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Broken Nikon coolscan 8000
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amellice
Hi, I've a cracked Nikon coolscan 8000 that doesn't seem to power up, I was thinking about putting it up for sale for parts, but I'm not sure about the asking price, what do you guys think?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z1X2kp0-BidblM1IiXzCKcrcJEAOnpzO?usp=sharing
Akram
https://www.akrammellice.com/
shutterfinger
San Jose, Ca.
4x5 Format
How was it broken?
What accessories come with it?
How many hours of operation since new?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/c9photo
shutterfinger said:
Unfortunately I don't know the answer, I bought it from someone and it was broken during transportation, I got refunded but the seller doesn't respond to any questions right now. It comes with power cable and firewire
Shipping damage. No holders. Working units with holders going for $450 on ebay, like new or refurbished for top dollar, this one $150 tops.
Contact one of the ebay members offering service for the Coolscan 8000 about repair.
The plastic front can be fixed with epoxy. The switch board is likely broken. Due to the dent in the metal cover the frame may be bent.
I could get it to power on, fix the front plate, but cannot guarantee being able to get it to scan properly.
that's a good idea, i'll do that, thanks
EdSawyer
Open the case and see what's going on inside. There are guides to disassembly online, it's not hard. The electronics would be hard to fix but there are some fairly simple mechanical parts inside that are worth looking at. It could be something simple.
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Improve and Expand Screening and Testing for Misuse and Dependency
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1 Introductory Paragraph
2 Key Information
3 Relevant Research
4 Impactful Federal, State, and Local Policies
5 Available Tools and Resources
6 Promising Practices
Introductory Paragraph
One of the keys for helping people get off the road of developing dependence and OUD is to do screening to detect the risks so that people who might be more likely to misuse are not prescribed opioids at all--or if they are, with added precautions. In other cases, some types of screening or testing can help identify people who are in the early stages of misusing opioids so they can get the type of intervention that will be most helpful before they develop an addiction. Doing more screening and better screening should be an important part of a comprehensive strategy.
Screening for Risk Factors can Minimize People Misusing Opioids
Prescribing physicians or other medical professionals "should evaluate for mental health issues that can make patients vulnerable to addiction, says Hilary Connery, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “If you ignore screening for trauma, self-harm, and suicide,” she says, “you’re missing a crucial opportunity for prevention.”[1]
A 2016 article in Health Psychology Open states that "Comprehensive screening and risk stratification are associated with decreased costs for patients, providers, and insurers as those prescribing are able to make increasingly well-informed decisions when treatment-planning regarding what to prescribe and how to best monitor patients for safety based on individual risk profiles."[2]
Screening tools that provide risk stratification that can aid decisions on when additional toxicology testing, such as urine drug testing (UDT) is appropriate.
Risk Factor Screening Tools
There are a variety of risk factor screening tools that are appropriate for different scenarios.
Opioid Abuse Risk Screener (OARS) was developed as a comprehensive self-administered measure of potential risk that includes a wide range of critical elements noted in the literature to be relevant to opioid risk.[3] This 43-question assessment is administered using an iPad (tablet) and takes about 10 - 12 minutes to complete. It is HIPAA compliant, EMR supported, and has high reliability, validity and predictability scores. The assessment is instantly scored, and a report is available to the prescribing physician that provides a summary opioid risk profile and a multidimensional assessment of risk factors. The OARS also provides depression and anxiety scores that can be used for SBIRT assessments and wellness visits, including scores for the PHQ-9 and the GAD-7. All information is provided in a compressive easy to read report which clearly identifies aberrant behavior and risk factors for follow-up by the provider with the patient during the visit.
The OARS is reimbursable with an average rate of $40/screening. Providers can get reimbursed in most cases with the CPT Code 96103 or the SBIRT codes while taking important steps to identify individuals that may be at risk for opioid misuse or abuse.
InteraSolutions, the company that developed OARS, received a 2018 recipient of the State of Ohio's Opioid Science Challenge that seeks to identify and support scientific breakthroughs that help to address the opioid crisis. The OARS screening tool was recognized as one of those important breakthroughs.[4]
WellScreen integrates technology-based screening tools with the SBIRT model.
Key Benefits of Toxicology Testing for Misuse
When done well, toxicology testing for misuse can contribute to addressing the opioid crisis in several ways:
It provides prescribing physicians with insights to reduce or eliminate prescriptions of opioids in situations where the risk of misuse is high.
It quickly detects if opioids are being overused so steps to stop misuse can begin earlier.
It detects if opioids are being underused and potentially diverted to illegal use (being sold or given away) or left around for possible theft.
It enhances accountability and discourages people from misusing or diverting opioids because such behavior will be detected
Recommended Testing for People on Chronic Opioid Therapy
Researchers estimate that 9.6–11.5 million adults, or approximately 3%–4% of the adult U.S. population, were prescribed long-term opioid therapy in 2005. [5]
These people on chronic opioid therapy are at significant risk for developing Opioid Use Disorder, with one review of studies showing that an average of between 3% and 19% of people on chronic opioid therapy develop an addiction[6] .
A review of 26 studies by Cochrane in 2010 concluded that well-screened patients receiving long-term opioid treatment were at very low risk of developing an addiction (< 1%)[7] , but it should be considered that the studies they were reviewing may have been the ones funded by pharma companies trying to prove that long-term opioid treatment was safe, and the screening they used may have contributed to fewer instances of people becoming addicted--which itself could support the benefits of effective screening in reducing the risks of people becoming addicted.
Prescriptions for this category of patients is a major contributor to the number of opioids in the U.S. (statistics and citation needed). The following are recommended practices when people are on chronic opioid therapy:
All patients should be assessed for risk factors, and then classified and stratified to optimize the testing protocols used.
All patients on chronic opioid therapy should have a detailed treatment agreement in the form of a contract signed by both the patient and physician that clearly identifies risks and the terms under which opioids may be prescribed.
Physicians must review PDMP data before prescribing opioids to identify possible risks or evidence of misuse or redirection.
Drug screening (or preferably, toxicology testing) prior to the initiation of opioid therapy.
Pill counts
Screening to potentially make referrals to mental health providers or social service providers.
Current Status of Testing and Following Recommended Protocols
Very few (statistics and source needed) physicians follow the recommended guidelines when giving prescriptions for people on chronic opioid therapy.
Only 11 states make it mandatory for physicians to randomly test patients if they are writing multiple controlled substances prescriptions.
Carol Falkowski, CEO of Drug Abuse Dialogs emphasized the need to expand testing and screening in doctors’ offices at the 2016 Saving Lives Opioid Conference in Minneapolis.
Falkowski said that less than 5% of the referrals to treatment come from doctors’ offices, but they should be a huge source of referrals.
Types of Screenings
There are two categories of urine drug testing: screening and confirmatory.
Saliva Drug Screening– For multiple reasons, a saliva sample should be chosen over the more common urine sample to test for drugs present in the system. Unlike urine, saliva tests cannot be adulterated, it can be administered rapidly, it has the ability to test for many things, it shows the metabolite drug and is cost-effective in the long run. Some healthcare systems may consider cost an issue, but saliva tests are billed to the same code.
Contact: John Cribbs ([email protected])
Biobot Labs- Biobot Labs has built a robot which analyzes human waste to determine where drugs are being abused most in a particular city or town. They analyze human waste flowing through the sewers at various points throughout the system, testing for metabolized traces of various substances to pinpoint where the highest concentrations of opioid users -- or cocaine users, alcohol users-- are located. The goal is to shift data collection and response away from overdose and death,and move it in the direction of early detection and overdose prevention.
SBIRT
Screening is the first step to recognizing whether a person may have a substance use disorder. It is important to take clinical care a step further and get everyone the help they need. See the SBIRT Program wiki page for more information. More information on Expanding SBIRT Programs[8]
Relevant Research
Screening for Alcohol Problems in Primary Care: A Systematic Review- A review of role of Primary Care in assessing and screening for SUD. [9]
Evidence for Screening and Assessment Tools - Evidence based study for review of screening of alcohol use and overuse. [10]
Impactful Federal, State, and Local Policies
SAFE Solutions is an ever-growing platform. Currently limited information is readily available for this section. SAFE Project is dedicated to providing communities with the most relevant and innovative materials. We will continue to regularly monitor and make updates accordingly with community input and subject matter expert collaboration. Please check back soon.
Available Tools and Resources
National Center for Substance Abuse & Child Welfare/SAMHSA- Sample Screening and Assessment Tools for Substance Use Disorders [11]
GuideMed[12] - This organization utilizes a software program to develop network standards of care for people receiving long-term opioid therapy for pain management, including:
Monitoring protocols
↑ https://www.glamour.com/story/women-and-opioid-epidemic
↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193264/
↑ https://intera.solutions/opioid-abuse-risk-screener-oars/
↑ https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/rr/rr6501e1.htm
↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785523
↑ http://www.cochrane.org/CD006605/SYMPT_opioids-long-term-treatment-noncancer-pain
↑ https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sbirtwhitepaper_0.pdf
↑ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/485393
↑ http://iusbirt.org/articles/effectiveness-of-screening-assessment-tools/
↑ https://ncsacw.samhsa.gov/files/SAFERR_AppendixD.pdf
↑ https://www.guidemed.com/solutions/opioid-prescription-drug-stewardship
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Wild wind rips across Gippsland
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IT has been a particularly busy time for members of the State Emergency Service (SES) in Gippsland and South Gippsland Shire crews who have been involved in the clean up since the wild weather of last Thursday.
The Shire of South Gippsland attended callouts for over 130 roads in the Shire, including the South Gippsland Highway, which were affected by trees falling partially across them or blocking traffic.
Shire crews worked until 10pm on Thursday to clear the debris, and no further calls were received after that time, however more fallen trees were found on Friday.
Seven roads were reported to the Shire Council as having water on them, but only Armstrongs Road, Meeniyan was closed due to flooding.
Bald Hills Road, Tarwin Lower; was closed temporarily overnight on Thursday because of two wash outs. These were fixed the following morning.
Many townships in the area were without electricity for periods of between a few minutes to many hours, including parts of Meeniyan which was with power from around 1pm Thursday until it was restored at 3am Friday morning.
The Foster SES unit was kept very busy with a number of trees down in the area over driveways and on roads, as well as damage to a shed and water tank. The whole Gippsland region was affected by the fierce weather, with SES units across the region receiving a total of almost 600 requests for assistance between Thursday and Monday. It was a busy period for the SES, with 21 of the 24 units Gippsland units active over that period of time.
As The Mirror goes to print, further weather warnings are being issued and the SES urges drivers to take care not to park under trees – whether it be for just a minute or two or a few hours. Tree limbs can drop at any time, especially in windy weather.
Campers are reminded to position their tents and vehicles in areas free from risk of falling trees and limbs.
The SES also advises that people should secure or put away loose items in the yard and on verandas and balconies to avoid them becoming flying missiles.
For emergency help in floods and storms, call your local SES Unit on 132 500.
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To encourage their withdrawal from circulation on 27 October 1914 Carranza decreed that in all payments that were made for any reason to public offices at least one-half had to be made in notes issued by the Ejército Constitutionalista.
During 1915 the number of Ejército Constitucionalista notes in circulation must have gradually decreased as, presumably, when the federal offices accepted them in payment they would have refrained from putting them back into circulation.
On 21 July 1915 the Constitutionalist Secretario de Hacienda, at Veracruz, declared that unification of the currency was the most important step to restoring monetary stability. This could be accomplished by withdrawing the old paper currency from circulation and replacing it with a new paper currency. After Carranza authorised the infalsificable issue on 21 July 1915, he therefore made provisions for the withdrawal of the old Ejército Constitucionalista and Veracruz Gobierno Provisional currency. These two are usually mentioned together in any decree, though sometimes only the Veracruz is specified and at other times, when mention is made of fifty and one hundred pesos Ejército Constitucionalista notes it is obvious that the reference is intended to be to the Veracruz.
When one considers that the Ejército Constitucionalista notes had been in circulation for two years, and that both factions had been offering to retire them since late 1914, one realise that in comparison to the numerous Veracruz in existence they must have been comparatively scarce. This is confirmed by reports from various municipalitiesIn August 1916 the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company had only $800 in old currency ( ). In Chihuahua the Governor included the Ejército Constitucionalista as an afterthought in his draft of a decree and just one case of many concerning the refusal to accept old legal tender involved an Ejército Constitucionalista note (AMC, Fondo Revolución, Sección Justicia, Año 1916, caja 3, expedientes 2-4)..
Much of the following legislation, therefore, will have been academic as far as the Ejército Constitucionalista notes were concerned. For the student of numismatics the following is also of little interest as none of the legislation is reflected in the appearance of the notes as is the case with the resellos. It is included merely to round off the picture.
On 31 March 1916 Carranza wrote to all the state governors and jefes políticos ordering them to publicise that the old Constitutionalist currency would remain in circulation until 31 July and be accepted as payment for any type of local or federal taxes, even when the new infalsificables were already in circulation. They were to assure the public that his government never had any intention of disowning the old paper. Despite this there was in fact a constant fear that the government intended to repudiate the remaining Ejército Constitucionalista notes.
The withdrawal of the old money and the introduction of the new infalsicables was effected in three ways: though its receipt in payment of taxes; through the exchange of the money for provisional gold certificates; and finally through direct exchange.
The first method was through the receipt of the old money for taxes. The 27 April decree placing the infalsificables into circulation contained a provision stating that all federal, state and municipal taxes not required in national gold should for the time being continue to be made in Veracruz and Ejército Constitucionalista paper money and that this money should also be receivable for telegraph and postal fees. The decree stated that all the old money taken in by the tax offices was to be marked immediately with a stamp stating that they had been withdrawn (con un sello bien visible que indique que quedan retiradas de la circulación) and sent to the Tesorería de la Federación.
An official circular of 16 June declared that the old notes would continue to be accepted until 30 June at their nominal value in payment of taxes that were not made specifically payable in metallic money, and that they would be acceptable as equivalent to five centavos national gold per peso in payment of certain past due taxes and surtaxes in connection with mining and as the equivalent of ten centavos gold to the peso in payments of imposts which were payable in gold. An order of 23 June 1916 announced that for the fiscal year beginning 1 July, the old paper money would be accepted in payment of common revenue stamps at the rate of ten pesos of the old money to one peso of the new infalsificable money.
On 28 June a tax department decree stated in what kinds of money the taxes for the new fiscal year would be payable, some only in gold, some in metallic money or its equivalent in infalsificables (20 centavos national gold to the peso), some exclusively in infalsificables, and some in infalsificables or their equivalent in Veracruz or Ejército Constitucionalista money at the rate of ten to one.
Carranza decreed on 31 May 1916, that from 5 June, the $20, $50 and $100 notes would be retired from circulation, but that such notes would be accepted during the remainder of the year in payment of obligations which did not require metallic money. Holders were instructed to deposit their notes with the Jefaturas de Hacienda, Administraciones Principales del Timbre, in the Comisión Monetaria and its branches or in the Tesorería General de la Nación during the months of June and July. Lower value notes and the old fractional money were to be permitted to circulate until 30 June, after which they would not be valid for private transactions but would continue to be accepted in payment of taxes where metallic payment was not required until 31 December. Those individuals who did not wish to use these notes for private transactions or for taxes were required to deposit them with the agencies mentioned above from 1 June onwards. From 1 October the Tesorería General would begin to exchange the provisional certificates of deposit of such notes for definite National gold certificates at a rate of ten centavos National gold for each paper pesoCabrera argued that any injury caused by the exchange would be temporary, that the public should wait a bit to recover the value of their money and that the government would compensate for the delay. The market value at the end of May 1916 was 4 centavos oro nacional so the certificates at 10 centavos oro nacional offered a gain of 150%, and the old money was likely to continue to depreciate (El Pueblo, 9 June 1916 ). The decree was modified on 4 September 1916 to state that the certificates would be paid in five annual payment, from 30 June 1917 to 30 June 1921 (CEHM, Fondo XXI, leg. 9245), though only the first was actually paid. It has been calculated that in this way about $50,000,000 in Ejército Constitucionalista and Veracruz paper was collected (Edwin Walter Kemmerer, Inflation and Revolution: Mexico's Experience of 1912-1917, p. 192). After 31 December all Ejército Constitucionalista currency would be null and void. There was to be no direct exchange.
The markets anticipated the withdrawal of the higher values and as they were being consistently refused they were demonetarized on 3 JuneEl Pueblo, 2 June 1916.
The provisional certificates involved a lot of red tape so despite the last clause of the above decree an official order (circular núm. 97), on 5 June, authorised the various Treasury departments for five days to give to ‘the poorer classes’ infalsificable notes in exchange for Veracruz or Ejército Constitucionalista notes at the rate of one new peso for eight old in sums not exceeding 100 pesos. This rate represented a concession to the poorer classes since it was more favourable than the general rate of one to ten.
Due to the continuing scarcity of small denomination currency, the government issued an order on 10 June providing that $1, $2, $5 and $10 notes of the old currency should continue in circulation at a fixed rate of ten to one in relation to infalsificables, and that at this rate, the former, as also the fractional cardboard currency, should be exchangeable for the latter in unlimited quantities. The circulation of the old higher values was discontinued at once, although these notes were to be accepted on deposit in exchange for provisional gold certificates until 31 July (this date was extended to 31 August, by a decree of 2 August), and were to be acceptable until further orders by railroads in payment for freight and passenger service. The above dispensations were modified by a decree of 28 June which declared that the new infalsificable currency should be established as soon as possible, discontinued the circulation of the old $10 notes and the fractional cardboard currency after 30 June, and ordered the Treasury offices throughout the country to give infalsificables in exchange for this money at the rate of one for ten until August 30. The same order extended until 31 October the legal circulation of lower value Veracruz and Ejército Constitucionalista money (by a decree of 16 October, the date was extended until 30 November), but limited their legal tender quality to a ten to one basis to payments not exceeding twenty pesos infalsificables: in other words, made them limited legal tender fractional money equivalent to fifty, twenty and ten centavos respectively of infalsificable money. This order also provided for their redemption at Treasury offices throughout the Republic in infalsificable money at the rate of ten to one. It reaffirmed the privilege given to the public by the decree of 31 May of exchanging this money at the rate of ten to one for provisional gold certificates. The decree of 16 October extended the period to 31 January 1917.
All these decree led to government edicts and circulars in the various states, either repeating Carranza’s decrees or attempting to enforce acceptance of the rapidly depreciating notes.
Thus, on 30 April 1916, the Governor of San Luis Potosí, Federico Chapoy, had to reassure people that the government was not going to repudiate the old money and that it would be accepted in payment of local and federal taxes until the end of the yearPeriódico Oficial, 10 May 1916.
On 8 May, because businesses were refusing to accept the $5 and $10 Ejército Constitucionalista and Gobierno Provisional (Veracruz) issues, the Presidencia Municipal of Guadalajara, Jalisco, ordered that all the $1 and $2 notes were collected from government shops and offices so that they could be used to exchange the $5 and $10 notesPeriódico Oficial, San Luis Potosí, 13 May 1916.
By 7 June people in Querétaro were refusing the five and ten peso Ejército Constitucionalista and Veracruz, sometimes claiming not to have change and other times simply refusing to accept them and Governor Federico Montes had to issue another warning.
On 25 June the Secretaría de Hacienda announced that of the 250 million pesos of the Veracruz and Ejército Constitucionalista issues that had so far been collected fifty million were ready to be incinerated. These were on view in the offices of the Comisión Monetaria and the incinerations would be carried out daily in the Oficinas Impresoras de HaciendaLa Tribuna, 26 July 1916. Up to 30 September 1916 $176,946,300 in Ejército Constitucionalista and Veracruz paper had been destroyed, and from then until 12 October another $37,458,450 was destroyed, making a total of $214,404,750El Demócrata, 13 October 1916.
Retirado de la circulación
The money that was withdrawn was marked accordingly. On 5 May 1916 the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público instructed Oficinas Recaudadores to keep only whatever Gobierno Provisional and Ejército Constitucionalista was absolutely necessary for their immediate use and to collect the rest in the Jefatura de Hacienda and marked it with an official seal stating ‘Retirado de la circulación’Periódico Oficial, Durango, 20 May 1916 letter from R. Nieto to governor of Durango.
A few such overprints are known, resulting either from this or later instructions (such as those of 27 April 1916 or 6 June 1916). All the overprinted notes are $1 values.
A bold three line overprint ‘MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO/TESORERIA GENERAL/RETIRADO’ in blue, red, green or purple. Also known with misprint RERIRADO in red.
This overprint is also known on a $2 Banco Minero note. It was presumably misplaced among a pile of notes being overprinted.
On 6 May 1916 the Secretaria de Hacienda instructed the Recaudadores in Sonora to retain only as much of the old issues as they needed for their immediate costs and to collect the rest in the Jefatura de Hacienda of the state, marked ‘RETIRADO DE CIRCULACION’.
At a meeting of the Monterrey town council on 8 May they discussed Carranza’s decree that doubled all taxes for two months to help redeem the national debt (deuda Nacional), retiring all the notes received in the tax offices (Oficinas Recaudadores) with a stamp 'Retirado de la circulación'AMM, Colección Actas de Cabildo, volumen 102, exp. 1916/016. Two days later the Secretaría del Gobierno issued its circular núm. 47, telling the Oficinas Recaudadores to keep only as much Veracruz and Ejército Constitucionalista money as they needed for certain expenses, marking the rest with a stamp saying “Retirado de la circulación”.
On 6 June 1916 the Secretaría de Hacienda at Monterrey sent a telegram that Oficinas Recaudadores should only keep whatever Gobierno Provisional and Ejército Constitucionalista was indispensible for their immediate needs, collecting the rest in the Jefatura de Hacienda and marking it with an office stamp stating ‘Retirado de la circulatión’ANL, exp. 125.
On 24 February 1916 Pachuca published Carranza’s circular núm. 48AH, Fondo Atotonilco el Grande, Sección Gobierno: Serie: Bandas y Decretos, Caja 77, Exp. 32.
On 26 June 1916 the Hidalgo state government ordered the President de la Junta de Administración Civil to tell the Tesorero Municipal in Tula, and other Presidentes Municipales, to send all the Ejército Constitucionalista and Veracruz notes to the Administración de Rentas by 29 June to be exchanged for infalsificablesAH, Fondo Tula, Sección Gobierno: Serie: Hacienda/Tesorería, Caja 264, Exp. 7.
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Hayden Panettiere’s Happy Spirit Was Key To Losing Baby WEIGHT
Actress HAYDEN PANETTIERE has credited a healthy “spirit” with helping her shed her pregnancy pounds.
The Nashville star became a first-time mother in December, 2014, when she gave birth to daughter Kaya with her boxer fiance Wladimir Klitschko.
She subsequently revealed she had been struggling with post-partum depression and she ended up seeking help in a treatment centre in October (15).
She has since returned to the public eye and has been showing off her slender frame, revealing a healthy approach to weight loss was the key to regaining her pre-baby figure.
“The more that you give yourself grace, the better that you feel,” the 26-year-old told People.com.
“You go through the, ‘I’m not going to eat, I’m not going to eat this, I’m not going to eat that….’ Part of it (losing the weight) is mind, body and spirit. Spirit’s a huge part of it, so being happy and being content (helps).”
Hayden also admitted returning to work on her hit TV drama played a big part in her slim-down process.
“I’m standing on my feet on the show for sometimes hours in a day,” she explained.
And when she isn’t at work, the actress likes to work out on a treadmill while watching her favourite TV shows.
“I put on some guilty pleasure TV and just jog,” she revealed.
She has also started involving little Kaya in her exercise routines: “Working out with your baby is actually great,” Hayden smiled. “When I’m holding her in my arms, I lift her above my head, or do bicep curls with her, or I’ll dance with her a lot. She’s the best weight I can find!”
Regaining her slender figure hasn’t stopped Hayden from indulging in fast food every now and then. She has even signed on as the new spokesperson for burger chain Carl’s Jr., and shot a commercial for the company in Los Angeles last month (Feb16), when she was photographed wearing a pair of Daisy Dukes on the set of an upcoming ad campaign.
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UWF Imaging Assists in Discovery and Follow-Up Care of Blunt Eye Trauma
Posted on May 21, 2018 by Optos
When 29-year-old Emmy came to see Uwe Canting, OD at Canting Optometry in Cary, NC, she was relatively certain that her eye was fine, but wanted to seek reassurance from her optometrist. Emmy had received a high-impact, full-blown soccer ball to the eye during a soccer match the preceding day and while having no symptoms other than slight discomfort from the bruising, she realized that the impact was severe enough that something unseen may have occurred.
Canting notes that Emmy presented with a black eye OD, while her visual acuity was 20/20. “The eye itself looked fine. Other than the ecchymosis, there were no immediate concerns. There was no apparent subconjunctival hemorrhage and no recession of the iris. But, while dilated, I could see instantly that it was not normal and decided to capture an optomap image. Sure enough, the image clearly showed the whitish sheen of Commotio retinae superiorly temporal.” Canting recalls, “The beauty of this situation was that I had her optomap image from her last visit and I could show her, clearly and tangibly, what had occurred in her eye.”
He adds that optomap has proved to be extremely valuable for patient education in a variety of scenarios because his patients love to be able to see what he sees and better understand their ocular health. “There is a wonderful opportunity to educate my patients when I use optomap to help explain the anatomy of their eye. If the patient is anxious, we may review the image right away. Otherwise I save it for the end of the exam. If there is an issue I can easily show them, better than it could be explained. Otherwise, it simply puts their mind at ease.” In Emmy’s case Canting could show her the pathology and stress why she should have further examination. Canting referred her immediately to the retinal specialist who reported later that he would be following Emmy’s condition to ensure that no subsequent issues developed.
optomap image of Emmy’s right eye, post trauma showing evidence of Commotio retinae
Commotio retinae is a term that describes the damage that occurs to the outer retinal layers, caused by shock waves that surge through the eye from the impact site of a blunt trauma, such as Emmy’s soccer ball incident. Often the damage is recognized in the posterior pole but can also manifest, as it did for Emmy, in the periphery where it may be overlooked on a standard central pole retinal view. While most cases of the condition resolve spontaneously within a month to six weeks, more severe cases can cause temporary or permanent vision loss. Secondary issues can include choroidal neovascularization, retinal tears, detachment, zonular dehiscence, angle closure glaucoma and lens dislocation.
Rather than shrug off the soccer ball impact injury, Emmy was wise to seek a medical opinion and was fortunate that the injury was not more severe. Canting describes how optomap was a valuable tool in the discovery of the damage and the critical follow-up care that would give Emmy peace of mind. “She called me later, to tell me how grateful she was that I had seen the issue and had referred her to the specialist for further evaluation.”
As May is Healthy Vision Month, let’s all use Emmy’s story as a reminder to the importance of the often-overlooked recommendation encouraging protective eyewear for all ages in sports that could involve impact to the eye.
AAO recommends the following Daily Practices for eye health:
Regular eye exams to detect subtle changes in the eye
Wearing UV protection sunglasses
Wearing safety glasses while playing impact sports or doing work about the yard/house that may present hazards to the eye
Proper contact lens care
Eating a healthy and balanced diet
Cessation of smoking
Protect your vision – and visit an eyecare professional who uses optomap ultra-widefield retinal imaging in their practice!
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Startup Life/Funding/Analysis/
“Why we turned down millions from VC firms”
Finding the right investors is key. ”Although many are good, the majority are not”, says Måns Ulvestam, the co-founder of Acast.
By Mimi Billing 30 January 2019
Karl Rosander and Måns Ulvestam founded the podcast platform Acast in 2014.
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In 2014, Karl Rosander and Måns Ulvestam founded the podcast platform Acast. The idea was to transform the audio-on-demand market just as Spotify had transformed music.
“There wasn’t a functioning platform for audio on demand and whilst radio listening was on the downhill, we realised that the advertising market had to go somewhere,” Ulvestam says.
By year-end 2018, the podcast platform had 125 million active monthly listeners and had raised around €60m in total.
“There are probably few companies that have met with as many VC [venture capital] firms as we have,” says Ulvestam. “Since we started we have met with hundreds, in the US, the UK, Germany, France and Sweden; although many are good, the majority is not.”
Ulvestam and Rosander have been around for a while and were already working with tech leading up to the dot com crash in 2000.
“It was the same thing happening then as now. In 1999, it was all about hiring as much staff as possible: according to the VC firms, that was where the value was. The last few years it has been about growing the number of users, downloads, and retention etc. But if you are giving it away for free, how do you know anyone will pay for it later on?,” says Ulvestam.
“The investor banged both his fists on the table and shouted that he was out.”
The “pyramid games”
The founders call it the “pyramid games” of the VC firms, where the value of the company has to increase between rounds to increase the value of the existing investors’ shares. And they will use whatever means possible.
“It could be to increase monthly active users, increase activation costs – anything so that the next VC company would pay more. That was something that we reacted to and we turned down the investors who thought this was the way to do it,” Ulvestam says.
“This was extremely common a couple of years ago, but just as in 2001, the investors have now rightly started to focus more on revenue and paying customers.”
“There is generally too much capital available to VC companies due to the low interest rates.”
Rosander remembers other investors that they turned down during the due diligence period leading up to an investment round in 2016.
“The due diligence had been extensive and when we, at last, ended up negotiating the terms of the investment, this investor banged both his fists on the table and shouted that he was out. But he wasn’t really out, he had just watched too many episodes of Dragons’ Den and thought this was the way it was done. We turned him down,” Rosander says.
“If you are giving it away for free, how do you know anyone will pay for it later on?”
The worst experience of Ulvestam and Rosander was when an investor at a large tech fund wanted to dilute the company for his own benefit.
“We were in the due diligence process when we received a call and term sheet from the potential investor. What he suggested was that we would ridiculously dilute all the shares of the existing owners’ but give us [the two founders] and himself a much better deal,” Ulvestam says.
“We just hung up and never spoke again,” says Rosander, jumping in.
From founders to investors
In 2017, Ulvestam and Rosander stepped down from their operational roles at Acast to let other people take over to make the company ready for an initial public offering. Last year, they also left the board but have kept their shares in the company.
Apart from having become angel investors, they also help VC companies with the due diligence process and startups with the relationship with the VC firms.
“There is generally too much capital available to VC companies due to the low interest rates. Some use the theory of spray and pray, and hope that at least some of the startups will do well. As an entrepreneur, you don’t want to be one that fails since all of a sudden there will be no more capital available for you. That is why sales are so important, not to get caught by the claws of malicious or ignorant investors,” Ulvestam says.
The Acast founders' tips for entrepreneurs
Do your due diligence on the investors – have lunch with startups which have already received funding from the investor and ask around.
Decrease the number of board seats for investors; make space for those with valuable knowledge.
Focus on paying customers; when you have money coming in, the investors will have less power over you.
Focus on your business; any time spent with your investors is time not spent on your business.
Try to limit the number of clauses in the term sheets.
Always make sure you can force conversion if you’re doing a convertible note.
Try to avoid preference shares at all cost. You might like the higher valuation you get now, but it will bite you in the ass later.
Finally, don’t believe the golden rule: the man with all the gold does not make all the rules.
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Trasharella
Upcoming for July!
Hello all you sexy people! July is gearing up to be another hot and sizzling month of Awesome! Check out these events I am involved in!
The WordSpell Collective, in conjunction with Cytopoetics, presents the July edition of WordSpell showcase and open mic. The series brings together talented established and emerging female spoken word artists.
We are back with our bi-monthly showcase that features some of the hottest female voices in spoken word. This edition is extra special as it comes right after PRIDE month, so we give a loving shout out to our LGBTTQII2S friends.
We select our features from within Toronto because this city has deep pockets of talent! Come hang out with your poetry fam at the 5th and FINAL show of the FIRST season featuring the wonderfully talented voices of Krystle Mullin and Barbara Erochina.
There will also be an OPEN MIC, open to women, after the feature sets.
Free Times Cafe | 320 College Street
Doors open at 7:30pm | Open Mic sign up at 8| Show at 8:30
About the poets:
KRYSTLE MULLIN is a veteran of the Toronto spoken word scene and has been performing her energetic and enigmatic poetry for almost a decade. In 2009 she had the distinct honour of representing Ontario in the CBC ‘s National Poetry Face-Off. She is a 3-time member of the Toronto Slam Team and has been a feature performer at esteemed festivals such as Hillside, The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival and The Words Aloud Festival of Authors.
BARBARA EROCHINA is a queer artist, pastor and community organizer. Grounded in formal training both in creative writing and theatre, she is interested in using Spoken Word as a platform for the weaving together of the broken and the beautiful. Her poetry explores themes of meaning, love, personal and community empowerment, sex, faith(lessness), and family, all through the lens of personal narrative. Though she has been up on stage with the Toronto Poetry Slam, Bill Brown and the Women of the World Slam Qualifier, this is Barbara’s first feature in her journey with Spoken Word. She lives in Toronto with her partner Tanya, and their street-cat George.
** Everyone is encouraged to patronize Free Times before, during and after the show! www.freetimescafe.com **
July 12/13
July 12 – Prelims
Open Minds Respect Events and Cytopoetics present two preliminary bouts on the road to crowning the 2013 Ontario Poetry Slam Champions.
Measure | 290 Brunswick
DOORS 6PM | BOUT 1 @ 7PM | BOUT 2 @ 9PM
AFTERPARTY WITH DJ SOUL CHILD
$10 SLAM & PARTY | $5 AFTER 11PM ONLY
July 13 – Finals
Open Minds Respect Events and Cytopoetics present the slam that will crown the 2013 Ontario Poetry Slam Champions.
DOORS AT 7PM | SHOW AT 8PM
FEATURE PERFORMANCE BY WHITNEY “WITNESS” GREENAWAY
FINAL SLAM AT 9PM | $500 PRIZE FOR THE WINNER
AFTERPARTY WITH DJ MANIFEST
$20 FEATURE, SLAM & PARTY | $10 AFTER 11PM ONLY
This is a PWYC event. (suggested price $5)
Location: Q Space on College (382 College Street)
~Trasharella is a Toronto-based actor/writer/visual artist. He has had work published in Resistance Poetry 2, Labour of Love, Excalibur Monthly, Xtra! & The Body Politic. She has featured at Plasticine Poetry, A Space, The Beautiful and the Damned, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto Pride, Lula Lounge, The Gladstone Hotel & the Theatre Centre. She won the Best Actor award at the London One Act Festival for “The Judy Monologues”.
www.philipcairns.com
~Toronto-based writer Greg “Ritallin” Frankson is a respected poet, arts educator and media personality. In 2012, Ritallin won the national team poetry slam championship with Toronto Up From The Roots and placed second at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam. Greg’s debut collection Cerebral Stimulation was published in 2006, and his words have appeared in numerous anthologies, compilation CDs, chapbooks and musical collaborations. Greg is the resident poet for CBC Toronto’s afternoon radio show Here and Now, and appeared on CBC TV’s Canada’s Smartest Person in 2012. Through his creative services consultancy Cytopoetics, Greg works with youth in schools and community as a presenter and performer, and with businesses and social services agencies as a facilitator, speaker and creative services consultant.
http://www.cytopoetics.ca/
~Toronto based musician Marcus Walker is an exceptional singer-songwriter and a captivating artist. He has earned a reputation for engaging and energetic performances that range from sensitive ballads to all out rock and/or roll. His infectious style reflects a dynamicism unlike any other, making it difficult to define his overall sound but the music is grounded in his compelling lyrics and spirited performances.
http://www.myspace.com/marcusdeluxe
http://www.youtube.com/stringerland
For more information, email [email protected]
https://lizzieviolet.wordpress.com/lizzie-violets-noir-cabaret/
Posted in Acoustic, Andrea Thompson, Cabaret, Drag Queen, Free Times Cafe Toronto, Greg 'Ritallin' Frankson, Live Music, Lizzie Violet, Lizzie Violet's Cabaret Noir, Marcus Walker, Poetry, poets, Pride, Q Space, Slam, Slam Poetry, SlamTario, Spoken Word, Trasharella, Vanessa McGowan, vaudeville, Women of Strength, WordSpell on June 12, 2013 by Lizzie Violet. 1 Comment
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Survival of presolar p-nuclide carriers in the nebula revealed by stepwise leaching of Allende refractory inclusions
Charlier, Bruce L. A. and Tissot, François L. H. and Vollstaedt, Hauke and Dauphas, Nicolas and Wilson, Colin J. N. and Marquez, Ren T. (2021) Survival of presolar p-nuclide carriers in the nebula revealed by stepwise leaching of Allende refractory inclusions. Science Advances, 7 (28). Art. No. eabf6222. ISSN 2375-2548. PMCID PMC8270483. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abf6222. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20210712-174527876
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial.
PDF (Figs. S1 to S14; Tables S1 to S6; References) - Supplemental Material
The ⁸⁷Rb-⁸⁷Sr radiochronometer provides key insights into the timing of volatile element depletion in planetary bodies, yet the unknown nucleosynthetic origin of Sr anomalies in Ca-Al–rich inclusions (CAIs, the oldest dated solar system solids) challenges the reliability of resulting chronological interpretations. To identify the nature of these Sr anomalies, we performed step-leaching experiments on nine unmelted CAIs from Allende. In six CAIs, the chemically resistant residues (0.06 to 9.7% total CAI Sr) show extreme positive μ⁸⁴Sr (up to +80,655) and ⁸⁷Sr variations that cannot be explained by decay of ⁸⁷Rb. The extreme ⁸⁴Sr but more subdued ⁸⁷Sr anomalies are best explained by the presence of a presolar carrier enriched in the p-nuclide ⁸⁴Sr. We argue that this unidentified carrier controls the isotopic anomalies in bulk CAIs and outer solar system materials, which reinstates the chronological significance of differences in initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr between CAIs and volatile-depleted inner solar system materials.
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf6222 DOI Article
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2021/07/02/7.28.eabf6222.DC1 Publisher Supplementary Materials
Charlier, Bruce L. A. 0000-0003-0285-8978
Tissot, François L. H. 0000-0001-6622-2907
Vollstaedt, Hauke 0000-0002-0329-9138
Dauphas, Nicolas 0000-0002-1330-2038
Wilson, Colin J. N. 0000-0001-7565-0743
Marquez, Ren T. 0000-0002-8317-9397
© 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). Submitted 8 November 2020; Accepted 27 May 2021; Published 9 July 2021. CAI samples were generously provided by D. Ebel and S. Alpert (American Museum of Natural History). B.L.A.C. thanks the late C. Douthitt for support for the analytical work at Bremen, and F.L.H.T. thanks D. McGee for providing access to his clean laboratory for sample extraction. This research was supported by a VUW Research Establishment Grant 225107 to B.L.A.C.; an NSF-EAR grant (1824002), a Crosby Postdoctoral Fellowship (from MIT), and start-up funds (provided by Caltech) to F.L.H.T.; and NASA grants 80NSSC17K0744 (Habitable Worlds), 359NNX17AE86G (LARS), NNX17AE87G, and 80NSSC20K0821 (Emerging Worlds), and NSF grant EAR-2001098 (CSEDI) to N.D. Author contributions: B.L.A.C., F.L.H.T., and N.D. designed the research. F.L.H.T. selected and extracted the samples. F.L.H.T. and R.T.M. characterized the samples. B.L.A.C. processed the samples and developed techniques with H.V. B.L.A.C. and H.V. analyzed the samples. B.L.A.C., F.L.H.T., N.D., R.T.M., and C.J.N.W. interpreted the data. B.L.A.C., F.L.H.T., and C.J.N.W. wrote the first draft of the manuscript, which was subsequently edited by all authors. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Data and materials availability: All data needed to evaluate the conclusions in the paper are present in the paper and/or the Supplementary Materials. Additional date related to this paper may be requested from the authors.
Victoria University of Wellington 225107
NSF EAR-1824002
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) UNSPECIFIED
Caltech UNSPECIFIED
NASA 80NSSC17K0744
NASA 359NNX17AE86G
NASA NNX17AE87G
10.1126/sciadv.abf6222
B. L. A. Charlier, F. L. H. Tissot, H. Vollstaedt, N. Dauphas, C. J. N. Wilson, R. T. Marquez, Survival of presolar p-nuclide carriers in the nebula revealed by stepwise leaching of Allende refractory inclusions. Sci. Adv. 7, eabf6222 (2021)
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WG-FSA-11
Revised research plan for toothfish in Division 58.4.4 a and b by Shinsei Maru No. 3 in 2011/12
WG-FSA-11/15 Rev. 1
K. Taki, T. Iwami and M. Kiyota (Japan)
WG-FSA-11 - 5.4.2 - Closed Fisheries or fisheries with zero TACs
A tagging survey in SSRUs B and C in Division 58.4.4 a & b was initiated in the 2010/11 fishing season with the aims of providing the data required for assessments of the population structure, size, movement and growth of Dissostichus spp. in the centred area of Division 58.4.4 a & b. An approximate stock biomass level of Dissostichus spp. in the survey area (SSRUs B and C in Division 58.4.4 a & b) was estimated using simple Petersen, CPUE x area, and CPUE comparison methods. The medial estimates using simple Petersen (1583 and 2751 ton) were similar to those under the two scenarios analyzed at WG-FSA in 2010 (1580 and 3036 ton), although the 95 % confidence intervals were wide due to small numbers of recapture. The estimations using other two methods were a half to a quarter smaller than those using simple Petersen. The medial stock biomass estimated under the two scenarios at WG-FSA in 2010, which allowed determining the sample size as 53 tonnes for the 2010/11 survey, are identical with those estimated using the simple Petersen. Therefore we think that the result using the simple Petersen is more plausible and proposed sample size as 53 tonnes for the next 2011/12 survey is appropriate. We propose to continue the mark-recapture experiment in SSRUs B and C in the 2011/12 season, with nearly same survey design as in the 2010/11. A total of 71 research hauls will be allocated in the same locations on 7.5-minute latitude x 15-minute longitude grid points except one haul which are newly allocated in the northeast of SSRU B instead of an unconducted haul in the 2010/11. To apply mark-and recapture studies, tagging rate of 5 fish / ton will be conducted. The comparison test with the experimental gear, which consists of three segments of Trot line system and Spanish line system respectively, will be conducted at 14 hauls, due to understanding of differences in the physical conditions of tagged fish between those caught on Spanish lines and those caught on trotlines.
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Iraqi parties pursue talks that could oust Maliki over insurgency
BAGHDAD - Iraqi party leaders planned delicate talks that could end Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's divisive rule after a top Shi'ite cleric called for a new premier to be chosen without delay to tackle Islamist rebels threatening to tear apart the country.
Major powers are pushing for a new inclusive government, rather than one pursuing Shi'ite sectarian domination, to be formed fast to counter the insurrection that has spilled across the border with Syria and could menace the wider Middle East.
In a striking political intervention on Friday that could signal the demise of Maliki's eight-year tenure, influential Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani urged political blocs to agree on the next premier, parliament speaker and president before a newly elected legislature meets in Baghdad on Tuesday. "The next 72 hours are very important to come up with an agreement..., to push the political process forward," said a lawmaker and ex-government official from the National Alliance, which groups all Shi'ite Muslim parties.
The lawmaker, who asked for anonymity due to political sensitivities, said he expected internal meetings of the various parties and a broader session of the National Alliance including Maliki's State of Law list to be held through the weekend. Some Sunni Muslim parties were to convene later on Saturday.
Sistani's entry into the fray will make it hard for Maliki to stay on as caretaker leader as he has since a parliamentary election in April. That means he must either build a coalition to confirm himself in power for a third term or step aside.
Sistani's message was delivered after a meeting of Shi'ite factions including the State of Law coalition failed to agree on a consensus candidate for prime minister.
The embattled Maliki accused his political foes of trying to prevent parliament from meeting on time and whipping up violence to interfere with the political process. "They worked to postpone the elections... and now they are working to postpone the first session of the council of representatives... but if they are not able to pressure us to postpone, they will go for inciting security incidents in Baghdad," he said during a televised meeting with commanders.
Since early June, ISIL militants have overrun most majority Sunni Muslim areas in the north and west of Iraq, capturing the biggest northern city Mosul and late dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.
ISIL aims to set up a medieval-style Islamic caliphate erasing regional borders and they deem all Shi'ites to be heretics deserving death. They have boasted of executing scores of Shi'ite government soldiers captured in Tikrit.
On Saturday, Iraqi troops were trying to advance on Tikrit from the direction of Samarra to the south that has become the military's line in the sand against an ISIL charge southwards to within an hour's drive of the capital Baghdad.
US President Barack Obama has ruled out sending ground forces back to Iraq, where they were for eight years after invading to oust Saddam, but has sent up to 300 advisers, mostly special forces, to help the government take on ISIL.
ARMED US AIRCRAFT NOW OVERFLYING IRAQ
US defence officials said on Friday that the Obama administration was flying armed aircraft over Iraq although these aimed to collect intelligence and ensure the safety of US personnel on the ground rather than attack targets.
Still, General Martin Dempsey, the top US military officer, said additional US options included going after "high value individuals who are the leadership of ISIL" and working to protect Iraq's "critical infrastructure".
On Saturday, 11 people were injured when an explosion rocked a health ministry building in insurgent-held Mosul, a local health official said. City residents said the blast was caused by a drone strike but this could not be confirmed and a US official dismissed this possibility.
Residents also reported overnight rocket fire into Mosul, whose fall to ISIL on June 10 launched the militants on a sweep across the north in which they also took border crossings with areas of civil war-racked Syria that they already controlled.
Under Iraq's governing system put in place after Saddam's overthrow, the prime minister has always been a Shi'ite, the largely ceremonial president a Kurd and the speaker of parliament a Sunni. Negotiations over the positions have often been drawn out: after the last election in 2010 it took nearly 10 months for Maliki to build a coalition to stay in office.
Divvying up the three posts in the four days before parliament meets, as sought by Sistani, would require leaders from each of Iraq's three main ethnic and sectarian groups to commit to the political process and swiftly resolve their most pressing political problems, above all the fate of Maliki.
Allies of Maliki said Sistani's call for a quick decision was not aimed at sidelining the premier but at putting pressure on all political parties not to drag out the process with typical infighting with Iraq facing disintegration. Even so, they acknowledged Sistani was not happy with Maliki's policies. "It is other groups telling Sistani they cannot accommodate Maliki for a third term. Sistani doesn't want to get involved in who is the next prime minister, but there has to be progress,"said one official from Maliki's State of Law list.
The roadmap is far from smooth. Kurds have yet to agree on a candidate for president and the Sunnis, long riven by intense rivalries and shaken by the loss of their cities to militants, are divided among themselves over the speaker's post.
"POKER GAME"
Maliki, whose State of Law coalition won the most seats in the April election, was positioning himself for a third term before the ISIL offensive began. His closest allies say he still aims to stay, but senior State of Law figures have said he could be replaced with a less polarising figure. "It's a card game and State of Law plays a poker game very well," said the official from the premier's alliance. "For the prime minister, it will go down to the wire." Sunnis accuse Maliki of excluding them from power and repressing their community, driving armed tribal groups to back the insurgency led by ISIL. The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has also said Maliki should go.
Iraq's million-strong army, trained and outfitted by the United States at a cost of some US$25 billion (S$31.24 billion), largely disintegrated in the north in the face of ISIL's offensive.
Thousands of Shi'ite volunteers have responded to an earlier call by Ayatollah Sistani for all Iraqis to rally behind the military to defeat the jihadist threat.
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Islamophobia, Cartoon-O-Phobia and Equalityphobia
Daniel Greenfield September 26, 2010
Prime Minister Haji Abdul Razak of Malaysia has offered to help Obama overcome "Islamophobia" by sending "experts in Islamic studies" to America in order to correct misconceptions about Islam. Malaysia's Deputy Education Minister, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, stated, "We qualify to send our experts as we have the experience of administering a country which is multi-ethnic, multicultural and multi-religious like the US."
Of course by multi-religious, he means Malaysia is an Islamic state which pervasively discriminates against non-Muslims. Malays are automatically treated as Muslims and subject to Sharia law. They are not allowed to become members of another faith, without applying to an Islamic Sharia court. And without official recognition, the law forbids them from marrying Christians or Buddhists. The Lina Joy case is an example of how non-Muslims can remain in limbo under a legal system which is based on Islamic law, and denies equal rights to non-Muslims.
And then there's the case of Revathi Massosai, a true example of what Muslim tolerance holds for the kind of "multi-religious" society that those "experts in Islamic studies" would love to inflict on us.
Revathi Massosai, a Hindu whose parents had converted to Islam, was considered a Muslim under Malaysian law, despite the fact that she had been raised and was a Hindu. When she tried to get the government to recognize that fact, the Islamic authorities put her into an "Islamic Re-education Camp". There she was forced to wear a burqa, read Muslim prayers and eat beef. Since then she has been prevented from living with her husband and her daughter has no birth certificate. Nor is her case unique. Families have been broken up, children have been seized, even bodies have been dragged out of funeral homes because of Malaysia's Islamic law.
Under Malaysian law, only Muslims were permitted to use the word, "Allah". (This incidentally puts the lie to the common Muslim claim, that Allah is the universal word for God, rather than for the Muslim deity alone.) When in response to a Catholic lawsuit, the Malaysian court struck down the law, Malaysian Muslims responded in their usual tolerant fashion by firebombing churches. All of this without any protest from the same useful idiots, who go mad at the latest news from Gaza, and tramp down to Ground Zero in their Keffiyahs in support of Religious Freedom for the Ground Zero Mosque backed by a man with his own extensive ties to Malaysia.
But what will Malaysia's "experts in Islamic studies" tell us to defuse our horrible Islamophobia? Perhaps they will tell us how Malaysia broke up and criminalized the Sky Kingdom compound and charged with practicing a "deviant religion". Will they tell us whether Revathi Massosai has finally been allowed to see her daughter, and maybe explain to us how Islam's famous religious tolerance accords with forcing a Hindu woman to eat beef. And maybe fill us in on how, if there is "no compulsion in religion" under Islam, why do there have to be Islamic Reeducation Camps? Can we also discuss Malaysia's destruction of Hindu temples and how this differs from the behavior of the Taliban?
But of course we are not going to talk about any of that. Instead we are going to get lectures on Islam from a country where Muslim rule has produced tyranny, brutality and oppression. And we are going to get it in order to check our "Islamophobia". Naturally there will be no Hindu or Christian lecturers headed to Malaysia to check their phobias toward other human beings.
Islamic Cartoon-O-Phobia leads to Declaration of War
Even a brief look at Malaysia, makes it rather clear that its Muslims suffer from a common problem in their religion-- Equalityphobia, the fear of treating non-Muslims as equals. Since the Koran explicitly forbids friendships with non-Muslims and mandates legal inferiority for them, Equalityphobia is sadly grounded in the teachings of Mohammed and his successors. And until a cure for Equalityphobia is found in the Muslim world, perhaps the Malaysian "Islamic Experts" should stay home and help their fellow Muslims "misunderstand" the teachings of the Koran a little better.
But keep in mind after all this-- Malaysia is actually one of the more tolerant Muslim countries in the world. Yes that's right, all this... is tolerant. By the standards of the Muslim world. And that is the true horror of Islamic law.
Meanwhile Zunar, a Malaysian cartoonist, was arrested and had a book containing his cartoons seized. The book's title was "Cartoon-O-Phobia" and the reason for the arrest, was that his cartoons touched on the "Allah" issue. Maybe a delegation of international cartoonists should be dispatched to Malaysia to lecture them on "Cartoon-O-Phobia". But of course we know that unlike a delegation of Muslim experts to America, such a delegation to a Muslim country would survive for about as long as it would take them to disembark from the plane.
When even in Western countries with Muslim minorities, cartoonists like Kurt Westergaard and Molly Norris have been forced to go into hiding, what hope is there for treating Cartoon-O-Phobia in the Muslim world. But that is the price we pay for the Muslim phobia of everything non-Muslim. In Malaysia that means smashing teapots and terrorizing Hindus. In America, that means blowing up buildings and then trying to build mosques as a thumb in the eye to a grieving nation.
But while Malaysia, like the rest of the Muslim world, may fail horribly at interacting with non-Muslims-- they do have one last hope, space aliens.
