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Chester M. Pierce's career achievements following graduation from Harvard in 1948 might resemble those of Forrest Gump, except for the cross country runs.
Pierce graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1952, rose to national prominence in the psychiatric community and became a distinguished professor at his alma mater before retiring in 1997. He made multiple professional trips to Antarctica, where a peak is named for him. He was consulted on the creation of "Sesame Street." Active in civil rights, he once participated in a protest alongside Charlton Heston.
Pierce's four years playing tackle for Harvard's one-platoon football team included a trailblazing episode that has gone relatively unnoticed. Which is the way he likes it.
Pierce, 83, is recognized as the first African-American to play in a college football game south of the Mason-Dixon Line at an all-white university. Pierce and his Crimson teammates played at the University of Virginia on Oct. 11, 1947.
"I never talk about that," he said politely at a lunch date only a short walk from Massachusetts General Hospital, where the Global Psychiatry Division was renamed the Pierce Global Psychiatry Division for him last year. "I didn't do anything."
Some of Pierce's teammates aren't as reticent to discuss those events or to praise him.
"Chet Pierce is a dear, dear friend of mine and an elegant guy," said Jim Fenn, a starting senior guard that season. "He is an exceptional person."
"It was a big deal," Alan Stone, Pierce's backup as a sophomore in 1947, said of the trip to Virginia. "We all respected him. He was a very dignified fellow, and he was much more of a gentleman than anyone else on the team."
Pierce grew up on Long Island in Glen Cove, N.Y., a town then of 8,000 and about 10 percent black. According to a biography written by fellow psychiatry professor Ezra E.H. Griffith, Pierce was the first black senior class president of his high school.
Before Harvard's venture to Charlottesville, Va., most integrated college football teams reluctantly agreed not to bring their black players when traveling to the South. The host team would then bench a player of equivalent ability. But the racial environment of sports in America began to change in the spring of 1947 when baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers added Jackie Robinson.
Fenn was one of multiple World War II veterans on both teams in 1947. The Harvard vets, after learning of the game's scheduling, wrote their Virginia counterparts lobbying on Pierce's behalf.
According to various accounts, Virginia officials scheduled the game hoping Harvard would voluntarily exclude Pierce. But Crimson Athletic Director Bill Bingham insisted on Pierce's participation, and Virginia relented.
Stuart Barbour, a junior Virginia lineman from Roanoke, Va., recalled talk among his teammates that Harvard would leave its black player home. John Papit, a Cavaliers' freshman back, was surprised Virginia agreed to Harvard's stipulation.
"You're talking about the heart of the South," said Papit, a Philadelphia native who became an All-American in 1949. "You can't do anything but respect a team like Harvard. Whoever they're going to bring down, it's going to be first class."
The Virginia game was Harvard's first played in the South. The Crimson made the trip lacking four players who began the season as starters. One was senior end Robert F. Kennedy, lost after the opener when he broke a leg in practice.
The Harvard team boarded a train late Thursday night. Stone said when they arrived, he exited right behind the 6-4, 235-pound Pierce and was caught in an explosion of flash bulbs.
"I got my picture in Time magazine through no accomplishment of my own," Stone said with a laugh.
The Boston Globe reported Virginia President Colgate W. Darden Jr., addressed Pierce's presence at a pep rally attended by about 3,000 the night before the game, which was Virginia's homecoming.
"Chester Pierce, a Negro, is a guest of the University of Virginia, and nothing would shame us more than having an unfortunate incident during the game," Darden said. Most the students cheered, the Globe reported, and some waved Confederate flags and sang "Dixie."
Any trouble, Darden added, would likely come from people not affiliated with the school: "If there is, I want every student to keep his seat."
When Harvard's traveling party arrived at the Monticello Hotel, coach Dick Harlow was informed Pierce would be housed separately, in a mansion elsewhere on the property. Harlow agreed only after insisting some teammates would join Pierce there.
Said Fenn: "I remember Dick very clearly saying, 'Where he goes, we go.' "
A similar issue arose regarding team meals. Pierce wasn't allowed to enter the dining room through the main door, so the entire team came with him through an alternate entrance.
Stone recalled a sizable contingent of African-Americans watching Harvard's Friday afternoon practice at Scott Stadium.
"They were all whistling and hooting at Chester," said Stone, who also went into psychiatry and, at age 80, is still on the faculty of the Harvard Law School. "Whether that was a show of support or not, I was never clear."
Pierce granted one newspaper interview about his experience that weekend upon the 50th anniversary of the game to Boston sportswriter George Sullivan, a water boy for that '47 Harvard team. Pierce recalled Harlow insisting he stay at his side when the team took the field. "A very nice and courageous gesture," Pierce called it.
The game was played without apparent serious incident, though many fans in the capacity crowd of 22,000 waved the Stars and Bars and some reportedly yelled obscenities at Pierce. The Crimson's chances to win were hampered early when Vince Moravec, team captain and starting fullback, suffered a broken kneecap in the first period. The Cavs outgained Harvard 250 yards to 63 and won handily, 47-0.
The Associated Press' game story highlighted Harvard suffering its worst loss since Harlow took over in 1935. The story later stated Pierce's participation "probably was the first time a Negro had played against a Southern team on a Dixie campus." It noted Pierce played well and was applauded when he left the game. The Globe's account referred to Pierce's presence as "almost forgotten."
Said Virginia's Barbour: "I just don't think it turned out to be the problem that some people thought it might have been."
Pierce told Sullivan: "I don't recall a hint of anything racial on the field. I remember nothing different in that game from any other I played at Harvard … It was no big deal and took no courage by me."
In 1997, the University of Virginia awarded Pierce its Vivian Pinn Distinguished Lecturer's Award. It is given for lifetime achievement in the field of health disparities.
Pierce was invited back to Charlottesville in 2007 to speak at Virginia's second annual Symposium on Race and Society. The lengthy bio written about Pierce for the symposium didn't even mention his trailblazing role in college football.
Pierce still lives near the Harvard campus and is professor of education and psychiatry emeritus. He served as president of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, president of the American Orthopsychiatric Association and was a founding chairman of the Black Psychiatrists of America.
"He didn't make it because he was black," Fenn said. "He made it because he was good at what he did."


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Dec 2011: December | I love you with all my heart
Nov 2011: November | My little sweetie pie
Oct 2011: October | "A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you."
Sep 2011: September | "There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved."
Aug 2011: August | "Believe in happily ever after, and it will come true"
Jul 2011: July | "Listen! Encourage. Say something. Do something. Be yourself. Love" ~Rev. Dale Turner
Jun 2011: June | I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. ~ Roy Croft
May 2011: May | "The best thing about me is you." ~Shannon Crown
Apr 2011: April | "The beauty of your love has filled my heart with wonders beyond imagination and it makes life worth a living" ~Chatman
Mar 2011: March | "You're nothing short of my everything." ~Ralph Block
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Businesses call Scott Foster when they want to provide employees with the perk of a wellness program — and gain a little insight of their own. Foster's company, Wellco Corp., has created preventive health care regimens since 1996, providing clients with the tools to analyze their overall health care benefits and costs.
But the health care world has been changing, and Foster knew he needed to adapt.
Problem: A stubborn flat spot in growth.
During the recession the plateau was fine, but by 2012 Foster was feeling increasingly unsatisfied with his company's trajectory. He was struggling to expand and to stay relevant in the marketplace.
"We were able to hold our own when the economy turned inside out, but we knew there was something missing," Foster said.
The industry had become overheated as "wellness" took on buzzword status, fueling competition. Then the Affordable Care Act passed, bundling wellness services in with traditional health care.
Foster knew he needed to adapt to survive and thrive.
Solution: Refocus its business around consulting and analytics.
