nor was water clarity, Trantalis said, but conditions were expected to be back to near normal by late Thursday night.
Meanwhile, city residents, hoteliers and restaurateurs were advised that they could scale back their bottled-water searches and should instead continue to boil tap water for a full minute before consumption.
“The boil water order remains in effect and will likely last through the next 48 hours,” Trantalis said.
“It is imperative that folks in the affected areas continue to boil their water prior to consuming it. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, and food preparation until further notice,” Trantalis said.
The city will continue to distribute bottled water at three locations around the city from 8 a.m. Friday until 8 p.m. Saturday.
Cascade of problems
The one broken pipe had threatened to shut down the entire city and some of its neighbors on Thursday, causing a cascade of problems for hotels, the courthouse, downtown employees and residents of Fort Lauderdale and surrounding cities.
The largest provider of drinking water in the county, Fort Lauderdale serves residents and businesses in all or parts of Port Everglades, Oakland Park, Davie, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Sea Ranch Lakes, Tamarac and Wilton Manors.
Earlier Thursday, city officials said more than 220,000 customers could be without water — and thus, without working toilets — until as late as Friday evening.
The outage affected Fort Lauderdale — hospitals, hotels, courthouses, the jail, high-rises, restaurants, employees and homeowners — as well as customers in other cities.
Impacts of the massive outage spread throughout the day. Hotels evacuated guests, government buildings and private employers downtown closed their buildings and sent employees home. The county courthouse stopped operations and closed at noon. Restaurants closed their doors, unable to serve customers without working bathrooms or running water.
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Fort Lauderdale’s troubled water-sewer system has served up many pipe breaks and sewage spills in recent years, but none on the scale of Thursday’s disaster.
Giant pipe collapses
Most water pipes that break are carrying water from the plant to homes and businesses. This 42-inch concrete pipe was actually supplying water from water wellfields to the city’s main water plant, Fiveash Regional Water Treatment Plant. With the water supply cut off, the impact was huge.
City officials said FPL subcontractor Florida Communication Concepts bored a six-inch hole in the pipe while using directional drilling underground to repair electrical lines.
The breach occurred Wednesday afternoon, but water was still flowing. As the city attempted a repair, the giant pipe collapsed, city Public Works Director Paul Berg said.
Ideally, the water would be channeled through a separate, backup pipe, preventing Thursday’s catastrophe. But city officials said it didn’t work like it should have.
Valves didn’t function properly, Berg said, so the city was unable to seal off the broken pipe and divert water to the backup pipe. Because of that failure, the city had to shut off pumps from the wellfield, leaving the city and all its customers with just the water left in the pipes.
Meanwhile, city crews located a replacement pipe in Kendall in Miami-Dade County and brought it to the site. A more permanent fix will continue through the weekend. A temporary bypass will be built so that the replacement pipe to the primary main can be installed, Trantalis said.
The outage came as temperatures soared. The city set up three centers to hand out water by the gallon to parched residents: the Beach Community Center, 3351 NE 33rd Ave.; Mills Pond Park, 2201 NW Ninth Ave.; and Riverland Park, 950 SW 27th Ave.
The city declared a state of emergency, giving the mayor authority to make purchases or impose rules that might be necessary.
Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke to Trantalis and Broward Mayor Mark Bogen on Thursday morning and offered assistance. The state sent thousands of gallons of water bottles in semi-trucks with Florida Highway Patrol escorts.
Berg cautioned that even with water flowing, it must be boiled for a minute to ensure it’s safe for drinking, washing dishes or brushing teeth.
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The location of the water main break is in the 2500 block of Northwest 55th Court, just off the runways at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
The city has two treatment plants, but the one affected, Fiveash, supplies most of the city’s drinking water.
Taciana Faria, 27, Coral Springs, works at Airtrade Aviation, 2535 NW 55th Court, which is right next to the water main that she said ruptured about 2 p.m. Wednesday.
“I went outside and it smelled like poop,” she said.
“It was really bad,” she said. “There was dirty water. It was a really strong smell.”
Faria said the parking lot between several hangars was flooded.
At Port Everglades, spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy said cruise ships are the port’s biggest water users, but the proposed timing for repairs eased the burden.
“Fortunately, we do not have any cruise ships until Saturday when this problem should be resolved,” she said.
At the port, Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue activated its emergency fire suppression plan, which uses ocean water as the main water source.
Mall, courthouse and businesses close as water slows to a trickle »
The North Broward Hospital District, which administers four hospitals in the county, issued a statement Thursday indicating that services continued uninterrupted.
City officials said they were prepared to evacuate patients from hospitals or nursing homes, if they had to.
By noon, closures were piling up throughout Fort Lauderdale. The Galleria mall on Sunrise Boulevard didn’t open for business. The main courthouse, at 201 SE Third Ave., closed at noon. The L.A. Fitness and Whole Foods on Federal Highway south of Oakland Park Boulevard were closed.
The city of Fort Lauderdale was prepared to fight fires, even though fire hydrants were out of service. Fire-rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan said the city had tanker trucks full of water and reached out to neighboring cities that have water, to help if needed.
Fire trucks also can tap into canals if they have to, Gollan said. A second water plant, Peele-Dixie, which serves a small portion of the city, was still operating throughout the day. Miami-Dade sent water tankers up to help as well.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis gives an update on the city's water main break.
Though many restaurants closed, at Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park, the brewers connected its two reserve water tanks, which hold about 3,000 gallons apiece, to the water main, allowing it to open in the afternoon.
In downtown Fort Lauderdale, the Bank of America Financial Center, 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., was among those sending employees home.
Fort Lauderdale closed its City Hall early. Oakland Park sent home most employees Thursday afternoon and activated its emergency operations center. Children at a city program were relocated to another building where water was provided by Broward County.
All Fort Lauderdale city offices will be open and back to business as usual Friday.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport wasn’t affected. The airport gets its water supply from the city of Hollywood.
RELATED: Restaurants scramble to stay open in Fort Lauderdale water crisis »
Bottled water sold fast at grocery stores in the communities affected by the lack of water.
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Zenaida Wagner drove from Tamarac to the Publix at 1003 E. Commercial Blvd. to fill her cart with bottled water.
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She has an 8-year-old border collie named Peanut that she wants to keep hydrated.
“I have a dog that drinks water like a horse,” she said. “I walk her twice a day and it’s hot like the dickens out there.”
For more information, call the City of Fort Lauderdale 24-Hour Neighbor Service Center at 954-828-8000.
Staff writers Ben Crandell, Kathy Laskowski, Cindy Krischer Goodman, David Lyons, Anthony Man, Rafael Olmeda, Linda Trischitta and Phillip Valys contributed to this report.
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Baccalaureate Success of Transfers and Rising 4-Year College Juniors
by Tatiana Melguizo & Alicia.C. Dowd - 2009
Background/Context: A longstanding debate continues concerning whether community colleges democratize education by expanding enrollment or divert students from attaining a bachelor�s degree. The extant evidence is contradictory, but recent findings suggest that community colleges are serving to democratize education without a sizeable diversion effect preventing students from ultimately earning the bachelor�s degree. The diversion effect appears to be much smaller than previously stated.
Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The main objective of this study is to compare the effect of being a successful community college �transfer� student instead of a �rising junior� in a 4-year college on bachelor�s degree attainment (250 transfers and 790 rising juniors). This study examines the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) and institutional selectivity on the bachelor�s degree completion of transfer students and rising 4-year college juniors.
Data Collection and Analysis: We analyze the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88/2000) high school senior class of 1992 to compare the degree completion outcomes of two samples�transfer and rising junior students�with equivalent degree aspirations. Logistic regression is used to estimate the differences in attainment. Interactions are included to examine the effect of SES and institutional selectivity. To address the problem of selection of students into institutions, we control for proxy variables for students� motivation. In addition, a Heckman two-stage regression model is estimated using the average state tuition in the state where the student finished high school as the instrumental variable. Finally, to adjust for unobserved institutional characteristics related to the state where the institution is located, a model that includes a state-level dummy variable indicating those that have strong transfer and articulation systems is estimated to more fully control for state characteristics.
Findings/Results: Three main findings emerge from this inquiry. First, the negative effect of being a transfer as opposed to a rising junior diminishes substantially after controlling for differences in SES. The negative effect �disappears� in the sense of not being statistically significant, after corrections for self-selection bias and the addition of variables controlling for transfer policies in the state where the student attended college. Second, and consistent with prior research, degree completion rates increase with selectivity of the 4-year institution attended. Third, the results show that when we allow the effects of community college attendance to vary by SES by introducing an interaction term, there are no statistically significant differences between the completion rates of low-SES transfer and low-SES rising junior students.
Conclusions/Recommendations: Our main conclusion is that previous estimates have overstated the diversion effect. Alongside other recent contributions to the democratization-versus-diversion-effect debate, this study provides an additional piece of evidence demonstrating that the diversion effect is much smaller than was previously estimated. Community college practitioners should feel confident in counseling traditional-age students who want to earn the bachelor�s degree to transfer, because the evidence shows that they are as likely to succeed as their 4-year college counterparts.
Purchase Baccalaureate Success of Transfers and Rising 4-Year College Juniors
Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 111 Number 1, 2009, p. 55-89
Can Community Colleges Protect Both Access and Standards? The Problem of Remediation
Are Community Colleges an Alternative Path for Hispanic Students to Attain a Bachelor�s Degree?
Defending the Community College Equity Agenda
It's Not Enough to Get Through the Open Door: Inequalities by Social Background in Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Colleges
The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America
Building Bridges for Student Success: Are Higher Education Articulation Policies Effective?
The Effect of Earning an Associate Degree on Community College Transfer Students� Performance and Success at Four-Year Institutions
Be The Change: Reinventing School for Student Success
Tatiana Melguizo
TATIANA MELGUIZO is an assistant professor in the USC Rossier School of Education. She works in the field of economics of higher education. She uses quantitative methods of analysis to study the impact of institutional characteristics as well as public policies on the persistence and educational outcomes of minority and low-income students. Her work has been published in Teachers College Record, the Journal of Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education, and Research in Higher Education.
Alicia.C. Dowd
ALICIA C. DOWD is an assistant professor of higher education at the Rossier School of Education and a senior scholar at the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Dowd�s research focuses on political-economic issues of public college finance equity, efficiency, and accountability and the factors affecting student attainment in higher education. She is currently a principal investigator of the California Benchmarking Project: Enhancing Institutional Effectiveness and Equity, a comprehensive study of transfer culture and practices, particularly as they impact community college students who begin postsecondary education in basic skills courses. She has previously served as principal investigator of two national projects evaluating institutional effectiveness and student outcomes in the areas of assessment and transfer access. Her work has been published in the Harvard Educational Review, the Handbook of Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education,Urban Review,, and the Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, and is forthcoming in the Journal of Higher Education and the Review of Educational Research.
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Daily G.K. - Top Stories
President Of India Addresses India-Iceland Business Forum
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the India-Iceland Business Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland on September 11, 2019.
The President said that India's growth and commitment to sustainability and Iceland's business strengths make for a natural partnership.
Iceland's capacity in the fields of geothermal energy, circular economy, financial services, fisheries, food processing, shipping, tourism and innovation are second to none.
It is a pioneer in green technologies, be it carbon capture, energy efficient buildings or waste-to-wealth projects.
Its economic success is a story that many would like to emulate. India's transformative growth programmes and next-generation infrastructure projects present immense opportunities for Icelandic companies.
The President met Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of Iceland at a working lunch hosted in his honour.
The President will leave for Switzerland – the second leg of his visit.
India Participates in Thessaloniki International Fair in Greece
An Indian delegation led by Minister of State (MoS) for Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri participated in the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in Greece.
Senior officials and businessmen and prominent Indian entrepreneurs were part of the delegation.
India is the honoured country at the 84th TIF.
New India Pavilion was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri on 7th September, 2019.
The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry held a press interaction during the trade fair and highlighted the prospects for the development of Indian business in Greece and the wider region of Southeast Europe to strengthen bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
Hardeep Singh Puri said that India's economy is expected to reach USD 5 trillion in 2025 and it will be among the largest in the world.
St. Vincent and Grenadines, 79th country to join India-led Intl Solar Alliance
Saint Vincent and Grenadines became the 79th country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA), an initiative by India aimed at combating the threats of climate change and global warming.
Countries which have signed the agreement until now include Bolivia, Palau, France, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Japan, amongst others.
The agreement was opened for signature during the COP22 at Marrakech on November 15, 2016.
The International Solar Alliance is a group of 121 solar resource-rich countries with headquarters in Gurugram, India.
The organisation aims to deploy over 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise more than USD 1,000 billion into solar power by 2030, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Two New Species Of Ginger Discovered From Nagaland
Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered two new species of Zingiber, commonly referred to as ginger, from Nagaland. While Zingiber perenense has been discovered from the Peren district of Nagaland, Zingiber dimapurense was found in the Dimapur district of the State.
Details of both discoveries were published in two peer-reviewed journals earlier in 2019. Of the two species, Zingiber dimapurense is taller in size, with leafy shoots measuring 90-120 cm high, whereas the leafy shoots of Zingiber perenense reach up to 70 cm in height.
For Zingiber dimapurense, the lip of the flower (modified corolla) is white in colour, with dense dark- purplish red blotches.Its pollen is a creamy-white and ovato-ellipsoidal, whereas the fruit is an oblong 4.5 cm-5.5 cm long capsule.
In the case of Zingiber perenense, which was discovered about 50 km from where the other species was found, the lip of the flower is white with purplish-red streaks throughout, and the pollen is ellipsoidal.
Airtel Xstream Fiber Broadband Plan With 1Gbps Speed Launched At Rs 3,999
To counter Reliance Jio Fiber's broadband plans offering internet speeds of up to 1Gbps, Airtel has come up with a similar high-speed plan of its own. India's largest wired broadband firm has launched the Xstream Fiber service which delivers broadband speed of 1Gbps.
Along with breakneck internet speed Airtel Xtream Fiber also comes bundled with unlimited calls and the host of content benefits.
Airtel has priced the Xstream Fiber service at Rs 3,999 per month. Notably, Reliance Jio Fiber offers 1Gbps network speed with its Platinum and Titanium plans worth Rs 3,999 and Rs 8,499 respectively.
Mahindra Partners with Salesforce For Digital Transformation in Customer Experience
Mahindra & Mahindra announced its partnership with global customer relationaship management (CRM) firm Salesforce to digitise the customer experience value chain.
This will be a unique digital transformation in the Indian automobile industry.
Mahindra has embarked on a digital transformation journey to deliver an industry-leading connected customer experience, connected employees experience and an intelligent dealer engagement.
For this, it has partnered with Salesforce, Sitecore and PwC India to move from various solutions to a single unified platform to provide a holistic, coherent and connected view of its customers by capturing all customer data in one place.
