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Van Andel Research Institute scientists help redefine how cancer is categorized
Comprehensive scientific resource highlighted in more than two dozen papers published in Cell Press by The Cancer Genome Atlas
Tagscancer, cancer research, collaboration, Laird, Shen, TCGA, VARI
Laird is senior author on the paper, along with Adam J. Bass, M.D., of Harvard University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Vésteinn...
Scientists discover new method for measuring cellular age
Nature Genetics paper shows cells begin losing important DNA marks in utero
TagsLaird, Shen, TCGA, VARI
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., and LOS ANGELES (April 2, 2018) — A team led by scientists at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and...
Research brief: New understanding of lethal women's cancer
Tagsresearch brief, Shen, TCGA, uterine carcinosarcomas, VARI
TCGA publishes molecular profile of uterine carcinosarcoma, offers potential new treatment options Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas, including Van Andel Research...
Van Andel Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai awarded National Cancer Institute grant for epigenomic data analysis
Tagscancer research, collaboration, epigenetics, Laird, Shen, TCGA, VARI
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 17, 2016)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), in collaboration with Cedars-Sinai, has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from...
Van Andel Research Institute's Hui Shen receives ovarian cancer research award
Tagsaward, ovarian cancer, Shen, VARI
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 18, 2015)—The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) announced yesterday that Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) Assistant Professor Hui...
TCGA findings provide molecular background for second most common kidney cancer
Tagskidney cancer, Laird, NIH, publication, Shen, TCGA, VARI
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)—Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have molecularly characterized two...
Van Andel Research Institute names new assistant professor as part of epigenetics expansion
Tagsepigenetics, New Hire, Shen, VARI
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 2, 2014) – Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) has added to its rapidly expanding epigenetics hub with the appointment...
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LAX History
Los Angeles Municipal Airport, originally known as Mines Field, begins operation.
The first structure, Hangar No. 1, is built.
Official dedication
Commercial airline service begins.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicates the new Jet Age Satellite terminals.
50th Anniversary of LAX
Second-level roadway and ticketing connector buildings are completed.
Terminal 1 is completed.
Tom Bradley International Terminal is dedicated.
LAX welcomes participants and spectators to the XXIII Olympic Games.
Hangar No. 1, refurbished in 1990, is accepted as a National Historic Landmark and listed in the Register of Historical Places.
Los Angeles City Council designates the Theme Building, built in 1961, as a City Cultural and Historical Monument.
50th Anniversary of commercial airline service at LAX.
Encounter Restaurant in the Theme Building, with its space-age interior opens.
August 8,2000
LAX Lighting Ceremony for pylons. New Gateway to Southern California
LAX celebrates its 75th anniversary.
LAWA partners with the nonprofit Flight Path Learning Center of Southern California to celebrate the centennial of aviation by opening the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum on the south perimeter of LAX.
Newly relocated Runway 25 Left/7 Right on the south side of the airport reopens to air traffic. Completion was a major milestone in an overall $333-million South Airfield Improvement Project.
New center taxiway opens on the airport's south runway complex, providing enhanced airfield safety.
Runway Status Lights installed to increase overall safety of aircraft operations at LAX by reducing likelihood of a runway collision. The pilot program is a partnership between LAWA and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Construction begins on New Tom Bradley International Terminal Project.
Taxiway R, which connects LAX's north and south airfields, opens
Renovation of the arched Theme Building is completed and its observation deck reopens.
New $13.9 million Airport Response Coordination Center opens
Special activities mark the golden anniversary of the Jet-Age Airport, dedicated on June 25, 1961 by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with guests, including Lisa Halaby who later became Queen Noor of Jordan.
The NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour arrives at LAX September 12 on its way to its final destination at the California Science Center in Exposition Park.
Thousands of visitors, well-wishers and participants celebrated during the historic preview of the New Tom Bradley International Terminal TBIT) on June 20. Elected officials, airport officials, business leaders, local celebrity chefs and media from around the world participate in a series of unique events designed to showcase LAX and create global excitement for the New TBIT before construction is completed.
Thousands celebrate during historic preview of the New Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley's bronze bus is rededicated during LAX Appreciation Day.
During calendar year 2019, on overage 693 daily nonstop flights to 113 U.S. cities and 1,205 weekly nonstop flights to 91 cities in 47 countries on 72 commercial air carriers operate at LAX.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the fourth busiest airport in the world and second busiest in the United States, based on number of passengers.
In 2018, 78.5 million passengers used LAX.
LAX is the busiest domestic O&D passenger market in the U.S. with more domestic travelers beginning or ending their trip at LAX than any other U.S. airport.
Approximately 88 percent of travelers at LAX are origination and destination (O&D) passengers, and 22 percent are connecting.
LAX handled 26,053,567 million international passengers in 2018; 30 percent of the airport's total passenger volume.
LAX ranks 10th in the world and fourth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.4 million tons of freight and mail processed in 2018 valued at more than $86.9 billion.
Approximately 69 air carriers serve LAX, including all major airlines. In addition, there are approximately 23 cargo-only airlines.
The airport has four east/west parallel runways: 24R/6L is 8,926 feet; 24L/6R is 10,285 feet; 25R/7L is 12,091 feet; and 25L/7R is 11,095 feet. All are 150 feet wide except 25L/7R, which is 200 feet wide.
The Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control Tower began operation in April 1996. It stands 277 feet above ground and utilizes state-of-the-art equipment. The old control tower, built in 1961, is 172 feet tall and served LAX for 35 years. It now serves as the Los Angeles World Airports Clifton A. Moore Administration Building.
An economic study in 2014 reported that operations at LAX generated 620,000 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues.
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Hundreds call for ICE to be Abolished And Protest Operation Streamline
Immigrant rights supporters gathered at Chicano Park and marched together to downtown San Diego on Monday, July 2, to protest ICE and immigration policies. Photo by Mario A. Cortez
By Marielena Castellanos
Hundreds gathered in Chicano Park this week for a rally and march through downtown San Diego to call for an end to family separations, the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and to cancel the implementation of Operation Streamline.
The federal program being expanded along California's border, Operation Streamline, which creates fast tracked mass prosecutions of people caught crossing the United States-Mexico border without documentation, is expected to begin this month in California.
Protesters included San Diego residents and hundreds of others who traveled from all across California and around the country.
The march and rally were organized by Mijente and a number of interfaith and civil rights organizations. Mijente is a national Latinx organization mobilizing against immigration enforcement and criminalization of migrants.
The rally began early in Chicano Park with a number of speakers voicing opposition to a number of immigration policies.
Itzel Guillen, an immigrant integration, manager at Alliance San Diego and a DACA recipient, told the crowd that for the last 20 years she has lived in fear she would be separated from her family.
"I stand here today in solidarity to reject this administration's cruel and inhumane policies keeping children and families in cages. The fact that these children and families fleeing violence are being treated as criminals and facing the family separation that I fear so much is yet another reminder of why we need to continue to push for humane policy solutions," Guillen said.
Photo by Mario A. Cortez
Regis Bunch, a member of Black Lives Matter, came from Los Angeles with a group of 20 protesters. Bunch said the separation of families is also a black issue.
"The reason why we exist is because of prisons, detention centers and jails that have eviscerated the black community, black immigrants. We are here to be in concert with Mijente and abolishing ICE, abolishing all institutions that continue to separate families," Bunch said.
The call to end ICE was also prominent throughout the rally and march.
Reverend Beth Johnson, a minister at Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in North County, explained the Unitarian Universalist delegates at their general assembly two weeks ago voted to support abolishing ICE.
"We know that ICE's actions are inhumane, almost incomprehensible. It's not a necessary agency. It's been around since 2003, it's a reactionary agency, it goes unchecked. Our first principle is that we affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and so it just about how we live our faith and that we cannot allow our immigrant siblings to be treated in this way," Johnson said.
The American Friends Service Committee, an international organization with a San Diego office, also set up an online petition urging Congress to abolish ICE.
Just days ago, President Trump defended the performance of the agency in a pair of tweets, after a few Democrats proposed eliminating ICE.
"To the great and brave men and women of ICE, do not worry or lose your spirit," Trump wrote in one tweet. "You are doing a fantastic job of keeping us safe by eradicating the worst criminal elements."
At Chicano Park, children led the march to downtown San Diego. The sounds of a trombone, tambourine, several guitars were also heard as demonstrators held signs and chanted.
In downtown just steps away from the federal building that houses ICE offices, activists with rock-climbing gear climbed down the Westin Hotel with ropes as several others looked down over them from the top of the building.
On the street, suspense built as protesters watched the climbers unfurl a large banner which read "Free Our Families Now" as another call to end to immigrant detentions and Operation Streamline. The protesters responsible for the banner were later arrested. Organizers said officials are asking for bail amounts of $25,000 each, and some are being charged with felonies.
Photo by Marielena Castellanos
Others locked arms and blocked the entrance to the ICE building, while another group blocked the entrance into the federal court building.
In May of this year, Chief Judge Barry Moskowitz of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued an order to form a committee to resolve issues arising from the U.S. Attorney's plans to substantially increase the prosecution of illegal entry cases, including at least 100 misdemeanor cases a week.
In the order, Judge Moskowitz also said the plans come at a time when the Court already has seen an approximate 45 percent increase in felony cases last year.
Operation Streamline was started in 2005 by the Department of Homeland Security in Del Rio, Texas with the goal of speeding up the prosecution of people crossing the border and to deter more people from crossing without the proper documentation.
The program later spread in other parts of the Texas and Arizona border, under both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama.
In Tucson, at one point, about 70 people a day would be prosecuted at the same time and convicted within a matter of hours.
Proponents of the program have said it discourages people from crossing the border, but critics say group prosecutions undermine individual due process and defendants' rights.
A 2016 report from Justice Strategies, a pro-immigrant policy research group critical of Operation Streamline, said the system is not seen as effective by most judges and lawyers, and leads to overcrowding in the federal prison system. It also estimates the total cost of these criminal prosecutions since 2005 to be at least at $7 billion.
Angelica Chazaro, a member of Mijente, explained some of the next steps.
"Our vision will continue to evolve in the months and years to come, but we remain grounded in a commitment to free our future from the Trump regime," Chazaro said.
Chicano Park, free our futures rally, immigration, march, rally
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You Are Destroying Business Value, Just Pay the %^$*^R and Move On!
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Family Business Transfer Conversations - Talking with Your Adult Children About Succession Planning
Family Business Succession Are your children ready to take…
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How to Ensure That Your Business Will NOT Grow
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NYUTABARU AIR FESTIVAL
Shintomi, Miyazak
The biggest of its kind in western Japan, the NYutabaru Air Festival attracts up to 100,000 spectators from all over the country who come to marvel at its biggest attraction: Blue Impulse. The aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) delights visitors with an hour-long air show, featuring dramatic nose dives and crowd-pleasing formations.
Officially known as "the 11th squadron", Blue Impulse was founded in 1960 and belongs to the 4th Air Wing on Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture. The team specializes in publicizing the JASDF through exhibition flights at major air shows and events throughout Japan.
It's performed at the opening ceremonies of the 18th Winter Olympics in Nagano and the 2012 FIFA World Cup, and at the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, USA.
The team currently flies six blue and white remodeled Kawasaki T-4 aircraft, a subsonic, middle class jet trainer used for basic operational training and combat air wings in the JASDF. The specialized planes are fitted with additional cockpit equipment, strengthened windshields, a low altitude warning system and smoke generating equipment.
Each plane is approximately 9.9 m (32.4 ft) in width, 13 m (42.6 ft) in length and 4.6 m (15 ft) in height, and has two turbofan engines with a maximum speed of Mach 0.9.
Visitors can also explore the base, which is otherwise not open to the public, and enjoy various military aircraft and equipment on display. There are also food stalls and shops selling limited edition merchandise.
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Joe Burrow Carted Off With Knee Injury
3:21 PM EST on November 22, 2020
Screengrab: CBS Sports
No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow has looked pretty freaking good this year, especially given the lack of what anyone might call, even generously, "protection." The number and severity of hits he's taken were either evidence of superhuman indestructibility, or the sign of a ticking time bomb. This afternoon against Washington, that time bomb exploded, along with perhaps a knee ligament or two:
Hard to see what happened? That's because the CBS crew chose not to air any replays, saying they were too ugly to show. But it looks like a serious knee injury, where Burrow's left leg was planted and bent outward as he was hit from that side. Burrow was taken off on a cart and ruled out almost immediately. You can count on an MRI tonight or tomorrow, and while we're hoping for the best, we wouldn't expect it.
Update: Yep.
The Bengals' offensive line, not particularly stout to begin the season, has been banged up all year, sporting new faces seemingly every single week. A freak hit may sometimes be nothing more than a freak hit, but Cincinnati's failure to spend on an o-line to protect its single biggest investment feels like nothing short of football malpractice.
cincinnati bengals,
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Tag Archives: blood sweat and tears
How about, "She Love You, Yes, Yes, Yes?"
Great phrases, including those by Churchill, are often edited by the masses.
Once a writer gets deep into the art, craft and process of writing, there is a temptation to be more taken with sound and rhythm than with content.
I once read that Edgar Allan Poe very much liked the cadence of the words "cellar door" and hoped to fashion a poem around them. He failed, but compromised and used the similar-sounding "nevermore" to create "The Raven."
When you read the Raven, you've got to think that Poe cared much more about the tap dance underneath his verse than what it actually said:
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—
But what's important to the ear of the writer is not always important to the mind of the reader. The cliché (and name of a 60s rock band) "blood, sweat and tears" seems to have been authored by a mass of people who intentionally or unintentionally chose to edit a speech by Winston Churchill.
Churchill, Britain's wartime prime minister, was trying to rally his people in 1940 when he said, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
It was a certainty that the content and meaning of this speech was crucial to Churchill, but so was its sound, hence the alliterative "toil, tears" and the five-beat rhythm of da, da, da, da, da – a little like iambic pentameter. Still, for all Churchill's literary and artistic intentions, the people ultimately had their way. Churchill's words have pretty much been lost and their words have stayed.
In college people would quote a line from the 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyam. With romance in mind they would say, "A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou."
I had never read Khayyam and I'm not sure they ever did. But recently I learned they did to him what they did to Churchill.
Having stumbled upon a copy of Khayyam's poems, which in English is call "The Rubaiyat," I looked for that line and found:
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread–and Thou."
Again, a rhythm of four things was turned to three.
When Tonight Show host Johnny Carson would do a series of four jokes – and bomb – he'd turn toward his producer and say, "I told you four never works."
And so the difference in opinion between those who create art and those who consume it remains.
We should be aware of this when we read great works like the Iliad or listen to traditional folk songs. Those things started out one way, and along the way people made what they considered improvements. The Iliad, for much of its life, was not written but recited. If a clever reciter made a good edit, it stuck and was passed on. Same thing with many songs whose original authors have been lost to history.
Which leaves us the question: Should literary greats like Homer and Churchill and Khayyam be altered by lesser literary lights? I don't know, but it's clear that a whole lot of people think they can do better. I think in some cases, they probably have.
Tags: blood sweat and tears, Churchill, Edgar Allen Poe, Homer, Iliad, Omar Khayyam
Categories Art, books, literature
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Fortnite mobile for Android will be out soon, not from any fake site
Rei Padla
Fortnite is coming forth. Later this week, we're expecting to finally play the game as soon as the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is out. You see, the new phablet from the South Korean tech giant will receive first Fortnite for Android exclusively before other smartphones are able to download the game from the Play Store. Apple iOS gamers have been enjoying the game for quite some time now but for the rest of the Android community, we have to wait a bit.
We've been anticipating for this one but rumor has it the game might not be through Play Store. It's launching soon alright, exclusively on the Galaxy Note 9. Some people were gullible enough to believe clickbait videos that said Fortnite is ready on Android. It's not.
There are too many fakes these days. Even Fortnite is being faked and we're not delighted that many people are being duped. You think in this day and age, it would be easy to identify what's real and fake. Well, sorry to say, but some people couldn't tell.
A number of hackers and devious developers are taking advantage of the Fortnite hype by coming up with fake versions. This isn't exactly new since fake games are also found on iOS.
To confirm, Epic Games already announced the game will be released through an official website and not via the Play Store nor thru Google. Epic will release the game through a website. It sounds simple but to be sure, you may want to take note of some tips. Don't just download the app from the first website you see. Check the authenticity of the site.
Doing a simple Google search may direct you to several websites "containing" the game. You may see links and related images but don't trust the source. Do not download anything yet. Don't just click on that download button. Don't be deceived when you are directed to a fake site or app store that says Fortnite is available to download. More of than not, it is fake.
Epic Games has already released an official statement re the subject:
"First, Epic wants to have a direct relationship with our customers on all platforms where that's possible. The great thing about the Internet and the digital revolution is that this is possible, now that physical storefronts and middlemen distributors are no longer required.
Second, we're motivated by economic efficiency. The 30% store tax is a high cost in a world where game developers' 70% must cover all the cost of developing, operating, and supporting their games. There's a rationale for this on console where there's enormous investment in hardware, often sold below cost, and marketing campaigns in broad partnership with publishers.
But on open platforms, 30% is disproportionate to the cost of the services these stores perform, such as payment processing, download bandwidth, and customer service. We're intimately familiar with these costs from our experience operating Fortnite as a direct-to-customer service on PC and Mac." – Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney
The only official and legit website is www.epicgames.com — EPIC GAMES DOT COM. It's the only webpage where you can download the game. Go to the URL and then click the 'Get Started' link as soon as you see it. Select 'email with link' or click on a download button.
Epic Games already said there will be no beta version of the game. The Note 9 will release the game exclusively but we recently heard information Galaxy Tab S4 may also receive the Fortnite mobile on Android exclusively.
VIA: SlashGear
PSA: Don't believe those clickbait videos, Fortnite is not on Android yet
Galaxy Note 9 rumors: dock-less DeX, Fortnite exclusive
Fortnite set to launch soon, but it might not be through Play Store
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Fabian Marcaccio and Hans-Michael Herzog, inaugurating "Paintant Stories", Daros Exhibitions, Zürich, 2005, Photography K.M.
Fabian Marcaccio (born 1963 in Rosario, Argentina, lives and works in New York)
Hans Herzog / May 8, 2021 / 0 Comments
«Paintant Stories» from 2000 is Fabian Marcaccio's magnum opus—a matchless multimedia gesamtkunstwerk, a «mural» in the best sense of the word, with a steady height of a good four meters and a length of over 100 meters sprawling through the exhibition spaces and also trailing beyond, if need be outdoors, too. «Paintant Stories» is a contemporary history painting, a universal panorama of the world, a pictorial hybrid description of our time, with all its utterly mind-boggling complexity, all its ultimate incomprehensibility.
Fabian Marcaccio, Paintant Stories, 2000, Mixed Media, approx. 4 x 100 m, Photography: Peter Schälchli, Zürich, Courtesy: Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich
Mixing materials, media, and meanings
Fabian Marcaccio conceived and composed «Paintant Stories» as a hybrid hypermedium on the monitor at the Warner Brothers Studios in California. Computer-generated images and prefabricated pictorial parts merge and mingle; direct painting meets digital plotter. Many of the expressive, gestural brush strokes in these «paintants» are actually computer-generated. The hybrid content of «Paintant Stories» is directly reflected in their «making-of»: painting that talks about painting!
A symphony and cacophony at the same time, it lives on and with all contrasts and contradictions of our world, which run like a thread through this seemingly endless work. Marcaccio coined the word «paintant» to refer to the active role of the work with regard to the viewer: It unwinds before our eyes like a continuous film in super cinemascope format, remaining, however, immobile, like an endless stream of pictures and information that seems to have been stopped deliberately at a specific moment for us, the observers. We are called upon to find the pictures and to filter them from the baroque overflow of information.
Navigating complexity
We experience an intense, unfiltered mental impact to which we all but helplessly surrender when we first look at this stream of pictures and try to take it in. Although frozen in time and space, these canvases nevertheless exude a dynamic pulsation. Different readabilities arise depending on our present state of mind and our objective distance from the painting. At close range, at a three-meter distance, or at ten meters we recognize three entirely different image planes, which perpetually overlap according to our spontaneous perception, which jump back and forth and have us constantly fluctuate between the different contents of the image planes. Large images are invaded by micro images and vice versa, all planes of form and of content incessantly overlapping. We are exposed to a permanent background noise, an information overkill full of impurities and contaminations. Successful «multitasking» is the key skill to somehow navigate the flood of images and pick out individual sequences of meaning. Unforeseeable concatenations, multiple hybridized recaps of individual motifs, and reverberations of all kinds make for even more complexity: After inspecting the full hundred meters of image length, we can simply return and start again with the impression of looking at an entirely new picture that we have never seen before…
Fabian Marcaccio, Paintant Stories, 2000, Mixed Media, ca. 4 x 100 m, Fotografía: Peter Schälchli, Zürich, Cortesía: Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich
Balancing chaos
Fabian Marcaccio's «Paintant Stories» live on discontinuity and immanent disruptions, on endless fragmentation. Contradictions, inconsistencies, and contrasts abound: figuration meets abstraction, chaos meets order, materiality—acrylics, silicones, polymers, vinyls—meets immateriality. A wild staccato of a vulgar, garish gesturalism abruptly switches into fine poetry and subtle painting. Again and again, we are confronted with orgiastic, yet controlled and frozen eruptions. We perceive this splintered network of discontinuities in its fragmented, synthesized, hybrid technique, featuring issues that range from politics, society, economics, sex, to violence, and also to art history, flashing up and exemplarily reflecting the condition humaine of our 21st century.
Art critics have difficulties with suchlike complex imagery; they enjoy works that are more easily digestible. Simple minds tend to favor the straightforward and are more ready to celebrate the avant-garde of the 1960s than to give fundamental thought what actually constitutes the avant-garde of today… Art criticism therefore preferably shrouded itself in bashful silence with regard to Marcaccio's «Paintant Stories»— simply because no one has yet ventured to define the criteria for judging such a work.
«I'm looking for balance rather than beauty, but it's really a balance of chaos, a kind of trying not to reduce, to maintain a complexity. There's no difference for me between the work and my conception of life in itself.» (Fabian Marcaccio, in: Conversation between Hans-Michael Herzog and Fabian Marcaccio, Paintant Stories, Exhibition Catalogue, Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich 2005, p.101)
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RimTyme will sponsor Spencer Boyd in seven races during the 2022 season. Image from Spencer Boyd Racing.
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RimTyme Sponsoring Spencer Boyd in 7 Truck Series Races in 2022
Spencer Boyd announced today that RimTyme Custom Wheels & Tires, the company with the largest wheel and tire inventory in the industry, will be the anchor to his sponsorship platform in 2022. RimTyme is slated to be the primary sponsor of the Young's Motorsports No. 12 Chevrolet Silverado for seven races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and an associate sponsor for the remainder of the season.
"RimTyme has stepped up in a big way with this partnership," said Boyd. "They saw some great growth in many of their stores following the Roval race we did together last year so they want to expand their reach. We even overlayed a map of their stores with NASCAR tracks which shows RimTyme is in racing's backyard. I'm personally grateful for the opportunity to represent this company and all the employees they have working as my extended pit crew."
RimTyme Custom Wheels and Tires carries more custom rims than the traditional wheel shop. They have a large selection of name brand custom wheels available in the latest styles, finishes, colors, and sizes. In addition to a variety of wheel brands, RimTyme carries popular tire brands for everyday driving needs at affordable prices to fit any budget.
"We're excited," exclaimed Brock Roberts of RimTyme. "This partnership with Spencer is coming at a pivotal point as we expand our RimTyme footprint. We are continually adding stores brand-wide, now with 37 locations that have experts to help guide NASCAR fans to the right wheel and tire package for their vehicles. We'll also be launching a new promotion that when Spencer finishes 12th place or higher in a race, we will give customers $212 off a new rim and tire package at select locations. We can't wait for Daytona!"
As part of the partnership there will be several chances to meet Spencer and see the RimTyme truck up close this year. Kicking off the season, RimTyme will be set up across from Daytona International Speedway at a Sunoco station where Spencer will be signing autographs throughout the Daytona 500 weekend. The RimTyme No. 12 show truck will also be visiting several RimTyme stores throughout the year starting on April 2 at the new Conyers, GA location.
"It's going to be a great year for the No. 12 team," smiled Boyd. "We are going to build off of the nail-biting win last year at Talladega and come out of the gate strong at Daytona. I'm humbled to be given this opportunity by Tyler Young and will make the men and women on the 12 team proud."
The first appearance for the No. 12 RimTyme Chevrolet Silverado will be the season opener at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2022. Find a RimTyme Custom Wheels and Tires location near you at www.rimtyme.com/locations.
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Safety and sustainability in medical device manufacturing
Sustainability | Medical Devices
Environmental sustainability is rapidly becoming a key item on the medical device manufacturer's corporate agenda, reports George I'ons, Head of Product Strategy and Insights, Owen Mumford Pharmaceutical Services
Not only are regulators, hospital systems, governments and consumers demanding that credible measures are put in place, more and more industry tenders now include environmental requirements too.
In addition to this, many group purchasing organisations (GPOs) have appointed and empowered Senior Directors of Environmentally Preferred Sourcing who are successfully implementing a more sustainable purchasing business case, indicating a tangible shift in mentality.1
The reasons for this shift are manifold: on the one hand, greater energy efficiency brings savings and increased productivity; on the other, all sectors are being called on to revise their processes to be more compatible with environmental protection.
The combined healthcare sectors of the US, Australia, Canada and the UK emit an estimated 748 million metric tons of greenhouse gases each year, an output greater than the carbon emissions of all but six nations worldwide.1
Unlike most other sectors, however, medical device manufacturers have to reconcile a reduction in waste and disposables with the need to ensure healthcare worker and patient safety.
George I'ons
Numerous items, such as personal protective equipment (PPE) or injection devices, are in fact made of plastic and specifically designed for single-use to comply with regulations that were developed to protect users from infection. Reports show that approximately 90% of medical device waste consists of disposable, one-time-use products or components.
In the US, these products frequently go to landfill; in Europe, they are generally disposed of by incineration, a process that releases nitrous oxide and well-known carcinogens.2
To reduce incineration volumes, sterilisation and reprocessing have also been trialled. Attempts with sterilisation have been largely unsuccessful as this process often requires the employment — and later disposal — of harmful chemicals such as glutaraldehyde or ethylene oxide, as well as demanding high energy volumes.
As a result, the main areas of activity that medical device manufacturers are now taking to address the issue can be summed up as follows: recyclability, sustainable manufacturing and sustainability by design.
Recyclability
Reprocessing is proving to be a far more successful option as certain materials, such as PVC for example, can be recycled several times without losing their critical properties.
Manufacturers are also opting for recyclable plastics, such as renewable polyethylene (PR) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). For these strategies to work, however, closed loop recycling systems must be put in place to recover waste material from hospitals and patients and bring it back into the recycling process.
Another strategy that manufacturers are employing is to evaluate their energy efficiency and ensure that all on-site energy comes from clean, renewable sources. Reduced water use, energy efficiency, logistics optimisation and use of fewer polluting chemicals are rapidly becoming the norm in manufacturers' process optimisation plans.
Energy efficiency is an appealing objective as it enables businesses to achieve savings while also reducing their carbon footprint. New generation manufacturing technology, for example, is not just more energy efficient, it's also an enabler of waste reduction and shorter times to market.
Overall sustainability improvement initiatives often harness future savings from energy cost reductions to finance entire programmes.
Sustainability by design
The cornerstone to production that effectively reduces both carbon footprints and pollutants is a clear understanding of the entire lifecycle of the product … right from concept development.
Existing design procedures should be revised to include a thorough evaluation of energy efficiency, environmental impact, material use and recycling, and its impact on every stage, including transportation methods and end-of-life disposal.
Many medical devices, especially invasive ones, will almost certainly continue to have a disposable component to comply with safety regulations; but, taking a new approach to manufacturing processes and design could have a significant impact on the environmental sustainability of medical devices … as well as on company productivity.
www.hprc.org/single-post/2018/12/18/Environmentally-Preferred-Sourcing-Powers-Up-Sustainability-in-Healthcare.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31421384.
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Bob's Burgers - Season 9 Episode 20
The Ninth Season of Bob's Burgers refers to the ninth broadcast season. On September 30, 2018, the show starts airing episodes from the eighth production season along with a one episode from the seven..
The Ninth Season of Bob's Burgers refers to the ninth broadcast season. On September 30, 2018, the show starts airing episodes from the eighth production season along with a one episode from the seventh production season. It will likely be airing any production season 9 episodes, if any, near the end of the broadcast season.
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Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal
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Mad Dog and Glory (Kino) (Blu-Ray)
Screen icons Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, True Confessions), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Pulp Fiction) and Bill Murray (Stripes, Groundhog Day) team up in this wildly offbeat action-comedy that proves when trouble comes, anything goes.
Mad Dog and Glory (Kino) (Blu-Ray) quantity
Tags: Bill Murray, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, John McNaughton, Kill Bill, Kino, Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman
Screen icons Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, True Confessions), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Pulp Fiction) and Bill Murray (Stripes, Groundhog Day) team up in this wildly offbeat action-comedy that proves when trouble comes, anything goes. When shy, soft-spoken Chicago detective Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie (De Niro) inadvertently saves the life of local gangster Frank Milo (Murray), he's the reluctant recipient of an unusual one week "thank you" gift–a beautiful bartender named Glory (Thurman). Before the week is out, the two have fallen madly in love, making for a murderous showdown with Milo. Now Dobie must live up to his ironic nickname or it will be "no guts, no Glory" in this heartwarming comedy. Wonderfully directed by John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Wild Things) with a screenplay by Richard Price (The Wanderers, Sea of Love) and co-starring David Caruso (TV's CSI: Miami and NYPD Blue), Mike Starr (Dumb and Dumber, Ed Wood) and Kathy Baker (Street Smart, Jacknife).
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Go Big Coach
01-Jan-2019 | Thomasine Turpen
Fashion conscious consumers that pride themselves in associating with a superior and sophisticated company should look no further than coach. -from the desk of kristen howe who is known for her "go big coach" entrepreneur video training series… to find out more and grab kristen's free report click here. We offer paces from 7:30 and faster all the way to a walk group. this question enables the person to see/articulate the measurable cost of not changing rather than being told the negative consequence. Whall has mandated monthly conversations between the managers and each of their reports. -dean of health sciences, st.
trust yourself to come up with the questions and develop your own questioning style. It's been weird to see navy trending in the wrong direction. As an organization, it feels different about itself after that – thinking it can now play with the big boys in coaching hires. Life goals: the complete guide. With yishan's help and support, i chose one theme to tackle first. It's a new phase, so check out what has changed. Not all basketball tales end with hoosier-like glory, game-winning shots and magical ncaa tournament runs. She's helped me clear roadblocks and live each day with intention.
After speaking to several bournemouth players, the name that keeps cropping up is pep guardiola. Gabrielle bernstein is a #1 bestselling author of the book. Run four miles every monday, wednesday, and friday for a year. So can sacramento, chicago, indiana and atlanta. That led to self-improvement seminars; the marketing of cds and dvds; infomercials for his personal growth programs; and one-on-one sessions with corporate honchos, movie stars and athletes. Why do you think this is happening. We've curated a broad selection of shoe styles from the highest quality brands known for performance, comfort, and style. What a conscious man is, the qualities to look for in finding one (you might be surprised. Many people will say that they want to become managers, when their real goal is to have more influence and recognition; you can help them identify other paths to achieving that goal.
Revenue you'll want to register for my no cost teleseminar …. Thank you for looking over this go big coach review and i wish you the best of luck if you do end up buying this product. "i have guys who incredibly devoted to pursuing greatness here, that are fully capable as coaches, both in the film room and on the court. Effective communication with your partner at every stage of your relationship. As a life coach, she calls herself the go big coach. This is where you can really help your coachee – by asking insightful questions about what you notice might be going on for them. But few rival executives believe the knicks will make it work—a reflection partially on the front office and partially on the owner. It can help prevent misunderstandings by providing a record of what both parties agreed to. Set your employees up for success by being crystal clear about your expectations.
My sense is that the positive stories outnumber the negative ones—but as the industry matures, coaching firms will need to be able to demonstrate how they bring about change, as well as offer a clear methodology for measuring results. Continue checking in and giving feedback until your employees have met the criteria you set in step two. Play guitar for senior citizens every month for three years. If you would like to have the ultimate spa treatment, you have got to try lavender. What's most unique in your skill sets. He easily made a&m a draw for recruits from across the state, bringing in big stars like cyrus gray, ryan swope, jeff fuller and damontre moore.
What services do we offer. Sometimes we get so focused on a particular issue that we lose sight of the bigger picture, or are so focused on short-term issues that we don't see something big that is heading right at us. No: do not engage a coach on the basis of reputation or experience without making sure that the fit is right. Drivers are unconscious internal pressures that make us do things certain ways. Great to hear that, chery. Want to revive a storied franchise, and bring along a fellow star. Everything you need to make the change now. He waved back and sighed. Working with a life coach can help you understand every component of setting life goals, but here are a few important things to know about when working on them alone:.
Although, smith did concede that it would be unwise to suggest with 100% certainty meyer is done coaching for good. , not just with the rams but with all of the other things that can occupy the time and attention of folks who will be relied upon to embrace a team that, based on its performance in recent years, doesn't inherently provide many reasons for excitement. 25:00 the end of the road. Well, i think that part of the magic of coaching is to evaluate your players as they currently are - what are they good at. He ranked the movie one of the top-three baseball movies of all time. When she asks why he is always so positive, he explains he was expected to die as a baby due to a blood disorder, so he now feels fortunate to be alive every day.
This doesn't mean that you should walk away from something that you really want when the going gets tough. "how do i get people to introduce me to someone that can really help me. Start at the very lowest priced product and then proceed to purchase every. What have you learnt/ are you learning about yourself through this process. Take your kids camping every summer for five years in a row. She also has a weekly dating/relationship web show, the dating den, and was named one of the 10 best women's dating experts by datingadvice. If boylen hopes to be a "dynamic leader" he'll need to make adjustments of his own. Then, slowly add the glycerine or vegetable oil and mix. A family man, jim has been married for 38 years and has three "running" children and two grandchildren (who run for play.
In our full court work the clock starts with the ball crosses half court. Our most recent alumnae have enjoyed successful careers in the college ranks at harvard, yale, boston college, union, colby, williams, middlebury, and bowdoin, among others. Third baseman-left fielder bakich (san jose city college) and second baseman schnabel (ohlone college in fremont) were recruited by leclair through their california junior college coaches, and both accepted his recruiting pitch despite never meeting leclair or visiting the campus. You'll also discover what both genders. When it comes to how our lives have to be run, while a lot of people are go-getters, there are some who prefer to live smaller lives, underachieving their full potential.
In her seminar with arielle ford, she discusses…. Ready to implement a few of these practices. It was also a very unique time to be looking for a coach – for ucla and in college basketball. This is true, especially when in the midst of a crisis. The other boys gaped - will batted in the third spot in the lineup, a spot normally reserved for a top hitter. State auditors chris (rob lowe) and ben (adam scott) announce they may only conduct existing park maintenance, but leslie wants to offer better programs and services. Parks and recreation "was one of the two or three funniest comedies on tv when it finished its second season, and it begins its third season having lost none of its mojo".
Facilitates learning, using their skills to help an individual to improve their own performance. You put yourself in their shoes and imagine what they are going through. Change your mind, and you'll change your life. i highly recommend her work. Game one of the blazers playoff series against the thunder will tip-off this saturday or sunday from moda center. It beats the sacramento kings, and the denver nuggets beat the minnesota timberwolves. Impressed by the trial run, pitt authorised the creation of new routes. And then the breaking point came — one night i sat in my apartment, feeling alone and helpless. 'many discussions are unclear when the intention is vague or hidden. try to focus on being 'content free' when you are coaching; you don't need to be clear about all the details – only they do.
The development of coaching skills has become a very hot topic for organisations over the last few decades. Situation – establish were the coachee is now. 20% of respondents come from the field of psychology. Ken has been featured in. A return to love is considered a must-read of the new spirituality.
The latest franchise rankings by espn underscore the point: the clippers ranked fifth in "management," which encompassed ownership, front office and coaching. The above theory explains why coaching works much better than telling in the world of learning. V3the difference between a strategist and an operative in the spy game is as big as a coach and a player in football. Babcock needs to get the leafs to take a step forward. Many of them feel some strain on their personal lives.
Leslie and the other parks employees agree that if it is not a success, the parks department will shut down. It's about taking a performance, breaking down every single aspect of it and then working on making each aspect a little better. Furthermore, mentoring is a more long-term, ongoing relationship that takes a broader view of the person, with the mentor providing support and guidance to prepare the learner for possible future roles. Simons notched a career-high in all three major categories; finishing with 37 points, nine assists, and six rebounds. There are so many different types of questions that can be used. Companies traditionally draw org charts with the ceo at the top, an illustration depicting managers giving commands to reports. Just use your intuition and go with your curiosity. He is the coauthor of the #1 new york times bestselling chicken soup for the soul® series.
Much of the hype around big data focuses on getting more information and more people to analyze it. long story short, within 2 months we were in an office with me running his sales team and coaching program. – extra bonus features given free along with the program so that you can achieve business goals without any inconvenience. Portland will play the oklahoma city. The temptation may be to treat this cultural shift like any other major business change initiative, starting at the top by defining and communicating goals, establishing metrics, assigning accountability, and training people. Rori raye turned around an empty love life to create a glorious 30-year-long marriage, and now the relationship coach, crisis counselor, and author teaches women effective techniques for communication, confidence, and connecting with men.
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Some kids are simply natural ballplayers, and jeremy was one of them. Universal acceptance of one source of truth is the first step in adopting a culture of evidence-based decision making. The search almost always was going to take until the end of the tournament, because it was likely prime targets were going to be involved to the end, or close to the end. Rates vary depending on vehicle model and city. Your program will be curated and delivered by your coach in our powerful data driven excel training logs. [14] it also marked a major development in the romantic subplot between ann and chris. i was still only making $300 a week, my relationships were suffering and i missed being an entertainer.
For all the good bill snyder did for k-state football, which is a lot, he was starting to claw back some of those gains. The kings helped by not using their starters in the second half, as if to say, "you think you can lose this game. You can't really argue with this track record on the fcs level. There's even a 4d cinema for those who want to take the plunge and get interactive. You call up the other members on your staff and you just start pouring through all of the video. The model is not sequential since many coaching conversations move back and forth as the individual gets increasingly conscious about the strengths and limitations of their thinking, motivations and goals. Springera big problem is that executive coaching isn't a profession and so everybody can call himself an "executive coach". Fewer than one-fourth of the respondents said they provide any kind of quantitative data on business outcomes of the coaching. They appear when you've overlooked a potential problem or when there is something that needs to be done. Each player receives specialist attention on the court, in the gym and through mouratoglou's state-of-the-art medical setup.
Which leads right into the next point:. 2 seconds remaining when seth curry stole the ball from alex caruso. The super easy rules for writing a winning profile (it's easier—and more empowering—than you think. Sometimes, we just aren't all awake for morning practices. I guess you could make the case that the bigger mistake ucla made in the whole process was even going after barnes. Coaching is a competitive advantage. Gain access to all the tools you need to break out of that rut and transform your life into the life you've always dreamed of. Click on the ad below to subscribe. The following is a short story about the simple magic youth baseball evokes in the hearts of those that take part in or watch the games. This is really important when creating trust and rapport in the coaching relationship.
Do you feel like you're settling for less than you deserve. Similar to oscar, the oskar coaching model was developed by mark mckergow and paul z jackson in the early 2000s. Since the blazers ended up coming back and getting the win, and denver beat minnesota, the blazers finish the season as the third seed and will face the six seeded thunder. Until a company learns how to use data and analysis to support its operating decisions, it will not be in a position to benefit from big data. You've also pulled up coach packet on your iphone and android as well because, well. Can women be smart, successful, brilliant and have love. It requires coaching, discipline and a little big of ego crushing.
When you see "skill work" with coaches and trainers there is too much of am emphasis on dribbling and dribble moves. I think that's valid to an extent. Why coaching works: the science bit. You'll get direction, clarity, recognition, fulfillment and your desired manifestations for business success. Here's an example list of community goals:.
In this deeply intimate and healing workshop, you'll be supported in a safe and sacred space to connect and transform the emotions that have come up for you if a relationship has left you broken-hearted, a marriage has ended in divorce, or a loved one has died. At times you know right away. Schnabel added, "coach leclair had two young children, j. V3i think it would be a big mistake to let coach dale go. I'm here to help you get clear, get honest and get moving, one step at a time toward that life that you thought may only be a dream. Creativity, fresh ideas, better solutions to work flow literally cannot enter. Pcc (professional certified coach) (icf) .
If you're going to pursue big-named coaches, the risk is that it's going to blow up on you publicly and in the media, like it did with calipari. This story was originally published on bruin report online april 17th. That's according to the majority of coaches in our survey, who cite distinctions such as that coaching focuses on the future, whereas therapy focuses on the past. Ask whether there will be a written agreement. It seems like a stretch. There are countless different ways that you change yourself for the better. It again hints you with the means to take out the challenges in the route to establish the case your own inclinations. Maybe having buy-in from lebron — something williams would likely get after their work together on team usa — would make the difference, but howard could also plausibly result in that same outcome. Coaching baseball - three big tips.
"i had confidence in my skills, but i was thinking about the sport like, 'even if i am so much better than my opponent, i can hit him 99 times, but if he hit me once, it can be over. Freedom to choose our faith and practice it…reply. Can you develop a style of play that fits the men you have. He has a private practice in new york city, where he lives with his family. Writing goals down in this way can keep you on track and focused through each phase as you work toward your desired outcome. It also underscores the fact that for most executives, work and life issues cannot be kept entirely separate. On paper, the leafs are built to go the distance. Turgotines, big mail coaches named for their originator, louis xvi's economist minister turgot, and improved roads, where a coach could travel at full gallop across levels, combined with more staging posts at shorter intervals, cut the time required to travel across the country sometimes by half. His nfl career gave him the tools to evaluate talent who could play at the next level.
Some problems we have to focus on are life changing, life altering or life threatening. In this seminar you'll learn a host of simple and powerful ways to access that support. Coach terry stotts, who may not have picked okc as the opponent if he'd had his choice -- and he kind of did have his choice -- talked about the thunder. What matters to you most. The first option will lead you to slow your progress, or worse, give up altogether. Not sure it will make a difference, but we will definitely start tracking them as we go to see if there is an uptick from what we taught. A lot of people at my school have coach stuff so its not like i would be the only one. After a standout career at stanford that included what many believe to be the biggest shot in pac-10 history against arizona, robinson served as a volunteer assistant coach at rio rancho high school in new mexico for one season.
This allowed me to improve my message and further strengthened my confidence". Explicitly manage your business rules. Today's business leaders increasingly rely on coaches for help in understanding how to act in a demanding and volatile world. To attend coach me to lead. I ran occasionally while attending truman state university but i took a break from serious training. They were all things robinson learned during his gap year from coaching — things that he was either too young or too afraid or too neck-deep into coaching at suu (or maybe a little bit of all three) to learn when he first helmed the thunderbirds. So one day, instead of giving an instruction, gallwey asked players to say "bounce" out loud when the ball bounced and "hit" out loud when they hit the ball. Yes, bath bombs are definitely amazing and smell so nice.
"i don't feel like i need to prove to anybody how bad i wanna win it 'cause it shows in my work. Stagecoach is a four-wheeled public coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. Frankly, the mountaineers may have significantly upgraded their staff with the departure of dana holgorsen. "we had some things we had to do with the stadium: seats, lighting and more. In a global study released in 2012, the lexington, ky.
You might think the successful launch of his online business would have ended the coaching relationship with wondra. Tavares welcomes pressure to perform. And i attended coach me to lead, and on the first night, i must admit,. With superior stitching, signature prints, and premium materials, coach is a perennial favorite among those who settle for nothing less than the best. He has three years left on this contract. Bush has joked he plans to help convince meyer to return to coaching to take over as head coach of the usc trojans, with a cloud of uncertainty hovering above current trojans head coach. In order to become her, however, you must approach her with reverence and love.
Accompanying your training plan will be a tailored movement plan with pre-training warm-up and off day movement drills. however, in our context, this is exactly what coaching isn't. Cti's co-active coaching training program will prepare you to coach anyone, on any topic. Give professional advice on how to meet goals. Rapport is what allows coachees to feel relaxed with their coach and open up – so that personal barriers and fears can be identified. To learn more about this, see our leadership coaching section in our ultimate guide to leadership skills.
It's also worth noting that coaching is a bit like dating. It felt like working for a bad manager. I truly enjoy connecting with people at a deep level, understanding who they are and helping them grow and develop into who they were meant to be. Rankings are relative to coaches similar to them. You didn't solve my problems but listened and guided me to explore solutions that i already had inside me and taught me a powerful exercise i can reuse to help me understand the feelings of my options. These are my top hacks to help you go big in your coaching business and get booked. So in closing i've got to a do a better job of understanding who our players are and how we can utilize their unique talents. The biggest reason that investments in big data fail to pay off, though, is that most companies don't do a good job with the information they already have.
An interesting alternative to grow is the oscar coaching model, a further way to ensure you have solution based coaching. How to transform the energies supporting your limiting beliefs and reprogram yourself to. Tell them about your own experiences, and how you've seen similar situations go down. I find sales leaders and managers go through a similar transformation when learning how to ask the right coaching questions. I love having someone to help hold me accountable to my goals. Don't worry, when you swing, your elbow will follow naturally. Enter your name & email and click the yellow "get instant access" button. Beyond that, respondents had strong and sometimes divergent opinions about what matters most in hiring a coach. It is my passion to live big, create big, love big and help other people go big….
Examples of smaller career goals include increasing your sales, working more hours, and taking on new responsibilities.
Only his salesclerks would know about orange sweater demand—and he had no formal way of collecting their insights. I was an educator for 20 years and watching my students grow and thrive was simply amazing. That haven't crossed your radar in the past. the principles of his book are still used extensively in businesses today. And liz dawn is its creator. I spend at least four hours of quality time with my family every weekend. Instead, the blazers ended up no.
Sound like when you talk with……. As you can see it's the quickness of the actions and the pace that makes it effective. She remarried, only to be divorced yet again after a near-death experience. "you have to spend time with your players because that shows them you care about them as individuals as well as footballers. Coaching can be defined as "a development process whereby an individual meets on a regular basis to clarify goals, deal with potential stumbling blocks, and improve their performance. Whether it's sports, music or coaching people, you still need to start with a baseline of best practices to ensure you have a solid foundation to build from before you can make it your own and leverage your own style, strengths and personality into your coaching. When time would seem to stand still, and your focus would be in hyperdrive. need to improve your leadership skills.
The following are examples of two models that have looked to extend and develop the grow model. Miami assistant coach juwan howard also impressed the lakers during his interview tuesday at the practice facility in el segundo, according to people with knowledge of the talks. "vikki gave me the perspective and confidence to do this. Unlock the step-by-step guide to living the life of your dreams. There are, of course, other learning methods in addition to coaching and mentoring. Rashida jones said of her character: "i think women over-correct from their last boyfriends, and chris is very much the opposite from mark," a reference to mark brendanawicz, a character eliminated the previous season.
All coaches worry about what questions to ask next. Evidence-based decision making, have all seen improvements in their business performance—and they tend to be more profitable than companies that don't have that kind of culture. Open questions get people thinking. The nets are projected to have at least $30. He acted it out with such vigor that rankin imagined this must be some other boy. I actually studied these wonderful films of picasso painting through glass to see how he held his brush and i watched films of conductors conducting, and i get to do just one spell in the film and it was at a distance where i vaguely waved it in the air. You can change your beliefs — which means you can change your life…. He had said he did all of his own negotiation – and then pulled that. If he does hire a new coach following the 2015 season, "he might be ready to go big-game hunting, which could change the structure of the organization. Always check serious reviews of a book before you buy it because some books are very poorly written.
"only the sky is the limit," howe says. My mother took him to the emergency room. "i've grown to admire many things about rikka, and one them is her fierce commitment to love. Everyone was standing up, cheering and clapping. After being discharged from compulsory military service around 2015, jang was able to display stable defense capability by banking on my strong shoulder (powerful and accurate throwing), to impress the coaching staff at last. Which is why some rivals say it would be unsurprising—and disheartening—to see durant choose the knicks, or leonard choose the lakers. 'for the teacher or coach, the question has to be how to give instructions in such a way as to help the natural learning process of the student and not interfere with it. What would be a crazy/ radical/ brave thing to do.
My health went from stressed out and feeling awful 24/7 to literally having the spring back in my step – i have more energy and clarity then ever. Can heal your heart and that the best and deepest love is yet to come. It's the biggest advantage ucla has – that just about any good coach will succeed in westwood. The longer the rift goes on the more toxic the relationship becomes. Plus, with the impending removal of the one-and-done rule, how would have calipari adapted his recruiting approach. In my view one main reason coaching works is because of the accountability factor. Simply put, her mantra when it comes to assisting people is to not just rest in complacency but to aim, reach, and achieve greater things than they have ever in their whole lives dreamed of attaining. This doesn't happen in games, so why practice it.
Due to popular demand from citizens, ben restarts the youth basketball league, although with only two teams. Evidence-based decision making ensure that all decision makers have performance data at their fingertips every day. Joe moorhead, is now the head coach at msu — in what had been billed as a last sales pitch for the graduate transfer. And that big-named coach was probably tony bennett and not calipari. Did i mention i really needed to clear my head. That you don't anticipate, but it is well worth. Everyone's got an opinion on jim boylen. So what makes robinson an ideal fit for byu, for pope, and for a program that last went to the ncaa tournament in 2015.
He had as big of an impact on my life as anyone. The medical doctor has published more than 70 books, with over twenty bestsellers, including. Scherzer struck out orlando arcia, who had two hits off him earlier, then picked up a ground ball from pinch-hitter ryan braun. 10 coaching questions that work in any conversation. Unlike other remote coaching companies, our entire staff is based under one roof at the kabuki strength lab in portland or. Unlike other carsharing services, you only pay for how long you're actually using the car.
Babcock is winning the matchup battle and he's orchestrated a game plan that has worked in two out of three games on the road. What's another approach that may work (which you haven't tried yet. The team unwittingly chose a winner in the head coach-qb standoff, even if everyone lost in back-to-back sub-. Bitsy says: 'what's wrong. We had incredible team chemistry and we jelled. Paul george's decision to stay in oklahoma city despite the interest he received from the lakers has some league observers convinced that the attraction of the nba's glitziest teams is not as powerful as it once was. As a result of this broader mission, there's a lot more fuzziness around such issues as how coaches define the scope of engagements, how they measure and report on progress, and the credentials a company should use to select a coach. You can only love others as much as you can love yourself, and you can only serve others to the degree that you genuinely care about them – and dare i say, love them. A thing that you have passion and drive to do, and tips people into a time suspending state. Empathy can be defined as our ability to put ourselves in others' shoes and appreciate how they are likely to be feeling or thinking in a given situation.