The United Nations has just appointed the former head of Malaysia's space program to head its Office for Outer Space Affairs, which would be in charge of talking any little green men who happen to land on our planet. Mazlan Othman had formerly been in charge of such vital issues as figuring out how to practice Islam in space (spin counterclockwise before beheading the individual to the left, then rotate and turn to complete the maneuver) will now be the person to represent the human race in the event a UFO shows up on the White House lawn.
Appointing a representative from a country and a religion that has still not learned to treat other human beings as equals, to deal with aliens, is probably not the best idea. But we can probably assume that it's part of Obama's strategy to prioritize boosting Muslim self-esteem over space exploration. Still it might have been better if Malaysia focused more on learning how to deal with people on earth, before aiming for the skies. Especially when Malaysia's Religious Peace are likely to burst into the Office for Outer Space Affairs and drag the doctor on suspicion of immoral affairs with non-Muslim aliens. A fate that happens often enough to female professionals who work with non-Muslims in the Muslim world.
All this is particularly unwise, as Muslims have already declared a Jihad against "space aliens". Sheikh Omar Bakri has declared that, "We are obliged as Muslims to make the whole galaxy subservient to almighty Allah". Say what you will about Muslims, you can't accuse them of thinking small. At least not when it comes to genocide. Forget conquering and enslaving the whole world, when there's a whole galaxy out there. And a chance to force ET to wear a Burqa.
But Mazlan Othman has already said that in the event the spaceships do show up, "we should have in place a co-ordinated response that takes into account all the sensitivities related to the subject". Since Muslims are habitually only concerned with "sensitivities" when it comes to their own beliefs, the aliens will probably be greeted with a copy of the Koran, which hopefully for all our sakes, they won't mistake for a snack or a cigar, and an explanation of how Islam is the light of the universe.
And when that day comes, let's just hope the aliens don't bring any cartoons with them.
Posted by: Daniel Greenfield at September 26, 2010
The UN's new ambassador to aliens can help with converting the Alien infidels.
Daniel Greenfield 26/9/10
I have already decided to support the aliens
:) We all have.
It is a testament to the topsy-turvy world that we enter whenever the Leftist elite discusses Islam that Malaysia even had the nerve to send 'experts' to promote 'tolerance.' Malaysia--the country that has two court systems--one for Muslims and one for infidels? The one where anti-Christian violence spiked so high earlier this year that even the MSM media couldn't ignore it--all because the Christians won a rare-court victory that allowed them to keep on using Bibles that had the word "allah" in them. The reason the case even existed was because those were the only Bibles the State had allowed, 'till that point, in the country? Malaysia, the country where a woman was caned for drinking beer? Where pre-teen child brides end up in the hospital?
Screw it--send the 'experts' over here. I'd love to ask them questions about their country, if only to be vaguely entertained by what they come up with.
I suppose Indonesia will be educating us barbaric infidels next.
Paul 27/9/10
Wow. You just can't make some of this stuff up.
Some of you folks ready to side with the aliens might want to remember that you might have sided with the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, but didn't. Not all of them aliens are friendly either, or even intelligent. At least, not in the movies.
ET in burqa? But wasn't ET a male?
"(This incidentally puts the lie to the common Muslim claim, that Allah is the universal word for God, rather than for the Muslim deity alone.)"
From what I gathered, and I could be wrong, the Muslim ARABS consider the word universal- that don't have to apply to non-Arab Muslims who might consider it a peculiar, exotic word.
Forgive my nitpicking, but when I send your articles to my lefty friends, I don't want them to be able to destroy an entire argument by pointing out a minor flaw in the text.
When Muslims talk to Christians and Jews, they insist that Allah is their god too. As a corollary Malaysian Muslims then insist that only they have the right to use Allah in a religious context.
This needs to be checked- I understood that in the ME, Christians and Jews living in Arabic speaking societies did use the word Allah to refer to god. If it's true, it negates your point.
My lefty friends or ME Arabs can say the Malaysian example is unrepresentative, cos for them, Arabic is some far away, foreign language.
You havent addressed my question.
I still can't send your article- I just KNOW they'll be all over this like vultures.
I'm aware of that. I'm pointing out what Muslim law in Malaysia is like as a contradictory example.
If you have a problem with that one sentence, feel free to delete it.
Jesterhead45 27/9/10
Here is a funny thought
What if the aliens were revealed to speak Hebrew and refer to God as Hashem / the "Tetragrammaton"?
Here is another funny thought
What if the aliens end up fighting on behalf of the Jewish people, after witnessing the rest of the world's hypocrisy.
Sure, Jews would be accused of being aliens (like that is anything new...), though I for one would be laughing my ass off at the reaction of the world. Perhaps the left will paint themselves blue and make out to be wannabe Na'vi, while the muslims will be led by a wannabe Muad'Dib who despite a lack of means is still out to conquer the universe through jihad.
Jester--can I chose which kind of alien I can be? I wanna be a Vulcan! Or maybe a Klingon. No wait, Vulcan.
"Islamic Re-education Camp". There she was forced to wear a burqa, read Muslim prayers and eat beef."
2+2=5.
Next they'll torture her with electric shocks and maybe put a cage full of rats on her head.
Strange how every American school child knows 1984 inside and out and yet as adults want to live in a society right out of the book.
Which book will be banned next--the Qran or 1984? We shall see.
Sandylion 27/9/10
Can you look this one up, Daniel. "There is no illah but Allah". It means there is no god but Allah.
sandy, what about it? I could cite the Arabic, but I don't particularly like reciting the Shahada as I don't accept it, and from a Muslim standpoint, it makes you a Muslim
1984 needs an update.
Sigmund 27/9/10
to: Honorable Mazlan Othman
United Nations Ambassador to Extraterrestrials
from: The Borg
Dear Ambassador Othman:
We are now approaching your planet. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
The Borg
P.S. Can you recommend a good Kosher restaurant down there? We've been dying for some kugel, gribenes, cholent and kreplach--not to mention cheese blintzes--since our last jump into hyperspace. The Andromeda Galaxy had nothing...GORNISHT! Except for a few bagels which were dreck!
As an ex-Msian who experienced open anti-tolerance and discrimination against non-Moslems from elementary school through university, I had the courage and the brains to leave M'sia for good to pursue my American dream.
G-d has it that I pursued Judaism instead after I found my bashert. Baruch Hashem!!! I speak out against M'sia openly and defiantly.
livingengine 27/9/10
Feisal Abdul Rauf has participated in a number of Unification Church affliated events.
http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/feisal-rauf-the-washington-times-and-the-global-peace-festival/
@1:58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znegWKpZgbI
Also, Rabbi Michael Weisser, who spoke at this year's "Muslim Day Parade" in New York City, said he wanted to be first member of the Ground Zero community center, is also involved with the Unification Church affiliated Middle East Peace Initiative, as well as the Universal Peace Federation.
http://dallasinterfaithcenter.blogspot.com/2008/06/06-23-08-rabbi-weisser-upf-meetings.html
"He has been involved with the Universal Peace Federation and other affiliated organizations since December 2007. He has attended a Middle East Peace Initiative gathering in Israel/Palestine, as well as clergy gatherings in Washington, DC, and Seoul, Korea. He recently participated in celebrating the marriage blessing in the Washington area. The focus of Rabbi Weisser's life has been building bridges of understanding between various faith communities."
You can update 1984, but keep room 101. But have Room 101 in the Minstry of Peace not the Ministry of Love.
noboat1 28/9/10
I hope the Aliens land soon, then we can buy the technology to make "phasers" and arm our troops with them. What was that about Sharia Law?
To anonymous:
You do realize that if you were to bring the "experts" over here from Malaysia and put the tough questions to them you would then be branded Islamophobic. They would be insulted and so would their prophet (you know the truth always hurts) and then there would be world wide riots for insulting Islam... Just saying. (I hate that expression. My daughter drives me crazy with it but it seemed apropo for this subject).
P.S. Trying to catch up here.
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Maybe they'll just go away?
You can’t really blame Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer last month for nearly stammering when his guest told him about “virtual dogfights” between military jets and UFOs over the United Kingdom.
“You’re kiddin’ me. What - dogfights?” Hemmer went on: “If there was a dogfight over the hills of England, over the countryside of England, we’d know about that by now, would we not?”
Only if you’re paying attention, which the MSM isn’t. As Nick Pope reminded him, the British Ministry of Defence has been putting declassified UFO archives online for the past couple of years. He also reminded Hemmer the encounters aren’t limited to the UK.
Pope, who worked the MoD’s UFO desk in the early 1990s, was in Washington, D.C., in November 2007 to join an international panel of pilots and authorities convened by the Coalition for Freedom of Information. Among those representing the “dogfight” aspect to the UFO problem was retired Iranian air force General Parviz Jafari.
In 1976, Jafari was ordered to destroy a UFO buzzing Tehran after another Iranian jet interceptor lost its control panel and turned back. Jafari was nearly blinded by the glare of the object during his approach. As one of the smaller lights broke from the bigger one and surged toward his Phantom F-4, Jafari attempted to fire a Sidewinder missile, only to discover his controls had shut down. Maybe the most surprising element of this story was how the world found out about it — in Defense Intelligence Agency documents recovered through FOIA.
Also among the ‘07 panelists was former Peruvian fighter pilot Oscar Santa Maria Huertas, who survived a harrowing encounter with a metallic, dome-shaped UFO in 1980.
“My unit commander ordered me to take off in my Sukoi-22 jet to shoot down the spherical object,” he informed media gathered at the National Press Club. “It was in restricted airspace, without clearance, and we were concerned about espionage.
“I approached the object and strafed sixty-four 30mm shells at it. Some projectiles went towards the ground, and others hit the object fully, but they had no effect at all. The projectiles didn’t bounce off; probably they were absorbed. The cone-shaped ‘wall of fire’ that I sent out would normally obliterate anything in its path.” The UFO outmaneuvered Maria Huertas’ subsequent attempts to fire, then took off.
Citing air safety and national security ramifications in a New York Times op-ed piece last year, Pope is renewing his call for formal scientific studies of UFOs.
“I see no value in re-evaluating the Colorado Report,” Pope e-mailed De Void, alluding to the government’s sham study that ended all official inquiries in 1969. “This is history and while ufologists might be interested, I don't think the media and the public would be. I think a meaningful UFO study would have to be led by the USAF, with the involvement of NASA and the wider (non-governmental) scientific community.
“I'm not familiar with the US system, but with the UK model in mind, one option to establish credibility might be to establish an oversight committee, with an independent Chair.”
Studies or no studies, the challenges to military systems worldwide continue. Greece recently released documents and flight recordings indicating it had ordered jet fighters in November 2007 to investigate a UFO that shadowed an Olympia Airways passenger jet. Two other airliners reported the UFO, which resembled a star, except that it changed shape, moved erratically, and took off before pursuit the planes could get a good look.
Greek authorities blamed – you guessed it – Venus. Details at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4577717/Fighter-jets-scrambled-after-UFO-follows-plane-over-Athens.html
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Books & Spoons Review: NIGHT HAWK by Lindsay McKenna
Once upon a ranch in Wyoming…
After losing his comrade, Sergeant Gil Hanford thought a visit to the man's widow would be the decent way to honor his late friend. But Gil found more than comfort in Kai Tiernan—he had always secretly desired beautiful Kai, but a sudden, mutual passion helped assuage their grief… until duty reared its head, removing him from her arms, seemingly forever.
Four years later, Kai is starting over at the Triple H Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Born a rancher, she is looking for a new beginning—but her new boss is unforgivably familiar. Kai has tried to move past the memory of what happened between her and Gil, even though she's never forgiven him for leaving her. But even as they begin their journey toward something new and oh-so-uncertain, a shadow emerges, determined to claim Kai for itself.
This story has a compelling premises, the widow of a former best friend, whom Gil has always liked, comfort him, after Gil's brother dies in combat. The always buried feelings burst into life, and Gil and Kai spend five magical days together, loving, laughing, and healing. Until the war, and life sets them apart, until they meet again, four years later, working at the same ranch.
I love that the ranch employs veterans, the camaraderie, family like atmosphere, is uniting and healing. The characters have charisma, are easy to like, and relate to. The secondary love story going on the background was sweet, and brought lots of joy to the family of heart at the ranch.
The story even has a little suspense element in it, where life is in danger, and possibilities of great peril at hand. This suspense was not brought to a conclusion, but left sort of an open ended.
I read a book usually, if not on one sitting, then on two, and most likely within 24 hours. So if a story has a lot repetition, same inner thoughts going through a person's mind again and again, same conversation had between two people again, the recurrence gets boring to me. I notice these things easily, and if it starts to happen a lot in a same story, I lose interest. That happened here, unfortunately. I felt that there was too much repeat of the same. Of course, if you read a book over a month's time, with thirty minutes here and there, this might be a great reminder of the events for a reader, but I felt after the half point, that the story wasn't offering that much new for me anymore.
But regardless, the dynamics of the relationship between Gil and Kai were alluring, the development of their feelings towards each other captivating, the passion between them was believable, and the protective strike Gil had towards her intimidating. A charming story indeed
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Senior Commander Warns Enemies Not to Test Iran’s Power
Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Headquarters Major General Gholam Ali Rashid underlined Iran’s plan to stage several military drills, warning enemies of his country’s crushing response to any aggression.
“A sum of 25 massive army, IRGC andd joint drills have been scheduled for the current year and so far 15 massive wargames have been staged by the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and of course, some of them will not be publicized,” General Rashid said on Tuesday, addressing the Armed Forces’ commanders.
“We want the enemy not to be after testing our will and power because it will not be able to bear the costs of a massive and all-out confrontation. Therefore, believing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s power will certainly have lower costs for the enemy,” he added.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said on Friday that the IRGC’s recent Great Prophet 17 military drills were held in response to the threats of the Israeli regime.
“In this exercise, 16 missiles fired from different platforms hit a certain target accurately,” General Baqeri told reporters on the sidelines of the final stage of IRGC’s massive joint military exercises in Southern Iran in the Persian Gulf region.
“The Great Prophet Maneuver was held in response to the recent empty threats of the Zionist regime of Israel,” he reiterated.
General Baqeri also said that the military maneuver just showed a small part of the Islamic Republic’s missile capability.
Also on Friday, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said that the military drills were in response to the threats by Israel’s officials.
“If the officials of this regime do a damn thing, we will cut off their hands,” General Salami underlined.
In the meantime, spokesman for drills Brigadier General Nilforoushan said that the IRGC forces practiced infiltrating in the enemy’s air defense shield with the offensive electronic warfare.
“The IRGC Cyber-Electronic Organization succeeded in suppressing the hypothetical enemy air defense shield by conducting offensive electronic warfare operations against the enemy’s defense systems, in order to provide space for the invasion and entery of its own birds into the enemy’s sky,” the spokesman said on Friday about the drills.
Nilforoushan added that different types of war (soft, semi-hard and hard) were practiced by the IRGC forces in the maneuvers.
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Director Resigns at Wellcare Health [WSJ]
Regina Herzlinger was the chair of the audit committee of WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Tampa-based provider of Medicaid and Medicare plans, but resigned last week amid controversy around the company’s accounting practices. The Wall St. Journal reports that Ms Herzlinger said that internal audits discovered the company overbilled the Illinois Medicaid program by $1 million “and potentially overcharged states for almost $500,000 worth of maternity care.” She also stated that the company “ran afoul of Georgia’s requirements that it account for each hich it paid providers, resulting in a $610,000 fine.”
WellCare also paid an $80 million fine to the State of Florida last May for a criminal investigation “into allegations that it had defrauded Florida benefits programs for low-income adults and children” as well as $10 million to the SEC for an investigation into its accounting. At least they’re keeping some attorneys busy.
Ms Herzlinger alleges that she was not renominated to her position on the board of directors for raising questions about the accounting practices at the WellCare as well as corporate-governance issues.
The Company claims that “good corporate-governance practices require it to bring in new board members periodically to provide a fresh perspective,” so at least they’ve got that point covered. The Journal also reports that the company is pulling the materiality card, saying that the “accounting errors Ms. Herzlinger identified were relatively small and the company’s own internal controls indentified them, indicating that its processes are working well.”
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Charlie Perkins, the Lucas van Pragg of Big 4 accounting firms, has to be getting sick of repeating himself:
“Throughout our period as the auditor of Lehman, we firmly believe our work met all applicable professional standards, applying the rules that existed at the time.”
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PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young have both cut their ties with Iran, following KPMG, the Times reports. This results in grand total of zero Big 4 firms with affiliates in Iran.
United Against Nuclear Iran (“UANI”) President Mark Wallace received letters from both PwC and E&Y:
This week, Mr. Wallace’s group received letters from both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young assuring the group that they had cut ties with Iranian firms. PricewaterhouseCoopers wrote that the Middle East member of the company’s global network had had a “cooperating firm relationship” with Agahan & Company, an Iranian firm, but that it expired last year. Ernst & Young said it cut its ties in 2001 to the Tadvin Company, one of Iran’s largest accounting firms, even though Tadvin was still listed on its Web site this year.
Mr. Wallace called that a breakthrough because by publicly avoiding Iran, the American accounting firms that audit so many other companies send an important signal. “What it says is if it’s too risky for the Big Four accounting firms,” he said, “it should be too risky for other companies.”
It’s pretty obvious Mr Wallace doesn’t know anything about Big 4 accounting firms re: risk.
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“Right now, I just don’t see what the big fuss is all about. The number differentials are just too small. Although a repugnant practice, Lehman didn’t accomplish much of anything with Repo 105 use.”
Regina Herzlinger was the chair of the audit committee of WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a Tampa-based provider of Medicaid and Medicare plans, but resigned last week amid controversy around the company’s accounting practices. The Wall St. Journal reports that Ms Herzlinger said that internal audits discovered the company overbilled the Illinois Medicaid program by $1 million “and potentially overcharged states for almost $500,000 worth of maternity care.” She also stated that the company “ran afoul of Georgia’s requirements that it account for each patient visit for which it paid providers, resulting in a $610,000 fine.”
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Military Recruiting Struggles as Enlistment Stations Close
The services could fall thousands short of their enlistment goals if the widespread lockdowns drag on
By Lolita C. Baldor • Published April 4, 2020 • Updated on April 4, 2020 at 2:33 pm
U.S. Army via AP
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Meyer does his best recruiting face-to-face. He can look people in the eye, read their body language and get insight into whether they would make a good Marine.
But coronavirus quarantines have shut down most recruiting stations. So Meyer and other recruiters have turned increasingly to social media. And that has its drawbacks.
“They usually won’t run away if you’re talking to them in person,” said Meyer, noting that if they are online or on the phone, they can just hang up. “They just stop responding, and the conversation just ends without a conclusion.”
As the coronavirus pandemic worsens and the country turns increasingly to the military for help, America’s armed services are struggling to get new recruits as families and communities hunker down. Recruiters scrounging for recruits online are often finding people too consumed with their own financial and health care worries to consider a military commitment right now.
The services, as a result, could fall thousands short of their enlistment goals if the widespread lockdowns drag on, forcing them to pressure current troops to stay on in order to maintain military readiness.
“This is going to have somewhat of a corrosive effect on our ability to have the numbers of people that we really need,” said Maj. Gen. Lenny Richoux, director for personnel for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “The concern, it is growing.”
He said the military is watching this day-to-day and knows that it could take “a very long time” to rebuild the force.
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To entice prospects, recruiters are shifting to a softer sell, talking more broadly about service to the nation in difficult times. And they’re hoping to get a recruiting surge during the peak summer months.
They may also benefit from the exposure the military has gotten as Navy hospital ships, Army field hospitals and National Guard troops roll into communities to provide aid and health care during the crisis. And the military could be a popular option for those facing lingering unemployment because of the pandemic.
But shutting recruiting stations is a problem. And the lack of in-person contact with recruits hits the Marine Corps particularly hard. The Corps has long excelled in what it calls the kneecap-to-kneecap sales pitch that keeps new Marines linked with their recruiters as they head to boot camp.
“The heart of our recruiting effort is sending handpicked Marine sergeants and staff sergeants out there to go recruit their own image,” said Maj. Gen. James Bierman, commander of Marine Corps Recruiting Command. “And we’re never more comfortable than we are when we’re sitting down face-to-face with a young man or woman.”
Bierman said he’s reached about 40% of his roughly 37,000-recruit goal this year.
The key problem is that the 4,000 Marine recruiters now can’t get into high schools to meet students and woo recruits, said Meyer, who’s in charge of recruiting at a Seattle substation.
Army leaders who struggled in recent years to get recruits had already moved to social media, e-sports tournaments and other online recruiting over the past year. So they had a bit of an advantage.
“We were well ahead of glide path when this thing hit, which is good because it gave us some maneuver room,” said Maj. Gen. Frank Muth, head of Army Recruiting Command. He said some recruiting stations had gotten double or triple the number of recruit leads compared to the previous year.
Now, he said, they’re changing their pitch, posting information on sites like Instagram and YouTube that focus on what the Army can do.
“Let’s go in softer,” he said he told recruiters. “Start a dialog. It’s a call to service, a call to the nation. Your nation needs you now. More of that. And then let them come to us.”
Bierman agreed, saying he doesn’t want Marine recruiters “trying to force a meeting or try to force a sale while families are dealing with really, really, tough, challenging circumstances.”
Muth, whose enlistment goal for the year is 69,000, and Bierman said they’ll need to transition back to regular recruiting as soon as possible, but they don’t know when.
Still, recruiters said they’ve seen some successes — even some fueled by the virus outbreak.
Army Staff Sgt. Bradley Martin, a recruiter in Tampa, said he spoke to a young man who, like many, got laid off because of the pandemic’s economic impact.
“He was sitting around thinking about his future and said he wanted to do something to be successful,” said Martin, who spoke to the prospect through FaceTime about Army careers and the tuition reimbursement program. “We ended up having a great conversation.”
Meyer said he had two successful online interviews. One was referred by a Marine recruit who had signed up earlier this year, and another was referred by his own mother.
“They want to be Marines,” Meyer said. “The challenge is what happens next.”
Most military movement stalled when the Defense Department froze nonessential moves several weeks ago. But the Army and Marine Corps have continued to send recruits to initial or follow-on training.
New Marines are still going to boot camp on the West Coast, but not to Parris Island, South Carolina, where there have been several cases of the virus at the base. Those finishing boot camp are immediately going to their follow-on infantry training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, or Camp Pendleton, California, without getting the usual 10-day break at home.
Just last week, the Army chartered 32 buses to carry 812 new soldiers from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where they had finished basic combat training, to Fort Lee, Virginia, to start quartermaster and logistics training. A similar caravan will take medic trainees from Oklahoma to Texas.
Maj. Gen. Lonnie Hibbard, commanding general of the Army Center for Initial Military Training, said people ask why the Army is still recruiting and training during a pandemic.
“We have to,” he said, adding it can be done with minimal risk to health and safety. “It’s our responsibility to America right now.”
AP National Security Writer Robert Burns contributed to this report.
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Youthful, diverse, energetic and bursting with character, Manchester is one of the most exciting places to visit right now where everybody and anybody is warmly welcomed.
Known throughout the world as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, Manchester has a proud history in science, politics, music, arts and sport and today the city combines this heritage with a progressive vision to be a city that delivers surprise and delight in equal measures.
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Manchester city centre is jam-packed with unique and eclectic restaurants, bars, shops, museums, galleries, hotels and places to stay whilst the surrounding areas offer a patch-work of quaint market towns, traditional pubs and beautiful green spaces and waterways to be explored on foot or bike. A packed calendar of world-class events and festivals mean there’s always something on in Manchester.
Football heritage
Of course, Manchester is known throughout the world as the home of football and has two leading clubs in Manchester City and Manchester United who both offer an excellent stadium tour experience. Manchester is also home to the National Football Museum, where you can delve into the social history and culture of the much-loved sport and even test your skills at everything from penalty kicks and clever tricks to commentating, get your photograph with the museum’s Premier League trophy as well as see the statue of Lily Parr – a pioneer of women’s football.
Local legacy
UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 will provide a springboard for the continued growth of women’s and girls’ football in England. In Manchester and Trafford the legacy programme aims to:
Grow the number of female-friendly clubs and establish a club network providing playing opportunities for women and girls of all ages and abilities.
Welcome women and girls from under-represented communities to football.
Increase the female workforce and shine a light on female leaders/volunteers within the game in Manchester and Trafford.
All leading to:
Increased number of female coaches registered and actively coaching female teams across Manchester and Trafford (from 42 to 63 active coaches).
Double the number of FA-qualified and registered female referees in Manchester and Trafford (from 22 to 44).
25% increase in the number of clubs in Manchester and Trafford providing affiliated female football (from 32 to 40 clubs).
600 more women playing football through a programme of new affiliated and recreational football opportunities.
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Although markets are likely to remain volatile, there is light at the end of the tunnel for investors.
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Starting with a war in Europe, 2022 was a year most investors would rather forget.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine led to massive spikes in energy and food costs at a time when post-pandemic supply-chain bottlenecks were already putting substantial pressure on global prices. Central bankers, mostly with mandates to manage inflation, were faced with the very real prospect of a rampant cost-price spiral.
Unusually, they also faced the unenviable task of trying to rein in wage growth expectations at a time when unemployment in most major economies was at extremely low levels. The scope for error was, and still is, great.
Despite market fears, we aren’t heading back to the 1970s
At the time of writing, headline inflation rates in many countries are still high or increasing. There are legitimate fears that central bank actions may not be sufficient to counter rising wage demands and there is talk of a return to the stagflation (stagnant growth/high inflation) of the 1970s.
However, although the price shock of 2022 is somewhat comparable to that era, it is notable that underlying inflation (often referred to as “core inflation”) already appears to be moderating. This will likely continue over the coming months as easing supply chains, higher borrowing costs, squeezed consumer incomes and falling house prices serve to cool the global economy and dampen demand.
Against this backdrop it is conceivable that wage demands will also moderate. Many observers point to the ongoing labour shortages in many countries and rapid increase in strike action as reasons to be cautious about wage inflation. However, we suspect that labour flexibility will improve as economies slow. Companies will undoubtedly postpone hiring and trim workforces. Indeed, there are already clear signs of this in the technology sector, where management rhetoric has suddenly caught up with economic reality.
In addition, it is possible that the participation rate, currently at record lows, will increase as non-participants, such as many over-50s, decide to re-enter the workforce.
Finally, it is likely that the recent trend toward labour substitution through automation will accelerate meaningfully, particularly given recent technological progress.
In short, while a return to mass unemployment looks unlikely, it is entirely possible that a rise in vacancies, coupled with a modest increase in the number of participants, caps wage costs in the future.
Fears of a deep recession may prove unfounded
An ongoing economic slowdown seems inevitable given the above, but fears of a deep recession may prove unfounded, at least in some countries. With unemployment so low, consumers are better able to weather higher costs. Government action to provide support with energy bills also cushions that impact too. It is notable that household balance sheets, which benefitted from a considerable build-up of savings during the Covid-19 pandemic, provide a buffer for many consumers (although clearly not sufficiently for the poorest income groups).
The picture is similar in the corporate sector, where leverage is relatively low and of longer-than-average duration.
Overall, the above suggests to us that, while material economic challenges remain, inflation may be less entrenched and the economic downturn less severe than many envisage. This is potentially most likely in the US, which is effectively self-sufficient in energy, benefits substantially from the fact that nearly all major commodities are priced in US dollars and has positive immigration. In Europe, including the UK, the picture is unfortunately much more nuanced.
An earnings recession
Recession or not, earnings estimates will have to come down. One of the interesting features of the current market cycle is that while share prices have collapsed, earnings have so far mostly been remarkably robust. The reason for this is pricing.
On both sides of the Atlantic, companies have put through price rises with impunity: Pepsi had +17% positive pricing in the third quarter, for example, while in Europe Louis Vuitton and Nestle both had double-digit price uplifts with little immediate impact on volumes.
In these specific cases revenues may well hold up, since consumers appear willing to pay up for premium products. However, for many companies it is only a matter of time before negative elasticity kicks in and demand starts to fall.
Early indications from the likes of Amazon and Target in the US, or M&S, H&M and Primark in Europe suggest that consumers are already cutting their spending.
Revenue and margins (excluding energy companies) look likely to fall in 2023, creating a proper earnings downgrade cycle that is yet to be fully reflected.
Finding the bottom may sound counter-intuitive given the above, but our view is that the current bear market has nearly run its course. Albeit with the caveat that volatility is likely to remain elevated for some time to come.
Consensus S&P 500 earnings per share of $225 and $235 still look somewhat high, and we expect these to be revised down steadily over the coming months, with the trough to occur in the third quarter of 2023.
But stock markets always look ahead, typically discounting a trough in earnings six to nine months ahead of the actual trough. That suggests that the recent bounce in global equity markets (the Dow index had its best month since 1976 in October) was not without logic, although we do believe the recent rally to be something of a false dawn.
In the very short-term, there may be some further disappointment to come, as profitability pressures become more apparent.
Risk and return
We haven’t dwelt on ongoing geopolitical risks, such as further escalation in Ukraine; the possibility of further reduction in Russia’s gas supply to Europe; or China’s stance on Taiwan. These are potential “Black Swan” events that are binary in nature and impossible to predict with any certainty.
Any one of these possibilities would be extremely bad for global markets. One must hope that common sense will prevail.
Regardless though, the events of the past year will only serve to strengthen certain trends that were already apparent before the current crisis.
Security – national security, energy security, food security, cyber security (to name but a few) must now be considerably higher on government and corporate agendas than in the past decade. Russia’s exploits have proven that energy dependence on an erratic partner can be disastrous. China is likely to remain a much more rational, measured player than Russia, but President Xi’s agenda is clearly expansionist.
Securing security of supply
We see a wave of spending being directed by governments and companies toward achieving greater security of supply: whether through investment in renewables; re-shoring or re-locating production facilities; supporting new methods of food production; or protecting industries that are strategic in nature such as semiconductors, software, or bio-technology. A polarisation of sorts between the West and the East seems inevitable in these areas.
We are focused on companies that can prosper in a challenging environment and do so with a reasonable level of risk. Many of these are in the areas outlined above, where structural growth rates are clearly higher than they were.
Equally though, as the bear market matures, our research is taking us to several areas that have been out of favour for some time, such as Japan.
We will leave you with the startling revelation that, thanks to low wage inflation and a highly competitive currency, it is now cheaper to hire a software engineer in Tokyo than it is Bangalore.
There are always opportunities somewhere in the world.
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Controlled donation after cardiac death - A European perspective.
M.G. Snoeijs, L.W.E. van Heurn, W.N. van Mook, M.H. Christiaans, J.W. Cohen Tervaert
Terminally ill patients who do not meet brain death criteria and die of cardiac arrest after withdrawal of life support may be considered as potential organ donors: such donors are referred to as controlled donors after cardiac death (dcd). Controlled dcd donors are increasingly being used in northern europe and the united states in an effort to expand the donor pool. Ethical concerns regarding the diagnosis of death based on cardiopulmonary rather than neurological criteria have largely been resolved over the past decade. Follow-up studies of recipients by several transplant centers have shown that functioning controlled dcd kidneys are equivalent to kidneys from conventional brain-dead donors with respect to long-term prognosis. Concerns about long-term repercussions for the higher incidence of delayed graft function with dcd kidneys are not supported by the current evidence. The donor pool may be further expanded by transplanting selected kidneys from older dcd, in particular for the increasing population of older kidney transplant candidates. Successful transplantation of these delicate organs is possible when donors and recipients are carefully managed by well-trained, motivated, and effectively collaborating transplant personnel.
Transplantation reviews
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trre.2007.07.004
10.1016/j.trre.2007.07.004
Snoeijs, M. G., van Heurn, L. W. E., van Mook, W. N., Christiaans, M. H., & Cohen Tervaert, J. W. (2007). Controlled donation after cardiac death - A European perspective. Transplantation reviews, 1, 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trre.2007.07.004
Snoeijs, M.G. ; van Heurn, L.W.E. ; van Mook, W.N. et al. / Controlled donation after cardiac death - A European perspective. In: Transplantation reviews. 2007 ; Vol. 1. pp. 219-229.
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Acid Strong Base Titrations JavaScript Model by Fernando Silva Fernandes
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Fernando Fernandes; lookang
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The Titrations JavaScript Model is a JavaScript program that demonstrates the importance of computer simulation as a complement of experimental work. A typical students training in a chemistry laboratory is the titration of an acidic solution by a padronized base in order to determine the acid concentration in the sample. If the titration is followed by a visual method, a suitable indicator has to be previously chosen to detect the end point of the titration (the so-called equivalence point) by the sudden change of the indicator color. This is a common practice (alternative to using a pH meter) and does not imply the errors that may be thought on the subjective aspect of a color change, providing that the right indicator is chosen. This application is restricted to monoprotic acids and monofunctional strong bases.
Take a flask with a known volume (VA) of an aqueous solution of a monoprotic acid whose concentration is unknown. In a buret there is a padronized (well-known molar concentration) aqueous solution of a monofunctional strong base (sodium hydroxide, for example). Add to the flask a few drops of a suitable visual indicator and start pouring, slowly, the base over the acid.
(source: "Mark Bishop's Chemistry site")
The titration end point (equivalence point) is detected by a sudden change of the indicator color. Then, the buret scale indicates the volume of the base (VB) used in the neutralization reaction, and as its molar concentration, [Base], is well-known the corresponding number of moles is NB=VB*[Base]/1000. This number is equal to the number of acid moles, NA=NB, that have reacted and as the sample volume is VA, the acid molar concentration is worked out: [Acid] = NA*1000/VA. Therefore, the titration coordinate (f=NB/NA) is equal to 1 at the equivalence point.
The indicator is chosen accordingly to its effectiveness color range, that is, the equivalence point pH should be approximately at the middle of that range.
(source: NCSSM)
The simulations determine the pH at the equivalence point and choose the proper indicator from a table included in the program. The acid is characterized by the ionization constant (Ka); the default value is for acetic acid. As the base is assumed strong (fully ionized) its constant (Kb) is not a program input. The pH at equivalence point depends on Ka, [Base] and also on [Acid]. But the acid concentration is precisely what we want to know! Of course, the indicator choice requires a previous trial and error study to screen possible concentration bands of the acidic sample and assess whether or not the same indicator is appropriate for each band. To this end, different simulations should be done by changing the [Acid] and [Base] fields for a given acid. The program can probe wide ranges of Ka, from 10- 10 (very weak acids like hydrocyanic acid and phenol) to 109 (very strong acids like hydrochloric and sulphuric acids), and of [Acid] and [Base].
The Titrations JS Model was developed by Fernando M.S. Silva Fernandes (Centre for Structural Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa) using version 5.1 of the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool which can create stand alone JavaScript programs that run in almost any PC browser, tablets and smartphones. Information about EJS is available at: http://www.um.es/fem/Ejs/, and in the OSP ComPADRE collection: http://www.compadre.org/osp/.
Let's take the volume VA (in cm3) of an aqueous solution of a monoprotic acid HA (acetic acid, for example) of molar concentration CA. Then, the number of moles (NA) of the acid in VA is: NA=VA*CA/1000.
Let's drop over the acid a certain number of moles (NB), of a strong monofunctional base (sodium hydroxide, for example), following the procedure by the titration coordinate, f(i)=NB/NA.
Let's change f(i) from 0 to 2 with increments of 0.05, resulting in a titration with 41 steps ( i =0, 1, 2,..., 40). Therefore, step 20 corresponds to the equivalence point.
From NB and the molar concentration of the base (CB), the total volume of the base (VB) at the end of each step is: VB=1000*NB/CB, so the total volume of the mixture (VT) is: VT=VA+VB. It follows that the total concentrations of acid and base in the mixture at the end of each titration step, supposing that have not yet reacted, are, respectively: AT=1000*NA/VT and BT=1000*NB/VT.
As the titration has 41 steps, we should work out a titration curve with 41 pH values, stored in the array pH(i), in function of f(i).
Before the equivalence point (0⋜ f(i) <1) the titration process obeys the equation:
[H3O+]3 + (Ka+BT) * [H3O+]2 + (KA*BT - Ka*AT - Kw)*[H3O+] - Ka*Kw = 0 (BEP)
where [H3O+] is the hydronium ion concentration, Ka the acid ionization constant and Kw the water ionic product. AT and BT were defined above. Of course, the only unknown is [H3O+].
Resolving this equation with the different values of AT and BT, the values of pH=- log [H3O+] are determined for the titration process before the equivalence point.
At equivalence point and afterwards (f(i) ⋝ 1):
a) when f(i)=1, NA moles of salt are formed; this is the equivalence point.
b) when f(i)>1, the NA moles of salt, and the NB-NA moles of base in excess have to be taken into account.
The concentrations of salt, and of the base in excess, are respectively: ST=1000*NA/VT and BE=1000*(NB-NA)/VT. The salt and the strong base are totally ionized. The salt, however, undergoes hydrolysis, except in the titrations of strong acids by strong bases; this is why the pH, at the equivalence point, is generally different from 7. The titration process for f(i) ⋝ 1 obeys the equation:
[H3O+]3 + (BE+ST+Ka) * [H3O+]2 - (KW-BE *Ka)*[H3O+] - Ka*Kw = 0 (EPAEP)
Resolving this equation with the values of ST and BE, the pH's are determined for the titration process at, and after the equivalence point.
A few computational detais
The equations are numerically solved by the method of successive bisections.
Once the pH at the equivalence point is determined, the appropriate indicator is chosen from a table included in the code. Both are displayed at the bottom of the plotting panel. The respective color change of the indicator is also displayed at the panel top.
The default variable values are for acetic acid (Ka=1.85E-5), with CA=0.10M, VA=50 cm3 and CB=0.10M.
The respective fields, however, can be edited. Try, for example, Ka=1E9 for a strong acid or/and change the values of the other variables. To this end, please Reset the simulation and actualize each new value by pressing the Return/Enter key.
The program has been tested in a wide range of Ka's: from 10- 10 (for very weak acids like hydrocyanic acid and phenol) to 109 (for very strong acids like hydrochloric and sulphuric acids). Nonetheless, if any inconsistency is found, please let us know.
- Incidentally, has the value of VA any influence on the titration results? Why?
- As the model is intended for strong bases, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) was chosen. Changing the name to another strong base, KOH for example, would it alter the results? Why?
- In textbooks, at least, the pH of a given solution is generally assumed as being between o and 14. Can it not be less than 0, or greater than 14? Why?
Finally, a suggestion: the code can be generalized to comprise weak bases and polifunctional acids and bases.
Derivation of model equations
Before the equivalence point (0⋜ f(i) <1), we have to consider the following chemical equilibria (eq):
HA + H2O ⇌ A- + H3O+ for which the acid ionization constant is defined:
Ka=[A-]eq [H3O+]eq/[HA]eq (1)
and the water auto-ionization
H2O + H2O ⇌ H3O+ + OH- for which the ionic product constant is defined:
Kw=[H3O+]eq [OH-]eq (2)
As the base (NaOH, for example) is strong, it is totally ionized and the OH-ions from it react with the H3O+ions from the acid. The species electrically charged are A- , H3O+,OH- and Na+. The total acid concentration in the mixture (AT, see Introduction) is:
AT = [HA]eq + [A-]eq (3)
Additionally, the number of positive charges must be equal to the number of negative ones (electroneutrality condition), so:
BT + [H3O+]eq =[A-]eq + [OH-]eq (4)
where BT is the total base concentration in the mixture (see Introduction).
From equations (1), (2), (3) and (4), by simple algebraic manipulation, it is easy to eliminate all [...]eq, excepting [H3O+]eq, leading to equation (BEP) of the Introduction:
As for the process at, and after the equivalence point (f(i) ⋝ 1), the salt (NaA), totally ionized, generally undergoes hydrolysis and the base in execess (NaOH) is also assumed completely ionized. Then, the chemical equilibria to be considered are:
A- + H2O ⇌ HA + OH-
for which the hydrolysis constant is defined:
Kh=[HA]eq [OH-]eq/[A-]eq = Kw/Ka (5)
and, again, the water auto-ionization and respective ionic product constant.
Now, the chemical balances are:
ST=[A-]eq + [HA]eq (6)
BE+ST+[H3O+]eq = [OH-]eq + [A-]eq (7)
being the last the electroneutrality condition. BE and ST (see Introduction) are, respectively, the concentration of the salt at the equivalence point and the concentration of the base in excess.
Subtracting equations (6) and (7):
[HA]eq = [OH-]eq - [H3O+]eq - BE (8)
Now, eliminating all [...]eq but [H3O+]eq from equations (2), (5), (7) and (8), leads to equation (EPAEP) of the Introduction:
Method of successive bisections
In order to work out the roots of the continuous algebraic equations of the model by the bisection method, it is necessary to make an initial guess of the intervals of the hydrogen ion concentration, (X1,X2), where the roots can be found. In the present particular case, such a guess is made from the very physical conditions of the problem. Indeed, the only interesting roots are real and positive and are between well-defined limits.
The minimum of the interval, X1, is always X1=0 for there are no negative concentrations. As for he maximum of the interval, X2, before the equivalence point, a good guess is:
X2=AT + (Kw)1/2
that corresponds to the virtual complete ionization of the acid, taking also into account the hydrogen ions from the water auto-ionization.
At, and after the equivalence point X2 is not greater than 10- 7 for the acid has been completely neutralized and the pH is between 7 ([H3O+]=10- 7) and ≈14 ([H3O+]=10- 14). So, a good guess is X2=10- 7.
Once the initial interval is set up, its middle point is:
xm=(X1+X2)/2
Then, a search proceeds in order to determine the subinterval (X1,xm) or (xm,X2) where the root remains. This is done by the well-known theorem of mathematical analysis: "if a continous function f(x) has a unique root in the interval (x1,x2) then f(x1)*f(x2) < 0". Such result is intuitive: when the plot of a function intersepts the x-axis at a point (the root) the function changes its sign.
Now, if the root is in (X1,xm) then X2=xm; else X1=xm. The successive bisections go on until the lenght of the interval |X1-X2| is less than a pre-defined tolerance value where the iterations stop. Then, the root value is assumed to be (X1+X2)/2.
Setting up and Performing a Titration by CarolinaBiological
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Methods of Escape: Ahmad and Warren G.
Ahmad and Warren G are wildly dissimilar new Southern California rappers who sail in on their showbiz connections--Ahmad's with Kendal Gordy, the Berry scion turned hip-hop pop-pup who's said to have discovered the South Central youth after he was bussed to high school in Pacific Palisades; Warren G's with Dr. Dre, who supposedly discovered his kid half-brother along with the brother's potna Snoop Dogg when he needed music for a party. As it happens, their respective debuts--Ahmad, on Giant, and Regulate . . . G Funk Era, on Violator/RAS--are the only 1994 rap albums to do it for me with the year half gone. But I'm obliged to point out that these aren't what you'd call with-it choices, especially in these parts, where Nas's austere, estimable Illmatic is counted the thinking man's answer to the gangsta menace--a menace perceived as regional first, musical second, and philosophical maybe. Illmatic is loved most of all for proving that New York ain't over. Immersed in the hard, uninviting beats of the East Coast style, its grimly articulate lyrics devoid of shoot-'em-up sensationalism, it could have come from heaven, not least because its grace won't touch the unsaved. And when it gets tired you can change up with the hipper production and duller rhymes of Jeru the Damaja's equally subculture-specific The Sun Rises in the East.
Up against such role models, many locals would say Ahmad is barely hip hop at all, and some would level the same charge at Regulate . . . G Funk Era--they're more like "rap," the "soft," "sellout" product into which the record industry and its dupes have supposedly transmuted an authentic street music. Although some fools dismiss him as a Dre clone, Warren G fits the strange new stereotype of the cooled-out gatslinger riding phat beats to flavor-of-the-monthdom: calling card on the Poetic Justice soundtrack, major move on Above the Rim's cross-promotional device, solo album No. 2 SoundScan out of the box. Ahmad, on the other hand, is so embarrassingly willing to please that his May 24 album has yet to chart behind its late-breaking prereleased single, "Back in the Day." If it weren't for the song about holding up the minimart you'd think he still believes Kid 'n Play represent a viable sales strategy--still believes there are young rap fans out there who want to look soft. I hope the videos make him as commercial as he wants to be. But I wouldn't be altogether surprised if Ahmad ended up proving once again how meaningless a concept commercial is.
By an odd coincidence, or maybe not, the lead cuts on the two albums tell pretty much the same story: rapper gets jacked, gets away, and gets laid. The main difference is method of escape. In "Freak," Ahmad skedaddles, disappearing down an alley where he finds the very party he's been unable to locate all night, while Warren is in much deeper shit until his homeboy Nate Dogg tracks him down, pulls out his strap, and makes "some bodies turn cold." In other words, Ahmad plays a self-sufficient teenager running from trouble, Warren a tough guy backed up by an even tougher subculture. And of course, these images don't just depend on rhymes--Ahmad's clever and scattershot, Warren's concrete and succinct. They're music, always music. Although Warren is stuck with his overrated big brother for life, "Regulate" is lither and subtler than anything on The Chronic, which established the parameters of an engaging groove more gifted artists are now free to fill out. Alternating Warren G's nonchalant undertone with Nate Dogg's chilly singsong, hooking off a whistled tune that could be a lookout's signal and keyb chords that evoke one of Steely Dan's perverse excursions, "Regulate" creates an atmosphere that's simultaneously clean and sleazy, relaxed and ominous, posh and spare. As for "Freak," I haven't heard a more enjoyable piece of music all year.
One of two non-Gordy tracks on Ahmad, "Freak" is so unfashionably frantic, so densely joyous, so neo-African in its layered vocal polyrhythms and so classic-American in its breathless forward motion, that I had to find out how it was made. I was especially curious about the basso-dancehall "Freak freak everybody" that clinches the chorus, one of those crucial snatches that sampling was invented for. When I talked to Ahmad, however, I learned it wasn't sampled at all. The toaster is Ahmad, grunting well below his natural register--Brian C. Walls's live-to-the-computer bassline sounded Jamaican to him, so he provided "something that complemented it." All in all the kid jammed some 50 tracks into "Freak," with more vocal parts than I can count articulating, embroidering, and tangling the beat--his breakneck rap, his dancehall impression, the girls going "She did the freak," the girls going "doo-doo-dada" or something a little further down, various cries, murmurs, and cross-comments below that. And then there's the rest of the album.
No way I'm gonna tell you anything else here matches my fave, but that doesn't mean his handlers' definition of people-friendly isn't savvier than mine. "Back in the Day," a charmer in which a teenager waxes nostalgic about his youth, is Ahmad's idea of a slow groove, and the fast funk of the designated follow-up, "Touch the Ceiling," seeks its fortune with the same busy, cheerful, vigorous uncool that animates "We Want the Funk," "Can I Party?" and "The Palladium"; in today's sound environment, the attendant horn and synth dissonances are about as off-putting as a splash of aftershave. Ahmad's long, excitable, word-stuffed phrases bespeak a kid who always colored outside the lines--they're about desire rather than control, so eager to get over you hate to think what will become of him if they don't. With typical offhand sass, Ahmad likes to call himself a "niggaroe"; he's got too much integrity or naiveté disguise a self-starter's ambition as a thug's greed. He will turn 19 in October.
In case you were wondering, Ahmad doesn't claim he robbed that minimart himself. The song is an explicit fiction, its protagonist a kid who did the crime so he wouldn't get slammed by the neighborhood bad guys, and given Ahmad's street credentials it'll probably prove as futile as most of rap's cautionary tales. Nevertheless, there are signs that even in a teen culture where pretending to be hard may not be a matter of life and death but for damn sure is the easiest way to avoid looking like a geek, most poor black kids would just as soon grow up into the "Ordinary People" who are the heroes of another of Ahmad's sweetly conceived but not quite convincing message songs. In Nas, in Jeru the Damaja, in veteran Compton rookie Coolio, there's a post- if not antigangsta mood afoot, and although it makes sense to slot it as part marketing ploy and part formal inevitability, it also makes sense to figure that we've yet to reach the point where the average adolescent male, ghetto-bound or not, would just as soon smoke your ass as look at you. One fascinating thing about the Warren G album is how it negotiates this development.
I understand that there's no point arguing with The Chronic. You hear it or you don't, and although I'm not the only one who thinks the thing builds its myth off a few jeepbeats and a worldwide stupidity epidemic, we're definitely a minority among those who care at all. Still, I must report Regulate . . . G Funk Era a more satisfying album in every category except rap style itself, where the content-free (when we're lucky) Mr. Snoop has no serious competition on either record. But that's not to grant parity to the principals--Dr. Dre's clumsy arrogance is manifest every time he opens his mouth, whereas his brother has his own languid, tentative voice, a voice perfectly completed by Nate Dogg's singsong. With Nate's minitunes backing him up, Warren G's music is catchier, always a plus when crossover is your mission in life, and this may be why I find his grooves more redolent as well. Then again, it could be the unlooped basslines he favors. Or maybe it's just the lifestyle that's projected onto them. The Chronic's brutality is both generalized and unrationalized, boiling down to a collection of empty threats. Regulate is more specific--and also a little more defensive.
In the title tune, remember, Nate Dogg only draws his gun when Warren's life is in danger, and the next song, "Do You See," explains the choices they've made. "You don't see what I see/Every day as Warren G/You don't hear what I hear/But it's so hard to live through these years," goes the chorus, while the verses describe a scary-warm world: "Another sunny day, another bright blue sky/Another day another motherfucker die." Take him at his word and it's not hard to see why he pumps gangsta rap as an improvement over gangsta period--the dopeslinging and gangbanging he says he left behind. The progress, if that's what it is, is barely incremental--guns show up in five of the 12 songs, not always as defensive weapons, and bitches-and-ho's get verbally smacked on the usual continual basis, with yeast and halitosis added to the ever-lengthening list of their crimes against humanity. But some combination of insinuating music and verbal detail render Warren G's world more seductive and more frightening than competing gangsta fantasylands--a bona fide guilty pleasure.
If Ahmad defines himself as just another niggaroe, Warren G likes to call himself the G-Child, spiritual heir to George Clinton's StarChild, and though the "child" probably just exploits his kid-brother relationship to Dre, the association is eerie. Warren Griffin would have been a very young Clinton fan, just the right age to have gotten the funk as a geepie, which is what the P-Funk mob used to call the subteenaged target market of Bootsy's Rubber Band. The geepies seemed a visionary concept at the time, and they were, but nobody envisioned a world in which these young fun-seekers, although imbued with Bootsy's childlike hope and properly and humorously warned off booze and dope, would come to regard Warren G as normal and Ahmad as a throwback. Puritans and neoconservatives would claim that this was at least partly the fault of the art--that musicians like Clinton allowed these gullible children far too much latitude, seduced them into growing up too soon. I'd counter that it proves how quickly artistic hopes get bulldozed under by material realities. Which is one more reason to root for a real world, which in this case equals a pop world, that still has room for Ahmad as well as Warren G.
Village Voice, July 12, 1994
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Tightening title battle moves to Belfast
Ice Cross Downhill World Championship - Third Stop - Red Bull Crashed Ice
Northern Ireland hosts its first Ice Cross Downhill race with a stop in Belfast on February 21 that could help make the sport popular across the nation of fearless athletes and fun-loving fans.
BELFAST (Northern Ireland) – The 2015 Ice Cross Downhill World Championship battle is shaping up to be the most exciting ever with a different winner at every race so far. The world’s fastest sport on skates will move to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the first time with the competition in front of the dazzling white facade of the city’s iconic Parliament Buildings at Stormont.
Scott Croxall is riding high after winning the first race of his sterling seven-year career in Helsinki on February 7, a victory that turned the championship battle into a wide-open five-way battle. The Canadian is confident that he can keep the momentum going in Belfast after ending a jinx in the finals that saw him come up empty-handed in astonishing 13 finals appearances before Helsinki. His brother Kyle Croxall (1737.5 points), who won the season opener in Saint Paul, saw his overall championship lead shrink as defending champion Marco Dallago of Austria (1612.5) took second in Helsinki and moved into second place overall just ahead of Canada’s Dean Moriarity (1560), Scott Croxall (1515) and American Cameron Naasz in fifth (1412).