Govt Launched Multilingual 'CHC Farm Machinery' Mobile App For Farmers
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Purushottam Rupala launched a multilingual mobile app 'CHC Farm Machinery' during the National Conference on crop residue Management for farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister also shared his ideas among farmers to ensure zero burning in all villages and also thanked farmers for bringing down incidents of stubble burning.
While launching the mobile app several farmers shared experiences and gave suggestions about crop residue management.
It was claimed by the ministry that more than 1000 farmers attended the conference from four States.
Gurugram Police Ties Up With Google for Traffic Updates
The Gurugram traffic police have tied up with Google maps for dissemination of traffic related information in real time for public use.
The information such as planned road closures, diversions, traffic alerts regarding road crash etc. is now shared by Gurugram traffic police with Google maps.
Based on the information shared by the traffic police, Google maps immediately updates the information on its public maps.
For instance, if traffic police plans to close a particular road on a particular date and at a particular time for a proposed marathon, then this information is passed on to Google maps in advance.
Google maps then shows the road as closed and automatically redirects the commuters to alternate roads.
India Holds Asian Champion Qatar To Goalless Draw - Match In Numbers
Igor Stimac's Indian football team put up a resolute defensive display to hold reigning Asian champion Qatar to a goalless draw during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Doha's Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
Qatar had the better of chances, as many as 17 of them, but could not find the back of the net owing to some phenomenal goalkeeping from stand-in captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
The Indian defence stood strong and the forwards even managed to work out a couple of chances, but neither side could break the deadlock and shared the spoils.
400 Punjab Farmers to Participate In National Conference on Crop Residue Management
As many as 400 innovative and progressive farmers from Punjab will participate in National Conference of Farmers on Crop residue Management to be held in New Delhi.
Punjab agriculture department spokesperson said that nearly 1000 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would be part of this conference and also share their innovative ideas adopted for in-situ crop residue management.
This conference being organized by the Government of India at NASC Complex, New Delhi would go a long way in mitigating the problem of stubble burning besides creating awareness among farming community.
Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will give inaugural address in this conference.
PM Modi In Mathura
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Mathura for the day to inaugurate several programmes met women who pick up plastic waste from garbage in the city and extended a helping hand to them.
PM Narendra Modi, who is on a mission to completely eradicate single-use plastic waste from the country, was seen segregating plastic from garbage piles along with the women at the 'Swacchata Hi Seva' programme in Mathura.
PM is slated to launch a campaign against single-use plastic products.
PM Modi, also visited a cattle farm and was seen playing with a calf.
Narendra Modi will be launching the 'National Animal Disease Control Programme' as well as the 'National Artificial Insemination Programme'.
GeM And Punjab Government Sign MoU For Setting Up Project Management Unit
Government e Marketplace (GeM) under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Government of Punjab, signed MoU to set up a GeM Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU) in the state.
The MoU was signed by Additional CEO,GeM, S. Suresh Kumar, and Director Industries, Government of Punjab, C. Sibinat Chandigarh on 10th September, 2019.
It is projected that through the initiatives of GOTT PMU, Government of Punjab will be able to transact around Rs 1700 crore in terms of annual Gross Merchandize Value (GMV) on GeM platform in the first year and over Rs 3000 crore per annum, over a period of time.
DRDO Successfully Test Fires Indigenously Developed Anti-Tank Guided Missile System
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired an indigenously-developed Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) system on September 11, 2019. This test was conducted at Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
This missile system will be used by Army very soon as it was the third series of successful testing of MPATGM. Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for the successful test of the missile.
The Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) is an indigenous missile which is based on the fire-and-forget system.
About Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile
It has been developed by DRDO in partnership with Bharat Dynamics Limited.
It is low weight (approx 14.5 kg) with command launch unit weighing 14.25 kg.
It can hit a target up to 2.5 km; it is equipped with an advanced Imaging Infrared Radar (IIR) with state-of-the-art avionics.
India started working on MPATGM in 2005.The first trial of the MPATGM was conducted on September 15, 2018, and Second trail was made on 16 September, 2018.
After that, DRDO test-fired this missile for the first time on 13 March 2019 and the second test was conducted on 14 March, 2019 in the Rajasthan desert.
Former Indonesian President Habibie Dies, Aged 83
Former Indonesian president B J Habibie has died at the age of 83. He died of heart failure at Jakarta's Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital.
Habibie, whose full name was Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, was Indonesia's third president following Suharto's more than 30-year rule.
An engineer by training, he was in office for less than two years. He saw Indonesia through the Asian financial crisis and ordered a referendum for East Timor's independence.
The body of the late president will be taken to his house in Kuningan, Jakarta. He will be buried next to his wife in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery.
Pramod Kumar Mishra Is Principal Secy To PM Narendra Modi
Pramod Kumar Mishra was appointed principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, succeeding Nripendra Misra. Former cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed principal adviser to the prime minister.
Mishra, who had been additional principal secretary to the PM since 2014, was promoted after Mishra sought to be relieved of his duties.
Mishra served as principal secretary to Modi when he was Gujarat chief minister between 2001 and 2004.
Sinha's appointment order did not say whether he would be given the status of a cabinet minister like his senior counterparts in the Prime Minister's Office — PK Mishra and national security adviser Ajit Doval. Both Mishra and Sinha will report to the prime minister.
Usha Khanna Confers with 'Lata Mangeshkar Award
Veteran music director Usha Khanna has been conferred the Maharashtra government's "Lata Mangeshkar Award" for the year 2019-20, Cultural Affairs Minister Vinod Tawde announced.
The award, instituted in 1993, has been given to senior musicians for their contribution to the industry.
The award, named after the legendary singer, consists of Rs 5,00,000 cash, a citation and a memento.
Khanna, 78, is one of the few women musicians in the Indian film industry who carved out a niche for herself in the otherwise male-dominated field.
Geoffrey Boycott, Strauss Given Knighthoods
England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods by Theresa May in her resignation honours list.
Boycott and Strauss both received the honour for their services to sport after outstanding careers for England.
Former England and Middlesex batsman Strauss hit 7,037 runs in 100 Tests from 2004 to 2012.
Sir Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a retired cricketer, who formerly played cricket for Yorkshire and England.
GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION
Kerala To Set Up India's First Global Trade Centre For Women
Kerala is all set to set up India's first International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC), in consonance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDs), in Kozhikode.
This initiative aims to accelerate women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity while providing women with a safe place away from home to start new businesses, set up or expand, and get their products marketed globally.
The first phase of iWTC, being executed under the Gender Park's "Vision 2020", is scheduled to be completed by 2021.
Tata Group Private Partner in Indian Institute Of Skills, Mumbai
Tata Education Development Trust will invest ₹300 crore in the PPP, not-for-profit facility.
Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), laid the foundation stone for Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) at Mumbai.
Union Minister Sanjay Dhotre launches Curriculum for Life Skills (Jeevan Kaushal) designed by University Grants Commission (UGC)
UGC constituted Expert Committee prepared a Curriculum for Life Skills (JeevanKaushal) for Under Graduate Programme.
The curriculum is designed to impart and strengthen the knowledge, skills and dispositions believed to be the best requisites of the current Industry and thereby empower the talent inherent in each learner.
LSE To Host New Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships
The trust responsible for installing Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament Square in 2015 announced a fund for scholarships named after the iconic leader of India's freedom struggle for deserving Indian students at the London School of Economics.
Meghnad Desai, member of the House of Lords and chair of the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, said it is donating £100,000 as an endowment towards the scholarships in keeping with its mandate to spread the message of Gandhi.
The seed money is expected to be joined by other donations so that a corpus would be built up in time, the trust said, adding that its endowment has been welcomed by the LSE director, Minouche Shafik, who is currently on a visit to India.
A Book Titled "Savarkar: Echoes From a Forgotten Past, 1883-1924" Released
A book titled "Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past, 1883-1924″ is penned by Bengaluru-based historian Vikram Sampath and published by Penguin.
This book describes the life of freedom fighter and Philosopher Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.
This first volume of the two-volume series covers the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar), from his birth in 1883 to his conditional release to Ratnagiri in 1924.
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Lara Stone is Model of the Year
December 9, 2010 by tess
This Tuesday Lara Stone was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards. A great honor, which makes us very proud since Lara is half Dutch (!).
Check out the other award-winning fashion professionals:
Designer Brand: Mulberry
Emerging Talent Award — Ready-to-Wear: Meadham Kirchhoff
Accessory Designer: Nicholas Kirkwood
Menswear Designer: Patrick Grant of E. Tautz
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator: Nicola Formichetti
Designer of the Year: Phoebe Philo for Céline
Special Recognition Award: Naomi Campbell
Digital Innovation Award: Burberry
Designer of the Year: Phoebe Philo
British Style Award: Alexa Chung
Tags: 2010, british fashion awards, lara stone, model of the year
Nick Knight pays tribute to Alexander McQueen
Nick Knight’s latest fashion film (see below) is a tribute to designer Alexander McQueen. It celebrates his breathtaking imagination and his groundbreaking creations. Singer Björk sang the exclusive soundtrack of the film. During the British Fashion Awards, where McQueen received a posthumous award, the film was shown for the first time.
Tags: 2010, alexander mcqueen, british fashion awards, designer, film, hommage, nick knight, short film, tribute
Posthumous British Fashion Award for Alexander McQueen
On Tuesday evening 7 December the British Fashion Awards will be presented in London. Today one of the winning designers was already announced. Alexander McQueen will receive a posthumous award (The Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design prize) for his contribution to fashion. During the evening this will be celebrated by a film, directed by Nick Knight, featuring McQueen’s most iconic pieces.
‘This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and the light contained within Lee, and within us all,’ Nick Knight told Vogue.
‘The Outstanding Achievement Award celebrates the exceptional talent of an individual who has contributed to the British fashion industry, both internationally and here in the UK, throughout their career. There was only one person we felt we could recognize with this award this year – Lee McQueen’, Harold Tillman, Chairman of the British Fashion Council, explained to Vogue.
During his career Alexander McQueen was awarded the Designer of the Year prize at the British Fashion Awards four times. In the past years The Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design award was already won by fashion heroes like Stephen Jones, John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood.
(Vogue)
Tags: alexander mcqueen, award, british fashion awards, designer
Crazy Uncle You only find him at small shows of starting designers, and he is often family. You'll recognize him by the clothes and shoes he wears: All wrong (Mephisto shoes, photo-vest, toy-camera). He ALWAYS appears in the frame of the professional photographer and stands in the way. He doesn't have a clue about everything. Related to: crazy aunt.
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No, Windows XP didn't fuel WannaCry
Scratch that idea, says Kaspersky, after mining attack detection data from PCs running its security software
Gregg Keizer (Computerworld (US))
The global WannaCry attack that started 10 days ago touched just a handful of Windows XP PCs, a security expert said Monday, contradicting the narrative that the aged OS was largely responsible for the ransomware's crippling impact.
"There were no real WannaCry infections of Windows XP," said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, in an interview Monday. "We've seen only a handful of cases, less than a dozen, and it looks like most of them were testers [self-infecting systems]."
Raiu's claim countered an assertion made by virtually every media report and blog post published after "WannaCry" emerged June 12. Countless news stories blamed Windows XP, which Microsoft retired three years ago, for falling victim to the attack because the vulnerability that WannaCry exploited had not been patched in the obsolete OS.
Rather than take aim at Windows XP, WannaCry targeted Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, Kaspersky's data showed. The vast majority -- 98.4% -- had put the crosshairs on Windows 7, which remains the world's most popular edition. To come up with that figure, Kaspersky tallied the WannaCry detections its security software logged -- and blocked -- on various versions of Microsoft's operating system.
The reason for XP's absence from the WannaCry count was simple. "WannaCry itself did not support Windows XP," Raui said, noting that the exploit neither focused on XP or reliably worked on the 2001 operating system. Individual machines could be infected -- the researchers and testers who put WannaCry on Windows XP systems likely ran it manually -- but the worm-like attack code would not spread from an XP PC, and in some cases, executing the exploit crashed the computer.
That put Microsoft's decision to issue a security patch for Windows XP in a different light.
Late on May 12, Microsoft took the unprecedented step of issuing patches for long-demoted versions of Windows, including Windows XP, to immunize PCs against WannaCry. "Given the potential impact to customers and their businesses, we made the decision to make the Security Update for platforms [currently] in custom support," a Microsoft manager said at the time. Custom support is a post-retirement pay-for-patches program available only to corporate customers.
Computerworld, like many other publications, assumed Microsoft released patches for Windows XP and Server 2003 because it believed older -- and unprotected -- systems were instrumental in spreading WannaCry.
Raiu thought different. "I think Microsoft was worried about the possibility of someone leveraging this exploit," Raiu argued. "Their fear was that it could be theoretically possible to repurpose the exploit to attack Windows XP."
It wasn't a surprise that WannaCry's backers had primarily pointed the attack at Windows 7. "They focused on the most-widespread platform," said Raiu.
According to analytics vendor Net Applications, approximately 53% of all Windows personal computer ran Windows 7 last month. That was nearly double the share of the newer Windows 10, which clocked in at 29%, and more than eight times that of Windows XP's 8%. Cyber criminals typically aim attacks at the most popular operating systems and versions within each OS, a logical practice when profit is paramount. That's especially true of extortion rackets like WannaCry's payload, which encrypts files and then demands a ransom payment to decrypt those hijacked files.
Other factors may have played a part, however. "The newer Windows versions, like Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, include new security mitigations, which may have made it easier for them to [write an] exploit for Windows 7," Rauf said.
When it issued security fixes to Windows XP, Microsoft said that Windows 10 systems "were not targeted" by WannaCry.
Of the Windows 7 systems that were attacked -- but defended by Kaspersky's software -- most were 64-bit editions. Windows 7 Pro and Windows 7 Home (64-bit) outnumbered their 32-bit comrades by almost two to one. Windows 7 Pro 64-bit led all others, accounting for 60% of the total.
It was unclear whether the disparity reflected Kaspersky security software placement -- in, say, far more PCs running the 64-bit version of Windows -- the prevalence of 64-bit over 32-bit at this point, or a more efficient spreading mechanism of WannaCry under a 64-bit OS. With the data illustrating detection and stoppage rates -- not infection rates as some other reports cited -- it was plain, however, that the difference could not have stemmed from faster deployment of the March patches by 32-bit owners.
Missing from Kaspersky's chart was Windows XP, which was simply not on WannaCry's radar.Â
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Lewis Hamilton vents fury at Alonso tactics
Livid: Fernando Alonso's tactics have angered Lewis Hamilton
By By Kevin Garside in Spa-Francorchamps
Lewis Hamilton last night exploded the myth of unity at McLaren with a bitter post-race attack on estranged team-mate Fernando Alonso.
Audio: Belgian GP review
Ferrari take revenge at the double
In pics: Three-in-a-row at Spa for Raikkonen
Hamilton accused Alonso of serious foul play during a first corner incident at yesterday's Belgian Grand Prix that demonstrated the enmity tearing the team apart. Hamilton claimed Alonso deliberately and recklessly forced him off the track in the dog-fight for position behind the dominant and ultimately victorious Ferraris, a move that helped Alonso finish third, one place ahead of Hamilton, and cut his title lead to two points.