As part of building wellness programs, Wellco created software and analytics tools to help measure the effects of these programs. Foster realized he could sell these services to help companies fix wellness and health care programs — instead of starting them.
Wellco made its software available for purchase, which turned former competitors into clients and allowed the company to expand without much cost. A software and consulting company is more readily scalable than one focused on creating corporate wellness programs.
As a result, the Royal Oak-based company increased clients by 19 percent since 2012, and its geographical footprint now reaches 80 percent of the country. Revenue went from $1.1 million in 2012 to $1.4 million last year and is on track to reach $1.8 million this year, Foster said.
Risks and considerations: The world of health care is ever changing. Who knows when a regulatory adjustment to health care laws might come along to change the dynamics of the wellness business? Again.
"Nobody can predict health care beyond six months or 12 months. There's a lot of uncertainty," Foster said.
So being nimble and able to change your business model quickly is imperative in this industry, but also brings challenges. You might retool for something that changes suddenly and unexpectedly.
Expert opinion: Don't make a foundational business shift lightly.


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When considering what will be the oldest version of any operating system we can effectively support, there are two considerations: the number of users of that version and the cost for us to support it. When the number of users is small but the cost is large, obviously it probably doesn't make sense to support it. This is the case we have run into with OS X 10.5.
Looking at the numbers, OS X users essentially fall into two camps: those using 10.5 (Leopard) and below and those using 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and above. According to the data we have gathered, over 80% of OS X users are using 10.6 or 10.7. While that does mean that almost 20% of OS X users are still using Leopard or earlier, that number is dropping.
Next, let's look at cost. Because of improvements in 10.6, supporting 10.5 and earlier often doubles the amount of effort for us because we have to code things one way for 10.5 (and earlier) and another way for 10.6 (and later). This means we fix fewer bugs and spend more time and energy on new features than would otherwise be unnecessary. Supporting 10.5 would make it impossible for us to use some of the new features of OS X 10.7 (Lion) as well. So the cost of 10.5 support is pretty high.
Because of these two factors, we have decided that the minimum OS X version we will support for Cocoa starting with Real Studio 2012 release 1 will be OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Because Real Studio 2012 Release 1 will also be a Cocoa application, the minimum version to run the IDE will also be 10.6.
If you need to support users with 10.5 and earlier, you can continue to compile a Carbon version for those users. Projects saved in 2012 R1 will open in 2011 R3 which means you could even compile for Carbon on PowerPC if necessary. However, in this case, do NOT save your project in 2011 R3 once you have saved it in 2012 R1 as you may lose data. Just use 2011 R3 for compiling to PowerPC.
We don't make decisions like this easily or lightly. But they must be made in order for Real Studio to continue to move forward.
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4 comments:
- Produino (swort) said...
Very good Geoff, this announcement.
It's better than hear it before than to hear it too late. For me it won't be a problem as i'm using OSX lion (latest), but for others it can be a problem. This will save them problems or buying a license for nothing.
Anyway: good begin is the best ending.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:22 PM
- Beatrix Willius said...
Not an issue for me. Had to drop support for 10.5 before because of visual glitches in Cocoa.
- March 8, 2012 at 12:24 AM
- Valdemar said...
It's a really good decision... now you can make focus on what we really need for the future and a more stable IDE and more Cocoa support.
- March 8, 2012 at 1:48 AM
- D Evermore said...
Thanks, Geoff, for this clear insight into RS's decision. It makes sense to me.
- March 8, 2012 at 8:29 AM
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Rolling Stones kick off Tel Aviv concert
Jagger wishes 50,000 Israelis a 'happy holiday' in honor of Shavuot at start of group's first-ever show in Israel
'Hag Shavuot Sameah [Happy Shavuot Holiday], Israel!" shouted Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger in Tel Aviv Wednesday night, as the legendary British rock group set off their much-anticipated, first-ever gig in Israel. The Stones had pushed back the start time of their show to enable religiously observant concert goers, who were marking the Shavuot holiday, to attend.
The band began its playlist with "Start Me Up" to a cheering crowd of some 50,000 Israelis, who made their way to Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv Wednesday night to watch the show.
Very heavy traffic was reported in the city ahead of the concert.
Guitarist Ronnie Wood, drummer Charlie Watts and keyboardist Chuck Leavell traveled to Jerusalem Tuesday to visit its Old City; Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards did not join them. Jagger tweeted from Caesarea, and he and other band members were also spotted in a cafe north of their Tel Aviv hotel base.
The band resumed a world tour in Oslo last week after interrupting it in March following the suicide of lead singer Mick Jagger's partner, L'Wren Scott.
Tel Aviv, will you please welcome THE ROLLING STONES! START ME UP #StonesTelAviv
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) June 4, 2014
The Stones touched down in Tel Aviv Monday aboard their private jet, emblazoned with their tongue logo, accompanied by some 70 staff, according to local media.
Part of the band's European tour, the show is a historic visit — the first performance in Israel by one of the two bands that founded modern popular music. The other is The Beatles, whose Paul McCartney played at the same Yarkon Park venue in September 2008.
Israeli promoter Shuki Weiss, once quoted as saying he would retire after bringing the Stones to Israel, guaranteed the band $6.7 million (4.9 million euros) for the one-night stand at Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park, according to a newspaper report.
At the Amphitheatre at Caesaria today. Looking forward to tomorrow, our first show in Israel! pic.twitter.com/isczJ71zaw
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) June 3, 2014
The band ignored pressure from pro-Palestinian activists, including fellow rock stars, to cancel the gig as part of a boycott of Israel over alleged human rights abuses.
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions committee urged the Stones to abandon the concert, noting that the band had been vocal opponents of racial segregation in South Africa, comparing apartheid to Israel's policies towards the Palestinians.
Pink Floyd founders Roger Waters, a relentless critic of Israel branded an anti-semite by the Anti Defamation League, and Nick Mason joined calls for a boycott.
Some artists have bowed to boycott pressure: US singer Lenny Kravitz cancelled a Tel Aviv concert in October after being petitioned by activists, citing a scheduling conflict. But this summer is witnessing a roll-call of artists coming to Israel. Justin Timberlake played here last week, and Foreigner, Tom Jones, Cyndi Lauper and Deep Purple played recently. Rihanna played last fall. Upcoming shows include the Backstreet Boys, the Pixies, Neil Young, and Lana Del Rey, America and Passenger.
Preparations for the large-scale performance began Sunday, ahead of what is expected to be one of the largest and most technologically sophisticated shows in Tel Aviv history. The stage will be decked with LED panels brought to Israel by the band, and a 34-meter (111-foot) catwalk will extend from the stage.
The playlist changes from show to show, according to Merav Lahav, part of the Shuki Weiss publicity team. "The Tel Aviv playlist won't be released before the show."
In Zurich on June 1, the band played 17 songs ("Start Me Up," "You Got Me Rocking," "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)," "Tumbling Dice," "Worried About You," "Doom and Gloom," "Let's Spend the Night Together," "Out of Control," "Honky Tonk Women," You Got the Silver," "Can't Be Seen, Midnight Rambler," "Miss You," "Gimme Shelter," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Brown Sugar") and two encores including ("I can't get no) Satisfaction".
Tickets were available until just before the concert, at NIS 700 apiece. According to local sources, some 48,000 tickets had been sold by Tuesday.
Following Tel Aviv, the Stones will perform in the Netherlands on June 7, Berlin on June 10 and Paris on June 13.
According to their current schedule, they have the summer off before performing in Australia and New Zealand in October.


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I called around to a few fitness centers in the Boulder, CO, area last week to see if the fires in the canyon near the college town were affecting them. The owners of each club I spoke with said that their clubs were fine. The fire is in a rural enough area that no clubs are near them.