“We’re all really excited about the race in Belfast,” said Scott Croxall after his maiden win in Helsinki. He added the riders were looking forward to racing on a unique new track built in front of the Parliament Buildings. “The track design looks like one of the best courses we’ve ever seen,” he said, referring to the track that is almost completely linear and passes on a massive bridge next to the 12-foot high Lord Carson Statue shortly before the sprint finish. The Ice Cross Downhill athletes will be competing in the Riders Cup in Jyväskylä, Finland – a competition designed “by riders for riders” – on February 14 and will then travel to the third Red Bull Crashed Ice stop of the eight-race season
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The Javataza Story originates in the beautiful foothills of the Chirripo Mountains of southern Costa Rica. This is a tropical area, often covered in thick fog that rolls down off the mountain and envelops the rural communities nestled around its base. It is here that Mennonites from North America, including our parents settled in among the local Ticos (another name for Costa Ricans). As children of self-supported “missionary” families, we had to work hard on our farms, helping our dads milk cows and make cheese. But Costa Rican life isn’t all hard work. We spent many hours roaming the tropical foothills or sitting in the shade of banana trees alongside our Tico neighbors, eating local fruits and sipping on freshly roasted coffee from the surrounding coffee farms.
In 1995, Nat Yoder started growing his own coffee, getting firsthand experience with the challenges of being a small farmer in a global, cutthroat industry. Sitting in the shade of the banana trees, conversations with his neighbors would often turn to the challenges and frustrations of relying on coffee as a primary source of livelihood. It was out of these experiences that the Javataza dream began to form.
In 2000 Nat approached Leland, who was settled back in the United States, with the idea of developing a coffee company that would directly sell the coffee from the farms in Costa Rica. We were convinced that our Costa Rican coffee was too good to be selling on the mass market only to be mixed in with inferior coffees and sold in global markets. The coffee from the Chirripo Mountains in Costa Rica could stand on its own. We set out to prove this with the founding of the Classic Costa Rica Coffee Company. Corey, the third partner in this venture, had grown up in Costa Rica also and was already a partner with Leland in other businesses, so it was a no-brainer for him to join us.
It didn’t take long before Nat and Leland were driving through central Tennessee in a black Chevy car with big “Classic Costa Rica Coffee” magnets on the side. We were armed with bags of roasted coffee and a passionate vision for sustainable coffee farming, fair trade, positive global impact, and traceability. We soon found out though, that the owners of country stores in middle Tennessee didn’t really care about these new-fangled ideas. As one store owner said, “All I want to know is if people like the coffee, and how much money I can make on it.”
Well, people did like the coffee and store owners could make money on it. So, we started shipping coffee from Costa Rica to Leland, in Texas. These first years were fairly hectic as we tried to get systems in place for our coffee company and buyers on board. One of our favorite stories out of this time encapsulates this era well. It happened while Leland was driving a pickup truck on I35, loaded down with a shipment of fresh-roasted coffee from Costa Rica. Somehow, a 100 lb. box of this precious cargo flew off the pickup truck and landed right on the interstate. Before Leland could rescue it, a car plowed into the box, throwing a dark cloud of coffee beans high in the air. The traffic continued to speed buy, grinding up the coffee as they drove over it. If it would have been raining at the time, that would have been one of the largest batches of coffee every brewed.
In 2006, we did a company overhaul, changing our name to Javataza Coffee. At the same time, we also purchased a computerized profile roaster so we could start roasting coffee stateside. This enabled us to provide fresher coffee with a more consistent roast to our customers. We hoped these changes would help us go from limping along to a thriving company. But, it was still tough sledding.
Finally, in 2008, we took a hard, honest look at why Javataza existed. Up until then we had approached the business more as a hobby. This wasn’t sustainable for the long haul. We had two options: Either give up the whole thing, or, go all in. We went all in.
We started focusing more on ensuring everybody involved was receiving value from our company, from the farmers to the end user. We simplified our selling points, improved our marketing materials, and created more competitive pricing. God blessed these efforts and it didn’t take long to go from slugging along to running at full speed trying to keep up with demand.
In 2010, our vision of generously serving coffee farmers became a greater reality as we expanded and began buying coffee from Honduras and Guatemala. Since then Javataza Coffee Company has continued to grow every year, allowing us to buy more coffee and provide a sustainable living for more farmers in Central America.
In 2017, we made another big change by moving our roasting operations and headquarters from Texas to Pennsylvania. This was the prelude to a company-wide facelift that we started in 2018. Partnering with an experienced marketing company, we completely rebranded with a cleaner, modern look and launched a state-of-the-art website. This was an effort to keep our company relevant in a highly-competitive, ever-changing market. We do this because we are as committed as ever to our mission of sustainable coffee practices based on the values of Jesus. The coffee world needs this vision and we are privileged to be able to make a difference by selling coffee.
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Google Transparency report: increasing trend of government censorship
By EDRi · June 20, 2012
Deutsch: [Google Transparenzbericht: Staatliche Zensur nimmt zu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Google_Transparenzbericht_Staatliche_Zensur_nimmt_zu?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620]
According to Google’s latest bi-annual transparency report covering the
July-December 2011 period, the number of governmental requests for
users’ private data and content taking down has continued to grow.
The report shows the situation for each country separately and refers to
the requests received from judiciary and executive power authorities,
the request for content removal related to copyright infringements being
dealt with separately.
Thus, the total number of requests has reached 11 936 in the second half
of 2011 as compared with 9 600 in the same period in 2010 and 8 959 in
the second half of 2009.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency, for instance, has made 14 requests
for content removal, most of them related to results leading to blogs or
websites that referred to political or public people. The agency has
also requested the elimination of three blogs hosted by Blogger and 3
video clips from YouTube. Google has however refused to comply with
the requests which had no court support, considering them as
governmental censorship.
In Poland the Agency for Development of Businesses had demanded the
search engine to delete a search result that was not favourable to the
Agency and 8 other links that were pointing to this result.
In France, the state demanded the deletion of 61 content pieces by 31
requests, most of them for defamatory content or pornography on YouTube.
Google’s report is giving the number of requests the company complied
with or rejected making a distinction between the judicial requests and
the administrative ones. “There are several reasons why we do not comply
with certain requests. Some of them may be specific enough so that we
may know what the government wants us to suppress”.
Google policy analyst Dorothy Chou has stated for Forbes that Google
requires certain criteria for the requests. These must be submitted in a
written form, have to come from an appropriate agency, must cite a
criminal case and have to be narrow enough regarding the number of users
that they affect and the time frame of data that is requested. ”We want
to show that we’re advocating on your behalf. But we also want to do
right by the spirit and letter of the law,” says Chou.
Google considers as alarming the fact that even countries considered
democratic, such as Spain, France, Poland, UK, US or Canada have
increased their requests related to political expressions.
“We noticed that government agencies from different countries would
sometimes ask us to remove political content that our users had posted
on our services. We hoped this was an aberration. But now we know it’s
not. Just like every other time before, we’ve been asked to take down
political speech. It’s alarming not only because free expression is at
risk, but because some of these requests come from countries you might
not suspect—Western democracies not typically associated with
censorship,” stated Chou.
Google Transparency Report for July-December 2011
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/government/
Google denounces an alarming level of governmental censorship (only in
French, 18.06.2012)
À lire sur Numerama : Google dénonce un niveau « alarmant » de censure gouvernementale
Google refuses the removal of the links that the Protection of Data
requires (only in Spanish, 18.06.2012)
U.S. Government Requests For Google Users’ Private Data Jump 37% In One
Year (17.06.2012)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/06/17/u-s-government-
requests-for-google-users-private-data-spike-37-in-one-year/
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Why Ted Turner is big on bison
He's been called "Captain Outrageous," "The Mouth of the South," and this month, Ted Turner turns 75. Learn more about the founder of 24-hour news: Watch "Ted Turner: The Maverick Man" on CNN Sunday 7 p.m. ET.
"Eat it to save it" may seem like a counterintuitive strategy for preserving an uncommon species, but it may be key to their survival. It's a rallying cry for advocacy groups like Slow Food, activists and chefs who believe that the loss of biodiversity in our diets is a recipe for disaster. CNN founder Ted Turner is at the forefront of the movement, with his campaign to acclimate American palates to bison meat.
As chef Jay Pierce wrote in an Eatocracy op-ed, "If you want to preserve the taste of heirloom produce varieties, such as Arkansas Black, Newtown Pippin, and Ginger Gold apples, for future generations, you must buy them and eat them or the mechanics of capitalism will instruct farmers that there is no room in the marketplace for their product, and they will move on to something else, like Granny Smith or Red Delicious Apples or sub-divided exurban residential plots.
He continued, "The same principle applies to Purple Cherokee tomatoes, Lady Cream peas, Cushaw squash, sorghum, and more. The tastes will be lost, the flavors hybridized out of existence in an effort to prolong shelf-life and increase shippability from distant corners of the globe. Our tastes will be homogenized and, I think, our lives less full and rich."
Farmer Joe Henderson takes that tactic with Randall Lineback cows, a heritage breed with an ancestry dating back almost 400 years to colonial America. He told CNN, "Every endangered species must have a purpose to survive, and this animal’s job is [being] 520 lbs of meat to some of the greatest chefs in the world and ending up on your plate."
While bison is no longer in danger of extinction, as it had been well into the 20th century, it's still not exactly a standard item on most people's shopping list or popping up on fast food and corner burger joints' menus. Ted Turner would like to change that.
The 75-year-old CNN founder has the world's biggest bison herd, with 55,000 head living on his 2 million acres spread over 28 properties, including 17 ranches in Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota, as well as in Argentina, making him the second second biggest landowner in North America. Since 2002, he has opened 44 Ted's Montana Grill restaurants in 16 states, with a menu featuring bison nachos, bison chili, bison pot roast, bison short ribs, bison meatloaf, bison steaks and signature burgers - available with either beef or, you guessed it, bison meat.
To Turner, this is more than a culinary choice - it's a calling. Bison are the largest land mammal in North America, with bulls weighing up to 2,000 pounds and cows up to 1,000 pounds. And their grazing is said to be beneficial to the environment, both with the aerating and re-seeding action of their hooves, and the copious amounts of waste material (a.k.a. "fertilizer) they leave behind. Advocates also tout the health benefits of bison meat: it's grass fed, leaner than beef, raised without hormones and treated with limited antibiotics.
Turner's efforts to attune the American palate to the pleasures of bison meat have met with success, helping to pull the breed back from the brink of extinction, but there's still a good deal of work to do. In the wake of the recent early blizzards that felled cattle 70,000 head of cattle in the Western states, heavily-furred and adaptable bison fared just fine in the cold weather. As a recent CNN article notes, "Turner suggested sending a few bison calves out to the cattle ranchers who were hit hardest by the storm. He didn't see it as charity. He viewed it as a smart business move."
But not everyone is aboard the bison train. Montana senators introduced multiple anti-bison bills to the state Senate, allowing among other things, livestock officials to exterminate all wild bison and landowners to kill any bison that sets foot on private property, largely citing concerns from farmers who found their land threatened. (Turner's bison are ranch raised.)
“Why do you want to spread this creeping cancer, these woolly tanks, around the state of Montana? We’ve got zero tolerance left in our bones,” said state senator John Brenden.
All 14 bills were defeated.
Turner still has another battle to face in getting the American public to forego their familiar beef in favor of this big, fuzzy beast. Learn more about Turner's philosophy - and cooking techniques - in the video above, and let us know where you stand on bison.
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Mick Robinson
I have had the privilege of eating bison meat on occasion. It is very good and comparable to beef. I doubt if most people could tell the difference if not told about it first.
June 5, 2014 at 5:06 pm |
AleeD®
Eaten it rare and can't tell a difference between it and beef. Good sheet mon.
November 21, 2013 at 6:52 am |
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Beef and Bison are BOTH tasty
November 20, 2013 at 10:02 am |
Bison burgers are good! Less fat than beef and much better tasting than turkey burgers
Bison filets are the best meat I ever had. They are lean and delicous with minimal seasoning (only needs salt and pepper-nothing else!) My first try was at one of Ted's restaurants (Ted please bring more locations to Ohio!) and I was hooked. I have found a local buffalo farm to buy steaks, burgers and roasts. it's leaner than chicken and doesn't have all the disease and hormones that commercial chickens do. I HIGHLY recommend that everyone give it a try. YUM!!!!!!!
Moe Wright
There is a lot more to this. I expect zero clicks, but this is the truth about bison: http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/
Hell yes I'd eat it. I've had Bison burgers before-yummy!
ryry
whelp, id eat that sh!t and would like to thank ted turner for showing me that such hairy beasts can be so tasty.
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Making the Holodomor Memorial: Context & Questions
8am - Sunday, July 10, 2022
Kibel Gallery
Architecture Building (145 ARC)
Photo courtesy of Anice Hoachlander.
A priest and MAPP lecturer attend the Holodomor Memorial: Context & Questions, Kibel Gallery exhibit. Photo courtesy of Jelena Dakovic.
Like much of the rest of the world, our Maryland community is struggling to comprehend the confusing and fearful events happening this week in Ukraine. The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation invites students, faculty and staff seeking a quiet place for reflection to visit our exhibit, "Making the Holodomor Memorial: Context & Questions", currently on display in our Kibel Gallery. The gallery, located on the lower level, is open today (02.25.22) and will remain open through the weekend and beyond.
AS OF JULY 10, 2022, THE EXHIBITION IS CLOSED.
Whose truth? How do we mark loss? Why here? Why now?
From 1932 to 1933 Josef Stalin’s communist government engineered and exploited a wheat shortage to starve millions of Ukrainians to death as the regime swept away small farms for a system of collective agriculture. The genocide was denied by the Soviet Union and largely overlooked in the West as Ukrainians struggled to make it part of accepted history. Finally, in 2015, The Holodomor Memorial, a tribute to the victims that was designed by University of Maryland MAPP alumna Larysa Kurylas, was unveiled in downtown Washington.
This exhibition explores how this memorial came to be and how to interpret its significance. The perimeter walls trace its development from design competition to construction—the interplay between Ukrainian-Americans who pressed for a memorial, architects and engineers who designed it, government staffers who reviewed it and artisans who built it.
Artifacts on display include the winning design competition drawings and model, the actual wheat used to create the digital model, several molds from which parts of the bas-relief were cast and a one-fifth scale model of the sculpture.
Nooks in the gallery’s center provide space for reflecting on the tragedy and on the broader questions of propaganda, official lies, the role of memorials in contesting historical truth and commemorating loss and why and which memorials are built in a particular place, in this case, Washington, D.C.
By telling this story and showing the process of making a public memorial, the exhibition raises critical issues about memory, loss, place and truth—context and questions that surround all memorial-making and which are the themes that will be explored in our upcoming symposium, Marking Loss, Making Memorials.
Upcoming Event: Symposium: Marking Loss, Making Memorials, November 10, 2021
Past Event: Larysa Kurylas (B. ARCH '80) the design architect and sculptor of the National Holodomor Memorial, lectured on the memorial design and the challenges of conveying loss in built form.
Kibel Gallery Talk: Making the Memorial
Symposium: Marking Loss, Making Memorials
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VOA Story about Holodomor Memorial Exhibit (in Ukrainian, minute 7:12)
Kibel Gallery Opening Presentation Photos by Bruce Guthrie.
Kibel Gallery Exhibition Photos by Bruce Guthrie.
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HomeFeaturedFirst Voter of Independent India Passes Away At 106
First Voter of Independent India Passes Away At 106
SHIMLA, (IANS) – Shyam Saran Negi, 106, the first voter of independent India who cast his 34th vote for the forthcoming Assembly polls a few days ago, passed away at his native place Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh on November 5 his family said.
He will be cremated with full state honors, said Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq.
Negi cast his vote on November 2 in the Kinnaur Assembly constituency.
As per official records, he had voted in the 1951-52 general elections, the country’s first.
“I have never missed an opportunity to cast my vote since India got its independence in 1947 and I am happy to vote this time too,” Negi had said in after exercising his franchise.
Election officials said on earlier occasions Negi always went to the nearest polling station to cast the vote. Like on previous occasions, the centenarian had requested the young voters to actively participate in the democratic exercise to get their representatives at the helm.
A staunch believer in democracy, the centenarian never failed to cast his vote in any election, be it Lok Sabha, Assembly, or panchayat.
In 1951, Negi, a retired schoolteacher, was on election duty and had exercised his franchise in Chini constituency, later renamed Kinnaur.
Back then, voting in the snow-bound areas of the mountain state was held ahead of other places in the country.
Negi, who hails from the tribal district of Kinnaur, exercised his right to franchise for the 34th time for the 14th Vidhan Sabha Elections through postal ballot at his home.
Born in July 1917, Negi voted 16 times in Lok Sabha elections. He is also a state election icon since 2014.
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Doha, Qatar - The President of Liberia, Dr. George Manneh Weah will on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 deliver the Keynote Address of the 13th Edition of the International Peace and Sports Forum in Monaco.
President Weah who departed Doha, Qatar on November 29, 2022 arrived in Monaco via Paris on November 30, 2022.
The 15th edition of the Peace and Sports Forum is being held under the patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and runs from November 30 2022 through December 1, 2022.
The Liberian Leader is expected to stress the importance of peace and Sports in unifying the world as well as lauding the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for supporting Liberia presently and during Liberia's civil war.
Disrupted by the resurgence of international conflicts, the 2022 Forum will bring together experts from all over the world and to be held under the theme "Sports is an answer for Peace".
According to the organizers, President Weah was overwhelmingly chosen as Keynote Speaker based on his commitment to promoting the crucial role of sports at the international level and in Africa as a tool to unite the peoples and nations is well renowned.
"As a football icon and Head of State, your vision to bring unity, reconciliation, and prosperity to Liberia in a balanced and inclusive manner is even more powerful and showed an example for not only other political leaders but also top-level athletes in the world", the organizers said in a letter to the Liberian Chief Executive.
Additionally, the organizers noted "your participation in this unique worldwide and neutral event at the end of the year would efficiently contribute to concluding in an impactful way the Liberian Bi-centennial celebration this year".
On December 1, 2022, Dr. Weah will hold bilateral discussion with the Prince of Monaco, H.S.H Prince Albert II.
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jazz telemotions concert: a networked trio concert
conrad prebys hall ucsd and uci
• scenic design
mark dresser, myra melford, and michael dessen
Telematic video-john crawford
Jazz Telemotions: A Networked Trio Concert
7 pm Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Main concert site: Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego, CA
Remote site: eMedia Studio, Calit2 Building, UC Irvine, CA
Mark Dresser, bass (UCSD)
Myra Melford, piano (UCSD)
Michael Dessen, trombone (UCI)
Victoria Petrovich, scenic design (UCSD)
John Crawford, telematic video (UCI)
http://www.calit2.uci.edu/calit2-newsroom/itemdetail.aspx?cguid=98159d19-6fde-40fe-ac79-6e6555f79d3e
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/2011/jul/20/uc-presents-brave-new-world-of-telematics/
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* Scores for improvisers based on drawings by Don Reich
Production Assistants:
Ash Smith - Camera operator and video assistant
Omar Ramos - Lighting design and video assistant
Danny Shapira - Network Audio
Nick Patin - Local Audio (UCSD)
Special thanks: UCSD Music Department, UCSD Academic Senate, Jenn Stauffer, Trevor Henthorn, Tom Erbe, CRCA, Calit2 UC San Diego, Calit2 UC Irvine, UCI Music Department, UCI Dance Department, Mike Hooker, Chris Dobrian
We are part of a community of artists using internet technologies to facilitate real-time, collaborative concerts in multiple locations, a practice often termed "telematic" performance. Consumer products such as Skype are increasingly common, and in many ways telepresence is already widespread in our culture. We are interested in performing with high quality audio and video connections, which we are privileged to access thanks to Internet2 networks and other forms of support at our academic institutions. More than simply refining ways to use these tools to perform our music, we also want to create new artistic works that explore the potentials of this telematic space.
Our main audio technology is the open source JackTrip software developed at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), which allows multi-channel, CD-quality audio with extremely low latency. Using JackTrip, we have performed across continents and oceans, in which case the delay in sound can often be substantial. However, within a few hundred miles or less, as in tonight's concert, the latency is often at nearly imperceptible levels, allowing us to play rhythmically complex music with tight synchrony.
Over the course of producing many telematic concerts, we have also realized the importance of the visual dimension for events involving remote performers, and so we have increasingly sought out collaborators in video and other visual media. Thanks to the contributions of intermedia artist John Craword and scenic designer Victoria Petrovich, tonight's concert is among the most visually complex and creative that we have experienced to date. Crawford brings many years of work in telepresence and intermedia improvisation in both dance and musical contexts, and Petrovich's scenic design moves beyond the the flatness and centrality of the screen, instead creating a more multi-dimensional and integrated environment.
Tonight's projected video is a real-time improvised response to the music in visual form, generated by John Crawford's Active Space interactive media performance system. Live video feeds are processed simultaneously by multiple networked computers running the Active Space software at both sites and directed by Crawford in Irvine to produce abstract, painterly representations of the performers, interleaved with drawings by Don Reich. In continuous development since 1994, the Active Space system has been used in dance and music performances, public art projects, gallery installations and teaching environments.
The stage design at the UC San Diego site is a small-scale exploration of scenic space as an expressive, flexible component of the telematic performance environment. Translucent screens are meant to integrate with the environment, and evoke a sense of expansion and an articulation of atmosphere through the diffusion and direction of light, i.e. video projection. The intention is to enhance the performance, rather than present a faithful reproduction of imagery on a traditional film screen.
The music you will hear in tonight's performance was developed through a highly collaborative process that spannned nine months. As composer-improvisers with a shared affinity for jazz and other exploratory traditions, our work is already profoundly collaborative, as is the telematic medium itself. While many musicians are naturally dubious about telematic performance, we conceive it not as a replacement of conventional practices but rather a supplement to them, a practice rich with its own possibilities that will hopefully become available to more people in the future.
We began monthly telematic rehearsals in September of 2009, working from our three UC campuses (San Diego, Irvine and Berkeley). The fact that we could rehearse from our home campuses allowed us to workshop the musical material in a very gradual and organic way, compared to many other projects involving travel where the rehearsal period is more compressed. The rehearsals also provided regular practice playing together in the telematic space, which in turn influenced the gradually unfolding compositions.
This music grows out of our past work together in both telematic and non-telematic contexts. It reflects our common interest in integrating approaches that emphasize pitch and rhythmic syntax with those that come more from a deep focus on the tactile subtleties of sound itself. Many pieces also involve a sensation of multi-dimensionality, exploring the dynamic contrasts - whether simultaneously or across time - between expressing a vibrantly independent sound world and flowing within a composite, social space. This counterpoint of convergence and divergence, individual and collective, is of course an ancient musical concern, and one we experience profoundly in the legacies of jazz. We feel that telematics can offer newly compelling experiences of these and other questions that fuel our artistic practice, and we hope that the resulting music resonates with you tonight.
*Program notes by Michael Dessen with contributions from Mark Dresser, John Crawford and Victoria Petrovich.
**To view and listen to a segment of the concert:
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Iron Stakes Win Boundary Line Dispute Over Deed Descriptions
Published on: December 5, 2015 | by J. Ross Pepper
Any Tennessee boundary line case will most likely turn into a classic “battle of the experts” where both parties use a surveyor as their expert witness. In cases where both parties have reputable surveyors, how does the court pick the winner?
A boundary line case which recently reached the Court of Appeals of Tennessee provides some solid insight into how a Tennessee court will approach and decide a boundary line dispute where two surveyors come to different conclusions. The case, Haddad Family Partnership v. Pouncey, involved the following facts:
The Pouncey property, about 430 acres of farmland, lay directly to the north of the Haddad property, about 208 acres of farmland
A field road was located on the north part of the Haddad property, and the Haddad family always considered the field road and everything south of it to be their property
According to Pouncey, the field road, over the years, had been moved north and was located on his property
A dispute arose and both parties hired surveyors
The Haddad family used a surveyor named Erwin
Pouncey used a surveyor named Van Boals
Erwin concluded that the field road was on the Haddad property
Van Boals determined that the field road was on the Pouncey property
The discrepancy between the surveys of Erwin and Van Boals was significant – – – almost 50 feet
To determine the correct boundary line, Erwin did the following:
He examined the deeds of the Haddad property and adjoining properties and created a computer generated title map based on the legal descriptions of the properties in the deeds
He discovered that the latest Haddad deed was incomplete because it included a specific bearing and distance for only three sides of the Haddad property
He determined that, because of that, the Haddad deed contained an error of closure of 622 feet
Even though there was an error of closure, Erwin determined that each of the deeds from 1910 forward called for the north line of the Haddad property to be common with the south line of the Dunlap Estate which was the predecessor to the Pouncey property
Erwin went to the Haddad property to find any markers, and he found several iron stakes
Erwin found two iron stakes which marked the northwest corner of the Haddad property and the southwest corner of the Pouncey property
Erwin decided to survey the Pouncey property (in addition to the Haddad property) because the latest Haddad deed was incomplete
The Pouncey deed called for an iron stake in a lake, and Erwin located it with a metal detector in three feet of water
To determine the boundary line, Van Boals decided to ignore the iron stakes. His reasoning for ignoring them was that he was unsure of who had set them. Instead of using the iron stakes, Van Boals followed the measurements in the Haddad deed. Furthermore, Van Boals never surveyed the Pouncey property because, according to him, he was trying to locate the northern end of the Haddad property.
The trial court, the Chancery Court for Tipton County, found that Erwins’ survey was correct. The trial court noted its concern that Van Boals relied on distances in the deed rather than on the existing iron stake which marked a corner of the Haddad property. Presumably, this was a key factor in its decision. The Court of Appeals of Tennessee affirmed the finding of the trial court, and noted that Van Boals had ignored all of the iron stakes in making his survey.
In affirming, the court of appeals observed that, in resolving the boundary line dispute, the trial court had followed the correct priority. In Tennessee, a court should consider the following, in the following order, when resolving a boundary line dispute:
natural objects or landmarks
artificial objects or landmarks
the boundary lines of adjacent properties
the courses and distances contained in relevant deeds
It is clear from the court’s opinion that Van Boals ignored the iron stakes, which should have been given priority over the measurements in the deed upon which he relied. It appears to have been a case where Van Boals knew that he had to ignore the iron stakes, or at least one of them, to get to the result his client wanted, and he did just that. It also appears that neither the trial court, nor the appeals court, believed that he had a good reason to ignore the iron stakes.
For Tennessee lawyers who handle boundary line cases, this case is a good reminder that, in these battles of experts that come up in boundary line cases, you have to pay attention to the order of priorities set forth above.
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The Washington Post, Picking Up Where They Left Off in 2016, Runs Four Negative Bernie Sanders Stories in Two Days
By Shane Ryan | February 21, 2019 | 10:55am
Photo courtesy of Getty Politics Features Bernie Sanders
I’ll come clean here: Before the 2016 Democratic primary, I thought the idea of a “biased” mainstream media was mainly a fever dream of the conservative right who (for instance) didn’t like when reporters wrote that climate change was real. By and large, I trusted the major outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post, and in terms of reporting and investigative journalism, I still do. But as far as the editorial pages go, the corporate agenda became abundantly, distressingly clear over the course of that campaign, and certain illusions were shattered. The evidence was continuous, but it’s impossible to forget this staggering moment from the heart of the primary:
My latest:
The Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hourshttps://t.co/X7OLqdxGcCpic.twitter.com/JeiDyKPybD
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 8, 2016
The Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, and while I don’t think he was calling down these headlines to his editors from the heights, the paper’s corporate agenda became impossible to disguise—Bernie Sanders was the enemy, and they weren’t even trying to hide their pro-Clinton antagonism.
Here we are in 2019, and it appears that absolutely nothing has changed. In fact, after Sanders helped shame Amazon into raising its minimum wage to $15, the specific antipathy toward him at the Post has surely only gotten worse. The proof is in the pudding—Sanders declared his candidacy for president on Tuesday, and in the space of 48 hours, the Post churned out four negative pieces—two of them by the same writer!
In that same span, there did not appear to be more than one story (period) about any other candidate, and there was a fifth Bernie story that could charitably be called “neutral,” in which Helaine Olen, responding to his big fundraising numbers, wrote about something called the “Golden Girls Effect” and expressed sentiments like, “Don’t count the Vermont senator out.” Sure, I guess…why would you? He consistently polls as the first or second-most popular candidate in the field, and the idea that he would be dismissed out of hand only makes sense if you’re writing for a publication that desperately harbors that desire.
That piece aside, let’s look at the other four.
1. “Bernie Sanders is no big deal the second time around,” by Jennifer Rubin
This ran on Tuesday, when Sanders announced, and includes passages like this:
In short, Sanders is offering little different from many younger, less cranky Democrats, including nonwhite candidates who haven’t struggled to win over African Americans and women and who haven’t had to explain complaints of sexual harassment in their campaigns.
When she wasn’t pushing the same tired narratives—Bernie has a racism and sexism problem, most prominently—Rubin was dismissing his old policy proposals as old hat, as though the fact that they’re “endorsed” by the other candidates isn’t a direct rest of his advocacy four years ago. Eventually, she convinces herself that someone like Amy Klobuchar can play spoiler (lol), and that Sanders’ launch would go so poorly that it might prevent Joe Biden from running since it would clearly show that the electorate doesn’t want old men or familiar faces.
2. “Why Sanders’s money haul doesn’t matter very much,” by Jennifer Rubin
Oops! A day later, Rubin’s piece had aged rather poorly. He set a first-day record with almost $6 million raised from over 200,000 people, and basically proved that all of Rubin’s contentions from a day earlier were exactly as idiotic as they seemed on first read. Which meant, of course, that Rubin had to diminish the accomplishment in any way possible:
Sanders is the only Democratic contender for 2020 who ran for president in 2016, during which he raised about $230 million. For someone with nearly universal name recognition, an extensive donor list and a long run-up to his announcement, Sanders’s haul shouldn’t impress knowledgeable political watchers. (Should Joe Biden announce, I would bet his 24-hour fundraising total will dwarf Sanders’s total. A former vice president shouldn’t have to lift a finger to trigger a flood of money.)
But wait! Wouldn’t Sanders’ failure be a “blinking red light” to Biden? Not anymore. You see, the goalposts have shifted—now, the sheer amount Bernie raised (which doesn’t matter, remember) will apparently serve as a green light to Biden, who will then destroy Sanders. Rubin goes on to argue that money doesn’t really matter, but any decent point she accidentally approaches is undermined by the fact that she misses the forest for the trees—not once does she mention the 200,000+ donors, and what the money says about the enthusiasm for Sanders’ campaign. It’s a great big point-missing whiff, and a lame attempt at self-justification after being made to look like a fool a day earlier.
3. “Bernie, your moment has come—and gone,” by David Von Drehle
If prose were a living entity, this column would be a violation of the Geneva Convention. Von Drehle spends way too many words comparing Bernie Sanders to Eugene McCarthy—an old and obvious analogy that has been done in fewer words thousands of times by now—and attempting to make the point that like McCarthy, Sanders’ time has come and gone. This ran on Tuesday, and Von Drehle’s contention that “the moment doesn’t last,” ridiculous on its face, was undermined almost as fast as Rubin’s piece of wishful thinking. Which is no surprise—unlike McCarthy, who ran for president again and again after his failure in ‘72, Bernie’s moment has literally just begun, and his ideas have done nothing but gather momentum since 2016 as the establishment wing of the Democratic party has floundered from one failure to the next. McCarthy was a cautionary tale when he lost to Nixon, but what many don’t seem to understand is that the modern cautionary tale is Hillary Clintion, who—centrists don’t enjoy recalling—lost her election to Donald Trump.
However the 2020 campaign might unfold for the Democrats, there is no wounded giant to define the party fray. Minus the vacuum, Sanders will find, like gruff Gene, that his moment is gone, his agenda absorbed by more plausible candidates, his future behind him. Only the residue of unslaked ambition remains.
Narrator Voice: “That same Day, Sanders broke every fundraising record on the books.”
4. “Bernie Sanders is probably just another one-hit wonder,” by Henry Olsen
This is basically the same piece that Von Drehle wrote, on the same day:
The Democratic presidential jam session gained a new act Tuesday with Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) entry into the race. Despite running second in most early polls, Sanders is likely to find that he can’t recapture the magic once he goes back out on tour.
He goes on to make the same exact points Rubin made:
Today, however, Sanders’s songs are not novel. Just as the Beatles begat a host of imitators, it seems that virtually every Democratic contender sings some sort of Bernie-inspired tune. He launches a new single, “Medicare-for-all,” and suddenly most other Democrats are covering it. The hot new artist from the Bronx, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — who goes by the stage name “AOC” — launches “The Green New Deal,” and suddenly he’s the one covering someone else’s tune. Progressive politics is hot, and like the disco era in the late 1970s, it seems there’s a new successful act every minute.
You get the idea: All the other Democrats are Bernie now, and nobody cares about him! He’s done!
Except, he’s not. This is pure wish fulfillment on one hand, but on the other it’s a little more nefarious—a coordinated, corporate campaign that is starting even earlier, and with greater energy, than we saw in 2016. You’d think someone on the editorial board at the Post might have stopped at least one of these stories in its tracks, since they’re incredibly redundant, but I think—just as we saw with the 16 stories in 16 hours debacle—that quantity is part of the point. It’s about throwing everything at the wall until something sticks, and it’s about repeating a talking point so often that, they hope, it becomes truth in the mind of the reader.
Whatever their rhetoric, they’re taking Sanders extremely seriously much earlier than they did last time, and the onslaught of negative coverage will continue unabated. It’s my contention that Sanders has, by far, the best chance of any candidate in the primary, and I think people like Rubin, Von Drehele, and Olsen understand this too. And they understand that the best way to stop him—the only way, maybe—is by sheer propaganda volume. If they can drown the obvious enthusiasm in manufactured narrative, they might be able to stop him in his tracks, and one of the most fascinating storylines of the 2020 campaign will be witnessing exactly how much power these people have left.
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Erik Coleman
by Roxanne Dupiton
There’s not an abundance of people in this world who can say they are living out their dream, and there’s an even smaller percentage of people who take life circumstances and turn one dream into a stream of opportunities. Men like Erik Coleman are rare indeed. NO, like literally! As a former NFL player, drafted in the 5th round of the 2004 NFL draft, he is part of an elite 1%. That type of dream isn’t one that comes true often, and it’s not one that plays out for long. Nevertheless, the former Jet’s safety made a spectacular career out of his dream, and continues to do so years after leaving the NFL. When he retired his helmet, his work ethic did not retire with it. And although he did have to start from scratch in some regard, he seemed to flow seamlessly into the roles he plays now. It is said that it’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. Well Erik Coleman’s life must be absolutely delectable.
Industry Rules sits down with the family man and discusses the new world that opened for him and the possibilities that came with it.
RA: You have been out of the league now for almost 10 years. What was the hardest part of transitioning from pro athlete into the roles you’re in now?
EC: The most difficult part of transitioning from Pro athlete to civilian is that you are going from literally being one of the best in the world at what you do, to intern. It is hard to come to terms with the fact that you spent your whole life training to become a football player and now you have to start over without knowing where to start.
RA: What’s been the best part about being “retired”?
EC: Haha. I guess you can say I’m retired. I now work as a full-time broadcaster, hosting The Betting Exchange and Odds with Ends for MSG Networks as well as game day programming for the NY Jets, work as an insurance producer, I work in warehousing as well as being a part owner of Princeton Detox & Recovery. But in regards to football, the best part of not playing is that I don’t have to worry about breaking bones anymore!
RA: Talk to us about your philanthropic endeavors and What it means to you to give back?
EC: Giving back is one of the things at the top of my list. I come from humble beginnings and people giving back to my community is how I made it out. I love working with kids and raising awareness for causes I believe in.
RA: In 2004, your life changed forever when you were picked to be a New York Jet. Have you had a momentous event like that again that was also life changing?
EC: It is hard to compare being drafted to play football in the NFL to anything in life, but I have had my fair share of amazing moments. Marrying my wife Sabrina was a decision that has changed my life forever. Having our 3 children and being a father is another accomplishment I take great pride in.
RA: You seem like a big family guy. How has being a husband and father changed for you as you and your career evolved?
EC: When my wife and I had our first child, it changed my perspective on the world. I was no longer someone playing a game. I turned into a provider and life source to a child who didn’t ask to be brought into the world. I take tremendous pride in providing for my family and I have to thank my upbringing for instilling that drive in me.
RA: Nearly a decade later and it looks like you are still in amazing shape! How do you maintain your pro athlete physique?
EC: Staying in shape is a major commitment. It is easy to not work out and blame it on work obligations. I choose to build on the platform I was blessed with as a pro athlete. I also found that the better shape I am in, the less my body hurts from the injuries I accumulated as a football player.
RA: What do you hope to accomplish in another 10 years?
EC: I hope to once again reach the pinnacle of my profession.
You can follow Erick Coleman on Instagram @ErikColeman.
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Join us for the 56th Annual Norfolk Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 18th at 10am.
Parade Route & Parking
The parade begins at Northside Middle School. From that point, it travels North on Granby, turns left at A View Ave, turns left on First View Street, and ends at the intersection of First View and Government Ave.
The parade route is approximately 1.5 miles.
For more info, visit NorfolkParade.com
Check website for weather updates as needed.
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Capitals’ Vanecek Emerges as Likely Backup for Next Season
August 6, 2020 by Ben Little
At the start of this season, Washington Capitals fans knew they were in for a transitional period. Not a transition from the Caps being a good team to a rebuilding team, or anything that serious. Instead, we knew they were in for a transition between the pipes. Of course, Braden Holtby was going to be the starting goalie for the 2019-20 season, but when Ilya Samsonov was named as Holtby’s backup, we knew that this was his audition to take Holtby’s job for the 2020-21 season.
Ilya Samsonov, Washington Capitals (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
Samsonov’s audition went well, and they actually relied upon him more than I think anybody was expecting throughout the season. This was due to Holtby’s below-average play during the regular season. I am not saying it is all his fault, because there were times when the Capitals’ defense was more useless than a white crayon. However, he was not the Holby of usual and did not play up to his own standards.
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Because of this, it seems as though the Capitals will let Holtby walk after the playoffs. Nobody knows for sure, but just based on this past season and the inevitable increase in pay he will understandably expect, people have speculated that Holtby will be gone and Samsonov will be the Capitals’ new starter. The fact that the NHL will be maintaining a flat salary cap of $81.5 million makes bringing Holtby back all the more difficult.
What this means is that Washington’s new starter for next year, as predicted, will most likely be Ilya Samsonov. If he receives his promotion from the backup position to starting goalie, there will be an opening on the Capitals’ roster in the backup goalie position. Barring a potential signing of a backup goaltender in the offseason, it seems as though there are two candidates for the position already in the Capitals’ system: Vitek Vanecek and Pheonix Copley.
Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Although it seemed like the position was on a platter for Pheonix Copley (he was the Capitals’ backup for the 2018-19 season, after all), Vanecek has emerged as the probable front-runner to back up Samsonov for the 2020-21 season, especially since he has been given the nod to back up Braden Holtby for the postseason.
After Samsonov made the leap to the NHL this season, Copley was demoted to the Hershey Bears of the AHL. While there, he and Vanecek split starts for the Bears. Each goalie played 31 games and were successful in doing so as Hershey finished the season 37-18-7 with 81 points. This was good enough for the third-best record in the AHL.
Since both goalies played 31 games for the same team, it helps to make the comparison between the two a bit easier.
In Copley’s 31 starts, he went 17-8-6, with a .905 save percentage and a 2.47 goals against average. These numbers are not bad, however, if Copley wants to be a bonafide starter in the AHL they may need to tick up just a bit. He finished with the 32nd-best SV% and 10th-best GAA in the AHL. This comes after a year with the big club in D.C. where he went 16-7-3 before Samsonov took his job.
In Vanecek’s 31 starts he went 19-10-1, with a .917 SV% and a 2.26 GAA. As you can see, Vanecek’s numbers were slightly better than Copley’s in the same amount of games played. He had the 10th-best SV% and the fifth-best GAA in the AHL.
In addition to his experience in the AHL this season, Vanecek also stepped in for the third period of Washington’s exhibition game against Carolina and looked good, stopping 13 of the 14 shots he faced in the Capitals’ 3-2 win.
Washington Capitals goalie Pheonix Copley (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)
Of course, these stats could all depend on how the team in front of them played on any given night. Nonetheless, from a purely statistical standpoint, Vanecek was the better goalie this season and deserved the shot at the backup position in the playoffs with Samsonov going down with injury.
Earning His Chance
Vanecek just wrapped up his fifth season in the AHL, with a short, two-game stopover in the ECHL in the middle. While playing in the AHL, he established himself as an outstanding netminder and has been rewarded by being a two-time All-Star.
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When asked about Vanecek getting the opportunity to back up Holtby for the postseason and the young netminder’s potential ceiling by NBC Sports Washington, former Capitals’ goaltender Olaf Kolzig said, “I think he can definitely be a No. 2 in the NHL,” Kolzig said. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he could battle for a No. 1, but as of now is a No. 2. He’s progressed here since [the Capitals] drafted him. His demeanor, his relationship with his teammates, he just needs to be seen.”
Vitek Vanecek, Hershey Bears (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
If a former goaltender who has watched and helped Vanecek develop believes he can definitely be a backup goalie, and potentially a starter, that should be a good sign for the Capitals and their fans. However, just because he has the potential doesn’t mean he has reached it yet.
Vanecek only has 20 minutes of experience against a real NHL team as opposed to an NHL team’s preseason roster, which was his only prior NHL experience. Is that enough to back up a team that hopes to be a contender again next season?
In the same NBC Sports Washington article, J.J. Regan asks an important question when he inquires, “If the Caps still see themselves as contenders, will general manager Brian MacLellan really want to hand the crease over to two goalies with a combined 26 games of NHL experience? Probably not.”
Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan, 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Finals (Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Maybe the Capitals will end up signing a backup goalie in the offseason and give Vanecek at least one more year to develop. This wouldn’t hurt, however, I also would argue that backing up Samsonov would give him a lot of the experience he will need in order to take that next step. Seeing as how there is no rush right now, only time will tell what the Capitals plan to do with the young puck-stopper.
Besides, since when is having too many good goalies in the system a bad thing?
Ben Little
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GlobalData Epidemiologist Report: Global Covid-19 cases pass 18.5 million – major spike of new infections in Spain
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Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 18,563,000 with over 701,000 deaths and 11,156,000 recoveries.
Globally cases continue to rise with the US, Brazil, and India remaining the top three most affected countries.
The US appeared to have turned a corner by slowing the number of new infections, however, the reopening of schools and students returning to college campuses has significantly raised the risk of increased spread.
Spain has seen a major spike in the number of new cases for the first time since the peak of infection in late March with more than 8,500 cases confirmed on 3 August.
It remains unclear if this new peak is a second wave or spikes in localized infections.
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After Struggle, Ukraine Claims Success in Downing Drones
People queuing up hold plastic bottles to refill drinking water from a tank in the center of Mykolaiv, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities on Monday tried to dampen public fears over Russia’s use of Iranian-built drones on its neighbor by claiming increasing success in shooting down the small aircraft, while talk of a “dirty bomb” attack has added another worrying dimension to the conflict that’s entering it’s ninth month.
Ukrainians are bracing for less electric power this winter following a sustained Russian barrage on infrastructure across their country in recent weeks. Meanwhile, citizens in the southern city of Mykolaiv lined up for water and essential supplies as Ukrainian forces continued their advance on the nearby Russian-occupied city of Kherson.
Ukraine’s forces have shot down more than two-thirds of the approximately 330 Shahed drones that Russia has fired through Saturday, the head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, said in a published interview on Monday. Budanov said that Russia’s military had ordered about 1,700 units of various types of drones, and a second batch of about 300 Shaheds is currently being rolled out.
“Terror with the use of ‘Shaheds’ can actually last for a long time,” he was quoted as saying in Ukrainska Pravda newspaper adding: “Air defense is basically coping, 70% are shot down.”
Both Russia and Iran deny that any Iranian-built drones have been used in the war.
Catherine, 75, pushes her walker loaded with plastic bottles after refilling them in a tank, in the center of Mykolaiv, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Budanov also played down speculation that Russian forces are preparing an immediate exit from Kherson, even though an evacuation of civilians and others including banking personnel and teachers is underway. Budanov said statements to that effect by Russia’s newly appointed commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, were aimed at “preparing the ground” in case a full pullout does take place which the Ukrainian official predicted would happen by year’s end.
“But at the same time I cannot tell you that right now they are fleeing from Kherson,” Budanov said.
Meanwhile, Russian authorities have removed monuments of 18th-century Russian military chiefs Alexander Suvorov and Fyodor Ushakov from Kherson, saying that the action was intended to save them from Ukrainian shelling of the city.
On Saturday, Russian-installed authorities told all residents of Kherson to leave “immediately” ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops waging a counteroffensive to recapture the city — a key route to Russian-occupied Crimea — which has been in Russian hands since the early days of the war.
Ukraine’s relentless artillery strikes on Kherson have cut the main crossings across the Dnieper River, which bisects southern Ukraine, leaving Russian troops on the west bank short of supplies and vulnerable to encirclement. The region is one of four that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed last month and put under Russian martial law last week.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense, in an intelligence update posted on Twitter, said Russia was ‘likely’ to use a high number of Shahed drones to penetrate “increasingly effective Ukrainian air defenses” in part to substitute for Russian-made long-range precision weapons “which are becoming increasingly scarce.”
That assessment came on top of a stark warning by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to key Western and Turkish counterparts over the weekend that Ukrainian forces were preparing a “provocation” involving a radioactive device — a so-called “dirty bomb.”
Britain, France, and the United States — who got calls from Shoigu on the matter, along with Turkey — rejected that claim. Turkey’s defense ministry on Sunday said Defense Minister Hulusi Akar discussed bilateral relations and security issues with Shoigu, including “the need to be cautious about provocations that could worsen the security situation in the region.”
People refill their plastic bottles with drinking water from a tank in the center of Mykolaiv, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Russia’s defense ministry said Shoigu raised the prospect of “possible Ukrainian provocations involving a ‘dirty bomb,'” which is a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste. Such weapons don’t have the devastating destruction of a nuclear explosion, but could expose broad areas to radioactive contamination.
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, visiting an elite German unit in southwestern Germany on Monday, dismissed as “outrageous” the claim that Ukraine could use a dirty bomb, saying there were “zero indications” of that.
Moscow on Monday strongly backed Shoigu’s claim. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted that Shoigu’s warning reflected a real threat.
“Their distrust of the information that has been provided by the Russian side doesn’t mean that the threat of using such a dirty bomb doesn’t exist,” Peskov. Alluding to Western countries Peskov added: “it’s up to them whether to trust it or not.”
In a televised address Sunday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that Moscow itself was setting the stage for deploying a radioactive device on Ukrainian soil.
“If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly preparing something, it means only one thing: that Russia has already prepared all of it,” Zelenskyy said.
A man carries plastic bottles after refilling them in a tank, in the center of Mykolaiv, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov accused Russia of “nuclear blackmail” on Twitter and insisted: “The thought of a ‘dirty bomb’ is repulsive to us.”
The city of Mykolaiv, northwest of Kherson, endures shelling almost every night and residents line up during the day for food and water.
“Ukraine is doing the right thing. Russians attacked us, and they must be beaten for that,” said Mykolaiv resident Mykola Kovalenko, 76. “Of course, my life changed. I live with constant pressure. I believe even the way I talk changed.”
Zelenskyy said Sunday that repair crews are working to restore electricity supplies cut off by large-scale Russian missile strikes a day earlier, but acknowledged that it would take longer to provide heating. He appealed to local authorities to make sure Ukrainians heed a call to conserve energy. “Now is definitely not the time for bright storefronts and signs,” he said.
Kyiv and seven other regions planned rolling blackouts Monday as authorities worked to fix the damage to energy facilities.
His office said Monday that at least six civilians were killed and another five have been wounded by Russian shelling of several Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours, including Mykolaiv — where energy facilities were targeted — and the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region coming under the most intense attacks.
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HomeNewsIt took days before anyone knew how many SIN numbers were affected...
It took days before anyone knew how many SIN numbers were affected by ‘Heartbleed’
By Melissa Candelaria
Tuesday, Apr. 15th, 2014
Canada’s Revenue Agency knew 900 SIN numbers had been stolen days before they told the public. Thieves got the information by taking advantage of the heart-bleed security software bug. According to the Privacy Commissioner’s Office they were told about the loss Friday, when taxpayers were only warned yesterday. The news has lead to backlash against the Canada Revenue Agency from opposition parties calling for the government to be more open with its people. Anyone who’s been affected by the thefts will be sent a letter and given credit protection.
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Hearth: Home
BY: R. L. GEORGE
Hearth: Home continues the chronicles of a world inhabited only by women: Earth’s masculine culture had left a bloodied history, and some women removed themselves from the two-sex society in order to evolve. In 2082, a portal to another dimension was discovered. Thousands of women passed through to begin building their new world, and they quickly moved beyond the fundamentals of food and shelter.
Those drawn to live on Hearth are creative, highly motivated, and ethically grounded, and their surroundings soon become as comfortable as their conscientious ideologies. Women no longer fear dangers such as abuse, assault, and oppression, but there are still challenges—including the question of procreation in an all-female world.
Liza smiled. She caught her friends noticing her nearly perpetual smile, which was in place on this typically sweet-scented morning in their new world, and she laughed with pleasure.
Belle stroked Liza’s cheek with the backs of her fingers. “That sounded like pure joy, love.”
“See that?” said Clara. “Refined perception isn’t necessary. It’s easy to see what’s going on inside other people.”
“I don’t need RP to recognize joy,” Belle retorted. She wove her fingers through Liza’s and leaned against her big shoulder. “Your happiness is my life’s wish come true.”
“Thank you, my love.” Liza beamed at her, and then at Clara, and at the others seated with them at the First Clearing. One month had passed in the new world, which they had accessed through a portal on Earth. Although some women on Hearth would return for visits with the fathers, brothers, sons, and friends they had left behind, they had less than a year to do so. Then, the portal would close, permanently.
Liza had already said her final goodbyes. The violence and wars of Earth had driven her away for good.
She had been born in the same decade as the BioNuclear war, which struck in 2025 and drastically reduced the world’s population—with the biggest losses affecting the male gender. By 2030 women had become the world’s leaders, and peace reigned for thirty years. That couldn’t prevent a faction of men from digging up some old nukes and threatening the new society, and apparently, nothing could stop the final war of 2060.
The inherent violence of a two-sexed human race had to be endured, and Liza had done so until 2082. Throughout the twenty-two years after that final war, she hadn’t been able to dredge up more than a small measure of equanimity. She’d had no option, no place else to live but Earth, and that was when she had lost the inclination to smile.
Then her friend Taylor found a portal to this remarkable world. Only women could pass through, and they could only bring themselves. No males, no food, or tools or clothing, even women who wore makeup when they passed through were clean faced after they made the millisecond transition from one world to the next.
A month ago, hundreds of women came bare-handed to this freshly formed planet, and hundreds more had come through since. Now several of the first arrivals were comfortably seated near the hearth at the First Clearing, enjoying a varied, richly textured brunch. They had been nibbling for two hours while the others who lived in the clearing had gone about their day.
Clara, her spouse Frankie, and their daughter Nadi were seated with Liza and Belle, as well as Jana and her spouse, Vic. The women were celebrating what Liza had cheerfully coined the “Day of Departure.” In the past week a handful of impatient explorers had begun drifting off to investigate areas much further away from the settled clearings, but dozens of women had decided to launch their trips on this particular day.
Belle asked Liza, “Is there some reason you’re especi-ally happy about the adventurers setting off on this ‘Day of Departure?’”
Fifteen-year-old Nadi interjected, “Today is also the one-month anniversary of our arrival here.”
