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Policy —
School laptop spy case prompts Wiretap Act rethink
A Senate committee today held a field hearing in Philadelphia to discuss …
Nate Anderson - Mar 29, 2010 7:29 pm UTC
When Pennsylvania's Lower Merion school district installed remote control anti-theft software on student laptops, it had no intention of dragging Congress into a national debate about wiretapping laws and webcams—but that's exactly what it got (in addition to some unwanted FBI attention and a major lawsuit). The key question: should the school's alleged actions be made illegal under US wiretap law?
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee of Crime and Drugs schlepped out of DC today and wound up in Philadelphia's US District Court, Courtroom 3B, to hold a field hearing on "video laptop surveillance." The trigger issue was Lower Merion, which stands accused of using the anti-theft software to remotely peep on students using their own webcams, even outside of school hours.
The existing Wiretap Act already bans oral, wire, and electronic communications gathered without consent (unless a court orders it). "Oral" communication is clear enough, but "wired" communications also need to have an aural component, according to the law. And "electronic" communications only include data such as e-mails.
The upshot is that the Wiretap Act does not currently regulate silent video communication. Lower Merion's actions are not alleged to include the use of a laptop microphone and therefore would not be covered by the Wiretap Act. In an age of webcams, wireless CCTV cameras, and cell phones that can take video, the law is badly out of date. Congress and the states have both taken some very limited steps to rein in abuses, but nearly all focus only on voyeurism.
Robert Richardson, head of the Computer Security Institute, noted that "the modus operandi of today's sophisticated malware is not at all unlike that of the software deployed by some organizations to monitor their notebook computer assets. Both with tracking software and malware, a fundamental level of direct control of the device is transferred to a third party at a distance."
Should it be "wiretapping"?
EFF lawyer Kevin Bankston blasted the current law in his testimony, telling the subcommittee this morning, "It makes no sense that if the Lower Merion School District's administrators had eavesdropped on students' conversations at home using the laptop's microphone, or had intercepted a student's private video chats, they would clearly be guilty of a felony violation of Title III, but surreptitious video surveillance is not regulated by the statute at all."
Bankston called for an immediate change in the law, saying that webcams were "awesomely useful" but that "surreptitious video surveillance has become a pervasive threat."
Former Justice Department prosecutor Marc Zwillinger urged caution with any law change that would make all silent video communications subject to Wiretap Act rules. While he detailed numerous abuses of silent cameras ("Casino employees were suspected for using casino surveillance cameras to focus on the breasts of women in the casino... A police officer was suspended for allegedly using a surveillance camera to ogle women at San Francisco Airport."), Zwillinger pointed to other cases where "we are comforted by the notion that video surveillance helps keep our children safe."
Nanny-cams are one example; CCTV surveillance is another. The second example could probably be fixed by making clear that the Wiretap Act applies only to places where one has a reasonable expectation of privacy, but Zwillinger still worries that a law change might "create more problems than it would solve."
As for the Lower Merion case in particular, the Senate also summoned John Livingston, CEO of Absolute Software. Absolute owns the LANRev software that Lower Merion used on its computers.
Livingston noted that his company thought a "managed recovery" model was the best one; when a laptop is reported stolen, and a police report number is provided, Absolute's investigators track down the machine. The company claims 100 recoveries a week, or 13,500 since 1994.
LANRev was a competing product, one that could be accessed by end-users, such as the Lower Merion IT staff. In Livingston's view, this approach was a poor one compared to the "superior managed recovery model." When Absolute bought LANRev last year to get access to its inventory software, it offered a patch to existing LANRev customers to disable the remote webcam feature at issue in this case.
TechGeek Ars Praefectus
Its either wiretapping or illegal search covered under the 4th Amendment. I mean, if the police aren't aloud to do it, I don't see why the school should be able too. You can also bet that however this plays out, parents will be a lot more leery about their kids bringing home laptops from the school.
Thogek Seniorius Lurkius
If I broke into your house and installed video cameras that transmitted their images back to my computers for observation and storage, would I be considered guilty of a crime (other than the breaking and entering)?
Is this case different?
8 posts | registered Jan 1, 2007
frankie1969 Ars Scholae Palatinae
Towards the end, shouldn't that read "applies only to places where one has A reasonable expectation of privacy" or "DOES NOT apply to places where one has no reasonable expectation of privacy" ?
IMHO, laptop tapping, as well as email/sms snooping, should be allowed if the computer owner (e.g. school or business) loans the machine to a 3rd party (e.g. student or employee) and tells them in advance about any circumstances under which they may be monitored.
Digitali Ars Legatus Legionis
If nannycams and CCTVs are an issue, just make it a condition of employment/access. You want to be my nanny, then you'll be subject to video surveillance the entire time you're here. You want access to my store/shop, then know that we have CCTV cameras for security.
As long as everyone is aware, there shouldn't be much problem.
17810 posts | registered Dec 27, 1999
TheDissolver Ars Praefectus
Absolute's comments here are telling: they offer the service to institutions like schools because no small-budget IT manager is going to fork out for "managed recovery" if she's got the option to collect information herself. If the law changes, the IT manager has no choice; it's managed recovery or nothing. If video is covered, it's plausible that other methods of location tracking (Say, SSID logging or possible GPS/AGPS locating on hardware with those features) could be covered as well.
To be honest, so long as there's a clear, public, and police-coordinated institutional record of what incidents are being used for locating/"evidence" (with warrants issued for cases that demand such things) I'd have no problem with the technology (or, not any *more* than, say On-Star-style theft protection in a car, or voice recording features in some home security systems.) The concern is when the technicians are given access to the technology without *any* accountability for that access.
The Robbins vs Lower Merion incident is still unclear to me; I suppose it'll be more obvious what was going on there once there's a ruling (though if it's a OOCsettlement we'd probably learn nothing.)
Fentras Ars Scholae Palatinae
Digitali wrote:
If nannycams and CCTVs are an issue, just make it a condition of employment/access. You want to be my nanny, then you'll be subject to video surveillance the entire time you're here. You want access to my store/shop, then know that we have CCTV cameras for security. As long as everyone is aware, there shouldn't be much problem.
Which is fine and good for things that are done completely of your own volition - not things that are compulsory or where you would incur serious disadvantage if you were to decline. Like, for instance, a school related situation.
KitsuneKnight Ars Scholae Palatinae
frankie1969 wrote:
If you were told in advance about circumstances you would be monitored, I don't believe you'd have a reasonable expectation of privacy when in those circumstances you were told you would be monitored, so no special exceptions should have to be made (maybe defining what actually constitutes informing them, since there'll be some people that like to try to stretch is as far as possible... "but it says on our website, if you navigate down 14 links, install our proprietary document reader, sign a NDA, and go to page 486 of the user agreement!")
1216 posts | registered Dec 6, 2009
atergo Ars Scholae Palatinae
What gives a school/employer the right to monitor you in your own home? Nothing. You can't make the laptops mandatory, and then say accepting the laptop gives us the right to monitor it.
Old Man Dotes Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
@frankie1969 - the school DID tell parents that they would activate the camera *if the computer was reported stolen*.
The computer in question was NOT reported stolen; in fact, allegedly the school administrator who triggered the case used pics taken in the child's BEDROOM where he was eating candy.
I don't know how you feel about it, but I don't want (a) school officials (or anyone else) to lie to me about covert surveillance in my home, or (b) school officials activating cameras in the bedroom of an underage child, without getting the consent of the child OR the parents to take pictures/video in that location without prior notice.
UltimateLemon Ars Praefectus
Old Man Dotes wrote:
@frankie1969 - the school DID tell parents that they would activate the camera *if the computer was reported stolen*. The computer in question was NOT reported stolen; in fact, allegedly the school administrator who triggered the case used pics taken in the child's BEDROOM where he was eating candy. I don't know how you feel about it, but I don't want (a) school officials (or anyone else) to lie to me about covert surveillance in my home, or (b) school officials activating cameras in the bedroom of an underage child, without getting the consent of the child OR the parents to take pictures/video in that location without prior notice.
More like "AND the parent" if the person being watched is underaged.
Flaming Sasquatch Ars Centurion
What seems to constantly get ignored is the fact the admins at LMSD were firing up the cameras and taking remote peeks frequently enough to "catch" a legitimate user doing something in his own bedroom. Not only were they using the software for more than simple "theft recovery", they were monitoring frequently enough to actually notice repetitive actions. They disciplined Blake Robbins for what they thought was pill popping, which tells me they must have seen him doing it multiple times.
Think about it: someone was tuning in to his camera often enough to say "huh, I think this kid has a problem".
Big brother is watching you undress...
291 posts | registered Feb 22, 2010
NicoleC Ars Tribunus Militum
atergo wrote:
Sure you can. They declare it a condition of employment/enrollment, take it or leave it.
Sucks, but it's perfectly legal.
EmmetBrown Smack-Fu Master, in training
Flaming Sasquatch wrote:
They disciplined Blake Robbins for what they thought was pill popping, which tells me they must have seen him doing it multiple times.
Most schools have a "no tolerance" policy. Suspend first, ask questions later. My daughter (now an adult) has respiratory problems. She wasn't allowed to carry an inhaler, nor her medicine. It had to delivered by myself or my wife with a doctor's note directly to the school nurse. Then they would dispense as needed. Its a stupid, overboard policy. I'm thinking this school has a similar one so someone apparently thought they were justified at even thinking Blake Robbins was popping pills.
This whole thing is really scary. Not only do they open themselves up to child porn charges, they randomly watch the kids to see if they can bust them? I hope that the school gets its pants sued off. Whoever made the decision to allow this needs to get fired. Hopefully the parents of the students put up enough of a stink to get rid of that person.
zonk3r Ars Tribunus Militum
Thogek wrote:
Yeah it is different. Those pictures are of kids, which makes it even worse.
2012 posts | registered Aug 4, 2002
angalths Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Wow, glad I don't have kids because then I'd have to reformat their school laptop on them, and they'd probably get in trouble. I hope the parents have the option to buy their kids a laptop so they don't have to worry about this. I'd much rather have the risk of it being stolen than this.
Jackattak Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
EmmetBrown wrote:
Not to go totally off topic but if it was a rescue inhaler, what would've been the school's policy if your daughter didn't make it in time??? It only takes once. [I have asthma and used a rescue inhaler as a kid, in school, and my parents fought this battle and won, so I'm just curious ]
sprockkets Ars Legatus Legionis
NicoleC wrote:
Monitoring your laptop's activities such as browsing and using its camera to spy on you are two completely different scenarios. There is no reason to use a camera on a laptop for any purpose save for theft.
My employer monitoring my company nextel conversations is fine and legal. Using it to watch me in my house because I left it on my dresser isn't.
Sad if it is legal. Personally focusing on boobs in a public casino is great. Besides, they probably are using them as storage locations for stealing anyhow, so I gotta keep an eye on them
Ardrid Ars Praetorian
An employer, yes (with limitations). A public school, absolutely not. A public school is a state entity bound by the Constitution and there are clearly 4th Amendment (and I'd argue 5th Amendment due process) issues here that make this conduct completely impermissible. Even an employer is susceptible here under tort law if they're violating a person's right to privacy.
PatGmac Seniorius Lurkius
One glaring mistake that this article (and many others) have made is saying this the school was taking video of their users. LANrev does not take video from the webcams, only still shots every 15 minutes. Not saying that is much better, but it's an important distinction.
Also, there have been some reports on other news stories indicating that this school district required students to pay a $55 insurance fee to take the computers home and this family did not pay that fee. And that this specific laptop was a loaner while the kids MacBook was out for repair. He apparently wasn't allowed to bring it home and when the laptop was discovered to be missing from the laptop cart they assumed it was stolen and enabled the TheftTrack feature. I'm not sure if this tidbit has been confirmed or not.
2 posts | registered Aug 4, 2007
apostleofzion Seniorius Lurkius
Any idea on when the case is going to start and we get the actual facts?
one point they[school] claim it was stolen & activated for that purpose.
Also the boy got warned on something.
the school people giving a press conference [quite an appeal !].
then we have points like it was the boy was caught for taking candies. [misunderstood for pills]
its easily confusing.
What are the solid facts as of now ? [other than we have a case going on]
What about the other schools mandating 'carry our school laptops to home too'. Are they being looked at?
7 posts | registered Feb 25, 2010
Ardrid wrote:
Well said 'Ardrid'
No way for a school to do this. Even if the school had it in fineprint [parents as usual may have overlooked them], this fineprint should not accepted and be challenged.
Jack_o Ars Tribunus Militum
I'm confused on a couple of points in this whole thing:
1. My understanding is this was a school issued laptop. If it was school issued (and thus school property) and not owned by the student was there really a reasonable expectation of privacy? Was the owner (the school) exercising some sort of right of ownership?
2. What is the basis for having installed such a software product on the laptop to begin with? Was the original intent to spy on or observe the student and was this made clear to the student when the laptop was accepted by the student? Were the parents aware that such a capability existed? Or.... was the purpose for anti-theft tracking purposes and that was what the focus of the "spying" was?
Game_Ender Ars Scholae Palatinae
PatGmac wrote:
That's sounds plausible, do you have any sources for this?
831 posts | registered Mar 8, 2006
mattus Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
PatGmac:
Why did this particular student even have a laptop if the insurance fee was missing? And great way to make it a mandatory fee. And if they have to pay an insurance fee for the laptops, why the recovery software?
Why should anybody's privacy of their bedroom be violated just because the the school cannot keep track of its own assets? And this does not explain why the camera was accessed repeatedly. Somebody is either lying, misinformed or grasping for any semblance of an excuse they could think of.
The people responsible for this should *never* work in education again. If anything, if they saw a minor in a private situation they should have the sex offender tattoo stamped on their forehead. The government is more than happy to slap someone peeing down a dark alley instead of at the corner of Main and 1st, when they are really trying to be somewhat discreet. This is peering right into the bedrooms of minors without so much as a knock on the door, something that should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
This seems like administrative incompetence at best, downright maliciousness at worst
jb510 Ars Praetorian
I get so annoyed each time I read an article on this case...
Annoyed becaus the author has so few facts...
Annoyed because commenters on these articles, in the absence of facts inject all sorts of supposition into the case to support or defend thier personal fears about the case.
There are clear questions about this case and about covert silent video recording, however the don't necessarily overlap.
Should in general covert silient video recording be covered under wiretap laws. Probably... We accept non-covert recording (ie security cams at ATMs, 7-11's, airports, stores, of one's place of bussiness, etc). However what about covert cams? Does it matter if the covert cam is in public or private? Ie. A nanny cam in your livingroom vs a hidden cam pointed at the street?
The first unansewered question of this case is if the school violated it's own policy in activating the cam? To determine this we'd need to know the answer To many of the other questions brought up by commenters? Was there a contract to keep the laptop on campus, and as that contract violated? If it was breaching that contract gave the school permission to activate the cam for security recovery then is that action legal by law? it sounds like it may have been broken and if so the survelance may have been justified and legal. If ithe contract governing use of the laptop wasn't breached then the survelance was morally wrong but the question of what specific law it breached is still in question. Federal or state laws? Wiretap laws? It sounds like not... Peeping Tom laws? Seems likely but the vary by state...
I look forward to the case actually going to trial and hearing what is actually supported by evidence...
The people responsible for this should *never* work in education again. If anything, if they saw a minor in a private situation they should have the sex offender tattoo stamped on their forehead...
The students who wantonly treat school property as their own should never be allowed out of juvie! If anything, they have a misappropriated laptop they should have a letter 'T' tattooed on their forehead. Student thoughtlessness and careless at best, downright maliciousness...
I'm not just playing Devil's Advocate here, but pointing out the similarity between the thinking that got the school to this point, and some(same?) reaction to it.
Imagine the student was deliberately attempting to steal the laptop- would it still be invasion of privacy? Is it invasion of privacy for there to be cameras at ATMs? What if there's a children's swimming pool near the ATM and the camera was getting lots of videos of half-naked children? Overall I'm glad cases like this are being brought to court, because I think technology will inevitably reduce our ability to maintain privacy. Hopefully we can control this decline somewhat.
cuvtixo wrote:
You almost started a flame war because upon first reading I missed the sarcasm in your first paragraph... thankful I read it twice
A big part of the problem (and why I've gotten so annoyed) is all if the "image the student was stealing" and "if they saw a minor in a private situation" garbage... Sure we can imagine and suggest "if" a lot of things, but the facts are murky at best and nobody seems able to ascertain them. Which is perhaps the one redeeming quality of this article, the author actually TRIED to abstract it to talk about wiretap laws and had they extended that subject and ended on it rather than a confusing graph about Absolute and LANRev I wouldn't find this piece as annoying as the last...
The people responsible for this should *never* work in education again. If anything, if they saw a minor in a private situation they should have the sex offender tattoo stamped on their forehead... This seems like administrative incompetence at best, downright maliciousness at worst
The students who wantonly treat school property as their own should never be allowed out of juvie! If anything, they have a misappropriated laptop they should have a letter 'T' tattooed on their forehead. Student thoughtlessness and careless at best, downright maliciousness... I'm not just playing Devil's Advocate here, but pointing out the similarity between the thinking that got the school to this point, and some(same?) reaction to it. Imagine the student was deliberately attempting to steal the laptop- would it still be invasion of privacy? Is it invasion of privacy for there to be cameras at ATMs? What if there's a children's swimming pool near the ATM and the camera was getting lots of videos of half-naked children? Overall I'm glad cases like this are being brought to court, because I think technology will inevitably reduce our ability to maintain privacy. Hopefully we can control this decline somewhat.
If the student was attempting to steal the laptop, it would still be invasion of privacy. They should have reported the alleged theft to th authorities, and let local law enforcement deal with it. It's not the school's job to track down stolen equipment.
When you're out in public, there is no expectation of privacy. So unless you have an ATM in your house, the cameras in ATM's do not violate your privacy. And if children are running around half-naked at a public swimming pool, it's the parent's responsibility, anyway. I doubt anything recorded on an ATM camera would be inappropriate in any case, or at least no more so than pictures taken by red-light cameras at intersections.
taltamir Ars Centurion
its simple, make two changes to the law:
1. silent video is the same as audio and mail in this regards.
2. you ARE allowed to have survailence in your property
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FINE ART STUDENT INTERVIEWS MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
Fine Art student Bev Sage recently had the amazing opportunity to meet and interview infamous performance artist Marina Abramović for the cultural magazine Third Way, we got an insight from Bev into her encounter.
During my final week of summer term at the Academy last year, I had an unexpected phone call from Huw Spanner, former editor of Third Way, asking if I’d like to interview the legendary performance artist Marina Abramovic.
A few months later I step out at The Chiltern Firehouse and my London cabbie yells: “Tell Abramovic’s wife I hope Chelsea wins!”
I meet 3W’s Huw Spanner and photographer Andy Firth we all jump in the lift on our way to Room 101. Marina answers the door, mid-makeup session and wearing a short white towelling dressing gown.
Disaster.
On yesterday’s photographic shoot an inexperienced make-up artist had used glue on her eyelids. Today 3W’s first–ever-make-up artist uses soothing creams to remove the glue and gently heal the damage.
My first impression of Marina was her energy, humour and generosity of spirit.
A sense of fun surrounded her impressive physical presence, and as we talked photographs, she grabbed her iPad and excitedly showed us all the glamorous cover shots she’d done over the past few years. She was welcoming, playful, amusing, and flirtatious. “Let’s do the interview on the bed, be informal and enjoy our time together.”
We’re just about to begin, no words or photographs in the can, when there’s a knock on the door and the 10am interviewer, a journalist from the Economist, arrived, suited and booted. Marina commandingly told him to sit in the corner until she was finished with us – she was in no hurry, a huge relief; he meekly did.
We talked of childhood memories, politics, the development of her practice, her work as a performance artist, her body, and her relatively recent international status. Her warmth and playful girlishness mixed with a sharp intelligence and focus when she talked about her legacy and her work, to which she is 100% committed.
I commented on her ‘A’ list celebrity and the effect of working with pop icons such as Jay Z and Lady Gaga. She laughed: “I’m 67 years old. Do you think after a lifetime of hard work that’s going to change me now?”
After a hug and a kiss we emerged, all totally in love with her. We decided to head onto The Lisson Gallery where her latest exhibition allowed us to be present with the artist for just a little bit longer.
She whispered in White Space “I love you.”
And we believed her.
27/04/2015 /by Anna Winder
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THE ART ACADEMY KPMG EXHIBITION 2015
A selection of work by Academy students, tutors and alumni curated by Fine Art student Ninon Ardisson has opened at KPMG at Canada Square, Canary Wharf. The exhibition features a selection of 3D and 2D work by Alison Hand, Lisa Keane, Ninon Ardisson, Rebecca Kunzi, Bev Sage, Alex Virji, Tanya Russell & Vivienne Wallace.
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About the artist - Barbara McCleary has loved drawing since she was a child. She began taking drawing lessons at The Center for Creative Design in Detroit while a student in high school and continued during college. She furthered her artistic development at Michigan State University where she received her Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree. Barbara worked as a graphic illustrator in Ann Arbor and at Michigan State University’s Instructional Media Center, doing scientific illustrations for journal publications, scientific papers and preparing displays for the presentation of scientific data. Ms. McCleary then became manager of the IMC Graphics division and their campus graphics consultant. Painting is a relatively new venture for McCleary who began painting in 1996. Her excellent background in drawing, aided by workshops and international painting trips with renowned artists have worked together to bring her sensitive, imaginative work to local and national attention. Her invitation to join the prestigious and nationally recognized women painters group, Alla Prima International, attests to her having become an established talent. Barbara has studied painting in Europe, Mexico and various of the United States with painting greats such as Kevin Macpherson. Ann Templeton, Albert Handell and Richard Schmid. Having retired from Michigan State University in January of 2005, McCleary now paints full-time in her Okemos studio where she also gives limited private and semi-private instruction. She also does commissioned works by private arrangement. Artist's statement: As a student of science and nature, a photographer, traveler and avid gardener, my painting subjects principally involve land and waterscapes. The scenes that I paint, en plein air and in my studio, are primarily the varied and beautiful faces of my home state, Michigan. I also enjoy paintings stemming from my travels to others of the United States as well as Europe and Mexico. I work in oil because of its juicy richness, creamy texture, stunning colors and flexible character. My work offers an impressionist’s involvement with light and shadow with color sometimes pushed just beyond reality. The elements most evident in my paintings are quick, relaxed brush strokes with clear, fresh colors revealing the play of early morning or late afternoon light on natural settings. I like to think that my serene yet vibrant paintings bring my viewers along with me as I happen upon ordinary settings and discover their extraordinary beauty.
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Ode to Madame Gres’ Draped Fashion in First Retrospective at the Musée Bourdelle in Paris
PARIS (REUTERS).- A pleat is just a pleat — unless, of course, your name was Madame Gres. For this celebrated couturier, who pleated and draped her way through a half-century career in fashion, the art of meticulously folding fabric over the body to create dramatic sculpted forms elevated craft to art. Some 80 flowing creations from the artist, who died in 1993, are on display this summer at the Musee Bourdelle in the French capital. The collection, culled from the archives of the temporarily shuttered Musee Galliera of fashion, is the first retrospective of this legendary Parisian with the signature Angora turban to whom contemporary fashion designers owe much. In one stunning example, electric orange silk falls in hundreds of tiny folds in three tiers accentuated with brown ribbon in a 1977 dress that is at once contemporary and classic. In another room, seven white evening gowns dating from the 1950s to the 1970s offer versatility around a common theme. The dresses move from
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Summer Gems 2012: A Mixtape
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Track-listing:
1. Peoples – Cheers Elephant
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17. Knock On Wood – Eddie Floyd
18. Blackmail – Robert Palmer
19. Ain’t Gonna Stop – Natural Child
20. Greatest Hits – Mystery Jets
21. If You Let Me Be Your Anchor – Dawes
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In a time of retromania, Nick Waterhouse has the scene on lockdown, both updating the rocker with glasses look of Buddy Holly and the dapper sartorial style of Mad Men, Waterhouse’s debut LP Time’s All Gone echoes the early 60’s music scene not only with it’s classic album cover style, but with the gritty blown-out R&B concoction that made parents worry about the sexual willies of rock & roll. Waterhouse doesn’t care if you decide to film from the waist-up though, he’s a man’s man, the one who steers away from clear liquors and revels in dark bars and whiskey shots straight up. For every part that Mayer Hawthorne is evoking he clean cut soul of Smokey Robinson, Waterhouse focuses on the dirty fuzz of R&B that the Rolling Stones called home, and at the ripe young age of 25, he’s only just getting started. “Indian Love Call” has that old school swagger straight from the start, the uplifting guitar, the cooing background vocals, the sabulous sax and a dark live sound. Be sure to check out his album opener, “Say I Wanna Know” as well.
Indian Love Call- Nick Waterhouse
Say I Wanna Know- Nick Waterhouse
Time’s All Gone was released on Innovative Leisure Records on May 1st, 2012. You can buy the physical copy (both CD and Vinyl) here and find the digital version on iTunes here
You can find Nick Waterhouse on Facebook here and follow him on Twitter @nickwaterhouse
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Mixtape Monday!: European Oils, Pretty Wings, and Stranger Things
Pretty Wings- Maxwell
Maxwell dominates the song with a Marvin Gaye like croon and the backing is excellent, soft but not too soft (a problem that most neo soul suffers from) and well crafted and placed vocal harmonies. Some nice Curtis Mayfield styled horn work on this one too.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/03-pretty-wings.mp3
European Oils- Destroyer
In prior days, I wouldn’t have listened to the song on the assumption from the name alone that it was some average metal band but whether it was out of ironic intention or not this band sells itself short by its name. Take Marc Bolan’s singing (from T-Rex…Bang a Gong) with a little of David Bowie and song structure and back it with absolutely beautiful (Pink Floydesque) instrumentation and you might have an idea what these guys are like. Best use of a pitch bender i’ve ever heard.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/19-destroyer-european-oils.mp3
Impressions of the Past- Megafaun
In this day and age instrumental, or in this case mostly instrumental songs are few and far between in rock bands, whether its because everyone’s focused on producing a hit single or they don’t have the instrumental ability its hard to say, however this song is nothing short of masterful. Pastoral and vast and never predictable.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/04-megafaun-impressions_of_the_past.mp3
What Light- Wilco
Wilco is a grower of a band, the more songs you hear by them, the more you like them. This one? think of Bob Dylan dipped in country.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/11-what-light.mp3
O Children- Nick Cave
When those backing gospel singers come in, this track goes from good to spectacular.
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Stranger Things- Local Natives
Remember this name because they’re gonna be big in 2010 because as a emerging band they have all the pieces in place.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/local-natives-11-stranger-things.mp3
Black- Okkervil River
A band that should be recognized more than the fan base it has, cohesive arrangements and a good dynamic lead singer, they’re a band you can put on at anytime.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/21-okkervil-river-black.mp3
Neon Filler- Howie Gelb
A beautiful slow beginning and a voice that is unmistakable, spoken like a poem.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/14-howe-gelb-neon-filler.mp3
Ramble On Rose- The Grateful Dead
The Dead as much as they have their rabid following, also have their numerous detractors saying they often weren’t cohesive as a live band, noodling on drug fueled jams that didn’t always work, however all parts are in fine form here, taken from the Europe ’72 Double LP and Jerry Garcia contributes a fine succinct guitar solo along with it.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/09-ramble-on-rose.mp3
Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken- Camera Obscura
Is anyone really ready to be heartbroken? The music will certainly make you think so.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/12-camera-obscura-lloyd-im-ready-to-be-heartbroken.mp3
Chicago At Night- Spoon
Spoon already has that night atmosphere to them, their arrangements always hiding their surprises in the shadows and Britt Daniel just has enough grit in his voice to make things more interesting.
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Two Tickets To Paradise (Eddie Money Cover)- Eef Barzelay
Once in a great while there comes a cover that breathes a new life into the song, an interpretation that makes you think about the song in ways you hadn’t before, this is one of those.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/two-tickets-to-paradise-eddie-money-cover.mp3
We Talk Like Machines- Savior Adore
A driving beat to perk your interest and an interesting harmony dynamic to keep you going.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/savoir-adore-we-talk-like-machines.mp3
They Never Got You- Spoon
They really know how to nail down that something’s lurking feeling don’t they.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/10-they-never-got-you.mp3
What I Mean To You- Justin Townes Earle
Country is so often overdone in lyrical themes, drinking and heartbreak, but this organic production brings a new interest to this listener, the lyrics are understated, not overwrought and its one of those melodies that will keep with you for weeks.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/whatimeantoyou.mp3
When I Said Goodbye- Mayer Hawthorne
Outstanding harmonies with a classic soul vibe, not bad for a white guy from Detroit, in fact its nothing short of fantastic.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/21-when-i-said-goodbye-e28093-from-the-ex.mp3
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Did you ever have a secret you knew would change everything? Tess's happy childhood memories are mostly of the grandmother who helped raise her. And now she has a secret to tell Iris - one which will turn so many lives upside down. But how can you confide your future in someone who barely remembers her past? Tess knows everything is about to change. What she doesn't know is that chance will lead her into the lives of two strangers - and uncover her grandmother's secret from the past. A secret which will illuminate her own future...
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Posts Tagged ‘2020’
Ben Wood & The Bad Ideas – Soho
Posted: 3 January 2021 in Singles and EPs
Tags: 2020, Ben Wood & The Bad Ideas, Indie, jangly, kitchen sink, Lockdown, London, Marianne Faithful, Retro, Soho, The Smiths
London-based alt-rock quartet Ben Wood & The Bad Ideas have certainly been keeping busy, and ‘Soho’, released on new years’ eve, is their twelfth – and understandably final – single release of 2020.
There have seen various debates as to the sagacity of releasing a single a month over an album with attendant singles, not least of all around the logistics of promotion (with many suggesting it’s easier to promote an ‘event’ like an album release and building up said release and marketing it with singles rather than the singles being the event in themselves, but 2020 has undoubtedly seen a shift in how music is consumed.
Attentions spans are different and while everyone needs something to look forward, the future always seems to be a distant horizon: in this context, a monthly delivery and a more frequent level of engagement feels ‘right’ somehow, fostering a much-needed sense of community and sustained contact.
With Wood and co inviting comparisons from across a broad range of touchstones spanning The Gaslight Anthem and Arctic Monkeys to Elvis Costello & The Attractions and The Associates, ‘Soho’ is a quintessential indie tune with jangling guitars pinned to a tight rhythm section. It’s not just a Smiths meets Wedding Present throwback stylistically, but a song that captures the essence of classic indie rock tunes of yesteryear, merging boy-meets-girl with kitchen sink drama while throwing in appreciative references to Marianne Faithful. It does very much call to mind the time when Morrissey was someone who wrote relatable songs, before he became quite explicitly an embarrassing racist bellend who rendered is entire back-catalogue unlistenable. More than we hate it when our friends become successful, we hate it when our heroes reveal themselves to be vile, obnoxious pricks.
Ben shows no such indications, thankfully, and ‘Soho’ is an accessible, melodic slice of clean indie pop. It’s accompanied by a video that sees Ben wandering the streets of London, and seeing them bereft of people is strange, unreal almost. There is traffic, busses and bicycles, but benches are empty and the Eye is static.
This, of course, is the world in which we find ourselves, and in counterpointing a song which very much centres around the ordinary, the everyday, with the extraordinary times of the now, Ben Wood presents a striking statement that’s very much a summary of 2020.
Watch: ‘Sports Drinks’ by Blacklisters
Tags: 2020, Blacklisters, Buzzhowl Records, Fantastic Man, Leeds, New Album, Noise, Sports Drinks, Video Steam
That 2020 has been relentlessly shit requires no qualification. Its shitness is almost as unprecedented as the unprecedented overuse of the word unprecedented. Only, you’d think that meant there’d never been a plague or viral pandemic before, but there has, so what’s unprecedented is the shitness of the way it’s been managed, on a global scale. Despite the unprecedented shitness, or perhaps because of it, it’s been a remarkable year for new music already, and it’s suddenly just got even better, with a new cut from Blacklisters, far and away one of the most outstanding noise rock bands of the last decade.
‘Sports Drinks’ prefaces the arrival of a long, long, long awaited new album, Fantastic Man, due out in August. And it’s a fucking belter. Check the video here:
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Ebanie Bridges: The bantamweight breaking mainstream
FOR most boxers, a global pandemic has resulted in idle time on the sidelines.
But for unbeaten Ebanie Bridges, a pupil of Arnel Barotillo, the lockdown has been an overwhelming success. The heavily tattooed bantamweight eagerly awaits her first COVID-19 era bout after breaking into the lucrative British market.
The telegenic 33-year-old, who is employed as a maths teacher in Sydney, has used her fun-natured personality to lure an entirely new audience, including award-winning broadcaster and author Gareth A Davies.
In an interview with the world’s biggest sports radio station, talkSPORT, Bridges (4-0, 2 KOs) recounts her combat sports journey, which started in bodybuilding and martial arts, before an eventual transition to boxing.
“I went into kickboxing and Muay Thai training, back then… it wasn’t legal for women to fight in Australia,” Bridges told Davies and former European titleholder Spencer Oliver.
“Pretty much I started karate when I was five… when I hit high-school, I wanted to do something a bit more aggressive. I was just training, I wasn’t able to fight in kickboxing in Australia. I started bodybuilding and that put me on the straight and narrow.
“I was very disciplined with bodybuilding, I was state, regional and national champion, did international comps. That was my life for my twenties. I thought I’d achieved everything.”
Like many Australians, Bridges was a long-time admirer of former undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu, using that interest to migrate into an eventual pugilistic pursuit of her own.
“For half of my life, I’d like smashing things and punching people… this is what I love,” she explained.
“I’ve been a massive boxing fan myself for all my life. I grew up watching action movies and boxers. Kostya Tszyu was my hero. In my teens, I even dated a guy with a Kostya Tszyu haircut.
“First and foremost, I’m a boxing fan, and I’m still a boxing fan.
“I can’t wait to smash heads again, honestly. That’s just what I want to do. It’s good for me, you know… with social media, having that time off to connect with fans.”
I’m a professsional boxer and a UK boxing fan has just paid me 500£ to send my dirty training socks to him in the UK.
UK boxing fans are the best 🤣🤣 #NotMad #EasyMoney #GetEmWhileTheyreCheap 👀
— Blonde Bomber 🥊💣💁🏼♀️😈 (@EbanieBridges) July 25, 2020
Watching @realedgarberlanga go 14-0 with ANOTHER 1st round KO – now 14 1st round KOs, and seeing Coach Andre Rozier, made me reminisce on last year being in Brooklyn and training in Rozier’s “Dungeon”. . . Can’t wait to get back to the US and get more work in 🙏🏼🙏🏼 . . #Boxing #BrooklynBoxing #EdgarBerlanga
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Bridges, who is yet to commit to a promoter on a contractual basis, has garnered interest from a handful of key players in the overseas market, including the likes of Queensberry Promotions, headed by long-time British boxing identity, Frank Warren.
However, it’s a potential relationship with Essex-based promotional tycoon Matchroom Boxing that has Bridges exploring her problems. Despite her free agent status, Bridges sees benefits in testing the market, citing a social media interaction with Eddie Hearn.
“I slid into Eddie’s DMs a long time ago, so I don’t know what he’s doing,” she added.
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“I’ve been in some talks with some people. But you know what? I’m going to do my thing, you know, I don’t need a promoter… I’m enjoying self promotion as well, and I do understand that.
“Well firstly, when I came into boxing, I knew that boxing was ninety percent males, and I knew that I had something that males like. I thought you know what… I’d be silly not to kinda’ play it all and not use it.
“I’m that kind of personality. I love having banter, I love chatting with the boys, I love having a joke.
“That’s just my personality, and I would never want to change that, or cover that up to come across more proper or whatever. I think there’s enough boring women out there, this is an entertainment sport. If my personality, and who I am, and what I’m comfortable being and doing is entertaining, than better for me.”
Bridges, who last competed in February, is expected to fight at least once in the calendar year. However, the lack of promotional activity domestically means that any potential opportunity will have to be paused. But if an inevitable return isn’t locked in, a likely trip abroad is on the cards.
“I definitely want to get in there, throwing down again,” she concluded.
“There was plans of getting a fight here in Australia in September. I’m just waiting to announce it because everything is in limbo because of COVID.
“I’m still training for it, I’m hoping for it, but it’s very hard. We can’t announce things because it might not happen. There’s also another opportunity here in October… I am looking to hopefully get one fight at least this year.
“It’ll probably be in Australia. I want to head over to the UK. It just depends if a promoter wants to put me on. If not, I’ll be heading over there myself, just to check out the UK, check out gyms and check out my fans.”
Photo: Louie Abigail/Photography by Rockfingrz
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You are here: Home / News & Views / News / Press Release – Logical Position Takes Occupancy of Full Floor at The Reserve at Deer Park
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Logical Position has taken occupancy of a 43,000-square-foot, full floor of space at The Reserve at Deer Park in a transaction that underscores the importance of staying ahead of pandemic-related headwinds in today’s office market. The Portland, OR-based digital marketing agency is the first tenant in a newly repositioned section of the 352,966-sf Class A building in Deer Park, IL, in Chicago’s northwest suburban office market.
The Reserve at Deer Park is owned by Arzan Wealth and 90 North Real Estate Partners. JLL is the exclusive leasing agent of the property; NAI Hiffman is the property manager and served as the Project and Construction Manager. Newmark Knight Frank represented Logical in the transaction.
While many Chicago area office tenants have faced a range of move-in delays due to permitting and construction buildout issues, the leasing and management team maneuvered around many obstacles to bring this transaction to a close.
“Timing is everything and was crucial to completing this full floor leasing and occupancy program during the pandemic,” says Daniel Cooper, Head of North American Operations for 90 North Real Estate Partners LLP. “Everyone involved was extremely focused, working diligently to keep the process moving along. Without that focus and work ethic, we easily could have been caught up in COVID-related issues resulting in scheduling delays and cost overruns.”
Among the hurdles that were cleared during the transaction were:
Permitting — The permitting process was fast tracked because of concerns raised early in the first quarter about the spread of the coronavirus and potential implications. Permitting was bifurcated into phases to cover demolition and general buildout, which saved at least a couple of weeks of time. Because of the extensive demolition required to renovate the floor for the new tenant, that phase was completed just ahead of permit approval for the next phase.
Construction — The parties involved in the transaction also focused on an early timing for procuring construction materials and tenant finishes—from carpeting and wall coverings to fixtures and furniture. This helped avoid delays from any domestic manufacturing plant closings or products being backordered because of the pandemic.
Municipal inspection — The team anticipated the need for inspections to ensure that all village departments had ample notice to schedule and avoid and stoppages. The certificate of occupancy proved to be more challenging, but ultimately was completed with minimal difficulty, due to proactive work from home schedules.
The tenant improvement program in the Logical Position space was extensive, converting a second generation space that had been vacant to a vibrant, modern workspace that is appealing to the firm’s employee base. Logical Position currently has approximately 150 employees that will be moving into the space as part of a post-COVID-19 plan. The space is designed to accommodate as many as 320 employees by the end of 2022.
Highlights of the space, designed by Interwork Architects and constructed by Morgan Harbour Construction, include:
employee workspaces in a collaborative, open environment with views of the wooded campus;
a variety or conference and meeting rooms for client meetings and internal gatherings;
a high-tech training room that can accommodate 30-50 people;
an expansive employee lounge and kitchen area equipped with table games and big screen televisions; and
interior offices for executives and managers.
The Reserve at Deer Park is a nature-rich suburban campus on 50 acres with walking trails, outdoor sports and nature preserves, all of which are in demand in a post-Covid world. The campus was originally developed by Motorola and was later acquired by the current owners through a sale-leaseback strategy by Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. Continental occupies four floors of space for the USA headquarters for its interiors division.
Other pandemic-related issues and challenges The Reserve at Deer Park team overcame included:
Pandemic Understanding and Response—While landlords, property managers and tenants all had various emergency preparations and plans none had ever experienced the degree of governmental measures implemented for this pandemic; there were many nuances to understand, including State requirements, CDC guidelines, OHSA definitions, such as the classification of essential workers and other considerations related to COVID.
Contractor Screening and Access—Building ownership and property management worked out a program for screening the contractor and subcontractors going in and out of the building.
Design and Construction Goes Virtual—Meetings that were initially held in person were moved to a virtual format out of an abundance of caution and respect for all involved.
“The ability to collaboratively work through the pandemic related issues and challenges was remarkable,” says Craig Millspaugh, Asset Manager, 90 North Real Estate Partners LLP. “Our team created an efficient process to move the construction process along while also adhering to the many additional health and safety guidelines imposed by the pandemic. We were able to maintain our move-in schedule despite all the obstacles, allowing the tenant to take occupancy on time and avoid additional costs.”
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Apple has now terminated Epic’s App Store account following legal dispute between the two companies [U]
- Aug. 28th 2020 12:52 pm PT
As previously warned by Apple, Epic’s App Store account has now been terminated due to the Fortnite developer knowingly violating App Store policy. Epic Games still had a few apps available for iOS aside from Fortnite, and they were all removed today.
Fortnite for iOS was updated earlier this month with a new option that allowed users to purchase in-game items directly through Epic’s payment system instead of using Apple’s In-App Purchases. Once Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Games started a public campaign and a legal battle against Apple, which led the Cupertino-based company to announce that it would terminate Epic’s developer account.
That’s exactly what Apple did this Friday, August 28. As first noticed by John Voorhes from MacStories on Twitter, the App Store now shows an alert saying “this app is currently not available in your country or region” when you try to access Epic’s profile or any of their apps through a direct link, such as this one from Infinity Blade Stickers app.
It’s worth mentioning that Epic Games has an alternative Apple account to manage its Unreal Engine, which according to a judge cannot be blocked by Apple in retaliation for the Fortnite situation. The account that was blocked today was only used to offer Fortnite and some other apps from Epic, which consequently will now prevent the company from offering any updates to its game on Apple platforms.
Update: Apple has now shared an official statement about terminating Epic’s App Store account.
We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the App Store. We have worked with the team at Epic Games for many years on their launches and releases. The court recommended that Epic comply with the App Store guidelines while their case moves forward, guidelines they’ve followed for the past decade until they created this situation. Epic has refused. Instead they repeatedly submit Fortnite updates designed to violate the guidelines of the App Store. This is not fair to all other developers on the App Store and is putting customers in the middle of their fight. We hope that we can work together again in the future, but unfortunately that is not possible today.
Apple will follow a judge’s decision not to ban the Epic Games SARL account, which is used by Epic to offer Unreal Engine to other games and apps. Epic Games was given 14 days to update the Fortnite app according to the App Store Review Guidelines, but Epic purposely refused to update the game.
As expected, Epic is completely banned from the App Store, which means that the game company cannot send new apps or updates to iOS users through its developer account. If you have already downloaded Fortnite on your iPhone or iPad, you can continue playing it in its latest version approved by Apple.
All in-game purchases of items through Apple’s In-App Purchases system will no longer work due to Epic’s account ban. Users can also no longer restore Fortnite or in-game purchased items if they delete the app from their iPhones and iPads.
After Apple’s statement, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said he disagrees that the company has “spammed” the App Store review process with new Fortnite builds for iOS.
Apple's statement isn't forthright. They chose to terminate Epic's account; they didn't *have* to.
Apple suggests we spammed the App Store review process. That's not so. Epic submitted three Fortnite builds: two bug-fix updates, and the Season 4 update with this note. pic.twitter.com/VpWEERDp5L
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 28, 2020
Yesterday, Epic Games sent an email to Fortnite players once again emphasizing that the iOS and Mac versions of the game are now officially blocked from receiving updates. That means Fortnite players on Apple platforms have also lost access to multi-platform game modes. Fortnite wasn’t offered through the App Store for Mac users, however the company needs its developer account to certify the game as a trusted app.
While Epic Games is now officially banned from the App Store, Apple is tactfully promoting PUBG Mobile for iOS users, which is an alternative popular battle royale game that competes directly with Fortnite.
The first hearing of the case between Apple and Epic Games is expected to take place at the end of September.
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VISIT BETHLEHEM
TOURISM E-NEWS
COMMUNITY E-NEWS
Enjoy tax-free shopping in our quaint downtown. From artisan craft to the vintage finds, most shops in Bethlehem are local and independently owned by area residents!
Places to Check Out:
Bennacht, Words Well Used
2019 Main Street Bethlehem, NH
Beannacht offers a remarkable array of used books, along with extended hours and daily specials all season. Check their Facebook for updates and store hours.
https://www.facebook.com/wordswellused
Doogan’s / Qwerkz Fudge
2021 Main St, Bethlehem, NH 03574 https://www.facebook.com/doogansdogsandgifts/
Find a little bit of everything at Doogan’s – fudge, tees, maple, jewelry, art, signs, candies, gifts & more!
https://www.qwerkzfudge.com/home.html
Lonesome Woods Vintage and Antiques
2165 Main St, Bethlehem NH 03574
Lonesome Woods is a second generation antique and apothecary store.
https://www.lonesomewoods.com/
LYS Love Yarn Shop
2050 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH
LYS features New England and United States-made yarns. You will find the yarns you need come from New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Montana, Colorado, Ohio, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Check their Facebook and website for regular updates and store hours.
https://mountainwindshop.com/
Mountainwind Shop
2053 Main St, Bethlehem, NH 03574
Mountainwind is housed in a historic 1877 storefront, and features clothing, artisan jewelry and accessories, books, antiques, fine handcraft.
The FloorWorks
https://www.thefloorworks.com/
WREN’s Local Works Marketplace and the Gallery at WREN
2011 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH 03574
Shop the work of over 75 local artists at WREN’s Local Works Marketplace. They carry a wide and colorful selection of beautifully crafted products for your health, home and happiness. The Gallery at WREN sets the standard for fine art galleries in the North Country. Established in 2001, the Gallery serves as a cultural outlet for the creative expression of a community, where the public can gather to enjoy, learn about, and appreciate art. The Gallery presents a new show each month, featuring local and regional artists who have been carefully selected by a juried committee. In lieu of traditional First Friday events, at this time the Gallery at WREN offers engaging artist talks and monthly show insights on Facebook (@wrenworksnh). Follow them on social media to learn more!
https://wrenworks.org/gallery/
Convenience Shopping:
We all know the feeling… finally arriving at your vacation destination and forgetting an essential. These stores are right in town to allow for a quick stop before you head out on your adventure for the day.
Irving / Circle K
https://www.circlek.com/store-locator/US/bethlehem/2164-main-st/m7205
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Bethlehem Village Store Supermarket
2065 Main Street Bethlehem, NH 03574
Our local grocery store to purchase meats, deli, produce and bakery items. Fresh sandwiches, pizza and more also available. Open 365 days a year!
https://www.loc8nearme.com/new-hampshire/bethlehem/bethlehem-village-store/2383243/
Town of Bethlehem
2155 Main Street, PO Box 189
Bethlehem, NH 03574
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HOME PROFILE: Remodeled home ready for today’s living
By Barbara ForsterGateHouse Media
From Mid-Century modern to 21st Century “Wow” is the reality for this unforgettable residence. A 2018 gut renovation/remodeling project — with lots of new construction tossed in — has transformed this custom built 1950 classic into a home ready for today’s way of living. Amenities luxurious and practical plus a number of extra treats fill large open-flow spaces.
ADDRESS: 70 Nanepashemet St., Marblehead
BATHROOMS: 3 full; 1 half
LIVING SPACE: 3,385 sq. ft.
In keeping with the original floor plan, often called upside-down houses, this home has bedrooms and an office/family room on the entry level. Of course, these are all thoroughly contemporary.
A unique connection to “olde” Boston is also part of this home’s history, but seeing what’s new is first.
On the entry level just off the main foyer, one large room could be used as an office, teen hangout, or even a second family room. Paneled wainscoting is an elegant touch in this room with sizable windows. Laminated wood flooring over the concrete slab is both practical and very attractive.
The laundry room, which is huge, is a step up on the other side of the foyer. Featuring an easy to-maintain tile floor, this leads to a huge utility storage room that has an entrance to the front porch.
In addition to a full shared bathroom with a corner step-in shower and pedestal sink, this level has three bedrooms and excellent closet space.
Even the smallest bedroom, and the term is relative, has a double closet (with lighting). Another one, with an en suite bathroom, has a deep single (lighted) closet. Yard views are great, too.
The bathroom has a tub/shower combination in a frameless glass enclosure and a pedestal sink.
In addition to two exposures — it’s on a corner — the largest bedroom also has the first of three fireplaces in the house. This one has a brick surround. Paneled wainscoting and two double closets are extra perks.
Then you go up …
Admittedly, the huge window in the stairwell is impressive — it’s also practical, allowing in an abundance of natural light — and yet it’s easy to miss. One reason is the landing itself, which is a wide bridge overlooking the front door.
The bridge also leads to an open concept kitchen-dining-living space that is a jaw-dropping stunner commanding immediate attention. Running the entire width of the house, this modern space has all the bells and whistles from fine finishes and thoughtfully planned features to interesting architectural elements.
The kitchen, for example, has a huge granite-topped center island that seats four, beautiful cabinetry accented with a backsplash of “skinny” mini glass tiles, stainless-steel appliances that include a six-burner range and a pantry with a pocket door. The oversized ceramic farmer’s sink is another contemporary feature.
The cove ceiling with exposed painted beams continues into the adjacent dining area that also has the home’s original bow window. With a few exceptions — like this one — the windows are new. A full-glass pane door opens to an extraordinarily large deck overlooking the grounds.
Half walls with detailed columns and open shelving are between the dining room and the large living area that has a coffered ceiling. A floor-to-ceiling window — it’s another original — is next to the fireplace with a granite surround.
A “wall” of full glass sliders opens to a delightful inner courtyard that seems pre-destined for an outdoor kitchen.
The “living room” area also has access to the former greenhouse, which is amazingly large and, not surprisingly, receives an abundance of natural light. Restoring this space to its original use is one option, but making this a three-season room or yoga studio are other possibilities.
For added convenience, a half bathroom is also nearby.
Strategic placement of the master suite ensures the ultimate in privacy. Although these chambers are on the main living level, they are essentially in a separate wing, isolated from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
Comfort, beauty and, of course, practicality are other aspects of this retreat. The corner fireplace with a brick surround is a cozy touch in the huge bedroom that also has an oversized walk-in closet waiting to become a customized dream. Four original transom windows add character.
In the en suite bathroom, a larger, corner step-in shower has multiple sprays and the long vanity has two sinks. An oval-like soaking tub, however, tends to be the scene stealer in this nicely sized loo.
A link to the past
According to house lore, the bluestone paver walkway that curves gently around a prettily landscaped center island is more than just a way to reach the front door. Originally installed at Boston’s Faneuil Hall, the cobblestones were no longer wanted following a renovation to the building in the mid 20th Century. The rescued stones were hand-carried to their new home in Marblehead.
Moving them (and the island) to create a contemporary driveway is an option, however. Nothing is cast in stone. No pun intended.
Contact Lynne Breed of Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty at 781-608-8066 or 781-631-8800 or by email: lynne.breed@sothebysrealty.com.
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Concert 101: the teenager’s basic guide to shows in Chicago
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Keli Vitaioli, Online Editor
Any music lover knows that the best experience is rocking out to live music previously only heard through earbuds. Concerts range from large to small, free to $100,000 (Grateful Dead’s final tour), mellow to mosh pits. The constant in all of these is, or should be, the memories that will last after the whistling amps fade from deafenedr ears.
For someone without any previous exposure, concerts may seem alarming. They are dark, loud and packed with a bunch of sweaty strangers. The best advice is to join in. Don’t be worried about dancing like a disjointed monkey— the point is to let go. Once people embrace the mass of people, they become less intimidating and more like really sweaty friends.
Living in Chicago, finding a cheap concert is as easy as opening up Google on your web browser. There are multiple shows going on every weeknight and even more over the weekend. A simple search for “Chicago concerts” will open up a world of venues and events.
For someone who’s looking for a certain band, check their website. Most bands will have a tour page providing a list of all the shows they plan on doing. The sooner someone checks, the more likely it is to get the tickets for the original price, rather than double that on resale.
Everyone may not have that $100,000 to drop on a concert, but that isn’t the only option out there. Concerts ranging from $8–$18 can be found (usually 17+) at the Subterranean, Beat Kitchen, House of Blues, Schuba’s and Bottom Lounge all the time. These nights offer anywhere from two to five performers which, when you break up the cost, is a band for the price of a cup of Ramen.
More popular shows pull to the bigger venues, such as the Aragon Ballroom, the Vic or the Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. These shows are less intimate than the smaller venues, and anything with general admission will require elbowing a path through the crowd. But for that favorite band it may be as close to intimacy fans will ever get, and is worth it.
With more expensive Amphitheatre shows, it is easy to trade distance for price with a lawn seat. In an Ampitheatre, there aren’t any plausible views. Buying a lawn seat gives the option for blankets, coolers and extra dance space.
For those not as familiar with the city, take the train. Driving or getting a ride leads to struggles with parking and pick–up times. The Union Pacific/Northwest Metra line has stations in both downtown Arlington Heights and Arlington Park. Riding the train down to Ogilvie Station puts concert–goers in the middle of downtown, minutes from taxis, Ubers, buses and CTA lines that can transport passangers steps away from any concert venue.
What’s the fun in seeing an unfamilliar band live, one may ask? In my experience, these are the most enjoyable. They evoke the excitement of live music combined with the possibility of discovering a great sound before it hits the mainstream. Making the leap of faith on a ten dollar show now will give risk–takers that chance to be the annoying “I saw them before they were cool” kid in a few months.
This February, I took a chance on a $10 show at the Subterranean. Three bands were performing: Minor Characters, Bailiff and The Go Rounds, and I had never heard of any of them before. I entered feeling aprehensive and afraid of wasting my time, but by the chorus of the first song, I was shouting the lyrics right back.
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Mahindra 2 Wheelers
Mahindra Mojo production commenced; launch in August-2015
Stephen Neil July 6, 2015 Mahindra 2 Wheelers, News, Upcoming Bikes No Comments
The Indian motorcycling market is a vast and diversified one and has turned out to be a lucrative market for motorcycle manufacturers from around the world and this has led to the growth of the performance motorcycling segment on a scale never seen before which in turn has led to the growth of the low-capacity, high-performance motorcycling segment too like never before.
The growth of the low-capacity, high-performance segment has resulted in motorcycle manufacturers from around the world launching their best motorcycles in the category, like KTM launching the Duke and RC 390, Kawasaki launching the Ninja 300R and Z 250, Hyosung launching the Aquila 250, Benelli launching the TNT 300 etc. Competition to these foreign motorcycles from Indian motorcycles is very less and this is exactly why the Mahindra Mojo is a very important motorcycle for the Indian Motorcycle industry.
We now know for sure that the Mahindra Mojo is very important indeed, but what we do not know is why Mahindra has been delaying the launch of the Mojo from such a long time. The Mahindra Mojo was first revealed a few years ago at the Indian Auto Expo in New Delhi, and after that, Mahindra took its own sweet time to develop the motorcycle and they took even longer to carry out its testing and final development operations.
We are now happy to say that, all the testing work on the Mahindra Mojo has been completed and the motorcycle has been given the green signal for production, in fact, the Mahindra Mojo has already hit the production line and a limited number of motorcycles have already been produced at the company’s factory in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh.
After a few years being spent testing and developing the Mojo; and motorcycling enthusiasts being teased with numerous spy-shots of the Mojo testing at different locations across the country, now folks at Rushlane claim that the launch is expected to happen in the next two months, probably by August-2013, which is very good news indeed for motorcycling enthusiasts.
The Mojo will be powered by a 295cc, liquid-cooled, single cylinder, DOHC engine and is expected to produce 27-30 BHP of maximum power and 25-27 NM of maximum Torque. Once launched, Mahindra will open up full-time production at their factory.
The launch of the Mahindra Mojo will signal the arrival of the dominion of Indian manufacturers over the low-capacity, High-performance segment in India, as Bajaj too will launch the Pulsar RS400/SS400 in a few months’ time.
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"I'm Stephen Neil Gershom, 20 years old and a management student. Born, brought up and currently living in Bengaluru. I am extremely passionate about automobiles on the whole. I have a keen interest in everything that moves with the help of an engine and consider driving to be the greatest pleasure on earth. I love road-trips and also love to explore new places. I have been driving since 7th grade and riding since 8th grade and my love for cars and driving has been increasing by the day. I currently ride a Pulsar 135LS and my dream bike is the Triumph Daytona 675 R. My favourite automobile is the Range Rover, and I dream of owning and driving one around the world; I also would love to drive the Ferrari 458 Italia flat out on the Nurburgring Nordschliefe."
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6 edition of A Caregiver"s Challenge found in the catalog.
A Caregiver"s Challenge
Living, Loving, Letting Go
by Maryann Schacht
Published September 2, 2004 by iUniverse, Inc. .
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This chapter depicts the story of one family’s caregiving journey to support two parents living with dementia. Candid and often heart-wrenching scenarios depict some of the common challenges and choices faced by caregivers juggling career and family, including changing jobs and careers, relocating family, moving parents, and managing the estate. 17 Essential Books for Family Caregivers it can be to find time to just sit and read a book. how caregivers can restore intimacy with their partners and handle the challenge of in.
Caregiving can be a very rewarding and bonding experience but it can also be very stressful. According to a recent study conducted on behalf of the Home Instead Senior Care ® network, 31% of family caregivers admit they'd like more help, and 25% actually resent other family members who don't help out more. The stress gets worse if the. -Finalists offer comprehensive solutions to support and empower at-home family caregivers-JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– Jan. 21, – GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (GuideWell), the parent to a family of forward-thinking companies focused on transforming health care, has selected four finalists from across the country to participate in the Caring for Caregivers Health Innovation .
In early , OpenIDEO launched the Early Childhood Book Challenge with support from the William Penn Foundation, asking authors the question. How might we inspire children and their caregivers to read together? We called on manuscripts that would: Excite and educate caregivers about the opportunities and importance of reading, singing or talking together. There are a lot of caregivers out there that face similar challenges on a daily basis. There is also a large number of support groups for caregivers out there. Some are focused on specific situations, such as those who are caring for Alzheimer’s patients or aging relatives. Others are more general, with just an emphasis on caregiving overall.
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Challenges Affecting Family Caregivers Caregiving in our society affects individuals of all races, lifestyles, and incomes. As our population ages, a growing number of American adults will serve as caregivers for loved ones who are disabled and/or suffering from a chronic condition.
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Creating a better life for Caregivers is essential. Your journey can be likened to an emotional roller coaster; experiencing the highest of highs and the lowest of lows—without warning, time and time again. There are 6 emotional stages that we will highlight in this guidebook. Some Caregivers’ experiences will look like a linear journey.
An authoritative guide on caring for aging parents to help caregivers deal with the emotional challenge. Don’t Close the Book on Self-Care As a caregiver, you have a Author: Jeff Bevis. A Caregiver’s Challenge offers support, resources, and useful exercises for caregivers and their patients.
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The Challenge of Caring for a Stroke Patient. “One of the biggest stumbling blocks for caregivers is knowledge,” said Dr. Richard C. Senelick, author of “Living With Stroke: A Guide for.The challenge calls for storytellers to write manuscripts for a book that engages children (ages 0 to 3) and provides adults with ways to support early language development.
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CSR: The Social Context of Management
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Corporate Social Responsibility has the word “social” at its heart. What does that mean? Social relates to society. That is obvious. So why is CSR an issue?
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CSR: Management as Part of a Social System
Peter Challis is a former strategic manager in the civil service and a local authority. He is a qualified accountant and has an MA in Strategic Management from the University of Chichester gained alongside his role in promoting local authority shared services. On leaving salaried employment, Peter wor
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Corporate Social Responsibility has the word “social” at its heart. What does that mean? Social relates to society. That is obvious. So why is CSR an issue? Increasingly information is presented to us by business and politicians in a way that pretends we have the facts to choose but in reality we are being psychologically manipulated without us realising how badly our judgement is being affected. If we think too hard, we can become more confused. Using critical thinking from the field of sociology, we can see through such confusion. Sociology is the study of society and “social” relates to society. By seeing CSR as the social context of management, managers can help make the behaviour of their organisation less anti-social. This would make their life at work more fulfilling as well as helping wider society.
Peter Challis is the director of his own company, Time 4 Social Change. After a career in accountancy, he moved into strategic systems management first as a senior civil servant and then into local government. His masters’ degree in strategic management included a research paper on shared services in the public sector and he worked as an adviser to the Cabinet Office on the subject. After taking voluntary redundancy, he worked as a volunteer on one of the government’s Big Society vanguard projects. He then helped several charities respond to austerity and Big Society and was a director of some of them. By becoming a reader in Northampton University library and then in Bodleian library at Oxford University, Peter taught himself the sociology of business. From his experience as a strategic manager, his knowledge of sociology and its application to management, Peter began writing for Bookboon. In his spare time, Peter writes science fiction novels and helps look after his disabled daughter.
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The largest subunit of RNA polymerase II from the Glaucocystophyta: functional constraint and short-branch exclusion in deep eukaryotic phylogeny
John W Stiller1 &
Leslie Harrell1
BMC Evolutionary Biology volume 5, Article number: 71 (2005) Cite this article
Evolutionary analyses of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB1) have yielded important and at times provocative results. One particularly troublesome outcome is the consistent inference of independent origins of red algae and green plants, at odds with the more widely accepted view of a monophyletic Plantae comprising all eukaryotes with primary plastids. If the hypothesis of a broader kingdom Plantae is correct, then RPB1 trees likely reflect a persistent phylogenetic artifact. To gain a better understanding of RNAP II evolution, and the presumed artifact relating to green plants and red algae, we isolated and analyzed RPB 1 from representatives of Glaucocystophyta, the third eukaryotic group with primary plastids.
Phylogenetic analyses incorporating glaucocystophytes do not recover a monophyletic Plantae; rather they result in additional conflicts with the most widely held views on eukaryotic relationships. In particular, glaucocystophytes are recovered as sister to several amoebozoans with strong support. A detailed investigation shows that this clade can be explained by what we call "short-branch exclusion," a phylogenetic artifact integrally associated with "long-branch attraction." Other systematic discrepancies observed in RPB 1 trees can be explained as phylogenetic artifacts; however, these apparent artifacts also appear in regions of the tree that support widely held views of eukaryotic evolution. In fact, most of the RPB1 tree is consistent with artifacts of rate variation among sequences and co-variation due to functional constraints related to C-terminal domain based RNAP II transcription.
Our results reveal how subtle and easily overlooked biases can dominate the overall results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of ancient eukaryotic relationships. Sources of potential phylogenetic artifact should be investigated routinely, not just when obvious "long-branch attraction" is encountered.
Evolutionary analyses of RNA polymerases, and RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) in particular, have provided important phylogenetic inferences about ancient evolution. The RNAP largest subunit has played a key role in resolving such widely accepted hypotheses as the three domains of life [1, 2] and putative affiliation of the "long-branch" Microsporidia with fungi [3]; however, one particular inference of eukaryotic relationships based upon the RNAP II largest subunit (RPB1) has proven controversial. RPB 1 sequences consistently recover a polyphyletic kingdom Plantae, with independent origins of red algae and green plants [4–9]. This result is in conflict with a growing consensus on eukaryotic relationships from other molecular phylogenetic analyses (see [10] for review).
The hypothesis that red algae are related closely to green algae and plants grew out of sequence-based phylogenetic analyses of plastid-based characters (see [11] and [12] for seminal early reviews). A monophyletic association of most plastid-based molecular characters lent support to the hypothesis of a single plastid origin [13]. Because both red algae and green plants have "primary" plastids (thought to be descended directly from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont) it is reasonable to assume that plastids originated in the common host cell ancestor of the two groups [12]. Although these data also can be reconciled with polyphyletic plastid origins [14, 15], analyses of a number of nuclear genes likewise recover a monophyletic association of the red and green host cell lines [7, 16] (but see [17] for alternative result). Congruence among a number of molecular phylogenies, from both host cell and plastid-based characters, has led to general acceptance of the hypothesis that all photosynthetic eukaryotes with primary plastids share a common ancestor [18–21]. This consensus view of plant evolution even has been incorporated into the phylogenetic treatment of eukaryotes in major biology textbooks [22–24]. Consequently, a polyphyletic Plantae recovered in RPB 1 analyses typically is interpreted as a phylogenetic artifact [13, 16, 19, 20].
As part of a general investigation of RNAP II evolution and function, we have examined this persistent phylogenetic conflict between RPB 1 and other molecular analyses. A key taxon missing from previous RPB 1 surveys was the Glaucocystophyta, a small, enigmatic group of photosynthetic protists also believed to harbor primary plastids [25–27]. Although relatively uncommon in nature [28, 29], glaucocystophytes have intrigued phycologists and evolutionary biologists for over a century because of their cyanelles, photosynthetic organelles with characteristics intermediate between those of derived plastids and cyanobacteria. Historically, the pigments and vestigial peptidoglycan cell wall of cyanelles were taken as evidence of an intermediate relationship between the glaucocystophyte host cell and more recently acquired endosymbiont [29]. Current views hold that cyanelles and plastids have descended from the same endosymbiotic cyanobacterial ancestor [18–20, 27], and phylogenetic analyses of large, multi-gene plastid and nuclear data sets both provide strong support for a monophyletic association of glaucocystophytes with red algae and green plants [21]. As the potential "missing link" in the evolution of primary eukaryotic photosynthesis, glaucocystophytes could provide ancestral data for clarifying the origins of red and green plants and overcoming phylogenetic artifacts that produce conflicts among molecular data.
We sequenced the complete RPB1 gene from Glaucocystis nostochinearum Itz., including the region encoding the C-terminal domain (CTD), as well as a partial sequence from Cyanophora paradoxa Korsh. Here we report comparative analyses of inferred protein sequences from these two species and a broad sample of other eukaryotes in an effort to understand the overall topology of the RPB1 tree, and the specific branching positions of green plants, red algae and glaucocystophytes.