Make wedding vows to yourself. Ultimately, in the long-term, coaching. They will encompass the setting of, and achievement of, a set goal or goals. Harnessing ancient traditions to magnetize your soulmate. Progressively, the nationals' process of moving from lilliquist to paul menhart at pitching coach is becoming more clear. Gallwey would then ask awareness-raising questions such as "what do you notice you are doing differently when the ball goes in or out.
by understanding the different styles of learning we can tailor our approach to the individual needs of the coachee. "he's had a lot of moments were he came up big for us and usually it was in the form of a block or a big rebound, or a big offensive rebound and then he dunks -- it's always like that," lillard said. The system does the tracking and grants the rebates. – tips to increase your earnings and business profitability which are easy to follow and implement. Starring them and ranking them using criteria that you set. " to loving herself first—and miracle after miracle showed up. Many times workshops give you a "feel good initial high but this one is more like a seed that roars progressively, so it is definitely good value for your money.
Robinson's four-year tenure at suu didn't involve cutting down any nets, rolling in conference titles, or earning postseason bids. He has been described as england's "special one" by gary lineker and mentioned in passing for the top job at arsenal, tottenham, manchester united and england. He really found strength through his faith while battling the disease. "moe harkless had a tremendous game, made big plays at the offensive end, arguably one of his best games of the season, really active, worked the baseline well… seth curry's steal at the end put ourselves in a position to win the game," stotts said. it analyses the dimensions, assertiveness and cooperativeness. Roughing it, mark twain described the concord stage's ride as like "a cradle on wheels". This is my favorite group. V3well, you know there's a big difference between coaching and playing, though. I became a life coach approaching 60 years old. You need a list and the sooner you start one the better.
How you can heal from the suffering of a bad relationship, even a long-term one. A big problem that tomorrow's professional coaching firm must resolve is the difficulty of measuring performance, as the coaches themselves point out in the survey. Marc pugh, ryan fraser and simon francis (pictured) are among the bournemouth players to have featured in the lower leagues for the club. Really simply, ucla offered barnes the job and he accepted the terms. You may not be an alcoholic, rage a holic, or a drug addict, but you are addicted to something. The kings ran away with the game until the young blazers charged back in the final quarter to make it interesting.
However, behind all the hoopla, just what can it accomplish. Roll your eyes at me all you want, but don't close the page just yet. Carol's been featured on. Consequently, we are better able to understand the science behind why coaching in the workplace really works and helps learning stick. Coach rankin knew more about baseball than anyone victor had ever met. They are also great at keeping clients motivated and cheering them on when the journey gets tough.
It so comes about that the benefit of the person lie in the contradictory direction or at smallest amount at the ninety quantity angle from what he is responsibility for livelihood. Remember, too, this isn't cheap, under-financed, unsupported ucla. It can also lead to a constant stream of innovation. "it meant the players came back after the summer with a different mindset. What would it mean to you if you could (achieve this, resolve this, etc….
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As current assistant coaches go, it almost needs to be kyle shanahan or josh mcdaniels, at a minimum. The other is when personal coaches morph into business advisers. Great questions stretch the coach and the coachee beyond the typical, superficial, result driven, fire fighting conversation and instead, enable you to create richer, more engaging conversations with superior outcomes. But robinson brings something that neither of those two have — and that pope didn't have before moving to orem four years ago: head coaching experience. "we are changing the active list. Go big coach review and also what kristen howe do in this product. Jen is a motivational speaker, leading relationship expert, and cutting-edge spiritual teacher. As a member of our team you will also be included in weekly live coaching calls hosted in our private facebook group. Then start small by giving them a call just to say hello and ask how their day is.
To get beyond this level, the industry badly needs a leader who can define the profession and create a serious firm in the way that marvin bower did when he invented the modern professional management consultancy in the form of mckinsey & company. Is there anything you believe about yourself that might be holding you back. " this becomes a priority in making work and life choices. But many of them don't have much to show for their efforts. The uk's largest exhibition arena with over 20 halls set in grounds of 611 acres. It s always incredibly economical for your product which does work and offer benefits. Hit the red button at the top of the page to schedule a free consultation with our head coach.
A frequent guest on television and radio programs, sherry has also appeared on celebrity rehab and its spin-offs, and has worked at top rehabilitation centers such as the famed promises treatment center in malibu. Then he went and stood by the bench again. If you are looking curious about this plan, one be able to rest without doubt you are an addict. Darius barazandeh, host of messenger revolution & you wealth revolution. This is truly the best investment i have made in myself and my business since i started my company. How to identify your challenges and overcome them.
Only practiced 2 free throws in a row max - because that's usually all you will shoot in a game. We meet for group runs/walks every sunday at 7:00 am beginning july 9 and going into the end of september to help you prepare for the your fall full or half marathon. Lauren frances is an internationally acclaimed love and relationships expert, author, and media personality, and the discreet love coach for hollywood celebrities. Go big coach - kristen howe. How do you assess whether a man has a capacity for lasting, loving and healthy relationship before you put in all that emotional time and energy. How many times have you heard those exact words.
Here is a throwback blog - list building made simple for coaches. You hold your breath in suspense as you watch the needle stop just as it reaches the jackpot slot. My experience as a runner, both in high school and over the last 15 years of road racing, enable me to help big river's training team excel. "and i'm positive and very optimistic that magic and rob and the franchise will be great. Make sure your coaching is aligned with your company's core values. It can prove very helpful when you're persuading them to change or grow. Susan shares how she evolved from being singularly successful in the creative world—and unattached—to marrying herself and then manifesting her soulmate at age 58 on a cruise to alaska. Time magazine writer james poniewozik called the episode an "excellent start" to the season, and said the harvest festival subplot would help better focus the series by giving the characters a single goal. 4 seed, but we still have to determine which team they will play. Almost makes your head spin.
I think cronin is a better coach anyway. Edu) is an executive coach, a psychologist, and an assistant clinical professor at harvard medical school in boston. "i think they've turned around the brooklyn era," the scout said. Having the courage to let it go. Yale hired a head coach; harvard did not. Now, famous alums are ready to push him out if he doesn't turn things around in 2019. Here's my wish-list of coaches that should be aggressively pursued and offered the open slot at texas a&m. "if the knicks and lakers get the guys," said one gm, "it means mystique and market really will matter more [than which franchise is run the best]. These are helpful for professional coaches and individuals who want to coach themselves.
That photo was right there so he could always see it. If you're a program looking for a new coach, the people that will know are 1) any coach you're interested in 2) his agent 3) trusted consultants and 4) possibly his financial manager. Make an extra $10,000 by the end of the year. Nothing but the best – when your health is on the line, we don't mess around. It can't be another off-season of looking ahead to next year. To understand what they do to merit that money, hbr conducted a survey of 140 leading coaches and invited five experts to comment on the findings.
At the end of day i'm a coach just trying to help some young blokes go forward," he said. -carolyn paris, executive performance coach. No seriously, you've gotta break it off with your current bff because your ideal client, when you get to know them like they are your best friend will make you a ton of money over and over again. Soul level love, kavita has helped thousands of successful and ambitious women dive beneath the surface of their lives and change the patterns that have kept them from finding and keeping extraordinary love with the man of their dreams. Keen to move on from the episode, lehmann said he had rediscovered his love for the sport and hoped his two-year big bash league deal was an endorsement of his methods. So whether you're all aboard boi-ball or not, he'll be the bulls head coach when they tip off. That's probably because it's less daunting to improve how data are used in one unit than to do so throughout an organization. Attend a social event and meet new people once every three months.
You can set goals to improve your existing relationships as well as goals for establishing new ones. This has always been the lakers' way: clear the decks, polish the trophies and watch the stars come striding in. His big serve is backed up by superb groundstrokes, and his one-handed backhand is one of the best around. Tell parents you would like to. Create a signature system that you've gotten results from or that your clients have gotten results from and get known for that system. With sporting stories such as these, it is tempting to talk of magic and miracles. The announcer, comedian and actor stole the show in the timeless baseball comedy, "major league" as beleaguered announcer harry doyle.
Especially have always said, 'we're l. It is important to understand the difference between coaching and mentoring as they are two distinct things. I know you are struggling and can't see a clear way out. The most advanced icf credential is that of a master certified coach. He took a couple hop-steps forward and threw the ball as hard as he could toward third base, aiming his throw over the second basemen's head, who'd come to the edge of the outfield grass to make the relay throw. " ); if you have a home business, don t miss out on the home office tax credit. He's also turning to the pitching staff to hone his skills in his new job. Well how do i do that kelita.
Coachee to explore and describe their current state. Mookie betts (27), who became the mvp in the american league of the big league, is using a modified style bat whose knob is ellipse-shaped. 'coaching is centred on unlocking a person's potential to maximise his or her own performance…improving the individual with regard to performance and the development of skills. In my opinion, ucla gave barnes too much consideration. Get clear — find your passion — live an extraordinary life with coach kristen howe. The scorecard guides whall's decisions about how to spend his time: which managers to call, what to ask, and what help to offer. Although a number of respondents said that the field is filled with charlatans, many of them lack confidence that certification on its own is reliable. For you letting it go might mean loving your husband the way god loves you…just like it did for me. "but at the end of the day, it wasn't the bowling that cost us the game. It is, as you'll see, the biggest group of coaches.
The obvious question is why - why doesn't making free throws in practice help you make them in games. Why do companies have so little to show for their investments in big data. Under the old system the journey had taken up to 38 hours. Krzyzewski has accurately stated, "we were just a very fair defensive team last year. A potent take-home practice for transforming your search for love. Which one inspires you more. One thing that you should do is to take frequent breaks from your tasks. Kristen howe s program gives you clarity and then call for by your hand just like you design your passion just for profits -inspired method along with take advantage of the power of obligation along with achievement. Go big coach review (kristen howe ) |is gobigcoach.
Bela gandhi of smart dating academy will prove to you there's nothing to fear online—it's the biggest cocktail party anywhere, filled with amazing, available, conscious men. Really financially stable, or underwater from his divorce. It takes the following structure:. Nevertheless, even if you don't have a hematoma or another complicating issue, concussion is, in fact, brain trauma, and you should see a doctor. College football coaching tiers 2019: from blue bloods and fast risers to uncertain futures.
In the past you may not have received the data in advance but even if you did, it was in excel or word and boy is that no fun. They need to feel remorse. "i don't think the pitch was a factor. But, two hours before tip-off, the blazers announced that lillard is now available for tonight's game. Moving away from the manager with all the answers. Red-shirt freshman forward alex murphy has spent the summer sharpening his skills while playing for the finnish under-20 national team.
Thump, thump, thump of his loose helmet banging around on his head as he ran. They have conversations with the coach that they ought to be having with other executives in the c-suite or with their teams. Given the consistency with which these rumors and theories are emerging regarding indianapolis' growing rift with coach pagano, there is surely some fire behind all this smoke. At the same time, she was being personally coached by telephone every week to become a better coach herself. How to use abundance to find and keep love. The 'box' isn't the same for everyone. This can be done by adding competitive twists to the drills or simply incorporating fun youth drills.
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How much do Clemson, other Carolina colleges spend to recruit high school football players?
Clemson football recruiting costs top $1M last year
Dabo Swinney's recruiting budget has more than tripled since 2010, and until 2017, Gamecock football recruiting spending was closer to Coastal Carolina than Clemson.WYFF News 4 Investigates broke down yearly spending figures submitted to the NCAA for Clemson, South Carolina and CCU. The Tigers spent $1,065,046 on football recruiting in the 2017 fiscal year. South Carolina spent $917,512. It's the closest the two schools have been in a decade in reports made publicly available. The spending topped $1 million for the first time in 2016 for Clemson. That same year, South Carolina football spent $518,265. Coastal Carolina spent $158,668. The gap in spending between Clemson and South Carolina was nearly the same in 2015, when the Tigers spent $884,961 and the Gamecocks spent $359,824. Coastal Carolina had the narrowest gap with South Carolina in 2013. The Chanticleers spent $236,520 compared to South Carolina's $302,249. CCU was still an FCS program at the time. The ensuing football season saw the Gamecocks finish No. 4 in polls with an 11-2 record. The following year, South Carolina went 7-6 and Steve Spurrier resigned a year later. Head coach Will Muschamp spent more in the 2016-17 fiscal year than the staff did in the previous two seasons combined. In 2009-10, Swinney's first season as the permanent head football coach, Clemson spent $292,595 on football recruiting. When schools report this spending information, they're supposed to include transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student-athletes and staff members on both official and unofficial visits. The report is also supposed to include telephone call charges and postage. Clemson broke down recruiting expenses for WYFF News 4 Investigates. In 2016-17, the Tigers spent $674,675 on travel. That's more than double what was spent on travel in 2008-09.Printing and postage costs were more than four times higher over a decade ago at $106,048, and subscriptions and software cost $173,307.Clemson lumps all other recruiting expenses together. Those include equipment purchases, computers and signing day festivities.Clemson football reported a $9 million profit in 2016-17 thanks to $54 million in revenue. The majority of that money comes from ticket sales and broadcast rights. While the recruiting has grown year after year, the money spent on finding the next Tigers falls behind 10 other items in Clemson football's budget. The largest expenses the football program faced in 2016-17 were coaching salaries and bowl game expenses. There were two bowl games that year -- the Fiesta Bowl and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.South Carolina football reported an even larger profit than Clemson in 2016-17 at $26 million. Contributions actually topped broadcast rights revenue at South Carolina. Tickets sales took the top spot.The largest expense the Gamecock football program faced was athletic student financial aid.
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Dabo Swinney's recruiting budget has more than tripled since 2010, and until 2017, Gamecock football recruiting spending was closer to Coastal Carolina than Clemson.
WYFF News 4 Investigates broke down yearly spending figures submitted to the NCAA for Clemson, South Carolina and CCU.
The Tigers spent $1,065,046 on football recruiting in the 2017 fiscal year. South Carolina spent $917,512. It's the closest the two schools have been in a decade in reports made publicly available.
The spending topped $1 million for the first time in 2016 for Clemson. That same year, South Carolina football spent $518,265. Coastal Carolina spent $158,668.
The gap in spending between Clemson and South Carolina was nearly the same in 2015, when the Tigers spent $884,961 and the Gamecocks spent $359,824.
Coastal Carolina had the narrowest gap with South Carolina in 2013. The Chanticleers spent $236,520 compared to South Carolina's $302,249. CCU was still an FCS program at the time.
The ensuing football season saw the Gamecocks finish No. 4 in polls with an 11-2 record. The following year, South Carolina went 7-6 and Steve Spurrier resigned a year later.
Head coach Will Muschamp spent more in the 2016-17 fiscal year than the staff did in the previous two seasons combined.
In 2009-10, Swinney's first season as the permanent head football coach, Clemson spent $292,595 on football recruiting.
When schools report this spending information, they're supposed to include transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student-athletes and staff members on both official and unofficial visits. The report is also supposed to include telephone call charges and postage.
Clemson broke down recruiting expenses for WYFF News 4 Investigates. In 2016-17, the Tigers spent $674,675 on travel. That's more than double what was spent on travel in 2008-09.
Printing and postage costs were more than four times higher over a decade ago at $106,048, and subscriptions and software cost $173,307.
Clemson lumps all other recruiting expenses together. Those include equipment purchases, computers and signing day festivities.
Clemson football reported a $9 million profit in 2016-17 thanks to $54 million in revenue. The majority of that money comes from ticket sales and broadcast rights.
While the recruiting has grown year after year, the money spent on finding the next Tigers falls behind 10 other items in Clemson football's budget.
The largest expenses the football program faced in 2016-17 were coaching salaries and bowl game expenses. There were two bowl games that year -- the Fiesta Bowl and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
South Carolina football reported an even larger profit than Clemson in 2016-17 at $26 million. Contributions actually topped broadcast rights revenue at South Carolina. Tickets sales took the top spot.
The largest expense the Gamecock football program faced was athletic student financial aid.
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The Highway: the inspiration for BIG SKY, now on Disney+ by C.J. Box
Cassie Dewell, 1
Investigator Cassie Dewell is on the trail of a serial killer in the book that inspired the series Big Sky.
There's a killer on the road...
It was Danielle and Gracie's secret. A teenage adventure. A 1,000-mile drive along the spine of the Rocky Mountains to visit Danielle's boyfriend in Montana.
When rookie cop Cassie Dewell catches her mentor and friend, Investigator Cody Hoyt, planting evidence, he is suspended from the force, his reputation in tatters. He's already drowning his sorrows when his son calls. His girlfriend and her sister have disappeared.
Unable to investigate himself, Cody turns to his protégée for her help finding the girls. Soon they discover that Danielle and Gracie aren't the first to disappear in the area.
When Cody, goes missing too, it's up to Cassie to find them. Before it's too late.
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C.J. Box is the author of twenty-two Joe Pickett novels, five stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38. He has been a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, and his books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. A Wyoming native, Box has also worked on a ranch and as a small-town newspaper reporter and editor. He lives outside Cheyenne with his family. Follow him on @cjboxauthor cjbox.net
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Remembering Stan Lee: Comic king spoke to KTVU at Silicon Valley Comic Con
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KTVU) - Comic book legend, movie icon, and fan favorite Stan Lee passed away Monday at the age of 95.
Lee, with his signature mustache, eyeglasses, and superstar smile was the genius behind Marvel Comics' most iconic superheros, such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, and Ant-Man, loved by generations of fans.
Lee created the characters by partnering with famous artists such as Jack Kirby to make the memorable comic book characters.
"Some people somewhere think I wrote and drew. They think that the scripts were just mine but they wouldn't have been nothing if it was not for the artists," said Lee.
I had the honor of talking with Stan Lee at the launch of the Silicon Valley Comic Con just two years ago in March 2016. You wouldn't have thought Lee was in his 90's. He had so much energy, a great laugh, and a great sense of humor. He signed autographs and shared stories about his favorite character, Spider-Man.
And he told me with a laugh that he never liked spiders.
"Hate all insects. I just thought it would be cute to have a hero who could stick to walls and I needed a name for him. So I went down a list and I tried Insect man, Mosquito man. I finally got to Spiderman and it sounded more dramatic than any of the other names. So I settled for that," said Lee.
Lee's said he was happy to see his characters move to the silver screen in big blockbuster films that brought new generations of fans to the Marvel Comics world.
Stan Lee was born as Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922.
His parents were immigrants from Romania and he grew up in New York.
At the age of 16, he began working at Timely Comics and briefly led the company at the age of 19.
During World War II, he joined the Army where he created cartoon training manuals for soldiers.
In 1947 he married his wife Joan, a British model.
He rejoined the comic book world with his former company which later became Marvel Comics.
Lee's superheroes had human flaws that touched fans.
Eitan Manhoff, the owner of Cape and Cowl Comics in Oakland, California says Lee will be missed.
"Stan basically created the Marvel universe as we know it and beyond that kind of created fandom as we know it," said Manhoff, "Stan would make these characters and you sit there and you read it and say I get it. I get what this character is doing. I see myself in it. That could be me. And that hadn't really been done before."
Lee himself became a superstar, with cameos in many films often saying his trademark motto "Excelsior".
He eventually gained presidential recognition, standing next to President George W. Bush at a ceremony in 2008 where he received the National Medal of Arts, honored as "one of America's most prolific story tellers."
Lee's storytelling was sorely missed Monday. Hours after his death, fans placed flowers and comic books on Lee's Hollywood star.
"He was a great representative for the medium because he loved it so much. And he loved the people that were involved in it, the fans, and the creators and the characters and it just, it always showed," said Manhoff.
Shane Duffy, the CEO of Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment released a statement Monday.
"We at Stan Lee's Lee POW! Entertainment are saddened by the loss of our friend and mentor Stan Lee, the father of pop culture. His passing today marks a devastating and painful moment in time, but the legacy of Stan Lee, through his creative genius and his universes of characters, will continue to reach the world of true believers for generations to come. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and the fans of not only his work, but of him, as a friend who made the world a better place. He was a true iconic pioneer with no comparable second. It has been an honor to work beside him," wrote Duffy.
Lee's wife passed away in 2017. Lee is survived by his daughter, Joanie, and a younger brother who also worked in comics, Larry Lieber.
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Across a Wine-Dark Sea
From the far reaches of the Black Sea to the shimmering isle of Crete, men whispered of their extraordinary beauty and their formidable skill with sword and spear.
They were the Amazons.
Fighting and protecting her sisters is what she lives foruntil the day she is abducted by Dorian, King of the Merfolk, who sweeps her away to his world under the sea.
But she never forgets her beloved Amazon sisters.
And when she overhears that their lives are in danger she and Dorian risk everything to enter the battle.
Reviews of the Across a Wine-Dark Sea
**Warning: Spoilers!** I'd been lusting after this book for a while, partly because of that beautiful cover, and partly because it's a romance between an Amazon and an Atlantean. I liked Thalassa and the Amazons. ;D) The problem comes in the form of the hero, King "I'm a nice guy, I swear" Dorian, of the mer-people. He kidnaps Thalassa from her people, turns her into a mer-person without her consent by magic, threatens her with the Sea Spell which will erase all her memories of her past life and render her docile, and repeatedly threatens her with rape. The concept of the Sea Spell was also disturbing, because apparently this is standard process for abducted brides among the mer-people and Dorian gets into serious trouble with the elders for not using it. At first, I found myself skimming the Thalassa/Dorian chapters - because Thalassa loses her awesomeness quickly, becoming a pouting, foot-stomping, "No, I won't eat my food, I'm going to starve!" type heroine - and reading the passages about the Amazons, because they were great. I am glad I read this book, because it was different and now I know how I feel about it instead of lusting after that gorgeous cover and fantasizing about what might be. I read the synopses for the sequels, and I think that I might be willing to give this author another chance, because they look like standalones and book two is an interracial romance between a mer-woman and a Chinese man and book three is a contemporary paranormal between a female scholar and a mer-man.
My fellow Romaniacs over at Unapologetic Romance Readers have discussed ad nauseam in their reviews the reasons why the love arch in this story is a disaster. For the purposes of my review I will be staying, for the most part, away from Thalassa and Dorians love story. At the core of this novel is a war of beliefs. Anytime you have two such extreme and opposing belief systems there is a danger of war. Far more interesting, and the love arch I truly wish had been told at the forefront, is the story of Theseus and Aloipe.
Mer-love and I don't get along very well. This book was at least a step up from THAT PIECE OF SHIT we read earlier this year, because at least the mer-people had gills in this! Mer-people should have tails. It says I can get a free makeup case and six free books if I send them in the piece of paper. But I do hope to get my free makeup case and six free books.
I read the short author's note before getting started on the story, and it gave me such high hopes for this book. The author seemed to have a great fondness for the Amazon culture, and against all my normal expectations for a romance novel, I thought this was going to have strong feminist themes. My main gripe with the story was the hero, Dorian, who ruined this entire book. He was supposed to be a nice, gentle sort of guy, but instead he was super disturbing because he came off as a "nice guy." You know, the ones who don't understand why women don't appreciate them for their superior brains and generosity. He condescended to Thalassa at every turn, expressed his arrogant opinion just as often, and used gentle force, but force nonetheless, to persuade her into doing what he wanted. And Thalassa tells him no in some form or other throughout the ENTIRE book. I was more interested in the chapters dealing with the Amazons and the Greeks than in the ones with Thalassa and Dorian.
Fighting and protecting her sisters is what she lives for - until the day she is abducted by Dorian, King of the Merfolk, who sweeps her away to his world under the sea. Filled with historical and fantasy details that I've never before read about, I learned so many amazing things about the strong but doomed ancient tribe of woman warriors known as the Amazons and the mythical Merfolk who created a peaceful life under the sea. This book is brutal and heartbreaking and filled with three-dimensional characters.
I was enraptured by the fact that they eschewed marriage because they did not want to be slaves to men--which in almost every other society, women certainly were. This book features the usual het love story, with the nice twist this time of the guy trying desperately to get HER, rather than the other way around, as usually happens.
I also wish this book was still in print.
Alice at Heart...
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The Oregon Trail...
Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed a...
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The Martyred...
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I Cried, You Didn't Listen...
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Merfolk Trilogy
Publish Date: March 1st 1991 by Fanfare
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[updated October 2019]
Nashville is hot. I had just 48 hours in Nashville so I was determined to get as much of a taste of the town as I could.
On my way to dinner one evening, my Uber driver enlightened me about how much the city has changed over the past decade. More and more transplants are moving here. Plus it has become a top destination for visitors in the United States. Famous as the epicenter for country music, it's now also more than just BBQ and Hot Chicken. Nashville has become the home to a great array of award-winning restaurants.
What to do with 48 Hours in Nashville
Where to Eat in Nashville
Nashville Food Tour
Where to Stay in Nashville
After World War II, the city became the home to the first FM radio station and the Grand Olde Opry. Into music? This is the place to be. Check out the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Johnny Cash Museum, and the Grand Olde Opry. But you're here for food, like me, right? Let's get to chowin' down!
When you're hungry, Nashville delivers. From small, neighborhood joints serving up chicken for decades, to top-chef run eateries, Nashville is a great foodie destination. I did my research beforehand, checking out bloggers, food writers, asking local friends and scouring sites like Eater Nashville to find some of the hottest spots to try
The new eatery from Philip Krajeck of popular spot, Rolf and Daughters. The main event is pizza made in a wood-fired oven. The menu also has snacks like, a lot of veg-focused small plates like the honeynut squash, with marigold, mizuna, buttermilk, and pumpkin seed, and handful of steak and pork mains.
Pizza at Folk Nashville
From James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock, Husk is an outpost of the original in Charleston. Highlighting inventive Southern cuisine, it's still as popular as ever.
Vegetables take center stage at this eclectic East Nashville restaurant and bar. Plus, the cool atmosphere, with a great outdoor area and actual 'treehouse' makes for a unique spot.
Butcher and Bee
Avocado Rice at Butcher and Bee Nashville
High, industrial ceilings and earthy tones welcome you to this popular sandwich and "mezze" restaurant out of Charleston, South Carolina. We loved the dishes like the fire roasted carrots with coconut, peanuts, sambal onions. And the avocado crispy rice with collard greens, peanuts, and serrano chiles was divine.
Henrietta Red
A light-filled Germantown restaurant and bar, focuses on seafood and seasonal vegetables, along with a raw bar.
Lots of eclectic small plates to share and snazzy cocktails are the thing at this vintagey new spot in the Printer's Alley area of downtown.
Woolworth on 5th
Located in the former F. W. Woolworth department store, the very site of some of the lunch counter sit-ins with John Lewis during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, the old-timey lunch counter space has undergone a massive restoration. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it serves up some southern classics like fried chicken and biscuits, seafood gumbo and mac and cheese.
Sweet Potato Kale Soup at Woolworth on 5th
Chauhan Ale & Masala House
I didn't get to eat here, but had to list it because of its chef and owner I interviewed Maneet Chauhan years ago for an ABC TV segment I produced on Vermillion, an Indian fusion hot spot in Chicago. She was a firecracker and it's no surprise that she's gone on to be a TV personality on the Food Network, author and restaurant owner. Her menu here is a mix of Indian food with a southern twist of course.
Princes Hot Chicken Shack
It's the original 'Hot Chicken Shack.' For more than 70 years, Prince's has been frying up their legendary spicy fried chicken.
Biscuit Love
You may have guessed by now, but biscuits are a BIG deal in the south. Biscuit Love is all about its flaky, buttermilk biscuits. Plus they go all out with the different varieties. Get some of the 'standards' like: a biscuit smothered in sausage gravy, or topped with fried chicken, or with ham and eggs. Then there are some of the sweeter varieties like a fried biscuit that is topped with lemon mascarpone, over blueberry compote, or filled with pineapple and banana jam and topped with cream cheese icing and pecans.
For sweet treats try spots like the Dozen Bakery and Goo Goo Shop for the original goo-goo cluster, the first combination candy bar which combines marshmallow nougat, roasted peanuts, and caramel covered in milk chocolate. Try the original or go nuts with trendy flavors like sriracha candied bacon, peanut butter, and bacon fat caramel. And then go into a food coma.
Proper Bagel
Bialy and trio of salads at Nashville's Proper Bagel
I'm still a Jersey girl at heart, so I loved finding New York-owned Proper Bagel over on Belmont Boulevard. It had a contemporary, black and white contemporary diner vibe. Plus, all the salads and spreads I could hope for behind the deli counter glass. Let's just say if they are selling bialys (a less doughy, flatter bagel), they know what they are doing.
Biscuit Bar at Kitchen Notes
One of the best ways to get to know a new city is by eating and what better way than to take a food tour and hit up a bunch of posts in a short time, plus learn a bit of history along the way.
I signed up for the "Nashville Eats" food tour with Walk Eat Nashville.
This special tour was hosted by Jennifer Justus, a food and culture writer in Nashville and the author of "Nashville Eats," a cookbook filled with stories and recipes about the city. Throughout the tour Jennifer shared behind-the-scenes stories about the city's food culture, cooking tips and music history as it relates to food.
Cafe Lula at the Ryman
We did five tastings in about three hours. We devoured tasty biscuits at Kitchen Notes, an elevated southern restaurant with a display case of different flavored sweet and savory biscuits. Then we moved on to Café Lula at the Ryman for their take on the infamous Nashville hot chicken in the form of a waffle slider. Next up with a sit-down at the venerable Woolworth on 5th for a sampling of their delicious mac and cheese and sweet potato soup with kale and black eyed peas. We enjoyed beers and tender barbecue at the fun and lively Martin's BBQ joint and finally ended at the GooGoo Shop for a taste of their sugary-sweet clusters.
Martin's BBQ
During my quick visit to Nashville, I stayed in the unique SoBro Guest House. A mash-up of a hotel and airbnb, the SoBro Guest House is definitely more like a little apartment rather than a hotel. In fact, that was what this building was before it was converted into a hotel. There's no front desk. Just a few hours before you are expected to arrive, you receive an email with your room number and code for the keypad, which unlocks your room.
The room itself is like a fun, modern pied-à-terre complete with an old-school turntable and all the Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow you'd want to spin.
Need more ideas for lodging in Nashville? Check out this comprehensive guide to Nashville hotels.
There are so many spots to check out that I couldn't make room in my schedule (or stomach) for all of them so I will just have to return to Nashville soon. Also, if you are plant-based, here's the ultimate vegan guide to Nashville. I also especially want to check out the adorable Mewsic Kitty Café, Tennessee's first cat café!
Disclosure: Thanks for Walk Eat Nashville for hosting me on the food tour. During my stay in Nashville I was a guest of the SoBro Guesthouse. As always, all writing and opinions are my own.
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Great read, delicious pictures and the SoBro looked and sounded wonderful! That kitchen ….Wow! And all the Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow too?! Loved their check-in policy….sounds like an upscsale CVM!
Thanks Mom! 🙂 The SoBro was unique…more like a rental apt.
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What a delicious day. The kitchen is surely rocks! and oh, I love that trio of salads and Martin's BBQ. Nashville is surely a great place to visit. Thumbs up to this blog post of yours.
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Family Recruitment/Engagement Specialist Featured
At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential. And it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential. The Family Recruitment/Engagement Specialist will be an instrumental member of our growing Family Recruitment Team. Reporting to the Manager, Growth & Community Engagement, the Family Recruitment/Engagement Specialist will work closely with Family Recruiters and other members of the Growth & Community Engagement Team to build awareness around school choice in Wards 5, 7 and 8 and increase the number of applications submitted to Rocketship elementary schools. Responsibilities Canvas in high-impact areas alongside members of the Family Recruitment team Knock on doors or attend community events as an extension of Rocketship Meet families and provide them with clear information about Rocketship and its application process Work alongside fellow staff members to hit weekly and monthly targets for families met Serve as a liaison between Rocketship Education and the greater DC community: Support families in their decision to apply to a high-impact charter school through ongoing communication and follow-up calls, texts, or emails Coordinate family engagement at our schools and in the community through tours, information sessions, and home visits Plan events for new families to welcome them to Rocketship and its schools Plan and coordinate ongoing community engagement for Rocketship's Family Recruitment team Research and register for local community events Build a calendar of weekly and monthly recruitment locations Develop and maintain relationships with community organizations and their directors to ensure ongoing communication and partnership Qualifications A passion for people; you have a genuine curiosity about others and are comfortable meeting new people Detail oriented; you love when everything is in its place and can stay organized Clear communication skills; you can easily speak about different topics and engage with people from a wide variety of backgrounds Ability to adapt quickly and represent an organization or brand across multiple markets Family Recruiters must be comfortable remaining on their feet for 2-4 hours at a time as needed by a shift Ability to work afternoons, evenings, and weekends as determined by your schedule required Prior work in a role that engaged with education, was client/customer-facing or required community engagement strongly preferred A high school diploma or comparable education equivalent is a minimum; Recruiters in pursuit of or holding an associates or bachelor's degree are preferred Knowledge of and comfort with basic computer and cloud-based programs including Google Docs, Drive, and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high. Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and welfare benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off. Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools' employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for our Sexual Harassment Policy and here for our Title IX Policy . For questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact Equity/Discrimination Title IX Compliance Officer, Email: [email protected] Address: 350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 109, Redwood City, CA 94065. Phone: 877-806-0920 ext. 115.
Rocketship Public Schools Washington, USA Full-time
Public Policy Manager (Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy) Featured
ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ PCS FOR PUBLIC POLICY Cesar Chavez PCS is a public policy, college preparatory charter high school in Ward 7. An anchor in the Parkside/Kenilworth community, our school has 400 students in grades 8-12. Chavez students achieved over 5 million dollars in scholarship and a 100% college acceptance rate. Chavez has a first-rate athletics program with champion basketball, volleyball, track and cheerleading teams. And we have over 50 community partners hosting students in the fellowship program. Chavez serves a high needs population of students and is committed to giving them the resources and support they need to be successful in college and in life. To learn more about Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy, visit chavezschools.org . POSITION SUMMARY We seek a Public Policy Manager for immediate hire. The Public Policy Manager is responsible for the strategic planning and successful execution of the Public Policy Program for Chavez Schools. The Manager will partner with school leadership to design a comprehensive public policy curriculum for students as well as instruct public policy classes on a half-time schedule. The Manager works collaboratively with all campus personnel for the seamless planning and execution of the public policy program at Chavez Schools including, but not limited to, designing a comprehensive curriculum, cultivating public policy partnerships, scheduling field experiences, identifying external community events, and providing professional development to teachers. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Oversee the ongoing review and revision of the public policy curriculum and collaborate with teachers to ensure successful implementation of courses. Identify and cultivate external partnerships for policy courses, programs, events, and opportunities. Plan and execute events within the public policy curriculum, such as the City Council Day, We the People competition, and Annual Public Policy Symposium. Lead the coordination of updated CAP and CAPstone experience. Manage all logistics of Chavez's Fellowship program, including securing partners, setting up student interviews, matching students, orientation, and evaluation of program. Work with school leadership to identify and organize events related to the public policy curriculum that reflect current issues for students such as environmental field trips and policy summits. Lead the development of new programs for students to engage with public policy and support college and career readiness such as career day and shadowing opportunities. Meet regularly with school leadership and teacher-leaders to ensure the seamless integration of public policy programming and courses. Design and implement a comprehensive approach to assess the effectiveness of public policy experiences through surveys, pre- and post- tests, teacher feedback, focus groups, etc. Manage the public policy budget. Provide direct instruction and support to scholars in public policy courses for up to half-time, adhering to all instructional expectations. Perform additional duties assigned. QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS REQUIRED Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university required; advanced degree in teaching, curriculum, public policy, or a related specialty preferred. A minimum of three years of secondary teaching experience required. Strong content knowledge in social studies and Common Core history/social studies standards. Knowledge of the public policy landscape at the local and national levels. Experience designing curriculum and providing professional development to teachers preferred. Experience overseeing public policy-related student programming such as Model United Nations, We the People, Street Law, debate etc. strongly preferred. Proven experience building student-related community partnerships. Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to connect with and develop relationships with a wide range of individuals. Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously and track complex tasks across multiple stakeholders. Careful attention to detail and proven ability to meet deadlines. Impeccable judgment and strong decision-making skills. Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment both independently and with a team. Flexible and willing to perform other tasks as assigned. HOW TO APPLY Click here to apply direclty to the Public Policy Manager position. ADA SPECIFICATIONS: This position will be based at the Chavez Parkside campus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move about the building. In addition, travel to other sites could be required, frequency to depend on the needs of the school and position. The employee is regularly required to speak audibly, see, listen actively, and use hands to handle objects while performing the duties of this job. This position requires the ability to use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and filing cabinets. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. AAP/EEO Statement: Chavez Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Chavez Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Disclaimer: This job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. Chavez Schools expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Chavez Schools' employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
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Senior Manager of Individual Giving Featured
City Year is an education-focused nonprofit organization that partners with public and charter schools to help keep students in school and on track to succeed. This innovative public-private partnership brings together diverse teams of AmeriCorps members who commit a year to serving full-time in schools as tutors, mentors, and role models. Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year serves in 29 cities across the United States and has international affiliates in London and Birmingham, England, as well as in Johannesburg, South Africa. City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps. City Year Washington, D.C., founded in 2000, is one of the first and largest City Year sites, with 140 AmeriCorps members serving in 19 schools. Position Overview City Year Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Manager of Individual Giving who will manage City Year's individual giving strategy by leading the efforts to secure financial support from individual donors in the Washington DC area. The Senior Manager of Individual Giving partners with Site Leadership and the Development team to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward individual donors and family foundations. Responsibilities include managing the Red Jacket Society major gifts program ($10,000+) and Leadership Circle donors ($1,000 - $9,999), executing two standing annual appeals, and working with the team on other creative efforts to build the overall individual donor base to increase resources. Additionally, this position manages and activates the mid-career professionals who serve on our Associate Board. Job Description Responsibilities Major Donor Management/Red Jacket Society Partner with the Executive Director and Managing Director of Development to lead City Year Washington DC's Red Jacket Society. This includes managing the overall local program, partnering with the national team, recruiting chairs/volunteers, facilitating internal meetings, and securing commitments of new and current supporters. Manage a portfolio of leadership donors for whom she/he will be directly responsible to cultivate, solicit, and steward for annual renewal with a goal of upgrading gifts. Recruit, train, motivate, and manage a group of dedicated Red Jacket Society volunteers to help City Year strengthen donor relationships and raise the financial resources necessary to fund current and future programs. Promote membership in City Year Washington DC's Red Jacket Society, inviting donors to personally invest $10,000+ in City Year Washington DC. Work closely with the Development team and Site Board to build a prospect portfolio of new donors as well as mid-level current donors to target for growth and manage the flow of these prospects through the giving pipeline, from identification through stewardship. Lead the stewardship efforts for Red Jacket Society, including ensuring all national benefits are provided. Overall Donor Management Collaborate with the Managing Director of Development to create strategies to identify and secure new individual supporters, fully leverage existing relationships, increase multi-year commitments. Work with the Development staff and volunteers to develop, execute and evaluate strategies to engage individual donors through outreach, education, invitations to special events, and personal contacts. Design and execute multi-channel annual appeals to individual donors of all levels. Manage and grow monthly donor program. Use prospect research tools to identify small and mid-size donors with potential to become major donors and design a moves management plan to achieve Leadership Circle or Red Jacket Society levels of giving. Support all Individual Giving efforts, including major gifts, Leadership Circle, annual giving, events, campaigns, young professional Associate Board, and alumni giving. Document and maintain clear and timely records and call reports in Salesforce to track contacts, donor giving, and meeting notes to assist in the maintenance of an accurate database. Collaborate with the Marketing & Communications Manager to create and implement donor communications and acknowledgements related to cultivation and stewardship of donors and prospects. Lead execution of stewardship plan to for all individual donors. Support the efforts of City Year Washington DC's Associate Board members to identify and solicit prospects. Organizational Initiatives & Site Support Work closely with fellow Development team members to understand priorities and business goals and develop strategies to meet the organization's needs. Engage in structured discussions and trainings on diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging aimed at developing stronger cultural competency, both individually and collectively as a site. Serve as a powerful City Year Washington DC's representative at local events and community functions. Partner with City Year Washington DC's departments and staff to ensure that site-wide goals are met, including, but not limited to, the AmeriCorps member applicant interview process, stakeholder engagement, event and service day participation, and cross-departmental committees. Attend overnight conferences to learn and share best practices for donor engagement and participate in other training activities throughout the year. Basic Qualifications In order to succeed in this role, an applicant must have the following competencies: Communication: clearly articulates information and ideas orally and in writing; inspires diverse audiences through compelling, tailored messaging; communicates with confidence and credibility; listens carefully and is responsive to feedback Executes to Results: accomplishes tasks on time with high quality; accepts accountability and takes initiative; designs and plans to work to achieve desired results; prioritizes work and multitasks effectively; delegates responsibilities and holds others accountable Problem Solving and Decision Making: applies knowledge, experience, creativity, and critical thinking in solving challenges; looks beyond the obvious for answers; uses sound judgment to make well-informed, ethical decisions Relationship Development: uses interpersonal interactions to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes and advance City Year's mission; demonstrates cultural/diversity competence; builds trust in critical partner relationships, both internal and external to City Year; demonstrates personal presence and confidence when working with partners Team Collaboration & Leadership: values individual perspectives and encourages sharing of information and ideas; provides inspirational leadership that mobilizes diverse groups towards achieving goals; builds systems and structures to facilitate collaboration across the organization Resource Catalyst: generates commitments of time, resources, and advocacy from a broad range of City Year stakeholders; leverages personal networks on behalf of City Year Additional Qualifications 5+ years of fundraising experience, preferably for a non-profit or educational organization, with proven ability to close $10,000+ gifts Base of knowledge of all aspects of fundraising, particularly individual giving, and a proven ability to deliver strong, measurable results and meet fundraising goals Proven ability to lead and motivate a diverse team of volunteers to meet fundraising goals Exceptional oral and written communication skills with an ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences Willingness to occasionally work irregular hours, such as early mornings, evenings and weekends Ability to adapt and excel in diverse, youthful, high energy, entrepreneurial, and rapidly-changing environment Passion for education and youth development Attitude essentials: growth mindset, passion for City Year's mission, detail-oriented, committed to teamwork, grit and resilience AmeriCorps/City Year alumni who meet the minimum direct fundraising experience are encouraged to apply To Apply Qualified applicants should apply and submit a resume with cover letter and salary requirements . Applications without each of these 3 items will not be considered . No phone calls, please. Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.
City Year Washington, DC, USA Full-time
Director of Development - East Featured
What will you do all day? At NMSI, our people mean everything to us; they are the lifeblood of the organization. NMSI is looking for a Director of Development, Growth to drive forward development plans that support the multi-region growth plans of NMSI's programs. You will support the Vice President, Growth in implementing short- and long- range strategies to fund NMSI's strategic plans and priorities. What are the details? Located in central or eastern United States, the Director of Development reports to the Vice President, Growth and will be responsible for managing a Senior Manager of Development and Grants, a Manager of Development and Individual Giving, and a Manager of Development. As Director, you will be responsible for identifying funding opportunities— private philanthropy, corporate partners, government agencies/grants, and high net worth individual givers—to support NMSI's core programs; College Readiness Program, Laying the Foundation, Teacher Pathways (UTeach) and strategic initiatives tied to our five-year strategic plan (NMSI Next). You will develop, champion and implement a regional development plan for Georgia and New York (Metro) area, as well as opportunistic geographic locations east of the Mississippi River. You will lead a sophisticated fundraising operation while managing and coaching a diverse team to set the short- and long-term fundraising vision and direction for the region. As part of this, you will: Track and assess team-wide progress to goals and maintain strong operational systems for efficient and effective team execution Liaise and align funding opportunities in conjunction with NMSI colleagues leading school district cultivation efforts Manage and increase a donor pipeline to increase awareness and understanding NMSI programs, as well as solicit renewed and upgraded gifts from existing donors Quickly build strong, dynamic partnerships with key stakeholders within the STEM community and beyond Specific responsibilities include: Grow a major gifts program via identification, cultivation, and solicitation of major donors Oversee federal and state grant seeking, including research, proposal writing, and reporting requirements Meet prospective donors and supporters of NMSI on a continual basis to establish a robust fundraising pipeline Develop compelling and effective pitches, proposals, fundraising campaigns and tactical plans to reach various donor segments, including private philanthropy, corporate partners, government agencies/grants, and high net worth individual givers Establish and maintain a major gift prospect list for the region Support programmatic funding for UTeach, Fine Arts, and Strategic Initiatives Strategize and facilitate fundraising special events Supervise and collaborate with other Growth fundraising and school cultivation staff (and outside consultants) Represent Growth as a fundraising leader within NMSI on cross-functional teams Coordinate the creation of publications and materials that support fundraising activities Supervise a regional gift recognition program Other duties as assigned What are we looking for? Who you are. You are a bright, imaginative and capable fundraiser with a passion for reaching ambitious goals Education & Experience . You have a bachelor's degree with five or more years of fundraising experience such as private foundations, corporate partners, high-net worth individuals, and unrestricted gifts. Prior knowledge of Raiser's Edge strongly preferred. Industry Expert. You possess strong fundraising knowledge. Analytical and Strategic Thinker. You have an analytical approach with a strong ability to think creatively. You think analytically, prioritize tasks and develop processes that monitor progress and performance. You rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Connected. You're hyper-aware of philanthropic trends in STEM and education spaces. You have strong relationships with charitable leaders. Entrepreneurial. You live for the hustle that's required to forge new paths. You collaborate well with others to make things happen. You work best when you have lots to do with multiple competing priorities. Relationship Builder. You have a knack for building relationships quickly and inspiring those around you. A room full of strangers doesn't make you nervous. Organized & Productive. You possess strong organizational skills while working in a fast-paced environment. You can work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines. Inclusive. You can work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or job type—or any other factor that makes us unique! Want to learn more? The National Math and Science Initiative is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming math and science education in today's classrooms and ensuring that all students have the knowledge and skills to thrive in the global economy of the 21st century. Founded in 2007, NMSI began by dramatically improving student participation and success in rigorous Advanced Placement math, science and English courses in 85 courses across seven states. Today, NMSI has scaled its proven program to serve more than 1.5 million students, 50,000 teachers, 1,000 high schools and 45 universities across 40 states, and is having a demonstrable and lasting impact on student outcomes. NMSI Next , our five-year strategic plan, deepens our commitment to transform our current programs. In doing so, we will also launch a bold approach to partnering with school systems that drive outcomes not only at the student and school system levels but also at the regional and national levels. NMSI Next is anchored on the concept that the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts and that our teamwork and program work go hand in hand. Additionally, we believe that our impact on the school system, regional, and national levels will reinforce itself to ensure population-level outcomes. We believe STEM education is the greatest lever to accessing opportunity and is unmatched in unlocking student potential. Specifically, NMSI Next will implement the following strategic levers so that all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners, pursue their passions and tackle the world's toughest challenges. Catalyze bold thinking and enduring solutions for all students nationally Collaborate with regional stakeholders to drive sustainable changes Provide school systems a world-class K-12 solution set Build a strong, sustainable, and nimble organization positioning us to deliver exponential impact The organization has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. National Math + Science Initiative (NMSI) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NMSI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which we have employees. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
National Math and Science Initiative, Inc. Remote (Washington, DC, USA) Full-Time Remote/Virtual
Corporate Partnerships and Foundations Manager Featured
City Year Washington, DC seeks a Manager, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships, to lead the organization's institutional fundraising efforts. This individual will build and steward engaging and sustainable partnerships with corporations and foundations to support a growing organization. The Manager will report to the Managing Director of Development, as well as work closely with the entire City Year DC development team, impact staff, corps, boards, and other volunteers. Responsibilities Donor Management Work with the Managing Director of Development to strategize, set, communicate, and implement all plans, processes, and goals around institutional fundraising. Maintain a portfolio of corporate and foundation partners and prospects to meet annual revenue goals, inclusive of a strategic moves management plan to direct and monitor the progress of funding relationships. Track all deadlines in CYDC's CRM for corporate and foundation deliverables (reports, proposals, etc.), and work with Regional Grant Writer to deliver grant proposals and reports for corporate and foundation funders. Facilitate the Team and Program Sponsorship partnership programs, identifying, securing, engaging, and retaining partners who can give at the Team Sponsor ($100,000+) and Program Sponsor levels ($25,000+). Steward Team and Program Sponsors by learning and understanding partners' philanthropic mission and working with partners to determine the best engagement and recognition opportunities. Collaborate with national City Year network to develop multi-site, regional, and national funding opportunities. Develop a variety of collateral (grant proposals, letters, presentations, sales collateral, and reports) for existing and potential corporate and foundation partners; make dynamic presentations to same audiences to sell, upgrade, and renew gifts. Cultivation and Stewardship Ensure the successful stewardship of current corporate and foundation donor relationships by managing appropriate frequency of outreach, communication, appreciation and involvement. Work with staff and key volunteers to develop, execute and evaluate strategies to engage institutional partners through outreach, education, invitations to special events, and personal contacts; support implementation of funded programs and initiatives. Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications Manager to create and implement donor communications and acknowledgement related to cultivation and stewardship of corporate partners. Prospect Generation Work closely with the Development team and Site Board to identify, engage, and cultivate a robust pipeline of corporate and foundation prospects that can make annual investments at the $10,000+ level. Leverage existing City Year programs, including Team and Program Sponsors, corporate service days, annual Idealist Gala, and specialty market events to attract new partners. Partner with other development team members to identify and leverage opportunities in respective portfolios to help cultivate new relationships (ie: individual leaders within our corporate partnerships, event sponsors that could support at an operational level, etc.) to build a robust prospect pipeline Contribute to and participate in prospecting meetings and pipeline meetings Project and Event Management Work closely with Special Events Manager, as well as larger Development team, to leverage events to meaningfully engage corporate sponsors and prospects. Work with the Civic Engagement Manager to implement corporate service days. Development Operations Work with the Development Operations Manager to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of institutional gifts and engagement using City Year's Salesforce CRM. Partner with the Development Operations Manager and other team members to hold regular prospecting, pipeline, revenue forecasting, and moves management meetings. Organizational Initiatives & Site Support All staff members support AmeriCorps member recruitment, including phone calls and interviews. Staff members also assist with Impact initiatives throughout the year, including Summer Leadership Academy, physical service events, and more. Other duties as assigned by the Managing Director of Development or site leadership. Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.