“Okay, let’s call it the Day of Arrival,” Liza gamely conceded, and then she replied to Belle, “I have been especially happy every single moment of this month we’ve had on Hearth.”
“Has it been exactly a month?” asked Vic. She and Jana sat cozily together in a huge bag-chair, which had been fashioned by joining velvet leaf mats into a large casing and stuffing them with soft moss. Vic and Jana’s cat-like animal—the women called them “arrees”—sat in Vic’s lap.
Belle left her seat to retrieve the calendar she had been etching into a stone slab. “One month. Or to be more precise, thirty-seven days.”
“Our months will last thirty-seven days?” asked Vic.
“Not necessarily all year. This is based on the full-moon-to-full-moon during this season. There are bound to be adjustments, depending on the orbits of Hearth and her moon.”
Nadi said, “Whatever the case we can say wow, in a month’s time, we’ve done all this!” She stepped up on a stone of the hearth and turned a slow circle. “Impressive!”
Liza grinningly agreed. The First Clearing had taken on an organized look, radiating out from the big hearth at its center. Some women had devised a method of notching wood to join pieces together, and hearths in all the settled clearings were now surrounded by roughly built furniture. Here they had two large, sturdy picnic tables, along with benches placed at angles. There was an additional long bench that had been padded with velvet-leaf mats, It was placed closer to the firepit along with a few lava-stone and bag-chairs. The flowers that had first been found growing naturally in the clearing had been bordered with wooden frames, and they remained as part of the landscaping, scenting the air and pleasing the eye.
Surrounding the clearing were massive trees that appeared to be singular, but were actually stands that had grown together, creating an interior space large enough to become homes. In this clearing, fourteen of these dwelling trees had been made habitable. Curving to the left or right of open doorways, wherever the sun rested longest during the day, gardens had been planted around the bases of the trees. Between the dwellings were barrels for water, and tables and workbenches had been set up around the clearing. The workbenches were covered with various materials.
As Liza and her friends enjoyed their morning, others were seated in groups or alone working at various occupations. Some carded wool from Hearth’s unicorn-like sheep—sheepu—while others were “spinning” the prepared wool by pulling, stretching, and turning it with their fingers. Another small group pounded chunks of metallic rocks that had been found in a nearby cave, shaping them into various useful objects. There were a few arrees with the women, although most of the animals had left after sunrise to roam freely.
Near the northwest and southeast entrances to the clearing were some carts, each with a base of about two meters square, and they rested on wooden wheels Belle had created. Because there was no blacksmith shop, it had been necessary to use sturdy lengths of a hard wood as axles. The sides of the carts were built up with long, smooth sticks.
All of the women on Hearth now wore basic articles of clothing. The clothes were fashioned from leather pieces that had been cut with the sharp edges of crystal, pieces of which were abundant around a mountain of the material. Some of the women wore halter tops similar to bathing suits, mainly to support their breasts, and some wore a single shift. All had a lower covering for comfort while seated. A number of the women wore simple jewelry, some created from woven reeds and flowers, while others braided leather strings of necklets or armlets that had a a simplistic beauty, accented with bits of crystal or colored stone embedded in the braid.
Frankie responded to her daughter Nadi’s comment. “Not a lot of slouchers moving to this world.”
Jana thoughtfully clicked her long fingernails together. “Not a lot of people at all, if you ask me. Not as many as I would have thought.”
“What do you mean?” Nadi exclaimed. “There are hundreds and hundreds of women here!”
The older women laughed, and Jana said, “Honey, your perspective is a little bit off. You grew up in a town that had about fifty people in it, but you need to remember there are a few million people on Earth. Here we have five or six hundred on the whole planet. That’s about as low-population as it gets.”
“And the amount of people coming over here isn’t increasing noticeably,” said Clara. She pressed her lower lip in thought. “I heard only about forty women came through yesterday.”
“There will be another surge,” Liza said. “It takes a while to get from the other continents to Monterey.”
“How much of a surge?” asked Vic. “What do you see as the population before the portal closes, Liza?”
“Three or four thousand.”
The others were surprised by what seemed a very low number, but Liza was unworried. In fact, her focus was on the leather pouches that were hanging from thongs on the picnic tables. “Is one of those leaking?” she asked Nadi.
Nadi checked the bags and found one to be moist on the bottom. “The bladder must have split inside.” She lifted it and squeezed, and the bottom dampened more. She eyed the supplies that had been gathered on the large nearby table. Only one end of one long table was somewhat clear, stacked with clumsy looking but effective ceramic plates. Otherwise there were piles of supplies, along with additional water bags, and bits of leather.
There were also cuts of salted meats, including something fatty and reminiscent of pork, different styles of poultry, and a meat no one could compare to anything on Earth. The white flesh was solid, but when cooked and chewed its texture was very soft, similar to sausage. Aside from the meats there were fruits, roots, nuts, and vegetables, some in piles on the table and some in buckets. Until nails, tacks, and staples could be made, the metal straps that held the slats of the buckets tight were firmly twisted at the ends.
On a second table were some crates, and each was filled with a leather package of the salted meats, a bucket of the fruits and nuts, and a bucket of the roots and vegetables. There were also a few more dishes and utensils made of metal or wood, lengths of leather, a sack filled with sharp-edged crystals of various sizes, and a satchel filled with the needle-like thorns and a thready material that had been found. In another satchel were various herbs that had been collected for their taste as well as possible medicinal attributes, and lastly, each crate held three empty leather sacks for liquids. A wool blanket covered the top of each crate.
All of the women who planned to travel would be taking one crate, and aside from a bundle of torches made from what were called knotty-trees, the rest of the space in their carts would be available to transport whatever else they found.
At the first table, Nadi lifted a spare leather bag and transferred the water into it, and then hung it with the others. She said, “You’ll each only need to take one of these, moms, because you’re going along the river.”
Clara chuckled. “We know, sweetheart.” She nudged Frankie, who sat next to her, with their arree Coffee in her lap. “Our daughter thinks,” Clara said, “we’re ill-prepared.”
Nadi sat with them on the long bench. “You’re going to be safe, right? What will happen if you break a leg or something?”
“You’re the one who talked us into this,” said Clara. She stroked Nadi’s arm. “It’s the fact that everyone feels so safe here that makes it easy for us to go.”
“I know how much you both wanted to explore the mountain, but now that you’re really going, you should be ready for anything. Where are Taylor and Willow? They plan on reviewing the medico stuff with you again before you leave, right?”
“They’re at the Second Clearing,” said Liza. “They won’t be long.”
The Master healers’ progress had begun with the lake, which had been named Lake Esmeralda. That had been the idea of Nadi’s sister Cerise, because she and Esmeralda were the first to visit the place, and they had decided to live there. Also, the color of the water was a distinctive, shimmering emerald green. Women had been moving to the lake all month because the area was huge and invitingly beautiful, but a number of the arrivals planned to continue on to the northwest toward the ocean, or due north, toward the distant mountains.
Taylor and Willow had stayed at the lake the previous night to brief the traveling women about burns, sprains, and so on. In the morning they had followed the river southeast to the River Clearing, from which women would be crossing to the far bank and exploring the land to their east. Next the two Master healers had headed westward, to the Plains Clearing. From there, explorers would be moving further to their west out of curiosity about how long it would take to reach a southern shore of the ocean.
The two women had made the brief trip northeast, to the Second Clearing, although no women were traveling from that location. They had stopped in as a response to a request from the healers there, who wished to confer with them. Taylor and Willow didn’t mind. Not only were they responsive to every request, but they also loved to see the children. The Second Clearing was the area where all the women arriving with children had chosen to congregate.
Like the First Clearing, the Second Clearing was about 75 meters in diameter, with loose boundaries created by twenty-five or so dwelling trees. There were more of the dwelling trees outside of the clearing areas, of course, and in the Second Clearing, many of those more distant trees had also been made into living spaces. Because the insides of the trees were so spacious, two or more women could share each home with one or two children.
After the first month, over a hundred women were living in the Second Clearing, along with eighteen children. Chih, who had brought the first baby to Hearth, was the only mother who lived in the First Clearing with her child.
The First Clearing would be the Master healers’ last stop. Nadi’s mothers would follow the river along the foothills and then travel up into the mountains for as long as the spirit moved them. Both Taylor and Willow had powerful RP, and because they had insisted everyone be quizzed about healing techniques on the day of departure, they knew Clara and Frankie had been waiting patiently.
Nadi’s patience had faded away. She had decided not to travel but to stay at the First Clearing with Liza and the others, and in her opinion, her mothers needed to hit the path. With a burst of nervous energy she lifted one of the full crates on the table.
“Where are you going with that?” asked Frankie.
“It’s a spare. I’ll take it to the Second Clearing, in case they need it.” The crates had been assembled at the First Clearing, and all but the last four had been claimed by travelers. Two would be used by Clara and Frankie, so they had two extras. As Nadi walked away she added, “I can find out what’s taking Willow and Taylor so long. Come on, Apacci, if you’re coming.”
Apacci used her nose to nudge Coffee, the arree that had claimed Clara and Frankie, but Coffee chose to stay with her women. As Nadi started on the path through the trees Apacci set off after her, following with her long-legged steps.
It wasn’t necessary for Nadi to personally check in with the healers because those with the strongest RP, including Taylor, Willow and Liza, easily communicated across distances. This had been discovered by Nadi’s sister Cerise, who was the first to use a piece of crystal in a necklace. She made a necklace for each of her mothers, and although the RP possessed by Clara and Frankie wasn’t as strong, Cerise found she could speak into their minds while they all wore the crystals. Their responses were audible, too, if they gave their thoughts great focus.
From Lake Esmeralda, Cerise was able to hear the thoughts of people in the First Clearing, but at that distance it was often indistinct. Liza, Willow, and Taylor said there were too many other thoughts and voices and other styles of interference for it to reach further. While Clara and Frankie hiked into the mountains they would lose touch with Cerise at the lake, but would be able to hear from Liza and Taylor in the First Clearing for a longer while. The effective distance would be similar to that of the distance between the lake and the First Clearing, about twenty-eight kilometers.
Nadi didn’t have a crystal. Around her neck she wore a choker woven from strips of leather, and her long, fine hair was always tied with a similar leather braiding. She also wore her leather skirt longer than many did but forewent an upper garment. Until she left Earth she had always been somewhat shy about exposing her body, but after arriving on Hearth and living fully naked for over a week, she had reached a level of comfort that made her decide she would only wear an upper covering when the weather made it necessary.
She moved quickly on the worn path between the clearings, to reach the Second Clearing took at least ten-minutes at a brisk pace. Soon she began to hear the children, and a little girl called out, “Nadi’s here! I told you she was coming!”
Her young mother smiled at Nadi and said to the girl, “Yes, I know. But let her make her own entrance.”
“Okay mom. Hi Apacci!” She intercepted the arree while Nadi walked to Willow and Taylor.
Willow stood leaning a hip against one of the picnic tables, talking to a group of women seated there, and Taylor was seated, stroking her arree Contesta. When Taylor saw Nadi she asked, “Are your mothers ready to go?”
Nadi set the crate on the table. “You’d think they’d be, but they’re acting pretty casual about it. I won’t let them go until you talk to them.”
“Good. They will be going up a mountain, which might have more dangers than the other travelers will encounter.”
“That’s what I’ve been telling them. They’re foolishly fearless.”
“May is here!” called out the talkative little girl, and when Nadi turned she saw not only May, back from visiting Earth for two days, but also Kate. Paz’s Kate. The woman Paz had accidentally knocked in the eye. The bruising was gone now, and the pretty, good-natured woman was all Nadi could see.
Only a few women made a habit of returning to Earth, May among them, but Nadi had stayed on Hearth since that visit, when she first met Kate. This surprised those who knew of her love for making music, but Nadi had decided she would be more compelled to build instruments if she didn’t have her guitar on Earth to fall back on. Because she hadn’t returned, and because this was Kate’s first visit to Hearth, Nadi hadn’t seen the woman since their first meeting.
As Kate and May approached, Nadi checked her hair tie, shuffled her feet for a moment, took a step, and stumbled to one knee.
Willow grasped Nadi’s arm. “What is it?”
“Nothing.” A subtle red flushed through Nadi’s skin, but she jumped to her feet and grinned. “I always kneel at the approach of great beauty.”
May and Kate laughed and exchanged hugs with everyone. Although May had chosen a leather top along with a skirt at the portal, Kate wore only a skirt. When she hugged Nadi, Nadi was hyper-aware of their breasts pressing together, and she backed away clumsily. Taylor gave her a sideways glance and asked Kate, “What brings you here?”
“May does. Her dad, along with Ohz and Paz, dragged so many details from her that I had to see for myself.” When she smiled Nadi felt a buzz of pleasure at the sight of the small gap between the woman’s two front teeth. It brought a more exquisite beauty to the big brown eyes, perfectly shaped ears and the high, intelligent forehead, but even as Nadi thought about this, Kate briefly covered her mouth with her hand as though trying to hide the imperfection.
“How long will you be here?” asked Taylor.
“Very open-ended. I’m taking a break from Earth for a while.” She chuckled at the idea of her statement and peered into the crate Nadi had set on the picnic table. “What’s this for?”
“The explorers,” said Nadi.
“Oh, right, I heard about the preparations. Will you be taking a trip?”
“No. I’m going to concentrate on building some instruments. You know, to make music. But my moms are going.”
“Don’t tell me, I remember…your moms are Clara and Frankie?”
“Right. They’re going into the near mountains.” Nadi gestured over her shoulder.
“What do they expect to find there?”
Nadi had finally regained her equilibrium. “The same as everyone else, is what it comes down to. New types of foods, new materials, new horizons, that sort of thing.”
“What about you two?” Kate asked Willow and Taylor. “Are you going to do any traveling?”
Willow said, “It would be fun, but I should probably stay close to home.”
“Nonsense,” said Quinterie. She and Nadi’s abuela Izzy entered the Second Clearing with a load of bricks for the kiln they were building. While Izzy enthusiastically greeted May and demanded an introduction to Kate, Quinterie qualified her remark, pointing to the women who had been talking with Willow and Taylor. “There are healers in every settlement, and two of them live right here.” Her finger moved to point at Willow. “Neither one of you should be restricted by your abilities.”
“But as far as we know,” Willow replied, “we are the only healers with enough RP to communicate with everyone.”
“What do you need to communicate? The other healers are competent.” Quinterie swept her long white hair off of her shoulder and folded her arms. She stared searchingly at Willow. “Do you want to go adventuring?”
Willow thought about this for a moment. “I would enjoy it.”
“Personally, I would love a bit of travel,” said May. She smiled at Kate. “What about you, sunshine? Wouldn’t it be dreamy to see more of this world?”
“I’ve barely seen any of it, so far.”
“Everything you’ll see is what has already been discovered. You can make discoveries of your own. Imagine that!”
Kate’s eyes narrowed. “That is alluring.”
“Where would you go?” asked Nadi. She spoke neutrally but didn’t think she had fooled anyone with RP. The possibility that she would only see this woman again for a brief time was thoroughly disappointing.
But Kate was staring off in the direction of the southeast mountains. “I’d want to head for the hills, if I went anywhere.” She laughed softly, and in a quiet voice she added, “I really, really need a break from my life.”
Nadi hefted the crate from the table. “Well, in case you decide to travel, I’ll haul this back.” To Taylor and Willow she asked, “Coming?”
They all left the Second Clearing, including May and Kate, followed by the arrees Apacci and Contesta. Willow and Taylor asked after the people on Earth, and while May and Kate brought them up to date, Nadi strode along behind them with her thoughts tumbling.
This woman, Kate, she was with May’s brother Paz. Nadi had known the siblings all her life, but Paz had hurt Kate—accident or no. It seemed that Kate hadn’t ended it with him, at least not yet.
Nevertheless, she was fully het. Nadi knew this because although her RP wasn’t much, her intuition had always been true. She discreetly watched as Kate walked, her light, short, blonde hair lifting in the breeze she created by her movement. Her back was very straight, and whenever she turned slightly to speak, Nadi saw that her breasts looked absolutely perfectly formed. High, round, and full, not overly large but not on the small side, simply perfect. As she walked, Kate’s hips swung under the leather skirt she had chosen from the supply at the portal. Nadi realized she was staring and directed her gaze forward as they entered the First Clearing.
“Hello Sweet Tia!” May called out to Frankie, and then to Clara, “Hello, Tia Dulce!” She embraced them both and introduced them to Kate.
After Clara pressed palms with Kate, she warmly enclosed the young woman’s hand with both her own. “Terrific kismet, that you’ve come before we’ve gone. We would have missed meeting you.”
“I’m glad I get to meet you, too,” said Kate. “I’ve heard a lot of nice things about you and your family.”
“You’re kidding!” said Frankie. “We cut a swath of destruction through the west coast for decades!”
Everyone chuckled, and Nadi introduced Kate to Jana and Vic. Willow and Taylor began talking with Clara and Frankie about poultices, splinting techniques, and anything else that could be foreseen. Kate listened carefully, and before long, Willow turned to her and asked, “Have you ever thought about working as a healer?”
“She thinks about absolutely everything,” said May, and Kate gave her an affectionate smile. May returned the smile and added, “We call her a professional student.”
“What are you best at?” asked Clara.
Kate gave a shrug with one shoulder, and again, May answered for her. “She’s a writer, Tia Dulce. A good one. Just like you used to be.”
“Excuse me?” Clara sat up straighter and cocked her head. “Used to be?”
“Well, you haven’t written anything for years, have you?”
Frankie said, “Fifteen years, to be exact.”
“Yeah, Mamita,” said Nadi. “Did something happen to your muse after I was born?”
“She started falling away from it before then,” said Frankie. “And I have a theory about why.”
“Oh,” said Clara, “you do?”
“Want to hear it?”
Before Clara could answer, Nadi said, “I sure do!”
Kate said, “I’m curious, too.” She smiled her endearing smile, self-consciously hiding the space in her teeth with her fingers.
Clara rolled her eyes at Frankie with an indulgent look of permission. “What’s your theory?”
“It’s because she wrote Divine Enterprise,” said Frankie, “and then she was asked to chronicle the confrontation in 2060.”
As Frankie spoke, Taylor nodded thoughtfully. “I see where you’re headed. Clara, do you have guilt issues?” She spoke with an almost teasing tone, but her eyes were serious. Long ago, it had been discovered that issues with guilt, stress, and other unpleasant emotions had been the greatest contributors to illness.
“I’ve wondered about you myself,” Liza said to Clara.
Everyone was looking at Clara, and she squirmed a bit, burying both hands in Coffee’s fur as she answered. “I had daughters to raise, land to till, and wine to brew.” She self-consciously scratched the bridge of her nose. “I’m making excuses. I have to admit I’ve felt more like writing since we’ve come here, but of course there aren’t any writing materials.”
“We’ll be working on that soon enough,” said Taylor. “Clara, we need people to write.”
May nudged Kate. “You heard that, sunshine?”
“I heard it. Clara, I’d love to talk to you about the craft sometime.”
“It would be a real pleasure.”
“Why don’t we join them and explore the mountain?” said May, nudging Kate again.
Nadi cringed inside as she heard Willow say, “Yes, why not? Clara and Frankie are going alone to the most potentially dangerous region. That doesn’t seem like the best of ideas.”
Vic interjected with a small frown for Jana. “I was willing to go, but I couldn’t talk Jana into it.” She shook her head ruefully. “Two weeks in a dwelling tree sucked the adventure right out of you, babe.”
“Sorry. Camping never makes it onto my to-do list, but I won’t mind doing some traveling when we can go from one civilization to another.”
“Wait,” said Belle, “what danger are you talking about, Willow?” She cast a glance at Liza. “I’ve had the impression nobody thinks there is anything dangerous in the world.”
“That’s true,” said Taylor. “Not even disease. Ever since I’ve arrived, I’ve had the distinct sensation that there is very little in this world that will be harmful to us.”
“But,” Willow said, “accidents do happen. There are falls and scrapes and other injuries that can arise when people are climbing a mountain.”
“We’re not going to be climbing it,” said Frankie. She was fifty and Clara was forty-four, and although they were both in good physical condition, they knew serious mountain climbing would require a lot more training. “We’re planning on just…”
“Meandering,” Clara finished for her. “This isn’t meant to be a grueling task or some kind of personal challenge. It’s going to be a measured and pleasurable exploration.”
Vic looked toward the sun, which was nearing a mid-point in the sky. “Is that why you’re not in any big hurry this morning?”
With a squint at the sky, Kate said to Vic, “I guess the sun will be the only clock for a long time.”
Before she replied, Vic’s smoldering gaze traveled across the young woman’s face and settled on her mouth. “It’s all we’ll ever need.”
“We’ll take off soon,” said Frankie. “We’re going to be hauling those carts up uphill, so we don’t plan on going far in the beginning.” She stretched her arms out in front of her and examined the definition of her muscles. “After we build up some endurance, we’ll go further each day.”
May asked her, “Would you mind some company?” She gently rocked Kate by her shoulder.
“Not at all! If you both come we’ll take another cart, and there are extra crates of supplies. The more people who come with us, the faster we can set up a dwelling of some kind.”
“Great,” said Nadi. “If May and Kate go too, there will be four of you to worry about.”
Willow left her seat and began pushing through the supplies in the crates. Her eyes strayed to Jana, who didn’t return the look, possibly because it was continually intercepted by Vic.
“Then we’re set!” said May. “Willow, Nadi wouldn’t have to worry so much if you came along. You’d be able to keep an RP connection with Liza and Taylor for a lot longer, too.”
Willow replaced the rough wool blanket on top of the crate she had been examining. “That would require more blankets. At least one for each of us. The weather is likely to be cool in those mountains.”
“We can let you have some,” said Belle, gaining a nod of agreement from Liza. “It’s warm here, and summer is on the way, so we have plenty of time to make more.”
“Enough,” said Kate, who’d grown tired of May’s nudging. “You’ve talked me into it.”
“Splendid!”
“Well,” said Nadi. “Everybody’s leaving, are they?”
Clara smiled softly. “You can come with us, daughter-mine.”
“I know.” Nadi returned the smile, but she was also amused by her own crushy behavior around Kate. “I’m a proponent of impulsivity, and I applaud the spontaneity I’m seeing now.” She grinned at Kate and playfully pressed her hands together with a small bow of her head.
Clara said, “Then you’ll come?”
Nadi was still looking into Kate’s eyes and she saw a curious flickering in them. Whatever Kate needed right now, and whatever it was she might seek with the other women who would take the trip, it did not include Nadi. It wasn’t a dismissive, or even an unpleasant attitude, but it made Nadi’s decision firm. “No, Mamita, I’m going to stay here.”
Kate said, “First I’ve got to eat something, and I would love to try some of the goodies you have here.” She picked up a piece of the meat and when she broke it open, she found it was the type that was firm and white inside. “This is cooked through?”
“Cooked twice,” said Belle, “after being stewed and salted on-site.”
“Yes, May told us about Lake Carne.” She took a bite and smiled. “Delicious!”
“This whole world is amazing,” said May. “Willow and I keep noticing how accommodating it is here. I could hardly believe we found that salted lake, which also happens to get so hot that it cooks animals—which incidentally go there to peacefully drift off into death on its shores. There’s no need for violence, or killing, yet we have meat! There’s the general sensation that there won’t be disease, and the weather is always perfect—”
“That depends,” Liza interrupted, “on your idea of ‘perfect’ weather. We’ll have seasons.”
“But I agree with May,” said Nadi. “Everything is conveniently easy.”
“And here we are,” added Belle, “in an entirely different dimension. It’s so different and yet quite like Earth, isn’t it?”
“That’s because we’ve only moved to the dimension next door to ours,” said Taylor. “Dimensions that are right up against each other are going to be similar.”
“That’s something Papa and Uncle Berton were talking about,” said May, and Kate nodded. May continued, “If we were to pass from here to a new dimension, and then outward from there, it would take a while to get to a place that would be unrecognizable to us.”
Belle said, “It does seem that would take forever, doesn’t it? It’s so similar between here and Earth. Those changes would happen quite gradually, and we’d be long dead before we arrived at a point in a dimension we couldn’t conceptualize.”
Nadi said, “Not necessarily.” She was at the large pot on the hearth, dipping in the scoop to ladle out some tea for the others. “I say that because I suspect time would be different, too.”
Liza smiled at her protégé. “Nice catch, Nadi.”
“Really? I’m right?”
Nadi grinned. “So time would be different, and it looks like circumstances are different, too. I mean, with the ‘no violence’ thing.”
“Right again.”
In a low voice, Jana said, “Women have violence in their nature, people. There’s no denying that.” She rested her wrist on her upraised knee and absently clicked her fingernails together. “Are you saying we’re not bringing that to this world?”
“We’re not.” Liza moved to the picnic table and leaned against it, giving each of those around her a short, musing stare. “Almost every one of the women who are drawn to enter the portal have a minimal propensity for characteristics like violence and greed. They’re also more motivated, as can be seen by our progress. The women who come to this world have inclinations that are different than many of those on Earth.”
“Hold on,” said Nadi. “It sounds like you’re saying we’re more evolved.”
“It’s true that species can evolve at varied speeds, but humans are all of the same species. No, we’re not more evolved, but we’re more susceptible to what this world represents. And now that we’re here, we will evolve differently.”
“This world represents something?” asked Kate. “I thought it was just a planet.”
“It’s more than that. I was talking to Pearl the other day, and she says this place confuses her because it lacks the essential balance of male and female. Not only are there no male humans, there are no male animals at all. That apparent lack of balance is an oddity.”
“How do the animals reproduce?” asked Kate. Everyone looked at her, because the subject had been continually gaining momentum as a hot topic.
It was Taylor who answered. “We’ve talked about parthenogenesis, but that doesn’t quite fly because on Earth, it only occurs in female species that have an XY determination system. You know, like men and women. But we think men can’t pass through because of their Y chromosome.”
“Also,” said Willow, “parthenogenesis is defined by the fact that an egg does not need fertilization from a male. Our eggs do need that.”
“Our bodies are changing,” said Liza.
This was met with looks of surprise, and Clara asked her, “Are you saying that by living here, we’re changing into something…not human?”
“Oh, no, we’re still human, but we’ll evolve differently. The balance of the human race is no longer concentrated on Earth, but is now between our two planets. They have their ways, and we’ll create a new type of balance with our ways.”
Nadi folded her arms across her chest. “Then we are evolving!”
“Always. Species evolve.”
“Are you, or are you not, saying,” May demanded, “that our eggs won’t need to be fertilized anymore?”
“I’m saying our bodies will adapt to the different circumstances in our lives.”
“Here’s an example,” said Taylor. “When I turned thirty my period changed by staying a day longer, and my flow was heavier. I talked to another medico about it, and we agreed that changes in bodies can be like clockwork. It wasn’t turning thirty that changed my period, yet the human body can move through its stages almost at the turn of a clock.”
“What I’m describing,” said Liza, “has similarities to those principles. But your recent DNA hypotheses have been closer to the mark.”
“She’s talking about my latest theory,” Taylor explained to the others. “Willow and I were discussing it with the women at the Second Clearing. They’re growing concerned because none of them are getting their periods.”
“What?” Kate exclaimed.
“No one has had a period on this planet, at least not yet. Urination and bowel movements are minimal, too.”
Kate looked at May. “Why haven’t you mentioned anything about this to anybody on Earth?”
“I suppose I don’t think much about it when I’m not bleeding.”
“So you haven’t had a period at all in the last month? You haven’t been here the entire time. Wouldn’t your return trips to Earth bring it on?” She pressed her hand to her waist and a look of panic crossed her face. “Am I going to lose my period because I came here?”
“Only if you stay,” said Liza. “And it won’t go away forever.”
Nadi sat down and tapped Liza’s arm. “Tia, you make statements like that and then you leave us hanging. Why don’t you tell us how you know, or what it means?”
“Because I don’t know those details. There are limits to what I know.”
“The same is true for me,” said Taylor. “I’m not able to see everything like a completed painting, it’s more like the artist’s earliest sketches.”
“But how can either of you be sure about what you are saying?” asked Kate. “When you talk about it, it sounds like you’re speaking about facts.”
Liza answered her. “I know things with the same conviction that you know I’m sitting here having a conversation with you. Despite knowing that we’re conversing, you can’t be absolutely certain of what I’ll say next, can you? Yet you understand the direction of our conversation without knowing the details.”
For a moment Kate only stared, and then she gave a nod that implied a reserved understanding. She picked up a piece of unleavened bread and examined it.
Nadi said, “You should try that with the nut butter. It’s spectacular.”
“Spectacular nut butter?” Kate grinned, accepted the pot from Nadi, and smeared some of the butter on the bread.
“They have regular butter at the Plains Clearing,” said Jana. She eyed Belle, who responded by pointing to the half-built butter churn on one of the worktables.
“I agree with Beatnik,” said May, “I prefer the nut butter over regular butter. Are we going to bring some with us?”
“We can,” said Clara. She left her seat and began looking through an array of ceramic pots. “I’m glad you thought of it.”
Nadi could tell that her moms, along with the distractingly attractive Kate, were thinking of leaving at any time. To keep the conversation going, she spoke to Liza. “You’ve said the people who come here are different than those on Earth. Does that mean we all think alike?”
“Of course not, but I assume you have a reason for that question?”
“I’m wondering about laws.”
“I see. I don’t think we’ll need a canon of laws.”
“Really!” Clara exclaimed. “There won’t be any need to establish certain rules of behavior?”
“We may not all think alike, but we have similar ethics.” Liza glanced in the direction of the Plains Clearing, where everyone knew the rough-natured woman named Julie was living. Liza asked, “Is there anyone you’ve met here who you think would rape? Or steal?”
Jana was the one who responded. She unfolded her long body from the giant bag-seat she’d been sitting on with Vic and stood tall before the other women. “Even on Earth, rape isn’t a natural female desire. And how does somebody steal and keep friends? Everybody is going to know it if something turns up missing from one house, and then it shows up somewhere else. Liza, you’re not addressing the big one. Taking a life.”
“Death isn’t the terrorizing ordeal it’s cracked up to be.”
“Maybe not after we’re dead, but the survivors sure do suffer.”
“That’s an emotional loss, very much like losing a lover in a failed relationship. Death is difficult, but necessary. It’s change and change is an inevitable element of existence.”
“But why does suffering need to be necessary?” asked Frankie.
Nadi moved to Frankie and rested a comforting hand on the back of her mother’s neck. In the war of 2060, before Nadi was born, Frankie had lost her son. The pain of that loss showed in her posture. Frankie said, “If Hearth is going to accommodate us, why not establish a pattern of peace, love, and contentment until we die?”
Although the emergence of Liza’s joy with this new world had been continual, all who knew her were still startled when she abruptly threw back her head and let loose an eye-watering guffaw. “There’s the rub,” she said. “Here we have a utopian potential. A certain balance has shifted in that we’re no longer confronted with issues that arise between males and females. We’ve also been relieved of the heaviest burden of violence, not to mention a whole lot of other cruel and malicious behaviors. But there will always be balance in existence. If you ever want to feel peace, love, and contentment, you’re going to need something to compare it to. That’s how you’ll recognize it.”
Jana raised her eyebrows. “I don’t need any kind of confirmation, honey. I’m good with the idea of blithely enjoying myself, with or without a clue of why I’m happy.”
Liza’s laughter had abated but her smile remained. “You know I’ve always appreciated your mind, Jana. Tell me, what taught you to think in the way you just described? Did you gain that understanding from bliss, or from struggle?”
This brought a low, slow chuckle from Jana. “You got me there.” She stretched her arms leisurely above her head and said to Clara, “I’m going to miss you reminding me to stretch in the mornings, baby girl.” She reached upward to the right with her left arm, then to the left with her right. Her arree stepped over near her and began to stretch with its own limbs.
The women laughed, and Clara said to her own arree, “You’ll come with us, won’t you, Coffee?”
Coffee sprung from Frankie’s lap and strode to Clara, who knelt to lift her. Sensing the nearness of their departure, Nadi said to Liza, “Wait a minute. Tia, how much struggle are we going to face in this world? It’s so comfortable for us here.”
“We’ll have conflict, but it will be on different levels.”
“I agree,” said Taylor, “And besides, we’ve already faced struggles as part of a male/female race. It’s in our DNA, now. We understand it on a cellular level, but our new struggles will have something more to teach us.”
Liza lifted her hands in an expression of, ‘There you have it.’
“I still don’t get why any of this ‘life’ stuff happens at all,” said Nadi. “Why are we here?” This drew another diaphragm-laugh from Liza, and Nadi grinned. “What?”
“The greatest question of all time. Maybe you’ll find an answer to it, someday.”
Clara went to Nadi and placed her palms on the girl’s cheeks. “I’m going to miss you, daughter-mine. You’re absolutely positive you don’t want to come with us?”
“Positive. I know it’s something you both want to do very, very much.” She hugged her mother. “And you’re not worried about me staying here without the two of you.”
“It’s the reason we can go at all. But it doesn’t mean I won’t miss seeing you around.”
Nadi stepped back. “How long do you think you’ll be gone, Mamita?”
“No way of knowing, but it will be a while.” Clara touched Nadi’s face again, this time with one hand, and lightly stroked her cheek.
“A while!” Nadi tried to turn her head—she was about to glance at Kate—but Clara held on. “We’ll be in touch through RP for as long as we can. I’m hoping Taylor will make some paper soon, and we can write.”
Nadi laughed. “Funny.”
“I wouldn’t stay up there for years,” Kate interjected. “I mean, I’ll have to come back before the portal closes.”
Clara kissed Nadi, dropped her hand from her face, and turned to Kate. “It should be an easy return down the mountain.”
“So you will come back to visit fairly often?” Nadi asked both her mothers.
Frankie took Nadi’s arm but spoke to Clara in a stage whisper. “Our daughter is acting strangely, considering that she talked us into this trip, and in fact moved out of our home on Earth before her fifteenth birthday.” She embraced Nadi and held her a long time.
With her face muffled against Frankie’s shoulder, Nadi muttered, “You were always right around the corner.”
Frankie let her go. “Missing us will only strengthen our love. And I miss you already. I’m going to ask you one more time if you’re sure you don’t want to come with us?”
Kate interjected again, this time to say, “I think it would be a pleasure to write out long letters to someone, and then wait for her to receive it and consider all that I said, and then receive what she writes back to me. I’d always be looking forward to something.”
“Done,” said Nadi. She turned to Taylor. “You’ve got yourself a paper-making apprentice.”
The women hauled their crates of supplies to the carts, and more women came over to say goodbye. Chih approached, bouncing her baby Lily on her hip. Willow kissed Lily on the head and asked Chih, “Are the diapers working well?”
“They’re doing the job. I hope to have something better than a leather string to keep them on by the time she’s walking. You’re going on the expedition, I see.”
Willow nodded. “A last-minute decision.”
“You’ll be able to see more stars.”
“That has crossed my mind.” Willow had a tendency to stay up late, or if she went to sleep early, she would wake in the middle of the night. That had been pleasurable, because it meant she could watch the stars and learn about them. Weeks ago, in the deepest part of the night, she had sensed that Chih was up walking with Lily, and soon the woman entered the Second Clearing, where Willow had been staying. Willow had asked her how she was able to walk in such utter darkness, with no torch or candle. Chih had intimated that she believed she had gained an ability to see in the dark. They had stayed awake to watch the stars that night, and soon it became a fairly regular meeting.
“I’ll miss our talks,” said Chih.
“I’ll return.”
In a voice of announcement, Clara said, “Anyone who wants to come up and see us while we’re gone is not only welcome but encouraged to visit.”
Frankie laughed. “How can anybody ‘see us while we’re gone,’ sweet woman? That sounds like something your mamita Izzy would say.”
“Oh, right, where is she?” Clara grasped her crystal and directed the question toward the Second Clearing. Izzy’s RP was non-existent, but Quinterie heard, and let Clara know they were on their way.
Nadi approached Kate and said, “I really will write to you, you know, when it becomes possible.”
“That would be nice. I meant what I said about it.”
Nadi moved in to give Kate a farewell hug, but Kate raised her hand for the customary friendly grasp. Nadi pressed her own palm to it and said, “We’re going to make some paper, and you’ll be hearing from me.”
“You’ll be hearing back from me.” Kate gave Nadi’s hand a quick squeeze.
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Coronavirus today: Reid using drug touted by Trump with some patients
RICHMOND, Ind. — A drug typically used to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients that has been pushed by President Donald Trump as a possible treatment for COVID-19 is being used in some cases at Reid Health.
Larry Price, a spokesperson for Reid, told the Pal Item doctors at the hospital are making decisions on whether to use hydroxychloroquine on a case-by-case basis.
"Reid Health caregivers, as others in the nation, are incorporating this medication when deemed appropriate and based on each individual patient’s illness," he said.
Whether the drug is proving to be helpful in a person's recovery remains to be seen.
"It is too early yet to accurately determine overall effectiveness, and we are also investigating other potential treatments as information becomes available," Price said. "We will continue to follow the latest data and recommendations as more is learned in numerous ongoing studies."
The Trump administration has pointed to small studies in China and France as scientific evidence that hydroxychloroquine helps, but public health experts and researchers have countered by saying those small studies are anecdotal and not statistically significant enough to be considered scientific.
Concerns also have been expressed about potential side effects of the drug.
— Jason Truitt
Mayor praises work of city employees
RICHMOND, Ind. — During Monday night's meeting of the Richmond Common Council, Mayor Dave Snow took time to recognize the work being put in by city employees during the coronavirus outbreak.
Much of the city's administrative staff are working remotely, and rotational plans have been put in place for labor crews.
"It's really quite remarkable that through this difficult time that we've not seen interruption in our trash pickup, the cleaning of our sewer water and wastewater, mowing, weed trimming, street repair," Snow said.
"Our labor crews are to be highly commended for the work they've been doing."
Residents urged to avoid playgrounds, golf courses
RICHMOND, Ind. — Earlier in the day, the city and Wayne County government announced new restrictions mainly surrounding playgrounds and golf courses.
Within the Richmond Parks and Recreation Department:
Basketball hoops have been removed;
Playground entrances have been barricaded or taped off;
Tennis courts have been barricaded;
Pickleball court nets will not be placed;
The driving range at Glen Miller Golf Course has been closed;
Richmond Senior Center remains closed; and
Highland Lake Golf Course has been closed.
Meanwhile, county commissioners recommend all playgrounds and golf courses within the county be closed.
The new restrictions came at the suggestion of the county health department and comply with an executive order issued Monday by Gov. Eric Holcomb. That directive called for, among other things, the closure for all indoor and outdoor places of public amusement, including playgrounds.
"I know it is very confusing because people are being encouraged to be outside and get some fresh air," Snow said. "We are under a stay-at-home order, but we do need to really take some extra precautions to reduce contact with touch surfaces.
"If you can maintain social distance through taking walks, that's fine. We are trying very hard to keep our parks open to the public because we know people need a little greenspace and they need some ability to go out and take walks, but if we see too many people in one area and congregating, we'll have to start restricting access to other areas of our parks."
Latest Reid Health numbers offer a bit of encouraging news
RICHMOND, Ind. — For the second straight day, the number of patients in containment areas at Reid Health dropped when the hospital announced its latest COVID-19 statistics Monday.
As of 5:30 p.m., Reid had 57 patients in special areas either in the intensive care unit or on other nursing floors. That's down from 64 on Friday.
A total of 36 patients had tested positive for the virus — the same as Sunday — while the number of test kits submitted climbed from 213 to 229.
The state reported 5,507 coronavirus cases and 173 deaths through Monday with Wayne County having 13 positive test results and one death.
Reid Allergy now offering curbside service
RICHMOND, Ind. — Reid Health has announced that Dr. Jason Casselman of Reid Allergy has begun offering existing patients curbside allergy injections at the main facility, 1434 Chester Blvd.
Patients must schedule an appointment by calling (765) 966-6360. Detailed instructions then will be provided for the drive-up service. Patients should have a cell phone with them when they arrive.
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Joe Aribo
Rangers played masterclass with Nigerian midfielder, Aribo
Glasgow Rangers have had their fair share of gaffes and successes in the transfer market over the years, as they have failed to get the best out of players and unearthed gems in recent transfer windows, writes www.footballfancast.com.
Man City host Aribo’s Southampton as AC Milan, Juve, others set to thrill fans
Defending champions, Manchester City will continue its title defence against Southampton at the Etihad Stadium, this weekend, for matchday 10 of the English Premier League 2022/23 season.
Aribo withdraws from Nigeria’s friendlies to rest after mammoth previous season
Joe Aribo has made the decision to withdraw from representing Nigeria in upcoming international fixtures because the midfielder wants to ‘rest,’ reports scottishdailyexpress.co.uk.
Aribo explains what it felt like to score for Rangers in Europa League final
Joe Aribo admits when the ball hit the back of the net for his Europa League opening goal, he didn’t know what to do, reports rangersreview.co.uk.
Southampton boss heaps plaudits on 'intelligent and versatile' Aribo
Southampton manager, Ralph Hasenhuttl, has heaped plaudits on the club’s new signing, Joe Aribo. The Saints announced the arrival of the versatile midfielder on Saturday night. Aribo, who penned a four-year contract, linked up with Southampton from Scottish Premiership giants Glasgow Rangers. “Joe is a player with many qualities to his game, and we are…
Rangers’ boss says club will not derail Aribo’s Premier League dream
Giovanni van Bronckhorst insists Rangers could not stand in the way of Joe Aribo’s desire to play in the English Premier League with Southampton. Aribo is expected to leave Rangers in the coming weeks, with a potential £10million agreement for the star midfielder. That was the amount inserted into the Nigerian international’s clause when he…
Nigerian players likely to move to the Premier League in summer 2022
The summer 2022 Premier League transfer window is officially open and there’s already plenty of excitement surrounding the new signings.
It’s been hectic, Aribo reflects after gruelling 70-game season
Joe Aribo has ended his season after no less than 70 appearances for club and country, reports rangersreview.co.uk.
Fans hail Joe Aribo, wants more from No 10
Attacking playmakers of a team often wear the jersey No 10. In most cases, the role of offensive playmakers is to make incisive passes to wingers, seeing them through on goal or to deliver ‘killer’ crosses, as well as scoring goals themselves.
Air Peace now Eagles’ carrier as NFF signs N500m deal
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, bagged Air Peace airline’s sponsorship deal worth over N500 million for national teams’ travels...
Rangers boss Gerrard runs out of superlatives for ‘Boss Kid’ Aribo
Super Eagles star Joe Aribo has earned top praise from Rangers boss Steven Gerrard after Sunday’s man of the match performance in his side’s 4-1 thumping of Dundee United – a win that edges the Ibrox side closer to their first Scottish Premiership title in a decade. The Nigerian midfielder scored his second Rangers goal…
Omitted by Eagles, injured Aribo faces race to be fit for Old Firm clash
Nigeria’s squad, which is for their matches against Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia on October 9 and 13, did not feature the midfielder. Aribo has score two goals in four games for Nigeria since he made his debut last year.
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you’re lying
Rosa definitely barks!
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Christopher Woken [OC]
My therapist said the best treatment for depression is to vigorously rub salt into my skin in order to draw out excess moisture.
Wow thanks I'm cured.
struggle as a new comer….
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All it needs is a red circle
Never appreciated…
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Hey guys, YouTube recommended me a video on “How to identify if a guy is gay”.
Easiest would be to ask them, then again we wouldn't know if they're gonna give a straight answer.
Did you know that the first French Fries weren’t cooked in France or America?
They were cooked in Greece.
Walmart battle royale
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This works here right?
*Insert an HTML programmer joke here*
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If you gave a preacher a cyan popsicle, would that make them a bluetoothed speaker?
The pope visits Texas…
He gets the VIP treatment. Limos. The works. One day there’s a bit of a mix up in his schedule and he finds himself in his limo with just the driver. Nobody else. Seeing the opportunity he asks, “Mr Driver I haven’t had a days peace in decades. One of my old pleasures was to just drive my car. Please, you will be blessed, can I drive the limo?” The driver reluctantly agrees. They swap seats and off the Pope goes. Obviously, completely caught up in the experience he goes way over the speed limit. Only to be pulled over by a state trooper. Trooper knocks on the window. Pope winds it down. Trooper takes one look at the Pope and returns to his squad car without saying a word. The trooper gets on the radio and calls his sergeant. “Boss. We have a problem here.” “What is it?” says his boss. The trooper explains he’s stopped a limo for speeding. “You know how you said to call you first if I ever caught a big fish? I’ve caught a big fish”. “Well who is it man?!” exclaims the sergeant. “He’s a big fish!” says the trooper! “Well who for crying out loud, is he a fellow officer?!” “Bigger fish than that!” says the trooper. “Tell me who it is! Is it a senator?!” “Bigger!” “The governor?!” “BIGGER!!” “Tell me or I’ll have your badge officer!!!” SCREAMS the sergeant! “I don’t know who he is but his driver is the Pope!!”
I went swimming in a river in Paris and my friend went swimming in a river in Cairo. He said I was insane, but I told him he was in denial.
Well that’s ok then, as long as you’re not racist
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Did you know that if you get really close to a lighter flame…
…it smells like burnt nose hair?
Here it comes folks brace yourself, Liberals will be blamed for the way Conservatives act with their guns and privilege
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Secular Assault
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From a Facebook “meme page”
Same reaction every time
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Once I was a male trapped in a female body..
Then I was born.
My kid asked me, “Dad, what are condoms used for?”
I said, “Usually to avoid answering questions like these.”
Two Pretzels Were Walking Down The Road
One got a-salted.
It’s old, but it’s honest work
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The untitled Kevin game
It’s getting crowded in heaven, so one day Saint Peter decides to only accept people who make him laugh.
A man came walking up to the Pearly Gates, and Saint Peter said to him: “Alright bud, you’re only getting in today if you can make me laugh, so why don’t you tell me about how you died.” The man looked at Saint Peter and said, “Oh man, it was awful! I was absolutely sure my wife was having an affair, so I left work early to come home and try to catch her in the act. When I got home, sure as shit there she was, naked on the bed! I looked all over the apartment, but I couldn’t find the guy anywhere. So I went outside on our 25th story balcony, and there he was!! Hanging over the edge by his fingertips! So I ran inside, and grabbed my hammer and ran back outside and started smashing his hands and fingers with it! He finally let go, and he fell down 25 stories but he landed in some bushes, so I ran inside and using all of my might, I grabbed my refrigerator, picked it up, and threw it over the rail and on top of the guy, crushing and killing him!! But all of the strain and exertion from picking up the refrigerator gave me a heart attack and I died.” Saint Peter let out a faint chuckle, and since it was a crime of passion, he decided to let the poor soul in. Another man came walking up to the pearly gates, and Saint Peter told this man the same thing—that in order to get in, he was going to have to make Saint Peter laugh. So the second started to tell Saint Peter how he died. “Oh man, it was awful! I was doing aerobics out on my 26th story balcony of my apartment, when all of a sudden a flock of birds came out of nowhere and started attacking me! I was trying to get away, but I fell over the edge of my railing! However, on my way down I managed to grab the railing of the apartment below mine…but then this maniac suddenly showed up and started smashing my hands and fingers with a hammer until I let go! Fortunately for me, I landed in some bushes, but then some guy dropped a freaking refrigerator on me! Saint Peter chuckled again, let the second guy into heaven, and was realizing he has found a way he could really start enjoying his job! About that time, a 3rd man comes walking up to the pearly gates, and Saint Peter gave him the speech about needing to make him laugh, and asks him how he died. “Oh man, you’re never going to believe this shit! Alright, so picture this—I’m butt naked and hiding in a refrigerator…”
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Is buttcheeks one word?
Or should I spread them apart?
A man dies and goes to hell. Once there, he finds that there is a different hell for each country, so he tries to seek out the least painful one.
At the door to German Hell, he is told: "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." He does not like the sound of that, so he checks out American Hell, Russian Hell and many more. They are all similarly gruesome. However, at Nigerian Hell a long line of people is waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks, "What do they do here?" He is told: "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the Nigerian devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." "But that's the same as the others," says the man. "Why are so many people waiting to get in?" "Because of the power cuts, the electric chair does not work. The nails were paid for but never supplied, so the bed is comfortable. And the Nigerian devil used to be a civil servant, so he comes in, signs his time sheet and goes back home for private business."
And any millennium problem.
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You shouldn’t watch any horror movies today
It May, Fri 10 you.
Haven’t opened the file since…
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(OC)Show me you .rar face!!
And that’s how you fix a bug
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Yang is back at it again.
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I saw a guy riding on a unicycle the other day.
I've seen him a few times here and there on local streets. I thought to myself "I bet he never gets too-tired."
100 year old comic proving boomer is a mindset
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*Angry newton noises*
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I thought this was a joke at first but it isn’t
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Suppository good?
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Huddle up boys
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My penis may not be 12 inches
….but it smells like a foot.
Not content with the skyrocketing unemployment rate, Donald also wants to put joke writers out of business.
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My mom keeps sending me this stuff
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This is why I loved it
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A daughter accidentally sees her mother getting out of the shower.
The girl points at the mom’s pubic hair and says “Mommy, what’s that?” The mom, not knowing how to respond, replies “Uh, it’s my washcloth”. The daughter accepts this answer and runs off to play. About two weeks later, the mother finds herself in the same precarious situation. “Mommy! Where did your washcloth go?” the girl says in shock. “I lost it, honey” replies the mom. “Ok!” The daughter says as she darts off. Later that night as the mother is on the couch reading a book the daughter runs in, excited, “Mommy!! Mommy!! I found your washcloth!” “You did?! Where was it??” “The maid has it!” the daughter shouted “And she’s washing daddy’s face with it!”
Adam and Eve’s Nationality
A Brit, a Frenchman and a Russian are viewing a painting of Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden. "Look at their reserve, their calm," muses the Brit. "They must be British." "Nonsense," the Frenchman disagrees. "They're naked, and so beautiful. Clearly, they are French." "No clothes, no shelter," the Russian points out, "they have only an apple to eat, and they're being told this is paradise. They are Russian.
What happend before the crowbar was invented?
Crows had to drink at home.
I don’t like how shopping centres are so similar..
You see one, you've seen a mall.
Why was the green melon happily married and the orange melon single for life
Green “hon I dew” Orange “Can’t-elope….”
Why do programmers like dark mode?
Because light attracts bugs
Imagine consuming less than 1g per day, pathetic
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MRW I have to abandon my quarantine projects to go back to work
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Where’s the tough guy that picks on everyone?
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I just lost my mood ring
I can’t tell you how I feel about it
Could you imagine the alphabet without the letter B?
It's easy, if you make B leave.
A Japanese tourist went into an American bank to exchange some Yen for Dollars..
He handed the teller 10,000 Yen and the teller returned him $90. Confused, the Japanese man said "last month I exchanged 10,000 yen and received $100. Why today only $90?" The teller replied "Fluctuations" "Oh yeah? Fluck you Yankees too!" retorted the Japanese man
Oh Fuck FUCK FUCK GUYS HOLY SHIT CALL THE PRESIDENT FUCK OH MY GOD WHAT M I N D B L O WN kill me
Brexit Pun
What’s the difference between a dirty bus stop and a lobster with breast implants?
One is a crusty bus station The other is a busty crustacean
3 mugskateers
And then there was two.
The root cause of many things (x-post from /r/justgamedevthings)
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oh mmy god
If it works, it works
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Can’t argue with that logic…
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A friend of mine tries to impress girls by drawing realistic paintings of the Ford F-150.
He’s a pickup artist.
Can’t breathe lol 😂😂😂 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💕👍
Greatest genius on Earth: Cancer comes from wind
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My wife hated that I didn’t have a sense of direction
So I packed my stuff up and right
Sex with boss
A boss said to his secretary, "I want to have SEX with you I will make it very fast. I'll throw $1000 on the floor, by the time you bend down to pick it I'll be done." She thought for a moment then called her boyfriend and told him the story. Her boyfriend then said to her, do it but "Ask him for $2000, pick up the money very fast he wouldn't even have enough time to undressed himself." So she agrees. Half an hour goes by, the boyfriend decides to call girlfriend, he asks, "what happened?" She responds, "The Bastard used coins I'm still picking and he is still fucking!"