Characterization of RPB 1 from Glaucocystophytes
Most molecular analyses of the Glaucocystophyta have focused on Cyanophora; therefore, we made an effort to recover RPB 1 from it and Glaucocystis. We encountered several technical problems, however, in our attempts to sequence the complete gene from Cyanophora. First, a persistent PCR artifact occurred with 3' RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends), preventing direct recovery of sequence distal to conserved region G [30]. In addition, we identified two distinct RPB 1 sequences from Cyanophora. Although they differ only at synonymous positions, the presence of two sequences complicated efforts to isolate a single contiguous gene product through standard RT (reverse transcription) and PCR methods. Therefore, we concentrated on recovering the complete RPB1 gene from Glaucocystis.
The most interesting overall feature of Glaucocystis RPB 1 is that it encodes a typical RNAP II C-terminal domain (CTD). In its canonical form, the CTD comprises tandemly repeated heptapeptides with the consensus sequence Y1-S2-P3-T4-S5-P6-S7 [31]. These heptapeptides act as a platform for various proteins functionally associated with RNAP II transcription. CTD-protein interactions help regulate gene expression, couple transcription to pre-mRNA processing and post-transcriptional silencing, and generally coordinate nuclear function [32–35]. The CTD is missing or degenerate in many eukaryotic groups, but is conserved across the broad diversity of animals and fungi, as well as their putative protistan ancestors [4]. This strong conservation is not surprising, given numerous and essential CTD functions in mRNA synthesis.
Although its biochemical interactions are not as well-characterized as in animals and yeast, the CTD also is present in all green algae and plants examined to date [36]; based on comparative genomic analyses, core CTD-protein interactions also appear to be conserved across all of these groups [37]. Given this strong conservation of CTD form and function, it is reasonable to conclude that the protistan ancestor of green plants and algae also used CTD-based RNAP II transcription. In this light, the presence of a CTD in glaucocystophytes is consistent with the hypothesis that they share a common ancestor with green plants, and lends support to a broader kingdom Plantae including other eukaryotes with primary plastids. By the same token, the most straightforward explanation for the absence of a conserved CTD in most red algae [38] is that rhodophytes do not share a common ancestor with green plants and glaucocystophtyes.
As discussed previously, phylogenetic analyses of RPB 1 sequences likewise have indicated that red algae originated independently of a common ancestor of green plants, fungi, animals and related protists. It is precisely in these latter eukaryotic groups that the CTD is invariably conserved, suggesting that CTD-based RNAP II transcription was canalized in their common ancestor [4]. If the now widely accepted hypothesis of a monophyletic Plantae is accurate, then both a "CTD-clade" and the independent origin of red algae inferred from RPB1 sequences must result from a tree-building artifact. A recent genome-level investigation of the CTD and its attendant proteins provides an explanation for just such an artifact: the CTD-clade recovered in RPB1 phylogenies reflects parallel functional constraints on RNAP II and related proteins, rather than historical signal retained in their sequences [37]. If true, then the polyphyly of green plants and red algae represents a phylogenetic artifact of sequence covariation [39] resulting from selection for differing mechanics of RNAP II transcription among eukaryotic lineages. The inclusion of glaucocystophyte sequences in RPB1 analyses might provide ancestral information that could help overcome such an artifact.
Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 sequences
The addition of glaucocystophyte RPB1 sequences does not yield a monophyletic Plantae. Both maximum-likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference still recover a "CTD-clade" (Figure 1); it includes green plants and glaucocystophytes but not red algae. Even more problematic is an unexpected but strongly supported clade grouping glaucocystophytes with Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium, members of the Amoebozoa [10, 40, 41]. To sample as broadly as possible, we included a number of partially sequenced genes (including Cyanophora RPB 1) in our 47-taxon analysis; as a result, the alignment (available upon request) incorporates large blocks of missing data. In an effort to ameliorate potential sources of phylogenetic artifact, we aligned 30 of the most complete RPB 1 sequences retaining multiple representatives of major lineages. We also excluded Giardia and the microsporidians. Although these sequences are complete, Giardia is the strongest source of "long-branch attraction" in RPB 1 analyses [6, 9]. Likewise, the microsporidians are a potentially significant source of phylogenetic artifact [3], particularly with respect to the a priori expectation that amoebozoans will associate with Opisthokonts (animals + fungi) [10].
Tree recovered by ML (JTT + Γ + I) using alignment of 47 RPB1 sequences. Bayesian inference (also JTT + Γ + I) produced the same topology. Bayesian support values ( denotes 100%) are shown above or to the right of their respective nodes. CTD-clade is highlighted in gray. One half of the extremely long branch leading to Giardia has been removed for convenience. The taxonomic affinity of "Mastigamoeba invertens" has been unclear, but it now appears to be related to the proposed phylum Apusozoa [85] (Giselle Walker, personal communication). Branch lengths are from ML analysis.
Eliminating partial sequences and "long-branch" taxa has little effect on the tree topology. Glaucocystis still associates strongly with Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium in Bayesian inference, ML and distance bootstrap analyses (Figure 2). This grouping also is recovered in parsimony analyses, but with low bootstrap support (see below). In addition, the "CTD-clade" is recovered using all four standard phylogenetic methods, although generally without strong support. This poses a number of problems with respect to leading hypotheses of eukaryotic relationships. Entamoeba, which has no CTD, is excluded from the CTD-clade containing other amoebozoans. The diatom Thalassiosira groups with CTD-containing taxa, not with ciliates and apicomplexans as predicted by the "Chromalveolate hypothesis" [42, 43]. Finally, as noted above, red algae do not group with green plants and glaucocystophytes as predicted by the kingdom Plantae hypothesis. In fact, with this data set a monophyletic Plantae is rejected significantly in both KH and SH tests (P = 0.002 and 0.001 respectively); this appears to be due largely to the strong association of glaucocystophytes and amoebozoans, as support for a polyphyletic Plantae is reduced when Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium are removed from the data set (KH, P = 0.054; SH, P = 0.007). We therefore undertook a detailed investigation to determine why RPB 1 sequences generate such an unorthodox tree topology, beginning with the positions of Glaucocystis, Dictyostelium and Acanthamoeba.
Tree recovered by both ML and Bayesian inference (both using JTT + Γ + I) from an alignment of 30 RPB1 sequences containing little or no missing data. Support values above or to the right of nodes indicate, from top to bottom, Bayesian inference, ML bootstrap, NJ bootstrap. Values supporting the Glaucocystis/Acanthamoeba/Dictyostelium clade are highlighted in red. Red stars indicate that all three values were 100% and dashes that the value was below 50%. The CTD-clade is highlighted in light blue. To the right is comparative phylogeny showing where the RPB1 tree disagrees with generally accepted views of eukaryotic phylogeny, following the review of Baldauf [10]. Those discrepancies are highlighted in color: green shows the hypothesis of a monophyletic kingdom Plantae, comprising all eukaryotes with primary plastids, yellow the "Chromalveolate hypothesis," and blue the hypothesis of a monophyletic Amoebozoa. Branch lengths are from ML analysis. The specific tree with branch lengths recovered by Bayesian inference is included as a supplement (see additional file 2).
Why might some amoebozoans group with glaucocystophytes?
The strong association between the two amoebozoans and glaucocystophytes would appear to have one of three explanations: 1) they are, indeed, evolutionary sister groups; 2) their pairing reflects an ancient lateral gene transfer (LGT) of RPB 1 from a glaucocystophyte to the common ancestor of Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium; or 3) their association is a phylogenetic artifact. Although the first explanation cannot be rejected outright, molecular analyses usually group amoebozoans with animals and fungi [7, 10, 40], and we can find no consequential evidence (outside the RPB 1 phylogeny presented here) to support a relationship between amoebae and glaucocystophytes. Thus, we presume that the RPB 1 tree topology does not accurately reflect organismal relationships.
Likewise, given the number of co-adapted proteins interacting to form the RNAP II holoenzyme [44, 45], not to mention associated general and specific transcription factors [46, 47], LGT of the largest subunit seems exceedingly unlikely. These complications are only exacerbated if RPB1 anchors additional co-adapted CTD-protein interactions [32, 34, 35]. Moreover, a comparison of intron positions gives no indication of a glaucocystophyte ancestry for the Acanthamoeba RPB1 gene (Dictyostelium RPB 1 contains no introns), nor are there any diagnostic indels to suggest such a relationship (alignment and intron data available upon request). Thus, with the exception of RPB1-based phylogenies, there is no evidence to suggest LGT between glaucocytophytes and amoebozoans. If conflicting gene phylogenies represent its only support, LGT is an unfalsifiable hypothesis. Any phylogenetic conflict can be resolved by invoking lateral transfer among the misbehaving taxa. Therefore, although neither of the first two hypotheses can be ruled out absolutely, we concentrated on the prospect that phylogenetic artifacts are responsible for the glaucocystophyte + amoebozoan grouping.
Analyses of potential sources of phylogenetic artifacts
Neither the Glaucocystis sequence, nor those of Dictyostelium and Acanthamoeba, deviate significantly from ML estimated mean amino acid frequencies (Figure 3). In fact, in χ2 analysis for each of the three sequences, P was greater than 0.9, indicating that they deviate very little from overall mean frequencies. The majority of sequences in the alignment do not deviate significantly from the average, many also at P > 0.9 (designated by stars in Figure 3). Thus, biases in estimated amino acid composition are insufficient to account for the glaucocystophyte + amoebozoan clade.
Analyses of indicators that could lead to phylogenetic artifacts in RPB1 sequences. The tree at the base is the same as shown in Figure 2, but without ML branch lengths. The CTD-clade is shaded in light blue. From bottom to top, the following are provided for each sequence. 1) CTD: "+" above a sequence indicates that it contains a C-terminal sequence that is consistent with known requirements for CTD function [36, 86, 87]. 2) aa χ2: results of ML analysis of deviation from mean amino acid composition for each sequence. A "*" indicates that the sequence deviates significantly (P < 0.05) from average composition. " " denotes a χ2 P value > 0.9, indicating that the sequence deviates little from average composition. 3) Autapomorphies: Blue bars show the number of unique substitutions at sites under strong stabilizing selection across eukaryotic diversity. Numbers tend to be suppressed in taxa with multiple representatives, because synapomorphies uniting the group are not scored. For example, all kinetoplastids share a number of unique substitutions at otherwise invariable sites. If only one kinetoplastid were to be included, the number of autapomorphies would be comparable to Tv and Eh (data not shown, but see figure 5 for examples from animal, fungal and plant clades). 4) Random Sequence Attraction: Bars show the number of equally parsimonious trees on which each of 100 randomly generated sequences attached to specific RPB1 sequences in parsimony analyses. Red indicates a significant attraction to random sequences (in greater than 5% of parsimony replicates). Because many replicates produced more than one equally parsimonious tree, numbers do not add up to 100. A bar extending across multiple taxa indicates that the random sequence attached to the internode supporting that group (for example, the long branch leading to the three kinetoplastids). RPB1 sequences that were significant poles of attraction were removed from the alignment and the analysis repeated. Four separate analyses were performed, each with 100 randomly generated sequences. The lowest graph shows results using the entire data set, with decreasing numbers of sequences in the graphs above. Sequences shaded out in gray were removed based on significant "long-branch attraction" in the analysis shown immediately below.
A disproportionate number of unique substitutions (at sites under strong stabilizing selection throughout eukaryotic evolution) can provide prima facie evidence of an increased evolutionary rate independent of any presumed tree topology [48]. By this measure, Glaucocystis and the two amoebozoans are among the most slowly evolving sequences (Figure 3), although a number of others have accumulated comparably few substitutions at highly conserved sites. Nonetheless Glaucocystis displays the fewest unique substitutions of any monotypic representative of an ancient eukaryotic lineage (Figure 3). Thus, in terms of both amino acid composition and the accumulation of autapomorphies, RPB1 genes from Glaucocystis and the two amoebozoans have changed less from their ancestral sequences than have those of most other taxa.
To assess the empirical tendency of RPB1 sequences to attract "long branches," we examined the behavior of randomly generated sequences of average amino acid composition. With the alignment including all 30 taxa, none of 100 random sequences was attracted to Glaucocystis, Acanthamoeba or Dictyostelium in any most parsimonious tree recovered (Figure 3). When significant points of long-branch attraction (LBA) were removed from the alignment, these three sequences still did not attract randomly generated "long branches." In fact, even when only the 11 RPB1 genes least prone to attract "long branches" were retained in the analysis, Glaucocystis, Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium still attracted the fewest randomly generated sequences. Remarkably, given that it is the sole representative of an ancient lineage, Glaucocystis attracted only one random sequence in all of the analyses performed, the fewest for any taxon in our investigation. Furthermore, Glaucocystis was the only monotypic representative to survive into the final round of random sequence addition (Figure 3).
The results of three separate analyses of "long-branch" indicators show that sequences of Glaucocystis, Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium are highly unlikely to be drawn together by "long-branch attraction." Rather, they appear to be among the most slowly diverging RPB1 genes (Fig 3). What then accounts for their recovery as a strongly supported clade? The tendency to attract a randomly generated sequence correlates with how randomized a given sequence has become with respect to its phylogenetic relatives – in other words, how much it has diverged from its most recent shared ancestral sequence. In 100 tests using the complete RPB 1 data set, as well as in previous investigations of other gene sequences [6, 48], two random sequences included in an alignment always attract each other. Four-sequence simulated phylogenies yield comparable results for completely and partially randomized sequences [49], although sequences with an intermediate level of randomization can actually repel long branches under the conditions modeled.
In large trees with complex hierarchical structure, random sequences virtually never attach to individual members of a clade of closely related taxa, even when its members display accelerated substitution rates. For example, although randomly generated sequences attach to the long internode leading to kinetoplastids in 32% of parsimony replicates (Figure 3), none are attracted to any of three sequences individually. This tendency mirrors the accumulation of unique substitutions at otherwise strongly conserved sites (Figure 3) [6, 48], further supporting random sequence attraction as a measure of relative sequence divergence. Therefore, if the Glaucocystis + amoebozoans clade is indeed artifactual, it is probably because their genes are the least derived from their common ancestral sequence; that is, they cluster on the basis of shared, ancestral positions lost from other taxa. Their overall similarity excludes randomized sequences from attaching to an individual branch within the group; this apparently extends to other more divergent RPB1 sequences as well.
Although similar groupings have been uncovered with other molecular data sets [6, 48, 50], phylogenetic artifacts typically are viewed as "long-branch" effects resulting from the sequences that have experienced rapid or otherwise unusual modes of divergence [51]. As a result, these sequences are considered suspect, whereas those with lower than average rates typically are assumed to perform well in phylogenetic reconstruction. By definition, however, if a LBA artifact is present, then there also must be an artificial clustering of more slowly evolving taxa that should group with the respective long-branch sequences. We offer the phrase "short-branch exclusion" (SBE) to identify this associated artifact (Figure 4A). The SBE phenomenon uncovered in our analyses is consistent with demonstrated artifacts caused by differences in the proportion of variable sites (Pvar) across lineages [52]; this kind of complexity in rate variation can dominate tree-building signal in ancient phylogenetic reconstruction, including among sequences with low proportions of variable sites (that is, "slowly-evolving" taxa) [53]. The unexpected clustering of Glaucocystis and two amoebozoans, along with consistent evidence that the three are among the least diverged sequences in the analysis, give all the indications of such a "short-branch" artifact (Figure 4B).
The appearance of phylogenetic artifacts in the RPB1 phylogeny due to "long-branch attraction" (LBA), "short-branch exclusion" (SBE), and CTD-based functional constraint on evolutionary change. A. Adapted from Felsenstein's original four taxon demonstration of "long-branch attraction" [66], this tree shows graphically the phenomena of LBA and SBE. A combination of large differences in substitution probabilities among branches, combined with short internodes, leads to artificial grouping of the more rapidly evolving sequences. This, by definition, results in an additional artificial grouping of shorter branches, at some level, which we call "short-branch exclusion." B. Unrooted phenogram of RPB1 tree from figure 2 more graphically demonstrating the large variation in inferred substitution probabilities in terminal branches, along with the generally short internodes throughout the tree. The four most basal lineages (as viewed in the rooted phenogram in figure 2) are consistent with a LBA artfifact, while the presumably artificial clustering of Glaucocystis, Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium is most consistent with SBE. Both clades are highlighted in gray. C. Topological features of the global RPB1 tree that are consistent with the three kinds of artifacts discussed. With the complete data set, only the extreme long-branch features of the four most rapidly evolving basal sequences are obvious (Figure 3). With subsequent rounds of analysis, in each case removing the most long-branch sequences identified in the prior round, the branching pattern of subsections of the tree are shown to be consistent with one of the artifacts.
Phylogenetic artifacts and global tree topology
As noted above, the overall RPB1 tree topology and the specific positions of red algae, Thalassiosira and Entamoeba are consistent with recovery of a "CTD-clade," comprising all eukaryotic lineages in which the CTD has been strongly conserved while excluding those where it has been allowed to degenerate (Figures 2, 3). Originally this "CTD-clade" was hypothesized to be a natural group descended from a common ancestor in which CTD-based RNAP II transcription had coalesced [4, 38]. More recent genome-level investigations of the CTD and its protein partners [37, 54] indicate that the CTD-clade can be explained alternatively by parallel functional constraints in organisms that use CTD-based transcription, which lead to correlated patterns of RPB 1 sequence evolution. Thus, the major discrepancies between the RPB1 tree and more widely accepted views of eukaryotic evolution (Figure 2) can be reconciled as artifacts of short-branch exclusion, and parallel or convergent evolution due to covariation in the mode of selection on the RPB1 molecule.
At first inspection it appears reassuring that analytical artifacts can explain apparent phylogenetic anomalies, specifically the recovery of a polyphyletic Plantae. Although red algal RPB1 genes are not particularly fast-evolving with respect to most eukaryotes, they exhibit greater "long-branch" tendencies than do sequences from other members of the hypothesized kingdom Plantae. Along with differing functional constraints on CTD-based RNAP II transcription, these subtle rate differences could explain the presumed artifact in RPB1 trees. Our investigation of "long-branch" indicators, however, raises a more general issue with respect to the global RPB1 tree; virtually the entire topology of the RPB1 tree is disturbingly consistent with those same sources of artifact. For example, if suspect and inconsistent tree-rootings are discounted, the branching position of alveolates is generally consistent with phylogenomic treatments [7, 16]. In RPB 1 analyses, this position is associated with a clade comprising the four most identifiable "long-branches," Entamoeba, Trichomonas, Mastigamoeba, and kinetoplastids. When the latter sequences are excluded, however, alveolates also display disproportionate long-branch tendencies (Figure 3). In effect, their branching position is consistent with a "long-branch attraction" artifact. Even within the CTD-clade – composed of sequences with the lowest rates and otherwise average patterns of divergence (Figure 3) – relationships among well-established groups are consistent with apparent rate variation among sequences.
As a function of overall within-clade similarity, individual green plants and animals (with the exception of Chlamydomonas) do not attract random sequences, nor do they show an accumulation of unique substitutions (Figure 3). Behavior of the internodes leading to these clades, however, suggests that their individual sequences may represent somewhat "longer branches" than those of Glaucocystis, Dictyostelium or Acanthamoeba (Figure 3). Therefore, we analyzed unique substitutions and random sequence behavior using the representative sequence with the fewest "long-branch" tendencies from each group: human from animals, Oryza from plants, Schizosaccarhomyces from fungi, and Dicytostelium from amoebozoans. In this analysis, the relative short-branch tendencies of Dictyostelium and Glaucocystis become even more pronounced (Figure 5A), and their clustering is consistent with an SBE artifact (Figure 5B). Moreover, the green plant Oryza, recovered as sister to the Glaucocystis/Dictyostelium clade, has the next fewest "long-branch" indicators. The human + Schizosaccharomyces clade, which corresponds to the widely accepted systematic hypothesis of the Opisthokonta, then could be explained as a LBA artifact localized within a group of generally more slowly-evolving sequences. In model-based ML analyses, the branches leading to these two sequences have nearly twice the substitution-per-site probability of those for Glaucocystis and Dictyostelium, and five to ten times the probability of the two internodes that define overall branching order (Figure 5B).
A. Analyses of long-branch indicators of Glaucocystis, and the most slowly evolving sequences of the animal, fungal, plant and amoebozoan clades based on analyses shown in figure 3. Lightly shaded bars show attachment of random sequences and darker bars unique substitutions at highly conserved sites. Thalassiosira, Glaucosphaera (the red alga with the least "long-branch" tendencies) and Stylonychia were included in the tabulation of unique substitutions (but not with random sequence analyses), to provide additional evidence that the sites in question were under strong stabilizing selection across eukaryotic diversity. With this sub-alignment, only single unique substitutions were scored. B. Five taxon ML tree (JTT + Γ + I) with branch lengths showing sequence change across branches and internodes. Unit is expected changes per amino acid position.
Direct evidence that such localized LBA can occur in phylogenetic reconstruction is immediately apparent in parsimony analyses of the RPB1 data set. Although it is a long-branch taxon compared to other green algae and plants, Chlamydomonas is placed correctly using likelihood and Bayesian algorithms (Figures 1, 2). In parsimony it falls victim to long-branch attraction. Rather than attaching to the strongest sources of LBA (Entamoeba, Trichomonas, kinetoplastids [see Figure 3]), however, Chlamydomonas is attracted to the diatom Thalassiosira (Figure 6) and the two emerge as the deepest branch of the CTD-clade. LBA pulls Chlamydomonas away from other green plant sequences, but unknown evolutionary constraints (apparently related to CTD-based transcription [37]) prevent it from being drawn completely out of the CTD-clade. Thus, the two longest branches that are constrained to fall within the CTD-clade attach to each other.
Parsimony tree based on RPB1 sequences showing a clear example of "localized LBA." The green alga Chlamydomonas groups with other green plants and algae in model-based approaches, but is attracted to the diatom Thalassiosira using parsimony. These sequences represent the two "longest branches" within the CTD clade, but do not share any other sub-clade affiliation in the RPB1 tree (Figure 2). This grouping demonstrates that LBA and SBE are not simply global effects, but can cause more localized artifacts as well. Note also that, in parsimony, Glaucocystis groups specifically with Dictyostelium, the shorter branched of the two amoebozoans (Figures 3, 5).
Generally it has been the case in sequence-based phylogenies that well-defined evolutionary lineages (green plants, animals, fungi, red algae, etc.) exclude other sequences and form strongly supported clades. This occurs even if a lineage has a generally high divergence rate (e.g. kinetoplastids in this study), so long as its members have not diverged too far from their common ancestral sequence. The challenge of deep molecular systematics has been to determine the relationships among these well-defined groups. When the potential for localized tree artifacts is considered, the overall relationships of these groups on the RPB1 tree are consistent with a combination of biases identified in the data. This is true even in those regions of the tree where sequences are undergoing relatively slow and comparable modes of evolution (Figure 5). In fact, the cumulative effects of artifacts can explain the entire backbone of relationships among major eukaryotic lineages (Figure 4C), and no signal from an historical pattern of relationships appears to be required. Given the number of putatively misplaced taxa (Figure 2), the implicit assumption that most regions of the tree reflect true evolutionary history is unwarranted.
Broader implications for deep phylogenetics
The fact that a phylogeny is consistent with data biases does not exclude the possibility that the tree accurately reflects evolutionary history. It does say, however, that the null hypotheses cannot be rejected; that is, that random effects and/or data biases account for the pattern recovered (implicit in all phylogenetic analyses). Consequently, the alternative hypotheses that the tree is based on historical signal cannot be accepted.
It is possible that the RPB1 tree shown in figure 2 truly depicts the pattern of eukaryotic evolution. Given conflicts with other data sets, and the fact that much of its topology can be explained by rate variation and parallel constraint, it is more reasonable to conclude that the RPB1 tree is rife with phylogenetic artifacts. This assessment can be made because of accumulated data in three areas, which are unavailable for most sequences used in phylogenetic analyses of ancient evolution. First, RPB1 structure, function and biochemical interactions are well characterized, providing the framework for recognizing different functional constraints among taxa [37]. Second, extensive analyses of "long-branch" indicators have been performed, including for regions of the tree that do not appear to be subject to LBA by highly divergent sequences. Finally, topological incongruence exists between the RPB1 tree and more widely accepted hypotheses of eukaryotic relationships, providing an impetus to investigate specific discrepancies. Of course, in arguing that artifacts dominate RPB1 phylogenies we have assumed those broadly held hypothetical relationships to be true. Given the evidence of pervasive artifacts uncovered here, and in many other molecular phylogenetic studies of deep relationships as well [6, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55–60], that assumption must be considered provisional.
Recent phylogenetic inferences of deep eukaryotic evolution have been made using large multi-gene data sets. The conclusions from these phylogenomic investigations have replaced an earlier model of global eukaryotic evolution based on small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences (SSU rDNA). At just about the time the SSU rDNA tree was adopted by major textbooks, it came under greater scrutiny largely due to developing conflicts with other molecular data sets [61–64]. Analyses of long-branch indicators demonstrated that the global topology of the rDNA tree was more consistent with variation in mode and tempo of evolution among sequences than with historical pattern [48]. The detailed analyses presented here suggest that the same is true of RPB1 sequences. Yet there is no reason to presume that these two genes are unusually prone to artifact.
As the gene encoding the largest subunit of RNAP II, RPB 1 has the attributes of a reliable phylogenetic marker. It supplies a coding region of about 5 kb, over half of which consists of conserved domains that can be aligned reliably across most of eukaryotic diversity; this a relatively large data set for a single-gene phylogeny. It performs the same core function in all eukaryotes. There is no evidence that RPB 1 has been carried as a multi-gene family over broad stretches of eukaryotic evolution, reducing the chance of paralogous sampling. Indeed, RPB1 phylogenetic analyses have been robust in the face of long-branch artifacts that plague microsporidian sequences in many other data sets [3], and parametric methods can overcome clearly identifiable phylogenetic artifacts that occur using parsimony (see discussion of Chlamydomonas above). Therefore, it is a reasonable to conclude that the biases found in RPB 1 sequences are comparable to, if not less than, those present in most molecular markers. Indeed, Lockhart and colleagues [53] showed that changing distributions of sites that are variable and invariable can explain global tree topologies among major eubacterial lineages, suggesting that sequence-based phylogenies may provide little valid information about these ancient historical relationships.
Although the subject has received increasing attention in recent years, phylogenetic investigations generally have operated under the assumption that tree-building artifacts are rare and restricted to odd and problematic taxa [51]. Implicit in phylogenomics is the assumption that the dominant overall tree-building signal from large, multi-gene alignments overcomes "noise" or biases that lead to conflicts between smaller data sets and, therefore, converges on true historical pattern. Indeed, this has been argued explicitly with respect to increasing support for a monophyletic Plantae as the number of genes included in the analysis grows [21]. Given both theoretical and empirical criteria, this assumption appears overly optimistic.
Biochemically-based models of sequence evolution predict that historical patterns should not be recoverable in phylogenetic analyses covering timescales on which the broad diversity of eukaryotes emerged [65]. Moreover, it has been demonstrated clearly that all phylogenetic algorithms can produce spurious outcomes when explicit or implicit model assumptions are violated (see [51] for thorough review); when violations result in statistical inconsistency, artifacts worsen as data sets increase in size [66, 67]. Although parametric and probabilistic methods (such as ML and Bayesian inference) overcome parsimony artifacts under some conditions, they can actually under-perform parsimony when variation among rates at sites changes through time [68]. Presumably, complex patterns of sequence heterotachy and nonstationary covariation [39] have been the rule rather than exception over several billion years of eukaryotic evolution.
Covariation of parallel or convergent selection on functional constraints in sequence evolution has not been studied extensively, particularly with regard to its impact on phylogenetic analyses. This is for good reason; such covariation can be difficult to identify, even when the sequences in question (as in the case for RPB1) have relatively well-characterized functions and biochemical interactions [37]. Little to nothing is known about the functional interactions of most sequences used in phylogenomic investigations, nor can available phylogenetic methodologies yet compensate for such complex covariation, even when physical and biochemical constraints are known [39].
The indications of localized LBA and SBE uncovered in this investigation are subtle; they would be easy to miss, or to dismiss as too weak to affect tree topology. Nevertheless, they provide the most reasonable explanation for the aberrant grouping of glaucocystophyte and amoebozoan sequences. They must, therefore, be considered seriously with respect to other regions of the tree as well, including those that agree with expectations from prior molecular phylogenies. It is common in large phylogenomic treatments to remove overtly long-branch taxa to avoid tree-building artifacts, or to constrain "well-defined" groupings (such as the Opisthokonta or Plantae) to make computation more tractable [21, 40]. These practices may well increase the impact of cryptic sources of covariation in the sequences retained.
There are serious conflicts among molecular data sets with respect to virtually all inferences about ancient eukaryotic relationships (e.g. [69, 70]). This is true even for the most strongly supported and widely accepted hypotheses of relationships among eukaryotic lineages [15, 71, 72]. The overall lack of congruence of phylogenetic signal within genomes has prompted some researchers to question whether ancient relationships can be considered to be tree-like at all [73]. When two or more phylogenetic signals are present, there appears to be no basis for an a priori assumption that the dominant signal recovers historical relationships. Instead it may reflect parallel function or other constraints on sequence evolution that are difficult to detect. As molecular sequence data sets grow ever larger in size and complexity, it is critical that they be scrutinized thoroughly for potential biases that could affect phylogenetic inference; in particular, sequences with relatively slow apparent divergence rates should be examined carefully for evidence of short-branch exclusion. Finally, it is essential that alternative approaches to reconstructing evolutionary history continue to be explored.
Specimen preparation and nucleic acid extraction
An axenic culture of C. paradoxa (CCAC 0074) was obtained from the Culture Collection of Algae (CCAC) at the University of Cologne, Germany. Cells were grown in bubbling cultures of soil water medium with barley seeds (Carolina Biological, Burlington, NC) under constant fluorescent light at 25°C. Glaucocystis nostochinearum (UTEX-B 1929)was obtained from UTEX culture collection (Austin, TX) and grown under the same conditions, but in AlgaGro freshwater medium (Carolina Biological). Cells were pelleted in a table-top centrifuge and stored at -80°C for nucleic acid extraction.
Glaucocysti s samples were placed in a chilled mortar, flash frozen with liquid nitrogen, pulverized with a pestle to a fine powder and suspended in an equal volume of nucleic acid extraction buffer. Because Cyanophora lacks a cell wall, no grinding was required. DNA extractions were performed using a CTAB extraction method [74], with an additional purification using Qiagen mini-columns (Valencia CA). RNA was extracted with the Promega (Madison, WI) SV Total RNA Isolation System.
Recovery of RPB 1 sequences
GeneRacer RT-PCR (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) was used to obtain the RPB1 coding regions from total RNA extractions, using universal degenerate primers [5, 75]. Primers were used in nested pairs when necessary to amplify a recoverable DNA band. Since degenerate primers were involved, "touchdown" PCR was employed, with an annealing temperature ramped from 58 to 43°C over 15 cycles, followed by 25 cycles annealing at 55°C. The 5' end of the RPB 1 transcript was obtained using RACE; mRNA was dephosphorylated, de-capped and ligated to a GeneRacer RNA oligo linker with nested priming sites, permitting selective recovery of messages complete on the 5' end. Linker primers were used in opposition to nested specific primers designed from sequences recovered previously using universal primers. To complete the 3' end of the gene, an oligo dT linker was used in RT-PCR in opposition to sequence specific primers from region G. To determine the number and position of introns, RPB 1 was isolated from genomic DNA by PCR using overlapping sequence-specific primers based on cDNA sequences.
Bands amplified by standard and RT-PCR were cloned using the TopoTA vector (Invitrogen) under blue-white and kanamycin selection. White colonies were screened via a PCR-stab technique described [75] with vector-specific primers. Plasmids were isolated from clones containing correct-sized inserts using QIAprep Spin Miniprep kit (Qiagen), sequenced in complementary directions through ABI Big-Dye technology (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) and analyzed with Sequencher 4.0 (Gene Codes Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI).
Phylogenetic analyses
Inferred RPB1 amino acid sequences from Glaucocystis [DQ223185] and Cyanophora [DQ223186] were aligned with a data set of RPB1 sequences from organisms present in GenBank and genome-sequencing databases (see Additional file 1). Sequences through the conserved H region [30] were aligned with CLUSTAL X [76], and adjusted by eye. Areas of the sequences with gaps that could not be placed with confidence were excluded from the alignment. Two separate data sets were analyzed. One included 47 representatives from the broadest diversity of sequences available; this alignment including a partial sequence from Cyanophora (regions A-G). A second smaller alignment, representing 30 taxa, was constructed by removing sequences with large amounts of missing data, as well as sequences demonstrated to produce phylogenetic artifacts in previous analyses.
Maximum-likelihood parameters (amino acid frequencies, percent invariant sites, and α for modeling rate variation among sites) were estimated in TREEPUZZLE 5.0 [77] under a Jones-Taylor-Thornton (JTT [78]) substitution matrix with invariable + Γ (four category) distribution of rates. Maximum-likelihood trees were recovered in ProtML (Phylip 3.6 [79]), using the parameters determined in TREEPUZZLE and 10 random sequence addition searches with global rearrangements. One hundred likelihood bootstrap replicates were performed under a JTT + uniform rate model, with 5 random sequence additions per replicate and global rearrangements.
Analyses were performed using MRBAYES 3.1 [80], with the same parameters used with ML, to determine the consensus Bayesian tree and to assess strength of support for tree nodes. Two simultaneous runs were performed, each with four chains (one cold), for one million generations, and trees were sampled every 100 generations. The "burn-in" required to converge on stable likelihood values was determined empirically, and trees sampled during the burn-in were eliminated prior to computing the 50% majority-rule consensus tree.
One thousand distance bootstrap replicates also were run using in PROTDIST and NEIGHBOR (Phylip 3.6), with a JTT substitution matrix. Parsimony bootstrap was carried out in PAUP [81] with 1000 replicates and 20 random sequence edition per replicate. Certain a priori phylogenetic hypotheses were examined with RPB 1 data by implementing the Kishino-Hasegawa (KH), as well as the more conservative Shimodaira-Hasegawa (SH) tests [82, 83] in PROTML (Phylip 3.6).
Analyses of long-branch indicators
To assess the bases for the overall topology of the RPB 1 tree, and specific differences between that topology and trees recovered from other data sets, we analyzed "long-branch" tendencies of sequences in the 30 taxon data set. We used three different methods, each independent of a priori assumptions about relationships among distinct eukaryotic lineages. 1) A χ2 test was performed in TREEPUZZLE to ascertain which sequences deviated significantly from average amino acid composition. 2) Unique autapomorphies at otherwise highly conserved sites were scored for all individual sequences, using MACCLADE 3.06 [84]. Unique substitutions were counted at sites that were invariable in all but one or two sequences, that is, sites clearly under strong stabilizing selection but still capable of at least some change. If two changes were present for a given character, they were scored only if unequivocally discrete substitutions; that is, each was a different residue or they occurred independently in taxa that could not be related evolutionarily. 3) One hundred randomized sequences were constructed in MCCLADE 3.06, composed of the average amino acid frequencies calculated in TREEPUZZLE. These sequences were added individually to the RPB 1 alignment and used in parsimony analyses with 20 random sequence additions to determine the empirical tendency of each RPB 1 sequences to attract "long-branches." Sequences were deemed to be prone to long-branch artifacts if they attracted a random sequence in 5% or more of parsimony replicates. These sequences were removed from the alignment, and the analyses repeated with three progressively smaller subsets of RPB1 genes with decreasing apparent long-branch tendencies. With the smallest of these sub-alignments (five taxa), 1000 bootstrap replicates were performed with each of 10 random sequences (20 random additions each), to determine the distribution of their points of attachment when sequences with stronger "long-branch" tendencies were removed.
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We thank T. Lamb, C. Goodwillie and P. Lockhart for thorough reading and helpful suggestions. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. 0133295. Preliminary work on Glaucocystis RPB 1 was supported by a Creative Research and Activities Grant from East Carolina University.
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John W Stiller & Leslie Harrell
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Leslie Harrell
Correspondence to John W Stiller.
LH sequenced glaucocystophyte RPB1 genes and cDNA, performed bioinformatics searches for other eukaryotic sequences, annotated intron positions, and was primarily responsible for multiple sequence alignments. JWS performed analyses of long-branch indicators. Both authors contributed ideas contained in the paper, worked on phylogenetic analyses and contributed to authorship of the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Additional File 1: Supplementary Table. Database sources for sequence used in this investigation (PDF 76 KB)
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Additional File 2: Bayesian inference tree. Consensus Bayesian tree inferred from the alignment of 30 RPB1 sequences. Branch lengths and posterior probabilities were recovered using the sumt command in MrBayes. See methods section and legend to figure 2 for additional details. (PDF 30 KB)
Stiller, J.W., Harrell, L. The largest subunit of RNA polymerase II from the Glaucocystophyta: functional constraint and short-branch exclusion in deep eukaryotic phylogeny. BMC Evol Biol 5, 71 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-5-71
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THE DAY BRISBANERUGBY.COM WENT GLOBAL
June 22, 2014 CJ Leave a comment
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. ”
T.S. Elliot
Little Gidding
© September, 1942
As I board QF 537 at Brisbane Domestic Terminal the Third Test against the French is kicking off at Sydney Football Stadium; where, at the 11th hour, I was granted a coverted media pass to attend the sold out match. Thanks to a man I just happened to run into at the Sofitel in Brisbane two weeks before, Bill Pulver, CEO of Australian Rugby Union (ARU). I had introduced myself as the Editor-at-Large of Brisbanerugby.com and he handed me his business card and said, “Whenever you are in Sydney, give me a call.” Well I wasn’t in Sydney, I was going there, and it was 11:46am in Brisbane.
Now we go back two weeks to June 4th when I just happened to be walking through the Sofitel lobby, because I knew I could get a hit of my latest addiction, free Wi-Fi. Like a junky suffering withdrawal, I took my Galaxy S5 and gingerly searched for the free Sofitel Lobby Wi-Fi. Typed in “accept” and sat back in relief while my emails, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc. loaded. I ordered a coffee and looked around at my fellow junkies tapping away at the phones, tablets, laptops etc. with sheer pleasure on their faces, like a heroin attic scoring a hit in Fortitude Valley.
I glanced over to the reception area and noticed a young gentleman that I had never met before, but had first seen on the rugby pitch 11 years ago at Lang Park in the 2003 World Cup. With a sense of disbelief I walked over to the man and introduced myself, to which he replied, “I’m Freddy”.
The French number 10, Fredric Michalak!
Super 18 & Beyond
May 1, 2014 CJ 1 Comment
Yesterday, Bill Pulver, CEO of the ARU, announced that initial discussions with the CEOs of the five Australian Super 15 franchises on SANZARS proposed format for Super 18, coming into effect in 2016, are positive. Greg Growden, from ESPN scrum.com, told me this morning it was “ridiculous”. On Foxtel’s The Rugby Club last night they discussed the concept and I understand Tim Horan’s wish for a South Pacific team to be included, but television rights demand that greater audiences in Asia will benefit from their inclusion. Obviously with the 2019 World Cup in Japan, including matches in Hong Kong & Singapore, a franchise based in Tokyo or Osaka is almost a fait accompli.
With the time zone of Japan only being one hour behind Eastern Standard Time, or an hour ahead of Western Australia, the television audiences in these areas is where the money will be generated for Murdoch & Co. Even if some of those “Asian” matches were played in Hong Kong or Singapore, they would align with the Perth time zone. After all, as Pulver says, the money is in the television rights and the positives he was hinting at was some Super Rugby matches will be shown on free to air channels.
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HSBC WORLD SEVENS GOLD COAST Final Wrap
October 14, 2013 CJ Leave a comment
The Gold Coast 7s party is over for 2013 and the Kiwis finally claim the spoils after two exhilarating days of action defeating the Aussies 40-19 in an exciting Cup Final where initially the local team lead 12-0 after two quick tries. All the weekend action was hot on and off the field with the Robina Stadium bathed in glorious sunshine, until the twilight sessions began, of course. The usual costumed spectators from ninja turtles to ostrich jockeys were in the crowd to support Round 1 of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
Last year’s winners Fiji, under new coach, former England boss Ben Ryan, proved not quite up to their usual high standard. Despite a loss to Wales they did top Pool C, however they squandered this opportunity losing to England, 12-26, in the Cup quarter final. As a consolation, they did win the Plate with a rousing 36-0 victory over Kenya.
The Bowl was won by France 19-14 after a strong challenge from Canada that went into extra time. France were relegated to the Bowl after losing 5-29 to South Africa and 12-26 to England in Pool B on Saturday. Canada were their due to a count back in Pool C, where the top three teams finished on 7 points. Fiji were given the top berth with Wales second.
Team USA took out the Shield Final 22-0 over Portugal, after coming third in a tough Pool A with the likes of New Zealand, Tonga and Kenya.
England showed the talent they had in their stocks by defeating South Africa 47-0 in the play-off for third. After a mammoth Cup semi-final loss to Australia 19-24, South Africa, were just too weary to put up much resistance to an English side that had scored the first points against New Zealand for the tournament in their 5-14 semi-final loss. But, the New Zealanders, as they showed all tournament, with an unblemished score line after day 1, that they were always going to be the team to beat. Under coach Michael O’Conner the Aussies came out firing in the Cup Final leading 12-0, however their draining semi-final with South Africa, that went into a second 5 minute extension, proved too much against the much fancied Kiwis.
Rugby league school of excellence, Keebra Park State High, proved their versatility by once again winning the national schools sevens title 24-10 over TSS in an all-Gold Coast affair. Forced off the main oval to Robina station reserve due to Australia’s semi-final double extra time with South Africa did not deter from the determination for Keebra Park to secure their fourth straight 7s title, extending their unbeaten record to 40 matches.
Numbers attending the two days were 25,320 which is down on last year’s 27,000+. Rugby Union boss, Bill Pulver, will be sitting down with a team of professionals to see how an improvement can be made to have more people attending. The Gold Coast contract is up next year, 2014, and it’s important to keep this location leading up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which has sevens, as the Gold Coast is the host.
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HSBC WORLD SEVENS GOLD COAST Day 1
The first round of this season’s World Sevens rugby junket 2013/14 started at 10:30am on the beautiful Gold Coast with New Zealand playing USA in their Pool A match. The Kiwis were victorious over the Americans 38-0. This was followed up by the ever improving Kenyans, with a huge supporter base, smashing the Tongans also by 38-0. With a rain shower threatening, the action was boiling over on the field. And when the Aussies squandered a 21-0 lead over Scotland to draw their match, upsets were looking like a strong possibility.
I was with a nervous Australia 7s coach, Michael O’Conner, watching Samoa playing an impressive Scottish outfit. The latter almost forced another draw, however the Samoans were not giving up easily and managed a 19-12 win. O’Conner said, “We just have to win our next two matches to top our pool.”
Australia then accounted for Argentina 22-7 in the following match with their eyes firmly focussed on the 7:46pm match with Samoa. In the meantime New Zealand was progressing through nicely, easily beating Tonga 26-0 and defeating Kenya 31-0 in the twilight to top Pool A. Last year’s champions, Fiji, were looking alright until they lost to Wales in their last Pool C match 19-22 to Wales. Since Wales had lost 17-24 against Canada earlier in the day the top three teams all finished on 7 points. On count back Fiji topped Pool C.
South Africa had an impressive first day defeating France 29-5, Spain 38-7 and a strong England side 22-14. They topped Pool B and will play Wales tomorrow in the Cup quarter final, with England placed second in Pool B they will have to face Fiji in the quarters.
The Aussies played some of the best rugby I have seen them play to defeat Samoa 12-0 nil in the final match of Day 1. Thereby topping Pool D, which sets them up for a quarter final with Kenya tomorrow at 12:42pm –just like last year when they beat eventual champions Fiji in their last pool match. With Samoa coming second in Pool D, they will have to play the Kiwis at noon in their quarter final.
Basically going to form, Sunday’s action is going to be a mouth-watering feast of 7s rugby. If you are still without a ticket there are a few available at the gate so come on down.
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Souths Rugby Football Club, Brisbane USA-Canada Tour 1988
October 4, 2013 CJ Leave a comment
This November will mark the 25th anniversary of the Southern Districts Rugby Union Football Club’s epic undefeated tour of the USA and Canada. On the 26th of November, 1988 a contingent of 48 members, both players and supporters, departed Brisbane Airport bound for Vancouver. Led by Tour Captain Mark “Nugget” White, the youngest member was Brad Moriarty, at just 10 years old, and the eldest, Henri Harries, at 54 years of age. The tour party grew to 50 as we were joined by Ken & Sue Wills, who had travelled via Europe before coming over to Vancouver.
The tour was the culmination of some of the finest moments of the club’s history: winning the Brisbane A Grade Premiership in 1986 (not since 1958); followed the next year, 1987, by defeating Parramatta in Sydney for the Australian Club Championship; and a star studded Colts 1 side winning the Premiership in 1988. As the youngest player in the touring party, at 19, and having played in the Premiership winning Colts 1 team, it was a particularly memorable occasion.
After a massive travelling effort of some 22+ hours, from Brisbane to Sydney to Honolulu to LA-X, then finally a Delta Airlines flight up to Vancouver. Upon arrival we were expected to play rugby against Meraloma RFC in the rain & icy conditions out on North 10th Street near the Molson Brewery. Being the youngest member I was relegated to the bench; however, it wasn’t too long before I debuted for Souths seniors as a replacement flanker. I remember getting tackled and bracing my fall with my hand in what I thought was a puddle of water; which turned out to be ice… The first match was won and this was followed by much drinking and merriment well into the night and onto the streets of downtown Vancouver.
From Canada we travelled to San Francisco to play the Golden Gate Rugby Club in the middle of Golden Gate Park for another win. Located in the middle of Golden Gate Park with the rugby fields inside a cycling track, it proved a bit treacherous just entering to play. San Fran is a beautiful city and Fisherman’s Warf proved a big drawcard for building camaraderie; one memorable day was spent at the Eagle Café, Pier 39.
After three days we were back in the air and out to Las Vegas where we stayed at the iconic Landmark Tower. Gambling and stage productions was the goal here, although a few participated in a 7s tournament. A road trip was then planned, the two coaches were loaded with Coors & Budweiser before we headed out to Hoover Dam and then a night at the Grand Canyon. A scenic trip through Monument Valley saw us arrive in Scottsdale, Arizona for our third match & a memorable win.
Back on the coaches we continued to San Diego where we played & won against UCSD to complete our “Grand Slam”. Trips to San Diego Zoo & Tijuana were arranged before heading up to Los Angeles for more sightseeing at Universal Studios & Disneyland.
The main tour group departed LA on December 13th for two nights in Honolulu en-route back to Brisbane; whilst a few of us decided to stay on and extend our American experience. Those of us who stayed on, caught up with Gary Christison, a late withdrawer from the original tour, for Christmas 1988 in New York, New York.
Tour Party: Mark White “Tour Captain”, Grant Brady, Anthony Blake, Michael Bailey, Stephen Blackburn, Paul Coffey, Warwick Currin, Shane Campbell, Sean Cuffe, Tony Cooper, Anthony Crane, Kevin Culla, Ian Cameron, John Deighton, Peter “Doubles” Daley, Brian Drainey, Mark Derwin, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Dickson, Michael Duke, Jon Eske, Michael Firth, Darren Free, Alec Harris, Henri Harries, Connie Harries, David Hickey, Gary Henderson, Mark Jenvey, David Knight, Donna Knox, Michael Maloney, Ian Moriarty, Cheryl Moriarty, Brad Moriarty, Paul Mitchell, John Mulvihill, Gary Perrett, Christopher Rea, Danielle Strachan, Gavin Sparks, Michael Turner, Ray Thomas, John Wilson, Barry Watson, Barry Wilkin, Lyn Wilkin, Ken Wills, Sue Wills, Sean Zegenhagen.
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12-13, Oxford Street
A Grade II Listed Building in Central, Swindon
OS Grid: SU146848
Mapcode National: GBR YQ2.S4
Mapcode Global: VHB3D.XZVF
Plus Code: 9C3WH676+36
Entry Name: 12-13, Oxford Street
Listing Date: 17 February 1970
Location: Central Swindon South, Swindon, SN1
County: Swindon
Electoral Ward/Division: Central
Built-Up Area: Swindon
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Swindon New Town
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
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This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 28/04/2020
SU 1484 NE
OXFORD STREET (north side)
Nos. 12 – 13
In order to house the workforce for the new Great Western Railway works, IK Brunel designed a new village to the south of the railway line. Brunel’s early layout drawings of 1840 show a grid similar to the final plan of 12 terraces in six blocks on either side of the High Street (from 1893 Emlyn Square). Construction started in 1842, and by 1855 most of the buildings had been completed. Houses and cottages of different types were built, as well as lodging houses. Brunel himself designed only the first block of 1842 (4-25 Bristol Street); as it was visible from the railway line, this is in a more decorative style than the others.
The financial difficulties of the contractors JD & C Rigby, who undertook to build 300 cottages but only completed 130, delayed the completion of the village until the 1850s. The cottages to the west of Emlyn Square were built first (1842-1843), followed by those on the east side (1845-1847). The end blocks towards Emlyn Square, containing corner shops on the ground floor, were built in 1845-1847, and the remainder, mostly end blocks on the outer ends of the streets, were built in 1853-1855. In 1966, the local authority acquired the cottages from British Rail and restored them. The village is one of Britain’s best-preserved and architecturally most ambitious railway settlements.
Pair of cottages in terrace, 1853-1854 for Great Western Railway Company. Ashlar limestone in black mortar. Slate roofs with brick stacks. Each cottage two storey, one bay with through side passage. Chamfered window and door surrounds, latter with splayed stops. C20 fifteen-pane doors and four-pane sashes.
Listing NGR: SU1468684889
Selected Sources
Cattell, J, Falconer, K, Swindon: The Legacy of a Railway Town (RCHME), (1995), 45, 78-79
Hudson, K, Transport History
Large, F , Swindon Retrospect 1855-1930, (1931)
Peck, A , The Great Western at Swindon Works, (1983)
Silto, J , A Swindon History 1840-1901
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JLL Technologies: Helping CREs bring their Enterprise Ambitions to Life
Top 20 Business Intelligence Solution Companies - 2020Top 10 Business Intelligence Consulting/Service Companies - 2020
Michael Ewert, Global Head of Data & Analytics Solutions, JLL
The workplace is changing. The mindset of today’s employees is blending the lines between work and personal environments to maximize wellbeing and being mindful about balancing their work-life. And, owing to the convenience offered by connected technologies, every organization is striving to create a digital workplace with a surefire culture of engagement.
At this juncture, Michael Ewert, global head of data and analytics solutions at JLL Technologies, believes, “Digital workplaces are not only about equipping work desks, managing resources, and aiding collaboration.” According to him, digital workplaces are moving toward connecting people with spaces they work in and their enterprise. And, to make that happen, data is the secret harpoon of success. This is where Ewert’s company, JLL Technologies, showcases its expertise through and through. Notably, JLL is a leading authority in commercial real estate (CRE) technology. The company offers mission-ready intuitive business intelligence-based (BI) products to reinforce analytics-driven decision-making processes and support real estate enterprises to conduct their CRE operations better.
Today, JLL’s expertise is further strengthened with significant investments in real estate technology including the successful acquisitions of BRG and ValuD, both leading providers of workplace technology solutions, along with investing upto $100m in JLL Spark, a Global PropTech Venture Fund. With such extended capabilities, JLL focuses on using the data produced in any client’s workspace to derive valuable insights that complement the capabilities of JLL’s BI Solutions. JLL also adopts stringent data management practices toward achieving the perfect data consistency to provide clients with consultation services, among the other extensive CRE technology services. What’s more, Ewert and his team of data experts possess a deep understanding of the operational intricacies of the real estate marketplace. This helps JLL innovate and deliver solutions that protect its clients from existing as well as predicted challenges.
What makes the company a cut above the rest is its efforts inimbuing CRE technology with the highest levels of usability and agility to solve the most pressing transformation, integration, and optimization challenges. Further, to support and enable such flexibility, JLL leverages a wide range of DW/ BI technologies, including Tableau, Alteryx, Snowflake, Apache Kafka, and Azure/AWS technology stack. “We follow a design thinking methodology to curate products around a client’s needs iteratively, and Agile project management techniques to deliver a completely functional solution in short delivery cycles,” explains Ewert.
Digital workplaces are not only about equipping work desks, managing resources, and aiding collaboration
And, to bolster the competency of their offerings, the company’s meticulous choice of BI technologies supports the ease of use and flexibility that clients desire. JLL also employs a series of customer-centric strategies to identify clients’ underlying problems—a unique characteristic that stems from the company’s comprehensive understanding of the new, growing real estate niche on a global scale.
To further elaborate on the company’s CRE capabilities, Ewert shares the story of a global real estate company, where its C-suite leadership team was unable to review key data points about their property portfolio in a timely manner. “The client found it difficult to obtain relevant insights about total costs and lease transaction activities among other parameters that affected fundamental business operations,” he adds. Owing to massive amounts of data entering the client’s systems from multiple vendors and tools, there were no clear pathways to connect data across the enterprise. Additionally, the existence of inconsistent data standards and models exacerbated the situation. JLL helped the client by successfully conducting a data integration project, which set uniform data standards throughout the enterprise and designed a new model to combine relevant data for optimized portfolio management. “We also developed a set of analytics tools and applications to meet the client’s end-users needs,” says Ewert.
Paying attention to such intricate details, and married with the ingenuity of real estate experience, JLL is now assuming the role of a leader in the CRE arena. Moving forward, the company intends to delve deeper into data and analytics innovation for better real estate-based decision-making processes. In first half 2020, JLL Technologies will unveil the launch of new market-leading BI services bringing together their learnings and expertise in data integration, design interface and delivering all the key business insights across all aspects of their clients’ real estate business challenges.
These continual efforts made by JLL have shown promise thus far, and the world is set to witness new applications of BI in the real estate marketplace.
JLL Technologies
JLL is a leading professional technology services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. The company’s vision is to re-imagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces, where people can achieve their ambitions. In doing so, they will build a better tomorrow for its clients, people, and communities. What makes the company a cut above the rest is its efforts in imbuing CRE technology with the highest levels of usability and agility to solve the most pressing transformation, integration, and optimization challenges. Further, to support and enable such flexibility, JLL leverages a wide range ofDW/BI technologies, including Tableau, Alteryx, Snowflake,Apache Kafka, and Azure/AWS technology stack.
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4 Tips For Foraging For Cannabis In The Wild
It turns out cannabis ruderalis – or, in the common parlance, wild weed – grows more commonly than we think, and not just in California and other states stereotypically associated with cannabis cultivation. “Although uncommon in the modern western world, it is not all that unusual to find the cannabis plant thriving in some untended corner of a lot, along country roadsides, or reaching for the sun in competition with other wild plants on a mountainside,” according to Glenn Panik, author of “How To Grow Cannabis At Home: A Guide To Indoor Medical Marijuana Growing.” It makes sense: after all, industrial hemp was widely cultivated across the midwest for much of America’s history up to the 1930s.
Entire books have been written on the subject of foraging in the wild for cannabis ruderalis , which some say can be found growing across Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, and Minnesota. In Nebraska, in particular, “wild, or ‘landrace’ strains of hemp continue to flourish beautifully,” according to the blog Toke of the Town. Manage your expectations, though: whatever you find isn’t going to actually get you high, in all likelihood, but rather be more of a take-a-picture-and-feel-proud-of-yourself thing.
Credit goes to expert forager Glenn Panik for these tips:
1. Look for variety
Some wild cannabis species are dandelion-height, others taller than you are: a quick Google image search for “cannabis leaves” allows you to appreciate some of that diversity. Sativas tend to have long, thin leaves, while broad, fat, stinging-nettle like leaves are more indicative of an indica .
2. Look in the right places
Cannabis ruderalis likes sunny spots where the soil abuts manmade objects: abandoned construction sites and urban footpaths are “prime territory,” according to Panik, adding that it’s “unusual to find wild marijuana in rich, moist soil” because it’s displaced by faster-growing plants.
3. Respect the plant
Anyone who has ever tried to grow marijuana can appreciate how it can be difficult – and how long it takes these plants to flower. If you do find a plant, take a second to appreciate its fortitude in surviving deer, humans, and uprooting: take a picture, or a tiny sample (it’s not like it’s going to get you insanely high, anyway), or some seeds. Never uproot it.
4. Be cautious
Newsflash: some people might be illegally cultivating marijuana.
“If you’re on a hike deep into the countryside and find several large, healthy plants, they are probably not wild plants,” writes Panik, and “you run the chance up bumping into their large, healthy caretakers, who are probably not keen on foraging, picture-taking visitors.”
If you are foraging wild marijuana, you're going to need these four essential tips from expert forager Glenn Panik to make sure you find what you want.
Where does cannabis grow wild?
If pot has one clear advantage over alcohol, it’s that hikers never stumble into a field of wild beer or feral wine
Cannabis growing wild in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo by Wikimedia Commons
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Ditch weed. Feral cannabis. Wild marijuana. If pot has one clear advantage over alcohol, it’s that hikers never stumble into a field of wild beer or feral wine.
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But around the world, tonnes of cannabis can be found growing without any human intervention.
In a viral 2016 YouTube post, travel blogger Gabriel Morris revealed a hillside covered with marijuana plants in the Nepalese Himalayas.
The sight isn’t all that uncommon in the land of Mount Everest. Cannabis is indigenous to the Himalayas, and while the plant is illegal in both India and Nepal, it thrives in the hard-to-reach corners of the famed mountain range. Several Himalayan villages also make their living on the production of cannabis, and when busted by authorities they can plausibly claim that their cannabis fields are natural.
Thickets of cannabis can similarly be found across Asia from Pakistan to China. Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany, a 2013 scientific profile of the plant, even found examples of decorative cannabis being grown alongside a public street in Kunming, China.
“Feral Cannabis is highly adaptable and can grow and reproduce in a wide variety of temperate habitats, even under extreme conditions,” it read.
Marijuana can be found growing wild throughout northern Pakistan, where an unmolested cannabis bush can grow as high as a one-storey building. As with a lot of the world’s indigenous wild cannabis, however, these plants are generally quite low on THC and have little to no hallucinogenic effect if consumed.
In neighbouring Afghanistan, the ease of growing weed in the local soil (as well as the country’s chaotic political situation) is partially how it became the world’s largest supplier of cannabis in 2010.
Cannabis used to grow wild across Europe, according to a recent University of Vermont study of fossil pollen. However, the plant had already begun to die out by the time Europeans started experimenting with agriculture – and there is no evidence that Neolithic humans ever discovered its psychoactive properties.
In Britain, at least, wild pot has begun to return. A group calling itself “Feed the Birds” has begun sowing cannabis seeds into English gardens and planter boxes, with the result that cannabis can now occasionally be seen growing within sight of U.K. landmarks like the The Shard skyscraper.
Feral cannabis is even rampant in North America. Although the plant is not native to the Western hemisphere, wild cannabis has either escaped from early 20th century industrial hemp farms or has been intentionally sowed by marijuana activists. Ironically, it seems to thrive best in conservative states like Iowa, Nebraska or Kansas, where marijuana prohibitions are some of the strongest in the United States.
Glenn Panik, a California-based medical marijuana blogger, wrote in 2014 about how wild cannabis can frequently be spotted among stands of overgrown vegetation, particularly in urban places like abandoned lots or construction sites.
“I even found a beautiful little plant with purple-tinged buds growing among the yarrow and dandelions in front of a doughnut shop,” he wrote.
Wild cannabis is usually referred to in the U.S. Midwest as “ditch weed.” Much like its feral cousin in Asia, however, ditch weed usually contains too little THC to get high – although it can be crossbred with peppier domestic strains in order to yield more resilient marijuana.
In Canada, winters are a bit harder on wild cannabis, and the country doesn’t have the same history of large-scale hemp cultivation like in the U.S. Nevertheless, according to a 2002 paper by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, all of Canada’s 10 provinces can count a few patches of tough, weedy cannabis.
A 1972 map showing known locations of wild cannabis in Canada. Photo by National Research Council Press
“The ruderal plants pose a minor weed problem to agriculture but a major problem to law enforcement,” it wrote.
At the time, the re-authorization of hemp cultivation was expected to yield an explosion in Canadian feral cannabis fuelled by “escaped” seeds. With legal grow operations now opening across the country, Canada may well be entering a golden age of feral weed.
It’s hard to spot in Canada, but no less than the federal government says it grows wild in all 10 provinces
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GRAZING: Talat Market: Where scoring a takeout meal is harder than getting laid in a pandemic
But the reward is the same
Photo credit: Cliff Bostock
STUDY IN RED: Red chile jam colors crispy rice, and beets take it a shade deeper. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock Peanuts challenge rice in a battle for crunchy superiority.
By Cliff Bostock Thursday June 4, 2020 11:14 am EDT
I intentionally arrived 10 minutes early when I went to pick up my meal at the new Talat Market in Summerhill. I knew curb service was their modus operandi, but my sneaky plan was to go inside and at least get a look at the dining room, which was, of course, under coronavirus-shutdown. I leaned back in my car, opened the door, put my left foot out, and was startled by a scream. “Sir! Sir! Are you here to pick up an order? May I help you? Sir? What is your name, sir?”
I peeked outside and saw that the woman asking to see my papers was smiling, but holding her social distance at, oh, 30 feet. I identified myself. She paced into the restaurant and paced back out with a large paper bag that she held at arm’s length, reminding me of my second-grade friend Joel, who walked into class holding a dead squirrel at the same distance. I put the bag on the passenger’s seat, and, just as our second-grade teacher made Joel do, I furiously cleaned my hands with antibacterial soap before grabbing the steering wheel and nervously driving home.
Is it ever going to end? Unless you have a second-grader’s immune system, it’s still risky to dine with other humans. While a lot of restaurants have reopened — 40 in the Buford Highway corridor! — most have not. By the time you read this, the city’s bars and clubs will have been authorized to reopen, so maybe alcohol will help spread Eric Trump’s neurological disorder that causes the pandemic to seem like a Democratic hoax which will disappear after the November election. In other words, if you are a Republican, eat, drink and be merry now. I concur!
Atlanta’s foodies have anticipated the opening of Talat with the same fervor as Little Bear, which I wrote about last month. They have a similar history, having both gained enormous popularity as pop-ups at Gato in Ormewood Park. Chefs/co-owners Parnass Savang and Rod Lassiter spent two years there before exiting last August to begin working on their brick-and-mortar plan while still popping up at various locations around the city. This was after Talat was named one of Bon Appetit’s best new restaurants of 2018 and Savang had been named a James Beard semi-finalist, as was Jarrett Stieber, owner of Little Bear. The two restaurants also share the ill fate of opening in the same neighborhood during the pandemic and having to limit their service to takeout. They’ve also both done well enough — they sell out quickly — to retain their small staffs.
I dined at Talat’s Gato location at least four times and, like everyone else, was floored by the food. Savang’s story has been microscopically recounted (see Eater Atlanta). He grew up in his parents’ Americanized Thai restaurant, Danthai, in Lawrenceville, and planned to flee the restaurant business after high school. But it was in his blood and, after two years, he embarked on a career that sent him to the Culinary Institute of America and had him working with some of the city’s best chefs, like Hugh Acheson and Ryan Smith (who was a huge inspiration to Stieber). While working at Kimball House, he convinced co-worker Rod Lassiter to join him as sous chef and co-owner of Talat, which means “market” and pays homage to the Thai markets he visited with his mother as a kid. He credits “staging” gigs at restaurants in Bangkok and Portland with distilling his vision for authentically inspired Thai food, more like the kind his parents actually ate at home instead of the Americanized version their restaurant served.
SHINY PURPLE: Eggplant is stir-fried with chilies and basil, served in a complementary, light oyster sauce. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock
YOUR MAMA'S NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: Banana pudding is turned green by pandan leaves, and vanilla wafers are crumbled and thrown on top with fried shallots. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock
NO GREEN BEANS: Asparagus stalks bring a startling flavor to everyone's favorite coconut-milk red curry. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock
CRISPY PORK BELLY: Chef Parnass Savang seizes Southern and Thai dishes and brings them into highly edible accord. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock
STUDY IN RED: Red chile jam colors crispy rice, and beets take it a shade deeper. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock Peanuts challenge rice in a battle for crunchy superiority. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock
TALAT MARKET: A neon pineapple announces the brick-and-mortar opening of one of the city's most popular pop-ups. PHOTO CREDIT: Cliff Bostock
The Portland restaurant where he staged, Pok Pok, is famous for adapting Thailand’s street food, which is highly seasonal and varies by region with the same kind of intense cultural and agricultural differences as, say, Mexico’s Oaxacan province. A region’s dishes — here or in Thailand — are an expression of its particular culture interacting with the ground to which it is attached. Thus, Savang’s cooking transforms Thai food by bringing specifically located, native technique into contact with Georgia dirt. While local sourcing sounds like the agenda of nearly every young chef, it requires special deftness to bring those ingredients smoothly into cooperation with a culture on the other side of the globe. That is why I’d call this unusually authentic but other-than-authentic Thai cooking. It’s not the clumsy fusion food of the ’80s. It is a new cuisine. This, at least, is my reading of Talat’s food.
That said, beyond the greater spiciness, it’s not so easy to detect specific subtleties even though it’s easy as pie to know you are eating something extraordinary. The takeout menu, like many others around town, features multiple dishes — seven during my meal — for two people and costs an absurdly cheap $50 total. Let me get the warning over with: Scoring a meal — 52 are available daily, Wednesday-Sunday — is frankly a nightmare. You order online, starting at noon, two days before your preferred pick-up day. Here’s what happened to me: I got online at noon, was surprised to see a slot available, filled out all my information, hit “submit” and was booted back a page. I wasn’t sure if I’d been charged. I was so confused, I called and left a message and sent an email, but I decided to try again. Whoa! I was informed a later time was available. I filled everything out and — boom! — the same thing happened. My fingers flew into a typing rage a third time, and I scored! In short, meals were selling out between the time I entered my credit card number and hit the submit button.