McLaren continue to implode following the torrid events of last week when the team were fined £50 million and thrown out of the constructors' championship for bringing the sport into disrepute in the Ferrari spygate affair.
Hamilton trails as spy row deepens for Alonso
After the race it emerged that Alonso deepened divisions at his besieged team by offering the mechanics working on his car a bonus of €1,000 (£700) a race to help beat Hamilton to the world title. Though McLaren put a stop to the scheme there is little they can do to heal the rift between the drivers.
"The last few years I have been watching F1 and Fernando has always been complaining about other people being unfair," Hamilton said. "It was blatant. He pushed me wide quite deliberately. I out-braked him through turn one. There was enough room for us both to get round but suddenly I didn't have any room. I tried to get around the outside but he pushed me wide. It was not a fair race manoeuvre." Not surprisingly Alonso saw nothing wrong in the incident. "In the first corner Felipe [Massa] locked the front wheels and blocked the space. I went wide and we arrived wheel by wheel at the next turn. I was lucky to be on the inside and had position."
Earlier Max Mosley, president of F1's ruling body, the FIA, claimed a world title won by Hamilton or Alonso would be tainted. "I would have taken all the points away from Hamilton and Alonso on the grounds that there is a suspicion they had an advantage that they should not have had," Mosley said. "A majority on the council thought they should keep their points, [but] about five, mostly lawyers, thought all the points should go. I'm disappointed because when history comes to be written they will say, 'Hang on a minute, would Raikkonen or Massa have won had it not been for this information?' " The message in the president's words was unmistakable. Forget an appeal.
Mosley added: "On the other side we have a brilliant championship between Alonso and Hamilton, and the sporting people were saying it wasn't the drivers' fault. You could say that, but then it never is."
www.telegraph.co.uk/garside
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What are some impressive new AI projects?
by adminPosted on March 7, 2019 September 3, 2019
If we look at real projects, the following is true:
Apple had hired an external company specially for their graphics chips, Imagination.
Unexpectedly they got the graphics chips back in the house. The reason is not far to look, the parallel computing power of both graphics cards and KI or AI chips is huge. Something so crucial, the graphical side and hardware acceleration for KI (AI) algorithms should remain within Apple’s walls. Apple has a history with power Pcs, after which they switched to Intel because they weren’t really a hardware company. Today they take ARM processor licenses (iPhone and iPad processor chips) and they develop their own chips, GPU and accelerators themselves. Hugely important because the effects on Intel and other generic processor manufacturers are going to be great.
Facebook is pure software, always been.
Well they now have their own hardware teams (ASIC and FPGA designers). Their own AI algorithms that dig through our data into better ways to convince us to buy things, that must remain secret. For their very specific algorithms, only tailor-made hardware can deliver the fastest implementation. A pure software company that develops hardware that shows what to expect in the future.
Google is a pure software company.
Their datacenters were based on common server processor chips. But to train their KI to beat the Go champion (a well-known game) and to get into Google photos (already wondered why photos offers free storage space, to train their KI of course) to recognize people and animals, they do not need general processors. They need very specific chips that can perform their algorithms the fastest and most efficient. Therefor they developed the TPU and eTPU, tensor processing units. The hubris of a software company fortunately made sure that their hardware is not really top, but that is a personal opinion.
Amazon is of many markets at home, especially automation of warehouses and delivering parcels.
But they also have their own chip now and through one or more hardware startups (Habana) More irons are in the fire. They were also the first to offer FaaS, FPGA as a Service, namely reconfigurable chips that can accelerate KI.
Microsoft is also not a strong name in the semiconductor sector and everyone knows what happened to Nokia.
Yet Microsoft is now top in the world in terms of “cloud computing”, even they have hardware teams, the future of MSFT is not Windows or Office but the cloud.
Today, Asics and Fpgas are the future of the AI algorithms.
AMD, Intel, NXP, Qualcomm,… will not continue to deliver to the big KI giants as these are going to develop more and more specific own chips.Their sales market decreases thereby. Plus The Giants are not very transparent and often appear to lie about their deeper motivations. Let them develop software and hardware without any supervision that will come to us within ten to twenty years of life.
As for the first applications to be rolled out:
Write content.
OpenAI, an unclear collective of a gang of Klojos recently wanted to make their trained model to generate content not public because it was so good to write in fake news. No one ever went to their website to read their paper once. It stated that they had taken their dates from Reddit, about Brexit, Game of Thrones and Miley Cyrus. Just like any poll for voting behavior, this is also a classic for those who ever learned statistics. A sample stands or falls with the representative of the steel. Zever about Miley Cyrus is and remains zever, even if you release KI. Brexit is about pro and contra arguments that do not necessarily contradict each other but where one considers one more important than the other. And Game of Thrones is a fictional story, completely fabricated. An example of clutter in, clutter out. And no one who gives a kik, though. Their model trained on nonsense thus generated stories that were also nonsense and that was oh so dangerous. Just read the newspapers today, over the knickers of the princess from here and the famous singer from there. Very popular, gossip leaves, Boulevard Press, nothing new under the sun. Software proves to be able to generate such fabricated stories. Again a ten investigative journalists without work.
We all know the spirit-killing companies where we are trapped all day in a noisy open space with all the colleagues. Where office politics takes you beyond anything. Where people are thrown outside because the profit was not bigger, but was just as big as the previous quarter. Well, those fine people who regulate all of this for us, the recruiters and personnel, who have a lot of benefit in analyzing data from employees. What kind of person is a hazard to the company? Which person remains faithful to the company even though he or she gets nothing back? What unscrupulous person can kick it to the new CEO. That kind of business. Completely coincidentally I read today in the Wall Street Journal the following (screenshot of WSJ dot com):
Subversive elements will no longer be “manageable”.
Most positions are searched for the largest mop with whom the entire office can be wiped.
And as the WSJ puts it, there’s nothing you can do against it.
KI is not good or bad, it’s statistic.
It is the person who selects the data, chooses the algorithm and puts a desired outcome first.
As always, it is man himself who is taking other people.
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Monday Roundup, March 31- April 6
Bookish events in Texas for the week of March 31 - April 6:
HARRY RANSOM LECTURE MONDAY, MARCH 31, 7 P.M.
JESSEN AUDITORIUM IN HOMER RAINEY HALL
Acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Julia Alvarez speaks about her life and work with University of Texas at Austin professor Jennifer M. Wilks in a Harry Ransom Lecture on Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Jessen Auditorium at Homer Rainey Hall. A book signing and reception follow at the Ransom Center.
Rain: The poet will read from her works as part of the First Friday Reading Series, 8:30 p.m., Inprint House, 1520 W. Main; for more details, email Robert Clark at houstonfirstfri@aol.com or HPFest@aol.com.
The San Antonio Book Festival April 5!
Susan Wittig Albert
When: Sat, April 5, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Description: Susan Wittig Albert is back with the release of her latest China Bayles book, Death Come Quickly! She will be taking us on a journey through China's life and might even talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder a little too!
Paul Boor: Author will discuss and sign “The Ice Merchant,” 2-4 p.m., Galveston Bookshop, 317 23rd, Galveston; 409-750-8200 or galvestonbookshop.com.
El Paseo play auditions
When: Thu, April 3, 7pm – 10pm
Description: Tryouts for "The Sunshine Boys"
Children's Reading Hour
Sat, April 5, 11am – 12pm
Repeat: A repeated event cannot start and end in different time zonesWeekly on Saturday
Literary Mercado
Sat, April 5, 1pm – 3pm
Steven Saylor
April 1, 6:30 pm
Steven Saylor will sign and discuss his book, Raiders of the Nile (Minotaur; $26.99). Steven Saylor is the author of the long running Roma Sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel, Roma and its follow-up, Empire. He has appeared as an on-air expert on Roman history and life on The History Channel. Saylor was born in Texas and graduated with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics. He divides his time between Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas
Rohan Gavin will sign and discuss his debut novel, Knightley and Son (Bloomsbury; $16.99) Rohan Gavin is an author and screenwriter based in London. He is a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes and his enduring love of detective fiction, cars and conspiracy theories inspired him to write this book, the first in a series. Rohan is the son of award-winning children's author Jamila Gavin, and he recently became a father himself. Knightley and Son is HIGHLY recommended by John!
Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss Death Comes Quickly (Berkley; $25.95). Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she now lives with her husband, Bill, in the country outside of Austin, Texas. In addition to the China Bayles mysteries, she writes a Victorian mystery series along with her husband under the pseudonym of Robin Paige.
Monday, Mar 31st at 7PM
MysteryPeople Presents
Internationally Bestselling Author
speaking & signing
Raiders of the Nile:
Novels of Ancient Rome #19
APRIL FOOL'S DAY PUPPET SHOW STORYTIME!
Start: 04/01/2014 10:30 am
ANDREW KNAPP and MOMO - Find Momo
Adult Event
Start: 04/01/2014 7:00 pm
YOGA STORYTIME!
Tuesday, Apr 2 at 7PM
BookPeople Presents
Debut Novelist
MIKE FREEDMAN
speaking signing School Board
Thursday, Apr 3 at 7PM
Bestselling Cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine
speaking and signingPearls Falls Fast:A Pearls Before Swine Treasury
Friday, Apr 4 at 7PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning Book Critic
GAIL CALDWELL
speaking and signingNew Life, No Instructions: A Memoir
POETS WHO KNOW IT STORYTIME!
Saturday, Apr 5 at 2PMBookPeople Presents
Caldecott Winner
LIZ GARTON SCANLON
speaking and signingThe Good-Pie Party
Tuesday April 01, 2014
BookWoman BookGroup discussing Travels with Myself and Another
The Austin International Poetry Festival- the GLBTQ Read
The Austin International Poetry Festival- The WOMAN Read
Smoking Glue Gun Night at Malvern
Join Smoking Glue Gun at Malvern Books for a night of readings by Claire Bowman, Meg McKeon, Taisia Kitaiskaia, and Scott Hammer. Smoking Glue Gun will provide refreshments and the new SGG Spring Chapbooks will be for sale!
Arlington – South Arlington
Storytime Sunday
Pack up your little readers and come to South Arlington HPB for a fun storytime. Sit down and enjoy a good tale with us at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Recommended for kids ranging from 2 to 8 years of age.
Retro Media Fridays
Get ready for a throwback! Join us at the Four Corners HPB in South Arlington every Friday night from 7-10 p.m. All retro media is 20% off – including LPs, cassette tapes, 8 tracks, VHS tapes and Laserdiscs.
Austin – All Stores
Give 5% to Mother Earth
All Austin-area HPBs are joining the "Give 5% to Mother Earth" campaign. Come shop with us on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, and we will donate 5% of our gross sales from that day to benefit seven Austin environmental nonprofits. While you are in-store be sure to check out our books on earth-friendly ideas.
Austin – North Lamar
Edible Book Festival
April 1 is International Edible Book Festival Day! Mark your calendars and start cooking up ideas to enter. Your North Lamar HPB is contest host for food entries on Tuesday, April 1, from 2-4pm. All edible books must be "bookish" through the integration of text, literary inspiration or, quite simply, the form. Prizes awarded for various categories. Check out last year's winners: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ebf. What better time than April Fool's Day to eat your words. See store for details.
Storytime Sundays
Pack up your half-pint readers and come to your North Lamar HPB for Storytime Sundays. Get ready for a bit of a wild rumpus, smiles, silliness and a good tale with us from 1 to 2 p.m. every Sunday.
Sandy Smith Book Signing
Meet author, Sandy Smith at your North Lamar HPB. Sandy will sell, sign, and talk about her middle-grade series, Seed Savers, on Friday, April 25, starting at 5 p.m. The futuristic Seed Savers series is about two twelve-year-old girls Clare and Lily who become involved with a secret society known as Seed Savers. This society teaches gardening in a world where gardening and saving seeds is against the law and a government agency called GRIM controls the nation's food.
Austin – Southpark Meadows
Pack up your half-pint readers and come to your Southpark Meadows HPB for Storytime Sundays. Sit down and enjoy a good tale with us at 3 p.m. every Sunday, and then each child can take a pre-selected book home for free. Children of all ages are welcome.
Stop by our Burleson location each Tuesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. for discount specials. Great savings may include 20% off DVDs or 30% off fiction hardcovers. You won't know what's on sale until you visit. Tuesday Night Specials valid at this location only. Ask in store for details.
Second Sunday Storytime
Load up your half-pint readers and visit us at Moore Plaza for Storytime Sundays. We’ll share a tale from 2 to 3 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month. Recommended for kids ranging from pre-school to 4th grade. See you April 13!
Dallas – Northwest Highway
Join us every Sunday from 1-2 p.m. for a story and special craft activity. Recommended for kids ages 10 and under.
Comic Book Wednesdays
Pow! Comics just got cheaper! Half Price Books on Northwest Highway in Dallas, Texas will be reducing all regularly-priced comic books to the sale price of 50¢ each on Wednesdays only. Recurring each week on Wednesdays until further notice. Collectibles and bargain bundles excluded.
$1 VHS Fridays
Feed that VCR! Shop our VHS collection every Friday and save even more on video tapes of all genres. All VHS in stock priced at $4.98 or less will be sold for just $1.00 on Fridays only, until further notice. Offer valid at Northwest Highway location only.
Cute kitties and canine companions will visit our Flagship HPB on the third Saturday of each month from noon to 4 p.m. The League of Animal Protectors, a nonprofit animal rescue and adoption organization, will have a select group of adoptable pets looking for good, forever homes. See you April 19!
Dallas – Preston Village
Join us for storytime from 3 to 4 p.m. every Sunday afternoon.
Fort Worth – Ridgmar
Take Time to Read Donation Drive
Your Ridgmar HPB is participating in the Grand Lodge of Texas' "Take Time to Read Program." Stop by our store on Saturday, April 5, between noon to 3 p.m. and donate a children's book to a worthy cause. Plus, purchase and donate a book from our store and receive an additional 20% off your entire purchase. Want to know more? Volunteers will be on hand for information about this literacy program.
Houston – North Oaks
Knitting and Crochet Club
Are you a knit-wit? Hooked on crochet? Ambistitcherous? Join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 4 to 6 p.m., at your North Oaks HPB for our Knitting and Crochet Club. Bring your own yarn and don't worry about frogging or darn overs. Come for the camaraderie and stay for the fun. See you April 15!
HPB Humble Book Club
Looking to expand your reading pleasure? Join the discussion at our HPB Humble Book Club. We meet the first Monday of each month from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
April 7: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
Storytime Wednesday
Bring the kids for a children’s storytime every Wednesday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Snacks will be provided. Recommended for kids ages 1 to 6.