Got this one texted from my father today
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Why did the baby go to jail?
Because he was resisting a rest.
The Master Programmer
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Wake up sheeple
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This video from facebook [screenshot]
OMG SO FUNNY IM DYING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I dont usually tell dad jokes, but when I do.
He laughs
Little girl lands position as construction boss.
A young family moved into a house next to a vacant lot. One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot. The young family’s 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers. Eventually the construction crew, all of them “gems-in-the-rough” more or less, had adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars “pay” she’d received to the bank the next day to start a savings account. When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own paycheck at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied: “I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us.” “Oh my goodness gracious,” said the teller, “and will you be working on the house again this week, too?” The little girl replied, “I will if those lazy assholes from Lowe’s ever deliver the fucking sheetrock.”
Reality is often disappointing
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Haha boomer eyesight bad
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How can you scare people with your impression of an elephant?
Turn both of your pants pockets inside out, and say, “hey, you ever seen my impression of an elephant?” while reaching for your zipper.
Why did the Mexican guy take xanax?
For Hispanic attacks.
But..why?
This pains me to look at
Ever wondered what to say to your sister when she’s crying ?
“Are you having a crisis ?”
Partners in the geology lab were upset that I didn’t share the earthquake data…
It’s completely my fault
Omg Jesus. Your so funny!
Biden’s pandering is getting ridiculous.
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I can’t believe Kim Jon Un wants to nuke South Korea
Does he have no Seoul
I love my sub minimum pay part time job.
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that was so unnecessary
I’m on my way
My wife is 37 weeks pregnant and is scheduled to be induced this morning. She woke up last night just after midnight (I checked) to use the washroom and when she got back into bed I asked her if it was after 12 yet. She said she thought so and asked why. I told her I wanted to be the first to wish her a Happy Birth Day! She appropriately groaned then giggled, so I think I'm ready. Wish me luck!
A boy was upstairs playing on his computer when his grandad came in the room and sat down on the bed.
"What are you doing?", asked the grandad. "You're 18 years old and wasting your life. When I was 18 I went to Paris, I went to the Moulin Rouge, drank all night, had my way with the dancers, pissed on the barman and left without paying. Now that is how to have a good time." A week later, the grandfather comes to visit again. He finds the boy still in his room, but with a broken arm in plaster, 2 black eyes and missing all his front teeth. "What happened?", he asked. "Oh Grandfather!", replied the boy. "I did what you did. I went to Paris, went to the Moulin Rouge, drank all night, had my way with the dancers, pissed all over the barman, and he beat the crap out of me!" "Oh dear!", replied the grandad. "Who did you go with?" "Just some friends, why? Who did you go with?" "Oh!" replied the grandad. "The Third Panzer Division."
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I copy and pasted it, how is it spelled wrong
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Home / Unknown Type / Waysted - Vices (Rock Candy Records)
Waysted
Waysted - Vices (Rock Candy Records)
RELEASED: 5th February 2021
Format: Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition CD
Cat No: CANDY444
(Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition / Fully Remastered Audio shaped from 24 BIT digital technology / Pete Way’s post UFO master blaster / 6 Bonus Tracks / 16 page full colour booklet – 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork with previously unseen photos and interview with Pete Way)
PETE WAY’S MUSICAL progress has always been not only intriguing but also packed with powerful statements of intent, not least the formation of Waysted, one of the early-80s most promising new rock bands. Pete will, of course, always be known for his triumphant years as a key ingredient in UFO, one of the UK’s leading and most influential groups of the 70s and 80s, and his resignation from that band was met with shock and surprise. Initially hooking up with ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke for an early version of Fastway, Pete set in motion a series of events that would lead to the formation of Waysted, an appropriately named cabal of seasoned players looking to make their mark in a new band. Signed, not unexpectedly, to Chrysalis records (home of UFO) the band drafted in former UFO keyboard/guitar player Paul Raymond, drummer Frank Noon (ex Def Leppard), gravel-throated vocalist Ian ‘Fin’ Muir (previously of Flying Squad) and new hot shot American guitarist Ronnie Kayfield. It was a dream team of talent that crafted ‘Vices’, one of the era’s most striking albums, that attracted well deserved attention from the media and the public. Naturally the focus of attention was on Pete Way but vocalist Muir and guitarist Kayfield were singled out as being significant and impressive. Issued in 1983 and produced by Mick Glossop (another UFO alumni), the album carved out a strong and potent style, fusing the classic rock heft of UFO with the low-slung sound being created by fresher sounding acts such as Hanoi Rocks and Dogs D’Amour. Tracks such as ‘Women In Chains’, ‘Love Loaded’, ‘Toy With Passion’ and ‘Hot Love’ are explosive musical cocktails defining the sound and new era.
1. Love Loaded;
2. Women In Chains
3. Sleazy
4. Night Of The Wolf
5. Toy With The Passion
6. Right From The Start
7. Hot Love
8. All Belongs To You
9. Somebody To Love
Bonus Tracks (Alt Mixes):
10. Love Loaded
11. Sleazy
12. Night Of The Wolf
13. Right From The Start
14. All Belongs To You
15. Somebody To Love
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‘Just shoot me!’ – A Validation Method Short Story
Editor’s Note: The following short story was submitted to VTI by Scott Averill, CEO and co-owner of three Kansas-based older adult communities: Brookside Retirement Community (Overbrook), Wellsville Retirement Community (Wellsville) and The Fields of Brookside (a memory care home that offers a safe environment for six residents living with dementia). A few months ago, you may remember we profiled Scott as a major sponsor of our 2016 “I Validate to Connect” Campaign.
It’s a wonderful and touching story that showcases the power of the Validation Method, and we hope you enjoy. If you have a story you’d like to share with us, please contact the VTI Manager at jana (at) vfvalidation (dot) org .
‘Just shoot me!’
By Scott G. Averill (with assistance from Dale A. Beaulieu, M.S.)
“Thank you, Ms. Naomi Feil for championing the cause of the confused elders and training thousands of caregivers to treat elders as treasured human beings with value, courtesy, worth and beauty. The notion of the enduring value of all human beings has transformed our lives, at work and home.” — Scott G. Averill
It was 6:15 p.m. on a Friday evening as I closed my office door after another 12-hour day working as an Administrator in long-term care. A 30-minute drive was in front of me, and I was looking forward to enjoying dining with my wife, Susan. As I walked through the dining room on my way to the parking lot, I noticed Elaine sitting quietly at her table, head down and softly crying. Tempted to keep walking, I caught myself … and I moved toward the confused elder with purpose and attention.
Scott Averill
Elaine is one of our “regulars” in the weekly Validation group, which I co-lead with our Activity Director, Jennifer Carpenter. Elaine is a regular group member, one of the more quiet residents, but she also has a smile that can uplift and buoy other residents and staff. Seeing her emotionally distraught and at an apparent loss as to how to go on, I took a deep breath. I accessed if she was open to sharing; some residents are very private, shut down in their grief, who will welcome closeness, but are reluctant to engage in dialogue. These require time, attention, and the attention of connection through physical proximity. One elder caregiver used to admonish his charges, “Keep your head blank, your heart full of love, and let your intuition be your guide.” From my weekly group experiences, I believed Elaine was verbally facile, and she would be open to talking to me.
In every validation encounter with a confused elder or one with Alzheimer’s disease, I follow a three-step formula: 1] respectfully suspend my reality: gently enter the elder’s emotional world, accepting exactly what is so with them. I choose to know in my bones wherever they are in place and time is actually perfect 2] Dance: let the spirit of inquiry, spontaneity, exploration, joy, empathy, compassion, intuition and questioning lead me down an unknown, previously untrod path, freeing us both to fully, foundationally, in the present moment, and empowering my elder to meet whatever existing needs arose to catch my attention 3] Graciously depart: if I promise to meet or see Elaine again, keep my word and be there at the appointed time.
I knelt down by her table and said, “Hello Elaine. Is there anything I can do for you?” She slowly turned her head, inclining her head toward me, looking over her glasses and shouted, “JUST SHOOT ME!” I did not respond immediately. Instead, following the teaching of Validation founder, Naomi Feil, I paused, took a deep, centering breath, bent down, and lowered my eyes to look up to Elaine with rich, spacious attention, and let the words come from an inner wisdom, richer than normal knowing awareness, “Are you thinking of someone you lost?”
Elaine paused and said, “Yes, I am.” She lowered her head, feeling the weight of years, struggling to collect herself. “Who are you missing?” I gently kept the question alive. “My mother, my father, my sisters, Denise and Gertrude?” she replied. Then I respectfully took her hand and said, “That must be very hard. You know, Elaine, we all really appreciate your presence and participation in our weekly group meetings. You are a vital part of our group.” Elaine softened into a makeshift, tentative grin, in response, growing into the awareness of the acknowledging words. “Do you mean that, really?” Elaine queried. I said, “Yes, Elaine, everyone especially loves your smile – it lights up the room for our entire circle of friends.”
Elaine gazed into my eyes, no words needing to be spoken. Time was shortly suspended. I could tell she was thoughtfully processing my validating statement. Gradually, tentatively, Elaine seemed to give herself permission to accept my honoring statement, and then she said: “Really!” She then gathered herself, looked me right in the eye, and gripped my hand with renewed gusto as she said: “You know, you are the nicest person I know.” I took the time to let the compliment hit home. I thanked Elaine for her time and as I made my way to the parking lot, and told her, I would see her at the next Validation group meeting.
I thought of the incongruity of the encounter happening after a long, killer day. When I first saw her, I stopped, overwhelmed. Her need seemed unfair, unjust, directly in my face. Why didn’t I meet Elaine in the morning when I was rested, focused, at my performance peak? I felt an ineffable calm after the encounter; that for a bit, Elaine and I belonged to one another, knit into a slender, two-member intimate community, in a way words can’t convey or describe.
A short quote came to mind from Antoine De St. Exupery’s The Little Prince: “Words are the source of misunderstanding. The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.” Wow, toss my carefully crafted plans out the window. That is the essence of Validation – the unspeakable language of the heart.
Isn’t it amazing how the magic really arrives where we least expect it. Hiding in the stuff and the mire, the muck and the tedium of a day that pushed me beyond my recognizable limits, was incalculable treasure – for both Elaine and myself? I believe it true that such an emotive opening bows to its own rhythms, bends to its own labyrinth-like movements. Though these openings are everywhere, we must be alert for them and not doze off into wasted unawareness. To be sure, if we look with confidence, these grace-filled moments are literally all around us each day.
I remembered how Validation founder, Naomi Feil, once said that workers in long-term care need to be “super adults”, putting aside their own fatigue, concerns and personal agendas to fully enter the reality of the confused elder who is alone, in pain, and aching for a sense of belonging. I got up from the validation encounter, not at all tired after the 12-hour-plus stint, but confirmed purposefully, “This is why I work. This is where my passion is.” Then I started to think systemically.
On the ride home, in my half-hour, emotive vehicular decompression chamber, I moved from joy over the recent encounter with Elaine to organizational pondering. Why couldn’t I have every caregiver on my staff trained to connect with residents in the manner of my encounter with Elaine?
I reflected on the way I used to engage with elders with Alzheimer’s more than 25+ years ago, before I first came across Validation. I used the cumbersome, often-brutal model of reality therapy. A woman, Ms. Eunice Grace, used to sit outside my Administrator’s office, in Leavenworth, Kansas, often crying, shaken and distraught, asking me to take her home, to 444 Spruce Lane, Kansas City, Kansas. I told her, with what to her must have seemed monotonous regularity, “Mrs. Grace. You moved; you no longer live on Spruce Lane. This is your home now. We are currently living in the year 1995.”
No matter my well-meaning intent, in providing what I saw to be critical and necessary information, this pat story seldom improved anything and usually resulted in a heightened degree of agitation for Mrs. Grace. Then two or three years later and Jennifer Carpenter, my longtime Activities Director, brought back a VF/Validation/Fantasy book authored by Naomi Feil and sold at one of her workshops, which said, “Every elder has a right to their own reality. You must be firmly grounded in yours before you can freely travel with them in theirs.” I had an enlightening “Ah-ha” moment in reading this; it brought light that I could access to my encounter with Mrs. Grace and others like her. I began my three-decade-plus joyous inquiry into connecting with my residents.
I thought next, how hard I had worked over the same two decades to try to train all caregivers – from custodians to CNAs to cooks to maintenance staff to gardeners – to enter the realities of our confused and Alzheimer’s-affected residents. I had a running battle of dialogue with those who conducted the training with me: can empathy and intuition be taught or do they have to be innately present in the student-caregiver?
Some caregivers, in my experience, catch onto Validation like fish to water; they are absolute naturals – it is as if this is what they were born to do. But what about the rest of us? Often, we struggle with the three-step formula; many of us openly resist the necessary suspension of our life-meaning patterns; we fear spontaneity and the freedom of the dance, as if the un-trod choreography was more than a little imposing. So, too, many of us make promises or say words that, due to busyness, forgetfulness or just a hectic schedule, don’t allow us to fulfill loving, meaningful intentions.
Often, caregivers fight to suspend their own realities. We’re reluctant to brave the contradictions and uneasiness that come as we commit ourselves to a realm of otherness, fantasy, and yesteryear … times filled, not just with scattered cobwebs of the past, but replete, for our confused elders, with their own concrete realities. Still, even among those battles, if we persist, we shall ultimately prevail.
The road of arriving is not without its share of difficulties. It is like the quote from the long poem, “Prometheus Unbound,” by the English Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley: “Hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates.” Many of us caregivers must bear the gateway uncomfortable-ness of entering another’s reality. Every invigorating swim starts with the initial shock of cold water, and carries resistance with it. We must courageously go through the channel of our own disillusionment, brokenness and frustration. We battle repeated foibles, missteps and countless incidents where we fall short of our best, our most effective selves. Yet, onward we march.
If we endure, we will and must bear fruit, simply by holding onto the eagerness, desire and hunger to make a difference in the lives of our nursing home family. Intuition, then, becomes the acquisition of uncanny insight. It is natural knowing apart from logic. From here, it is an easy stretch to arrive at empathy. As we deeply feel the situation, motives and existing world of the confused elders, we grow immeasurably in service and competent care. Yes, indeed. I turned into the driveway of my home, now not even very hungry for a meal. For me, contemplating the lingering beauty of my simple, but elegant encounter with Elaine was nourishment enough – that plus the face that the beautiful elder became a delectable lens to the impending real-world transformation of my nursing home, perhaps with the advancement of Naomi Feil’s work this elder-honoring stance will be the typical fare for the day.
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Judge rules Michigan teen to stay in detention center after not completing online homework
By: WXYZ Staff and Scripps National
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — A Michigan judge has ruled a 15-year-old girl will stay in a juvenile detention center for violating probation after not completing online coursework.
Grace had gotten into legal trouble last year, and as one of the conditions of her probation, she had to attend school and complete classwork, which her mother tells ProPublica her daughter was doing until the pandemic hit.
ProPublica, a nonprofit publication, brought attention to Grace's story.
"This is a student with disabilities who was struggling with remote learning situation and ended up in detention because of that," said Jodi Cohen, a reporter with ProPublica Chicago.
"In school the student gets one-on-one support from teachers and is allowed extra time to complete assignments because of (ADHD) and other disabilities," Cohen said.
Without that support and the daily structure she was used to, Grace struggled. So she reached out to her special education teacher, "to say she needed help and that one-on-one tutoring began the day after the violation against probation was filed against her," Cohen said.
As you might imagine, nationwide, a lot of students struggled with the sudden transition to online learning. According to ProPublica.org, 15,000 Los Angeles high school students failed to complete their schoolwork. One-third of all the students in Minneapolis Public Schools and a quarter of Chicago Public Schools students didn't finish all their schoolwork.
ProPublica's investigation also found the situation may have been influenced by race in addition to Grace's learning disabilities. Grace is Black. "The case may also reflect, some experts and Grace’s mother believe, systemic racial bias. Grace is Black in a predominantly white community and in a county where a disproportionate percentage of Black youth are involved with the juvenile justice system," the ProPublica investigation stated.
A rally took place before the court hearing Monday. During the hearing, the judge also ruled Grace will undergo therapy. Her next court date is in September.
Judge ruled she will stay in detention where she is getting therapy ... next court date is September. Mother and daughter both visibly upset https://t.co/4VK0biBtWE
— Jennifer Ann Wilson WXYZ (@JennaWils) July 20, 2020
In response to the case and growing public outcry, Oakland County Executive David Coulter had asked for the Oakland County Circuit Court at Children's Village to review Grace's case.
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N.J. wants to reform how it handles sex assault claims
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Samantha Marcus | November 18, 2019 | NJ Advance Media |
Thirteen months after Katie Brennan’s allegation of rape against another top Murphy administration staffer went public, the state Legislature has turned its attention again to legislation reforming how state government handles sex assault claims.
The nine bills were approved Monday by the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee without any discussion. The same bills cleared an Assembly committee this summer. All would have to be passed by the full Senate and Assembly and signed by the governor to become law.
The legislation came out of the Legislature’s months-long investigation into how the Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration responded to Brennan’s allegation that she was raped by another top aide during Murphy’s 2017 run for governor after a campaign gathering.
Brennan did not work for the campaign at the time. But the man she has accused, Albert J. Alvarez, was director of Latino and Muslim outreach for the campaign. Brennan would go on to become chief of staff for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, while Alvarez became deputy director of personnel for the transition after Murphy won the election and then chief of staff to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. He left that job in October of last year.
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The Shadow Reader Trilogy Swag-For-Brag Giveaway Blast
Posted January 6, 2014 by Carmel in Giveaways / 0 Comments
December 31, 2013 was the best New Year’s Eve I’ve had in a long time. The Sharpest Blade, the third book in my Shadow Reader series, hit the shelves. The Shadow Reader books follow McKenzie Lewis, a human who can not only see the fae, but she can track them when they fissure (or teleport) from place to place. That little talent of hers has put her in the middle of a fae civil war, a war that finally comes to a conclusion in The Sharpest Blade.
Readers have waited a long time for this book. I’m so grateful for their patience, and for all their support these last few years. The reception McKenzie has received has been awesome, and I’ve met so many wonderful readers since The Shadow Reader was published. Thank you all for sharing McKenzie’s adventures with me, and I hope 2014 brings you many hundreds of fabulous and kickass reads.
About Sandy Williams
Sandy Williams has lived and breathed books all her life. When she was a teen, she was always the first to finish her class assignments so that she could read as much as possible before the bell rang. Her grades didn’t suffer (much), and she was able to enroll in Texas A&M University. She didn’t sneak in novels there, but every other line of her college lecture notes are filled with snippets of stories. After she graduated, she decided to turn those snippets into books.
Sandy is the author of The Shadow Reader novels, an urban fantasy romance series about a human who can both see and track the fae. When Sandy isn’t writing, she’s taking care of her twin boys, who also debuted in 2011. They keep her busy, but she’s occasionally able to sneak in time to read books by her favorite authors, and she still enjoys playing EuroGames like Dominion, 7 Wonders, and Agricola.
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There can only be one allegiance.
It’s her time to choose.
Some humans can see the fae. McKenzie Lewis can track them, reading the shadows they leave behind. But some shadows lead to danger. Others lead to lies.
A Houston college student trying to finish her degree, McKenzie has been working for the fae king for years, tracking vicious rebels who would claim the Realm. Her job isn’t her only secret. For just as long, she’s been in love with Kyol, the king’s sword-master—and relationships between humans and fae are forbidden.
But any hope for a normal life is shattered when she’s captured by Aren, the fierce and uncompromising rebel leader. He teaches her the forbidden fae language and tells her dark truths about the Court, all to persuade her to turn against the king. Time is running out, and as the fight starts to claim human lives, McKenzie has no choice but to decide once and for all whom to trust and where she ultimately stands in the face of a cataclysmic civil war.
A love declared. A war waged.
A future endangered.
McKenzie Lewis has a gift. It allows her access to a world few have seen, and even fewer can comprehend. It’s her secret. And it exists in the shadows…
McKenzie was a normal college student, save for one little twist: she’s a shadow reader, someone who can both see the fae and track their movements between our world and the Realm. It’s a gift for which she has been called insane, one for which she has risked family and friends—and one that has now plunged her into a brutal civil war among the fae.
With the reign of the king and his vicious general at an end, McKenzie hoped to live a more normal life while exploring her new relationship with Aren, the rebel fae who has captured her heart. But when her best friend, Paige, disappears McKenzie knows her wish is, for now, just a dream. McKenzie is the only one who can rescue her friend, but if she’s not careful, her decisions could cost the lives of everyone she’s tried so hard to save.
Torn between two worlds.
Torn between two lives.
McKenzie Lewis’s ability to read the shadows has put her—and …those she loves—in harm’s way again and again. The violence must end, but will the cost of peace be more devastating than anyone ever imagined?
After ten years of turmoil, the life McKenzie has always longed for may finally be within her grasp. No one is swinging a sword at her head or asking her to track the fae, and she finally has a regular—albeit boring—job. But when a ruthless enemy strikes against her friends, McKenzie abandons her attempt at normalcy and rushes back to the Realm.
With the fae she loves and the fae she’s tied to pulling her in different directions, McKenzie must uncover the truth behind the war and accept the painful sacrifices that must be made to end it. Armed with dangerous secrets and with powerful allies at her side, her actions will either rip the Realm apart—or save it.
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REVIEW: Philip Scott Poli “One Sky” is Excellent and Stylistic
October 1, 2020 October 1, 2020 John Apice0
Review by John Apice
Philip Scott Poli – One Sky
Though not quite there yet I’d say award-winning songwriter Philip Scott Poli is on the right track to be another Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. At least he’s following in his footsteps.
I’m not saying Poli has to sing about liberal issues, politics & controversy, or go to union protests. His songs just need more meat on them. Think Townes van Zandt with a Jimmie Dale Gilmore voice. Poli has that likable vocal — just tweak it into a traditional edgier manner.
What do I mean? Poli is a songwriting specialist (certificate from Berklee). I’m suspect that he uses the textbook styles of songwriting when he should crack the binding on the book to create something away from formula. Willie Nelson didn’t go to college to write his hits.
“One Sky,” is delightful, “Already Want You,” has a gentle Euro-style Caroline King accordion & a warm melody. Sounds like something you’d hear outside a Parisian café in the 1920s. “Give Me Away,” touches vocally in a similar tradition to Gilmore. Reaching cut 7 “Iron into Gold,” Poli is excellent, stylistic, with a song of great intonation & phrasing. Wonderful mandolin & piano. Rich & indelible.
Windsor Ontario’s Philip Scott Poli has the look of a genuine troubadour with his bald head & sincere face. The CD One Sky is his first (drops Oct 1 – Independent). Recorded apparently in pieces throughout the world makes it interesting & ambitious.
Poli in Canada, Caroline in Cleveland, Ohio. Keith MacNeil (mandolin – in Cape Breton Island, Canada), Johnny McCullough (piano in Belfast, Ireland). Breagh MacNeil (harmonies, from Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada), Mark Evitts (strings in Nashville), Stephen Maginnis (drums – Belfast, Ireland), & Dale Rivard (steel guitar/dobro – in Tilbury, Ontario, Canada).
The cleverest tune is “Where Do All the Hit Songs Go?” – which could easily be a hit for someone either in-country or pop. It’s described as a Willie “Nelsonesque” tune, but I don’t think so. It’s not outlaw enough. Poli wisely wrote & performed it in a manner similar to country songwriting legend Roger Miller. It comes close to being a novelty song but it’s too good, too poignant to be. It has humor, but I hear Dolly Parton or Reba. They have the tonality to sing this with equal parts of emotion & nostalgia.
Poli could break that hard shell of country radio but he needs to either create something with the typical country formula trimmings or write something with controversy enough to turn heads. Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction” was one such song in the 60s & Glenn Yarborough’s “Baby, The Rain Must Fall,” another. With a unique voice & by adding some vinegar to his lyrics, more compelling stuff imbued with that tenacity of a Lyle Lovett & Gilmore will help Poli.
“Shine,” & “The Story,” has that voice – both aggressive & beautiful.
The 10-track, 37-minute LP – produced by Peter McVeigh (in Belfast). Available at https://www.philipscottpoli.com/#home-section
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Rovers Frustrated By Ugly Tactics
Rovers 0 Bolton 0
In what turned out to be a frustrating game, where Bolton’s main intention was to intimidate Robbie Savage and play a spoiling game, that resulted in 6 yellow cards(Bolton 4 Rovers 2) and 1 red, Rovers failed to capitalise on the first half sending off Bolton’s Hidetoshi Nakata.
The nearest Rovers got to scoring was a second half header by Emerton against the bar, whilst Bolton could have stolen all 3 points if substitute Ricardo Vaz hadn’t slipped in front of an open goal.
The highlight of the afternoon was the appearance of Matt Jansen who came on as a substitute for Bolton for the final 12 minutes.
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Keister, Jerome
Jerome B. Keister
Organometallic transition metal complexes and their reactions; Mechanism of alkene-alkyne metathesis, catalyzed by ruthenium carbene complexes; Organic and inorganic synthesis, IR, NMR, UV/Visible and EPR spectroscopies, electrochemistry, and kinetics
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Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1986
PhD, University of Illinois, 1978
BS, Louisiana State University, 1973
Organometallic chemistry, metal clusters, and homogeneous catalysis.
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Our research concerns various aspects of transition metal complexes and their reactions. Students have the opportunity to learn organic and inorganic synthetic methods, IR, NMR, UV/Visible and EPR spectroscopies, electrochemistry, and kinetics. This broad background is especially valuable training for multi-disciplinary industrial research and development.
One project, in collaboration with Steven Diver’s research group, concerns the mechanism of alkene-alkyne metathesis, catalyzed by ruthenium carbene complexes. Our contribution concerns kinetic studies of this reaction. The rate is monitored by using IR spectroscopy, UV/visible spectroscopy, or gas chromatography to measure reactant and product concentrations. The rate law is determined by varying the concentrations of catalyst, alkyne, alkene and other reagents. Relative rates determined for alkynes and alkenes having different functional groups allow us to define the steric and electronic properties of the activated complex. These studies, combined with Diver’s complementary synthetic studies, will paint a complete picture of the reaction, which will allow synthetic chemists better control over this important methodology.
A second area of research concerns low-dimensional materials based upon metal coordination polymers. Recent attention has been drawn to the design of redox-active ligands for electrochemically controlling reactivity of transition metals, with applications in catalysis, sensors, and “molecular switches.” By electrochemically changing the oxidation state of the ligand a metal complex can be interconverted between two (or more) states of reactivity. Our research concerns monometallic and polymetallic complexes with electroactive polyoxolene ligands, for which one can expect redox processes associated with the metal framework and with the ligands. The term “polyoxolene” to refer to polycyclic aromatics which contain two or more oxygen substituents. These complexes usually show rich electrochemistry with ligand-localized redox processes, in addition to metal-localized redox processes.
Reactions of polyoxolenes such as alizarin, anthragallol, purpurin, or rufigallol provide a variety of new complexes, one of which is shown below. We have fully characterized these products by IR, NMR, UV/visible, and electrochemistry. The 1-e oxidation products have been characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The goal of this research is to synthesize mono- and bimetallic complexes containing polyoxolene ligands in a variety of coordination modes, and to examine changes in electrochemistry due to changes in coordination mode, pH, and reactions with donor ligands. Redox induced changes in coordination of the polyoxolene may be used to induce chemical processes (such as catalysis) or to act as energy or signal storage systems. Polymers based upon these complexes should serve as 1-dimensional conductors.
Selected Recent Publications
Brandon R. Galan, Mateusz Pitak, Jerome B. Keister, and Steven T. Diver, “Isocyanide-Promoted Ylidene Transfer to Phosphorus: Rearrangement in the First-Generation Grubbs Complex,” Organometallics, 27(15), 3630-3632 (2008).
Boris Le Guennic†, Tavon Floyd, Brandon R. Galan, Jochen Autschbach*, and Jerome B. Keister*, “Paramagnetic Effects on the NMR Spectra of “Diamagnetic” Ruthenium(bis-phosphine)(bis-semiquinone) Complexes,” Inorg. Chem., 48, 5504-5511 (2009).
Brandon R. Galan, Mateusz Pitak, Milan Gembicky, Jerome B. Keister*, and Steven T. Diver*, “Ligand-Promoted Carbene Insertion into the Aryl Substituent of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand in Ruthenium-based Metathesis Catalysts,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(19), 6822-6832 (2009).
Jennifer E. Marshall, Jerome B. Keister*, and Steven T. Diver*, “Mechanism of Intermolecular Ene-yne Metathesis Promoted by the Grubbs First-Generation Catalyst: An Alternative Entry Point to Catalysis,” Organometallics, 30(6), 1319–1321 (2011).
Monissa Paderes, Lee Belding, Branden Fanovic, Travis Dudding*, Jerome Keister*, and Sherry Chemler*, “Experimental and Theoretical Examination of the Mechanism of the Copper-Promoted Intramolecular Aminooxygenation of Alkenes,” Chemistry – A European Journal, 18, 1711-1726 (2012).
Monissa C. Paderes, Jerome B. Keister*, and Sherry R. Chemler*, “Mechanistic Analysis and Optimization of the Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Alkene Aminooxygenation,” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78(2), 506-515 (2013).
Timothy Gregg, Jerome Keister, and Steven T. Diver*, “Inhibitory Effect of Ethylene in Ene-Yne Metathesis: The Case for Ruthenacyclobutane Resting States,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 16777-1680 (2013).
Justin R. Griffiths, Jerome B. Keister*, and Steven T. Diver*, “From Resting State to the Steady State: Mechanistic Studies of Ene-Yne Metathesis Promoted by the Hoveyda Complex,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 5380-5391 (2016).
Justin R. Griffiths, Elan J. Hofman, Jerome B. Keister*, and Steven T. Diver*, “Kinetics and Mechanism of Isocyanide-Promoted Carbene Insertion into the Aryl Substituent of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand in Ruthenium-based Metathesis Catalysts,” Organometallics, 36(16), 3043-3052 (2017).
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MUSIC: GoldKay Feat. Captain Hook - Like that
Award winning artist GoldKay has been making series waves both here in the UK and in his native Ghana, gaining streaming numbers in the millions and fans across the globe with his unique spin on Afropop - coining his own style AfroVibe. This fresh sound is evident on his latest single Like That' (out 24th April) which mixes elements of Afroswing, Rnb and Dancehall. The track also serves to announce the release of his up-coming debut EP entitled Questions' which this is the first single to be taken from.
Like That' is centred around a laid back Afrobeat rhythm, with GoldKay's melody-rich vocal delivery punctuated with chorus hooks from the aptly named Captain Hook - resulting in a smooth, radio friendly jam nicely timed for sunnier times. The love song which was inspired by a memorable holiday GoldKay enjoyed before recent events took hold across the world. Harking back to those times he explains:
“As we are approaching summer, the Afroswing vibe gives it that holiday feel, lifting spirits during this difficult time. It gives the listener room to imagine or place themselves in this holiday story.”
In January this year GoldKay took part in BBC 2's The Choir' show hosted by Gareth Malone - in it he helped coach inmates at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institute in forming the prison's first choir and the show's finale performance. In 2018 he was awarded a highly coveted Ghana Music Award for Best UK based Afrobeat Artist' that year, and prior to his solo career, GoldKay - as part of the acclaimed gospel choir Gospel Singers Incognito was featured on various TV shows such as BBC All Together Now, Channel 4 Celebrity Come Dine With Me, ITV Britain's Got Talent and Sky 1 A League Of Their Own. On stage he has performed to audiences across the UK, Europe, USA, Mexico and the Dominican Republic and has also provided backing vocals for various artists such as Dappy, Jaz Ellington (The Voice), Crazy Cousins and many more.
Spotify stream:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6qI9bHGPKSDvixvyLbrSsO?si=7JGhUg2pRfWdAbcSxFi0Mw
Labels: MUSIC AUDIO
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Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions Tightens Its Grip with NetSuite Business Software, Replacing Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains and salesforce.com
After Business Consolidation of 8 Competitors in Multiple Countries, Tripling Staff and Adding Complexity, Domin-8 Turns to NetSuite OneWorld for Managing End to End Business Operations Worldwide
SAN MATEO, Calif. and MASON, Ohio—April 17, 2008—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N - News), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business software suites that provide Accounting / ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and Ecommerce software for small business, medium-sized organisations and divisions of large companies, announced that Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions, the leading provider of integrated business software and solutions for the residential property management industry, has completely integrated its business operations on NetSuite OneWorld. With the order and stability NetSuite's end-to-end solution provides, Domin-8 has successfully integrated several acquired businesses in a short period of time, saving $300,000 in salary costs through efficiency and automation. To do this, it had to replace its legacy Microsoft Dynamics GP ( Great Plains), and other CRM products, such as Salesforce.com, that it inherited from the acquired companies. Domin-8 relies now on NetSuite as its business operations solution. Sales, marketing, accounting, analysis, reporting, multi-geography and multi-currency management are all managed through NetSuite OneWorld and the company is now implementing customer maintenance and automated renewals tracking. For more information on this story please visit www.netsuite.com.hk/domin-8.
Challenges abounded after Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions acquired eight competitors in a short 18-month span, more than tripling its staff. Many geographical and logistical issues needed to be dealt with to effectively manage the organisation. With sales, support, and development operations distributed in several locations across the U.S. and Canada, Domin-8 knew that it needed a business solution which could thoroughly consolidate all of its interests without sacrificing capability. The company operated for a short time on its legacy Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains system and inherited systems — including front-end systems MS-CRM and Salesforce.com — of the formerly independent firms, but inefficiencies and overlap made it clear that a fully integrated approach was needed.
"We had no visibility, no consolidated reporting, all of the problems you would expect from disparate systems," said Tom Thistleton, COO of Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions. "Our salespeople needed to know how to use three or four legacy systems just to generate business."
NetSuite was the natural choice for Domin-8's business consolidation of its operations, located in several cities across the U.S. and Canada. Thanks to NetSuite OneWorld, all of Domin-8's business activity, including full customer and transactional data, is available in a single, unified application. Such clarity and efficiencies have enabled Domin-8 to grow rapidly without the need to hire numerous additional administrators and support staff, making it possible for sales and marketing managers to oversee efforts taking place in dispersed geographies and deep product lines.
Integrated reporting has made it easier for Domin-8's sales and marketing managers to meet corporate goals by analysing performance on several dimensions, including market segment, product group, and salesperson. Much of Domin-8's strategy relies on retaining and upselling existing customers, and the single customer record base gives the company a clear path to meet customers' needs as the property management marketplace evolves. NetSuite OneWorld's multi-currency support has made Domin-8's international operations much easier to manage as well. True budget-to-actual tracking can be done across the enterprise, allowing Domin-8 to drill down on every cost and revenue line item on its income statement transparently across the various borders.
Domin-8 is still growing, as is its reliance on NetSuite. "As an investor-backed, high-growth company with fairly complex international operations, we needed a comprehensive solution, and we are very comfortable with the depth and power NetSuite OneWorld provides," Thistleton said.
About Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions
Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions is the leading provider of integrated business solutions, both software and services, for the residential property management industry. Domin-8 offers a portfolio of advanced solutions for all types and sizes of property management companies - conventional, compliance, home owner associations, commercial, retail, senior, student and military. To provide a single point of control for most every aspect of these businesses, Domin-8 also delivers a growing suite of tightly integrated, patent-pending Value Added Services such as Background Screening, Renters Insurance, Resident Services Activation, and Electronic Payments. Additionally, Domin-8 offers a complete portfolio of training, implementation and support services. For more information, visit www.domin-8.com.
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‘Spike Lee Joint’ livens Brooklyn Neighborhood
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Several Brooklyn dwellers and visitors alike gathered for Spike Lee’s sixth annual “BK Loves MJ” block party on Aug. 27, at noon. The free event was held between Lexington Avenue and Quincy Street, on Do the Right Thing Way, a fraction of Stuyvesant Avenue named after Lee’s 1988 film.
Hosts Lee and rapper/radio host Sway gave short introductions and segued into over one hundred fifty attendees dancing, and singing along to the tunes that could be heard several streets away.
Lee’s block party first started in 2010 as an annual celebration of the life of the late Michael Jackson, who would have turned fifty-eight on Aug. 29. Lee also held a similar event shortly after the death of Prince in April. The hashtag “#BKLovesMJ” (Brooklyn loves Michael Jackson) surfaced over Twitter and Instagram, with much anticipation brewing in the coming days for the event. The emblem includes a photo of Jackson and the advertisement for the party features “Rock With You” playing in the background.
Special appearances included Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. “There are two types of people in America. Those who live in Brooklyn, and those who wish they could,” he said. Adams honed in on the sense of community formed from events, such as Lee’s, and the necessity of forming bonds and the value of getting acquainted with one another, especially in the midst of the tragic deaths as recent as Philando Castile, and Ezell Ford. “Imagine the Michael Jackson we lose at eight and nine years old to violence; they never reach their full potential to do the things that they want to do,” he declared, “As we hear his songs and dance to his music, and feel the vibe, let’s not leave here on Stuyvesant and Lexington and Do The Right Thing Way not knowing each other…realize our diversity is our strength.” Banners hung from fences and fire escapes adorning the surrounding houses as a means of paying homage not only to Michael Jackson, but also to aforementioned victims of police brutality, and other notable black figures in history, such as Muhammad Ali.
The Raspberry Berets lead the crowd in a collective flash-mob, shortly before Adams’ appearance. Featured were participants of AfroPunk, among several others in the hours following.
The party was sponsored and recorded by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. Several subsequent advancements in Brooklyn and beyond came to fruition as a result of its founding, as it has spawned various opportunities for giving back to communities in need and has advanced multiple careers for people of color.
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Religious "Freedom:" Who Would Christ Refuse to Serve?
Right, probably the money changers in the temple. Other than that, there's no indication he excluded much of anyone. So, yes, Jamie Dimon, you might not be invited for pizza at Christ's house but anyone else, bring the Pepsi.
Readers know I have no interest in religion. It's hooey, though years back I made the case for a legitimate humanism based on Christ's teachings. Christianity, then, has a shot for being taken seriously as a way of life.
Too bad Christians ruined it by going all Old Testament on us. Toss in the rest of the crazy shit, like the love of guns and the death penalty, and you have a religion that, in the American context, approximates "choosing" the Neanderthal "lifestyle."
And yet, when Indiana, Arkansas, and some twenty or so other states put discriminatory laws on the books in the name of Christ -- admit it, they aren't doing this for their brother and sister Muslims -- we are supposed to believe they just want to be good Christians the way the Constitution told them they could be.
Never mind that in a pluralistic nation, governed by, yes, the Constitution, religious accommodation dictates that we compromise and respect others' rights, as well. That means we have to serve -- if we wish to operate in the public sphere -- others without discrimination. What this means is that if gays want pizza, give them pizza, unless of course they insist on having gay sex in your pizza parlor.
I don't mean that facetiously, by the way. People want pizza, give them pizza. What they do in private, who cares, who even really knows?
Now, if I were a pizza parlor operator and a Christian -- and, as a Christian, actually was against war and violence, a set of beliefs not discordant with Christian faith -- and I refused service to soldiers and police officers in uniform, would you think my cause was just?
Let's go one further. Let's say a couple of guys came in with military-style haircuts and I asked if they were in the military. If they answered yes, would I be American if I said, "Sorry, boys, my religious beliefs don't let me serve you."
You'd think I was nuts. And I would be. But think about this: As Americans, let alone Christians, is it moral to serve trained killers and not gay people?
Okay, I get that many Americans would say, sure I'd serve the trained killers because they're my trained killers. God bless them, and God bless America. The gays, they're not my people, even if they're, er, Christians and Americans.
Still, would Christ serve them? Since he was known to have let a sinner wash and anoint his feet, I would have to say, yes, he would serve them. He also famously said, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, render unto God what is God's." That's as clear a statement in support of separation of church and state as anything Thomas Jefferson might have made.
Of course, Christ didn't live in Indiana, so I suppose I don't really know.
What would Christ do? We know what Mike Pence tried to do. #EpicFail
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The Transportation Security Administration is admitting multiple failures and is instituting alerts to security officers at airports nationwide after a man got through a checkpoint with two box cutters. The move comes as passengers are expected to flood airports ahead of Thanksgiving.
TSA security checkpoint agents at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport failed to adhere to protocol Friday evening when they discovered a box cutter in a man’s carry-on luggage, later causing an emergency diversion when the man allegedly threatened passengers when the plane was in-flight, according to a TSA statement and a passenger on the flight.
The TSA said in a statement released Sunday that it reviewed Friday’s incident and found the agents did not fully use the technology at their disposal which would have identified the box cutters inside the passenger’s carry-on luggage, nor did they follow protocol when they returned the “visible blades” back to the passenger after an inspection.
The male passenger, who has not yet been identified, approached the TSA checkpoint around 5:30 p.m. on Friday at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) with a ticket for a Frontier Airlines flight to Tampa International Airport (TPA), the TSA said. He showed his identification, including a temporary Ohio drivers’ license, and underwent physical screening, the agency said.
The traveler then presented two backpacks and put his loose items into a bin for additional screening, the TSA said, which were screened using CT technology that “creates a 3-D image that can be rotated 360 degrees for a thorough analysis.”
The Frontier Airlines Flight 1761 was diverted to Atlanta after the man was seen with a box cutter and allegedly threatened passengers mid-flight.
“The aircraft landed safely in Atlanta and the passenger in question was taken into custody by Atlanta law enforcement,” spokesperson Jennifer De La Cruz told CNN in a statement.
There were no injuries to passengers or crew members, according to the airline.
All passengers left the plane and were provided overnight hotel accommodations in Atlanta. A new flight was scheduled for Saturday morning to take them to Tampa.
A subsequent review of the incident, which included closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, found the “image review capabilities of the CT were not fully used” and the box cutters were not identified by the CT operator, the TSA said. However, the traveler’s property was brought for a further search, during which one box cutter was discovered.
The “visible blades” were removed, but they were then returned back to the passenger, the agency said. The man’s backpack containing the second box cutter and the remainder of his property was screened for explosives, but the second box cutter was not detected at that time, the statement continued.
A government source familiar with the investigation tells CNN that the passenger in question was not a known threat to the TSA and that the incident has been elevated to the highest levels of the agency.
The TSA employees who were involved in the incident have been placed in a training status for “remediation on CT image review and physical search procedures,” the agency said, adding that it will conduct shift briefings on the incident for all of its CVG and State of Kentucky employees.
The briefings will include reminders on procedures to properly handle box cutters as well as other prohibited items discovered during a search, the TSA said.
Statewide refresher training will be scheduled for CT image review with an “emphasis on use of the image rotation and manipulation tools for optimal detection,” according to the statement.
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HomeHire2NewsBarcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: Dembele sends Xavi´s side through to Copa del Rey final four
Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: Dembele sends Xavi´s side through to Copa del Rey final four
Barcelona are through to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after a 1-0 win against 10-man Real Sociedad at Camp Nou.
The hosts were unable to find the breakthrough in the first half despite dominating, but were handed an advantage when Brais Mendez was sent off in the 40th minute.
Ousmane Dembele gave the Blaugrana the lead early in the second half after being played through by Jules Kounde, finishing powerfully past Alex Remiro.
The contest between LaLiga’s first and third-placed teams was rarely as close as the scoreline suggested until a late push from Sociedad, and Xavi’s men march on looking to add another trophy to their recent Supercopa de Espana success.
INTO THE COPA DEL REY SEMIFINALS! pic.twitter.com/zzReHn6Agr
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 25, 2023
Barca started brightly and had the ball in the net in the 11th minute, but Robert Lewandowski’s goal-bound strike deflected off the offside Frenkie de Jong on its way in.
The dangerous Dembele threatened shortly after when a determined run ended with a curled effort just wide of the left-hand post, while Takefusa Kubo struck the crossbar just before the half-hour with the visitors’ first attempt.
There were borderline ironic cheers before half-time from the home fans as referee Gil Manzano, who sent off Lewandowski earlier in the season, handed a red card to La Real’s Mendez when a VAR review showed the midfielder had caught Sergio Busquets on the ankle with his studs.
Dembele opened the scoring in the 52nd minute when he raced onto a pass down the right channel from Kounde, before firing his shot past Remiro at his near post.
La Real should have been level on the hour when Alexander Sorloth somehow turned Kubo’s cross over the bar from close range, while Gavi hit the woodwork at the other end.
One goal was enough to seal Barca’s passage to the final four, though, thanks to late Marc-Andre ter Stegen saves to keep out Roberto Navarro from a one-on-one and then Jon Ander Olasagasti’s powerful drive.
What does it mean? Barca find a way despite profligacy
It seems strange to say about a team that had Lewandowski in it, but the one thing eluding Barcelona for much of the game was composure in the final third.
They had 20 shots overall, hitting the target six times, but seemed to struggle to break down their opponents more after gaining a man advantage.
It did not matter in the end as they claimed the win thanks to yet another clean sheet, though that was also reliant on Sorloth’s remarkable miss and Ter Stegen’s late saves.
Dembele shines again
It was another day when Dembele proved he can be a key player of this Barca side, building on his stellar season so far.
As well as scoring the winner, the France international produced three key passes, more than any other player, and put four open play crosses into the box.
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Stellar. pic.twitter.com/ud0MzI97A7
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 25, 2023
Toothless Sociedad need adversity to threaten
It was an impressive effort from Imanol Alguacil’s men after going a man down, but prior to Mendez’s dismissal, they did not seem up to the task of troubling their hosts.
They managed just one shot before then, which was Kubo’s strike against the bar, finishing the game with seven shots at goal, testing Ter Stegen just twice.
Key Opta Facts:
– Barcelona have progressed from 15 of their 17 ties against Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey (three finals included), falling only in 1968-1969 and 1979-1980 (both in the last 16).
– Sergio Busquets made his 75th appearance in the Copa del Rey, equalling Josep Samitier for the second-most games with Barcelona in the competition. Only Lionel Messi (80) is above him.
– Since the 2006-2007 season, Barcelona have progressed to the Copa del Rey semi-finals 14 times out of 17, failing only in 2009-2010, 2019-2020 and 2021-2022.
– Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 12 games in all competitions (W10 D2), which is their best streak since January-April 2022 (15 – W11 D4).
– Dembele (eight goals, seven assists) has been involved in 15 goals with Barcelona in all competitions this season, already equalling his record of last season (15 – two goals, 13 assists). Only Lewandowski (27 – 22 goals and five assists) has been involved in more goals than France winger for Barca in 2022-2023.
It is back to LaLiga action at the weekend as Barcelona travel to Girona on Saturday, while Real Sociedad face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
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NHS Reform
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings she has held with, and what representations she has received from, the Institute for Economic Affairs, Centre for Policy Studies, Adam Smith Institute and Institute of Directors regarding reform of the NHS.
Dr. Mawhinney : Since late 1992, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has met only once with the Institute of Directors and once with the Institute of Economic Affairs. I am not aware, since then, of any written representations which have been received from these organisations on the subject of National Health Service reform.
Surgical Operations
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what reports have been made to her of instances in which surgical operations have been conducted without an anaesthetic in NHS hospitals because of lack of supplies.
Mr. Sackville : None.
Care Orders
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 29 March, Official Report, column 687, where those children aged 16 or 17 years
subject to care orders, were discharged to other than those placed with foster parents or become residents in community homes.
Mr. Bowis : The latest centrally available information relates to the position at 31 March 1992, when of the estimated 6,900 children aged 16 or 17 subject to care orders, 2,900 were in placements other than with foster parents or in community homes. Details of these are shown in the table.
Number of children looked after by local authorities under care orders
aged 16 or 17 years by placement at 31 March 1992, England, excluding
children in foster placements and community homes
|Number
England-Estimated Total |2,900
In lodgings, living independently of residential employment |1,100
Placed for adoption |30
Placement with parents regulations |1,100
In private registered homes |50
In schools for children with special needs, residential care
and other schools and homes |130
In voluntary homes and hostels |170
Remaining placements<1> |390
<1>Remaining placements include: youth treatment centres, mother and baby
homes, national health service or other establishments providing medical
and/or nursing care, young offender institution or prison establishment,
children absent from agreed placement, and placements not specifically
categorised.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 for estimates of a thousand or more
and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
GP Fundholders
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 14 March, Official Report, column 537, what was the average, maximum and minimum overspend by the 49 fundholders in 1991-92 ; and when she expects figures for 1992-93 to be available.
Dr. Mawhinney : Out of the 49 fundholders who overspent in 1991-92, the average overspend was £51,481. The maximum overspend was £158,988 and the minimum £1,236. We are not yet able to say when final audited information for 1992-93 will be available.
Unwanted Pregnancies
Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will bring forward proposals to help reduce unwanted pregnancies.
Mr. Sackville : The Government have for some years been actively promoting initiatives to enable people to plan and space their families as they wish and avoid unwanted pregnancies. This activity has received renewed impetus with the publication of the "The Health of the Nation" White Paper which sets challenging targets, in particular to reduce unwanted conceptions amongst under 16s. I am today writing to the hon. Member with further details. A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Your Pocket Guide to Sex"
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cost of (a) commissioning, (b) printing, (c) distributing, (d) promoting and (e) recalling "Your Pocket Guide to Sex", written by Nick Fisher for the Health Education Authority, which was withdrawn on 23 March.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 29 March 1994] : The Health Education Authority estimate the total cost of withdrawing "Your Pocket Guide to Sex" as £17,000. This should be seen in the context of estimated publication income generated by the HEA in 1993-94 of £700,000.
Mr. Lewis : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many new road schemes have attracted more than 17,500 representations in the past five years in England and Wales.
Mr. Key : Two.
Mr. Lewis : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the 10 new road schemes which have attracted the most representations in the past five years.
Mr. Key : The 10 new road schemes which have attracted the greatest number of representations arising out of public consultation over the last five years are as follows :
Scheme |Number of
|representations
1. M1-M62 link road<1> |26,700
2. M62 relief road |18,000
3. M25 junctions 12-15 link roads |11,800
4. A453 Clifton lane |7,200
5. Greater Manchester western and northern relief
road (M56-M62)<1> |6,300
6. Western orbital route/Kidderminster,
Blakedown and Hagley bypass<2> |6,000
7. A3 Hindhead improvement |5,000
8. A418 west of Aylesbury to Wing |5,000
9. A27 Lewes to Polegate improvement |4,300
10. Gateshead western bypass |3,900
Included in the totals given are the numbers of signatures to petitions as well as
those returning departmental questionnaires or other forms of pre-printed reply.
<1> Schemes have been withdrawn from the road programme.
<2> Schemes separated in May 1991.
Driving Standards Agency
Mr. Lester : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what targets he has set for the Driving Standards Agency for 1994-95.
Mr. Key : My right hon. Friend has set the following key targets for the Driving Standards Agency, which are contained in the agency's business Plan, a copy of which will be placed in the Library : to achieve, or better, unit costs of £24.50 for car tests ; £59.03 for bus, coach and lorry tests ; £32.66 for motorcycle tests ; and £38.62 for overall approved driving instructor register activities ; to recover full costs through fees and charges, including the recovery of accumulated deficits by 1995-96 ; to achieve a national average waiting time of no more than six weeks for car tests and no more than four weeks for motorcycle, bus, coach and lorry test ; and to answer 90 per cent. of telephone calls to booking offices within one minute.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Institute of Professional Driving Examiners is a recognised trade union in the Driving Standards Agency for the purposes of negotiation or consultation.
Mr. Key : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Driving Standards Agency under its chief executive, Dr. John Ford. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Dr. S. J. Ford to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 30 March 1994 :
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked to reply to your question about recognition of the Institute of Professional Driving Examiners (IPDE) by this Agency.
IPDE has been recognised as a trade union in the Driving Standards Agency only for the purposes of consultation. I have no plans at present to recognise IPDE for negotiation purposes.
British Rail (Coal Tonnage)
Mr. Skinner : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was (a) the national figure and (b) the regional figures for the total coal tonnage carried by British Rail in 1993.