My meal was expectedly wonderful, with few disappointments. Takeout presentation is not especially attractive or convenient. When you’re serving soups and curries, I guess there are few alternatives for transport, but I came very close to spilling the pork-based broth from its large plastic container that was thin and slippery. The soup included pork and shrimp sausage, glass noodles, wood ear mushrooms, daylilies, scallions, and cilantro. To serve, I suggest you pour the liquid first into two bowls and then divvy up the solids at the bottom of the container. The soup was a springtime wake-up to the palate by way of funky flavors pulled out of the ground by a hungry pig.
Next up was yum khao thawt — Savang’s signature crispy rice, stained with red chile jam, tossed with beets, peanuts, ginger, cilantro, shallots, and little gem lettuce. So red. I’m sure you see the Southern influence. Another plastic container contained more red, this time as a coconut-milk curry with asparagus, pineapple, spring onions, and Thai basil. The pineapple’s sweet notes were a bit much for me, even with the spicy zing, but I loved the fresh grilled asparagus, slightly bitter, replacing the green beans we usually see around town. You’ll want to serve this over the large portion of jasmine rice that comes with every meal.
Then there was the protein: crispy pork belly served with a garlic-pepper vinegar. This offered clean, clear, melting flavors, with the vinegar striking me, improbably, as an allusion to barbecue. Maybe my favorite dish was the luscious, stir-fried eggplant seasoned with garlic, fresh chiles, and Thai basil. It included an oyster sauce. I usually detest the heavy brown oyster sauces that obscure every other flavor on a plate, but this was light to the degree I didn’t even recognize it. Dessert was the menu’s explicitly Southern absurdity — your mama’s banana custard turned lividly green with pandan, an aromatic leaf common throughout Southeast Asia. Just in case the pudding and its vanilla wafers were too sweet, Savang threw some fried shallots on top. I have to say, the packaging of this gooey delight was a bit off-putting. Basically you have to scrape it off the bottom of its cardboard box … and you will scrape.
I did ride by the restaurant and peeked in the window of the sleek, gray building that was formerly a small market. You’ll enjoy the neon pineapple on the outside wall. The dining room seats about 30, includes a bar, and features a mural intended to complement a mid-century modern look. Check out the restaurant’s Instagram page, @talat_marketatl, for a view of everything. —CL—
(Talat Market, 112 Ormond St. S.E., 404-257-6255, talatmarketatl.com.)
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VMware Launches Key Piece of VDI Puzzle
By Keith Ward
VMware rolled outthe centerpiece of its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) strategy this week with the release of VMware View 3.
VDI, also known as desktop virtualization andhosted desktop, involves delivering a user's desktop and applicationsremotely from a server, rather than the traditional method in which all thesoftware resides on the user's computer.
VMware View 3 has a numberof technologies that Palo Alto, CA-based VMware hopes will entice companiesto consider VDI, including:
Composer. Composer is aprovisioning technology that creates a master image and then clones end userdesktops from that image. VMware claims that Composer uses up to 70 percentless storage space and eases patching and updating of desktops, since onlythe master image needs to be updated or patched; the fix is then applied toall desktops made from the master.
ThinApp. ThinApp is VMware'sapplication virtualization product, which isolates applications from theunderlying operating system and hardware, allowing multiple applications torun on a single server. ThinApp was the result of VMware's purchase of Thinstall last January.
Virtual printing. The mainadvantage of virtual printing is that it allows users to print to local ornetwork printers without having to download drivers. This is done throughtechnology incorporated from virtualization printing vendor ThinPrint.
Offline Desktop. VMware is calling this an "experimental" feature.Offline desktop is meant to overcome one of the major challenges of VDI: theneed for some users to have applications and functionality when notconnected to the network.
View 3 has two editions:Enterprise, at $150 per concurrent connection, includes VMware View Manager3, for controlling the creation and management of View 3; and Premiere, a$250 per concurrent connection. The chief differences are that Premierecontains both Composer and ThinApp.
The VDI space has beenmuch-discussed lately, and was a centerpiece of VMware announcements at last September's VMWorld conference. Despite all thecoverage, however, desktop virtualization still remains largely a nichetechnology. It is still in its infancy, although aspects of it have beenaround for years with Citrix' Presentation Server (now known as XenApp) andMicrosoft's Terminal Services delivering server-based applications to users.VDI is significantly more complex, and VMware's announcement is anindication that organizations see the potential value.
The othermajor competitor in this space comes from Citrix, with XenDesktop. Microsoftis working on a VDI solution, but still steers customers to XenDesktop.Prominent blogger Brian Madden, who specializes in application and desktopvirtualization, writes that both VMware and Citrix are battling for supremacy, and saysthat some features missing from View 3 have given Citrix an opening:
"... today, VMware has announced more than Citrixabout their future VDI plans. But since they [VMware] just rev'ed theirproduct and these features are missing, it's probably going to be awhilebefore we see this stuff from them. That's plenty of time for Citrix toannounce their plans and start shipping game-changing featurestoo."
A free trial of VMwareView 3 is available from the VMware Web site.
Keith Ward is online news editor for the Redmond Media Group. You can contact him at [email protected].
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Effects of temperature during soybean seed development on defense-related gene expression and fungal pathogen accumulation
Biotechnology Letters, 33(12), 2397–2404.
By: R. Upchurch & M. Ramirez
Soybean plastidal omega-3 fatty acid desaturase genes GmFAD7 and GmFAD8: Structure and expression
Gene expression profiles of soybeans with mid-oleic acid seed phenotype
Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 87(8), 857–864.
Mutations in a Delta(9)-Stearoyl-ACP-Desaturase gene are associated with enhanced stearic acid levels in soybean seeds
By: P. Zhang, J. Burton, R. Upchurch, E. Whittle, J. Shanklin & R. Dewey
Relationships between oleic and linoleic acid content and seed colonization by Cercospora kikuchii and Diaporthe phaseolorum
Plant Disease, 92(7), 1038–1042.
By: H. Xue, R. Upchurch & P. Kwanyuen
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By: G. Byfield & R. Upchurch
Ergosterol as a quantifiable biomass marker for Diaporthe phaseolorum and Cercospora kikuchii
Plant Disease, 90(11), 1395–1398.
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Two genes from soybean encoding soluble Delta 9 stearoyl-ACP desaturases
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Expression of the cercosporin transporter, CFP, in tobacco reduces frog-eye lesion size
By: R. Upchurch, M. Rose, M. Eweida & W. Zuo
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Biotechnology Letters, 26(9), 723–727.
By: L. Kuykendall & R. Upchurch
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Transgenic assessment of CFP-mediated cercosporin export and resistance in a cercosporin-sensitive fungus
Current Genetics (Online), 41(1), 25–30.
By: R. Upchurch, M. Rose, M. Eweida & T. Callahan
Over-expression of the cercosporin facilitator protein, CFP, in Cercospora kikuchii up-regulates production and secretion of cercosporin
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 204(1), 89–93.
By: R. Upchurch, M. Rose & M. Eweida
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Posted on September 25, 2010 by cinemachaat
Arundhati is a wonderful revenge story with plenty of melodrama, over the top action and what appears to have been an unlimited budget for blood. Add in a heroine driven storyline with some excellent performances and it makes for a worthy addition to the South Indian Cinema Induction Programme.
We learn through flash-back that Arundhati was a princess of Gadwal, trained in the arts of dance and war. Her bravery even as a child was likened to the goddess Jejamma, so this was how she was known.
Her sweet and innocent older sister, Bhargavi was married off to Pasupathi, the evil and depraved nephew of the King, who enjoyed a protected status despite his raping and murdering ways. After he attacked and killed Jejamma’s blind dancing teacher, Bhargavi killed herself.
In revenge the precocious young Arundhati beat Pasupathi, tied him to a horse and drove him from the kingdom. Despite extensive injuries he didn’t die, but was rescued by a group of Agoras and learned to be even more evil, which we didn’t think was possible.
Having his vile talents augmented by the knowledge of tantric arts and by the possession of malevolent spirits, he returned to take revenge on Arundhati, fortuitously arriving on the day of her wedding.
Some excellent posturing and slashing later, including a take on the drum scene from House of Flying Daggers, Arundhati defeated him and imprisoned him in the palace, still alive but trapped in a fairly well constructed tomb.
Two generations later and there is a new Arundhati, who comes back to town for her marriage. Pasupathi is now an evil spirit, confined in his grave in the ruined fort by various amulets and prayers which prevent his escape. He uses the influx of naive newcomers to try and break free of his prison. He tricks a young couple into entering the fortress where one disappears and the other becomes insane. Attempts by the mad man to break open the grave are thwarted, and he ends up being chained up in the village. Pasupathi is able to lock doors and move objects to try and kill Arundhati’s father, but luckily can’t use the same tactics to escape.
Just as an aside to all heroines and disposable sidekicks – if you go into a building and have to break cobwebs which are thick enough to block your way, there is a very good chance that the friend you are looking for is not actually there, since otherwise there would already be a path of broken cobwebs – just a suggestion!
Eventually and inevitably Pasupathi manages to break free and torments Arundhati. She now has to come up with a way to vanquish this evil spirit for good, otherwise he will claim her as his wife and all of her family will die. She has some help in the form of a Muslim fakir who seems to be pretty well unstoppable, which is just as well as there are many attempts on his life! Sadly he is pretty inept at passing on the simple instructions he was given to stop Pasupathi or the second half might have ended much sooner. Everyone else who tries to help her dies – usually in very gruesome and bloody ways! Did we mention this film had an exceptional gore and blood budget? The heavy-breathing Pasupathi manages get Arundhati exactly where he wants her – but will he succeed in his evil plans of rape and revenge? Will Arundhati remember her brave heritage and triumph over her immortal adversary?
Anushka excels in her double role as both the modern day Arundhati and the warrior princess. In Jejamma mode she is masterful and determined, while in the modern day avatar Anushka manages very well to convey the despair and madness as Pasupathi torments Arundhati with images of her family’s fate. She carries the film, and manages to be compelling, beautiful and convincing. However, there are some scenes later in the film that drag on for far too long. There is really only so much whimpering and scrambling that Anushka can do in her modern day character before the impact of her reactions fades. The young actress Divya Nagesh who played the young princess Arundhati was a delight to watch as she faced down the original Pasupathi. Sonu Sood appeared to revel in his role and conveyed the total depravity of his character with great gusto and much eye twitching madness. He seemed to be having such a great time as the completely evil Pasupathi and we just love him in this total manic mode! There is a downside to this wholehearted effort. He is just having too much fun and it detracts enormously from the characterisation. In some scenes he looks like he is barely restraining laughter and as a result Pasupathi just isn’t really evil enough to be truly frightening. As the second half was quite drawn out and hinged on Arundhati’s fear of Pasupathi, the lack of real menace did make the film feel overly long and the uneven pace was jarring. Sayaji Shinde puts in a very credible performance as the knowledgeable fakir, and we loved seeing Manorama as the old servant who fills in the back story for modern day Arundhati and us.
The music is well integrated into the drama, and all songs serve a purpose. The cinematography is excellent and both the set and costume design really enhance the story. The special effects are for the most part used well, but there is a tendency to overdo things. The blood and gore team were especially enthusiastic!
The novel (to us) use of death by coconut was dramatic but repetitive and once again, key scenes dragged on a bit too long to sustain the drama. The climax of the film seems to stop and start. Modern day Arundhati had to scramble around crying and panicking for ages until the two storylines started to piece together for the conclusion. We theorised that the director still had a couple of days and half the blood budget left to use and decided to just go for it. The ending is bloody and violent and yet uplifting once it really gets going.
Heather says: I loved this film. The two leads are fantastic and the child princess Arundhati does a really good job for such a young actress. The story is very heavily focused on Anushka, and this is probably one of the film’s flaws in that the other characters don’t ever really engage us. Sonu Sood is totally manic, which makes for some great viewing but not necessarily the best approach for his character. His Pasupathi was too cartoonish to ever be scary, particularly in the latter half of the film where the heavy breathing began to become wearing. However, he was very watchable and certainly seemed to be making the most of his time in the film. There were a few too many plot points clashing with each other at the end, and modern day Arundhati was just a little too wimpy. But still a very watchable film – I give this 4 ½ stars.
Temple says: I really enjoyed seeing a tough yet feminine heroine driving what is for the most part an action film. Anushka is stunning in this, and deserved the critical acclaim and awards. I like Sonu Sood but his hamming annoyed me. It wasn’t really the role for a lighthearted villain and would have benefited from a more menacing performance. As it was, he reminded me of a character from an old TV series – Catweazle. You can go look that up and see what I mean! The film really is the story of the bitter enmity between Arundhati and Pasupathi so that lack of serious venom detracted a bit from the overall impact. The pacing was all over the place too – some scenes dragged on far too long, while others rushed through interesting bits of the back story. The modern day avatar of Arundhati didn’t get much to do apart from crying and running until towards the end of the story. But thanks to the amazing screen presence of Anushka the film is absolutely rivetting at times. I give this 4 stars – it would have been less except for her extraordinary performance.
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Princess of Gadwal.. not Ganwar.. Great review.. I never watch horror movies and had to watch this one on the first day due to my love for movies.. scary experience
cinemachaat says:
Thanks! I thought I had picked out all the typos, but no….You’re very observant 🙂 It was a bit too slow or maybe too long for this to remain really scary, but some scenes are genuinely creepy. I think seeing a horror or thriller in a cinema has more impact as you get more caught up in the spectacle and the audience reactions. Cheers 🙂 Temple
I like the voice of Sonu in this movie.. Actor Sai Kumar’s brother dubbed for this character.. he dubs for all the villian characters and Raghuvaran almost used this guys voice all his career
My bad – thanks for the correction 🙂
I thought quite a few bits were scary the first time I watched it by myself – but couldn’t help laughing at Sonu Sood which helped me sleep that night 🙂
Note to self – only watch scary movies when husband is at home!
I do believe PPCC wrote this up awhile ago and I thought it sounded pretty amazing! The combo of Sonu Sood and a heroine-centered story is quite irresistible!
memsaab says:
Looks like Sonu Sood could be the heir to Amrish Puri and his EYEBALLS OF HATE (tm PPCC) 😀
@Beth – It is VERY gory so be prepared. And the screencaps will give you some idea of Sonu’s preoccupation…But I don’t think you’ll find it too scary.
@Memsaab – Hello! I kept thinking of Amrish Puri and his commitment to being seriously evil – sadly lacking in Sonu Sood who is more giggly evil. However, of the two I know who I prefer to see shirtless 🙂
Ew Temple! can’t believe you even thought of Amrish Puri shirtless!!
Would agree that its not very scary unless you are watching late at night by yourself in a creaky house….
But then Sonu Sood pops up and you can’t help but chortle at his antics, so its all quite fine again 🙂
I agree with you that it starts off slow but overall, it’s a good movie. I really like Anuksha a lot.
if you look at the girls pic in this review.. the subs say Gadwal.. hehe
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Sammy Gyamfi arrested over alleged cyber crime
Sammy Gyamfi
The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has been arrested by the Police.
His arrest is in connection with his alleged involvement in forgery and attempts to spread false information to cause fear and panic in the country.
He was picked up at the premises of UTV at Abeka Junction in Accra on Monday, January 27, 2020.
Lawyer for Sammy Gyamfi, Edudzi Tamakloe expressed his dissatisfaction with the arrest, saying it suppresses his client’s rights.
“As you are aware, based on the instruction of Sammy Gyamfi, we caused a human rights application to be filed. While an application is pending, an application for injunction was subsequently filed. I have personally followed up with a letter to the Police. I met the one in charge of cybercrime in his office and delivered the letter to him. He indicated to me he will consult the legal department and respond to me appropriately on request that we made before the Police. From the time we sent the letter to the Police to date, the Ghana Police has never responded. That is the regrettable low that the Akufo Addo administration has taken the law to.
“They are yet to file a response to the human rights application and application for injunction…The Police itself is acting lawlessly…The Ghana Police is becoming pathetic. I am disappointed. When it comes to the rule of law, it is about all of us. When issues about respecting the rights of people come up…It is something that affects all.”
Mr. Gyamfi’s arrest comes weeks after he turned down an invitation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after he sued to stop the police from examining his phone records and gaining access to his Facebook account.
Mr. Gyamfi filed the lawsuit at the Accra High Court, demanding an injunction on an earlier court warrant by the Kaneshie District Court for the seizure of his electronic gadgets.
He argued in the suit that the police “failed to establish any legal basis to have access to the Applicant’s phone records when it failed to show any probable cause that the Applicant has or is about to commit the alleged crime to justify the revocation of the Applicant’s right to privacy and the protection of same.”
He also said the police are yet to provide the document he allegedly forged “and any evidence of the said forgery.”
The forgery claims are said to have been made by the Jubilee House.
However, Mr. Gyamfi noted that the claims have not been attributed to any particular individual at the Jubilee House.
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Poorly known South African mountain endemic appears to be a very valuable keystone species
Tagged Africa, biodiversity, botany, Drakensberg, ecosystem, flora, mountain, plant species, plants, taxonomy, threatened species
Mountain ecosystems are valuable providers of key resources including water. These ecosystems comprise diverse species, some of which appear to be especially important to the ecosystem’s functioning. In poorly studied mountain environments in biodiversity-rich countries, these keystone species can often be overlooked and undervalued.
Macowania is a group of yellow daisy shrubs occurring in the alpine-like regions of the Drakensberg and highlands of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen. Doctoral student Joanne Bentley, University of Cape Town, studied the genetic relationships between the various Macowaniaspecies and relatives during her Masters degree studies. Her research led to the first collection of the poorly known species Macowania revoluta (known also as the Amathole Macowania) in about 40 years.
The story of Macowania revoluta is published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.
The Amathole Macowania appears to be an exceptionally important keystone species. This is because it forms one of the dominant members of the valuable mountain wetland communities and, thus, likely plays a very important role in wetland functioning and soil protection.
It appears to be somewhat tolerant of woody alien species and a valuable pioneer species protecting its native co-habitants. Plants like this one buffer more sensitive plants from sudden changes in environment (such as forestry, alien invasion and fire), and provide an opportunity for the ecosystem to ‘bounce back’.
Restricted to the Amathole mountains in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, the Amathole Macowania was first collected sometime before 1870 by the pioneer botanist Peter MacOwan, and was well documented until around 1949. After that, except for one record in 1976, the plant quietly disappeared.
“This was the first Macowania species that we found during our fieldtrip across the greater Drakensberg. We had combed several of the localities where it had been collected before; mostly from several decades ago, some from more than a century ago!” says Joanne Bentley. “We became increasingly doubtful about finding the plant, given the heavily transformed plantation landscape.”
“Ready to throw in the towel, we came across a peaty area on the margins of the forest and decided on one last investigation. We were lucky: it was growing prolifically! It was a very special moment.”
As it often happens, exciting discoveries come in bulk. Joanne’s discovery of the plant in July 2010 was followed by another record in October 2010, by the Curator of the Schonland Herbarium, Tony Dold. In 2014 at least three additional localities were recorded along the popular Amathole Hiking Trail by Dr Ralph Clark, Rhodes University. A further record was added in 2015 by Vathi Zikishe, South African National Biodiversity Institute. The verdict: this is a very localised but patchily abundant species, and an ecologically valuable component of the Amathole flora.
Listed as ‘Data Deficient’ in the Threated Plants List for South Africa, this string of modern records of the species also provided the first opportunity to get an idea of its ecology and abundance, as well as the first photographs.
“The practical value of this species in local land restoration projects still needs to be explored, but the opportunities are exciting,” says Dr Clark. “The discovery that this obscure endemic mountain plant is not only abundant, but is, in fact, fulfilling an extremely important ecological role, highlights the value of detailed mountain biodiversity research in southern Africa.”
Clark VR, Bentley J, Dold AP, Zikishe V, Barker NP (2016) The rediscovery of the Great Winterberg endemic Lotononis harveyi B.-E.van Wyk after 147 years, and notes on the poorly known Amathole endemic Macowania revoluta Oliv. (southern Great Escarpment, South Africa). PhytoKeys 62: 1-13. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.62.8348
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On Valentine’s Day, love is in the cloud
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You might ask, there’s a Syncplicity by Axway epidemic. “What’s Syncplicity by Axway got to do with love?” Well, we’re bringing IT and business users together all the time—bridging gaps, resolving conflict, getting people to play nicely, and all that good stuff. But love? Really? Well, just imagine what we can do for a frustrated sales rep and a hard working IT admin…
“I need access to my files when I’m on the road,” says the sales rep.
“And I need to be sure that files stay secure,” says the IT admin.
“This is the 21st century. People use smartphones and tablets and laptops. Why can’t I?”
“Because more devices mean more security threats, and that’s a risk we can’t take.”
Ah, security. Necessary but restrictive. It always seems as though IT is obsessed with it and business users are obsessed with getting around it.
“Fine,” says the sales rep. “Then I’m just going to e-mail documents to my personal address so I can work on them wherever, whenever I want to.”
“But once your documents are off the reservation we can’t track them—and that violates our compliance policy. Just use the SharePoint site we’re paying tons of money for,” pleads the IT admin.
“SharePoint sucks. I’ll set up a Dropbox account instead.”
Yikes! The ultimate threat. An easy fix for the end-user, Dropbox is Pandora’s Box for IT.
“Do not set up a Dropbox account,” says the IT admin.
“I’m setting up a Dropbox account.”
“Please do not set up a Dropbox account.”
“Tough.”
Someone save us from the Dropbox epidemic.
“OK. Do not set up a Dropbox account,” says the IT admin, “because I have something much, much better for you.”
“Oh yeah? What?” asks the sales rep.
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Syncplicity by Axway epidemic
“Here. It’s called Syncplicity by Axway. Try it.”
“Wow…that’s pretty good. I like it. No, I love it.”
“I guess I kind of like you too,” says the sales rep.
“You’re not so bad yourself,” says the IT admin.
“I have a warm fuzzy feeling inside.”
“Hmm…so do I.”
And that’s how Syncplicity by Axway brings people together. Yes, even IT and business users.
Happy Valentine’s Day. Let’s spread the love and tweet!
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Arthur Lazere Feb 2, 2005
3000 Miles to Graceland Scott Von Doviak
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment Jim Van Buskirk
Tokyo! (2008) Paula Farmer
Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
Head-On, a gritty and powerful film from Germany, opens with a Turkish band and singer (Idil �ner) rendering melancholy popular Turkish music along the shore of the Bosporus, with Istanbul and the Blue Mosque in the background across the water. Director Fatih Akin returns to the band and the setting from time to time during the film to indicate the passage of time between scenes, as well as to reiterate the powerful draw of the traditional sounds and emotions.
A quick cut to a club in Hamburg provides vivid contrast. Cahit (Birol �nel), a Turkish-born German citizen, works picking up empty bottles at the club, about as low on the totem pole as it gets. Punk music blares on the soundtrack. Cahit’s a shaggy, long-haired, bearded drunk and drug-abuser, full of anger, hostile, nasty, and violent. Later, he attempts suicide by driving his car head-on into a wall, but he survives, finding himself in a psychiatric facility, his neck in a brace.
There he meets another suicidal Turk, Sibel, a young woman living with her traditional Turkish family in Hamburg. She wants to live the liberated, hedonistic life, but is tightly controlled by her domineering father and brother–the latter broke her nose when he learned she kissed a man. (The double standard of Turkish men is made clear. They have no compunction about going to whores for sex themselves, but their wives are on pedestals of purity; even reference to a Turkish wife in the mildest of sexual contexts is taken as a breach of honor with serious consequences.)
Desperate to escape from this repressive situation, Sibel begs Cahit (on first meeting) to marry her, a marriage of convenience only, which will free her of her family. He’s Turkish, so, despite misgivings in the family, they are wed in a grand traditional ceremony.Sibel moves into Cahit’s apartment, but maintains her independence from him, as she pursues a life nearly as self-destructive as his.
Inevitably the two are drawn to one another, but Akin, who also wrote the screenplay, is not telling a simple love story here. He explores the discord between European and Muslim values, between old ways and new, between generations. Sibel and Cahit share the resulting dissociation and the anger and self-destructiveness that erupt from their conflicted position. With powerfully developed characterizations and keen observation, Akin doesn’t settle for a formulaic resolution. He takes neither the obvious path to tragedy nor a Hollywood escape into an unrealistic happy ending, but he ends his narrative on a bittersweet and ambiguous note that respects the more realistic messiness of human lives.
– Arthur Lazere
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Mr. Lazere founded culturevulture.net in 1998 and worked tirelessly to promote its potential as a means for communicating a distinctly personal yet wide-ranging selection of arts reviews. Under his leadership, the site grew in esteem as well as in “circulation", and is well-regarded nationally and internationally as a source for up-to-date, well-written criticism. Arthur passed away on September 30, 2006.
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RoSPA Gold Award win for Celtic
Celtic has received the Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
As the UK’s family safety charity, RoSPA’s mission to save lives and reduce injuries covers all ages and stages of life. In support of this mission, the RoSPA Awards, which date back 59 years, recognise commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention at work. Through the scheme, which is open to businesses and organisations of all types and sizes from across the UK and overseas, judges consider entrants’ overarching occupational health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.
David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “The RoSPA Awards encourage improvement in occupational health and safety management. Organisations that gain recognition for their health and safety management systems, such as Celtic Technologies Ltd Subsidary of Englobe Corp, contribute to raising standards overall and we congratulate them.”
Celtic’s Managing Director, Dr Joe Teer said “I am delighted that Celtic, having entered the awards for the first time, have won the RoSPA Gold Award .The RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards are internationally recognised and have fast become the most sought after accolade by organisations from every sector. This outstanding achievement is testament to the hard work of the entire Celtic workforce, which has actively embraced the use of the companies IMS (SHEQ) systems, improving the safety performance of the UK team.”
The majority of RoSPA’s awards are non-competitive, grading achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Organisations that maintain high standards in consecutive years can win gold medals, president’s awards and orders of distinction. Competitive awards are presented in more than 20 industry sectors, and they also recognise excellence in specialist areas, such as the management of occupational road risk (MORR).
See www.rospa.com/awards/ for more information about the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards.
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Fiction / Romance / Humor and Comedy
Jane Austen\'s first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique witMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor\'s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love. This edition also includes explanatory notes and textual variants between first and second edition. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love? Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.
At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence.
Northanger Abbey /ˈnɔːrθˌæŋɡər/ was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, but published after her death, at the end of 1817. The novel is a satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time of its first writing in 1798–99. The heroine, Catherine, thinks life is like a Gothic novel, but her real experiences bring her down to earth as an ordinary young woman. Austen first titled it Susan, when she sold it in 1803 for £10 to a London bookseller, Crosby & Co., who decided against publishing. In the spring of 1816, the bookseller sold it back to the novelist's brother, Henry Austen, for the same sum, as the bookseller did not know that the writer was by then the author of four popular novels. She further revised the novel in 1816-1817, with the intention of having it published. The lead character's name was changed from Susan to Catherine, and Austen changed the working title to Catherine. Austen died in July 1817. Her brother Henry renamed the novel and arranged for publication of Northanger Abbey in late December 1817 (1818 given on the title page), as the first two volumes of a four-volume set, the other two volumes being the more recently completed Austen novel, Persuasion, with a preface for the first time publicly identifying Jane Austen as the author of all her novels. Neither novel was published under the working title Jane Austen used. Aside from first being published together, the two novels are not linked, and later editions were published as separate novels. The novel is more explicitly comic than her other works and contains many literary allusions that her parents and siblings would have enjoyed, as a family entertainment—a piece of lighthearted parody to be read aloud by the fireside. The novel names many of the Gothic novels of that time and includes direct commentary by Austen on the value of novels, which were not valued as much as nonfiction or historical fiction. As almost all her letters were burned after her death, later scholars appreciate this insight into Austen's views.
Fantasy; Science Fiction / Humor and Comedy / Children's
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins -- with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind. On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet. . .
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, where they have catapulted him into the highest echelons of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In this Discworld installment, Death comes to Mort with an offer he can't refuse -- especially since being, well, dead isn't compulsory. As Death's apprentice, he'll have free board and lodging, use of the company horse, and he won't need time off for family funerals. The position is everything Mort thought he'd ever wanted, until he discovers that this perfect job can be a killer on his love life.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Memoir / Humor and Comedy / Short Stories
Mi vida en rose es el nuevo libro de relatos de David Sedaris, el maestro de la sátira, un brillante humorista estadounidense que sigue la tradición de Woody Allen o Groucho Marx. Delirantes y desternillantes, políticamente incorrectos, mordaces y en ocasiones impertinentes, estos relatos nos hablan, entre otras cosas, de cómo aprender francés a una edad adulta y los inconvenientes que conlleva esta valiente decisión, y nos presentan a un niño que hace terapia de pronunciación y a un profesor de escritura creativa que comete los más elementales fallos ortográficos y gramaticales. Sedaris vuelve a hacer una disección del absurdo de algunas conductas y de la vulgaridad de la vida cotidiana y familiar, esta vez desde el relativo anonimato de París, donde se ha refugiado tras haberse convertido en una estrella mediática en Estados Unidos
Jane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique witMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love. This edition also includes explanatory notes and textual variants between first and second edition. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Austen\'s most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. DarcyFew have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen\'s first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Here there be dragons . . . and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all . . . ).
Just One of the Guys
Contemporary / Fiction / Humor and Comedy
Being one of the guys isn't all it's cracked up to be…So when journalist Chastity O'Neill returns to her hometown, she decides it's time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two tiny problems: #1—she's five feet eleven inches of rock-solid girl power, and #2—she's cursed with four alpha male older brothers.While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor and things start to look up. Now there's only one problem: Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she's never quite gotten over—although he seems to have gotten over her just fine.Yet the more time she spends with Dr. Perfect, the better Trevor looks. But even with the in-your-face competition, the irresistible Trevor just can't seem to see Chastity as anything more than just one of the guys.…
On Discworld, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late. The town witch insists on turning the baby into a perfectly normal witch, thus mending the magical damage of the wizard's mistake. But now the young girl will be forced to penetrate the inner sanctum of the Unseen University--and attempt to save the world with one well-placed kick in some enchanted shins! Reissue.
What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise? Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now—a mere three weeks later—Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. But resilient, reliable Honor is going to pick herself up, dust herself off and get back out there…or she would if dating in Manningsport, New York, population 715, wasn't easier said than done. Charming, handsome British professor Tom Barlow just wants to do right by his unofficial stepson, Charlie, but his visa is about to expire. Now Tom must either get a green card or leave the States—and leave Charlie behind. In a moment of impulsiveness, Honor agrees to help Tom with a marriage of convenience—and make her ex jealous in the process. But juggling a fiancé, hiding out from her former best friend and managing her job at the family vineyard isn't easy. And as sparks start to fly between Honor and Tom, they might discover that their pretend relationship is far too perfect to be anything but true love….
In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world. . . The side-splitting sequel to The Color of Magic, The Light Fantastic by New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett takes readers on another offbeat journey with bumbling wizard Rincewind and hapless tourist Twoflower—both last seen falling off the edge of Discworld.The fate of Pratchett’s alternative fantasy macrocosm are in the bumbling duo’s hands as it hurtles its way toward a foreboding red star, threatening the fate of the entire universe. Sharp, sardonic, and brilliantly funny, in this third installment in the bestselling Discworld series, Pratchett once again earns his master satirist reputation, with witty wordplay and irreverent storytelling that fans are sure to love.
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News/Blog: René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking 2020
Blog: René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking 2020
By Wuon-Gean Ho, CFPR Research Associate
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Blue Table Porto (2019), Linocut, Wuon-Gean Ho
Any open call show is as much a portrait of the jury as it is of the state of contemporary art, particularly in the world of printmaking, which occupies an awkward position halfway between the world of cutting-edge technology and the more domestic worlds of illustration and graphics. On the side of the jury, political events, personal taste, cultural conditioning and possibly market forces, undoubtedly influence decisions. Thus, selected artists have to conclude that they were invited in part due to a bit of luck and a bit of merit, tempered with the fact that work nowadays is selected online, without the sensed nuances of delicate inks and papers, and without being able to judge true colours and scale.
Having said all of this, I was very pleased to be included in the final shortlist of 25 artists out of 325 applications in this year’s version of the René Carcan prize. My prints come from a series that I’ve been working on for the past three years, called Diary of a Printmaker, which depict absurd narratives of life drawn from personal experience, and which now number over 100 prints. There are prints that make ironic comments on life with some degree of humour: such as scenarios of mobile phone addiction (people post-swim, dripping as they gaze at their screens), depictions of the seriousness of the love we have for our pets (the tenderness of an owner’s embrace on their little hamster or monstrous dog), and the sensation of being wrapped up in thought when drinking and drawing in a café somewhere in the world. The prints were all made for my father, who remains in a care home, after breaking his neck in an accident almost six years ago.
The selection was made by five judges: Rebekka Baumann, Geneviève Laplanche, Roger Dewint, Charlotte Massip and chaired by Virginie Caudron (an art historian who has been involved in the Museum of Drawing and Original Print in Gravelines, France, for the past 28 years). While the work on display was full of contrasts, I felt that there were some unifying themes: largely a strong focus on serious, well-executed imagery, with narratives of bodies in space and portraits of people and places: both real and imagined. The tone was sombre –– 16 of the artists making work in largely black and white –– with themes of death, decay, shadows, ageing and introspection. Four of the works were abstract, layered, very printmaker-ly compositions, and the rest were linocuts and etchings in glorious technicolour.
The first prize was awarded to Malgorzata Chomicz, a Polish artist who lives in Italy, whose photorealistic linocuts of seed heads and twisted dead birds embody an enormous labour of time and talent. Second went to Fumio Yamaguchi, whose lithographs of dead winter trees also paid homage to the photographic. Third prize was to Henri Dupont, whose beautiful coloured etchings of an elderly naked woman, crotch splayed, knickers on view, were for me very problematic, and surprising considering the largely female jury.
If I’d been in the panel, I would have certainly awarded something to James Albon, whose bright reduction linocuts, beautifully observed, show complex narratives that satirize and entertain. I’d have also picked out Rika Deryckere, whose woodcuts of herself, an aging woman, twisting her face against a dark backdrop, demonstrate again a fluid, spare use of the medium, and the power of the female gaze. Then I would undoubtedly award something to the jewel-like cityscapes by Mary Teichman whose depictions of light and shadow in Shanghai feel both nostalgic and Hopper-esque.
The eponymous René Carcan was a Belgian etcher and engraver who was internationally known and very interested in experimental prints. When he was in his sixties he decided to make a foundation “to develop the art of printmaking”. The prizes from this show are substantial and supportive, and this widely publicised exhibition goes a long way towards encouraging that goal.
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The most lucrative languages to get a better job and salary in the UK
By Adella Miesner 3 months ago
Speak a second language, or thinking about learning one? You could earn up to 75%
Speak a second language, or thinking about learning one? You could earn up to 75% more, depending on what you pick.
With many UK companies having international offices, multilingual employees are a precious asset to employers, meaning the financial returns of speaking a second language — especially one in high demand but low supply — can be huge.
Jobs with a pay differential based on how many languages you can speak pay about 20% more to bi- or multilingual candidates, data from Salary.com shows.
However, depending on the language you speak and the sector you work in, being bi- or multi-lingual could boost your salary by a whopping three quarters, according to new research by online educational provider Preply.
Arabic is the most lucrative language in the UK, with speakers benefitting from 74% higher salaries, on average, the study found.
The Arab world is one of the richest nations in the world, and a prime market opportunity for UK businesses. So, it’s no surprise that workers who are able to help companies expand their business into the Middle East are highly desirable to employers.
What’s more, as high in demand as Arabic speakers are in the UK, they’re in equally short supply — making them even more valuable, as employers have few options.
Arab speakers in teaching; accounting and finance; IT; sales; and PR, advertising and marketing see the biggest salary boosts, the study found.
Mandarin is the second most lucrative language in the UK. With China being the world’s leading economy, it’s no surprise that employees who are able to speak the country’s official language are a huge asset to employers.
Being able to speak Mandarin could boost your salary by almost half (47%), particularly in sectors such as teaching, hospitality and catering, logistics and warehouse, IT, and engineering, the study found.
Mandarin is followed by Dutch. With the Netherlands being the sixth-largest economy in the EU, it’s a prime location for British companies looking to expand.
As such, Dutch-speaking workers in the UK make about 45% more than their monolingual counterparts, the data shows.
The top five sectors for Dutch-speaking candidates accounting and finance, IT, sales, social work and teaching.
German is the fourth most-lucrative language in the UK. Germany is one of the biggest economies in Europe, and often more promising for UK businesses than the more-closed economies of China and many Arab countries.
Because of this, German speakers in the UK earn over a third (36%) more, on average, than their non-German-speaking co-workers.
Teaching; IT; engineering; sales; and accounting and finance are the most financially rewarding sectors for German-speakers in the UK.
Meanwhile, French comes in fifth place, with French-speaking candidates also making over a third (33%) more at work, the study found.
About 275 million people across the globe speak French — from Europe, Africa and North America, to smaller pockets in Asia, the Middle East, South America and Oceania. So, it’s easy to see why this is a very useful language, and one that is valuable to employers.
The top five sectors for French-speaking candidates are engineering, teaching, IT, accounting and finance, and sales.
“It’s interesting to see which languages are the most lucrative across the UK and just how in-demand they are,” said Kirill Bigai, co-founder of Preply.
“Being fluent in two or more languages will always give you an edge over a monolingual candidate when it comes to job interviews and these opportunities exist in many businesses from health care, to education and tourism. As outlined, language skills also lead to an increase in salary.
“Whatever your career aspiration might be, with the additional skill of being able to speak another language, you’ll certainly thrive and reach your goals.”
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French fintech companies announce $8.6 billion merger
The two companies might be feeling the heat from modern fintech products, like Stripe and Apple Pay. Will DeFi soon threaten the modern fintech companies?
By Robert Stevens
Established financial firms are adapting to a new climate. Image: Shutterstock.
Payments companies Ingenico and Wordline yesterday announced plans for an $8.6 billion merger.
Worldline is a financial services company whose products span the whole industry; Ingenico creates point-of-sale terminals that account for 37% of the global market. The companies expect the deal to close in the third quarter of this year. Gilles Grapinet, Worldline’s Chairman and CEO, will lead the consolidated business, which will employ 20,000 people across 50 countries.
The share prices of Ingenico, founded in 1980, and Worldline, founded in 1973, have generally gone up in recent years. Yet new fintech entrants, like Stripe and Adyen, as well as tech-fin products, like Google Pay and Apple pay, have threatened the relevance of old giants like Ingenico and Worldline: themselves the ‘disruptors’ of their time.
Indeed, this could be why the two companies are merging. “Many payments companies have carved out specialised roles—and are now seeking survival through consolidation,” wrote The Economist today.
New fintech businesses are not the only threats to established financial services. The growing form of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), where individuals are able to access financial services without the involvement of a bank or third party, might make things even harder for such businesses.
Last week, the total number of ETH locked up in DeFi applications reached an all-time high, $798 milion. Back in November, it was just $439 million. While this is still a drop in the bucket for the financial services industry, DeFi’s explosive rate of growth might soon make it a contender.
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Continuous Decrease in Semen Concentration of about 2% per Year for 17 Years in France
Fetal exposure to endocrine disruptors can impair reproductive outcomes
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology | The world’s reference point in reproductive science and medicine
Study Question
Are temporal trends and values of semen quality parameters in France identifiable in partners of totally infertile women?
Summary Answer
Among a sample of 26 609 partners of totally infertile women undergoing an assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures in the whole of France over a 17-year period, there was a continuous decrease in semen concentration of about 1.9% per year and a significant decrease in the percentage with morphologically normal forms but no global trend for motility.
What is Known Already
A global decrease in human sperm quality is still debated as geographical differences have been shown, and many criticisms have risen concerning studies with small and biased study populations or inappropriate statistical methodology. However, growing biological, toxicological, experimental and human exposure data support the endocrine disruptors’ hypothesis assuming that fetal exposure to endocrine disruptors could impair reproductive outcomes.
Study Design, Size, Duration
This was a retrospective and descriptive study using data registered by Fivnat, the professional association in charge of statistics for ART in France during the 1989–2005 study period. Data were provided by 126 main ART centres over the whole metropolitan territory. The source population included 154 712 men, aged 18–70, who were partners of couples undergoing their first ART cycle and for whom semen quality indicators (concentration, total motility and percentage of morphologically normal forms), measured on fresh ejaculated semen, were available.
Participants/Materials, Setting, Methods
The study population was 26 609 partners of women who had both tubes either absent or blocked. The temporal trends for each indicator of semen quality were modelled using a generalized additive model that allowed for nonlinear relationships between variables and were adjusted for season and age. In-depth sensitivity analyses included the reiteration of the analysis on data from a second spermiogram available for each man and on another subsample of men diagnosed as fertile. Variables such as centre, technique (standard in vitro fertilization or intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection) and an interaction factor between technique and time were also included in the model.
Main Results and The Role of Chance
There was a significant and continuous decrease in sperm concentration of 32.2% [26.3–36.3] during the study period. Projections indicate that concentration for a 35-year-old man went from an average of 73.6 million/ml [69.0–78.4] in 1989 to 49.9 million/ml [43.5–54.7] in 2005. A significant, but not quantifiable, decrease in the percentage of sperm with morphologically normal forms along the 17-year period was also observed. There was no global trend but a slight, significant increase in total motility between 1994 and 1998 was observed. The results were robust after sensitivity analysis.
Limitations, Reasons for Caution
Socioeconomic status could not be controlled for. Despite universal access to medical services in France, couples undergoing ART are expected to have a higher educational level on average compared with those of the general population. Therefore, the real values in the general population could be slightly lower than those presented and the decrease possibly stronger, as the population study is less likely to smoke or be overweight, two factors known to impair semen quality.
Wider Implications of The Findings
As the men were selected without a priori knowledge regarding their semen quality characteristics, the results are expected to be close to the values in the general French population. The very large sample size and the robustness of the results confer great statistical power and credibility to the results. To our knowledge, it is the first study concluding a severe and general decrease in sperm concentration and morphology at the scale of a whole country over a substantial period. This constitutes a serious public health warning. The link with the environment particularly needs to be determined.
Sources and related articles
Decline in semen concentration and morphology in a sample of 26 609 men close to general population between 1989 and 2005 in France, Human Reproduction, for ESHRE, 2013-01-15 – full PDF
Significant and Strong Decline in Sperm Concentration and Morphology in the Whole of France
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the future of Fashion, January 2008
Lifestyle & Technology
AMFI-Amsterdam Fashion Institute
Amsterdam International Fashion Week
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Fashion Global Influence
There is some uncertainty as to what constitutes fashion.
By definition fashion morphs every day. People change clothes, and clothes change people. Fashion reflects who we are, who we want to be. Influencing individuals and the world as a whole – a fashion statement can be just that, a form of language that acknowledges something larger within a culture. Everything goes in to the mix: culture, music, lifestyle, politics, beliefs, and even the weather. For example, which way the wind is blowing in Amsterdam, might determine the length of a women¹s hair, the style her skirt, or the height of her heels. Today, companies producing lifestyle products have the highest potential for successful strategies, particularly in the more affluent and value-driven geographic locations.
Fashion and Technology
The lines between these two continues to be blurred.
Global trends now emerge faster than ever before because of internet and text messaging. Shortcuts in transmission of ideas and concepts between individuals are bringing the next big thing to you in the space of seconds. For example, the latest iPod, an advanced cell phone set and a laptop are today as powerful symbols of fashion as clothing, footwear, accessories and cosmetics. Successful brands must start to balance the ‘be fashionable’ aspiration with today’s converging technology if they want to stay competitive in the industry and most important, relevant in the mind of consumers.
Truus Dokter, It fits! & PeclersParis
Fashioning the Future
In a society where borders are disappearing on almost every level, it is not sufficient to segment markets in consumer, style or fashion groups.
We mix: we jump from stylish to sporty, we compensate quick living with slow food and virtual life has become scarily real.
In an ever more complicated society, the fashion phenomena is not restricted to “Country Living” or “Modern Romance” anymore, nowadays we see a very sophisticated extract of the story told in cultural movements, art expressions, politics and science.
The Future of fashion is grand: it doesn’t only pilot the garment, home or cosmetics industry, it can also inspire banks, insurance companies or governments.
Cathal McKee, Founder and Creative Director, CMK
Where technology ends and fashion begins.
In the last few years fashion brands and technology companies have been getting together on projects to position technology products into the fashion space.
With Apples IPod in a field all of it own, collaborations such as the LG Prada phone, Motorola’s Dolce and Gabbana RZR phone are first attempts to use licencing and product styling to brand technology as a fashion item.
Beyond pure endorsement branding, there has been no long-term strategies defined into how these two sectors can and could great new value propositions.
My presentation shows a few inroads and insights into how they could collaborate.
Stefan Lehner, Recycling Designer, En-Fer
How can Eco-Design become fashionable?
First we clarify some of the concepts connected to “Eco-Design”, such as Recycling Design, Up-and Down-Cycling, Reuse, Material Recycling, Object Recycling, Function Recycling, Product Recycling, and Manufacture Recycling.
Examples from the past and from today show common points and differences between these approaches. Each of the pointed examples has a position on the scale of “Soft and Hard Eco-Design” which means the degree of accuracy from an ecological point of view.
Second, we discuss which of the showed products are already fashionable and which have the potential to become. Which are the factors rendering an object fashionable? Is there an ideal mix of ecological credibility, look, surprise, humour and quality?
anina.net, international model, passionate about technology
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anina.net talks about new opportunities opening up through mobile gaming to promote your brand. New media opportunities to use search engines to get your message out there. building your brand with the latest web 2.0 and mobile technologies. web tv, mobile tv, and iptv–what does it mean for your brand visibility.
Introduction by our Moderator
James Veenhoff, Programme Director and co-founder of Amsterdam International Fashion Week
Part I:
Coffee break with drinks and snacks.
Part II: Open discussion
Truus Dokter
It fits! & PeclersParis
After more than a decade of corporate experience working as styling manager for Dutch and International retailers/brands, for the last 10 years Truus Dokter has been working as an independent stylist and consultant with her company It fits!, also representing the international styling and fore-casting agency PeclersParis in the Netherlands and Belgium.
With these companies she can offer the spectrum from the first steps of the fashion mechanism of translating the time-spirit to collection development.
www.PeclersParis.com
Cathal McKee
Founder and Creative Director, CMK
Cathal McKee is co-founder and Creative Director of CMK1. He has 20 years of experience working in the areas of design, branding, advertising and Internet. Graduating from Central St Martins in London and based in Amsterdam, Cathal advises high street and private label fashion brands strategically on improving their position, branding and communication towards customers changing needs. CMK1 is an creative agency that works for the fashion, beauty and technology industries.
www.cmk1.com
Stefan Lehner
Recycling Designer, En-Fer
Stefan Lehner (1957) studied Philosophy and Mathematics in Fribourg, Switzerland.
During these studies, he started to develop chairs and tables based on a 4-dimensional mathematical structure – hypercube – and won a first prize in an Art and Design contest in Switzerland in 1986.
Fascinated by industrial scrap objects, he constructed beds, chairs, benches and lamps under the theme of “Object and Function Recycling”. First prize for a long chair made out of transport chains at Plum’art.
Another approach was made through a publicity project for Chesterfield. Collecting old cans, he produced 1000 Recycling ashtrays for trendy locations. These ashtrays were conceived to be stolen.
For Interior projects, he worked with car seats from Porsche and with airplane benches. Later followed the development of lamps, vases and racks by giving a second life to defect lamp bulbs and used shoeboxes.
Inspired by “Street Design” in Brazil, he is also working with PET bottles and drink packaging. He started a collection of amazing recycling objects from all over the world.
He aims to combine ecological claims, reuse of former functions, comfort and fashion. His atelier and showroom are now in Utrecht.
www.en-fer.com
anina.net
international model, passionate about technology
anina.net is an american model from michigan. she is currently living in paris, france. Anina is passionate about technology and has been collaborating with Nokia Corporation for the last 1.5 years. More information can be found about her through articles written about her and her projects in the PRESS list on her blog: www.anina.typepad.com. Her most visual project with Nokia Corporation is the 360fashion.anina.net website. Anina enjoys yoga, snowboarding, travel, art, cinema, music, and speaks 5 languages: english, german, italian, spanish, french, (and some japanese). She hand-coded her entire website & wap site.
www.anina.net
James Veenhoff
Programme Director and co-founder of Amsterdam International Fashion Week
Head of brand development at moshi moshi inc (Blue Blood Brand jeans)
Concept developer and Freelance marketing consultant specialized in niche marketing, brand- and positioning strategy
Studied Anthropology and Business Administration
Hobbies are surfing, hockey, music and food
www.amsterdamfashionweek.com
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“The Unafraid:” Documentary About DACA Screened At Cal Lutheran
The Sarah W. Heath Center for Equality & Justice hosted a screening of “The Unafraid,” a documentary that tackles the obstacles DACA students and their families face. The screening was hosted in the Lundring Event Center at California Lutheran University on Thursday, Sept. 20.
“The Unafraid,” directed by Heather Courtney and Panamanian-American filmmaker Anayansi Prado, is a documentary that first premiered at the Full Frame Film Festival, where it was awarded the Kathleen Bryan Edwards Human Rights Award. Shot in an observational style over a period of four years, “The Unafraid” follows the personal lives of three DACA students in Georgia, a state where undocumented students are not eligible for in-state tuition and where DACA recipients are banned from attending in-state public universities. This film gives an intimate look into the personal lives of three students as they deal with tough topics such as activism, their right to education and fighting for the rights of their own families.
When asked what inspired the film, Prado said she was really hoping to create a film about undocumented students in the United States.
“Me and Courtney went across the states looking for stories. I was doing a presentation of one of my films and a professor told me about Freedom University. Within a month, Heather and I flew to Georgia and we were so taken by the stories we heard. Within the first day of being in Georgia we decided to tell the story of DACA students living in the state. From the first time we met the students, we knew, this is the film we need to make,” Prado said.
Prado also talked her about passion for telling stories that focus on immigration and how powerful an experience it was being able to document these students for four years.
“What I thought was very unique about this group in particular is that they are very much Americans – the only difference is they are undocumented. I thought that hybrid of who they are was so interesting and I wanted to find out more what their lives were like,” Prado said.
If people are going to take one thing away from this film, Prado hopes it is awareness. “I definitely want people to be aware of the issues. Be aware that outside of California there is a whole other world,” Prado said.
Aside from the struggles that DACA recipients currently face, Prado has hope for the future. “We can create solidarity and we can connect with those communities. That’s one of the main things we want to do with this film, is connect people,” Prado said.
Prado’s projects have received support from multiple groups including The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Rockefeller Media Fellowship, Latino Public Broadcasting and the U.S. Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.
The film was a hit among students and concluded with a roaring applause. Garrett Mueller, a sophomore and the Center for Equality & Justice student program coordinator was really excited about the film finally being shown at Cal Lutheran.
“We were really ecstatic about putting something together like this. We’ve been planning this film since July … It was really sad to see the reality of people living outside California and makes me realize how easy I have it here in California and how hard it is outside of our bubble in Southern California. I was really impressed by the film and thought it was really well done,” Mueller said.
First-year student Allison Dickson had similar views on the film.
“I knew what DACA was before the film but I really enjoyed coming in and learning about DACA scholars. One thing I didn’t know was that in Georgia that they’re banned from the top five schools. That really shocked me. The part about them having to go to other states for an education was baffling,” Dickson said.
Dickson hopes this documentary can help bring change to society in the future.
“I had never heard personal stories from other states, I thought that was really amazing to bring light to these students’ stories and I hope this film can get be shown nationwide to help make new policies,” Dickson said.
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CMA Day of Giving
August 9, 2018 November 20, 2019 by Koretzky
CMA Day is over, but the sale continues. You can still claim any of the premiums available below until Friday, Nov. 22.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019, is the College Media Association’s second annual Day of Giving.
While you can simply donate money, we want to thank you with a premium. What’s that? It’s a reward for your donation. When you find a premium you like, click the DONATE button above. Fill out the info there, and we’ll be in touch.
These premiums were donated by your fellow CMAers, other journalists, and journalism organizations who support CMA’s mission. We thank them all for their help.
Only one premium per donation, although if you wanna keep donating, that’s just fine with us. All donations must be made between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19. So choose wisely.
Reminder: Premiums are first come, first served. They can be claimed beginning at 10 a.m. EDT – so our West Coast colleagues can get in on the fun without having to sacrifice too much sleep.
FREE MEDIA TOUR : $100
A lucky student can win the lottery – the media tour lottery. At CMA conventions, nothing is more popular than the media tours. So many students want to visit major media outlets, there’s a lottery to determine who gets to go where. For your donation, you move to the front of the line of your choice. Donated by the CMA Media Tour Committee. 1 SOLD, 1 LEFT!
ACP NEW MEMBERSHIP : $75
If you’ve thought about joining the Associated Collegiate Press but just never got around to it, there’s no better time than right now. This is a $135 value and allows your media outlet to enter the prestigious Pacemaker Awards, among other valuable benefits. Available for new members only. Two of these have been donated by ACP in support of CMA.
HANDMADE SOCKS : $50
CMAer Susan Smith knits killer socks. Not our opinion. “I claimed the socks pictured above during last year’s CMA Day of Giving, and they’re the softest, warmest things ever to touch my toes,” says CMAer Michael Koretzky. “They kept my feet warm during the winter – and yes, there’s winter in South Florida, where it dips into the 40s and freezes our thin blood.” Smith will make the socks in whatever colors you want, or you can leave it to her like Koretzky did. Donated by South Dakota State’s Susan Smith.
CMN ONLINE COURSE DISCOUNT : $200
College Media Network has teamed up with CMA to offer online training for advisers and students. These eight-week, hands-on courses are priced at $500, although CMA members get a 10 percent discount. Two lucky CMAers can get an entire course taught by a CMA member for free simply by donating $200 apiece during CMA’s Day of Giving. Choose from a slate of upcoming offerings by visiting CMN’s course guide. Donated by CMN to support CMA.
IRE NEW MEMBERSHIP : $50
Investigative Reporters & Editors is the nation’s only organization dedicated to investigative journalism of all kinds. An IRE membership gives you access to thousands of tipsheets, exclusive databases, helpful listservs, and cutting-edge data tools. If you’ve never been an IRE member before, this is a $70 value for a journalist or journalism educator (and you must be one or the other). Donated by IRE in support of CMA’s mission.
CMA HOT SAUCE : $50
Steve Chappell is not only CMA’s treasurer, he’s CMA’s official foodie. Steve crafts his own gourmet hot sauce, and you can tell how serious he is just by listening to him talk about it: “It’s comprised of homegrown hot peppers that include jalapeño, yellow cayenne, sugar rush peach, ghost, yellow moruga scorpion, habanero, seven-pot bubblegum, and carolina reaper. The sauce varies in heat because of the mix of peppers, but I can assure you, it’s probably hotter than most commercial sauces. I would estimate around 1.5 million Scoville units, although I don’t have any scientific measurement. While the heat is intense, I promise the flavor is complex.” Available to the first three to donate.
ONA NEW STUDENT MEMBERSHIP : $25
Know a student who’d love to join the Online News Association but can’t come up with the $25 membership fee? When you donate that same amount to CMA today, you get one ONA membership you can bestow upon that student. ONA is the world’s largest association for digital journalism, and its conventions, training programs, fellowships, scholarships, and special events have remade the industry. Donated by the Online News Association to support CMA.
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Vince Filak is on fire. He’ll “personally wood-burn a baseball bat for someone” with whatever logo and/or words you choose. Actually, he’ll do it twice – he’s offering two such bats at $75 apiece. Vince, who teaches at UW Oshkosh and is a former CMA officer, offered the same deal last year, and CMAers Tammy Merritt and Steve Chappell were the lucky recipients. Says Steve, who had Grammar Enforcer burned into his bat: “I quickly nabbed one of Vince’s bats last year. As the resident Grammar Enforcer, I sometimes found even my immense size wasn’t enough to scare the love of AP Style into everyone. This personally monogrammed bat has just the right heft for a perfect swing, hammering the difference between ‘then’ and ‘than’ into the densest of skulls (figuratively, of course; no real skulls were harmed in the course of this fundraiser).” 1 SOLD, 1 LEFT!
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Want to double your donation? CMA’s immediate past president Chris Evans, current president Kenna Griffin, and president-elect Chris Whitley will match you dollar for dollar, up to $150 total. Just type “presidents challenge” when you click the link above or below. You’ll get a personal thank-you from these CMA leaders.
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Since 1975, the Poynter Institute is the nation’s only comprehensive training center for journalists. It’s News University is the gold standard of online courses. Get half off any course with a Poynter coupon code that can be yours for only $25. Must be reimbursed by Dec. 8, 2019, and only one coupon per person. Donated by the Poynter Institute in support of CMA. 1 SOLD, 1 LEFT!
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These punny shirts feature the words “I back the First Amendment on the front, and the 45 words of the First Amendment on the back. Available in all men’s and women’s sizes. (Indicate size under “premium claimed” when you click the DONATE button above or below.) Donated by the Society of Professional Journalists to support CMA. 1 LEFT!
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Over the past 18 months, Paul Bittick has visited more than half-dozen student newspapers to consult on their ad revenue. The result? “An increase of about 26 percent in sales” according to one school and similar results elsewhere. This Flytedesk program, called Paper Money, is expanding virtually. Move to the front of the line with a $50 donation – which also waives the $50 consultation fee. Donated by Paul Bittick and Flytedesk.
OKLAHOMA BEER : $35
CMA President Kenna Griffin wants you to know: Oklahoma is a craft beer state. “I will donate two six-packs of beer brewed locally. I will choose something seasonal from COOP Ale Works, Roughtail Brewing Company or Angry Scotsman Brewing, depending on who is offering the best flavors at that time. The retail price is $35.” If you like to try new brew, these suds are for you.
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CMA Secretary Bryce McNeil makes you the following offer, definitely the weirdest in the history of CMA Day: “You can hang ornaments off my beard! Here we see a young goateed Bryce and in the future, you can pick any ornaments of your choice to hang off of my beard at a 2020 CMA convention of your choice. Do you want me to sport the garnishes of one of my least favorite sports teams? Of a rival school? Or do you want pictures of me hanging tinsel from it? The winning bidder gets to choose – and snap as many photos as they’d like.”
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Proving that Bryce McNeil is more than just his beard, the CMA secretary has cleaned out his junk drawer and offers you $105 in gift certifcates for a mere $75: “A full day in and a full night out can be complemented with this gift card set. Three $10 Regal Cinema gift cards, a $25 Outback gift card and a $50 Amazon gift card are yours to use as you please. All values have been web-verified in November 2019.”
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CMA VP Allison Bennett Dyche and her boyfriend (“that bearded dude who looks like a homeless lighthouse keeper” at CMA receptions) are donating Beez Nuts products they and other CMAers swear by. Choose one:
Beez Nuts Beard Care Kit ($30 retail) in your choice of scents: Natural Bee, Forest Bee, Coastal Bee, or Hippie Bee. SOLD!!!
Beez Nuts Balm Skin Care Pack ($45) highlighting four skin care oils: Lavender, Tea Tree, Moringa, and Neem.
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FRAMED VINYL: $20
Phil Ochs was a noted 1960s protest folk singer who was counter-culture enough that the FBI kept a 500-page file on him. His debut album in 1964 was called All the News That’s Fit to Sing – which referenced the slogan of The New York Times, which was foudned by Alfred Ochs, who was no relation. This album is framed and is a $50 value. Donated by Larry Jaffee from New York Tech and Borough of Manhattan Community College.
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Say “I♥NY” through your stomach with this deli paraphenelia. Get a shirt from Katz’s Delicatessen and a keychain from Junior’s. (Indicate shirt size under “premium claimed” when you click the DONATE button above or below.) Donated by CMA vice president Theta Pavis – who grew up in New York, works in New Jersey, and knows her delis.
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Homo sweet home...
We were up and checked out by 11. We were going to catch a cab to Newark, but the guy at the front desk recommended we get a car, though we should have reserved it yesterday.
He called a service for us to see if they could come on short notice. They were, and arrived at about 11:30. The advantage of a car service is that it's a set price to the airport: $42 + $8 (tolls) + tip.
Coming into the city, the taxis are regulated, so at the airport, you get a fixed price quotation for your destination. Evidently, on the way back, you are subject to "the meter."
Our driver arrived in a BAC (big-ass car), a Lincoln I believe, with leather seats, and that most-coveted of all amenities, air conditioning.
Our driver spoke to us long enough to confirm that we were going to the Newark Airport and that we would be paying cash. The rest of the way, he spoke into the air, answering to a device in his ear, in a foreign language.
I said to Steve, "How are we supposed to know when he's talking to us?"
"When he speaks English," Steve said.
We both made phone calls on the way, Steve checking his voice mail messages, while I checked in with Robert.
At the airport, I bought a Turkey Wrap from Seattle's Best Coffee. There were two halves to this sandwich, sitting sitting side-by-side in a clear plastic container.
When biting into about the last inch of the first half of the thing, where the soft tortilla was tightly wound to keep it together, I noticed a piece of that deli paper they sometimes, well, wrap the wraps in. I pulled it out, while thinking, "I could easily have missed that in there."
Immediately after that, I thought about how crunchy I thought the lettuce was on this wrap. "Uh-oh."
I checked the other wrap, and sure enough the entire thing was wrapped in this paper, and it was stuck well into the flap of the tortilla wrap. I removed it all of it before eating this half. The lettuce on this half was far less crunchy.
After a gate change from 30 to 35, I took a seat in the new area. Beside me, about four seats to the left, sat a man whose taste in clothes was so pathetic that even I could tell.
He had on shiny, black Penny Loafers, white mid-calf length socks, green cargo shorts, a vertical striped green and white shirt, and a Navy Blue dress blazer. I want you to re-read this, and visualize it.
Steve and I were in seats 14B &C. This man ended up in seat 14A. It was an American Eagle flight, so the A seat was on the left side, then the aisle, and our two seats on the right side, so we had the aisle between us.
Shortly after getting settled in, Steve nudged me to look over at the guy's feet. He had taken off his loafers. His white soxed feet were on the floor of the plane, on the outside of his shoes.
In the left shoe was his wallet, and in the right one was, at least as far as I could see, his watch and his cell phone.
I'm ambivalent about whether this is more, or less, eccentric than wearing two wrist watches, one digital and one analog.
Robert was a dear, and right on time to pick us up. Our luggage arrived fairly quickly, and we were on our way.
We met Joe and Loren at Dakota Grill at 6:00 for dinner. Actually, we were about 10 minutes late.
I had Fish & Chips. Robert had a taco.
We had a very young, very handsome waiter, who was quite good. He was totally attentive to everyone in the place. His belt buckle that said in big block letters, "Spank Me," seemed a little inappropriate, however.
We met Joe and Loren out later at Flex, where it was "blackout" night. There were things going on there that don't normally go on there; let's just leave it at that.
Later on, we went to CCs, where we renewed our memberships at the door, and only stayed a little while.
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EPL: Guardiola reveals why Man City defeated Chelsea, singles out two players
Don Silas
Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has said that his team defeated Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday night because his players understood each other and played really well.
Guardiola also singled out two of his players, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva for praise following Man City’s victory against Frank Lampard’s men.
Man City defeated Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge, thanks to three goals from Ikay Gundogan, Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne.
Callum Hudson-Odoi did score a late consolation goal for Chelsea.
“The important thing today is not just the result but especially the way we play. We understand each other. The players played really well,” Guardiola was quoted by Man City’s official website as saying after the match.
“We have known each other for a long time. The idea is important. We start at the keeper and end with the wingers and strikers, and today we were able to do it.”
“Kevin can play in many positions”, he added.
“For the way he has been training, we wanted more solid people in midfield and Bernardo is more solid in those areas. We wanted to do this to counter-attack our midfield through wingers, with him.
“He [De Bruyne] is so good, with his energy to run in behind. He did it really. He can play there perfectly. He can play as a winger, attacking midfielder.
“There are no doubts. We are talking about Kevin De Bruyne. Words are not necessary.”
Man City’s next game is against Brighton on Wednesday.
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Haaland has a £66.6million release clause in his contract which cannot be triggered until 2022.
The 20-year-old is attracting attention from some top European clubs like Real Madrid, Manchester United and Manchester City.
It is understood Chelsea will try to sign Haaland at the end of the season, even if it means paying significantly more than the release clause.
Dortmund is reluctant to lose the striker, who has scored 35 goals in 35 matches for them since arriving from Red Bull Salzburg in January 2020.
But Chelsea wants to sign a world-class finisher and believe the impact of Coronavirus on club finances across Europe gives them a window of opportunity to outbid their rivals this summer.
At the moment, Chelsea’s record spend on a player is the £80m Kai Havertz will cost them if all add-ons are triggered.
A former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville, has urged the club to sign a new centre-back and a right-winger to win the Premier League title.
Neville made the appeal following Man United’s 0-0 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.
Man United retained their place at the top of the Premier League table following the result against Jurgen Klopp’s side but left Anfield a little disappointed after wasting the two biggest chances of the game.
“I look at this game and think where can you go from being [challengers] to being title winners,” Neville said on The Gary Neville Podcast.
“One thing would be Manchester United need to push up the pitch a bit more, to be up in the game a little bit more.
“If you look at Liverpool, even with Fabinho and Henderson, they are well up the pitch, they are playing on the halfway line.
“You look at Manchester United, they are just playing a little bit deeper, and I think when they come here and play 10 yards further up the pitch – maybe in a couple of seasons or next season when maybe they have got another centre-half in the club who can give them that confidence to do so at that point that’s when you will start to see them doing it.
“The other bit is that the right-hand side is emerging… well, not emerging, it is a problem. There’s no doubt.
“Juan Mata has played there, James has played there, Pogba has played there, Rashford’s played there, Van de Beek’s played there, Greenwood’s played there.
“That is six players that I can think of, and I have probably missed out some that have played in that position, and no-one’s cemented it.
“And we know that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wanted that right-wing position filled in the summer, he didn’t get it, and it’s just posing a little bit of a problem. Because I think if there was a goal-scoring right-winger in that squad today, with Rashford and Martial – and maybe Greenwood could have been the person, but he’s just not quite there yet – that I think would potentially be a difference.