City Year Washington D.C., DC, USA Full-time
Transitions Specialist (YouthBuild Public Charter School) Featured
MISSION YouthBuild DC Public Charter School (YouthBuild PCS) is an alternative high school for young people seeking to transform their lives by re-engaging in their education in a non-traditional school environment. YouthBuild PCS prepares students for post secondary education and the workplace by offering, in English and Spanish, academic, vocational and workforce development programs. YouthBuild PCS believes that service to the community is an essential part of the transformative process. Therefore, students serve their community through volunteer projects and by creating housing for low-income residents in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. For more information about YouthBuild PCS, visit youthbuildpcs.org . RESPONSIBILITIES The Transition Specialist helps to plan, facilitate, and provide oversight of students' post-secondary placement. This is a full-time position, with occasional weekend and evening service hours. The Transition Specialist reports to the Head of School. Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Career and College Readiness Collaborate with the Transitions Director to build students' career awareness and career readiness skills; work with students to develop Individual Transitions Plans. Set up job site visits and career exploration activities to introduce youth to various jobs, careers, and apprenticeship/internship opportunities. Collaborate with the Transitions Director to build students' college awareness and college readiness skills; work with students to develop Individual Transitions Plans. Set up campus visits and college exploration activities to introduce youth to various jobs, careers, and apprenticeship/internship opportunities. Placement Collaborate with the Head of School, the Construction Manager, and other school leaders to secure student placement in internships, apprenticeships, and other employment opportunities. Communicate via phone, email, and social media to follow-up with students on their employment status. Conduct site visits, phone calls, email communication, and Social Security Number employment inquiries to verify student placement. Track Alumni two years after exit to ensure retention in job/career opportunities. Provide support to alumni with job hunts and career readiness. Work to develop a resource guide to assist students with post-secondary placement. Help support the development of a YouthBuild Industry Advisory Council. AmeriCorps Program Support Recruit and enroll AmeriCorps student members in accordance with applicable CNCS guidelines, grant agreements, etc. Track member progress toward achieving performance measures as outlined in the AmeriCorps grant agreement. Data Management Use YouthBuild's database(s) to track the placement status of current students and all alumni, working in sync with the Post-Secondary Education Associate to verify placement of alumni. Enter data into funder-sponsored databases and write reports on placement status and activities. QUALIFICATIONS Successful candidates will possess the following qualifications: Bachelor's degree required, with at least two years of experience teaching at risk youth and demonstrated success assisting youth in obtaining employment. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Database management experience a plus. Fluency in Spanish is preferred. Flexible, energetic, and resourceful. Committed to working with a diverse group of traditionally under-served youth, and believe that all students can achieve success. HOW TO APPLY Click here to apply directly to the Transitions Specialist position. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. YouthBuild PCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not allow discrimination with respect to employment or any of the terms or conditions of employment because of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, sexual identity, marital status or religion.
TenSquare YouthBuild Public Charter School, 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA Full-time
Bilingual Family Recruiter Featured
At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential. And it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential. Rocketship Public Schools is hiring for a part-time bilingual Family Recruiter position. The primary purpose of the Family Recruiter role is to support new and growing Rocketship schools to fill open spots and build robust waitlists of prospective students. This position will require you to work closely with the school's Office Manager, Community Development Manager, and Principal to execute on recruitment plans and meet goals set by the team. Ability to engage families in dialogue about Rocketship and a passion for our mission to eliminate the achievement gap is a must. Family recruiters are our faces and voice to new families and will be expected to execute their responsibilities with professionalism and a high degree of customer service. Responsibilities Canvassing within recruitment areas specified by the recruitment plan you are helping to execute Canvassing includes but is not limited to knocking on doors, making contact with local community groups and businesses, and handing out pamphlets to prospective families at events/high traffic locations Support in data entry Support with phone calls to new and prospective families Event planning and marketing of informational meetings for prospective families Tracking recruitment work in target area to ensure all potential families are contacted Supporting new and existing schools in enrollment Providing feedback to inform continued refinement of recruitment plans Requirements A passion for Rocketship's mission to eliminate the achievement gap and a belief that all students can achieve academic success Excellent interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills Strong PC-based computer skills, and ability to learn new computer programs quickly Ability to work in a team as well as follow through independently to complete tasks as required Ability to maintain strict confidentiality where required and discretion when involved in sensitive conversations High tolerance for ambiguity, changing work priorities and deadlines, and a willingness to take on responsibilities and to prioritize work on multiple projects Spanish bilingual required Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high. Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and welfare benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off. Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools' employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for our Sexual Harassment Policy and here for our Title IX Policy . For questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact Equity/Discrimination Title IX Compliance Officer, Email: [email protected] Address: 350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 109, Redwood City, CA 94065. Phone: 877-806-0920 ext. 115.
Rocketship Public Schools Washington, USA Part-time
Family Recruiter Featured
At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential. And it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential. Rocketship Public Schools is hiring for the part-time Family Recruiter position. The primary purpose of the Family Recruiter role is to support new and growing Rocketship schools to fill open spots and build robust waitlists of prospective students. This position will require you to work closely with the school's Office Manager, Community Development Manager, and Principal to execute on recruitment plans and meet goals set by the team. Ability to engage families in dialogue about Rocketship and a passion for our mission to eliminate the achievement gap is a must. Family recruiters are our faces and voice to new families and will be expected to execute their responsibilities with professionalism and a high degree of customer service. Responsibilities Canvassing within recruitment areas specified by the recruitment plan you are helping to execute Canvassing includes but is not limited to knocking on doors, making contact with local community groups and businesses, and handing out pamphlets to prospective families at events/high traffic locations. Support in data entry Support with phone calls to new and prospective families Event planning and marketing of informational meetings for prospective families Tracking recruitment work in target area to ensure all potential families are contacted Supporting new and existing schools in enrollment Providing feedback to inform continued refinement of recruitment plans Requirements A passion for Rocketship's mission to eliminate the achievement gap and a belief that all students can achieve academic success Excellent interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills Strong PC-based computer skills, and ability to learn new computer programs quickly Ability to work in a team as well as follow through independently to complete tasks as required Ability to maintain strict confidentiality where required and discretion when involved in sensitive conversations High tolerance for ambiguity, changing work priorities and deadlines, and a willingness to take on responsibilities and to prioritize work on multiple projects Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high. Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and welfare benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off. Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools' employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for our Sexual Harassment Policy and here for our Title IX Policy . For questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact Equity/Discrimination Title IX Compliance Officer, Email: [email protected] Address: 350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 109, Redwood City, CA 94065. Phone: 877-806-0920 ext. 115.
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I can't help but wonder...
LHakaLH posted a topic in ARCHIVE - Madonna
Let me start by saying that this topic is NOT meant to bash Madonna. But listening to the album and especially songs such as BIM, Holy Water, Inside Out and S.E.X. (my all-time fave guilty pleasure!!!) I can't help but wonder how Madonna would have felt about this album and these songs if she could have had a glimpse of the future let's say during 1990-2004. Back then she was so proud of what she was doing, getting more serious as an artist and it paid off with huge sales for her ROL and Music albums. My guess is that American Life's flop ruined everything. She wanted to get back on top as soon as possible. I can't help but wonder how it would've turned out if AL had actually done good. One thing i know for sure, RIT wouldn't have been the Greatest Hits tour it was. Now she needed to remind the world of her back catalogue and then decided to return to pop with the disco oriented Confessions album. Thank God, because I love COADF. Hard Candy is where it really went wrong. From the extremely tacky cover to the average songs and weaker voice... Did she felt inspired by Britney? On songs such as Incredible, Dance 2night and Heartbeat she really sounds like Brit now and then. And then that crappy tour... S&S was the first time I felt Madonna made a complete fool of herself on stage. That whole 'a girlfriend that wanna fuck your boyfriend' crap... Madonna... hello... you're 50, not 15, but you damn sure sounded like a 15 year old when you asked the crowed that silly question. I could go on and on, but I'll try to keep it short. After Confessions the woman who wasn't that much into collaborations and duets all of a sudden seemed addicted to them. The trend setter became a trend follower. Everything to appeal to a younger crowd who wants nothing to do with her, and in doing so, she's ignoring and alienating people that did grow up with her. This is her failure. Had these collabs at least paid off I wouldn't have mind that much, but they don't! Maybe Justin did okay, but the others... Let's be honest folks, what is BIM doing for her career? NOTHING!!! It's not a hit by any means. I can't help but wonder why she keeps doing these kind of things. Yes, she should do whatever she wants. But do you guys really believe she is enjoying herself? The younger generation is only making jokes about her and will continue to do so. Why isn't she sticking to what she gained, a very loyal fanbase? Imagine how pathetic it would be if all of a sudden Bruce Springsteen would collaborate with Justin Bieber, releasing something like 'fuck you, I'm the Boss' or George Michael ft. Adam Lambert 'suck me, I'm gay'. Yes it would be hilarious, but they would be making fools of themselves. And I as a Madonna fan for almost 10 years hate to see her make a fool of herself. Yes, she achieved a lot, more than most of us ever will, but that does not mean she isn't making a fool of herself. We may enjoy these song but I think deep down inside most of us feel that she is making a fool of herself and hate it. She's our idol and we want her to shine, at least I do. But sorry... Hard Candy, Sticky and Sweet? MDNA? Rebel Heart? No matter how many times her last tours will (and continue to) be the best selling of all-time, she isn't really shining anymore. And no matter how many people claim Ray of Light is a boring album, GOD was she shining back then. She was on top and everyone wanted to follow her, but now... And this has nothing to do with me wanting a ROL pt. 2, since I don't want her to repeat herself. But that is exactly what she's doing for the last couple of years, repeating herself with desperate attempts to appeal to the younger generation. Again, this is not meant to bash Madonna, just sharing how I feel. I still really like most of the RH album, but let's keep it and say it as it is.
MDNA
We need to talk about HARD CANDY
IsaacHarris posted a topic in ARCHIVE - Madonna
So, whats the verdict? Have we as a forum come to the united consensus that Hard Candy is a work of musical art? It's been six years, so surely most of the initial haters have come around. Ignoring the comparisons to earlier works & meltdowns of yesterday, let's discuss how we feel about the album, NOW. -What do you think of HC as of today? Has it aged well? Do you still listen to it religiously? Is it on-trend? Let's be honest!
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Satisfaction in the Progress
Junman To
Tell us a bit about yourself.
The name's Junman, 33, 5ft 9 with the aura of 5ft 10. Planning Radiographer at the Royal Surrey County Hospital by day, and a pseudo tennis pro by night.
When did you first start playing tennis and what was your early tennis experience like?
First picked up a racket as a small kid but gave up pretty quickly, as I was awful. Tried my hand again in 2011 at university, after years of being inspired by the Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer. I was still terrible but I was determined to be better. Feels like a lifetime ago! There was a break in my tennis 'career' after finishing my post grad but I got back into the swing of things in 2015 at SSP and been playing ever since.
What got you started in Local Tennis Leagues?
As my game improved at club level and in the doubles settings, I found myself hungering for singles. I wanted to test myself and had heard some of my club mates joined Local Tennis Leagues. Naturally, I was curious and followed suit. As a fierce competitor, I wanted to see how my rankings/WTN compared with others.
What are some highlights from your time with LTL and tennis in general?
The LTL provides a chance to play against people of varying styles. It's the closest I'll be (maybe?) to getting that feeling of a real ATP match. I've even had passers by applaud the rallies. Had the games been recorded they would have made for a great highlight reel.
Biggest highlight thus far has got to be watching Rog's final professional match at the Laver Cup. I was lucky to have tickets and it was a real privilege to witness the end of an era. Meeting my partner at the club, however, comes a close second.
What have been some of the benefits of LTL and tennis for you?
Aside from the obvious physical and mental health benefits, it's simply fun playing and socialising with others. For me personally, it has been an outlet to vent out frustrations of work. There's also a real satisfaction of seeing everyone (and yourself) make progress. It also gives you a good excuse to eat mountains of food. Makes me feel like I've 'earned' it ;-)
What is your tennis claim to fame?
I've placed 2nd in the league a few times and came joint 1st in one round, only to lose out on top spot thanks to a worse H2H. I've also featured on the LTL Instagram story for the Tie Break Tens event. Hoping to be in the winner's circle next time!
Why would you recommend LTL to others?
I wouldn't just recommend LTL, I'd encourage everyone to grab a racket and mate(s), and take to the court for a knock up. The beauty of the game is anyone and everyone can play, no matter age or level. For those newbies patience is key. It took me 6 months to develop a semi-decent backhand.
So what are you waiting for?!
Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about?
I'm a gent off the court but a demon on it.
I accept all challenges. Insta: @junman_vs_food
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Accountability and Democracy: The Pitfalls and Promise of Popular Control
Craig T. Borowiak
Situated at the intersection of democratic theory and international studies, Accountability and Democracy provides an in-depth critical analysis of the concept "democratic accountability." The book proceeds with separate chapters on accountability as found in the U.S. Ratification debates, agency theory, ancient Athenian democracy, theories of deliberative democracy, capitalist markets, and cosmopolitan democracy. Through an engagement with these different traditions and contexts, the book paints a picture of democratic accountability as a multidimensional concept harboring competing imperativ ... More
Situated at the intersection of democratic theory and international studies, Accountability and Democracy provides an in-depth critical analysis of the concept "democratic accountability." The book proceeds with separate chapters on accountability as found in the U.S. Ratification debates, agency theory, ancient Athenian democracy, theories of deliberative democracy, capitalist markets, and cosmopolitan democracy. Through an engagement with these different traditions and contexts, the book paints a picture of democratic accountability as a multidimensional concept harboring competing imperatives and diverse instantiations. It both engages conventional electoral models of accountability and moves beyond them by situating democratic accountability within more deliberative, participatory and agonistic contexts. Contrary to dominant views that emphasize discipline and control, the book describes democratic accountability as a source of mutuality, community, and political transformation. The book also challenges deep-seated understandings of democratic accountability as an expression of popular sovereignty. It instead argues that accountable governance is incompatible with all claims to ultimate authority, regardless of whether they refer to the demos, the state, or cosmopolitan public law. Rather than conceiving of democratic accountability as a way to legitimize a secure and sovereign political order, the book contends that destabilization and democratic insurgence are indispensable and often neglected facets of democratic accountability practices.
Keywords: democratic accountability, cosmopolitanism, mutuality, control, political transformation, popular sovereignty, insurgence, multidimensional
Craig T. Borowiak, author
International Relations and Politics
Inclusion and Democracy, Iris Marion Young (2002)
Part One Punishability, Representation, Control
1 Managing Republicanism
2 Disciplining Democracy
Part Two Answerability, Community, Participation
3 Constituting the Polis
4 Answering for Exclusion
Part Three Globalization, Markets, Disruption
5 Displacing Democracy
6 Disorienting Cosmopolitanism
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Report: Delaware job growth slowing
Nov 18th, 2016 · by Ian Gronau · Comments:
DOVER — Job growth in Delaware appears to be slowing, according to the October Labor Review released by the Delaware Department of Labor on Friday.
Annual job growth had been steady at +10,000 for most of 2015, slipping to +8,500 at the end of 2015 and first quarter of 2016. That growth was cut in half in the second quarter.
According to Office of Occupational and Labor Market Information chief, Dr. George Sharpley, that's probably not as bad as it sounds.
"It's hard to say that a slowdown in job growth is encouraging, but it's not really worrying either unless it continues on this same path and goes down below a normal growth rate," he said.
"At this point it's most likely that the cause of the slowdown is because the economy has gotten closer to full employment and that it's settling into a long-term steady growth pattern."
Dr. Sharpley said the slowdown wasn't unexpected.
"After a recession you'll have a period of faster-than-usual job growth as people are able to find jobs again, like we did," he said.
"But that can't last forever. There is nothing that I see that would indicate to me that growth will keep slowing down to zero or to negative. I suspect that it will level off and steady unless something unforeseen happens."
The labor review also reported that the employment estimate from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program showed annual gains of more than 20,000 employed state residents
as recently as April, but has dropped steadily since then to below +9,000 in October.
A third measure, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of employers that had been holding steady at over +10,000, has now also dropped below +9,000. That survey showed an annual gain of 15,000 jobs in June, when the more reliable QCEW showed +3,400.
The review also noted that although job growth has slowed there was no "trigger" apparent that would cause a recession. The likely scenario is that the state settles into growth on the order of about +5,000 jobs per year, consistent with full employment.
Mr. Sharpley is optimistic about what nearing "full employment" may mean for wages though.
"As we get closer to full employment, it's absolutely possible to see wages increase," he said. "I think we are already starting to see that to some extent, at least nationally."
As a new president takes office in January and the Federal Reserve murmurs about the possibility of an interest rate hike, the political climate might affect the future jobs outlooks as well, he said.
"There is a definite possibility for impact there," he said. "The new administration is talking about possible tax cuts and a big program for public infrastructure, these would likely give a temporary boost to the economy.
"However, with the economy close to full employment, it can't really increase output by all that much and these measures would more likely just increase prices. We may get a temporary boost in output, but then the Federal Reserve would be forced to raise interest rates to head off inflation."
Staff writer Ian Gronau can be reached at 741-8272 or [email protected]
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Faculty /
St. Augustine's Seminary of Toronto » Faculty and Staff » Faculty
Rev. John Elmer Abad (Ordained 2000)
B.A. (St. Paul Seminary Foundation); S.T.B., S.T.L. (Augustinianum / Lateranensis); M.A.; Ph.D. (University of Toronto).
Assistant Professor, Systematic and Historical Theology
Rev. Charles Anang (Ordained 1991)
B.Sc. (University of Toronto); M.Div. (St. Augustine's); S.T.B. (Saint Paul University); S.T.L., S.T.D. (Gregorianum).
Associate Professor, Systematic Theology
Rev. Kevin Belgrave (Ordained 2008)
B.F.A. (Ryerson University); S.T.B., M.Div. (St. Augustine's); S.T.L., S.T.D. (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross).
Assistant Professor, Moral Theology
Rev. Gregory H. Carruthers, S.J. (Ordained 1980)
B.A. (St. Mary's, Halifax); M.A. (Carleton); M.A. (Gonzaga); L.Ph. (Mount St. Michael's); M.Div., S.T.B., Th.M., S.T.L. (Regis); S.T.L., S.T.D. (Gregorianum).
Spiritual Director and Consulter for the Spiritual Exercises
Rev. Frederick Chung (Ordained 2001)
B.Sc. (University of Toronto); M.Div., S.T.B. (St. Augustine's); S.T.L., S.T.D. (Gregorianum).
Assistant Professor, Biblical Theology (Old Testament)
Dr. Donald G. Graham
B.A., (Trent University), B.Ed., (Queen's University) M.A., (Franciscan University of Steubenville) M.A., (University of St. Michael's College) S.T.L. (Regis College), Ph.D. (Maryvale Institute and The Open University).
Assistant Professor, Systematic and Pastoral Theology
Rev. James (Séamus) P. Hogan (Ordained 2002)
B.A. (York University); M.Div., S.T.B. (St. Augustine's); B.Hist.Eccl., L.Hist.Eccl., D.Hist.Eccl. (Gregorianum).
Assistant Professor, Church History
Dr. Josephine Lombardi
B.A., M.R.E. (McMaster University), M.A., Ph.D. (University of St. Michael's College).
Associate Professor, Systematic and Pastoral Theology
Deacon Peter Lovrick (Ordained 2002)
B.A. (McMaster University), M.A. (University of Toronto), D. Min. (Aquinas Institute of Theology).
Assistant Professor, Homiletics
Rev. Luis M. Melo (Ordained 1992)
B.A. (University of St. Michael's College); S.T.B., S.T.L., S.T.D. (Angelicum).
Rev. John-Mark Missio (Ordained 1996)
B.Math. (University of Waterloo); ARCCO (Royal Canadian College of Organists); B. Mus. (Wilfrid Laurier University); M.Div. (St. Augustine's); S.T.B. (Saint Paul University); M.A., S.T.L. (University of St. Mary of the Lake/The Liturgical Institute).
Lecturer, Pastoral Theology
Dr. Sean Mulrooney
B.A. (University of Toronto); M.A. (University of Texas at Austin); Ph.D. (University of Toronto).
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Dr. Patricia Murphy
B.A. (University of Toronto); Ph.D. (Boston College).
Associate Professor, Moral Theology
Rev. Msgr. A. Robert Nusca (Ordained 1988)
B.A. (University of Toronto); M.Div. (St. Augustine's); S.T.B. (St. Paul University); S.S.L. (Biblicum); S.T.D. (Gregorianum).
Associate Professor, New Testament
Dr. Pamela J. Reeve
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Toronto).
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Rev. Giuseppe Scollo (Ordained 2007)
B.C.T. (St. Philip's Seminary); M.Div.Honours, S.T.B. (St. Augustine's Seminary); S.S.L. (Biblicum); S.T.D. (Gregorianum).
Assistant Professor, Biblical Theology
Rev. Walter M. Werbylo, C.S.B. (Ordained 1990)
B.S. (Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University); M.S. (Pennsylvania State University); M.Div. (University of St. Michael's College); S.T.L., S.T.D. (Gregorianum).
Dr. Linda Winter
B. Comm.; M.B.A.; M.A.; M.Ed., D. Ed. (University of Toronto).
Human Formation Counsellor
Rev. Ivan Camilleri, B.Comm., M.B.A., S.T.B., M.Div., J.C.L.
Rev. Francis G. Carpinelli, B.A., M.A., M.Div., M.Ed., Th.M., S.T.L., Th.D.
Rev. Joseph Chandrakanthan, B. Th., M. Phil., M.Th., L.Th., Ph.D., D.Th.
Dr. Adrian Ciani, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Rev. Brian Clough, B.A., S.T.B., M.A., J.C.L., J.C.D.
Rev. David G. Creamer, S.J., B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Div, S.T.B., M.Ed., Ed.D,
Rev. Charles K. Egbulefu, C.C.E., B. Phil, B.Th., S.T.L., S.T.D.
Rev. Patrick C. Ezimora, C.C.E., B.Phil., S.T.B., S.T.L., S.T.D.
Rev. Terence J. Fay, S.J., B.A.; L.Phil.; M.A.; S.T.L.; M.A.; Ph.D.
Deacon Peter Gittens, S.T.B., S.T.L., M.S.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., S.T.D.
Rev. Thomas Lim, B.Comm., S.T.B., M.Div., J.C.L.
Rev. Thomas A. Lynch, B.A., M.Div., S.T.L.
Ms. Colleen Mahy, B.A., M.Div., B.Ed.
Dr. Mary Marrocco, B.A., M.A., M. Div., B. Ed., Ph.D.
Rev. Michael McGourty, B.A., S.T.B., M.Div, S.T.L., S.L.D.
Dr. Francesco Pica, B.A., M.A., S.T.L., S.T.D., Ph.D. Candidate
Dr. Suzanne R. Scorsone, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Rev. John Yake, I.V.Dei, B.A., M.Div., S.T.M., D.Min.
Rev. Christie Joachim Pillai, O.M.I., B.A., L.Phil., S.T.L., S.S.L., S.T.D.
Rev. Vello Salo, L.Ph., S.T.L., S.S.L., S.S.D.
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shanghai metro line 2 timetable
It costs CNY 8 between Pudong Airport and Hongqiao Airport. Metro at Shanghai Airport is served by Metro Line 2, which gets to city centre in around 60 minutes. Timetable of Shanghai subway Line 2. Line 12 is an east-west line of the Shanghai Metro network. [1] [6] A joint venture between Shanghai Shentong Metro Group and Keolis ' Chinese joint venture, Shanghai Keolis, with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group holding 51%, has been awarded a five-year contract to operate and maintain the line. Passengers who wishes to go to the Pudong airport will … Line 8 is a north-south line of the Shanghai Metro network. Line 2 is one of the 17 lines of the Shanghai Metro. Jing'an Temple (simplified Chinese: 静安寺; traditional Chinese: 靜安寺; pinyin: Jìng'ān Sì) is the name of an interchange station between Lines 2 and 7 of the Shanghai Metro.This station is located in Jing'an District, below the historic Jing'an Temple and the Jiu Guang shopping mall. Answers (1) Answered by Leo from China | Aug. 23, 2011 02:26. Metro Line 2 is also starting from airport ? Shanghai's 2 airports will be connected via Metro Line 2 starting 8 Apr. April 20, 2010 – Expo section of Line 13 (Madang Road – Shibo Avenue) enters temporary operation. You can easily find out the exact schedule on the spot. Be ready for changes - 1 Yuan, 5 Yuan and 10 yuan. Zhangjiang High Technology ParkSurroundings: Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, Foreign Language School (Pudong Branch), Zuchongzhi Road, Songtao Road, Bibo RoadBus Routes: 778, Bridge Line 5 and 6, Zhangjiang Circular Line, Zhangnan Line, Zhangchuan Line, Zhanggong Line, Yangzhu Line, Tangchuan Line, Tangchuan Special Line Jinke RoadSurroundings: Zuchongzhi Road, Pudong Software ParkBUs Routes: Dongchuan Special Line, 636, 609, Tangchuan Line, Zhangjiang Line 1, Yangzhu Line Guanglan RoadSrroundings: Lvjiabang, Zhangjiang Sports Center, Guanglan RoadBUs Routes: 615, 636, Dongchuan Special Line, Zhangjiang Loop-Line, Daqiao Line 6 TangzhenSurroundings: East Gaoke Road, Caojiagou, Tangzhen Middle School, Tangzhen Catholic ChurchBus Routes: 618, 636. It was originally designated as Line 21 and was planned as the south part of Line 11.The line runs entirely in Pudong New Area, starting from Longyang Road, via Shanghai Wild Animal Park, Huinan Town, ending at Dishui Lake in Nanhui New City. SBS7661Y 15,108 views. Please note that the distance between the two airports is significant. The station is located east of the intersection between … The Subway Line 10 go through the main subway station: Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1, Shanghai Zoo, Jiaotong University, Shanghai Library, Xintiandi, Laoximen, Yuyuan Garden, East … You can wait 2-10 minutes for any metro line, depending on the day and time. KONE Corporation, Press release, July 16, 2019 KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, will deliver 203 escalators and 65 elevators to Shanghai's newest Metro Line 15, which, once completed in 2020, will form part of the world's longest mass-transit rail system. Shanghai Metro Line 2 上海地铁2号线新广播 上海メトロ2号線 車内放送 - Duration: 1:28. Bus transportation Transfer to Line 1 or 8 at People's Square Shanghai Railway Station; Zhongshan Park; West Nanjing Road; Yishan Road; Hongqiao Road; Jinshajiang Road; Caoyang Road; Zhenping Road; Hongqiao Railway Station; Oriental Sports Center; Xinzhuang; Shanghai South Railway Station; Caobao Road; Shanghai Indoor Stadium; Changshu Road; Jiangsu Road; Jing'an Temple; … Stretching in the south-north direction, Zhengzhou metro line 2 connects Liuzhuang and Nansihuan. You can easily find out the exact schedule on the spot. On the following years, lines 6, 8, and 9. … From Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dorsett Hotel, you can take Shanghai Metro Line 2 Extension Section (To Guanglan Road) first to Guanglan Road Stop with 8 stops and then transfer to Line 2 (To Xujingdong) to Century Park with 4 stops. The metro line was put into service in three separate sections, with the first phase open on Sep. 16, 2012, the west extension line on Jun. Songjiang South Railway Station – Caolu. It is a good option to get to city centre as it is economic but it can take some time depending on your destination. when the subway line extends farther east to Pudong Airport. West World Life 39,182 views. April 20, 2010 – Expo section of Line 13 (Madang Road – Shibo Avenue) enters temporary operation. Metro service is available from PVG to Shanghai's other major airport, the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). ↔ Pudong Internatinal Airport (during the trial operation period), Morning Peak Hours (Mon. Shanghai Metro as the major transportation in the city makes it very easy for visitors to go anywhere in Shanghai. Dongchuan Special Line, Shangchuan Special Line, Chuanzhanggao Special Line, Chuan Jin Line Middle Chuangxin RoadSurroundings: East Gaoke Road, Middle Chuangxin Road, Changxing RoadBus Routes: Shangchuan Line, Chuanzhanggao Special Line East Huaxia RoadSurroundings: East Huaxia Road, Qingyi Road, Wu Changshuo Memorial HallBus Routes: 977, Chuanfeng Special Line, Tangchuan Line, Shangchuan Special Line, Xuchuan Special Line, Nanchuan Special Line, Shenchuan Special Line ChuanshaSurroundings: Qujiagang, Chuansha Town Government, Chuansha Road, South Chuanhuan RoadBus Routes: 611, 615, 618, Chuansha Line 1 - 4, Chuanpu Line, Chuansan Line, Shenchuan Special Line, Shangchuan Special Line, Huzhu Line, Xuchuan Line, Zhangchuan Line, Chuansan Line Lingkong RoadSurroundings: Lingkong Road, West Huazhou RoadBus Routes: 622, Nanchuan Special Line, Fangchuan Special Line, Shenjiang Line, Chuansha Line 3 Far East AvenueSurroundings: Far East Avenue, Huazhou Road Haitian 3rd RoadSurroundings: Yinbin Dadao, Qihang Road, East Qihang Road, Pudong AirportSurroundings: The metro station is located between the two terminal buildings of the airport. Shanghai is a huge city with a metro system to match. For more details view the ExploreShanghai interactive Metro map or click on one of the station names below. Line 11 is a northwest–southeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. An easier way to get around the Shanghai Metro. July 1, 2010 – with the opening of Hongqiao railway station, its metro station of the same name on Line 2 enters operation. - Fri..: 7:00 - 9:30), Evening Peak Hours (Mon. Which metro line you live on evidently makes a huge difference in how long it takes to get … The Shanghai Metro has 364 stations distributed … It's enough to make your head spin! For different trips, the fare varies from CNY2 to CNY4. Shanghai Metro Line 2: Lujiazui Station / 陆家嘴站 - Duration: 2:03. The Shanghai Metro is the … East Xujing. Line 9 is one of the 17 lines of the Shanghai Metro. Shanghai Metro becomes the longest metro system in the world after 15 years of breakneck growth. Estimated ridership for the line is 170,000 passengers per day. 1:28. East Xujing. July 1, 2010 – with the opening of Hongqiao railway station, its metro station of the same name on Line 2 enters operation. Shanghai metro line 2 is one of the busiest subway lines in the city, linking Pudong and Hongqiao International Airport. Line 1 had a lot of expansions. It takes around 1.5 hours with CNY8 (5:30-21:30). Answer 1 of 11: Hello, I know maglev works from airport to Longyang rd / and I can switch there with line 2 to city center. The first section from Tiantong Road to Jinhai Road opened on 29 December 2013, and additional stations up to Qufu Road were in operation by 10 May 2014. East Xujing – Pudong International Airport. 1. Japanese train station during rush hour - Duration: 1:08. … - Thu. Shanghai Metro – The Verdict. Copyright © 1998-2020 All rights reserved. The line is colored magenta on system maps. Extending about 60km with 30 stations, it passes many local famous places such as Jing'an Temple, Nanjing Road, People's Square and Lujiazui. It is part of the initial section of Line 2 that opened … What time is the last subway Line 2 depart from Pudong airport? Songjiang … 0 0 Reply. Line 10 is one of the 17 lines of the Shanghai Metro. But not to worry, because Shanghai Metro Map is the ultimate transport app, here to … Discurre desde Xujing Este en el oeste hasta el Aeropuerto Internacional de Pudong en el este, pasando por el Aeropuerto de Hongqiao, el Río … The whole transfer needs about 55 minutes. Shanghai Subway Line 2. 2:03 {SHM} Two types of Shanghai Metro Line 2 train @ Longyang Road Station - Duration: 2:30. LujiazuiSurroundings: Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Jinmao Tower, BOC Building, Custom Building, Ocean Aquarium, Dongchang Rd.Surroundings: Dongchang Road, Century Avenue, South Pudong Road, West Laoshan Road, Shangcheng RoadBus Routes: 01, 82, 119, 219, 570, 574, 583, 584, 607, 630, 783, 787, 791, 792, 796, 798, 818, 870, 961, 981, 985, Tunnel Line 3 and 4, Taigao Line, Dongdong Line, Dongjin Line, Hunan Line, Huhe Line, Dongchuan Special Line, Shilao Special Line, Century AvenueSurroundings: Inner-Continental Hotel, Tomson Financial Building, Purple Mountain Hotel, Courtyard By Marriott Hotel, Bao'an Hotel, Nextage Department Store, Changhang Hospital, Century Avenue, Zhangyang Road, Dongfang RoadBus Routes: 130, 219, 522, 584, 589, 597, 610, 620, 626, 639, 746, 771, 775, 779, 785, 790, 819, 871, 936, 961, 968, 970, 978, 980, 987, 989, Tunnel Line 4, 8 and 9, Dongchuan Special Line, Shenlu Special Line, Shanghai Science & Technology MuseumSurroundings: Science & Technology Museum, Oriental Art Center, People's Government of Pudong New Area, Pudong New Area Children's Palace, Century Park, Century Avenue, Dingxiang Road, Yingchun Road, Century ParkSurroundings: Century Park, Huamu Road, Haitong Road, Meihua RoadBus Routes: 746, 798, Yangzhu Line, Fangchuan Special Line, Airport Line 7, Longyang Rd.Surroundings: New International Expo Center, Maglev Longyang Road Station, No. Line 6 is an eastern north-south line of the Shanghai Metro network. Inauguration was in May 1993. Transfer to Line 7 or Maglev at Longyang Road. Passengers are therefore advised to allow sufficient time between flights. An easier way to get around the Shanghai Metro. But it's very easy, you could only get off, and go to your opposite on the same platform to waiting the coming train. Ticket price between two ends costs CNY 9, and costs CNY 3-8 for the rest. Shanghai Metro is a quick, sheltered, agreeable and advantageous method for transportation for going around the city. My friend Alex sent me a very good map of Shanghai Metro Plan (including Metro Line #1 to #9) and the Shanghai Metro Time Table (Metro Line #1, #2 … Transport Hongqiao Railway Station to Pudong Airport, I am travelling to Pudong airport from Suzhou to catch a 1am flight. Shanghai Metro is busy and runs regularly, especially at times that are most popular. Special Notes: The east extention part (Guanglan Road - Pudong Airport) is running separately from the other part. Here are my introduction of the new lines: Shanghai Metro Line #6; End of Update. The Shanghai Public Transportation Card can be used for taking Jinshan Railway. Hongqiao Railway Station Line 10 Line … What time is the last subway Line 2 depart from Pudong airport? Transfer to Line 4, 6 or 9 at Century Avenue Jinyun Road – Zhangjiang Road. About:Shanghai Metro Line 2. Are we allow to bring our luggage with us using metro… It's enough to make your head spin! You are going to the Main Railway Station. - Thu. Line 11 will also have four more services added for interval times as quick as 2 minutes to reduce wait times during peak hours. Hongqiao Bus Station: it is located in the west part of Hongqiao Railway Station, the coach mainly transfer to the neighboring Jiangsu and Anhui Province. What time is the first metro from Zhongshan park to Pudong airport on a Saturday? Unlike other similar resources online, this map will give you: The name of each Shanghai metro stop in English. Shanghai Subway Line 10. Update Metro Line #4, #6, #8 Opens January 2, 2008. Line 2: East Xujing — Pudong International Airport 1999 2010 63.8 30 Line 3: North Jiangyang Road — Shanghai South Railway Station 2000 2006 40.3 29 Line 4: Loop line beginning at Yishan Road 2005 2007 33.7 26 Line 5: Xinzhuang — Minhang Development Zone 2003 — 17.2 11 Line 6: Gangcheng Road — Oriental Sports … Shanghai Metro Line 2 Directions {{::location.tagLine.value.text}} Sponsored Topics. Shanghai Day Trips and Shanghai Tours, Shanghai Travel, Shanghai Guide Meet You at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Shanghai Pudong Airport, transfer you to Shanghai hotels, Take you visit Highlights of Shanghai. Map of Shanghai Metro Line 2 in Pudong International Airport Station.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 1.44 MB Shanghai Metro Line 2.svg 2,175 × 785; 355 KB Shanghai Metro Line2 Map.png 755 × 613; 12 KB Which metro line you live on evidently makes a huge difference in how long it takes to get around this enormous city. You could go to/depart from Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1 by the Subway Line 10 (Identification Color: light purple). With a length of nearly 64 km, it is the second longest line in the metro system after Line 11.Line 2 runs from East Xujing in the west to Pudong International Airport in the east, passing Hongqiao Airport, the Huangpu river, and the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong.With a daily ridership of almost 1.5 million, it is the Shanghai … Line 2 is an east-west line of the Shanghai Metro network. Carl Chen 10,223 views. Passengers can interchange with line 1 & 4 at Fengqi Road and Qianjiang Road respectively. It runs from Jinhai Road in Pudong to Qixin Road in Minhang District. The Shanghai Metro is the longest rapid transit system in the world. If you're traveling to Shanghai in the near future, there's a lot of value in this free downloadable Shanghai Metro Map. An entire single journey takes around 40 minutes and the frequency is 6-8 minutes. Speaking as someone whose work required taking the Shanghai metro 4 or more times a day, your apartment's quality of line can undoubtedly have a significant impact on your quality of life. The Shanghai Metro is a rapid transit rail network in Shanghai, China. Line 6 is an eastern north-south line of the Shanghai Metro network. It also connects maglev line … The line … Those traveling to Pudong via Metro however take note, Line 2's extended 70 minutes doesn't include the Guanglan Road to Pudong airport section. There are 364 stations and 14 lines with more and more being added to this rapidly growing network. East … [BETA]Shanghai Metro Line:Stations above ground Mod –EN: Shanghai Metro is one of the longest urban rail transit systems in the world, its first line, Shanghai Metro Line 1, was officially put into operation on May 28, 1993, making Shanghai the third city in mainland China operating metro lines. You can take metro line 2 and it operates from 5:50. 2. Copyright © 2013 Shanghai-airport-transfer.com. The section between East Xujing Station and Songhong Road Station (not included) on Shanghai's busiest metro line will be closed for reconstruction for 11 days, until February 2.. Shanghai Subway Line 10. There only have 4-car metro train, the other have 8-car metro train. Shanghai Metro – The Verdict. The fundamental attractions, transportation center points, and business zones, for example, the Bund, Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road.People's Square, Shanghai Railway Station and Xujiahui can be come to by a few metro lines. Xinjiangwancheng. Transfer to Line 11 at Jiangsu Road Help. Transfer to Line 7 at Jing'an Temple Inauguration was in May 1993. I'm little confuse on the above time table. There are 364 stations and 14 lines with more and more being added to this rapidly growing network. East Xujing – Pudong International Airport. Hangzhou subway line 2 links Chaoyang and Liangzhu, with a single trip taking about 77 minutes; it operates from 06:00 to 22:46 at intervals of 4.5 minutes in rush hours and 6 minutes in other time. The Subway Line 2 go through the main subway station: Xujing East, Hongqiao Railway Station, Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2, Nanjing West Road, People's Square, Nanjing East Road, Lujiazui, Century Avenue, Longyang Road, Guanglan Road, Pudong Airport. Hongqiao Airport is located on the west side of Shanghai. About:Shanghai Metro Line 2. Lines and stations. You could go to/depart from Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1 by the Subway Line 10 (Identification Color: light purple). East Extention - Guanglan Rd. Metro lines that run through Shanghai's downtown will have trains swinging by every three minutes during rush hours by 2018. An important part of Metro Line 2 will be out of operation during the upcoming holiday, starting from January 23. The line is colored magenta on system maps. All Rights Reserved. Line 2: To Guanglan Rd.----To Xujing East: 5:30: To Xujing East: 22:45: Line 2 (East Extension) To Guanglan Rd.----Line 2 (East Extension) To Guanglan Rd.----To Pudong International Airport: 6:00: To Pudong International Airport: 22:00: To Far East Avenue: 22:24 Line 1 (Fujin Road - Xinzhuang) Line 2 (East Xujing - Pudong International Airport) Line 3 (Shanghai South Railway Station - North Jiangyang Road) Line 4 (Loop) Line 5 (Xinzhuang - Minhang Development Zone) Line 5 (Xinzhuang - Fengxian Xincheng) Line 6 (Gangcheng Road - Oriental Sports Center) Line 7 (Meilan Lake - Huamu … Legal. The different lines of the Shanghai Metro. (from Xujing East to Pudong Airport), Transfer to Line 10 at Hongqiao Railway Station, Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 Line 10 is a southwest-northeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. : 17:30 - 21:30; Fri.: 14:00 - 21:30), Morning Peak Hours (Mon. ¯; pinyin: Guǎnglán Lù) is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro.The station is located along Zuchongzhi Road and is located between the stations of Tangzhen and the Jinke Road on Line 2. Shanghai Science Museum Metro Station Map, Songhong Rd., Zhongshan Park, Jing'an Temple, People's Square, Century Avenue. 8, 2013, and the east extension line on Oct. 26, 2014. Each year, new stations are built. Author : Takashi Kawasaki Date : 22-07-2012 Route : Shanghai Metro Line 2 Train : Shanghai Metro AC02 Series Control System : GTO-VVVF Some snaps of the Metro Line 1 Metro Tickets Metro Stop at Xian North Railway Station Metro Stop at Zhonglou Zhan … Answer 1 of 6: Hi, I plan to take metro Line 2 at Nanjing East straight away to PVG International Airport. La línea 2 forma el eje este-oeste de la red del Metro de Shanghái, que se cruza con el eje norte-sur en la Plaza del Pueblo.Con una longitud de unos 64 km, es la línea más larga del sistema. The line runs from Xinjiangwancheng to Hongqiao Railway Station, with a branch line from Longxi Road to Hangzhong Road.It connects the Hongqiao International Airport with the downtown core of Shanghai, and also the dense residential districts of Yangpu and Hongkou. Line 1: Xinzhuang ↔ Fujin Street; Stations & Timetable ; Line 2: East Xujing ↔ Guanglan Street ↔ Shanghai Pudong International Airport; Stations & Timetable ; Line 3: South Station ↔ Jiangyang North Street; Stations & … Hongqiao Railway Station Line 10 Line 17. For more details view the ExploreShanghai interactive Metro map or click on one of the station names below. : 07:00 - 9:30; Fri.: 07:00 - 9:30 ), Evening Peak Hours (Mon. The Shanghai Metro is a rapid transit rail network in Shanghai, China. 2:18. Free Downloadable Shanghai Metro Map. Jinyun Road. Transfer to Line 3 or 4 at Zhongshan Park This line provides access to Nanjing Road West and East, and the Bund. 2 to People Square, and take metro line No 1 to Shanghai Railway Station. For more details view the ExploreShanghai interactive Metro map or click on one of the station names below. 2 Company of Passenger Transportation of Shanghai Metro Operation Co., Ltd., Longyang Road, Baiyang RoadBus Routes: 975, 976, 989, Bridge Line 6, Airport Line 3 and 7, Longbin Line, Longda Line, Longpinglu Line, Longniguo Line, Dongchuan Special Line, Longlu Special Line, Fangchuan Special Line, Longdong Special Line, Longlin Special Line. How often is the Metro line 2 from Zhongshan Park to PVG aiport at 5.30PM? - Thu. The remaining st 2 thoughts on " Jinshan Railway opens: but it's definitely not a metro line " Pingback: The Beach Express: Shanghai Metro Line 22 to Jinshan set for December opening « | Blog | ExploreMetro | China's best metro and subway maps LT October 2, 2012 at 6:18 pm. I will be starting my journey taking west nanjing line 2, how long will be my travel to the train stations?
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Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert
Hurricane Sandy came to the East Coast in late October, and caused major damage. There was a loss power, homes, and sadly lives. Although Hurricane Sandy occurred nearly two months ago, survivors are still feeling pain from the damages. The DMV lucked out on not being hit as hard as predicted, but New York, New Jersey, and other states weren't as lucky.
New York and Jersey were both hit badly by the storm. Streets and subways were flooded, and Jersey even lost the famous 'New Jersey Boardwalk'. Since the hurricane, efforts and fundraisers have been done to raise money, so that the people, states, and cities affected can get back to their regular lives.
Last night was no different. GE, Chase, Time Warner Cable, and other companies, sponsored a concert that was given to help those hurt by Sandy. The concert was held at Madison Square Garden, in New York, and streamed live. Some of the artists that came out to support and preform were Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bruce Spingsteen, Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon, and many others. The proceeds that were raised last night, will go to the Robin Hood Relief Fund.
If you would like to give to the relief fund, you can purchase donation gifts for your Facebook friends, text $10 donations to 50555, or use check-ins to Foursquare and Get Glue.
Prayers and thoughts are still with those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Hopefully there will be a speedy recovery for everyone.
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Abortion Numbers Highest Ever, Following Introduction of 'DIY' Abortion Scheme
10 September 2020 – Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social Care this morning show that 109,836 abortions were performed for English and Welsh residents in the 6 months between 1 January and 30 June 2020. This is 4,296 higher than the figure for the first six months of 2019, which was 105,540. 2019 saw the highest number of abortions ever recorded in England and Wales over a full year, at 200,608.
This significant rise in abortions coincides with the Government's temporary measure allowing 'DIY' home abortions in the UK. Since 'DIY' home abortions were introduced, a number of significant problems have arisen. According to a leaked "urgent email" sent by a regional chief midwife at NHS England and NHS Improvement on the "escalating risks" of 'DIY' home abortions, two women have died after taking 'DIY' home abortion pills.
The Government has announced that it will be launching a consultation on whether to end this temporary measure.
The 2020 interim figures show that:
109,836 abortions were performed for English and Welsh residents in the 6 months between 1 January and 30 June 2020. This is 4,296 higher than the first figure for the first six months of 2019, which was 105,540.
This significant rise in abortions coincides with the temporary measures allowing 'DIY' home abortions in the UK. Since 'DIY' home abortions were introduced, a number of significant problems have arisen.
According to a leaked "urgent email" sent by a regional chief midwife at NHS England and NHS Improvement on the "escalating risks" of 'DIY' home abortions, two women have died after taking 'DIY' home abortion pills.
The email leak also revealed police have opened a murder investigation into the death of a baby who they believe was born alive despite her mother taking 'DIY' home abortion pills.
A nationwide undercover investigation found evidence of abortion providers putting women at significant risk by not carrying out basic checks before sending them 'DIY' home abortion pills.
In May, it was revealed UK police were investigating the death of an unborn baby after their mother took 'DIY' home abortion pills while 28 weeks pregnant.
In addition, abortion provider BPAS announced that it was investigating a further eight cases of women taking 'DIY' home abortion pills beyond the 10-week limit, raising questions over what checks are being conducted to ensure the law isn't being broken and dangerous later-term abortions aren't happening.
A number of women have also come forward to share the serious problems they've experienced after taking 'DIY' home abortion pills.
In response to the general figures, spokesperson for Right to Life UK, Catherine Robinson said:
"It is a national tragedy that 109,836 lives were lost to abortion between January and June 2020. This is 4,296 higher than the figure for the first six months of 2019, which was 105,540. The year of 2019 saw the highest number of abortions ever recorded in England and Wales, at 200,608 over the full year.
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"Every one of these abortions represents a failure of our society to protect the lives of babies in the womb and a failure to offer full support to women with unplanned pregnancies.
"This year we've come together as a nation and made great sacrifices to protect the vulnerable from Covid-19. Sadly, at the very same time as protecting one group of vulnerable people, we as society have also ended thousands of young vulnerable lives through abortion.
"This significant rise in abortions coincides with the temporary measures allowing 'DIY' home abortions in the UK. Since the UK Government permitted 'DIY' home abortions, stories of illegal late-term abortions and safety abuses have come to light.
"We, along with other pro-life campaigners, warned it was only a matter of time before a woman died as a result of a 'DIY' home abortion. Tragically, that has been the case with two women having their lives ended along with tens of thousands of babies losing their lives under the Government's home abortion scheme.
"These cases and the thirteen ongoing investigations are likely only the tip of the iceberg, given the date of the leaked email.
"Abortion providers, such as BPAS and Marie Stopes International, who want to keep 'DIY' home abortions on a permanent basis, are unlikely to want to reveal how many complications or serious incidents have arisen as a result of their 'services'.
"There are also likely many more incidents that abortion providers don't know about as the majority of women are not likely to come back and tell an abortion provider that they have broken the law using their service or weren't even aware how far along they were, given they have not had an ultrasound.
"These 'DIY' home abortion schemes should be suspended immediately."
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Home game against Blackburn Rovers to go ahead despite threat of administration
Latest team news, results, video clips, interviews and live coverage
by dutchman » Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:26 pm
Coventry City will play Tuesday's Championship game against Blackburn Rovers at the CBS Arena as scheduled
Coventry's future at the stadium is in doubt with Arena Coventry Limited (ACL) under threat of administration.
An offer to buy Wasps rugby union club has been accepted, but the prospective deal does not include the ground.
A Sky Blues statement confirmed the match will go ahead with the normal matchday operation and ticketing arrangements in place.
It follows "constant dialogue over the past few days" with ACL and Coventry City Council.
The statement continued: "We thank both parties for their support in enabling us to play the game at the Arena on Tuesday.
"We thank Sky Blues supporters for their patience and understanding in this matter, and also the English Football League (EFL) as well as Blackburn Rovers and their fans.
"We will continue to communicate with fans regarding the situation at the Arena as and when we are able to do so."
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Fantastic fiction includes fantasy, science fiction, weird stories and some pulp fiction like Doc Savage. It also includes related critical and biographical works.
"Low Res Scan" links to you to reviews which may not cover the entire contents of a book.
"Raw Feed" links take you to what are essentially my lightly edited notes on a work.
"Essay" links are to long review pieces with spoilers.
A title index to fantastic fiction reviews exists.
Easton, Thomas A. "Black Earth and Destiny". Raw Feed.
Eckhardt, Jason C. "And the Sea Gave Up the Dead". Review.
— "The Walker in the Night". Essay.
Eddy, Jr., C. M. [and H. P. Lovecraft]. "Ashes". Raw Feed.
— "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind". Raw Feed.
— "The Ghost-Eater". Raw Feed.
— "The Loved Dead". Raw Feed.
Eddy, Jr., C. M. and Muriel Eddy. The Gentleman from Angell Street: Memories of H. P. Lovecraft. (nonfiction). Review.
Edelman, David Louis. "Mathralon". Review.
Edelman, Scott. "Glitch". Review.
Edwards, Jan. "Damnation Seize My Soul". Review.
Effinger, George Alec. "Everything But Honor". Raw Feed.
— A Fire in the Sun. Raw Feed.
— "From Downtown at the Buzzer". Review.