Mr. Freeman : The most recent national data can be found in table 1.12 of "Transport Statistics Great Britain 1993," a copy of which has been placed in the Library. Regional figures are not available.
Roads (Worcestershire)
Mr. Luff : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what effect his review of the trunk roads programme in England will have on the availability of transport supplementary grant for the Worcester western orbital road and the Wyre Piddle by-pass.
Mr. Key : None. As my right hon. Friend made clear in answering a question following his statement in the House on 30 March on the trunk road programme review, the review does not affect local authority roads.
Health and Safety Inspectors
Mr. Keith Hill : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many health and safety inspectors were employed to cover each section of the transport industry in (a) 1978-79 and (b) 1992-93.
Mr. MacGregor : The definition and responsibilities of health and safety inspectors varies greatly from sector to sector of the transport industry. Details are as follows :
Rail : HM Railway Inspectorate employed 21 inspectors in 1978 and 30 in 1992.
Aviation : Responsibility for safety inspections rest with the Safety Regulation Group of the Civil Aviation Authority which employed 777 people in 1992-93, not all of whom work as safety inspectors. Figures for 1978-79 are not available due to organisational changes.
Shipping : The Surveyor General Organisation of the Department of Transport employed 186 marine surveyors involved safety inspection work in 1992-93. Comparable figures for 1978-79 are not available. Road transport : The Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency employs 925 staff in vehicle inspection and enforcement work. Figures for 1978-79 are not available.
Roundabouts (Safety)
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research has been conducted on the correlation between the diameter of roundabouts and the occurrence of vehicular accidents around them.
Mr. Key : An investigation into accidents at roundabouts, and which addressed the effects of roundabout
diameters, has been undertaken by the Transport Research Laboratory and is reported in TRRL Laboratory report 1120. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library.
Running Costs Review
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the progress of the review of running costs within his Department ; and if he will make it his policy to inform the appropriate trade union as soon as surplus posts are identified.
Mr. MacGregor : The Department or its agency will enter into consultation with the trade unions if a surplus staffing situation occurs which might result in the declaration of redundancies.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each meeting held by central Department of Transport management, since the announcement of the running costs review in his Department, to discuss this matter ; and who was the senior manager present at each of these meetings.
Mr. MacGregor : I understand that running costs are discussed at many meetings of management within the Department. It is not normal practice to provide information of the sort which the hon. Lady requests about the internal management of a Government Department.
Channel Tunnel Freight Lines
Ms Jowell : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that sound-proofing insulation is installed along the two south London rail lines to be used by channel tunnel freight traffic to protect local residents from increased noise levels ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : Steps being taken by British Rail (Railfreight Distribution) to reduce the effect of the international rail freight traffic include the introduction of new locomotives and rolling stock and continuously welded rail. In addition, BR (RfD) has agreed jointly funded schemes with local authorities, including the London borough of Bromley, for the provision of acoustic barriers alongside existing tracks expected to be most affected at night. BR (RfD) is willing to hold talks on a corresponding basis with any other local authority whose area is likely to be similarly affected.
I have recently agreed to provide supplementary credit approval for £0.336 million to Bromley in this context. I and my colleagues will be prepared to consider TPP--transport policies and plans--applications for resources in 1995-96 from other authorities in London which agree schemes with BR (RfD). Such applications will be considered on their merits and in the light of the resources available.
Staff Redundancies
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will define (a) skills and (b) individual ability as used in his Department's "Establishment News", ENT 2/94 ; and how the criteria will be used to select staff for compulsory redundancy.
Mr. Norris : The Department's "Establishment News", ENT 2/94, set out the principles and procedures the
Department or its agencies would follow in dealing with potential redundancy situations. The actual criteria adopted to deal with each situation and the way in which they would be used will be decided following consultation with the trade unions at the time.
Staff, Newcastle
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the offices of his Department in the Newcastle upon Tyne travel- to-work area ; and how many posts at each are covered by (a) casual, (b) agency or (c) fixed-term appointment staff.
Mr. Norris : The Department and its agencies have 30 offices of varying size in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne travel-to-work area. At present, a total of 27 casual staff are employed at six of these offices, and one person is employed on a fixed-term appointment. Details are as follows.
Building |Casuals |Agency |Fixed term
|appointments
Longbenton Newcastle upon
Tyne Tyne and Wear |- |- |-
Government buildings Kenton
Bar Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 2YY |- |- |-
Priory Grounds North Shields
Tyne and Wear NE30 4DA |- |- |-
12-16 Woodlands Road
Middlesbrough Cleveland
TS1 3BE |- |- |1
Amble Morpeth
Northumberland NE65 0AP |- |- |-
Broadway West Newcastle
upon Tyne |1 |- |-
Seahouses Northumberland |- |- |-
Wellbar House Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne |- |- |-
Bovis House Victoria Road
Hartlepool TS24 7EA |- |- |-
Eagle Star House Regent Farm
Road Gosforth NE3 3JN |2 |- |-
Corporation House Albert Road
Middlesbrough TS1 2BP |3 |- |-
Maxwell Road Middlesbrough
Cleveland TS3 8TE |- |- |-
St. Andrews House Industrial
Trading Estate Haugh Lane
Hexham |- |- |-
The Call Stand Low Quay
Blyth Northumberland
NE24 3EX |- |- |-
Banks Road Darlington Co.
Durham DL1 1YE |- |- |-
Wyveston Lodge Sunderland
Road South Shields |- |- |-
Crown House Surtees Street
Hartlepool TS24 7AN |- |- |-
NE1 1TW |16 |- |-
Brus House Thornaby
Cleveland |- |- |-
McMullen Road Darlington
Durham |3 |- |-
Sandy Lane Gosforth Wideopen
159 High Street Stockton on
Tees Cleveland |- |- |-
Station Approach Bishop
Auckland Durham |- |- |-
5 Stanley Street Blyth
Northumberland |- |- |-
Elvet House Hallgarth Street
Durham |- |- |-
Mainforth Terrace Hartlepool
5 Albert Terrace Linthorpe
Middlesbrough TS1 3PA |- |- |-
1 The Cloisters Stockton Road
Sunderland Tyne-Wear |2 |- |-
Corporation Road Darlington
Seventh Avenue Team Valley
Estate Tyne and Wear
NE11 0NG |- |- |-
|------- |------- |-------
Total |27 |- |1
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will hold open all vacant posts currently covered by casual staff in the Newcastle vehicle registration office in order that staff declared surplus in the Driving Standards Agency can be redeployed.
Mr. Norris : It is the Department's practice to manage staffing so as to allow where possible for the redeployment into other posts of suitable staff who become surplus from their existing work. Firm plans for the posts referred to will not be possible until the current review of the vehicle registration office network, and market testing of work in the Driving Standards Agency, are complete.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the objectives set by his Department for the Permanent Secretary for the financial year 1994-95.
Mr. Norris : The permanent secretary supports my right hon. Friend in securing the aims and objectives set out in the Department's annual report.
Child Care Schemes
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the child care schemes operated by his Department and agencies and the number of places available on each scheme.
Mr. Norris : Child care schemes operated in the Department of Transport and its agencies are listed in the table :
Swansea |DVLA Nursery |60
Swansea |DVLA Holiday Playscheme |70
Crowthorne |TRL Summer Holiday Playscheme|24
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the child care schemes with which his Department has an involvement excluding those run solely by the Department of Transport and the number of places offered on each scheme.
Mr. Norris : Child care schemes in which the Department of Transport has involvement are listed in the table :
Location and |Number of
childcare scheme
|places
|available
|overall
Child Support Agency Nursery |35
Bristol Acorns Nursery |25
Bristol Civil Service Holiday Playscheme |40
Exeter Civil Service Holiday Playscheme |30
Westminster Holiday Playscheme |64
Newcastle City Council Holiday Playscheme |100
Nottingham Inland Revenue Holiday Playscheme |30
Manchester Midland Bank Holiday Playscheme |7
Ministry of Defence Holiday Playscheme |3
Bedford Civil Service Holiday Playscheme |42
Ladywood Civil Service Holiday Playscheme |40
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport under what authority the DVLA passes information about drivers to commercial organisations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : No information from the DVLA driver record is disclosed to any commercial organisation other than with the express consent of the driver concerned.
Railway Stations (Safety)
Ms Jowell : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much Railtrack will spend in its first year of operation on measures to improve passenger safety at United Kingdom rail stations ; how much it will spend at stations in south London ; and how much British Rail spent on passenger safety improvements at stations in each of the last five years.
Mr. Freeman : Expenditure on safety is no longer recorded separately because it is impossible to identify precisely what proportion of expenditure on infrastructure and other improvements is related to safety as opposed to such things as quality of service or efficiency.
Roads Expenditure, West Midlands
Mr. Mills : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the total expenditure in 1992-93 prices for all expenditure involved on new road construction and maintenance on all roads in the west midlands in each year from 1982-83 to 1992-93.
Mr. Key : The figures include expenditure on both new construction and maintenance on all roads--motorways,
trunk roads and local authority roads. Some estimation has been involved, particularly for 1992-93 where not all figures are yet available.
|£ million
|(1992-93 prices)
1982-83 |370
Redundancies
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provision has been made in the next financial year's budget for his Department or agencies to run an early retirement/redundancy scheme.
Mr. Norris : The position remains as in the reply on severance payments which I gave the hon. Lady on 24 March.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the Driving Standards Agency management will consult the Institute of Professional Driving Examiners in line with the departmental redundancy arrangements in the event of any IPDE members becoming surplus.
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your question about consultation with the Institute of Professional Driving Examiners (IPDE) in the event of any of their members becoming surplus.
In accordance with the departmental redundancy arrangements the Agency will consult with IPDE, and any other Trade Union representing the staff involved, in the event of staff in the Agency becoming surplus.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy that the relevant trades unions will be consulted at the earliest opportunity if staff within his Department are going to be made surplus.
Mr. Norris : The Department or its agency will, in seeking to address any surplus staffing situation which might result in the declaration of redundancies, consult the trades unions representing the staff concerned at the earliest opportunity.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider, when faced with a surplus staff situation or redundancies, redeploying staff elsewhere in the Department even if that means transferring staff from one agency to another.
Mr. Norris : The Department or its agency will consider the transfer of staff to other areas of work in the event of a surplus staffing or redundancy situation.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether any of his staff are likely to become surplus as a result of the forthcoming move of the traffic area office in Edinburgh.
Mr. Key : As a result of the move of the Edinburgh traffic area office, two members of staff will become surplus to the traffic area office requirements. The traffic area office is working with the regional personnel unit to find alternative posts.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what access his Department has to European Union funds to retrain staff who are liable to be made redundant or who are made redundant.
Mr. Norris : I understand that the European Union funds in question- -the European social fund--may be used only for those who are already unemployed. The Employment Department administers the European social fund in Great Britain. Any retraining of staff still employed by the Department would therefore not be eligible for such funds.
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the practice of his Department when faced with a potential need to declare redundancies of the type requiring consultation between his Department, and its agencies, and the recognised trade unions, regarding the seeking of agreement about the means of (a) avoiding redundancies, (b) reducing the numbers of redundancies or (c) mitigating the consequences of redundancies.
Mr. Norris : In seeking to address any surplus staffing situation which might result in the declaration of redundancies, the Department or its agency will at the earliest opportunity consult the trade unions representing the staff involved. Such consultation will be with a view to considering the ways and means of avoiding compulsory redundancies and with a view to meeting management needs and ending staff uncertainty as quickly as possible.
Highways Agency
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the objectives set by his Department for the newly appointed chief executive of the Highways Agency for the financial year 1994-95.
Mr. Key : The Secretary of State has set the following objectives for the chief executive of the Highways Agency which are published in the Highways Agency framework document :
to provide the best possible service both to road users and those affected by roads ;
to manage the new construction and maintenance programmes to secure the best value for money within the Government's overall strategy for trunk roads ;
to contribute to the Secretary of State's target of reducing road casualties by one third by the year 2000 compared with the annual average from 1981 to 1985 ;
to give full weight to both the environmental and economic costs and benefits associated with the use, construction and maintenance of trunk roads and to strike a balance accordingly ;
to improve the efficiency of the Agency year on year.
The chief executive has been set a number of key tasks and targets for the financial year 1994-95 which underpin these objectives. The key tasks and targets are published in the agency's 1994-95 business plan, a copy of which has been placed in the House Library.
Taxi Drivers (Nottingham)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Nottingham, North of 21 February regarding Nottingham taxi drivers.
Mr. Norris : My reply to the hon. Member was sent on 7 March 1994. With receipt of the hon. Member's letter of 22 March, it became clear that he had not received my letter and my private secretary thereupon faxed him a copy of it.
Birmingham Northern Relief Road
Mr. Mike O'Brien : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date the public inquiry on the Birmingham northern relief road will commence ; how long it is expected to take ; if he will set out the terms of reference for the public inquiry with particular reference to whether it is open to the public inquiry to reject the possibility of building the road ; and if the terms of reference will be restricted to the line of the road.
Mr. Key : The inquiry will commence on 21 June. It will consider all the draft schemes and orders which have been published. If made, these would establish the route of BNRR, junction and side road arrangements, the compulsory purchase of the land needed for the scheme and ancillary features and the right to levy tolls. The inquiry could last several months.
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the tolling design of the Birmingham northern relief road is consistent with the recommendations of his Department's Green Paper on motorway charging ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : The Green Paper, "Paying For Better Motorways" suggested that while conventional tolling, with toll booths and barriers, had several advantages it would be impracticable to toll the entire motorway network by conventional methods. This is because existing motorways were not designed for tolling and land was therefore not set aside for the purpose ; and because conventional tolling over the whole network would cause unacceptable traffic delays. These arguments do not apply to individual stretches of road, such as the Birmingham northern relief road, where provision for tolling is part of the design.
Shipping Subsidies
Mr. Luff : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he is making to the French Government and the European Commission about the plans developed by the French Government to subsidise the state-owned shipping company Compagnie Generale Maritime.
Mr. Norris : The EC Commission has responsibility for initial consideration of these matters. My Department has made clear that we consider that a number of subsidies to shipping companies in the Community may represent illegal state aids within the terms of the treaty of Rome. We understand that the Commission is investigating whether subsidies paid by the French Government to Compagnie Generale Maritime, or proposed to be paid in the future, contravene the treaty.
Mr. Luff : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessement he has made of the subsidy and tax concessions made available by member states of the European Union to their domestic shipping companies ; and if he will make a statement.
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Rings of Power calls out racism against cast members of color
Ismael Cruz Cordova plays Arondir, an elf.
AFTER an inundation of racist attacks, Amazon Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power has released a statement on Twitter expressing that they refuse to ignore or tolerate the “racism, threats, harassment, and abuse” that some of their castmates of color face daily.
When black and brown cast members on Rings of Power were announced earlier this year, they were met with immediate backlash based on the color of their skin. Claiming that the series is a misrepresentation of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, comments have emerged across social media rejecting the show’s diversity.
After receiving many negative comments following the show’s premiere, Amazon Prime disabled the option for audiences to comment due to review bombing suspicions.
The statement reads: “We, the cast of Rings of Power, stand together in absolute solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and abuse some of our castmates of color are being subject to on a daily basis,” it reads.
“We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it. JRR Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to defeat the forces of evil. Rings of Power reflects that. Our world has never been all white, fantasy has never been all white. Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in middle-earth and they are here to stay.”
It goes on to say, “Finally, all our love and fellowship go out to the fans supporting us, especially fans of color who are themselves being attacked simply for existing in this fandom. We see you, your bravery, and endless creativity. Your cosplays, fancams, fan art, and insights make this community a richer place and remind us of our purpose. You are valid, you are loved, and you belong. You are an integral part of the LORT family — thanks for having our backs.”
Closing with the elvish word “Namárië,” meaning “farewell,” the post has been met with mixed responses. Some Twitter commenters have thanked the show for condemning racism while others suggest that Rings of Power harassment is about the show’s poor quality, not its characters of color.
This racially charged harassment mimics similar 2022 incidents of abuse targeting talent of color cast in sci-fi roles, including Moses Ingram in Star Wars’ Obi-Wan Kenobi and Leah Jeffries in the upcoming Percy Jackson series. — Reuters
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This undated photo shows former West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporter Amelia Ferrell Knisely. Knisely was let go from her job at WVPB on Dec. 20, 2022,…
This undated photo shows former West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporter Amelia Ferrell Knisely. Knisely was let go from her job at WVPB on Dec. 20, 2022, after she wrote about the alleged abuse of people with disabilities at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services. (Amelia Ferrell Knisely via AP)
W.Va. journalist let go after reporting on abuse allegations
by: LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia journalist lost her job last month after she reported about alleged abuse of people with disabilities within the state agency that runs West Virginia’s foster care and psychiatric facilities.
Amelia Ferrell Knisely, a reporter at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, said she was told to stop reporting on the Department of Health and Human Resources after leaders of the embattled agency “threatened to discredit” the publicly funded television and radio network. She later learned her part-time position was being eliminated.
In a statement, Knisely said her news director told her the order came from WVPB Executive Director Butch Antolini, former communications director for Republican Gov. Jim Justice. Antolini has served as executive director since 2021, when his predecessor was ousted after Justice overhauled the agency’s governing board.
Justice has tried unsuccessfully to eliminate state funding for WVPB in the past and was accused of appointing partisan operatives to the board. WVPB receives around $4 million a year in state funding.
Antolini declined to comment, but other officials denied any effort to influence coverage. West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority chairman William H. File III said Antolini told the board “he was not coerced or pressured by anyone.”
File said in a statement that Knisely was never fired and remains on the WVPB payroll, though she said her door key and email were deactivated.
Knisely’s departure comes during a tumultuous time for West Virginia media. Days before she left WVPB, three reporters for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Charleston Gazette-Mail said they were fired after publicly criticizing an editorial decision by their company president Doug Skaff, who is minority leader in the state House of Delegates. Skaff approved and led a video interview with Don Blankenship, a coal company executive convicted of safety violations connected to one of the worst coal mining disasters in recent U.S. history.
The departures leave a diminished capitol press corps to cover the upcoming legislative session, which begins Jan. 11.
Knisely’s stories detailed alleged mistreatment of people with disabilities under state care. The department cares for some of the most vulnerable residents in one of the poorest U.S. states.
After Knisely’s departure from WVPB was first reported by The Parkersburg News and Sentinel last week, both Republican Senate President Craig Blair and Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin called the circumstances around her departure “disturbing.”
Pushkin said Knisely’s coverage of “the glaring issues at DHHR” was “detailed, in depth, and most importantly true.”
“There’s a very clear difference between not liking what the media reports and actively working to silence them,” Blair wrote on Twitter Dec. 29.
Knisely was hired as a part-time reporter at WVPB in September. In November, she was copied on an email from then-DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch alleging inaccuracies in a story and asking for a “complete retraction.”
That never happened, but in early December, Knisely said she was told by WVPB news director Eric Douglas that she could no longer cover DHHR because of threats by state officials to discredit WVPB.
A week later, amid mounting criticism, Crouch announced he was resigning.
Douglas confirmed to The Associated Press that he was instructed to tell Knisely she would no longer be reporting on DHHR, and that Antolini directed him to do so.
As for threats from DHHR officials about discrediting WVPB, he said: “I’d rather not comment on that.”
On Dec. 15, Knisely filed a human resources complaint about interference with her reporting.
Things came to a head later that same day over Knisely’s press credentials for the 2023 legislative session, according to emails obtained by the AP and first reported by The Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
Douglas initially informed legislative staffers that Knisely would “serve a vital role” in WVPB’s 2023 legislative coverage. But then the station’s chief operating officer left him off an email saying she wouldn’t need credentials after all.
That troubled Senate spokesperson Jacque Bland, who emailed Douglas to ask about it.
“It feels kind of gross and shady to me that someone else would dip in and say that one of your reporters won’t have any assignments related to the session,” she wrote.
She added: “I definitely wanted you to be aware that Butch and Pals were trying to stick their fingers in the pie.”
Responding the next day, Douglas said he had been pulled into Antolini’s office and told “things had changed with Amelia.” He said he didn’t appreciate WVPB leadership going behind his back, “but for now it is out of my hands.”
“And you’re right, it does feel gross and shady,” he wrote.
Knisely said she was informed Dec. 20 that part-time positions were being eliminated. Her email and key card were deactivated around that time.
This week, Knisely announced on Twitter she was hired by the Beckley-based newspaper The Register-Herald to report on West Virginia’s upcoming legislative session. Her coverage will include developments with the state Department of Health and Human Resources, she said.
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Integrative baloney @ Yale
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The extent to which irrationality has become established in US Medicine is truly alarming I wrote about Quackademics in the USA and Canada on my last trip to the USA, and on my May trip I visited Yale, where I decided to try a full frontal attack. [download the poster]
Several US blogs have written about this phenomenon. For example the incomparable Orac at the The Academic Woo Aggregator , and Dr RW (R.W. Donnell) , see particularly his articles on How did pseudoscience get admitted to medical school? and What is happening to our medical schools? Abraham Flexner is turning over in his grave. Excellent US stuff too at Science-based Medicine (try this and this). There is also a good analysis of what’s happening at Yale by Sandy Szwarc at Junkfood Science.
Remember that the terms ‘integrative’ and ‘complementary’ are euphemisms coined by quacks to make their wares sound more respectable, There is no point integrating treatments that don’t work with treatments that do work.
‘Integrative Medicine’ at Yale says, like all the others on the roll of shame, says “we aim to improve awareness and access to the best in evidence-based, comprehensive medical care available worldwide”. They all pay lip service to being “evidence based”, but there is just one snag. It is untrue. In almost all cases, the evidence is either negative or absent. But this does not put them off for a moment. The whole process is simply dishonest.
The evidence has been summarised in several books recently, The following books are particularly interesting because they are all ‘views from the inside. Edzard Ernst is the UK’s first Professor of Complementary Medicine. Barker Bausell was research director of an NIH funded Complementary and Alternative Medicine Specialized Research Center at the University of Maryland.
The first two books go through the evidence fairly and carefully. They show no bias against alternative treatments (if anything, I’d say they are rather generous in cases of doubt).
For a first class US account try Barker Bausell’s Snake Oil Science
Bausell’s book gives an excellent account of how to test treatments properly, and of all the ways you can be fooled into thinking something works when it doesn’t. Bausell concludes
“There is no compelling, credible scientific evidence to suggest that any CAM therapy benefits any medical condition or reduces any medical symptom (pain or otherwise) better than a placebo”.
For an excellent account of how to find the truth, try Testing Treatments (Evans. Thornton and Chalmers). One of the authors, Iain Chalmers, is a founder of the Cochrane library and a world authotity on how to separate medical fact from medical myth.
It can now be said with some certainty that the number of alternative treatments that have been shown to work better than placebo is very small, and quite possibly zero,
With that settled, what’s going on at Yale (and many others on the roll of shame)?
David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, is founder and director of the Integrative Medicine Center (IMC) at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. He is also an associate professor, adjunct, of Public Health and director of the Prevention Research Center (PRC) at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
That sounds pretty respectable. But he is into not just good nutrition, exercise, relaxation and massage, but also utterly barmy and disproved things like homeopathy and ‘therapeutic touch’.
Watch the movie
It so happens that Yale recently held an “Integrative Medicine Scientific Symposium”. Can we find the much vaunted evidence base there? That is easy to answer because three hours of this symposium have appeared on YouTube. So this is the public face of Yale medical school.
There’s some interesting history and a great deal of bunkum and double-speak. To save you time, I’ve cut out about 6 minutes from the movies.
View or download the movie here > [18.5 Mb, flv file].
Dean of education Richard Belitsky and Dr David Katz
Pretty remarble uh? Dr Katz goes through several different trials, all of which come out negative. And what is his conclusion? You guessed.
His conclusion is not that the treatments don’t work but that we need a “more fluid concept of evidence” .
It’s equally bizarre to hear Richard Belitsky, Dean of Medical Education at Yale saying he is “very proud” of this betrayal of enlightenment values. If this is what Yale now considers to be education, it might be better to go somewhere else.
This is not science. It isn’t even common sense. It is a retreat to the dark ages of medicine when a physician felt free to guess the answer. In fact it’s worse. In the old days there was no evidence to assess. Now there is a fair amount of evidence, but Dr Katz feels free to ignore it and guess anyway. He refers to teaching about evidence as ‘indoctrination’, a pretty graphic illustration of his deeply anti-scientific approach to knowledge. And he makes a joke about having diverted a $1m grant from CDC, for much needed systematic reviews, into something that fits his aims better.
Katz asks, as one must, what should we do if there is no treatment that is known to help a patient. That is only too frequent a problem. The reasonable thing to say is “there is no treatment that is known to help”. But Dr Katz thinks it’s better to guess an answer. There is nothing wrong with placebo effects but there is everything wrong with trying to pretend that you are doing more than give placebos. Perhaps he should consider the dilemmas of alternative medicine.
You can read about more about Yale’s activities here and in interviews here. Dr Katz says “The founding approach—and I think Andrew Weil, MD, gets the lion’s share of credit for establishing the concept —is training conventional practitioners in complementary disciplines”. Let’s take a look at this hero. Try, for example, Arnold Relman’s “A trip to Stonesville“.
“According to Weil, many of his basic insights about the causes of disease and the nature of healing come from what he calls “stoned thinking,” that is, thoughts experienced while under the influence of psychedelic agents or during other states of “altered consciousness” induced by trances, ritual, magic, hypnosis, meditation, and the like.”
“To the best of my knowledge, Weil himself has published nothing in the peer-reviewed medical literature to document objectively his personal experiences with allegedly cured patients or to verify his claims for the effectiveness of any of the unorthodox remedies he uses.”
Here is the advertisment for Andrew Weil’s nutrition symposium.
Not only does this yet again propagate the great antioxidant myth, but a few moments with Google show that it is riddled with vested interests, as already pointed out on Quackademics in USA and Canada.
What has brought medical schools down to this level?
That isn’t hard to see, The main thing is simply money. Very few university administrators have the intellectual integrity to turn down money, whatever the level of dishonesty that is required by its acceptance. You can buy a lot of silence for $100m
The US Taxpayer has given almost a billion dollars, via NIH.
Wallace Sampson, MD says of NCCAM
“. . it has not proved effectiveness for any ‘alternative’ method. It has added evidence of ineffectiveness of some methods that we knew did not work before NCCAM was formed”
“Its major accomplishment has been to ensure the positions of medical school faculty who might become otherwise employed in more productive pursuits.”
“Special commercial interests and irrational, wishful thinking created NCCAM. It is the only entity in the NIH devoted to an ideological approach to health.”
NCCAM has given money from some very dubious trials too, Both Orac on Respectful Insolence and Dr RW (R.W. Donnell) have written recently about the NCCAM-funded trial of “chelation therapy”, as first exposed in a devastating article by Kimball C. Atwood IV, MD; Elizabeth Woeckner, AB, MA; Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD; Wallace I. Sampson, MD on Medscape Today. This is a $30 million, 5-year, phase 3 Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) for coronary artery disease.
“But how did such a crappy study ever come to be, much less be funded by the NIH to the tune of $30 million? The answer, not surprisingly, involves one of the foremost promoters of quackery in the federal government, Representative Dan Burton (R-IN).”
“We conclude that the TACT is unethical, dangerous, pointless, and wasteful. It should be abandoned.”
Orac comments
“TACT is not the only example of an unethical and scientifically worthless trial being funded not because the science is compelling but because powerful lobbies and legislators who are true believers in woo applied pressure to the NIH to do them”
The Bravewell Collaboration is the other major source of money. Forbes Business says “Bravewell is not some flaky New Age group”. Well dead wrong there, That is precisely what it is.
This group of ultra-rich people, according to its boss, Christy Mack, has a
” . . common goal —fast-tracking integrative medicine into mainstream medicine”
So Bravewell is corrupting the search for real knowledge and real cures with big bucks. You can buy a lot of hokum for $100m.
The money comes from Morgan Stanley,
“John Mack earned the nickname “Mack the Knife” during his ascension to the top of the company [Morgan Stanley] ladder, known for his aggressive cost cutting and consolidation, managerial efficiency, yelling matches, and brutal treatment of others.”
“From 2002 until July 2004, Mack was Co-CEO of Credit Suisse, where he eliminated about 10,000 jobs, cut costs by about $3 billion, and turned the company around to post a huge profit. Accused by SEC of insider trading in 2001, but escaped despite pressure from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley in 2006. Returned as CEO of Morgan Stanley in 2005.”
Bravewell is run by his wife, Christy Mack (Mack-the-wife?) Vice-President, The C.J. Mack Foundation, Member, Board of Directors, The Bravewell Collaborative.
The Flexner report.
The story of Bravewell stands in chilling contrast to another case of philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie’s foundation financed the report by Abraham Flexner, “Medical Education in the United States and Canada” (1910) [download, 15 Mb] . That report was responsible for dragging medical education out of the dark ages
almost a century ago. It resulted in creation of some of the best medical schools anywhere (including Yale).
“By educational patriotism I mean this: a university has a mission greater than the formation of a large student body or the attainment of institutional completeness, namely, the duty of loyalty to the standards of common honesty, of intellectual sincerity, of scientific accuracy.”
“The tendency to build a system out of a few partially apprehended facts, deductive inference filling in the rest, has not indeed been limited to medicine, but it has nowhere else had more calamitous consequences.”
Flexner (1910).
Now another philanthropist is using big bucks to reverse the process and push medicine back into the 19th century.
Flexner would have thought it quite inconceivable that in 2007 medical schools would be offering Continuing Medical Education in homeopathy.
Why are Yale’s academics so quiet about this?
Perhaps they don’t even know it’s happening. If they say firmly that they don’t want it, it will go,
It’s been done before
Florida State University, allegedly under political pressure, proposed to set up a school of Chiropractic. That would have made it Florida State school of snake-oil salesmanship. What a sad fate. [ Science magazine comment] [comment form Paul Lee] [Comment in St Petersburg Times]
But the academics stopped it. An FSU professor, Albert Stiegman, predicted the future campus map.
According to FSUnews
“The Florida Board of Governors voted 10-3 Thursday to deny Florida State University’s request to build a chiropractic school.”
“However, the passage of the bill for the chiropractic school by the Legislature seemingly bypassed the Board of Governors.”
In the end, reason won. Let’s hope that Yale follows their example.
The problem of Yale has been taken up with great eloquence by some US commentators
Dr RW (R.W, Donnell): “Quackademic Medicine at Yale”
“By the way, where’s the AAMC in all this? Aren’t they supposed to be guardians of integrity and professionalism in medical education? Are they asleep at the switch or is money silencing them too?”
Orac (Respectful Insolence): “Integrative” medicine at Yale: A more “fluid” concept of evidence?”
“after the Dean of the Yale School Medicine embarrassed himself in the introduction by saying he’s proud of how far this nonsense has come, Dr. Katz takes the stage and demonstrates the sort of hostile attitude towards science that, if allowed to take root will be the death of scientific medicine in any meaningful form at U.S. medical schools”
Junkfood Science. Sandy Szwarc on “Quote of the day: ;We need a more fluid concept of evidence’”
“Will healthcare professionals and consumers . . . . speak out against these wellness programs being enacted by government agencies, insurers and employers? Or is the money too good?”
Science-based Medicine. Steven Novella writes on “Changing the rules of evidence“. When alternative medicine people do not like the evidence, they change the rules to get the outcome that they want, as seen so graphically in this post. They have always done this, but it is only recently that this sort of behaviour has been endorsed by places like Yale.
The Macho Response, another US blog, comments bluntly, in “Yale wants a more fluid concept of evidence”
This is beyond embarrassing – it’s a fucking crime – and it’s happening at Yale University and many others.
If you’re in the medical profession (and I know many of my readers are) you need to go here – now.
Kiosque Médias writes as follows
Pour ceux qui s’intéressent à la médecine et à la santé, le blog de David Colquhoun vaut probablement le détour. Ce professeur-chercheur au département de neurosciences, de physiologie et de pharmacologie de l’University College London y décrypte les résultats d’études médicales, en mettant l’accent sur les médecines alternatives. Et il est rarement tendre!
James Randi Newsletter. The hit rate soars after a recommendation this piece by the amazing Randi.
Hokum-Balderdash Assay. Edwardson writes
“Yale University is going to the ducks. It now has an Integrative Medicine program and in April held its first annual Integrative Medicine Scientific Symposium. I think there must’ve been a typo there. They must’ve meant “Ist Annual I.M. Pseudoscientific Symposium.” There! Now we’ve done away with the oxymoron.”
Why is Yale so secretive about its quackery department?,
Most universities are only to keen to boast about their grant income. Not in this case though. When I asked how they funded their quackery, all I got was a letter that had very obviously been drafted by a lawyer.
“As a private institution, Yale University is not generally subject to the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. We therefore respectfully decline to compile and provide the information you have requested.”
So pretty clear signs of guiltiness there.
Dr David Katz, yes, he of the “fluid concept of evidence”, has posted an article, Health Hazards of rhe Blogoshere. If it quacks like a duck . . .
It seems that he has been a bit alarmed by the reaction of the bloggers. It starts, rather pompously, thus.
“Being well educated does not guarantee you’ll always be right, and it certainly doesn’t guarantee everyone will agree with you. But it still matters. Or at least it used to “
But the rest if it reads less like a defence than as an admission of guilt, thus prompting the next item.
Paul Hutchinson’s blog
A quack who admits it picks out a quotation from Dr Katz’s response and turned into a cartoon, released to the public domain, So here it is.
Respectful Insolence.
Orac comments too, in “Fluid evidence” strikes back: Dr. Katz versus the skeptical blogsophere”. He does a terrific job in taking apart the response from the hapless Dr Katz.
“No, Dr. Katz does not like his first encounter with the medical blogosphere at all. Indeed, he is so unhappy that apparently a few weeks ago he tried t answer the bloggers who had raked him over the coals for blatantly advocating “integrating” unscientific woo like homeopathy with scientific medicine. Unfortunately for him, he did not do a particularly good job of it. Indeed, what most stood out as I read his rejoinder was that he does not answer a single substantive criticism leveled at his comments. Not one. Instead, he does what pretty much all woo-meisters do when criticized for shifting goalposts and appealing to other ways of knowing besides science as a means of “proving” that their preferred fairy dust works; he wraps himself in the mantle of the brave iconoclast willing to challenge accepted dogma and whines about the peons who criticized him, heaping contempt on the bloggers who had the temerity to criticize his advocacy for pseudoscience because to him they have not earned the right to criticize his (at least in his opinion, apparently) greatness in comparison to him.”
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Boots zapped by Advertising Standards Authority
After writing the recent post Boots reaches new level of dishonesty with CoQ10 promotion, I sent a complaint about the dishonesty of the advertisements to the Advertising Standards Authority. I got a surprsingly fast response. On April 22 I got
“it appears you have a valid point and, with a view to acting quickly, have asked Boots to change their ad. We have asked them to remove the claims that CoQ1 0 can create “a spring in your step” and “boost energy levels”. Provided we get an assurance from the advertisers that they will change their ad, we will close the case.”
Then on 1 May, the ASA said
“We have now received a response from Boots and they have given us an assurance that they will not repeat the problematic claims for this product. We have therefore closed our file on that basis.”
Boots agreed to this request, so no full investigation will appear. That’s a win for reason, up to a point, but it also shows how toothless the rules about advertising are. Boots launch a big promotion with advertisements that are simply not true. The promotion is over and they got clean away with it. All they get is a little publicised rap on the knuckles and no doubt they’ll do the same again next time.
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The Vitamin B scam. Don’t trust Boots
Jump straight to the stings.
This advertisement has to be one of the sneakiest bits of spin that I’ve seen in a while. It appeared in today’s Guardian. And a lot more people will see it than will look at the homeopathic nonsense on the Boots ‘education’ site.
What on earth does it mean? One interpretation could be this. We can’t make false claims for Vitamin(s) B in print, but your Boots Pharmacy Team will be happy to do so in private. OK gang, let’s find out. Get out there and ask them. I’ll be happy to post the answers you get (one of those little mp3 recorders is useful).
The Boots web site isn’t much better. Their Vitality Overview says
“The following vitamins and supplements are important for vitality..
Needless to say “vitality” isn’t defined and there is the slightest reason to think that any of these things help the “energy level” of any person on a normal diet.
Sting number 1
I went into a large branch of Boots and asked to speak to a pharmacist. This what ensued (BP= Boots Pharmacist).
DC. My eye was caught by your advertisement. I’m pretty healthy for my age but I do get very tired sometimes and it says “ask your Boots pharmacy team, so what can you recommend?”
BP. “Well basically it helps release energy from your cells so you’ll feel more energetic if you have enough vitamin B in your, eh, blood system”
DC. “Ah, I see, I’ll feel more energetic?”
BP. “yes you’ll feel more energetic because it releases the energy from the cells ”
DC. “which vitamin B does that?”
BP. “It’s a complex. it has all the vitamins in it.”
DC. “So which one is it that makes you feel more energetic?”
BP. “Vitamin B”
DC. “All of them? ”
BP. “All of them. It’s mainly vitamin B12”
DC. “Vitamin B12. That makes you feel more energetic?”
BP. “Yes. B12 and B6.”
DC. “hmm B12 and B6. I wasn’t aware of that before so I’m a bit puzzled. I mean, vitamin B12. I thought that was for pernicious anaemia.”
At this point I think the pharmacist was getting a bit suspicious about all my questions (and spotted the recorder) and began to back off.
BP. “Not necessarily. You know its got [pause], basically what its [pause], if you have enough in your diet there’s no need to take an extra vitamin B.” . . .”This is really for people who are on the go and are, you know, unable to get fresh meals.”
Then the senior pharmacist (SP) was called and I repeated the question.
DC. “Will it give me extra energy? It says I should ask my Boots Pharmacy team about that.”
SP. “It may do, yes. It depends on your own body’s individual reaction to it.” . . . “To be honest I’m not the best person to ask about clinical data on it. If you have more detailed questions I can send them to head office”
At this point. I gave up. The first pharmacist ended up with reasonable advice, but only after she’d obviously become suspicious about all my questions (and spotted the recorder). The senior pharmacist just fudged it when asked a direct question. Initially, the ‘expert advice’ was pure gobbledygook. What does one make of it? The fact that I got the right answer in the end, one could argue, makes the first part worse rather than better. She knew the right answer, but didn’t give it straight away. Instead she talked a lot of nonsense in which two quite different meanings of the word ‘energy’ were confused in a way that is only too familiar in the supplement huckster business. I’m not impressed.
An email enquiry to Boots customer service asked whether Vitamin B really helped ‘vitality’. It elicited this hilarious non-response (original spelling retained).
Dear Mrs M***
Thank you for contacting us regarding an advertisement you have seen in relation to the benifits to vitamin C.
Unfortunately as I am not medically trained I would be unable to provide you with advice on this particular product. I would however, advise that you contact our pharmacy team at your local store via the telephone directly. You’ll find that they will be more than happy to help you further.
Aha, so the Pharmacy Team are medically-trained?
Tagged Advertising, Boots, corporate, nutribollocks | 16 Comments
Degrees in anti-science
The Nature title picture was ‘Taken from The Complete Guide to Homeopathy, © Dorling Kindersley Ltd’ (not a recommended text book at UCL)
Nature (March 22 2007) ran this commentary, alongside a News item by Jim Giles:
Download a reprint of the article here.
Download the while 2005 westminster University miasmatic exam paper here.
Degrees in homeopathy slated as unscientific
and a Nature podcast [listen to podcast].
Here is some of the coverage of this commentary (more soon, including some of the abuse). A transcript pf the podcast is here.
Interview on the BBC’s Today Programme, with Edward Stourton.
Material World (BBC Radio 4). This excellent science programme, presented by Quentin Cooper, had a longer version of DC versus David Peters (Westminster University). There was helpful intervention from Michael Marmot who had talked, in the first half of the programme, about his longitudinal population studies. [listen to part 2].
Radio 5 Live interview.
BBC London News (BBC1 TV), An interview of DC and Peter Fisher
by the News Presenter, Riz Lateef. Dr Fisher, who is clinical director of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, made a very interesting comment, at the end of a discussion about whether homeopathy was a suitable subject for a science degree.
Riz Lateef (presenter): “Dr Fisher, could you ever see it
[homeopathy] as a science degree in the future?
Dr Peter Fisher: “I would hope so. I wouldn’t deny that a lot of scientific research needs to be done, and I would hope that in the future it would have a scientific basis. I have to say that at the moment that basis isn’t comprehensive. To that extent I would agree with Professor Colquhoun.”
Download the movie (5.9 Mb .wmv file: (quotation is at the end)
A shorter version of the movie, showing only the quotation at the end has appeared on YouTube.
Evidence? During the interview, Peter Fisher said
“. . .if you look in the Cochrane library, . . . you will find that there are two treatments for flu that appear to be effective, and one of them is homeopathic”
I presume this refers to the Cochrane review “Homoeopathic Oscillococcinum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like yndromes”. What this actually says is
“Trials do not show that homoeopathic Oscillococcinum can prevent influenza. However, taking homoeopathic Oscillococcinum once you have influenza might shorten the illness, but more research is needed.”
Well, it might, but even if it did, the average length of the putative “shortening” of the illness was a mere 0.28 days, i.e. 6.7 hours. To call that “effective” seems to me to be just a tiny bit of an exaggeration.
The newspapers
“Faith-based degree ‘damages science’ ”
Mark Henderson, Science Editor, The Times. I love that title: it says it all.
Homeopathy science degrees ‘gobbledygook’
Ian Sample, science correspondent, The Guardian.
Alternative medicine degrees ‘anti-scientific’
Roger Highfield, Science Editor, in the Daily Telegraph
Universities ‘are duping students with homeopathy science degrees’
Steve Connor, science correspondent The Independent
Less than complementary? James Morgan in the Glasgow Herald
Alternative therapy degree attack
UK universities are teaching “gobbledygook” following the explosion in science degrees in complementary medicine, a leading expert says. BBC News web site
University homoeopathy degrees ‘gobbledygook’, claims Professor
Fiona McRae in the Daily Mail.
and the story even got into the free London papers, Metro and The London
And some from abroad
British health expert brands homeopathy ‘gobbledygook’
From ‘our correspondent’ at DailyIndia.com.
Homeopathic Degree in Britain Puts Scientific Gloss on Nonscientific Dross, Critics Say
Susan Brown in The Chronicle of Higher Education (USA)
UK Fight Over Anti-Science in Medicine
Dr Steven Novella comments in the NeuroLogica Blog, part of the New England Skeptical Society site.
Some follow up
A matter of degree. Why the letters after a homoeopath’s name really do count
Mark Henderson, 24th March, in The Times (Body and Soul section)
Ann Robinson, in the Guardian’s Comment is Free (Sunday 25th March) gives me a bit of a slagging off. But her piece is followed by a flood of comments, almost all of them thoroughly sensible. One comment, from ‘Midas’ ends thus.
So why not homeopathy alongside medicine? Right. Why not Levitation alongside Aeronautical Engineering?
And the blogs: quite a lot of blogs picked up the story.
Thanks to everyone who sent letters of support, not least the regular scientists from Westminster, and University of Central Lancashire who are clearly rather embarrassed by their homeopathic colleagues.
Inevitably there were a few bits of hate mail too, each answered politely, and some even resulting in a degree of agreement. The only one worth quoting is a rather mild one from George Lewith (see below).
“Do you realise that your own university (University College London) offers a BSc in architecture? I have yet to find that this particular course (from personal experience) involves a single piece of science. You might like to investigate at the Bartlett.” . . .”I suggest you make a formal complaint to your Provost, the Dean of the Medical School, and the committee of UK Vice-Chancellors of Medical Schools. You must know that you are completely out of sync but perhaps you don’t?
Kind regards George
I guess one of us is out of sync anyway. Unlike George (it appears), I know little about architecture, but the idea of design for a tower block based on homeopathic principles sounds a bit scary to me.
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Mis-education at Boots the Chemist
Trust Boots
Boots the Chemists (now Alliance Boots) is a very big business in the UK. There have 1,450 pharmacies in the UK and employ over 100,000 people.
I posted the item below a while ago, on the old Improbable Science page. I thought it deserved a bit more publicity, for the following reason. The quackometer has posted about Boots too,
I mentioned it during the debate with Felicity Lee at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (2007) (Ben Goldacre’s interview with Felicity Lee is a gem). After the talk I was approached by two heavies. Well, two men in dark suits anyway. It turned out that one was from Boots and the other from Alliance Pharmacies, now merged to form Boots Alliance. They seemed rather bothered by the fact that I’d criticised Boots, but were not entirely unreasonable. They claimed to be on the scientific side and said they’d investigate the matter. I wrote to the Boots man on 10 September, but got no reply, After a reminder on 29 October, I got this.
Dear David
Thank you for your email and reminder. We have investigated the points you raised in your blog. I was informed that it was an old leaflet and has not been reprinted (to my knowledge). However on a point of principle, I have raised the wider issue of clinical validity in my department. This will take its course through to the commercial/buying team.
I wrote back to point out that is wasn’t an old leaflet, but was still on their web site, labelled as ‘education’.
Thank you for pointing this out. I’ve had a quick look and it is an educational website looking at all aspects of medicine and therapy, including alternative medicine. It is not a direct sales message to the public. I hope this helps
So not much sign of concern for honesty there. Nothing has happened. Do they really care?
Boots web site makes a big point about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
As you may have noticed, that’s the tagline which in 2005 we adopted as the sign-off to all our advertising. But it’s much more than just a slogan. It’s a concise statement of our entire corporate strategy. Our aim is to make Boots the world’s best health and beauty retailer, and we’re 100% clear that the unique trust in which we are held provides the key to achieving this. Which means, of course, that those two words are also the rationale for all our CSR activities. Everything we do that builds trust is good for our business; anything which could compromise it, a risk we can’t afford to take.”
Trust Boots to provide straight answers.
At one time. Boots were sufficiently ethical not to deal in homeopathy. But no longer.
When asked for evidence that the things they sell actually work, the Boots help desk is astonishingly coy, as related here (thanks to ebm-first.com for giving publicity to this report).
When Boots were asked about their ‘Alternatives Hayfever Relief Tablets’, the answer came, after some delay, “This is a homeopathic product, further information on homeopathic products is available from the Nelson company who make this
particular product for Boots. ” This company has been making homeopathic products for many years and
may well be able to help you further. You may also find general
information about homeopathic medicines in reference books in the public
library”. The email address that they gave me for Nelson’s did not work, and writing to another Nelson’s address produced no reply at all. Clearly any letter that contains the word “evidence” arouses suspicion and is simply deflected.
Dangerous advice from Boots: a small sting.
I have been into several Boots stores, sought out the most senior pharmacist that I can find, and asked them the following question. “I have a 5 year old son who has had diarrhoea for three days now. Please can you recommend a natural remedy”. The response was interesting. In every case but one, the pharmacist reached for a copy of the Boots pamphlet on homeopathy, and thumbed through it, while desperately, but unsuccessfuly, trying to retain an air of professional authority. Then one or another homeopathic treatment from the booklet was recommended. In only one case out of six did the pharmacist even mention the right answer (GP and rehydration). One pharmacist, who turned out to have qualified in Germany, was very insistent that homeopathic treatment was inappropriate and that I should should start rehydration and take the child to the GP. The other five, including one who had an impressive-looking badge saying “consultant pharmacist”, did not even mention rehydration.
Conclusion The education of the pharmacists was clearly insufficient for them to give reliable advice. On the contrary, their advice was downright dangerous.
Miseducation by Boots the chemists
Boots also run an “educational” web site for children, the ‘Boots learning store’. Click on the section for ‘pupils’, and then ’16+’ and you find their education about alternative medicine (do their pharmacists do this course, I wonder?). The slide show that follows is an insult to human intelligence,
“‘POTENCY‘ is the term used to describe the dilution of a remedy. The weaker the solution the more potent the medication.”
Then follows a totally misleading slide about enzymes.
There is nothing wrong with the enzyme bit, but the analogy with homeopathy is baseless and misleading. Enzymes don’t work when there are no molecules present.
But in the next slide, enzymes and catalysts are forgotten anyway, This is how it works.
This meaningless mediaeval gobbledygook about ‘vital forces’ is being peddled as ‘education’ by the biggest retail pharmacy chain in the UK. What hope is there for kids?
But there is more. Now for the exam. If you click on the ‘teacher’ section you can download the students’ notes and the test. The ‘Student Notes’ include the following direct claim that homeopathy can cure diseases.
Now take the test, Here is question 1, and the answer.
I suppose that if the educators at Boots classify Hahnemann’s provings as a ‘clinical trial’ it goes a long way to explain the quality of their learning store, and the quality of the advice given by their pharmacists.
Boots Alternatives also sells a “snoring remedy”
The evidence for effectiveness of this herbal product is very dodgy, as described here earlier. This was an interesting saga that involved bad statistics, inappropriate controls and concealed financial interests. It eventually appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme, You and Yours.
Postcript: “Nurses and pharmacists are to be given greater powers to prescribe drugs”
The foregoing history does not give one much confidence in the government’s latest money-saving wheeze. [BBC]
“The latest measures mean nurses and pharmacists will be able to prescribe treatments for more serious conditions such as heart disease and diabetes – traditionally the domain of GPs.
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said: “Nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing is a huge step forward in improving patient accessibility to medicines from highly skilled and well trained staff.”
And Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Dr Keith Ridge added: “For pharmacists, this is the dawn of a new era. It will help transform the public’s perception of pharmacy and the services they deliver to patients.”
This item was first posted on the original IMPROBABLE SCIENCE page.
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If you're a Star Trek fan, then you may be wondering about the Constitution Class starships seen in the show and what some of the most iconic ships in its Starfleet were. This article covers the Constitution Classes first run of "United Space Ships".
Queen of the Fleet First Run of the Constitution Class Starships
The Constitution Class Starships first class consists of the USS Constellation NCC-1017, USS Constitution NCC-1700, USS Endeavour NCC-1895, and the famous USS Enterprise NCC-1701. Here's a brief breakdown of each ship.
USS Constellation NCC-1017
The Constellation NCC-1017 was launched in 2245. This was under Captain Matthew Decker's command. This ship was used to complete five missions, and, in 2263, when Decker was promoted to commodore, he stayed on as the ship's commander.
The Constellation NCC-1017's crew of 400 came into contact with various destroyed star systems on Stardate 4202.1 of the year 2267. The ship was known for its investigation into a heavy subspace interference later named the "Doomsday Machine"
USS Constitution NCC-1700
The Constitution NCC-1700 was classified as part of the Class I Heavy Cruiser Federation Starship class. Constitution ships were known as the premier frontline of Starfleet vessels and were primarily used in the second half of the 23rd century.
The Constitution NCC-1700 was among a fleet of ships designed for the sole purpose of long-duration excursions and patrol missions that required little outside support. Some best-known missions could operate on a five-year cycle.
USS Endeavour NCC-1895
Starfleet's 23rd-century Federation Constitution class ship was the USS Endeavour NCC-1895. In the year 2298, this ship embarked upon a deep space exploration mission. A Starship Mission Assignments chart named it on the USS Enterprise-A bridge.
Later in the year 2293, this ship was named one of the Sector 21166-8 ships in the command briefing for "Operation Retrieve."
USS Enterprise NCC-1701
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 was part of the Federation Constitution-class starships in the 23rd century, operated by Starfleet. This was the first starship in the federation to feature the name "Enterprise." This ship's years of service were from 2245 to 2285, where it remained a training vessel until 2285 when it was destroyed over the Genesis planet.
For Star Trek ship ranking, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 E was considered to be the most technologically advanced starship to date.
The USS Constellation
The USS Constellation class of ships range from the Essex NCC-1697 to the Defiant NCC-1764.
Let's take a look at the brief history of each ship..
USS Essex NCC-1697
The Essex NCC-1697 is part of Starfleet's Federation starships in the 23rd century. It was an unnamed ship that eventually had a layover in 2267 at Starbase 11.
A star chart indicated the ship's number and its repair status, and it was identified by its hull number.