First Thursdays Poetry Nights
Are you looking for rhyme and reason? Come to your Humble HPB on the first Thursday evening each month from 7 to 9 p.m. for Poetry Night. See you April 3!
Pack up your kiddos and visit our store in Mesquite every Sunday for Storytime and Crafts. Sit down and enjoy a good tale and free activity with us from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Readers and arts-and-crafts lovers of all ages are welcome.
Visit us in Rockwall each Sunday at 3 p.m. for storytime. Stick around and get crafty with us with a new activity for kids each week. Storytime recommended for kids ranging from preschoolers to 5th graders.
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FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH *Girl Who Disappeared Twice by Andrea Kane.
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Energy supply and consumption
Energy 2018 table service
Energy supply and consumption 2018
Use of fossil fuels and renewable energy increased in Finland in 2018 (12.12.2019)
Appendix figure 1. Total energy consumption 2018 (12.12.2019)
Appendix figure 2. Total energy consumption 1970 - 2018 (12.12.2019)
Appendix figure 3. Energy- and electricity intensity 1970 - 2018 (12.12.2019)
Appendix figure 4. Renewable energy sources 1970 - 2018 (12.12.2019)
Appendix figure 5. Electricity supply 1970 - 2018 (12.12.2019)
Appendix figure 6. Electricity consumption by sector 1970 - 2018 (12.12.2019)
Total consumption of energy increased by 2 per cent in 2018 (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 1. Changes in GDP, Final energy consumption and electricity consumption 1995 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 2. Carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion 1990 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 3. Coal consumption 2007 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 4. Consumption of natural gas 2007 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 5. Energy peat consumption 2007 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 6. Domestic oil deliveries 2007 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 7. Share of total energy consumption 2017 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 8. Total energy consumption 1975 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 9. Fossil fuels and renewables 1970 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 10. Electricity supply 1970 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 11. Energy and electricity intensity 1970 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 12. Imports and exports of electricity 1990 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 13. Share of renewables of total primary energy 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 14. Final energy consumption by sector 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 15. Final energy consumption by sector 2017 and 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 16. Total energy consumption and final energy consumption 1970 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 18. Production of district heat 1970 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 19. Electricity generation capacity in peak load period in the beginning of the year 2019 (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 20. Electricity consumption by sector 1980 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 21. Renewable energy as a proportion of final energy consumption in 2017, and the target for 2020 (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 22. Electricity consumption by sector 2018* (28.3.2019)
Appendix figure 23. Finlands greenhouse gas emissions 1990 - 2018* (28.3.2019)
Revisions in these statistics (28.3.2019)
Carbon dioxide emissions in the energy sector went up by 4 per cent in January to September (20.12.2018)
Appendix figure 1. Changes in GDP, Final energy consumption and electricity consumption (20.12.2018)
Appendix figure 2. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and peat use (20.12.2018)
Appendix figure 3. Coal consumption (20.12.2018)
Appendix figure 4. Natural gas consumption (20.12.2018)
Appendix figure 5. Energy peat consumption (20.12.2018)
Appendix figure 6. Domestic oil deliveries (20.12.2018)
Revisions in these statistics (20.12.2018)
Total energy consumption rose by 4 per cent in January to June (27.9.2018)
Appendix figure 1. Changes in GDP, Final energy consumption and electricity consumption (27.9.2018)
Appendix figure 2. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and peat use (27.9.2018)
Appendix figure 3. Coal consumption (27.9.2018)
Appendix figure 4. Natural gas consumption (27.9.2018)
Appendix figure 5. Energy peat consumption (27.9.2018)
Appendix figure 6. Domestic oil deliveries (27.9.2018)
Total energy consumption rose by 9 per cent in January to March (27.6.2018)
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>> Kyoto from Inside and Outside: Scenes on Panels and Folding Screens
Kyoto from Inside and Outside: Scenes on Panels and Folding Screens
Kyoto from Inside and Outside: Scenes on Panels and Folding Screens ／ Heiseikan Special Exhibition Galleries October 8, 2013 (Tue) - December 1, 2013 (Sun)
Scenes In and Around Kyoto, By Iwasa Matabe, Edo period, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Kyoto is a fascinating city that welcomes many visitors from Japan and abroad each year. As the capital of Japan for many centuries until the 19th century, Kyoto has nurtured traditional cultures and continued them for generations, a factor which is greatly connected to the city’s allure. This exhibition invites visitors to experience a unique world of Kyoto aesthetics. The displayed works focus on masterpieces of large-scale depictions of town life and seasonal views of the city known as Scenes in and around Kyoto, along with interior panel paintings that adorned three symbolic Kyoto locations: The Kyoto Imperial Palace, and Nijo Castle, and Ryoanji temple known for its rock garden. A particular highlight is the stunning display of a room of Nijo Castle, reproduced with spectacular panel paintings which have recently been restored.
Period Tuesday, October 8 - Sunday, December 1, 2013
Venue Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum (Ueno Park)
9:30 - 17:00 (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Fridays and November 2, 3, until 20:00
November 4 until 18:00
November 23, 24, and 27 - December 1, until 20:00 (Please note that the Regular Exhibition will be opened until 17:00 except November 29)
(Last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed Mondays (except for October 14 and November 4), and closed Tuesday October 15, Tuesday November 5
Admission Adults: 1500 (1300/1200) yen
University students: 1200 (1000/900) yen
High school students: 900 (700/600) yen
Junior high school students and under: Free
* Prices shown in ( ) indicate advance and group (more than 20 persons) discount tickets.
* Persons with disabilities are admitted free with one accompanying person each.
* Advance tickets will be sale at the Museum ticket office (during museum hours, 30 minutes before closing hour), JR East Reservation Ticket Office (Midori-no-madoguchi) and View Plaza at major stations, e-Ticket Pia (P-code:765-642), Lawson Ticket (L-code:33999), Seven Ticket (Seven code:023-048), E-Plus, Rakuten Tickets and other major ticketing agencies from Saturday, July 13, 2013 to Monday, October 7, 2013.
* Advance pair tickets (two admissions, 2200yen) will be sale at the e-Ticket Pia (P-code:765-722), Lawson Ticket (L-code:33999), Seven Ticket (Seven code:023-048), E-Plus, Rakuten Tickets from Thursday, June 13, 2013 to Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
Access 10 minutes' walk from JR Ueno Station (Park exit) and Uguisudani Station
15 minutes' walk from Keisei Ueno Station, Tokyo Metro Ueno Station and Tokyo Metro Nezu Station
Organizer Tokyo National Museum, Nippon Television Network Corporation, The Yomiuri Shimbun
With the Special Sponsorship of Tama Home Co., Ltd.
With the Sponsorship of Mitsumura Printing Co., Ltd., NIPPONKOA INSURANCE CO., LTD.
With the Assistance of All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd., Nippon Express Co., Ltd., East Japan Railway Company, BS Nippon Corporation, CS Nippon Corporation , RF RADIO NIPPON CO., LTD., J-WAVE, INC., Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc., Television Kanagawa Inc., Rakuten Travel, Inc., Kyoto City
With the Technical Assistance of Canon Inc., Canon Marketing Japan Inc., JVC KENWOOD Corporation, TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
General Inquiries 03-5405-8686 (Hello Dial)
Exhibition Website http://www.ntv.co.jp/kyoto2013/ (In Japanese)
The website has closed with the end of the exhibition.
Highlight of the Exhibition
I. The Golden City: Scenes in and around Kyoto
II. Kyoto’s gorgeous interiors: The beauty of panel and screen paintings
I.The Golden City: Scenes in and around Kyoto
Scenes in and around Kyoto, Funaki version
By Iwasa Matabe
Edo period, 17th century
Important Cultural Property
Procession of the Gion Matsuri festival
Gojo-ohashi bridge
Scenes in and around Kyoto, Uesugi version (datail)
By Kano Eitoku
Muromachi period, 16th century
Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum, Yamagata
[on exhibit from October 8 to November 4, 2013]
Scenes in and around Kyoto, Rekihaku "A" version (datail)
National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba
[on exhibit from November 6 to December 1, 2013]
Scenes In and Around Kyoto (Funaki Version) Projected on a Large Screen
Screen Images Enlarged high-definition images of Scenes In and Around Kyoto (Funaki version) will be projected onto an extensive screen comprised of four 4-meter-square large screens. This will reveal most intricate details of the work.
1. A symbol of regal authority: Kyoto Imperial Palace
Chinese Immortals (detail)
Azuchi-Momoyama period, dated 1586
Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto
The Thirty-two Chinese Sages (detail)
By Kano Takanobu
Edo period, dated 1614
Ninnaji Temple, Kyoto
2. The sublime glory of Buddhism: Ryoanji Temple
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image sauce. Art Resource, NY
The Daoist Immortal Resshi (Liezi)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.U.S.A. Purchase, Anonymous Gift, in honor of Ambassador
and Mrs. Michael Mansfield, 1989 (1989.139.1a-d)
Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto
3. The power of the Shogunate: Nijo Castle
Pine and Eagle, Yonnoma (Fourth Room), Ohiroma, Ninomaru Palace
By Kano Tan’yu
Kyoto City (Nijo Castle Office)
Pheasant Under Cherry Blossoms, Ninoma (Second Room), Kuroshoin, Ninomaru Palace (detail)
By Kano Naonobu
Cherry Blossoms, Ninoma (Second Room), Kuroshoin, Ninomaru Palace (detail)
Experiencing Four Seasons in Ryoanji Temple’s Rock Garden with 4K Ultrahigh-definition Image
Ryoanji Temple’s Rock Garden in Autumn Projected Static Images
4K ultrahigh-definition images of Ryoanji temple’s Rock Garden, which was photographed throughout the year, will be projected onto an almost full-scale large screen that is approximately 16 meters wide. The changing seasons as observed in the nationally and internationally renowned garden can be experienced spatially through this technology.
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>> Family Gallery： Come Together, Feline Friends of Tigers!
Family Gallery： Come Together, Feline Friends of Tigers!
Family Gallery： Come Together, Feline Friends of Tigers! ／ Heiseikan Thematic Exhibition Room April 12, 2016 (Tue) - May 22, 2016 (Sun)
Tiger (detail), By Maruyama Okyo, Edo period, 18th century
Tigers, with their striped fur, belong to the cat family. Though their skeletons and behavior are similar to cats, they are fierce, carnivorous animals with bodies as long as three meters. Tigers were feared and were thought to have special power. They even appear in Chinese legends as the rivals of dragons.
From long ago, paintings with tigers have also been popular in Japan. But, because tigers do not inhabit Japan, no one knew what they were really like. It seems that at first tigers were brought to Japan as gifts for emperors and military rulers. It was around 150 years ago when real tigers were seen by many people in Japan. Being foreign animals, tigers were taken around to different parts of Japan to appear in shows and circuses, and later, zoos were built. Before that, the people of Japan could only imagine tigers based on paintings, stories, or tiger fur from overseas. Tigers that look just like cats were also drawn back then.
Artworks featuring tigers from Japan and other Asian counties have been brought together for this exhibition. While some tigers look like imaginary animals, others are quite realistic. Other animals, such as leopards, lions, and cats, are also featured. Take a close look at these “feline friends of tigers,” who are expressive even to their tails!
This exhibition is held in conjunction with this year’s annual commemorative event for International Museum Day, “In Search of Tigers on Ueno Hill” (scheduled for May 15; advanced booking required). This event is organized jointly by three institutions in Ueno Park: Ueno Zoological Gardens, the National Museum of Nature and Science, and the Tokyo National Museum.
Dragon and Tiger, By Kano Tsunenobu, Edo period, 17th century
Dish, Tiger and bamboo design in underglaze blue with celadon glaze, Imari ware, Edo period, 19th century (Gift of Mr. Hirano Kosuke)
Embroidered Insignia (Hyungbae badge), Joseon dynasty, 19th century
Tiger, By Maruyama Okyo, Edo period, 18th century
Two Tigers on Rock, By Suzuki Chokichi, Dated 1900
<Other Events> International Museum Day Commemorative Event by Three Institutions "In Search of Tigers on Ueno Hill"
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Friendship on ice as skate buddies Medvedeva, Zagitova prepare for war
Alina Zagitova, 15, is bidding to become the second-youngest ladies' Olympic skate champion. PHOTO: EPA
Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva says she is preparing for "war" to deny her close friend Alina Zagitova the Olympic figure skate gold after her compatriot set a new world record short programme yesterday.
Zagitova displayed maturity far beyond her 15 years in a spellbinding routine to music from the film Black Swan to earn a massive 82.92 points to lead the ladies' competition.
Her flawless two-and-a-half minutes on the ice at the Gangneung Arena, featuring a complex triple lutz, triple toeloop combination, gave her a narrow advantage of 1.31 points over her training partner and buddy going into tomorrow's free dance final.
Their closest challenger is Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond on 78.87, with Japan's Satoko Miyahara in fourth.
"We are friends, we are young girls, we can talk about anything with each other," said Medvedeva, 18, who like Zagitova is making her Olympic debut.
"But on the ice, we must fight, I feel like it's a little war, when you skate you are alone," added the double world champion.
Zagitova said she is up to the challenge.
"I've said many many times, Evgenia and me are very good friends off the ice but in practice or competition I get this feeling of rivalry, it's not bad or negative or malicious feeling of rivalry but it is there."
CALM NATURE
Asked about her maturity and serious nature, Zagitova replied: "I am very calm, I don't show emotions, I don't splash them around."
Then almost apologetically, she added: "This is how I am, it's my nature."
The two skaters are set to fight it out for what could be the first gold of the Games for the Olympic Athletes from Russia - who are competing as neutrals, after Russia were banned for doping.
Zagitova's world record feat was all the more remarkable given she had watched Medvedeva a few minutes earlier breaking the record she had set last week in the team event, with a score of 81.61.
"I was very happy when I saw the score, but I did not expect it," the girl from the Western Urals said.
"This is the best performance of my life, but there is still room to grow."
Zagitova has swept all before her in her first senior season, arriving in South Korea unbeaten in her four competitions, culminating in depriving Medvedeva of her European title in Moscow last month.
Medvedeva holds the world record for the free dance and combined, but the Muscovite knows she will have a herculean fight on her hands to deny Zagitova.
Medvedeva was beaten six points by Zagitova at the European Championships, the first time the pair had skated against each other in competition.
But she was also making her comeback in the Russian capital after a two-month hiatus recovering from a broken foot.
In her enforced absence, Zagitova had stolen the skating spotlight, and on this form she may well do so again as she attempts to become the second-youngest ladies' Olympic skate champion behind American Tara Lipinski, who won the 1998 gold medal aged 15 years, eight months and 10 days.
They are trying to follow up Russia's first ever women's skate title in Sochi four years ago, with Medvedeva recalling: "I was only 14 then.
"I remember when Russia won gold (with Adelina Sotnikova), it was really amazing, I just sat in a chair and thought 'I want the same feeling'".