— "Mars: the Home Front". Raw Feed.
— "The Musgrave Version". Review.
— "Prince Pat". Raw Feed.
— When Gravity Fails. Raw FeedRaw Feed.
— "The World as We Know It". Low Res Scan.
Egan, Greg. "Border Guards". Raw Feed.
— "Glory". Review.
— "Yeyuka". Review.
Eisenberg, Larry. "The Fastest Draw". Review.
Eklund, Gordon. "The Karamazov Caper". Raw Feed.
Elgin, Suzette Haden. "For the Sake of Grace". Review.
Elliott, Kate. "Sunseeker". Review.
Ellison, Harlan. "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N Longitude 77° 00' 13". Raw Feed.
— "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". Raw Feed.
— "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes". Review.
— "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World". Review.
— "With the Eyes of a Demon: Seeing the Fantastic as a Video Image". (nonfiction). Raw Feed.
Ellison, Harlan and Ben Bova. "Brillo". Review.
Ellis, Phillip A. "Contemporary Views: Pieces on William Hope Hodgson from the Idler and the Bookman". (nonfiction). Review.
— "A Reassessment of William Hope Hodgson's Poetry". (nonfiction). Review.
— "William Hope Hodgson in the Underworld: Mythic Aspects of the Novels". (nonfiction). Review.
Emrys, Ruthanna. A Litany of Earth. Raw Feed.
— Winter Tide. Review.
England, Terry D. "Out of the Cradle". Review.
Enriquez, Mariana, trans. Megan McDowell. "The Intoxicated Years". Review.
— "Spiderweb". Review.
Epheyre, Charles. "Professor Bakermann's Microbe". Review.
Erckmann-Chatrian. "The Waters of Death". Review.
Erdelac, Edward M. Andersonville. Review.
Essler, Van. "Chasing the Eleusinian". Review.
Estañol, Bruno. "The Infamous Juan Manuel". Review.
Etchison, Dennis. "Damechild". Review.
— "It Only Comes Out at Night". Review.
— "The Late Shift". Review.
— "Tell Me I'll See You Again". Review.
Evenson, Brian. "The Adjudicator". Review.
— "The Din of Celestial Birds". Review.
— "The Wilcox Reminder". Review.
Everington, James. "The Affair". Review.
— "The Supreme Conflict". Review.
— "A Trip to Paris". Review.
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Yasmin Sulaiman
credit: Tom Medwell
Racheal Ofori impresses in this debut show centred on black female voices
Piping in OMI's 'Cheerleader' as the audience comes in sets up just the right tone for this fresh, fun and utterly vital show from Racheal Ofori. Produced by Fuel Theatre, it's an impressive debut from the writer and performer, who fuses poetry, music and witty monologues to portray a range of contemporary black female voices.
The anchor of this multitude of sketches is Candice, a young girl from London who tells us, scathingly, of her mandatory sessions with a school counsellor to help her 'realise her potential'. Ofori flits between her story and a range of other figures: among them, an American pastor, an under-pressure Oxbridge hopeful and an online dating newbie.
They don't all land perfectly – the Oxbridge hopeful feels a little forced – but it's an impressive performance from Ofori, deftly directed by Kate Hewitt (associate director on Sam Mendes' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Perhaps it's because we see the most of her, but Candice is undoubtedly the show's highlight: she's bright, funny and completely rejects the school-university-job route mapped out for kids her age. Ofori plays her with understated intelligence, and a few of her lines startle in their ferocity.
And although Portrait might be a great showcase for Ofori's versatile acting talent, her words impress just as much. It's an exciting show from a writer / performer we'll hopefully hear more from soon.
Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, until 29 Aug (not 17, 24), 1.20pm, £8.50–£11 (£7.50–£10).
Portrait A frank and funny look at modern life through the eyes of a young black woman 'I know it's said that money doesn't buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Porsche than at a bus stop' Inspired by her own experiences, Fringe first timer Racheal Ofori takes us on a frank and funny journey through cultural stereotypes…
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Facts about Rudolph
Birthplace: Fiction
Best known as: The beacon-snouted hero of the annual Christmas TV special
A full history of the character, from ever-reliable Snopes.com
Details on the TV special, including great trivia, from Internet Movie Database
The Most Famous Reindeer
A history of the show and its music, from Canada's Daily Observer
School Board Reinstates Rudolph, Santa
From 2008: the song creates a North Carolina kindergarten controversy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Biography
Animated Character
Fictional Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the hero of an American Christmas story which is the basis for a popular song and a very popular annual TV special. Rudolph, a reindeer with a glowing red nose, starts out as an ostracized freak and ends up as the fog-cutting hero at the front of Santa Claus's sleigh team.
The character was invented in 1939 by Chicago copywriter Robert L. May for a booklet given away to customers by his employer, the Montgomery Ward department stores. May received rights to the story in 1947 and asked his brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, to put the story to music and lyrics. The result was "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," which was a radio hit for cowboy singer Gene Autry in 1949. The song has been recorded by dozens of other performers since then and remains a Christmas pop classic.
The one-hour, animated TV special — also titled Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer — debuted on NBC on December 6, 1964. A charming story of reindeer, elves, and an abominable snowman at the North Pole, it has aired every year since.
The TV version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer differs slightly from May's original 1939 story; in the original story, Rudolph grows up not at the North Pole but in a reindeer-populated village elsewhere and is discovered by Santa during (not before) his annual gift-delivery run… The TV show's other songs, including "A Holly, Jolly Christmas," "Silver and Gold," and "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year," were also composed by Johnny Marks… Though created for a U.S. network, the animated show was filmed in Japan and its soundtrack was recorded in Canada… Folk singer Burl Ives provided the voice of the TV show's narrator, Sam the Snowman… The holiday hit Frosty the Snowman was also recorded by Gene Autry (in 1950) and was also the subject of a Rankin/Bass TV special, first broadcast in 1969.
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The Devil's Advocate • November 15, 2018 • https://lhsdevilsadvocate.org/897/news/bus-car-collide-on-union-street/
Bus Car Collide on Union Street
Walid Basalamah
Car and Bus collide on the corner of Union Street and Franklin.
Walid Basalamah, Reporter
At approximately 2:20 pm on Wednesday November 14, at the corner of Union Street and Franklin Road, a school bus carrying Leominster High School students collided with a sedan.
Two Devil's Advocates reporters were on the scene, one on the bus, one following behind.
According Mayhanna Saldana, an LHS Junior who was on the bus at the time of the accident and also a reporter for the Devil's Advocate, "We were all just sitting and talking as the bus was moving. It went silent, then someone started talking again, then something hit the bus, and everyone jerked forward and backwards. I was on the right side of the bus, so I didn't fully feel what the left side would have felt."
Immediately after the accident, the bus driver opened the window to see if the couple in the car were alright, then she checked on the students, explained Mayhanna.
It took the couple a while to get out of the car. and there was minor damage to the bus and major damage to the car.
LHS Principal Steven Dubzinski arrived on the scene about the same time as the police. He boarded the bus and asked how everyone was doing.
"It took the bus driver about 20 minutes to have the students fill out paperwork and then it took another 20 minutes for a new bus to show up," Mayhanna explained.
"I normally get home at 2:30. I got home at 3:01," said Mayhanna.
Dubzinski contacted parents in a direct ed call home to inform them of the accident and to reassure them that no one was seriously injured.
"Thankfully no one was injured and all students, and both drivers are safe," said Dubzinski. "This was a great example of all departments, Fire, Police, and School, as well as First Student Bus Company working together."
Walid BasalamahCar and Bus collide on the corner of Union Street and Franklin.
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News: Show-Score Is the Website Theater Fans Have Been Waiting For
The Observer | By John Bonazzo | Apr 27, 2016
With the Tony Awards on the horizon, Tom Melcher's site wants to be the Rotten Tomatoes of Broadway.
Tom Melcher, founder and CEO of Show-Score. | By Deeksha Gaur
This article was first published by the New York Observer on 4/26/16, written by John Bonazzo.
How does a website that's only been around for seven months already have more reviews of New York City theater than Facebook, TripAdvisor and Yelp combined?
Ask Tom Melcher, the founder and CEO of Show-Score, who throughout his life has had two great loves: tech and theater. Until now, his professional life was focused in the former field—he has launched 10 online companies, in fields from software to education.
As he searched for shows to see in his free time, Mr. Melcher took critics' reviews into account. But when he looked up consumer reviews on sites like Facebook, he kept running into the same problem: a lack of specificity.
"Most consumer reviews are 'four stars, loved it' or 'one star, hated it,' which isn't actually helpful," he told the Observer.
In this problem, Mr. Melcher saw an opportunity. So in September he and a team of collaborators launched Show-Score, a Rotten Tomatoes for fans of New York theater. The site, which is still in beta, recently completed its angel round—investors included Kevin Ryan, founder of Business Insider, and Vikram Somaya, senior vice president and global data officer at ESPN.
Show-Score features reviews from both critics and members who are regular theatergoers—each show gets two scores based on what critics and consumers think. The site has about 50,000 members so far, who have written 80,000 reviews of New York City shows.
A sampling of Show-Score member reviews of Wicked.(Screenshot: Show-Score)
Theater fans who want to write a review on Show-Score first have to give the production a score between zero and 100, and choose five words to describe their feelings about the show. Finally, they have to give specific reasons why people should "see it" or "don't see it."
The other crucial aspect of the site is that users must sign in and create an account before they critique a show. Mr. Melcher sees this as a way of keeping them honest.
"This is a new way of reviewing," he said. "We don't want anonymous people talking about theater, we want you to stand behind the words."
Show-Score also features a "shows you might like" section which is controlled by the user as opposed to a machine learning algorithm. Once a Show-Score member picks their favorite actors, directors, playwrights and critics, they will see recommendations based on those parameters i.e. "because Audra McDonald is in this show" or "because Ben Brantley liked this show" the user may enjoy it.
Users can also follow individual Show-Score members whose tastes align with theirs, and hear about new shows from them.
"It's similar to getting word of mouth from friends," Mr. Melcher said. "The New York Times isn't the only critic out there."
Some of the actors users can follow on Show-Score. (Screenshot: Show-Score)
Show-Score does not sell tickets or offer discounts itself, though it links to sites that do. It also helps users figure out how much they're actually paying by showing the full ticket price after fees are added in.
One of the site's newest tools, Price Alert, also simplifies the ticket buying process. A sort of Priceline for theater, the tool allows users to specify how much they're willing to pay for a particular show, and then shows them the best discounts based on those parameters.
Now that the theater awards season is heating up, Show-Score has partnered with Audience Rewards, a Broadway loyalty program with two million members, on a Tony Awards game. Starting May 3 (the day nominations are announced) users can make predictions, see how their choices compare to those of other players and compete for a million Audience Rewards points. Predictions will be updated in real time during the show, and whoever gets the most categories right wins the points.
"There's a neverending stream of information between the nominations and the telecast," Mr. Melcher said.
"They're gonna watch Hamilton win and see Lin-Manuel Miranda rap his acceptance speeches, but they'll see that there are other amazing shows too."
Mr. Melcher said that this year's show may seem a bit boring because Hamilton is the prohibitive favorite to win Best Musical. But he also thinks the Tony Awards game (and the show itself) will be a way to expose consumers to other Broadway shows.
"In previous years only theater fans cared about the Tonys, but this year there are gonna be people will will tune in just for Hamilton," he explained. "They're gonna watch Hamilton win and see Lin-Manuel Miranda rap his acceptance speeches, but they'll see that there are other amazing shows too."
In a similar way, Mr. Melcher wants Show-Score to stand out as the website people go to for information on theater of all kinds, Hamilton and otherwise.
"If you're trying to discover a show you love at a good price, you'll go to ShowScore," he said.
If you're not already a Show-Score member, sign up for free right here! You'll have access to discounts, free tickets, and of course, thousands and thousands of real theater reviews, written by real theater fans like yourself.
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Improved Accessibility in Windows 11
September 30, 2021 /in Blog /by The Editor
As technology platforms stabilize after decades of constant, compatibility-breaking evolution, one fortunate result is the development and adoption of new accessibility technologies. One prominent example has been Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller, configurable set of devices explicitly designed to expand and help meet the needs of gamers with mobility and disability issues.
The Adaptive Controller has been a fantastic platform to test and develop new features for the broader global community that uses Windows in business. When your business combine these features in Windows 11 with best-in-class on-premises and cloud support from Ronald Walker Associates, you'll be better able to incorporate contributions from across your entire organization.
Windows Voice Typing
One notable advancement uses artificial intelligence to recognize speech, transcribe, and automatically punctuate. Windows Voice Typing can provide substantial assistance to people with chronic pain, severe arthritis, repetitive stress injuries, cerebral palsy, and mobility related disabilities. It can also be used to assist language learners in gaining English proficiency.
Multi-Platform Accessbility
Windows 11 includes a Linux subsystem and will also start supporting Android applications. Accessibility features in Windows 11 will now work closely with these non-native apps, and also provide significantly better support across a number of virtualization platforms.
New Control Panel and More
For additional information, visit the Windows 11 blog.
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1991 Porsche Singer 911 For Sale Car #26 "Montana Commission"
1991 Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer
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Car #26 "Montana Commission"
Resistance Blue Paint With A Cognac Weave Interior
Cosworth 3.8L Flat Six Engine W/ 6-Speed Manual Transmission
Extraordinary Attention to Detail Throughout
The Ultimate Modern Reinterpretation Of The Classic 911
LMC is very proud to offer for sale this 1991 Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer
Singer was founded in Los Angeles in 2009 by Rob Dickinson to create the ultimate air-cooled 911, combining aspects of 911s across all eras of air-cooled production. Starting with a 964-generation 911, Singer painstakingly 'reimagines' the car to create the equivalent of a 'greatest hits' album of Porsche's most iconic model. Parts and styling are pulled from all different generations of air cooled 911's to create the ultimate air cooled experience. The original 964 is completely disassembled and taken back to bare metal, with carbon-fibre panels replacing the original, including the front and rear fenders, bumpers, bonnet, and engine decklid. From there, the sky is truly the limit when it comes to customization. Each Singer built is truly a bespoke creation, tailored to the tastes of each specific owner, with no two cars being alike.
The example offered here for sale 'the Montana Commission' by Singer, boasts a beautiful and well-thought-out specification. At its heart lies Singer's 3.8L flat six-cylinder engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission. The car is painted in Resistance Blue complemented by a Cognac weave interior sporting a set of four-way adjustable Recaro seats. Behind the three-piece Fuchs-style wheels are large steel Brembo brakes along with an Ohlins adjustable suspension. Importantly, the car is also fitted with a carbon-fibre roof. The car is also outfitted with air conditioning, stereo with bluetooth. Since its completion it has accumulated 5,247 miles on the odometer
Singer has become world renowned for the company's attention to detail, philosophy, and the overall quality of the cars. The demand for a Singer 911 is so high causing a long waiting period to commission a new build. Very few examples like this one make it to the secondhand market and offer an opportunity to avoid the wait and drive one today.
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Timberland | Industry Leadership
Timberland has a long heritage of environmental stewardship, responsible sourcing and social justice. Our CSR efforts date back to the early 1990's when we launched our Path of ServiceTM employee volunteer program and our supplier Code of Conduct. Timberland's past, present, and future are fueled by a desire to innovate and operate our business in an accountable, responsible and sustainable manner. In these 20+ years of driving commerce & justice hand in hand, we've learned that we innovate and drive progress best in collaboration with others.
Below are examples of collaborations Timberland has participated in over the years to drive positive social and environmental progress across the footwear and apparel industry, and beyond.
BICEP, a project of Ceres, was founded in November 2008 and is an advocacy coalition of businesses committed to working with policy makers to pass meaningful energy and climate legislation and giving consumer-facing businesses a stronger voice in the formation of progressive climate change legislation. Timberland and the other founding members of BICEP saw a need to form the new coalition, rather than joining other established organizations whose members tend to be larger emitters with different needs than what many consumer companies face. BICEP's members are primarily consumer companies that are not major greenhouse gas emitters, but will nevertheless be impacted by climate regulations and other climate-related impacts. BICEP members believe that climate change will impact all sectors of the economy and that various business perspectives are needed to provide a full spectrum of viewpoints for solving the climate and energy challenges.
In April 2005, Timberland and a number of other brands formed a coalition called the Leather Working Group (LWG), an organization with the objective of developing and maintaining a protocol that assesses the compliance and environmental performance of tanners, and promoting sustainable and appropriate environmental business practices within the leather industry.
"Initially, there was pushback from the tanneries, who said, 'We don't need another audit'" reveals Rick LaTouch, Senior Manager of Leather Development at Timberland. However, once tanneries realized the benefit of creating alignment on environmental issues the improvement was exponential. LWG environmental audits are conducted 18 months apart, and the results between first and subsequent audits for all participating tanneries were overall reductions of 15 to 20 percent in water and energy use. Tanneries have also seen improvements in air emissions, water effluent quality, waste, and restricted substance handling. LWG audited tanneries were soon setting the standard for environmental performance in the footwear leather industry. As a result of its commitment to the LWG, Timberland has set a target to source leather only from tanneries that are rated silver or higher—not an easy task for the factories in question. "Obtaining a medal isn't easy," LaTouch points out. "The protocol is dynamic and is regularly updated to ensure that it is challenging but achievable. Seldom does a tannery get audited the same way twice. The tanners understand that it's good for the industry – and the planet."
In 2007, Timberland joined forces with REI to launch a group within the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) that was then called the Eco Working Group. The group set out to find a common way to measure the performance of outdoor industry products. The impetus for the project was the "nutrition label" and the "Green Index" rating systems that Timberland had introduced the preceding year to provide consumers with environmental performance data about the company and of its footwear products. OIA members were interested to see if something similar could be adopted by the outdoor industry so that outdoor consumers could make more informed purchasing decisions. What started as a small group of leading outdoor brands turned into an industry-wide effort involving nearly 200 brands and their suppliers. The initiative got so much momentum that other industry sectors—like the apparel industry—took notice and organized to adopt the tool.
The story of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition begins with a letter sent in 2010 designed to get the attention of even a busy CEO. At the top: the logos of Walmart and Patagonia. John Fleming, who was then Walmart's chief merchandising officer, and Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia's founder, signed the letter, which invited chief executives of some of the world's biggest clothing companies–fierce competitors, ordinarily — to join together to develop an index to measure the environmental impact of their products. Having received this letter, Timberland was quick to accept the invitation and follow through with its commitment to the industry by donating its product environmental impact measurement and product labeling system, the Green Index. In addition to leveraging the work of the Green Index and the OIA's Eco Working Group, the SAC incorporated data from Nike to make a tool specific to the entire apparel industry. The SAC voted to approve this new index in June 2012, renamed the Higg Index.
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A Little Rain Will Do It
Have you noticed how quickly airports shut down at the first sign of rain that splashes the tarmac? Twice now I've been left waiting at the gate for hours for the weather to clear up. Another time the arrival airport had too many planes in the air and couldn't handle all that traffic at the same time. All because it was raining. Really? Where have all the cowboys gone who could ride the storm like a bronco? I guess they're afraid of a lawsuit if they skid off the runway.
Just recently I was scheduled into O'Hare from San Francisco. As soon as we reached Chicago airspace we began to do the loopy loops. I knew instantly we weren't going to land. This went on for an hour. O'Hare had shut down because of stormy weather. And then we got re-routed to Grand Rapids. We landed and parked on the tarmac. For four hours. Other planes began to arrive. Pretty soon the small airport looked like a boneyard. It reminded me of the musical, Come From Away where 38 planes and 6,700 passengers were redirected to Gander, Newfoundland during 9/11. Except we didn't have any catchy tunes to accompany us or trays of sandwiches and hot coffee greeting us. Eventually the airport gave us a gate, we disembarked, raced to the bathroom, bought some snacks, re-fueled and then boarded again. We finally got permission to fly into O'Hare. By then my connecting flight to Warsaw was long gone, and I was left to navigate the airport maze in search of another flight.
I've been flying all my life. I'm used to flying in all kinds of weather. Once, I was on board a plane in Argentina in torrential rain. I mean sheets. With lightning and thunder for special effects. We shoved off from the gate and headed toward the runway. The plane in front of us got clearance to leave. It tore through the rain like a torpedo, leaving a wake of water behind, climbed into the storm clouds and vanished. Our captain, watching this no doubt from the cockpit, had second thoughts because he turned and inched our plane to a parking spot. "My wife told me not to play the hero, so we're waiting for this storm to move on," he told us. I immediately liked his wife. I liked him even more for heeding her advice. On the other hand, I've been on planes when an engine blew out just before landing in Mexico City. On another one, the turbulence was so frightening I wanted to die. My seat-mate, a pilot said, "Don't be afraid. Planes are built for this." That didn't help my stomach flipping over, making me grab the vomit bag.
Calvin says,"That's why my preferred way to travel is four paws on the ground and my GPS nose."
By ritariverain airline travel, airlines, airport, plane, rules, transportation, travel June 18, 2019 481 Words1 Comment
There was construction going on in a building on my walk to work this morning. The scaffolding was full of workers on several levels, wearing tool belts, yellow fluorescent vests and white hard hats. Two guys were leaning against a parked car, smoking, and watching the work being done. Obviously the crew foremen.
"Hey, Jesus, what country are you from?" one of them said.
Jesus turned around to face them. "What country? From the United States," he said in perfect English.
I laughed out loud.
The guy who asked the question clearly expected Jesus to say, "Mexico." But he didn't. That showed him.
Stereotypes don't work anymore.
For example, when I see a doctor. They're from all over the world. Their last names are Carlson or Rodriguez or Ngo, but they're Americans now. In fact, Carlson might be the real foreigner in the group.
The truth is most of us are immigrants. Scratch the family history and you'll uncover Aunt Sophie came from Bavaria, Germany by way of her mother's womb, and Uncle Basil skied into Austria from Budapest when the communists took over, and then boarded a ship to Ellis Island where they changed his name to Bertie.
If we want genuine, 100 percent American heritage, we'll have to look at England first, or the American Indians.
Calvin says, "It's true in the dog world, too. You can't trust a beagle with the name of Waffles."
By ritariverain ancestry, beagle, connect, contractor, conversation, dialogue May 21, 2019 243 WordsLeave a comment
Gems in the Flowers
Easter bounced in and out last Sunday.
I didn't see many rabbits on the street. Only one.
He was dressed as a squirrel and scampered into the backyard.
He flicked his tail and chirped madly to himself
when he discovered the eggs wrapped in pastel foil
hidden in the flower beds.
I was worried. The foil could kill him.
The chocolate, too if he reacted like a dog.
Dogs can die if they eat chocolate. Maybe squirrels, too.
I felt a few seconds of remorse, then
I got a gleam in my eye,
from the light bouncing off an egg.
Calvin says, "Your nasty is showing."
By ritariverain chocolates, eggs, gifts, scenery April 24, 2019 108 WordsLeave a comment
Crazy Busy
There are business leaders out there with books and mentoring classes that say that busyness is a lack of focus, and that it robs us of being attentive to what really matters.
Obviously they've never been a mother with children. Or a school teacher. Or an ER doctor. Or ants. Have you ever seen an ant soaking up the sun by itself on the sidewalk?
How about bees? We have a hive in the backyard and a day doesn't go by that they're not buzzing around flying in and out of the hive, making sure the queen is happy. That's full-time work, with no vacation.
These gurus are probably in their 30's, never been married, and order out every day of the week.
Their philosophy sounds so good, but it's so wrong. Busyness is the nature of life, especially if you're holding down a job, raising a family, and being a conscientious citizen.
And if you add in walking the dog at least twice a day, busyness doesn't even come close. I'd love to stop all that, kick back on my couch with a good book or an addictive television series and ignore the needs around me. But then that would put me in a whole new category – that of being a narcissist.
Calvin says, "Two walks a day? Ha! I'm lucky you let me out in the backyard to chase squirrels for exercise."
By ritariverain attention, communication, conversation April 5, 2019 April 5, 2019 236 Words2 Comments
The Cure for Social Media Boredom
Have you noticed the changes that are happening on social media these days? It's no longer a place to hang out with friends and family. It's more like a shopping bazaar. Every other post is for leadership workshops, coaching lessons, weight loss programs, dog training.
Lately there are tons of courses for writing a book. It seems, according to the marketers, everybody should write a book. We have a story in all of us, they say, and it must come out. It's the new therapy. Regurgitate your life on the page and press publish.
Except it's boring. Have you noticed that? Read some memoirs. You can distill the essence to angst, depravity and survival. That seems to sell. Stories that are hilarious, unique or good for the soul people won't read.
I can speculate why the negative sells. People like drama. The more hideous the better. Check out your favorite reality TV show. The human tendency to be brutal is inherent in all us.
But I prefer a good story that ends in laughter. It's time to flood social media with those. Anyone want to join me?
Calvin says, "I will. I'll write some scratch & sniff posts."
By ritariverain culture, emotions, feelings, humor, marketing, readership, relationships, smiles, writing March 28, 2019 201 Words2 Comments
The Red Sea Crossing
It's been pouring for days. It's my kind of weather except when it impacts the toilets in my house. That's where I draw the line. The toilets, the shower, the bathtub and the garage sink went on strike all at once and filled up with water. Grey, dirty water.
That required immediate emergency measures. I called two plumbers who were asleep and couldn't be bothered with my plight. It was Sunday after all, the day of rest, and crises would have to wait. The third plumber responded and came over in 45 minutes. Meanwhile Alf was filling buckets of water from the shower and dumping them in the backyard. I was pacing the kitchen trying to stay calm. The rain continued. Calvin was on guard with nose quivering.
Finally Juan showed up in an unmarked truck. That sent alarm bells off in my head. Calvin began howling. He introduced himself and smiled with a mouthful of braces and spoke in faltering English. The alarm bells were getting louder. Calvin was grunting. Juan unscrewed the cap to the main pipe to the house and a volcano of water erupted flooding the front lawn. I was convinced we had called a hack and I was ready to phone another plumber, and then the police, if I could find either who wasn't taking a nap. Calvin was hissing and booing at Juan.
Alf decided to go with it. Juan pulled out a snake and a camera from his truck and did a diagnostic. Sure enough the roots of our bushes were strangling the outflow from the pipe and would need to be replaced. Juan called two buddies who appeared too quickly – were they waiting around the corner? – which confirmed we had hired a gang of thugs to fix our plumbing. This was not looking good. Calvin agreed. He was showing his pearly whites and howling.
The gang worked all day digging and snaking and digging some more. Calvin snarled along with them from the kitchen. The guys took a break to get tacos. We asked where they went and now we have a recommendation for a neighborhood taqueria. Calvin got a gleam in his eye.
The gang continued with the dig. It felt like an archaeological excavation in my front lawn. The chewed up pipe was finally unearthed, and I began to calm down. Maybe these guys knew their job after all. Calvin, exhausted from his protective detail, had curled up in his bed and gone to sleep.
By the end of the day the plumbers had unplugged the back-up, got the water flowing again, and I had my toilets back. They said they'd come back the next day to install the new pipe and eat more tacos.
Calvin says, "I've earned at least a dozen tacos. Let's go!"
By ritariverain contractor, humor, husband, kitchen, lawn, melting pot, Mexican, sleep, snake, talent, toilets, water, weather March 11, 2019 470 Words5 Comments
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Larkana Press Club occupied mere hours after being unsealed
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On Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas Road: Court dismisses plea to postpone reduction in toll tax
Bench claims 'no sufficient grounds to suspend operation of judgment'
Our Correspondent January 25, 2017
PHOTO: EXPRESS
HYDERABAD: A week after the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered a reduction in toll tax on the 67-kilometre-long Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road, the company collecting the tax appealed for the postponement of order's implementation by a month.
However, the Hyderabad circuit bench dismissed on Tuesday the request because "there are no sufficient grounds to suspend operation of the judgment".
Advocate Jhamat Jethanand, representing South Korea's Deokjae Construction Company, and additional advocate-general Allah Bachayo Soomro filed the plea.
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The judgment, reserved in December, 2016, by the former bench of Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Muhammad Iqbal Mahar, was announced in open court on January 17.
The order gave seven days to the company operating this dual carriageway, built under a public-private project, to lower the tax to the rates approved in 2009. The people residing within five kilometers proximity of the road's entry point were waived from the tax while the court also ordered construction of two bypass roads in Tando Jam and Tando Allahyar areas, measuring around nine kilometers, within three months.
The company's lawyers maintained that they cannot issue the notification for decreasing the rates in seven days and that they also want time to approach the supreme court before implementing SHC's order.
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Advocate Ayatullah Khwaja, representing the petitioners, objected to the request while also pointing out contempt on part of the company which failed to comply with the seven-day deadline starting from January 17.
" ... the judgment was announced on January 17 and applications for suspension of the judgment's operation have been moved on January 23," the court observed.
In December 2009, toll tax of Rs20 for cars and jeeps, Rs50 for trucks, Rs60 for coasters, Rs75 for trailers and Rs100 for buses were fixed. In the following six years, the tax has been more than doubled.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 26th, 2017.
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A Global Terrorist & Beyond
Through you, with utmost sincerity I would like to request this august assembly to stop seeing this evil with self-defeating and indeed meaningless nuance. Evil is evil. Let us accept that terrorism is an existentialist danger to humankind. There is absolutely no justification for this barbaric violence. Let us display our new commitment by reaching agreement on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism this year itself"
– Sushma Swaraj, while addressing the 72nd session of United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2017
T he legal and strategic fight that started in 2009, immediately after the Mumbai attack, to label Pakistan operated Jaish-e-mohammad chief Masood Azhar has finally reached a logical conclusion. Bharat had intensified the efforts after Pathankot attack in January 2016 and France, UK & the US moved the proposal to designate Pakistan-based Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UNSC. Thrice the proposal came for discussion, but China playing its own game on behest of Pakistan, blocked the move by India and other member nations three times in the past to designate Azhar as global terrorist on the technical ground & insisted for the solution acceptable to all'.
The diplomatic parleys were intensified post-Pulwama attack and the Balakot airstrikes by Bharatiya Air Force. Finally, China lifted the technical hold and on May 1, 2019 UNSC sanctions committee designated the Maulana who is also the face of Pak-sponsored terrorism as a global terrorist. The 15-member committee, which operates through a behind the curtains dialogue and consensus building mechanism, agreed to subject Azhar to an arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze. This is certainly a diplomatic victory for Bharat and another feather in the cap of Modi-led NDA government. What are the other implications of this diplomatic coup needs to be explored.
At the national level, we cannot forget the fact that Azhar was arrested for terrorist activities in the Kashmir valley in 1990s itself. In December 1999, along with Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Omar Sheikh, in exchange for the release of the passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814. Since then, the Maulana along with other face of Islamic terror and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafeez Saeed, has been involved in terror activities against Bharat, especially in the state of J&K. Though both JeM & LeT have tendency to make a quick changeover and operate through other means, like any other outfit, this physical and financial restrictions will enable Bharat to deal with the domestic miscreants effectively.
At regional level, China has accepted the presence of terrorists on the Pakistan soil for the first time. This is also a formal recognition to the fact that Pakistan based terror outfits are part of the same Al-Qaeda network and therefore, liable to the same sanctions under the UN resolution 1267 on sanctions committee. Pakistan is under terrible financial crisis and on the verge of being blacklisted by a global financial body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which monitors money laundering and terrorism financing. China is also facing the threat to its investments not just in illegally occupied territory of Bharat but also in Pakistan by radicalisation and terrorism in Pakistan. China removing the technical cover meant to shielding Pakistan's terror promotion policy and subsequent international binding for implementation of sanctions can change the regional equations forever. Considering the track record of Pakistan, one can only be cautiously optimistic about it.
This consensus of sort over blacklisting Maulana Masood has provided a unique opportunity for the international community by 'reaching agreement on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism', as suggested by Bharat again and again. Not giving scope to any country to nurture Frankenstein like Maulana Masoods and Hafeez Saeeds and later give sermons on good terrorist and bad terrorist is the best way to deal with the menace of terrorism. Looking beyond the individual case of Masood, what we need is to explore the ways to target all systemic possibilities that create devils like Masood Azhar.
@PrafullaKetkar
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Beyoncé Discusses Being Black in America in Vogue Cover Interview
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Beyoncé has built a career on embracing her place in history as one of the most visible and powerful Black women in the entertainment industry. As the cover star on the September 2018 issue of Vogue, she continues that legacy, not only in how she directed the shoot — after being given unprecedented control over the issue, per HuffPost — but in how she talks about being Black in America and how she's learned to embrace everything as she learns and grows as a performer, a mother and a person.
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"When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell," Beyoncé told Vogue. "Clearly that has been proven a myth. Not only is an African American on the cover of the most important month for Vogue, this is the first ever Vogue cover shot by an African American photographer."
It's here! @beyonce stars on the cover of our September issue. Tap the link in our bio to read the full story. Photographed by @tylersphotos, fashion editor @tonnegood, Vogue, September 2018.
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For the cover shoot, Beyoncé hired 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell, a New York-based photographer who Time reports is the magazine's first Black cover photographer in its 126-year run. "Until there is a mosaic of perspectives coming from different ethnicities behind the lens, we will continue to have a narrow approach and view of what the world actually looks like," Beyoncé said of her decision to hire Mitchell.
Choosing Mitchell for this unprecedented opportunity is part of Beyoncé's desire to open doors for a new generation of artists, which she also speaks about in the cover story: "There are so many cultural and societal barriers to entry that I like to do what I can to level the playing field, to present a different point of view for people who may feel like their voices don't matter," she said, adding, "Imagine if someone hadn't given a chance to the brilliant women who came before me: Josephine Baker, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, and the list goes on. They opened the doors for me, and I pray that I'm doing all I can to open doors for the next generation of talents."
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@Beyonce, in her own words, gets real and raw about body acceptance, opening doors for the next generation of artists, her own family ancestry, and more in our September issue cover story. Tap the link in our bio to read the full piece. Photographed by @tylersphotos, fashion editor @tonnegood, Vogue, September 2018.
Likewise, she hopes to open doors and leave behind a legacy for her three children. "My mother taught me the importance not just of being seen but of seeing myself," Beyoncé said. "As the mother of two girls, it's important to me that they see themselves too—in books, films, and on runways. It's important to me that they see themselves as CEOs, as bosses, and that they know they can write the script for their own lives—that they can speak their minds and they have no ceiling."
She added, "I want the same things for my son. I want him to know that he can be strong and brave but that he can also be sensitive and kind. I want my son to have a high emotional IQ where he is free to be caring, truthful, and honest. It's everything a woman wants in a man, and yet we don't teach it to our boys."
After the birth of Blue Ivy, Beyoncé said she felt pressured to lose weight and get back to her pre-pregnancy body, something she hasn't felt the same pressure to do since she had an emergency C-section to deliver twins Rumi and Sir. She said, "I think it's important for women and men to see and appreciate the beauty in their natural bodies. That's why I stripped away the wigs and hair extensions and used little makeup for this shoot."
Embracing who she is, for Beyoncé, means embracing her history, as well. She revealed that she recently researched her ancestry and discovered that she "come[s] from a slave owner who fell in love with and married a slave." She added, "I had to process that revelation over time. I questioned what it meant and tried to put it into perspective. I now believe it's why God blessed me with my twins. Male and female energy was able to coexist and grow in my blood for the first time. I pray that I am able to break the generational curses in my family and that my children will have less complicated lives."
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September is a huge month for Vogue, so Beyoncé's cover is an incredible moment in the magazine's history. British Vogue also revealed Rihanna as its first-ever Black cover star for its September issue this year, and we are so here for these powerful women continuing to make waves in the industry.
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Egyptian Synopsis:
Egyptian art can be divided into the Early Dynastic period (3150-2700 BCE), the Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE), the Middle Kingdom (2040-1674 BCE) and the New Kingdom (1552-1069 BCE). The Palette of Narmer, from the Early Dynastic period, illustrates the use of hieratic scale, where important figures are larger than lesser figures. The palette also portrays the merger of Upper and Lower Kingdoms which unified Egypt. The artist used the traditional Egyptian figure pose of head, hips, legs and feet in profile and eyes, shoulders and torso in frontal view. The mastaba was an early Old Kingdom form of the pyramid, used for funerary purposes. This later developed into the stepped pyramid and finally the true pyramid most commonly associated with Egypt. The necropolis was a group of any of these funerary structures. Old Kingdom sculpture, while rendered naturally, remains rigid, rectilinear and blocklike. Figures, such as Khafre and Menkaure and his wife Khamerernebty, still appear attached to the block of stone. The Middle Kingdom led to the development of the grid pattern of city planning. Art from this time came mainly from tombs, such as Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, a wall painting, and the Pectoral of Senworset II, exectued in gold with semiprecious stones. The New Kingdom brought economic and political prosperity and introduced the term "pharaoh" meaning "great house." Temples from this period increased in complexity, such as the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, including colonnades and hypostyle halls. The Temple of Amun, Karnak, included a hypostyle hall with lotus flower and lotus bud capitals. Ramses II later added the pylon and peristyle court. Leaders, such as Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti, were immortalized in funerary art. Art from the New Kingdom no longer idealized figures but treated them more naturalistically. Akhenaten is shown as he was in old age, not as a young leader. New Kingdom funerary art is perhaps best known by the sarcophagus of King Tutenkhamun, made of solid gold and decorated with enamelwork and semiprecious stones. - (source: http://www2.students.sbc.edu/hill00/seniorseminar/summary2b.html )
Old Kingdom 2,575 - 2,150 B.C.
Middle Kingdom 2,040 - 1,750 B.C.
New Kingdom 1,550- 1,075 B.C.
Dynasty -
Ka - "life force" and conscienceness "double"
Mastaba - rectangular structure of solid masonry and fill with sloping sides, placed over excavated tomb below
Engaged - engaged column (or form) projects from wall to create column appearance with actually supporting structure (if it projects less than 1/2 diameter of the column it is termed a "pilaster"
Canon - a prescribed set of rules
Sarcophagi - stone coffins
Atlantid - figure as column (male)
Hypostyle hall - roofed hall supported by spaced columns
Portico - exterior columned and covered entrance space
Hieroglyphics - early form of writing utilizing pictoral symbols
Necropolis - complex of buildings and structures dedicated to and constructed for the dead
Narative -
Colossus - giant oversized figurative sculpture
Subtractive - reduction of material to create sculpture
Pylon Temple - temple structure faced with large tapered wall, "pylon"
Caryatid - figure as column (female)
Clerestory - raised portion of a structure's roof that allows air/light penetration into the interior
Reserved Column - column hewed or sculpted out of rock that has no bearing purpose
Tetrapylon - a structure characterized by having four gateways as an architectural feature
Hieratic - designating an abridged and somewhat cursive form of hieroglyphic which in late use was reserved for religious writings
Demotic - of or pertaining to the people; popular (Egypt. Archd), designating a simplified form of the hieratic character, used for books, deeds, etc.
Old Kingdom
Palette of King Narmer, slate from Hierakonpolis, 25"h. c. 3,100-3,000 B.C.
Stepped Pyramid of Zoser, Saqqara c. 2,675 - 2,625 B.C.
Pyramids of - (at Gizeh)
Kufu (Cheops) c. 2,600. 2,550 B.C.
Khafre (Chephren) c. 2,575- 2,525 B.C.
Menkaure (Mycerinus) c. 2,525 -2,475 B.C.
Menkaure and his queen
Great Sphinxs, (with Khafre), Gizeh, 65'h. c.2,572- 2,525 B.C.
Khafre, Diorite, Gizeh, 5'6"h.c. 2,575 - 2,525 B.C.
Seated Scribe, Painted limestone, Saqqara, 21'h. c. 2,500 - 2,400 B.C.
Ka-Aper (Sheikh el Beled), Wood, Saqqara, 43" h. c. 2,500 - 2,400 B.C.
Ti Watching a Hippopitamus Hunt, Painted limestone, Saqqara, 48"h. c. 2,500 - 2,400 B.C.
Cattle Fording a Canal, Painted limestone, Saqqara, C. 2,500 - 2,400 B.C.
New Kingdom
Queen Hatshepsut c. 1,511 -1,480 B.C.
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri c. 1,490- 1,460 B.C.
Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, entrance facade, 65' h. c. 1,275- 1225 B.C.
Temple of Ramses II, Hypostyle hail, Abu Simbel c. 1,275 - 1,225 B.C.
Temple of Amen-Re, Hypostyle hall, Kamak c. 1,275 - 1,225 B.C.
Temple of Amon-Mut-Khonsu, Luxor c. 1,390 - 1,225 B.C.
Nebamun Hunting Birds, Tomb of Nebannm, Thebes, c. 1,400 - 1,350 B.C.
Banquet Scene, Tomb of Nebannm, Thebes c. 1,400 - 1,350 B.C.
King Akhenaton, from the Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, yellow sandstone, 13' c. 1,355 - 1,335 B.C.
King Akhenaton and His Family, Limestone, c. 1,355 - 1,335 B.C.
Queen Nefertiti, Painted Limestone, 20'h. c. 1,355 - 1,335 B.C.
Coffin of King Tutankhamen c. 1,325 B.C.
Painted Chest from the tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, wood 20" c. 1,325 B.C.
DJB Quick Notes:
Pre-dynastic Period:
~ artwork remained static because of stable environment
~ Nile source of agriculture and communication, isle of green surrounded by desert
~ Egyptian concern - afterlife
~ Predynastic piece: represents desire for stability, permanence, and order
~ Palette of King Narmer (3100 - 3000 BCE)
* divided in registers or sections
* Egypt unified under Narmer, (what is dedicated on piece)
* hawk, symbol of sky-god Horus, protector of Pharaoh
* papyrus symbol of Lower Egypt
* headress symbol of Upper Egypt
~ Tomb of the Pharaohs
* "mastaba" - Arabic term for "bench"
* pyramid extension of mastaba, possibly conceived as series of increasingly smaller mastabas stacked atop one another as stair-step to heavens
* burial chamber below
* Pyramid of Zoser - 2675 BCE - west of Memphis and Nile
* Imhotep architect of "stepped" Pyramid of Zoser
* memorial on grand scale befitting person of importance
* earliest colossall stone structure known
~ Great Pyramids at Giza
* leveled 13-acre site west side of Nile
* 2,300,000 2-1/2 ton limestone blocks quarried with copper and stone cutting tools brought across Nile from quarries
* built during 25-yr. timespans
* pyramids sited on north-south axis
DJB In-Depth Notes
~ ...the Egyptians built dams to divert flood waters into fields instead of attempting to control the flow of the river; the communal effort put forth to construct these dams provided the basis for the growth of an Egyptian civilization, just as the irrigation projects in the Mesopotamian valley had furnished the civilizing impetus for that region a few centuries earlier. (G9-74)~...Like a set of primordial commandments, the Palette of Narmer sets forth the basic laws that would govern art along the Nile for thousands of years...The king is seen in a perspective that combines the profile views of the head, legs, and arms with the front view of eye and shoulders. Althought the proportions of the figure would change, the method of its representation becomes a standard for all later Egyptian art. (G9-77)
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Mahira Khan has revealed about being in Love with Someone
Showbiz PakistanMahira Khan has revealed about being in Love with Someone
Showbiz Pakistan
By Mati
Mahira Khan is in love? Here is What She Just Confessed!
Mahira Khan is known as the style icon of Pakistan Showbiz Industry and she has a huge fan following not only within Pakistan but also from across the border. She has always made it stun everyone with her exceptional acting skills and soft gorgeous looks.
Mahira has worked for a number of drama serials and in Pakistani films as well as in Indian movie Raees with Shahrukh Khan. This made her earn so much of admiration and significantly increased the number of fans from India as well.
Well… there is a lot more to say about the dazzling Mahira Khan but here we have some crispy news for her Mahira's fans. Any guesses? Alright… no more wait! Here is the latest about her you are looking for.
We have come to know that quarantine days have made Mahira have a flashback of her personal life and decisions on the way in emotional as well as logical aspects and she is rethinking about her choices for life.
During an interview with Rewind at Home hosted by Samina Peerzada, Mahira revealed that she cannot escape from her problems of the self-isolation phase and has to deal with them directly.
While talking about her life, she also shared about how the movie Mrs. Doubtfire made her cry as it was quite relatable to her own divorce scene and the way it had an impact on her son Azlan. She added that her son Azlan started asking questions regarding her divorce and Mahira couldn't hold her emotions.
Throughout the conversation, the emotional link between Mahira and Samina remained intact, which is something most appealing for the viewers to make them a part of what Mahira was actually feeling at that time.
Meanwhile, she conversed about Coronavirus Pandemic and mentioned that she got the news of one of her friends, who is young in age, is suffering from COVID-19, however, he recovered but during the initial stages, he happened to lose his sense of smell. She spoke a word about herself being lucky for not traveling during the time when Coronavirus was spreading rapidly.
Samina Peerzada also talked about Mahira's working with Fawad Khan in Neelofar as well as Maula Jatt which she remarked as a wonderful experience.
The twist came up in the interview when Mahira was asked whether she is in love or not. The answer was quite surprising and sort of breaking news for Mahira's diehard fans. She responded, "Yeah, I think I am in love".
Are you still wondering with whom Mahira is in love with?
Mahira said that she's very shy to talk about it and avoided sharing the name of the person. However, she did reveal that the person is not from the showbiz industry and that Samina might know of him. She added, "This is one thing that I just want to protect with my life. I also want to protect my child the same."
Who is the Boyfriend of Mahira Khan?
There is a lot to come up as it is just a spark of good news from Mahira's end in terms of her personal life. No one knows that who is the lucky one to steal Mahira's heart while adding colors to her life but we can wish her all the best for her future and hope that it stays foiled from the evil eye.
Previously, Mahira Khan was engaged with Salim Karim but we think that didn't last enough.
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'My life was over' - mother's miracle recovery from horrific spinal injury
Jen Clements, from Dereham, overcame a horrific spinal injury that could have left her paralysed. Picture: Jen Clements - Credit: Archant
When Jen Clements woke up with an excruciating pain in her neck, her immediate worry was having to cancel a dream family holiday.
She later found out the problem left her on the brink of paralysis, but three years on has made a miraculous recovery and her experience has inspired her to help others transform their lives.
The then 32-year-old, from Dereham, had always suffered from neck problems, but thought it particularly unlucky to experience such agony on the morning of a once-in-a-lifetime family holiday, in August 2016.
It later transpired the issue was about to have a much more groundbreaking impact on her life.
"It took six months for anyone to work out what the problem was," said Mrs Clements.
"Eventually they found out I had three slipped discs, which is more common in the back. One was pressing on my spinal chord and I was experiencing unbearable tingling from my top to bottom."
Mrs Clements was referred to a specialist in Wymondham, who gave her the devastating news that her spinal cord was compromised.
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"Immediately at that point you think 'that's my life over'," added the mother-of-two.
"My whole world had turned upside down. I physically couldn't move out of my chair.
"I wasn't in a good place mentally, mainly because I knew I couldn't be the mum to my children that I wanted to be. The most I could do was read a story while they sat on my lap."
Mrs Clements was finally gifted a breakthrough last December when she received some unexpected news.
"I kept trying more drugs and was referred to a surgeon, who said I was a prime candidate for spinal fusion surgery. Then I went for a second MRI and the surgeon found two of the discs had healed. To be faced with paralysis and then get that news - I just felt so incredibly lucky."
Now the 35-year-old is enjoying her "second chance" by making up for lost time with family and helping others in her new job as a WW coach.
Mrs Clements said: "This has completely changed my perspective on life. Before I was negative and would wonder why bad things happened to me.
"Now I've overcome something I never thought I would and it's allowed me to become a better role model to my children."
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Cellphone Firms Likely Lose Out In Bid for Refunds
a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter
Sept. 8, 2006 12:01 am ET
BRUSSELS -- An adviser to the European Union's highest court said mobile-phone operators shouldn't receive value-added-tax refunds on the billions they paid for government-issued licenses.
A group of U.K. and Austrian mobile operators argued that governments acted as commercial entities when they sold licenses for the companies to operate new wireless technology. On almost all such commercial transactions in Europe, valued-added tax is included in the final bill -- and the mobile companies say they should be able to claim the tax back.
The adviser at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg disagreed, saying the license sales were a public service. Although a panel of judges at the court is still due to rule on the case, the adviser's opinion is followed in about 80% of cases.
The licenses were for third-generation, or 3G, technology, that increases mobile network operators' capacity and bandwidth, offering faster data speeds.
A final ruling in favor of VAT refunds would be a significant cash windfall and provide some compensation to mobile operators who overpaid in a series of 3G auctions, telecommunications analysts say. But that possibility seems more remote after the court adviser's opinion.
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STAR, Manchester City solidify partnership with Global Tour Event in Lagos
Posted on September 2, 2019 by Encomium
Nigeria's foremost beer brand Star, hosted select fans to an exclusive event as part of Manchester City's 2019 Global Tour in Lagos.
The event came as part of Star's one of a kind partnership with Manchester City as the club's "Official beer partner" in Nigeria.
The agreement was one of Star's partnerships with seven leading European football clubs as the brand continues to express its commitment to support its consumers' growing passion for football.
Speaking on the event and the partnership, Marketing Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Emmanuel Oriakhi said,
"Even though we are Nigeria's foremost beer brand, we continue to refresh the Star brand to keep it new. That is what Manchester City is also bringing to football. They bring a freshness and new level of excitement to the established football order and have carved a reputation for themselves in a few short years.
We are happy partners of the club as we both want the same things; to excite football fans and give them memorable, unforgettable moments. It is what Star has always done and this event is yet another way to demonstrate our commitment to creating exciting moments for our consumers".
Star's partnership with Manchester City gives the brand access to the club's imagery and archives of great content that is being pushed into the Nigerian market. Furthermore, consumers of Star Lager, got the opportunity to interact with the club's six trophies from the 2018/19 football season.
Lucky fans also had met with Manchester City Legend, Micah Richards as he accompanied the trophies at Star's exclusive event on Sunday, September 1, 2019.
Since Star Lager entered into the landmark partnerships with Manchester City, a bottle of Star has since symbolized more than just another lager. It has become a communion between a fan and the pride, history and colours of their favourite club side.
Speaking further on the partnership, Portfolio Manager, National Premium, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Sarah Agha, stated that,
"The Nigerian fan is loyal first, to exciting football and second to a football team. Manchester City's brand of football is exciting and will continue to be so. This will inevitably translate to immense growth of its fan base in this part of the world, and our partnership will stimulate and propel that growth. They are an exciting, premium football club and we are a premium, exciting brand, hence a perfect match. We look forward to an exciting time for our consumers and with partners, Manchester City."
Over the years, the Star brand has consistently supported football initiatives and platforms such as its highly impactful campaign to rally Nigerian football fans in support of the Super Eagles in 2014 and 2018.