USS Excalibur NCC-1664
The Excalibur NCC-1664 was used during the 23rd century as a Federation Constitution-class starship. It was commanded by Captain Harris in 2268.
The ship completed a series of fleet war games in 2268 where a total of four starships competed against the USS Enterprise. The Excaliber suffered significant damage and all hands were lost.
USS Exeter NCC-1706
The Exeter NCC-1706 was part of the Constitution class's initial batch of starships. It was ordered on stardate 0965 for Starfleet. It later earned a new registry number of NCC-1672.
USS Farragut NCC-1647
The Farragut NCC-1647 was a heavy cruiser and part of the Federation Constitution class in the 23rd century, servicing Starfleet.
It was initially used as early as 2247 and was under Captain Nechama Rabin's command.
USS Hood NCC-1703
The Hood NCC-1703, occasionally called the NCC-1707, was a heavy cruiser and part of the Federation Constitution class. It was used by Starfleet during the 23rd century. On stardate 1/9307, the ship was commissioned and launched. Its construction was authorized on 0965.
USS Hornet NCC-1868
Captain Leedson commanded The Hornet NCC-1868. They were sent to the USS Pompeii and the USS Enterprise to regain control of the USS Star Empire, which had been stolen.
During this battle, the Hornet was damaged and surrendered when the Pompeii was ultimately destroyed.
USS Intrepid NCC-1631
The Constitution class's initial batch included The Intrepid NCC-1631. It was authorized to be appropriated by Starfleet with a stardate of 0965.
Its original registry number was NCC-1708. The Vulcans built this ship to MK I, and she entered service eventually with a stardate of 1/8804.
USS Kongo NCC-1710
The USS Kongo NCC-1710 was part of the Constitution-class starship's first batch. These ships were authorized by the Starfleet appropriation and had a stardate of 0965.
This ship was later built to the specifications of Mark II.
USS Lexington NCC-1709
The Lexington NCC-1709 was a Federation starship in the 23rd century. This heavy cruiser was a Constitution class and used as part of Starfleet services. It had a layover in 2267 at Starbase 11, and the ship's registry was later charted as having had several vessels repaired.
USS Potemkin NCC-1657
The USS Potemkin NCC-1657 was also part of the Federations fleet of starships during the 23rd century. This heavy cruiser was part of the Constitution class with a registry number of NCC-1711.
This is according to the Star Fleet's Technical Manual. However, the ship is listed as NCC-1702 in the FASA RPG series.
USS Republic NCC-1371
The USS Republic NCC-1371 was a heavy cruiser and part of the Federation Constitution class commissioned to serve Starfleet. This was during the 23rd century.
The ship eventually served as a training vessel for the Starfleet Academy by the year 2251. Captain Rollin Bannock commanded it.
USS Valiant NCC-1623
The Valiant NCC-1623 is one of the most famous ships, with a legacy dating back to the 20th century. It was originally known as a killer submarine and battleship. However, once humanity progressed to the stars, the Valiant pushed forward and evolved.
USS Yorktown NCC-1717
The USS Yorktown NCC-1717 was a heavy cruiser with the Constitution class heavy cruiser. it was part of the Starfleet services and on active duty in the 23rd century's second half. Its original registry with the Star Fleet Technical Manual was NCC-1704.
USS Eagle NCC-956
The USS Eagle NCC-956 was a Constitution-class Federation starship and considered a Bonhomme Richard subclass. This heavy cruiser was part of the 23rd century and services Starfleet.
This ship was known for being illustrious and highly decorated and had a crew that consisted solely of Andorians.
USS Defiant NCC-1764
The last Federation Constitution-class starship was the USS Defiant NCC-1764. It was operated by Starfleet and was one of three ships that would be called "Defiant."
The Defiant was later named in honor of the HMA Defiant, a British warship. This took place at Tranquility Base on Luna.
Star Trek Constitution Class Starships
Now that you know more about the Star Trek Constitution Class starships, including the Constitution Class's first run of starships and the ships in the USS Constellation class, you can understand why each ship was equally important when in use. Although some ships were more advanced than others, each served a unique purpose in Star Trek's Starfleet.
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Prop. 47 looking like a well-intentioned blunder
BY THOMAS D. ELIAS
The more time goes by since last fall’s passage of the high-minded Proposition 47, the more it begins to look like a well-intentioned mistake.
This was the ballot measure that turned some “minor” felonies into misdemeanor crimes, thus easing the crowding in state prisons and many county jails. It has unquestionably helped some ex-felons rebuild their lives.
But as crime statistics for the first half of this year pour in from around the state, this measure looks worse and worse, on balance. The numbers are bearing out warnings Proposition 47 opponents made in their official ballot argument against the initiative before it passed by a whopping 60-40 percent margin.
“Proposition 47 is a dangerous … package of ill-conceived policies wrapped in a poorly drafted initiative which will endanger all Californians,” said opponents, led by Citrus Heights Police Chief Christopher Boyd, president of the California Police Chiefs Association.
Here’s a bit of what’s happened since passage: In San Francisco, car burglaries are up 47 percent this year over 2014, while car thefts have risen 17 percent and robberies rose by 23 percent. In Los Angeles, overall crime is up 12.7 percent this year and violent crime rose almost 21 percent. That’s after 12 straight years of crime decreases in the state’s largest city.
Some saw Proposition 47 as a mere expansion on Gov. Jerry Brown’s prison “realignment” program, designed to reduce prison populations at the demand of federal judges up to the level of the U.S. Supreme Court. Convicts on a de facto basis were already seeing sentences reduced or being shifted from tougher state prisons to county jails. Many lesser offenders who might previously have gotten at least some jail time were going free on probation. Prior to Proposition 47, this had cut the prison population by almost one-fifth, while not causing crime rate increases in most places.
But the initiative does much more than mere realignment, switching many crimes from the felony category to misdemeanors. This includes most drug possession arrests, petty thefts, forged checks and receiving stolen property, with property crimes having to exceed $950 to be a felony. One result: Myriad drug addicts have adjusted their practices, trying to hold their take from “minor” crimes under that amount. Because of crowding in local jails, it’s common for misdemeanor offenders to be turned loose soon after their convictions.
Proposition 47 supporters also touted the fact their measure allows all those crimes to be treated as felonies if the accused has previous convictions for rape, murder or child molestation or is a registered sex offender.
Not enough, said the opponents, noting that persons with prior convictions for armed robbery, carjacking, child abuse, assault with a deadly weapon and other serious crimes would still be allowed misdemeanor status for new non-violent offenses. They pointed out that thousands of convicts who stood to be released because their crimes would be converted into misdemeanors have prior records of violent crimes not listed among the most dangerous.
At the same time, many convict firefighters (about 40 percent of crews battling major fires in California are convicts) have been released because of reductions in the category of their crimes.
Prison-provided fire crews nevertheless retained the same manpower as last year during the early blazes of this wildfire season. No one yet knows if in-prison recruiting of some new firefighters will produce the same quality of work (several fires this summer spread far wider than officials expected) or whether more convicts on wild-land crews will now try to escape.
Proposition 47 also earmarked much of the prison money it saves for mental health and drug treatment programs, aiming to cushion the effects of making most drug possessions no more than minor offenses.
But enrollment in drug treatment programs has dropped, probably a sign that many addicts no longer feel pressured to kick their habits. They know they’ll never do significant time either for using or for most crimes that support their addictions.
So it’s become quite clear the opponents made good points. On balance, Proposition 47 is turning out to be bad policy. Now it’s time for legislators to do what they can to fix the flawed measure. A start would be increasing the list of serious prior offenses than can turn the new “minor” crimes back into felonies.
Email Thomas Elias at [email protected].
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Anti-doping advocate Bill Bock weighs in Russia’s Olympic ouster
Super Lawyers online-exclusive By Ross Pfund on February 15, 2017
After an investigation into extensive allegations of state-sponsored doping, on December 5 the International Olympic Committee announced that Russia will be barred from participating in the upcoming Winter Games in South Korea. While clean Russian athletes can obtain permission to compete under a neutral banner, the country’s flag and government representatives will not be present.
The news was well received by anti-doping advocates worldwide, including Indianapolis-based sports attorney Bill Bock of Kroger, Gardis & Regas.
In the March 2017 issue of Indiana Super Lawyers, we spoke to Bock about his role as general counsel for the United States Anti-Doping Agency and his efforts to keep the athletic playing field level. Although the USADA has no official association with the IOC, Bock and his colleagues serve as “the voice of clean athletes,” encouraging the IOC to get tough on state-sponsored doping.
“Unfortunately, to date, the International Olympic Committee hasn’t been as vigilant on that issue as we think they should have,” Bock told us in late 2016. “In the lead-up to the Rio games, we encouraged them to look closely at the evidence of state-sponsored doping, and the fact that a viable and effective testing program had not existed in Russia in the four-year lead-up to the [Rio] games.”
In the wake of the Russia news, we caught up with Bock to get his thoughts on the unprecedented ban.
“For three years, clean athletes have been fighting for the soul of sport, trying to get the international community to recognize the significance of the mushrooming Russian doping scandal and to take action,” Bock says. “The IOC’s decision today demonstrates that the voice of clean athletes can be heard when they stand up for their ideals. So, to this extent it is a momentous day for clean sport. However, significant questions remain regarding the terms under which Russian athletes will be permitted to participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Consequently, today’s emotion is hopeful vigilance.”
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Posted by: Mike Cornelius | February 13, 2020
The Surest Sign Of Spring
February mornings come slowly in northern New England. The sky seems permanently overcast, and whether it is the solid slate gray that foretells a fresh snowfall, or the mottled milky tone that heralds a front just passing through, the dome overhead rebuffs the rising winter sun’s feeble beams, ensuring that night yields only grudgingly to day. Long after the clock has declared morning’s arrival, the gloomy half-light scarcely illuminates a barren winter landscape so monochromatic as to make pointless the long wait for daylight. The browns of bare ground and grays of dirty, slowly melting snowbanks blend together. Lifeless trees with desiccated branches pointing to the clouds offer no relief from the colorless scene.
We are deep in the dead season, midway between December’s solstice and March’s equinox. Images of sun splashed summer days, of blue skies and green grass, shimmer in the mind’s eye, but the cold and the dark have grown so familiar that we are no longer certain if the mental pictures are memories or mere imaginings. Will winter ever end?
But we are also at the season’s inflection point, that hinge moment when with just the right nudge forward, we can begin an accelerating journey toward warmth, and light, and hope. Just as weariness is poised to engulf our very souls amid darkness and doubt, the day arrives, and the spark is struck. On both coasts of Florida and at ten ballparks that ring Phoenix like gemstones on a crown, the boys of summer are gathering in response to the call that is, for baseball fans, every year’s absolute promise that spring will arrive.
At Camelback Ranch in the Valley of the Sun, and at Steinbrenner Field just east of Tampa International Airport, the Dodgers and Yankees assemble as the early favorites to meet in next autumn’s World Series, on the other side of sports’ longest season. Two generations of fans have grown from infancy to adulthood since these two venerable franchises, once cross-town rivals in the Gotham of an earlier age, squared off in the Fall Classic three times in the space of five years, with New York winning in 1977 and 1978 before Los Angeles prevailed in 1981.
Seven years later the Dodgers were back in the Series, upsetting the heavily favored A’s in five games. That showdown is remembered for Kirk Gibson’s dramatic walk-off home run that gave Los Angeles Game 1, and for the foolish fan who left early, the rear lights of his departing car visible in the distant parking lot as Gibson’s shot sails into the right field seats. That was also the last time the Dodgers celebrated a title, and the long wait since has left the franchise’s fans hungry for a return to glory. Yankee fans have had better fortune, but their team went through the entirety of the last decade without a single World Series appearance, a veritable lifetime of futility given expectations in the Bronx.
Yet so much lies between the opening of training camp and a season-ending parade to celebrate a championship that being named a favorite in February is an honorific of precious little value. Players on both teams know that, just as they know that their brethren on the twenty-eight other clubs and all the fans of those franchises are prepared to concede nothing here at the beginning. Two hundred miles by car across the Florida peninsula from the Yankees spring training complex, members of the Washington Nationals gather still basking in the glow of last season. From twelve games below .500 in late May, the Nats fought back game by game, win by win, finishing the fight with victory over the Astros in an improbable World Series in which the home team failed to win a single game. Washington stands ready to defend its crown while also serving as a symbol of hope to every franchise that will, at some point in the coming season, be dismissed by the pundits.
Hope is in ample supply as camps open, in these first days hope is everywhere. If a realistic assessment of a team’s chances holds that a title is beyond reach, there is still the possibility of marked improvement over the previous campaign. Over the years more than a few franchises have gone from woeful to playoff participant in a single season, which is enough to give even fans of lesser clubs like the Padres or Orioles, the Marlins or Tigers, something to cling to for now.
The slow unwinding of the regular season, from April’s chilly nights through the heat of August and beyond, will slay many of those hopes. Baseball is a game of managed failure, a sport in which hitting safely one time in three tries makes for a fine day’s work; but in baseball as in life, failure is not always managed well. The sedate rhythms of the game’s calendar will also provide ample time for discussion of the challenges facing the sport. The cheating scandal that dominated offseason headlines will not magically be forgotten just because training camps have opened. The outcome of the increasingly testy struggle between Major League Baseball and the scores of local operations that make up the minor league system remains uncertain. It is a fight that will determine the future of many franchises which have brought joy to fans far removed from the bright lights and high prices of big league ballparks. Expanding the playoffs, a new collective bargaining agreement, pace of play – all these issues and more will take their turn at the center of discussion and debate.
Through it all fans will still come out to cheer when their heroes take the field. The cry of “play ball” will ring out, the leadoff hitter will step into the batter’s box, the pitcher will toe the rubber, and the games will go on. As has been the case in all the decades since the promulgation of the Knickerbocker Rules in 1845, predictions of the sport’s imminent demise fail to grasp the extent to which baseball is woven into the American psyche. The Great Game returns, at once constant and ever-changing. The first directive of a new season lights the flame of hope in the heart of every fan, signaling the certain coming of spring, the time of renewal and unlimited possibility. We know that winter is beaten, when pitchers and catchers report!
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Seafood-Induced Anaphylaxis in Children Presenting to Canadian Emergency Departments: Rates, Clinical Presentation and Management
Background: There are a lack of data on seafood-induced anaphylaxis in children in Canada.
Objective: We aimed to assess the rate, clinical features, and management of seafood-induced anaphylaxis in children presenting to emergency departments across Canada.
Methods: Children with anaphylaxis were recruited at six emergency departments between 2011 and 2020 as part of the Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry. A standardized form documenting symptoms, triggers, co-morbidities and management was used to collect data.
Results: There were 75 fish-induced and 71 shellfish-induced cases of suspected anaphylaxis, most of which were caused by salmon and shrimp, respectively. Mucocutaneous symptoms were most common, while respiratory symptoms were associated with patients with fish-induced reactions who have comorbid asthma [aOR 1.18 (95%CI, 1.02, 1.36)]. Pre-hospital epinephrine was underutilized (<35%), while in-hospital epinephrine was given to <60% patients. Among those with a known fish or shellfish allergy, pre-hospital epinephrine use was associated with known asthma [aOR 1.39 (95%CI, 1.05, 1.84) and aOR 1.25 (95%CI 1.02, 1.54), respectively]. Among children who were assessed by either skin tests or specific IgE, 36 (76.6%) patients with suspected fish-induced anaphylaxis and 19 (51.4%) patients with suspected shellfish-induced anaphylaxis tested positive.
Conclusion: Pre-hospital epinephrine is underused in the management of seafood-induced anaphylaxis. Among children with known seafood allergy, pre-hospital epinephrine is more likely if there is a known asthma comorbidity.
Authors: Daniel Sehayek, Morgan S Gold, Sofianne Gabrielli, Elissa M Abrams, Adam Bretholz, Edmond S Chan, Derek K Chu, Ann E Clarke, Jennifer Gerdts, Ran D Goldman, Jocelyn Gravel, Elana Hochstadter, Rodrick Lim, Christine McCusker, Jocelyn Moisan, Judy Morris, Andrew O’Keefe, Jennifer L P Protudjer, Greg Shand, Elinor Simons, Julia Upton, Xun Zhang, Moshe Ben-Shoshan
; Full Source: Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2022 Feb 13;S1081-1206(22)00097-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.02.003.
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i4i v. Microsoft: Patent Case of the Year? Supremes to Decide
Posted on April 16, 2011 by Henry Sneath | 1 Comment
Posted by Henry M. Sneath, a principal, shareholder and IP Group Chair, and Robert Wagner, an intellectual property attorney, both at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
All of a sudden, the burden of proof in patent invalidity claims is under review. Where did that come from? i4i beat Microsoft in an infringement case in Texas and now Microsoft wants to change the battlefield rules. They have appealed to the Supreme Court, which will hear argument this Monday April 18, 2011, that the burden of proof on patent validity challenges should be lowered from “clear and convincing” to “preponderance of the evidence.” Clear and convincing means that the proof must be “substantially more likely than not, that the evidence is true.” This is less than “beyond a reasonable doubt” employed in criminal cases, but more stringent than “preponderance” which means simply “more likely than not.” Judges will frequently tell the jury that this inquiry is best visualized like the ‘scales of justice’, and if the evidence tips ever so slightly in favor of one party, then the burden of “preponderance” is met. “Clear and convincing” is a much steeper burden than preponderance – at least according to the law. Microsoft believes that it is much too steep for patent invalidation evidence.
The issue arose at trial in Texas when Microsoft wanted to introduce the prior art of i4i’s own previously designed and used software, which Microsoft claimed invalidated the i4i patent in suit (on sale bar). By the time the lawsuit was filed, the original source code for this prior work was lost, so Microsoft had to rely on circumstantial evidence about what the prior art did. Ultimately, they did not win before the jury or the Courts, and they argued that this was because of the high burden of proof (clear and convincing).
Originally, Microsoft contended that there should be a lower burden of proof (preponderance) only for items not considered by the PTO. It did not attempt to lower the bar for everything. The case has now morphed into an overall attack on the burden of proof in all cases, not just where the PTO has not considered the prior art in question. Microsoft proposes that everything should be preponderance, and, only as a fallback, that things not considered by the PTO need only be proved by a preponderance.
We think the arguments are fairly compelling that the standard needs to apply to everything equally, whatever that standard may be. A hybrid approach where invalidity based on some items need only be proved by a preponderance, while other items would require clear and convincing will simply be unworkable.
Among the problems we see (and the numerous amicus briefers saw) with the hybrid approach are:
1. What counts as being considered by the PTO? If it was disclosed? If it was specifically mentioned by the examiner?
a. If it is everything disclosed in the record, patentees will absolute deluge the PTO with references, which will make the examiner’s job more difficult and will result in references being buried and examinations taking longer.
b. If it is only things discussed by the examiners, that will be unfair to patentees. Examiners are not required to address every reference. They only have to discuss the most relevant ones. Thus, a duplicative reference that still is important may not be mentioned, even though it contains material that the examiner thought highly relevant. Now that reference will be evaluated under a lower burden.
c. Also, examiners frequently look at a number of references in their searches that are never identified in the record. Do these count? How would you find out what was looked at?
2. What do you do with invalidity positions that involve some references that were considered and some that were not?
3. What do you do with a reference that was considered for one basis (anticipation), but not another (obviousness)?
We think it likely that the Supreme Court will adopt a blanket approach, either preponderance or clear and convincing. If it maintains the status quo, which we think is the better argument, nothing will change in the patent world. As far as we know, this has not been a pressing or disputed issue for years. If they do change to a preponderance standard, we expect that there will be a significant shift in Courts granting summary judgment motions for invalidity. We’re not sure that juries really pay much attention to preponderance or clear and convincing, although it might make a difference in a few cases.
We think that the major corporations siding with Microsoft hope that a change will make it easier to beat back troll (NPE) cases. In particular, larger corporations are likely to be able to afford to draft better patents with more prior art searching that the individual inventors cannot do or afford. We think that they are banking on their own patents’ strength not being affected too much, but with the perhaps underfunded trolls taking a hit. Overall, a shift to preponderance will only weaken patents and their enforceability. It will likely also encourage competitors to take more risks in creating products that arguably infringe; knowing that their burden of proof for invalidity has gone down significantly. We think it is hard to say whether companies will stop applying for patents. In the end, for some products the only thing you can do to protect them is to get a patent. There really aren’t many alternatives for products that are easily reverse engineered.
For ongong coverage of this Supreme Court argument, please check back with us regularly. You may also want to follow a great source for Microsoft news at the Nick Eaton’s Microsoft Blog from Seattle PI: http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2011/04/14/microsoft-i4i-at-supreme-court-patent-law-at-a-crossroads/
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Totally Different, Except For Being the Same
This First Read punditry annoyed me when I read it, and it's still annoying me, so might as well do an item...it's this:
When you now look back at the 2008 GOP presidential field, what is striking was its ideological diversity. You had someone who supported abortion rights (Rudy Giuliani), a candidate who had previously defended Roe v. Wade and embryonic stem-cell research (Mitt Romney), another person who backed comprehensive immigration reform (John McCain), and even another who opposed the Iraq war (Ron Paul). But four years later, no matter who ends up running, the 2012 GOP field will be much more homogeneous.
Anyone spot the problem? First of all, the candidate who once was pro-choice and for stem-cell research is running again this time around, so that can't possibly be different. Then there's Ron Paul -- but Ron Paul may well run, and whether he does or not Gary Johnson is at least as heterodox in his views as Paul was.
Now, we'll have to see whether Jon Huntsman really runs, but his issue positions are at least as nonconforming as McCain's were in 2008 (of course, he's not apt to be a leading candidate, so that one isn't quite parallel).
Of course the real truth about this is that (Paul aside) the 2008 GOP contest wasn't a battle of contrasting versions of conservativism. Instead, those candidates who had once held unacceptable views on various issues mostly either converted, and hoped that their conversions would be judged sincere -- or downplayed their deviance, and hoped it would be ignored or forgiven.
Not that the Democrats in 2008 were any different. They just, for whatever reason, had a set of candidates with relatively long records of orthodoxy, so it didn't come up.
It is, in fact, still very possible that we'll see a true significant policy rift between GOP candidates this time around. It's possible that one of the major candidates will depart from feel-good sound bites (whether it's on immigration, or the budget, or foreign policy) and actually stake out a position that might help with GOP primary voters, but is highly risky with the November electorate. For example, a candidate might actually give a detailed spending cut plan -- a real one, not smoke and mirrors. (No, I don't expect it to be defense cuts). If a top-tier candidate runs on that, would the others have to match (and perhaps top) it? Would it be sufficient to just up the ante on the feel-good sound bite? What about if a major candidate runs on a policy of attacking Iran, or of withdrawing from Geneva? What happens then?
Posted by Jonathan Bernstein at 8:24 AM
Labels: 2012 cycle, Republicans
Kylopod February 7, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I disagree somewhat. While I agree his argument overlooks the fact that Romney is still running, I'm not sure what purpose there is in bringing Ron Paul into this. It was Paul's heterodoxy that made him not a serious candidate, and will this time around also.
Candidates who had a serious shot at the nomination but had flirted with what at the time was considered heresy in the GOP's rank-and-file had to flip, at least part-way. Like McCain did on a range of issues. Like Romney did on abortion. Like Rudy did when he started talking about "strict constructionism," which everyone knows is a code-word for "I'll appoint justices who will overturn Roe."
But flips only were enough to keep these candidates alive, so to speak. They would still be widely perceived as more "moderate" because of their past heresies. So I would argue that the chief contenders did represent different strands of the conservative coalition, even though they all had to pretend to accept the whole program. Huck represented social conservatism; Romney represented the business-oriented GOP; McCain represented the war hawks; and so on.
The larger truth is that the GOP's orthodoxy has tightened since 2008, in the sense that there will be more heresies from candidates' past that the candidates will be forced to distance themselves from.
Couves February 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM
"It was Paul's heterodoxy that made him not a serious candidate, and will this time around also."
It's also Paul's heterodoxy that gave him any opening at all. Remember, he raised over 20 million dollars in the 2008 primary. He would probably do the same if he ran again in 2012. Were it not for Paul’s unorthodox libertarian positions, it’s hard to imagine the elderly Texas Congressman getting any traction.
Kylopod February 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM
@Couves
I can see your point, but it's tangential to the simple fact that Paul's unorthodoxy--however it may have helped him get fame, attention, and money--does make him unelectable in the GOP primary contest today. That doesn't mean he would be electable otherwise, but it does mean no one with positions like his, whoever they may be, can get the nomination.
Jonathan Bernstein February 7, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Well, fine, but my point is just that there's no change from '08. Either Paul counts as a major candidate from that cycle or Paul/Paul/Johnson doesn't count in '12; there's no way one can count '08 as more diverse because it had Paul.
I suppose it's not wrong to say that different candidates represented different groups within the GOP in 2008, but that's likely to be the case this time, too. Real diversity, however, would mean that, say, McCain would have actually dissented on some issues that Huck was pushing, but that didn't really happen in '08. Paul, yes, but the rest, not really.
Well, there are two questions here:
(1) Could a candidate who was viable in '08 be rendered not viable today because of his positions?
(2) Are there positions that a viable candidate today cannot hold but which he could have held in the '08 race?
The second question is relatively easy to answer. There are several positions held by '08 candidates that have since moved into the "not viable" category. In '08, viable candidates could support cap-and-trade and immigration reform. Now, they can't. Huck has even been reduced to claiming, against all available evidence, that he never supported cap-and-trade. And while no one in '08, not even Romney, was pushing for a federal version of the MA health-care plan, it's not clear that a viable candidate couldn't have. Now, that position is by definition verboten.
The first question is more difficult, because as Romney demonstrated in '08, even a highly transparent flip-flop may be enough to keep a candidacy alive. As long as you make it clear how you're going to govern in the future, you'll be at least marginally forgiven for your heresies in the past.
But it's not clear that someone like McCain would be a viable candidate for the 2012 election. Obviously, he isn't now, given his age and his legacy as a general-election loser. But if McCain had been a little younger and had not gotten the nomination in '08, it's not clear he'd be viable today, no matter how many flips he took to reach current GOP orthodoxy.
Ultimately, though, the question of whether there was more ideological diversity before centers on the second question. It is clear that the range of positions a viable GOP candidate is allowed to take has narrowed since the '08 election. So even though First Read may have argued this point weakly, I do think it is basically correct.
Off-topic but can one of you translate what Obama is saying in these two answers to Bill O'Reilly?
At around the :50 second mark of the interview
"Well, you know, he’s only he knows what he’s going to do but here’s what we know is that Egypt is not going to go back to what it was."
At around the 5:11 mark of the interview.
"That, that, the, uh, I mean if you are talking about the Wall Street Journal editorial page, you know, the uh, you know, that’s like quoting the New York Times editorial page."
You don't think that Romney and Huckabee tried to paint McCain as a moderate?
And McCain did diverge with Romney and huckabee on immigration. Huckabee and Romney did diverge on economics. Huckabee was to the left of McCain on foreign policy.
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Every Mallards starter had at least one hit, with Phil Gosselin (Virginia) leading the charge with three in five at-bats. He also scored a run and drove in another one. The right-hander is hitting .444 (8-for-18) in his last four games with four runs and three RBIs. Trent Soares (Fresno State) and Eric Nielsen (Purdue) also had a pair of hits for the Mallards, who move to 7-6 in the second half. La Crosse got a 2-for-4 night from Cory Vaughn.
In his last start, a 9-0 victory over the Wisconsin Woodchucks, Joe Yermal worked five innings and allowed just two base hits to earn his first victory of the season. He picked up right where he left off this afternoon, mowing down the Loggers in the first two innings and allowing just one base hit in the first.
The Mallards entered the game hitting .396 (42-for-106) in their last three contests and increased its batting average with four hits in the bottom of the first, accounting for three runs to take a 3-0 lead. Brandon Wikoff (Illinois) led off with a double to right and went to third on a single to right field by Drew Martin (NC State). The Mallards continued to wear out the right side of the field, as Rob Lyerly (Charlotte) followed with a double that direction that scored Wikoff and sent Martin to third. Following a groundout by Gosselin, Jonathan Ratledge (East Carolina) walked, loading the bases with one out. Soares also went to right field with a single that scored Martin. Joe Bonadonna (Illinois) grounded a ball up the middle and was retired at first, but it was enough to bring Lyerly in from third to give the Mallards a 3-0 lead.
La Crosse was able to touch Yermal in the third for two runs on two hits to cut the lead to 3-2. B.J. Guinn started the inning with a home run to right field and Andy Pascoe reached on an error by Martin at third. Pascoe was then put out at second base as Steve Tinoco reached on a fielder’s choice. The Mallards right-hander walked Derek Helenhihi and gave up a single up the middle to Cory Vaughn that was misplayed by Bonadonna in center, allowing Tinoco to make it home after stopping at third originally. But Yermal got a flyout and a strikeout to put out the fire and keep the score 3-2.
Madison added runs in both the third and the fourth to increase their lead to 5-2. Gosselin singled and scored on a double by Ratledge in the third, and it was Nielsen who crossed the plate in the fourth on a two-out base hit to left by Gosselin. Yermal settled down after allowing the two third-inning runs and retired the Loggers in order in the fourth and worked around a leadoff singles in the fifth and sixth innings to keep the lead intact.
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Dante's Trasumanar and Monsters - CAIS 2023 Session Proposal
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - 4:41pm
Chiara Caputi, The Graduate Center CUNY
deadline for submissions:
Dante Alighieri expressed the transcendence of the human condition beyond its limitations through the verb trasumanar in Paradiso 1. It is rare evidence that Alighieri had thought of a kind of "transhuman" change in the early 1300s. In the past years, we witnessed the change raised by the feminist movements, especially the last wave called ''transfeminism'', which pointed out how ''being human'' it is not enough for the subjectivities in order to be recognized by politics. For this reason, the word ''posthuman'' was used to show how monsters can be active participants in our society, being part of us.
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CALL FOR PAPERS -- EAA 2023 -- BELFAST
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#107. The Materiality of Religion on the Atlantic Edge
Avner Goldstein (Boston College, USA)
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We encourage proposals considering diverse forms of cultural expression, including literature, poetry, theatre, the arts, film, fashion, and performativity, as well as a range of social, geographical and historical contexts.
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Asst. Prof. Nilgün Firidinoğlu Tiryaki, İstanbul University
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 1/202/2023
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Daniele ANDRE, AFEA workshop (French Association of North American Studies)
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DANIÈLE ANDRÉ AND GWENTHALYN ENGÉLIBERT
LA ROCHELLE UNIVERSITY — UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN BRITTANY
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Deadline extended to January 31, 2023
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Indiana University Department of English
Strange Things: Alternatives, Imaginaries, and Other(world)s
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Department of English, Indiana University, Bloomington
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Travel Light: Apprehending Being on the Move
The Departments of Comparative Literature, Hispanic Studies, and the Centre for Theory and Criticism at Western University, Canada
The Departments of Comparative Literature, Hispanic Studies, and the Centre for Theory and Criticism at Western University, Canada invite your submissions to our
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Still Reading Romance
Kathleen Kollman
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Mormonism in Romantic and Victorian Print Culture
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‘…for women within oppressed groups who have contained so many feelings–despair, rage, anguish–who do not speak, as poet Audre Lorde writes, “for fear our words will not be heard nor welcomed,” coming to voice is an act of resistance. Speaking becomes both a way to engage in active self-transformation and a rite of passage where one moves from being object to being subject.’[1]
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Special session "Imaging Natural Disaster in the Renaissance."
Submissions are invited for a session on "Imaging Natural Disaster in the Renaissance " at the South-Central Renaissance Conference to be held April 27-29 at the University of California-Berkeley.
Pay(ing) Attention: Narratives of Notoriety and Fame
Monday, January 9, 2023 - 5:58pm
Stony Brook University English Department Graduate Conference
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Will Scheibel
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”― Mary Oliver, “Yes! No!”
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The Margaret Fuller Society will sponsor two panels at the 34th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held 25–28 May 2023 at The Westin Copley Place in Boston. Please help us circulate these calls far and wide across your circles of shared interest.
Foundations for the "World at Large": Women Authors and Their Homes
"No home can be healthful in which are not cherished seeds of good for the world at large."
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Linguaculture - Special Issue: Genre(s) in Translation (Dec. 2023)
Monday, January 9, 2023 - 11:15am
Linguaculture Journal
LINGUACULTURE, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2023
Issue editors: Sorina Ciobanu & Patricia Rodríguez-Inés
Ever since the early days of applied linguistics, LSP studies, and functional approaches, the notion of text genre has been pervasive in translation studies. However, it is only in recent years that generic features and their treatment in translation have gained a more prominent position among the researchers’ interests (e.g. B.J. Woodstein, Translation and Genre, Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Muslim Queer Imaginaries in South Asian Literatures
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Edited volume titled “Muslim Queer Imaginaries in South Asian Literatures” (To be published as a part of the Routledge Book Series South Asian Literature in Focus)
Editors: Muhammad Safdar
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Freedom shouldn’t mean transition into homelessness
Posted on 16th April 2020 16th April 2020
In 2018/19, 1,822 homeless applications were recorded as having been from people leaving prison, which represents five per cent of the total. It is likely that this figure does not represent the full scale of the problem, with applicants often unwilling to reveal their background. With discussion around more widespread early release of prisoners across the UK gathering momentum due to the pandemic, Martin Gavin – Homeless Network Scotland’s head of external relations – asks, ‘Could it be the time to break the cycle?’
Leaving prison – particularly after a lengthy sentence – is daunting in normal circumstances, and these are not normal circumstances. When a support provider described having to explain the nature, scale and significance of COVID-19 to a person leaving prison this week, it captured for me how disconnected someone can become inside, and how frightening it must be transitioning in the throes of a pandemic.
COVID-19 is causing real concern in prisons. Both prisoners and prison officers have very sadly died as a result of contracting the virus, and others feel trapped in an environment where self-isolation is near impossible. It’s understandable why early release is one of several measures mentioned in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act. While the power to order early release is now in place, my understanding is there are no immediate plans to use that power; the caveat being, this is a fast-moving train.
Despite no concrete plan to release early, numbers up to 4000 have been circulating. I’ve been told that a more realistic estimate, should this happen at some point in the future, is 200 – 700 prisoners released, made up of people close to finishing their sentence or appropriate prisoners in one of the high-risk groups for COVID-19.
A large-scale release of people without accommodation waiting is potentially a challenge for councils and housing associations but there may be cause for a more positive take. Under the Shore Standards, government makes clear that housing services, as part of wider society, have a key role in ensuring people in the justice system and those leaving it get the support they need to make a new start and ensure better shared outcomes. Surely this is a further opportunity for landlords to show their mettle in this national emergency, as many associations have by identifying empty homes and voids for use as temporary accommodation at very short notice.
I learned this week that the first 72 hours represent the critical window for transforming a person’s chances of a successful transition. This is enough time for a bank account to be set up, people can be taken to appointments in order to avoid missing out on benefits, and arrangements put in place to discourage unhelpful contact with people or places linked to previous offending. Settled, safe accommodation sits at the heart of this process.
Second only to a roof, evidence points to the value of solid, well-resourced support services being in place straight away, able to react from the moment someone is released, being crucial to successful transition. More than 1500 prisoners leave jail each month, many from remand or short sentences, so organisations that support them are not panicking at the prospect of an additional cohort.
The good news is that strong partnerships providing this support exist already, are often long-established and where possible the process starts before someone is released.
Everything about programmes such as New Routes mentoring support for people leaving prison, managed by Wise Group and delivered by local partners, is aimed at reducing reoffending and with great success. Currently, not being able to meet prisoners routinely, New Routes providers are distributing ‘liberation packs’ that include a basic mobile phone, bus timetables and other practical items to help people negotiate the outside world, along with advice on benefits and accommodation plus telephone and email support. This can be enough to set someone on the right path.
At HMP Low Moss the prisoner support pathway starts inside jail, and is designed to offer holistic and person-centred support, from sentencing through to pre-release, on-release and after-release community support, which is co-ordinated by a Pathway Practitioner. The partnership covers all the bases, and includes Turning Point Scotland and Action for Children, among others.
In Edinburgh, Your Home is a partnership between Sacro, Four Square, Link Living, Streetwork and Y-People, that provides help to maximise income, benefits, improve budgeting skills and reduce debt as well as accessing Housing Options to secure social or other housing. The service has 35 staff and supported more than 900 people last year.
Prisoners are not routinely being released early, and the guidance suggests that other steps would be taken before this was even considered.
In the meantime, landlords could do worse than build those bridges and joint protocols talked about in the Shore Standards. Enhance existing relationships and seek out new collaboration, if not for this emergency, then for what will come after to disrupt the pattern of homelessness for people leaving prison.
Through effective joint working and information sharing, support for people making the transition from prison into proper housing could be – should be – straightforward. The community justice sector is based on strong partnerships. Associations can be confident that sector remains robust and prepared for any new developments if the services I spoke to this week are typical.
Article orginally published in Scottish Housing News on 16 April 2020.
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Chae Yoon shrieks after falling on his bed, Kang Joon again abuses him for daring to steal his stamp. "If I take action, everything will be over. You can't take the building without my consent" Kang Joo threatened and left the room. Chae Yoon takes out his cell phone and Ji Hoon is shocked to find out that his sister-in-law was hit by her brother-in-law. Kang Joon who was sitting on the sofa in front of his room saw Chae Yoon who came out of the room and asked where he was going. "I'm going to the hospital, but to get the Canvas Building, I'll do whatever I can do," said Chae Yoon.
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Then with his cynical eyes, he offered to negotiate with Kang Joon. "If you give up the building, I'll give you some information. You like Sara but you also suspect her and it drives you crazy right?" tease Chae Yoon. He is about to unravel a mystery behind a Sa Ra but he wants Kang Joon to pay for it with the Canvas building. Kang Joon glares, he doesn't think it's worth just information and then he has to pay with the building he owns. "Canvas Building...I own it by marrying Sa Geum Ran. It's the result of my 8 years of effort, then you think I'll give it to you?" said Kang Joon sarcastically.
"Then this is a war between us," said Chae Yoon, who also glared sharply at her husband. Sa Ra and Tae Hee go together, Sa Ra's face looks confused because Tae Hee wants to be her manager this time. While concentrating on driving, Tae Hee will start investing in Sa Ra. "I will not reap the amount of what I saw, but I will receive 10 times the amount," Tae Hee explained proudly. Tae Hee takes Sa Ra shopping, winter clothes start to be tried, Tae Hee smiles praising Sa Ra's clothes are good. Then the waiter put the bag that Tae Hee had bought, Sa Ra tried several times and Tae Hee immediately bought all the clothes that Sa Ra tried.
When leaving the store, several people see Sa Ra and praise her for being beautiful, Tae Hee proudly carries a bag containing the clothes she just bought. "What am I going to do with all these clothes?" asked Sa Ra with a sullen face "tomorrow is your first appearance as a chef. you have to look perfect!!!" Tae He said. He wanted all the women to be jealous of Sa Ra's appearance and then he said there was more to be given.
Sa Ra is taken to the car showroom, with a panicked face she feels she doesn't need a car. Tae Hee reminds us again that a celebrity needs a car. Tae Hee asks which car is better than the one in front. The employee shows a blue city car, after which he asks Tae Hee to sign it. The employee is confused because Tae Hee made a picture of Smile in the signature column. "If he goes to the restroom, I will ask for a loan and I will still take it" Tae Hee whispered. The officer nodded in understanding.
Ra smiled, he pointed to the scallops of some mackerel and cod and asked to be cut right away. When Aunt cuts the fish into pieces, Tae Hee is shocked to see how it cuts with a knife and is tight. Sa Ra smiled and continued to hold Tae Hee's arm tightly. "Welcome... The pig's head is very good today...." shouted the aunt who showed the two of them her arrival. Tae Hee looks at the pig's head, then he seems to tease Geum Ran it's like a pig. Geum Ran laughed and was embarrassed by her pig-like body. Geum Ran hits Tae Hee affectionately because that's how her body is.
The two laughed together, then Geum Ran turned back to Sa Ra again who was satisfied laughing with Tae Hee. He couldn't help but laugh because his body was like that before. Tae Hee teases Sa Ra to buy it, Sa Ra smiles because Tae Hee always teases her. "Hey.. we haven't seen each other for a long time..." said Tae Hee who thought the pig's head was Geum Ran. Sa Ra beats Tae Hee happily remembering her body was like a pig in the past. Arriving in front of the car, Tae Hee asks if Sa Ra is feeling happy now. With a happy face, he said that today he was very happy.
"When they asked where my husband was and why I was always alone, I felt like running into the rat hole. But now I feel as if I want to fly and a day like this has finally come that makes my heart flutter!" said Sa Ra happily. Sa Ra puts all her groceries in the trunk then Tae Hee stares and mutters that she will fully support Sa Ra because she wants to see Sa Ra always happy to make her happy. "Ahjumma..... I'm glad to see you smile" Tae Hee said and Sa Ra just smiled back. Tae Hee's cell phone rings, she gets a call from Ji Hoon and says he's coming. Sa Ra asks what's wrong with Ji Hoon calling her. Tae Hee informs that something happened to Chae Yoon.
With a lowered face Chae Yoon revealed that he was afraid and his face was made to look pale. Tae Hee cursed Kang Joon who dared to do that to Chae Yoon and was going to meet him. Chae Yoon hastily forbade it. "When your father died, I promised in front of his body that I would protect you and Ji Hoon. I can't just stand by seeing you hit him" "This problem only Kang Joon and I can solve, but now I don't want to go home" explained Chae Yoon Tae Hee offers to take Ji Hoon to Ji Hoon's house. Chae Yoon asks to go to a place that Kang Joon never knew about, which is the place they used to go to when they were little.
"Let's go there... if I'm there, I feel safer" Chae Yoon pleaded. Tae Hee glanced at Chae Yoon's face which was pale with pain. Ji Hoon is surprised to learn that Chae Yoon wants to go to the house they used to go to when they were little. He understands and will come to the house soon. Tae Hee with a serious face This time Sa Ra is driving the car, she feels bad because Tae Hee has invested too much for her. Sitting casually in the car, he tells Sa Ra to get more money than she spends. Sa Ra promises to work hard to get the money back. There was a red light ahead and he had to stop but he panicked and didn't have time to apply the brakes even though there was a car in front of him. But he was surprised because the car stopped by itself even though he did not apply the brakes.
"I chose a car that can automatically stop if needed, you have a trauma with a car accident so he must benefit now" Tae Hee explained proudly, Sa Ra smiled happily. "Doctor...I want to go somewhere, do you want to go with me?" ask Sa Ra. Tae Hee asks where Sa Ra will take her because she as a manager will support Sa Ra wherever she goes. Sa Ra takes Tae Hee to the market. Tae Hee, who doesn't look used to it, asks why Sa Ra took her to the market. "When I became Sa Geum Ran, I was known as an Ahjuma who was sad because he was always alone. I wanted to show them, with my new confidence," said Sa Ra.
Tae Hee since seemed touched by Sa Ra's story, he also allowed Sa Ra to shop with him. Sa Ra immediately took Tae Hee's arm and walked down the market. While walking through the market, Sa Ra seemed to be Geum Ran and some people praised the man beside her as very handsome. Sa Ra smiled happily, telling her that today she is no longer walking alone. An ahjumma offers to eat the peanuts he is selling, Sa Ra politely refuses because he is allergic to peanuts and goes to another merchant. In front of the fish seller, Tae Hee is surprised that the seller's aunt shows a live sea worm in front of her. Sa He took Chae Yoon to the house that Chae Yoon wanted to avoid Kang Joon.
Chae Yoon saw Tae Hee's serious driving face and sent a message to Ji Hoon "Ji Hoon Oppa.....today, I just want to be alone with Tae Hee Oppa, so you don't have to worry," wrote Chae Yoon. After that, he started by leaning on Tae Hee's shoulder and pretending to be very weak. Tae Hee couldn't refuse because he felt sorry to see Chae Yoon's face which was still pale.
"What is your position as the manager should I fire?" said Sa Ra who spoke on the intercom with a smiling face. Kang Joon's voice is heard on the intercom, Sa Ra presses the button to see the faces outside. Sa Ra immediately glared at her in shock to see Kang Joon who was already in front of her house because she knew her ex-husband was in prison. "Don't you want to open the door?" Kang Joon said
Sa Ra finally presses to open the door, after which she panics because she doesn't know Kang Joon is out of prison. Kang Joon entered with a smiling face. "Long time no see....don't you miss me?" said Kang Joon with a smile. Sa Ra shows her face by glaring so as not to look scared. Tae Hee stands waiting in front of the mirror worriedly thinking about Sa Ra who is alone at home. He says goodbye to Chae Yoo and will call Ji Hoon or Team Leader Choi. Chae Yoon prevents Tae Hee from leaving by hugging her from behind.
"I regret not listening to you then just marry you if you leave now, I will regret it even more so stay with me," Chae Yoon said with a sad tone behind Tae Hee. Then he apologizes for being late to find out Tae Hee's true heart. Tae Hee wants to let go of Chae Yoon's hand, but Chae Yoon holds her tighter and asks Tae Hee to protect her and accept it too. Tae Hee immediately let go of Chae Yoon's hand and looked at her adopted sister with a cold face.
"You never thought of me as more than just an Oppa," Tae Hee said. "That marriage, a very stupid decision, in return, I already know what love means I want to be with you" Chae Yoon whined Tae Hee admits that she already has someone, Chae Yoon knows that it happened because she wasn't by her side, Tae Hee denies it and Chae Yoon knows that her adopted sister has broken heart syndrome and only she can heal it.
"We... need each other" Chae Yoon said confidently. "That's not the case anymore" Tae Hee explained. Chae Yoon asks if it's because of Sa Ra, Tae Hee can't help but be silent. Chae Yoon asks Tae Hee to forget it because Sa Ra has put herself in her position all this time with Tae Hee. "I'll contact Ji Hoon." Tae Hee said who didn't want to talk to Chae Yoon anymore and Chae Yoon who could be upset because Tae Hee left him just like that.
Nervously, Sa Ra prepares a drink for Kang Joon at the dinner table. Kang Joon stares at the drink and looks at Sa Ra with a cold face. Sa Ra looks at Kang Joon who looks scared but he tries to face it. "I want to ask you something, be Sa Ra who is at home looks worried about Tae Hee who chose to leave because something happened to Chae Yoon after they went shopping. He saw Tae Hee's worried face knowing about Chae Yoon.
Finally, the two were seated in the house, greeted by the maid who took care of the house. "It's good to see you two again after so many years. But Chae Yoon doesn't look so good, even if you're busy come as often as possible" the housekeeper ordered. Tae Hee thanks the waitress who provided them with tea, her face looks uneasy because Ji Hoon hasn't come yet. Chae Yoon lied that she received a text from Ji Hoon that she would be late because she was busy at the hospital. Sa Ra comes down from her room and hasn't seen Tae Hee sitting on the sofa she usually sits on. He lay down with a sullen face and then changed his position with his face even more bent. Finally, he sat back down, lifted his legs up, and spread his arms
"Usually, when I'm alone, I don't get nervous like this. But ever since I like Doctor, when I'm alone, I feel lonely" he muttered. Then he lowers his legs and sits up straight on the chair, he wonders with an annoyed face where Tae Hee is because he hasn't come home yet. Kang Joon's henchmen come, he's already sent someone else to take the photos and he tells Sa Ra is with the guy in the photo all day and looks really close. Kang Joon saw the results of several photos of men from behind. "But now I also managed to get a photo of the man's face," said Kang Joon's subordinates
Kang Joon looks at the last page and recognizes that the man who is close to Sa Ra is Han Tae Hee. With a cynical face, he asked the whereabouts of Sa Ra. His men tell Sa Ra is at home and alone. Sa Ra paces back and forth in the kitchen looking worried because Tae Hee hasn't come home even though she promised that she will always be there for 24 hours and 7 days. The bell rang, with a happy face Sa Ra greeted Tae Hee who had gone home. "But why doesn't he go straight in if he has his own key" he muttered looking confused how many days, all I think about is you. Before you said you love me...is that true?" Kang Joon asked while drinking his tea.
"Of course... that's absolutely true, so what?" said Sa Ra who looked more and more nervous. Kang Joon said that he just wanted to ask, then he asked again if there was someone he was waiting for. Sa Ra was silent when she heard the bell from the front of her house. A man with a half-covered face in a jacket asks Sa Ra to move the furniture in front of his house. Sa Ra is confused because she didn't put anything in front of the house. But the man said the furniture was in the way and the car couldn't pass.
Finally, Sa Ra is allowed to leave for a while to Kang Joon. Tae Hee who is on the road tries to call Sa Ra but Sa Ra's cell phone is left on the table and Kang Joon is not at the dining table. A few moments later the PD at Sa Ra's show calls Tae Hee as Sa Ra's manager. "We need Sara in our show I will send a text about the details. Sara said.. she has to be strong to be able to protect the people she loves makes me touched" said the PD. Tae Hee is confused by Sa Ra's words who want to protect the people she loves. He remembered when Sa Ra did not want to help cook, Sa Ra said he wanted to do it himself. "I have a special reason to become a chef," said Sa Ra. Tae Hee is getting worried because it turns out that Sa Ra wants to be a Chef because of him.
Kang Joon turns out to be in Sa Ra's room and tries to look around the room. Sa Ra comes out seeing no one outside, she tries to find no one. His face started to panic because inside Kang Joon was alone. Sa Ra's fear is proven, Kang Joon opens Sa Ra's wardrobe and tries to find something. He finds a box and opens it, he sees a family photo and news about himself in the box. Tae Hee parked the car in front of the entrance to the house, then ran when she accidentally collided with a man who had lied to Sa Ra if there was something outside. He had felt pain because his arm hit hard.
Sa Ra finally enters the house by closing the door, her face is still smiling when she sees Kang Joon who is already standing in front of the stairs. Kang Joon's face turned angry and showed the paper that was in his hand. Sa Ra with a shocked and frightened face can only say sorry. "Sorry, you say!!! what have you done to me?" said Kang Joon who approached Sa Ra with a cruel look Tae Hee finally came to prevent Tae Hee who was getting closer to her wok to Sa Ra who was already scared. He asked Sa Ra's condition if anyone was hurt. Sa Ra says that he is fine.
Kang Joon also clearly saw Tae Hee who entered with a worried face asking about the situation. Then he glanced at the two of them with a cynical look and left. Sa Ra is still looking down in fear while Tae Hee tries to calm herself in panic. Chae Yoon is still annoyed with Tae Hee who left her just like that, she finally reaches for the phone. Kang Joon walks away angry because Sa Ra has lied to him all this time, his cell phone rings and he's a bit reluctant to accept the call. "I want to talk about Sara and there is something I want to tell you," Chae Yoon said with a sly face.
Sa Ra is still bowed at the dining table, she is afraid because Kang Joon now also knows about those who know each other. "This time he will do to me, now I can't even guess," Sa Ra said scared, Tae Hee calmed down by holding Sa Ra's hand. "You don't have to worry, because you are no longer alone, I will always be with you," Tae Hee said. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Team Leader Choi informs his boss that there is a big problem because Min Hyuk made the plan.
"He managed to get your grandmother out for health reasons and will take her home. Right now, there are many reporters near me," said Chairman Choi in a panicked tone. Tae Hee understands, Sa Ra immediately asks what exactly happened. "That bastard brought grandma," Tae Hee said annoyed after hanging up the phone, Sa Ra immediately glared in surprise.
"He's the one who threw grandma in jail we have to do something and we have to go now," said Sa Ra In front of the prison, many reporters had gathered. When Madam Park came out in a wheelchair several reporters asked her how she was. Min Hyuk was ready to pick up his grandmother, with a sly smile he approached his grandmother. "Fuck you!!" Madam Park cursed seeing Min Hyuk coming to her "I will bring grandma home, all the reporters I invited have been present," explained Min Hyuk.