One of them is likely to experience that tomorrow. - AFP
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The Key to a Balanced Christian Life
J. Davy Crockett III
A cousin of mine has been very successful in several business ventures. He has worked hard over many years and has accumulated wealth and property. He has the accouterments of luxury that one might expect, in the form of homes, cars, boats, an airplane, and a farm in the country. This cousin has traveled extensively in pursuit of his interests and passions. Along the way, his family has fallen apart and he has experienced a lot of heartache and pain. His “success” has not really brought him the peace of mind and satisfaction that he thought it would.
When I see this relative, now infrequently, he always asks me the same question. After our initial greeting, he says, “Hey, what are you doing for fun?” You see, after a lifetime of toil, he doesn’t find much pleasure or joy in his pursuits. He is still looking for that elusive something to fill the void in his life, and he is not alone.
The movie industry is burgeoning with more film releases every year, which generates huge profits for the producers as people fill the theaters to be entertained and to lose themselves for a little while in a make-believe world.
It is certainly not wrong to enjoy playing a game or watching a good movie, as long as it is done in balance and does not become a distraction from the basic things that bring a happy life. King Solomon of Israel, who was given a gift of great wisdom by God, wrote that “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven…. a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (Ecclesiastes 3:1–4).
As human beings, we should find time to play, to enjoy something that brings us delight and pleasure—but always in moderation and never at the expense of others. If some item or activity breaks one of the Ten Commandments or ridicules Godly principles, it simply is neither fun nor funny. If an activity is healthy, such as physical exercise, or if it challenges you intellectually, increasing your knowledge of something worthwhile, then it is uplifting and beneficial. There is a gnawing emptiness within all human beings that cannot be filled with physical things or pastimes, though many people try to assuage the feeling with work, “stuff,” or leisure activities.
For the young and the old alike, play is important in developing the balanced life our Creator would want us to have. So, whether they are board games or video games, stage productions or novels, symphony concerts or movies, athletic games or walks in the park, such activities help us maintain a wholesome balance in our lives. But make no mistake—these activities satisfy only temporarily and are no substitute for a close relationship with God, a relationship that can only be developed over time as we seek His Kingdom first, as Jesus the Christ said in Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Hopefully, my cousin will someday find what is missing in his life, and his work and his play will finally bring him what he truly wants: “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7).
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2013 Fiat Panda 4x4
by Simona, on January 24, 2012, 12:00
2011 Fiat 500 caught testing in the USA
by Philippe Daix, on April 25, 2010, 13:23
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Fiat 500 Facelift Caught Testing: Spy Shots
June 8, 2015 15:00 by Ciprian Florea
It’s been only a week since our paparazzi spotted a pair of facelifted Fiat 500s resting in a garage, and we’ve just received photos of the exact same cars on the go. Unfortunately, both the hatch and the convertible are still covered in swirly wrap top to bottom. However, the good news is that our spy photographers managed to find out precious information about the updated 500. Specifically, they basically confirmed what I already suspected: the 500’s front fascia has borrowed most of its styling from the 2016 500X crossover.
Whether this is good or bad is a matter of taste really, but it also depends on the number of details the city car got from its larger sibling. If you ask me, the bigger, oval headlamps would be a dramatic improvement over the previous model, but I’d prefer that the turn signals below would be kept significantly smaller than on the crossover.
As noted in the previous spy shots article, there will be a longer grille and revised fog lamps relocated further apart. There’s no word as to what changed around back, but the photos suggest redesigned taillight clusters and a beefier, reshaped rear bumper. We should find out more about it as we move closer to the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, where the face-lifted 500 is reportedly set to break cover. Stay tuned for more spy shots with less camouflage and more details to talk about.
Facelifted Fiat 500 Parked In A Garage: Spy Shots
Since its revival in 2007, the Fiat 500 has yet to receive a comprehensive styling update. Sure, the Italians launched the half-convertible version known as the 500C, the performance Abarth model, and even an electric version, but, eight years later, mostly all body panels are the same. That’s about to change with the arrival of the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, where Fiat should unveil the facelifted 500 our paparazzi just caught resting in a parking lot.
Before you get too excited, let me point out that this facelift is not as revolutionary as it sounds. Fiat may change a few things inside and out, but not to the extent that the 2016 500 will be perceived as an all-new car. The neo-retro design and most of the styling cues that made the Nuova 500 famous are here to say, despite the nips and tucks.
Last time we saw the 2016 500 testing in the wild, the hatch was only wearing camouflage to its front and rear fascias, suggesting those were the areas Fiat had focused on. These new spy shots, on the other hand, depict a completely camouflaged car, a hint that the update may include a lot more new details. We’ll probably find out more at the Frankfurt Motor Show, but until the German event begins, let’s have a look at what we already know about the upcoming 500.
2017 Fiat/Ram Pickup
It appears Fiat is developing a midsize pickup truck that slots above its compact Strada pickup. The news comes as our spy photographer captured these shots during a recent cold-weather test session. What’s more, it’s very likely Ram is in the mix, helping its Italian brother develop a strong competitor against the global Chevrolet Colorado, Ford Ranger, and Toyota Hilux.
January 24, 2012 12:00 by Simona
The new generation Fiat Panda made its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and, just like the previous generation, a 4x4 version is scheduled to follow. The first spy shots have captured the car testing in winter conditions and considering it will be similar to the standard version, expect to see it launched by the end of the year.
The upcoming Panda 4x4 is the perfect alternative for those who want to combine the affordability of a city car with the pleasure of driving a 4x4 model. Compared to the standard Panda, the 4x4 version will sit higher off the ground and will be offered with a different suspension and bigger wheels. For the exterior, the model will get plastic elements at all the corners, but that is where the differences will end for the standard and 4X4 Pandas models.
Just like with the standard version, the future Panda 4x4 will be offered with two TwinAir twin cylinder engines: the 2011 International Engine of the Year 85bhp TwinAir Turbo, or the brand new 65bhp naturally aspirated TwinAir. Both engines are equipped with Start and Stop as standard and a 4x4 system.
David Cardoso designs Fiat Primo Roadster to rival Mazda MX-5
November 15, 2010 18:00 by Kirby Garlitos
In the market of mini sports cars, the Mazda MX-5 is on an island all its own. Rightfully so, too, considering that the MX-5 is one of the most popular cars in history. The thought of competing against the MX-5 has been a tested throughout time, yet somehow, Mazda’s sports car still reigns supreme.
That, of course, hasn’t dissuaded a man like designer David Cardoso, who seems to believe that the MX-5 will meet its rival sooner rather than later. For his part, the designer went ahead and penned his interpretation on what the car would look like. Using Fiat as his peg, Cardoso went out and designed a Fiat 500-based roadster he’s calling the ‘Primo’.
Copying some styling cues from the 500 and putting his own twist into it, the Primo has the look of a sporty and aggressive roadster with a long hood and what looks to be a drop-top treatment.
The Primo, unfortunately, is just a concept rendering by a pretty amazing designer. Fiat has its share of problems and dilemmas it has to deal with before thinking about releasing a 500-based roadster anytime soon.
Then again, we can always hope and dream that we’d see a car like this in the future.
April 25, 2010 13:23 by Philippe Daix
Our readers are always on the lookout for cool cars even very early in the morning. James, just caught 2 Fiat 500s testing in Charlotte, MI. Both cars are tagged in Michigan with manufacturer plates, so no doubt those are official testers. Aside of the two tone white and black matte paint, both cars seems to be ready for the US launch later this year. The Fiat 500 will very likely be the first Fiat to be introduced to the US market. Keep in mind that the Italian car maker only took over Chrysler last year. Will they actually be able to launch this Fiat in 2010, that remain to be seen.
Anyways, back on the pictures, the only visible difference between those two seems to be the front bumper trim, one chrome and one painted and as you can see there is a piece of tape on the corner, may be for some park assist system testing. Let us know if you can find others!
On the back you can see that the rear hatch still got the wide European plate enclosure, so we expect this gap to be filled with some ’bumperette’ similar to the one seen on the rear bumper of Porsche 911’s. As for the parking sensor speculation, we can only see a backup camera but no sensor in the bumpers.
Our reader was daring enough to get closer and take a snap of the interior. The cars were equipped with a computer system on the passenger side for data collection, but aside of that, everything seems to be ready for production and without any camouflage at all. The first car was a manual, the other appeared to be an automatic.
Thanks James for the tip.
Spy photos of 2011 Fiat Uno snapped in Brazil
April 6, 2010 08:30 by Kirby Garlitos
The 2011 Fiat Uno may not be the fastest car on the block, but there are still a lot of people that prefer conservative, fuel-efficient vehicles than the more aggressive, high-powered kind, so, at the very least, we’re obligated to show you spy photos of the hatchback whenever such photos pop up.
Fortunately, someone who’s got some pull inside Fiat’s production facility in Brazil was able to take photos of the 2011 Fiat Uno, giving us a clear look at the soon-to-be-released compact vehicle. Judging from these photos, the Uno looks to have incorporated a number of new design cues, including a one-side-three-slot grill, new fender flares and dark headlights.
Specifications included in the car are still a little sketchy but you should at least expect something along the lines of a 1.0-lliter 75 horsepower base model to a more powerful – and we’re using ‘powerful’ relatively – 1.4-liter 102 horsepower model.
Check out the photos and tell us what you think.
Props to Eber for the photos
Fiat Grande Punto facelift on fire while testing
February 28, 2009 17:00 by Simona
We always comment about how hot Italian cars are, but this is not what we had in mind. Looks like this Grande Punto didn’t like the facelift Fiat was giving it (this 2010 update was out testing). No one was hurt, so we get to make fun.
Fiat 500 open top spy shot
September 9, 2008 12:31 by Myles
Here is a spy shot of Fiat’s open roof version of the 500. The ability for this car to keep its distinctive shape in soft-top form suggests that this car may not be a traditional convertible. Instead, Fiat may be using a “rolling roof” for one or all of its open top 500s.
Fiat may choose the rolling roof idea as a tribute to its history. The original 500 convertible utilized a fabric top section that ran from the top of the windshield to the base of the trunk. The fabric area could be peeled back (almost like a sardine can). When opened, the sold metal frame that surrounded the roof section remained.
The 500 convertible should be released late this year or early next year, and Fiat’s convertible plans should have no bearing on its assembly sibling, the Ford Ka. As reported yesterday, the Ka CC will have a folding metal roof, which is one version of the 500 convertible we have not seen or heard about.
Fiat Topolino spy shots
July 9, 2008 14:45 by Simona
Rumors about Fiat working on a modern version of the 1937 Topolino are overred: the first spy shots already appeared. The 2010 Topolino will compete with cars like Toyota IQ, Smart Fortwo, and future Volkswagen Up!
Topolino will have a length of 3.20m and will offer interior space for four adults.
Topolino will be powered by Fiat’s forthcoming 900cc two-cylinder petrol engine, which will first debut in the 500 later this year. While the 500 is likely to come with two versions of this engine – a 105bhp turbo or a normally aspirated 65bhp unit – it will be the latter that powers most Topolino models.
Fiat 500 Giardiniera spy shots
April 7, 2008 12:39 by Simona
A few days ago we were reporting that the estate version of the Fiat 500 (the 500 Giardiniera) will debut in 2009 and will come to compete with Mini Clubman. And now, here are the first spy shots to prove that the car is really under production.
Under the hood there will be the standard 500’s engine range: an entry-level 69bhp 1.2-litre petrol unit, a more power-ful 100bhp 1.4-litre and a 75bhp 1.3-litre Multijet diesel. An Abarth version is also under production.
Fiat Coupe renderings
InfoMotori released a few renderings of the future Fiat Coupe. The old Coupe was produced between 1994 and 2000.
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Five suffer lopsided loss to Titans
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Published on: February 3, 2019 | Last Updated: February 3, 2019 12:40 AM EST
Braylon Rayson, right, of the Sudbury Five, looks to pass to a teammate during basketball action against the Saint John Riptide at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ont. on Thursday December 6, 2018. John Lappa/Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network
The back-and-forth nature of the recent doubleheader between the Sudbury Five and KW Titans, not to mention the energy of a Five fan base that has not seen its squad in action since mid-January, could make for a wild one when the teams meet yet again in the Nickel City this week.
After notching a convincing 105-89 victory over their rivals in the National Basketball League of Canada’s Central Division last Thursday, the Five suffered a 129-109 setback at the Aud in Kitchener on Saturday night.
Twenty-four points from Braylon Rayson and 20 each from Jaylen Bland and Travis Releford weren’t enough to get past a Titans team that put no fewer than eight players in double digits on Saturday night, with Flenard Whitfield leading all scorers with 26.
KW’s shooting from the field was much improved, from just over 30 per cent two nights earlier to almost 50. They struck often from three-point range, making 17 of 32 shots, compared to 10 of 24 for the Five.
Down 79-61 at halftime, Sudbury actually outscored KW 30-28 in the third quarter, but the hosts cruised with a 22-18 edge in the second half.
Cory Dixon, with 12 points, and Isaiah Johnson, with 10, rounded out the Five’s starters, while Canadian Mamadou Gueye, in his first game with the team, was solid in scoring 14 points off the bench.
The Five and Titans tip off their third meeting in one week at Sudbury Community Arena on Thursday at 7:05 p.m.
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Sudbury in Brief: Cash stolen, spouse attacked, trustee appointed Wolves stymie Sting to win fifth straight
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Pineville man pleads guilty to 2 counts forcible rape
Lavelle Davis, a Pineville man who has been jailed since 2012 on multiple sex-related charges, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of forcible rape.
Pineville man pleads guilty to 2 counts forcible rape Lavelle Davis, a Pineville man who has been jailed since 2012 on multiple sex-related charges, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of forcible rape. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2015/06/15/pineville-man-pleads-guilty-to-2-counts-forcible-rape/71271080/
Melissa Gregory, mgregory@thetowntalk.com, (318) 792-1807 Published 4:52 p.m. CT June 15, 2015 | Updated 1:40 p.m. CT June 16, 2015
Lavelle Davis(Photo: Town Talk file photo)
Davis will serve 33 years on each count, and the sentences will be served concurrently. The sentences will be served at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.
The case was handled by two of the office's new assistant district attorneys, Monica Doss and Jermaine Harris, said Rapides District Attorney Phillip Terrell.
Rapides inmate accused of forcible rape
In exchange for his guity plea, two counts of aggravated rape that he faced were changed to two lesser counts of forcible rape, the charges to which he pleaded guilty.
Dropped were four counts of aggravated incest, two counts of pornography with juveniles, two counts of sexual battery, seven counts of enticing minors into prostitution, two counts of felony contributing to the deliquency of juveniles, attempted sexual battery, 29 counts of indecent behavior with juveniles and seven counts of forcible rape.
Davis, who goes by at least two aliases, was scheduled to face trial on these charges this week until he accepted the plea deal.