However, Glen Marshman, owner of One Boulder Fitness in downtown Boulder, said that he'd been evacuated from his home, and he knows three members who lost their homes to the fires.
Although air quality was difficult in the area last week, he said that traffic was normal at the club.
Let us know if your club was affected by the Boulder fire or the new Loveland, CO, fire. Last week, one San Bruno, CA, club reported no effect by the fire there, although a boxing club employee said that a few members who usually show up at the gym were not there that morning.


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What's New in Accounting
BY OSCAR S. GELLEIN Partner, Executive Office
Presented before the University of Tulsa Accounting
Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma — April 1957
Some things are new forever, or appear to be; others are old tomorrow. The pace of new developments in accounting is somewhere between these extremes. Accounting seldom makes a sharp turn. As the practice of accounting, both industrial and public, has matured and as the concepts relating to it have been tested by experience and reason, the turns have become even less sharp. This is a sign of professional maturity. This is not to say, however, that accounting will not be facing new challenges and finding
new ways of meeting them. Changes in methods of production, in techniques
of distribution, in ways of financing, and in the relations of government
to business will undoubtedly introduce new problems. Concurrently, accountants will be striving for more efficient ways of recording financial information and for more effective ways of making it useful.
So, to look at what is new in accounting is in large measure to examine a new position in a continuing trend or the reversal of one.
On the other hand, there have been a few developments in recent years that have been spectacular. Developments in electronics are among them. The humming of the equipment and perhaps the flashing of lights may be the outward manifestations of almost unbelievable speeds for handling data. Developments in integrated data processing are far enough along to furnish evidence of a vast range of applications. The potential of electronic data processing, preliminary cautions about it, and its present-day limitations have been discussed and written about at great length. Its challenge to the independent auditor also is being considered. All of these matters deserve continuing attention by accountants.
Developments in operations research presage new fields for the accountant. It is stimulating to think of the possibilities attending the development
of a theory of business and of the application of the scientific method to the solution of business problems.
Developments in the use of statistics, particularly statistical sampling, to accounting are under way. Present indications are that developments in applying statistics to internal accounting will, at least for a time, outrun


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Max McCaffrey, Ben Clarke to work out for Broncos on Tuesday
Max McCaffrey, the former Duke receiver and the oldest son of Ed McCaffrey, will work out for the Broncos on Tuesday as part of the team's local pro day for athletes from area high schools.
Max, a former Valor Christian standout, turned heads with his performance at Duke's Pro Day last month, when he recorded a 4.4-second 40-yard dash and a 36-inch vertical jump.
Last season he led the Blue Devils with 52 catches, 643 receiving yards and five touchdowns to cap his four-year career with 117 receptions, 1,341 yards and 12 touchdowns.
The Broncos' recent re-signing of Jordan Norwood gives them six receivers heading into offseason workouts and training camp, with Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, Bennie Fowler, Cody Latimer and Jordan Taylor all returning. Should Max impress again Tuesday, the Broncos could give him a shot to compete in training camp and even vie for a spot on the practice squad.
Ben Clarke, a former Chatfield High and University of Hawaii offensive lineman, is also scheduled to work out for the Broncos on Tuesday.
Clarke (6-foot-3, 305 pounds) played his first two collegiate seasons at center before shifting to left tackle for the last two. In 2015, he was named Hawaii's MVP and was an honorable mention All-Mountain West selection for all four year seasons with the Rainbow Warriors.
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Fridays & Saturdays - 11am
Meeting point: Central Brighton
Our signature walking food tour - The V.I.B Tour (Very Independent Brighton) - is a celebration of independent Brighton – packed with the eclectic sights and tastes from the unique makers and producers to the unsung heroes of Brighton's indy food & drink scene.
Whether you're a visitor to Brighton or locals like us, we'll take you on a journey to enjoy the taste of real independent Brighton beyond just the pier, pavilion and the pebble beach.
Over the course of approx. 3 hours you'll get a chocolate-box selection of the best foodie hotspots that quirky, independent Brighton has to offer.
Because Brighton has such a blooming independent food-and-drink scene, we are able to swap in and out vendors depending on season, weather and what we think will work on the day you visit.
That helps us to make each V.I.B experience that little bit unique - and means more of our city's food-and-drink superstars can feature. You might visit off-the-beaten-track street food stalls, hear about eco-aware sustainable food systems, get down and dirty with the most passionate burger-makers in town, meet food industry revolutionaries, re-live the quintessential old-school seaside Brighton... and a whole lot more.
Suitable for: omnivores, vegetarians and vegans - please specify any dietary requirements on booking.
The V.I.B Tour runs on Fridays & Saturdays: weekly from April - October & fortnightly from November - March.
Outside of these dates/times we are happy to offer year-round private V.I.B Tours for a minimum of 8 people. Please get in touch if you'd like to arrange one.
Praise for The V.I.B Tour:
"Great way to see & taste the real Brighton!"
"Real food for real food lovers"
"Really excellent. Had a great time – just the right time walking and amount of food!"
"It's local, small & poseur-free. It was real food. A Jay Rainer experience!"
"Delicious & fun"
"People so rarely walk around their own cities. The V.I.B Tour helps people to re-discover and feel closer to the place they live"
You can find our most up-to-date reviews over at Trip Advisor.
Please note:
Advance booking essential.
This tour is primarily designed for adults.
Please do wear comfortable walking shoes as you can expect to be standing or walking for the whole tour. You may also like to bring a bottle of water with you, a bag for any purchases along the way and your smartphone for any en-route photo action and social media sharing. (P.S Don't forget to tag us – @BTNFoodTours)
The tour will kick off promptly on time so please aim to arrive at the meeting point at least 5-10 minutes before the start time.
Tickets are non-refundable.
By purchasing tickets from Brighton Food Tours you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to our Terms & Conditions.
How much is a V.I.B Tour?
£45 per person (sorry – no discounts for students, seniors or Brighton residents)
How long is the tour?
Roughly 3 hours but it sometimes may run over if our foodies are having too much fun!
What is included in the tour cost?
All food and drink tastings + exclusive discounts at Brighton Food Tours participating establishments (should you wish to purchase any products along the way)
How many people are on the tour?
We're not into big impersonal groups – plus it would be tricky for our lovely vendors to accommodate them – so we prefer an intimate gathering of no more than 10 foodies
How many stops are on the tour and and how much food will there be?
We visit approx. 6-8 different foodie hotspots with bite-size tasters at most places. The samples are not meal replacements.
Do you cater for particular dietary requirements or food allergies/intolerances?
Please let us know of any particular requirements when booking. In most places we can easily cater for vegetarians, vegans and pregnant women if given advance notice. Our vendors will let us know if there are nuts in their products but we can't guarantee that foods will not have come into contact with allergens so please do exercise your judgement accordingly.
Do you offer a range of different tours?
Yes! We run 'Special Tours' throughout the year and have lots of other plans in the pipeline. Keep an eye on our website for up-to-date info on all tours we're currently running.
If you're looking for a bespoke, private and/or tailored tour, please get in touch and we'll see what we can do.
What do you do in case of bad weather?
Our tours go ahead come rain or shine so be sure to come prepared for all weather eventualities. Umbrellas are pretty redundant in Brighton (it can get rather gusty!) so if it's wet we recommend waterproof coats with hoods etc.
On very rare occasions we may decide to cancel due to extreme weather conditions.
How far do you walk on the tour?
It's a total of approx 2.5 miles – broken up into about 6-8 stops – at a leisurely pace.
Is there anywhere to sit?
A few of our stops have seating, but you're not guaranteed a seat. You can expect to be standing or walking for the whole tour.
Are there opportunities for toilet stops?
Most of the places we visit do not have toilets so be prepared to cross your legs if you don't go before we meet.
Are the tours appropriate for kids?