Madam Park refuses and is about to get up from her chair, Min Hyuk immediately resists by squatting in front of his grandmother, his sly face is very visible. "If you can't calm down, it's not just a dirty game of illegal funds but I will accuse you of issuing fake medical records now there is no good you will get" threatened Min Hyuk. Madam Park could only curse with her granddaughter's very cruel attitude towards her. Tae Hee and Sa Ra come, asking where Grandma is. "He really was forced to return to Sewondong. If you leave now, maybe you can intercept him on the way," said Chairman Choi.
"I have to go, I can't let Grandma go with her," said Tae Hee. Sa Ra offers to accompany her, Tae Hee refuses because it is very dangerous. They will meet again at home and order Chairman Choi to look after him. Madam Park gets out of the car to be greeted by Min Hyuk's mother who invites her inside. "I have no reason to live with you two," Madam Park said sarcastically. "Do you prefer prison?" Min Hyuk's mother quipped. Madam Park swears Ji Sook is a demon woman
Ji Sook asks the bodyguard who brought Madam Park to take her inside. Madam Park refuses to be led inside and goes in on her own. A few minutes later Min Hyuk came with a sly face he could make Madam Park in his hands and Tae Hee could not meet. Tae Hee just came to see Min Hyuk who looked cynical, he called grandmother but it was far away and he wouldn't be able to enter. "There's nothing you can do, don't make a fuss and leave" Min Hyuk ordered. With a sly face.
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'An immersive experience': Professor uses virtual reality to replicate the classroom
Buy Photos Steven King from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media prepares for his virtual reality class. King, who now teaches his class remotely due to COVID-19, is using a unique method to keep students learning. Photo courtesy of Steven King.
By Lejla Brka
April 6, 2020 | 8:44pm EDT
If you ask a UNC student what their remote classroom experience has consisted of, they will likely tell you about video lectures through Zoom.
But for students in Steven King’s class, they are experiencing remote learning differently — through virtual reality.
“I’m always trying to figure out a better way to teach and communicate,” King, a professor at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, said. “I know virtual reality is an immersive experience.”
King built a virtual 3D version of his classroom, which allows his students to walk around in the classroom and break out into groups.
He said he has tested out a lot of different platforms for hosting 3D classrooms.
The first experience, he said, was through Mozilla Hubs. But King said his class will likely stick to AltspaceVR because of how pleased the students have been with it.
“We’ve been building and working as we go,” he said. “Ultimately, this is the next natural step to their progression in the VR experience.”
Trinity Turlington, a junior media and journalism major, said the class started learning about virtual reality and lots of extended technology back in January.
“One of the coolest things about Steven and this class is the emerging technology,” she said. “This class inspires me, because Steven has this passion and it translates perfectly for a classroom like this. He has the tendency to address the faults, and even offer improvements and suggestions. Steven tries more than his best. It is phenomenal.”
Markie McRae, a sophomore media and journalism major, said the virtual reality class is much more social than a Zoom lecture.
“I feel like I’m engaging in class — a community aspect I would have not gotten from Zoom,” he said.
McRae said he loves how the class gets to talk about story-telling.
“That’s been a really cool thing, and understanding it through emerging technology is really interesting and something I’ve never done before,” McRae said.
He also emphasized how creative the classroom setting and King have been
“When he told us about the VR classroom, that was crazy and cool,” McRae said referring to the virtual reality class. “I was really excited to brag and share that experience with my family.”
Turlington agreed that virtual reality has created a new and comforting, especially in a situation like COVID-19.
“This experience has a different value due to COVID-19,” Turlington said. “Things like virtual reality, artificial intelligence and robots scare a lot of people. While it is scary, it is cool to be knowledgeable and have a sense of new technologies emerging.”
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GOURMET NEWS FEBRUARY 2019 www.gourmetnews.com Supplier News SUPPLIER NEWS 1 0 BRIEFS Toby's Family Foods Releases New Salad Dressing Packaging Oregon-based Toby's Family Foods has re- leased new, bold packaging for its line of sweet and savory handcrafted salad dress- ings and dips. New labels feature bright colors, crisp detail, whimsical illustrations and deliver the brand's distinct vi- sion to new and re- turning consumers alike. All of the roster of Toby's seven dress- ings and dips – Blue Cheese, Ranch, Greek Feta, Honey Mustard, Jalapeño Ranch, and two yo- gurt-based dress- ings, Lite Blue Cheese, and Lite Ranch – receive an artful overhaul. This exciting new look further spotlights Toby's high-quality ingredients including non- GMO oils, raw honey, herbs, aromatic spices, rBST free cultured milk, buttermilk from Lockmead Dairy and sour cream and yogurt from Nancy's Yogurt to name just a few. Toby's Family Foods is the creation of founder Toby Alves. As a working mother in the 1970s, she crafted healthful, deli- cious products for an underserved clien- tele – those looking for nutritional alter- natives without the hassle. What started as a booth at the Eugene Saturday Market has become a four-decades-strong family business. Jonah Alves, current President of Toby's Family Foods, says he is happy to have a new label after over 20 years. Cus- tomers will be happy too, with visuals sure to entice shoppers visiting Toby's ro- bust catalog of natural, conventional, in- dependent and coop grocers as well as restaurants and salad bars across the northern West Coast. Brand new packaging displayed on Toby's signature high-quality glass jars has been hitting shelves around the Oregon, Washington and northern California area since the fall season. New designs come from Matt Ebbing of Ebbing Branding + Design. Ebbing is known for work on designs for Bend, Ore- gon-based Humm Kombucha in addition to other innovative food and drink branding projects. GN BY LORRIE BAUMANN On the eve of 2008's financial meltdown, Mark Sleeper was a mortgage banker in the commercial real estate market. His wife, Christina, was getting gigs as a television actor, mostly for commercials, and the cou- ple was raising a teenage daughter. Then came the financial meltdown that started them looking around for other options. Among their assets were Mark's previous experience as a manager in a four-star hotel and Christina's background in catering and event planning. "We had always been very mindful in health and what we eat," Christina said. The couple also had a recipe for a sea- soning mix that they'd been making and giving away, especially at the holiday sea- son, since 1990. "My husband said, 'What if we tried to sell it?'" Christina said. "We didn't have the cushion of finance, the abil- ity to get a loan. We just decided, let's do it anyway." They packaged up their seasoning mix, labeled it Sleepers Magic Rub, and launched a website. "It sounded like a fun little play. We launched the website in 2009, and we've been growing ever since," Christina said. "I can see now, from 10 years ahead, that the instinct to start the company was a way to signal a whole new evolution in gourmet and ar- tisanal food. When we started in 2008, nobody had websites. The industry was dominated by bigger companies and big- ger players." "All of these things that we're seeing now, with the palates of everyone really ex- panding and flavors coming into the arena that are much more diverse than they were 10 years ago," she continued. "I feel like we kind of caught a little break – it didn't do much for us, but we caught a little break coming into the gourmet food business when we did because we brought an under- standing of diverse palates." Since those early days as Sleepers Magic Rub, the couple's flagship product has be- come The Original, and the company has gone from being known as Sleepers Gour- met to Sleepers. "It's our name – it's not anything associated with sleeping – it's just Sleepers people," Christina said. The product line has also expanded with the addition of more seasoning blends – there are now eight in the line – along with jams, salts and teas. "Our jams have really taken off," Christina said. "There is a really distinct flavor – things just taste so fresh. It really is fresh; it's fresh from the farm." Sleepers' signature jam is Jalapeño Mad- ness, which is made from fresh California jalapeño. "We can't seem to keep it in stock. It is probably our number one-sell- ing jam all year long," Christina said. "This one is pure jalapeño, which appeals to the much more adventurous palates that we're seeing in the younger consumers who have become our customers. They want things to be bold." The Sleepers seasoning mixes are sold in 2.5-ounce glass bottles that retail for $10. "That price point is a nice bottle for most home kitchens," Christina said. "All of the seasonings are also available in bulk." Only one of the seasonings includes any sugar at all, and that's pure cane sugar. Two of them are salt free, and the others have low salt content. "Customers say the flavor comes through like nothing else, and it's because salt is not our number-one ingredient – the peppers are the number-one ingredient," Christina said. "It really enhances the fla- vors of the meats, vegetables and fish with- out overpowering it. We want our customers to have a wonderful home- cooked meal experience without the stress." Sleepers jams, marmalades and butters are sold in jars of roughly 7 ounces that re- tail for $12. Distribution is from Los Ange- les, California, where the company is based, and shipping is available to all 50 states and Canada. For more information, visit www.sleepersgourmet.com. GN Hain Celestial Realigns Executive Leadership Team The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. has named Chris Boever to the role of Chief Customer Officer and Robert Gulliver to Chief Human Resources Officer, both reporting directly to Mark Schiller, President and Chief Executive Officer. In the role of Chief Customer Officer, Boever will be responsible for driving the sales and customer agenda in the United States, as well as helping ensure Hain Celestial transforms its innovation capabilities. As a result, Gary Tickle, Chief Executive Officer Hain Celestial North America, will leave the company after a brief transition. With Tickle's departure, the North American organizational structure will be streamlined, and the CEO of North America role eliminated. Schiller and Boever will assume the majority of Tickle's previous responsibilities. Boever has more than 20 years of consumer packaged foods industry experience, having served in executive roles at Pinnacle Foods, Inc., Conagra Brands, Inc. and Hormel Foods Corporation. Most recently, he served as Pinnacle Foods' executive vice president and chief customer officer and president of foodservice. Pre Brands Hires Ryan Youngman as Chief Sales Officer Pre ® Brands, a rapidly growing premium consumer brand for beef, has hired Ryan Youngman as Chief Sales Officer. Youngman is a 20+ year veteran of the natural products industry who brings unique experience to Pre, having led multiple emerging consumer brands through their hyper-growth stages (Brad's Raw, Cocoroons and Kohana Cold Brew Coffee), as well as having held leadership roles in retail (Whole Foods) and distribution (United Natural Foods Inc). He will lead Pre's sales strategy, partnerships, organization and execution. Stonewall Kitchen New Product Launch Stonewall Kitchen's January new product launch includes the new Bada Bing Cherry Jam, Sea Salt and Black Pepper Roasted Peanuts, exclusive to retail and direct consumers, along with a variety of other jams, jellies and dressings. The Maine Craft Ale Grille Sauce is made with Maine's Allagash ® Brewing Company's Tripel Ale. The January launch also includes the brand new line of co-branded products with Legal Sea Foods, such as a House Cocktail Sauce, House Tartar Sauce and Lemon Dill Aioli. White Coffee Celebrates 80th Anniversary with Fourscore Blend In recognition of the White family's success and longevity with White Coffee, the company is announcing its anniversary Fourscore Blend. The specialty, medium roast blend will be introduced later this quarter and will be available in retail outlets nationwide. Sleepers Offers a Taste of California
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EXCLUSIVE!!! Michelle McGee Not the Only Woman?
By on March 19, 2010 in Jesse James, Sandra Bullock
Jesse James may be a dead man when this is all said and done!!! First it was the shocking tell all from Michelle “Bombshell” McGee that she had an affair with the married James, and then his public apology to wife Sandra Bullock, but is it going to keep piling up for the reality TV […]
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Michelle “Bombshell” McGee has a Twitter page! Though she mostly only tweets about the New York Yankees, (random) Her only tweet today was a little relevant to her situation, and quite interesting. She re-tweets from a friend; “I find it typical and pathetic that people are crucifying @MichelleSinai when she never promised anyone to be […]
Jesse James and This Hoe Met on Myspace: ‘A Place For Friends’
By dickjonas on March 19, 2010 in Jesse James, Sandra Bullock
The details of this Jesse James story just keep getting more and more entertaining! Now that Michelle “Bombshell” “Nazi” McGee has collected her $30,000 for her tell all, and Jesse James has had to face the music with a public apology to Sandra Bullock, it’s time for the rest of the leeches to come forward […]
Jesse James Releases a Statement
Jesse James has released a statement to People magazine over the allegations that he has cheated on wife, Sandra Bullock, and that she’s moved out of the house. He doesn’t really clarify what he’s done, but he obviously did something! “The vast majority of the allegations reported are untrue and unfounded. Beyond that, I will not dignify […]
Help Jesse James Find His Dog!
By dickjonas on January 26, 2010 in Jesse James, Twitter
Calling all residents of Long Beach! Cinnabun, the fawn pit-bull shop dog of Jesse James has ran away! She was last seen around 2pm yesterday around the shop wearing a pink collar. Jesse has taken to his Twitter page to spread the word to help find his dog! Please return her to West Coast Choppers […]
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Cartagena, Colombia - An Offline Story
by ronpass
A true story about my experience in Cartagena and the unbelievable problems I had in securing my luggage which inexplicably went offline.
Arriving in Cartagena Without My Luggage
The beginning of an epic journey
I arrived in Cartagena in 1997 from Brisbane for the Fourth World Congress on Action Learning and Action Research. I had traveled by plane via Sydney, Singapore, Los Angeles, Miami and Bogota (36 hours in all!).
I was attending the World Congress as a member of the international planning committee and President of ALARPM Association, a primary sponsor of the Congress. One of my roles was to open the Congress along with the Convenor, Professor Emeritus Orlando Fals Borda of Bogota University.
You can imagine my shock when I arrived at the airport in Catagena on a Sunday only to find that my luggage with all my clothes had not arrived. Apparently it was common practice for Air Avianca to offload some luggage to lighten the load for the trip from Miami to Cartagena.
On this occasion, at least 12 people arrived without their luggage so there was a queue for enquiries about lost suitcases. It was also common knowledge that any luggage that was heavy was taken offline for close inspection ...(and possible removal of valuable items). My luggage was heavy - I had about 12 publications I had carried from Australia as a donation from the ALARPM Association to the Bogota University Library (no one bothered to remove them!).
After a few frustrating and fruitless hours at the airport I took the cab to our shared house (8 Aussies) in one of the suburbs and proceeded to try to source some clothes. To my consternation, all I could buy was a T-Shirt with "Colombia" on it.
So I ended up opening the Congress with the jeans I wore from Australia and the T-Shirt from the street outside. At least the T-Shirt was popular with some female students from Bogota University. The students asked me to autograph their Congress Programs (the first and last time anyone has ever done this!).
Unfortunately, 1,800 people from 61 countries were present to hear my opening address (and see me under-dressed).
Opening the World Congress with my Colombian T-Shirt
An Aussie casual approach - looking a bit under-dressed
World Congress Four Opening
The Offical Party - World Congress Four
Success - Lost Luggage Form Signed at Cartagena Airport
Small Things Excite Some People
After a number of fruitless visits to Cartagena airport over a few days, I finally located someone who could speak broken English (everyone, except me spoke Spanish - why did I not learn Spanish instead of GreeK?).
He took me the length of the airport (a long way) and then out the back to a shed and we were joined by another airport official who produced an ominous looking form of considerable length with fold-out pages.
They then proceeded to ply me with questions as to the contents of my luggage - "How many pairs of socks?" 'What color were they?"..........One hour later, they had filled in all the spaces amid my growing uneasiness and tiredness (it was late at night).
Then, to my astonishment, the writer got up and shook hands with my "interpreter" and they patted each other on the back for a job well done (they completed the lengthy form). They left me standing as they indulged in extended self-ongratulations. They had forgotten I was there! Suddenly they realized I was still hanging around, so they shooed me away.
Old Town Colombia
Success? - Luggage Located 2 hours Before Departure from Colombia
A Hair-Raising Discovery
On the morning of my departure from Colombia (8 days after arrival), I received a call from Cartagena airport to say that my luggage had been located and that I could pick it up at the airport an hour before I flew out of the country.
Fortunately, one of my Aussie friends who could speak Spanish accompanied me to the airport. She was planning to stay on for a few days and then travel on for a holiday in Brazil and Peru.
We arrived at the airport and were escorted to where my bag lay on the floor...in the presence of two armed police officers. I was instructed to open the bag - which I did.
To my horror, all the inner lining had been cut by a knife but all my belongings were still intact, including the 12 books. I had a horrible thought that they were going to try to pin a drug charge on me and that I would never leave the country. This, however, did not happen - to my utter relief!
My colleague asked the police if she could extract the books to give them to the Bogota University to save my carrying them back to Australia. They hesitantly agreed after a lengthy exchange in Spanish (none of which I could understand) and the books were released to my friend and I got to check my baggage in.
By this time I was exhausted and mentally drained but my drama did not end there. As we were about to board the plane I was frisked by an armed police officer. Then, as I was approaching the boarding gate (20 metres further on), I was frisked again by a young guard who had his hand on his holster the whole time. I had the sense that he was just itching for me to object.
I have never been so relieved to get on a plane!
Updated: 05/29/2011, ronpass
pajs64 on 10/07/2011
It didn't happen to me yet, and I can only imagine that it must be very inconvinient. My worst experience with airlines was a trip to Peru which ended in Brasil because we were runinig out of fuel. After company paid a fuel and changed a crew we were on the trip again. But hey, what would life be without adventure and stories to tell to our grandchildren and wizzley fellows.
traveller27 on 08/30/2011
The only time I've had problems with luggage was on the way back home - still a huge inconvenience.
ronpass on 06/02/2011
AJ - thanks for sharing. That is a clever send-up of British Airways.
AJ on 06/02/2011
Not nice!
The only time we lost our luggage was on a weekend trip to Vienna. We were not the only ones and I remember a lady absolutely distraught because her luggage had a ballgown in that she was due to wear to the Viennese Opera House that night.
We were lucky as we got our luggage next morning.
But one of my favorite pieces of graffiti could be found in some toilets at Heathrow Airport which was cleverly sending up a British Airways advert at the time when it was promoting early morning flights from London to arrive in time for breakfast in New York. It said
"British Airways - breakfast in New York, luggage in Hong Kong"
cosmopinkice on 05/30/2011
Wow! Your luggage dilemma sounds like it was a true nightmare. I hope this is a story you can laugh about, now that it's over. That picture of the old harbor is magnificent! The water actually looks like it is moving. Great article, but I realize the frustrations at the time.
Thanks friends for your wonderful comments and shared experiences. While this part of my trip was both frustrating and scary, my overall impression was very positive (as Susan commented about her son's experience in Colombia). Cartagena was both a cultural shock and an eye opener and the Congress left an indelible, life-changing impression on me. If you think of South America as color, dance and song ...Cartagena is all that and more. The contrast alone between the history-rich old town with its fortress and the new town with its 1,000 seat conference center is incredible. Added to that is a backdrop of unbelievable human spirit, inconceivable levels of poverty and a natural beauty epitomized in the old harbor photo. You can't leave Cartagena without being touched to the core.
SquidRich on 05/29/2011
I had a similar experience travelling back to the USA. Thankfully, it didn't last as long as yours, but it is scary when some of your worldly goods go missing.
At least you looked like the coolest guy on the block there, Ron ;)
Dianne on 05/29/2011
International travel can be full of surprises. We had a similar (but not so scary) experience at the US/Canadian border yesterday. They pulled several random cars out of line, made us get out of the car and wait by the building while their dogs sniffed the cars. Then they searched the inside of some of the cars (not ours) before allowing us to be on our way. Good thing we left early! We were taking my sister and friend to board their cruise ship to Alaska. We would not have wanted them to miss the boat!
Guest on 05/29/2011
Love the photo from Cartagena. Thanks for sharing your story and glad your luggage turned up, even if it was too late for the holiday.
Susan52 on 05/29/2011
Great story, Ron! Glad you didn't have to carry those books back home again, too. Very nice-looking t-shirt, though certainly you stood out in that crowd! My son was recently in Colombia and really enjoyed his visit. Seems tourism is taking off in Colombia and the people are very nice and very accommodating. Fortunately, his backpack arrived when he did!
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DUMONT GETS $2.9 MILLION, SABRES APPROACH CAP LIMIT
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JP Dumont was awarded a 1-year, $2.9 million today through arbitration. Dumont had 20 goals and 20 assists in 50 games last season, and 14 points in 18 playoff games. This was the highest points per game percentage in a season that Dumont has had in his career.
The question is, will Buffalo accept this deal? Will they accept the deal and then trade Dumont to get some value out of him? The Sabres are suprisingly approaching the cap now. With Dumont included, the Sabres will be at about $38.26 million. Goaltender Ryan Miller and defenceman Dimitri Kalinin have not been signed yet. You have to think that Miller will get up to $3.5 million and Kalinin could get about $1.5 mill. This will put the Sabres just under the cap.
So if you are Sabres' GM Darcy Regier, what do you do? Do you flog Dumont or Briere to give yourself some breathing room under the cap, or do you leave the team intact because Dumont and Briere were part of your top line last season and you don't want to tamper with team chemistry? Tough one....
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Episode 9 – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
Logging into work on Thursday to once again be brought to near tears by a dragon office lady. “There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It’s Full of Elma)” is, like the title suggests, packed with high quality Elma content from start to finish while also running the full gamut of emotions. This episode was crafted from start to finish for me personally and I will gladly take it.
This first segment returns us to Kobayashi’s workplace and, seemingly out of nowhere, Elma takes it upon herself to liberate her fellow colleagues from an overworked life and attempts to establish a healthy work-life balance. Yes, she’s technically pushed by self-serving motives (chocolate), but the end result would be less overtime and better regulated working hours plus early closing time on Fridays. After having multiple proposals squashed by upper management due to both legitimate business reasons (finances, specialized knowledge needed) and illegitimate ones (deftly used logical fallacies), Elma even goes so far as to attempt to start a union. Unfortunately, it doesn’t go anywhere.
I was surprised to see this segment in the anime at all because it touches on multiple issues with the Japanese workplace. Kobayashi and Elma don’t work at an anime studio, but overwork is an issue throughout the business sector in Japan; it isn’t limited to animators. The episode even drops the term “Premium Fridays,” a reference to a campaign first proposed in 2017 to end the workday at 3pm on the last Friday of each month in hopes to both bettering work life and promoting shopping since this is when most workers are paid. Kobayashi mentions it as something that might finally happen because, despite the government’s proposal for it, only 37% of major businesses switched to the schedule or had plans to adopt it. Those numbers are based on a survey in 2017, so I can’t say how many companies followed through and are still recognizing to Premium Fridays.
We also get a quick rundown on how hard it is to change this culture where efficiency from the smallest workforce is prioritized over those employee’s own happiness. Change is slow and even with Elma’s amazing tenacity, I’d also argue that her failure doesn’t only rest on company’s exec (who happens to be Shōta’s dad, an intimidating mage) but on Kobayashi herself. At least the attitude she represents. True to her character, Kobayashi doesn’t really get worked up often about anything. I wouldn’t go so far as calling her pessimist or a cynic, but she very much has an approach of “I’ll believe it when I see it” and is open to being proven wrong but doesn’t believe she will be. Also, likely unpopular opinion, but her willingness to go along with her company’s work culture hurts her fellow employees. Her statement that she can’t relax unless she works eight hours and her general “eh, it is what it is” approach kinda sucks.
Kobayashi, get a hobby and detach your identity and value from your job, I am begging you. Elma’s only reason for pushing for change is because she wants to have the time to get limited edition chocolates in the evening and you know what, she deserves that. We all do. If you look forward to getting home and unwinding with your favorite TV program in the evening, you deserve that. You shouldn’t be called in on your day off to do more coding (crunch, anyone?) because the job needs you. Otherwise you miss out on the things that actually matter, like taking your kid camping.
That brings us to our middle segment which I don’t have much to say other than it was cute and also this episode is lowkey horny for feet. Also it was amusing that Saitama has just accepted that Shōta is a chūni because it’s certainly the more logical explanation.
The third segment comes almost out of nowhere but it serves as the emotional climax for Tohru and Elma’s relationship after we learned they travelled together in episode 5. This entire segment is a showstopper from start to finish. Elma and Tohru battle for what is initially proposed as “exercise” but it quickly becomes clear that this confrontation is Elma’s way of working through her feelings of betrayal and admitting the importance of her friendship with Tohru. I wouldn’t have expected this segment to work since it felt detached from the rest of the episode, but everything was so expertly animated it was like a double whammy of emotional and physical impact. I really hope KyoAni does an action-oriented series next because the direction here is insanely good.
This episode like an anime Neapolitan ice cream bar, I got my emotional, action, and cozy requirements all satisfied at once.
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In-housing is not living up to marketers’ expectations
The overwhelming majority of marketers plan to continue in-housing resources despite new research highlighting key concerns about relying on internal functions over external expertise.
In-housing has been a hot topic over the past couple of years as marketers look to reduce costs and increase efficiency. But what works for some brands won’t work for others, and in many cases in-housing is falling short of companies’ expectations.
Increased productivity is a major draw for 47% of marketers, for example, according to new research by the Data and Marketing Association (DMA) and MailJet. But just 32% of brands are happy this objective has been achieved.
Likewise, 38% thought they could improve creativity as a result of bringing processes in-house, but only 27% believe this has happened in reality.
The top outcomes brands hoped to achieve by in-housing include cost saving (57%), better brand consistency (53%), better control of campaigns (48%) and improved decision making (46%).
Yet, in all cases in-housing has failed to live up to expectations. While there is just a four percentage point gap between marketers’ expectations and achievements on cost saving, there is a seven percentage point gap for brand consistency, a nine percentage point gap for improved decision making and a two percentage point gap for control.
Despite the outcome gap, just 9% of those that have tried in-housing say will not continue with it in future. The vast majority of brands (86%) are currently in-housing some aspects of marketing and will carry on doing so.
According to the research, future in-housing will focus on acquiring key skills within teams, including data analytics (40%), search (37%) and online ad buying (35%). By bringing these skills in-house, marketers hope it will help boost business growth (25%), improve productivity (20%) and be a better use of budget (19%).
Challenges and concerns with in-housing
Although marketers are looking to in-house more functions, they raised some key concerns about relying on internal staff over external expertise.
These include being trapped in an echo-chamber with no outside perspective to innovate (37%), too many people being involved with no clear process (37%) and the fact it could mean deadlines are pushed back or missed (35%).
Another concern for just under a third of the 200 marketers questioned (29%) is the fact no one will question proposed campaigns or strategies.
This risk became a reality for Pepsi when it launched its now infamous Kylie Jenner campaign in 2017, which was developed by its in-house creative team.
Pepsi’s ad failure shows the importance of diversity and market research
The research confirms in-housing is more than a short-term trend, but the performance gap in a number of areas shows it has a way to go to prove the benefits of having everything exist under one roof.
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Biden Says ‘No Regrets’ Over Classified Docs Scandal
President Joe Biden told reporters Thursday that he has “no regrets” about his handling of classified documents.
“I think you’re going to find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets,” Biden said in his first comments since the Justice Department announced the formation of a special counsel to investigate mishandled classified documents.
Reports first emerged earlier this month that Biden’s lawyers in November found a batch of classified documents in his office at his think tank, which is housed by the Chinese-funded University of Pennsylvania. More batches were discovered last week at his Delaware home, where Hunter Biden lived in 2018 and 2019, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Documents were discovered in a storage area and garage, which Hunter presumably accessed to use his father’s Corvette, as the Free Beacon found.
“We found a handful of documents that were filed in the wrong place. We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Justice Department,” Biden said Thursday. “We’re fully cooperating and looking forward to getting this resolved quickly.”
While the White House claims no visitor logs exist for the Delaware home, the Secret Service said Thursday that it has records and is ready to release them.
The scandal comes months after an FBI raid found classified documents at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
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What is the best insult ever? (swear as much as you like, but do the * thing)
by anonymous 3 hours ago
ANSWERS: 100
LynfromNM
"God bless her, she can't help being ugly, but she could have stayed home." This was uttered by Miss Jan, a stately Arkansas schoolteacher of my acquaintance.
Azraff
Two mutual friends of mine did not like each other. One was extremely short. The taller man would tell the shorter one he was "so short he could smell his own feet!" He would be ready to kill him!
onzanzabarsands
The only one I ever came up with on my own was because a girl in high school had called me the ugly C*** word, so this is what I told her: You nasty gash with crusty p*ss flaps! Not exactly very nice, but I think I got my message across.
zazzy_one
I am a defense attorney. I once asked a prosecutor (one who collects child support) what was the worst thing she'd every been called. Without a pause she responded, "a baby-eating druid."
Roger Kovaciny
Nobody ever has a comeback for "You frumious bandersnatch!" It's from Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. Slightly more picturesque would be "Your breath would knock a vulture off a fence post!"
branciforte3241
From the show Twin Peaks: A local sheriff was struggling to answer a complicated question and the obnoxious FBI agent said "Oh, look! It's trying to think!"
jt007m
"You're a waste of your father's sperm!" Harsh... but I've actually used that one...
carracarra
Hmmm best insult I ever saw/heard was "You should be the official poster child for abortion" - no offence intended here but well,,,we were asked.
ptrask
I heard this one at a comedy club. It was a comic (can't remember who, or I would be happy to credit them) responding to a heckler. He said, "I can't believe out of all the millions of sperm that your father deposited, that you were the fastest" Edit: Okay, I remember...it was Andrew Dice Clay.
JUSTNORMAL
My biggest insult was around 2 yrs ago. I went to a local convenience store for a few things, and there was a line of maybe 5 people. But one man was standing to the side where the Lottery machine is. He appeared to be half in the bag, but he was quiet. SOOOO I stood and stood, waited and waited, and as I got closer to the cashier, the so called man was ogling me. He was staring me up and down and it made me uncomfortable. It was very rude and noticeable. The man in front of me turned to me and rolled his eyes, so I sort of hid behind him to get out of that pig's view. When we got down to about 3 people that drunk pig said, as he ogled, "WOW look at you, know what I would like to do with you? I would love to ride you hard and long." I snapped. I replied and really yelled "Ok I will give YOU a ride, get in my truck and I will drive you out in the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead so lets go asshole." ThenI realized how loud it was and I thought OMG what did I do. The owner came out and kicked him out of the store..LOL
Nulinvoid
"They forgot to give you your shots again this morning didn't they?" The cool thing is, the person it's directed at often doesn't get it, but everyone else usually does.
mexamoan
A friend of mine moved away and came back for a weekend. The end of the weekend came round and one of my other friends said "Adam you no what the best thibg bout you is" Adam replied "what" "that your going home today" and then he just walked away like nothing had happened. The funniest dry sense of humour i have ever seen.
Fisherofman
If someone is saying something particularly idiotic, nonchalantly say: "Were your parents siblings?"
Captain Birdseye
A song sung to David Beckham when he played at Manchester United and was dating Victoria. You'll just have to make up your own tune. Does she take it up the ars*? Does she take it up the ars*? Quality football ground humour.
Anonymoose
Jokingly, my husband used a one liner put down to me (I don't remember it now). So I went over and started tapping him on the head. When he asked what I was doing I just told him I was "tapping some a$$".
Thom64
As a very computer-geeky teenager I was quite amused by, and I may still consider one of the best techno-insults, the line "bit brain" from the movie Tron. For those of you not familiar with a "bit" it is the smallest piece of storable infomation - either off or on, can be interpreted as 1 or 0, true or false. Even the "bit" character in the movie had more capacity - it could be yes, no or neutral.
Hey, have y'all got a banjo back in yer double wide?
porshacat
now you are here somewhere there's a village looking for it's idiot
dalcowfan22
I was with some friends, one of them cut himself, and shouted "I'm bleeding!". another of them said "get him a tampon!".
Darryl61
"You look like your face caught on fire and somebody beat it out with a chain". One of my personal favorites.
lightfly
Okay, I think this is great: You want to fight me? You can't take me, I bet you like a red-headed step-child! ***I will beat you too, trolls.
Sheepkiller
You....... > > > >Yes you, You are an insult to the pride of man now get lost.
browneyedbeauty
My coworker once was joking around and told me "you killed Jesus." I dont know..sounds a little bit much but it got the point across!
AntigoneRising
Hmmm...my best ever burn was a response to a guy crudely propositioning me. "I'd rather masturbate with a cheese grater." Think about it. My other favorites are, "Afterbirth from a Bohemian butt-f*cuk," and, "Syphilis infested cumwad."
EsotericalEricka
I once heard a friend of mine call a not so nice individual a "Dirt creature". I thought that was pretty raw.
PcopT2145
I once told a co-worker that he would need atleast three promotions just to make it to idiot.
princessemmabelle
Well my dad always likes to call people imbread cloven footed motherf*ckers...he also likes to tell people to pound salt up their a**es.
Servile cur
diablo_bt
"you deserve to have been shot at birth" ;)
gerrik
whores abortion......... thats sooo bad
The one that hurt the most was when a woman at work looked at me and said "You sure like yourself, don't you?" That was 30 years ago, and I won't say it still stings, but I remember it.
Midnighttoker
how about.... you're a waste of human skin.
TheAnswerer
Your God's project gone wrong.
jenniferx
"have you had your meds?"
CleverlyPut
You should have been swallowed.
timetogetserious
Is that it, is that all (referring to penise size).
Who do your kids take after more, you or your cousin?
purplepassion
You are a twofaced home wreckin whore
Norman_Outside the lines
Ok Ok The best it when you have a perfect answer on ab and some one rates it down . ever happen ?? NAW!
mcclisteraf
If someone says something you dont like, simply reply: "If I wanted lip from you, I would scrape it off my zipper."
I can purchase bigger boobs, regrettably you have that tiny brain for life.
Jessicax23
the best insult ever is not to even bother.
lil_imp
your mom not talking about your mom im just saying if u say taht to someone no matter what it pisses them off
littl_foggy
yo mamma what ever fallows that determins the extent of the beating you will get
You/he/she is the afterbirth from a Bohemian butt-f*ck. (My all-time favorite..I think it is the alliteration.)
I love jt007m's "Your a waste of your father's sperm," LOL. I also love: "You f*cking need help dude."
BenScottC
What you get when you cross a Classical musician and a rapper- YoYo MaMa :0)
justme32 loves the weekends
Whatever. It covers ALL areas. Happens to be my favorite saying. Use it often.
8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009
I am more likely to give suggestions than to demean someone so I like "Duce-te-ai in pizda ma-tii ca sa-i faci laba lu ala micu cand te fut in cur!". Google that one and don't blame me for the translation you see ;) Since I can't always remember a long Romanian phrase and don't feel the English translation is as effective, I usually fall back on the Arabic gesture that means, "You have five fathers".
Alaskacatalog
I once told this whore that slept w/ my ex husband (because apparently people she knew called her "the black hole"-- but she wasn't black-- just a H... "Hey, Black hole! I hear you're a real carnival ride!" He was with her and burst out laughing. she was speechless.
I have a few: My dad once looked at my stepmom and said,"arf, arf" [bastard] She looked at him and went, "Oink, oink" ______________________________________ I once said, "Man, my face hurts" Dad [again] said, "I'll BET IT DOES!" [was so funny, I laughed] __________________________________ from "Oh Brother where art thou" movie, "You are dumb as a bag of hammers" _____________________________________ told my abusive ex husband if he ever layed a hand on my son again, I'd put him in prison for so long, he's have a girlfriend named Bubba when he got out. He froze. ____________________________________________________ When your friend is with their dog, you ask if they're twins. _____________________________________ You're with your kids in church, or the store, or an elevator- ANYwhere. You fart, and quietly, lean away from them and look at them, widen your eyes, and [when they are totally unaware] like "WHEEW..." People honestly think a boy did it over his mom. :D ______________________________________________-- click on pics-- if you can't read, go up to VIEW, click on text size, and enlarge....
f*$% you AND f*%# anyone who remotely looks like You! ____________________________________ If you were the last man on earth, and I was the last woman....the species would cease to exist. ___________________________________ He's a number 2 (reasons to become a lesbian) __________________________________ She's about five good reasons to go straight (said by a lesbian) or reverse it for a guy...reasons to be gay!
Littlemisswallflower
"No more B**ch pills for you miss crabby A**" it has a nice ring to it, its fun to say, but also pretty cruel. I like it :D
I don't know if either is the best insult ever, but it offended me. My ex-husband's friend was keen on saying: 1. Women are inherently evil 2. Wives and girlfriends are nothing more that grossly overpriced call girls Niiiiiiice
you worthless piece of sh*t
Cleighten
Your trailer park called.. It's missing it's trash. Why don't you go play a game of swallow the chemicals under the sink?
HappyJeans
not sure if it's that great but the one i use most to my brother is W*NKFACE.
He or she is proof that you can get pregnant from having anal sex.
H_mood
I wish you to become famous -- because they name a disease after you.
redb_ball is away
"somewhere your depriveing a village of an idiot"- or "some random mayor just called- they want their idiot back"
brufred
How about "you're living proof that even stupid ugly people have sex"?
Bollocks
I was in a club once and the DJ was a young guy dressed up in drag. He was stood at the bar when a drunken guy started giving him grief and calling him gay. The young DJ turned round to him and snarled, "I'm more of a man than you'll ever be and more of a woman than you'll ever get."
va_freaking_nessa
"Yeah? Well your mom still owes my dog f**k-money!" -- I heard some guy say that to a friend he had just had an argument with on the bus. I felt so grossed out cuz I instantly imagined the nasty images of it... urgghh, how NASTY!
1/ You're that ugly you'd frighten a police dog. 2/ If brains were made of wind, you wouldn't have enough to fart.
Farnoush
Once my friend told me, "You're such a f*cking whore." So I replied, "At least I get paid." Then my friend John told me, "Sh*t! I owe you tons!" All in good fun, of course.
HDev is living On tHE EdgE
You have a face only a mother can love but unfortunately she hates it too.
Nikkeh
7th grade: Idiot: "wow youre fat" (those were literally her words) Me: "i can lose the weight, but youll always be horrendously ugly" Idiot: "horrendous? wow youre so fat that your fat cells traveled to your brain and made up words wow fatty wow hahahaha" Me: ".........." ..needless to say, she and i see eachother on the street and she compliments me on my weight loss from age 12 to 18 (i weighed 190 back then, im 140 now) i just smile and nod. and yeah, she looks like a dog.
I got these from a movie, I find them hilarrrrrrious =) GUY1: IS THIS YOURS? GUY2: HUH? GUY1: BOY DON'T ACT AS THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME WITH THEM BIG EARS, THEY SO BIG YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE SUN COME UP THIS MORNING. "MIND YOUR BUSINESS CHAINSAW LIPS" (To someone wearing a brace)
Slit your wrists - it will lower your blood pressure. I've come across decomposed bodies that are less offensive than you are. I've had many cases of love that were just infatuation, but this hate I feel for you is the real thing. Keep talking, someday you'll say something intelligent Man alive! But I wish you weren't. Some day you will find yourself - and wish you hadn't. He does the work of three men: Moe, Larry, and Curly. Whatever is eating you - must be suffering horribly.
dreamtxhim sends love to the dance floor
White trash. Wait-no, you're not trash...TRASH GETS PICKED UP! (from "Monster In Law") She's probably had less lovers in her entire life than you had on the last day of Woodstock.
2clever
At best your a footnote.
You are but as dog sh*t on my shoe, a minor irritation, once I have wiped it off in the gutter, all will be forgotten.
I've heard your dick is so small that girl fleas laugh
When you were born, the doctor slapped your mother.
Harro Mique
'to call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people'-my brother just before I............................
Sandor
"Light travels faster than sound. Thus I knew you were an idiot before you even opened your mouth." Or maybe "the integral of your mom diverges and her limit does not exist". I once had occasion to use this one: "No, I'm not calling you an idiot. I said any idiot COULD do that." (referring to a simple task)
RockAngel
Gibbers
"you look like Richard Simmons!" that would hurt me..
FadingxSmiles
"You're such an a** hat." & These were taken from some random site. Don't remember where. Man: Haven't I seen you someplace before? Woman: Yes, that's why I don't go there anymore. Man: Is this seat empty? Woman: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down. Man: Your place or mine? Woman: Both. You go to yours, and I'll go to mine. Man: Hey baby, what's your sign? Woman: Do not enter. Man: How do you like your eggs in the morning? Woman: Unfertilized. Man: Your body is like a temple. Woman: Sorry, there are no services today. Man: I would go to the end of the world for you. Woman: But would you stay there?
I've got two, sort of 1) Your face looks like a sack of dented bells 2) Well this isn't an insult as such, but it's a fantastic comeback for all overweight people who find themselves the butt of fat-jokes. When I first heard it I almost wanted to binge until I could use it. Arthur: Hey, Bob, how come your so fat? Bob: Because everytime I f*** your wife, she gives me a biscuit! Gold. Pure Gold
RICSPRINCESS
your the s**t your mama should have swallowed!!!!
MajesticRich
"Your face reminds me of the sun, it hurts to look." I thought of this the other day so I've taken some pride in it. :) But shakespeare actually has some pretty nice insults too.
Scubabob
You look like you were beaten with a broken ugly stick. and I've never seen such a complete waste of human tissue. or Looks like that one fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
ChrisDG
How did you ever find your way out the birth canal?
"She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down" -Luckily not said about me!
zachariahs
your mother shouldve drowned you at birth!
Biggie15
Not actually my insult, but my friends'. He said to a kid with a lazy eye 'We'll have to put that eye to bed' Classic
You're so old, you sat next to King George in third grade!
Final_Starman
you suck like michael jackson at a cubscout meeting
When i was on plane a massive fat man had came in knocking people in his way. When he got to his seat he said to a woman your sitting in my seat and she replied "oh is this one for your other bum cheek"
lizizhere
when I found out my b/f of 3 years had been cheating on me with a doorknob at work(u know ever1s had their turn with her) for 2 out of 3 years, I went & bought gay porn & a strap on & copied his writing & made a letter like he was a closet homosexual. Took it to her home along with his bills & back owed child support that she would have to pay along with the letter & told her thank you. I've been wanting to get rid of his a** every since I found out about all of this you done me such a favor but you may want to think about where his mouth has been b4 it touches yours next time. I was so afraid my family was going to find out, you've done me such a favor thank you so much. The look on her face was priceless suddenly she was questioning the choice she had made to leave her hubby for him. I said thats the one good thing about an affair you only know what they want you to know about them. I had already kicked him out of my house she broke up with him because she found out most of what i said was true so the homo part prob was too(though it wasnt) & went back to her hubby. I know it was mean but so was him cheating when he didn't have to. I also got her fired from her job for using company vehicle to meet him on company time.
if you were an indian ur name would be land of the setting sun!
Submarinadi
This Is REALLY HORRIBLE Insult: Your mother will suck cocks even when she is dumped down to hell.
This one's really HORRIBLE insult: Your mother will suck cock even when she is dumped down to hell for summoning you!
xDani-School-Kidx
Crazed_Wiseman
are you on pms or are you always this way?
turbowray
I am waiting for your destiny to happen, you becoming an award winner for the Darwin award. The darwin award, is an award, for dying in the stupidest way (like the man who lit a match, to look inside a gas tank).
I say "Remember when I called your boyfriend gay and he wipped me with his purse...Oh yeeah, That was you!" Of course you would say that to a guy.
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Korean YouTuber Kkuming Who Is Battling Cancer Uploads One Last Goodbye Video To Her Channel
Published May 21, 2022 2:33 pm By JM StaffCategorized as kpop Buzz
Korean YouTuber Kkuming has recently uploaded one last goodbye video to her channel making fans worried about her.
Kkuming is a Korean YouTuber who has been battling ovarian cancer since her diagnosis in 2020 at the age of 21. She has been uploading videos and vlogs about her daily life and struggle against cancer. She’s inspired thousands of fans with her optimism and positivity despite her terminal diagnosis.
The video was uploaded on May 18, in it, she explains while her condition has been okay, it began to worsen since last week. She says she’s leaving this video as a goodbye because she thinks it will be the least one she uploads before she goes. She was told she’d either last a week or a month.
She said goodbye to her fans in the heartbreaking video which has amassed over 500,000 views as of this writing.
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Stirling Properties > Insights > Commercial > Deals > Stirling Properties Welcomes Amazon to Fremaux Park in Slidell, Louisiana
Stirling Properties Welcomes Amazon to Fremaux Park in Slidell, Louisiana
by Stirling PropertiesPublished March 26, 2021 March 29, 2021 4 Comments on Stirling Properties Welcomes Amazon to Fremaux Park in Slidell, Louisiana
Continuation of industrial expansion efforts in Fremaux mixed-use development
Amazon Logistics announced Thursday that it would build a delivery station at Fremaux Park in Slidell, Louisiana. Fremaux Park is the mixed-use property that includes Fremaux Town Center retail center, multiple multifamily developments, two hotels and the Dana Corporation Service center that will complement this project in the industrial park area.
Stirling Properties recently closed on the sale of a 30-acre land parcel for the construction of the 141,000-square-foot Amazon facility located at 1914 Town Center Parkway near the intersection of Old Spanish Trail. Groundbreaking and construction timing will be announced soon. The facility is expected to be open in early 2022.
Ryan Pécot, Senior Retail Leasing and Development Advisor with Stirling Properties, represented the landlord in the transaction.
Packages are shipped to delivery stations from nearby fulfillment and sorting centers and loaded onto trucks for final delivery to customers. This marks the first Amazon delivery station in St. Tammany Parish and the third in Louisiana. It is expected to house roughly 950 Amazon Prime vans to serve St. Tammany Parish and surrounding communities. There are 150 similar Amazon delivery stations across the U.S. Amazon said the new station would create hundreds of full- and part-time jobs.
“Stirling Properties is excited to officially welcome Amazon to Fremaux Park and provide an ideal location here in Slidell to house this facility—the first of its kind in St. Tammany Parish. This new delivery station is a continuation of our industrial real estate expansion efforts. Logistics, fulfillment and last-mile distribution centers will only play a more critical role in the future of retail and commercial real estate. We hope to attract more industrial facilities to the area to further bolster and support the economic growth of Slidell and our surrounding region,” said Townsend Underhill, President of Development for Stirling Properties.
Fremaux Park is part of the roughly 350-acre regional mixed-use development located at the southwest corner of Interstate 10 and Fremaux Avenue in Slidell, Louisiana. It includes Retreat at Fremaux Town Center luxury residential apartments, The Mason Fremaux Park apartment community (under construction), Springhill Suites by Marriott (under construction) and Dana Inc. Service & Assembly Center. The adjoining Fremaux Town Center, anchored by Dillard’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s and Best Buy, includes more than 660,000 square feet of retail and restaurant options. Additional phases are forthcoming with added residential, retail, industrial and office park. Fremaux Park is a Stirling Properties development.
For leasing or sales information, contact Ryan Pécot at 337.572.0246 / [email protected] or Bradley Cook at 985.246.3720 / [email protected].
Posted in Commercial, Deals, Development, Fremaux Town Center, Industrial, Louisiana, New Orleans Northshore, NewsTagged Amazon, Fremaux Park, Fremaux Town Center, slidell
Servpro says:
I’m located right behind the Amazon location on coast blvd. I’m not sure if you all have a 24hr restoration team at your disposal but I would like to get in contact and possibly be that team that you can depend on for all the needs.
Lynette A Robertson says:
Please build some type of attraction for teens and young adults, also a amusement park for the little ones and younger kids
Just wanted to say that Fremaux Town Center has been a welcomed addition to the Slidell Area.
To further the success of Fremaux Town Center, I am requesting that the following items be included in your master plan:
(1) Costco
(2) Bowling and Arcade Facility
(3) Indoor Ice Skating Rink
(4) Movie Theater with Arcade Room
(5) Putt Putt Golf Course
(6) And, anything else that you might consider for entertainment for the community and surrounding areas
Thank you for considering these above items in your master plan (Fremaux Town Center).
I’m sure each one of these above items will be a contributing factor in the huge success for visitors and the surrounding communities.
Once again, thank you for your time and consideration.
Please build a Dave n busters!! Or a sugar factory pleaseeeee
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What Is Prime Gaming? | Everything You Need To Know About Prime Gaming
Amazon has redesigned Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming. And now, gamers worldwide have lots of fun while receiving rewards from Prime Gaming. If you want to be one of them, keep reading to find out what Prime Gaming is, what it offers for subscribers, and how much it costs.
The Idea of Prime Gaming
https://gaming.amazon.com/
The gaming-focused service of Amazon for Prime members is called Prime Gaming, which was previously called Twitch Prime. However, it appears that Amazon believed many individuals did not know Twitch very well, so it changed the name to be more familiar. This idea was successful since it is known that both Amazon and Prime are related. So, Amazon replaced the word Twitch with Gaming to send a more straightforward message about its gaming-focused service.
Offerings of Prime Gaming
Prime Gaming offerings
Free games include Ironclad, The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match, King of the Monsters, Table Manners, Monster Prom: Hotseat Edition, Samurai Shodown V Special, Metal Slug 3, Shock Troopers, and The Last Blade 2.
In-game content
Updatable game loot
Free subscriptions to any streamer you like on Twitch
Unique emotes on Twitch
Prime Gaming is based on the idea of rewarding gamers who already enjoy playing. You receive several benefits in the form of rewards from Prime Gaming for playing different games. These benefits change and are based on a rotating system. Plus, the time each bonus lasts can differ based on the premium. The good news is that you’ll get tips from Prime Gaming while playing the most well-liked games.
One great advantage of using Prime Gaming is enjoying games for free. Usually, Prime Gaming does that every month. But that doesn’t mean checking only once a month; it’s better to do that regularly to ensure you’re not missing anything.
Prime Gaming is also an excellent gaming service since it offers in-game content. A continually changing in-game content selection is made available by Twitch and Amazon. The in-game content varies from game to game, and Additionally, the games that are included change frequently as well.
The in-game currency can be either a premium or a regular currency. The difference is that the premium currency is acquired through paying, while the regular one can be acquired through gameplay.
Moreover, players occasionally receive fun item boosts. You don’t know what you can get, so it is always great to regularly check their latest offerings. It’s essential to keep in mind that you only have a limited time to claim the free items. So you want to be quick before you miss an excellent opportunity to enjoy free rewards.
Members also enjoy free subscriptions to any streamer they like on Twitch. One method that Twitch streamers generate profits is by getting more subscribers. Consequently, subscribers get benefits from Twitch. Check out their video here.
Price of Prime Gaming
The subscription of Amazon Prime includes Prime Gaming services, a monthly subscription that costs you $14.99. This means that it does not require any additional payment. There’s a free 30-day trial if you want to give Prime Gaming a shot.
So, if you have subscribed to Amazon Prime already, we highly recommend that you get the most out of your subscription and enjoy the benefits of Prime Gaming. However, we do not recommend you subscribe to Amazon Prime to enjoy what Prime Gaming offers because you probably won’t get much value for your money.
Finally, if you have an Amazon Prime Video Membership, you can enjoy the offerings of Prime Gaming without having to pay any additional fees. The cost of subscribing to Amazon Prime Video is only $8.99 per month, so it’s a better strategy to subscribe to Amazon Prime Video instead of Amazon Prime if your only goal is enjoying the offerings of Prime Gaming.
Is Prime Gaming Worth it?
As mentioned above, it’s not a good idea to subscribe to Amazon Prime only to benefit from the services offered by Prime Gaming. This service is not intended to provide large deals to gamers—it’s only a fun service that Amazon Prime subscribers enjoy along with the other services that Amazon Prime offers.
This service appears to be more of an extra but not necessary benefit. Prime Gaming is a good service if you play games on your computer and want to enjoy some indie games and game loot. However, If we compare Prime Gaming to other well-known gaming services (such as Nintendo Switch Online or Xbox Game Pass), Prime Gaming doesn’t offer much to subscribers. So, if you’re serious about gaming and want to get many gaming benefits from a game subscription service, Prime Gaming can be disappointing.
But overall, Prime Gaming is a fun service you should enjoy if you have an Amazon Prime Membership or Amazon Prime Video Membership. If you like gaming, you don’t want to miss their free games, in-game content, updatable game loot, free subscriptions to any streamer you like on Twitch, and unique emotes on Twitch!
What’s the Difference Between Amazon Luna and Prime Gaming?
While some people might confuse Amazon Luna with Prime Gaming, these two services are not the same. Amazon Web Services, the company’s well-known cloud platform, powers the cloud gaming platform Amazon Luna. Like most cloud gaming services, Amazon Luna enables subscribers to access many games. Amazon Luna has much to offer gamers: a smooth, hassle-free experience, a convenient interface, free games, and reasonable channel prices.
Finally, just like Prime Gaming, Amazon Luna is free if you have an Amazon Prime Membership.
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