“So a centre-back that gets them up the pitch that extra 10 yards and maybe that right-winger.
“There is still a question mark over whether the centre-forwards are good enough, but at the moment those are the two positions I would focus most on.”
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784. American Music
After the shows at Nassau Coliseum, everyone had two full days off. Most of the band and crew took those days off in Cleveland, where the final leg of the tour would start. I stayed in New York. The first day was a Monday and I slept until I couldn’t sleep any more, which was to say about 1pm. Hunger woke me. I was gentle with myself, took my time scrounging some food and getting ready to leave the apartment. (Ziggy was already out somewhere.) I called Artie, didn’t reach him, so I called Carynne instead.
I ended up going up to the WTA offices to get the rundown on where we were with trying to get something nailed down for Star*Gaze and to run the idea by her as a practice before running it by Artie. I played her the tape of Remo and me doing the acoustic morning drive version of “Safe Haven.” We were in Barrett’s office because he had a tape deck and he wasn’t there at the moment.
I was sitting in the chair nearest the stereo. “I told you Remo wants to do an album together, right?”
“You did, and you told me you weren’t totally sure you wanted to,” she reminded me.
“This is what I want to do,” I told her. “Just him and me and two guitars. Nothing else. No overdubs, no backing tracks.”
She put her chin in her hand in one of her classic “thoughtful girl” poses, leaning against Barrett’s desk. “Why?”
“Because it feels right.” I know, I know. That wasn’t any kind of answer, but it was true. “I think Artie will understand.”
“And you want to pitch this idea to him?”
“As a trial balloon. Before I try to sell Remo on the idea.”
“I thought it was Remo’s idea to make a record together?”
“It was. Is. But not quite like this.”
“What’s different about this?”
“It’s organic.”
“In the earthy-crunchy way?”
“Well, in the natural, unadulterated way,” I admitted.
“I can see why you’re practicing this pitch on me,” she said with a skeptical tilt of her face.
“I think there’s a… magic? No, that sounds corny as hell. Charm? Same.” I racked my brain a little for the right word and still didn’t find it. “There’s something special about Remo singing like that, no filters, no triple-tracking. Raw. It’s moving. It’s real. It’s… alive and vital in a way that, honestly, the current Nomad album isn’t.”
She winced. “You wouldn’t seriously tell Artie that an album he shepherded doesn’t sound good, would you?”
She was right. That probably wasn’t the tack to take. I tried to argue anyway. “It’s not about ‘good,’ it’s about the fact that slick overproduction kills what’s best about Remo’s performance.”
“Look, slick production isn’t inherently bad. Think of it like deep frying. Lots of people love deep fried food, in fact, who doesn’t? And it’s super commonplace in modern restaurants all across America. It’s the dominant thing in American cuisine, even. But you don’t deep fry a steak. You don’t deep fry a fresh-picked apple.”
“And what makes you think this back-to-nature approach isn’t just going to get you booted out of the rock department into the folk ghetto?”
“That’s the best part. The more bare-bones it is, the easier you can justify sticking it wherever the hell you want, rock, pop, country, folk. I won’t even give that a second thought.”
She still looked skeptical. “I’ll see if I can convince Artie’s secretary to give you a meeting time tomorrow. After your next hand followup.”
“Wait, already? It’s only been a week.”
“It’s on the schedule,” she said with a shrug. “Just a check-in, I think, to make sure everything’s going as planned and that you’re not having problems.”
“Okay. What time?”
“Two o’clock. Should leave you plenty of time to drop by Artie’s afterward.”
“Perfect. I’m still jet-lagged from doing morning drive the other day.” In fact the couch in Barrett’s office was starting to look kind of inviting.
But instead of lying down I went with Carynne back to her desk, which was in a cubicle a few yards from Barrett’s door, and we went over various logistical things I don’t know remember. Most of the pieces of paper tacked to the cubicle wall related to me in some way. Here’s the one my eyes kept coming back to:
Aug 21 Cleveland
Aug 22 Detroit
Aug 23 Cincinnati
Aug 25 East Troy (WI)
Aug 26 same
Aug 28 Bonner Springs (KS)
Aug 29 St, Louis
Aug 31 Knoxville
Sep 1 Birmingham (AL)
Sep 2 Biloxi Coast
Ten shows in thirteen days. I was certain that when I saw the doctor the next day I could get 14 more Flexeril without pushing. Which meant I was going to make it. The finish line was in sight.
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Now I want a deep fried apple.
Batter dip it first and it could be good. Otherwise you just ruin the apple and the oil you’re frying it in.
Maelia says:
*here to read comments to chapters read in the ebook yesterday*
Wait… You mean deep fried apple donuts aren’t a common thing everywhere?
Uh, at the apple picking places in New England we have deep fried apple CIDER donuts — but although you have to go to an apple orchard to get them there’s no actual apple in them besides the cider in the batter.
Here it’s really slices of apple (cut after removing the apple’s core in order to get round slices with holes in the middle) dipped in donut batter (at least I think it’s the same kind of batter), deep fried then sprinkled with icing sugar. It’s notably a typical treat at funfairs here in Belgium, along with some Belgian specialities that can’t even be found in France – but the beignets aux pommes = apple donuts can (and there are many recipes on French websites), so I didn’t realize they didn’t exist in some places were non-deep fried donuts are common. It’s funny to find out things like that.
Slick overproduction is like cooking raw vegetables. You lose half the nutritional value.
But at least everyone can digest it, right? Goes down easy. For some things, slick production is the right thing, just like a honey glaze works on donuts or ham alike… but not lasagna.
Some days there’s nothing like chicken fried steak. Others there’s fresh grilled veggies…
The problem with chicken fried steak, which I’ve eaten a ton of while traveling through the South, is that it doesn’t at all satisfy one’s craving for a STEAK. It is not a steak. It came from a cow and might be best called a cow cutlet but it is not a steak.
This is so true. Not to mention it’s serviced well done which is NOT how steak should be cooked!
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January 6, 2013 by Cormac Walsh
Supporting Evidence-Informed Spatial Planning in Ireland: A Research Perspective
Walsh, C. & Kitchin, R. (2012) Supporting Evidence-Informed Spatial Planning in Ireland: A Research Perspective, Pleanáil, Issue 18, 75-89, Full Text
This paper, written in summer 2011 for Pleanail, the journal of the Irish Planning Institute (one of two professional associations for planners in the Republic of Ireland discusses the role of academic and applied research in supporting spatial planning in Ireland. It was published in November 2012. It focuses in particular on the applied spatial planning work of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA, where Prof. Rob Kitchin is Director) and the related All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) and International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD). AIRO plays a key role in making spatial data and publicly available on a comparable all-ireland basis. The ICLRD conducts policy and practice oriented research and training focussed on the cross-border region of Ireland/ Northern Ireland. At the European level, NIRSA contributes to the further development of evidence-informed spatial policy through its role as ESPON Contact Point for Ireland and as a partner in ESPON projects.
The Irish Planning Institute has recently highlighted the need for ‘coordinated and comprehensive research on planning and development matters at a national level’ to support evidence–based planning in Ireland (President’s address, Autumn Conference 2010). New legislative requirements and a rapidly changing planning and development environment have served to highlight the need for a robust evidence and research base to support decision-making and monitoring at local, regional and national levels. The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) has since its foundation played an active role in articulating and implementing an applied research agenda for spatial planning in Ireland providing tools, analysis and research support on a wide range of issues. The recently launched All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) provides a freely available spatial data portal where key statistics, indicators and mapping can be easily accessed in a user friendly manner. The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), of which NIRSA is a founding partner, is very active, working at the interface between research, policy and practice with a particular focus on issues of North-South cross-border cooperation through spatial planning. Through participation in the ESPON programme, NIRSA is active in disseminating research findings and policy implications at a European level and translating them to an Irish context. This paper provides a research perspective on some of the key challenges and opportunities associated with the further development of an evidence-informed approach to spatial planning policy and practice in Ireland. In particular, experience in NIRSA points to the positive benefits of a dynamic interactive relationship between research, policy and practice, which is well positioned to respond to a rapidly changing economic, planning and policy environment.
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December 21, 2010 by Cormac Walsh
Mapping the true extent of Dublin’s functional urban region – What the best available evidence tells us
Originally published on Ireland After Nama
As reported in an editorial in today’s Irish Times, a special issue of the Journal of Irish Urban Studies has just been published, presenting work of the Urban Environment Project, a large-scale, multi-insitutional and multi-disciplinary collaborative research project led by UCD Urban Institute Ireland and funded by the Environment Protection Agency. Issues addressed by the special issue include biodiversity, city-regional governance, office location patterns simulated coastal flood risk and spatial planning. All articles in this issue are available to download here. The analysis below is extracted from one article of this special issue.
The spatial extent of Dublin’s functional urban region or commuting hinterland has served as a key indicator and point of discussion on the ‘sprawl’ of Dublin and extent of uncontrolled urban expansion over the Celtic tiger period. The location of unfinished and partially vacant housing estates in some locations suggests that private developers significantly overestimated the extent of the ‘Dublin market’. The analysis below serves to map the spatial extent of the Dublin functional urban region and identifies the share of the Dublin workforce commuting from the Mid-East Region (Kildare, Meath and Wicklow) and beyond.
The spatial extent of the Dublin Functional Urban Region and Economic Core Area is derived from 2006 Census of Population data. The Place of Work Census of Anonymised Records (POWCAR) subset of the 2006 Census of Population, allows for a direct assessment of employment density at a fine spatial scale and a direct matching of origin and destination data for the analysis of commuting flows. The Dublin Economic Core Area, as shown in Figure 1 comprises all EDs where employment density is at least 7 jobs per hectare (700/km2) within the four Dublin counties. The ECA includes approximately 406,000 people at work and 525,000 residents in 159 EDs and covers an area of 150.0 square kilometres (km2). In addition to the traditional Commercial Business District (CBD) large suburban nodes including Blanchardstown, Swords, Dublin Airport, Tallaght and Sandyford, indicating the increasingly dispersed and polycentric pattern of employment distribution within the city
Figure 1: Dublin Economic Core Area. Source: Census of Population 2006 POWCAR dataset OSi boundary datasets, OSi permit no. MP009006(c) Government of Ireland
The spatial extent of the Dublin Functional Urban Region (FUR) is subsequently defined in relation to the ECA. The inclusion of EDs within the FUR is determined by two criteria:
At least 10% of workers resident in the ED work in the Dublin ECA
50 workers, resident in the ED work in the Dublin ECA
The criteria outlined above, are selected to reflect the actual spatial extent of the FUR based on daily commuting flows (Figure 2). In total 454 EDs are included within the 2006 FUR. The total FUR area covers 4,138 km2. For comparative purposes the spatial extent of the Dublin Sub-Region as defined by the ERDO strategy on the basis of 1981 data is shown in Figure 6.12. The area of the Dublin Sub-Region (2,016 km2) is less than half that of the 2006 FUR. Differences in methodology preclude further inferences to be drawn regarding the spatial expansion over the 1981-2006 period. With the exception of Togher, Calary and Altidore, located in north Wicklow, all EDs included in the ERDO sub-region are also included in the 2006 FUR. The principal contiguous area of the 2006 FUR extends to include all of the Dublin Region and large parts of northeast Wicklow, northeast and central Kildare, south and east Meath and southern Louth. Urban centres located at some distance from the principal contiguous area but included within the FUR include all or parts of Dundalk, Kells, Portarlington, Borris, Athy Baltinglass, Arklow, and Gorey. It should be noted that the spatial extent of the FUR as defined here is less than that defined by Williams et al. in the Society of Chartered Surveyors commissioned study (published in 2007). The FUR has not contracted between 2002 and 2006. Rather, improvements in data availability and methodological changes have allowed for a significantly more accurate assessment of the spatial extent of the Dublin Functional Urban Region. In total approximately 388,000 workers resident in the FUR in 2006 commuted to work in the Dublin ECA. This is however only 52% of the total number of resident workers in the FUR, indicating the continued significance of smaller dispersed centres of employment.
Figure 2: Dublin Functional Urban Region. Source: Census of Population 2006 POWCAR dataset, OSi boundary layers, OSi permit no. MP009006(c) Government of Ireland, ERDO Eastern Regional Settlement Strategy (1985).
A county and regional level analysis of the workforce in the Greater Dublin Area is provided in Tables 1 and 2 below. The Greater Dublin Area workforce (defined by place of work) is composed of workers commuting to a fixed place of work (‘commuters’), those working primarily at home (‘home’ workers) and those with no fixed place of work (mobile’ workers). In this analysis mobile workers are excluded as their principal county of work is unknown. Almost 70,500 mobile workers are recorded with places of residence within the Greater Dublin Area. This compares to a total of 626,162 commuting to work in the GDA and 25,968 working from home in the GDA.
The statistics in Table 6.2 include both commuters and home workers. The place of work of home workers is determined by their place of residence. The total number of jobs in the Dublin Region (525,204) was significantly higher than in the Mid-East Region (126,886) in 2006. Comparing with total population figures, however, provides a more meaningful basis for comparing the regional distribution of employment. There were approximately 442 jobs per 1000 population in the Dublin Region, compared with 267 jobs per 1000 population in the Mid-East Region.
Table 1: Greater Dublin Area workforce classified by place of work and place of residence, 2006, Source: Census of Population 2006 POWCAR dataset
In total 82.6% of those at work in the Dublin Region were resident within the Dublin Region[1]. An additional 13.4% are recorded as commuting from the neighbouring Mid-East Region. By comparison 77.6% of those at work within the Mid-East Region were resident within the Mid-East Region. 11.4% of those at work in the Mid-East Region commuted from beyond the Greater Dublin Area, a significantly higher proportion than for the Dublin Region. In total 35,845 workers are recorded as commuting from beyond to the GDA to places of work within the GDA. This figure, however, represents only 5.5% of the total workforce in the GDA.
Region of residence of GDA workforce, 2006 Data Source: Census of Population 2006, POWCAR dataset
Williams, B. Walsh, C. & Boyle, I. (2010) The Functional Urban Region of Dublin: Implications for Regional Development Markets and Planning, Journal of Irish Urban Studies, vo. 7-9, p. 5-30.
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Note: the research was conducted as part of the Urban Environment Project, hosted by UCD Urban Institute Ireland and funded by the Environment Protection Agency. The author’s access to the Census of Population POWCAR dataset was possible by kind permission of the Central Statistics Office.
[1] If mobile workers are assigned to their region of residence, this figure increases to 84.0% for the Dublin Region with a corresponding figure of 81.4% for the Mid-East Region.
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October 18, 2010 by Cormac Walsh
Undersupply and Oversupply in the Irish Housing Market: A Closer Look at the Greater Dublin Area
The NIRSA Working Paper, ‘A Haunted Landscape’ provides an analysis of the current situation of oversupply in the Irish housing market, focussing in particular on the uneven geography of housing development and so-called ghost estates as a very visible and tangible manifestation of the housing crisis.
Ronan Webster of CB Richard Ellis, speaking at the Irish Planning Institute Autumn Conference last week characterised recent trends in housing development in Ireland in terms of a shift from a perception of undersupply to a perception of oversupply. Indeed the Bacon reports of the late 1990s and much official and academic commentary since have pointed to a situation of very significant undersupply in the Dublin Region in particular. It has been widely argued that the undersupply in the Dublin market has contributed to the displacement of urban-generated residential development to the Mid-East region and further afield in ‘Outer Leinster’ (see Society of Chartered Surveyors Housing Study). A Haunted Landscape, in the contrast, finds that residential development in Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown (and Cork City) was far in excess of demand, while housing in Fingal, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and South Dublin was ‘in line with demand’.
Clearly different notions of undersupply (and by inference optimum supply) are at play here. From a social equity or planning policy perspective it is evident that there was an undersupply of suitable residential development in Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown. This undersupply coupled with highly inflated and unaffordable prices inevitably contributed to the displacement of housing development beyond the boundaries of the Dublin metropolitan area. The characterisation of the housing situation in Dublin as one of oversupply betrays the influence of reductionist economics thinking but also reflects a spatial blindness. Housing supply in Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown cannot be understood in isolation from the analysis of housing supply in the Mid-East Region and wider Dublin housing and commuter catchment areas. The high demand for housing in the Mid-East Region and associated unprecedented pace and scale of development over the housing boom period may in large part be understood as the consequence of the undersupply of appropriate (i.e. family friendly and affordable) housing in the Dublin Region. Planning policy as articulated at national, regional and local scales in fact strongly supported the concentration of residential development within the Metropolitan Area of Dublin and the designated development centres in the surrounding hinterland area (see map below). It is the failure of the State (central and local government) to provide the necessary infrastructure, services and regulation to support socially sustainable residential development within the Dublin Region that has led to the perverse situation of reported oversupply in the Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and supply in line with demand in neighbouring Hinterland counties. In order to fully understand the social, economic and political geography of Ireland After NAMA, we need to move away from interpretations of statistical data which serve to reinforce the fallacies of methodological territorialism (see Neil Brenner – New State Spaces…), where counties and other administrative units are understood as distinct spatial entities.
Constructing a geography of flows and functional relationships creates challenges in terms of data gathering and analysis but must be seen as a neccessary step in highlighting the evident deficits in dominant aspatial and terrritorial interpretations.
Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area (2004) Settlement Strategy
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Grant Anticevich Matt Neufeld Paris Austin Stefan Gonzalez Matt Bradley Elijah Pepper Ezra Manjon Kareem South Lars Thiemann Sports College basketball Basketball College sports Men's basketball Men's sports Men's college basketball
California Pac-12 UC Davis Big West
Austin helps shaky Cal hold off UC Davis 72-66
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN - Nov. 27, 2019 12:54 AM EST
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — It’s not often Mark Fox will be OK with his team blowing a big double-digit lead like California did against UC Davis. And for the record, it's not something he wants to get used to, either.
That the Golden Bears made plays down the stretch to win made it a lot easier for Fox to handle.
Paris Austin scored seven of his 12 points over the final 5 ½ minutes and California held off UC Davis 72-66 on Tuesday night.
Matt Bradley scored 19 points, Kareem South had 14 and Grant Anticevich 13 for the Bears (5-2).
“I’m really glad the game got to that point because it was important for us to play in a close game,” Fox said. “We got more out of the finish of that game than we would have had we kept the double-figure lead the whole time, although I wish we would have kept the double-figure lead the whole time.”
California led by as much as 18 but went cold in the second half, lost the lead then had to hold off pesky UC Davis in the final moments.
Ezra Manjon’s jumer pulled the Aggies (2-6) within 68-63 with 25 seconds left. After South made one of two free throws for Cal, Elijah Pepper’s 3-pointer for Davis with 13.5 seconds cut the gap to 69-66.
Austin was fouled with 2.2 seconds left and made one of two free throws to seal the win, improving the Bears to 33-0 in the series between the two Northern California schools.
“We probably let them get back in the game.” Anticevich said. “They were hitting a lot of shots and playing hard at the start of the second half. It took a while for us to get going again.”
The uneven win for Cal came after consecutive losses to No. 1 Duke and Texas at the 2K Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden.
Manjon had 21 point for UC Davis. Stefan Gonzalez added 15 points and matched his career-high of five 3-pointers. The Aggies have lost five straight.
The Bears had nine turnovers in the first half but made up for it with steady shooting from the perimeter. Cal made five of its first eight 3-pointers and shot better than 65 percent overall in the first half.
Bradley made a pair of 3s sandwiched around one from Anticevich, and South added back-to-back buckets to make it 34-16. Davis closed within 36-25 at halftime on Manjon’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
UC Davis: The Aggies gave the Bears all they could handle and that’s an encouraging sign for a team in the middle of a long road trip. Manjon and Gonzalez form a nice duo on the outside, but UC Davis needs more from leading scorer Matt Neufeld on the inside.
California: The Bears seemed headed for a blowout win in the first game back at Haas Pavilion before things got shaky at the end. That’s been a constant theme for Cal so far, and something that Fox will need to address.
UC Davis made eight 3-pointers in the second half and had 11 for the game … The Bears have won seven straight home games dating to last season … Neufeld shot 3 of 10 and had four rebounds going against Cal’s 7-foot center Lars Thiemann … The Aggies managed only nine points off 15 turnovers by the Bears.
UC Davis: The Aggies play at Utah on Friday.
California: The Golden Bears play at San Francisco on Dec. 4. Cal has won nine of the last 12 games between the two teams.
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Action Comics #1000 [Review]
Posted on April 19, 2018 by Walt
From the City That Has Everything
Writer/Artist: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Norm Rapmund
Color: Hi-Fi
Letters: Rob Leigh
This is the “primary” story of the issue–a sort of stand-alone “finale” to Jurgens-and-Co.’s run the last couple of years and 45-some issue run. We open on a narration/captions of Jon Kent and Lois talking, against imagery of Superman battling a Khund warship. Jon’s worried his Dad won’t get here in time, as Lois reassures him he’ll be here. As Clark arrives, Lois reminds him that people just want to thank him. We see that they’re at a Thank You, Superman presentation in the park–Metropolis has gathered to try to offer thanks to Superman, though knowing they can’t begin to cover it. Amidst various testimonials of how Superman has impacted and saved folks, Clark keeps thinking he sees further traces of a Khund invasion…perhaps just looking for an excuse to get away from this presentation. Eventually, the crowd gets to see Superman fly into action, as Clark can’t ignore his senses. He finds Wonder Woman, who reveals that there was indeed a major Khund incursion…but it’s been handled. By everyone. Even his fellow heroes are fans, and thank Superman for his role in everything. Without him, none of them would likely be there.
On its surface, this is a rather cheesy story of little substance. There’s some presentation to honor Superman, and he’s avoiding it. Then, alllll the other heroes are there as well, because they wish to honor him, too.
Neat and simple, right? Evocative of classic Silver Age stories (to me), and not terribly deep.
But back to “on its surface.”
See, this is the 1,000th issue of Action Comics. 80 years of Superman. This is a major event, a one-issue spectacular. An anthology of sorts with numerous shorter stories making up the whole. It’s a standalone issue, something that draws from and can influence other stuff, but it’s not truly coming off any To Be Continued… message. It’s (as an issue) not leading directly into anything. It’s expected that this will be read where the previous few issues, or dozens of issues, or even hundreds of issues, have not been read.
There’s loads of “meta” to this–as a story, and as part of the issue.
This Superman–Dan Jurgens‘ Superman–comes from a take on the character where Clark Kent is the man, and Superman is a “mask.” This Superman is Clark Kent…who does what’s right because it is right–not to show off, not for accolades and recognition–and is actually rather uncomfortable being the center of attention. And we get to see that…as we get to see a bit of Lois’ personality. She teases him for trying to get out of the ceremony, but we come to see that she’s the one that spearheaded the gathering of the heroes, and helped coordinate with Batman and the others to “cover for” Superman, so that he could have this day, this event. We also see Jon, the son, both AS the Son of Superman and as a kid. Not fully understanding everything going on, loving his dad but not sure if he’ll make it, and an eagerness to stand in for him, recognizing the importance of the situation and wanting to live up to the family tradition.
I knew going in that Norm Rapmund was involved with the art…and I was loving the art all through the story. There was something extra familiar about it, though, that had a slight smile trying to escape me as I read it, but I couldn’t quite place it. Until I looked consciously at the credits for the story and realized why the art seemed that much more familiar and was evoking such a reaction in me: Jurgens on the pencils. Of course! Regardless of conscious realization in words, on sight I had recognized the (somehow UNexpected) presence of work by probably my favorite Superman artist!
Superman reluctantly accepts the recognition…somewhat awkwardly. The final spread with all the heroes and fans and such…metatextually, real-world…without Superman, there probably would NOT have been any of these other heroes. Certainly nowhere near as many, and probably not even a comics industry.
This story is a send-off of sorts from Jurgens–capping off his run, as well as recognizing and thanking Superman.
And for one such as me–a 30-year-fan of Superman, introduced to him when I was but 7 years old–this is a powerful piece, meaningful and deep, and moving…and if one has to put a one-off story as a capstone to a run, that stands alone and evokes the past, has elements from the run, but isn’t beholden to it and all that…this does it well, and is a worthy opening to Action Comics #1000!
Never-Ending Battle
Story and Words: Peter J. Tomasi
Artist: Patrick Gleason
Colorist: Alejandro Sanchez
Letterer: Tom Napolitano
This story opens with a rather hellish, red-tinged image of Vandal Savage having Superman engulfed in some sort of red energy and alien machinery. The narration is Superman, speaking to Lois, apologizing for being sidetracked on the way home–he’s late. Basically, Savage tried to blend Superman with the past, trapping him and leaving the future open for him (Savage) to rule without Superman’s interference. So we get a bunch of pages evoking some key eras in Superman’s history, as we know it in the real-world; but in-continuity the character himself acknowledges that despite the familiarity, he knew it was impossible to have been there in the 1930s, for example. These are all full-page images with the “voiceover” going along with them…not necessarily tied exactly to the image whose page the words are on, but particularly for those familiar with the history of the character and the stories/eras being referenced, the words take on additional (and deeper) meaning than they might otherwise. And the story ends with a shot of Superman standing at a table with a lotta candles (one can assume there are probably around 1,000 of ’em!), Lois and Jon on either side, a “Happy Birthday” sign strung up behind, and even Krypto in the foreground, as we celebrate Superman’s 80th birthday, and the 1,000th issue of Action Comics.
Normally I would not care for this sort of story. Had this been a 15-page sequence in an otherwise-20-paged issue of something (especially if at a $3.99 price point) I would be disappointed and annoyed. Even as one of the longest stories within this issue, it’s still a “mere” 15 pages, and as such, even this sequence is a relatively small portion of the entire issue. As a “short story” in this “anthology” issue of numerous creators…it works quite well. We have a basic story–Superman faces a villain, is flung throughout time, makes it home safe. This reminds me of other stories I’ve read, and feels rather familiar, like it’s a sort of “trope” at this point–where you can have a numerous-issue “event” of a character being thrown through time, or it can be just a casual backdrop “referenced” but not really the point of a story.
Here, this does both: it’s a sort of casual-ish “reference” thing…but the pages as we go through show Superman through the decades–Gleason‘s imagery evoking the general “style” and depiction of Superman through the decades. One page reminds me loosely of the Superman vs. Superboy issue from early in the Byrne era; the next is a familiar image from Miller‘s Dark Knight Returns (and signed by the artist after Frank Miller). There’s a page with the black-costumed, long-haired Superman fighting Mongul, with Steel and Superboy in the background, in reference to the Death and Return of Superman…Reign of the Supermen. There’s a page with a version of Zod, the pointy-crystal Fortress of Solitude in the background, and a Superman trapped in the pane of glass version of the Phantom Zone. There’s even a page showing the Kingdom Come Superman facing Magog, a mushroom cloud in the background with several of the other heroes. And there’s a page showing the New 52 Superman breaking through a wall, shifting to the black-costume, bearded Superman of Jurgens‘ Lois and Clark, shifting into the Rebirth costume, into the Reborn costume, punching Savage out.
This is an appropriate celebration of Superman, of how (ultimately) he easily overcomes situations, fights through whatever is thrown at him, and that Tomasi puts as Superman’s words: “Each and every time stream, in the end, led home…to my family.”
Tomasi and Gleason being the primary creatives the last couple years on the named Superman title that has run alongside Jurgens‘ Action Comics, this is a highly-appropriate story to cap off that run, to share in this issue, and to celebrate and acknowledge the rich history of the character. I often find I’m not overly thrilled with Gleason‘s art–just a personal issue due to comparing it so often to art I prefer–but here, particularly for the time-tossed pages, it shines excellently.
An Enemy Within
Script: Marv Wolfman
Art: Curt Swan
Inks: Butch Guice, Kurt Schaffenberger
Color & Production Assist: Hi-Fi
I appreciate the history of Wolfman with the Superman character, as well as the very fabric of the history of DC Comics in-continuity and out; ditto the importance of Curt Swan as one of THE Superman artists. That said…I did not really care much for this story.
Basically, we have narration from Superman as he’s halfway across the world dealing with a Brainiac threat, while we’re shown a hostage situation involving a principal and one of his students. From the narration, we get that the principal is being mind-controlled by Brainiac, and that Superman is facing the villain…but that action all happens off-panel, concluding with a single image of Superman, that may be recycled from a previous publication. The story is simple, has potential, but for me, personally–especially stacked against the Jurgens and Tomasi stories in this issue, and against numerous episodes of Law and Order: SVU I’ve been watching the last few weeks, it just doesn’t really hold up in a way I particularly care for.
It’s not a horrible story, and the art is solid in and of itself…I respect the inclusion here, but other than the “inclusion” aspect, I just don’t really care for this one.
Storytellers: Paul Levitz & Neal Adams
Colors: Hi-Fi
Letters: Dave Sharpe
This is an interesting, short piece, where Superman shows up to the roof of Lexcorp Tower, and he and Lex talk over a game of Chess…and I’m reminded strongly of the Xavier/Magneto imagery from the Fox X-Men films. Luthor springs a trap of animated Kryptonite chains that wrap around Superman…before the hero straightens, flexes, and bursts the chains with an orange background obviously reminiscent of the Kryptonite Nevermore! from the original Superman #233. Superman reveals that he’s got a Mother Box with him that temporarily prevented the Kryptonite radiation
This is another short piece that I don’t particularly care for. I like the concept well enough, and it reminds me (as said) of the Xavier/Magneto stuff…and the more I think on it, I realize there’s also a bit of that Batman/Joker meeting from The Killing Joke in here, too.
Adams is another whose work I appreciate, whose place in comics history I appreciate…but I just can’t get into his Superman art. I didn’t stick with The Coming of the Supermen, I didn’t care for an Action Comics variant I had from some “Neal Adams Month,” and his Superman in general looks rather “off” to me here.
As this is “only” a 5-page story, though, it’s not horrible; but I might have liked a prose version a bit better, as I dig the story much, much more than I do the art.
Story: Geoff Johns & Richard Donner
Artist: Olivier Coipel
Colors: Alejandro Sanchez
Special thanks to: Matt Wilson
Letters: Nick Napolitano
This is an interesting story that seems to be set in the ’30s; the color palette and general art style certainly gives it a rustic, “period piece” look that fits very well with the story being told. A busted-up car is brought into a shop, and when the mechanic tries to get its story from the owner, the tale is a little bit “out there”–all this damage caused by one man? One man lifted it and smashed it against some rocks, apparently. We then move to the owner–Butch–noticing a colorful figure…that of the “man” who smashed his car. Superman chats with him, showing compassion and having come to “understand” more of Butch’s “side” of things, and leaving him with the notion that even having made mistakes, one can choose to make their life count for something, choose to make something of themselves, better the lives of others rather than doing harm.
I’m sure I would have realized pretty quickly that this is a sort of “sequel” to a big part of Action Comics #1; but this benefited SO beautifully from my having just re-read the Superman story from that first issue, and being probably THE freshest-in-mind Superman story for me prior to this 1000th issue.
This Superman feels very much like the “modern” Superman, though; less of the rough ‘n tough version from that first appearance. But it works, and makes for an interesting piece overall. Especially when one considers just how heinous Butch’s crime was–kidnapping a woman for rejecting him…and one could likely predict at least a couple likely outcomes of such action.
I haven’t cared a lot about the Johns/Donner stuff–particularly the Last Son of Krypton, and Escape from Bizarro World stories, even as those are (now) a good dozen years in the past. I didn’t care for them at the time as part of a seemingly-overly-overt rewriting of Superman away from the version I’d grown up on and back to more of a Silver/Bronze Age version. But this single story, I liked; the modern art showing the classic original Superman, with the feel of the contemporary Superman…and this being both a continuation/sequel and yet even if one doesn’t know or connect that context, it works very well as a singular, one-off bit…
And of the “shorts” in this issue, I think this is one of my favorites.
Script: Scott Snyder
Art: Rafael Albuquerque
Color: Dave McCaig
Letters: Tom Napolitano
I’m not quite sure what to make of this piece. In a way, I think something to it is “over my head,” perhaps..in a way that I definitely do NOT care for in my comics.
Superman arrives at the Smallville planetarium to find Lex Luthor, who has found the “Eye of Xotar” and Chronos’ “Time Scissors”–that together can be used to literally erase any genealogical line from history. Given this is Luthor…obviously, that’d be Superman’s line, the House of El. As the two muse over their shared past, and the present situation, we see a flashback to Luthor’s early days in Smallville, where we also see that a potentially fatal accident that could have killed Luthor was prevented by a young Clark Kent–Superman as a boy. We also get a bit about a “fifth season,” between Winter and Spring, when the weather can be wildly unpredictable…which seems to be a statement of the story itself. Luthor intended to wipe Superman from history, but maybe discovered that it was Superman that had saved him, and so opted not to.
This isn’t a horrible story, but as said, something about it just feels like it might be over my head, needing extra consideration, disproportionate to its size in relation to the rest of this issue. The art also isn’t horrible, but not really to my liking. On the last page particularly, I don’t care for the depiction of the “S” shield…its top and bottom seem way too thin compared to the middle, especially compared to the “standard” licensed version I’m used to, that I tend to hold mentally as the “standard” to which the various takes on the “S” are compared.
This also plays on Luthor and Superman having known each other as kids–something that was NOT part of the story I grew up on, and so I’m a bit biased against it. Still, knowing that and seeing what’s being gone for here in a way, I’m ok with the story, but won’t single it out as a favorite or such.
Then there’s the narration in the background speaking to the idea of Sol, our sun, eventually expanding: “…and eventually, the sun will eat our Mercury…and then Venus…and then Earth. And then, our time…ends.”
Which seems almost intentionally to lead into the next piece:
Of Tomorrow
Writer: Tom King
Artist: Clay Mann
Color Artist: Jordie Bellaire
Letterer: John Workman
Superman kneels, scooping up some coal from the ground and squeezing it into diamond. He stands and we see blazing fire all around, amidst his speaking. It’s been BILLIONS of years, and Earth is finally about to be swallowed up by the red giant Sol has become; no matter that Superman had apparently pushed the entire planet of Earth out of its orbit, it still finds itself being consumed. And Superman speaks to his long-dead parents–Jonathan and Martha Kent–as he says goodbye for the final time. He’s got to let go–of them, and of Earth itself. After five BILLION years. Somehow, Superman, and Lois, and Jon, have been essentially immortal, thanks to (apparently) an “Eternity Formula.” He speaks of them, as he forms the diamond into a specific shape. He tells his parents “I miss you. I love you. Every day. It doesn’t matter how long it’s been. It’s still every day.” And as the planet burns up and wee see the grave plate reading:
JONATHAN & MARTHA
BELOVED PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS
YOU GAVE US HOPE
Superman leaves with the words “We’re all stardust fallen. And so we look to the sky. And we wait to be reclaimed. Good-bye, Ma. Good-bye, Pa. And thank you. For everything.”
This is an odd sort of story. While we can consider that the ongoing story of Superman is not one that’s gonna end anytime soon; while we’ve had stories of Superman surviving into the far future–thousands, even millions of years…to consider that he’d live another five BILLION years seems a bit out there for me. It changes the character. It’s best not to dwell on.
The point is: to the end of the Earth–literally–Superman has been shaped by his parents. He’s continued to live. He’s lived his life. He’s gone on–but that doesn’t mean that he’s forgotten. The love of his parents–his adoptive parents, the REAL parents he actually knew–they molded him into who he became, and that’s NOT something that changed with time. Their brief moment with him lasted through time, a huge legacy, outlasting the planet itself.
But on a smaller level, this speaks in an abstract sort of way to anyone who has ever lost loved ones. Wondering at the futility of visiting a grave, of speaking to those gone before, and I’d say to how even a year can feel like a lifetime, several years like countless lifetimes, when separated from the loved ones.
And on a “meta” level, Superman has outlived this planet, outlived all those lives…as he outlived his creators, and has and likely will outlive so many others.
On the literal level, this reminds me of an old story of an ancient Supreme or Mr. Majestic (I believe written by Alan Moore) (edit: yeah, I’m pretty sure that was Wildstorm Spotlight: Mr. Majestic #1: a story called The Big Chill.) recalling a world he once spent time on…he thinks its name had begun with ‘E’.
On the general level, that abstract level…this just speaks to the heart and I got choked up contemplating loss to come and what that’ll mean to me personally; and teared up considering losses I’ve already experienced. In a way, this had no reason to hit me like it did; yet, this is its own deeply personal, powerful piece…certainly worthy of being a Superman story, and well worth its inclusion in this issue!
Five Minutes
Writer: Louise Simonson
Artist: Jerry Ordway
Colors: Dave McCaig
Letters: Carlos M. Mangual
This is another 5-page “short.” Clark is trying to finish a story, with Perry and Jimmy standing by, noting they’re 5 minutes to deadline, with Printing already giving hell for holding the presses. Even as Clark points out he’s nearly done, he’s hearing cries of distress, and jumps from his seat to go into action, while Perry tells him he has five minutes. Superman stops a runaway train; saves Bibbo; stops space debris from crashing to Earth, and still makes it back to the Planet to finish his story. But turns out in being so focused on that, he didn’t even consider the impact he just had, saving numerous people, maybe much of Earth…that the story he WAS working on is nothing compared to the story of Superman’s recent super-feats.
This is a neat piece, and as with others in this issue of Action, not one I’d care much for as an entire issue, but as a “backup,” as a piece included in this issue, I really like it. And with Louise Simonson writing and Ordway on art, it’s one that’s hard to beat, having such positive memories of both creators’ work in the ’90s on my early Superman comics.
And the idea of Clark Kent, Reporter, working, having to deal with stuff as Superman and still make his deadline is not new, but it works well here…and the fantastic art just makes it a beauty to behold.
I enjoyed this for that, and its relative timelessness.
Actionland!
Script: Paul Dini
Pencils: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks: Kevin Nowlan
Colors: Trish Mulvihill
Letters: Josh Reed
What would a big, giant Superman comic be without Mr. Mxyzptlk? This is a short story showing an amusement park take on Superman and his history, where visitors get to “ride” in a replica of the ship that bore baby Kal-El away from Krypton; lift a tractor like little Clark in Kansas, witness Superman performing super-feats, view other heroes that served with Superman, as well as villains that were fought, and then the way things ended, with Superman… sacrificing himself…giving his life…the ending? The scene we’ve been seeing is a reality of sorts from Mxy, who just can’t quite figure out how he’d like to see the story of Superman end, even though he himself has the power to blink him out of existence with hardly a thought.
I think my initial thought–that it’s “fitting” to have Mxy get a story in something like this–comes from the Newstime special after the death of Superman, where there was some throw-away piece referencing the character, sort of explaining his showing up during all that, and yet not having an actual issue til well after the return.
Story-wise, I’m not overly enamored. It’s a solid enough piece with an interesting premise. Structurally, not a bad story. I think I’ve just kinda felt put-off to Mxy stuff after Superman: Reborn and being reminded of stuff from Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? recently. It has its merits–a glimpse at parts of Superman’s origins; shows us Mxy himself and reminds us he’s around and his powers, and that he can be “just” an imp messing with Superman without wanting to truly destroy him. I just didn’t singularly like this story that much.
Art-wise, this is solid, and though Dini has plenty of pedigree himself, having a new Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez story is quite appealing on principle. I can’t say I’d recognize the art on sight, but knowing Garcia-Lopez has significant association with Superman, this certainly deserves its place in the issue!
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
Writer: Brad Meltzer
Artist: John Casaday
Colors: Laura Martin
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
This was an interesting story, touching on elements that I don’t often think of with Superman stories. A gunman with a hostage prepares to pull the trigger…while from a significant distance, Superman’s flying as fast as he can to the scene. We get Superman’s inner thoughts as he zips toward the gunman, even as he pulls the trigger and the bullet begins to move, as Superman does the math and everything remaining as-is, knows he will not make it in time. Yet, it turns out while he was focused on the gunman, the hostage was shifting, which bought the extra fraction of a second Superman needed to get there, and he saves her. He compliments her on her bravery, that she could be Police, and flies off.
The story here does a good job with building tension as Superman tries to get to the scene. All too often we have the imagery and stories of Superman getting somewhere JUST in the nick of time to bounce bullets off his chest, or pluck them from mid-air, mid-movement before they strike their intended target…but we rarely get something from his point of view, where even he might realize he will be a fraction of a second too late. We get a positive ending here, though, as the woman–Lila–shifts to resist her attacker and Superman is able to save her.
I was not expecting a Meltzer piece, but he’s another name that I feel certainly deserves his place and involvement with the issue…if not for prior Superman work, then for his real-world involvement with stuff–helping bring attention to the Siegel house, helping bring about the Superman display at the Cleveland airport, and other involvement with folks preserving the history of Siegel and Shuster and all that.
The art isn’t bad…and actually, is quite good–overall. There’s just something to the way Casaday does Superman’s face that seems really “off” to me. It looks like someone else’s face, a stranger’s face, is pasted onto a body with “a” Superman costume. Where some artists’ Superman is recognizable just by the face, I wouldn’t be able to look at the faces in this story and just form those know this was Superman.
For another “short,” I can’t really complain beyond that about this one!
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: Jim Lee
Inks: Scott Williams
Colors: Alex Sinclair
Letters: Cory Petit
Outside of the number, I’m sure this story is one reason for a lot of people to pick up this issue: it offers a prologue to a prologue to a mini-series that itself will lead into the ongoing story in the continuation of this title and rebooted-numbering fifth-volume of Superman. This piece kicks off Bendis‘ work on Superman…and does so with a beaten, bloodied Superman crashing through what looks like a cave wall, and on zooming out, we see a couple more hits as he smashes through the ceiling and out the side of the L-shaped Lexcorp tower, and then hits a road so hard he bounces a few times, destroying pavement, vehicles, and storefronts. Bystanders of course whip out cellphones to take photos/video of the fallen hero, while they try to drag Superman behind a counter. They comment on him wearing “the red shorts” again (rather than the cosmetic change being just there). Some giant creature with a huge battle axe is after him, and after taking a huge punch and repeated jabs from the just-arrived Supergirl, hits her once, taking her outta the fight (sending her flying toward the huge globe of the Daily Planet). Maggie Sawyer and the SCU shows up, though their weapons do nothing to the creature. There’s more discussion from further bystanders of him having “the shorts” again, and the creature continues to get the best of Superman, continuing to physically beat the crap out of him (so to speak), and a simple energy-blast wave-of-the-hand takes a just-returning Supergirl back out of the fight. Transforming the handle of the axe into a sword, he seems to plunge it with a splash into Superman’s chest, as he claims to be wiping out remaining Kryptonians, finishing the job he started when he destroyed Krypton.
Once upon a time, Jim Lee was just about my favorite Superman artist–perhaps behind or tied with Jurgens and Ed Benes. But here, I just don’t care for the art. I’m sure part of it is the coloring…this seems “dark” and “grim and gritty” especially compared to the rest of the issue, and feels out of place visually with the rest of the issue.
Ditto on the story side–this beating, this violence and Superman just being pummeled and beaten and such, and Supergirl coming off as completely ineffective as well–is sickening after so many happier, brighter, celebratory bits.
Sure, this is a new villain, but we don’t even get the name here. We just get nothing but fight. Superman himself points out he hasn’t gotten a name, and the villain accuses him of stalling, rather than giving his name. And sure, on one hand, it would be old-style, stereotypical monologuing or such to just give a name at that point…typically, the villain would be depicted in a large panel with a logo-style word balloon declaring his “cool”-sounding name and such, so instead he calls Superman out for stalling, and on a technical level, I guess this is good to get away from the typical.
I don’t like that we’re thrown into the middle of a fight like this, that we end on a cliffhanger, when the entire rest of this issue has been self-contained one-off stories and whatnot.
Surely we could have started on a brighter note, seen a bit of a different status quo or perspective maybe hinting at this villain’s coming or some such. I don’t know–but based solely on this 12-page piece, I’m not looking forward to the upcoming Man of Steel mini, and I’m suddenly quite concerned about what to expect from Bendis‘ run, where until now I’ve been content to “wait and see” and been fairly optimistic. I suppose I’ll now have to “wait and see” what we get in the DC Nation #0 issue and go from there.
I guess it’s appropriate enough in its way to launch Bendis‘ run with this issue…and yet despite assurances to the contrary, the part of me that suspects his “coming” heralded the end of Jurgens‘ and Tomasi‘s runs feels like they should have had more pages to play with in this issue, and Bendis could launch with DC Nation or The Man of Steel (after all, the last time, one creator (Alan Moore) ended the previous Superman, and it was the interstitial mini-series Man of Steel where Byrne‘s stuff started.
This is 12 pages of what’s likely a multi-year, dozens-of-issues run by one writer, so ultimately may not be indicative of what to expect on the whole and long-term…but for just these pages, and to come after such positive stories for the other 60+ pages…this just seems out of place and inappropriate for something as celebratory as a 1,000th issue…especially seeing nothing but Superman take a beatdown outta nowhere.
Overall Thoughts on the Issue As a Whole
I’ve looked forward to this issue for a long time. In some ways, I’ve probably looked forward to it for nearly 30 years, ever since the first issue I ever owned of the title (#651). At the least, I’m sure I wondered at a comic making it to #1,000 during the Doomsday! and Funeral for a Friend stuff, and the years following, as Adventures of Superman hit #500, Action hit #700, Superman (vol. 2) hit #100, and so on. I certainly wondered about it seven years ago when DC announced what came to be The New 52, that every single title including Action Comics and Detective Comics would be restarted with a #1. Though I still feel that Action making it to #1,000 technically needs an asterisk denoting the 1-52 sequence (there are no issues numbered 905-956) from the New 52 run. But I give DC a “pass” on that, as it was only one “hiccup” in the numbering. Given cover dress, paper condition, and literally the pricing should anyone actually find a copy of the original issues 1-52, one just needs to add 904 to the issue number to know what the issue is in that sense. There have not been numerous iterations where multiple hundreds of issues here, a hundred issues there, another several dozen issues, a mini-series, and a couple of less-than-20-issues runs suddenly add up to a big number. Number-wise, there’s virtually no reasonable confusion.
When Rebirth was announced, when it was announced that Action Comics and Detective Comics would get their original numbering back, and that Action Comics (especially) would indeed get to make it to #1,000, I jumped back in. And all these issues and almost two years later, here we are. I feel like this issue is a sort of reward, an attained destination, a prize that’s been driven toward since Action Comics #957 back in 2016.
A few months ago, there was some definite ambiguity as to formatting and such for the issue and what to expect for the issue. Part of me thinks this should have been even bigger, included even more–both in the way of original stories as well as reprints. But the companion hardback collection Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman handles a lot of that–with essays and reprints of stories both for characters and creators tied to Superman, and Action Comics itself. I was also a bit curious about what the issue’s story would be, or if it would be an anthology/”jam” issue.
Back in the 1990s there were periodic special issues such as The Wedding Album that were key, integral chapters in the ongoing Superman story unfolding in the actual, ongoing titles; though this would be an actual numbered issue, I’d wondered if this would have any singular through-story that just happened to have a bunch of different artists and maybe some narrative structure allowing for different writers to leave a mark on the story.
Obviously what we got was 15-page chunks of the two main creative teams of the ongoing titles, and then 8 more stories/contributions, and a 12-page launch sequence from the new writer coming onto stuff.
As with my excitement for Rebirth and Action Comics #957, I bought this digitally, and I bought this in-print, and I’ll gladly buy the hardcover edition that I believe will be out this Fall. I also ordered the “Decades Variants” through DCBS, and will be getting the 1,000 covers poster, which will be an excellent, appropriate addition to my comics space.
This is an issue that rightly deserves the “celebration” that variants offer. There are artists who may not otherwise have had involvement with the issue, who get to be associated with Action Comics #1000 if only with a variant. And as the first American comic book to make it to #1000…it’s more than worthy. 80 years of continuous publication of a comic titled Action Comics is nothing to sneeze at. I’m among the first to complain and gripe and grouse about variants, and will continue to, where they merely cheapen stuff and are “abused” (really, does a #17 or a #81 or a #962 truly deserve a variant? What makes such numbers special if they’re just another issue?) But this 1,000th issue deserves the added recognition, the “fun” of certain variants…especially what I’ve seen of the “Decades” variants, that bring back the logo style and even the DC logo of each decade…the DC Bullet I grew up on is back with several of the issues, and even the “swoosh” logo gets some love with the 2000s variant.
$7.99 for a single issue is a bit much in most cases. This is squarebound and has 81 story pages with no ads between stories nor interrupting any stories, and the cover is a stronger cardstock…so this is absolutely worth its price for the physical product as well as the content it contains.
None of the stories seem to specifically continue from anything; nothing I’m aware of comes off of a To Be Continued; and other than the Bendis segment leading into stuff out of/after this issue, that’s still 69 or so pages that stand alone quite well, neither requiring previous reading nor requiring subsequent reading. This is well worth getting just for itself; a 1,000th issue; a standalone, celebratory Superman issue. Perhaps it’s an endpoint; maybe it can be a starting point; it’s definitely an excellent one-off, special thing.
I highly recommend this to any Superman fan or anyone interested in checking out some Superman content, period, and especially if you don’t want to commit to anything ongoing or long-form.
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From the Archives: The Atom and Hawkman #46
Posted on May 2, 2017 by Walt
Bye Bye Birdie!
Writer: Geoff Johns
Art: Ryan Sook & Fernando Pasarin
Letters: Nick J. Napolitano
Color: Hi Fi
Editors: Adam Schlagman & Eddie Berganza
Cover: Ryan Sook
The Atom/Ray Palmer and Hawkman created by: Gardner Fox
Published by: DC Comics
[ This review originally written for and published at comiXtreme/cxPulp some time back while the issue was new–within the first days to a week that the issue was available for sale. ]
I’ve never been a huge fan specifically of these two characters, though I’m familiar with them and have read a number of comics they’ve appeared in. They’ve just tended to be on the outer edges of the books I read, showing up for the occasional guest-starring role or cameo, or as part of a team in a team book. I’d read the Return of Hawkman arc in JSA a few years back, and a few issues of his own series heading into Infinite Crisis. The Atom I feel I’m most familiar with from Identity Crisis, and material I’ve read online about both Ray and the new Atom and their adventures post-Infinite Crisis.
That said…this issue was quite enjoyable, rather accessible, and yet seems to have plenty for fans with ties to the characters going much deeper and much further back than mine.
In the "tradition" of many of the Blackest Night tie-ins, we open with a recap sequence of sorts, focusing on the character’s life, leading up to their death. This time, though, it’s a recap of the character’s compassion, and why Ray Palmer–The Atom–was chosen by the Indigo ring for recruitment into the Indigo Tribe. The Black Lantern Hawks (as Hawkman and Hawkgirl were killed and raised into the Black Lantern Corps way back in Blackest Night #1) then attack, and there’s the usual discourse between Black Lantern and Hero, as Hawkman tries to get Atom riled up and his heart ripe for the taking. As the fight wraps up for the present, Indigo-1 tasks Atom with protecting her–keeping her alive–while she contacts other Indigos across the universe who can reach the other Lantern Corps (so they know to get to Earth, where all the Black Lanterns are headed). While protecting Indigo-1, Atom is forced to recall the events that lead off Identity Crisis, as he again faces the horror of what Jean did to attempt to win him back. As the issue closes out, Ray makes an important request–one that seems quite obvious, and is something I would love to see accomplished.
This is definitely one of the better Blackest Night tie-ins. It seems that this issue’s events are more important and meaningful to the overall story than most of the tie-ins. While we do get some Atom/Hawkman interaction, it hardly seems like enough to satisfy expectation. It is, however, appropriate enough to an issue of a two-character book, as it’s natural that one or the other character may take more of a leading role, depending on the given story. As what is essentially a one-shot, though, it’s a bit misleading.
The issue having an important tie to the overall story is something that I suspect comes from this being written by Johns, essentially the orchestrator of Blackest Night in the grand scheme of things. The story touches on a number of elements–Ray’s role with the Indigos, a demonstration of what he can do with the Indigo ring, a confrontation with the Hawks, some resolution to things with Ray and setting a new course for the character–which makes for a very strong read. The recap at the beginning did more to clue me in on the past of the Atom than anything else I’d yet read (and I’m pretty sure answered my unasked question as to the premise of Sword of the Atom).
Sook‘s art is high quality as well, and does a great job of getting across the visual aspect of the story. It just fits the story, and worked very well for me.
All in all, a very strong one-shot issue within the Blackest Night arc. Though it remains to be seen how much–or what part(s) of this issue get recapped in the main mini…this seems to be a tie-in very much worth getting if you’re following Blackest Night, even if you’re not generally snagging the tie-ins.
Definitely recommended.
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Zero Hour Revisited – Booster Gold #0
Posted on September 22, 2016 by Walt
Blue & Gold Chapter 1: The Secret Origin of Booster Gold
Written by: Geoff Johns & Jeff Katz
Pencil Art by: Dan Jurgens
Finished Art by: Norm Rapmund
Colors by: Hi-Fi
Letters by: Randy Gentile
Asst. Editor: Harvey Richards
Editor: Michael Siglain
Cover by: Jurgens & Rapmund
Cover Date: September 1994
I probably should have actually tucked this in with the "week 3" issues, as this 1. does not end on white pages and 2. takes place prior to events seen in "week 4." C’est la vie…I put this issue almost at the end of stuff because of it being a "retroactive tie-in" published a decade and a half AFTER the actual series.
This issue sees Booster Gold and the Blue Beetles travel through time, and cross paths in the timestream with Parallax (Hal Jordan) and Extant (Hank Hall) circa Zero Hour, 1994. Parallax damages their time-bubble and they’re forced into the 25th Century (with no need to chase down the time-trouble-makers, as they’ve already been dealt with IN Zero Hour–oops, we’ll see that shortly). Turns out the exact day the group emerges in is the day that Booster "threw" a football game and was caught doing so. While striving to ensure that this timestream is not disrupted, they use resources available to continue their own mission and we learn a bit more about Booster’s background as well as the Blue Beetle (several of ’em!) before things have to be dealt with–like putting Dan and Jaime back in their own times without any memory of this issue or the previous having happened…and Ted’s poised to be another "Hero You’ve Never Heard Of" alongside Booster… it’s Blue & Gold, reunited! Though the two quickly realize there’s a bit of a Brother Eye problem that may end things before they’ve truly begun.
This issue was actually published in 2008, some 13 1/2 years after Zero Hour. We were post-Infinite Crisis, post-52, mostly through Countdown, heading toward Final Crisis. And in the early issues of the Geoff Johns run on Booster Gold, with art by Dan Jurgens–the character’s creator and Norm Rapmund‘s excellent inks. And I recall this being one of the more fun series at the time, certainly one of my favorites.
In fact, I had covered the issue at the time, for comiXtreme (and republished in this blog years later), and rated it quite highly. That particular review was based on the issue in that context rather than as a random issue added to this mix, hence any discrepancies between then and now.
Ultimately (given the 14-year-gap in publication) this issue does nothing for the understanding of Zero Hour itself, moving the 1994 series along, etc. But this makes a fun tie-in and providing a more grounded "time" to touch base with–a nod to older/longer-time readers–while serving its own story.
This issue actually kicks off the second arc in the Booster Gold title, and leaves me quite interested in re-reading it…unfortunately, I don’t believe I have any of the early collected volumes, nor ready access (consolidated) to my singles at the moment.
I don’t recommend this in context of Zero Hour itself, really, but it was a great throwback issue, touching in continuity and playing off the #0 issues concept (this was the seventh issue of the series). But as a Booster Gold story, I very definitely recommend the Blue and Gold arc that this kicks off, as well as the first one, 52 Pickup.
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Convergence: Booster Gold #1 [Review]
Ride the Wave
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Penciller: Alvaro Martinez
Inker: Raul Fernandez
Letterer: Corey Breen
Colorist: Chris Sotomaor
Cover: Dan Jurgens, Danny Miki, Hi-Fi
Assistant Editor: Brittany Holzherr
Editor: Marie Javins
Cover Date: June 2015
I was all set to just pass entirely on Convergence this past week. But after how thrilled I was to get my Blue Beetle Showcase volume recently, and seeing the familiar "classic" Booster Gold AND Blue Beetle logos on issues this week…I wound up buying ’em. And I was especially sold on this issue seeing Jurgens‘ name there.
Though set amidst Convergence itself, this issue basically sees the pre-Flashpoint Booster and co. meet up with the New 52 Booster as they try to piece together what’s going on. We learn a few things about the timeline (such as the fact that Booster is Rip’s father in one timeline does not guarantee it’d be so in another) as well as that while pre-Flashpoint Booster has thought he was bouncing through time, he was actually being bounced through the various domed cities. Though the group manages to get to the surface they find themselves caught up fighting Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes before the older Booster is pulled away, to be greeted by a familiar city…and ally.
Despite the fight with the Legion keeping this "grounded" in the realm of "just another Convergence tie-in," overall this issue felt a lot more like its own independent thing. Still very much a part of Convergence, but with the time-travel stuff and the recent (post-52 Weekly Series) status quo for Booster this stands apart. The Futures End month Booster Gold issue last year also stood alone a bit and seemed to indicate there was something more going on with multiple timelines’ Boosters…and this picks up where that left off, thematically.
It’s a bit of a tease, and likely not in a good way, being able to follow "my" Booster Gold this way. But it definitely gives the appearance of a long game and Big Stuff to throw Booster into the mix with his own issues like these despite having no solo ongoing book since Flashpoint.
The story’s good, and plays quite well with established continuities–at least for me–and far more than any of the other Convergence issues or tie-ins, I actually"feel" like I’m getting a momentary continuation or revisitation with "my" Booster rather than a glimpse of characters purported to be the ones I knew that somehow seem more like they’re "based on" than actually being those characters.
I’m not overly familiar with the art team, but the art on this issue is quite solid and looks really good overall. Some of the colors seem a bit dark and heavy, but overall this looks like what my memory says could be an issue of the last Booster Gold ongoing, and with Jurgens continuing to write the character…it feels a lot more "true" to me.
Whatever Convergence as a whole holds, I would be quite comfortable with considering the New 52 Futures End: Booster Gold issue and this mini to be a direct continuation of the 2007 Booster Gold series…and that alone makes this well worthwhile.
If you want something that isn’t just another fight book or loosely based on characters from a scant handful of previous continuities, this is one issue that seems like it’ll actually "matter." Even if I pick up no further Convergence tie-ins, I’ll definitely be back for the next issue of this.
Filed under: 2015 posts, 2015 Reviews, Convergence (event), DC | Tagged: Alvaro Martinez, Booster Gold, Brittany Holzherr, Chris Sotomayor, Comic Reviews, Convergence, Corey Breen, Crisis, Dan Jurgens, Danny Miki, DC, DC Comics, Fight For Your City, Flashpoint, Hi-Fi, Marie Javins, New 52, Pre-Crisis, Raul Fernandez, Ride the Wave, Rip Hunter, Skataris, Time Travellers, Vanishing Point, Zero Hour | Leave a comment »
Futures End: Booster Gold #1 [Review]
Pressure Point
Written by: Dan Jurgens
Art by: Moritat, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, Will Conrad, Steve Lightle, Stephen Thopson, Mark Irwin, Ron Frenz, Scott Hanna, Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund
Colors by: John Kalisz
Letters by: Taylor Esposito
Cover by: Jurgens, Rapmund & Hi-FI
Editor: Joe Cavalieri
Asst. Editor: David Pina
Group Editor: Matt Idelson
[———- Please note: I will spoil this issue’s ending below, denoted by a further note. ———-]
I wasn’t going to cover any of these Futures End one-shots as a singular/full review, but then, that was partially due to the fact that all these others have just been the month’s iteration of an ongoing monthly book. But to the best of my knowledge, Booster Gold has not had an ongoing series since that final issue that tied into Flashpoint pre-New 52; and I haven’t a clue where he wound up via Justice League International and whatnot.
But knowing his creator–Dan Jurgens–was the writer on this issue in that way alone made it a no-brainer for me to pick this up, once I’d given in on getting ANY of these one-shots. I wasn’t sure what to expect of the issue and hadn’t seen anything for it in promotional stuff outside of the title itself. So seeing the cover was a thrill–this is definitely one of my favorite covers of the month. I’ve always loved the blue-and-gold contrast…the pairing of Booster and the Ted Kord Blue Beetle as well as simply the contrast of the two colors against each other. That makes for a striking cover. It’s also great to see the same title logo used as the last ongoing series…it lends an extra bit of recent-nostalgic familiarity to this.
As this isn’t just the month’s “five years later” glimpse of an ongoing character/series, we actually get a look at a Booster bouncing through time/dimensions trying to remember a mission, as we see Booster imprisoned, being interrogated for something…and eventually see that rather than some disjointed story there’s more going on than it seemed initially…and certainly gives me a “selling point” to catch up on and keep up with Futures End.
I was initially put off looking at the issue’s credits seeing a number of artists credited with ranges of pages…couldn’t one person (say, Dan Jurgens himself) do the entire issue? But I almost immediately realized then that hey…multiple worlds/dimensions…different artists lend some variance to the worlds, and contrary to my initial snap-judgment, I quite enjoyed that element here.
Booster himself looked familiar, yet there was something a bit different to the character that I couldn’t place…I vaguely recalled that he’d had a “new” costume in the New 52, so I wasn’t sure where this fit. Thankfully, that actually worked with the story.
After all these years, I really enjoy seeing Jurgens work on the character–particularly the story, but the art as well. There’s also that Booster Gold is one where time-travel is an intrinsic part of the character himself…which adds to the logic of this issue’s existence. Even if the character does not have an ongoing and may or may not (for my ignorance) be a regular part of any ensemble cast of an ongoing book–for anything involving time travel, I’d expect him to be a part of it in some form.
[——————————— Spoilers below ———————————]
By the end of this issue it became apparent that this was not a matter of Booster being imprisoned and the bouncing-through-time-and-worlds-and-dimensions being merely a mind-thing with someone screwing with him to convince him to give up a secret. We’re actually dealing with the New 52 Booster Gold as well as another version…and it seems to me that this other version is either THE pre-52 version or darned close to it. I don’t know where DC officially stands anymore on stuff, but this “hint” that the DC Universe *I* grew up on is still out there is a welcome treat, whether isolated to this title, this issue alone, or something bigger.
[——————————— Spoilers above ———————————]
All in all, like the Swamp Thing issue and the Supergirl issue, I ultimately found this to be an issue independently interesting and engaging (particularly by the ending and the “new view” of the earlier pages it generated for me), and very well worthwhile to have bought and read.
The “hope,” the potential weightiness of this single, short issue’s story…the possibility that I’ve just read a new Dan Jurgens story involving “my” Booster Gold…the attractive cover, the sturdiness of the physical cover…this all lends to the issue justifying itself and the $3.99 cover price (at least in this modern age of lesser-quality physical products for the price). Very definitely one of THE best issues of the month, and one I’d certainly recommend–whether the 3D edition or the standard cover edition.
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Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5 [Review]
Posted on December 6, 2011 by Walt
Quick Rating: Fantastic
Story Title: Book Five
The Legions come together as their foes are dealt with and the story winds down.
Pencils: George Perez
Inker: Scott Koblish
Colorist: Hi-Fi
Assoc. Editor: Adam Schlagman
Editor: Eddie Berganza
Cover Art: George Perez & Nei Ruffino
Publisher: DC Comics
In some ways, I hardly remember the last issue. It hasn’t been as long as it could have been…but long enough as we’re something like a half-year out from the ending of Final Crisis itself. Despite that…the wait seems to be worth it: this was a fantastic issue. I imagine I must’ve used phrasing like that before, but it fits here. There’s so much action and the pages are just filled with visual details on top of what we’re given overtly in words from the story.
The previous issue saw the return of OUR Superboy–Connor Kent. This series has also seen the return of Bart Allen (Kid Flash). Together with Superman and three different versions of the Legion, the characters work together to (would there be expectation otherwise?) overcome their foes.
We see a bit of personality from each version of the Legions (if not on an individual level in all cases). We have a satisfying conclusion to the story that makes sense. And we get set-up for a new ongoing series featuring these characters.
Johns’ writing is on a high level here, making use of story elements from the past few years–and going back through the history of these characters–and crafting what for now is THE Legion of Super-Heroes story to me. The story draws from elements seeded across numerous other books, and though this is a Legion-centric story, it borrows elements from throughout the DC universe as a whole.
Perez‘ art is top-notch as well with a level of detail that continues to impress me. His rendition of most of these characters comes off as iconic–and in many ways, this is the best I’ve seen many of the characters look.
I got a real kick out of seeing Superboy-Prime’s ultimate fate as the character comes full circle (though one should be careful what one wishes for), and there’s some interesting subtext to be taken from it as the character speaks right to the reader–or at least the comic-reading audience as a whole. Whether this is to drive home a purpose for the character and his unique position for executing this dynamic or is a way of Johns speaking to the audience…or both…it makes for a very satisfying conclusion.
I don’t feel like this story really justified its having the Final Crisis tag, as any tie it may have had to that story seemed to be covered in the actual Final Crisis series. This story ends without sending characters into Final Crisis (late or otherwise) but rather sends them toward adventure taking place after that event.
Despite severe lateness and showing no real justification for the Final Crisis tag, this concluding issue is not to be missed if you’ve at all enjoyed the story so far. If you’ve not read it at all…whether you’re a long-time Legion of Super-Heroes fan or have never touched an issue of any version of the Legion, I’d recommend considering the collected volume.
Story: 4.5/5
Art: 4.5/5
Overall: 4.5/5
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Story Title: Book Four
Members of the Legions of Super-Heroes battle Superboy Prime and the Legion of Supervillains, while Brainiac 5’s plans bear further fruit, and the Time Trapper stands revealed.
Cover Art: (Reg) George Perez & Tom Smith, (Sliver) George Perez & Hi-Fi
I’m no fan of variant covers, and any kind of marketing ploy to con people into buying the same content multiple times. Thankfully (despite dual covers), this issue is not that. But this issue cements this Legion story for me as one that I absolutely want to get in hardcover. And given the trend with DC’s books…I will be shocked if this series does NOT get the hard-cover treatment out of the gate.