Our tours are not suitable for children under 10 year olds and have been designed with adults in mind. Please let us know when booking if your group includes children.
Do we need to bring anything?
Just bring yourself, in a pair of comfortable shoes. You may also like to bring a bottle of water with you, a bag for any purchases along the way and your smartphone for any en-route photo action and social media sharing. (P.S Don't forget to tag us – @BTNFoodTours)
Are the tours accessible for wheelchair users?
Let us know your requirements when making your booking enquiry and we'll do our best to ensure the tour is suitable.
Do you offer gift vouchers?
Absolutely. Food tour gift vouchers are a great gift for your foodie friends & family. Just choose which tour you'd like to give, then drop us an email with the number of people you'd like to pay for and we can send the voucher in PDF to you by email to self-print. If you let us know the special person's name and the celebration too, we can even personalise the voucher for you. Gift vouchers are valid for 12 months from purchase and are non-refundable.
Any advice on parking?
Parking in Brighton can be expensive and some of the central car parks charge far more than they should, so here are our recommendations on where to park:
Trafalgar Street Car Park (North Laine, close to station) – approx £10 for 6 hours
The Lanes Car Park (very central, seafront) – approx £20 for 9 hours
Regency Square Car Park (towards Hove, close to i360) – approx £12 for 9 hours
Churchill Square Car Park (very central, shopping centre) – approx £15 for 6 hours
Also, if you have a Smartphone, check out JustPark which has an excellent app for finding the cheapest places to park. Please note that our tour can sometimes go over 3 hours so please do allow plenty of extra time when planning your car parking.
Terms and Conditions?
You can read our full terms and conditions here.
Any other questions? No problem, send us an email. Alternatively, get in touch by phone – either call Cat on 07904 346603 or Angela on 07985 230955.


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If your child has been diagnosed by a doctor as being
overweight or at risk of becoming overweight, a
thorough medical exam is important to identify and treat any related health
Your doctor will ask
Your doctor will look for
physical or emotional reasons for your child's weight gain, including
Prader-Willi syndrome,
Cushing's syndrome (all of which are rare), or
emotional causes such as
anxiety, and
eating disorders.
Some or all of the
following tests will be done to help identify the cause and complications of
being overweight:
Your doctor will also ask if your child is taking
medicines that may result in weight gain, including:
During a
complete physical exam, your doctor will check your child's health and look for
early signs of problems, including:
Your doctor may refer your child to a medical specialist or
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If the First Family didn't already know it, their getaway to Martha's Vineyard proved that the job of being president is 24/7.
Amid falling approval numbers, a contentious national debate over health care and finally, the death of a close friend and Democratic Party luminary, President Obama had a tough time making like Clark Griswold on a family vacation. Sure, there was some golf, bike rides and ice cream runs with daughters Sasha and Malia, and one assumes, quality time with the First Lady. But that all had to be squeezed in around a relentless news cycle.
On Saturday morning, Obama heads to Boston, where he'll have the grim duty of delivering a eulogy at Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral. The First Family is holding out hope that they can return to the $35,000-a-week oceanside manor in the afternoon before going home on Sunday as planned. But with Tropical Storm Danny bearing down on the island, they may have to cut those plans short and go straight home from Boston a day early.
Still, the Obamas will soon get another chance to recharge. On Wednesday, they leave for a long Labor Day weekend at Camp David, no doubt hoping for a few slow news days.


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Urban exploration
Urban exploration (often shortened as urbex or UE) is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment. Photography and historical interest/documentation are heavily featured in the hobby and, although it may sometimes involve trespassing onto private property, this is not always the case.[1] Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites. It may also be referred to as draining (when exploring drains), urban spelunking, urban rock climbing, urban caving, or building hacking.
The nature of this activity presents various risks, including both physical danger and the possibility of arrest and punishment. Some activities associated with urban exploration may violate local or regional laws and certain broadly interpreted anti-terrorism laws or be considered trespassing or invasion of privacy.[2]
- 1 Exploration sites
- 2 Popularity
- 3 Philosophical and psychological aspects
- 4 Safety and legality
- 5 Photographic documentation
- 6 In popular culture
- 7 Gallery
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 Further reading
- 11 External links
Exploration sites
Ventures into abandoned structures are perhaps the most common example of urban exploration. At times, sites are entered first by locals and may suffer from large amounts of graffiti and other acts of vandalism. Although targets of exploration vary from one country to another, high-profile abandonments include amusement parks, grain elevators, factories, power plants, missile silos, fallout shelters, hospitals, asylums, schools, poor houses, and sanatoriums.
In Japan, abandoned infrastructure is known as haikyo (廃虚?) (literally "ruins"), but the term is synonymous with the practice of urban exploration.[3] Haikyo are particularly common in Japan because of its rapid industrialization (e.g., Hashima Island), damage during World War II, the 1980s real estate bubble, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[4]
Many explorers find decay of uninhabited space to be profoundly beautiful, and some are also proficient freelance photographers who document what they see, as is the case with those who document some of the infrastructure of the former USSR.[5]
Abandoned sites are also popular among historians, preservationists, architects, archaeologists, industrial archaeologists, and ghost hunters.
Active buildings
Another aspect of urban exploration is the practice of exploring active or in use buildings which includes gaining access to secured or "member-only" areas, mechanical rooms, roofs, elevator rooms, abandoned floors and other normally unseen parts of working buildings. The term "infiltration" is often associated with the exploration of active structures. People entering restricted areas may be committing trespass and civil prosecution may result.
Catacombs such as those found in Paris,[6] Rome, Odessa and Naples have been investigated by urban explorers. The Mines of Paris, comprising much of the underground tunnels that are not open to public tourism like the catacombs, have been considered the "Holy Grail" by some due to their extensive nature and history. Explorers of these are known as cataphiles.
Sewers and storm drains
Entry into storm drains, or "draining", is another common form of urban exploration. Groups devoted to the task have arisen, such as the Cave Clan in Australia. Draining has a specialized set of guidelines, the foremost of which is "When it rains, no drains!" The dangers of becoming entrapped, washed away, or killed increase dramatically during a heavy rainfall.
A small subset of explorers enter sanitary sewers. Sometimes they are the only connection to caves or other subterranean features. Sewers are among the most dangerous locations to explore owing to risk of poisoning by buildups of toxic gas (commonly methane and hydrogen sulfide). There have been numerous fatalities around the world[citation needed] where people are overcome by toxic gas from sewers.
Transit tunnels
Exploring active and abandoned subway and underground railway tunnels, bores and stations is often considered to be trespassing and can result in civil prosecution. As a result, this type of exploration is rarely publicized. One important exception to this is the abandoned subway of Rochester, New York, the only American city to have an abandoned, formerly used, subway system. (The Cincinnati subway is also abandoned, but was never completed.)
Utility tunnels
Universities, and other large institutions such as hospitals, often distribute hazardous superheated steam for heating or cooling buildings from a central heating plant. These pipes are generally run through utility tunnels, which are often intended to be accessible solely for the purposes of maintenance. Nevertheless, many of these steam tunnels, especially those on college campuses, often also have a tradition of exploration by students. This practice was once called "vadding" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, though students there now refer to it as roof and tunnel hacking.
Some steam tunnels have dirt floors, poor lighting and temperatures upwards of 45 °C (113 °F). Others have concrete floors, bright light, and more moderate temperatures. Most steam tunnels have large intake fans to bring in fresh air and push the hot air out the back, and these fans may start without warning. Most active steam tunnels do not contain airborne asbestos, but proper breathing protection may be required for other respiratory hazards. Experienced explorers are very cautious inside active utility tunnels, since pipes can spew boiling hot water or steam from leaky valves or pressure relief blowoffs. Frequently there are puddles of muddy water on the floor, making slips and falls a special concern near hot pipes.