The Star Super Fans Show also showcased and rewarded football fans for their passion and knowledge of the game. In 2016, Star announced a landmark partnership with the local league, NPFL, this consolidated its support for Nigerian football and highlighted the brand's commitment to developing the indigenous league.
Since the first STAR lager beer bottle rolled out of the bottling lines in the Lagos brewery in 1949, the brand has been a market leader and was listed by the African Business magazine in its 100 Most Admired African Brands in 2015. Star has put its expansive platform to good use in promoting music and youth lifestyle through projects like STAR Music Trek, STAR Quest and STAR Mega Jam.
The partnership with Manchester City, brings millions of excited fans closer to the beautiful game of football, as Star continues to promise brighter times.
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Panasonic's Brent Fischthal Elected to Board of Directors of Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association International
Brent Fischthal
Brent Fischthal, Senior Marketing Manager of Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association International (MESA).
"I am excited to collaborate with like-minded visionaries on the evolution of enterprise systems. The results will surely manifest into innovative, mutually beneficial gains for MESA participants, their member community, and manufacturers at large", said Mr. Fischthal. "This cooperative focus will drive business improvements and resolve critical issues using integrated information systems."
Connectivity is a leading challenge in manufacturing. It spans machine to line to facility to enterprise to cloud-level environments. Within this vast space, there are increasing pressures to be scalable from small to large environments and integrated for any machine platform, business system or location. It must efficiently decrease material and labor costs while increasing overall utilization.
"Panasonic is uniquely positioned to further advance manufacturing connectivity. Beyond our award-winning PanaCIM Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software, we own thousands of IoT patents, which Panasonic is sharing via the OpenDOF Project (Open Distributed Object Framework)," commented Mr. Fischthal. "OpenDOF is a secure, flexible, and interoperable open-source software framework enabling the development of scalable and reliable network services based on connected objects. With our participation, we are actively encouraging other organizations to follow suit and foster collaboration, innovation, and interoperability," concluded Mr. Fischthal.
Panasonic has a comprehensive technology portfolio supporting diverse markets in both B2B and B2C as both a manufacturer and a solutions provider. This reach, backed by incredible R&D, leading patent volume, broad customer base, and links to global research and universities provides a robust resource in alignment with the mission of MESA.
Learn more about Panasonic PanaCIM software solutions at PanasonicFA.com and about our IoT enabling patents at OpenDOF.org.
About Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America
Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, a North American source for electronic assembly equipment (SMT), software, and technical support, provides total business systems solutions for electronic semiconductor and packaging companies in the global marketplace through one provider. The company is a unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America, which is the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation.
Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, 1701 Golf Road, Suite 3-1200, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008. [email protected] +1.847.637.9600 www.panasonicfa.com
About MESA International
MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International is a global, not-for-profit community of manufacturers, producers, industry leaders, and solution providers who are focused on improving Operations Management capabilities through the effective application of Information Technologies, IT-based solutions, and best practices. To accomplish this, we enable members to connect, contribute, cultivate understanding, and exchange strategies to drive operations excellence.
MESA will also collect, share, and publish best practices and guidance to drive greater productivity and the overall profitability of the manufacturing enterprise. Lastly, we educate the marketplace on manufacturing operations best practices through the MESA Global Education Program.
MESA International, 107 South Southgate Drive, Chandler, AZ 85226 USA
[email protected] +1.480.893.6883 www.mesa.org
Jeff Malek (Media Relations) +1.847.637.9600 [email protected]
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BARRÁK Music Club
Valkenrag /Chasing The Gods Tour/
so 8.6.2019
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VALKENRAG - melodic death metal from Poland
The beginnings of Valkenrag date back to 2006, when two metal maniacs from Tomaszow Mazowiecki created a studio project. The first demo - 'Nordwind' was recorded in 2008 and an EP entitled simply 'Valkenrag' followed in 2012. Both efforts were recorded at the musicians homes. After a few years the only original member still in the band was Lorghat , who changed the studio project into a full fledged band. In 2015 Art Of The Night Productions released Valkenrag's first
LP - ' Twilight of Blood and Flesh'. The album was well received both in their home country and abroad. Till mid 2017 Valkenrag managed to perform at numerous clubs and festivals, sharing the stage with bands such as: Unleashed, Rotting Christ, Ensiferum, Taake, Venom, Negura Bunget and many more.
Valkenrag released their second longplay called "Chasing the gods" on October the 3rd, and started promoting their newest creation. The Polish part the of tour "Northern Forces Assault" contracted of 13 shows played as coheadliner with Welicoruss. May/June 2019 brings more shows, and "Chasing the gods Tour" played in many different cities in europe.
Valkerag's music can be labeled as melodic death metal with influenced heavily by Slavic and Viking beliefs, myths, sagas and heroic tales. The band was on occasion called the Polish Amon Amarth however black metal and folk influences are noticeable in their music as well.
https://www.facebook.com/ValkenragBand
http://www.valkenrag.pl
New album - https://goo.gl/BgU7RD
Video clip - https://goo.gl/RKV4gP
Live - https://goo.gl/MELJvb
Příští akce
22.7.2019 19:00 | Vstup: 250,- Kč
Gruesome a Nervo Chaos
6.8.2019 19:00 | Vstup: 350,- Kč
TOTAL CHAOS, THE NEUNIKNEŠ
LIPO a Veronika Sterz
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A chilling and tragic statistic released this week by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials indicated that for the first time, an estimated 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in one year. Exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, overdose deaths have risen – by 29 percent between April 2020 and April 2021. In an effort to educate and protect residents, Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Anthony D'Esposito have teamed to Narcan Training and Drug Awareness seminars throughout America's largest township. Hosted by D'Esposito, a former NYPD detective and former chief for the Island Park Fire Department, residents are trained on the use of Narcan (naloxone), a drug that reverses the potentially fatal outcome of a drug overdose. As the startling numbers continue, Clavin and D'Esposito are urging residents to register and attend one of several upcoming Narcan training seminars, including on Thursday, November 18th at 8 p.m. at the Oceanside Knights of Columbus, 2985 Kenneth Place in Oceanside. Today's announcement by Clavin and D'Esposito was also made by Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Councilman Bruce Blakeman, Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr., Councilman Tom Muscarella, Councilman Chris Carini, Town Clerk Kate Murray and Receiver Jeanine Driscoll.
Earlier this year, as statistics became more alarming by the day, Clavin & D'Esposito partnered with their colleagues on the Town Board to expand the Narcan training program schedule by adding dates to local communities and hosting new weekend sessions at the beach throughout the summer months. They also committed to distributing their 10,000th Narcan kit from the Town of Hempstead by the end of the year. With that goal nearing, Clavin and D'Esposito today reemphasized the importance of taking the Narcan training course as the nation tackles both a pandemic and a drug epidemic.
"The statistics are startling, and no community is immune from the opioid epidemic that has swept our nation," Clavin said. "The Town of Hempstead continues to be a leader in combating opioid addiction and overdoses, and I'm proud to work alongside Councilman Anthony D'Esposito to host Narcan Training Programs that provide our residents with the knowledge and training necessary to help save lives of those experiencing a drug overdose."
"Serving as a first responder for many years, I have seen the tragic consequences of opioid abuse on local families," D'Esposito said. "No one wants a loved one to become another victim of the opioid epidemic, and we are working to provide residents with the tools to save lives. We are approaching our goal of distributing 10,000 Narcan kits by the end of the year, and I encourage neighbors to participate in these important life-saving seminars."
Residents who attend the program's free, one-hour classes are also provided with complimentary Narcan response kits – with over 9,300 kits having been distributed to members of the public so far. In addition to receiving free Narcan training kits, members of the public who attend the Narcan training classes will be instructed on how to identify an overdose victim, properly administer Narcan to the person experiencing an overdose, and contact emergency officials. The Town of Hempstead-sponsored Narcan training classes are open to members of the public at no cost. Classes will last for approximately one hour.
The schedule for the upcoming free community Narcan training classes is as follows:
November 18th at 8 p.m. - Oceanside Knights of Columbus, 2985 Kenneth Place, Oceanside
December 6th at 6 p.m. - Bellmore Library, 2288 Bedford Avenue, Bellmore
December 9th at 6 p.m. - Bellerose Village Hall, 50 Superior Road, Bellerose
December 13th at 6:30 p.m. – Island Trees Library, 38 Farmedge Road, Levittown
December 15th at 6 p.m. – Freeport Library, 144 West Merrick Road, Freeport
Call (516) 812-3242 (tel) to register for the free classes. Walk-ups are welcome. Visit hempsteadny.gov for updated schedules and events.
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Top TV Series of 2021
12/20/2021 01/05/2022 - by But Why Tho?
It's the end of the year as we know it and television has been booming. Looking across streaming platforms and genre, there was just a lot to take in and watch, and not just from the United States. For this top TV series of 2021 list we asked our writers to select their favorite series.
Now, to make the top TV series of 2021 list it had to have been a live-action series (you can find out animated series list here), aired in the calendar year of 2021, and had to be considered a "series" by the platform it aired on. Thanks to such widely available international series on platforms like Netflix, we didn't restrict by country and we didn't limit by number of episodes of all.
15. Love Life – Season 2
Showrunner: Sam Boyd
Stars: William Jackson Harper, Jessica Williams, Christopher Powell, Keith David, Arian Moayed
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Love Life is an anthology series that follows a different person each season from their first romance until their last romance. Season 2 follows Marcus Watkins, a book editor married to Emily, a restaurant worker. At Darby's wedding to Magnus (Season 1), Marcus meets Mia Hines. They quickly bond and Marcus sends a book to Mia he thinks she will like.
14. Sweet Tooth
Showrunner: Jim Mickle and Beth Schwartz
Stars: Nonso Anozie, Christian Convery, Stefania LaVie Owen, Dania Ramirez
Where to Watch: Netflix
Ten years ago "The Great Crumble" wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids — babies born part human, part animal. Unsure if hybrids are the cause or result of the virus, many humans fear and hunt them. After a decade of living safely in his secluded forest home, a sheltered hybrid deer-boy named Gus unexpectedly befriends a wandering loner named Jepperd.
Together they set out on an extraordinary adventure across what's left of America in search of answers— about Gus' origins, Jepperd's past, and the true meaning of home. But their story is full of unexpected allies and enemies, and Gus quickly learns the lush, dangerous world outside the forest is more complex than he ever could have imagined.
13. Gentefied – Season 2
Showrunner: Linda Yvette Chávez and Marvin Lemus
Stars: Joaquín Cosio, Joseph Julian Soria, Karrie Martin, Carlos Santos, Annie Gonzalez, Julissa Calderon
Netflix's half-hour dramedy Gentefied returns for its second season in a more raw and poetic form, while still cracking jokes about culo-nary experiences. This season, the Morales cousins fight alongside Pop on his arduous battle to stay in the country, all while dealing with new love, new babies, estranged fathers, and of course, tracking down Bad Bunny at a Halloween party. They'll fight to thrive, but along the way will question where they truly belong in a world made up of borders, family separation, and the potential loss of their beloved taco shop, Mama Fina's. Because what's life without free tacos?
12. The Witcher – Season 2
Showrunner: Lauren Schmidt
Stars: Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Mimi Ndiweni, Anna Shaffer, Joey Batey, Royce Pierreson
Convinced Yennefer's life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent's kings, elves, humans and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.
11. Only Murders in the Building
Showrunner: John Hoffman and Steve Martin
Stars: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Aaron Dominguez
Where to Watch: Hulu
From the minds of Steve Martin, Dan Fogelman & John Hoffman comes a comedic murder-mystery series for the ages. Only Murders in the Building follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. As they record a podcast of their own to document the case, the three unravel the complex secrets of the building which stretch back years. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living amongst them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it's too late.
10. Star Trek Discovery – Season 4
Showrunner: Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Oyin Oladejo, Wilson Cruz
Where to Watch: Paramount+
After following Commander Burnham into the wormhole in the second season finale, season three of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY finds the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery landing in an unknown future far from the home they once knew. Now living in a time filled with uncertainty, the U.S.S. Discovery crew, along with the help of some new friends, must work together to restore hope to the Federation.
9. Cobra Kai – Season 3
Showrunner: Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg
Stars: Xolo Maridueña, Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Mary Mouser and Tanner Buchanan
Cobra Kai takes place over 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament with the continuation of the inescapable conflict between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka).
8. WandaVision
Showrunner: Jac Schaeffer
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris
Where to Watch: Disney+
Blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision – two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives – begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
7. Ragnarok – Season 2
Showrunner: Emilie Lebech Kaae and Adam Price
Stars: David Stakston, Jonas Strand Gravli, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø, Danu Sunth
Ragnarok is a coming-of-age drama building on and contributing to a new and surprising angle on Norse mythology. The series is set in the small, fictitious town of Edda, situated in the grand, breathtaking Norwegian nature. The story revolves around the inhabitants of Edda, who are perhaps not all who they claim to be. With them, we experience a drastically changing world: melting poles, warm winters, violent downpours. Some might say we're headed for yet another Ragnarok. Unless someone intervenes in time…
6. Lupin – Part 2
Showrunner: George Kay
Stars: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab, Hervé Pierre
This isn't a game anymore. Assane's quest for revenge against Hubert Pellegrini has torn his family to pieces. With his back to the wall, he now has to think of a new plan, even if it means putting himself in danger.
5. Doom Patrol – Season 3
Showrunner: Jeremy Carver
Stars: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser, Riley Shanahan, Joivan Wade
Where to Watch: HBOMax
Part support group, part crimefighting team, DC's unlikeliest band of heroes take on evil and otherworldly forces to help protect the world – even if it wants nothing to do with them.
4. Mythic Quest – Season 2
Showrunner: Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney
Stars: Rob McElhenney, F. Murray Abraham, Charlotte Nicdao, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, Imani Hakim, Danny Pudi, David Hornsby
Where to Watch: AppleTV+
With the quarantine finally over, season two of "Mythic Quest" finds everyone back in the office (well, almost everyone), attempting to build upon the success of Raven's Banquet by launching an epic new expansion, but Ian and the newly promoted co-creative director, Poppy struggle with the game's direction. Meanwhile, C.W. reconciles some unresolved issues from his past, the testers test the bounds of an office romance, and David loses yet another woman in his life as Jo leaves him to assist Brad.
3. Loki
Showrunner: Michael Waldron and Kate Herron
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku
Marvel Studios' "Loki" features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother's shadow in a new series that takes place after the events of "Avengers: Endgame."
2. Squid Game
Showrunner: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-Joon, Jung Hoyeon, Oh Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi
A mysterious invitation to join the game is sent to people at risk who are in dire need of money. 456 participants from all walks of life are locked into a secret location where they play games in order to win 45.6 billion won. Every game is a Korean traditional children's game such as Red Light, Green Light, but the consequence of losing is death. Who will be the winner, and what is the purpose behind this game?
1. Ted Lasso Season 2
Showrunner: Brendan Hunt, Joe Kell, and Bill Lawrence
Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift
Jason Sudeikis is Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team—despite having no experience. But what he lacks in knowledge, he makes up for with optimism, underdog determination…and biscuits.
Our Top TV Series of 2021 showcases the diversity of genre of talent available on streaming platforms whether its through episodic releases or season ones, the love is there. From drama and sci-fi to comedy fantasy, 2021 had a lot to love. Just missing the top TV series of 2021 list are our honorable mentions: CHUCKY, For All Man Kind, Hellbound, and YOU (Season 3). Did your favorite make out top TV series of 2021 list? Let us know on social media; @butwhythopc.
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Home / News / Could roof light end rain delays at Wimbledon?
Could roof light end rain delays at Wimbledon?
Reigning champion Rafael Nadal could be defending his Wimbledon title with no fear of rain delays in 2009 after the All England Club announced it is to schedule a test of its retractable roof five weeks prior to the competition.
The roof, which has been undergoing construction since 2006, acts effectively as a roof light by allowing natural light to stream in while protecting the athletes and the surface from the elements.
Wimbledon has been hampered by rain in recent years and the May 17th event will provide Wimbledon organisers a chance to evaluate the effectiveness of the retractable roof five weeks prior to the competition beginning.
The Amsterdam Arena in Holland is one famous example of a retractable roof being used in a sports stadium, although the earliest fully-functioning example is the Rogers Centre in Toronto, which opened in 1989.
The idea of a roof in sport takes its basis from the roof lights used in residential construction.
While keeping out the wind and rain, the roof light has to allow enough natural light in to illuminate the interior during the daylight hours.
Fans of Wimbledon may even get a treat as reports have suggested that old favourite Tim Henman may be in line to play in the test event.
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Movie: Tracy-Hepburn Noir "Keeper of the Flame"
The Spencer Tracy-Katherine Hepburn films that first come to mind are the comedies, like "Adam's Rib" and "Pat and Mike," but of the nine films the famous couple made together, nearly half of them were dramas, and one of those could be considered film noir.
"Keeper of the Flame," from 1942, is the story of the media circus caused by the death of a wealthy and prominent businessman and self-appointed spokesman for Americanism, Robert Forrest. Reporters from all over descend on the little town in which he lived, but none can get an interview with the grieving widow, Christine Forrest, played by Hepburn. The only one to succeed in getting through to her is foreign correspondent, Stephen O'Malley, played by Tracy.
Recently returned from Europe where he has seen too much death and destruction during WW2, O'Malley decides to write a positive biography about Forrest, a man much loved by the public. But while gently probing into the accidental death of Forrest in a car crash, O'Malley comes to suspect the death was not accidental. The more he investigates, the more skeletons he finds in Forrest's closet. The hero worship fades as O'Malley realizes the great man was not so great.
"Keeper of the Flame," an MGM picture, was directed by George Cukor, a great friend of both Tracy and Hepburn. He directed eight of her movies, and allowed Tracy to live in the guest house on his grounds. Cukor was known as an actor's director and a director of comedies and women's pictures, but he also did some serious dramas and several noirish crime films, like this one and 1947s "A Double Life" with Ronald Colman. The Cukor touch can be seen in the many long takes in which he allows Tracy and Hepburn to play scenes with no cuts. He also brought a low-key style to the picture, both in the quiet, subdued acting and in the deep, shadowy lighting, the later thanks to ace cinematographer William Daniels.
Also appearing in "Keeper of the Flame" are Richard Whorf (a good but overlooked actor who the same year played Sam Harris to James Cagney's George M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dandy") here as the manipulative secretary to Forrest, Margaret Wycherly (who played Cagney's mother in "White Heat") here playing Forrest's mother, Howard Da Silva, Darryl Hickman, and Forrest Tucker.
Labels: George Cukor, Katherine Hepburn, Keeper of the Flame, Spencer Tracy
pattinase (abbott) August 4, 2015 at 11:10 AM
I find it hard to believe but I don't think I have ever seen this one!
Patti – This one show up regularly on TCM. I hope you can catch it sometime.
Prashant C. Trikannad August 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM
Elgin, I have seen a few of Katherine Hepburn's films and those may have included some with Spencer Tracy. I have not seen "Keeper of the Flame." I miss TCM since my cable operator took the channel off the air a few years ago.
Elgin Bleecker August 5, 2015 at 10:33 AM
Sorry to hear that, Prashant. My parents lost TCM and were quite unhappy, to put it mildly. I would really miss it. Baseball, news and TCM account for most of my summer tube time.
Todd Mason August 15, 2015 at 1:21 AM
I'm another who's missed this one so far...I'm surprised at how few of the Hepburn-Tracy films I've seen so far. This one sounds interesting, to say the least.
Tuesday's Overlooked Movie: Johnny Come Lately
Movies & TV: Remembering James Garner
Tuesday's Overlooked Film: The Dam Busters
Friday's Forgotten Book: The Broken Gun
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Declaration of Riana Pfefferkorn in Support of Petition to Unseal Technical-Assistance Orders and Materials
Petition to Unseal Technical-Assistance Orders and Materials
Correcting the Record on Section 702: A Prerequisite for Meaningful Surveillance Reform, Part II
Last week, we argued that the public discussion surrounding two of the government's most controversial mass surveillance programs – PRISM and Upstream – has not sufficiently acknowledged the broad scope of collection under these programs, which take place under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In short, hiding behind the counterterrorism justifications for section 702 is a broad surveillance program that sucks up massive amounts of irrelevant private data.
Correcting the Record on Section 702: A Prerequisite for Meaningful Surveillance Reform
The legal authority behind the controversial PRISM and Upstream surveillance programs used by the NSA to collect large swaths of private communications from leading Internet companies – Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2017. In recent months, Congress began to review these programs to assess whether to renew, reform, or retire section 702. Unfortunately, it appears the debate has already been skewed by misconceptions about the true scope of surveillance conducted under the contentious provision.
When the Cops Come A-Knocking: Handling Technical Assistance Demands from Law Enforcement
Slides from the BlackHat 2016 presentation by Jennifer Granick and Riana Pfefferkorn titled "When the Cops Come A-Knocking: Handling Technical Assistance Demands from Law Enforcement."
American Spies - Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, And What to Do About It
US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and political boundaries of lawful surveillance. Written for a general audience by a surveillance law expert, this book educates readers about how the reality of modern surveillance differs from popular understanding. Weaving the history of American surveillance - from J.
Living in a modern surveillance state
Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about government surveillance in the US after the Snowden revelations, and how it could all change under a Trump administration.
Data Confidential
It's nearly impossible to know if you're having a truly private, unmonitored conversation today. Big data and online communications open the door for widespread surveillance. But even if you feel like you personally have nothing to hide, surveillance is about much more than individual privacy – it's about the necessary conditions of a free and just society, and protecting a space to criticize the status quo and the powers that be.
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Review Of Agriculture
Priya Bhalla
Impact of Declining Groundwater Levels on Acreage Allocation in Haryana
This study attempts to examine the impact that a declining groundwater table has on the farmer's crop response function in Haryana. The paper first summarises the most important causes for depletion of groundwater in Punjab and Haryana. It then reports a regional study of Haryana using the Nerlovian supply response function. Supply response is estimated for two water-intensive crops (rice and sugar cane) and two less water-demanding crops (wheat and bajra). The Arellano-Bond Dynamic Panel estimator is used in the study. The regression results confirm the hypothesis that farmers are recognising and responding to declining depths of water tables. Farmers are reducing the acreage devoted to rice and sugar cane, the two most water-intensive crops but not for the less water-intensive crops.
This study attempts to examine the impact that a declining groundwater table has on the farmer's crop response function in Haryana. The paper first summarises the most important causes for depletion of groundwater in Punjab and Haryana. It then reports a regional study of Haryana using the Nerlovian supply response function. Supply response is estimated for two water-intensive crops (rice and sugar cane) and two less water-demanding crops (wheat and bajra). The Arellano-Bond Dynamic Panel estimator is used in the study. The regression results confirm the hypothesis that farmers are recognising and responding to declining depths of water tables. Farmers are reducing the acreage devoted to rice and sugar cane, the two most water-intensive crops but not for the less water-intensive crops.
ver the years there has been overexploitation of groundwater, which has been used to meet the increasing demand for water. This has resulted in declining water table in various parts of the country. It is believed that one of the major causes of the decline in groundwater tables is the introduction of water-intensive crops such as paddy and sugar cane into the cropping pattern in certain regions. Yet, the relationship between groundwater depth and changes in the cropping pattern has not been investigated adequately in the literature so far. Furthermore, there is no analysis of how farmers in turn have adapted their behaviour in terms of decisions relating to acreage allocation in response to the declining water table. It is this gap that this study bridges.
The focus is on Haryana, where the depletion of groundwater resources could threaten the long- term sustainability of irrigated agriculture on which the state depends. The study is divided into four sections. Section I examines trends in cropping patterns and groundwater situation in various regions of Haryana. Section II sets out the data and methodology used. Section III provides an analysis of the results obtained through various supply response based econometric exercises. Section IV concludes and draws implications for policy.
The analysis is undertaken at the regional level (to minimise aggregation bias) and focuses not only on rice, wheat and sugar cane, but also three dryland crops – bajra, maize and jowar. These crops account for almost 70 per cent of the area under cultivation in the state. The study considers all regions at the outset but focuses specifically on the analysis of only those regions facing the problem of groundwater depletion. It analyses the impact of falling water levels on cultivation of crops using a modification of Nerlove's supply response model. A rational farmer should respond to hydrologic conditions that are outside his control by planting more or less of a certain crop. The way farmers react to this certainly has a crucial impact on the availability of resources in future. The hypothesis to test, therefore, is that acreage of water-intensive crops and depth of groundwater should be negatively related. Prices are also crucial in a supply response model. A positive relation should exist between area cultivated and price of the crop under consideration.
The primary cause of decline in water table is said to be the introduction of water-hungry crops in Haryana. Since there is close correspondence between expansion of area under paddy in a wheat rotation (which is popularly practised in Haryana) and incidence of water depletion, it is strongly believed by many that paddy-wheat rotation is the main cause of the problem. Numerous studies, for example, Chand (1996), Chand and Haque (1997), Bathla (1996), Kataki, Hobbs and Adhikary (2001) and Duxbury (2001) hold that both in Punjab and Haryana the paddy-wheat rotation is unsustainable and is lowering the water table. The increased popularity of these crops may be attributed in part to the government's price policy. It is important to note here that initially, at least, providing remunerative prices for rice and wheat was important not only for ensuring food security, but they also helped in draining out the excess water brought about due to unlined canals and lack of adequate drainage in the state. But cultivation of these crops over the years has brought about a massive decline in the water level. Therefore, the crops that were earlier encouraged have now become a cause of a depleting resource base. A contrary view on the cause of depleting water tables is provided by a study conducted by the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana [Prihar et al 1990]. The study suggests that the paddy crop is not responsible for resource depletion and it provides estimates of actual water used by important crops net of seepage, i e, part of irrigation water that percolates back to water table.
Pricing of electricity is another reason responsible for largescale mining of groundwater. Due to a variety of reasons, but most importantly, due to administrative simplicity, many states in the north, notably Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana operate on a flat rate system.1 This pricing structure is responsible for wastage of both power and groundwater resources. Since the flat power charges do not vary with the hours of pumping, farmers have no incentive to economise on the use of electricity.
I Descriptive Statistics on Agriculture and Irrigation
Twin Problems of Depletion and Waterlogging
Estimates of groundwater depth in the state show that the groundwater level is generally high in the southern parts and low in the north and north-east, which is a hilly tract. During the pre-monsoon period, it ranges from 5m to 21m below ground level (bgl). Deepest water levels are observed (21m bgl) in the south-western part of the state especially in Mahendargarh district. Shallow water level conditions exist in Rohtak and Jind districts, i e, central parts of the state and in the districts of Bhiwani, Sirsa and Hissar (Table 1).
What is often not recognised is that the groundwater problem in Haryana has two dimensions. The first is that of rising groundwater table in the areas with low quality aquifers, leading to secondary salinisation and waterlogging.2 The second is that of declining water tables due to over-pumping of groundwater in fresh water quality aquifer zones. The districts of Haryana are accordingly classified into these two types.
This is amply demonstrated in Table 1 which provides a comparison of water levels from 1980 to 2002. Water levels have declined in Faridabad, Gurgaon, Mahendargarh, Panipat and Yamunanagar region. Among these Gurgaon, Panipat, Mahendargarh and Yamunanagar are the regions where the water table has fallen by more than three metres during this period. The depth has nearly doubled in Gurgaon and Panipat. Interestingly, the water table has declined both in the regions where the water table was high (such as Panipat) as well as those where the water table was deep (such as Mahendargarh). In the latter case the water table declined from 14m bgl to 21m bgl. In contrast, in the regions of Bhiwani, Jind, Hissar, Rohtak and Sirsa the water table has risen by nearly 5 metres in 20 years.
To capture the severity of depletion, it is common to categorise areas as being "dark", "grey", or "white" (Table 2). A block is characterised as "white" if the rate of groundwater exploitation is below 65 per cent, "grey" if the rate of exploitation happens to be in the range of 65 per cent to 85 per cent and "dark" if the groundwater use is above 85 per cent of its utilisable recharge. Of 106 hydrogeological blocks in Haryana, 44 per cent of them are categorised as dark zones. Most of these lie in zone I. Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendargarh and Rewari have all their blocks lying in the dark category. In fact, for some of these the utilisation ratio exceeds even 100 per cent of recharge – Kurukshetra (178 per cent), Karnal (132 per cent) and Mahendargarh (130 per cent) [Dhawan 1995]. The situation is also dismal in the districts of Ambala, Gurgaon, Panipat and Yamunanagar. Out of the rest, 17 blocks (16 per cent) fall under the grey zone category, where groundwater exploitation is almost equivalent to recharge. This leaves only 39 per cent of the area categorised as white zone, the majority of which are in zone II. For instance, only Hissar and Rohtak have none of their blocks in the dark category. Further, these include the areas where groundwater is saline and therefore not suitable for cultivation of most crops.
Trends in Cropping Pattern
For the state as whole, (Tables 3a and 3b) wheat covered the largest share of the gross cropped area in both 1981-83 and 19982000. The share of bajra dropped from 15 per cent to 10 per cent while the share of rice doubled from 9 per cent to 18 per cent during the same period. Sugar cane and jowar occupied a much lower share in both the years (almost 2 per cent). Similarly, both maize and barley had an extremely low share in 1980s, which further dropped to being almost negligible in total cropped area in the late 1990s. Barley was grown in Gurgaon and Mahendargarh in 1980s. Again by the 1990s one observes a massive decline in cultivation of this crop in all regions of the state.
More interesting trends are seen on comparing the cropping pattern across the regions. This is the advantage of conducting a regional study. Over time rice has substituted for bajra. In 198183, Panipat and Yamunanagar (both regions facing the problem of water depletion) had substantial part of area under paddy, but had very low share of area under bajra. All other regions (except Sirsa, which does not depict this substitution pattern) had more of area under paddy and very little under bajra. This pattern was also seen in many regions in 1998-2000 (Panipat, Yamunanagar, Gurgaon and Jind). Thus it can be clearly seen that rice, a highly water-driven crop had been cultivated more and more over the years and has replaced bajra, jowar and maize, all three being dryland crops. Farmers in a region like Mahendargarh (which, earlier, had no area under rice as it has the deepest water level in Haryana) had also started cultivating this crop. It is interesting that the expansion in rice acreage at the expense of coarse cereals had occurred not only in the water depleting areas, but also those in which water tables are rising. Although sugar cane does not account for much more than 2 per cent of the cultivated area in the state as a whole, its share is increasing slightly in Yamunanagar and Faridabad and has decreased in nearly all other regions.
Thus the increase in the relative area under rice cultivation is consistent with declining groundwater tables in three regions – Faridabad, Panipat and Yamunanagar. It is only in the latter two regions, however, that rice cultivation accounts for over a quarter of the cropped area. The explanation for declining water tables in Gurgaon and Mahendargarh lies elsewhere, for there is virtually no rice cultivated in these districts. Similarly, prima facie,
Table 1: Depth of Water Table (m)
Region 1980 2002 Absolute Change
(1) (2) (3) (4) = (2) – (3)
Zone I: Water Depleting Areas Faridabad 6.5 8.2 -1.7 Gurgaon 6.7 13.2 -6.5 Mahendargarh 13.9 21.0 -7.1 Panipat 5.0 10.4 -5.3 Yamunanagar 7.9 11.3 -3.3 Zone I 8 12.8 -4.8
Zone II: Waterlogged Areas Bhiwani 20.5 16.5 4.0 Hissar 11.6 8.6 3.0 Jind 9.6 8.0 1.7 Rohtak 5.7 5.3 0.3 Sirsa 21.7 6.9 14.8 Zone II 13.8 9.1 4.8
Source: Groundwater Cell, Department of Agriculture, Haryana.
Table 2: Number of Dark, Grey and White Blocks on the Basisof Groundwater Assessment as on April 1, 1997
Number of Blocks
Dark Grey White Total
I Faridabad 1 2 2 5 Gurgaon 5 1 39 Mahendargarh 10 0 0 10 Panipat 10 4 3 17 Yamunanagar 11 4 6 21
II Bhiwani 3 1 48 Hissar 2 2 812 Jind 2057 Rohtak 2 2 610 Sirsa 1157 Haryana 47 17 42 106
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sugar cane can explain the decline in groundwater levels in at most 2 per cent of the states' area under cultivation. Note also that as was the case in the regions that are now facing resource depletion, the expansion in rice acreage in zone II, may prove to be a way of solving the problems of waterlogging. The difference is that while much of the water in zone I is fresh, that in zone II is saline.
This regional analysis of cropping pattern also gives a basis for selecting the regions for which econometric exercise is carried out (Section III). Wheat is grown in all regions of zone I and II. Therefore for wheat, results are reported for zone I (the waterdepleting zone) and all regions of Haryana. Rice is grown largely in Panipat and Yamunanagar of zone I. Sugar cane is grown in Yamunanagar, Panipat and Faridabad of zone I. Accordingly, for rice and sugar cane the results are provided only for these regions. Amongst the dryland crop, bajra is chosen as maize and jowar have very low share of area.
II Data and Methodology
The study analyses available secondary data for all the 19 districts of Haryana from 1980 to 2000. The data on area, production and yield of crops is collected from the Statistical Abstract of Haryana. The data on farm harvest prices are collected from the Farm Harvest Prices of Principal Crops in India (from 1981 to 1999) and on minimum support price (MSP) from the reports of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). The data on groundwater was not readily available as it is not published in any source. The Groundwater Cell, department of agriculture, Haryana, records depth of groundwater (both pre- and post-monsoon) in all districts of the state.3 To gather this data the department of agriculture has been monitoring a network of 2021 observation wells distributed all over Haryana.
To bring the data to a consistent format and to enable comparison over the 20-year period some modifications were made to this data. There is a substantial regional heterogeneity in the state which necessitates the districtwise study of Haryana. However, over time district boundaries have changed, with larger districts frequently subdivided to create new ones. To maintain consistency in the data series, instead of 19 districts, the study concentrates on 10 regions each of which consists of one or more districts. These are Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar (consisting of districts of Fatehabad and Hissar), Jind, Mahendargarh (consisting of districts of Rewari and Mahendargarh), Panipat (consisting of districts of Panipat, Karnal and Sonipat), Sirsa, Rohtak (consisting of districts of Rohtak and Jhajjar), and Yamunanagar (consisting of districts of Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Kaithal and Ambala).
In this study, the supply response function based on the Nerlovian Model will be estimated. Economic research on how farmers react to prices and other incentives was advanced by Marc Nerlove's seminal work of 1958. The Nerlove model hypothesise farmer's reaction based on price expectations and area (or production) adjustments to examine the supply response. This model states that output is a function of expected price, area (output) adjustment, and some exogenous variables. The standard structural form of Nerlove model consists of the subsequent three equations: A*t = a0 + a1P*t+a2 Zt + ut ...(1) P* =P*t-1 + β (Pt-1–P* ...(2)
tt-1) At=At-1 + γ (A* ...(3)
t–At-1) where, At is the actual area under cultivation at time t, A* is the
t desired area under cultivation at time t, Pt is the actual price at
time t, P* is the expected price at time t, Zt represents other
t exogenous factors affecting supply at time t, and β and γ are termed as the expectation and adjustment coefficients respectively. Equation (1) describes the relation between desired acreage and expected price. Equations (2) and (3) characterise simple adaptive expectations and partial adjustment mechanism linking desired price and area to observable price and area values. In equation (2), Nerlove postulates that this adjustment can be expressed as a fraction of the difference between last period's actual and expected normal prices. In equation (3), Nerlove expresses actual output as adjusted by some fraction (γ, the area adjustment coefficient) of the variation between long-run equilibrium output (desired) and actual output in the previous period. The above equations contain variables that are expected (or desired) and are not observable. To estimate the observed variables a reduced form equation is derived after few manipulations from the above three equations. (1 – β+1– γ)At-1 – (1–β)(1–γ)At-2
At = α0βγ +α1βγPt-1 +
+ α2γDt – α2 (1–β)γ Dt-1 + γ [Ut –(1–β)Ut-1] (4) where, At , A t-1 and A t-2 are the acreage under a particular crop
Table 3a: Cropped Area as a Percentageof Gross Cropped Area in 1981-83
(Three-year averages)
Regions Sugar Cane Wheat Rice Jowar Bajra Maize Barley
I Faridabad 2.7 45.0 1.3 6.3 15.6 1.1 0.6 Gurgaon 0.3 35.6 0.2 5.1 21.5 0.0 7.7 Mahendargarh 0.0 18.8 0.0 1.1 37.7 0.0 6.0 Panipat 4.9 45.6 23.0 3.1 4.0 1.7 0.6 Yamunanagar 5.4 40.9 27.5 0.3 1.5 4.5 0.6
II Bhiwani 0.5 9.0 0.0 0.8 36.2 0.0 0.6 Hissar 0.7 22.6 2.6 0.3 12.8 0.2 0.8 Jind 3.1 33.4 8.5 2.3 18.1 0.2 1.1 Rohtak 5.1 31.2 0.8 10.4 18.6 0.0 2.3 Sirsa 0.0 22.9 3.7 0.1 2.9 0.1 1.2 Haryana 2.5 30.2 9.2 2.3 14.7 1.1 1.9
Source: Statistical Abstracts of Haryana.
Table 3b: Cropped Area as a Percentageof Gross Cropped Area in 1998-2000
I Faridabad 3.1 49.0 10.3 9.0 6.6 0.2 0.6 Gurgaon 0.2 43.8 3.1 6.9 19.2 0.0 1.1 Mahendargarh 0.0 20.5 0.2 0.4 31.8 0.0 0.6 Panipat 2.7 43.7 35.8 1.6 1.0 0.1 0.0 Yamunanagar 6.8 38.8 36.7 0.0 0.6 1.8 0.0
II Bhiwani 0.2 16.5 0.8 0.7 28.9 0.0 0.6 Hissar 0.5 33.7 10.0 0.0 7.4 0.0 1.0 Jind 1.5 41.2 22.7 0.6 8.2 0.1 0.3 Rohtak 3.5 41.3 8.8 13.2 11.1 0.1 1.0 Sirsa 0.0 35.4 6.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.3 Haryana 2.2 35.5 16.7 2.0 9.6 0.4 0.6
in period t, t-1 and t-2 respectively, Pt-1 is the relative price of the crop in period t-1, Dt and Dt-1 are the depth of water table in period t and t-1, respectively.
Before such an equation can be estimated, several issues need to be clarified. The first is what price series should be used on the right hand side. In this study both farm harvest prices and minimum support prices expressed in relative terms have been used. In the Indian context given that government announced minimum support prices virtually determine market prices, as an alternative, the model is estimated using MSP.
The second has to do with what variable to use to represent farm supply response on the left hand side. Output is measured either in terms of volume produced or marketed or yield per unit area. However, Askari and Cummings assert that the relationship between expected prices and farmers' supply response decision is best expressed in terms of harvested acreage because this is how farmers translate their price expectations into actions. Accordingly, in this study we use acreage as a measure of farm supply response. More specifically, the ratio of crop acreage to gross-cropped area is used as the dependent variable in the regressions that are performed.
Besides, identifying what output and price measure to use, a decision needs to be taken on what variable to use as 'Z'. Various studies have used proxies for technology, institutional factors, irrigation, etc. Depth of groundwater is the exogenous variable 'Z' in the present study. As noted earlier the coverage of highyielding variety seeds and irrigation is nearly 100 per cent in this state, throughout the period under study, making their inclusion in Z not meaningful. For kharif crops, i e, rice and bajra depth of groundwater (D) in the pre-monsoon period is used, while, for the rabi crops depth for the post-monsoon period is more relevant for farmers. For sugar cane which is an annual crop average depth of groundwater during a year is used.
The effect of rainfall is also built in this shift variable (Z or D in our study); therefore, it is not considered separately in the supply response equation. The presence of both rainfall and depth may lead to multicollinearity as depth will indeed be a function of rainfall. The correlation between depth and rainfall was found to be negative and significant. The correlation coefficient was -0.3. Risk is not considered in the present study, as it is not important in affecting farmers' supply response in Haryana. Risk may arise due to variation in either price or yield. The existence of MSP reduces the price risk for the farmers, while the yield risk is also not important as much of cultivated area in Haryana is irrigated.
Thus, a crop-specific model, rather than a model of aggregate supply response is formulated in this study. An aggregate supply response model is inappropriate given the objectives of the study. Further, almost the entire cultivable area is already tilled in Haryana. This study makes use of adaptive price expectation, which is one simple way of formulating expectations
Estimation Technique
The estimation technique employed here takes explicitly into account the cross section and time series nature of the database. Moreover, pooling of data across all the regions will also increase the degrees of freedom. Dynamic model estimation is performed because of presence of a lagged dependent variable on the right hand side. Including lags of dependent variable in the right hand side of the equation induces a correlation between the error term and lagged dependent variable. This adds an element of complexity as in this case the ordinary least square estimator is inconsistent [Hsiao 2003]. A normal technique for dealing with variables that are correlated with the error term is to instrument them. There are a number of ways of doing so, the best known are Anderson-Hsiao and Arellano-Bond approaches. Anderson – Hsiao estimator may be consistent but is not efficient because it does not take into account all available moment restrictions.
Arellano-Bond (1991) argue that a more efficient estimator results from the use of additional instruments whose validity is based on orthogonality between lagged values of the dependent variables and errors [Li et al 2003]. It is appropriate for both time-series and cross section time-series (panel) regressions. One advantage with this method is that it takes account of first-order serial correlation of the error term and provides unbiased as well as efficient estimates. Therefore, in this study this estimator is used, perhaps, for the first time, for an agricultural supply response model. Consider a fixed effects dynamic model of the form:
yi,t = γ yi,t-1 +uit Taking first differences, (yit–yit-1)= γ (yit-1–yit-2)+(uit–uit-1) i=1,...,N t=1,...,T (6) Now we need to instrument, Δyit-1 = (yit-1 – yit-2), which is still clearly correlated with the error (uit – uit-1). The second lag of the level, yit-2, and the first difference of this second lag, Δyit-2 = (yit-2 – yit-3), are possible instruments, since they are both correlated with (yit-1 – yit-2) but are uncorrelated with (uit – uit-1), as long as the uit themselves are not serially correlated. Arellano and Bond suggest that one should use yit-2 rather than Δyit-2 as for the latter the variances are likely to be very large for certain ranges of autocorrelation (γ). Take (6) above, the firstdifferenced simple AR (1) model with no regressors. At t = 3, the first period we observe the relationship in (6), (yi3 – yi2) = γ(yi2 – yi1) + (ui3 – ui2) (7) yi1is a valid instrument for Δyi2, since these are highly correlated, and yi1is not correlated with (ui3 – ui2) unless the uit are serially correlated. At t=4, (yi4 – yi3) = γ(yi3 – yi2) + (ui4 – ui3) (8) Here yi2 and yi1 are both valid instruments: neither is correlated with ui4 – ui3. Proceeding in this manner, we can see that at T, the valid instrument set is (yi1, yi2,..., yiT-2). The matrix of instruments is W = [W' i,...,W' N]'. The moment conditions are given by E[(Δyit – γΔyit-1)yit-j] = 0 j= 2,...,t–1 t =3,..., T (9) or, in vector form, E (W' i Δ ui) = 0 (10) Where Δu' i = (ui3 – ui2,...,uiT – uiT-1) (11) Premultiplying (6) (here written in vector form) by W' gives W'Δy = W' (Δy-1)γ + W' Δu (12) Performing generalised least squares (GLS) on (12) gives the Arellano-Bond (1991) preliminary one-step consistent estimator:
γˆ1 = [(Δy-1)' W (W'(IN⊗G)W)-1 W' (Δy-1)]-1
[(Δy-1)' W (W'(IN ⊗ G)W)-1 W' (Δy)] (13) N where W' (IN ⊗ G)W = Σ W' i GWi and G is a (T-2) square matrix
i=1 with twos in the main diagonal, minus ones in the first subdiagonals and zeros otherwise [Baltagi 1995].
To check for the consistency of the above estimator following tests need to be performed. The estimator is consistent if there
is no second-order serial correlation in the error term of the firstdifferenced equation: it requires. E[ΔuitΔuit-2] = 0. A test for the validity of the instruments (and the moment restrictions) is a test of second-order serial correlation in these residuals. The most common test of the instruments is Sargan's (1958) test of over-identifying restriction. It is asymptotically distributed as Chi-Square and tests the null hypothesis of the validity of overidentifying equations. The Wald test which checks for joint significance of all, or a subset of parameters is also performed. The null hypothesis refers to "insignificance", implying that low p values suggest joint significance.
A common assumption in time series is that data are stationary. A stationary series has the property that mean, variance and autocorrelation do not change overtime. If the time series is not stationary then it can be transformed into a stationary series by first differencing. If the variables are stationary, the limiting distributions of most estimators will be approximately normal when T → ∞. If the data are non-stationary or contain unit roots, standard estimators have non-standard distributions as T → ∞. Unit root testing on both levels and first differences is done through stationarity tests designed specifically for panel data such as Levinlin and Ipshin. Levinlin et al (2002) estimates the panel unit root test developed by Levin, Lin and Chu. The test may be viewed as a pooled Dickey-Fuller test or an Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test when lags are included, with the null hypothesis of non-stationarity against the alternate that all series are stationary. Ipshin estimates the t-test for unit roots in heterogeneous panels developed by Im, Pesaran and Shin (2003). The Ipshin test assumes that all series are non-stationary under the null hypothesis against the alternative that at least one series is stationary. The results are reported in Section III.
III Supply Response Results
The regression results4 are reported for rice, wheat, sugar cane and bajra (Tables 4a to 4d). Levinlin and Ipshin tests indicate that few of the variables were found to be non-stationary in levels but none of them were found to be non-stationary after first differencing. Since Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data performs regression on differenced variables, time series properties are well satisfied (as on differencing all the variables were stationary). Arellano-Bond Dynamic Panel data regression assumes that there is no second order autocorrelation in the errors. Therefore a test for this is needed. Sargan's test for overidentifying restrictions is used to check for mis-specification of the model. Failure to reject null hypothesis in both cases gives support to the model.
Table 4a presents the regression results for Panipat and Yamunanagar regions for the rice crop. These are the ones where water table is declining and percentage of rice area to gross cropped area (GCA) is also very high. The signs of the coefficients are as expected. Most of the coefficients are statistically significant. Depth (pre-monsoon) has a negative influence on acreage under rice while price affects acreage positively. Even lagged depth has a negative sign, though the coefficient is insignificant.
The null of Sargan test is not rejected which suggests that the model is well-specified. There is no autocorrelation (both first order and second order) present. Wald Chi square test of overall significance shows variables are jointly significant. However, the overall significance cannot be established. This may be because of very less number of observations (32) present, as only two regions are considered. The overall significance can be established if minimum support prices are used in the model instead of farm harvest prices.
The results for the water depleting zone and for the entire state (both zones) yield expected signs but were insignificant. In both these regressions (results not reported) depth and price have expected signs but are insignificant. This is the advantage of conducting a regional study, as concentration can be laid specifically on those regions which are growing rice in large amounts and at the same time also facing the problem of receding water
Table 4a: Results of Arellano-Bond Dynamic One-Step5 Estimation for Rice for Yamunanagar and Panipat
Using Farm Using Minimum Harvest Prices Support Prices
Constant 0.01 (0.00) 0.006 (0.00) Agca(t-1) -0.3 (0.01) -0.3 (0.01) Agca(t-2) -0.04 (0.06) -0.1 (0.04) Depth(t) -0.01 (0.00) -0.004 (0.00) Depth(t-1) -0.0002 (0.00) -0.001 (0.00) Price(t-1) 0.006 (0.00) 0 .0002 (0.00) Sargan's test of over-identifying restrictions 1 1 Arellano-Bond test of first order autocorrelation 0.16 0.16 Arellano-Bond test of second
order autocorrelation 0.18 0.19 Wald Chi2 test 0.55 0.0006 No. of observations 32 32 No of groups 2 2
Notes: Agca denotes area under a particular crop as a percentage of gross cropped area. For rice the relative price with respect to (wrt) bajra is used. Depth of water table is for pre-monsoon period (June). Numbers reported for the tests are p-values.
Table 4b: Results of Arellano-Bond Dynamic One-Step Estimation for Wheat
Using Farm Using Minimum Harvest Prices Support Prices Depleting All Depleting All Regions Regions Regions Regions
(0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
Agca(t-1)
-0.07 -0.11 -0.05 -0.07
0.1 0.15 0.2 0.17
(0.11) (0.8) (0.1) (0.1)
Depth(t)
-0.0001 -0.0007 0.003 -0.0003
Depth(t-1)
-0.004 -0.005 -0.003 -0.004
0.02 0.02 0.0002 0.00007
Sargan's test of overidentifying
Arellano-Bond test of first order
0.04 0.01 0.04 0.008
Arellano-Bond test of second
order autocorrelation
0.9 0.31 0.6 0.1
Wald Chi2
0.61 0 0.01 0
No of observations
No of groups
Notes: For wheat relative price is w r t to barley. Depth is for post-monsoon period (October).
table. The insignificant impact of pre-monsoon depth is apparent only when a group of regions is considered. When only the two rice growing regions are included, decreasing groundwater table has a clear impact on acreage under rice. The results for MSP reaffirm that the falling depth of water table would signal farmers to reduce the area under rice.
Wheat has been grown throughout Haryana. Hence results are reported for depleting zone and for all zones. The results obtained from regressions are mixed. Most of the variables have signs in accordance with expectations but very few are found to be statistically significant. Depth and lagged depth have negative sign but as they are insignificant it would be difficult to establish that depth has had a negative impact on its area under cultivation. The regressions using MSP for wheat also give similar results. Most of the coefficients are not significant. The coefficient of depth which was negative changes sign (though is still insignificant).
Yamunanagar, Panipat and Faridabad are the regions from water-depleting zone (which is the area of interest in this study) which have comparatively higher share of area under sugar cane. Hence results are separately reported for these. The signs of the variables are in conformity with the expectations. Coefficient of depth variable is negative and significant. Second, order autocorrelation is present in none of the regressions, implying that the estimates are consistent. Sargan test suggests that the model is correctly specified. Wald Chi square statistics is also favourable, suggesting that all variables are jointly significant.
Bajra
The estimation is also done for bajra. The coefficient of depth in this case is non-negative. This suggests that farmers would not reduce acreage of this particular crop as water level falls further. Hence, even if water level is going deep farmers would not be discouraged from cultivation. Both depth and lagged depth have a non-negative sign. Relative price shows a positive sign. The diagnostic testing of the model also tells that the model is well-specified. Table 4d reports the results.