The battle between the Legions rages on, as they combat their enemies in the Legion of Villains. As the brawls unfold, we see the Time Trapper step into things in-person, no longer simply manipulating…and while he has planned things, we see Brainiac 5 pull stuff together as seeds he’s planted through time come to fruition at long last–including a major element that has taken 1,000 years to come to this very moment…though things look like they might not quite work out as he planned. Superboy Prime faces off with the just-returned/resurrected Kid Flash (Bart Allen), and sees that his ‘nightmare’ is just beginning. Issue’s end sets up stuff for next issue’s conclusion, and goes a long way toward making me interested in Superboy Prime and the Time Trapper.
The story in this issue feels like it flies along. Where earlier issues in the series felt really long, this one actually felt short…and yet, there’s still quite a lot unfolding, as we se so many characters doing so much in these pages. The foundation Johns put down in the earlier issues and pulling from prior continuity bear major fruit here, and the payoff more than offsets the long wait between issues (and at this point, I think of this story simply as Legion of 3 Worlds, and forget the Final Crisis tag as best I’m able). Johns certainly has a grasp on these characters–or at least, for a reader such as myself, he sure seems to have that grasp on ’em…without someone more steeped in Legion history pointing out individual flaws to me, I have no problem with the way characters are depicted here.
The art for the issue is fantastic as well…aside from the overt visual style, there’s something to the overall imagery (the art, the inking, the colors) that subtley remind me of past comics. The depiction of the Time Trapper really puts me in mind of his depiction in Zero Hour (the last I recall seeing much of the character), which to me marks an incredible consistency that just adds to the appeal of this issue. Yeah, it’s been forever between issues–and I normally would have let a series go by now in protest of the delay–but this is one series that really is too good to give up on.
I don’t know how things will play out for the final issue–nor how characters pulled into this story will work afterwards in terms of interaction throughout the DCU…but just the fact of their presence here makes me one happy camper, and gives me new appreciation for and interest in the Legion as a whole.
Obviously, the 4th issue of 5 isn’t a great jump-on point…but if you’ve considered skipping this and the final issue for delays, I’d encourage you to forego that and just pick it up if you enjoyed the earlier issues. And if you’ve not picked any of these up and have the chance to snag the whole story so far, it’s well worth it.
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Quick Rating: Very Good
Story Title: Book Three
Legions good and bad fight a battle on multiple fronts while we learn more of the future and what it holds.
Cover Art: (Reg) George Perez & Dave McCaig, (Sliver) George Perez & Hi-Fi
This issue is jam-packed with loads of action, revelation, and character development.
We begin on Oa with a confrontation with Sodam Yat who has just memorialized the last of the Green Lanterns…yet, fellow Daxamite Mon-El challenges him to make a difference in the universe, particularly in the Legion’s current battle with Superboy Prime. The battle between the Legions of Super-Heroes and Legion of Super-Villains in Metropolis continues as everyone squares off amidst much collateral damage. While that battle rages, other plans have been set into motion as part of a grander plan orchestrated by Brainiac 5. One plan comes to fruition, adding a not unfamiliar ally to the party.
This is good stuff. Though this issue is very, very late–something I really don’t like–one cannot deny the quality to the product itself. Story and art are both of high quality here, and continue to sell me not only on this series, but the Legion itself as envisioned by Johns.
The story keeps stuff moving forward; there’s plenty of action–AND smaller moments–with a bit of face-time for characters from multiple Legions (though probably not nearly enough for fans of any version shorted on the face-time). The other drawback to such a dense story is that–as a Legion newcomer–I wondered a couple times if I was missing a page or an entire issue. This is made up for with some satisfying pay-off at issue’s end.
The art is at least as dense as the story, perhaps eclipsing the story–virtually every page has loads of characters, dialogue boxes, and word balloons. In a day where many other comics might have a couple word balloons and a dialogue box for an entire page or a double-page silent spread, I’m lovin’ this.
Long-time DCU readers should find this issue of particular interest whether they’ve been following this mini or not. While not the best issue to have as one’s first, for continuing readers this should be a blast.
Very much recommended.
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Quick Rating: Very Good!
Story Title: Book Two
Multiple Legions come into play, finally, as we also discover the fate of the Green Lanterns of the 31st Century.
Asst. Editor: Adam Schlagman
This issue opens on an ominous–but perhaps also hopeful–note. We then shift on page 2 to events on Sorceror’s World, which quickly becomes a battle between the Legion and Mordru. The last of the Green Lanterns shows up about the time Superboy-Prime and HIS legion show up, and the two Legions clash. (the double-page shot of their arrival would make a great poster…) Meanwhile, Superman and other Legionaires argue over what to do about Superboy-Prime (an argument that feels a bit metatextual to this reader). As they prepare to contact other Legions, Superboy-Prime and his bunch bring the fight home. Chaos erupts with the introduction of two other Legions. While they start to determine what’s going on big-picture-wise, Superman engages Superboy in combat. As the fate of the Green Lanterns comes into focus, a new player comes into play.
Visually, this is another fantastic issue. I’m not happy it’s been nearly two months since the last issue…but as a limited series that (for the moment) doesn’t seem to impact any other tiles including the core Final Crisis mini…well, I can’t bring myself to objectively count points against this for lateness except to note said lateness.
Perez once again impresses me–the entire art team does, really–with such detail, great colors, and so very many characters while maintaining such a high quality.
Story-wise, the “newness” has slightly worn off for me. I’m conscious of the fact that I’m missing a lot of stuff that older/long-time readers will pick up on. In my role as a relatively recent reader of anything Legion, though, I’m still enjoying the story overall. No real complaints…I’m eager to get to the next issue, and the issue after, and the concluding issue. I’m hooked, and I want to know what happens next (and really, with any comic story, I find that’s often a good thing, patience-be-darned!)
I get the feeling this is going to be one of those series that will make for a fantastic single-volume read. I feel like there’s a lot to be found in both this and the previous issue singularly–not fond of the higher cover price, but at least I don’t feel ripped off, as there’s plenty to keep me reading for awhile and even more to keep me looking through the pretty pictures. This is certainly my favorite of the Final Crisis stories–I’m enjoying this far more than the core story.
I definitely recommend this issue (with the usual qualifications–interest in the characters, already having or having access TO the first issue, etc.–this being the 2nd issue of only 5 total).
Story: 4/5
Art: 5/5
Quick Rating: Great!
Story Title: Book One
Superboy-Prime is unleashed on Earth in 3008, prompting an already-have-their-hands-full Legion of Super-Heroes to call on their old ally to help attend to this particular crisis.
There was something to the buzz for this book that–coupled with my reading Superman and the Legion of Superheroes all in one sitting on campus a few months back had me looking forward to this book, despite some worries. After all, I’m not your biggest Legion of Super-Heroes fan. I’m also not the greatest fan of the return of the multi-verse, and the seeming trend toward bring back all the silver-age concepts that were ditched after the original Crisis on Infinite Earths. Plus, I’m less than thrilled with the Superboy from Earth Prime being turned into a villain, with one of my favorite Superman stories (Superman: Secret Identity) being based on the original vision of Superboy-Prime.
This issue opens with the Time Trapper hanging out at the end of Time, reflecting on his failures to destroy the Legion of Superheroes. Realizing he can use the time-tossed Superboy-Prime to do some damage to the Legion, he sends Prime back to 31st-Century Earth where death and destruction begins immediately. A couple of temper-tantrums and a tour of the Superman Museum later, Superboy Prime has the beginnings of a plan for revenge on all those who have (from his perception) wronged him. Meanwhile, the Legion itself, represented by Lightning Lad, Cosmic Boy, and Saturn Girl face the United Planets Council in a debate as to the Legion’s necessity to the United Planets in light of recent events (as seen in Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes). Several Legionaires also venture into the Phantom Zone for Mon-El, and things don’t go quite according to plan. As Superboy-Prime starts his plan into motion, the Legion takes Superman up on his prior offer to not hesitate in contacting him for anything, and the stage is pretty much set for the rest of the series.
Along with continuity concerns, I was slightly worried about feeling a bit taken with the $3.99 cover price. However, I count 36 pages of story…broken by a mere 3 single-page ads…nd those story pages are chock full of great stuff.
The story is very well-written, working things in that allow readers new and old alike the chance to enjoy what would otherwise be mere exposition. There are also a lot of fun little “Easter Eggs” scattered throughout, with nods to all sorts of Superman history (and I’m sure there’s plenty that I–as a relatively inexperienced Legion reader–missed). This story seems to grow quite nicely out of prior stories, and yet maintains its autonomy from those stories: I was able to appreciate elements more having read a couple of those stories, and yet there’s plenty that I can only assume references other stuff, and yet I failed to feel “lost” in my reading. My only real quibble/point of confusion is from a comment Superman makes regarding Superboy Prime and his own past, apparently blurring the lines between characters that were quite distinctly different during/since Infinite Crisis.
The art in this issue is top-notch–I tend to forget how much I really do enjoy Perez‘ work. There’s a great amount of detail throughout, and yet even when things may almost seem too crowded, I find myself marveling at the number of characters fit into a panel with such individual detail. If Johns‘ writing brings you to the table, Perez‘ art will make you enjoy your stay.
All in all, this is a very solid and–more importantly–enjoyable issue. I don’t quite see where it “deserves” the Final Crisis treatment from this issue, but frankly…I don’t really care–the content of the package is a great read regardless of the packaging.
Aside from budget issues, a wait-for-the-trade determination or being entirely opposed to reading anything having to do with the Legion of Super-Heroes…I see no reason for one to not give this book a look-see. Very much recommended.
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How to configure 223 Series Adaptor Panels to control Vertex Standard VXR-7000 Repeater
Question How do I connect a Vertex Standard VXR-7000 Repeater to 223 Series Adapter Panel? Answer See attached; © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Setting up the DSP-223 for Optimum PTT Decoding
Question How do I set up the DSP-223 for Optimum PTT Decoding? Answer Figure 1 - A typical legacy analog radio system with a DSP-223 The most critical audio signal level in a legacy analog radio system, is the level of transmit audio from the console. It produces a signal that needs to be within a certain range as it arrives at the DSP-223/radio end of the system. Tone Remote Control (TRC) signaling must be within a certain level window, in order for the DSP-223 to decode it properly and reliably. With normal console functionality, the TRC levels and voice levels are calibrated relative to each other. Adjustment of the composite signal level at the console is sometimes necessary to compensate for line losses in the system. Figure 2 - Diagram of a Tone Remote Control burst Calibration of levels is primarily referenced to the Low Level Guard Tone (LLGT), it is typically -20 dBm. Voice then will fall into the window of approximately -20 to 0.0 dBm. The "Line RX" level pot on the front of the DSP-223 adjusts the Tx audio level coming in from the console. The DSP-223 sees audio from the console as "Line RX Audio". This audio is then transferred by the DSP-223 to the radio via the Radio Tx line. The Radio Tx level adjustment potentiometer determines the level going into the radio, and thus, transmitter deviation. So decoder input and transmitter deviation are independently adjusted. To find the optimum level for reliable PTT, first insure that the LLGT level is approximately -20 dbm at the input to the DSP-223. Some Motorola legacy consoles may produce a LLGT lower than -20, but the DSP-223 can work at lower levels if adjusted carefully. Start with the Rx line level potentiometer at a low level (full ccw) and gradually increase it until the unit begins to decode the tone bursts, and indicated by the PTT led on the front panel. Repeated key ups are required while finding this point as the unit will not key off of just the LLGT itself. It requires the complete tone burst, which occurs then the PTT button is pushed on the console, to initialize a key up sequence. Key up the console at one or two second intervals while moving the Line Rx Level potentiometer, in order to determine the full range of decoding, which will occur over a portion of the potentiometers rotational range. The final set point should be approximately in the center of the arc where the decoding works. This helps insure that if the leased line electrical characteristics shift, as they typically will, the decoding of PTTs will continue to be reliable. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Telnet with an IP-223
Question Can I telnet into an IP-223? Can I configure the IP-223 in telnet? Why would I want to use telnet? Answer Can I telnet into an IP-223? Yes, The IP-223 can be telnetted into. Can I configure the IP-223 in telnet? No, The IP-223 cannot be configured from the telnet session. Why would I want to use telnet? Telnet in the IP-223 is primarily for engineering use, however this can also be a useful trouble shooting tool while in the field. An example how this could be used is as follows; IP-223 is connected to a radio and you're not getting any receive audio back to your console. Use telnet to see if you have network connectivity and you can also see if the IP-223 is seeing any RX audio coming from the radio. The user name for this mode is "admin" and the password is "telnet". This is the default telnet mode and you will be able to view any RX or TX operations the IP-223 is currently processing. Telnet sessions in the IP-223 can also show serial data coming from specific radios in hexadecimal. To view this mode for radios attached to serial 1 log into the IP-223 with username "serial1" and password "on". To view serial port 2 information the username is "serial2" and password "on". Telnet sessions in the IP-223 can also show incoming iDEN radio ANI and other features on attached Falcon Series iDEN phones. The user name for this mode is "lego" and the password is "mania" If you need more help with this contact Telex Technical Support at 1-800-898-6723. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
What model of iDEN phones are supported with the IP-223?
Question What models of iDEN phones are supported with the IP-223/NI-223 adaptors? Answer In general, if the iDEN phone has a Falcon Series connector it should work. Below you will find a list of phones that we have tested and are known to work. Models i315 i832 i836 i730 i580 i930 i710 i205 i605 i560 i355 i325 i325IS i860 i850 i365 © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
How many devices can you control with one IP-223?
Question How many devices (radios, phones or tone lines) can you control with one IP-223? Can the IP-223 support mixed mode operations? Answer One IP-223 can support two devices (radio, phone or tone lines) and the modes (Local, Phone or Tone) can be mixed on an individual unit. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Does Telex Dispatch support UDP Unicast addresses instead of UDP Multicast addresses?
Question Does Telex Dispatch support UDP Unicast addresses instead of UDP Multicast addresses? Answer Yes, place opposite ends static IP address into the multicast address field, see example below: Note: You will now be operating in point to point mode (ie...IP-223 to single console), point to multi point (ie...IP-223 to multiple consoles) will not work. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
IP-223 not saving any web page changes
Question IP-223 will not save any web page changes, why? Answer When you make any changes to a web page of the IP-223 you must click "Submit" before leaving that page, then click on "Save to EEPROM" (top right) and then the "Save Parameters" button for your changes to be stored. If these step do not work next check the serial number of the IP-223 on the web page interface. If it has reset itself to 12345678 and not the physical chassis serial number, please contact customer service to get an RMA as the unit will need to be reset at the factory. You can reach them at 1-800-553-5992. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
FAQ for MTRBi Installs
Question MOTOTRBO Frequently Asked Questions? Answer See attached document. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
MDC Encode on IP-223 doesn't work
Question Why is the MDC Encode checkbox grayed out if I purchased the option? Answer If configuring the IP-223 line to operate in Tone mode and MDC Encode option is required make sure the IP-223 is using Firmware 4.2 or higher, this MDC option was not supported in Tone mode prior to this. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
How do I setup an IP-223 to control Kenwood TK-x80, -x90, -x150, -x180 and TK-5x10 radios?
Question How do I setup an IP-223 to control Kenwood TK-x80, -x90, -x150, -x180 and TK-5x10 radios? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
What is the BTU (heat output) per hour for the IP-223?
Question What is the BTU (heat output) per hour for the IP-223? Answer The BTU for the IP-223 is 30 BTU's per hour. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
How can I use the TX Group port field on the IP-223?
Question How can I use the TX Group port field on the Multicast Address Setup page? Answer The following is one way the TX Group Port field can be used to transmit on multiple IP-223s based on a unique port number... In this scenario you could use our IP-223 to expand repeater coverage to multiple distant sites. See the example below on how this would be setup. We are only using line one for this example. IP-223 #1 Multicast address 225.8.11.81 RX 6000 TX 1072 Group TX 6000 IP-223 #2 Multicast address 225.8.11.81 RX 6000 TX 1073 Group TX 6000 IP-223 #3 Multicast address 225.8.11.81 RX 6000 TX 1074 Group TX 6000 If one IP-223 receives it will cause the other IP-223's to key up and transmit. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Setting up 223 Series Adapter Panels to control E. F. Johnson Series 5300 Radios (non IP-25300)
Question How do I set up E. F. Johnson Series 5300 Radios to 223 Series Adapter Panels? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Setting up IP-223 adaptor panels to control Motorola Radius and Maxtrac 100/300 Series Radios
Question How do I set up Motorola Radius, M10, M100, M120, M130, M200, GM300, SM50, SM120, and Maxtrac 100 and 300 Series Radio to IP-223 Remote Adapter Panel? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Creating Cross Band Repeaters or Extended Radio Coverage Using IP-223's
Question How do I Create Cross Band Repeaters or Extended Radio Coverage Using IP-223s? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Connecting Telex VoIP Dispatch Systems to Analog Recorder Solutions
Question How do I connect Telex VoIP Dispatch Systems to Analog Recorder Solutions? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
What does the TX Group port field do on the IP-223?
Question What does the TX Group Port field do on the IP-223? Answer The TX Group Port field is used to transmit to multiple IP-223's based on a unique TX port number. © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
MDC-1200 Encode Setup and Operation Application Note
Question Can I setup for MDC-1200 Encode and Operation? Answer Yes, see attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Setting up IP-223 radio adaptor to control Kenwood NEXEDGE
Question How do I set up IP-223 to control Kenwood NEXEDGE? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Setting up 223 Series radio adaptors to control ICOM IC-A110 Mobile Radio
Question How do I set up 223 Series radio adaptors to control ICOM IC-A110 Mobile Radio? Answer See attached © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
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C-Soft 40
DSP-223 36
TRA-223 30
IP-1616 27
C-6200 26
HB-3+ 10
Network Recorder 9
ADHB-4 6
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Dispatch 2
C-Soft Version 5.4 and higher 2
MTRBi 2
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Items Philip IV
Philip IV
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883
Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660
Guérard, Henri-Charles, 1846-1897
Manet, Eduard
Eaux-fortes
Additional title: Philippe IV, d'après Velasquez.
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904 (Collector)
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883 (Printmaker)
Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660 (Artist)
Guérard, Henri-Charles, 1846-1897 (Printer)
Shelf locator: MEZAC
Shelf locator: 115096
Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665
Citation/reference: Moreau-Nelaton 6iii; Guerin 7iv?; Harris 15iii; [M-N 6(III/VI); G. 7(IV/VII); H. 15(III/VII)]
Extent: Etching and drypoint; state noted with standard reference number.
Extent: Plate mark: 6 1/8 x 8 11/16 in. (15.5 x 22.1 cm) Paper / Sheet: 12 3/8 x 17 11/16 in. (31.5 x 45 cm)
TMS Object Number: 115096
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 16.07.14
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65d705b0-c613-012f-a83e-58d385a7bc34
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Philip IV" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1862. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-41d5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Philip IV" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 18, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-41d5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1862). Philip IV Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-41d5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Placing the Common Era in a Holocene context: millennial to centennial patterns and trends in the hydroclimate of North America over the past 2000 years
Bryan N. Shuman, University of WyomingFollow
Cody Routson, Northern Arizona University
Nicholas McKay, Northern Arizona University
Sherilyn C. Fritz, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University
Matthew E. Kirby, California State University, Fullerton
Connor Nolan, University of Arizona
Gregory T. Pederson, US Geological Survey
Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Clim. Past, 14, 665–686, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-665-2018
Author(s) 2018.
A synthesis of 93 hydrologic records from across North and Central America, and adjacent tropical and Arctic islands, reveals centennial to millennial trends in the regional hydroclimates of the Common Era (CE; past 2000 years). The hydrological records derive from materials stored in lakes, bogs, caves, and ice from extant glaciers, which have the continuity through time to preserve low-frequency ( > 100 year) climate signals that may extend deeper into the Holocene. The most common pattern, represented in 46 (49 %) of the records, indicates that the centuries before 1000 CE were drier than the centuries since that time. Principal component analysis indicates that millennial-scale trends represent the dominant pattern of variance in the southwestern US, northeastern US, mid-continent, Pacific Northwest, Arctic, and tropics, although not all records within a region show the same direction of change. The Pacific Northwest and the southernmost tier of the tropical sites tended to dry toward present, as many other areas became wetter than before. In 22 records (24 %), the Medieval Climate Anomaly period (800–1300 CE) was drier than the Little Ice Age (1400–1900 CE), but in many cases the difference was part of the longer millennial-scale trend, and, in 25 records (27 %), the Medieval Climate Anomaly period represented a pluvial (wet) phase. Where quantitative records permitted a comparison, we found that centennial-scale fluctuations over the Common Era represented changes of 3–7% in the modern interannual range of variability in precipitation, but the accumulation of these long-term trends over the entirety of the Holocene caused recent centuries to be significantly wetter, on average, than most of the past 11 000 years.
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Victoria University Archives, 149 résultats 149
Moore, Arthur Bruce Barbour, 1 résultats 1
Surerus, John Alvin, 1 résultats 1
Robson, John Mercel, 1 résultats 1
Irving, John Allan, 1 résultats 1
Starr, Frederic Newton Gisborne, 1 résultats 1
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Office of Alumni Affairs & Advancement, 1 résultats 1
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Regents, 1 résultats 1
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Bursar's Office, 1 résultats 1
Victoria University (Toronto Ont.). Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, 1 résultats 1
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Chancellor's Council, 1 résultats 1
Textual records, 106 résultats 106
Photographs and art, 52 résultats 52
Electronic records, 7 résultats 7
Objects, 6 résultats 6
Architectural plans, 1 résultats 1
collection, 144 résultats 144
Seulement les descriptions de haut niveau Victoria University Archives
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Chancellor's Council fonds
CA ON00357 2135
Fonds consists of the following records of the Victoria University Chancellor's Council: minutes, 1983-1988, 1994-2002 (incomplete); Executive Committee minutes and other records, 1993-2001; Nominating Committee minutes and other records, 1983-2004; background file, 1982-1983; general files, 1983-1984, 1988; and correspondence of the President with individuals, 1983-1989.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Chancellor's Council
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty Committees fonds
1948–2009, predominant 1948-1994
Fonds consists of the records of Emmanuel College committees made up of faculty. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Minutes and correspondence, 1968–1990; Minutes of the Graduate Studies Committee, 1948–1975; Minutes of the Advanced Degree Committee, 1985–1994; Correspondence of the Basic Degree Committee, 1985–1987; Records of the Worship Committee, 1981-1983; and Records relating to Music program, 2002-2009.
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty Committees
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Council fonds
Fonds consists of four series: Minutes, 1928–2011; Minutes of the Curriculum Committee, 1976–1989; Minutes of the Planning Advisory Committee, 1989–1990; and Self-study, 1967, 1990.
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Council
Charles Bruce Sissons fonds
1920-1965; 1931-1961 predominant
Fonds consists of manuscripts, notes and other material relating to Sissons' biography of Egerton Ryerson [193-], as well as articles [1931-1949], notes regarding Victoria University history [ca. 1950], and reminiscences [ca. 1961].
Sissons, Charles Bruce
Frederick Carson Stokes fonds
Fonds consists of Frederick Carson Stokes' personal correspondence, 1960-1985, manuscripts of prayers for Victoria College Chapel, 1955-1970 and material re Class of 4T3 reunion, 1968 (including a 1943 class photo). Also contains on file of correspondence related to Victoria University and F.C. Stokes' work as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds and Bursar, 1951-1980.
Stokes, Frederick Carson
John Wilson fonds
Fonds consists of manuscript of address to the alumni, 1861, diploma from Trinity College, Dublin, 1847, undated lecture notes/sermons of John Wilson, Professor of Latin and Greek/Classical Literature/Biblical Criticism and Antiquities/Exegesis and Literature of the New Testament, at Victoria College /University, 1848–1899.
Albert College (Belleville, Ont.). fonds
Fonds consists of records of students registered, examinations, student marks, orders of proceedings, 1857–1884; financial records, 1861–1891. Some records were kept by Albert Carman in his capacity as Professor and later Principal.
Albert College (Belleville, Ont.)
John Potts fonds
Fonds consists of copies of outgoing letters primarily relating to personal matters; includes copies of letters written by others after Rev. Potts’ death, relating to his personal affairs.
Potts, John
John Line fonds
Fonds consists of lecture notes; addresses, 1931, 1955; and published articles.
Line, John
William Jackson Little fonds
Fonds consists of personal correspondence files, 1926-1949, photograph, and files re the W.S. Dyer Syndicate, which was formed to exploit an oil claim in the Northwest Territories, 1921-1930; minutes, financial records, correspondence regarding the O.R.B. Club, which was founded as a literary and dramatic organization in Toronto in 1908, 1929-1937; scrapbook including clippings about Victoria University, 1905-1918.
Little, William Jackson
Christopher Charles Love fonds
Fonds consists of the following series: Papers relating to Victoria University/University of Toronto, 1959–1998; General correspondence, 1951–1996; Papers relating to education and early employment, 1933–1984; Papers relating to literary activities, 1948–1992; and Personal papers/memorabilia, 1933–1997.
Love, Christopher Charles
John Hugh Michael fonds
1898-[194-]
Fonds consists of papers which are primarily undated: sermons, papers, journal articles, papers, commentaries, and notes and rough drafts.
Michael, John Hugh
Eugene Haanel fonds
Fonds consists of address by Professor Eugene Haanel to Victoria University Physics Class concerning the presentation of some scientific equipment, 1874.
Haanel, Eugene
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Alma Mater Society fonds
Fonds consists of minutes, 1903-1915.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Alma Mater Society
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Students' Council fonds
Fonds consists of minutes of the Students' Council, 1913-1914; minutes of the Men's Council, 1914-1916; minutes of the Women's Students Council, 1914-1920; and agreement between the Faculty of Victoria College and Men Students of the College (as represented by the Students' Council) re student government, 1914.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Students' Council
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Union Council fonds
Fonds consists of various versions of the constitution, 1930-1968; minutes, which may include annual reports and correspondence, 1959-1970; financial accounts, 1948-1970; reports, 1962-1968; records re orientation, 1960-1969; membership lists, calendars and other records, 1958-1960; minutes of the Union Activities Committee, 1952-1955 and Wymilwood House Committee, 1955-1970.
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Union Council
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Student Society fonds
Fonds consists of the following series: Constitution, 1939-1994; Minutes, 1927-1999; Records of the President, 1954-1981; Financial records, 1932-1955; Various records, 1963-1999; Records of the Association of United Church Theological Student Communities, 1975-1977; Records of the Athletic Society, 1947-1965; Records of the Clerical Collar, 1968-1971; Records of the Cousland Lectures Committee, 1961-1978; Records of the Missionary Society, 1947-1965; Records of the Theological Society, 1955-1963; and Records of the Worship Committee, 1955-1963, 1983-1997.
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Student Society
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Stephenson House fonds
ca 1892-2009, predominant 1940-2009
Fonds consists of constitution, 1990; minutes, 1940-1982; Board of Stewards minutes and other records, 1941-1979, 1991-1998, 2001-2009; financial record books, 1941-1965, 1990-1991, recipe and menu records, 2004-2005; and one series of photographs.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Stephenson House
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Class of 1899 fonds
Fonds consists of minutes (including constitution).
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Class of 1899
Fonds consists of minutes, 1900–1904.
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Conversazione Committee fonds
Fonds consists of minutes, 1896–1914, and report to Union Literary Society, 1914.
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Conversazione Committee
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Gate House fonds
Fonds consists of constitutions, minutes, reports, correspondence and other material, 1966-1978; and farcical letter, 1940, relating to Gate House.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Gate House
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Missionary Society fonds
Fonds consists of minutes 1888-1902, 1903-1919; constitution, 1900; and minutes of the Board of Management, 1894-1903.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Missionary Society
Victoria College (Cobourg, Ont.). Natural Science Association fonds
Victoria College (Cobourg, Ont.). Natural Science Association
Harold Bennett fonds
Fonds consists of speeches, addresses, lecture notes, degrees, memorabilia, correspondence, 1915–1971, of Harold Bennett; verse exercise by John Charles Robertson, 1929.
Bennett, Harold
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Philosophy Department fonds
Fonds consists of the records of Professor John A. Irving: correspondence files, including material dealing with Office, Faculty and Senate matters, 1948–1962, exams, 1949–1962.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Philosophy Department
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Registrar's Office fonds
Fonds consists of the following series: Subject files, 1932-2003; Records relating to students, 1913-2003; Correspondence of the Registrar, 1928-1975; Records related to courses and programmes, 1893-2003; and Emmanuel College Chapel records, 1945-1960; Records related to orientation and convocations; and Records related to recruitment.
Series 4 - Records related to courses and programmes - contains records of Union Theological College, the antecedent of Emmanuel College.
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Registrar’s Office
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty fonds
Fonds consists of minutes of Faculty meetings, 1847–1917 (gap July 1851–May 1853); includes student marks, 1847–1850.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). French Department fonds
Fonds consists of Victoria College French Department files concerning individuals who have taught French courses at the College. The files include class evaluations, resumes, letters of recommendation, applications for sabbaticals and funding, and other correspondence, 1970-1998.
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). French Department
Richard Seymour Kelly fonds
Fonds consists of photocopy of a certificate re R.S. Kelly's teaching performance at Victoria College from President Rev. A. McNab, 1849: photocopy of manuscript titled "A Course of lectures on astronomy", 1851 (O/S).
Kelly, Richard Seymour
Doris Jean Dyke fonds
1976-[200-?]
Fonds consists of correspondence and other records re teaching and other activities at Emmanuel College, 1976-1998; published lectures, article and review, 1989-1993; publicity material, programmes, photographs and other records re conferences, concerts, 1988-[2001?]; correspondence, reviews, publicity material, photographs and other records re "Crucified Woman", 1986-1992; course descriptions, [200-?]; published lectures, article and review, 1989-1993; curriculum vitae, 2001; and photographs of travels, conferences, students, Emmanuel faculty, and other subjects.
Dyke, Doris Jean
George Wallis Field fonds
Fonds consists of the following series: records relating to research, 1934-2002; records relating to courses, 1950-1980; records relating to students, 1962-1993.
Field, George Wallis
Annesley Student Government Association fonds
Fonds consists of minutes, constitutions and regulations, reports, correspondence and other records of the Annesley Student Government Association and its successor the Annesley Addison Student Government Association.
Annesley Student Government Association
Victoria College (Cobourg, Ont.). Board fonds
Fonds consists of minutes (including extracts), notes and drafts, reports and other records of the Victoria College Board. Also includes minutes of the annual meetings of ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church to elect Board and Officers of the College, 1862-1866. Fonds also consists of records of committees of the Victoria College Board, including the Building Committee.
Victoria College (Cobourg, Ont.). Board
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Women's Literary Society fonds
Fonds consists of the records of the Women's Literary Society (Ladies' Literary Society) including constitutions, minutes of meetings, financial records, and song books.
Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). Women's Literary Society
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Continuing Education fonds
Fonds consists primarily of records related to the continuing education programming offered by Emmanuel College. Included are workshop and course descriptions, calendars and agreements as well as program evaluations and planning documents. Fonds also includes the records of the Emmanuel College Continuing Education Committee which is responsible for the overall planning of the programming offered. Fonds contains the minutes of the meetings and reports from the Continuing Education Coordinator. The fonds contains three series.
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Continuing Education
Edward Wilson Wallace fonds
193? - 1941
Fonds consists of manuscripts, notes, outlines, bibliographies, research material and other records for Emmanuel College course regarding missions, 1932-1941 (Box 1); and manuscript of "The expansion of Christianity: a history of missions," [193-?] (Box 2).
Wallace, Edward Wilson
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Middle House fonds
Fonds consists of financial record book of Middle House, 1954–1975; a minute book, 1952–1960; a collection of reminiscences by a resident from 1952–1954, an address to the members, 1996; and miscellaneous records from the 2000s.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Middle House
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Student Organization Records Collection
Consists of the records of various student clubs and organizations including the Y.W.C.A., the Women's Athletic Association, the Cricket Club, the Varsity Christian Fellowship, Liberal Arts Club, Le Club Française, Literacy and Mutual Improvement Society, the Football Club, Bible Study Committee, the Social Caput, Orchestra, Classic Club, Chaplain's Council, Victoria Church Students Union, Contemporary Club and the Barefoot Club.
Records include constitutions, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, newsletters, etc.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Artifacts Collection
The Artifacts Collection consists of artifacts related to Victoria University and the Vic community. Categories of artifacts are: athletics, pins and medals, awards, jewelry, clothing, buildings, and miscellaneous items.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Theology Fonds
Fonds consists of three series: Minutes and other records, 1868–1928; Records of the Dean of Theology, 1910–1928; and Records of students, 1871–1928.
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Theology
Victoria Historical Collection
Collection consists of various material relating to the history of Victoria University/College, which was previously unaccessioned, for which provenance could not be ascertained. This material was gathered together in this general historical collection, and is organized by general topics: General historical material, 1929-1941; The University Question and Federation, 1845-1927; Legislation, 1841-1981; University administration, 1836-1923; Finances, fundraising and property, 1842-1929; Collections management, 1844-1942; Committees, 1890-1904; Students, faculty and academic matters, 1843-1968; Articles, lectures and poetry, 1863-1928; Records of the Educational Society and Brantford District College Convention, 1869-1899; Correspondence, 1836-1935; and Illuminated manuscripts and documents, 1892-1951.
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Principal's Office fonds
Fonds consists of 12 series containing the records of the former Principals and the Principal's Office: Subject files ; Correspondence ; Records relating to the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada ; Records relating to the Emmanuel College Financial Campaign ; Records relating to teaching staff ; Records related to committees and task forces ; Records related to inter-institutional agreements and cooperation ; Records related to honorary degrees ; Records related to programs and degrees ; Records related to Lectures, Conferences and events ; Records related to bursaries, scholarships and funds ; Records related to grants and endowments
Emmanuel College (Toronto, Ont.). Principal’s Office
Kenneth Harrington Cousland fonds
Fonds consists of early papers, 1909-1929; sermons, 1925-1966; prayers, [n.d.]; lecture notes [n.d.]; papers relating to choirs and music, 1947-1963; papers relating continuing education and the training of ministers, 1923-1963; papers relating to events at Emmanuel College, 1941-1965; papers relating to United Church history and archives, 1932-1965; papers relating to Cousland's book on the founding of Emmanuel College; resume; a book of hymns by R.B.Y. Scott, [ca. 1987]; and correspondence relating to students taught by Cousland, and essays examined by him.
Cousland, Kenneth Harrington
Alexandra F. Johnston fonds
Fonds consists of records, 1946–2009, consisting of six series relating to Johnston’s academic life and research, including those relating to her education, 1946–1961; professional life, 1957–2009;Records relating to the church, theatre and other activities, 1965–2003; teaching records, 1959–2008; scholarships and publications, 1971–2009. and photographs, [1961?]–2002.
Fonds consists of records created between 1946–2009, consisting of six series relating to Johnston’s academic life and research, including: Education, 1946–1961; Professional life, 1957–2009; Records relating to the church, theatre and other activities, 1965–2003; Teaching records, 1959–2008; Scholarships and publications, 1971–2009; and photographs, [1961?]–2002.
Johnston, Alexandra F.
John Ratcliffe Grant fonds
1935-1983, predominantly 1940s and 1950s
Fonds consists of personal papers of John Ratcliffe Grant, 1942-1983, including his doctoral thesis on Ancient Roman History for Harvard University, 1946.
Grant, John Ratcliffe
Alumni of Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.). fonds
Fonds consists of constitution, 1971-1977; minutes 1971-1996; Executive minutes, 1988-1989, 1992-2003; President's book, 1973-1974; General files, 1973-1975; file re reunions for the classes of 1918, 1923, 1930, 1935; Continuing Education Committee minutes, 1976; Programme Committee minutes, 1976; and photographs.
Alumni of Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.)
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Bob Revue fonds
Fonds consists of corporate records (minutes, a subpoena, correspondence, constitution, petition, reports, questionnaires - 1894-1981); Articles and reviews (1895-1981); Music, scripts, programs, posters, and other ephemera (ca. 1894-1997); Audio tapes and records (1954-1963).
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Bob Revue
Fonds consists of minutes, 1903–1907; and minutes concerning re-unions, 1911, 1919.
Fonds consists of address list, 1925, and newsletter, 1974, of the Victoria College Class of 1925.
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"House of Cards" Music Video Shoot
Out of the ashes we have just completed a video shoot for our next single, "House of Cards". With a dream of shooting in a house with the roof blown off and a crew of friends, we magically we able to find a house demolished in a fire top be the set of this video.
It was an incredible day--- complete with a mysterious disappearance of my dress I was wearing in most of the video. Thank you to Matt Dinan, Tony Mercado, Dylan Mercado, Jon Brunner, Juli Tang, and Daisy Rock Guitars!
Can't wait to start editing and we're hoping to release this one around Halloween! Get ready!
Here's the first still of the shoot :)
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©2013 Green-eyed Owl Music
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VICTORY!! Redskins 29 - Giants 27 Well ladies and gents, here we are. Coming into New York (except not, because it's New Jersey, but who wants to admit they're in New Jersey on purpose?), we sitting here 0-2, last in the division, while the Giants are sitting pretty (pretty ugly) at 2-0 with a division win. My my how things turn so quickly, and that's the goal today. With a win today, we're right back in this. That'll put us at .500 in the division and put some wind at our backs when we come home to face the Browns. So far, it's been a hell of a time
Tank Ain't Empty Yet
All offseason if you talked to Doug Williams all you heard was "We're gonna fix the run game". And when the Draft came around, after passing on him in the First Round, all 5-11, 225 lbs of LSU stand out, Derrius Guice fell into their lap. The pick completely re-energized the team and the fans with thoughts of a legit NFL Running Back to give them the missing part of their Offense. Fast Forward to the first week of Pre Season in New England where Guice, six carries in, had just started to show what he could do when when he was tackled & was extremely slow to get u
Reviewing The Chiefs
One more time before the Bye. Last week, I went through & watched both the previous Raider games before they came to town to get made to look like a high school JV team. This week I had thought about doing all 3 Chiefs games before heading off to KC, however due to time constraints I’ll be skipping their Week 1 upset of the Patriots and Week 3 against the Chargers. So, on the docket we’ve got their Week 2 matchup which had the same storyline as the Redskins’ Week 2 game. Skins had Gruden vs McCoy & this one has Reid vs his former Assistant Coach in Doug Pederson. Reid was
Looking Forward (with video!) - Preseason Week 2 Redskins vs. Jets
Hello ES, It's your friendly neighborhood TSO here and I'll be providing ES press box Gameday coverage for the next two preseason home games. Now, now, let's stop with the applause and all calm down. So, I've re-watched the first preseason game against the Falcons numerous times and I came away with some performances I thought were more intriguing to follow than others, with an eye on how they respond in the following games. Will those who disappointed improve upon the issues they showed? Will those who impressed continue to do so? Will we see chan
Preseason Week 1 Skins vs. Ravens Rewind: All about the Dline
Alrighty fellow ESers, I'll be doing the ES coverage up in the press box at FedEx for the next two preseason games with my main man @Spaceman Spiff taking awesome pics of the action as usual! As I did last year, I'll be focusing on players (or in this case entire positions) that have intrigued us all offseason. I'll go through what I saw in the previous games and, as we journey through the preseason, who improved or regressed along the way. And what has intrigued us all more than the Dline this offseason? So, first, a quick primer as to how I've approache
Looking Forward by Looking Backward - Preseason Week 4 Redskins vs. Bills
So, last week I went through the Falcons game and came up with a few players I thought were intriguing to keep our eyes on as we moved forward through the preseason (with a ton of video to boot, probably too much as that page is/was a bummer to load ); either because they had disappointing outings and we hoped to see improvements from them, or because they looked surprisingly good and we hoped to see the continuation of that level of play. I intentionally focused on players who weren't being talked about a whole lot that week so as to avoid any media redundancy. The disappointments I
Pre Season Week 1 - Redskins at Falcons
Atlanta GA-. Welcome to the Extremeskins coverage of the first preseason game and the beginning of the season. I'm Hap Haszard in the press box and Zoony will be covering the sidelines. A few of the players are on the field warming up and stretching Falcons on one end and Redskins on the other. Great view of the field from the press box, much better than Fedex or TampaBay which are the other stadiums I've been at. You would have to pay good money for these seats. A few warm-up pictures Redskins are wearing white jerseys and gold pants, Falcons
InDefensible
In today's Divisional Debacle, the Defense under Greg Manusky in the first half, gave up 207 yards of offense (105 rushing/102 passing) and two touchdowns. That said, they did manage a single INT on which the Offense actually managed to score a touchdown off of. They allowed 12 of 16 passes to be completed . In the second half it was 107 yards given up (58 rushing//49 passing) a field goal and a touchdown. They traded their first half pick for a second half sack. However, Dallas completed all five of their pass attempts. Don't read that thinking "Well it seems like t
Preseason Week 3 - Redskins vs. Bills - Is it Real Revisited
Landover, MD - Hello ES and welcome all to the Extremeskins Coverage of the third preseason game of the 2016 season. I'm TSO in the press box at FedEx Field along with Spaceman Spiff, here to provide you with the best damn coverage we possible can! Last week I talked about the burden that undoubtedly weighs on every Redskins fan's mind... that fear that lingers knowing that, after every successful season in the last how many years, the team followed it up with utter failure. The paranoia that something terrible is right around the corner. The Redskins "curse", if you will. But then
Welcome To The New Extremeskins Game Coverage Blog!
In honor of Extremeskins' 12th season covering the Redskins from behind the curtain, we are enhancing our Redskins game-day coverage. Beginning this year, our week-to week coverage will include this all in one place. Here, this space will be dedicated to coverage-related content such as: Our world-class game coverage featuring behind the scenes views from the sidelines, locker-room and press box The top Redskins tailgates at FedEx Field and opponent stadiums The best tailgating recipes, shared by your fellow 'Skins' fans A list of the best venues
Redskins / Falcons Photos
Pregame Photos here First Half Photos Here Second Half Photos Here
Back when there's football
Coolest Kid In The Stadium
Happy Friday & enjoy.
August 5th Extremeskins Coverage of the Redskins Training Camp
Richmond Today is Fan Apprecaition day, a good day to collect autographs and selfies with the players and coaches, At 7:00 fans started arriving for a 11:30 am opening. At 1:15 Jay Gruden will have a press conference and practice will be at 1:30. You can follow me on twitter @haphaszard. The media room is starting to fill up now so things should be starting soon. A very large crowd here today Something new in the Media room, free pepsi products as well as chips. Pepsi the new Redskins Partner. Jay Gruden's
So about this hotel...
Murf & I arrived here at the hotel a few hours ago. We immediately noticed this one was a bit different then what we've grown accustomed to. No, it wasn't smooth sailing at check as that never happens. Today's check in didn't have Murf down to be in the room. Usually that happens to me. I suggested the chick at the front desk just check me in & hand me an extra room key. I think that was to much for her to process. She still had to check with someone. Anyways, we finally got checked in & headed to the room to drop off our gear before heading out for a couple of breweries. Ste
2019 Redskins Schedule Announcement G.O.T. Style
Reviewing The Raiders - Updated FINAL
Aight. Last week was kinda fun reviewing the Rams tape, so I figured let’s do both Raiders games for this week. Yes, both. For now, here’s the Raiders at Titans game from Week 1. First up is Week 1 with the Raiders at the Titans. First thing is it’s weird to hear Romo calling this game because he’s always been an NFC guy yet here he is calling an AFC game. Secondly, the Titans start this game with a failed on-sides kick. It was ballsy, but dumb. Now to what I’ve been wanting to see, this vaunted Raiders Offense as never watched them last year. So let’s rearview what t
ES Coverage Redskins vs. Browns - A Tale of the Intertwined
Journey to Fed Ex through the eyes of the Press (Matt Jones and Jordan Reed sighting at the end of first video!): Welcome everyone to your week 4 of the regular season ExtremeSkins coverage, I'm TSO here in the pressbox with my man Murf (who will be covering the team on the sidelines) ready to provide you the best damn coverage we can! Oh, the entangled web the NFL can weave. When some random guy named RG3 who no one really knows that well moved on this offseason and signed with the Browns, many around the NFL, let alone Redskins Nation, had this
ES Coverage Redskins at Ravens
10/9/16 VICTORY Redskins 16 - 10 Ravens Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends and countrymen, we are once again gathered to witness the spectacle that is Washington Redskins football. My name is JimmiJo, and along with Spaceman Spiff, will bring you the sites and sounds behind the curtains of today's game. Washington comes in on a roll, the winner of two straight. After stumbling out of the gate with a decisive whoopin' at the hands of Pittsburgh, and then squandering an obvious opportunity for victory versus Dallas, the Redskins pulled off a big win in New York
ES Coverage Redskins vs Steelers (Audio & Photos)
DEFEAT!!! Steelers 38 - 16 Redskins Opening Thoughts JimmiJo For me, real football is played in the biting cold of late fall, when the leaves are down and the first snows are come. That said, it is hard to argue with the weather to start this Washington Redskins football season. Bright sun, mid-80s, and low humidity add up for a spectacular late-summer day outside. And while it may be a little on the warm side, I am sure when the sun sets we will settle into a beautiful night for football. Hello friends, JimmiJo here and I am joined by my partner of old, Murf. Toge
Preseason Week 5: The Number 9 Bowl
Tampa Bay, FL - Welcome to the #9 Bowl, no its not named after Sonny but tropical depression #9. I'm Hap Haszard and I'm covering the game from the pressbox, due to the change of schedule, our fearless leader TK could not make it to cover the sidelines. I arrived at the team hotel around 12:45, and from some of the bands of rain felt I was lucky to have made it that soon, Orlando was totally awash, the rest of the way it was bands of heavy rain then slacking off repeated until I reached the hotel, it was raining and windy when I arrived. While I was in the hotel lobby waiting
ES Coverage: Redskins vs Packers
Mistakes were made and Destino got his hands on a press pass! I am reporting from within the wonderfully climate controlled, and entirely dry, press box. Who says the fan experience at FedEx field isn’t great? Not me (not today). I am joined by Spaceman Spiff, who has managed to wrap himself and all his treasured equipment in plastic and is currently out on the field rolling around in the muck. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: There are reasons to feel good about the defense, the passing game has started slow, and the running game is unreliable. There are diff
August 6th Coverage of Redskins Training Camp
Richmond -- Its a nice cool morning here in Richmond, 65 degrees at 7am, clear and sunny The doors open for the fans at 9:30am. There were already several fans waiting when I arrived at 7:30. One gentleman I spoke with said he had driven an hour and a half to get here, he was first in line. A walk thru is scheduled for 10:35 and practice starts at 3pm, 2pm will have NFL Officials discussing changes to the rules. At 2:45 Jay Gruden will have his daily presser. Crowd waiting to get into training camp The fans are now going thru security and into t
Week 1 Loss Leaves Redskins Searching for Answers
Week 1 Loss Leaves Redskins Searching for Answers By John Pappas (ES Coverage Staff) For Redskins’ fans, this offseason was filled with excitement and anticipation. Washington won the NFC East in 2015, riding the back of an offense and quarterback in Kirk Cousins that seemed to get better each week until losing in the first round of the playoffs. Despite the loss, the team entered the post-season with no major injuries to key players. There were no salary cap issues and fans expected the team to keep their major stars. Even better, General Manager Scot McCloughan would have
Cut or Keep - RB Edition
Zoony threw this question out last night around the 3rd QTR in the Game thread. After their rain soaked performance last night against the Bucs, who do you Cut & who do you Keep? Think of it as the ES version of either F/M/K or Highlander - There can only be one. Below are their per game rushing stats: Against Atlanta RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG R.Kelley 7 40 1 18 M.Brown 7 28 0 7 Against NY Jets
Week 11 - New York Jets at Washington Redskins
We’re still doing this? Absolutely! Despite all the compelling reasons to just let everyone go home and enjoy and extended offseason, this is not an option. The games must be played, and therefore we the long-suffering fans will feel compelled to watch. Even games no reasonable football fan would choose to watch like, for example, today’s Redskins Jets game. Today’s convergence of sadness features the 30th ranked scoring offense (Jets 14.4 ppg) versus the 32nd (Redskins 12.0 ppg). The first team to 15 wins! With no playoff aspirations the compelling story lines for this game a
King of the Phil(ly)
I know, I know, that's a terrible title. However, I've only been to one game here at the Linc, and we won. Division championship in 2015, a thing of beauty. I'm also 2-0 while writing these things. At the same time, I was at the Monday Night Massacre/McNabb's Payday, so don't get too ****y. Philly has been fun-ish. We went to Geno's to get some world famous cheesesteaks Steak-Ums. More overrated than any free agent signing we've had since, well, you know. No matter what this turns out to be, it'll be a nice break from all of the distractions off the field. #yourenotwinningo
Knockin' On 600
Help Wanted : Can You Pass Block? Signing Bonus Included
Greetings humanoids. Murf & I are here in the land of perpetual sunshine, oranges, & the world famous Florida Man. What a difference a week makes. One game, one single game, completely changed the look of this then 5-2 Redskins team. Last week against the Falcons they lost nearly the entire Offensive Line. Having to scramble, the FO was signing guys off the street in order to play the Bucs. There’s lots of factors that will play into what this M.A.S.H. unit of an Offensive Line will be able to do. As Jay Gruden said earlier this week, they’re teaching these
Quick Update From The Desert
So this just happened. Cardinals RB David Johnson just signed his extension & is calling for a Cards win to start their season. Now that he's got his pockets straight will he be playing with a purpose to prove he's worth it? And will the Redskins newly stacked D Line be prepared to show that the Cardinals just wasted their money? Tune in tomorrow, same Skins time, same Skins channel...
ES Game Day Coverage: Redskins vs. Packers - Preseason Week 2
Landover, MD - Greetings to all my fellow ES'ers and ES'ettes! It's your neighborhood friendly TSO up here in the Press Box at FedEx Field along with the greatest photographer in the universe (verified fact, he has a plaque stating such), my man @Spaceman Spiff. We're here to provide you the best Redskins' coverage you'll find on the planet and, perhaps, in the universe - though I must admit Planet X5567 from the Controria Quadrant does a pretty good job of it themselves. Sorry for that, news of an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie in the making clearly has me overly geeked out. Anywho,
ES Coverage: Redskins @ Ravens
ES Coverage: Redskins @ Ravens 08/10/17 DEFEAT Ravens 23 - 3 Redskins Welcome my friends to another season of Washington Redskins Football (queue applause)! I can think of no better person to kick off this season than me, JimmiJo. Along for the launch is my partner; Spaceman Spiff. In our time together we have inadvertently glanced at more NFL locker room manhood than is acceptable in polite company. All that aside, we will do our best to bring you the sights and sounds of tonight's action. Story line for me is how
Skinsgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from deep in enemy territory. The Redskins continue to sport the Championship uniform off the white jersey/burgundy pant combo on the road. Meanwhile, the Cowboys are departing from their normal throwback uniform to wearing their bad luck blue jersey. Here's to their continued back luck wearing it today. ANNOUNCEMENT OF INACTIVES The Redskins declared the following players as inactive: o No. 2 QB Nate Sudfeld o No. 19 WR Rashad Ross o No. 31 RB Matt Jones o No. 57 LS Nick Sundberg o No. 68 T Blaine Clausell o No.
ES Coverage Redskins vs Packers
VICTORY!!! Redskins 42 - 24 Packers JimmiJo Hello Brothers & Sisters, and welcome to another edition of Washington Redskins football. Tonight's episode features the Redskins hosting the Green Bay Packers. My name is JimmiJo, and together with my partner of the ages, TheMurf, will bring you tonight's action. The last time these teams met was in January in the the playoffs. Then, Green Bay left winners. Here's hoping it goes different tonight. At 5-3-1, it is difficult to convince some that tonight's game is 'must-win.' But it is, given the state of the division
Why We Will Win
This is simple. They can't even manage to tp the team hotel correctly. One strand. Are you kidding me? And it looks like they even used paper towels instead of toilet paper. Clearly Screaming A called the wrong fan base losers.
Down Analysis Report for Detroit Lions: 3-3
Down Analysis Report for Detroit Lions Offensive Down Analysis Report for Detroit Lions First Down Rushes Passes Scrambles Distance Plays Yards Avg 1st Downs Conversion % 1 3 (4) -3 (20)
Redskins & Lions League Rankings
Week 6 - What To Watch For
»» The Redskins recording a fourth consecutive victory to match their four-game winning streak to close the 2015 season. »» The Redskins evening their home record this season at 2-2. »» The Redskins improving to 4-2 through six games for the first time since 2008. »» The Redskins adding to their 84 all-time wins against the Eagles, their most against any opponent. »» The Redskins seeking a fourth straight victory against Philadelphia for the first time since posting a four-game winning streak in the series across the 1985-87 seasons. »» The Redskins improving upon their 43-35-3 all-t
Week 4 League Leaders
Redskins Offense »» Ranks first in the NFC and NFL in passing yards (992) »» Ranks first in the NFC and NFL in receiving yards (1020) »» Ranks first in the NFC and NFL in 25+ yard passing plays (11) »» Ranks first in the NFC and second in the NFL in percentage of sacks per pass attempt (2.25%) »» Ranks first in the NFC and NFL in air yards (404) »» Ranks first in the NFC and NFL in gross passing yards (1020) »» Ranks first in the NFC and tied for first in the NFL in percentage of 3-and-out drives (6.5%) »» Ranks first in the NFC tied for first in the NFL in scoring percentage o
ES Coverage Redskins vs Cowboys (Audio & Write-up)
DEFEAT Cowboys 27 - 23 Redskins The word of the day is; "URGENT." Hello everybody, JimmiJo here and I am joined by Spaceman Spiff. And our mission is to bring you the sites, sounds, and smells of today's Washington Redskins - Dallas Cowboys game. The Washington Redskins used a prime time Monday Night opportunity to lay a spectacular egg. They were beating in most every significant area and suffered yet another national embarrassment. Ok, so that one's over. But while I am usually all for the 24-hour rule; the one where you celebrate a win or bemoan a loss for 24-
Week 1 What To Watch For
»» The Redskins kicking off their 85th season in franchise history, dating back to their debut as the Boston Braves in 1932. »» The Redskins representing Washington, D.C., for an 80th straight season, dating back to the team’s move to the District prior to the team’s 1937 championship season. »» The Redskins repeating as NFC East champions for the first time since winning the division in three consecutive seasons from 1982-84. The Redskins would be the first team to repeat as NFC East champions since the 2001-04 Philadelphia Eagles. »» The Redskins making the playoffs in consecu
ES Coverage: 2018 Week 5: Redskins at Saints
Saints 43 - Redskins 19 DEFEAT. Postgame thoughts When the ground game never gets going and your receivers are missing in action as they have been for the first month of the season, it turns out it's pretty difficult to put points on the board. Conversely, when your defense practically begs the home team to start off hot by picking up penalties on three early 3rd down plays to keep drives alive, you're going to face an uphill battle. And if both of those things happen at the same time to the same team ... well ... you get a blowout of epic proportions.
ES Coverage: Redskins vs Raiders Final
VICTORY!!! Redskins 27 - 10 Raiders JimmiJo Greetings good people. JimmiJo here and I am joined by the partner of my youth, TheMurf. We have joined forces to bring to you the sights & sounds of this evening's primetime matchup between the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders. The Raiders are a good squad. The crowd walking in told me as much - a more than healthy portion of silver and black accompanied me up the hill to FedEx Field. I was encouraged by the Redskins' performance last week against the Rams. But this Oaklan
Just How Pass Happy Are The Redskins?
Lets take a look at the run/pass selection by Down & yards to go. It was bad enough after the Steelers game, but now the scales are tipped WAY out of balance. I haven't looked it up but damn if this doesn't make me wonder if the Rams "Greatest Show On Turf" years passed this much. looking at these breakdowns, you'd think this was from a Madden season & not an actual NFL team. I'm curious to see this weekend if the Giants stack the box only when it's 1st & 6-10 to go as that's the only dominate time the Redskins seem to ever run the ball.
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COVID-19 is likely to increase youth unemployment in Africa, this is how business can mitigate the damage
June 8, 2020 by World Economic Forum 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Chido Munyati, Knowledge Lead, Africa, World Economic Forum
Nearly 20 million jobs in Africa will be threatened by the COVID-19 crisis. With youth unemployment twice that of adults, the potential for social unrest is real.
Transformation Maps are a knowledge tool that can help stakeholders move from anecdotal evidence to a more rigorous and systematic understanding of the drivers of conflict and resilience.
By adressing the drivers of conflict, companies can help reduce the risk of conflict, and better ensure the long-term preservation and resilience of their businesses.
A report by the Africa Union estimates that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “nearly 20 million jobs, both in the formal and informal sectors, are threatened with destruction”. The resulting potential for social unrest is largely due to the disproportionately-affected youth demographic (15-24 years), whose level of unemployment is twice that of older adults.
The world’s youngest continent
Africa is demographically the world’s youngest continent. By 2030, one fifth of the global labour force – and nearly one third of the global youth labour force – will be from this region. While 10 to 12 million youth enter the workforce each year, only 3 million formal jobs are created. Indeed, the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will likely exacerbate this trend. Notably, in the first month of the crisis, it has been estimated that the income of informal workers in the region dropped by 81%. In Africa, 85.8% of employment, and 95% of youth employment, is informal. The ILO defines informal employment as “employment without legal or social protection”. This work is often characterized by low pay, erratic hours, uncertain employment status, and hazardous working conditions.
COVID-19 poses some unique challenges for Africa’s children
Largescale youth unemployment leads to unrest
Worryingly, the combination of the region’s demographic dividend and the first recession in 25 years will probably increase the risk of social unrest. There is a considerable body of literature that argues, both from theoretical and empirical perspectives, that large youth unemployment – associated with socioeconomic inequalities and corruption – is a driver for instability and national insecurity. For example, access to quality jobs was a central demand and a key driver of the Arab Spring protests. Moreover, in the Regional Risks for Doing Business 2020 report, for the second year running, business identified “unemployment or underemployment” as the top risk in the region.
The private sector has a role to play
While the primary responsibility for peace, security and development must rest with governments, we are witnessing a growing acceptance and enquiry into multitrack approaches to conflict prevention, whereby private-sector efforts complement those of the public and civil society sectors. An analysis of patterns across case studies suggests that companies can help establish or sustain peace, or mitigate conflict. Attempts have been made to develop a theoretical framework for measuring the effects of private-sector activities on the development of peace and security.
Effectiveness in conflict prevention and peacebuilding flows from intervention into the key driving factors of conflict – factors without which the conflict would not exist or would be significantly different.
To the extent that private-sector actors aspire to change the driving factors of conflict and violence sufficient to achieve positive outcomes, there needs to be a clear theory of change, which analyses the key drivers of conflict and resilience, and conceptualizes strategies for transforming conflict dynamics. Transformation Maps are a knowledge tool that can help stakeholders move from anecdotal evidence to a more rigorous and systematic understanding of the drivers of conflict and resilience.
Part of a systems approach to conflict prevention
Importantly, any role for business can only complement other elements of conflict prevention and should not be seen as distinct. One implication of a systems perspective to conflict prevention and peacebuilding is that the effect of any intervention derives from the impacts that the activities have on drivers of conflict within a larger conflict system, and not from any intrinsic good that comes from a particular standalone activity.
For example, an estimated 9 million people (mostly youth) in Africa are directly involved in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – and an additional 54 million indirectly depend on ASM for their livelihoods. (In most African countries, 5-20% of the population directly depends on ASM.) However, almost all ASM activities are informal and occur outside of legal frameworks. Consequently, the illegal trade of minerals contributes to violent conflicts.
Global mining companies are attempting to address these discrete drivers of conflict – vulnerable employment, inequality and exclusion – by providing artisanal miners with geological, value-addition and administrative support. But these local-level interventions must be integrated into regional and international regional mechanisms that legalize and formalize ASM activities.
By weakening or transforming the drivers of conflict, companies can help reduce the risk of conflict, and better ensure the long-term preservation and resilience of their businesses.
In all cases, these interventions should be undertaken in ways that acknowledge the primacy of local actors, are sensitive to the complex context, and help build trust and confidence.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be an even greater demand for job security in Africa; and there will be a need to further develop inclusive business models that facilitate young people’s transition to the formal economy, which in turn will reduce the risk of instability.
This article first appeared on CNBC Africa
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We may not get to see our 2020 favourites take to the stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce on our Eurovision favourites. This series is aimed to discover the team’s favourite entries from the 21st century, from 2001 to 2019.
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Pasha Parfeny – Lăutar | 11th place, 81 points (Final)
When I think of Moldova at Eurovision, I think of all things weird and wonderful. Moldova is a nation that can manage to turn a non-qualifying song into a memorable performance, and especially with the upbeat songs, we end up seeing them do relatively well. Think Zdob și Zdub and DoReDoS, as well as SunStroke Project and today’s focus, Pasha Parfeny. Realistically, I have no clue what Lăutar is about, nor how the stage performance has any relation to the song…. But it just works.
This is definitely up there among my favourites from Moldova. I love how upbeat this song is, and at its core, it’s just a super catchy song. Pasha Parfeny absolutely sells this performance, vocally, but also with his stage presence. The staging is so random, but somehow works. I love the costumes as well, it all just comes together so well.
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The Elder Scrolls Online, commonly abbreviated as ESO, is a massively multiplayer online spin-off of the Elder Scrolls franchise. It takes place in the year 2E 582, making it the earliest-set game in the series.
With the fall of the Reman Dynasty at the end of the First Era, the Dragonfires go out without an emperor to light them. In the absence of a clear leader, three warring factions—the Aldmeri Dominion, the Daggerfall Covenant, and the Ebonheart Pact—use the opportunity to expand their territory, at the expense of their rivals and the residents of the Imperial province of Cyrodiil. The Tharn family (ancestors of the infamous Jagar Tharn) forges an alliance with Mannimarco to assist the depleted and surrounded Imperial Army by reanimating their dead. Secretly, Mannimarco betrays his Imperial allies by assisting the Daedric Prince Molag Bal in invading Tamriel in an attempt to incorporate it into his realm. The player character is one of Molag Bal's victims, who has had his or her soul stolen by the Daedric Prince.
Following a public beta, the game launched for early access in late March 2014 for PC/Mac and was originally subscription-based. It was rebranded as The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited in March 2015 to coincide with a shift in payment model, moving to a buy-to-play model with DLC-based updates, an in-game cash shop, and an optional premium subscription. The game launched on Xbox One and PS4 in June 2015. Following the launch of the Gold Edition in September 2016 and the One Tamriel update in October 2016, Tamriel Unlimited was removed from the branding. ESO will be coming to Xbox Series X and PS5, although there is currently no release date.
Additional general game information can be found here.
Quest Information
Quests — All the quests upon which you can embark
Chapters — Information on the larger "Chapter" content packs
DLC — Information on available content packs
Attributes — What are the basic stats?
Build Editor — UESP's character build editor
Champion — A guide to the Veteran horizontal progression system
Character Creation — A guide to the character creation process
Classes — Information about each of the classes
First Time Players — A guide to help new players learn how to survive in Tamriel
Buying Guide — Not sure which of the game's several versions to get, or how to get the DLC you're missing?
Leveling — Understanding the character leveling system
Races — The defining characteristics of the playable races
Skills — And what can you do?
Titles — Honorifics you can earn through various achievements
Vampire — Information about vampirism and related quests
Werewolf — Information about living as a werewolf and related quests
Gameplay Information
Activities — Miscellaneous activities available during the game
Combat — Information about combat in ESO
Controls — A table of the various controls used to interact with the game, for all game platforms
Crafting — The arts of crafting and improving equipment
Dungeons — Information on the various dungeons in ESO
Events — Limited-time events which have taken place in ESO
Hints — All sorts of gameplay hints to let you play the game in a more comprehensive way
Making Money — Some tips and tricks aimed at helping you earn a bit more gold
Items — Where to find specific items and their related attributes
Inventory — Information about inventory management
Collections — Information about account-wide collectibles
Justice — Information about the laws of Tamriel and how to stay on the right side of the authorities
Stealth — Information on the art of stealth and its uses
Trials — Information on the various trials in ESO
Veteran — Information on the content which becomes available when a player reaches Level 50
Achievements — Awards you can receive for your efforts
Creatures — A bestiary of all the friendly and hostile creatures found in the game
Mounts — Creatures that you can ride in order to get across the landscape faster
Pets — Aesthetic creatures that you can obtain to follow you around
Factions — Listing of all the guilds and factions in the game, including the factions you can join
NPCs — Listing of all non-player characters in the game
People — Listing of all the named people in the game
Places — Listing of all the places found in the game
Zones — A list of places grouped by zone
Maps — Are you familiar with your whereabouts?
Player Housing — Details of the player houses
Services — A listing of all the services provided in the game
Multiplayer Information
Alliance War — Information about ESO's large-scale player-versus-player gameplay
Battlegrounds — Information about ESO's small-scale player-versus-player gameplay
Chat — Information about the chat window along with a list of commands and emotes
Dueling — Information about the one-on-one player battle system
Grouping — Information on grouping with others
Guilds — Information about player-created guilds
Mail — A system that lets you send other players items and gold
Trade — Face-to-face exchange of items and gold
Rewards and Transactions
Crown Store — Information about the items in the in-game shop
Daily Rewards — Items you receive when you log in each day per month
ESO Plus — Information about the game's premium subscription service
Loyalty Program — Information about the discontinued Loyalty Program
Twitch — Details on integration with the Twitch video streaming service
Megaservers — Details on ESO's megaserver technology
Technical Support — Hardware and system software issues and their practical solutions
Patch — Official patches for ESO by Zenimax Online Studios
Tamriel Unlimited — Details of the change in the payment model, which took place in March 2015
One Tamriel — Details of the change to the leveling scheme and zone structure, which took place in October 2016
Homestead — Details of the player-housing system, which was added in February 2017
PC & Mac Versions
PC & Mac System Requirements — Minimum and recommended system requirements for the PC and Mac versions of the game
PC/Mac Store — Details on items and services available from the PC/Mac online store
Steam — Information on the Steam version of the game
Public Test Server — Information about the game's persistent testing server
Modding — Information on add-ons and file formats
Official Add-Ons — Official add-ons released by ZeniMax Online Studios
uespLog AddOn — UESP's data-logging add-on
Console Versions
PlayStation 4 — Information specific to the PS4 version of the game
Xbox One — Information specific to the Xbox One version of the game
Previews and Reviews
Beta — Information about the game's closed beta
Concept Art — An archive of concept and rendered art created during the game's development
Screenshots — Screenshots from the game prior to its release
Abbreviations and Terms — Glossary of terms and acronyms encountered in ESO
Credits — Details on exactly who did what to create the game
Development Team — The development team during the Beta period
Voice Actors — List of the actors who provided voices for ESO's NPCs
Deprecated Content — Content that has been removed from the Elder Scrolls Online
Easter Eggs — Funny, out of place, or reference-related non-bug findings
Game Clock — Shows the current in-game time and real time across several common time zones
Historical References — References to people, places and events from previous Elder Scrolls games
Loading Screens — Information that appears while the game loads
Music — Information about ESO's soundtrack
Trading Cards — Trading Cards you can obtain by playing the Steam version
Wallpapers — Official wallpapers, available in various sizes
The Elder Scrolls Online website — The official website for The Elder Scrolls Online
Elder Scrolls Online Subforum — A place on the UESP forums where you can discuss the game
UESP Guild — Join the UESP on its adventures throughout Tamriel!