Steam tunnels have generally been secured more heavily in recent years, due to their frequent use for carrying communications network backbone cables, increased safety and liability concerns, and perceived risk of their use in terrorist activities.
The rise in the popularity of urban exploration can be attributed to its increased media attention. Recent television shows, such as Urban Explorers on the Discovery Channel, MTV's Fear, and the Ghost Hunting exploits of The Atlantic Paranormal Society have packaged the hobby for a popular audience. The fictional film After... (2006), a hallucinatory thriller set in Moscow's underground subways, features urban explorers caught up in extreme situations. Talks and exhibits on urban exploration have appeared at the fifth and sixth Hackers on Planet Earth Conference, complementing numerous newspaper articles and interviews.
Another source of popular information is Cities of the Underworld, a documentary series which ran for three seasons on the History Channel, starting in 2007. This series roamed around the world, showing little-known underground structures in remote locales, as well as right under the feet of densely packed city-dwellers.
With the rise in the relative popularity of the hobby due to this increased focus, there has been increasing discussion on whether the extra attention has been beneficial to urban exploration as a whole. The unspoken rule of urban exploring is "take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints", but because of the rising popularity, many individuals who may have other intentions are creating a concern among many property owners.
Philosophical and psychological aspects
Several writers on urbex have discussed the personal meaning of such acts of "infiltration" — or "invasions". Simon Cornwell, in his discussions of the Cane Hill Cult (in Croydon, South London), has emphasized the element of danger in recording the experiences — physically, emotionally and photographically.[citation needed]
Safety and legality
Urban exploration is a hobby that comes with a number of inherent dangers. For example, storm drains are not designed with human access as their primary use. They can be subject to flash flooding and bad air. There have been a number of deaths in storm water drains, but these are usually during floods, and the victims are normally not urban explorers.[7]
Many old abandoned structures feature hazards such as unstable structures, unsafe floors, broken glass, the presence of unknown chemicals and other harmful substances (most notably asbestos), stray voltage, and entrapment hazards. Other risks include freely roaming guard dogs and hostile squatters. Some abandoned locations may be heavily guarded with motion detectors and active security patrols. Others are more easily accessible and carry less risk of discovery.[8]
Asbestos is a long-term health risk for urban explorers, along with breathing in contaminants from dried bird feces, which can cause a condition known as pigeon-breeder's lung, a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Urban explorers may use dust masks and respirators to alleviate this danger. Some sites are occasionally used by substance abusers for either recreation or waste disposal, and there may be used or infected syringe needles en route, such as those commonly used with heroin.
The growing popularity of the activity has resulted not just in increased attention from explorers, but also from vandals and law enforcement. The illicit aspects of urban exploring, which may include trespassing and breaking and entering,[9] have brought along with them critical articles in mainstream newspapers.[10]
In Australia, the website of the Sydney Cave Clan was shut down by lawyers for the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales, after they raised concerns that the portal could "risk human safety and threaten the security of its infrastructure".[10] Another website belonging to the Bangor Explorers Guild was criticized by the Maine State Police for potentially encouraging behavior that "could get someone hurt or killed."[10] Likewise, the Toronto Transit Commission has also used the Internet to crimp subway tunnel explorations, going as far as to send investigators to various explorers' homes.[10]
Jeff Chapman, who authored Infiltration, stated that genuine urban explorers "never vandalize, steal or damage anything". The thrill comes from that of "discovery and a few nice pictures".[10] Some explorers will also request permission for entry in advance.[11]
Photographic documentation
Many urban explorers adhere to the philosophy of cave explorers and outdoors hikers: "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints."[12] Some are photographers who specialize in documenting urban ruins and scenes of industrial decay. Professional photographers working in this field include Seph Lawless, Julia Solis, Andrew L. Moore, and Brandon P. Davis,[13] Other well-known photographers, such as Jan Saudek, use the interiors of abandoned buildings as backdrops for their figurative and portrait works.
In popular culture
Urban exploration is featured in a number of works, in a variety of media, such as:
- Bradley L. Garrett's work of nonfiction, Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City (2013)
- John Green's novel Paper Towns (2008)
- In James Rollins' Sigma Force novel 6.5, The Skeleton Key (2010), cataphile and urban explorer Renny MacLeod, who has tattooed the Paris Catacombs on his body, is kidnapped and forced to guide former Guild member Seichan to find and save the kidnapper's son, who is scheduled be sacrificed, at noon, by the Order of the Solar Temple.[14]
- Travel Channel aired Off Limits (2011-), a series based on urban exploration hosted by Don Wildman
- Unforgettable's "Maps and Legends" (season 2, episode 7) features urban exploration.
- Discovery Channel briefly ran Urban Explorers (2005), a series based on urban exploration and hosted by urban explorer Steve Duncan
- stalkers - subculture of urban exploration in Russia and Ukraine. The name comes from the novel Roadside Picnic.
- diggers (ru:Диггерство) - an alternative subculture of urban exploration in Russia and Ukraine
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Underground Paris, France
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Abandoned colliery space (France)
Large storm drain under construction
See also
- Caving
- Eastern State Penitentiary
- Freedom Tunnel
- Ghost town
- Legend tripping
- les UX
- Miru Kim – artist who documents urban explorations
- Modern ruins
- MONU – magazine on urbanism
- Morlock
- Ohio Penitentiary
- Parkour
- Psychogeography
- Reality hacking
- Roof and tunnel hacking
- Ruins photography
- Six Flags New Orleans
- Urban decay
- Utility tunnel
- Weird New Jersey
- Wreck diving
- ↑ Nestor, James (19 August 2007). "The Art of Urban Exploration". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 20 June 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Haeber, Jonathan (21 December 2008). "Complete Guide to Urban Exploration". Bearings. Retrieved 30 September 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Gakuran, Michael. "The Hazards of Haikyo and Urban Exploration". Retrieved 2011-06-21.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Haikyo: Abandoned Treasure". Weekender. May 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Shevchenko, Vitaly (11 February 2014). "The urban explorers of the ex-USSR". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Paris Underground Map (Map). Michel-Eugène Lefébure de Fourcy. 1841.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Boy, 14, drowns in drain during heavy rains". GNA. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Owen, Mary (5 December 2004). "Abandoned beauties: Urban explorers find adventure in ruins of old buildings". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Urban exploration - Richard Shepherd photographs derelict buildings in the North East and further afield". BBC Tyne, Broadcasting Centre. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2014-04-23.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Batz Jr., Bob (7 September 2003). "Urban explorers dare to investigate seldom-seen Pittsburgh sites". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 20 June 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Ebaster, Al (19 September 2007). "Legal Urban Exploration: 7 Tips for Visiting Historical Abandonments". Web Urbanist.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Motto of the Baltimore Grotto (caving society)". The Quotations Page. QuotationsPage.com. Retrieved 2014-03-28.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Pow, Helen (21 October 2013). "Abandoned America: Ghostly pictures of urban decay taken by photographer who spent six years traveling to the country's most eerie corners". DailyMail Online. Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2014-03-28.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Rollins, James (2010). "What's True, What's Not". The Skeleton Key. pp. 1–2.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Further reading
- Garrett, Bradley L. (October 2013). Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City. Verso Books, Brooklyn, London and Paris. ISBN 9781781681299. Retrieved 2014-04-23.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Gates, Moses (2012). Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises; A Memoir of Urban Exploration Tarcher, New York. ISBN 978-1585429349
- Lyden, Jacki (14 September 2013). "New York Underground: Exploring City Caves and Catacombs". All Things Considered. NPR.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Margaine, Sylvain (2009) Forbidden Places: Exploring Our Abandoned Heritage (Hardcover), ISBN 2-915807-82-5
- Ninjalicious (2005). Access All Areas: A user's guide to the art of urban exploration. PO Box 13, Station E, Toronto, ON M6H 4E1 Canada: Infilpress. ISBN 0-9737787-0-9
- Paiva, Troy (2008) Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration Chronicle Books ISBN 0-8118-6338-7
- Melody Gilbert's Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness (2007), a documentary about some of the world's urban explorers.