The results reported in this section firmly assert that farmers recognise the fact that water tables in some regions are declining and therefore they should adjust their cropping pattern accordingly and reduce the cultivation of water-intensive crops. As the water level falls farmers reduce the acreage under rice and sugar cane, both water-intensive crops. However, the acreage of wheat and bajra (the less water-demanding crops) does not fall in these regions.
But this brings the important question to the forefront that who are the farmers making these shifts. One can speculate that it must be the poor farmer who has to reduce the acreage of waterloving crops. Large farmers can continue to cultivate paddy as they may own high-powered electric pumps and still be able to extract water from low levels. Thus it can be assumed that it may be the affluent farmers who have started using high-powered pumpsets for irrigation, while the not so lucky may have shifted to cultivation of crops where water requirement is not so high. This may heighten the existing social and economic disparities, as it is the rich farmer who utilises the benefit of MSP offered by the government. This distorts the very purpose of providing MSP as a financial support to poor and vulnerable farmers.
IV Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
This section focuses on the main conclusions, limitations and recommendations of the study. The water problem in Haryana is distinct as both waterlogging and water depletion are observed. The study has noted with serious concern the rapidly declining groundwater levels in various parts of Haryana. It is all the more disturbing to find that the cultivation of water-intensive crops is increasing in the regions where the water table is falling. One of the causes for this is favourable MSP offered to farmers. As seen in Section III, farmers do respond to price signals and that prices are important factor in explaining farmer's acreage behaviour. Besides this energy prices should also be altered so that they reflect the true cost of resource and hence prevent overexploitation of resources. The role of government can be of utmost importance in correcting distortion of resource use by appropriate pricing of both inputs and outputs.
Table 4c: Results of Arellano-Bond Dynamic One Step Estimation for Sugar Cane Using Farm Harvest Prices
Yamunanagar, Panipat and Faridabad
(0.00) Agca(t-1) 0.7 (0.09) Agca(t-2) -0.2 (0.1) Depth(t) -0.003 (0.00) Depth(t-1) 0.003 (0.00) Price -1.09e-06 (0.00) Sargan's test of over-Identifying restrictions 1 Arellano-Bond test of first order autocorrelation 0.15 Arellano-Bond test of second order autocorrelation 0.12 Wald Chi 2 0 No of observations 48 No of groups 3
Notes: For sugar cane absolute prices are considered. Depth is average of pre-monsoon and post-monsoon.
Table 4d: Results of Arellano-Bond DynamicOne Step Estimation for Bajra
Bajra Depleting All Regions Regions
Constant -0.003 (0.00) -0.003 (0.00) Agca(t-1) -0.4 (0.09) -0.2 (0.08) Agca(t-2) 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.09) Depth(t) 0.004 (0.00) 0.003 (0.00) Depth(t-1) 0.002 (0.00) 0.002 (0.00) Price 0.01 (0.00) 0.02 (0.01) Sargan's test of overidentifying restrictions 1 1 Arellano-Bond test of first order autocorrelation 0.1 0.1 Arellano-Bond test of second order autocorrelation 0.4 0.4 Wald Chi2 0 0 No of observations 75 153 No of groups 5 10
Notes: For bajra relative price is w r t rice. Depth is for pre-monsoon (June).
The decline in water table is confined not only to those regions where cultivation of water- intensive crops is more predominant. As seen in the study, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mahendargarh are the regions where water table is receding but paddy cropping is not much (though increasing). This implies that the cause of declining water levels in parts of Haryana is explained by factors other than an increase in water-intensive crops.
Using the tool of supply response function the study establishes that depth of water table in a region has significant influences on planting decisions of water-intensive crops. Declining water table depth discourages the farmers to cultivate waterintensive crops. Farmers are indeed reducing their acreage of paddy and sugar cane in response to declining depth of water level over the years, while for dryland crops like bajra no such response has been displayed by farmers. Thus one is able to find a self-correcting mechanism of distorted cropping pattern in Haryana.
Several difficulties were encountered while undertaking this study. Some of those are pointed out briefly. Firstly, the regression analysis was done for 18-year period. The complete data relating to the study was not available beyond 1998-99 so that the econometric exercise could not be conducted beyond the said period. The study has used a sophisticated estimation technique. The robustness of the estimator could have been checked by using other price expectation formulations. But because of the short nature of time series this could not be performed. Secondly, the administrative district was chosen as basic unit for research analysis. Though, a study at block level would have helped us in understanding the problem better because the water depth varies markedly amongst various blocks in a district too. But such a study would have been unfeasible, as collecting consistent and reliable information at block level would have been difficult. Lastly, the relationship between depth and rice acreage runs both ways. It would also be interesting to look at both of these econometrically in a recursive system, where depth of the water has been affected due to cultivation of crops like paddy and sugar cane and the acreage of these crops is reduced to the falling depth of the water table. Besides the cropping patterns, the effect of electricity pricing on depth can also be analysed.
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[This article is a part of the MPhil dissertation submitted at Delhi School of Economics. The author expresses her thanks to the supervisor, J V Meenakshi for her continuous support.]
1 Two important methods of charging for power supply: (a) flat rate system,
i e, a water extracting device is charged a monthly rate per horsepower
(hp) of the pumping plant regardless of actual power use; (b) pro-rata
charges, i e, a water extracting device is charged per unit (kWh) of power
consumed on the basis of meter readings 2 Almost 65 per cent of the agricultural area of Haryana state is underlain
by saline groundwater [Gangwar and Panghal 1989]. 3 This information is also collected by the Central Groundwater Board
(CGWB) in Delhi; however their information is based on a smaller number
of test tubewells and a complete time series was also difficult to construct,
hence this data source was not used. 4 The Arellano-Bond (1991) one step dynamic panel estimator is estimated
in STATA v 8.0 econometric software. 5 The first-step estimator is used since it has been shown to have more reliable
results. The asymptotic estimator from two-step GMM estimator has been
found to have a downward bias.
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I was unaware of the somewhat dismaying recent trend of Crusades scholarship that emphasizes the "Holy" part of the "Holy War" equation. Unlike Steven Runciman and other earlier historians, some of these scholars are rather sympathetic to the Crusades and the Church of that time. To read this passage by Thomas F. Madden, author of The Crusades: An Illustrated History, is depressing:
Thomas Asbridge's Pope Urban II, much like Erdmann's, is a schemer whose primary motivation is to exert his own power. There was, Asbridge contends, no compelling external reason for the First Crusade. One would think the Muslim conquest of fully two-thirds of the Christian world might engender some bad feeling.
Given the frequency with which Tyerman refers to medieval anti-Jewish pogroms, one might well conclude that the purpose of the Crusades was to annihilate Jews. Indeed, he uses these massacres as evidence of the brutal nature of the Crusades and the success of the Church in whipping up hatred for "the other." Nowhere does he mention that these attacks on Jews were isolated incidents in direct violation of Church law and condemned by churchmen and secular leaders alike. Anti-Jewish attacks were seen as a perversion of crusading, and people like St. Bernard of Clairvaux worked hard to keep them from happening at all.
Thomas F. Madden, "Crusaders and Historians"
[Note the passive "were seen" in that last sentence.]
That would be the same Bernard of Clairvaux who said the following:
'They shall either be converted or wiped out.' So Bernard of Clairvaux announced the extension of Jerusalem indulgences to the summer campaign of 1147 against the pagan Slavs, or Wends, between the rivers Elbe and Oder. This decision, reached at the Diet of Frankfurt in March 1147, set the tone for perhaps the most radical and effective association of holy war and territorial expansion.
Christopher Tyerman, God's War: A New History of the Crusades
The nuanced and skeptical Tyerman does maintain that colonialization was not the only or even the greatest motivation for the Crusades, but herefuses to jump to Madden's redemptive stance. And, belying Madden's whitewash of the Church's anti-semitism, he cites the words of Bernard and other clergy:
Overt anti-Semitism dominated the academy of western Christendom in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, often expressed by those unmoved by practical or communal resentment or fear. Abbot Peter the Venerable of Cluny argued a point very close to Radulf's; if it is a meritorious act to fight enemies of Christianity in distant lands why are Jews allowed to live undisturbed in the heart of Christendom? If Muslims were detestable, how much more were the Jews? In profiting from Christians, even the church, through usury, they polluted Christendom. Abbot Peter was careful to follow the theologically orthodox line that Jews should not be killed but, he insisted, they should be punished as enemies of Christ.
Bernard of Clairvaux, 'a decent priest' in Rabbi Ephraim's grateful memory, while rejecting simple and violent analogies, lacked sympathy or more than legal tolerance, stating:
The Jews are not to be persecuted, killed or even put to flight… The Jews are for us the living words of Scripture, for they remind us always of what our Lord suffered. They are dispersed all over the world so that by expiating their crime they may be everywhere living witnesses of our redemption. Under Christian princes they endure a hard captivity… when the time is ripe all Israel shall be saved [i.e. converted]. But those who die before will remain in death. If Jews are utterly wiped out, what will become of our hope for their promised salvation, their eventual conversion?
While Bernard took a softer line than most, the general view, at best, was that "killing" was a perversion of crusading, but other attacks on Jews were acceptable.
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Given that there have been 1541 Lotto Texas drawings, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have played 13.8% of the time. It wasn't that long ago that we last saw an Australia Play. More specifically, it was back on March 31, 2018.
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The Australia Play isn't one to be alone these days! The lone repeating Four-Number Combination was 4, 24, 49, and 53.
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November 8, 2000 was when this Combination made its debut.
The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 54th appearance, with winning numbers 16, 18, 27, 55, 67, and PB 18.
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This Pattern has played in 20.5% of the 263 Powerball drawings, and previously played on March 24, 2018.
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Now with four appearances, the 0 3 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 28.6% of the 14 drawings where the General Order was [3-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 7.41% of the 54 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 263 drawings, the 0 3 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 1.52% of the time. We last saw this Specific Order nearly a year ago on April 29, 2017.
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The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 16, 55, 67.
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Lingelihle Scoops R100 000 Prize
Lingelihle Senior Secondary School celebrate their win during the 2014 Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup at Jabavu Stadium, Eastern Cape on 16 August 2014 ©Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
EkuhlaleniSoccer
By TTadmin On Sep 6, 2014
By Andisiwe Mali
Lingelihle Senior Secondary School yaseLinge eKomani, are the 2014 Eastern Cape Provincial Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup Champions, after beating Walmer High School 3-0 at the Jabavu Stadium in Uitenhage on August 16.
Lingelihle takes the title for the second time since 2012. Sandile Mata, the school's principal and the team's technical director said he was thrilled that the hard work they have put in this year has paid off.
Mata acknowledged Vuyisa Bobani's development and effort. Bobani scored four goals in the provincial finals. "He is a gifted footballer and keeps on improving with every game. I'm hoping the scouts from the professional clubs spot him at the national finals," Mata said.
Winning the provincial title means Lingelihle bags the R100 000 prize to spend on legacy projects. They head to the national finals of the competition to be staged in Tshwane (Giant stadium) ngo October 8 – 11.
On plans for the bounty Mata said; "We do have a school bus, but it needs to be serviced, so we are hoping to use some of the winnings to do that. If we win at the national finals we will perhaps purchase a new bus as well".
Among the team's stars is 19 year-old winger Vuyisani Bobani. He started off playing in the streets of Ilinge before joining a local club. At 16 he attended Lingelihle and joined the school team. He says; "I was part of the 2012 team that won the provincial finals, but unfortunately we didn't win at the nationals. I am happy to be part of the team again this year and my goal is to finish within the top four.
"I know that the competition at the nationals will be tough and many of the schools will have academy players, but we are the best school in Eastern Cape, we need to remain focused and make sure that we play as a united front," adds the young star.
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Posts tagged: process
The Process: Making a Pen on the Lathe
I know it's a small thing, but your choice in writing implements can say a lot about you. Do you carry a simple plastic tube with cheap ink, or do you hold a solid, well-made piece that makes an impression? Or do you not carry anything at all? A pen holds stories and signatures, words and dreams, and you can make one that leaves an impression every time you put some words to that page.
That's why you should carry something impressive, and why you definitely should make your own.
This is the Best Video You'll See All Day: Capturing the Mesmerizing Process of Hand Shaped Pottery
Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a hopeless process nerd. Especially when that process is captured in a video with such amazing colors, sound, and cinematography.
Filmmaker Nick Bennett visited
Watch How L.L. Bean's Signature Boots are Made
The team over at Gear Patrol captured a great inside look at the Legendary L.L. Bean factory in Brunswick, Maine and their process for making their iconic Bean Boots.
If you don't already own a pair of Bean Boots, I cannot recommend them enough. Their simple design and rugged craftsmanship have lasted me many years and many more into the future.
The Process: Making A Unique Cutting Board
Sure, you can make a cutting board from those scraps in your shop, but how about making something a bit more memorable? Take a look.
The Process: Making an English Longbow from Scratch
With the summer Olympics in full swing, it's time to start paying attention to one of the many sports that most of us barely remember until this time every four years: archery. (We love you too, steeplechase and race walking.) As an ancient sport dating back some 64,000 years, the bow and arrow's construction has understandably undergone some manufacturing changes. But not for John Neeman Tools...
Crafting a Custom Bar Stool from Construction Lumber
Evan is the crafter and store owner behind Mr. Lentz, a leather goods and wooden accessories shop. He's also a great story teller and tinkerer, and we love when he posts his narrative builds as a look into the creative process.
This time, he set out to build a bar stool from scratch, without plans or measured drawings and made solely from dimensional lumber (2x4s, etc) from the home center.
The Process: Crafting Handmade Wooden Eyeglass Frames from Scratch
Indianapolis-based artist and maker Peter Boerger hand crafts these amazing wooden eyeglass frames from scratch using basic hand and woodworking tools - no laser cutters or CNC routers needed.
Fort Knox in Box: How ATMs Work
Have you every stopped and wondered how ATM's actually work? How they correctly distribute the right bills without mistakes? And how they do it all securely? Well check out this surprisingly enriching short video that unpacks how the guts of the beast actually come together to keep our money flowing...
Inside the Studio with Let There Be Neon
As The Hand and The Eye puts it, it's probably easier to point out which neon signs in Tribeca were not made by Let There Be Neon that which ones were, their reach is so extensive. Their little shop is has created New York City's most famous neon signage including even Nucky Thompson's Old Rumpus Bar from Boardwalk Empire. And making neon signs is no easy trick...
The Process: Denim Jeans From Scratch
Here's a great look at how those denim jeans look so just worn enough before you even pull them on. From material cutting all the way to hand pressing the buttons on. Man, I love these process videos.
Watch A Damascus Short Sword Forged in Stunning 8K
We're in the wild west of digital technology as engineers keep innovating, which is why this test shoot for the upcoming RED Weapon 8K camera decided to focus its lens on some stunning old techniques. Watch as accomplished bladesmith Tony Swatton forges his modern take on a Roman gladius using a 93 layer damascus technique, one of his last creations in his old workshop.
How Fujifilm's Cameras and Lenses are Made in Japan
In a world which often values the lowest price and quantity over quality, it's fascinating to see inside the belly of a gigantic manufacturing beast. Sam Byford of the Verge took a tour two weeks ago through the Fujifilm Taiwa factory in Sendai, to take an in depth look at the manufacturing process. Surprisingly the cameras produced aren't made by robots but by a number of actual people performing quite delicate work.
Man Builds Mini V12 Engine By Hand
I've always been fascinated by the complexity of engines, so watching someone make a mini V12 engine by hand is just a great insight into what it takes to make something so amazing.
How to: Make A Leather-Bound Book Entirely From Scratch [INCREDIBLE VIDEO]
This video blew me away. It's a two minute super-wrap-up showing you everything that goes into making a book from scratch, and then there are longer videos guiding you through each step in the whole process. Now when we say "from scratch" we mean entirely from scratch. If this guy needs a brush to use when binding his pages, he chops off some horse hairs and shapes a twig to tie with sinew from a deer he shot in order to make a brush. It's nuts.
Picture This: David Waelder Makes Some Seriously Awesome DIY Art Frames
Someone great has been growing in the shadow of Jimmy Diresta for a while, and he's really starting to put out some amazing videos of the projects he tackles around the shop. Here's a look at some innovative ways to make the simple picture frame.
The Process: From Timber to Tide
This process video was one of Vimeo's Staff Picks and it's easy to see why. The five minute short is full of gorgeous cinematography as UK native and traditional shipwright Ben Harris discusses his lifelong love of woodworking and shipbuilding, and the kinship one feels with their craft when one starts at the very beginning with the rawest of materials.
I'm a big fan of quiet, contemplative, maker-oriented short films, and if that sounds up your alley, this is one you won't want to miss.
How Manholes Are Made (It's Not What You'd Think)
I've recently become fascinated by the artistry that goes into objects that I interact with on a daily basis but normally consider too quotidian to think about. And manhole covers definitely fall into that category. They're an essential part of any city's infrastructure and their design and manufacture isn't something that should be overlooked. And now, thanks to this National Geographic short, you can pull back the curtain and see how the majority of manhole covers in the US are made... in India.
Closer Look: An Interview With Hand and Eye Letterpress
A generation or two back, everything we read was printed with individual letters, hand picked and positioned in a tray by a patient and highly experienced printer. You've definitely seen many things printed by letterpress, but perhaps never understood or really appreciated the skill and effort it took to place row upon row of small letter blocks and hand ink the plates for pressing.
Watch a True Craftsman at Work: The Violin Makers
Music makes us feel. Good, bad, energetic, lazy...it's an ethereal experience to experience skill and passion coming together in one fluid moment. It has been said that the tone of a instrument improves over time as the instrument settles in, and the vibrations from playing helps to "open up" the resonance in the wood.
While this may or may not be fully true, it is definitely true that a quality instrument begins with a master craftsman. Instrument craftsmen are some of the most gifted makers in the world. Not only must they be precise with joints and materials, but in the end the piece must sound as good as it looks. It truly is an art
The Process: Crafting a Traditional Post-and-Rung Stool from a Tree
You know those videos that show some young dude dressed in leather boots and a crew neck sweater, walking into his shop or studio, blowing off the sawdust or unrolling a side of leather, arranging his tools and assessing his materials, all with some slow churning music and a shallow depth of focus?
This is definitely one of those videos.
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MISSUE NO. 3616
Coastweek-- Seen [above] Mombasa Sports Club (MSC) soccer team who visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where they played two matches, beating Azam Old Guards 3-1 and drew 1-1 with Muhimbili FC.
Bad Day For Coast In
Division One League
ONLY Modern Coast Rangers managed to squeeze
a barren draw against Mount Kenya United
Coastweek-- Coastal side Maweni City of Malindi is at the bottom of the Division One Zone A1 league table having picked no point in its last five matches.
The team lost 0-1 to KRA and gave walkovers against FC Talanta and Ligi Ndogo prior to bowing down to Kibera Celtic and Nairobi Stima by 3-0 and 2-1 respectively last weekend.
However, the team's coach Billy Mwangemi said he is optimistic that the team will do better in its upcoming matches.
"We've learnt a lot in these few games that we've played and with this kind of exposure, I'm sure we will pick positive results," Mwangemi told futaa.com.
He added that they have confidence to win their next three fixtures at home.
Maweni will face K.C.C in its next match scheduled for Sunday April 21.
It was doomsday for all the Coast teams in the division one league save for Modern Coast Rangers who managed to squeeze a barren draw against Mt Kenya United in the match played at Kinunga stadium.
Admiral, Sparki Youth, Coast United, West Ham, Maweni City and Brighter Stars lost their matches against Posta Rangers, Kibera Celtic, KCC, Adminis-tration Police, Nairobi Stima and Ligi Ndogo respectively last Sunday. As usual the losers blamed it all on poor officiating.
Coast United coach Yahya Hassan complained the referee was biased against them during their tie against KCC at Meru.
"The referee had no watch. He blew the whistle only after 37 minutes into the second half when he discovered we were about to equalize.
"Worst still, he denied us a penalty and awarded our opponents a 'dubious' penalty after an opponent dived inside the box," said Yahya.
Admiral technical director Aref Baghazal and Modern Coast Rangers secretary Ferdinand Ogot also expressed displeasure at the standard of officiating.
The division one zone A2 2 tie between Green Berrets and visiting West Ham failed to kick off on Saturday due to the pathetic state of the playing field.
Both teams arrived at the Ruiru ground, the match venue, only to find the field waterlogged and muddy and hence match officials were forced to call off the match.
As result, West Ham is demanding to be awarded points as per the league rules and regulations.
"Article 7 (d) of the league rules and regulations categorically states that the home team shall organize for the match venue, security, pre-match meeting, gate management and any other issues related to organization of home matches," he said.
He said because of the failure of their opponents to find an alternative playing field, "we therefore deserve to be awarded three points and two goals," said a club official on condition of anonymity.
In another zone A Group 1 match played at City Stadium Brighter Stars hoodoo in the league continued after being massacred by Mahakama7-0 in a one sided match. Brighter Stars who have so far conceded 26 goals in four matches.
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Assault on Gaza: Day of grief and defiance
By Donald Macintyre in Jabalya, northern Gaza
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, rejected international calls yesterday to end the "excessive" and "disproportionate" military operation in Gaza which has claimed the lives of 101 Palestinians – including many children and other civilians –since Wednesday.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, called on Israel to halt the air and ground attacks which on Saturday alone claimed the lives of at least 54 Palestinians in the most lethal single day of violence since the beginning of the second intifada more than seven years ago. The Slovenian EU presidency – while condemning the rocket attacks from Gaza which Israel says it is trying to stop – condemned the "recent disproportionate use of force by the Israel Defence Forces against the Palestinian population of Gaza, noted the death of "innocent children" and said that such acts of "collective punishment" were against international law.
But as the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, announced that he was breaking off US-brokered negotiations with Israel as long as its "aggression" continued, Mr Olmert told the weekly meeting of the Israeli Cabinet: "Israel has no intention of stopping the fight against the terrorist organisations even for a minute." He declared: "With all due respect … no one has the right to preach morality to Israel for employing its elementary right of self-defence."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Israel's most important ally in the Muslim world, also decried the "disproportionate force" used in attacks which were killing "children and civilians" and complained that Israel was rejecting a "diplomatic" solution to the conflict.
Categories: Genocide, Israel, Palestine . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
Causes and Consequences of Our Foreign Policy in the Middle East
What It Means for Americans
By Karen Kwiatkowski
The following is the text of a speech given at Virginia Tech on February 12, 2008.
02/28/08 — — -I want to thank the Libertarians at Virginia Tech, the Political Science Club and the Institute for Humane Studies for the kind invitation to speak to you tonight.
I want to talk about the "Causes and Consequences of our Foreign Policy in the Middle East and What it Means for Americans." The original title of this speech was "Causes and Consequences of our Foreign Policy in the Middle East and What it Means for Libertarians." But I interchanged Americans for Libertarians. To paraphrase John F. Kennedy in Berlin, 1963, in times like these, when the American dream seems overwhelmed by what has become known as the American empire, perhaps we are all libertarians.
Let me start first with the consequences of our foreign policy in the Middle East, circa 2008.
We are nearly five years past the moment where George W. Bush declared "Mission Accomplished."
400,000 to 1.2 million Iraqis are dead by our decisions and actions. Over two million are internally displaced, and over two million Iraqis have fled the country.
5,000 Americans are dead (soldiers and contractors) as a result, 30–50,000 physically injured, and over 100,000 mentally disturbed, receiving or awaiting treatment.
Army and Marines are morally and physically bankrupt – and burdened by executive pressure for more forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan and trouble in Iran.
A trillion dollars has been spent, another trillion to be spent before we are finished – and if McCain has his way, we will never be finished, and we will bleed ourselves for the duration of the 21st century.
Beyond Iraq, we have Secretary of Defense Bob Gates alternately screaming in an empty room and crying in despair because NATO won't pick up the slack of propping up our preferred government in Kabul.
The one republic with nuclear weapons and a means to deploy them is led by an unstable dictator, threatened by his own subordinates, at odds with his very powerful and well-funded intelligence arm, and disliked by the majority of his citizens. And in case you were wondering, I am talking about Perez Musharraf.
Jordan, once reliable and trustworthy, is feeling the heat of over two million unemployed and impoverished Iraqis swelling their refugee camps.
Syria – who helped us with torture and renditions after 9-11 – has been both accused and attacked by her neighbor, our other nuclear-armed friend in the region.
Lebanon suffered a silly war in the summer of 2006 – a war that was considered an embarrassing defeat for Israel, and a war that Washington, D.C. collaborated on and quietly cheered.
Our steadfast friends, the House of Saud, don't understand us anymore.
We publicly threaten Iran for all kinds of reasons, even though Tehran is signatory to and compliant with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and even as we happily work with all kinds of Iranian-backed interests in southern Iraq.
Four key undersea communication cables get cut in a week, isolating and seriously degrading much of the banking and communication traffic for our friends in the region, including in Dubai, which just bailed out some of our banks and credit card companies. Instead of decrying bad cable construction, and offering to send our own teams to help repair these cables in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, our government has said nothing. The entire region thinks we did it, either to send a message, test a military strategy, or to funnel information into a channel our vast intelligence bureaucracy can monitor.
The price of oil, adjusted for inflation, is not yet at the level of the 1979 oil crisis. But it is within 10% of that. Given the drastic increase in global demand for oil today, relative to that in 1979, our foreign policy in the Middle East might be said to be harmful, but not disastrous. But you must consider two things – the amount of oil the United States imports from the Middle East is around 10–15% of all the oil we import – but interfering with the free market in this region costs the American taxpayer billions and billions every year in maintaining a large overseas military presence, military and economic aid to major and minor allies in the region, the costs of periodic off-the-book interventions, like Iraq, and the costs involved with protecting your countrymen from people who hate you enough to want to kill you and topple your tall buildings.
Categories: 9/11, Genocide, Wall street, War crimes, War profiteering . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
Israeli missiles silence baby's laughter in Gaza
Sami Abu Salem writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 28 February 2008
Nasser al-Bor'i holds the body of his six-month-old son, Mohammed, outside the morgue at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages)
The innocent laughter of six-month-old baby Mohammed al-Bor'i stopped forever on Wednesday night when shrapnel from an Israeli missile and rubble struck the infant in the head, minutes after he enjoyed his last meal.
"The baby sucked milk, he was playing with his mother; I was reading a book when a rocket hit the Ministry of Interior," said Nasser al-Bor'i, the baby's father.
With the first missile, the electricity was cut and darkness filled the ill-fated house. Stones and pieces of the asbestos ceiling fell onto the head of the laughing child. The explosions continued as two other missiles hit the building.
"I looked for my baby in the darkness between the rubble; I did not know where he was. When he cried once I followed the direction of his voice," Nasser al-Bor'i said. "My hands touched my baby who was breathing hard; I felt warm liquid on my two hands and realized that he was wounded."
Al-Bor'i carried his son to the nearby Shifa Hospital as the blood streamed from his tiny head. In the hospital, al-Bor'i became hysterical when he realized that his only child had been killed.
Tears poured from al-Bor'i's eyes when he saw Mohammed's shoes. "After five years of treatment for sterility, [my wife and] I had a baby. I can't imagine that I lost him in a second."
Categories: Genocide, Palestine . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
Turkey Says It Has Sent Ground Troops Into Iraq
The US is not protecting their most reliable ally in Iraq. More quagmire and mayhem to come.
SAMSUN, Turkey – Turkey's military said it had sent ground troops into northern Iraq Thursday night in an operation aimed at weakening Kurdish militants there, the first confirmed ground incursion since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.
The Turkish General Staff announced the action on its website on Friday. It gave no details of how many troops went or how long they would stay, and said only that they would return once goals had been achieved. Private NTV television reported 10,000 troops were involved and said they had pushed about six miles into Iraqi territory.
A Turkish analyst, commenting on NTV, said the attack appeared aimed at dealing the Kurdish militants, the Kurdistan Worker's Party, a surprise blow before the snow melts and the guerillas make their traditional spring advance into Turkey to attack Turkish troops. The analyst said the operation would likely last between three and four days.
It was not clear what, if any, role the United States played in the incursion, which set one of its closest allies in a troubled region, Turkey, a NATO member that shares borders with Iran, Iraq and Syria, against another, Iraqi Kurds, the most important American partners in the Iraq war.
Categories: Armaggedon, Genocide, Iraq war, Kurdistan . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
Taliban defeat will take years: US general
And here was me thinking we beat the buggers in the first month of occupation.
MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (AFP) – It will take "a few years" to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, the top US general in the country said Tuesday, reiterating US support for the fight.
Major General David Rodriguez, head of the US-led coalition force, said the US military would stay in the country "as long as they are needed."
"We definitely think it will take a few years for the Afghan people and the Afghan leaders supported by the coalition forces to defeat them," he said in a response to a question from a journalist.
An insurgency led by the Taliban, who were in government between 1996 and 2001, has been growing in the past two years with a spike in suicide attacks and roadside bombings.
Categories: 9/11, Afganistan, Genocide, Taliban . . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
Ambulances in Gaza unable to run due to fuel shortage
Gaza – Ma'an – Ambulances in the Gaza Strip ran out of fuel on Monday due to the reduction of fuel shipment from Israel to Gaza. The ambulance and emergency service in the Palestinian Health Ministry organized a 'sit-in' for the ambulance drivers in protest against the Israeli decision to further reduce fuel deliveries.
Muawiya Hassanain, director of ambulance and emergency service, appealed to the international Quartet and the World Health organization (WHO), as well as the United States, the UN, UNICEF and the Red Cross – asking them to end the siege of the Gaza Strip and to secure resumption of fuel delivery.
Rule by fear or rule by law?
"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist."
– Winston Churchill, Nov. 21, 1943
Since 9/11, and seemingly without the notice of most Americans, the federal government has assumed the authority to institute martial law, arrest a wide swath of dissidents (citizen and noncitizen alike), and detain people without legal or constitutional recourse in the event of "an emergency influx of immigrants in the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."
Beginning in 1999, the government has entered into a series of single-bid contracts with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) to build detention camps at undisclosed locations within the United States. The government has also contracted with several companies to build thousands of railcars, some reportedly equipped with shackles, ostensibly to transport detainees.
Categories: 9/11, Fascism, Genocide, Haliburton . Tags: detention centers . Author: Travellerev . Comments: Leave a comment
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A resource for all of GMC's Alumni and Friends
Established in 1955, we are the official fundraising arm of GMC.
GMC Prep School is focused on "developing the intellect and elevating the character" . . .
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The Georgia Military College Corps of Cadets dates to the school's founding in 1879 . . .
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Alumni Spotlight JC 1989
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General Neal credits GMC for sparking a drive that has stayed with him throughout his entire life and career. "GMC taught me that I could actually do something," he states, as earning his associate degree made him realize he could go on to achieve much more than he thought possible. General Neal's time at GMC opened up a whole new world of educational possibilities.
Alumni Spotlight Prep School 1957
Junior College 1959
COL Richard Moody
Prep School 1957, Junior College 1959
Georgia Military College is proud to be an institution with a rich 142-year history, steeped in tradition and honor. COL Richard Moody (HS 1957, JC 1959) is one Alumnus whose family has played a significant part in that GMC history and is also a current part of its present and future as well.
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Coinbase has hired LinkedIn's M&A boss to spearhead new acquisitions
Fitz Tepper 5 years
Coinbase is continuing its executive hiring spree as the company has announced that Emilie Choi is joining Coinbase as vice president of Corporate and Business Development.
Choi comes from LinkedIn where she was vice president of Corporate Development and oversaw a total of 40 M&A-related transactions. Prior to that she worked in business development roles at both Warner Brothers and Yahoo.
The hire makes sense for Coinbase, a fast-growing startup that has had trouble keeping up with user growth and activity — both from a customer service and technical perspective. Having someone to spearhead acquisitions could help on this front — with limited engineering talent in the crypto space it can often make more sense to acquire or acqui-hire a startup either as a way to onboard a bunch of engineers at once or to quickly get a piece of technology without having to build it in-house.
Coinbase says that Choi "will be focused on scaling Coinbase globally, seeking out world-class acquisition and partnership opportunities, and managing our strategic projects."
So far Coinbase hasn't had any big acquisitions — but that may change under Choi's leadership, especially considering the company is now well capitalized from both significant venture funding ($225 million to date) and now from running a super profitable trading business.
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'Bohemian Rhapsody' now most-streamed 20th century song
The six-minute song overtook the likes of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O'Mine'
Queen lead singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody famously contains operatic passages and lyrics about Galileo and Scaramouche. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
Tue Dec 11 2018 - 09:00
They said it would never sell, with its six-minute playing time, operatic passages and lyrics about Galileo and Scaramouche, but the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody on Monday became the most streamed song from the 20th century.
Boosted by the new movie Bohemian Rhapsody, the 1975 single and music video surpassed 1.6 billion streams globally, record company Universal Music Group said in a statement.
The song overtook the likes of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, and Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child O'Mine, and is now also the most streamed classic rock song of all time, Universal added.
The Bohemian Rhapsody film, starring Rami Malek as late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, has brought the music of the British rock band to a new generation. Five weeks after its release, it has also become the highest grossing musical biography movie ever, with a global box office take of $600 million (€527 million).
Malek was nominated for a Golden Globe last week for his performance and is widely expected to get an Oscar nomination in January.
Universal said it had been promoting the single across streaming platforms in recent weeks. It used all registered streams on global on-demand services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer as well as streams from official song/video streams on YouTube to determine that Bohemian Rhapsody was the most streamed song from the 20th century.
Bohemian RhapsodY & Queen in numbers
The track was first released as a single on October 31, 1975
Bohemian Rhapsody was Queen's first Top 10 hit in the US. In the UK it went to #1 for nine consecutive weeks, a record at the time.
Bohemian Rhapsody" is the only song in history ever to have topped the U.K. charts twice at Christmas.
The video for Bohemian Rhapsody is generally recognized as the first promotional music video ever aired, and was based on the group's Queen II album cover, the photo for which was taken by Mick Rock. It was directed by Bruce Gowers and was shot in 3 hours for a cost of £3,500 at the time at the band's rehearsal space.
The song has been covered by many artists over the years, including Pink, Kanye West, Robbie Williams, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Montserrat Caballe, The Muppets and Elton John and Axl Rose (for the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in April 1992).
Queen have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide
– Reuters
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December 4th, 2006 under Admirable People, Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson
Former "American Idol" contestant and current "Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson is hoping to be a role model for real-sized women. Hudson told Newsweek that she's a size 12, while the entertainment business loves the size 2 woman. She lost weight since making "Dreamgirls," but while the movie people tell her to keep her curves, the music people tell her, "You look great. Keep losing." "Why should I feel like the minority when the majority of America is a size 12?" Hudson asked. Hudson said a lot of singers don't sound the same when they lose weight, and she has what she called "a little singer's pouch" and that's where her voice comes from. "Somebody has to represent the big girls," Hudson said. "Why not me?"
Good for her! She is so right and she looks great!!! You go girl!
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Nanometa 2017
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3rd Prize for Research into the Science of Light
The 3rd Prize for Research into the Science of Light will be awarded on behalf of the European Physical Society through its Quantum Electronics & Optics Division (QEOD) during Nanometa 2017.
2017 Prize for Research into the Science of Light announced by the European Physical Society
MULHOUSE, [10th of November, 2016] – The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of EPS is delighted to announce that Prof. Albert Polman has been elected the winner of the 2017 prize for Research into the Science of Light "for mastering light at the nanoscale and for demonstrating novel applications in nanoscale optical circuits, photovoltaics, and super-resolution imaging". The prize will be awarded at the forthcoming 6th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (Nanometa) to be held in Seefeld, Austria from January 4-7, 2017.
Albert Polman is a scientific group leader at the FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and professor of photonic materials for photovoltaics at the University of Amsterdam.
Polman obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht in 1989, was a post-doctoral researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories until 1991, and then became a scientific group leader at AMOLF. From 2006-2013 he also served as director of AMOLF.
Polman is one of the early pioneers in the research area of nanophotonics. His research group focuses on the realization of nanoscale metamaterials with tailored optical properties that do not exist in nature. He also designs and fabricates novel photovoltaic architectures with enhanced power conversion efficiency based on semiconductor and dielectric metasurfaces. Polman's group is the inventor of angle-resolved cathodoluminescence microscopy, that is, a novel super-resolution microscopy technique that creates images with 10 nanometer resolution. The instrument is brought on the market by the start-up Delmic, which Polman co-founded.
Polman is an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Optical Society of America (OSA), and recipient of two ERC Advanced Investigator Grants (2011, 2016), the Physica Prize of the Dutch Physical Society (2014), the Julius Springer Award for Applied Physics (2014), the ENI Renewable Energy Prize (2012), and the MRS Materials Innovation and Characterization Award (2012).
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TODAY marks another milestone in the history of Panay News, the only really daily newspaper (including Sunday) in Western Visayas.
Today, the paper reels off its newly-acquired web printing press – the first of its kind in the entire Western Visayas. Branded Goss, it consists of six connected machines that swipe pages of the newspaper all at once, whether in four-color or black-and-white, so that what come out at the end of the line are already-folded copies. This modern technology – which can print as many as 50,000 copies per hour – assures early-morning delivery of the paper to all subscribers and outlets in Iloilo, Antique, Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, Negros Occidental and even Metro Manila.
The modernization of this paper, I must say, rests in the hands of his children who comprise the second-generation Panay News family, with Daniel Fajardo II as chief executive officer and better-half Leah Fajardo as marketing manager.
But of course, the couple would always pass on the "glory" to the first-generation founder of the paper, Daniel "Danny" Fajardo, without whom Panay News would never have germinated and sprouted.
Over coffee at Hotel del Rio recently, I frankly confessed to Danny, "I never thought the paper would go this far."
"Neither did I," he answered. "But I have always believed that when one dreams of something and works hard to shape it into reality, he will get it – sometimes when least expected."
In retrospect, I am thankful to have been part of the first generation that gave birth to this paper 33 years and seven months ago, giving me vantage position to chronicle its evolution.
In the late 1970s until the early '80s, Danny Fajardo was the pioneering operator of a bus line plying the San Jose-Kalibo route. He was also general agent for Summa Insurance and Paramount Insurance companies. At that same period, I was already a newspaperman in Manila, prowling the entertainment beat.
I was 30 years young on the day I first came face-to-face with Mr. Fajardo in 1980 in his room at Aloha Hotel in Manila. He had come all the way from San Jose, Antique to buy spare parts for his mini-buses.
My purpose in seeing him was to solicit advertisement for a monthly magazine I was publishing in Manila at that time, Charm. Having introduced myself as "classmate of Mary from elementary to college" – referring to his wife, the former Maria Santillan – I won his confidence, plus his signature on an advertising contract.
Sometime in April 1981, I received a telegram from Mary, Danny's wife. They would like me to join them in Iloilo City to be full-time editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper that they had just launched. Accepting the offer would be a gamble on my part, since I had already established myself as newspaper reporter and stage show producer in Manila for 11 years. Nevertheless I accepted the offer for a change.
I reported to Panay News' Iloilo City office, which was then at the Ong Bun Building on Ledesma Street, and met for the first time Mary's sister Vicky S. Pimero, who was working as the acting editor following the resignation of the first editor, Jerry Taclino. She had to yield the job to me, Inday Vic said, because she was already "overloaded" with her job as college instructor.
The paper was supposed to come out weekly, but more often than not we made do with only one or two issues a month in our first year due to lack of subscribers and advertisers.
On a lazy day, Danny Fajardo confided to me, "Bert, I had never thought of going into newspaper business because I am not familiar with it. It only dawned on me when Jerry came to my insurance office to motivate me to publish a weekly newspaper. This is a challenge we both have to hurdle."
At that time, there were already three English weeklies in Iloilo which were surviving on paid legal notices from the local courts of law. Soliciting ads from business establishments was like finding a needle in a haystack. But why should we expect a better deal? Most readers would rather be seen reading Manila dailies than local tabloids.
Rather than be discouraged, Danny took it as a challenge to hurdle. He made it clear to me that we would not be contented with legal notices. He vowed to attract not only the commercial advertisers but also readers all over Western Visayas. What a tough optimist!
With no money to pay reporters, we wrote the news reports ourselves and relied heavily on press releases from government agencies, notably the Philippine Information Agency, the Philippine News Agency and the defunct National Media Production Center.
With no printing press of our own, we made the rounds of practically all printing presses in Iloilo City, always badgering for the lowest printing cost and the longest payment term. There was a time when Mr. Fajardo brought our entire manuscripts to Adver Press in Manila to economize on cost. He flew back to Iloilo punishing himself with a heavy bundle of the week's Panay News on his shoulder to and from the airplane.
We eventually managed to assemble a ragtag staff. Danny's insurance offices in Antique, Capiz and Aklan doubled as our branch offices.
Within the year, we earned libel cases due to exposés that put certain public and private corporations in bad light. For a long time, the Fajardo home in San Jose, Antique suffered dark nights after the Antique Electric Cooperative (Anteco) had disconnected their power line as punishment for a "damaging attack" on said co-op. At that time, the Fajardo couple had four children, namely Abdiel, John Dan, Mae and Strawberry. Still to come years later were Daniel "Idol" II (now Panay News' chief executive officer) and David (now publisher of Watchmen, a Bacolod daily).
GIVING UP TWO BUSINESSES
It was a baptism of fire for Fajardo as the publisher. He had to give up his bus company and his insurance agency to concentrate on keeping the newspaper alive.
As editor with no other job, I had my share of financial hemorrhage. But I kept pinning my faith on Mr. Fajardo, who had already impressed me as a natural salesman.
Together, we broke readers' resistance to the "lowly" local newspaper by going after local scoops, though this was easier said than done in a weekly paper.
I remember that afternoon when we were in Kalibo to meet with an insurance man. During the meeting, Tita Bong (Mary's sister) broke the news that a rich widow nearby had been stabbed dead by a poor relative. Knowing it would sell as front-page banner story, I slung our camera over my shoulder as we rushed to the widow's house to shoot the dead in her coffin.
It also paid that we chose to be an "alternative press" exposing the evils of the Marcos dictatorship under martial law. Since most Manila newspapers were "developmental," we won their readers over. We also attracted advertisers with the help of Manila-based advertising agencies who had noticed said phenomenon.
Panay News had metamorphosed from a losing to a winning gambler.
We have also lost a few libel cases but won most. Thanks to Atty. Rex Salvilla and many other lawyer friends, we have survived them all.
DASHING THROUGH THE YEARS
In 1987 or 1988 (sorry for memory lapse), knowing that the paper could move on without me, I begged of Boss Danny to have me replaced. He agreed and wished me luck.
If I remember right, it was at that time when a young college graduate, Lemuel Fernandez, stepped in to become editor-in-chief. By then, we had set up branch offices in all provinces of Western Visayas.
I don't remember the exact date, but it was in the late 1980s that Panay News acquired its own printing press and gradually moved from a weekly frequency to semi-weekly and eventually daily.
The paper lured young professional journalists to join his editorial staff. One of them, Rex Maestrecampo, still stands out today as the loyal and workaholic desk editor manning the editorial desk (now in the town of Pavia) together with efficient region editor Daryl Lasafin.
Panay News having soared like an eagle, Danny Fajardo began another pioneering work with the publication of the first Ilonggo daily, Hublas nga Kamatuoran. Like Panay News, it has overcome birth pains and has slowly but surely revived readers' interest in the Ilonggo vernacular.
Danny himself has assumed the position of editor-in-chief, giving up corporate management to his children who have established symbiotic relations with advertising agencies in Manila.
An executive office in Makati City has risen to serve the growing clientele.
The advent of the Internet has not diminished readership of the paper but has, on the contrary, complemented it. Our website – www.panaynewsphilippines.com – has made it more accessible to all Filipinos and foreigners worldwide.
Truth to tell, many other journalists working for other local papers today have at one time or another worked for Panay News.
Several ex-editors and staff reporters have expanded their horizons here and abroad, including Hazel Villa, now bringing to the academe her more than 15 years of experience in professional journalism as workshop facilitator and writing coach; Eden Jacosalem Stewart in the United States, Daniel Cajurao in Canada and Raj Padilla in the United Kingdom. We are happy for them.
John Paul Tia, general manager of Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo, also used to be staff writer of this paper.
Teddy Sumaray, one of our most active columnists and ad raiser in the early days who is now in his late 70s, is still strong and still drinks early-morning coffee with us.
I resumed column-writing for Panay News after receiving its "Journalism Award" during its 32nd anniversary celebration in April 2012.
The management asked me to rejoin the staff as managing editor in November 2013. I accepted the invitation. That means I really had gone full circle since 1981.
Today, Danny Fajardo has no more headaches as far as Panay News is concerned. He knows it's in the good hands of the children, and there are already grandchildren waiting in the wings for their turn./PN
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Gordon Gardens
General Charles George Gordon
London 1833 - Khartoum, Sudan, 1885
also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator
(Wikipedia) John Broad
Statue on a round column. On the plaque at the foot of the column is a relief portrait of Gordon.
J. Broad Sc.
doulton lambeth
General Charles C. Gordon c.b.
this statue is dedicated to the memory of
General Gordon who so faithfully served
the poor of this borough between the years
together with his modernisation of New Tavern Fort
and other forts along the Thames he is best remembered
for his generositt and his struggle to give the benefits
of education to the poor of this town.
General Gordon was murdered during the siege of
Khartoum and departed this life
26th january 1885.
John Broad (fl. 1873-1919), British modeller of figures and monuments in terracotta, worked for Doulton & Co., of Lambeth, for most of his career (Biography).
Town: Gravesend
County: Kent
Subdivision: South East England
Broad, John
Gordon, Charles George
Item Code: gbse120; Photograph: 15 August 2015
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Matthew J. Zimmerer
The Pace of Plutonism
Drew S. Coleman, Ryan D. Mills, Matthew J. Zimmerer
Journal: Elements
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Elements (2016) 12 (2): 97-102.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.12.2.97
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An ignimbrite caldera from the bottom up: Exhumed floor and fill of the resurgent Bonanza caldera, Southern Rocky Mountain volcanic field, Colorado
Peter W. Lipman, Matthew J. Zimmerer, William C. McIntosh
Journal: Geosphere
Geosphere (2015) 11 (6): 1902-1947.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01184.1
Geochronologic evidence of upper-crustal in situ differentiation: Silicic magmatism at the Organ caldera complex, New Mexico
Matthew J. Zimmerer, William C. McIntosh
Geosphere (2013) 9 (1): 155-169.
From ignimbrite to batholith, northeastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Bonanza, Cochetopa Park, and North Pass calderas
Lon D. Abbott, Peter W. Lipman, Gregory S. Hancock, William C. McIntosh, Matthew J. Zimmerer
Book: Classic Concepts and New Directions: Exploring 125 Years of GSA Discoveries in the Rocky Mountain Region
DOI: 10.1130/2013.0033(14)
Abstract The Southern Rocky Mountain volcanic field contains widespread andesite and dacitic lavas erupted from central volcanoes; associated with these are ~26 regional ignimbrites (each 150–5000 km 3 ) emplaced from 37 to 23 Ma, source calderas as much as 75 km across, and subvolcanic plutons. Exposed plutons vary in composition and size from small roof-zone exposures of porphyritic andesite and dacite to batholith-scale granitoids. Calderas and plutons are enclosed by one of the largest-amplitude gravity lows in North America. The gravity low, interpreted as defining the extent of a largely concealed low-density silicic batholith complex, encloses the overall area of ignimbrite calderas, most of which lack individual geophysical expression. Initial ignimbrite eruptions from calderas aligned along the Sawatch Range at 37–34 Ma progressed southwestward, culminating in peak eruptions in the San Juan Mountains at 30–27 Ma. This field guide focuses on diverse features of previously little-studied ignimbrites and caldera sources in the northeastern San Juan region, which record critical temporal and compositional transitions in this distinctive eastern Cordilleran example of Andean-type continental-margin volcanism.
The geochronology of volcanic and plutonic rocks at the Questa caldera: Constraints on the origin of caldera-related silicic magmas
GSA Bulletin (2012) 124 (7-8): 1394-1408.
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HomeHollywoodKylie Jenner gives fans rare glimpse of her 'real hair' and vows to 'give it more love'
Kylie Jenner gives fans rare glimpse of her 'real hair' and vows to 'give it more love'
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star showed off her real, if dyed, hair. The star vowed to give more 'love' to her natural locks as she is mostly seen wearing wigs and extensions.
Kylie Jenner wowed fans on Saturday night as she showcased her real hair in a rare moment of stripped back beauty.
The 23-year-old reality star is a veritable style chameleon and is well known for her wide-ranging array of wines and extension that fives her the illusion of being a blonde, brunette, candy floss locked babe, and beyond.
Taking to Instagram Stories on Saturday, Kylie shared footage of herself admitting her own natural hair – which had been dyed a vibrant auburn-red.
Posing in a novelty sweatshirt and wearing gold jewellery, Kylie pouted for the camera and playfully flicked her short hair – which was pinned down with simple grips.
Fans urged the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star to share more photos of her natural hair
She wrote alongside the video: "My real hair is cuuuute."
Adding: "I gotta give it more love."
Fans concurred, with one taking to Twitter to declare Kylie's hair was indeed "Sooo cute" and added: "We need more pics" alongside a red heart emoji.
Kylie vowed to give her real hair more attention and affection
Kylie – who owns a billion dollar cosmetics empire – rarely shows off her natural locks, preferring instead to cover it with garish and eye-grabbing wigs.
Back in May, she delighted fans when she shared 'behind-the-scenes' footage of her glamorous life by giving updates on her hair being dyed.
While last year she revealed she was moving into the world of hair care following the success of her cosmetics range.
The reality star also showed off her impressive Christmas tree in the short video
In May 2019 she filed trademark paperwork for a company called Kylie Hair – with the trademark covering styling products, shampoos and conditioners, hair masks, brushes, curling irons, flat irons, hair dryers and diffusers.
While her older sisters, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, have previously released hair care products through their 2015 Kardashian Hair line.
Kim told Allure of the collation at the time: "We want the line to be really good.
Kylie is frequently spotted wearing garishly coloured wigs
"You can attach yourself to any product, and that's not what we're about. We want to make sure that the quality of our product is so amazing that it just really speaks for itself.
"We sit with a whole team, and we're not chemists.... We don't understand the science behind it.
"So we can just explain it, and then it's up to us to test and we give it to all of our glam teams, all of our friends, our assistants, because we want to make sure it works on different types of hair."
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NDUASTS Conducts Demo Flights for Vantis BVLOS Network
By Northern Plains UAS Test Site | November 17, 2020
GRAND FORKS, ND – The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) will conduct demonstration flights with Volansi's VOLY C10 in Williston, ND on Wednesday, November 18 at the hangar of the former Sloulin Field International Airport, now Williston Square, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m., weather permitting. This flight demonstration will be the first time NPUASTS has flown the VOLY C10 in North Dakota.