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India has become the world’s third country to pass four million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows no sign of peaking.
The 86,432 new cases took India to 4,023,179 infections, third behind the United States which has more than 6.3 million and just trailing Brazil on 4.1 million.
While the government has eased restrictions in a bid to revive the economy, India now has the world’s fastest growing number of cases at more than 80,000 a day and the highest daily death toll at more than 1,000.
The country’s caseload has gone from three to four million in just 13 days, faster than the United States and Brazil.
The pandemic is now spreading through rural areas which have poor health facilities but is also resurging in big cities like Delhi and Mumbai.
Maharashtra state, which includes Mumbai, has been at the centre of the crisis in India since a nationwide lockdown was imposed in March. It still accounts for nearly a quarter of the new daily cases across the country of 1.3 billion.
Shamika Ravi, an economics professor and former government adviser who has closely followed pandemic trends in India, said that India is “nowhere close” to a peak and Maharashtra must become the “focus” of the campaign against the coronavirus.
“There is no controlling Covid-19 in India without controlling the outbreak in Maharashtra,” she said on Twitter.
“Given its economic significance, Maharashtra will continue to influence the spread of infection elsewhere in the country.”
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Seine River peaks in Paris, top museums stay shut for days
Rescue workers from the French "Securite Civile" on small boats attend an evacuation operation for residents of the edge of the Seine River in Juvisy-sur-Orge, near Paris, France, June 3, 2016. (Reuters)
The Associated Press, Paris Sunday 05 June 2016
The Seine River peaked early Saturday around Paris, hitting its highest level in nearly 35 years - almost 4.5 meters (15 feet) above average - then began a slow descent. That drew a collective sigh of relief but authorities cautioned it could take up to 10 days for the river to return to normal.
It will take at least four days before tourists in the French capital get a chance to view art at the world-class Louvre Museum, where workers have been scrambling to move 250,000 artworks from basement storage areas to rooms upstairs to keep them safe from flooding.
The Louvre, home to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” said it won’t reopen until Wednesday, while the Orsay Museum, known for its impressionist art, was closed at least through the weekend. Other Paris landmarks shut down due to flooding include the national library and the Grand Palais, Paris’ opulent exhibition center, which was built more than 100 years ago.
Nearly a week of heavy rain has led to serious flooding across parts of France, Germany, Romania and Belgium.
The death toll from flooding in France rose to four, with 24 others injured, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Saturday after a government crisis meeting, bringing the flooding death toll across Europe to 18.
A regional lawmaker in Bavaria, Michael Fahrmueller, was quoted by the dpa news agency as estimating that economic damages from flooding in Lower Bavaria would be over 1 billion euros ($1.14 billion). He said 5,000 homes were affected - 500 of them beyond repair - and 200 bridges destroyed.
No damages estimates have been made yet for flooding in France.
In Germany, where 11 people have died from flooding, another weather catastrophe struck when a lightning storm hit a rock festival west of Frankfurt late Friday, sending more than 70 people to the hospital. The Rock am Ring festival was suspended Saturday, with organizers urging tens of thousands of festival-goers to seek shelter.
In France, Environment Minister Segolene Royal said camping sites in the Bois de Boulogne and Maison Laffitte, just outside Paris, were evacuated, along with some nursing homes and medical facilities in the Yvelines region west of Paris and in Hauts-de-Seine, to the northwest. She did not elaborate.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said water levels on the Seine in the city were dropping at less than one centimeter per hour, and cautioned vigilance.
“Under Paris, it’s really like Swiss cheese with canalizations, the Metro, sometimes huge working spaces,” she said.
The swollen Seine, where riverside restaurants are partially flooded and floating barges are unable to pass under bridges, was becoming a tourist attraction in itself. Gawkers, tourists and Parisians alike leaned off bridges or ventured down steps toward flooded roadways and jogging paths.
“It’s impressive. Very impressive,” said Marijke Engelvaart from Apelsdoorn in the Netherlands. “You see it on television, but if you see it live, it makes more of an impression.”
France’s meteorological service said Saturday that high flood alerts remained in effect in 14 regions, mostly in central and western France.
Valls, the prime minister, said water levels were decreasing “slowly but steadily.” He waded in rubber boots through the streets of a town in the Essonne region south of Paris.
Even as the peak water level passed, transportation problems remained throughout the French capital. Several train and subway stations were shut down in the city center and flooded roads abounded.
One of the Seine’s tributaries had not seen water levels this high since 1910, when the Great Flood of Paris swamped the capital.
Boats and barges docked in Paris were being carefully watched to ensure none would cast off their moorings.
“It’s just water,” said Nicolas Hainsohn, a houseboat resident, told The Associated Press. “(But) it’s tricky to dock, because you need to follow the water flow. You have to be careful, otherwise you can hit the river bank.”
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7 ‘terrorists’ dead in Paris attacks, Syrian passport found: prosecutor
By Staff writer, Al Arabiya News Saturday 14 November 2015
Seven “terrorists” were killed in attacks that caused the deaths of at least 129 people in Paris and a Syrian passport was found on one of the assailants, the French capital’s prosecutor said Saturday.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said the attackers had worked in three teams, striking seven times in quick succession on Friday night. The prosecutor meanwhile said it was not clear to whom the passport belonged to.
Previously, the prosecutor said there could be eight gunmen killed across the capital, with more still at large behind seven attacks in Paris.
Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent initially reported that Syrian and Egyptian passports were found near the bodies of the assailants involved in a wave of deadly attacks on Paris.
French police so far reported that a Syrian passport was found but did not say where exactly it was found, although they indicated a possible Syrian connection was a working hypothesis for investigators after assailants hit six separate locations in Paris late Friday, killing 128.
However, Reuters citing sources close to the investigation said the passport was found near the body of one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up on Friday near a Paris soccer stadium.
What Greece has to say about the passport?
On Saturday, a Greek minister said the Syrian passport found by police at the scene of the mass shooting in a Paris concert hall belonged to an asylum seeker who registered on a Greek island in October.
“We confirm that the Syrian passport holder came through the Greek island of Leros on October 3 where he was registered under EU rules,” said a statement issued by Nikos Toskas, the minister for citizen protection.
French police said the document was found “near the body of one of the attackers” in the investigation into the main attack of Friday’s carnage, at the Bataclan concert hall, where 82 people were killed.
European security officials had long feared that jihadists could take advantage of the mass migration influx, mainly from war-torn Syria, that Europe has been experiencing since the beginning of the year.
A Greek police source on Saturday said Athens had forwarded to French authorities the fingerprints of the passport holder registered on Leros in October, to check whether he was actually involved in Friday’s attacks.
Greece’s junior minister for migration Yiannis Mouzalas had admitted in September that it would be “foolish” to completely discount the possibility of jihadists sneaking into Europe among the refugee wave.
Over 800,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year, with over 3,400 dying in the process.
But Mouzalas noted that the number of Europeans joining extremist groups in the Middle East was far higher.
“The opposite is happening. They leave from here and go over there,” he said.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday insisted that the refugees fleeing Syria “are hunted by the same terrorists” that struck in Paris on Friday.
“We must find solutions to the drama of the people who leave their homes, hunted by the same terrorists, and drown in the Mediterranean,” Tsipras said in a televised address.
Two registered as migrants
Two men who French police are seeking to trace in connection with the Paris attacks registered as refugees with Greek authorities earlier this year, the Greek police confirmed on Saturday.
French authorities had asked their Greek counterparts to check a passport and fingerprints of one man and the fingerprints of another who were thought to have registered in Greece, which is the main entry point into Europe for Syrian refugees.
One of the gunmen is French
A French national is also believed to be among four men who stormed a Paris concert hall overnight, killing at least 82 people, police and a source close to the investigation said Saturday.
Investigators said they found the body of a French national who was known to intelligence services and indicated he was likely one of four men who attacked the Bataclan concert hall late Friday.
They did not give details of his identity or his background.
Bataclan concern hall was one of the areas hit where witnesses said the gunmen shouted to the crowd: “Allahu Akbar. We’re stronger than the French.” Other witnesses also said the gunmen explained their violent acts were in response to France over Syria.
Some 300 people were hospitalized following the deadly attacks in Paris of whom 80 are in “critical” condition, the city’s hospital authority said Saturday.
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a coordinated assault by the gunmen and bombers, and vowed that France will continue to be a target for the militant group.
France furthered its involvement in its fight against ISIS militants. On Sunday, the French army bombed an oil supply center held by ISIS in eastern Syria after it deployed aircraft carrier in anti-ISIS fight in Iraq and Syria.
No info contradicts the French on ISIS
There is no information to contradict the French government’s initial assessment that ISIS was behind attacks in Paris that killed 129 and injured many more, the White House said on Saturday.
“The team reviewed the intelligence picture, noting that we had no information to contradict the initial French assessment of ISIL’s responsibility,” the White House said in a statement after President Barack Obama met with his National Security Council.
It added that while there was no specific or credible threat to the United States, officials had reviewed their “homeland security posture.”
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Belgian police also raided Saturday a neighborhood of the capital Brussels in connection with the deadly attacks in Paris, public television RTBF reported.
The network quoted an unidentified source as saying up to three raids were being carried out in the Molenbeek district in connection with the Paris attacks.
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Iran’s economy stagnates as shoppers wait for foreign brands
An Iranian street vendor waits for customers in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2015. (AP)
Reuters, Dubai Tuesday 22 September 2015
Two months after Iran reached a nuclear deal that will open its markets to the world, officials are warning of economic stagnation as consumers hold off on purchases of domestic goods while they wait for international brands to arrive.
From cars to fridges and televisions, shoppers are excited at the prospect of more choice and competition that should force Iranian manufacturers to lower prices and improve quality.
The deal with world powers in July will likely see banking and other sanctions lifted in 2016, making it easier for foreigners to partner with Iranian firms or export to Iran.
Since the deal, Iranian manufacturers have seen growth in sales prices fall far behind inflation, central bank data show, while officials and analysts describe a slowdown in consumer spending and warehouses filling with unsold goods.
“The subsequent rush of Western businesses to enter the Iranian market informed Iranian consumers that soon there will be alternative supplies of consumer goods priced more competitively and with a substantially higher quality and post-sale services,” said Mehrdad Emadi, an economist at the Betamatrix consultancy in London.
That competition is likely to lift Iran’s economy in the long term, but consumer anticipation of lower prices and foreign goods is a challenge to manufacturers used to a captive market.
“Unfortunately some people thought prices would fall suddenly after the nuclear deal, and because of this the market is facing a recession,” Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA this month.
Mehdi Pourghazi, head of the industrial committee of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, predicted growth could fall to zero, compared to 3 percent last year, according to the ISNA agency.
Outdated cars
Carmakers, the biggest non-oil sector of the economy, are facing a particularly sharp slowdown.
New car registrations for the first five months of the Iranian year, which starts on March 21, were down 15 percent from the year before, traffic police chief Taghi Mehri was quoted as saying by the ISNA agency this month.
A social media campaign urging a boycott of carmakers has recently emerged, highlighting frustration at the lack of choice.
Campaign supporters say Iran’s two carmakers, Iran Khodro and Saipa, take advantage of import tariffs to sell outdated and unsafe vehicles at inflated prices. Reuters was unable to reach the companies for comment.
“I sold my car two weeks ago and wanted to buy a new one, but I decided to wait until the price is lower. Iranian car makers should learn they cannot rule the market by monopoly,” one supporter Mehdi posted on Facebook.
Iran Khodro and Saipa produce versions of foreign cars but do not have access to the latest models. Consumers say the manufacturers cannot procure parts under sanctions so use replicas or even second-hand parts, resulting in poor standards of safety and reliability.
One customer told Reuters the engine of her new Iranian car burned out within 20 kilometres of the depot.
Last week the Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi blamed poorly built cars for Iran’s high rate of road deaths which, at around 17,000 a year, is one of the world’s highest.
Foreign-made cars are available, but import tariffs of up to 90 percent put them out of reach of most buyers. A Suzuki Vitara, a small SUV, costs $42,000 in Tehran: several times the average household income and double the Dubai price.
Iran Khodro and Saipa are in talks with foreign carmakers to get access to more up-to-date models after sanctions. Peugeot sent representatives to Tehran this week alongside more than 100 other French firms interested in entering the Iranian market.
Customer is right
Iran’s manufacturing Producer Price Index (PPI) rose just 1 percent year-on-year in the Iranian month to August 22, compared to 11.2 percent in the previous year and far below inflation rates of between 14 and 17 percent.
PPI growth for vehicle manufacturing fell to 3.3 percent from 20.7 percent over the same period, data from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) showed.
Other sectors of the economy are also suffering.
“Home appliances sales have fallen 5 to 6 percent after the nuclear deal,” Industry Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh was quoted as saying by state broadcaster IRIB in August.
A Tehran-based seller of appliances such as fridges, washing machines and vacuum cleaners also reported a slowdown.
While Iranian consumers look forward to the wider choice they think a freer market would bring, most policymakers want to protect local manufacturers and shore up economic growth.
Nematzadeh said this month the social media campaign against carmakers was a threat to the economy, calling it “sinful, treasonous and anti-revolutionary”.
He later apologised under pressure from President Hassan Rowhani, Iranian media reported, after his comments provoked public outrage.
“If we believe in the free-market economy we should accept that the customer is always right,” Mohammad Reza Sabzalipour, President of Tehran’s World Trade Centre, told Reuters.
“People supported this campaign because there is a void in the market.”
But Rowhani has also told foreign companies not to treat Iran solely as an export market after sanctions.
“If foreign companies or countries think they can take control of a market of 80 million people, they are mistaken, and we must not allow it,” he said.
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Photos show Egyptian woman ‘attending husband’s wedding to second wife’
The photos show the woman sitting next to her husband and his new bride during the wedding. (Facebook)
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Images showing an Egyptian woman reportedly attending her husband’s wedding to his second wife has attracted widespread attention online this week.
The post provoked a string of online comments, from people expressing their shock to others congratulating them.
The event also sparked a debate over polygamy, deemed by activists and women's groups as cruel as it has deviated from its original purpose in Islam, which was to protect widows and orphans.
The groom was identified as Motaz Hilal and was reported to have issued a statement.
“Hilal explained that he decided to marry again because he wants to expand his family and have more children.
“He also hit back at people who were criticizing photos of his wedding and said he was confused as to how they went viral on social media in the first place,” according to news site Stepfeed.
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Over 1.2m UAE citizens, foreigners vaccinated against COVID-19: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
Author : ANI | January 13, 2021 02:38 PM
The United Arab Emirates has vaccinated more than 1.2 million people, including both the country's citizens and foreigners living in the UAE, against the coronavirus disease, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said.
"Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our frontline heroes, 1,275,000 vaccinations have already been provided to UAE citizens and residents. We hope that with vaccinations picking up the pace we will reach the point of full recovery in the shortest possible time," the crown prince wrote on Twitter.
According to the statistics of the ourworldindata.org web portal, which compiles official data on COVID-19 in each country, the UAE ranks second in the world after Israel and first among the Arab states in the number of vaccinations.
The vaccine is currently available to any individual aged over 18. The UAE authorities intend to inoculate 50 per cent of the country's over-9-million population during the first quarter of 2021. In December, Abu Dhabi approved two vaccines against the coronavirus, namely the one developed by US firm Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, and the one by China's Sinopharm.
Among other things, western media have reported that some of the wealthiest citizens of the United Kingdom prefer receiving a shot in Emirati private clinics without waiting for their turn for vaccination back home.
In December, the UK informed the World Health Orgsation of a mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2, which is reported to be 70 per cent more transmissible than other coronavirus strains. Although the new strain has not been proven to be more pathogenic, many states shut their borders and suspended travel with the United Kingdom. The UAE, however, remains open for UK travellers. (/Sputnik)
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Good News Incoming: Meet the Coronials!
by Staff` Writer
Perhaps the phrase, “The more, the merrier!” hasn’t been truer! Since our last issue on expecting parents, the list has grown like these families are. Here’s a list of Coronials we’re excited to meet:
Amrita Rao:
With her husband, RJ Anmol, Amrita Rao is pregnant! The news was kept very hush-hush until recently. While the baby was conceived just before the lockdown, this has presented a great opportunity for the couple to spend some quality time together. The Main Hoon Na actress says that Anmol reads a chapter of the Bhagavad Gita every night to her and the baby. Suffice it to say, the couple is eager to meet their child.
Emma Roberts:
The American Horror Story star is pregnant with her first child! Roberts is expecting a baby boy with her boyfriend and actor Garrett Hedlund. She recently had her beautiful garden themed baby shower complete with a floral theme and with only 15 people in attendance, all socially distanced.
Anushka Sharma:
This power couple comprising of the talented actress Anushka Sharma and skilled sportsman Virat Kohli announced that soon they are going to be three! The couple is expecting their first child who will arrive in January 2021.
Rose Leslie:
The Game of Thrones couple is pregnant! Rose Leslie and Kit Harington are expecting their first child. Through a photoshoot on Instagram, Leslie flaunted her tiny baby bump with a radiant glow and beautiful black dress.
Anita Hassanandani:
What fans had been speculating all this time was true! Anita Hassanandani is pregnant with her husband Rohit Reddy. After much conjecture, the actress took to Instagram on October 10 to announce her pregnancy and share a cute video with her husband!
Rachel McAdams:
Ready to become a fierce mom again, The Notebook actress is pregnant with her second child. Rachel McAdams and her boyfriend Jamie Linden are expecting to broaden their family and give their son a sibling soon. A protective mama bear through and through, McAdams has still kept her son’s name a secret and would like to protect her children’s privacy.
Our heartiest congratulations to all the expecting moms and dads!
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Trump Twitter Tantrum Could Trigger 20% Stock Market Crash
By CCN: The Obama administration pioneered the use of social media to engage directly with the American public, but President Trump’s unprecedented Twitter antics have proven that social media can manipulate the stock market just as much as it can be used to sway the mythical undecided voter.
Since taking office in 2017, Donald Trump has frequently used Twitter to fuel stock market rallies and stunt painful corrections. However, one Wall Street strategist warns that the president’s social media addiction threatens to catalyze a full-blown bear market.
Trump’s Social Media Addiction Will Take Investors on a Bad Trip
Vincent Deluard, a macro strategist at INTL FCStone, predicts that it’s only a matter of time until one of Trump’s Twitter tantrums ignites a 20% stock market crash.
“It is not difficult to envision a scenario where this Twitter tantrum turns into a fully-fledged bear market,” Deluard wrote in a note to clients, according to Business Insider.
A 20% correction would plunge the S&P 500 below 2,000. | Source: Yahoo Finance
Here’s what that crash would look like. The S&P 500 would careen below the 2,000 level, potentially creating significant psychological resistance at that mark. The Dow Jones Industrial Average would slide back to 20,500, placing it dangerously close to a key milestone of its own. The Nasdaq, meanwhile, would slide to 6,200, perhaps reviving uncomfortable memories about the dotcom bust.
However, a tantrum alone won’t be enough to pummel equities. Otherwise, the picture would already look far bleaker on Wall Street.
Instead, Deluard anticipates that one or more black swan events will weaken the red-hot stock market, rendering it less able to absorb the fallout when Trump unleashes a scorched-earth tweetstorm that rattles investors.
3 Black Swan Events That Could Pummel Stock Market
One potential black swan event is a global spike in oil prices triggered by Venezuela or Iran, rogue nations that hold tremendous sway over the global oil market. The Trump administration has already had run-ins with both governments, most recently Iran.
Just yesterday, President Trump responded to alleged Iranian provocations in Saudi Arabia and Iraq by threatening to usher in the “official end of Iran,” which prompted Iran’s foreign minister to label him a “genocidal” economic terrorist.
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In the domestic sphere, the abysmal performance of highly-touted tech IPOs like Uber could result in investor disillusion. This would likely trigger reduced private-market valuations, cooling the ability of would-be tech unicorns to secure the massive fundraising rounds to which they have grown accustomed.
“Skeletons may come out of the closet of many a once-highly valued tech unicorn,” Deluard warned in the ominous note.
Finally, the INTL FCStone strategist identified the 2020 US presidential election as a potential harbinger of doom. Most Wall Street analysts expect President Trump to win a second term, and it’s reasonable to expect that equities valuations reflect confidence that the economy will benefit from at least four more years of a market-friendly White House – trade war volatility notwithstanding.
Consequently, Deluard predicts that the stock market could suffer if the socialist-leaning policies introduced into the Democratic mainstream by Bernie Sanders find their way onto the party nominee’s campaign platform – even more so if that nominee stuns Wall Street by achieving an electoral college victory.
Don’t Expect the Federal Reserve to Save You
The Fed rescued the stock market from bear territory last year, but don’t expect that to happen again. | Source: REUTERS / Carlos Barria
The last time equities flirted with bear market territory, the Federal Reserve swooped in to save the day by abruptly abandoning its plan to continue raising interest rates.
Even now, after the stock market has achieved a historic recovery from its December 2018 lows, many investors expect the Fed to go a step further and adopt a rate cut.
However, Deluard warns, inflation won’t remain low indefinitely, and when it begins to spike the Fed will suddenly find itself trapped between a rock and a hard place.
“Despite the current euphoria about ‘the death of inflation’ and the ‘goldilocks economy,’ it is still possible for the Federal Reserve to find itself in the 1970s dilemma: accelerating inflation and a slowing economy,” he wrote.
In other words, when the stock market does crash, don’t expect the Fed to save you.
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Charice, the 18-year-old Filipino singer, is preparing for her role in the upcoming season of Glee not by practicing her singing or dancing, but by getting Botox and other treatments. This is really dumb.
Charice (she's the one holding the birthday cake with her name on it, stupid) not only got Botox injected into her barely matured face, but also had a "skin tightening treatment" to make her "naturally round face" look more narrow. She says she had the procedures to "look fresh" on the show. (Now her rep says it was for a jaw problem). OK, young lady, you are 18. Your face is the very definition of fresh. It couldn't get any fresher if it was a glob of stem cells attached to your neck. And now you want to go messing with the natural beauty of youth—something you will never be able to attain again—by injecting your face with shit? Not only is this illogical, but it's also going to have the opposite effect of "looking fresh."
In young women, plastic surgery makes them look old. Yes, it does. Why? Because no matter how good it is (and most of it isn't so good that we don't notice it), plastic surgery always carries with it the connotation of age. Just look at Heidi Montag. Actually, don't look at Heidi Montag, because you might go blind, but conjure up the mutilated Frankenstein face of hers. Not only does she look like an alien, but she looks like an ancient alien. Why? Because we're used to seeing faces that mangled by technology on the likes of Joan Rivers and Jocelyn Wildenstein, women who are decades older than young Heidi.
The same thing goes for Charice, who will already look young compared to her rival on the show Lea Michele, who is six years her senior. In fact, Charice is the only actress on the show actually young enough to still be in high school. That alone should give her a leg up in the "fresh" department. But no, now her face is going to be all weird and paralyzed like she's the Asian Nicole Kidman. Know what Nicole Kidman is? She's old! Actually, she's not that old. She's only 43, but because her face has the wrinkle-free paralysis that is so often associated with Botox, we think she's a lot older than she really is.
While a little nip and tuck might be able to fool the cameras and some people from far off, as soon as we distinguish those scars behind the ears, we know you are fucking ancient. If I were a Hollywood actress entering my later years, I wouldn't get any plastic surgery done. Know why, that will make you look younger. When everyone sees you start to sag they'll think, "Oh, she can't be that old. She hasn't had any surgery yet!" Maybe one day that will actually happen. Maybe. Naw, who am I fooling. The future looks more like a 6 year-old with a brow lift.
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Border Closure Not Reason For Maltreatment Of Nigerian Traders In Ghana – Dabiri-Erewa
Written by MaryGift Sunday on November 16, 2020
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Monday denied that Nigeria’s decision to close its borders prompted Ghanaian authorities to clamp down on Nigerian traders working in the West African nation.
Hundreds of shops belonging to Nigerians have been closed in Ghana, prompting calls from some of the traders to be repatriated back home.
The Nigerian Government has intervened in the matter previously. In September, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, visited Ghana and met with the Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo.
On Monday, Dabiri-Erewa, in an interview said Ghana’s treatment of Nigerian traders was based on a complex of not being able to compete.
She also said the issue has been going on for years, long before Nigeria decided to close its borders.
The closure, Ms. Dabiri-Erewa added, has impacted negatively on the finances and psychological state of many of the Nigerian traders, leading to suicide in at least one case.
What Dabiri-Erewa Said?
“They are not the same thing actually. There’s a reason why borders were closed. You can’t be bringing in small arms and ammunition and all that and Nigeria will not take action.
“We are talking of people that have been living in your country, working very well for years. Now, I’ll ask you something; if it has to do with the borders, why didn’t they send away the big industries in Ghana; we have six banks in Ghana. Why didn’t they tell them to leave, if they are afraid of border closure? There is the gas pipeline going to Ghana, why don’t you cut it off?
“And I think it boils down to this lack of trust and some kind of complex. Because, these Nigerian traders sell their goods at cheaper prices; you know, Nigerians are very industrious. So the reality is that the Ghanian traders say it is really difficult to compete with the Nigerian traders. And they’ve put it in one million dollars to almost impossible for traders to . . . so let’s leave the issue of border closure.
“This thing has been on for years. In New York, three years ago, Mr President, took up with the Ghanaian President, and he gave an assurance that they are sorry about it and will open the shops. Then they open and close again, to their whims and caprices. I’m sure you will agree with me that we can’t continue like this.”
At least three federal ministries will be responding to the issue this week, Ms. Dabiri-Erewa said.
The ministries include Foreign Affairs, Interior, and Trade and Investment.
“The delegation is in Nigeria to tell the government that they want to return,” she said. “And 753 actually signed the document that says they want to return to Nigeria.
“So with this request from them, what is going on now is that the three ministers involved will have been some engagement with them to see what actually should be the next thing.
“Now you’ve said you want to come to your country, so there should be no problem about that. They are Nigerians and we are proud of them and glad to return them home.
“But they must return to something meaningful. Like one of them said to me when they came to NIDCOM office, a lot of them have been there for over 25 years; so just uprooting yourself for not committing any crime – the only crime they’ve committed is that they are very good at their trade, at their jobs.”
The NIDCOM chief added that President Muhammadu Buhari is on top of the situation but was skeptical about the shops being opened before the Ghanaian elections are held in December.
“Let’s face it, the President of Ghana will not want to go against his own citizens,” she said. “And majority of the Ghanaian traders have said ‘we don’t want them’. So after the elections, maybe they will now open. But they will close again. So they can’t be pawns in a game of chess in Ghana.”
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ITHACA, N.Y. – Fifth-ranked Cornell proved its might with a 9-1 first quarter and never looked back Tuesday afternoon, defeating the St. Bonaventure men's lacrosse team, 18-3, in non-conference action.
Cornell (5-2), which was ranked third in the national polls last week before dropping two spots in the latest rankings, immediately showed why it is considered one the nation's elite teams.
The Big Red scored just 56 seconds into the contest on a strike from John Piatelli, his first of four goals on the day to give him 26 on the season.
The first quarter saw Cornell take a 6-0 lead at the 7:18 mark before the Bonnies (0-6) cracked into the scoring column on an unassisted goal scored by Sean Westley.
Another run saw the Big Red score the game's next seven goals before the Bonnies finally ended their scoring drought on a man-up goal from Austin Blumbergs off a feed from Westley.
Cornell never relinquished control, however.
The Big Red owned a 45-19 advantage in shots on the day, frequently testing Bona goalkeepers Brett Dobson and Ben Mazur. Dobson started and made nine saves in the first half against 22 shots faced while Mazur turned away five of the 11 shots he faced during the second half.
St. Bonaventure's last goal went to John Killcommons who scored for the third consecutive game and fired a team-high six shots, four on net.
The Bonnies return to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) play Saturday when they travel to Connecticut to play at Quinnipiac.
For the latest news on St. Bonaventure athletics, stay connected on social media. Follow the Bonnies on Twitter @GoBonnies and get men's lacrosse updates @BonniesMLAX. Keep up with the Bonnies on Facebook /GoBonnies and on Instagram @GoBonnies.
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DuckDuckGo’s Branding Takes on Google
Branding & Graphic Design, Digital & Social Media, Public Relations & Crisis / November 10, 2020 by airwin@gobraithwaite.com
When it comes to search engines, Google is king.
But when digging into Google Analytics or other search metrics, you may have noticed another traffic source – DuckDuckGo.
More than 90% of web searches take place on Google – more than 3.5 billion a day. Its name has become shorthand for “search the internet.” Surely no upstart search engine stands a chance against that kind of industry behemoth.
But DuckDuckGo isn’t a search engine. It’s a privacy company.
The startup is securing a foothold into this market by focusing on privacy – a service Google does not provide willingly.
Google earns most of its revenue by collecting data about its users and selling this information to advertisers. Google knows a lot about its users – like, a lot.
But this practice of collecting and sharing personal information has started to raise eyebrows among consumers and lawmakers. Voters in California just passed a ballot measure to limit tech companies’ prying eyes.
DuckDuckGo – the Anti-Google
DuckDuckGo says it provides unbiased search results and doesn’t collect, store or distribute the personal information of its users. The company has built its brand around the concept of preserving users’ privacy.
DuckDuckGo supports that brand with privacy-centric messaging and content on its blog, spreadprivacy.com. It’s a powerful content marketing offering with privacy tips, crash courses and actionable advice for internet users to preserve their anonymity. In PR efforts, it’s had the guts to challenge Google directly.
The effort is working, and daily site traffic is growing rapidly. Nearly 60 million searches are performed on DuckDuckGo every day.
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Massachusetts Recreational Pot Shops Allowed to Reopen
Recreational cannabis users may now buy their favorite flowers in Massachusetts.
Cannabis dispensaries in Massachusetts began serving recreational marijuana customers again on Memorial Day following a two-month closure ordered to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Gov. Charlie Baker ordered recreational marijuana retailers to close in March, although medical marijuana dispensaries were deemed essential businesses and allowed to remain open. Shops supplying both medical marijuana and recreational cannabis were directed to serve registered patients only.
Last week, regulators with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission announced that recreational marijuana retailers would be allowed to resume business with precautions in place on May 25 as part of a phased reopening plan issued by Baker’s office. Shawn Collins, the executive director of the agency, noted in a press release that the necessary precautions have already been implemented by medical marijuana providers.
“The Cannabis Control Commission, with the cooperation of licensees, municipalities, and most importantly, registered qualifying patients, has demonstrated that we are effectively able to preserve public health and safety through curbside operations and other emergency protocols,” Collins said. “I am confident that our adult-use licensees and their customers will adapt just the same when they reopen under similar protocols next week.”
To comply with the phased reopening order, cannabis retailers will be taking orders online or over the phone for pickup at the dispensary door or curbside. Social distancing and sanitization protocols will be established and posted at each location.
Keeping Customers and Staff Safe
Kobie Evans, the co-owner of Pure Oasis, the sole retailer selling recreational cannabis in Boston, said the shop had already been preparing to reopen before the date was announced.
“We’ve spent the last couple weeks building models around different scenarios — whether it’s curbside-only, or appointment-required, or order-ahead — and doing those gymnastics to figure out how we’d operate in each environment,” said Evans, whose shop first opened just days before the March shutdown order. “We’ll do whatever it takes to keep our customers and staff safe.”
Caroline Frankel, the owner of Caroline’s Cannabis in Uxbridge, told local media that the 10 employees at her business had all agreed to return to work.
“Putting my staff on a leave of absence was one of the worst parts of closing, so to be able to make those phone calls was really exciting,” Frankel said. “I’ve been worried about them. We all want to get back to work.”
As the recreational marijuana retailers reopen for business, getting used to the new procedures isn’t the only challenge for business owners and their employees. Business is brisk, with lines to pick up orders at some shops going around the block. Amanda Rositano, the president of medical and recreational cannabis retailer New England Treatment Access (NETA), asked that consumers be understanding as new procedures are put in place.”There’s definitely a pent-up demand out there. We are asking our customers to be patient,” Rositano said.
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ENGL 105 - California Dream: Articles
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HeadWize Memorial
A memorial to HeadWize and Mr. Pow Chu Moy.
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The Psychoacoustic Bass Enhancer.
Jour DIY Projects 17/03/2018
by Jan Meier
[Editor: The author has applied for a patent in Germany for the invention described in this article. The German Patent Application number is 10119094.8. Individuals are authorized to make this device for their own personal use, but must obtain permission from Jan Meier for commercial applications.]
Our senses, especially our eyes and ears, are remarkably precise instruments. We can distinguish the slightest gradations in intensity, color, frequency, etc. Nonetheless, eyes and ears are also easily fooled. For instance, in well known optical experiments straight lines may look bent or equally long lines seem to have different lengths These experiments tell us, that the brain processes involved in perception also play an important role in the way we see and hear our world.
The study of the physiological and mental processes of hearing is called psychoacoustics. Principles of psychoacoustics are widely used in audio technology. An example of psychoacoustic processing is data compression with MPEG-3, which removes information from the signal without (or almost without) affecting sound quality. Another example is the loudness button on many amplifiers that compensates for the reduced sensitivity of the ear for the highest and lowest frequencies at low sound pressures.
In this article a device is presented that makes signals below 60 Hz audible in loudspeakers and headphones that normally, by their mere physical construction, are not able to reproduce these frequencies. The device combines two psychoacoustic phenomena.
The principle of the missing fundamental:
The sound of a single note of a music instrument is the summation of its fundamental tone (say 200 Hz) and a number of harmonics (400, 600, 800, 1000, …. Hz). If we electronically remove the 200 Hz fundamental tone our ear only hears the harmonic frequencies at 400 Hz and higher. Nonetheless our brain tells us that the pitch of the note is 200 Hz. Since the 600 and 1000 Hz frequency components are no fundamentals of the lowest (400 Hz) frequency component present, our brain knows that something is missing and “adds” an imaginary fundamental tone of 200 Hz. However, the “color” of the note is lighter when the fundamental tone is missing.
Mechanical harmonic distortion in the inner ear:
A pure 200 Hz sine wave not only makes the basillary membrane inside the ear vibrate at 200 Hz, but also at 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200…. Hz. For sine waves between 200 and 3000 Hz these overtones have amplitudes of 33%, 13%, 6%, 4%, 2%, …. of the amplitude of the fundamental. Harmonic distortion in the inner-ear thus sums up to approximately 60%!
Nonetheless, we only hear a pure sine-wave at the fundamental frequency since our brain has learned that this specific frequency spectrum belongs to a pure tone.
To my knowledge, nobody has ever investigated the frequency spectrum of the basillary membrane at very low frequencies. However, the decreasing sensitivity of the ear indicates that the membrane is relatively “stiff” for this frequency range. Therefore it can be expected that the relative amount of overtones at the lowest frequencies strongly increases. This phenomenon is seen with many music instruments. A “cheap” piano does not really produce a 27.5 Hz tone when one strikes the lowest key, because the resonance board is simply too small to swing at 27.5 Hz, but it produces a tone that appears to be 27.5Hz due to the principle of the missing fundamental.
At their lowest frequencies corpses are more ready to vibrate at the overtones than at the fundamental. My guess was that in the inner ear the information on the lowest tones thus will be merely transmitted by the overtones produced.
Most loudspeakers and headphones are not able to make the air move at frequencies between 20 and 50 Hz and therefore these frequencies will not be heard. However, if we electronically create harmonics of these lowest tones and add these signals to the original audio-signal, we suddenly will hear the low fundamentals, due to the principal of the missing fundamental. Moreover, my speculation was, that if the spectrum of these overtones was chosen so as to create an energy spectrum on the basillary membrane that, except for the fundamental tone, resembles that of a pure sine wave, then we will hear something that is very close to this sine tone. This idea is illustrated in figure 1.
The most accurate way to generate a spectrum of overtones is to have the audio signal analyzed and frequency components added by using the technique of Fourier analysis. However, this requires quite a lot of computational power and off-line evaluation before the music can be played. For a more practical use, I wanted an analogue, real-time solution.
One analogue solution to create overtones already exists. The Philips company uses it for portable equipment (boomboxes and the like) and calls it Ultrabass. Basically this solution looks at the low frequency content of the signal and restarts a continuously increasing triangular signal at each zero-crossing of the signal.
The resulting triangular waveform has a fundamental frequency twice that of the original waveform (see figure 2) and is added to the original signal. Ultrabass has a number of disadvantages that makes it hard to call it HiFi:
With a sinusoidal input signal, only 2nd, 4th, 6th, …. (even order) harmonics are created, because UltraBass generates even and odd harmonics from a sawtooth waveform, whose basic frequency is twice the frequency of the original input signal.So f(1) = 2 x f(0)The harmonics are even harmonics of the original input signal
f(2) = 2 x f(1) = 4 x f(0)
f(5) = 5 x f(1) = 10 x f(0)
However, to “hear” the missing fundamental we also need the 3rd, 5th, …. (odd order) harmonics.
Short term variations (cycle-to-cycle) in signal amplitude are not reproduced in the Ultrabass signal, because the amplitude of the Ultrabass signal is set by its envelope and only is allowed to vary slowly. These variations are very important to our ears for recognizing signals as being from a non-artificial origin. (Figure 2a)
Short term variations in cycle length are reflected in the Ultrabass signal but the longer cycles also have larger amplitudes. (Figure 2b) This is unnatural. Short term variations are very important to recognize an instrument as not being artificial. However, adding short term variations that are not there in reality will change our perception of the instrument.
With a mixture of two signals of different frequencies the Ultrabass signal merely represents the strongest signal. It is the strongest signal that sets the number of zero crossings in the Ultrabass harmonics generator. However, the presence of the second signal results in a number of aberrations. One is shown in figure 2c.
Those interested in more details on Ultrabass can take a look at the US patent no. 6111960 (“Circuit, Audio System and Method for Processing Signals, and a Harmonics Generator” by Aarts et al.).
I decided to design my own solution that had to fulfill the following requirements:
all lower harmonics (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, …..) should be calculated.
The amplitude of the harmonics should decrease with increasing order. The rate of decrease should be adjustable (I did not have any indication yet, what would be the most suitable ratios of the various amplitudes so making it adjustable allowed me to experiment).
Cycle-to-cycle variations in signal amplitude and cycle length should be properly reproduced in the calculated harmonics.
With a mix of two signals, harmonics of both fundamentals should be calculated.
Such a design is not very straightforward. I have tried several solutions – none being ideal – but the one presented in this article is close to optimal and still relatively easy to build. The basic schematics are shown in Fig 4.
The input signal, Vin(t), is buffered by two parallel buffer stages. Input buffer 1 leaves the input signal unaltered. Input buffer 2 filters the signal and removes the high frequency (and the very low frequency) components.
A harmonics generator takes the filtered buffer signal, V’in(t), and uses it as input for a high order mathematical function.
Vgen (t) = a2.Vin2(t) + a3.Vin3(t) + a4.Vin4(t) + ……….
It is a multiplication series of the form: f(out) = a.f(in) + b.f(in).f(in) + c.f(in).f(in).f(in) + ….
If the filtered input signal is a pure sine wave, this procedure generates all the major harmonics. For example the square of a sinusoidal signal generates a signal with the double frequency (plus an offset):
sin2 (2p.f.t) = 0.5 (1 – cos(4p.f.t))
If the amplitude of a signal decreases by a factor two, then the squared signal would decrease by a factor four! Thus, weak signals that pass through the generator would not be heard and strong signals would be “amplified” too strongly. To correct for this phenomenon a separate circuit continuously monitors the signal envelope and adds this information to the harmonics generator. The generator corrects the amplitude of its output signal accordingly.
The last stage of the device is an adder to sum the original input signal, the generator signal, and (for offset correction reasons) the envelope signal.
Figure 5 shows the schematics in detail.
Input buffer 1:
This input buffer is inverting. Since the adder is also inverting, the total signal path is non-inverting
This input stage combines a 1st order high-pass filter with a second order low-pass filter. The filter characteristics can be changed by adjusting the resistance and the capacitance inside the feedback loop. Figure 6 shows the filter characteristics for the various settings.
The envelope calculator:
The envelope signal, A(t), should increase instantaneously at a sudden increase of the amplitude of the input signal and slowly decrease after a single wave. This is achieved by having two opamps charging a 47uF capacitor as soon as the amplitude of the input signal is higher than the voltage across this capacitor. One opamps charges at the large positive signal amplitudes, the other inverts the signal and charges at the large negative signal amplitudes. Two 22 Ohm resistors limit the envelope signal A(t) at the capacitor to frequencies up to 150 Hz. The capacitor slowly discharges via three 12 kOhm resistors that connect the envelope calculator and the harmonics generator.
The harmonics generator:
Central to the harmonics generator is an analogue current multiplier/divider RC4200. This IC has three inputs I1, I2, I4 that are actively kept at ground potential and one output I3. The input and output currents are allowed positive values only and are related according to:
I3 = (I1 . I2) / I4
Basically, with the harmonics generator the input signals are given by
I1 = A(t)/12000 +V’in(t)/2200
I2 = A(t)/12000 – V’in(t)/2200 (the filtered buffer signal has passed a converter)
I4 = A(t)/12000
For a sinusoidal input signal the envelope signal is approximately 5.7 times (amplification factor of the envelope converter) the sine amplitude.
V’in (t) = K.sin(2p.f.t)
A(t) ~ 5.7 K
I3 ~ (K/2100 + K.sin(2p.f.t)/2200)(K/2100 – K.sin(2p.f.t)/2200)/(K/2100) = K/2100 (1 – 0.91.sin2(2p.f.t))
The output signal of the RC4200 thus is a cosine signal with twice the frequency of the input sine wave plus an offset. The amplitude of the cosine and the offset are proportional to the amplitude of the input signal.
The ratio of the amplitudes of the envelope signal and the input signals has been taken with care to create an offset in the output signal that is slightly higher than the time varying signal part. Thus it is made sure that all currents are positive.
The envelope generator is connected via a 1M ohm resistor to the 12 Volts power supply. This guarantees that I1, I2 and I4 have small positive values, even when the input signal is zero. If the input signals are zero the RC4200 becomes instable.
The output signal of the RC4200 could well be used as input signal for another RC4200 to multiply it with the original sinus signal. Thus signal components with three times the frequency of the input signal can be calculated. However, to continue this way to construct the higher order harmonics is quite cumbersome. Moreover, the RC4200 is an expensive part, so using a single RC4200 for each higher order harmonics would become quite expensive. I therefore used a trick and connected the output signal of the RC4200 (after buffering with a opamp) to its own two inputs by means of variable resistors Rf. Thus a feedback is created that generates the higher harmonics. The feedback resistors Rf can be varied to create different harmonic spectra (a higher Rf produces more harmonics).
Figure 7a
Figure 7a shows the output signals and their amplitude spectra for a sinusoidal input signal with the three resistor value settings as shown in the schematics. They are very similar (figure 7b shows the three outputs from 7a close to each other for comparison). The differences are more easy to discern sonically and in the frequency spectra.
Figure 7b
The higher harmonics created are not expected to contribute strongly to the impression of deep bass tones. At the contrary, having many overtones could make the sound rather “sharp”. Therefore the buffer at the output of the RC4200 constitutes a low-pass filter with an upper frequency of 340 Hz.
With no signal at the input the output signal of the RC4200 is very low. The sudden onset of an input signal instantaneously increases the output signal to a specific mean value. This signal jump is corrected by subtracting (half of) the envelope signal from the output of the RC4200. The subtractor for this purpose also constitutes a low-pass filter with an upper frequency of 340 Hz.
The output of the harmonics generator is added to the original input signal via a (linear) potentiometer that allows a continuous control of its amplitude.
People that have read my article on the Analoguer will note a similarity. The Analoguer too has an input buffer at the front and an adder at its end. This allows for an easy integration of the two systems into one device (figure 8). Somebody who already has build the Analoguer only has to add the second buffer 2, the envelope calculator, the harmonics generator and the potentiometer.
For the direct signal buffer and the adder high quality opamps are recommended. I use LM6171 forced into class-A. For the other blocks sound quality is of less importance, since our signal is artificial anyway. I used relatively cheap dual N5534 opamps, not driven into class-A.
The RC4200 is a multiplier made by Fairchild and by JRC and costs about $7 US. There are more analogue multipliers on the market but these are generally much more expensive. There are no pin-to-pin compatible substitutes, however. I used an IC socket for the RC4200, but this is simply because it was a first version that was expected to need quite some “debugging”. It allowed me to remove the chips to prevent frying them when soldering other components.
The rotary switches are made by Lorlin. I used metal-film 0.2 W no-name versions that I have on stock in abundance and some decent polyester capacitors. The potentiometer is a no-name type and should be linear taper.
In the picture, I have two enclosures that were put on top on each other. The Analoguer circuitry and the bass-enhancer circuitry were connected by cables. The bass-enhancer was built on experimental circuit board only and looks rather messy. The lower unit is a normal Analoguer. The upper unit is the bass-enhancer. The big dial on the right sets the volume of the bass signal added (potentiometer). The left small dial sets the filter frequency of the input buffer 2. The dial at the back of the unit sets the feedback resistance in the loop of the multiplier that sets the shape of the spectrum.
Due to the larger number of ICs the current demand is rather high. The power supply should be ±15 Volts, 200 mA minimum. I used two Analoguer power supplies (one power supply for the Analoguer and one for the bass enhancer branch), but people also simply could take a larger transformer. One Analoguer power supply will power both the Analoguer and the bass-enhancer if the transformer power handling is increased to 15VA.
To check the proper function of the envelope calculator and the harmonics generator not only requires the use of at least an oscilloscope and a frequency generator (or CD-player with test-tones), but also a thorough understanding of the function of the various components. I do not have any specific test procedure. Figure 9 shows an example of the output signal for various sittings of the harmonic composition switch. The output of the harmonics generator can be measured at the 4.7K ohm potentiometer.
Figure 10 shows an example of the output of the envelope signal. The envelope signal can be measured at the 47uF capacitor inside the envelope calculator circuit. I simply took a variable signal at the input and looked at both the input signal and the output signal of the envelope calculator at a 2-channel oscilloscope. It immediately worked as I hoped for, and as it didn’t need any debugging I never developed any test procedure.
I recommend setting the psychoacoustic bass enhancer just by ear and good taste. No specific instructions. Figures 5 and 8 show the effects of the Filter Threshold and Harmonic Spectrum controls respectively. People should experiment with the bass enhancer. If the Analoguer and the psychoacoustic bass enhancer are built together, remember that they are independent of each other. One works at the low frequency domain, the other at the high frequency domain. The Analoguer does have its own bass enhancement section, and it can be used with the psychoacoustic bass enhancer for best effect.
The following WAV sound clip demonstrates the effect of the psychoacoustic bass enhancer. The file is mono, 8-bit resolution to keep its size limited. There is some high-frequency noise which comes from my laptop PC. I did clear up some of the noise, but wasn’t able to remove it completely. The file contains six test tones:
5 seconds 100 Hz sine wave
5 seconds 50 Hz sine wave«
5 seconds 100 Hz sine wave + bass enhancer
5 seconds 50 Hz sine wave + bass enhancer
Download bass enhancer demo WAV file (73Kbytes)
The first three sections will show how the 100 Hz can be easily reproduced by most loudspeakers/headphones whereas the 50 Hz already is less strong. The 25 Hz normally is inaudible. After passing the tones through the bass enhancer with the Filter Threshold set at position 1, the 100 Hz signal has hardly changed, the 50 Hz signal has a slightly changed timbre, and the 25 Hz becomes audible!
Note 1: I used the rather cheap microphone input of my laptop to create the files. Despite filtering some “noise” is still present.
Note 2: To decrease file size the wav-file has a sampling rate of 22 kHz and a resolution of 8-bit.
My Sennheiser HD600 headphones are said to have a deep and tight bass. However, testing with a frequency generator revealed that hardly anything happens below 30~40 Hz. These phones are simply not able to reproduce these low frequencies, even with the volume cranked up. However, when I turned up the potentiometer of the bass-enhancer things changed dramatically. I even could feel and “hear” tones down to 20 Hz wobbling my eardrums! Not surprisingly these tones tend to have a relatively “light” color, but they were definitely recognized as 20 Herz tones and not 40 or 60 Hz. Frequencies between 30 and 50 Hz were reproduced remarkably well, sounding round and “weighty”.
The amount of feedback in the harmonics generator did have a notable influence on the sound. Personally I preferred the 22k ohm settings. If you do not like to add a switch with various feedback values I suggest using this value
Testing with real music first revealed that only little music has substantial frequency components below 50 Hz. Sure, certain organs go down to 16 Hz. and a piano grand goes down to 27.5 Hz but these tones are very rarely used. Actually, I’m a piano-player myself and I only know of one piece that uses the lowest octave; a piece by Bartok called “With Drums and Pipes” (fantastic music by the way, from the piano suite “Out of Doors”).
So, with most music, my impressions were not staggering at first hearing. There was only a rather subtle effect, if any at all. However, after selecting pieces that really go deep, the effect was found to be most satisfying. Suddenly I became aware of an acoustic environment in which the deeper tones developed, a texture from which the lowest frequencies evolved in a most natural way. As a result one simply gets drawn more into the musical scenery.
Of course I also tested with loudspeakers. A friend of mine has Quad ESL63 loudspeakers. Very nice indeed, but due to their working principle, little sound pressure is present below 60 Hz. Imagine how he looked when I suddenly made a 25 Hz note audible! Again tones below 60 Hz sounded very substantial, albeit a little bit light in color. Testing with music in speakers confirmed my experiences with my headphones. The effect normally is very small but if it’s there, it really can be very involving.
People might argue that the bass tones produced are artificial and never can represent real uncolored bass tones as produced by big and mighty loudspeakers. However, there are many arguments for the psychoacoustic bass enhancer. First of all, big loudspeakers do not produce a real uncolored bass. A 30 Hz tone has a fundamental wavelength of 11 meters. No such frequencies can be properly reproduced in a normal-sized living room due to cancellation effects. Reflections to walls, floor and ceiling will cancel a large part of the original sound waves. We do feel the deep bass tones since everything starts to shake, but hearing is a different thing.
Moreover, room resonances result in a very uneven frequency response and the decay time of the acoustic energy is very long. The major problems with room acoustics generally are found in the lowest bass region, not in the treble (unless you listen to music in your bathroom). The psychoacoustic bass enhancer shifts the acoustic energy into a frequency region where room acoustics are much less problematic. The music is heard and not merely felt.
In headphones, the distance between ear and driver is much smaller than the distance between ears and walls and therefore the reflected waves are much smaller. Of course there are reflections at the skin, etc., but due to the long wavelength, reflected waves and direct wave are in phase. Only at very high frequencies does this cavity influence sound characteristics by interferences.
I’m aware that my description of the circuitry is rather short and that at a first glance you will come up with many questions. That’s on purpose . If you’re not able to answer most of these questions by yourself you will not be able to build this device.
c. 2002 Jan Meier.
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health via food
Food combining
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This post is a work in process. It is to be updated and completed in a future article.
Digestive enzymes are also known as pancreatic or proteolytic enzymes. Certain raw foods have digestive enzymes. For example, apples have amylase. Pineapples and papaya have bromelain, which is useful to break down protein. At the same meal, it is better (for digestion) to eat fruits or vegetables, such as apple, pineapple, or papaya before the protein, such as meat, fish, eggs, or tofu, according to food combining.
You also secrete digestive enzymes naturally, starting with amylase in your mouth, when you chew your food. Amylase is used to digest fruits, vegetables, beans, and starch. To digest protein, you secrete pepsin and hydrochloric acid in your stomach and trypsin in your pancreas. To digest fats, you secrete lipase in your pancreas. Your capacity to secrete these enzymes can decline with age or with ill health.
Some people are able to secrete more or less of certain enzymes than others on account of biochemical individuality. Some people are acutely or chronically deficient in digestive enzymes.
Supplements are available on the market. Results of using supplements are variable. They depend on the individual. Furthermore, not all supplements have the same quality. What is the origin of the supplement? Has it been tested for heavy metals? Has it been tested for other possible contaminants, such as pesticides or fungus? There is no “magic pill”, compared with a change in eating habits, starting with food combining.
Enzymes have been researched therapeutically and reported years ago by Dr. John Beard MD in his 1902 book, “The Enzyme Treatment of Cancer” and by Dr. William Kelley DDS in his 1967 book “One Answer to Cancer“.
More recently, the late Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez MD described his protocol and use of enzymes in his books “Conquering Cancer” and “The Trophoblast and the Origins of Cancer“. For further details, read “The History of the Enzyme Treatment of Cancer” by Dr. Gonzalez, who also summarized his efforts to do clinical research into enzymes in his brief article “Enzyme Therapy and Cancer“.
Another reference is “Enzyme Nutrition: The Food Enzyme Concept” by Dr. Edward Howell, a summary of which is here.
A list of frequently asked questions about enzymes is here. “Enzymes for Digestive Health” by Karen DeFelice is also another excellent reference. Serrapeptase and nattokinase are two other enzymes. When taken on an empty stomach, they can circulate in your blood for up to twelve hours, breaking down fibrin and other accumulated proteins, which can result in healthier circulation and respiration and less inflammation.
Jon Barron describes enzymes in his articles “Digestive Enzymes for a Modern Diet” and “Enzymes Defined and How to Buy Them“.
Do your own research.
Polyphenols are substances found in plants that are neither vitamins nor minerals, but can be useful to maintain health. For example, lemons and other citrus fruit have vitamin C, but they also have polyphenols known as flavonoids. First identified in the 1930’s, flavonoids used to be called “vitamin P“. More than six thousands flavonoids have been found, mostly in fruits and vegetables. Anthocyanins are a type of flavonoids found in blueberries and red grapes. Catechins are another type found in green tea and chocolate. Isoflavones are found in soy and chickpeas and are known as a plant hormone. Pycnogenols are found in barley, cinnamon, cranberry, grape seed, grape skin, pine bark, and rhubarb. Quercetin is the most common flavonoid found in fruits and vegetables, such as apples, berries, citrus fruit, onions, and garlic. Animal and human studies show that polyphenols can enhance carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and reduce inflammation, among other uses and effects.
Polysacchaarides, also known as glycans, are long-chain carbohydrates. Cellulose, the starch of plants such as potatoes, rice, and corn, amylose, and pectin are examples of polysaccharides.
Reishi (Ganoderma) …
He shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum), also known as Fo Ti, is called the king of herbs. He shou wu can have a lot of zinc in it, depending on the soil it came from and the batch. The roots are harvested. Good quality is obtained with a process that includes cooking the roots with black beans (and only then drying and making powder). Among other uses, it is thought to be healthy for the hair, nails, and skin. I often add half a teaspoon (two grams) to smoothies.
Published research also indicates the utility of CBD to relieve various conditions.
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Israelis return to West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005
Dozens of Israelis have returned to a former West Bank settlement, evacuated in 2005 under orders from then prime minister Ariel Sharon, to claim the land as Israeli, multiple sources said Tuesday.Sa-Nur was one of four settlements in the occupied West Bank that Sharon ordered evacuated by the army along with all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip.Dozens of Jewish men, women and children arrived at Sa-Nur late Monday, said Israeli lawmaker Ariel Kallner, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party.”I have to come to Sa-Nur to affirm that this place belongs to the peopl…
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Swiss Suter wins crash-marred downhill, Kilde top in super-g
Corinne Suter claimed victory in a crash-marred downhill race in France while Alexander Aamodt Kilde prevented a Swiss double on Friday with another triumph for Norway at the Italian venue of Val Gardena. Suter, the World Cup champion in the discipline and in the super-g, skied to victory in the women’s first speed race of the season. Kilde gave Norway in seventh Val Gardena super-g win from in nine races by beating Swiss Mauro Caviezel who had topped the first race in the discipline last weekend in Val d’Isere. Suter did better than Caviezel when she conquered the sun-drenched OK piste in 1 m…
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Review: Twisted Arrow
By Jason Bohn on April 8, 2017
Twisted Arrow
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Developer: Phaser Lock Interactive
Publisher: Phaser Lock Interactive
There have been a few great games in the VR space to come out over the last year, but Phaser Lock Interactive’s Final Approach holds a special place among them. One of the first true games that not only showed off the possibilities of the technology, but did so utilizing gameplay ideas that were not the most obvious compared to thoughts of swinging swords and shooting guns. It was something where the developer set the proper scope and executed flawlessly. It was because the company established itself so well that I took their latest, Twisted Arrow, for a spin. At first blush, it doesn’t really look like anything special, but the developer has earned a chance.
Much like many other VR titles on the marketplace, Twisted Arrow is a game based around a simple concept. A city has been invaded by a rogue militia, chemical weapons are involved and the player has a super cool bow that allows for a one man insertion to take down the baddies from within. There are numerous arrow types that can be used, based on the amount of energy remaining in the constantly recharging energy bar. Freeze arrows, explosive mines, homing multishot, and an explosive charge compliment the normal arrows that the player will have in unlimited supply. Additionally, the bow has a shield that can be thrown up and lowered with ease.
Initially, it seems like this is a wave based shooter, something that virtual reality just doesn’t need. It’s not, and the game is all the better for it. Instead, players will be traversing levels using a teleportation system. Hold the button, point to a point that was predetermined by the developer, and release to move instantly. Initially, this locomotive system is a bit disappointing. The game wouldn’t even allow players to move exactly where they want since the available options have been ordained. In practice, this managed to allow for a couple of really fun boss fights. The first one, for example, is a giant monster that will chase the player around a zombie laden, rubble riddled ground. These things are fast, to boot. Being able to quickly hop across the map without needing to aim allowed the developers to make this fight more intense. Same goes for the hunter-killer like tank later on.
There is no arguing that this movement design is also in place to partially cover the game’s horrible map design. Simply put, just about every area feels and looks the same. Were I in direct control of the character, I would get lost in the sameness that permeates each level. Only by looking for the telltale blue spots that were located in slightly different spots from where they were before was I sure progress was being make. Even then, there were a couple of moments where the path looked the same as the path out. Only noticing the pylons of a deactivated laser fence prevented me from backtracking further in both instances.
Graphically, Twisted Arrow is underwhelming. Utilizing a poor author’s title amount of grey, the environments can charitably be described as drab. Admittedly, this is supposed to be a war torn city and the graphics were designed to not add to the computational power that the use of VR is already tapping, but one can be forgiven for thinking that this has the appearance of some random piece of Steam shovelware. Most of the enemies are derivative, with the appearance of the dollar store of the Helghast. The aforementioned bosses breakaway from this, with some intimidating and fun designs, but the total time with all of the bosses adds up to around five minutes. As an aside, the near constant instructions being given to the player by a remote commander should have been dialed way back, as they can grate.
Despite these myriad complaints, Twisted Arrow manages to serve up some real entertainment. The bow and arrow mechanics are slightly finicky in that they require the player to actually aim and take into account arrow drop over distance, which means that skill is absolutely the driving factor here. The use of motion controls here as the feel of someone really working to tweak it so it feels just right. Getting a headshot on a sniper form a ridiculous distance is an incredibly gratifying feeling, and the game does give plenty of chances for this. Creating a wall of frozen zombies, allowing a crowd of more to build up behind them, and then detonating them all with an explosive arrow is one of those moments that makes the player feel destructively smart. There are sure to be other combinations between the available arrows and the explosives littering the environment that I haven’t considered yet.
Twisted Arrow is ugly, simple and fails to break any real ground. What little plot there is during the short campaign shows the same lack of creativity as the graphical design. Yet, through the feel of firing the bow and dealing with the enemies in various ways, it succeeds where it’s the most important: it’s fun. Remarkably fun, at that. It ties the mechanics in so close with the player’s skill, using the motion controls in a way that’s more noticeably tuned than other games that have tried the same thing. This might be enough for quite a few players, this reviewer included. As a package, this is a rough offering, but for the forgiving, Twisted Arrow is worth the time.
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Cash Still Rules – The Importance of Cash & ATM Access in the Era of Digital Banking.
In the era of the smartphone, digital banking has become the most preferred way of banking. Account holders who once depended on bank branches have started to use mobile phones and laptops for a variety of transactions. But, despite the growing preference for digital account interaction, the convenience of ATMs continues to drive consumers to use them as a main source of cash and account access.
Also, there is one thing mobile apps and online account access cannot provide — hard cash. For fast and easy access to real funds, even the most digitally-savvy rely on the most convenient, quick and easy solution — the ATM.
ATM Technology has Evolved
Consumers’ primary purpose for an ATM is to get access to their hard-money from their account. But this is starting to change. Many newer ATMs offer a wider range of convenient services — including cash withdrawal through ATMs issued by all banks, mini statements, and balance check.
In fact, cardholders in one survey said they would like to see greater functionality at the ATM: 19 percent wanted bill pay and more than 70 percent would like to be able to get cash in denominations of their choice.
As these new capabilities are implemented, ATMs are becoming more user-friendly than ever before.
ATMs act as an Excellent Marketing Avenue
Lower branch engagement among mobile users means fewer opportunities for the financial institutions to engage face-to-face with these customers. This makes the alignment of digital, omnichannel messaging essential.
Today, with the White Label ATM service providers playing a crucial role in helping banks widen their reach, especially in the rural areas, they act as an excellent marketing avenue too. The new age banks have been and can benefit from collaboration with WLA services as their plug-and-play operational model lets them to operate an ATM almost instantly across locations of their choice. Thus, widening their reach and establishing a strong foothold in the media dark regions where ATMs penetration are low.
These systems provide an additional way for banks to display special offers/schemes etc, — and target the message directly to an individual cardholder.
Financial Institutions love ATMs, too
Supporting an ATM network is less expensive than maintaining a robust branch presence. And, as branch use trends downward, ATMs simply make sense as a reliable avenue for maintaining physical brand presence and cash availability.
The growing availability of outsourcing opportunities at convenient locations through WLA services is also a benefit for banks focused on reaching cardholders on the go.
Digital Banking is here to stay, but Cash is Irreplaceable
As smartphones continue to grow in popularity and prevalence, consumers increasingly trust and rely upon the technology for their banking needs. But, even the most advanced technology cannot replace the hard cash. The convenience and the preference of cash-based transactions, especially among small-time traders cannot be understated.
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KEEP KRIS JOHNSON'S NAME IN MIND DURING SPRING TRAINING; CHRIS NOWAK, DANIELLE DRONET ALSO IN THE NEWS
Recent American Association lefty and Pittsburgh Pirates non-roster spring training invitee Kris Johnson continues to be one of the intriguing stories heading into the week-long Caribbean Series which starts Friday.
The 28-year-old has to have Pittsburgh's full attention because of his tremendous season in leading Escogido into the Caribbean Series as the Dominican Republic's representative. He won two of three decisions, including the 4-0 clincher, in the Dominican Republic playoffs with a fancy 1.11 earned run average and 28 strikeouts in a similar number of innings for five postseason starts. Johnson had a 0.67 ERA for 27 regular-season innings, and always seemed to be on the mound for the biggest games.
He was 6-3, 3.23 in 16 starts for the Kansas City (KS) T-Bones in '11, then went a combined 8-4 for the Pirates' top two farm clubs last summer.
Switch-hitting American Association All-Star outfielder Chris Roberson (Winnipeg) had a solid playoff run in the Mexican League although his Mexicali team did not advance. Roberson, still on the Winnipeg roster, drove in 10 runs in 17 postseason games, hitting .239, and led all Mexican League players with eight stolen bases.
POWER SHOW GETS YORK'S CHRIS NOWAK A LOOK FROM D-BACKS
The 59 homers Chris Nowak blasted the last two seasons in the Atlantic League (York, PA), including a career-best 34 last season, has earned the first baseman-third baseman another affiliated opportunity, this one in the Arizona farm system which has been aggressive in signing Independent players this winter.
Nowak, the first Atlantic Leaguer to hit the 30-home run plateau since Jesse Hoorelbeke hit 33 for Bridgeport, CT back in '07, turns 30 in February (21st) and will be hoping his third major league organization will be the one to get him to the major leagues one day soon. He does not have a major league spring training invitation.
Newark Owner Danielle Dronet, trying to get the Bears back among the leaders in the Can-Am League, has been named one of New Jersey's Best 50 Women in Business by NJBIZ, a leading business publication in that state. An independent panel of judges made the selections based on dedication to business growth, professional and personal accomplishments, community involvement and advocacy for women.
DE MARK, GARKO GET NEW DEALS
Veteran infielder Ryan Garko, signed out of Long Island, NY (Atlantic League) early last season, has changed major league organizations, moving from Tampa Bay to Colorado where he is on the Rockies' Triple-A Colorado Springs roster.
Right-hander Mike DeMark stayed put, re-signing with Arizona. He started out in Independent Baseball with Florence, KY in the Frontier League and later joined York.
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NOW 25, ADAM BUSCHINI STARS AT AMARILLO AND WINS TRIPLE CROWN IN AUSTRALIA
Here is the latest example of a player whose talent may be maturing after an initial stint in affiliated baseball.