- ABANDONED: Adventures of Urban Exploration (2011), photos from abandoned places. By Jan Elhøj and Morten Kirckhoff., ISBN 978-87-92359-35-3
External links
- Media related to Urban exploration at Wikimedia Commons
- Urban exploration travel guide from Wikivoyage
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This is the start of what might turn out to be a recurring feature on this blog. Many of my fellow movie bloggers do something similar. The concept is simple: I talk briefly about all the films I saw for the first time this month. Mini-reviews, if you will.
The Abyss (James Cameron, 1989)
The Special Edition, for the record. Yet another impressive outing for Cameron, with the underwater setting providing most of the film's memorable moments. The claustrophobic atmosphere is palpable, putting us right down there with the crew of oil-drillers on the ocean floor as they try to determine what caused a submarine to crash. It's a great action film overall, though the ending feels a tad drawn-out and anticlimactic.
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
Considering my extremely limited experience with old silent cinema, I'm probably not the intended demographic for this nostalgia-trip. I'm sure there's a lot of allusions and homages in this one that I didn't fully catch. Fortunately, this one can survive regardless based on its charm alone. The story isn't anything special by itself – though intrensically linked with its style – but it's a pleasant watch with what should in a fair world be two star-making performances from Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo.
Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
I was a bit wary of this film when I sat down to watch it. I had heard it could be a bit "difficult" and "strange", and my previous experience with Bergman (Through a Glass Darkly) hadn't quite knocked me over. Well, this one did, and with gusto. Wonderfully acted and thematically rich, but more than anything else, this may well be the most beautifully shot black & white film I've seen so far. I'm finally starting to see what Ebert is on about when he keeps praising B&W over color. Persona might well turn out to be the most significant movie-watching I do this entire year.


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Last week's announcement from the J. Craig Venter Institute that scientists had created the first-ever synthetic cell was a profoundly significant point in human history, and marked a turning point in our quest to control the natural world. But the ability to use this emerging technology wisely is already being dogged by fears that we have embarked down a dangerous and morally dubious path.
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The Cameron University Concert Choir and the Cameron University Centennial Singers will appear on concert on Thursday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cameron University Theatre. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior adults. Cameron students, faculty and staff with CU I.D. are admitted at no charge.
Members of the Cameron Concert Choir are William T. Barrett, Christopher Beckett, Matthew Billings, Kathryn Burns, Britney Chauncey, Jessica Fernandez, Tara Gill, Jamie Hatcher, Chelsea Jenkins, Peter Macias, Stacia Martel, Jennifer Nixon and Jose' Rodriguez, all of Lawton; Jordan Brickhouse, Altus; Cole Hart, Walters; Aly Hays, Marlow; Kaley Neal, Kirk Prucha and Sierra Siffles, Duncan; Elizabeth Wiedeman, Wichita, Kan.; and Alyssa Yates, Elgin.
Brickhouse, Fernandez, Hart, Hays, Macias, Neal, Nixon, Prucha, Rodriguez and Yates are joined by Brad Wolf, Cache, to make up the Centennial Singers.
The Cameron Concert Choir, under the musical direction of Dr. Kathy Scherler, will present a salute to veterans and a tribute to Pearl Harbor with the performance of Scherler's arrangement of "The Star Spangled Banner" featuring soloist Nixon and Randall Thompson's "A Testament of Freedom." The Concert Choir will also present a holiday salute with Daniel Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata" that features a guest brass quintet of John Moots and Chad Willis on trumpet and Matthew Mireles, Kale Scherler and Carl Lundgren on trombone. The Cameron University Concert Choir is accompanied by Tom Willoughby on piano.
The Cameron Centennial Singers are conducted by Doris Lambert and accompanied by pianist David C. Anderson. According to Lambert, their repertoire will focus on a "non-traditional traditional Christmas" set of music that includes "O Come, All Ye Faithful" by John Francis Wade and arranged by Heather Sorenson; "Still, Still, Still" and "Silent Night," arranged by Cindy Berry; "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," a mid-19th century translation of a 13th century plainsong arranged by Darmon Meador; "Jingle Bells" inspired by the recording of Michael Buble' and the Puppini Sisters, and "Glad Tidings of Joy" arranged by Mark Hayes.
For more information, contact the Cameron University Department of Music at 580-581-2440.
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UNC QB Bryn Renner out for season with shoulder injury
North Carolina quarterback Bryn Renner is out for the remainder of the season, ending his college career, after suffering an injury to his left shoulder Saturday against rival N.C. State, Inside Carolina reported.
Renner was injured in the third quarter when he was hit by Monty Nelson after sliding. It appeared that he dislocated his shoulder and that trainers were able to get it back into place, according to Inside Carolina. Renner returned to the game in the fourth quarter.
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But according to Inside Carolina sources, tests showed more damage and the decision was made to shut him down for the rest of the season.
He is third in career passing yards (8,221) at North Carolina and second in TD passes (64) and first in completion percentage (66.5 percent).
He threw for 1,765 yards this season with 10 TDs and five interceptions.
Marquise Williams, who was already sharing time with Renner, will take over as full-time starter. He has 537 passing yards and six TDs to go along with 201 rushing yards and a touchdown.


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Your analysis of your local problem should give you a better understanding of the factors contributing to it. Once you have analyzed your local problem and established a baseline for measuring effectiveness, you should consider possible responses to address the problem.
The following response strategies provide a foundation of ideas for addressing your particular problem. These strategies are drawn from a variety of research studies and police reports. Several of these strategies may apply to your community's problem. It is critical that you tailor responses to local circumstances, and that you can justify each response based on reliable analysis. In most cases, an effective strategy will involve implementing several different responses. Law enforcement responses alone are seldom effective in reducing or solving the problem. Do not limit yourself to considering what police can do: give careful consideration to who else in your community shares responsibility for the problem and can help police better respond to it. Also, give careful consideration to involving others in developing responses, especially people immersed in the rave culture.
General Considerations for an Effective Strategy
There are two general approaches to addressing rave party problems. One is prohibitionstrictly enforcing all drug laws and banning raves (either directly or through intensive regulation). The other is harm reduction acknowledging that some illegal drug use and raves are inevitable, and trying to minimize the harms that can occur to drug users and ravers. Many jurisdictions blend enforcement with harm reduction approaches. Whatever approach you ultimately adopt, it should at least be coherent and consistent. For example, if you choose to emphasize harm reduction, it would be inconsistent to then use rave operators' adoption of harm reduction strategies, such as hiring private emergency medical staff, stocking bottled water or establishing rest areas ("chill out" areas), as evidence that they are condoning and promoting illicit drug use. Conversely, if you adopt a strict drug prohibition approach, it would be inconsistent to permit, for example, anonymous drug testing at raves.
For arguments favoring harm reduction policies, see Parker, Aldridge and Measham (1998); Measham, Aldridge and Parker (2001); Jenkins (1999); Spruit (1999); Branigan and Wellings (1999); Adlaf and Smart (1997); Weir (2000) [Full text]; Toronto Dance Safety Committee (2000) [Full text]; and Akram and Galt (1999).
Local public and political attitudes, as well as police policies regarding similar problems, will influence the general stance your agency takes. It is important to consider how the public, and the various communities within it, will perceive the police response to rave party problems, particularly as that response is compared with police responses to similar problems. In some communities, the police have been criticized for taking a different stance on enforcement at raves, which are predominantly attended by white youth, than they have been perceived to take at events that are predominantly attended by minority youth.