NPUASTS is administrating the development of Vantis, North Dakota's statewide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) network. Vantis will enable UAS, or drone, flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in McKenzie and Williams counties, with additional locations to cover the entire state once the key site is validated. Part of that validation includes extensive testing of the network. Earlier this year, the VOLY C10 was selected through a competitive RFP to be the UAS used to complete that testing and validation.
"We're excited to get the VOLY C10 in the air, and to make some connections with local leaders," said Nicholas Flom, executive director of NPUASTS. "We continue to move forward toward achieving this first-of-its-kind, world-class, BVLOS network, right here in North Dakota."
Expected speakers prior to the demonstration flights include North Dakota District 1 Senator Brad Bekkedahl, McKenzie County Commissioner Gene Veeder, Volansi CEO Hannan Parvizian, and Nicholas Flom. Media are invited to the demonstration.
City of Williston officials are enthusiastic about the industry's future in the area. "We're very excited to welcome the Northern Plains UAS Test Site to western North Dakota," emphasized David Tuan, administrator for the City of Williston. "The potential for economic and industry growth in Williston comes at an opportune time and we couldn't be happier about showcasing Williston Square as a launching pad for advanced unmanned flights."
Initial flights in the McKenzie and Williams counties area will test installed network components, perform use-case development flights, ensure network safety and reliability, and help NPUASTS set the standard requirements for any aircraft seeking to fly on Vantis. Once validated, Vantis will be open for commercial BVLOS flights – something that is all but unheard of in the United States.
"Vantis demonstrates the untapped 'opportunity potential' in western North Dakota," explained Shawn Wenko, executive director of Williston Economic Development. "Unmanned Aerial Systems and Beyond Visual Line of Site will be commonplace across the globe someday. But today, North Dakota is the leader. Vantis is happening and the first phase is going up in western North Dakota. I couldn't be more excited for the potential this will bring to our area."
About the Northern Plains UAS Test Site
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site is one of seven Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAS test sites in the nation. The mission of the NPUASTS is to collaborate with FAA and industry partners to develop systems, rules, and procedures to safely integrate unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace System without negatively impacting existing general or commercial aviation.
About Vantis
Vantis is North Dakota's statewide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network, the first of its kind in the nation. Created by North Dakota with an initial investment in 2019, Vantis provides turnkey support to commercial and public UAS operators through infrastructure and regulatory approvals allowing applications and usability over a variety of industries. Visit VantisUAS.com for more information.
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Dr Marina Caparini
Dr Marina Caparini was until recently a Senior Researcher and Director of the Governance and Society Programme at SIPRI. Her research focused on peacebuilding and the nexus between security and development.
Marina has conducted research on diverse aspects of security and justice governance in post-conflict and post-authoritarian contexts including police development, intelligence oversight, civil-military relations and the regulation of private military and security companies. She has focused recently on police peacekeeping and capacity-building, forced displacement and organized crime. Prior to joining SIPRI in December 2016, she held senior positions at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.
Security and justice development, governance, peacekeeping, peacebuilding
West Africa, Horn of Africa, East Central Europe
PhD in War Studies, King's College London, UK
SIPRI COMMENTARY
Transnational organized crime: A threat to global public goods (Topical backgrounder, September 2022)
Organized environmental crime: Why it matters for peace operations (Topical backgrounder, May 2022)
Overcoming barriers to grassroots inclusion in peace processes (Blog, February 2021)
Coronavirus shocks to human development and sustaining peace (Blog, May 2020)
Connecting the dots on the triple nexus (Topical backgrounder, November 2019)
Caparini, M., Conflict, Governance and Organized Crime: Complex Challenges for UN Stabilization Operations(SIPRI, Stockholm:December 2022)
Caparini, M., Multilateral Peace Operations and the Challenges of Epidemics and Pandemics(SIPRI, Stockholm:October 2022)
Caparini, M., UN Police and the Challenges of Organized Crime(SIPRI, Stockholm:April 2019)
Measuring Illicit Arms and Financial Flows: Improving the Assessment of Sustainable Development Goal 16(SIPRI, Stockholm:July 2019)
Caparini, M., UN Police and Conflict PreventionJune 2018)
Caparini, M., Aladysheva, A. and Milante, G., Policy Impact Assessment Report on the NATO Building Integrity ProgrammeJune 2018)
Conference Report: 2017 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development (SIPRI, Stockholm:August 2017)
3. Armed conflict and peace processes in the Americas (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2022)
2. Armed conflict and peace processes (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2019)
2. Armed conflicts and peace processes (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2018)
6. Sustaining peace and sustainable development in dangerous places (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
Challenges of Deploying Effective Police to International Peace Operations, NUPI Working Paper 877 (2017)
Knowledge Management and Police Peacekeepers: Experiences and Recommendations, co-written with Kari M. Osland, NUPI Report 6 (2017)
Learning from Experience: International Policing, co-written with Kari M. Osland, NUPI Policy Brief 4 (2017)
SGBV Capacity-building in Peace Operations: Specialized Police Teams, co-written with Kari M. Osland, NUPI Policy Brief 35 (2016)
Challenges to Contemporary Peace Support Operations in Africa, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2016): 19-49.
MINUSTAH's Specialized Police Team to Combat Sexual Violence in Haiti (with Kari M. Osland), NUPI Working Paper 867 (2016).
The Impact of the Peacebuilding Architecture in Consolidating Liberia's Peace Process, in Cedric de Coning and Eli Stamnes, eds., UN Peacebuilding Architecture: The First 10 Years (London: Routledge, 2016).
DDR and SSR Challenges in Mali, Working Paper 853, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (April 2015).
The Role of the Police in UNAMID (with F. Aubyn, O Davies, M. Dessu, M. Peter), Institute for Security Studies, Monograph 190 (March 2015).
Human Trafficking and Organized Crime, in Trafficking in Human Beings: Learning from Asian and European Experiences, Wilhelm Hofmeister and Patrick Rueppel, eds. (Singapore and Brussels: Konrad-Adenauer Foundation and European Union, 2014). Part of the EU-Asia Dialogue.
African Perspectives on Challenges of Police Command in Peace Support Operations (with Ann Livingstone.) ISS Paper 276 (Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, November 2014).
Comparing the democratization of intelligence governance in East Central Europe and the Balkans, in Intelligence and National Security, Special Issue, Peter Gill and Michael Andregg, eds., Vol. 24, No. 4 (2014).
Police Capacity-Building and Development in International Police Operations, Occasional Paper, Challenges Forum (May 2014).
State protection of the Czech Roma and the Canadian Refugee System, in Didier Bigo, Sergio Carrera and Elspeth Guild, eds., Foreigners, Refugees or Minorities?: Rethinking People in the Context of Border Controls and Visas (Farnham: Ashgate, 2013): 131-147.
Ensuring Long-term Protection: Justice and Security Sector Reform and Displacement, in Roger Duthie, ed., Transitional Justice and Displacement (New York: Social Science Research Council, 2012): 278-326.
The Case for Public Oversight of the Security Sector, in Eden Cole, Kerstin Eppert, Katrin Kinzelbach, eds., Public Oversight of the Security Sector: A Handbook for Civil Society Organizations (Bratislava and Geneva: UNDP and DCAF, 2008).
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Playboi Carti brings the energy on "Die Lit"
Ryan Israel | Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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"Made a mil' off that uh, off that mumblin' sh– / Bought that crib for my mama off that mumblin' sh–" exclaims Playboi Carti on "R.I.P.," the second track from the Atlanta rapper's debut studio album "Die Lit." While some may discount Playboi Carti's music as mumble rap, Carti, whose full name is Jordan Terrell Carter, focuses on the bottom line: His style of music, no matter how zany and eccentric it is, has made him a lot of money.
Playboi Carti is a member of the first generation of so-called "SoundCloud rappers." Carti, alongside notable contemporaries Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty, began his rise to fame by posting his tracks on the music streaming service SoundCloud. A burgeoning community of trap rap listeners on SoundCloud — mostly comprised of teenagers — gravitated toward Carti's carefree and entertaining music that drew inspiration from the likes of Young Thug and Chief Keef.
When Playboi Carti released his long awaited self-titled debut mixtape in 2017, it was met with praise. The mixtape was the culmination of a trap rap style that had been developing for years; it was 46 minutes of catchy hooks, outrageous ad-libs and banging beats, all of which were represented in the mixtape's hit song "Magnolia."
On "Die Lit," which was released in early May, Carti comes in full force. His energy is unbridled, his verses, although lacking any substance whatsoever, are amusing and his spirit is captivating. "Die Lit" is not trying to convey any thought-provoking message or controversial stance; it's quite simply fun and delirious music. The 57-minute-long record is not an album full of party jams like Rae Sremmurd's "SremmLife 2" or Migos' "Culture." It's an album to play at full blast in your car as you drive to the party.
Carti's vibe would not be complete without the help of Pi'erre Bourne, the mastermind producer behind a majority of the attention-grabbing beats on "Die Lit." If Carti is Batman, Bourne is Lucius Fox, the tech-savvy sidekick who works largely behind the scenes. Bourne's productions are bouncy and exuberant, the perfect complement to Carti's style. The hip-hop producer even contributes vocally to "Die Lit," as he appropriately raps "Bags of the future / Did it all off computers" on the track "Right Now."
The standout tracks from "Die Lit" are the simplest ones. "Shoota," which features the aforementioned Lil Uzi Vert, is short and to the point as Carti and Uzi trade verses about their favorite subjects — Carti rapping about his "toolie" and his "troops" and Uzi rapping about his "iced-out watch" and expensive jewelry. Young Thug joins Carti on the ad-lib overloaded and incredibly entertaining "Choppa Won't Miss" as the two make pretend gun noises that sound more like Star Wars blasters than heavy street weapons. "Fell In Luv" brings in a toned-down Bryson Tiller to create a simple yet surreal love song with glossy production.
The pitfalls of "Die Lit" come when Carti's energy goes stale. On "Foreign" and "Middle of the Summer" the young rapper is unable to capture the loopy spirit of tracks earlier on the album. "Flatbed Freestyle" shows that when given an excess of three minutes on its own, Carti's sound can become tired and dull.
Despite a few underwhelming tracks, "Die Lit" is still full of fervor. Playboi Carti's debut album is the perfect archetype of a genre of rap that is undeniably popular. Hate it or love it, call it what you may, frenetic trap rap is in, and "Die Lit" is the sound at its purest.
Artist: Playboi Carti
Album: Die Lit
Label: AWGE/Interscope Records
Favorite Tracks: Shoota, Choppa Won't Miss, Fell In Luv
If You Like: Lil Yachty, Young Thug, 21 Savage
Shamrocks: 4/5
Tags: 21 Savage, bryson tiller, Chief Keef, Die Lit, Hip hop, lil uzi vert, lil yachty, migos, Pi'erre Bourne, Playboi Carti, Rae Sremmurd, rap, Trap, Young Thug
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"Lotto" Carpet, ca 1600, Western Turkey, Ottoman Empire.
Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: H. 69 1/4 in. (175.9 cm) W. 48 3/4 in. (123.8 cm)
Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number: 22.100.112
Provenance: James F. Ballard, St. Louis, MO (until 1922; gifted to MMA)
Carpets displaying this striking design of stylized vegetal arabesques in yellow on a red ground are called "Lotto," after a famous altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto that includes a similar carpet. The motifs of the central surface show additional hooks and curls and render the overall impression more decorative, leading to the name "ornamental Lotto" given to this and similar carpets. The border of this example contains a design of cartouches and rosettes alternating on a deep blue background—a border pattern typical of "Transylvanian" carpets. Turkish in origin, so-called Transylvanian carpets were donated as pious gifts to churches throughout Romania and Hungary.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Denny, Walter B. How to Read Islamic Carpets. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 64-65, ill. fig. 51 (color).
Breck, Joseph, and Frances Morris. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art." In The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1923. no. 37, p. 23, ill. (b/w).
Dimand, Maurice S., and Jean Mailey. Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. no. 70, pp. 185, 220, ill. fig. 160 (b/w).
Ellis, Charles. Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. pp. 37-38.
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/447570
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Yitzhar minor still wandering from host to host
Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 16:22 The prosecution complained that the Yitzhar minor's attorney updates the police concerning the minor's address for the night by SMS and not by fax. Judge Nurieli: "The court remarks that it feels as if it is in a day-care center." The case of the Yitzhar minor under house arrest at night continues to make headlines. The main reason for the attention is the rare situation in which a 15-year old has been distanced from his home without formal criminal proceedings. Due to the forced wanderings of the minor from host to host every other night, two weeks ago the Central District Court in Lod ruled that the minor's attorney would update the prosecution concerning every change of address. The prosecution opposed this arrangement and stated in court that because of the need they see for the Jewish Department of the ISA to examine every address at which the minor stays, the house of the prosecutor has "turned into a war room", as he described it, because he needs to make many phone calls every afternoon in order to examine every suggested address. The Central District Court in Lod ruled on an arrangement according to which the minor's attorney informs the police by 15:00 by fax where the minor is staying that night. However the prosecution claims that sometimes the attorney sends an SMS and sometimes is a bit late. On Tuesday, July 19 a deliberation was held on the minor's case at the Petah Tikva Magistrate Court, during which the prosecution complained that the minor's attorney, Honenu Attorney Chai Haber, sent an SMS to the prosecution instead of a fax as is written in the decision of the Central District Court in Lod, and demanded that the court order that the minor stay at one permanent address. Haber explained that due to the frequent and disruptive police checks at the minor's host families it is very difficult to locate families willing to host him. In order to facilitate examining the addresses Haber sends a message directly to the prosecutor instead of or in addition to sending a fax to the office of the prosecution. Judge Erez Nurieli, who ruled on the prosecution's demand, stopped the deliberation after the prosecutor finished speaking and wrote in the court records a very unusual statement: "The court remarks that it feels as if it is in a day-care center." The Judge Nurieli rejected the prosecution's demand for a permanent address for the house arrest and ordered the continuation of the conditions set by the Central District Court in Lod. The minor may continue to change his address every other day. Honenu Attorney Chai Haber, who is representing the minor, said that, "The deliberations surrounding the order distancing the Yitzhar minor from his home and rendering him a 'vagrant' living off of the kindness of others, forced to live on the street, not in school, breaks new records. After all the magistrate court which announced already at the beginning of the deliberation that it does not see any cause to change the district court's decision in any way, was convinced that the police demand was out of place and chose to remark to the police that he feels as if he is in a day-care center. The 'surprise' came from the police, when the prosecutor himself admitted that he felt the same way. Here one wonders who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes and acting indirectly, all for the purpose of making the life of the minor miserable and violating his rights."
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Servco's annual Summer Internship Program began on June 14, bringing together a cohort of interns spread throughout the Digital Strategy, Marketing, Human Resources and Technology Information Systems departments. Out of the 1,566 applicants this year, 16 were chosen. We are also welcoming two high school interns to participate in the program for the first time this year. For eight weeks, interns will work alongside full-time team members in their respective departments and attend various training and educational sessions, culminating in a final presentation for their managers and the Servco Executive Team. Here is our 2021 Intern Class:
Iden Watanabe is passionate about technology and hopes to give back to Hawaii's community through a career in Data Science and Machine Learning. This summer he is looking forward to working with Servco's growing technology department and learning from his mentors. When he is not behind a computer, Iden can be found hiking and visiting national parks.
Jarin Simon will be gaining insight into the day-to-day life of a Software Engineer this summer. He is fascinated by the future of technology because of its rapid development and is excited by the unpredictability and extensive opportunities presented in the field. Jarin is most interested in software development or cyber security and wants to work somewhere he can do meaningful and worthwhile work that makes him excited to come into work every day. Jarin enjoys playing soccer and volleyball in his free time.
Karli Young uses her passion for problem solving and creative thinking to inspire her work in computer science and design. At Servco, she gets to work with developers and product owners on product design projects that directly impact Servco customers, giving her practice with human-centered design. Karli hopes to achieve a diverse career, ultimately landing in a product management position with a tech company in a community-facing industry. When she is not at work, Karli enjoys travelling, digital and film photography, volleyball, tennis, and taking care of her plants.
After completing her bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Katerina Walter began seeking out new and engaging opportunities within the field, including her current internship role. From the design stage to the finished product, Katerina has always enjoyed building things from scratch. She found that programming has all the key elements she enjoys and hopes to explore more niche experiences within Computer Science.
As the Digital Platforms Intern, Lauren Higa is interested in exploring the intersections between design and technology, which she hopes to pursue with a career in User Interface/User Experience Design or front-end web development. This summer, she hopes to learn about and work on Servco's progressive digital customer experience initiatives. In her free time, Lauren enjoys utilizing her skills to create video games.
Ryuya Sekido finds the complexities in the field of finance fascinating and is interested in the ways it revolves around the human view of value. This summer Ryuya is looking forward to learning the fundamentals of a great company. When he is not working, Ryuya enjoys soccer, photography, surfing and watching sunsets. He hopes to combine his passions in his future career either as the creator of a business targeted at helping the environment, a World Surf League tour manager, or a soccer agent.
Serena Rice brings a new perspective to her internship position as she combines her passion for math with her work in data. Serena was drawn to math because as she says, it is the frontier of discovery and helps to explain everything around us. She is pursuing a career where she can work with data as well as contribute to the community. At Servco, Serena gets a first-hand look at how data impacts a company. In her free time, Serena enjoys playing the cello.
Ever since she was young, Taylor Gabatino, has been fascinated with magic and brought it to life with her college education. Within her field, Taylor enjoys using her imagination and creativity to solve problems. She utilizes her knowledge at the intersection of the two fields to work towards socioeconomic change and is inspired by the endless possibilities. Taylor hopes to have a career in the Software Engineering field, specifically within Artificial Intelligence. Outside of work, Taylor plays five instruments and can learn to play songs by ear.
Recent Waipahu High School graduate, Xhavier Teocson, plans to major in Computer Science and pursue his interest in computer programming. This summer, Xhavier will be learning about the different ways in which Servco develops its websites through programs and coding languages. He hopes to create something of his own and teach others about programming.
Devan Iyomasa incorporates her public relations and journalism knowledge to her projects on the Marketing team, including corporate communications and employee engagement. Devan chose her fields of study because she is always learning something new and working with interesting people. Passionate about writing and sharing stories, Devan enjoys getting to learn how to approach her work from a marketing perspective. She hopes to pursue a career with a company that makes a positive impact on the community in the field of public relations or communications.
With a passion for media and content creation, Hamilton Keola aspires to find a career in storytelling through the content channels of social media, photography, and video. He hopes to have the opportunity to travel frequently in his future career. With his newfound free time due to COVID-19, he has picked up surfing as a new hobby. Hamilton says he enjoys Servco's friendly and helpful company culture and looks forward to getting to know everyone on the team as well working with his fellow interns.
Lauren Carson is excited to learn and grow in the business field while gaining diverse experiences in different sectors of marketing. She is passionate about incorporating her interest in real estate with her passion for marketing in her future career. She is looking forward to learning from her mentors and fellow interns this summer.
Michaela Sy is looking forward to exploring the versatility of fields marketing has to offer, including brand awareness, audience research and content creation. She has always wanted to work for a modern and innovative company in the Marketing field while learning and collaborating with others and is excited to see where her career takes her. Michaela is prepared to learn about how a Marketing team functions at a high level and experience a professional environment first-hand.
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Brandon Nishimura will be focusing on Oracle software tools and how they work with other business platforms at Servco. His future goal is to become a Management Information Systems Consultant specializing in Oracle software and gain a strong understanding of both technical and functional work to serve as a communication channel between the two fields. In his free time, Brandon can be found writing fictional stories or playing the piano.
As a prospective international relations major, Kamalani Aipa hopes to have a career where she is constantly learning about other countries and staying up to date on global issues. This summer, Kamalani is looking forward to developing her soft skills such as listening, public speaking and problem-solving in a professional environment.
Taylor Tamashiro is learning how people interact with each other and technology, both of which are areas of interest for her. Going to school in Silicon Valley has inspired her to continue her passion for research in the tech industry through User Experience research or people analytics. This summer she will be focusing on team member interactions with digital systems and how the systems can enhance day-to-day work life. She is excited to explore different sectors of the Human Resources department and build connections with her fellow interns.
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Huwei's PUPPET THEATER Heritage
Featured, South Taiwan, Yunlin County On December 21, 2018 No Comments
Tradition and History… But also Lots of Fun for Children!
Rarely introduced in great detail in English guidebooks, Yunlin County is the center of one of Taiwan's most popular forms of traditional performance art: puppet theater. Culture and history buffs, travelers with kids, or anyone simply looking to get off the beaten track can head to Huwei Township to experience Taiwan's distinctive puppetry culture.
TEXT: NICK KEMBEL
PHOTOS: MAGGIE SONG
While I haven't brought my kids yet, I know they truly would enjoy the Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum. We've passed by outdoor puppet stages decorated in a riot of neon colors in our New Taipei City neighborhood numerous times. I have never been able to explain this complex and multifaceted art form to them, though my wife fondly recalls the excitement and awe of taking in puppet shows as a child growing up in Chiayi County, south of Yunlin.
While Yunlin is anything but flashy today, it was once the birth place of a thriving puppet theater scene. It was here that the founding father of Taiwanese hand puppetry, Huang Hai-dai, skirted the ban on Taiwanese culture in the Japanese colonial era (1895~1945) by incorporating Japanese lines into his famed performances.
In the 1950s Huang's sons ushered in the JinGuang (Golden Ray) era of puppet theater in Taiwan, during which children and adults island-wide frequently rushed to take in performances after school and work. The new style added larger puppets, special effects, and other creative elements to the traditional budaixi foundation. With the advent of television in Taiwan in the 1960s his sons also produced television adaptations that proved so popular they were banned for a period of six years by the Legislative Yuan for disrupting the daily routines of farmers and workers.
At the THSR (Taiwan High Speed Rail) Yunlin Station, I catch a taxi and head off on a 10-minute ride, traversing a landscape that hovers indecisively between urban and rural. Both the THSR station and the Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum are located in Huwei, a relatively undeveloped township on land once home to a powerful indigenous tribe, which was driven further inland by Han Chinese settlers from mainland China.
Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum
The museum sits among a cluster of restored public buildings dating to the early 1920s, when Yunlin was a part of Tainan Prefecture, a Japanese-era administrative division. The handsome wood-and-red-brick building is constructed in the Victorian style, one of the styles favored by Japanese architects at the time. It originally housed the Huwei District Office, and was converted for use as a police station in 1945. The building is said to have 2.5 floors, due to a covered walkway that starts at the building's rear, at a level midway between the first and second floors, and cuts across the rear courtyard. The first and second floors are also not contiguous; instead, apertures in the building façade lead to narrow spaces in between, an ingenious Japanese design element that provides natural air circulation.
Abandoned from 1989, Yunlin leaders later decided to preserve the structure, and in 1999 they successfully obtained a subsidy to fully restore the building. In 2009 it was finally reopened as a dedicated puppet theater museum, created to pay homage to Huwei's significance in Taiwanese puppetry. The museum is open 10am to 6pm (closed Monday and Tuesday), and entry is free.
In the main-floor exhibit, I delve into the history of puppet theater in Taiwan. During the early days, puppeteers adhered to Chinese styles and adopted story lines based on classical martial-arts literature. The puppets from this period, samples of which are presented in the first display I see, were only 30 centimeters in height.
The puppeteer's index finger fit into the puppet's wooden head, the thumb worked the left arm, and the three other fingers worked the right. Since the puppets were so small, the puppeteer could control one puppet with each of his hands. He was positioned behind a stage that was often little more than a stand folded out from a piece of luggage.
In the 1920s and '30s, puppeteers in Yunlin began pushing the boundaries, writing their own scripts, making the performances more entertaining and action-packed, and creating larger puppets. In the Golden Rayera the puppets were made much taller, about 45 centimeters, with disproportionally larger heads, making them easier to see for members of the growing audiences seated further back from the larger stages now being used.
Public performances had already been driven indoors during the years of sociopolitical disturbance that followed the infamous 2-28 Incident of 1947,and in the early 1960s another game-changer arrived on the scene: television. The rise of television was a new threat to puppet theater, but when adaptations were created for the new medium the new style of presentation instantly became a nationwide hit. If you had a TV in your living room or set up in your courtyard at that time, you could expect half the neighborhood to show up, bringing their own chairs.
The puppets changed again in this period. Rising in size to 80 centimeters, they became so large that a puppeteer could only hold one on his right arm, using his left arm to control the movements of the puppet's left arm with a stick. The heads became smaller again, and more life-like. The puppets took on a look that was decidedly sleek, attractive, and contemporary, the style moving away from the comparatively garish array of bright colors on traditional puppets.
A prime example is the most famous character in Taiwanese puppetry,the scholarly swordsman Shi Yan Wen, developed by Huang Jun-xiong, second son of Huang Hai-dai. Adapted from his father's most famous character, Shi is usually portrayed with a soft, white, effeminate face and flowing white garments.
On the other side of the main floor I take in a display on Long Xing Ge, a troupe of puppeteers that developed in neighboring townships alongside Huang Hai-dai's troupe, but which incorporated local Hakka language and themes in its story lines. Featured prominently in the display is the character Wu Zhua Jin Ying, who often has his eyes blindfolded because, so the tale is told, he became so angry after his girlfriend was kidnapped that everything he sees will die.
Heading out behind the building, I explore a calm courtyard dominated by a 100-year-old banyan tree. There is a small puppet stage here,and on weekends children can borrow puppets to play with. There is also a small café and a souvenir shop specializing in local products including coffee, soy sauce, noodles, and sweet potato-flavored dishes and beverages.
The second floor of the museum, once the district leader's office, now features displays on the various parts of the puppets, such as headdresses, hats, clothing, and wooden heads. One display features "modern" puppets, including a cowboy and a zombie. Quirkier designs like this are more common in the south of Taiwan, where performers have a penchant for bending the rules of classical performance.
Before leaving the museum, I pop into the former police station's jail room, which has three cells with smooth black bars made of Taiwanese cypress.There are also two padded rooms that were used for suicidal inmates, as well as a squat toilet with a low door so guards could keep an eye on the inmates while the latter took care of business.
Jail room of the former police station
Last but not least, there is a DIY room in the police station section where kids can make a puppet key chain (NT$120) or paint their own Taiwanese-style puppet (NT$500). Complete puppets are also for sale(NT$450-700). In the adjacent room, kids can enjoy seeing the Taiwanese-puppet versions of Gandalf and Harry Potter.
DIY puppets
You can go behind the stage
Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum (雲林布袋戲館)
Add: No. 498, Sec. 1, Linsen Rd., Huwei Township, Yunlin County
(雲林縣虎尾鎮林森路一段498號)
Tel: (05) 631-3080
After visiting the museum, I take a peek at the Yunlin Story House next door, a beautifully restored Japanese-style residence that was once the home of the Huwei County Magistrate. Among the items on display are a number of cart bicycles that Japanese peddlers once rode around to sell candies and tell stories to kids using large moveable illustrated papers, a form of storytelling street theater known as kamishibai, or "paper theater."
Across the street from the Yunlin Story House, I lunch at Yunlin Memory Cool, an eatery housed in a one-time land registration office dating to the same period as the puppet museum. I peer inside a room of empty shelves that were once filled with registration documents. The menu features Japanese curry with two kinds of locally grown rice, sesame cold noodles, matcha shaved-ice desserts, and other treats.
Yunlin Memory Cool restaurant
Sesame cold noodles
Last, I check out the old fire station across from the puppet museum, which now houses a Starbucks and an Eslite Bookstore. I can say with reasonable confidence that this is the only Starbucks in Taiwan that has a firefighter's pole connecting the first and second floors, though (unfortunately) you can't slide down it.
Starbucks in old fire station
If you plan to visit the area, why not make a night of it and stay in a puppet-theater-themed hotel? The Yunlin Puppet Design Hotel is a 10-minute walk from the museum. Huang Hai-dai's son Huang Jun-xiong built the hotel in 1981, and the flamboyant hanging lights in the lobby are a reminder that there was once a popular disco here.
The hotel was closed in 1996, then bought for refurbishment in 2014 and finally reopened in early 2018. Paying homage to the original owner's immense influence in Taiwanese puppetry, the hotel is tastefully decorated with a puppetry theme, including a puppet stage in the lobby and two original Huang Jun-xiong puppets on display. Each room is associated with one of the six main puppet theater characters. The Dan (female character) room is the pick of the bunch, while the tiny Za (half-horse half-man character) single room is worth a look.
Yunlin Puppet Design Hotel (雲林布袋戲館)
Add: No. 69, Xinyi Rd., Huwei Township, Yunlin County
(雲林縣虎尾鎮信義路69號)
Website: www.huweihotel.com.tw (Chinese)
Yunlin International Puppet Theater Festival
One of the best times to visit Huwei is during this annual festival,which features exhibitions and performances not only by local hand-puppet troupes but by puppeteers from abroad as well. International cultural exchange is one of the main objectives of the event organizers. The festival is staged in October.
Website: 2018puppet.yunlin.gov.tw (Chinese; last year's website)
To reach the places mentioned in this article, a taxi from Yunlin's high-speed rail station will take about 10 minutes and cost NT$150. You can also take bus 7701 or 7702 and get off at the Huwei stop.
English and Chinese
budaixi 布袋戲
Huang Hai-dai 黃海岱
Huang Jun-xiong 黃俊雄
Huwei Township 虎尾鎮
Jin Guang 金光
Long Xing Ge 隆興閣
Shi Yan Wen史艷文
Wu Zhua Jin Ying 五爪金鷹
Yunlin International Puppet Theater Festival 雲林國際偶戲節
Yunlin Memory Cool 雲林記憶Cool
Yunlin Puppet Design Hotel 虎尾春秋文創設計旅店
Yunlin Story House 雲林故事館
Also in Yunlin
– RAILWAY Travel: CHANGHUA and YUNLIN
– JANFUSUN FANCY WORLD in Yunlin County
– 5 Things to Do in XINGANG
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Clay Buchholz to Fight for Red Sox Rotation Spot
Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz -- seen by some insiders as a candidate for the bullpen due his team's signing of former Angel ace John Lackey -- has vowed to fight for a rotation spot, even if it pits him against veteran Tim Wakefield.
"I don't want to be over confident that I have a spot," the 25-year-old Buchholz told the Boston Herald. "...Knowing that 'Wake' is back to normal and is going to be here for two more years, he's been here a lot longer than I have. I'm sure he's got seniority on that spot, but I'm going to do what I can to be one of the five guys and go from there if it doesn't happen."
At the same time Wakefield, 44, has expressed frustration at the prospect of having once again to prove himself worthy of being a starter now with Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka holding down the first four spots in the rotation.
Buchholz was called up from Tripe A Pawtucket when Wakefield went down with an injury last year, and went on to notch a 7-4 record with a 4.21 ERA.
General Manager Theo Epstein told the newspaper that he has remained noncommittal about who will win the No. 5 spot, warning that it is too soon to tell who will be healthy when the season begins.
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Throughout his career, Jay Kaufman has worked with many music and film greats, amassing a list that reads like a Who's Who of the entertainment industry. A partial list includes John Mayer, Ramin Djawadi, Marco Beltrami, Toby Gad, Jesse Carmichael, Nate Barr, Martin Scorsese, John Fogerty, Frank Zappa, John Denver, David Bowie, Olivia Newton John, Danny Elfman, Robert Altman.
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Televisia orders Mexican version of 'Family Food Fight'
Endemol Shine Boomdog has been commissioned to produce Family Food Fight for Televisia in Mexico. Mexico will be the second country in Latin America to air the format, after an Argentine adaptation which was broadcast last year by Telefe. Created by Endemol Shine Australia, the Family Food Fight format was developed with Channel Nine, where […]
Endemol Shine's Boomdog & Televisa take 'Masked Singer' to Mexico
Televisa Studios and Endemol Shine's Boomdog are set to co-produce an adaptation of The Masked Singer for Mexico. Boombdog and Televisa have licensed The Masked Singer from Mun Hwa Broadcasting Corp. (MBC) in South Korea. Both companies will produce and adapt this format for the Spanish speaking market, which will be released in 2019. The […]
Televisa boards TRX platform
Online licensing platform TRX has signed up Spanish media giant Televisa. The Mexico-headquartered business is adding more than 2,000 hours of content to the service, which enables buyers and sellers to maximise the value of TV rights. Launched in 2017, TRX now has more than 1,000 registered buyers and more than 70,000 hours of content available on […]
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Walking Dead named Parrot's most in-demand series Parrot Analytics has named AMC's The Walking Dead as its most in-demand TV series for 2018 as part of the firm's inaugural Global TV Demand Awards out of NATPE Miami. Walking Dead cast members Josh McDermitt and Pollyanna McIntosh and producer Denise Huth were on hand to accept the […]
LatAm scripted: The end of telenovelas?
For decades, the telenovela has been Latin America's flagship TV genre, seducing audiences around the world. But shifts in the landscape have pushed the region's TV giants to usher in a new generation that targets international markets and streaming platforms. Emiliano de Pablos reports. A powerhouse of creative TV talent in Latin America is re-defining […]
Keshet licenses two dramas to Mexico's Televisa
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Azcárraga Jean exiting as Televisa CEO
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FDA Issues Statement Reaffirming The Positive Benefit-Risk Profile Of Nuplazid (pimavanserin) For Patients With Hallucinations And Delusions Associated With Parkinson's Disease Psychosis
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD) today announced that the FDA has completed a postmarketing review and issued a clear statement reaffirming the positive benefit-risk profile of Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for patients with Parkinson's disease psychosis. Nuplazid is the only medicine approved in the United States to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis (PDP). Nuplazid was approved by the FDA based on a pivotal Phase 3 study that demonstrated clinically robust and highly statistically significant efficacy, combined with other supportive studies.
Following the FDA's review, the FDA concluded, "The U.S. FDA has completed a review of all postmarketing reports of deaths and serious adverse events (SAEs) reported with the use of Nuplazid. Based on an analysis of all available data, FDA did not identify any new or unexpected safety findings with Nuplazid, or findings that are inconsistent with the established safety profile currently described in the drug label. After a thorough review, FDA's conclusion remains unchanged that the drug's benefits outweigh its risks for patients with hallucinations and delusions of Parkinson's disease psychosis." In addition, the FDA stated that, "patients taking Nuplazid for Parkinson's disease psychosis should continue to use it as prescribed by their health care providers. Based on this observation, FDA reminds health care providers to be aware of the risks described in the prescribing information. FDA also reminds health care providers that none of the other antipsychotic medications are approved for the treatment of Parkinson's disease psychosis."
"Nothing is more important to Acadia than the wellbeing of the patients who use Nuplazid. We are very pleased with the FDA's clear statement reaffirming Nuplazid's positive benefit-risk profile," said Steve Davis, Acadia's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are also pleased with the FDA's conclusion that patients taking Nuplazid for Parkinson's disease psychosis should continue to use it as prescribed by their health care provider and its reminder that no other antipsychotic medication is approved for the treatment of PDP."
FDA Full Statement
FDA analysis finds no new or unexpected safety risks associated with Nuplazid (pimavanserin), a medication to treat the hallucinations and delusions of Parkinson's disease psychosis
[09-20-2018] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed a review of all postmarketing reports of deaths and serious adverse events (SAEs) reported with the use of Nuplazid (pimavanserin). Based on an analysis of all available data, FDA did not identify any new or unexpected safety findings with Nuplazid, or findings that are inconsistent with the established safety profile currently described in the drug label. After a thorough review, FDA's conclusion remains unchanged that the drug's benefits outweigh its risks for patients with hallucinations and delusions of Parkinson's disease psychosis.
Nuplazid and other antipsychotics have a Boxed Warning regarding the increased risk of death in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis associated with the use of these drugs. In view of the numbers of reports of death and other serious adverse events, FDA conducted a comprehensive analysis of all available information. This analysis included information submitted to the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), drug utilization data, safety data from the Nuplazid new drug application, the sponsor's Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports, the sponsor's analysis of fatal adverse event reports with Nuplazid and published medical literature.
In assessing the reports of deaths, FDA considered that patients with Parkinson's disease psychosis, for whom Nuplazid is indicated, have a higher mortality (death) rate due to their older age, advanced Parkinson's disease, and other medical conditions. Moreover, Nuplazid is primarily distributed through a patient support program and a specialty pharmacy network, which increases the likelihood that deaths will be reported to the manufacturer. In FAERS reports that included a cause of death (many reports did not provide sufficient information to assess drug cause and effect), there was no evident pattern to suggest a drug effect. Overall, the postmarketing data were consistent with the safety data obtained from the premarketing controlled clinical trials of Nuplazid for Parkinson's disease psychosis.
Although FDA did not identify any new or unexpected safety risks, some potentially concerning prescribing patterns were observed, such as the concomitant use of other antipsychotic drugs or drugs that can cause QT prolongation, a potential cause of heart rhythm disorder. The risk of QT prolongation and serious arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) associated with Nuplazid is noted in the Warnings and Precautions section of the drug label, which warns of the increased risks associated with using Nuplazid together with other drugs known to cause QT interval prolongation. Based on this observation, FDA reminds health care providers to be aware of the risks described in the prescribing information. FDA also reminds health care providers that none of the other antipsychotic medications are approved for the treatment of Parkinson's disease psychosis.
Patients taking Nuplazid for Parkinson's disease psychosis should continue to use it as prescribed by their health care provider. FDA continues to monitor reports of adverse events associated with Nuplazid. The agency will communicate any updates to the public as necessary. To help FDA assess potential medication safety issues, we urge health care providers and patients to report suspected side effects involving Nuplazid and other drugs to the FDA MedWatch program.
End of FDA Full Statement
About Parkinson's Disease Psychosis
According to the Parkinson's Foundation, about one million people in the United States and from four to six million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease. More than 50 percent of people with Parkinson's will experience symptoms of psychosis over the course of their disease. PD Psychosis is characterized by hallucinations and delusions, is associated with significant caregiver burden, and is a major reason for nursing home placement among Parkinson's patients.
About Nuplazid (pimavanserin)
Nuplazid is the first FDA-approved treatment for hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis. Nuplazid is a non-dopaminergic, selective serotonin inverse agonist preferentially targeting 5-HT2A receptors that are thought to play an important role in Parkinson's disease psychosis. Nuplazid is an oral medicine taken once a day with a recommended dose of 34 mg. Acadia discovered and developed this new chemical entity and holds worldwide rights to develop and commercialize Nuplazid.
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Tesla Model Y Production & Sales Expected To Far Outpace Model 3
Jan 31, 2019 at 7:55pm ET
Tesla Model Y is coming - volume production within two years
Tesla announced in its Q4 report that this year it will start tooling for Model Y production. The upcoming SUV will be most likely produced at the Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, as there is not much space left at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, we guess.
It's expected that the car should be unveiled within months. There is no official hint, but beta prototypes soon probably appear on the roads soon. We are probably no more than a year from the production launch, especially since volume production is to be reached by the end of 2020.
"Additionally, this year we will start tooling for Model Y to achieve volume production by the end of 2020, most likely at Gigafactory 1."
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According to Tesla, the Model Y will share a platform with Model 3 and because of that, about 75% of components will be the same.
It's a great indicator for several things:
development cost will be much lower
production line cost for Model Y should be substantially lower
margins for both cars will be higher because of the higher scale of particular parts
ramp-up phase of Model Y should be much faster
The production rate of the Tesla Model Y electric crossover is expected to be even higher than the Model 3.
"Since Model Y will be built on the Model 3 platform and is designed to share about 75% of its components with Model 3, the cost of the Model Y production line should be substantially lower than the Model 3 line in Fremont, and the production ramp should also be faster."
"This year should be a truly exciting one for Tesla. Model 3 will become a global product, the profitability of our business should become sustainably positive, our new Gigafactory Shanghai should start producing cars, and we will start tooling for Model Y production. Our growth opportunities are massive. Our accomplishments have been possible thanks to the exceptional effort of our employees and the support of our customers, suppliers and investors. We hope you're as excited as we are about 2019."
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Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. Gratitude…For My Hero
This year has been I think the second-worst in my 71-year life (the worst being 1999 when I had knee surgery, my mother died, and I had Coxsackievirus infection, all in the same three-month period). The government shutdown of society was and still is awful, and it cost me and Ray both our jobs. But the real worst part was finding out, in January, that Rush Limbaugh was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. We can get around the pandemic restrictions and job losses-there is something WE can do to better our situation. But my hero's lung cancer; that's something we can do absolutely nothing about. But, since then, I have given a great deal of thought to how much Rush has meant to me since I started listening to his radio show in 2001. This Thanksgiving, I will be saying mighty prayers for Rush to be able to continue his vital work.
I first was really introduced to Rush in 2001 by Ray. I had never actually listened to him before, and all I knew about him was what I had heard others say (the usual, he's a blowhard, bigot, narcissist…). It only took about ten minutes listening in the car on the way out to dinner to get me hooked. I told Ray "This guy is really funny!" He made me laugh, and he said all the right things. I was only a budding conservative then, and he helped turn me into a rock-solid one. His analysis of current events was spot-on, and he helped make the complicated, understandable. He broke down the concepts and showed how conservative principles were the foundation of our great country. And he always said how much he loves this country, and hates to see how it is being torn down by the Left.
We followed Rush through many of his trials and tribulations (even the ones he brought on himself), including his opiate addiction and his deafness. We rooted for him every time and admired how well he handled everything that came at him. We chuckled when he discussed his weight problem, and commiserated too. We followed the news of his marriages and divorces, and we both opined that Rush needed to find the right woman. I became his biggest fan and listened to him every chance I got. I became a Rush 24/7 member and would email him periodically when something happened that I thought he might be interested in. I was flabbergasted to actually hear him read aloud an email I had sent on his show!
In 2005, one day while I was at work (don't tell my old boss this), I called into his show, and I actually got through! This was around the time of Hurricane Katrina, and when I told Mr. Snerdly my story, he let me on. Well, let me tell you, Rush Limbaugh was an extremely gracious host, and we carried on a great two-way conversation. He was delighted to hear my story of how I discovered him the first time. My heart was going pitty-pat all the while, and I cherish that conversation.
And in 2010, when I started my personal blog, I adopted the screen name RushBabe49. I heard the call where a lady asked him why, if there were "RushBabies" whose parents introduced them to Rush, there couldn't be "RushBabes", applying to single women without kids. Well, he jumped on that suggestion in the blink of an eye, and a very short time later there were "RushBabe On Board" yellow signs, and t-shirts in the EIB Store, and a Facebook page "RushBabes for America". My screen name follows me all over the Internet, and I wear it proudly.
When he started writing his Rush Revere books for kids, I bought every single one, and read them avidly. They are actually very good, and if I had kids, I would buy them the entire set to read aloud and discuss. They also introduced us to Rush's new wife, Kathryn, who helped him write and publish the books. What a great lady she is, and we were so happy for him to have finally found the right person. He sings her praises every day.
And then, there are the cats. I was delighted to find that Rush was a cat person, and that he had an Abyssinian cat named Punkin. I had an Aby once, and they are quite remarkably "people cats" who just love to be around their humans and play. Aside from being just gorgeous.
This year, with all the things going on, and his periodic absences for treatment, has really brought home to me how much I value having been able to listen, and talk to, my Hero. Whenever a political story comes out, the first thing I think of is "What will Rush say about this?" The four years of President Trump's administration have been some of the most difficult for us conservatives, and we have a hard time imagining all the crap he has been through. But Rush, as someone who knows and likes him, has been an indispensable interpreter of his actions. When we are discouraged about current events, Rush is always there to help us understand, and keep our spirits up. And I rarely make up my mind about an issue until I have heard Rush's take on it. He truly is "almost always right." I found that I have almost never disagree with Rush.
In spite of his illness, Rush has been tireless, doing all three hours of his show every day that he can. He is truly doing what he was born to do, and he always advises callers to find what they were born to do, and do it. One of the most important concepts that he promotes, both in himself and in others, is ignoring what outsiders think of him. He always stresses that all the dirt thrown at him matters absolutely not to him, and he just lets it roll off his back. This is an issue that he shares with President Trump (all the crap lobbed his way); what they do not share is what to do about it. But Rush totally understands that the President is a different person, and in a different place, and must respond as he sees fit. I always marvel at how optimistic Rush remains about this country, and about life in general; he would be a great role model in this.
I also greatly appreciate the "Limbaugh Method" of how to respond to leftists and their crazy ideas. He wasn't the first to say that the correct response to a leftist's crazy idea is to laugh at them. He says that leftists, since they have zero sense of humor, would be especially affected by someone laughing at them. I do try to keep that in mind whenever I am speaking with a leftist. And I will forever call it that Limbaugh Method.
So, now, I think about what I will do when Rush finally loses his battle with his cancer? That is a most excruciatingly painful thought. What will happen to those three hours of every day that are filled with his expert commentary, and witticisms, and appreciation for our country? What will I do without his funny commercials, without the Justice Brothers, without his constant encouragement to bear with all the opprobrium directed at him and the President, and all of us? Rush has been a very important influence in my life for nearly 20 years, and I admit that I just cannot imagine life without him. And as most of us know, life in America is about to get much, much more difficult for all conservatives, and really for most Americans.
Rush has been saying for a while that he has come to see every new day as a gift. He says that every day he wakes up in the morning is a good day, because it is another day of life, no matter how unpleasant. I try and see it that way, too. I just know that I will grieve greatly, and there will be a vast hole in my world when Rush is gone. So this year, I will thank God that I have had a chance to know, speak with, and appreciate My Hero, Rush Limbaugh. (And that meme above, which I created, will I hope come true, with Rush watching me from Heaven and smiling)
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November 25, 2020, at 9:25 PM PST
I don't recall exactly when I started listening. I do know that his reputation as a hater preceded him. It took a while for that to be dispelled. Fifteen minutes – twenty tops. None of the lefties had mentioned just how funny he was.
RushBabe49: I also greatly appreciate the "Limbaugh Method" of how to respond to leftists and their crazy ideas. He wasn't the first to say that the correct response to a leftist's crazy idea is to laugh at them. He says that leftists, since they have zero sense of humor, would be especially affected by someone laughing at them. I do try to keep that in mind whenever I am speaking with a leftist. And I will forever call it that Limbaugh Method.
There are people who don't get that. Do not trust them. They are closeted liberals. The kind of mockery that really gets their goat is when it gets non-conservatives laughing at them too. That laughter is the sound of defeat, and they know it. When you point out that the nascent "Climate Czar" has six houses, twelve cars, two yachts, and a jet and yet wants you to take mass transportation to prevent the sea from rising and ruining the beachfronts of a few of those houses, they may be able to wave it off, but other people listening and laughing … where do they go? what do they say? Amp up the moral outrage? That only makes it funnier, and the observers laugh harder. They can handle being righteous, offended, aggrieved, and far-thinking. They can't handle silly.
I know that the conservative movement would never have caught on without Rush. William F. Buckley, Jr., spoke far too densely to have reached as many people as Rush did. Humor is the best way to connect with people.
I found it so interesting that he chose a spot in the afternoon–12 to 3–that was not for commuters. I'm sure it seemed like a small market. But it was exactly the right place for him. My letter carrier used to listen to Rush while he went on his neighborhood rounds. A large part of his audience turned out to be self-employed people who enjoyed his humor and good sense. The time of day for his broadcast was critical to his developing a niche among independent people who discovered they were more comfortable on the right than they were on the left.
Of all of the commentators, I have always found him to make the most sense to me. I marvel at his ability to edit while he is speaking. It must be like playing the piano, with the left hand doing one thing and right doing another. :-) I've always worked with written words. I can't imagine how fast his mind is working to speak extemporaneously.
He is truly one in 7 billion people. There is no one like him.
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Thanks for this RushBabe!
I was born in 1983, so Rush is a little before my time. All I knew about him was from the "Birch Barlow" parody of him on the Simpsons. He was certainly racist. And he hated poor people. There may have even been some sexism.
Then I actually listened to him, and found him to be very logical and rational. And not bigoted, whatsoever. The talk radio-types are something of a dying breed to my generation, but your post reminds me of how important Rush really was (and is).
November 25, 2020, at 10:04 PM PST
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RushBabe49: It only took about ten minutes listening in the car on the way out to dinner to get me hooked.
I was in Raleigh at a friend's house. He looked at his watch and said, "It's noon!. Stad, you gotta listen to this guy."
It was during the first Gulf War. I listened, and was also hooked in about ten minutes.
I turned to my friend and said, "This guy thinks the way I do."
I used to listen to Rush at work, but we were far enough from the radio station that the reception was horrible. I eventually joined Rush 24/7, and had access to podcasts. Now I just read the transcripts because I can absorb what he's saying a lot faster than by listening (I much prefer reading the news than listening to the news).
Rush is a national treasure, and giving Rush the Medal of Freedom should be listed among the many Trump accomplishments.
November 26, 2020, at 5:49 AM PST
I first heard of Rush from some news cast that totally criticized him, even called him fat. I am not sure of the year but he was still on TV. The criticism made me want to watch. The first time he was doing a parody on condoms. I laughed my butt off. I have been trying to listen ever since. I didn't actually have the time when I had my business but have been since 1996. He is irreplaceable but he will be. I can't think of anyone who can fill his shoes. I tried calling a couple of times but couldn't get through. I wanted to praise him for being able to live his own live they way he has because I understand how hard that is especially at his level of success. I have never envied him because I understand what it takes to achieve what he has. They only thing I am jealous of is that damm plane. Wow.
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RB, this made me teary. Like you, I had heard of Rush before I ever tried listening to him. I had heard all the usual pejoratives, and my initial take was something along the lines of "oh great…..just what we need, someone gaining prominence in the media who confirms the Left's worst opinions of conservatives." A co-worker encouraged me to actually listen to him. I did, and was immediately hooked. His humor and confidence were magnetic.
This was in the spring of 1992, so I go back a long ways with Rush. At the time, he was making fun of Ross Perot regularly. I loved the parodies, in addition to Rush's monologues. Paul Shanklin is an under-appreciated genius.
I lived in (relatively conservative) Orange County, California in those years. Rush's LA affiliate was KFI, which he would occasionally refer to as "the 50,000-watt flamethrower of truth in Southern California." I believe it's changed formats since then, and no longer carries his show, which saddens me. At the time, though, that strong signal carried a long ways in the LA basin.
I credit Rush with motivating me to finally get politically active, which I had thought about for years beforehand. I volunteered on local campaigns, precinct-walked, doorbelled, and was an officer in the county GOP for some years. That helped me understand retail politics at a different level.
I too will miss Rush greatly when he is gone, and dread that day. Meanwhile, I'm grateful for every day he has with us.