Adam Buschini just won the Triple Crown in the Australian League with a .363 average plus league records in homers (15) and runs batted in (50).
The infielder, who will not turn 26 until May, came off a .422 junior campaign at Cal Poly in 2009, was drafted by the Phillies and hit .228 and .219 in two seasons (135 games total) in their farm system. Buschini picked up the pieces with a .288 season for Chico, CA in the North American League, then exploded to .354-14-70 at Amarillo, TX this past summer. The San Ramon, CA product's average was fourth best in the American Association.
Independent players set two other Australian records in the just-completed season. Native Aussie Craig Anderson (Brockton, MA, Can-Am League) had eight wins and Zach Penprase of Fargo, ND (American Association) stole 16 bases. It is key to remember the Australian League does not play a lengthy schedule.
REICHERT, SIMONTACCHI MOVE INTO THE COACHING RANKS
First the major leagues, then later seasons in Independent leagues and now coaching assignments for both Jason Simontacchi and Dan Reichert.
Simontacchi, who played in Independent leagues near the start and end of his playing career, will now coach in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He was an Indy leaguer at Springfield, IL (Frontier League) and in the Atlantic League (Bridgeport, CT, Lancaster, PA and Long Island, NY).
Reichert is now the pitching coach for Lincoln, NE in the American Association. Reichert played for the Saltdogs in '07 and finished his lengthy career with Southern Maryland (Waldorf) of the Atlantic League last season. His other Independent stops were at Calgary of the Northern League, Nashua, NH of the Can-Am and additional Atlantic League appearances in Atlantic City, NJ and Bridgeport, CT.
TWO MORE NON-ROSTER INVITEES
A pair of right-handers, Kevin Johnson and Robert Coello, are the most recent players who have been in Independent leagues to receive major league spring training invitations. Both will be training with the Los Angeles Angels.
Johnson started his pro career with a brief time at Pensacola, FL when it was in the American Association in 2010. Coello, who has been in six major league games with both Boston and Toronto, divided '08 between the Canadian cities of Calgary and Edmonton, at that time in the Golden League.
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NEW SIGNINGS PLUS NOTES ON THE INDEPENDENT PLAYERS IN WBC
The list of Independent players who are free agents after stints in major league organizations is slowly trimming down, but it still has more than 50 names.
Among those coming off the list recently are Independent original Brian Sweeney, the right-handed pitcher who went all the way to the majors after starting out in the long-departed Heartland League at Lafayette, IN. Sweeney, who as we noted in the full list of Indy participants in the World Baseball Classic in yesterday's Independent Baseball Insider column will be pitching for Italy, has signed once more with the Seattle Mariners. He always provides nice backup depth in Triply-A. Sweeney also trained with Somerset, NJ at least once, then got an affiliated job before the Atlantic League season started.
Lefty Rich Rundles (Lancaster, PA, Atlantic League) signed back with Baltimore and outfielder Todd Linden (Edmonton, North American League) did the same with San Francisco. Austin Bibens-Dirkx, who got some exposure in the Washington Nationals spring training camp last year before moving to the Colorado Rockies farm system, has moved, this time to Toronto. None of these players have received major league spring training invitations.
GREAT STATS FOR SOME ON WBC ROSTERS
Among the 28 current or former Indy players we cited as being on WBC rosters in yesterday's Insider, several players had unusually good seasons in Independent leagues last season.
John Mariotti, on the Italian roster, won 10 of 11 decisions in the Can-Am League (Quebec) and Canadian first baseman-third baseman Jonathan Malo drove in 63 runs and hit .288 on the same team. Third baseman Yurendell de Caster of Team Netherlands hit .327 with 10 homers and 68 RBI for Winnipeg of the American Association and Jimmy Van Ostrand, now on Washington's Triple-A roster and a likely regular for Canada, hit .368 in a 95 at-bat stint with Sugar Land, TX (Atlantic League).
The position-by-position breakdown of the 28 WBC players is such that those with Independent Baseball experience could very well make up one entire team.
AFTER YEAR OUT, SHAUN ELLIS JOINS REDS
I have not seen it reported, but we are told 26-year-old right-hander Shaun Ellis, who went 15-10 combined in the '09-11 Independent seasons despite some wildness, has been signed by Cincinnati.
Ellis was out last season after going 5-3, 4.12 primarily as a starter for the New Jersey Jackals (Can-Am League) in 2011. He was 9-4, 4.61 for El Paso, TX (American Association) the previous season and started out with limited time in the Frontier League (Gateway, Sauget, IL) in '09.
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WBC PARTICIPANTS FROM INDEPENDENT RANKS SWELLS BY ANOTHER EIGHT
Eight additional names from the Independent ranks can be added to the World Baseball Classic after further examination of rosters by yours truly and others today. This includes Italy's head coach, Tom Trebelhorn. This San Francisco minor league field boss managed at Tri-City in the Western League way back in 1995.
Hoffman Wolff eagle-eyed that current Winnipeg (American Association) infielder Yurendell de Caster is on the Netherlands roster. He had played for Fargo, ND before the RedHawks moved from the Northern League to the American Association. First baseman Curt Smith (Lincoln, NE, American Association) is on that team and another infielder is Hainley Statia, from Milwaukee's Triple-A roster in Nashville. He was once ticketed for Lancaster, PA (Atlantic League), but did not actually play for the Barnstormers.
Spain Independent contingent has swelled to 11 players with the addition of catcher Salomon Manriquez, infielder Yunesky Sanchez and outfielder Rafael Alvarez to those we mentioned yesterday. (See previous post.) Manriquez has played all over the Independent map from York and Lancaster, PA and Newark, NJ, all of the Atlantic League, to Lincoln and Wichita, KS of the American Association. Sanchez has been with Laredo, TX in the Association and Alvarez with Lincoln plus earlier stops at Pensacola, FL and Elmira, NY, the latter in the Can-Am League.
We also had missed LHP Steven Kent with Australia. He has experience with Kansas City, KS of the American Association.
The total pool of players is up to 25 so far.
18 INDEPENDENT PLAYERS SPOTTED SO FAR ON THIS SPRING'S WBC ROSTERS
I have not had sufficient time to examine all of the rosters closely since the provisional rosters were announced for the 16 World Baseball Classic teams today, but I have picked up 18 names so far, including several players who were in Independent leagues this past season. I expect to have considerably more to say in next week's Independent Baseball Insidercolumn and possibly in this space. The players identified so far, the team they will play for and their Independent affiliations of the past:
AUSTRALIA (1): LHP Chris Oxspring, Cook County, IL, Frontier League.
CANADA (5): LHP Andrew Albers, Quebec, Can-Am League; RHP Shawn Hill, York, PA, Atlantic League; RHP Scott Richmond, Edmonton, Northern League; INF Jonathan Malo, Quebec; INF Jimmy Van Ostrand, Sugar Land, TX, Atlantic.
ITALY (3): RHP John Mariotti, Quebec; RHP Brian Sweeney, Lafayette, IN, Heartland League, and Somerset, NJ, Atlantic (DNP); 1B Chris Colabello, Worcester, MA, and Nashua, NH, Can-Am.
PUERTO RICO (1): RHP Nelson Figueroa, Long Island, NY, Atlantic.
SPAIN (8): RHP Eddie Morlan, Southern Maryland, Atlantic; LHP Richard Salazar, Sioux City, IA, American Association; Nick Schumacher, Sioux City; INF Barbaro Canizares, Winnipeg, American Association; INF Paco Figueroa, Southern Maryland; OF Daniel Figueroa, Grand Prairie, TX, American Association; OF Yasser Gomez, McAllen, TX, North American/United League; OF Gabe Suarez, Newark, NJ, Long Island, NY, Camden, NJ, Road Warriors, all Atlantic, and Kansas City, KS, American Association, Florence, KY, Frontier and Lincoln, NE, American Association.
Oxspring, Hill, Richmond, Figueroa and Sweeney all played in the major leagues after being in an Independent league.
FOUR INDY PLAYERS ON TEAM CANADA WITH MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS LATER THIS WEEK
It is our understanding preliminary rosters for the third World Baseball Classic will be revealed on Thursday, but news is already coming out on various teams.
We know that Canada will have at least four players with Independent experience, three of whom were in non-affiliated leagues last summer. It appears right-hander Shawn Hill (York, PA, Atlantic League) and southpaw Andrew Albers (Quebec, Can-Am League, 2010) are among the likely starting pitchers. Third baseman Jimmy Van Ostrand (Sugar Land, TX, Atlantic) and 2012 Quebec outfielder Jonathan Malo are among the position players. Hill is a spring training invitee of the Detroit Tigers while Albers is in the Minnesota farm system and Van Ostrand belongs to Washington. Stubby Clapp, a former member of the Canadian team as well as a Northern League infielder at Edmonton, is a coach for Canada. His regular job is as a minor league coach for Toronto.
We fully expect the Italy, Spain and Australian teams will have Independent players of past or present.
STU POMERANZ BACK WITH O'S; PAXTON, ROARK GET SPRING TRAINING INVITES
Stu Pomeranz, the onetime Can-Am League pitcher (New Jersey Jackals), is once again in the Baltimore organization with a new contract. We expect him to get some spring training innings whether he is an official invitee or not.
Meanwhile, add hot pitching prospect James Paxton (Grand Prairie, TX, American Association) and 26-year-old catcher Tanner Roark (Southern Illinois, Frontier League) to those now officially invited to major league camps. Paxton is rated the No. 4 Seattle prospect by Baseball America. Roark is with Washington.
YORK HURLER GETS ANOTHER AFFILIATED DEAL
Lefty Ryan Feierabend, who won eight of 13 decisions for the York Revolution in the Atlantic League last season before getting a look from Cincinnati's Triple-A Louisville, KY club (1-4, 6.75 in seven starts), has just signed with Texas. This former Seattle hurler will not turn 28 until August.
NON-ROSTER COUNT CONTINUES TO CLIMB, AND FARGO KEEPS ON SELLING CONTRACTS
No sooner had we finished yesterday's Independent Baseball Insidercolumn, in which we discussed some of the recent major league non-roster invitees, when we learned of two more, bringing the impressive count to 26 with several teams still not making their full list public.
Veteran hurler Nelson Figueroa (Long Island, NY, Atlantic League) gets his newest chance of resuming a major league career with Arizona. The Golden League is gone, but first baseman Seth Loman will help keep the circuit in our mind. Loman played at St. George, UT, and will go to camp with the Chicago White Sox.
SIMUNIC KEEPS SELLING
Longtime Fargo, ND (American Association) Manager Doug Simunic has had quite a year--career, in fact--in moving players to affiliated baseball with the latest being young power-hitting catcher Ryan Delgado. The right-handed hitter had reason to celebrate his 25th birthday Friday when it was announced Oakland had purchased his contract after his monster 20 home run, 86 RBI, .312 campaign when he appeared in 93 of the RedHawks' 100 games.
Delgado got less than 80 games over two seasons to prove his value to the Atlanta Braves, who selected him in the 32nd round of the 2010 draft out of Azusa (CA) Pacific University.
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PAIR OF 2012 BRIDGEPORT HURLERS GET MAJOR LEAGUE INVITATIONS; JOHN LINDSEY REPORTEDLY JOINING TIGERS
A pair of pitchers with vastly different experiences for the Bridgeport (CT) Bluefish of the Atlantic League last season are among the latest players from the Independent leagues to receive non-roster invitations to major league spring training camps.
Rommie Lewis, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound left-hander who has been pitching professionally since 2001 while tasting the major leagues for all of 20 appearances (Toronto), spent all season with the Bluefish, earning first-team Atlantic League honors. Now 30, Lewis had better than a four-to-one strikeout to walk ratio while posting a 2.01 earned run average in 48 relief outings (3-1, seven saves). He not only signed recently with Arizona, but also has been invited to the Diamondbacks' spring training camp.
Right-hander Daniel Stange was at Bridgeport only long enough to pitch four innings spread over three outings before San Diego picked up his contract. The 27-year-old spent seven years in the Arizona farm system, and now will have a chance to be seen by top Padres brass in their major league camp.
JOHN LINDSEY HEADED TO DETROIT CAMP
While we have not independently confirmed it, one solid source is reporting that onetime Can-Am League standout first baseman John Lindsey (New Jersey Jackals) will be in camp with the American League champion Detroit Tigers.
Lindsey spent half of last season pounding 15 home runs for the Tigers' top farm club in Toledo, OH.
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Indie Filmmaking 101: Casting Without A Casting Director
One of the most daunting aspects of indie filmmaking is casting. You might have a great script and crew – but your cast will make or break your film.
A casting director acts as a bridge between actor and director, and their expertise should not be underestimated. But you don’t have a budget for one. Now what?
Before The Audition
Actors need to work with the character’s raw material. This can include the script sample (sides) that the actor performs during the audition, character bios, and story synopses if available. A well-prepared actor will absorb this information resulting in an informed and truthful performance.
Remember that when a director assumes the role of casting director, it’s important to create an environment where the actor can flourish. You are a facilitator and collaborator not a gatekeeper; enable their full potential rather than intimidate.
Choosing The Scene
Choosing an audition scene is a key decision. It should be a high stakes, dialogue driven, one-on-one interaction. Actors love tension because it gives them the best opportunity to showcase their abilities.
Dialogue is the easiest way to observe the choices the actor is making. Action-based scenes are harder to manage without a set and camera movement. One-on-one moments or monologues allow the character to be the point of focus.
A simple setup is best – use a single camera on a tripod to capture the audition. Make sure the actor knows how the shot is framed so they can freely use movement without worrying about being out of frame.
If you already have an actor cast, use them as your reader. If not, the writer or producer will work. Just be sure the reader you do choose is sitting out of frame. It’s also important that your reader has an understanding of the script and context of the scene being read. The director should be solely focused on observing performances.
On audition day, your preparation will pay off. When the actor enters, introduce yourself and ask if they have any questions. Show them their mark, have them slate (say their name and role they’re reading for) into the camera and let the audition begin!
The Audition: Expect The Unexpected
This is where it starts to get interesting…
Why are they playing this character with a lisp?
This character would never be that harsh!
And really…do they need to be doing a headstand?
Directors often experience moments of terror when actors make unexpected choices. While it may look like the actor is just trying to stand out, any choices they make are ones they believe in.
Greet seemingly odd choices with an open mind. They give you the chance to gauge the actor’s range and ability to take direction. If a character is being played too harshly, see how they adjust to a request for a tender approach. Explain why the character would act in this way so the actor can rationalize the adjustment. Then run the scene again.
If you want to dig deeper with a promising actor or if you’re on the fence, a great exercise to try is interviewing or just chatting with the actor ‘in character’. Actors who have come prepared will relish the opportunity to explore their character. Improv exercises like this can be as valuable a tool as the scene being read.
We’ve only touched on a few aspects of casting. If you give actors the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and inform your vision for the film, you’ve made the most of the casting process.
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Stradigi AI appoints enterprise artificial intelligence executive as its new chief commercial officer
Leading Montreal-based Artificial Intelligence solutions company, Stradigi AI, is pleased to announce the appointment of Per Nyberg to the new role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
Nyberg will be responsible for leading Stradigi AI’s marketing, sales and client success teams and will oversee the development and execution of the company’s strategic growth initiatives following the launch of Stradigi AI’s state-of-the-art machine learning platform, Kepler.
With more than 25 years of technology industry experience, Nyberg has held a number of senior management positions. In his most recent position as vice-president at supercomputing leader Cray Inc., he was responsible for developing and driving Cray’s global Artificial Intelligence business.
“The launch of Kepler was a huge milestone for Stradigi AI and we are thrilled to have an executive with Per’s extensive AI industry experience join our team at this key moment, ” said Basil Bouraropoulos, CEO and Co-Founder at Stradigi AI. “With Per’s proven track record in leading edge technology and vertical solutions, and combined with our unique AI product, we are poised for success and growth across our expanding set of customers and markets.”
Throughout his 17-year career at Cray, Nyberg has been responsible for driving global business development and strategic planning in support of the company’s expansion in areas such as analytics and artificial intelligence and across industry verticals including energy, manufacturing, earth and life sciences, cybersecurity and financial services. Prior to joining Cray, he worked for 12 years in NEC Corp’s high-performance computing business in Canada, United States and Australia, in roles ranging from software engineering to business development and sales.
“I am very excited to be joining the exceptional team at Stradigi AI at this pivotal time following the launch of Kepler,” said Nyberg. “Kepler will revolutionize the way clients can build and execute AI solutions for complex business challenges.”
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Khiron to Open New Regional Zerenia Clinic in Medellin, Colombia
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Khiron’s first clinic outside of Bogota , supporting demand for the Company’s clinic services and expanding patient access to medical cannabis
Opening represents Khiron’s fourth clinic in Colombia , enabling direct patient access in Medellin – A region with more than 6 million residents
Leverages the proven Zerenia model which to date has attracted 25% of patients from outside of Bogota
Medellin clinic to open and begin meeting patient needs in early December 2020
Continues Khiron’s satellite clinic expansion strategy, with recently announced Mexican clinic
Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (“Khiron” or the “Company”) (TSXV: KHRN) (OTCQX: KHRNF) ( Frankfurt : A2JMZC), a vertically integrated cannabis leader with core operations in Latin America and Europe today announces the opening of its first Zerenia clinic in Medellin Colombia´s second largest city with reach to over 6 million residents in the region.
The Medellin clinic, with a grand opening planned for December 8, 2020 , supports Khiron´s goal of expanding regional access to the Company’s proven clinic services and medical cannabis products for patients across the country, with a focus on in-person and telehealth services in Colombia’s largest urban centres. The clinic is conveniently located in the San Diego sector of the city, minutes from downtown with access to public transit and walking distance to major business and residential areas.
“We launched our Zerenia operations in Bogota in Q1 2020 and in Q2 our Dr. Zerenia telehealth operations began. The clinic data quickly showed that more than 25% of patients were accessing our telehealth services from outside of Bogota . Once proven successful, Khiron will continue to expand its regional presence, in Colombia and beyond,” comments Alvaro Torres , Khiron CEO and Director.
The Zerenia Medellin clinic will be the first in the city, expanding national access and improving the quality of life of patients in the populous Antioquia region. The clinic will provide face-to-face care and teleconsultation through the Doctor Zerenia platform and physical consultation, connecting patients with medical specialists trained in the ethical, safe and responsible prescription of cannabis-based medications, and in the comprehensive treatment of pathologies such as chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, depression, headache, epilepsy and Parkinson’s.
About Khiron Life Sciences Corp.
Khiron is a vertically integrated medical and CPG cannabis company with core operations in Latin America , and operational activity in Europe and North America . Khiron is the leading cannabis company in Colombia and the first company licensed in Colombia for the cultivation, production, domestic distribution and sales, and international export of both low and high THC medical cannabis products. The Company has filled medical cannabis prescriptions in Peru and has a presence in Mexico , Uruguay , UK, Spain and also in Germany , where it is positioned to begin sales of medical cannabis.
Leveraging its first-mover advantage and patient-oriented approach, Khiron combines global scientific expertise, product innovation, agricultural infrastructure, wholly-owned medical clinics, and online doctor education programs to drive prescription and brand loyalty to address priority medical conditions. Its Wellbeing unit launched the first branded CBD skincare brand in Colombia , with Kuida TM now marketed in multiple jurisdictions in Latin America , the US and UK. The Company is led by Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alvaro Torres , together with an experienced and diverse executive team and Board of Directors.
Visit Khiron online at investors.khiron.ca and on Instagram @khironlife.
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Nextleaf Solutions Granted Patent for CBD Prodrug and Prepares for Pharmaceutical Participation
Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. (CSE: OILS) (OTCQB: OILFF) (“Nextleaf”, “OILS”, or the “Company”), the world’s most innovative cannabis extractor, announced today that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted the Company a patent for the acetylation of cannabinoids. More specifically, the patent covers a process for acetylating cannabidiol (“CBD”), and subsequent refinement of CBD-O-Acetate using a proprietary extraction and distillation technique.
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Prodrugs utilize various physical and chemical modifications to improve features of active drugs. Maintaining the integrity of the molecule and its ability to deliver drugs to precisely targeted areas in the body may increase efficacy for desired outcomes.</p> <p>The Company believes an orally consumable CBD metabolic prodrug produced under its patented process for acetylating cannabidiol will enhance the therapeutic potency of CBD.</p> <p>OILS already owns U.S. patents for the acetylation of THC, and the acetylation of CBD. The Company’s patent portfolio and Health Canada licenses for cannabis processing and research presents an entry point for pharmaceutical firms looking to manufacture cannabinoid prodrugs in a federally legal jurisdiction.</p> <p>The Company plans to commercialize this intellectual property (“IP”) through IP licensing, and the production of IP protected cannabinoid-based products as legally permitted by Health Canada. </p> <p>Nextleaf has engaged Kronos Capital Partners Inc. (“Kronos”) to pursue and evaluate global strategic partners and investors. Kronos is a strategic advisor and an active investor in the global cannabis and life science sectors.</p> <p><b>About Nextleaf®</b></p> <p>OILS is the world’s most innovative cannabis extractor, having developed the 2nd largest portfolio of U.S. patents among all cannabis companies. The Company wholesales THC and CBD oils and provides extraction services through its wholly owned subsidiary Nextleaf Labs Ltd. The Company’s automated closed-loop extraction plant in Metro Vancouver has a design capacity to process 600 kg per day of dried cannabis biomass into distilled oils. Nextleaf Labs holds Health Canada licenses for standard processing and research under the Cannabis Act, allowing for a number of licenced activities including sensory evaluation of cannabis via human testing. 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Code Negotiates Extension on its Option to Purchase up to 51% of Arcology
Codebase Ventures Inc. (“Codebase” or the “Company”) (CSE:CODE)(FSE:C5B)(OTCQB:BKLLF) The Company announces that it has recently negotiated an extension to its option to purchase another 21% of Arcology for another year by an investment of $1,000,000. If the company exercises that option, it would then own 51
The Company is clarifying that in its press release of January 15th regarding the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire bit mining infrastructure, that the first phase will deliver 9,450 terahash per second, not 9,450 petahash as stated.
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Lobe Sciences Announces Management Changes and New Director
Appointment of Philip Young as CEO and director adds a seasoned executive with a track record of new device and therapeutics development, FDA/regulatory approvals, capital markets, M&A and operational success
Lobe Sciences Ltd (CSE: LOBE) (OTC Pink: GTSIF) (“Lobe” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philip J. Young as Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Secretary and a director of the Company, effective January 15, 2021. Mr. Young replaces Thomas Baird, who resigned as CEO as of the same date.
<p>Philip Young is an accomplished CEO and innovative professional with 25 years of expertise in senior executive management and board roles, with significant mergers and acquisitions and equity financing experience. He has a proven track record in the biotech, medtech and pharmaceutical industries with expertise in dealing with FDA/regulatory frameworks as well as new device and therapeutics development. From 2015 until 2019, Mr. Young was the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Exactus Inc. (“<b>Exactus</b>“), an OTCQB listed company he successfully transitioned from a medical technology company to a farming focused hemp-derived CBD company. </p> <p>Prior to Exactus, Mr. Young was the president, CEO, and Director of AmpliPhi Biosciences Corp. (now Armata Pharmaceuticals Inc.), a global biopharmaceutical company. He was also previously the President, CEO and a director of Osteologix Inc., where he was responsible for directing and managing all facets of the global pharmaceutical development company. He is the former Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President of Insmed Inc., where he directed all financing, corporate and commercial communications activities. Prior thereto, he was the Vice President and General Manager of Neurex Corp., where he was involved with the negotiations for its US$700 million acquisition by Elan Corporation. Mr. Young holds a Bachelor’s of Science from James Madison University.</p> <p>Jonathan Gilbert, Executive Chairman of Lobe, states, “We are very pleased to have Philip join our Lobe executive team. His addition is the latest in our strategy to strengthen our overall team, including recent additions to our industry renowned research and development partner, our board of directors and strategic advisors. Phil brings a wealth of experience in building companies, developing therapeutics and creating shareholder value, which is expected to support our current focus on advancing Lobe’s proprietary nasal device, furthering our pre-clinical study with the University of Miami and growing the Company through M&A. He has a demonstrated track record of senior leadership skills, capital markets acumen and FDA and regulatory experience. We will leverage these attributes as we progress with our nasal mist device engineering and overall therapeutics development initiatives involving psychedelic medicine. We are excited by his commitment to achieve the Company’s key strategic priorities.”</p> <p>Philip Young states, “I look forward to working closely with Lobe’s board and executive team to grow the Company. I see great potential in the Company in this exciting and evolving industry where I can utilize both my therapeutics development/regulatory expertise and M&A experience to add value. We plan on continuing to build on Lobe’s progress made to date, in particular on the nasal device engineering and pre-clinical study with the University of Miami, as well as actively pursuing other M&A growth objectives.”</p> <p>The Company also announces the grant of stock options to certain directors, officers and consultants to purchase an aggregate of 7,400,000 common shares, at a price of $0.15 per share for three years from the date of grant in accordance with and subject to the terms of Lobe’s stock option plan. 2,000,000 of the stock options are subject to vesting provisions, with 12.5% of such options vesting on the date of grant and 12.5% every quarter thereafter.</p> <p><b>About <a href="https://investingnews.com/company-profiles/lobe-sciences-cse-lobe/">Lobe Sciences Ltd.</a></b></p> <p>Lobe is a growth-oriented research, technology & services company that provides financial, management, IP and branding support to businesses. The Company operates a portfolio of companies focused on developing transformational medicines and applies refined strategies to help partner companies reach their full potential. Based in Vancouver, BC, <a href="https://investingnews.com/company-profiles/lobe-sciences-cse-lobe/">Lobe Sciences</a> creates value through acquisitions and development of assets, products and technologies by leveraging its scientific, engineering, branding and operational expertise supported by strong capital markets acumen. </p> <p><b>For further information please contact: </b></p> <p><b><a href="https://investingnews.com/company-profiles/lobe-sciences-cse-lobe/">Lobe Sciences Ltd.</a></b><br/>Jonathan Gilbert, Executive Chairman<br/><a href="mailto:info@lobesciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@lobesciences.com</a><br/>Tel: (949) 505-5623</p> <p><i>THE CSE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS RELEASE.</i></p> <p><i><b>Disclaimer for Forward Looking Statements </b></i></p> <p><i>This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to the future operations of the Company and other statements that are not historical facts. 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2020 Program Focused on Building Local Communities
Cresco Labs (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) (“Cresco Labs” or “the Company”), one of the largest vertically integrated, multistate cannabis operators in the United States, announced today its employees volunteered over 5,000 service hours during a seven-month period in 2020 as part of Cresco’s “Make a Difference” initiative.
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View the full release here: <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210118005061/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210118005061/en/ </a> </p> <div id="bwbodyimg"> <img a="" alt="Employees from Cresco Labs contributed over 5,000 hours of service as part of Cresco's " business="" class="lazy" data-src="https://mms.businesswire.com/media/20210118005061/en/852706/4/Volunteer_image_Stacked_1.jpg" data-srcset="" difference="" initiative="" make="" src="https://mms.businesswire.com/media/20210118005061/en/852706/4/Volunteer_image_Stacked_1.jpg" srcset="" wire=""/><p> Employees from Cresco Labs contributed over 5,000 hours of service as part of Cresco’s “Make a Difference” initiative (Photo: Business Wire) </p> </div> <p> Established in June, 2020 as a public statement in response to the tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other Black Americans, the team members at Cresco Labs committed to contributing 5,000 hours of service in furtherance of bettering the communities where they live around the country. The team was intent on demonstrating their support and involvement in one of the largest social justice movements in modern history through action. Team members across all parts of the organization committed to volunteer services in 28 cities across eight states, participating in more than 75 volunteer activities that supported over 50 community-based organizations. </p> <p> “As stewards of the cannabis industry and good corporate citizens of this country, we have an obligation to use our considerable platform to promote progress and support the communities where we work and live. This is fundamental to our vision of being the most important company in the industry and the responsibilities that such a vision requires,” said Charlie Bachtell, CEO and Co-Founder of Cresco Labs. “2020 tested our resilience as a nation and shaped our humanity and culture in such a profound way. Although the global pandemic brought some challenges to volunteering, our team members persevered because corporate social responsibility, <i> </i> volunteerism, community support, and social justice and social equity activism are all built into the fabric of who we are as a company. It is truly incredible that our team members achieved over 5,000 hours of community service in just seven months, and I’m so proud of them for their efforts.” </p> <p> Tai Duncan, Cresco’s Vice President of Community Integration, added, “We are so proud to have such passionate and hard-working staff who contributed their time, expertise and funds to this initiative. They truly did make a difference, building meaningful relationships along the way. Cresco Labs is committed to continuing this effort in 2021 and beyond.” </p> <p> <b> 2020 Volunteerism Highlights: </b> </p> <ul class="ee-ul"><li> Cresco Labs employees volunteered in 28 cities throughout California, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York. </li> <li> Supported more than 50 local organizations and assisted thousands of people and hundreds of neighborhoods with their specific needs. </li> <li> Collaborated with a diverse group of institutions focused on veterans, social justice, food insecurity, COVID-19 relief, mental health, environmental conservation, homelessness and low-income families, and individuals with disabilities. </li> <li> Packaged and distributed nearly 10,000 pounds of food and produce. </li> <li> Picked up more than 100,000 pounds of trash at parks, canals, forest preserves and beaches. </li> <li> Wrote and mailed hundreds of letters to individuals incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses, elderly people and those in need of emotional support. </li> <li> Collected and purchased hundreds of clothing and personal care items for families and individuals in need. </li> <li> Donated toys, decorations and supplies to bring joy during the holiday season. </li> </ul><p> Cresco’s corporate social responsibility strategies are designed with a commitment to serving and collaborating with the communities in which it operates in ways that align with the Company’s overarching goals and core values. </p> <p> <b> About Cresco Labs </b> </p> <p> Cresco Labs is one of the largest vertically integrated, multistate cannabis operators in the United States, with a mission to normalize and professionalize the cannabis industry. Employing a consumer-packaged goods (“CPG”) approach, Cresco Labs is the largest wholesaler of branded cannabis products in the U.S. Its brands are designed to meet the needs of all consumer segments and comprised of some of the most recognized and trusted brands including Cresco, Remedi, High Supply, Cresco Reserve, Good News, Wonder Wellness, FloraCal Farms and Mindy’s Chef Led Artisanal Edibles created by James Beard Award-winning chef Mindy Segal. Sunnyside, Cresco Labs’ national dispensary brand, is a wellness-focused retailer created to build trust, education and convenience for both existing and new cannabis consumers. Recognizing that the cannabis industry is poised to become one of the leading job creators in the country, Cresco Labs operates the industry’s largest Social Equity and Educational Development initiative, SEED, which was established to ensure that all members of society have the skills, knowledge and opportunity to work and own businesses in the cannabis industry. Learn more about Cresco Labs at <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crescolabs.com%2F&esheet=52363011&newsitemid=20210118005061&lan=en-US&anchor=CrescoLabs.com&index=2&md5=2ebaff8d54e1609d121301e0a965f8b9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank"> CrescoLabs.com </a> . </p> <p> <b> Forward-Looking Statements </b> </p> <p> This press release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company’s beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company’s control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, ‘may,’ ‘will,’ ‘should,’ ‘could,’ ‘would,’ ‘expects,’ ‘plans,’ ‘anticipates,’ ‘believes,’ ‘estimates,’ ‘projects,’ ‘predicts,’ ‘potential’ or ‘continue’ or the negative of those forms or other comparable terms. 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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW)(CSE:LXX) (the “Company” or “Lexaria”), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Al Reese, Jr., to its Board of Directors
Mr. Reese has over 40 years experience in public and private businesses including as CFO of a formerly Nasdaq-listed energy company where he arranged finance transactions totaling over $10 billion dollars during his 20-year tenure. Mr. Reese was a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of a community bank in Texas for ten years until such time as it was acquired by a larger banking group in 2018.
<p>Mr. Reese is a Certified Public Accountant (1974), and received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University in 1971, and his MBA from University of Houston in 1977. He has extensive experience at a senior level in financial services, finance transactions, investor relations, and more.</p> <p>“It is a real privilege to join the team at Lexaria” comments Mr. Reese. “I’ve been familiar with Lexaria since inception and have seen this team’s determination to develop and commercialize the DehydraTECH<sup>TM</sup> technology. With the recent capital raise, Lexaria now has sufficient capital to conduct the studies and programs to continue to find new and expanded applications of DehydraTECH and other Lexaria opportunities. With the new capital and the right amount of capital discipline, Lexaria should have an excellent future. It is an honor to be part of it.”</p> <p>“We are delighted to welcome Al Reese to our Board of Directors where he will add considerable financial industry and public company expertise,” said Chris Bunka, CEO and Chairman of the Board. “Al is also experienced in negotiating technology license agreements with companies in the US and internationally, and the Board of Directors looks forward to his guidance as Lexaria continues to evolve and pursue its strategic outlicensing business model.”</p> <p>Separately, Lexaria also announces pursuant to its press release issued June 18, 2020, that it has been informed by the NIH that members of its Scientific Review Group for their National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) RFA-AI-20-028 – Partnerships for Countermeasures against Select Pathogens have met to consider the applications they received at which time Lexaria’s application was not discussed or scored. As such, it is not likely that Lexaria’s application will be funded relative to other applications they prioritized, although no definitive decision has yet been provided to Lexaria.</p> <p>Many research grant applications do not receive funding because applications almost always greatly exceed available budgets, thus grants of this type generally enjoy roughly a 20% success rate*. As this grant application was an external add-on to Lexaria’s primary 2021 research objectives, it will have no effect on the Company’s core planned R&D objectives which are all fully funded.</p> <ul class="ee-ul"><li><a href="https://pr.report/vdbZJ4Fe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2020/05/05/extramural-investments-in-research-fy-2019-by-the-numbers/#:~:text=The%20application%20success%20rate%20was,6.92%25%20increase)%2C%20respectively</a>.</li> </ul><p><b>About <a href="https://investingnews.com/company-profiles/lexaria-bioscience-cse-lxx-cannabinoid-biotechnology-licensing/">Lexaria Bioscience</a> Corp.</b><br/><a href="https://investingnews.com/company-profiles/lexaria-bioscience-cse-lxx-cannabinoid-biotechnology-licensing/">Lexaria Bioscience</a> Corp.’s proprietary drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH™, improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) enter the bloodstream by promoting healthier oral ingestion methods and increasing the effectiveness of fat-soluble active molecules, thereby lowering overall dosing. The Company’s technology can be applied to many different ingestible product formats, including foods, beverages, oral suspensions, tablets, and capsules. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated since 2016 with cannabinoids and nicotine the ability to increase bio-absorption by up to 5-10x, reduce time of onset from 1 – 2 hours to minutes, and mask unwanted tastes; and is planned to be further evaluated for orally administered bioactive molecules, including anti-virals, cannabinoids, vitamins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and nicotine. Lexaria has licensed DehydraTECH to multiple companies including a world-leading tobacco producer for the development of smokeless, oral-based nicotine products and for use in industries that produce cannabinoid beverages, edibles, and oral products. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 18 patents granted and approximately 60 patents pending worldwide. 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Hickory Galls Induced by Phylloxera
Stem galls on shagbark hickory. Photo credit: Chris Starbuck
Phylloxera nymphs and alates inside a shagbark hickory gall. Photo credit: Michele Warmund
Bright red galls, as large as one inch in diameter, are prevalent this season on hickory (Carya) trees. An easy way to spot the galls is to find dead terminal branches. At the base of these branches, there will be one or many clustered galls. One of the largest galls is the hickory pouch gall, which is induced by Phylloxera caryaecaulis. Galls first appear pale yellowish green and then turn red before opening (in early May this year). At maturity, galls become leathery and black. Not only does Phylloxera caryaecaulis affect many native hickory species, but also pecan. This insect produces smooth galls on some hickories, including shaglbark (C. ovata), shellbark (C. laciniosa), pignut (C. glabra), bitternut (C. cordiformis), and pecan (C. illinoensis). However, it has also been reported that P. caryaecaulis induces spiny galls on mockernut (C. tomentosa) and bitternut (C. cordiformis). More recently, at least twenty-nine species of Phylloxera have been identified that cause galls on Carya species. When infestations of Phylloxera are severe for multiple years, the defoliation occurs on affected limbs and entire branches may die.
In early spring, the Phylloxera fundatrix (wingless female) emerges from an overwintering egg and feeds on new leaves and petioles, which induces gall formation. As feeding continues, the gall encloses the fundatrix. Eggs deposited inside the gall hatch in six days and become the alate (winged) form. Nymphs of the alate form have three instar stages in fifteen days while feeding on the inner gall tissue. The bottom portion of the gall splits open and alates leave the leathery galls and deposit amber-colored eggs on the underside of nearby leaflets adjacent to the veins. Male and female sexuales hatch from these eggs and mate. Each female deposits one overwintering egg in an old gall or in a bark crevice from which a fundatrix develops in the spring and the life cycle continues. Affected wood with new galls can be pruned from the tree for suppression of this insect.
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Short-term response of benthic bacteria and nanoflagellates to sediment resuspension: An experimental study
We investigated benthic bacterial abundance, biomass and activities and heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) abundance and biomass during sediment resuspension and after a resilience period through short-term laboratory experiments. The strong sediment resuspension increased bacterial carbon production only slightly (Tukey's test, P < 0.05) but somehow interfered with microbial growth. During sediment resuspension, after an initial increase (at 48 and 72 h) bacterial abundance and biomass decreased until the end of resuspension. Sediment resuspension also altered the relationship between HNFs and bacteria (increase in the ratios of bacterium to HNF abundance and biomass after sediment resuspension; Tukey's test, P < 0.01). After sediment resuspension, the fraction of bacterial C production removed by flagellates decreased, whereas bacterial turnover did not change significantly. suggesting that HNF pressure on bacteria decreased. These results are consistent with the significant decrease in both HNF abundance and biomass (Tukey's test, P < 0.01) and suggest that this small benthic component is less resilient to sediment resuspension than bacteria. Sediment resuspension also determined significant changes in sediment organic matter pools (proteins and carbohydrates). Sediment resuspension determined a decrease in total protein concentrations, whereas total carbohydrate concentrations did not change significantly. Sediment resuspension had significant effects on extracellular enzymatic activities, as aminopeptidase increased and β-glucosidase activity decreased. Based on total protein and carbohydrate concentrations and enzymatic activities, we observed that sediment resuspension resulted in an increase in protein turnover and a decrease in carbohydrate turnover. These results indicate that sediment resuspension plays a major role in the early diagenesis of sediment organic matter.
Titolo: Short-term response of benthic bacteria and nanoflagellates to sediment resuspension: An experimental study
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Something For Everyone From The IG
Even the flailing NY Times felt obliged to admit the IG report was not all roses and chocolate for Hillary supporters and Trump bashers.
Report Gives Trump an Opening, but Undercuts His Narrative
WASHINGTON — The report that had much of Washington buzzing on Thursday required 500 pages to outline its findings, but to President Trump, three words mattered most — “we’ll stop it.”
Those were the words that a senior F.B.I. agent texted in August 2016 to a colleague who was worried that Mr. Trump would win the election. For the president, that text seemed to validate his claim of a “deep state” conspiracy out to get him.
But the same inspector general report also undercut Mr. Trump’s narrative. Whatever the agent, Peter Strzok, meant, the F.B.I. did not “stop” Mr. Trump, nor did the inspector general find evidence it tried. To the extent that the F.B.I. and its director at the time, James B. Comey, did anything wrong in 2016, according to the report, it was to the disadvantage of Mr. Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Yeah, yeah. This will not satisfy either side. Not to suggest I have any idea what would.
As usual there is a irony
https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1007803183673069571?p=v
What mauve state was doing for malathir in the mid 00s
Posted by: narciso | June 15, 2018 at 10:42 PM
nw, Pin. i finally got the yolk. :)
Posted by: Kevlar Kid | June 15, 2018 at 10:46 PM
I just got a tumeric ad in my sidebar. Are y'all gaslighting me?
Posted by: Pinandpuller | June 15, 2018 at 10:51 PM
An airliner flew into a violent thunderstorm and was soon swaying and bumping around the sky.
One very nervous lady happened to be sitting next to a clergyman and turned to him.. "Can't you do something?" she demanded angrily.
"I'm sorry ma'am," the reverend said gently, "I'm in sales, not management."
Posted by: Stephanie, Nene, Not your Normal Grandma | June 15, 2018 at 10:52 PM
I don't have any citations before me but I read that before the infamous Miami FBI shootout a couple of agents were making a waitress sandwich and they either missed the shootout or missed the briefing.
President Trump looked at through the eyes of a professional poker player.
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | June 15, 2018 at 11:00 PM
No that was some hallucination from Miami vice, there was no humor There, I met one of the surviving officers, once.
This is is like the electronic interface in Firefox you think it and it appears.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/28/a-mountaintop-greenhouse-grows-in-coal-country/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons
Beasts,
My father told me this story 30-40 years ago. He worked as a loan officer for what became Citibank. One of his customers was a bar owner. The guy noticed that his take was off. So he's watching everything like a hawk. He looked over his inventory list for the last few months and consumption hadn't trailed off. Just the cash flow. So he knows somebody is skimming off the top, but he just can't figure it out, even though he's watching everyone like a hawk. He decides to call NCR to check out his cash registers. He arrives just as the tech is leaving and he asks him if there was anything wrong with the machine. Tech says no there both fine. Owner says I only have one register. Tech says no two, I'll show you the other one. Sure enough, there's a spare register.
He calls up the cops to pull a sting. They station a plainclothes officer there. Owner tells the bartender he'll be back in a few hours. As soon as the owner leaves, the bartender swaps out the registers and the cop arrests him.
Posted by: jim nj | June 15, 2018 at 11:08 PM
All you need is to watch is Road House and about 10 episodes of Bar Rescue.
Shinnecock is just a beast of a course. It looked like when the wind died down that guys were starting to scorch the course. Jordan Spieth made four straight birdies to get a stroke within the anticipated cut line and seemed dialed in but then bogied 17 & 18. Likewise guys who made a run at DJ's leading score then fell off badly.
The USGA must be so happy.
Posted by: Captain Hate | June 15, 2018 at 11:16 PM
We really need to come to terms with the conclusion of the above--he has been playing with all the best--most damning cards--from roughly when Rogers (thank you so very much, sir) went to Trump Tower to the present.
Posted by: Catsmeat | June 15, 2018 at 11:17 PM
.@barstoolsports' @stoolpresidente on trying the U.S. Open course: "The debate was whether an average golfer with unlimited mulligans could win the U.S. Open. I proved it that undoubtedly you could." pic.twitter.com/tF5Q1BAt3b
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) June 16, 2018
Video at link.
This came from Unintended Consequences by John Ross. I think the names of those agents weren't used to avoid a lawsuit.
There are other stories he relates that I feel are taken from real accounts like the ATF agent who stomped a kitten to death or the agents who left a family outside in cold weather in their underwear as well as their parrot who died from hypothermia.
Chapter 3, part 1
In this chapter, we provide an overview of the Midyear investigation. More specifically, we describe the referral and opening of the investigation, the staffing of the investigation by the Department and the FBI, and the investigative strategy.
Clinton never personally used an official State Department email account or State
Department-issued handheld device during her tenure, although there were official
State Department email accounts from which emails were sent on her behalf.
How they discovered the server. How they obtained the e-mails. All the ugly details we know about. State IG investigates and hands referral to the FBI.
The FBI predicated the opening of the investigation on the possible compromise of highly sensitive classified secure compartment-ed information(SCI). UNSUB
Despite the UNSUB designation, witnesses told us that a primary focus of the Midyear
investigation was on former Secretary Clinton’s intent in setting up and using
her private email server.
Initial briefing and staffing.
In addition, Lisa Page, who was Special Counsel to McCabe, became involved in the Midyear investigation after McCabe became the Deputy Director in February 2016. Page told the OIG that part of her function was to serve as a liaison between the Midyear team and McCabe. Page acknowledged that her role upset senior FBI officials, but told the OIG that McCabe relied on her to ensure that he had the information he needed to make decisions, without it being filtered through multiple layers of management.
At one point they provide a flow chart of who reports to who that indicates that Page by-passed several layers in reporting to McCabe.
Skipping over some stuff. Discussing briefings. How often. Who attended. Weekly or bi-weekly reports.
McCabe and Comey had daily meetings in the morning and afternoon which may have touched on MYE issues.
Strzok and Priestap made the day-to-day decisions, but McCabe and Comey were involved in the strategy end. The latter two made some of the decisions.
Discussion on the roles of senior DOJ officials, mostly hands-off, Yates kept informed.
The NSD and EDVA prosecutors told the OIG that they were concerned at various points during the Midyear investigation that there was a disparity between the involvement of Department and FBI leadership in discussions about investigative steps.
Lower level prosecutors worked with the FBI. They weren't there at the beginning, but were brought in a little later, at least 3 of them.
Discussion with several DOJ higher-ups on the whys and wherefores. Didn't want too many lawyers muddying the waters. Toscas primary lawyer. He had final(?) decision-making authority (implies that he had to report up, but not directed from above).
end- part 2 in awhile
"Subguns, you asked? As a matter of fact, the FBI did have two H&K MP5s in one of the cars. Problem was, the two agents that had them were busy double-teaming some broad at the restaurant where she worked. They didn't get their pants up in time to get to the gunfight."
..."I keep telling you, Henry. It's the biggest problem Rufus and I have doing our training courses. Cops get used to people doing whatever they tell them to. They get used to routine. That's why they are absolutely undone when they come up against someone that doesn't do what they're supposed to do."
Unintended Consequences Copyright 1996 John Ross p 424.
Heading to bed.
Nytol!
"Tom, can you imagine what the FBI would have said if it had been the local Miami coppers that had gone after known, heavily armed killers, and left their vests and shotguns in the back seats of their cars, then rammed the suspects' vehicle to precipitate a hundred-forty-round gun battle in the middle of a residential neighborhood!"
If this is what happens when the feds go after a couple of bank robbers who know they're in the wrong, what's going to happen to the feds when they go after a couple million trained, motivated, heavily armed citizens who haven't done anything worse than exercise their Constitutional rights?
Unintended Consequences Copyright 1996 John Ross p 425, 426.
Yes u find thAT scenario a little unplausible, they didn't know the identity of the shooters, just the getaway car, that's who they followed and intercepted.
The Midyear team sought to determine whether any individuals were criminally liable
under the laws prohibiting the mishandling of classified information, which are summarized in Chapter Two. To do so, the team employed an investigative strategy that included three primary lines of inquiry: collection and examination of the emails that traversed former Secretary Clinton’s servers and other relevant evidence, interviews of relevant witnesses, and analysis of whether classified information was compromised by hostile cyber intrusions.
Discussion on how e-mails were collected including by searching other sources.
As described in Chapter Five, the Midyear team did not seek to obtain every device or the contents of every email account that it had reason to believe a classified email traversed.
Here's a good chuckle -
Witnesses stated that, due to what they perceived to be systemic problems with handling classified information at the State Department, to expand the investigation beyond former Secretary Clinton’s server systems and devices would have prolonged the investigation for years.
That's how good the security is at the State Department.
Looked at the e-mails and consulted elsewhere to determine if any were classified. Witness interviews helped them understand the system and where to look for more e-mails. They were able to find originators of e-mails and copies on other users PCs.
The team sought to assess whether Clinton or her attorneys deleted or directed the deletion of emails for an improper purpose, such as to avoid FOIA or Federal Records Act (FRA)
requirements.
The FBI also conducted intrusion analyses to determine whether any classified information had been compromised by domestic hostile actors or foreign adversaries. Agents and analysts specializing in forensics examined the servers, devices, and other evidence to assess whether unauthorized actors had attempted to log into, scan, or otherwise gain access to the email accounts on the servers and, if so, whether their efforts had been successful.
They also examined various FBI data-sets to assess whether emails containing classified information had been compromised.
I see no conclusion here.
A man on his Harley was riding along a California beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, God said, 'because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.'
The biker pulled over and said, 'Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want.'
God replied, 'Your request is materialistic; think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help man kind.'
The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, 'God, I
Wish that I , and all men, could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, why she snaps and complains when I try to help, and how I can make a woman truly happy.
God replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"
Posted by: Stephanie, Nene, Not your Normal Grandma | June 16, 2018 at 12:00 AM
Other issues were brought up in the aftermath of the shooting. Despite being on the lookout for two violent felons who were known to use firearms during their crimes, only two of the FBI vehicles contained shotguns (in addition to Mireles, McNeill had a shotgun in his car, but was unable to reach it before or during the shootout), and none of the agents were armed with a rifle. Only two of the agents were wearing ballistic vests, and the armor they were wearing was standard light body armor, which is designed to protect against handgun rounds, not the .223 Remington rounds fired by Platt's Mini-14 rifle. While heavier armor providing protection against rifle rounds would normally have been hot and uncomfortable to wear on patrol in Miami's April climate, the agents, spending the day sitting in air conditioned vehicles on the lookout for a single target, were facing good conditions for its use.
The other six agents involved in the stakeout in five vehicles, who did not reach the shootout in time to participate, did have additional weaponry including Remington shotguns, Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns, and M16 rifles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout
Posted by: Pinandpuller | June 16, 2018 at 12:04 AM
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/15/theranos-chief-elizabeth-holmes-arrested-on-federal-criminal-charges-.html
The big difference between the 1986 FBI shootout and Strzok and Page is which way the guns were pointing. The FBI can change overnight but only if there's a reasonable enough existential threat.
https://nypost.com/2018/06/15/parkland-guard-accused-of-sexually-harassing-students-before-massacre/
Posted by: clarice feldman | June 16, 2018 at 12:20 AM
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a21565320/amazing-footage-reveals-how-spiders-fly/
Originally Posted By BurnedOutLEO:
It is pretty clear you can not take a bunch of nerds who have never been in any shit and then throw them into the Miami Shootout and expect good results. The agents meant to arrest those guys. Street police would have meant to kill those guys. That is the difference.
You left out the biggest sub-set of agents back in those days.....lawyers. Experts on the law, ignorant of actual policing.
The ones I worked with were nice guys, but they were about as ignorant of street knowledge as the average citizen. They also, like many posters on Arfcom, believed the Hollywood rumors about handguns, i.e., that handguns are "deathrays", and anyone you shoot with one is DRT.
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/_ARCHIVED_THREAD____1986_Miami_FBI_shootout/5-972238/?page=3
Wait what, just another level of terror for Alex the chick.
I mentioned zevley one of Mueller right hand men, nearly 20 years he was chasing one of the embassy bombings with Sufan future partner gaudin, what happens when you focus that attitude against political rivals
This seems like a big deal.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0417
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/06/15/advance-team-major-convention-tells-seattle/
Pharmacists convention planning team to Seattle: City’s homeless problem ‘has gotten out of control’
Please just go’: Chinese tourists asked to leave Osaka restaurant https://youtu.be/TCKnjq5ZVY8
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/15/nasa-glaciologist-jay-zwally-puts-the-hammer-down-antarctica-is-gaining-ice/?cn-reloaded=1
All week I've been reading that the Antarctic is losing ice at an increasing rate. According to this a new paper agrees that West Antarctic is losing ice, but East Antarctic is gaining ice at a rate at about the same as the loss in the West.
Sedition is bad, m'kay? http://i.4cdn.org/pol/1529125311078.png
From Insty
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/ig-report-clinton-email-investigation-political-bias/
We live in an age of the minority mob. An odd expression, I know. Mob rule used to be an assertion of power through violence by the great unwashed, be it in the French Revolution or America’s racist deep south, when it lynched individuals.
It has been replaced by the no less illogical (and hardly less chilling) hysteria of a knot of activists who weaponise minority rights — they seem particularly obsessed with lavatories — and wield them as a political threat against the majority. More often than not, these agitators themselves are not part of the minorities that have allegedly been offended. They belong instead to a class of professional busybodies who seize on the minorities game for their own ends.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5850497/Tyranny-minorities-live-age-mob-rule-minorities.html
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Two Johnson County parents may be stuck with a $132,000 bill after their child damaged a sculpture inside the Tomahawk Ridge Community Center.
The child’s mother, Sarah Goodman, told 41 Action News the incident happened during a wedding reception last month.
Surveillance video obtained by 41 Action News shows the child hug the sculpture, then seconds later, it fell.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/parents-may-be-stuck-with-132000-bill-after-kid-knocks-over-sculpture
This echos my take on chapter 3
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-crazy-reason-the-fbi-didnt-search-the-devices-of-hillary-clintons-inner-circle
Just caught up to Miss Marple's terrific news. Yippie!!!
Posted by: daddy | June 16, 2018 at 02:00 AM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/civil-rights-commissioner-help-americans-first-before-immigrants
More legal and illegal migrants hurt minority communities. Racists support immigration.
The crazy reason the FBI didn't search the devices of Hillary Clinton's inner circle
The real answer is because they didn't want to look knowing they would find something, but here's the excuse they trotted out for the IG:
...for some reason, agents never searched the Blackberries or other email devices belonging to her inner circle at the State Department.
Horowitz and his team received a crazy response when they asked FBI agents on the Hillary Clinton email investigation why not...
...the agents thought that they might find so much classified information on unauthorized servers and systems that they would become lost in the maze.
Maybe it's just me but I'm beginning to think there may be just a tad less than 37,000 super-wonderful FBI Agents.
I don't want to jinx us, but I noticed this was a troll free day.
Somebody run out of money?
So they drug 800 mb worth of data out of Cohen but Hillary smashed all her Blackberries and wiped her other stuff with a cloth and that's AOK?
I thought the exact same thing jim nj.
Maybe he took a...https://youtu.be/A1OqtIqzScI
I agree they purposely restricted their search at the State Department because they already knew it was a cesspool for mishandled classified intelligence.
Which means to me, that the FBI should have investigated the State Department much, much earlier.
Which also means to me, that Clinton set the tone for that, or it was already ingrained.
How can a secretary of any department set up their own private server without push-back?
Were they afraid of her? Or so unconcerned about mishandling classified information that they took no offense?
It begs the question of just how important does the State Department think itself.
What they're the permanent government?
One of the 2,300 pedophiles arrested?
Him or Billy Joe Armstrong? JK
I doubt this is the eight string you were talking about but nonetheless it's Sarah Longfield https://youtu.be/LkIFETF17qc
OK you guys have to check out Justin Johnson and his crazy guitars https://youtu.be/s0PoHkHOSKA
Dog, he made a bridge out of a C clamp. He's making guitars like you make a zip gun.
Chris Farrell to Lou Dobbs on Agent Number 2 in the IG Report:
Farrell: ...and then lastly there is a startling admission by the character who's named as Attorney Number 2, where he says that there are Legal Documents, with his name all over the Legal documents, investigating President Trump's Staff, and that E-Mail or text was written a day after the Election. This is a "Stop the Presses" moment. You've got the President of the United States, Obama, wrapped up in the investigation according to Lisa Page, and you've got an FBI Attorney talking about how he was investigating the President (Elects) Staff the day after the Election.
Lou: The reason Chris Farrell here is referring to the Agent as Attorney Number 2, is because his name is not revealed in that document.
Farrell: Which is offensive at face value. The American Public deserves to know the name of every single one of these characters.
It's my intention to continue to condense these OIG report chapters. At the very least I intend to read the whole thing.
It's hard to condense and I have to leave out some stuff. Some of it may be important, but, Readers Digest, you know.
I'd like to see more judgement, more speculation, but it's a fact report, and as you read, and in my case, re-read it, it's really clear that certain things are alluded to, but not explained.
I think it's important, not because it explains things, but because it sets a base for discussion.
So far, journalists and citizen journalists, not in the thrall of the MSM are doing a good job of picking this apart.
You have to be willfully obtuse, like the MSM, not to grasp how damaging this report is.
And while it's recommendations are pablum, it doesn't argue against re-opening the investigation on it's original lines or on alternative lines.
While it accepts that there was no criminal intent, that may not be enough. I think the better approach is to look at the cover-up.
I acknowledge those who think that criminal intent isn't needed to indict, but suggest that the conspiracy after the revelation of the server is more fertile ground.
jim nj,
I find your condensed chapters very valuable and appreciate you doing it. Thanks!
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | June 16, 2018 at 06:02 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5851023/Scientists-strong-evidence-dogs-use-gestures-communicate.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/obama-trump-presidency-cartoon-2011-white-house-correpondents-dinner/
Posted by: James D. | June 16, 2018 at 06:22 AM
The part of the IG that really frosts me is the "directly connecting" statement. Horowitz sets forth plenty of circumstantial evidence that political considerations affected the Clinton probe. Plenty of people go to the hoosegow on the basis of circumstantial evidence. When Horowitz penned or pixelled his "directly connecting" statement, he should then have referred to the circumstantial evidence.
Posted by: Thomas Collins | June 16, 2018 at 06:25 AM
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Saudi-led-coalition-enters-Hodeidah-airport-560109?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/16/obama-presidential-center-to-cost-taxpayers-nearly-200m-report.html
Graft is expensive mm.
Glad you got some good news yesterday and will no longer be as pinched.
Speaking of your old business I think my daughters have decided to try their luck at selling my mil's st john knits that my fil loved to buy her. Should be interesting and a lesson for them. If you have any advice I will relay it to them.
https://nypost.com/2018/06/14/luann-de-lesseps-is-ditching-6m-hamptons-home-for-the-catskills/
"Kimberley Strassel @KimStrassel4 Jun
Replying to @KimStrassel
5) Also don't believe anyone who says this is just about Comey and his instances of insubordination. (Though they are bad enough.) This is an indictment broadly of an FBI culture that believes itself above the rules it imposes on others. #IGReport"
Posted by: Davod | June 16, 2018 at 07:18 AM
"The ‘executive summary’ was written to protect the institutions and that’s where the media are getting ALL of their headlines,” the tweet reads. “However, the internal body, the investigative report inside, is entirely contradictory to the summary. The facts are DEVASTATING.”
www.bizpacreview.com/2018/06/15/strassel-dont-believe-anyone-who-tells-you-horowitz-didnt-find-bias-i-can-still-hear-the-echoes-of-the-howls-644838
Particularly to the MFM, who paid or otherwise bribed leakers within the FBI. There's no way to put a positive spin on that so they'll just ignore it. If the MFM operated at anything close to the ethical level they forever claim for themselves, there would be mass firings for this. But their ability to self police is nonexistent.
Levin last night said the head US Attorney in DC, a recent female appointment named Liu iirc, should empanel a grand jury to examine the rot in the FBI. And that what Sessions has empaneled in Utah is too slow moving and ill defined in its mission to adequately address the real problems in the report.
rse,
Are they going to sell on eBay? Here is my advice:
Using advanced search on eBay, look at what comparable items have sold for, NOT what people are asking.
Then, list the items as "fixed price or make offer". I rarely did auctions after I got started, because you had no control over the price.
They will need a Paypal account. They also should visit the Post Office web site and order free shipping boxes for Priority Mail. (Never send anything parcel post.)
The procedure for a sale would be the following:
1. Photograph and measure the item (some customers will ask things like skirt length).
2. WEIGH the item. The weight plus the weight of the box will be what the USPS charges for shipping.
3. Price the item, adding approximate shipping cost into the price so that it can be listed as FREE SHIPPING.
4. List the item through eBay's program. (There is a company I used for formatting listings, but I did 30 or so per week and I assume they wouldn't want to pay for this service unless they expand).
5. Br prepared to answer questions. One of them should check the account every day at least once.
6. When an item sells, ship within 24 hours. eBay did have a way to print off shipping labels and pay the post office directly out of your Paypal Account in a seamless operation. Then you just cut out the shipping label and tape it to the package. The customer is notified when you print the shipping label that the package is shipping, so don't print the label and have it laying around for a day or so. There is a tracking number which the customer can enter with the post office to see where the package is.
Once they get the hang of it, it's pretty easy and should generate some income for them.
I just did an advanced search (upper right corner of home page in small letters next to the big search button) on SOLD items under the words St John knit. This list is only items sold, so I don't know out of how many listed these sales occurred. However, you can see some sold for a pretty good price, particularly jackets:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=St+John+knit&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=46142&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&LH_Complete=1&_fosrp=1
I will be happy to answer any questions they have. Tell them I wish them a successful effort!
The construction of the Bathhouse Rat's concrete buttplug is an ongoing disgrace. It was originally sold as a library but, befitting this untransparent pile of shit whose pertinent life documents have all been sealed from the public, it won't have a single book. Instead it sounds like a very expensive gym and recording studio, neither of which Chicago is lacking nor wants.
Could someone please direct me to MM's good news.
Spent an hour last night looking for it in vain.
The building is an eyesore and they are taking parkland that was held in the public trust. I am not even fond of Chicago, but that building and where it is going to be located is an outrage.
It is just like their official portraits, which are hideous and designed to give a finger in the eye to cultural tradition as well as a "look at me" attitude to the viewer.
Ignatz,
I have been approved for "divorced spouse" benefits on Social Security. What it means to me is an extra $500 per month plus back benefits paid from last December.
This doubles the income I have and also gives me a nice amount to put in my savings account.
Not a huge amount of money, but to me its a Godsend, as I pretty much live frugally. It will mean that I can get my hair cut, take the dog for shots, etc.
https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1007883385983954944
Sundance has gone through the IG report and can find no evidence that anyone actually looked at the emails on Weiner's laptop.
--the agents thought that they might find so much classified information on unauthorized servers and systems that they would become lost in the maze.--
OMG.
That bullshit claim should have generated a hearty belly laugh from the investigators followed by a slapping on of the gyves and a trip to the hoosegow in a paddy wagon.
"We didn't look in John Wayne Gacy's crawl space because we thought we might get confused by all the bodies we'd find".
"We didn't look in Jeffrey Dahmer's freezer because we thought we might get lost in the maze of the frozen pork butt and human remains aisles".
That's such a load of horse shit it ought be generating scads of "we didn't investigate because" internet memes.
'The dog ate my homework' should now and henceforth be forever relegated to second place in the annals of lame-ass excuses.
Patterico's Police State Peanut Gallery is happy that due process for Paul Manafort has been denied by whore judge Amy Berman Jackson. Glad to see the TrueCons defending liberty in their host's obtuse way.
Thanks, MM.
I was hoping you'd somehow squeezed some dough out of the creep, but glad you were blessed in whatever way God chose.
The Week in Pictures.
Very cool, Pin.
Posted by: Extraneus | June 16, 2018 at 08:11 AM
https://lovebreedsaccountability.com/2018/06/15/wapo-fact-checker-brutally-ratiod-on-twitter-for-lying-about-ig-report/
Maybe the OBAMA CENTER could have a restaurant inside. You know Chicago lacks restaurants.
This one could be a PROG EAT DOG restaurant.
How much is that doggie in the window????
POGBA scores France wins. Pffffffffffft.
Posted by: GUS | June 16, 2018 at 08:19 AM
Thanks mm. I copied and pasted what you wrote and put it into an email to them.
Lurker can give us your contact info if needed. He has met red. I suspect I will be the one going to post office, but those items brought my mil joy and they should make others feel nice as well while giving the girls savings or travelling money as the diva is still in college.
I also want my son's closet back. It is great storage space. There are a lot of jackets in the collection as they usually bought the full outfit.
There is no way I will get any money from him. He declared bankruptcy (probably after hiding assets in a foreign bank). He's very used to moving through Third World Countries so God knows what he's up to.
At least I won't be liable for whatever tax violations he does (which I am also sure he is doing).
As much as people carp about the amount of money the federal budget devotes to Social Security, I have to tell you guys that without it, I would probably be a goner.
Speaking of the FBI, how's that Vegas shooting coming along?
Twas only wishful thinking, MM.
You can schedule a pick-up at your home. That is what I used to do. It alerts your carrier that there is a package, and if you have printed out the shipping label the postage has already been paid through the Paypal account, so you just tell the Post Office (through their web site) ow many packages you have and where they wiill be located. You can say "on front porch" for example. Saves time and money!
Heh...
Might need to right click.
Readout of President Trump's call to President Macron of France this morning:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dfz-XwWVAAYiNTm.jpg:large
Better?
That's a good observation by Sundance.
4. I've read and highlighted 400 pages of the IG Horowitz report so far...
5. ...and I cannot find a single factual citation that anyone on the Mid-Year-Team actually went through the Huma Abedin/Anthony Weiner laptop and read or reviewed the Clinton emails.
Taking Elliott down to Lake Agawam for the shuttle to Shinnecock. Mrs. JiB and I are going later for the 11:30 tee time of Phil and Beef Johnston. That is going to draw the big crowds before the leaders 3 hours later. Wind is out of the N by NW today at around 10mph at 8:40 in the morning. Expecting to pick up later. Greens are going to be fast and furious and it will take something monumental to overcome DJ, unless he folds like in the past but from what I am seeing, that is behind him.
Cloudless, bright day so far.
And for those chasing DJ, an apropos Latin Phrase of the Day:
Numquam periculum sine periculo vincemus
From p.324:
By no later than September 29, the FBI had learned virtually every fact that was cited by the FBI in late October as justification for obtaining the search warrant for the Weiner laptop, including that the laptop contained:
Over 340,000 emails, some of which were from domains associated
with Clinton, including state.gov, clintonfoundation.org,
clintonemail.com, and hillaryclinton.com;
Numerous emails between Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin;
An unknown number of BlackBerry communications on the laptop,
including one or more messages between Abedin and Clinton,
indicating the possibility that the laptop contained communications
from the early months of Clinton’s tenure;178 and
Emails dated beginning in 2007 and covering the entire period of
Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State.
Probably all of the missing emails and more.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5850053/Undercover-worlds-elitist-secret-society.html
Anyone know what ever happened to the Weiner laptop or if it's hard drive image still exists?
A WAR IS COMING.
Extraneus,
I have no idea. I am afraid it's in that huge landfill near NYC.
Greens are going to be fast and furious and it will take something monumental to overcome DJ, unless he folds like in the past but from what I am seeing, that is behind him.
Was it two or three years ago at that weird course in Wisconsin that he was putting for the 72 hole win and ended up being out of the playoffs? I think he learned a big lesson from that.