To some extent, police and other regulators are forced to choose between the lesser of the harms arising from raves held in licensed venues and those held in unlicensed, clandestine venues. (This has some similarities to the public policy choices governing indoor vs. outdoor prostitution.) Shutting down all rave clubs would probably move raves and their associated problems back to outdoor, unlicensed and clandestine locations. Perhaps the biggest drawback to moving raves to indoor licensed venues is that it increasingly makes alcohol more available to ravers, increasing the medical risks from combining alcohol and rave-related drugs.
British police and legislative policies have been effective in moving raves to licensed indoor venues (Critcher 2000).
Some venues, in cooperation with police, have placed socalled "amnesty boxes" at the entrances to rave venues. Ravers are encouraged to put any weapons and illegal drugs in these secured boxes, without threat of arrest. Security staff also put any contraband they find in the boxes. Police later seize the contents.52
In some jurisdictions, these sorts of measures are required by local law; elsewhere, they are merely promoted as good practice. Either way, police should work closely with venue management to identify emerging problems, develop mutually agreed-upon responses, and determine the relative responsibilities and commitments of venue management and police.53
Where adequate regulations already are in place, police and other agencies may merely need to give special attention to enforcing those regulations. Where they do not exist, police and others may need to develop and advocate new regulations.
The New Orleans case ended when the defendants accepted a plea bargain, leaving room for debate as to whether the strategy was successful overall. See National Drug Intelligence Center (2001) for tips on preparing similar cases. [Full text]
Education campaigns typically include data on the effects of rave-related drugs, precautions about health and safety, and information about possible legal consequences for drug use. Nonjudgmentally conveying information about rave-related drugs and tailoring messages to the specific target audience can enhance credibility with ravers. Information targeted at younger ravers with less drug experience should take a somewhat different tone than that targeted at older, more drug-experienced ravers.65 Messages that promote total abstinence from illegal drugs and peer-pressure resistance are unlikely to be effective with older, more drug-experienced ravers. Information targeted at males should take a different tone than that targeted at females, since males are more reluctant to take measures to protect themselves from the risks of rave-related drugs.66 In a rave-related drug education campaign in London, information that was prominently displayed in the public transportation system did not provoke a negative public reaction, as was expected.67 Education campaigns might also try to reach younger ravers' parents, who might be unaware of the risks of raves.
Ravers should be advised to wear loose-fitting clothing, drink plenty of water if they are sweating, and take breaks from dancing to rest and cool off. Rave-related drug users should also eat salty foods to prevent hyponatraemia. In addition, they should save small amounts of the drugs they use in the event they need to be tested during emergency medical treatment (obviously, though, saving illegal drugs also increases the risk of arrest). They should stay close to their friends and have a plan for safe transportation to and from the event.68
Warning the general public about the harms caused by new drugs can have the unintended effect of advertising the drugs and inadvertently encouraging previously uninformed people to experiment with them.69 For this reason, more-targeted education campaigns aimed at known or higher-risk users like ravers may be preferable to wider public education campaigns.
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RDJ's Avengers haul
In the ongoing story of "The Avengers is making all the money", The Hollywood Reporter has a piece about Robert Downey Jr.'s Avengers bonus money. RDJ took a huge upfront pay cut to be in The Avengers (so did everyone else) but, thanks to a deal negotiated after Iron Man was a hit in 2008, RDJ is set to rake in around $50 million thanks to backend percentage points and bonuses.
I had been wondering what the backend deals looked like for The Avengers cast—there's no way that group of actors took pay cuts without arranging for a payout if the movie was a hit. What surprised me was the huge disparity between RDJ and everyone else. Estimates for RDJ's percentage points range from 5%-7% of the box office, plus bonuses for milestones reached, such as $100 million, et cetera, so he's pulling down at least $50 million. I'm going to emphasize the at least—there's no word on what kind of cut RDJ is getting from merchandising, or if there's a bonus scale for home video revenue as well. But no one else is making anything close to that kind of money. THR estimates that the Chrises Hemsworth and Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner will make low seven figures off the back, with Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson making in the high-sevens.
What impressed me about The Avengers—well, one of many things—was that all of these actors were able to backseat their egos in order to get the job done. This group of people has enough going on individually that sharing as much screen time as they do isn't career-essential for any of them. But they knew in order to get this movie made, they were going to have play nice and let the others share the spotlight. And it totally worked. The Avengers is so fun to watch largely in part because you can tell this is a group of people who enjoyed the hell out of working together. Such disparity over money could be a trouble spot down the line though. Actors are competitive, jealous creatures. Marvel may be signing away much more of their future profits in order to get the band back together for a sequel.
(Lainey: and again, my ongoing point about RDJ - we're no longer dealing with a "fringe" player here, you know? This is not 2001. He's not the wildcard, the one who would disrupt Hollywood to "keep it real". RDJ, with studio money and studio influence, multiple studios, actually, is The Establishment now. MONEY is his motivation. Think about that the next time you entertain the thought of him posting anonymously on message boards.)


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This search is not a hack . You don't have to go into the HTML of the template and change anything. This is a widget that you can add to your blog in the "Page Elements" of Blogger in Draft.
The search is very cool. The results pop right into the main column of the blog. It searches 4 unique sources (just click the tab you want to display):
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Humor Mill TV caught up with J.B. Smoove after one his shows and he talks about Larry David's massive amounts of money, convincing Larry to do another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm and his new website: theruckus.com.
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True Blood was honoured Saturday night at the Scream Awards represented by Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, and the hotness Alexander Skarsgard who also collected the Best Villain Award from costar Kate Bosworth. Alex and Kate have been shooting a film together in Louisiana. Afterwards they were spotted partying with other celebrities who attended the show at the Chateau Marmont. They left at the same time, in the same car, with Kate smugly (and conveniently) captured on camera, unable to conceal her delight.
If you're an Alex Skarsgard fan, this is not something you should be happy about. Because Kate Bosworth…well… she has some issues. In addition to the non-existent relationship with food, there are also those loud rumours alleging the use of appetite suppressants. In powder form, of course.
There is nothing solid to suggest they are dating, but she is willing it. Hard. It's her method.
My sources tell me as of 3 weeks ago, Skarsgard was still with Evan Rachel Wood. What their status is right this minute is unknown. But Kate has supposedly been working it relentlessly on set, tearfully pretending to lean on him for support every time she gets into an argument with that nefarious model James Rousseau with whom she's had an on/off romance the last 3 years. Kate pulled the same sh-t with Jim Sturgess during production for 21. His serious girlfriend didn't seem to deter her. Jim however, sweetie, was unresponsive to her wiles.
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RBC Capital Markets's Mark Mahaney this afternoon reiterated an Outperform rating on shares of Yahoo! (YHOO), and raised his price target to $44 from $38, writing that the value of the company's stake in Alibaba Group Holding, the privately-owned e-commerce giant of China, has risen to $36 billion from what he had previously modeled as $26.4 billion.
Yahoo! analysts have been raising expecatations for what Alibaba may ultimately be worth in an IPO, though the timing of an offering is uncertain.
Mahaney was in China last week talking with investors and companies, and was impressed with Alibaba's $5.7 billion in "total merchandise sales" on 11/11, the China version of Black Friday shopping. That amount was more than twice the value of total U.S. Online sales on Cyber Monday, he notes.
Herefore raises his valuation on Alibaba to $150 billion from $110 billion, and multiplies that by Yahoo!'s 24% stake in the firm:
We met with groups of investors and companies in China last week. Our
primary focus was not Alibaba, but some of our biggest takeaways were. 1. Confirmation of Alibaba's very strong presence in China ecomm (accounting for over 50% of Online retail sales was our take – AMZN, in comparison, accounts for 20% of U.S. Online retail sales); 2. Alibaba appears to have developed a highly effective and broad advertising monetization engine – its Pay for Performance (PFP) model on Taobao can include highly detailed and unique sales conversion data – and Alibaba appears to have established a very strong ad network across China; and 3. Alibaba appears to be gaining traction as a cloud computing vendor somewhat akin to Amazon Web Services – industry contacts suggested that Alicloud already has hundreds of thousands of customers.