Davis was among six men accused in 2012 of charges including aggravated rape, aggravated incest, forcible rape and more. Officials alleged that Davis and others had raped two young girls — one a young teen and the other a pre-teen — and forced them into prostitution with at least one relative.
While in jail on those charges, Davis again was arrested in March and was charged with three counts of forcible rape that allegedly happened in the Rapides Parish Detention Center.
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Tea seller opens new school for underprivileged children, offers free education, let’s praise him
by TheYouth team November 18, 2019, 7:00 am
For some people like Mohammad Mahboob Malik, giving back to society means more than anything else. When he came to know there are children from economically weaker sections of the society, he decided to do his bit for them so that they don’t suffer any more in their lives.
Mohammad Mahboob Malik is a tea seller and is providing quality education to 40 children from the income he makes from his tea stall. He spends 80% of his income on educating kids. Let’s take a moment to appreciate this man.
Nobody knows about Mohammad Mahboob Malik until former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman shared his story on his Twitter handle. Laxman is quite active on the Twitter platform. He shares his opinion on cricket as well as inspirational stories. Not a long ago, he had shared a picture of the tea seller alongside some eye-catching details about him.
“Mohammad Mahboob Malik, a tea seller from Kanpur takes care of education for 40 children. He has a small tea shop and spends 80% of his income on the education of these children. What an inspiration!” he wrote.
Mohammad Mahboob Malik, a tea seller from Kanpur takes care of education for
40 children. He has a small tea shop and spends 80% of his income on the education of these children. What an inspiration ! pic.twitter.com/H1FTxeYuz7
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 6, 2019
As per the reports from NDTV, the tea seller runs a school for underprivileged children in the Sharda Nagar area of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He opened the school in 2015 and has turned the pages of children by providing free education to children. The school also sponsors their uniforms, books, and stationery.
If sources doing the rounds are to be believed, Malik spent his childhood in extreme poverty and due to which, he could only pursue his studies only till high school. It was when he made up his mind to help others get education free of cost.
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The 10 Best Things to Do in Bronx, United States
Location: Bronx
New York (NY), United States
County: Bronx (Coterminous)
Borough created: 1898 (County in 1914)
Named for: Jonas Bronck
• Type: Borough (New York City)
• Borough President: Rubén Díaz Jr. (D) – (Borough of the Bronx)
• District Attorney: Darcel Clark – (Bronx County)
• Total: 57 sq mi (150 km)
• Land: 42 sq mi (110 km)
• Water: 15 sq mi (40 km) 27%
Highest elevation: 280 ft (90 m)
• Total: 1,471,160
• Density: 35,027.6/sq mi (13,524.2/km)
Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (North America) (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST): Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)
ZIP Code prefix: 104
Area code(s): 718/347/929, 917
Website: Official website of the Bronx Borough President
Top Attractions in Bronx
1. New York Botanical Garden
2. Astoria Park
3. InterViajes NY
5. Woodlawn Cemetery
7. Wave Hill
9. Bronx Zoo
10. Top of the Rock Observation Deck
Top Restaurants in Bronx
1. Trattoria L'incontro
2. The River Palm Terrace
3. Hiram's Roadstand
4. Louie & Ernie's Pizza
5. Taverna Kyclades
6. Antonio's Trattoria
7. SottoCasa Pizzeria
8. Full Moon Pizzeria & Restaurant
9. Stamatis
10. zero otto nove
November 3, 2017 Myesha Cogley
Famous as the home of Yankee Stadium, elevated trains, and dense apartment blocks, the Bronx is also the greenest of New York City's boroughs. Visit the gorillas at the famous Bronx Zoo or wander through the 50-acre forest at the New York Botanical Garden. Pick up some gourmet foods on Arthur Avenue, the Bronx's Little Italy, and have a picnic at Van Cortlandt Park, which features two square miles of boating, horseback riding, tennis, and the oldest public golf course in the United States.
Restaurants in Bronx
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458-5153 +1 718-817-8700
Located in the Bronx, just 20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan via Metro North Railroad, the 250-acre New York Botanical Garden is a showplace of nature in every season of the year and a must-see destination for NYC visitors. Discover 50 breathtaking gardens, indoor rain forests and deserts, 50 acres of native forest, a river, waterfalls, and rolling green hills. Major seasonal exhibitions and events complement the existing beauty of the permanent gardens, and highlights include the Holiday Train Show (November - January) and The Orchid Show (March - April). NYBG is the perfect excursion for visitors looking to experience the natural beauty of New York City.
Reviewed By GMBG - Brooklyn, New York
The annual Orchid Show is one of the highlights of the year. While wonderful in the day -on Friday and Saturday nights, the NYBG sells ticket for 6:30, 7:30or 8:30 entrance. Go for the 6:30 entrance as you will get to see the gorgeous flowers in day light as well as artfully lit in the evening. Plus music is piped in and there are three bar stations. What a fun and beautiful evening experience.
West Shore of Queens, extends from south of the Triborough Bridge to north of the Hell Gate Bridge, Astoria, NY +1 718-626-8620
Reviewed By Zimtie90 - New York City, New York
This is one of my favorite parks in New York.
Astoria Park offers activities for everyone. It has basketball courts, tennis courts, running tracks, playgrounds and even an outdoor swimming pool for the summer.
It’s great for children, dogs and adults. Definitely a must see in Astoria!
Fairview, NJ
Excursiones en Nueva York con guías enCastellano. Excursion New York a Washington o Boston $95 dólares Excursion Contrastes, Misa Gospel y Harlem, Nocturno $40 dólares Excursion New York a Filadelfia $110 dólares Excursion a las Cataratas del Niagara $200 dólares
Reviewed By martindemeio - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
The trip was excellent. The bus is really confortable and counts with WIFI and AC. Patricia, the tour guide, knows a lot of Washingon history and made this journey really enjoyable. If you go to NY, it's a must-do excursion. 100% recommended.
517 E 233rd St, Bronx, NY 10470-2401 +1 718-920-0500
Occupying more than 400 acres in the Bronx, this cemetery is known for the ornate and imaginative mausoleums and monuments of some of the country's most famous industrialists and politicians. Notable individuals include Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Celia Cruz, Irving Berlin, Herman Melville, and many more. Guide maps are available at both cemetery entrances.
Reviewed By mabeena - Bronx, NY
Go in through the Jerome Avenue gate. That is where you should start your tour. All the large mausoleums are there. So many famous people are buried here. Download a map or pick one up at the 233rd St gate. Tours are given and in the fall they have night time tours. it really is a beautiful peaceful setting
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471-2899 +1 718-549-3200
A non-profit cultural institution that is located on 26 acres in the Bronx, whose mission is to explore the interaction between people and their natural environment through the maintenance of gardens, greenhouses and environmental protection programs for residents and visitors.
Reviewed By dridr - nyc
mostly locals in Riverdale know this beautiful location with view of the Palisades and lovely gardens. The mansion is lovely, used as a venue space. There are tranquil paths, well kept lawns, and a very peaceful atmosphere. Limited parking is available and it is a bit of a walk from the nearest bus stop. There are no nearby subway stops although MetroNorth Riverdale station is a formidable up hill walk away
161st Street and River Avenue, Bronx, NY 10452 +1 718-293-4300
This famous ballpark opened in 1923, and the home of the New York Yankees.
Reviewed By Larry S
Maybe the best known franchise in the US if not the world. Coming to Yankee Stadium is an experience you won't forget. Soak in the history as you walk through the stadium and see the many bars and food stalls synonymous with NYC. Don't forget the monument to all the legends of the Yankees and there are some huge names, Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio to name a few. Make a point to get to go a game if you can.
The largest urban zoo in the U.S., with over 6,000 animals within its 265 acres of parks, woods and streams.
Reviewed By FifiBojangles - Bolingbrook, Illinois
What a beautiful way to spend several hours, walking around a zoo that didn't feel like a typical zoo. The enclosures were natural, the grounds were well-kept, and the animals were a sight in every way possible.
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What to do and see in Weehawken, United States: The Best Places and Tips
Location: Weehawken
New Jersey (NJ), United States
County: Hudson
Incorporated: March 15, 1859
• Type: Faulkner Act (Council-Manager)
• Body: Township Council
• Mayor: Richard F. Turner (term ends June 30, 2018)
• Manager: Giovanni D. Ahmad
• Municipal clerk: Rola Dahboul
• Total: 1.477 sq mi (3.826 km)
• Land: 0.796 sq mi (2.063 km)
• Water: 0.681 sq mi (1.764 km) 46.10%
Area rank: 453rd of 566 in state 7th of 12 in county
Elevation: 3 ft (0.9 m)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total: 12,554
• Estimate (2016): 15,138
• Rank: 194th of 566 in state 10th of 12 in county
• Density: 15,764.6/sq mi (6,086.7/km)
• Density rank: 13th of 566 in state 7th of 12 in county
Time zone: Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST): Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP codes: 07086-07087
Area code(s): 201/551
FIPS code: 3401777930
GNIS feature ID: 0882224
Website: www.weehawken-nj.us
Top Attractions in Weehawken
1. Manhattan Skyline
2. Hamilton Park
3. Hoboken Waterfront Walkway
5. NY Waterway Ferry
6. Empty Sky - 9/11 Memorial
8. Top of the Rock Observation Deck
9. St. Patrick's Cathedral
10. Broadway
Top Restaurants in Weehawken
1. Chart House
2. Best Bagel and Coffee
3. Levain Bakery
4. Rumba Cubana Restaurant
5. Gabriel Kreuther
6. Per Se
7. Schmackary's
8. Le Bernardin
March 16, 2018 Leida Jutras
Weehawken is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 12,554, reflecting a decline of 947 (-7.0%) from the 13,501 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,116 (+9.0%) from the 12,385 counted in the 1990 Census.
Restaurants in Weehawken
Reviewed By shanemoore2018 - New York City, New York
Just looking at the Manhattan Skyline makes me proud to be a Newyorker. The size of the building never fail to impress.
49 Hamilton Ave, Weehawken, NJ 07086-6905 +1 201-319-6097
This is where in 1804, Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton.
Reviewed By Michele O - Woodland Park, New Jersey
Nice park with amazing views of the NYC skyline. Views are unobstructed and you can see the Verrazano Narrows to the George Washington Bridge and everything in between.
On the Western shore of the Hudson River, Hoboken, NJ
Reviewed By Tim121home - Southampton, United Kingdom
It’s a refreshing change from the hustle bustle of Manhattan to the relative calm of Hoboken and the views of the skyline are amazing. Visit in the evening for the illuminated view of Manhattan. Take the PATH train or very speedy ferry service.
Port Imperial Ferry Terminal, Weehawken, NJ
Reviewed By Arissa P
The Port Imperial ferry service is excellent. The boats are on time and fast, it's super convenient, and the free shuttles on the other side of the river make up for the expensive ticket prices. I HIGHLY recommend taking this ferry instead of the bus. Keep in mind parking is not free, I often uber to the ferry, but it's still totally worth it!
Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ
Reviewed By Corrado T
This is a place that commands silence and reflection, beautifully executed with a view on the WTC and Manhattan. I’ve been to many war memorials in Europe and this monument tragically reminds me about all of them, although the victims here were not soldiers, just ordinary people like you and me.
460 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10022-6863 +1 212-753-2261
Enormous 13th-century-style Gothic church on Madison Avenue, with a seating capacity of 2,200, rose window reaching 26 feet across, pipe organ with more than 7,380 pipes and the graceful twin spires that reach 330 feet into the sky.
Reviewed By Kara24Dutton - Pasadena, California
Was walking around NY and came across St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I took the time to light a virtual prayer candle and reflect.
The most famous theater district in the world.
Reviewed By yukiniki - Cincinnati, Ohio
We saw the musical " Beautiful " and it was great ! The actress who played Carole King, sounded just like her! The staging was great and the music played by Orchestra was great! I've seen productions in London and NYC Theatre is the BEST!
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Bonuses in store as Sainsbury forges ahead
By Simon English for MailOnline
J Sainsbury is toasting its best ever Christmas, pledging to create thousands of new jobs and offering hope for 120,000 existing staff that they will still get a bonus this year.
Record success: Sainsbury is toasting its best ever Christmas sales
The UK's third-biggest supermarket group saw sales up 4.8% in the third quarter as it defied the crisis gripping retailers. Nearly 23m customers shopped at Sainsbury in the seven days to December 24, highlighting the revolution the company has undergone under chief executive Justin King.
By offering a three-tier range of products - basics, standard and taste the difference - King aims to appeal to shoppers on all types of budget.
The non-food arm is also growing, with clothing line Tu increasingly popular. With rivals such as Marks & Spencer slashing jobs and banning staff bonuses, Sainsbury can reasonably claim to be one of the brightest spots in the economy.
It hired 21,000 temporary staff to deal with the Christmas rush, up from 12,000 last year. It expects to keep 10% of those staff on a permanent basis and may take on another 2,000 staff this year.
King said: 'No business person will ever say never on job cuts, but this is a growing business.'
M&S yesterday announced that it will axe 1200 jobs. King, paid £2m last year of which £1m was a bonus, can expect to cash in again this year.
Asked if he will get a bonus this year, he said: 'We have a bonus scheme which is very public. My bonus targets are the same as every other person. We are three quarters into the year and if we deliver against that I and 120,000 others will get a bonus.'
Like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to January 3 rose 4.5% and would have been higher if Sainsbury had accounted for the lower VAT rates.
Sainsbury had its best ever trading days on December 23, 24 and 31. The online arm made record deliveries. King said: 'People were shopping later. They spent money as late as they could, but they spent it.'
The City sees Sainsbury profits for the year at around £535m - a number King believes it will meet. Nick Bubb at Pali International said: 'Sainsbury delivered the goods again, but the like-for-like growth is better than we dared hope.' Bubb rates the shares a buy. They fell 6p to 316 ¾p .
Bonuses in store at Sainsbury's as sales forge ahead
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Grillist
10 Tips to Take Your Cornhole Game to the Next Level
By Christie Rotondo Published On 07/07/2016
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By Christie Rotondo @ChristieRotondo Published On 07/07/2016
Photography by Nathan Perkel, Prop Styling by Sophie Strangio
Despite what Urban Dictionary says, cornhole is a backyard game that is grounded on a simple premise: get a 1-pound beanbag through a hole in a board. Seems easy, and it is, if you just want to play, but what if you want to, you know, win?
To make sure that you don’t make a fool of yourself at this year’s barbecues, we’ve reached out to some of the nation’s top cornhole players: six-time World Cornhole Champion Matt Guy, Eric Zocklein -- who also holds a world championship title, as well as top-ranked female player Christine Papcek, top-ranked senior Allen Rockwell, and pro players Michael Byrd and Eric Hinerman, the latter of whom is also Director of World Certified Officials for the American Cornhole Organization. They’ve all shared a few tips to make sure your cornhole game is on lock before the first hamburger hits the grill this season.