Merkel is the poster child for what can go wrong when your parents live in a democratic country and choose to immigrate to a commie country.
Adds a whole new dimension to "Lutheran Liberal".
Posted by: Buckeye | June 16, 2018 at 08:54 AM
Remember when Armitage the Plame leaker called a witness and coached him on what to say and Fitzpatrick had no problem with any of that?
last year right where I live.
Donald J. Trump Retweeted
The Democrats are forcing the breakup of families at the Border with their horrible and cruel legislative agenda. Any Immigration Bill MUST HAVE full funding for the Wall, end Catch & Release, Visa Lottery and Chain, and go to Merit Based Immigration. Go for it! WIN!
The President retweeted his own tweet on the immigration bill from yesterday, so I am reporting it as I assume he wants to make sure interested parties in Congress see it and pay attention.
The Horde was confused yesterday regarding DJT's intentions on the latest Repuke Amigo Grande sellout. I really wish he'd start targeting Tom Donohue and Mike Fernandez as enemies of the country because the sooner those donor class scum are rejected the better.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/15/liberals-label-president-donald-trump-childrens-book-dangerous.html
These people really are unhinged. A similar book about Barack Obama did not engender these types of complaints.
Having worked book fairs for the PTA for years, I can tell you that there were also biographies about EVERY new president. They are factual, full of pictures, and innocuous.
Furthermore, the book is for sale to interested parties, not required reading.
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/06/15/1963-chevrolet-corvette-parked-in-garage-for-45-years-could-be-worth-150000.html
Speaking of eBay, I thought car aficianados would find this interesting.
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Dungeons and Dragons Campaign - Forgotten Realms - Family Matters - Session 12.5
The characters had about a month and a half of downtime, from halfway through Marponeth all the way through to the end of Uktar and the Feast of the Moon. Every player either e-mailed me plans for what their character was doing during that time, or told me verbally.
You'd sent a second message back to the Origami clanhouse, and a third by magic book asking if the clan might want to increase their presence in the city and how things were getting a bit complicated, what with some of Waterdeep's elite knowing your face. You'd hoped for a letter, or perhaps a verbal message. You got Calla Breek Snorpthangle the Thirty-Second and a Half (she's a twin) one of the Penultimate Folds, those who report directly to Grand Master Crane. She's also a gnome, a bit taller than you, but with a nose that could be used to plow half the fields of the earth, it's so prominent. Her nickname (gnomes love names) is "Beak."
"You," she announces, coming into your shop during a slow day, "have gotten yourself into trouble." She perches on your counter a tosses you a folded paper raccoon, a traditional gnomish sign of luck. "Good work. Let's talk about how you can make some more. We're too new in the city to dislodge the Shadow Thieves, and to be brutally frank they keep some of the mayhem to a minimum. Getting into a war with them would be... costly. But it doesn't mean we can't command a bigger piece of the pie. You're in a unique position to help the clan because of what you did for Lady Wands." She pauses and raises an eyebrow. "Anything else that happened in the last week or so I should be aware of?" (The DM assumes you're willing to be very forthcoming with a member of the clan, let me know if this is not so and you wanted to edit portions of your escapades.)
Calla puts her chin in her hand, grinning when you talk about how you appointed yourself as the Wands' private detective and looking both concerned and impressed when you tried to tell the Shadow Thieves that Jayrin was marked for death. "Not that he didn't deserve it, being as he was behind you getting hurt and more than likely a culprit in the attack on Charissa. But the fact the Shadow Thieves protected him... interesting. He must be doing something of value to them. He probably had to go underground after you exposed the fact he was killing children wholesale, plus the whole bit with him having a golem double doesn't exactly making him look innocent. And his brother the priest will have to be more discrete from now on.
"Which gives you the opportunity to do some things free of murderous interference. What plans do you have, Ru?"
She listens as you detail wanting an apprentice to run your shop as you try to expand your influence into higher circles and nods thoughtfully.
"That's a good line of thinking. I was bringing some apprentices over anyway, those traveling to points beyond the City of Splendors, but there is one who might suit. She's a dwarf, name's Nira Darkfire, good hands and a quick mind. More comfortable with staying in one place than not, and I think she'd much prefer learning here to heading off to Silverymoon or the Dalelands. I'll have her come up today. As for stumbling upon something she shouldn't... she's a dwarf. Word is bond, when she isn't so monofocused than an earthquake couldn't get her attention. Tell her she shouldn't see something, and she won't.
"Get on establishing yourself at the Marlith, because I can see all kinds of possibilities if Lady Wands or her staff isn’t embarrassed to seek you out, eh? She could send her friends to a respectable shop, rather than have a disreputable person such as yourself,” she winks, “call upon them. I’ll get Nira up here soon, and once you’re sure she knows her way around, get thee hence to the Marlith.”
Calla goes back to her own business, but lets you know she’ll be in town through the Feast of the Moon at least.
Nira shows up right on time, a thin (for a dwarf) woman with black hair tightly braided, wearing sober and respectable clothes. She has the very basic aptitudes for a locksmith, and could definitely do simple repairs, but isn’t up for complicated installations yet. She is good with numbers, well, at least she isn’t going to mess up your books, and gets your cypher system (or a variant, if you don’t trust her with the master cypher) in a mildly disturbingly short period of time.
“Blood clan had no use for a girl who liked numbers more than runes, amongst other things,” she tells you with a shrug. “Origamis did. So they let me in.” She’s quite taciturn, which gave at least one customer quite a turn when she stirred behind the counter and startled someone who hadn’t expected to see her there.
It was the first time you’d seen her smile. You think she just might do, at least for a start.
With your shop in competent hands, you move on to establishing yourself in the Marlith. Hob Stonecypher, the owner, grins when he sees your new persona. (And he’ll ask your new name. He’ll call you “Granther” as a nickname for the “aged old gent” until you give him your name.) In between customers, Hob will grill you on the inventory and the right lingo. In two tendays, you think you can manage a conversation with someone in your new persona about exotic weapons and be able to both look and sound like you know what you’re doing (assuming the person is not too suspicious).
[The following bits here were in response to several questions by Garden’s player, in taking classes to prep his character for taking the Gnome Artificer prestige class – it’s the first time he’s taken one, and we tweaked the prereqs a little.]
During mornings/evenings, whatever times of days you’re not working or sleeping, you can attend classes in engineering, alchemy, or gem-cutting at the Temple of Gond. Charissa even knows the names of some good tutors. Fees for such classes run about 10 gold a tenday, with a 25gp materials cost (40gp for gemcutting, ‘cause… gems). Charissa can help you with alchemy classes if you want to go in that direction.
As for the Artificer – most prestige classes can’t be taken until you’re sixth level or so. Assuming you focus on getting all the relevant skills, you could take your 1stlevel of Gnome Artificer as your 6th character level. So you’d be a 5th level rogue, 1stlevel Gnome Artificer. We collectively decided to dismiss having the spellcasting requirement, as Garden will be learning how to imitate magical effects with his devices without the use of magic. If you have any skill points to spare, it might be appropriate to throw one or two into the Use Magic Device skill to show you know a thing or two about how magic works (or looks, or both).
The Gnome Artificer basically makes you into the Wizard of Oz – great special effects, just don’t look behind the curtain. With a bit of looking around, you can find a tiny little group of three other Gnome Artificers in the city, two from Lantan, one a native of Waterdeep. They do three things – provide special effects for theatrical productions, experiment with things that make some of Charissa’s experiments look tame, and provide protection for some of the Deepwater Harbor’s aquatic residents against their more aggressive counterparts. (Think, if you will, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – with three half-crazed gnomes in a tricked-out submarine patrolling the harbor for killer sharks, murderous sahaugin [fish men], and nasty-minded scrags [water trolls].) Though they like turning their talents in that direction, they’re really up for experimenting with anything.
You KNEW there was a reason there weren't that many pistols in Lantan. You've seen them. Held one once. Seen them fired. But there still aren't all that many of them. And do you know why? Well you figured it out once you started doing serious research into the crafting of one - they're BEASTLY hard to make. And expensive! Finding an alloy that can not only stand up to repeated rapid firing, but also magical bullets (because you're going to get some made, by Gond, someday!) involves a lot of experimentation. Gunslingers are not terribly thick on the ground, even in Lantan, and not even your mentor would have given up the secret to gun manufacture to you (the better to develop your own engineering skills), so you knew this was coming.
On the plus side, this does involve a lot of cool explosions. On the down side, it does involve a lot of cleanup.
What brings you to your breakthrough is, strangely enough, Evelyn's shoes. You were making bladed shoes for her, and getting a tough alloy that could stand up to days, weeks, or months of Waterdeep's streets isn't easy. It actually was dovetailing off of your own research into tougher alloys. That was when you realized what would make the alloy perfect. Adamantine. Not pure adamantine, because that's outside your purse and your fuel costs for the forge, but a small amount of adamatine introduced into a toughened steel... yes! That's it!
Then there's the whole finding the perfect combination of adamatine to steel thing... But you're a step in the right direction, a huge step!
In between banging on metal and making things explode, you do have to take some breaks (to let the metal cool, to let the metal heat, to get out of the forge before your fellow Gondian co-workers ban you because they've heard more talk about guns than a reasonable being can stand...). Never to let a moment go to waste, you heft Grapes of Wrath, the book of the Order of the Vine, and go to talk to the Vinters, Brewers, and Distiller's Guild. The Order of the Vine has been extinct for a century, and you think it's high time they saw the light of day again (and attaching it to the Vinters, etc. Guild would be a good first step, because you certainly don't have the gold to re-found the order from the ground up). You tell your story to a bewildered youth at the door, again to a mildly confused junior member, a third time to a Head Brewer (who'd actually heard of the Order), who finally passes you off to a Master Brewer, a dwarf introduced to you as Rumlar Stonehead. He's exceptionally stout, with a beard like foam in a mug, carrying no less than six fine mugs hooked to his belt.
"Hah!" he says with delight, when you explain your story yet again, that you'd like to reactivate the Order. "I remember them. Met one or two back a ways, but they were getting thin on the ground by the time I'd even learned about them. Fun-loving crew, the few times I worked with them. Good for maintaining a good crowd, kept parties respectable, gave us all a better name. Aye, I wouldn't mind having them back. Now, are you the only one?"
(After you answer, Rumlar will have several other questions for you.)
"I remember having members of the Order at our larger feasts to help keep the peace and provide a little background on some of the beverages. The drinking games and songs they could come up with... better than bards, they were! What is it that you're doing now, being as you couldn't have been born in the Order? And how did you find some of their artifacts?"
"Hmm... tell you what. I'd like to see the Order again, but I certainly can't go sponsering people willy-nilly. With the Feast of the Moon coming up, it's a good time to stage a trial run, eh? You and the other members of the Order, come to the feast here at the Guildhall and we'll see how you do. Let's see if we can't capture the old spirits." Rumlar chuckles hugely at his pun, and reaches out to tap a nearby keg. He deftly fills two mugs and hands one to you. "What say you? What can you bring to our feast, O Bouncer Immaculate?"
[The following is several e-mails back and forth between me and Charissa’s player]
"No there are four of us. My brother, a young wizarding student, and a priestess of Istishia. During a recent investigation into amber oozes we discovered the tomb of the last three members of the Order. After taking care of the amber ooze problem we found a powerful illusion that was a record of the last members. The had us each pass a test, which we all passed, and told us we were members of the Order. I have these, (showing Grapes of Wrath and the book) as tokens of that experience. I'll talk to the others, but I'll be more than happy participate in the Feast of the Moon here at the Guild Hall."
Rumlar threads his hand through his beard and tugs meditatively. "The tomb, eh? I should like to see that... well, perhaps not disturb their rest but... bah, idle speculation. If you and your friends could come, this might be a good coming-out party for the Order. Brush up on your drinking games, Origami, because there's nothing a dwarf clan likes to do to honor their ancestors better than a good drinking game.
"Have you the old costumes? Or are you updating those as well?
"If you end up honoring the old Order, I'll pass a hat for donations to sponsor you. If not, well... at least you won't go hungry that night. Be thinking on what you'll want to do at the party, other than make sure no one downs a gallon of rotgut and pukes into the roses, or starts throwing punches. I have fond memories of the Order, few as they were." He eyes you carefully. "Don't sully them, my young tinker friend."
"We'll make sure you and yours have the chance to honor your dead, Brew Master. As for the costumes we will be both honoring the old, and bringing in some new touches to it. I wish to bring honor to those that have gone before, and give a fresh start to the Order."
Charissa will be relying heavily on Shandri and her brother for good drinking games since she has avoided alcohol as drunkenness and explosives mix just a little too well...
"Tell me one last thing, youngling... You seem a sober and respectable sort, at first glance the kind that might look down their nose at the Order. Their hammer is impressive, yes, and rather fun, but you seem to be the sort to be married to their work." He flicks his fingers at the burn marks on your cuffs and the scars on your hands. "Why devote such effort to bringing the Order of the Vine back?"
"I respect their ideals and after the 'situation' with the amber oozes I feel that they are needed. I want people to able to celebrate without the fear of death, dismemberment or embarrassment. The Knights of the Vine can give people the assurance that their feasts and celebrations will be enjoyable and that all present will be relatively safe, at least safe from things other than a bad hangover and the occasional poorly sang drinking song."
With Evelyn wrapped in some project that left her safely ensconced in an office with Madame Silverleaf (the seamstress and dressmaker) on a regular basis, Steven used his expected free time to call at the Temple of Mystra and put some of his skills to work. Years of guarding his sister from harm, perceived threats, and any man’s gaze had left him with a reputation for being able to handle anyone, at least when it came to dealing with large egos. Also, his combat skills were impeccable, and he’d proved himself against a ghostly dragon, no less!
So, in between hunts for the mysterious Gerard, Steven took on several side jobs. (As a note, Steven has been hunting a “Gerard” for a little while. During the dark creeper attack, Evelyn had fallen asleep from a poisoned dagger smeared with drow sleep poison that wounded her. In her sleep, she said, “Oh, Gerard,” in a familiar manner. Steven has since sworn revenge, just on general principle. This “Gerard” needs a good talking-to, whoever he is.)
Steven has been meeting several mages, some from abroad, others from the mainland, all of whom came to the Temple for guidance and protection as they went about their business in Waterdeep. As many were skilled magicians, they could have defended themselves… if they weren’t caught by surprise, if they had the right spells ready, if they were not in the middle of item creation or some other ritual that took all of their dedication and concentration. Hence they asked at the Temple of Mystra for a bodyguard, and Steve was one of those that stepped up to help.
So, in the month and a half he’s had free, Steven had spent time at the sides of two noted summoners, an abjurer so frail her own magic must have been holding her together, a universalist wizard from far Maztica (all in colorful exotic brocade and woven plumes), a transmorgofist who never spent more than half a day looking the same, an urdinnar (stone-shaper) dwarf who might have been mute, and one memorable day he spent carrying a fox familiar around the city so his master could get a good look around without bestirring his ancient bones.
Luckily Steven had not had to draw his sword during that time, and only had to chase off a few potential pickpockets and endure the somewhat confusing chatter of high magery (hardly his strong suit.)
Your lessons in magic are actually going quite well. You've gained several admirers (how could you not?), other students of the Arts. You still aren't particularly interested in how other people tap their magic, as it seems to involve tedious memorizing of musty tomes and incomprehensible diagrams and handling all matter of noxious substances, but figuring out magical threats and magical creatures? That is actually quite interesting, particularly as several of the noble houses have magicians in their ranks. Also, there's a good section about magical creatures, including dragons, and what self-respecting spellscale wouldn't like to know a thing or two about their distant ancestors?
Naturally the section on dragons includes a talk about the Dragonward. You learn that the ward supposedly covers the entire city, though your instructor's hand gets a little vague when he delineates the borders to the south. Having seen much prevarication before, you have a suspicion that the extreme south of Dock Ward might not be as well-covered as the rest of the city. If any other dragonkind wanted to get near Waterdeep but couldn't convince Maaril the Dragonmage that they deserved entry, they might be there...
But what happened during your interview with Lady Wands? This might have been what Evelyn was born for. While you hadn't exactly hoped to attract the attention of one of Waterdeep's most powerful families by being peripherally involved in an attempt at their downfall, you really can't argue with the results. After telling Lady Wands about Jayrin and Father Geb, the Lady is understandably grateful. And she chose to convey that gratitude by allowing Evelyn entrance to social circles she hadn't been sure she'd ever been able to penetrate. A Higharvestide festival is one thing, but usual gatherings quite another, much more exclusive. And, if you are being honest with yourself (a rare and solemn occurrence), you realize that if you hadn't got caught up with your little band of miscreants with their funny ways and appalling fashion sense you might have never been able to capture Lady Wands' attention so directly.
The gatherings are like swimming with sharks. The merchant nobility of Waterdeep combine the shrewd business-sense of a caravan master along with the power-brokering of the titled. These are not parties for the faint of heart, or pocketbook. As very impoverished minor nobility, Evelyn is at a disadvantage. You've backed no business venture of you own, nor have your parents (not for decades, at least), nor do you have investments in a guild, or own any businesses of you own, but you've kept your ears open in the marketplaces and can speak about stores and trade routes and goods with a degree of certainty. And as for the social scene? You've been keeping track of that since you had ears.
Wardrobe is a little trickier. Granted, it's Marpenoth, and Madam Silverleaf has a new gown for you (fine midnight-blue wool plush, deceptively simple with expert and very flattering tailoring, easy to wear with most choices from your jewel chest), but with as many invitations as you've been fielding, you've had to be creative. Madam Silverleaf's creations can be taken apart and put together with her other things she's made for you, letting Molly expand your wardrobe to the eye without putting a single new thing in your closet. And there's always the silver armor dress to make a statement.
It's when wearing that during a reception at the Guildhall for the Guild of Glassblowers, Glazier and Speculum-Makers (mirrors) for the advancement of Brella Talmost from Prentice to Master that this comes to a head. Someone inevitably asks you where you got the dress. Social conventions prohibit you from saying you got it as a guilt-offering from the Markovian family when you were instrumental in killing the possessed son of the house. Well, they prevent YOU from saying it, but being as the Markovian family has suffered a Scandal, other people can say it first, and then you can elaborate on your Dramatic Rescue and how the dress came into your possession.
"And you caught Wands' attention at that Higharvestide tiff, oh! Such quality! I heard you were presented with some, what, of the help that stepped in to aid you?"
[The DM wanted to know what Evelyn would say about the De Mers and the Origamis – after talking with Evelyn’s player, essentially Evelyn said they were “concerned citizens” she was happy to “assist in making the city a better place.” Her society friends found this very amusing.]
There also a new wrinkle in your social rounds. More often than not in the past, you interacted with those of your own generation, with occasional polite conversations of their elders who were sponsoring the gatherings. But now the median age of these gatherings you've been attending has risen, and with it, the topics of conversation. Here the political and monetary maneuvering is more intense, the scrutiny more jaded, and the stakes are ever so much higher. It's the kind of circles you've been aiming for. But maybe not one you've been preparing for. Because a fruitful topic of the merchant nobility of Waterdeep is money, something you mostly have a vague acquaintance with.
But it has become clear to you that at some point you are going to have to take steps into the world of business in order to snare the biggest fish that you want. Of course you'd prefer the details to be handled by a competent underling, once you can hire an underling, but something will have to be done in at least a minor capacity now. The obvious choice is to open a shop, though that's terribly tedious. One could invest in a caravan trading venture, perhaps, and hope your shrewd sense of fine goods would let you pick a profitable one. You could sponsor a fighter or racer on the Fields of Triumph (a large, open-air arena) and hope that they win, eventually building up a stable of winners. You could sponsor an upcoming bard or magician, covering certain expenses (room, board, practice space, help them in finding an audience or clients) now in exchange for a portion of their profits later.
You could even sponsor one of the many adventurers or adventuring parties in the city, the ones that test themselves in Undermountain or perform various other mercenary services. (The plus to this is that you could "sponsor" them by finding out information for them, or goods, say, rather than in coin, for an exchange of some portion whatever they liberate in the course of their "adventure.") Or you could do anything else you imagine, as long as it lets you speak about business ventures with authority. Money speaks a language all its own, and your accent in that language is not, shall we say, native.
But you can make it be so. You went from fine social butterfly to having a personal interview with Lady Wands herself in less than a month. Truly, there's nothing you can't do.
[After speaking to Evelyn’s player, she came up with the following idea:]
A casual acquaintance of Evelyn Violette would know that there are some things you never see her doing. For example, traipsing through the sewers, lying prone on the street, slumming in bad neighborhoods, and selling jewelry. But Evelyn has done all of that and more (not necessarily voluntarily), as well as making friends in low places. Aside from the street urchin, Kip, who she’s taken into her household, Evelyn has been making a point of returning to Sucker Street on a regular basis to become friendly acquaintances with Brother Sallis, the priest of Tymora who works in a shrine there. Though he’s not terribly powerful, and certainly he’s in a bad neighborhood, Brother Sallis is both flattered by her attention and happy to talk about Lady Luck. Certainly Evelyn knows she could use a little luck with what’s all been going on in her life.
However, selling jewelry is a new and somewhat unpleasant experience for Evelyn, but a necessary evil when a reputation (and more riches) are at stake. You see, Evelyn has a plan to garner more of the wealth she needs to maintain her lifestyle in the manner to which she wants to become accustomed. In trying to carefully move up the social ladder of Waterdeep, Evelyn knows she’s starting to hit a glass ceiling because she is not a merchant, and has very little money. In the merchant nobility of Waterdeep, money talks.
Realizing that, Evelyn decided getting wealth is all about capitalizing on what one is good at, and Evelyn Violette is good at being fabulous. And stylish. And beautiful. (And magical, that goes without saying, but since Evelyn doesn’t create magic items or anything in that vein, she’s not pursuing that route.) Now, showing the world that they could be a quarter as fabulous as her? And getting paid for it? That’s the perfect way to get a start on her fortune. In short, Evelyn wants to create a fashion broadsheet/catalogue and send it not only all over the city, but along major trade routes to other big and important cites – Silverymoon, Baldur’s Gate, Athkatla in Amn, and Calmiport in Calminshan, as well as further east in the Dalelands and around the Sea of Fallen Stars.
However, this ambition requires an outlay of gold to hire an artist to draw pictures of the fashions, a writer for captions, to have copies made, and for someone to distribute them. Hence, Evelyn decided to sell several of her more recently-acquired jewels to get ready gold. After converting several of the lovely things to coin, she first visited Madame Silverleaf, as her business would be prominently displayed as the place to go to get Evelyn’s fashions. Madame is intrigued by Evelyn’s idea and figures it will either not hurt at best, or garner much more new business if it works. Either way, she gives her blessing, as it won’t cost her a copper.
As for distributing the fashion catalogue far and wide, Evelyn already has someone in mind for that. Though she doesn’t exactly get along with the Origamis perfectly, they already have extensive trade routes, and she trusts that such profit-loving people will at least be competent enough to get her catalogues to where she wants them to go. A formal meeting with Garden nets her a reasonable price to send her catalogues out.
Next, Evelyn went to the House of Beauty, the temple of Sune, to find an artist. She had heard Charissa describe the place as being inside her head, and had wanted to go there for a while. After a lengthy and appreciative look around the place, enjoying the flowers, statues, paintings, murals, mosaics, music, and other forms of art, Evelyn asks and is directed towards one Lynn Havad, a young and aspiring artist. Evelyn’s actually seen her a time or two, sketching at parties she’s attended, so she’s familiar with her work in a vague sort of way.
Lynn is decidedly interested in Evelyn’s proposal, both as a way to distribute her art across not just the city but across several countries, and as a way to make excellent money doing what she loves. She’s also a calligrapher, and while she’s not the next great author, could certainly do some lovely captions on various portraits of gowns. About half of Evelyn’s money from the sale of her jewelry will end up going to Lynn for creating the broadsheet and copying it, and the other half to the Origami clan for distribution and return of orders (if any) for her first attempt. After that, she can negotiate anew, once she sees what the response will be.
The upshot is, Evelyn drags Molly to the House of Beauty and gets to spend two days posing in all her best gowns. This idea? One of the best she’s ever had.
Now that things have calmed down since Highharvestide, you've begun to be able to integrate all the things you've learned in your rather exciting few weeks with your odd new friends. You've seen the magic in use at the House of Wonder (the Temple of Mystra), seen cursed red coral, viewed the ancient legacy magic of a tomb of merry, wine-drinking knights, seen unusual golems and familiars unknown to most, and stopped a most foul fate from bringing down a noble house by using your magic to help them see the truth.
Really, it's been a rather exciting few weeks!
All of this together has made you ponder your career choices. Though maybe you'd thought about working with your uncle, or maybe taking a trading trip with your father, or just setting yourself up somewhere as a scholar, seeing everything you've had makes you consider a wider and more responsible career path. In speaking with your career advisor, Nelara Gayne, (a full month before graduation, no less!) she nods and taps her finger against a framed letter on her desk, one marked with a symbol of a white hand, fingers together, against a purple field).
"Have you considered the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors? From what you described to me [DM's note, as per your request, heavily edited] it seems like you might have the mindset for them. You've always been a good student, de Mer, and the Guild Wizards the Watchful Order trains are some of the most versatile in the world. They keep themselves out of heavy political crossfire, always to their credit, so no getting tangled up with nasty political backstabbing. They police other arcane casters, keeping us respected as solvers of problems, rather than creators of them. Some of them are contracted by the wealthy of the city to protect them from fires, you know, summoning water elementals and whatnot, a responsibility few others are willing to take on! And some aid those who are worried about being attacked by hostile workings of the Art. The last may be of most interest to you, considering what all you told me.
"Now, it's expensive to take their training, but worth every penny. If you think you'll be able to get together the money by the time you've reached the Sixth Tier of skill, I can get you an informal interview with an old classmate of mine. KuKaran Skullsplitter is her name - half-orc, as I'm sure you've guessed. And a rage mage to boot! She's in charge of knocking overenthusiastic spelldueller's head together on a regular basis. Suits her to the ground, though probably not quite your cup of tea. But she can get you in to speak with someone of a less... bloodthirsty persuasion."
In a couple of days, you find yourself in the workroom of one Mage Skullsplitter, sharing tea that tastes like it wants to fight its way up from your stomach and get into a punching match with your tongue. KuKaran is a massive half-orc woman, heavily tattooed and scarred, so heavily tattooed that you realize in short order that her spellbook is inked into her very skin! Her weasel familiar watches you with its mad little beady eyes as you drink, only backing down when KuKaren lifts him onto her shoulder so he can disappear into the fur ruff along her collar.
"Nelara tells me you'll be one of the brightest things to graduate from the Academy in an age. So, what's your interest in the Order?"
Assuming you say you want to use your magic to make a difference (or something along those lines), KuKaran smiles, showing tusks capped in ruby. "Not a bad place to start. It can be tedious at times - you wait and wait and then suddenly you're fighting a summon-happy drunk wizard who decides fire elementals are pretty and everyone wants to hug one." She shudders a little. "Bad night, that one. Or if you realize the rich visitor in town is using charm spells on everyone he meets, that's something you have to deal with. We don't work with the Watch. We're independent. People can contract us for certain things, but we also have our own discretion. The first rule you'll be taught is 'The Art is to be Respected.' You don't want people running screaming from magicians."
"KuKaran does, but then, that's her thing," a new voice adds. Twisting around, you see a fair-haired elf come in the back of the room and join you at the table. Wisely, he does not pour himself a cup of tea. His familiar, a tiny hawk not much bigger than a hand, grips into the padded fabric of his shoulder. His green eyes are huge and ancient as any elf you've seen, but curving blue scars mar his forehead in two places.
KuKaran grins, unabashed. "De Mer, this is Lutharian Tashalorial, Guild Wizard of the Order." The elf gives her a mocking bow and turns back to you.
"She's right though, about respecting the Art. That's the heart of the Order. They expect dedication from any who join, and if you aspire to be a Guild Wizard, they expect more. They'll find tasks for you to do, often dangerous ones, and all your time will not be your own. You'll be expected to join in quests, craft items, join in ritual magic, and do independent spell research... though if what KuKaran told me about you is true, you'll hardly find that a hardship." Lutharian smiles slightly and pulls out a thin book from his enormous sleeves, and plucks a pen from the same.
"Now, young de Mer, let us see what you're made of..."
William, he will question you thoroughly:
"What branches of magic are you interested in? What magic have you seen in action? What kinds of magic are you interested in learning?"
"Do you have a familiar? If so, what?"
"If you discovered a stranger casting compulsion spells, what would you do? A friend casting the same? In what circumstances would such magic be allowed, in your eyes?"
"Are you interested in magical crafting? What sorts of items? Do you have any ideas for new items?"
"If a rogue mage was casting fireballs in the Market Square, what would you do?"
"You're asked to drop what you're doing for a tenday's quest into a corner of Undermountain to contain a lichnee [he will explain this is a proto-lich]. You have a hour to prepare. What would you bring? Your companions are a priest of Lathander, a paladin of Kelemvor, and a professional dungeon delver. What spells would you prepare and why?"
"Name your five favorite spells, even those you cannot yet cast."
"Who is your favorite magician? Living or dead, human or not, and why does he, she, or it capture your admiration?"
[The below is William’s player’s response.]
William will of course already have his omnipresent notebook and pen out, and will flip through it occasionally as the questions continue.
1. I am still interested in all branches of magic...especially those that can control my environment or the field of battle.
2. I have had the opportunity to see magic from every branch of magic, from interactive illusions to the rampant magic present in the temple of Mystara.
3. I am interested in learning all that I can. I never know when a spell might come in handy, especially used in an unusual way.
4. I will have a familiar once I have grown sufficiently in magical strength. It is a construct given to me as payment for a favor.
5. If I saw someone casting compulsion, regardless of whether it was stranger or friend, the situation would determine my response. However, I would be more inclined to believe foul play than fair with that particular spell. I can't think of many situations where compulsion would be acceptable-preventing someone from committing suicide maybe?
6. Magical crafting is fascinating...occasionally my family will come across a magical antique. The creativity and skill involved is fascinating and admirable. I don't know how much time or effort I am willing to expend on that skill set yet, but I have done some papers on how one could modify the Book of Twin spell to create small sets of instant written communication devices. I am still developing and patenting the design. Looking at the pen in his hand, he will also say he's played with an indestructible pen with an inexhaustible supply of ink.
7. My first instinct would be to put him to sleep, or otherwise incapacitate them immediately.
8. That sounds like a good team to battle any sort of undead, so I would focus on spells to bolster my companions, like mage armor, and those that could make the lichnee vulnerable, like grease. I would try to pick offensive spells that could also be used on the other creatures in the area, since I doubt the creature will be alone.
9. Flare, Prismatic wall and wall of sound, virtually all the orb spells. And one of the most all-purpose spells, detect magic. I have learned so much seeing how and where spells are used.
10. I am not trying to cater to my alma mater when I say that I admire the founder of Eltorchul Academy (player can't remember his name). The pursuit, accumulation, and dissemination of knowledge is one of the most worthy occupations in my opinion, and the Academy is a grand legacy.
[DM’s response]
Lutharian seems be to very pleased with those responses. “Well said, young de Mer. I think you might do very well at the Order, very well indeed. If you can spare the time from your studies, I think we can see about getting you in as a scribe from time to time, just to get your feet wet. You can look through the chronicles as well as the more current duty reports and get a feel for things behind the scenes. I think that will give you the best idea of what we’re all about.”
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dental profession
evidence-based dentistry
pediatrics. public health
systemic disease
treatment;
Work Pattern Differences Between Male and Female Orthodontists in Canada
Stephanie Walker, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C); Carlos Flores-Mir, MSc, DSc, FRCD(C); Giseon Heo, PhD; Maryam S. Amin, DMD, PhD; Louanne Keenan, MEd, PhD
Cite this as: j can dent assoc 2016;82:g6
orthodontics / dental profession / people
Objective: To examine sex-specific differences in the demographics and work patterns of Canadian orthodontists.
Methods: Questionnaires were mailed and emailed to a random sample of 384 orthodontists: 289 men and 95 women. Questions regarding work patterns and personal demographics were created and results were compared by sex.
Results: The response rate was 53.9%. The demographics and work patterns for male and female orthodontists were similar for most variables. Women were found to be 6 years younger; have 6 fewer years of work experience; expect to retire earlier; be more often married to a professional in full-time employment; and be more likely to take a leave of absence during their career than their male colleagues. Age significantly affected the number of hours worked per week and number of phase II starts per year; both variables increased with increasing age until approximately 50 years, after which they decreased with age. Having children did not significantly affect any of the analyzed variables.
Conclusions: As the practice of female orthodontists was not found to be substantially different from that of men, it is not possible to speculate whether the increasing number of women specializing in orthodontics will provoke a significant change in the profession. As this is the first survey of its kind in Canada, these results may be used as a reference for future comparisons to determine work patterns and trends in the orthodontic workforce.
The number of women entering and working in formerly male-dominated health professions has increased significantly in recent decades.1,2 As more women pursue professional careers, the number specializing within their profession is expected to increase as well, a trend that has been observed in the dental specialty of orthodontics.
In the initial Journal of Clinical Orthodontics American Practice Study3 in 1981, 0.6% of responding orthodontists were women; in repeated practice studies during 2005–2011,4-7 women constituted 12–14% of the respondents. The number of women specializing in orthodontics is expected to continue to increase. In 1999, 34% of orthodontic residents in the United States were women,8 whereas in 2010, the proportion of female residents had increased to 39%.9 Similar trends have been observed in Canada: in 2006, 36% of orthodontic residents were women10; in 2013, the proportion was 47%.
Men and women receive the same education and training in their specialty programs; however, they have historically assumed different roles and responsibilities with respect to work and raising a family. Therefore, there is speculation that men and women will practise the same profession differently. As the proportion of women specializing in orthodontics has increased and is expected to continue to increase, speculations have been made concerning the potential effect this may have on the profession.11-13
The purpose of this study was to assess the current work patterns of male and female Canadian orthodontists to determine whether any sex-specific differences exist. We examined personal and practice demographics, family structure, work patterns and practice characteristics and conducted sex-specific comparisons to identify factors that influence practice and work pattern characteristics, in an effort to consider whether the increased proportion of female orthodontists in Canada will affect the future delivery of orthodontic care.
A questionnaire was developed based on a previously published study comparing differences in practice patterns among male and female orthodontists in the United States.14 Following a pilot study, in which a revised questionnaire was given to a group of 5 local orthodontists to check for question error and relevancy, minor amendments were made and the final questionnaire was produced. The questionnaire and all correspondence were translated professionally from English to French to minimize potential language barriers for respondents. Three of the orthodontists involved in the pilot study were bilingual; they completed the survey in both French and English to ensure accuracy of the translation.
The estimated number of orthodontic specialists in Canada is 799, of which it is estimated that 191 are women (24%) and 608 are men (76%). A sample size of 378 was determined to be adequate for statistical power.15 To ensure quota sampling and prevent overrepresentation of either sex, this sample size was divided into a target sample of 89 (24%) female and 289 (76%) male orthodontists.
Participants were selected by numbering the lists of orthodontists, which had been stratified according to region of primary practice address and sex, and using a random number generator (SPSS version 20.0, IBM, Armonk, NY) to determine who to approach with the survey.
For survey implementation and data analysis, 2 distinct databases were created to ensure participant confidentiality. Orthodontists selected for participation received a copy of the survey package through regular mail, addressed to their primary practice address and, where email addresses were available, through email with a URL link to the online version (Survey Monkey, Palo Alto, CA). The survey package consisted of two letters; a letter of introduction and a hand-signed letter with a URL address and instructions for accessing the online questionnaire, a copy of the questionnaire and a self-addressed stamped return envelope. Participants in Quebec received all correspondence in both English and French. In addition, the online version was available in English or French. Each survey was linked to a blinded identification marker in the upper right hand corner of the questionnaire, body of the email and information letter for online survey access to differentiate respondents from non-respondents.
All selected survey participants were mailed and/or emailed an initial survey package by 17 April 2013, and a second "reminder" package was sent to non-respondents by 27 May 2013. In addition, an email information package was sent to all female orthodontists practising in the eastern region of Canada (n = 6), that were not included in the original random sample, on 3 July 2013, in an attempt to obtain a representative sample; this increased the total number of surveys sent to 384.
For mail-based surveys, data were entered manually, while web-based surveys were automatically compiled into Excel 2011 spreadsheets (Microsoft, Redmond, Wash.). Manually entered data were checked twice to ensure accuracy and web-based surveys were inspected to ensure that recorded data were relevant to questions asked (i.e., numerical versus text responses). The two spreadsheets were then combined. All data analyses were performed using SPSS version 20.0. Before completing testing, model assumptions were evaluated; when they were not satisfactorily met, further analyses were completed, which is described below. For all tests, statistical significance was set at α = 0.05.
Descriptive statistics were generated for each variable, including means, standard deviation, standard error, medians, ranges and total number of respondents. Cross-tabulations, with sex as the independent variable, were created, when applicable.
When appropriate, contingency tables were formulated and Pearson χ2 values and probabilities were computed. In the comparison of means, ANOVA was used. When multiple means were compared, a one-way ANOVA in conjunction with Bonferroni post-hoc test was used. When equal variances between the 2 populations were not satisfied, the data were compared using either Tamhane's post-hoc test or log-linear transformation.
The work patterns of Canadian orthodontists were evaluated, using the number of hours worked per week, number of patients seen per workday and number of new case starts per year (in 2012) as the response variables. The effects of sex on work patterns were evaluated, applying age and number of children or children living at home as covariates in the analysis using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) in conjunction with Bonferroni post-hoc test.
In the evaluation of work-pattern differences, the number of female orthodontists in the survey sample was significantly lower than that of male orthodontists (27 and 134, respectively). After completing an overall analysis, a random sample of 40 male respondents was selected to maintain the number of male respondents at 1.5 times the number of female respondents to increase statistical power. Analysis of a random sample was repeated 20 times and compared with an analysis of the entire population (27 women and 134 men). Because similar trends resulted from the repeated random samples and the overall analysis, the overall population analysis was used in the discussion of results as this includes all of the information collected in the survey.
Approval from the University of Alberta's Research Ethic Board was granted for this research (Pro00036677).
The final sample size for the survey was 371 (280 men, 91 women). As of 28 July 2013, we received 207 responses (53.9% response rate), of which 94 (45.4%) were completed online and 113 (54.6%) were mailed. Of the respondents, 160 (77.3%) were men and 42 (20.3%) were women, 5 (2.4%) did not specify their sex.
The average age of all respondents was 51 years. The age range for men was 29–77 years (mean 52.3, median 52); the age range for women was 32–65 years (mean 46.4, median 45). Average age differed significantly between the sexes: men were, on average, 5.9 years older than women (p = 0.002) (Table 1).
Respondents had graduated primarily from Canadian dental schools and orthodontic training programs, with no significant differences between the sexes (p > 0.05) (Table 2). Age at graduation from dental school and orthodontic training was similar for men and women. The average age at graduation from dental school was 25.6 years (p = 0.900), while the average age at graduation from orthodontic training was 31.4 years (p = 0.335) (Table 1).
Most male and female orthodontists were married, with no significant differences between the sexes (p = 0.212) (Table 2).
Spouses of male orthodontists were less likely to work full time than spouses of female orthodontists. Of the married female respondents, 94% reported full-time spousal employment; 25% of the married male respondents reported having spouses who were employed full time, 45% were employed part time and 30% were not currently employed. Female respondents' spouses were most likely to be dentists, including dental specialists. Most male respondents' spouses were employed in a "non-health other occupation," the most common being office manager/administrative duties and bookkeeper (Table 2).
The number of children of male respondents ranged between 0 and 7, while the range for female respondents was 0–5. The average number of children for both men and women was 2.2 (median 2), with no significant difference between the sexes (p = 0.189) (Table 2).
The mean age at which both male and female orthodontists had their first and second children did not differ significantly (p = 0.976): 30.8 and 33.6 years for men and 31.8 and 33.6 years for women (Table 1).
Table 1 Age of respondents currently (2013), at graduation from dental school, on compltion of orthodontic training, at which their children were born and at planned retirement.
All respondents
Note: SE = standard error.
*statistically significant p-values
Current 52.3 52.0 0.9 46.4 45 1.4 51.2 51.0 0.9 0.002*
Dental school 25.6 25 0.25 25.5 24 0.72 25.6 25 0.25 0.900
Ortho training 31.5 32 0.36 30.7 31 0.56 31.4 31.5 0.31 0.335
Child 1 30.8 30.5 0.46 31.8 33 0.96 31.0 31 0.41 0.976
Child 2 33.6 33 0.40 33.6 34 0.92 33.6 33 0.36
Planned retirement 64.1 65 0.590 61.1 61 0.821 63.5 65 0.503 0.013*
Table 2 Summary of personal demographics of respondents.
Note: The totals differ in each category based on the number of respondents per question.
*p-values were not calculated between male and female orthodontist spousal occupation and employment status as there were very small numbers in the female groups for statistical strength in comparison.
Location of dental training
Canada 139 88.0 35 85.4 0.653
United States 12 7.6 2 4.9
Other 7 4.4 4 9.8
Total 158 41
Location of ortho training
United States 47 29.6 13 31.7
Single 15 9.4 6 15.0 0.212
Divorced 7 4.4 2 5.0
Married 126 79.2 28 70.0
Separated 3 1.9 1 2.5
Common-law 7 4.4 3 7.5
Widowed 1 0.6 0 0
Spousal employment status
Full time 35 25.2 31 93.9 —*
Part time 63 45.3 1 3.0
Not currently employed 41 29.5 1 3.0
Spousal occupation
Student 1 0.8 0 0 —*
Dentist 18 13.8 18 54.5
Physician 6 4.6 0 0
Houseparent/homemaker 27 20.8 0 0
Other health profession 27 20.8 2 6.1
Non-health professional 16 12.3 7 21.2
Non-health other occupation 33 25.4 6 18.2
Other 2 1.5 0 0
0 21 13.7 5 13.9 0.189
1 10 6.5 7 19.4
2 59 38.6 14 38.9
3 47 30.7 7 19.4
4 13 8.5 2 5.6
6 2 1.3 0 0
Men were most likely to practise solo (65%), followed by group practice limited to orthodontics (29%). The most common arrangements for women were working as a solo practitioner (48%) and in a group practice limited to orthodontics (48%). Analysis of the data for "solo practitioner" versus "other," including all other forms of practice, showed weak evidence to suggest that men are slightly more likely to work as a solo practitioner than their female colleagues (p = 0.061) (Table 3).
Location of main office was similar for both sexes. Both men and women were most likely to work in a metropolitan area. The second most common office location for both sexes was in a large city, followed by a small city and a rural area. There was no significant difference in the mean number of offices worked in for men and women (p = 0.241), with both sexes most commonly working in 1 office (Table 3).
Ownership status was similar for both sexes. Both men and women most commonly owned an orthodontic practice (77% of men; 71% of women). The second most common status was owning part of an orthodontic practice, followed by non-owner (Table 3). Comparing owning an orthodontic practice versus non-owner revealed no significant differences between the sexes (p = 0.588).
There was evidence to suggest a significant difference between the sexes for previously working as an orthodontic associate (p = 0.083): 47% of men and 62% of women (Table 3). However, the number of years worked as an associate did not differ significantly between the sexes (p = 0.545): the average length of associateship was 4.4 years for men and 5.1 years for women (Table 4).
Table 3 Summary of practice types and patterns of respondents.
Practice parameter
* Percentages do not total 100%, as respondents were able to select any or all of the selections that currently apply to them
† p-value was calculated with outliers 21 and 28 removed.
Practice type*
In a group practice limited to orthodontics 46 28.8 20 47.6 0.061
In a group practice with other specialties 14 8.8 3 7.1
Providing orthodontic services in general dental practice 17 10.6 4 9.5
As a solo practitioner 104 65.0 20 47.6
As an educator 17 10.6 7 16.7
As a researcher 5 3.1 1 2.4
Do not currently practise 1 0.6 0 0
Number of offices 0.512†
3 20 12.9 3 7.5
21 0 0 1 2.5
28 1 0.6 0 0
Size of community
Rural (> 20 000) 6 3.8 1 2.4 0.794
Small city (20 001–50 000) 19 11.9 4 9.8
Large city (50 001–500 000) 65 40.6 16 39.0
Metropolitan (> 500 000) 70 43.8 20 48.8
Owns an orthodontic practice 123 76.9 30 71.4 0.588
Owns part of an orthodontic practice 18 11.3 6 14.3
Owns an orthodontic practice and part of an orthodontic practice 6 3.8 1 2.4
Non-owner 13 8.1 5 11.9
Satisfaction with the profession
Extremely satisfied 89 55.6 28 68.3 0.508
Satisfied 58 36.3 11 26.8
Moderately satisfied 12 7.5 2 4.9
Dissatisfied 1 0.6 0 0.0
Extremely dissatisfied 0 0.0 0 0.0
Associateship status
Has never worked as an orthodontic associate 84 53.2 16 38.1 0.083
Has worked or is currently working as an orthodontic associate 74 46.8 26 61.9
Table 4 Summary of length of associateship, personal vacation in 2012 and leaves of absence for male and female orthodontists.
Association and leaves
*comparison between the sexes and p-value were not calculated as number of orthodontists taking a leave of absence in 2012 was small.
Length of associateship (years) 4.4 3 0.58 74 5.1 3 1.14 26 4.4 3 0.489 0.55
Vacation (weeks) 7.2 6 0.400 158 6.7 7 0.401 41 7.1 6 0.328 0.611
Leaves of absence
Length in 2012 (weeks) 7.3 8 1.167 9 6.7 8 2.404 3 7.2 8 1.006 —*
Length over career (weeks) 9.6 7 4.411 16 17.4 8 4.158 18 13.8 8 3.674 0.206
Number over career 1.2 1 0.200 16 1.6 1 0.246 18 1.4 1 0.174 0.337
Figure 1: Total duration (weeks) of leaves of absence throughout career compared with number of children (includting step-children) for male (blue) and female (green) orthodontists. Men: R2 linear = 0.180; women: R2 linear = 0.078.
Figure 2: Age of male (blue) and female (green) orthodontists related to their expected age at retirement. Men: R2 linear = 0.316; women: R2 linear = 0.121.
Figure 3: Scatterplot (with fitted quadratic equation using regression analysis, R2 quadratic = 0.135) of age of orthodontists versus number of hours in direct patient care.
Figure 4: Scatterplot (with fitted quadratic equation using regression analysis, R2 quadratic = 0.074) of age of orthodontists versus number of phase II case starts in 2012.
In 2012, there were no significant differences between the sexes in total weeks of vacation taken (p = 0.611). On average, Canadian orthodontists took 7 weeks of vacation (Table 4).
There was a significant difference between the sexes in terms of taking a leave of absence during their career (p < 0.001). In total, 10% of men and 44% of women indicated that they had taken a leave of absence. Men took an average of 1.2 total leaves of absence, with women taking an average of 1.6 leaves, but this difference was not significant (p = 0.337). In addition, there was no significant difference between the sexes in average length of leave of absence (p = 0.206). The average length of a leave of absence was 13.8 weeks: 9.6 for men (range 1–26) and 17.4 for women (range 1–100). The total number of leave-of-absence weeks over a career was moderately negatively correlated with number of children for men (r = −0.424, p = 0.057), and weakly positively correlated for women (r = 0.279, p = 0.130) (Fig. 1). The most common reason for men taking a leave of absence was personal illness, followed by extended vacation; for women, the most common reason was maternity, followed by personal illness and child rearing.
Average age of planned retirement for Canadian orthodontists was 63.5 years, with responses ranging from 43 to "never." Planned retirement age differed significantly between the sexes (p = 0.013): on average, women planned to retire 3 years earlier than their male colleagues (61 and 64 years, respectively). Age of respondents was moderately correlated with anticipated age at retirement (r = 0.552, p < 0.000); as the age of the orthodontist increased, the anticipated age at retirement increased. When stratified according to sex, age was strongly correlated with anticipated age at retirement for men (r = 0.562, p < 0.000) and moderately correlated for women (r = 0.347, p = 0.030) (Table 1, Fig. 2).
When asked to rate their satisfaction with the profession of orthodontics, most respondents indicated that they were extremely satisfied with their career choice (Table 3). There was no significant difference between the sexes (p = 0.508).
Work Patterns of Orthodontists in Canada
Number of hours worked per week, patients seen per workday and phase II case starts per year were compared between the sexes, while statistically controlling for age and number of children of the orthodontist.
Number of children and whether the children lived at home did not significantly affect the work patterns (p = 0.244 and p = 0.352, respectively). However, there was convincing evidence to suggest that age affects the number of hours worked per week (p = 0.001) and number of phase II case starts per year (p = 0.015), but not the number of patients seen per day (p = 0.373).
When age was controlled statistically (evaluated at 51.1 years), there was weak evidence to suggest a significant difference between the sexes in terms of hours worked per week (p = 0.071). On average, men spent 29 h/week in direct patient care, and women 26 h/week. However, there was a no significant difference between the sexes in number of phase II case starts per year (p = 0.128).
A quadratic relationship was found to exist between age of the orthodontist and number of hours worked per week (R2 = 0.135) and number of phase II case starts per year (R2 = 0.074). Number of hours worked/case starts increased with increasing age, peaking at approximately 50 years of age and decreasing after that with increasing age (Table 5, Figs. 3 and 4).
Finally, there was no evidence to suggest a significant difference between the sexes in number of patients seen per day (p = 0.504). Men saw an average of 54.5 patients per workday, while women saw an average of 57.4.
Table 5 Hours worked per week and number of phase II starts in 2012 for male and female orthodontists, with age as a covariate.*
95% CI
Note: CI = confidence interval, SE = standard error.
*Evaluated at age = 51.10 years.
Hours per week Men 29.3 0.642 0.071 −0.255 6.057
Women 26.4 1.452
Phase II starts Men 199.8 11.747 0.128 −12.982 102.441
Women 155.1 26.560
The personal and practice demographics and work patterns of male and female orthodontists in Canada are fairly similar; however, some sex-specific differences were found to exist.
Female orthodontists in Canada are younger, on average, than their male colleagues, and this age discrepancy translates into women having fewer years of clinical experience, as supported by the literature4-7,12-14,16-19 and the significant increase in the number of women entering the dental profession and specialties in the past few decades. The differences are expected to decrease as the number of senior male orthodontists retiring from practice increases.
Both male and female orthodontists are equally likely to be married; however, women are more likely to be married to a professional who is employed full-time. This finding is not supported by the literature, where previous surveys have indicated that male dentists and specialists are more likely than women to be married.14,17-21 Most female respondents reported that their spouses were employed full-time and working as dentists and dental specialists. Most male respondents' spouses were employed part-time or not currently employed, working in a non-health occupation or as a houseparent/homemaker. A similar study in the United States found comparable results.14 This factor is important as motivation to work is, in part, determined by financial need to support a family. If the combined family income of female orthodontists is greater than male orthodontists (i.e., because female orthodontists are more likely to be married to a professional while male orthodontists are more likely to be married to a non-professional), the work patterns of female orthodontists may be markedly different from those of their male colleagues.17
At the time of this survey, female orthodontists were expecting to retire at an earlier age than their male colleagues. Anticipating an age of retirement is difficult and by no means an accurate representation of true age of retirement. Although a statistically significant difference was found between men and women in this respect, it is not likely of any practical consequence. The women who participated in this survey were, on average, 6 years younger than their male colleagues, and we found that younger people expected to retire at an earlier age than older individuals. However, if women have less financial commitment to work than their male colleagues, there may be a significant difference between the sexes in actual age of retirement as the number of female orthodontists approaching the age of retirement increases.
We found no significant difference between the sexes in the number of weeks worked per year. However, the number of leaves of absences during a career was significantly different. Although the average length of a leave of absence was 9.6 weeks for men and 17.4 weeks for women, this difference was not significant, likely because of the large standard error in number of weeks taken for a leave.
The most common reason for women taking a leave of absence was maternity, while for men it was personal illness. Of interest, 86% of women reported having at least 1 child, while only 44% reported having taken a leave of absence over their career. This may indicate that women either have their children before or during their orthodontic training or take a shorter amount of time away for work and view it as a "vacation" rather than a leave of absence. The results of our study were comparable to similar surveys assessing work patterns of orthodontists in the United States and United Kingdom.12,14
We found that having children, regardless of whether they live at home, did not affect the work patterns of orthodontists in Canada. This is not supported by the literature. In the United States, having children has been found to have an opposite effect on the work patterns of men and women: female orthodontists with children were found to work fewer days per week than childless women and all men, and men with 3 or more children were found to see more patients per day and start more cases per year than men with fewer children and all women.14 Similarly, having young children (under the age of 18) affected the number of hours worked per week differently for male and female dentists in the United States: for women, it decreased the number of hours worked per week by 7 h and, for men, increased that time by 1 h.20
The results of this survey provide weak evidence that men work 3 additional hours a week than their female colleagues. The practical significance of this finding cannot be determined. As there were no significant differences between the sexes for number of case starts per year, number of days worked per week, number of weeks worked per year and other work pattern and practice productivity variables, it is assumed that the difference of 3 h worked per week has minimal practical significance. However, our results were similar to the findings of Walton and colleagues,20 who analyzed the number of hours worked per week by dentists in the United States. They found that women worked 5 fewer hours a week than their male colleagues when age and children living at home were controlled. Studies that examined the work patterns of orthodontists in the United Kingdom produced similar results12,13,16; there, men worked 0.6–1.5 more sessions (1 session = 3.5–4 h) a week than their female colleagues.
In evaluating differences in work patterns, we found that a quadratic relation exists between age and both number of hours worked per week and number of phase II case starts per year. For both variables, productivity increases with increasing age until approximately age 50, after which, both decrease with increasing age. Although age explains less than 14% of the variance in hours worked per week (R2 =0.135) and less than 8% of the variance for phase II starts per year (R2 =0.074), these findings are significant, as at least some of the variation in these work patterns can be explained by age. In addition, as the average age of male orthodontists is currently 52 years, this may be an indicator that most male orthodontists are at the peak of their career, and their current practice productivity may begin to decrease in the near future. As the average age of female orthodontists is 46 years, this may be an indicator that most female orthodontists in Canada are currently in their prime practice years, and their practice productivity may increase over the next few years, until they reach their peak performance.
At this time, minor sex-specific differences exist in demographics and work patterns between male and female orthodontists in Canada; however, the long-term impact of these findings and whether these differences have any practical significance have yet to be determined. As female orthodontists' practices were not found to be substantially different from those of men, it is not possible to speculate whether the increasing number of women specializing in orthodontics will influence changes in the profession.
As this is the first survey of its kind in Canada, the results give us an indication of the current demographic and practice patterns of Canadian orthodontists, which can be used as a reference for future comparisons to determine work patterns and trends in the orthodontic workforce. This quantitative research may allow for qualitative gender comparisons in the orthodontic workforce as well as gender comparisons in other areas of practice, such as communication styles, processes and outcomes of care to aid in both postgraduate teaching and in practice.
Dr. Walker is an orthodontist practising in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland.
Dr. Flores-Mir is division head, orthodontics director, faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Dr. Heo is associate professor, statistics, orthodontics and biomedical research, faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Dr. Amin is associate professor, pediatric dentistry, faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Dr. Keenan is associate professor and director, community engaged research, faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Correspondence to: Dr. Stephanie Walker, 7 Pinsent Dr., Grand Falls-Windsor, NL A2A 2S8. Email: slwalker@ualberta.ca
The authors have no declared financial interests.
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Netflix Review: Set It Up
June 25, 2018 June 25, 2018 Leave a comment
“Set It Up” is a modern romantic comedy starring Glenn Powell and Zoey Deutch who both work for demanding bosses and decide to set them up to alleviate their hectic schedules. When I say modern, I really see it being one of the best romantic comedies in a long long time. And it really surprised me.
When I see Zoey Deutch, I think of Maya who played Zack’s girlfriend in the Suite Life on Deck. She was a badass relatable character then, and she really shines as the quirky but awesome Harper. From seeing her delight over free food and pizza to seeing her kill a game of beer pong with Pete Davidson, she became a great female character to root for. Glenn Powell plays Charlie the 28 year old assistant who thinks he wants to live a life similar to his boss Rick. He has the classic romantic comedy arc, where he messes up, but somehow through grand gestures, fixes everything.
Despite having the predictable format of a class rom com, this film largely benefits from a likeable cast. But it also has characters that have great dialogue that sort of poke fun at the stereotypical romantic comedy lines. One of my favorite scenes took place in a ring shop, where Harper leaves dramatically only for the alarms to go off and the store clerk making an awkwardly funny scene even more funny. Additionally, the “will they or won’t they” gag isn’t completely played out. You know it’s coming, but the journey to get there isn’t frustrating through unnecessary miscommunication. It’s through their own insecurities, which both characters eventually face.
The supporting characters are great as well. Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu play hilarious bosses as they change their mind and make rash decisions as a typical no nonsense boss should. Pete Davidson makes an endearing performance as Charlie’s roommate and the actress who plays Harper’s was really awesome too as she delivered a sentiment about loving someone despite their differences. The ending is super cute and it might be predictable, but it works in its simplicity.
All in all, this movie is truly a New York City romance. It’s actually funny too. The jokes made me laugh every now and then, and I think we’ve been missing the string of classic romantic comedies. Go watch “Set It Up” on Netflix because it’s a gem of a movie, and it’s a feel good one at that.
Netflix Review: Dude
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Dude stars Lucy Hale as she and her three best friends prepare for high school graduation. The film opens with best friends Chloe (Kathryn Prescott from Finding Carter) and Lily (Hale) who are hanging out with Chloe’s brother, Thomas, played by Austin Butler. Butler’s character is killed off pretty early on in a unseen accident and from there, the movie takes shape as it flashes forward one year to the four girls being seniors and getting into college.
The death of Chloe’s brother looms over the movie as Lily can’t seem to get over the past. I’m going to admit that I had low expectations going into the movie, but what I like about it is the fact that everything seems very real from the way teens are portrayed to the emotions they experience.
There’s a lot of ugly things about this movie including a very realistic portrayal of rape, an imperfect love interest, and the irrational fighting the girls go through. It’s ugly because it’s all very real and isn’t glorified in any sort of way. The girls struggle to find their place after high school especially Lily who has grown attached to her high school routine.
I’m currently in college about to graduate and I’ve definitely had my “Lily” moments when I grow frustrated holding onto something that is simply meant to be a memory in the past. A lot of my friends graduated last semester, and I felt so similar to Lily in a lot of ways, especially her still coping with the loss of Thomas. Going from one phase in your life to another is scary, but holding onto the past is not the answer, and I think this film really hones in on that.
The other two girls, Rebecca and Amelia, are also fleshed out a bit, but the main focus really sticks to Chloe and Lily. Chloe also has a sweet love interest, and it works because it makes Lily freak out when Chloe endures all these changes at once. Lily’s love interest is also sort of fitting as his indecisiveness and back and forth with Lily makes sense since she is equally confused about the state of her future. Overall, the supporting characters worked for the most part, including Lily’s mom who snaps her back to reality.
Overall, I really like the simplicity of the plot. Some may say it may not even have one, but the characters feel real and authentic, and I found myself relating to a lot of the different aspects of the core four girls. I would recommend this movie for sure. Is it the best movie? No, it’s not, but it is a nice feel good movie and if you’re graduating, then you should watch it for sure.
Girl Meets I Do Fashion
Girl Meets I Do brought tons of different fashion, including Riley and Maya. I also really liked the episode, and you can check out my review here: https://mytrendingstories.com/article/girl-meets-world-review-shawn-and-katy-say-i-do/
Riley’s Ruffled Top
I loved Riley’s little ruffled top with her bell bottom pants. It’s super preppy and romantic with the ruffles. She always rocks her bell bottoms, but I really liked the ruffled top paired with it. Maya also wears a staple in her criss cross top, but she pairs it with this boho skirt.
Maya’s Skirt
I couldn’t find the details for any of the dresses, but I liked that Riley wore this dusty rose colored dress that was form fitting. Her romantic updo really looked pretty too. I also liked that Maya wore a fit and flare dress with simple hair and styling. I also liked Katy’s dress and how quirky and romantic it felt.
Thank you to Worn on TV, and Disney Channel for their photos and details on the clothing in the episode.
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The Best Movie Trailers of 2018
A lot has changed at the movie theater since I was a kid. Almost every multiplex offers reserved seating, and many have full food menus and even wait service. Stadium seating comes standard and there’s almost no actual film left in the film world. But here’s one constant: I still show up at least 15 minutes early to every show, because I like to watch the trailers. They help you keep track of what movies are coming out, they are an artform unto themselves, and sometimes if you’re lucky they have sad covers of famous pop songs! Those always bring a tear to my eye.
And now we turn to selecting the best trailers of 2018. As in our best posters of the year list, the key is not when the movie comes out but when the trailer comes out. Black Panther had several incredible trailers, but they were released in 2017 — in fact, one topped this list at this time last year. Wakanda is forever, but it’s still disqualified, sorry.
With that important note, here are the 15 best trailers of 2018...
15. Venom
It was a risk ending the trailer for Venom with an extended Venomologue about how he is going to eat a burglar’s various body parts until all that’s left looks like “a turd ... in the wind.” That’s why we loved it. The finished film could have used more moments of gonzo insanity like this.
14. Under the Silver Lake
Under the Silver Lake has yet to reach theaters (originally slated for a late 2018 release, it’s now due next April) but the reason I’m still eagerly awaiting it is this excellent trailer, which starts with one tone and then transitions very smoothly to another, showing you (I assume) the full, quirky range of stuff going on in this laconic detective thriller.
13. Halloween
After so many middling-to-awful sequels, any new Halloween has to establish its bonafides and seriousness, and this trailer does that with aplomb. Starting with extended excerpts from the centerpiece sequence of the film where Michael Myers wanders a Haddonfield neighborhood indiscriminately murdering innocent victims — done in a single long take like the opening of the original John Carpenter Halloween — tells the viewer this is going to be a striped-down and extremely faithful follow-up.
12. The Beach Bum
I cannot conceive of a person who could watch this clip and not want to see this film.
11. Climax
It’s not easy to sell a Gaspar Noé movie — you have to allude to all of the various adult contents without showing much of them, lest you incur the wrath of assorted censoring bodies. This trailer for Noé’s upcoming Climax does a fine job of teasing all the sex, drugs, dancing, etc. and the grace notes — like the pull quotes that magically interact with the action screen — are on point.
10. Detective Pikachu
I would describe myself as Pokeagnostic — but even I was won over by the trailer for Detective Pikachu, with Ryan Reynolds voicing everyone’s favorite electricity-generating furball in a mystery that will take audiences through the magical world of Pokemon. Convincing non-fans to give this one a chance will be a huge challenge, one this trailer went a long way towards conquering.
9. Madeline’s Madeline
Here’s an extremely innovative approach to marketing a very unconventional movie. Whether it’s really “effective” is up for debate. Whether it’s beautiful is not.
8. Bad Times at the El Royale
The big trailer trend of 2018 was percussion sound effects, and while the trick — which adds a sense of urgency and cool to pretty much everything — has already gotten a little played out, it’s hard to argue with the results in the trailer for Bad Times at the El Royale, which was a far more satisfying experience at two minutes than two hours.
7. Tully
I’m not sure if this trailer would convince someone to pay to see Tully — its depiction of the terrors of modern parenthood are so accurate it gave me combat-shock flashbacks to my own sleepless nights with my babies — but the darn thing is so cleverly cut together I had to put it on this list. (I didn’t watch it again, though, because I don’t need to go back to that dark, horrifying place.)
6. The Favourite
This one is similar in structure to Under the Silver Lake, and even more effective — it opens with lighthearted comedy, and then the music turns weird and ominous and the tension rises between the characters, and you’ve gotten a very good taste of what The Favourite is all about.
5. BlacKkKlansman
It had the best movie poster of 2018 and one of the best trailers; the marketing for BlacKkKlansman was not messing around. This one opens with our hero, an African American cop, confessing on the phone about all his various prejudices in order to convince David Duke (!) that he’s ready to join the Ku Klux Klan. It only gets more confrontational from there. The cutting back and forth from the various groups screaming “White power!” and “Black power!” is taken straight from the film itself, but this clip (which ends with Duke toasting to “America first!”) has an energy all its own.
4. Won’t You Be My Neighbor
The music, the clips of kids worshiping Fred Rogers, Rogers himself explaining his theories about children and how all relationships are rooted in love; this thing could give your tear ducts an acute case of dehydration. Like the documentary itself, the trailer for Won’t You Be My Neighbor? brings you back to your childhood, and the days when you would come home from school, take off your own shoes, and while away the afternoon watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
3. Avengers: Endgame
A couple hundred million Marvel fans can’t be wrong. It’s a credit to this thing that after the months of hype, it still felt like it was worth the wait. And after all the mopey shots of the Avengers feeling sad, the out-of-nowhere coda with Ant-Man is absolutely perfect.
2. Mission: Impossible — Fallout
To be sure, these movies are partly conceived with trailers in mind — “What crazy-ass thing can we make Tom Cruise do that’ll look great when we use five seconds of it in the trailer?” But just because a thing is calculated doesn’t automatically make it effective. The Fallout trailer hits every conceivable beat: It’s fun, it’s scary (why are news reports reporting on “nuclear attacks”?), and yes it has Tom Cruise jumping from rooftops and piloting helicopters. Just take my money already, dude.
1. A Star Is Born
With just a couple of notes on the guitar, Bradley Cooper made everyone believe in an umpteenth remake of A Star Is Born. And then, with just a couple of belted-out notes from “Shallow,” Lady Gaga made it a must-see. No other trailer of 2018 had a more compelling sales pitch, or a more beautifully melancholic vibe.
Gallery - The Best Movie Posters of 2018:
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Source: The Best Movie Trailers of 2018
Filed Under: A Star is Born, Avengers 4, Bad Times at the El Royale, BlacKkKlansman, Detective Pikachu, halloween, Mission: Impossible Fallout, The Favourite, Tully, Under the Silver Lake, Venom
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