Here's Mahaney's sum-of-the-parts model for Yahoo!, in which he thinks all of Yahoo!, including its stake in Yahoo! Japan, should be worth about $45 billion:
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BRINKLEY: Well, I mean, there are three things, I mean, I think, big baskets, going on.
One is close that well, get the -- capture as much oil as you can, keep the pressure on BP on the relief wells. Second is immediate cleanup. And I think more can be done by the Obama administration. And I -- and but I think the big third piece is coming, when President Obama comes to Florida and Alabama and Mississippi, and that is holding BP responsible for the Natural Resource Damage Act, for the Oil Spill Response Act. And, by that, I mean BP is going to end up paying somewhere from $10 billion to $15 billion, maybe even $20 billion, because they're going -- one of the only ways to save the Louisiana wetlands is going to be -- you know, the Mississippi River has been channelized for navigation.
Well, now the Mississippi River has to be redirected. It's going to have to be flooded and sediment pumped into these marshlands to save it. I think the Obama administration...
COOPER: So, no, wait. No, wait. Doug, is this just a hope on your part?
BRINKLEY: No.
COOPER: Or -- I mean, I know you have been talking to sources. Do you believe this is actually going to happen?
BRINKLEY: Yes. Yes.
And it's one of the reasons why the president is not talking to Tony Hayward. And they are going to come out with a large Gulf recovery act, because the oil and gas industry has been dredging. We have disappearing barrier islands. For 40 years down there, it's abused the wetlands.
This is a turning point. There is an appetite on Capitol Hill for Gulf recovery act. The Mississippi River is going to have to be redirected into the marshlands. And BP and Transocean and other, you know, operations, Cameron, other companies are going to have to pay up to $10 billion and $15 billion for breaking national acts.
BRINKLEY: In addition, for offshore drilling in the Gulf, Anderson, there will be a conservation excise tax that, yes, there will be offshore drilling, but Louisianians will start getting some of the revenue to stay in state.
CARVILLE: If -- if the president does that, I will be the biggest supporter in the world. He will be beloved in Louisiana.
If he -- if he has a restoration act and the kind of things that Doug Brinkley is talking about, who Doug, by the way, lived here. His wife is from here. He knows exactly what he is talking about. If there is that kind of action from the White House and this president, he will go down, in my opinion, as one of the great presidents in history.
And I have not hesitated to criticize him. But if that kind of action is -- that -- that kind of thing starts to happen, that's going to be a very encouraging sign for South Louisiana, and for the country, too.
COOPER: Doug, I mean, what percent -- I mean, you -- you -- you're saying this based on people you have talked to?
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Did your mother ever tell you to never swim alone – to always have a buddy along? I advocate the same thing in genealogy. Your buddy may be a friend, family member, or fellow genealogist who becomes a friend. So much of our genealogy is done alone at a library, courthouse, or facing our computer screen.
Buddy assisted tasks may include proofreading and editing, organizing, research advice, research assistance, installing and understanding software, or running the copier. There are ways to pay them back and yield something more for yourself. Read on for several buddy opportunities.
When I present a lecture on organizing I begin by telling the audience that they have to invite the person next to them or behind them to their house or apartment. I tell them that surely they would not be embarrassed to have this person see the area or room where the genealogy materials are stored (piled?)! I usually hear some groans. Then I tell them that this is really a good idea. Ask a buddy to look at your genealogy area. This other set of eyes may have some good tips on how to get your area into shape and make better use of the work and storage space you have. Even a non-genealogist's eyes are good for this organization session. Return the favor at your buddy's home.
Solving tough research problems
My genealogy buddy Ann and I used to exchange genealogical problems. I met Ann through my state genealogical society. We were volunteering on the same project. Whenever either of us was stuck on a tough
family history problem we would exchange notes and files and would review each other's work. Along with the review we would make a list of possible research avenues. Many times the buddy's eyes got the research going in a good direction. Ann passed away years ago and I miss her help. I have new friends who provide some of this same advice, though they are many states away. It's amazing what you can accomplish via e-mail and the cell phone.
The written word
Have you ever tried to proof or edit something you wrote yourself? How about your annual holiday letter or the family history you are writing before the next family reunion? Don't forget the invitation you are composing to the family reunion. Have your buddy help with these tasks. It is amazing what another set of eyes can find in someone else's writing.
On-site research
Ask your buddy to go to the library to help you do research. A buddy can retrieve and return microfilms to the cabinets. A buddy can do photocopying if it is self-service. A buddy can make sure you take some food and mind breaks. This buddy does not have to be a fellow genealogist. Just having someone along can make the first visit to a new research facility a bit less daunting. Each of my children (in their pre-teen and some in later years) have accompanied me to do on-site research. Sometimes I paid for their help and at times there have been other rewards. As adults with their own households to support they no longer do it for free!
Electronic help
Your buddy might be someone who has extensive knowledge about some of that electronic equipment you have purchased. Does your new computer or software stymie you? Is scanning something you can't get quite right? Ask a buddy for help. Having the buddy sitting next to you and your computer is mighty comforting. In return you might be able to provide some research assistance or proofreading help when they need it.
Motivation (also known as guilt!)
What about using your buddy to "motivate" you. You and your buddy agree that you will each work on your family history for all of Saturday afternoon or for three hours every other week. When you know that you will have to "report" to the buddy, you are more likely to do the work. After all, you don't want that buddy to think of you as a lazy person. If you are a writer, bargain with a buddy to report your writing progress as some of my friends and I do. I have a network of buddies who chide me to get work finished. The payback on this? I get to nag them to do the same! Revenge is sweet.
Be a buddy at your genealogical society's meetings
How about starting a program that sets up long-term members with newer members. Perhaps it can be car pooling to a meeting or to the library for research. It might be designating certain members as the buddies for making people feel welcome and keeping the conversation going at tables at the luncheon during the annual seminar. Your benefit might be adding a new genealogy friend/buddy who will be there for you.
Where to find a buddy
In today's world we can find genealogical buddies online – but I much prefer the ones I meet in person at least one time. That person can pour over your research notes and copies with you. That person can visit the library with you. The family history advantage is that they are there to comment on a genealogical research problem, to tell me about something that has changed at the courthouse, or to tell me about a new guidebook that I should purchase.
There are many places to find buddies online in the form of someone who has contributed family history material or asked a question: Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.com, USGenWeb.com, familysearch.org [add hot links] and many others. I like to get acquainted with people at genealogy meetings, conferences, and institutes. I count some of those people as long-time genealogy buddies even though we live miles away from each other.
Paying your buddy back
In addition to the payback advice throughout this column, you can offer to check some books for them the next time you visit the library. You could offer to water plants when she is on a research trip and you were not able to go. You can purchase a gift certificate from a genealogy book/software vendor for her.
Selfishly, I feel I benefit more from my buddies than they do from me. I hope you find some good genealogy buddies, too.
02 November 2010
Genealogy Resource: The Buddy System
Posted by Paula Stuart-Warren at 6:20 PM
2 comments:
- Sheri Fenley said...
Great post Paula. My cabana boy is usually my buddy, but not for genealogical tasks.
Is there a yenta or a clearinghouse anywhere that does genealogical buddy-matching for those of us who may not have a genie buddy?? What a great service that would be.
- 05 November, 2010 11:33
- Paula Stuart-Warren said...
As usual, you made me laugh! I think you should train Cabana boy to help with genealogy too.
- 06 November, 2010 21:45
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