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Get your bag flat
If you keep the bag bunched up in your hand, it will tumble all over itself as it makes its way to the board. Not ideal, and you’re probably never going to make it in the hole that way. “The biggest mistake I see is that rookies try to wad it up like a ball and throw it,” says Guy. “When you do that, it’s harder to release it out of your hand, then of course it doesn’t fly straight, and when you hit the board it doesn’t go straight.” Instead of gripping the bag like a ball, you should grip it more like a frisbee or a sandwich, for those non-athletic types. The bag should be flat in your palm, with four fingers on the bottom on the bag and your thumb on top, and your palm should be flat and facing upwards when you throw it.
Aim for the middle of the board
This may seem obvious, because, you know, that’s where the hole is. But, there’s another reason to aim down the middle, as Guy points out: “Regardless of whether your bag is going in [the hole] or not, the key to the game is to consistently be down the middle of the board. That way if your bag ain’t in, you’re still in your opponent’s way.” This is called a “blocker shot” and it’s used as a defensive strategy in professional games, because it requires your opponent to nail a difficult shot over your bag, called an “airmail,” or to push your bag in with his.
Use double-sided bags
Making the upgrade from generic cornhole bags to fancy double sided ones will be like when you got your first smartphone, or bought your first bottle of wine that was more than $15. These double-sided bags are what the pros use, and have a suede side that’s better for sticking shots to the board, and a canvas side that’s slicker for speed.
“For the backyard, the corn-filled bags are good, but when you start trying to get competitive, you start thinking strategy, you start thinking defense. You start thinking offensive plays, pushing bags, airmails,” Byrd says. “If you throw the suede side down with a flat bag, it’s going to grab the board and slow up with more friction on the board. You put the slick side down to have more momentum and less friction so you can push your other bag in the hole.”
Much like a cornhole toss, you’ve got the elements of a perfect barbecue all lined up: Friends, food, fun, and Miller Lite.
Donate your cargo shorts to Goodwill
Seriously, your “shorts” shouldn’t practically reach to your ankles, and that’s good advice for cornhole and life in general. You don’t want to wear anything baggy, because the material could mess with your throw. “Some shorts like cargo shorts, when you come through [on your throw] you might hit the pocket that’s on the side and it can interfere,” Zocklein says. “I also take everything out of my pocket so I don’t hit it.”
If you want to be really cautious, or send a message to your friends that this backyard game is about to get intense, you could also take this tip from Papcek: “We actually know guys that, when we’re playing the real competitive games, will actually rubberband their shorts.”
Find a stance that works for you
There are two common throwing stances in cornhole: you either stand still and use all arm in your throw, which is good for keeping your movements fluid, or you take a step to get more momentum behind the throw. Hinerman suggests that you just stand in the way you’re most comfortable and stick with it, because it’s difficult to change stances and maintain your consistency. “Once someone has their comfortable shot, they just know that’s their type of game. I stand still, so I just know that when I push a shot, I’ve got to use more arm.”
Zocklein, however, was a bowler before he was a pro cornhole player, so he’s used to taking a step and knows that he needs to control his speed so the bag doesn’t fly off the back of the board.
Keep it smooth
During a cornhole game, you should be channeling your inner Harrison Ford or Sean Connery, rather than any of the characters on Silicon Valley. You want to keep all your movements smooth and controlled. “It’s all about being smooth-- having a very smooth back swing and a very smooth front swing and delivery, you’re not whipping the bag or anything like that. When I see people play in the backyard, they’re like chucking it and have jerky movements, you just want to stay smooth,” says Hinerman.
Leave the sandals at home
Unless you like the idea of potentially twisting your ankle, or messing up your shots. “I see some people wearing flip-flops or people wearing sandals, and you’re going to slide in your shoes,” Rockman says. Matt Guy agrees, “I’ve never ever, in my life tried to play in sandals. I would suggest comfortable gym shoes.”
Let your partner be your eyes
When you’re playing a game with a partner, you have an advantage in that there is someone who is close to the board and can see your next shot, most likely better than you can. “A lot of people come up to us and say ‘you guys talk to each other a lot during the game’ and, well, you should, that’s the whole point of having somebody at the other end,” Papcek says of her and her cornhole partner, Stacia Pugh. “Sometimes, you might want to airmail, but maybe there’s a good chance you’re going to take the other person’s bag in before you take yours. And you can’t see that.”
You’ll nail an airmail if you keep all your shots a little higher
Line drive shots should be reserved for baseball, Rockman says. Your “sliding shot” or the shot that slides up the board and into the hole, shouldn’t be low. That’s because if you want to try to nail an airmail shot, you’ll need to majorly readjust how you throw. “The airmail and your slide shot should be very close to the same throw, that way it’s in your muscle memory and you’re in the same rhythm,” he says. “The trick is to have pretty much the same height when you throw a slider and an airmail.”
Put the beer down when tossing
There's nothing wrong with enjoying an adult beverage during cornhole -- in fact, there's everything right with it. But during play our pros suggest you go empty-handed, as the distraction of holding anything (a beer, a rolled up newspaper, a very small dog) outweighs mythical notions of "balance." “I definitely drink, but I would recommend putting it down when you play,” Guy says. “I’ve seen people hold it, and I love playing against those guys that keep their beer in their hands.” Sip between throws, and you'll have plenty left for your celebratory victory pour.
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Geralt of Netflix
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23rd Dec 2019 19:05 #1
Yakoob
So I just finished the new Witcher series on Netlfix, and have opinions, gasp :O
I haven't posted much on TTLG recently, so what better way to break the silence than spewing opinionated opinions on subjects I have opinions about???
SPOILERS AHOY
Overall, I feel the show is kind of all over the place quality wise. There's some amazing scenes and acting, juxtaposed against a bit of sloppy delivery and contrived plot points. However, I do feel the show gets better with each episode, and I am curious how they'll tackled the next season
The cinematography is fab. There's so many shots where the set design, lighting and composition are just beautiful! All the wide establishing shots also do an amazing job of giving a sense of space and mood. The show definitely does a good job of creating an atmosphere
I also like the show bringing up some of the deeper themes in the books: sexism, evolution/survival of the fittest, racism, destiny vs. free will, desire to reproduce, corruption of power, etc. It's one of my favorite thing about Sapkowski's books and I am excited to see them represented in the show as well.
While I am not entirely sold on the new Geralt, there's many scenes that work great and capture his character. Like the Geralt and Calanthe exchange during the ball was just perfect. The two riff off of each other so well. I just love Calanthe so much, she's awesome, half bitch, half loving mother, half strong ruler of necessity. She does an excellent commentary on traditions and shows her own conflicted viewpoints. Honestly, even tho I say "bitch" i don't mean it in an insult in her case, it's what she has to be to survive in her role.
With Ciri, I feel she is different from the books, but I don't mind as much. Fantastic casting job, just her presence immediately makes you feel she is important. I love Yennefer's backstory, and I feel more for her than I did in the books and games.
I also like the fact they boiled down the books into 3 parallel stories that eventually come together.
That being said...
I feel the show suffers from a few issue, particularly Geralt's relationship with Yennefer and Jaskier. The pacing is just really contrived and seems to skip important details.
For example, Geralt meets Yen, they sort of fall for each other, so far so good. Then next episode they randomly bump into each other, act all weird for the whole episode, then they fall madly in love promising each other, and 10 minutes later Yennefer never wants to see Geralt again. WTF? That whole thing should have been built up over few more interactions, not a 20 minute block (IIRC in the books they had a long-standing on-and-off relationship with many encounters). It just felt really contrived.
What makes this worse is that some stuff just isn't explained clearly and ends up confusing. The reason Yen was ignoring and flirted with a handsome knight (to make Geralt jealous) was because he left her after the Djinn episode because hew as afraid of commitment and admitting he has human feelings. But was any of that explained? No, it was just a throwaway line when they were in bed about him leaving her, awkwardly set up him NOT leaving her this time.
Similarly with Jaskier, Geralt goes from meeting the random dude to suddenly being world-famous in one episode and it's not really explained how much time has passed (if any). The two kinda get chummy together and the events described happened pretty closely to how they went in the books but... it kinda felt like they left out all the "buddy buddy" moments and just left the "annoying each other" moments so it comes off more antagonistic than it should be.
(also where the fuck is his plum hat???)
I found the show also does a lot of this thing where it kind of introduces a concept, but does explaining it till like half an hour later. Like when the "Law of Surprise" is invoked and everyone gets in a big fight over it. But it's not even explained wtf they're fighting over, until like half an hour later when Geralt is leaving. I can't tell if the writers were trying to be mysterious and leave people guessing, or if it just isn't best writing, but I had a few instances where I was like "what?"
Lastly, the acting is kinda hit and miss. Some of Geralts funnier lines fall flat because of poor timing/delivery/setup (like the Ox kicking Jaskier's balls). I definitely Geralt felt more like Geralt as the show goes on, but the beginnings are rough. Triss Merigold feels way off too for some reason, like she's not convinced of her own role at all. Meep.
EDIT: Also, to clarify, I read the books (in Polish) and loved them, tho that was almost a decade ago so I am fuzzy on all the details.
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Originally Posted by Yakoob
I read a quote that summed up my feelings of it quite well. To paraphrase:
"It's almost always at least good. Sometimes, it's incredible. Though there are those moments when it's straight up Xena Warrior Princess."
That's about as succinct as you can get. When the show's firing on all cylinders, it's amazing. Everything you'd hope it would be. But then it suddenly forgets itself, and the cheese ramps up to ridiculous degrees, like they had to bring in the D team to write a few scenes to save some cash.
Haha that's a good way to take it. I had a few "this feels like an 80s filming/CGI" moments so the Xena Warrior Princess sums it up well xD
We're likely both thinking of that gold dragon right about now.
Haha yea after GoT its hard to look at that and not think "ok... that's a dragon." Oddly the ep1 opening fight in the swamp also felt very "SyFy channel cgi" to me.
24th Dec 2019 02:40 #6
Yeah, it was a little rough, though not as bad as that gold dragon.
That assassin guy? That's the way a kikimore is supposed to look.
Yeah the Kikimora was great. That whole chase sequence was solid (and again shows great cinematography and set design), especially when Yenn gets pissed at the girl and just abandons her
Also another thing - I thought the boob shots were so unnecessary, they weren't even trying to make any sort of point with it. It's like "well GoT did it, so we HAVE to have boob shots!" Especially when no balls being shown, it was very one-sided... very clearly just trying to get attention of male viewers.
Last edited by Yakoob; 24th Dec 2019 at 15:57.
To be fair, it's in theme with the games too. It's like here's some naked boobs, cuz why not? And for some added edginess: HUNCHBACK BOOBS!
Not quite cause the games did it to show how much sexy time geralt gets. But here the boob shots had nothing to do with that, they just seemed arbitrary (like the transformation or the djin summoning). The orgy might be the only one that makes sense but even so the women were more undressed compared to the men.
Not that I mind boobs in my shows, it just felt unnecessary to the scenes being portrayed.
And that image is great xD
I'd argue the transformation scene was the only scene where it was justified, given what was being done. Everywhere else? Yeah. Totally gratuitous. It was just throwing naked people around for the sake of having naked people around.
I don't think of it as any better or worse than the games, because really, there weren't any particularly pressing reason to have nudity there either. Those succubi could've worn tops.
Thirith
Gotta say, I never quite get this 'gratuitous nudity' thing. How is that any more gratuitous than having inordinately attractive people or beautiful scenery? Is there any pressing reason *not* to have nudity?
I do get the "We're going to show copious female nudity, but not male, because... something" criticism, though, because at that point it's not gratuitous, it's just pandering and sexist.
Nudity becomes gratuitous when it's done in a fanservice-y way. When it's clearly meant for audience titillation and has very little to do with plot. When the show takes time to linger on it. When there's a beach episode in your otherwise serious work about the horrors of war. *cough*Valkyria Chronicles*cough* It's not as much about the amount of nudity as it's about how it's handled and presented.
Sure, I agree that there can be nudity that is gratuitous, that serves no function other than titillation, and that therefore doesn't fit with whatever else we're being shown, but people more quickly say that nudity is gratuitous, and frankly, I think that some of that is prudery - which is pretty much baked into our society. If there's a mismatch that harms the overall story, tone or themes, sure, but I think it's not particularly coherent to demand that nudity passes a special test to warrrant its existence in a film or TV show, in a way that violence or expensive cars or cute animals never have to.
There is such a thing as gratuitous violence as well. I can't say I have ever heard of expensive cars or cute animals being called gratuitous, but scenery porn is a trope. There's no special test or anything. It's just something that people notice.
I haven't seen the show yet so I can't really comment on whether the nudity there is really gratuitous or whether TTLG just has a bunch of prudes, but given what I know about the story, I'd be inclined to fall on the side that an excess of violence would be more appropriate in this show than excessive nudity. And no, I don't think you really need a lot of female nudity to show that Geralt has lots of sexy times.
Yeah I'm not prudish and don't mind nudity at all, I'm all for normalizing it. Its not excessive in Witcher, but felt one sided and designed to get my male brain firing. I don't doubt it works too, even if people wouldn't admit it.
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Horror and sex have a long history together. Recall the bedroom chapter in Stokers Dracula? Renfield may have been interested in sucking fluids later but that night he wanted his fluids sucked. During the twenties and thirties publications such as Weird Tales had lurid covers of scantily or completely nude (though artfully positioned) women and Margret Brundage has highly sought after issues of that. It may have been tamped down hard in the fifties but it reemerged with a vengeance in the sixties as drive in movies struggled to keep teens coming in. And Hammer. I mean, if ever there was sex it was in those bare breasted vampire flicks of the early seventies. Sure it smacks of desperation for most series and lesser movies to put it into their formula when it is just an action flick but with horror it is part of a long tradition. Sex and horror go together like chocolate syrup on a sundae. Wonderfully so.
Both are meant to be titillating. Ask Elvira.
Uh... this Witcher is a horror?
Well, it's about monsters, and the people who kill them, then have hot sex afterwards. Sometimes, they don't even bother with the monsters.
And some times, on not very rare occasions, they have hot sex with the monsters.
...it's a complicated show.
Fuck. Hmm. Hmm. Fuck. Hmm. OH VALLEY OF PLENTY!
DaBeast
I watched the original Polish TV show or movie, I forget, but only after playing the games. My expectations of characters, locale are obviously very heavily influenced by the games. so bare that in mind.
Made for Netflix shows are either really good or so inconsistent across the board it almost hurts. All of their marvel series suffer from inconsistent acting/camera work/choreography/plot direction/effects. One scene could be really well done, you are engrossed in the story and the action then a scene later you're wondering why the director thought that was acceptable, why not ask for another take to get it right? Or are they trying to hide something with all those quick cuts? etc etc. There is something oddly similar here in The Witcher. As with those Marvel shows however, there is some reasonably decent stuff here, but it might take them a season or two to figure out their groove.
Plot focuses way too much on people who aren’t Geralt
Costumes look good, appropriate, or terrible bordering on anachronistic (nilfgard armor may work in a book or game (I don’t recall it looking that gaudy), but can you seriously imagine a blacksmith bothering with all those ripples for all that armor?
Geralt’s armour looks like it was made for someone a good foot taller.
Contact lenses – When you get used to Yennefers purple eyes, they look decent, but Geralt and Ciri constantly have that rediculous googly eyed thing going on, seriously lets down production quality
Triss isn’t a redhead...why bother making people wear contacts for accuracy, but not dye Triss’ hair?
Dutch angles make it look like a shitty 90’s matinee action tv show. It’s so film student tier, yuck.
The dragon looks kind of cheap/shitty
Some of the acting is really quite weak. Too much of a rush/effort to keep costs down to get another take?
Cavil’s voice is pretty damn close, maybe trying a little bit too hard, but still good.
CG and practical effects are quite decent, not mind blowing, but effective, which is good enough for me.
Some of the scenic shots look nice, well arranged between actual shots and CG enhancement.
Maybe 5/10 for me. Wouldn't be surprised if it was cancelled after another season.
A sign of the times is a quick glance at most any online discussion on this involving people who can't wait to argue about how woke the show is, whether they're for it for or against. My take is this; if you become familiar with a story's characters/locations as described in a book, or visually presented in some appropriate medium, you expect things to look a certain way. When an adaptation differs in any way it can seem jarring, like a constant reminder of how incorrect what you're seeing is. It fades eventually if you stick with it, you just get used to it.
I found the LoTr films to be quite challenging, likely because I'd read the book roughly once a year since I was a kid and had a very clear idea of what those characters looked like, how they sounded, even the overall tone of the story. Now I can't even remember, when I read it, I see the cast from the films and hear dialogue in their voices. so I can understand why people get annoyed about something being different, or something being changed for woke hollywood woke points or whatever, but tbh I just can't wait for outrage culture to fuck off.
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Just finished it! Good show overall. My fave episodes were Yen’s origin story in Ep 2 and the big battle in the finale. Also I didn’t realize it wasn’t all chronological until the second to last episode. That revelation made a lot of things that didn’t make any sense click into place.
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So is anyone going to talk about the quality of the adaptation? I'm sure all of us could nitpick the cinematography and costuming to death, or what the names sound like (Subjeff wut the eff), but I'm more interested in whether the voice and spirit of the original stories come through strongly enough or not.
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Originally Posted by Sulphur
Subjeff wut the eff
What filthy piece of... shit... did I do now?
You know what you did.
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Originally Posted by icemann
Currently watching The Witcher tv series. Excellent, excellent stuff. Music, acting, the set, battles, all great. They completely nailed it.
I've watched all 8 episodes. I was entertained. The story is reasonably faithful to the books. I think. I've only read the first 2 books, and that was 8 years ago. And the vibe of the games is sometimes noticable. The Witcher has the same choreographer for the sword-fights as GoT. (The Night's King, btw). But I've read that the first sword-fight, in Blaviken, was choreographed by someone else ! It shows. I liked the first sword-fight a lot better than the others. The Night's King will not be in season 2, so I have high hopes that the fights will actually be better.
I don't like Netflix's practice of releasing a whole series at once. I think it would be smarter to release one episode per week. That would increase the hype. And I think it would make watching more enjoyable for most people. (You'll have time to think about each episode). Weird that Netflix doesn't realize this themselves.
I've read a little bit about the tv-show on the net. But not too much yet. I've only watched the last episode yesterday. What surprises me is that nobody talks about the fact that The Witcher is in fact a girly tv-show. It's about the women. The men only play a small part in it. It's like those old tv-shows Flipper and Skippy. Those shows were not about a kangaroo or a dolphin. They only lend their names. The shows were about everyone else. The Witcher is the same. The show is about Yennifer and Ciri. And Tisseia, Fringilla, Triss and Calanthe. Geralt is just a mascot. Stumbling around the set, clueless, with very little impact on what happens.
I think this is smart. I've got a rl friend who made a living for the last 10+ years playing as a professional musician in a band. They don't release albums, they only do live shows. They do "mash-ups", where they take a few popular songs, and mash them together into one song. Combining pop, dance and even (well-known) heavy metal songs (Metallica, AC/DC). I sometimes made suggestions of what new songs to combine. But the my friend often answered: "we can't combine those songs, because we need music for the ladies too". When they write/compose their songs, they always keep in mind that their music has to appeal to women too. So they try to not sound too heavy, and always have some dance or pop tones in their songs.
Game of Thrones did a similar thing. They have women (and girls) in the show. Compare that with LotR. LotR has only male heroes. Except Liv Tyler maybe, and she hardly has any screen-time. GoT has Daenerys, Cersei, Arya, Sansa, Brienne, Melisandre, Ygritte, and many more. Not all of them are heroes/fighters/warriors. But about 1/3rd of the characters listed on the got-wiki page are female. GoT had an appeal to men and women alike. I know a few women who were never into fantasy. But who were big fans of the tv-show.
So The Witcher seems to take it one step further. (Over?) half the cast are women. The women have the political power (direct, as queens, princesses, or indirect, as political advisors). And they are the superior warriors (good luck fighting a sorceress, with your sword or spear). I'm not sure this is intentional by Netflix or Schmidt Hissrich (btw, the show is produced by a woman). Or maybe they just follow the books. But I do find it remarkable. And I think it is a factor that can help make the show popular with a large audience. The Witcher has one other huge plus over GoT: the books are finished ! GoT turned out to be a huge fuck-up in the end. GoT has set a record. Namely: the most disappointing tv-show ever. The 2 producers who took over the story and script in S7 and S8 are two huge idiots who didn't understand why S1-S5 were so popular. And GRRM is the biggest idiot, for letting his legacy slip away. Deep away in the mud, and shit, to a place where nobody will remember the show in a few years. Chances that this will happen with The Witcher are much smaller. (Although I don't think The Witcher has the potential to be another LotR, like ASOIAF/GoT had 10 years ago).
I'm gonna rewatch all episodes later this month. I might read a few more books. And then we'll have to wait a whole frigging year for season 2.
Last edited by Gryzemuis; 2nd Jan 2020 at 07:46.
I kind of alluded to it in my OP but it's been nearly a decade since I read the books, and I played games after, so my impressions are skewed.
I feel Geralt is too gruff, in the books he's more of a.... normal guy desperately trying to be an unemotional un-human, because that's what he's been told he is his whole life. I think his characters grows into that role better towards the end.
Jaskier is also a bit off imho, and is missing his hat. The Geralt<->Jaskier relationship isn't as developed as it is in the books, and is portrayed bit more antagonistic than it should be (as my friend put it).
Yen is great, imho, tho I think the books don't focus on her backstory as much.
Ciri, IIRC, is more of a kid in the books than the series, but I do like her more mature and determined character in Netflix.
Triss Merigold is just WTF
That being said, I feel many of the bigger themes for the books are well represented, such as racism/elf genocide, corruption of power, sexism, the sorcerer league trying to manipulate things behind the scenes, the "who is a real monster?" question. Tho some of the lines feel bit hamfisted (like the first episode when geralt is saying "lesser/bigger evil is all the same" - same line in the books but here it felt a bit forced or too early?).
Yeah, the social commentary is heavy in the books and it's one of the reasons I love them. Definitely talks about sexism, women's role, feminism and (later on) even issues of abortion. It's surprisingly progressive and deep for a fantasy series.
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Poets Born In April This is a list of Canadian poets.Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles. Poulton, who lives on Nashville’s West
Last Night I Dreamed Of You – by Pookey’s Poems.We wear the mask that grins and lies, br It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- br This debt we pay to.
One of the most notable stylistic elements of Montage of a Dream Deferred is. I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street—gay songs,
Sep 28, 2012 · 2 notes. August 26, 2012 I’m baaaaacckkk! So I am fully aware that I have been M.I.A. for well over a month but like I said life can get kind of boring when you’re just sitting at home and the highlight of the day is your exercise routine.
You don’t really have a workable idea until you combine two ideas. Twyla Tharp. As a writer, I’ve always loved form. My first novels were historical romances and I currently write mystery novels with my friend, Curt Colbert. Both have certain constraints. For romances: two star-crossed lovers and a set of societal conventions they must flout.
Dream work: record dreams daily, experiment with translation or transcription of. Find the poems you think are the worst poems ever written, either by your own.
White dreams might appear meaningless, but for scientists probing the mysteries of sleep and consciousness, they are rich with possibility. We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a.
Despite her mother’s misgivings, she had continued to write poetry, later reflecting that her insight was made possible.
Four years ago, Kiara Garcia and Ophelia Murray never dreamed they’d be here – Garcia in Mexico City. Sometimes, she can’t.
What makes you feel better when you're really down in the dumps?. "Dream Song 29" is one of Berryman's most anthologized poems. Even after the book was published, Berryman kept writing more songs and eventually ended up with.
Are you up for a challenge? What about a poetry-writing assignment? You might consider it part of the festivities for the celebration of today’s special holiday, “Earth Day.” There is a Japanese art.
Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech August 28 1963. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for.
Apr 10, 2013 · OP, I thought you were going to reference the more canonical Dreams poem by Langston Hughes, which is simpler than the one you mention, and is frequently taught to children: Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
poets don't mind writing prose poems, but they don't want to be closely associated with. PJ: When you mention "automatic writing" and dream thinking, I can't.
I slipped with ease into the narrative of The Lost History of Dreams. finds enjoyment in writing plays for her students as.
Shakespeare Act 2 Scene 3 Shakespeare’s play was based on The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a 1562 narrative poem by Arthur Brooke, which
Valentine’s Day is here and if you are yet to write that. the best romantic poems, quotes and message this Valentine’s Day. ‘You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is.
Wikipedia article about the Masnavi, written between about 1258 and 1273. " Yes," said Hadji Ahmet, "it is a dream and nothing more, but you have interpreted.
Feb 24, 2017. But we hope you enjoy the poems we have included here. John Donne, 'The Dream'. What if you were dreaming about someone, only to be.
||| Analysis | Critique | Overview Below |||. Joy departed is his night dreams and his reality is that he is broken hearted. He is walking in a dream during the day remembering the past which seems to have been a time of joy (ray).His day dream the remembering.
The Dream of the Rood, Old English lyric, the earliest dream poem and one of the finest religious poems in the English language, once, but no longer, attributed.
AZ: You have many poems about dreams. When people go to sleep and have dreams. AZ: How does being Jewish impact your poetry, and why do you write about beards? BN: I often draw on the words of the.
Mar 31, 2016 · Journal writing is a great tool for dream exploration, and dreams are an excellent source of inspiration for writing ideas. You can tap into your daydreams or your sleeping dreams as a way to inform and inspire your journal writing: Record your dreams so you can better understand them.
Imagine the stories of enchanted woods and exotic lands that enthralled you in your childhood. it overlooks a well-manicured garden, with a ‘writing hut’ designed by the poet himself. The iconic.
Apr 24, 2015. That's precisely what poetry became for Cheryl Strayed as she hiked a. also gave us her no-nonsense advice to aspiring writers, Strayed recounts her brush. the first poem from Adrienne Rich's 1977 masterwork The Dream of a Common. possible — you know Thoreau and Neil Gaiman would approve.
This is just to say I constructed a poem naked under the moon for you. Poetry Writing & Expression. More From Thought Catalog. Men, #MeToo, And Mommy Issues. What I Wish Everyone Knew About Sylvia Plath. I Am Broke (Because I’m A Writer) Just A List Of Things That Have Made Me Think That Maybe I Can Be Happy Again.
Apr 26, 2010 · Footprints in the Sand, a beautiful poem! Poem written by Mary Fishback Powers, Footprints walking by the seashore. When you saw only one set of.
Most poets write at least some love poetry, according to Lenehan. “I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” For Lenehan there’s no mystery as to who.
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Santa. You ever noticed how easy it is to transform "Satan" from "Santa"? Just move the "n" to the end. And presto! "Satan" appears.. Hmmm…. An internet Google search on "Satan Claus" [not Santa Claus – but SATAN Claus] found over 1,700 hits!
Can you help me find a <30 second poem about dreams that is appropriate for first. Examples of how to write a dream February 17, 2010.
National Haiku Poetry Day 2017 5 Insisting on the power of art, Shockley traces the various forms of violence that cross racial, ethnic, gender, class,
Aug 24, 2015. In the fullness of time, the lives we live appear as dreams, fleeting and futile. Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American poet, short story writer,
. wondering / go stand in the sun and see / the difference you make. Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune The poems, for.
The poem expresses Whitman’s sense of distance from his fellow commuters: "Crowds of men and women attired in the usual.
Apr 15, 2018. “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Write these dream big quotes on your bathroom mirror, on an index card in.
Literary analysis for the phrase To Sleep, Perchance to Dream from Hamlet with meaning, origin, usage explained. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil…
You are the poem I dreamed of writing, the masterpiece I longed to paint. You are the shining star I reached for in my ever hopeful quest for life fulfilled. You are my child. Now with all things I am blessed. Wording measures 10.5 x 23" and is centered on a 11.5 x 24" stencil sheet.
High Flight by John Magee. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunwards I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth. Of sun-split clouds – and done a thousand things. You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there,
And to me, the writing, reading and appreciation of poetry, will always be experienced in joy, in understanding, in connecting with other people in ways that are often difficult in conversation, in.
In -A Dream of Love, written when he was in his sixties, Williams takes as. poems and changes the way we understand the poetic process in its entirety. In the.
In a new feature from GQ magazine, Bob Weir opens up about a number of topics, including a nascent songwriting endeavor with.
Jul 24, 2015 · The 10 Best Emily Dickinson Poems. The poem is cryptic – it may be about the afterlife, or it may be about an actual lover; it may be a meditation on anger, helplessness and power. One reading holds that it is a Dickinson backlash against having to write her poetry in secret –.
Richard Jones: Well, my mother would tell you that I was writing when I was little, a poet, even before I knew what poetry was, or dreamed of what it could be.
"There was no product on the market that safely did that," was how the Fisher-Price employee who dreamed it up put it. "To.
It’s a thing you never forget.” The Grammy-winning country artist and. “We decided lets go out and try again this summer.
May 18, 2008 · Stevenson’s poem begins, "One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord." It goes on to wonder why sometimes there are two.
Poems For Valentines Day For Boyfriends With Valentine’s Day around the corner. You don’t want it to reach before or after D-Day). – Text her/him a
Writing the poem (and finding just the right word) is the measure of success that the authors use. Really good poetry is instinctive. It's who you are. It's from the.
Apr 6, 2017. Weird how when a dream begins, we immediately understand the situation. For this scene, I'm spewing blood from my spleen like a bottle of.
Love Poems For Wife Valentines Day
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Containing Further Particulars Concerning The Pleasant Old Gentleman, and His Hopeful Pupils / It was late next morning when Oliver…
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