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@rushbabe49, what a lovely tribute. I hope you send him a version of this in the mail.
Charlotte (View Comment):
My thought as well.
RushBabe49: When he started writing his Rush Revere books for kids, I bought every one, and read them avidly. They are actually very good, and if I had kids, I would buy them the entire set to read aloud and discuss.
We have all of them, including the audio CDs read by Rush himself. We also have a couple of Liberty plush toys. The books are extremely well researched and accurate. I fondly recall spending Thanksgiving in New England with the in-laws and driving around listening to Rush read Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims. Given how leftist the in-laws were and how lefty western Massachusetts is in general, it felt gloriously subversive.
Bob Thompson
JamesSalerno (View Comment):
Sounds like someone else we have come to know.
colleenb Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
Thanks Rushbabe. My brother, who was doing a lot of driving at the time, mentioned Rush so I tuned in. It was the first Gulf War and I just howled at the 'movie' (Billy Bart as the King of Jordan, the big busty gal as the milk factory, etc). Then he had Senator Kennedy's speeches which were done as if underwater. That humor is and was so great, along with the Shanklin parodies. A happy warrior indeed.
Actually, I would like this post to get promoted, so I could send him the link (sorry for the shameless self-promotion).
November 26, 2020, at 10:18 AM PST
Nothing wrong (or shameless) with that at all!
I was just thinking that this type of thing is particularly meaningful on paper, though. Maybe that's just old-school me.
For anyone who might be interested, here are links to previous posts about Rush from my personal blog.
https://rushbabe49.com/2020/10/19/please-keep-my-hero-rush-limbaugh-in-your-prayers/
https://rushbabe49.com/2020/08/07/thought-for-the-day-rush-limbaugh-on-living-through-cancer-treatment/
https://rushbabe49.com/2020/02/03/ode-to-my-hero-rush-limbaugh/
https://rushbabe49.com/2018/07/26/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-dem-pollster-pat-caddell-agrees-with-rush-limbaugh/
https://rushbabe49.com/2020/02/09/rush-the-irreplaceable-upbeat-in-his-own-words/
https://rushbabe49.com/2014/09/27/stop-rush-good-luck-with-that/
https://rushbabe49.com/2014/02/04/thanks-to-rush-for-this-pithy-comment/
https://rushbabe49.com/2018/08/05/congratulations-to-my-hero/
https://rushbabe49.com/2014/11/10/fuzzballs/
Bruce Caward Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
Way to go, RB. I agree with every word.
I started listening on the construction site in 1990. I didn't know up from down about politics, but I had an instinct for fairness and honesty (a budding BS detector?).
I started listening and immediately heard the difference between what he actually said and did, and what "they" said about him. That made me pay a lot more attention to him, because he was unabashedly telling the truth as he saw it, and they were unabashedly lying about him.
This never changed.
My buddy and I jumped in the truck one day on a whim and drove to Ft. Collins Colorado for Dan's Bake Sale. 1800 miles, stayed a few hours to buy some cookies and hear Rush address the 85,000 of us, then drove 1800 miles back to work. I've never forgotten that fun, and only wish it or something like it had become an annual event – I would have all the T-shirts.
Screw all who lie about him, most without ever having even listened. Why should I be very interested in anything they have to say on other topics?
He is a kind, gentle, funny man. He is a true patriot, a believer and promoter of all the things that make America great. He is an enthusiastic proselytizer of the ideas of freedom, liberty, self-determination, and self-responsibility, and his target is every man, woman, and child, from every race and creed on Earth.
He is a great friend who will be sorely missed.
And I didn't even write about how he has to live his life mostly in semi-isolation. He knows that if he went out in public, he would immediately be recognized and attacked. He has enough real enemies out there that he is not safe whenever outside his home or studio. He does play in charity golf tournaments, and my bet is that security is as tight as President Trump's is. That's why he has EIB1, his Gulfstream private jet (with a teensy bit of me in there, since I worked for the company that manufactures the flight-deck avionics for them, purchasing circuit card assemblies); so he can fly anywhere he needs to go, incognito. He used to do "Rush to Excellence" tours, filling halls all over the country, but he can't do that now, too risky.
Eustace C. Scrubb
Started listening in 1991. He was a great help through the Clinton and Obama years particularly. If you read this, love you, Rush
She Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
Well. I've been listening for almost half-a-century (Do I win a prize? At least an Emmy? Or maybe a Nobel?), ever since 1971, when a barely dry-behind-the-knees young fellow calling himself "Jeff Christie" showed up, first on WIXZ (1360) and then on KQV (1420) local AM radio in Pittsburgh. He was considered rather outré and transgressive, and my mother would much rather I'd spent my time with "Bogut in the Morning" (KDKA-1020), the more mainstream choice for music at the time.
"Jeff Christie" didn't last all that long, and was, eventually, IIRC, bounced by both stations, and disappeared somewhere to reinvent himself and come back under his own name, and most notably into national syndication in 1990 or so. But that's where his lifelong affection for Pittsburgh football and the "Stillers" stems from.
I'll really miss him when he's gone. And I hope that's not for a while yet. Mr. She was also a big fan, and rarely missed a show. On a personal note, someone who's from the same general area of the country as the Limbaughs said that the family, and Rush and his brother, David, are just the nicest, most genuine people you could ever hope to meet. Didn't surprise me, because he couldn't possibly have maintained the consistency he has if he was other than what he appears to be.
Here's a bit of very early Rush:
Ray Kujawa
Stad (View Comment):
Years of listening to Rush has helped generations of conservatives (and more recently, some right thinking Democrats) learn how to read between the lines of the mainstream media, a vitally important tool necessary for self-government.
Cow Girl
I was listening to talk radio since I got married, and lived in San Diego, in 1974. My husband was in the Navy there, and I was the mom at home with little kids, and a couple of others that I babysat during the day. Talk radio was pretty big then, there was a morning guy and an afternoon guy, and they were opposites of each other politically. I just loved listening to politics!
Well, many years later, 1987, I had driven over to my children's school to pick them up, and there was a new voice on my car radio that afternoon. I loved it! Remember when he did the "caller abortions" and would use the sound of a vacuum cleaner to get rid of a caller he didn't agree with, or who was "inconvenient" to him?
I've listened to him from the moment he came on national syndication. Critics used to say that his listeners were "mind-numbed robots" but then we listeners began to call in and say, "I don't listen to you because you tell me how to think—I listen to you because you are saying what I already think. You articulate how I feel about issues! You say it better than I can!" So, after a few zillion of these calls, someone finally just said, "Dittos to what that other caller said, Rush! That'll save us some time." So, Voila! Ditto-heads got started.
It is true! He does say what I'm thinking, just in a better way. None of my family (children or husband) could ever bear to listen with me, however. When they got old enough, my children begged me to listen to something else in the car. I don't know why they didn't like him. But I do. I listen to his podcasts every evening. It's great that I don't have to miss the show because of my daily schedules.
I bought his Rush Revere books for my 4th grade classroom, and my students loved them!! In fact, last year when I retired, I let students each choose one of my books to take home (I taught writing to the whole grade level) and those books were snapped up. One of the students who really liked them (and he said his parents did too) was a boy whose family had come to America from China a few years ago, and the parents barely spoke English. Their son took Rush's books so they could learn more about America.
I'm going to really miss him when the lung cancer finally does its worst.
I love Rush too. I pray he overcomes the cancer. I go back even further to when I first started listening to him. I think I go back to 1992 when Clinton was running against Papa Bush. That was a terrible year. Losing at the end of the first term is really hard to take. Rush got us all off the mat then and firmed us up for the great turn around of the 1994 elections when Republicans took over congress after 40 years in the minority. I hope something like that happens in 2022. I want Rush leading the way again. May God reconcile his health.
She (View Comment):
1972! You do take the prize.
My radio producer slid a cassette across the table, and told me to take a listen. The station was going to start carrying this guy. He was outrageous.
I listened, and agreed: this was a different level of talk radio, at least as our station practiced it. Our local hosts were MOR and the network feeds were drippy Fairness-Doctrine-era types that ruled the AM band. I was a Good Liberal at the time and was duly inflamed, but man, the guy had fire, and it was fun.
FF a month or so: GM says I'm going to have Rush on my show for an hour to introduce him to the audience. Okay, cool! So we did an hour, took calls, bantered, argued, and got along well. He was grateful for a spot on a 50,000 watt flamethrower, and appreciated the time we gave him to make his case.
FF a year, he's bigger now; I'm out of radio and working at one of the town's two dailies. I pitch a story to my editors: this Limbaugh guy, he's getting big, how about a profile? They sign on, I go to New York, head up to the EIB building (Madison Square Garden, actually) and we have lunch in his small office after the show. He gives me an hour, and we have a merry, spirited conversation. He gave me an hour. After doing three on the air. He certainly didn't have to, but he wanted to talk about this stuff.
It was only after these events that I really started listening, and engaging, and reevaluating my own ideas. I had an intellectual pole shift when I turned 30, and Rush played a big part in the realignment.
To this day I can't believe I had him on my show, and had sandwiches in his office.
James Lileks (View Comment):
Wow! You and Rush have history! That was the best comment, James. Thank you!
Rightfromthestart
Ha ha He even made a joke about his own blooper ! 22 years old.
Ansonia Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
The heartening power of Rush Limbaugh is almost unexplainable and indescribable. Certainly part of it is that hearing your take on the news, put into better words than you can find, has the effect of reminding you that you aren't alone in the world or crazy.
But the real magic of Rush Limbaugh is that he has you laughing at, and less afraid of speaking out against, the outlook of people whose actions leave you feeling angry and powerless. I'll be forever grateful to him for what he did with Sandra Fluke's bullying "reproductive rights". It was just so liberating.
I love Rush Limbaugh.
Ansonia (View Comment):
But the real magic of Rush Limbaugh is that he has you laughing at, and less afraid of, the outlook of people whose actions left you feeling angry and powerless. I'll be forever grateful to him for what he did with Sandra Fluke's bullying "reproductive rights". It was just so liberating.
How beautifully said.
And the best part of it is, he loves you, too. He speaks often about how much he appreciates all of his listeners, and how loyal we have been.
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B-scope, C-index
Datami Resonance lll Festival, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert
Joint Research Centre,
Ispra,
October 14th - November 8th 2019
BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts,
BOZARLAB
Rue Ravenstein 23,
10th December - 19th January 2020
In recent years, as climate concerns escalated, interest in our oceans has increased distinctly. From residents on islands such as Ireland, to scientists across the world, the world's seas and oceans are increasingly observed and analysed. As global citizens and consumers of the Earth's natural resources, the materiality and systematic functionality of oceans affect everyone – from the quality of the food we eat daily e.g. microbead contamination, to the rain levels that fall on our habitats, to coastal erosion and rising water levels. In today's contemporary society, the ocean is studied in many different ways – by those whose lives are immediately affected by the water, including fishing companies and coastal residents, to scientists who use the oceans as subjects of digital studies.
This installation of artworks explores one such oceanic area, the North East Atlantic Ocean and its coastal regions. Video artworks and real-time datasets, titled B-scope, C-index, focuse on the tide in this region of the Atlantic Ocean, and particularly explore wave observation systems and data collection processes.
B-scope is a two-channel HD video and audio artwork. The video features footage taken by the artist during a recent artist's residency aboard the research ship The Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic Ocean. The artist accompanied Dr Aaron Lim on the Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats survey, on their expedition to the Porcupine Bank. The opportunity also enabled her to capture video footage from the survey's underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) cameras. This underwater mission was to place a benthic lander - an observational platform that sits on the seabed to record physical, chemical or biological activity - in a previously unobserved area of the ocean's floor, a terra incognita.
The underwater vehicle, physically linked to the host ship by an umbilical cable, descends and ascents to/ from the ocean floor. This artwork is an inquiry into vertical perspectives – journeying above and below the horizon line - as a counterpoint to the more familiar horizontal perspectives that explore life on Earth's crust and its lived atmosphere. The camera acts as a sensor, giving humans the opportunity to spectate the hostile ocean floor, and providing detailed on-the-ground information to corroborate distantly gathered data.
For the duration of the exhibition at Ispra, the installation includes a printer that visually processes the live-feed ocean wave data received as a result of the ROV expedition, and displays ocean wave model forecast datasets. This data is provided by The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. Furthermore, the recent ROV dive featured in B-scope took place on 15th May - a date that inadvertently aligns the expedition with four other significant journeys of exploration. These explorations, contributing to the Space Race, included the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 3 in 1958 and Sputnik 4 in 1960, the USA's launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 in 1961 and the Soviet Union's launch of the Polyus spacecraft in 1987 (all launched 15th May). This shared launch date links the European expedition's dive and its location in the Atlantic with historical expeditions that also journeyed perpendicularly to the horizon, albeit in the opposite direction. In the contemporary case of the ROV dive, this expedition's mission is a sign of the times; rather than pushing the boundaries of humanity's achievements regardless of the environmental consequences, scientists are now trying to predict future catasrophies to buy us more time on Earth.
C-index, a corresponding HD video artwork, explores the infrastructure, big data and governance of early warning systems for rising sea levels and location-specific hazards, such as tsunamis. In particular, this artwork focuses on Ireland's first Inexpensive Device for Sea Level Measurement (IDSL) that was recently installed on the island of Inishmore, on Ireland's west coast in the North East Atlantic Ocean. An IDSL is a sea level monitor, also known as a mareograph, that measures the sea level in real-time. This information is transmitted to servers at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre through General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) communications, thus immediately available for analysis. Tsunami early warning systems are based on observation networks of seismometers that respond to ground motion, in addition to sea level measuring stations. Combined, these systems send real-time data to warning centres, in Ireland and abroad.
The physical tools that comprise the installation - monitors, cameras, printers - are each expressions of the environment they depict. The artworks offer perspectives, via these sensory devices, on contemporary science that looks to nature to proffer the future.
B-scope, C-index was created by Martina O'Brien, developed in collaboration with Dr Florian Pappenberger, Director of Forecasts, The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UK; Dr Alessandro Annunziato, Daniele Galliano & Thomas Petroliagkis, The European Crisis Management Laboratory, Joint Research Centre, Italy; and Dr Aaron Lim, University College Cork, in association with Parity Studios and The Irish Centre for Applied Geoscience, University College Dublin.
www.bozar.be/en/activities/160618-datami
Kindly commissioned by The European Commission (2019) & supported by An Arts Council of Ireland's Travel & Training Award (2019).
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'The Ring' Director Hideo Nakata: 'I'm Not Really Into Grotesque Stuff' (Q&A)
Leave a comment Posted by gamenews123 on March 25, 2013
At the second Okinawan International Movie Festival, he discusses getting famous for gore by accident, how the Asian horror wave has died down in the U.S., and why he's hoping to work in Bollywood.
The director of Japanese horror-phile favorite, the franchise (), Hideo Nakata arrived in Japan's southern islands this week for the domestic debut of his latest chiller, "The Complex," at the Okinawan International Movie Festival. sat down with the veteran genre master to discuss the social undercurrents of his new film, how he never planned to make — nor particularly liked — scary movies, and why his next project might be taking him to Bollywood.
The Hollywood Reporter: () is set in a public housing project, why did you choose that setting?
Hideo Nakata: I discussed it with the producers, and Dark Water also took place in a housing complex. We wanted to set the film in an old, somewhat broken-down, low-income housing project with lots of the same type of apartments all lined up together; where there are old people living next to young families, and a lot of the elderly residents are socially isolated.
Rotterdam Review: The Complex (Kuroyuri Danchi)
THR: The problem of old people dying alone has caused a lot of concern in Japan recently, what made you include that in the story?
Nakata: As I was developing the script, there were a lot of incidents in the news of elderly people dying alone and their bodies not being discovered for weeks. Japan is a rapidly aging society and it's making headlines now, but there will be a time when it's no longer considered newsworthy. There are cases where 60-year-old children are looking after 90-year-old parents, and so they don't get much help from the authorities. Then the younger carer dies first, leaving the older person helpless. It's not the theme of the film, but it became part of the story; it's a reality of Japanese society.
THR: Your film Ringu was famously remade in Hollywood, do you expect to get remake offers for The Complex?
Nakata: There are no solid remake offers yet, but there are some people interested. The J-horror and Asian horror wave has kind of died down in America now. That's the film business, it goes in cycles.
THR: You've said you never intended to be horror director.
Nakata: I wasn't really a horror cinephile or anything. I kind of came to be a horror director by accident and I'd like to do more work in other genres. Wes Craven, who of course has made a lot of different kinds of films, once said that when you get the offer to do your second horror film in a row, you have to say no or you get labeled as a horror director. Of course, I watched films like , which was a huge hit in Japan, when I was in junior high school, but I wasn't a big horror fan, and I never thought I'd end up making them. I never really liked the splatter films of the 80s either. I'm not really into grotesque stuff.
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THR: And you have done some non-horror work.
Nakata: I made the documentary about the March 2011 disasters, Living in the Wake of 3/11, which I financed myself as an independent film. I spoke to Japanese television stations about cooperating on it, but there were some issues about some of the topics I wanted to include. The line taken by the media was that even after the disaster, Japan stayed completely orderly and there was no stealing or looting, but actually there was some. So I decided to fund the documentary myself and have complete freedom in what I included. It has been shown in arthouse cinemas in Japan, but hasn't really been seen abroad. The attention of the world shifted away from the aftermath of the tsunami to the Fukushima nuclear accident anyway.
THR: What is next for you?
Nakata: I'm working on a Japanese action thriller that will be shooting in July and August, and should be finished by the end of the year. I can't give any more details about it yet. I'm also talking to an Indian company about making a film in English. It will probably be a horror, but not one with singing and dancing [laughs]. That's really interesting, how globalized the industry is getting, with Indian companies looking at making a film in English, not Hindi. I'd really like to do more work in genres outside horror though. I'm very grateful for horror, and I'm not against doing them, but I'd like to explore other kinds of filmmaking.
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Renovated Eclosed Ceters (multi-level)
Shopping Center World Staff | May 01, 1999
RTKL ASSOCIATES INC. RAFFLES CITY SHOPPING CENTRE * Singapore In the category of Renovated Enclosed Centers (multi-level), RTKL Associates Inc., Baltimore, was awarded the 1999 SADI for its design of Raffles City Shopping Centre in Singapore.
When RTKL Associates undertook the Raffles City project, it was with the understanding that the architectural and graphic elements it designed would be sympathetic to I.M. Pei's original design. Since the original design was monumental, highly abstract and lacking in ornamentation, the new look would have to be powerful without being overly elaborate.
In addition, the designers were charged with giving the project a street presence with inviting entrances. A system of eye-catching identity and banner pylons was designed to form an informal entrance that produces a transition from the street to the center.
The renovation added detail, which warmed the public spaces and gave them a comfortable human scale. By utilizing tenant-driven storefront design criteria, the designers added color and variety to the center's overall environment. City Square, the center court and heart of the development, is a gathering place for cultural and entertainment events. A grand stage serves as a platform for speakers and entertainers. When not in use, the stage converts into a fountain with dancing jets of water.
While City Square reflects the culture and energy of Singapore, the Water Court and Garden Court reflect the region's natural beauty. The Water Court includes water features and greenscaping. In the Garden Court, combinations of greenscaping and architectural materials create a lush, "living" environment. Bulkheads and handrails in both courts have subtle patterns and colors.
The designers were asked to avoid literal interpretation of traditional elements. These traditions were to serve as inspiration only, in hopes of developing a more abstract expression. The result is a project with a clean, simple design that combines graphics and architecture in keeping with the boldness and historical significance of the original building.
AWARD RECIPIENT RTKL ASSOCIATES INC.
Sudhakar Thakurdesai AIA (senior vice president-in-charge); Jay Clark AIA (vice president and project manager); Katherine J. Sprague (vice president-in-charge, theming and environmental graphics); Kevin Horn (associate vice president, lead designer, theming and environmental graphics); Vincent Zawodny (associate vice president, project designer); Ernesto Zabarte (associate, project designer); Michael Hiett (project design team); Randy Galang (associate, project design team); Gantcho Batcharkov (project design team)
CLIENT: RAFFLES CITY PTE. LTD.
Product Manufacturers/Suppliers: Architects 61, Singapore (associate architect); CMP Consultants Pte. Ltd., Singapore (associate engineer); Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey, Singapore (quantity surveyor); SLA Studio Land Inc., Irvine, Calif. (landscape); Fribel International, Berkeley, Calif. (terrazzo); Theo Kondos, New York (lighting); William Armstrong Lighting Design, New York (lighting); Wet Design, Universal City, Calif. (fountain); Takenaka Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (contractor); Richmond International, Hong Kong (interior design)
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Optimizing Optimization Algorithms
By MIT News
This sequence of graphs illustrates the application of the researchers' technique to a real-world computer vision problem. The solution to each successive problem (red balls) is used to initialize (green arrows) the search for a solution to the next.
Credit: Hossein Mobahi, John Fisher
Optimization algorithms are used to determine the minimum values of mathematical functions, and are widely used for such purposes as evaluating design tradeoffs and control systems as well as finding patterns in data. At a conference in mid-January, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Hossein Mobahi and John Fisher presented a way to generate a sequence of simplified functions that ensure the best approximation the method can offer.
Their approach attempts to identify a convex approximation of an optimization problem through the use of Gaussian smoothing, which converts the cost function into a related function that gives a weighted average of all the surrounding values. The technique also minimizes abrupt dips or ascents in the cost function's graph. The weights assigned the surrounding values are determined by a Gaussian function, or normal distribution, also known as the bell curve. The width of a Gaussian function is determined by a single parameter.
Mobahi and Fisher initially use a very wide Gaussian, which, under certain conditions, yields a convex function, and gradually contract the width of the Gaussian to generate a series of intermediary problems. By the time the width of the distribution becomes zero, the original cost function is recovered because every value is the average of itself.
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Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria – The Queen's Companion
September 26, 2019 Moniek Elisabeth in Bavaria, Italy, Marie Sophie in Bavaria, Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, The Royal Women 0
In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine) that she was pregnant for the 7th time. She was "a little more miserable than usual, but when God gives me a healthy child, these complaints will disappear!" When the little girl was born on 30 September 1843 at Possenhofen, she was named Mathilde Ludovika and Princess Mathilde was asked to be a godparent. She quickly gained the nickname of "Der Spatz" – the Sparrow – probably due to her delicate constitution. Her father was present at her birth, though this was rather an exception than a rule.
Her mother spent a lot of time without her husband – very much unlike the happy family life portrayed in the famous Sisi movies. The siblings became very close, and Mathilde Ludovika was especially close to Marie Sophie. The family's time was divided at Munich and Possenhofen – where life was quite informal.
When her elder sister Elisabeth married their first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, a painting was created with all the siblings, especially for her. It shows Mathilde Ludovika and her elder sister Marie Sophie with their favourite pets – a parrot and a dove. The family accompanied Elisabeth to Vienna.
When Elisabeth and Franz Joseph's eldest daughter died in infancy in 1857, Mathilde Ludovika, Helene and Marie Sophie accompanied their mother to Vienna less than a week after the little Sophie died. Elisabeth was cheered by the company of her family but took the loss hard. On 8 January 1859, Marie Sophie married the future King Francis II of the Two Sicilies by proxy in Munich. Just five days, she said goodbye to her family, but both families may have already had a second match in mind. On 22 May 1859, Marie Sophie's husband succeeded as King of the Two Sicilies. Marie Sophie was now Queen at the age of 17, but soon the Kingdom would fall, leaving them without a throne.
The loss of the Kingdom initially crushed plans to have Mathilde Ludovika married to King Francis' half-brother Louis. However, the marriage of her elder sister had thus far remained without children – probably due to Francis's phimosis – and an heir was needed. Prince Louis travelled to Bavaria to meet his future in-laws, and Mathilde Ludovika's mother was charmed. "He is a dear, simple, comfortable person, he is modest and yet not timid, cheerful, and then, in conversation, very serious and sensible."
On 6 June 1861, Mathilde Ludovika and Prince Louis, Count of Trani, were married at the Ducal Palace in Munich. Mathilde Ludovika and Louis joined their exiled family in Rome, but soon Prince Louis was more interested in other women. Marie Sophie and Mathilde Ludovika had each other at least. It was perhaps no surprise that the vivacious Marie Sophie – with her impotent husband – fell in love with Armand de Lavayss, a Belgian Captain of the Papa Guard. In August 1862, Marie Sophie left first for the baths of Soden and then to Taxis where her sister Helene lived. Newspapers reported that she was ill, but she was, in fact, expecting a child. On 24 December 1862, Marie Sophie gave birth to a daughter who was named Maria Cristina Pia. Not much is know about the girl, except that she was removed from her mother and either given to her father or adopted. She died at the age of 19 from consumption. Marie Sophie was devasted to be separated from her child, and she became very depressed. Her mother later commented, "I would have wished them husbands who had more character and knew how to give them guidance, of which both are still in great need; but good as the two brothers are, they are no support to their wives." Duke Max shrugged it all off, saying, "Well, all right, such things happen. What's the point of cackling?"
Mathilde Ludovika followed her sister's example and fell pregnant by the Duke of Ripalda. In early 1864, she gave birth to a daughter named Marie, who was adopted by her paternal family. Mathilde Ludovika too managed to make things right with her husband, at least long enough to have his child as well. On 1 January 1867, she gave birth to a daughter named Maria Theresa. Empress Elisabeth was with her sister for her confinement. Mathilde Ludovika had a slow recovery and Maria Theresa was to be their only child. The following year, both Marie Sophie and Mathilde Ludovika were present by the bedside of their sister Empress Elisabeth when she gave birth to Archduchess Marie Valerie. They both stood as godmothers for the newest addition to the family.
Mathilde Ludovika was soon on the move – without her husband but with their daughter, Maria Theresa – travelling to Munich, Paris and Baden-Baden. Prince Louis was known to be an alcoholic and reportedly also had an illegitimate child. Maria Theresa was known to be very anaemic, and her diet reportedly included chewing half-raw steak and spitting out the remains. Her hands and pinafore were soon soaked in blood to the horror of onlookers.
In 1886, Prince Louis died – officially due to heart disease – but he most likely committed suicide. The following year – still in mourning for her husband – Mathilde Ludovika and most of her siblings were together in Hungary to celebrate Empress Elisabeth's 50th birthday. On 27 June 1889, Mathilde Ludovika's only child Maria Theresa married Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern and they had a daughter and two sons together. Maria Theresa's health remained delicate, and she lived mostly in Bad Tölz and Cannes. She was in Cannes when she died at the age of 42 – most likely of multiple sclerosis.
In 1914, both Marie Sophie and Mathilde Ludovika moved back to Munich at the outbreak of the First World War to be close to their only other surviving sibling Ludwig Wilhelm. Both sisters had spells of depression in old age, and they were most likely quite lonely as well. Ludwig Wilhelm died of a stroke in November 1920, and now the sisters were the last ones standing. Marie Sophie was the first one to go, and she died of pneumonia on 19 January 1925 – leaving her estate to Mathilde Ludovika. She would outlive her sister for just five months – dying on 18 June 1925.1
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WIT Internet of Things Summer Camp 2016
WIT Summer Camp. Students who will be sitting the Leaving Cert in June 2017 get to grips with the Internet of Things at Waterford Institute of Technology's HEA-funded summer camp for 5th year students which ran over four days from Tuesday, 7 June to Friday, 10 June. The range of disciplines students got to try out include: 3D Animation, Build a computer workshop, Coding, Internet of Things, Audio and Video Development, Web Development, Games Development and Virtual Reality. Picture: Patrick Browne Last year WIT added an Internet of Things 4-year Level 8 course to its suite of undergraduate Computing courses. See www.wit.ie/cao.
FREE TO USE IMAGE. WIT Summer Camp. Pictured at WIT Waterford Institute of Technology at the "Internet of Things" workshop is Frank Walsh, School of Science & Computing and Erin Whitty and Catherine Gleeson from Waterford. Picture: Patrick Browne Students who will be sitting the Leaving Cert in June 2017 get to grips with the Internet of Things at Waterford Institute of Technology's HEA-funded summer camp for 5th year students which ran over four days from Tuesday, 7 June to Friday, 10 June. The range of disciplines students got to try out include: 3D Animation, Build a computer workshop, Coding, Internet of Things, Audio and Video Development, Web Development, Games Development and Virtual Reality. Last year WIT added an Internet of Things 4-year Level 8 course to its suite of undergraduate Computing courses. See www.wit.ie/cao.
FREE TO USE IMAGE. WIT Summer Camp. Pictured at WIT Waterford Institute of Technology at the "Internet of Things" workshop is Padraig Murphy of SEMS The South East Makerspace and Rachel Walsh and Rachel Purcell. Picture: Patrick Browne Students who will be sitting the Leaving Cert in June 2017 get to grips with the Internet of Things at Waterford Institute of Technology's HEA-funded summer camp for 5th year students which ran over four days from Tuesday, 7 June to Friday, 10 June. The range of disciplines students got to try out include: 3D Animation, Build a computer workshop, Coding, Internet of Things, Audio and Video Development, Web Development, Games Development and Virtual Reality. Last year WIT added an Internet of Things 4-year Level 8 course to its suite of undergraduate Computing courses. See www.wit.ie/cao.
FREE TO USE IMAGE. WIT Summer Camp. Pictured at WIT Waterford Institute of Technology at the "Internet of Things" workshop is Aileen Drohan of SEMS The South East Makerspace and Khaled Iza from Tramore and Jane Myres from Waterford. Picture: Patrick Browne Students who will be sitting the Leaving Cert in June 2017 get to grips with the Internet of Things at Waterford Institute of Technology's HEA-funded summer camp for 5th year students which ran over four days from Tuesday, 7 June to Friday, 10 June. The range of disciplines students got to try out include: 3D Animation, Build a computer workshop, Coding, Internet of Things, Audio and Video Development, Web Development, Games Development and Virtual Reality. Last year WIT added an Internet of Things 4-year Level 8 course to its suite of undergraduate Computing courses. See www.wit.ie/cao.
FREE TO USE IMAGE. WIT Summer Camp. Pictured at WIT Waterford Institute of Technology at the "Internet of Things" workshop is Frank Walsh, School of Science & Computing and Sean Freeman Waterford. Picture: Patrick Browne Students who will be sitting the Leaving Cert in June 2017 get to grips with the Internet of Things at Waterford Institute of Technology's HEA-funded summer camp for 5th year students which ran over four days from Tuesday, 7 June to Friday, 10 June. The range of disciplines students got to try out include: 3D Animation, Build a computer workshop, Coding, Internet of Things, Audio and Video Development, Web Development, Games Development and Virtual Reality. Last year WIT added an Internet of Things 4-year Level 8 course to its suite of undergraduate Computing courses. See www.wit.ie/cao.
FREE TO USE IMAGE. WIT Summer Camp. Pictured at WIT Waterford Institute of Technology at the "Internet of Things" workshop is Anton Krug, Student WIT and Sean Freeman Waterford. Picture: Patrick Browne Students who will be sitting the Leaving Cert in June 2017 get to grips with the Internet of Things at Waterford Institute of Technology's HEA-funded summer camp for 5th year students which ran over four days from Tuesday, 7 June to Friday, 10 June. The range of disciplines students got to try out include: 3D Animation, Build a computer workshop, Coding, Internet of Things, Audio and Video Development, Web Development, Games Development and Virtual Reality. Last year WIT added an Internet of Things 4-year Level 8 course to its suite of undergraduate Computing courses. See www.wit.ie/cao.
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Drake Posts Sweet Message For 'Best Friend' Adele After She Drops Single 'Easy On Me'
Proud bestie Drake shared a message of support for Adele after she released 'Easy On Me,' her new single from her upcoming album '30.'
Supportive bestie Drake shared a celebratory message for Adele following the release of her new song, "Easy On Me." The rapper, 34, shared a photo of the British singer, 33, on his Instagram Story on October 14 after the debut of her first new single in five years. "One of my best friends in the world just dropped a single," Drake wrote atop a photo of the star, as seen HERE, adding, "WOIIIIIIII."
The Grammy winners have been friends for quite some time now. During her recent Instagram Live on October 10 (where she teased a snippet of "Easy On Me"), the "Hello" singer even called Drake's newly-released Certified Lover Boy her favorite album of 2021 so far. And ahead of COVID-19 lockdown in October 2019, Adele was spotted at the Canadian rapper's birthday party in Los Angeles.
Their friendship could be traced back to 2015, when Adele declared her love for Drake's hit song "Hotline Bling." The singer told Canada's etalk at the time, "I really want us to do an official remix. I love Drake. I love Drake so much. I even got the coat that's in the video, I got it delivered the other day, I ordered it. The red one."
Once the rapper got word, he responded to the outlet, "I'd do anything with Adele. I'd literally go to Adele's house right now and do laundry for her." With her relocation from London to Los Angeles with then-husband Simon Konecki and their son Angelo, 9, the besties' friendship blossomed: the duo even rented out a bowling alley for a night out in February 2019.
Drake and Adele (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Jordan Strauss/Shutterstock)
As for the emotional "Easy On Me," the track marks the first single off the singer's upcoming fourth studio album, 30. Set for a November 19 release, the follow-up to the singer's acclaimed 25 was inspired by her divorce. She and Simon, a charity executive, finalized their divorce in March after five years of marriage. For her November 2021 cover of Vogue, Adele described 30 as her way of explaining the split to Angelo, who took his parents' separation hard.
"He has so many simple questions for me that I can't answer, because I don't know the answer," she said. "Like, Why can't we still live together? That's just not what people do when they get divorced. But why not? I'm like, I don't fucking know. That's not what society does. And: Why don't you love my dad anymore? And I'd be like, I do love your dad. I'm just not in love. I can't make that make sense to a nine-year-old."
This prompted her return to the studio for 30, which she called different from past albums. "I realized that I was the problem," Adele told the magazine. "Cause all the other albums are like, You did this! You did that! Fuck you! Why can't you arrive for me? Then I was like: Oh, shit, I'm the running theme, actually. Maybe it's me!"
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Ariana DeBose spiced things up for her first-ever 'SNL' hosting gig! The actress had an assist from cast member Kate McKinnon for the ultimate 'West Side Story' medley.
Ariana DeBose, 30, hosted the first 2022 episode of Saturday Night Live. The West Side Story actress paid tribute to the film she just starred in with some help from the one and only Kate McKinnon, who revealed she's a massive fan of the musical (but somehow didn't see the movie). "I've loved it since I was in elementary school," Kate said, giving COVID-19 as her excuse for not watching Ariana's version of the film. "I don't leave the house because of COVID, and also because I don't leave the house," she quipped.
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— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) January 16, 2022
Regardless, Kate proved her die-hard status as the two ladies belted out some of the most famous songs from the musical turned film, including "I Feel Pretty," "Tonight," "America" and "Something's Coming." After Ariana described Kate's performance as "pretty good," the comedian revealed she had, indeed, been on Broadway — only to clarify she had visited "the street" itself.
Shortly after the news was announced on Jan. 9, Ariana took to Instagram to share the career highlight with her 238,000 followers. "I'm hosting @nbcsnl," she wrote with a mind exploding emoji, adding the caption onto the iconic post-it note that announces the show each week on SNL's social media page. "Hold please while I go collect my extremities, as I have exploded from excitement and sensible fear," Ariana also said on the post, which got over 40,000 likes.
Several famous fans and pals and jumped into the comments section with love, including SNL cast member Cecily Strong. "WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!" Cecily commented. Eva Longoria, Joshua Henry, Gabrielle Union, and many others also chimed in. "Omg!!!!' Eva, who hosted back in 2005, gushed with clapping emojis. "Wait- whaaaat?! Go Ariana GO!" Joshua wrote, while Gab simply added heart and fire emojis as a sign of support.
Ariana earned some serious accolades after appearing as Anita in the Steven Spielberg take on West Side Story, which was conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein in 1957. Rita Moreno, now 90, appeared in the 2021 version alongside Ariana as Valentina (however, she was Anita — the same character Ariana plays — in the original 1961 film).
This week's episode — much like the final one of 2021 — wasn't without plenty of last minute change, however: rapper Roddy Ricch was initially set to make his Studio 8H debut until he was pulled due to being exposed to COVID-19. Jack Antonoff's band Bleachers was booked to play last minute on Jan. 12 instead, filming promos with Ariana shortly after. "the hardest attempt to date of taking the sadness out of saturday night… bleachers are the first musical guest of 2022," the band wrote via social media.
James Austin Johnson's Joe Biden urged Americans to 'stop seeing Spider-Man' to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
James Austin Johnson's Joe Biden had one goal during the cold open on Saturday Night Live: stop seeing Spider-Man: No Way Home to prevent the spread of Omicron. Johnson's Biden was convinced that the hit film — which stars Tom Holland and Zendaya — was responsible for the massive spread of the virus. "Think about it," he said on the January 15 episode. "When did Spider-Man come out? December 17th. When did every single person get Omicron? The week after December 17th. Stop seeing Spider-Man," he urged.
And now, a message from President Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/Q8TglFNBlF
The variant was spreading rapidly in mid-December, so perhaps Johnson's Biden had a point. In fact, SNL was also majorly affected by COVID on the final episode of 2021, forcing the series to cancel its live sketches and audience (Tom Hanks was a last minute addition to the Paul Rudd hosted episode, alongside Tina Fey who filled in for Colin Jost). Johnson's Biden went on to make some additional suggestions to reporters and Americans. "See anything else," he added. "I saw the first half hour of House of Gucci. That's more than enough movie for anyone," referencing Lady Gaga and Adam Driver's film.
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A reporter then suggested that perhaps there was another version of Biden in the "multi-verse" that "wants people" to see the movie. In the MCU, a multi-verse concept exists — which is how previous Spider-Man actors like Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were able to appear in the latest film with Tom Holland.
"Finally, a good question!" Johnson's Joe explained. It turns out the concept had crossed his mind "I've actually thought about this a lot. I've consulted with Dr. Fauci and Dr. Strange [played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the films]. As far as I can tell there are at least three Joe Bidens. One of them is me," he added.
"One of them is a Joe Biden that lost to [former president Donald] Trump. That Biden hosts a show on CNBC called 'T-birds, Tacos and Trains.' And then there's a third Joe Biden that was the greatest president in history. My approval ratings are sky high, I'm actually supported by my own party, and I understand the show Euphoria," he went on. Turns out one of the Joe's was Pete Davidson from the "real universe" with a message for Johnson's: that his universe was going to be destroyed!
"Everyone on Earth is better off in the real world except one man named Pete Davidson," Pete's Joe, rocking futuristic sunglasses and a blazer with nothing underneath, urged. "This world is maybe more fun for him," Pete added.
Britney Spears posted a heartfelt open letter to Jamie Lynn after calling her younger sister a 'scum' person, saying it's 'tacky' for a 'family to fight in public.'
Britney Spears, 40, loves her sister Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, "unconditionally" — despite the current drama between the pair. The In The Zone singer took to Twitter to post a lengthy open letter to her youngest sibling after drama pertaining to Jamie Lynn's book Things I Should Have Said and subsequent GMA interview. "I said some harsh things because you obviously hurt me by the things you are making up about me!!!" Britney wrote in the screen shotted iPhone note posted to Twitter on Saturday, Jan. 15. The letter was in clear reference to Brit's earlier post, in which she called Jamie Lynn a "scum" person.
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— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) January 15, 2022
"When I said only a scum person would make up things like that about someone, I could have sworn I said 'but you're not' … but it doesn't make sense at all to me what you are saying," Britney explained. "I know you worked hard for the life you have and you have done amazing!!!! But I think we would both have to agree to the fact that the family has never been remotely as hard on you as they have been on me!!!" she penned, referencing Jamie Lynn's teen acting career on Zoey 101 and successful song writing accolades.
Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears are seen presenting at the Teen Choice Awards in 2002. (Lucy Nicholson/AP/Shutterstock)
Britney went on to discuss her difficult 13 year long conservatorship, which placed her under the control of their father Jamie Spears, 69. As conservator of her estate, Jamie oversaw Britney's business affairs, career and music catalogue, amongst other things. When the arrangement went into place in 2008, Jamie Lynn was then 17-years-old and pregnant with daughter Maddie, now 13 — and said on GMA she was simply focused on becoming a mother at the time. She also stated she "took no steps" to become a part of the conservatorship as she got older.
Her older sister, however, seemed to disagree with that statement. "What Dad did to me, they don't even do that to criminals … so for you to sit back and act completely aloof to what has happened to me is honestly insane to me!!!" Britney said in her lengthy Jan. 15 post. "You guys treated me like nothing and that's not even half of it !!! I'm honestly shocked Dad isn't in jail !!! Come on !!! We are supposed to have each other's back … but what you're saying just truly confuses me!!!" she added.
Britney then made it clear that no matter the drama, she "loves" Jamie Lynn no matter what. "All I know is I love you unconditionally !!! So go ahead and say whatever you want … it's so tacky for a family to fight publicly like this !!!" she wrote. "You say you love me … yet your loyalty is still with the people that hurt me most….I know your real heart." Jamie Lynn has yet to respond to the latest post.
During the interview, Jamie Lynn made it clear she's on Britney's side. "I've always been my sister's biggest supporter," she said to ABC. "When she needed help, I set up ways to do so. Went out of my way to make sure she had the contacts she needed to possibly go ahead and end this conservatorship and end this all for our family — if it's gonna cause this much discord, why continue it?"
"I love my sister," she also said on camera through tears. "I've only ever loved and supported her and done what's right by her, and she knows that, so I don't know why we're in this position right now."
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TikTok star Sienna Mae's sexual assault case leaves young viewers too intrigued
Photo Contributed by Instagram
TikTok star Sienna Mae Gomez addresses her sexual assault allegations entirely through social media.
Julia Leitner '23, Web Sports Editor
After long school days, extracurriculars and the pressures that come with high school, most kids resort to their abundance of technology as a way to relax. Choosing whether to scroll through Snapchat, Instagram, or TikTok during any spare time has become a natural instinct for the majority of teenagers, and the several hours spent on social media a day has been heavily incorporated into the entirety of our routines.
Recently, TikTok star Sienna Mae Gomez has been under fire after allegedly sexually harassing her "TikTok boyfriend" Jack Wright. Topics such as rape and sexual harassment cannot be taken lightly. This specific case has definitely looked different from many others though, as the entirety of it has been handled through the realms of social media which is extremely harmful.
Whether kids are creating content of their own, or just watching for entertainment purposes, social media is no longer the relaxing place that it used to be. As many know, cancel culture has almost entirely encompassed social media today, creating a stressful environment for everyone that indulges in it. Although, one issue that is not talked about as often, is the extreme obsession that many people have with social media influencers. As this may just seem to be pure enthusiasm, it has proven to get innocent viewers involved in extremely complex and mature issues.
As Sienna has always been recognized for using her platform in a positive manner, exemplifying body positivity, and being a huge role model to younger viewers, these allegations have been very detrimental to her image. Due to the fact that the alleged victim, Jack, has not come out saying anything regarding these claims, they are completely up for speculation. Outside factors and people close to, yet not involved in the situation, have provided their side to it all, allowing for viewers to form an opinion off of an incomplete narrative. This case is being completely taken on by social media users, predominantly those of a young age.
This is not the first time that something like this has happened. Several times friendships or relationships have gone through challenging periods publicly for all of their fans to assess. These extremely personal and difficult issues should not be at the hands of young crowds to take onto themselves.
Many children are not ready to face such real-world affairs when signing up for a carefree and fun app. TikTok has always been known for its entertaining dances and humorous skits, so bringing the intensity onto the app that these situations include is neither fair nor healthy for many to see. These children are not emotionally mature enough to be even hearing stories about sexual assault cases, and now they are the ones deciding if they believe that Sienna is guilty or not.
Along with that, the entirety of this case has been treated to the same extent as TikTok drama, despite its criminality and extremity. The excitement that many viewers contain when new "tea" on the topic comes out, proves how the case is not being taken seriously enough. It should never be exciting for people to find out new information regarding a sexual assault case, although due to the treatment of this incident, many have yielded to the drama. This continues to distance kids from the ideas that sexual assault and rape are serious topics that need to be addressed as soon as they come up, and instead are fulfilling their fan page content for Sienna Mae and Jack Wright.
It should never be exciting for people to find out new information regarding a sexual assault case, although due to the treatment of this incident, many have yielded to the drama."
— Julia Leitner '23
Sienna Mae has already lost millions of followers, despite the two videos that she has put out explaining her side of the story, and denying all allegations. Many children watching these videos may have little to no knowledge of the topics that she is discussing, leaving them to spread false information and hate on the influencer they like the least. Due to the severity of this issue, these children's actions can be very harmful to the actuality of the case.
As it does not seem to me that TikTok will be going out of style any time soon, I can only hope that it maintains its carefree side to it, allowing children to use the app in a pleasurable manner, instead of pushing severe topics onto their feeds.
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"Being fit for the future means running a sustainable business"
Interview with Dr. Bruno Lindl, Managing Director Research and Development ebm-papst Group
In which areas do you anticipate significant developments for the future with regard to fan technology? What form will these take?
Our aim is to continue increasing the power density of our motors whilst maintaining the high efficiency levels of up to 90%. That will certainly be in keeping with our GreenTech development philosophy. The phrase so aptly coined by Gerhard Sturm on founding the company in 1963 is still our guiding principle today: "Every new product we develop must be economically and ecologically superior to its predecessor." Even though our motors already attain extremely high efficiency levels, new geometries and materials will create scope for yet more improvement in the coming years, particularly in terms of aerodynamics.
What potential exists specifically in relation to aeroacoustics and aerodynamics?
The main thing to bear in mind here is the installation situation in different customer devices. It is only possible to obtain optimum results with a profound understanding of how a fan will operate when fitted. From the point of view of noise and efficiency, the impeller offers the greatest potential for development.
Moving on to the topic of Industry 4.0: ebm-papst makes products which are compatible with Industry 4.0. What advantage is this to customers?
Fans are the essential driving force behind all building services. The building control system coordinates operation of the heating, air conditioning and ventilation units. For this purpose, all the components have to communicate with one another and form a network for the exchange of information. In concrete terms this means that the interface does not just receive information, but also actively transmits data such as the operating status, running time, fault and emergency operation messages to other components in the system to trigger a reaction. This leads to considerably lower operating and maintenance costs, to the financial advantage of our customers. We employ Industry 4.0 processes at our own manufacturing facilities as well to optimise the production flow and logistics. Since 2009 we have, for example, been regarded as a showcase for SAP ME, a software module which controls the productivity of machinery and systems and helps to shorten processing times.
Our strategic aim is technology leadership.
At around 6% of the Group turnover, the level of investment in research and development continues to remain well above the average for the branch. What are the main priorities?
Our strategic aim is technology leadership. In addition to highly qualified scientists and engineers, we invest heavily in simulation tools and measurement and test laboratories. We have also put a lot of effort into developing our R&D facilities in China and the USA – with the corresponding financial outlay. At present we are planning to set up a research institute for electric drives at the Künzelsau campus of Heilbronn University.
Simulation tools have become an integral feature of modern development work. Which simulation tools are used at ebm-papst?
We employ a variety of simulation tools in the fields of aerodynamics, motor technology and electronics. This enables us to not only shorten development times but also to discover technological potential which would otherwise not come to light. Examples include: Finite element simulation for calculating the static and dynamic mechanical properties of the housing and motor. CFD simulation (computational fluid dynamics) for determining the aerodynamic properties of impellers. The RadiCal, a centrifugal fan for a wide range of ventilation and air conditioning applications such as switching cabinet coolers, duct fans, domestic ventilation units and heat pumps, was our first "synthetically" developed product, in other words it was created without conventional prototype optimisation. Concepts for control electronics are developed with the help of functional and thermal simulation. Motors are designed using tools to simulate static and dynamic electromagnetism.
We cooperate closely with our customers when developing new products to achieve the best possible results.
Around 40 % of ebm-papst's turnover comes from products developed in the last four years. How does ebm-papst handle the constantly mounting pressure to innovate?
By increasing our rate of innovation, firstly with the aid of the simulation tools described above and secondly by working closely together with universities and colleges. With these two approaches we are able to try out various ideas for new products and innovations in shorter periods of time. And research results can be converted into real products more quickly. At the same time it is a way of acquiring new personnel for our research and development activities. By erecting proprietary rights barriers for existing products we also manage to effectively put a brake on the fast follower strategies of our competitors, even if we cannot put a complete stop to them. To sum up: The ideal recipe is to always stay on the offensive and keep the proverbial one step ahead.
Customer involvement in development work. How do customers benefit from this?
Medium term planning requires familiarity with the market to be able to anticipate future customer requirements with a view to working together on the development of innovative solutions for the industry to remain both competitive and fit for the future. This is why we cooperate closely with our customers when developing new products to achieve the best possible results.
Competitive and fit for the future: What exactly does that mean?
Being competitive means attaining a high level of profitable market acceptance in the coming years through the development of products with technical and economic features representing unique selling propositions. This involves organising development and production processes along stringent lines. Being fit for the future on the other hand is more of a long-term strategy requiring creativity and access to the latest research findings. It is however essential to be competitive now in order to be fit for the future and have the resources to engage in research. To put it in a nutshell: Being fit for the future means running a sustainable business.
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Technology the showcase as energy remains the cornerstone
29 Sep, 2010 07:14
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been playing host to his Chinese Counterpart - Hu Jintao - in the Russian pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, promoting Russia's hi tech credentials.
The pavilion is a showcase for the latest and safest nuclear technologies, hi-tech solutions for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games and Dmitry Medvedev's pet project – the innovation center Skolkovo, which is open to hi-tech companies all over the world including China.
However, Anatoly Chubais the head of Rusnano says there's a lot to be learned from China in terms of its technological development.
"China carries out a very successful program of bringing back Chinese scientist from abroad. Everywhere, in Chinese university, in Shanghai I met scientists who just came back from Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. These are people who came back to their own country to develop science and production. The way the project is organized is very professional."
Trade between Russia and China is heavily weighted towards energy. The world most populous and fastest growing country is hungry for power, and Russia has plenty of it.
But the point of contact lies not only in oil and gas. Chinese companies are investing in manufacturing in Russia, such as Thunder Sky Corporation joining with Rusnano to build a half billion dollar plant in Novosibirsk to produce batteries for electric cars and buses.
Chairman of the board of directors of Renova Group, Viktor Vekselberg, who's coordinating the Skolkovo project, has high hopes for further partnership. However, he notes that Russians tend to overrate their country's scientific reputation.
"No one knows much about us. We are so proud of Russia's vast scientific potential and think it plays a major role in the global scientific and innovation community. Sadly, this is not the case. China is the world's largest market and Shanghai's technology park is one of the world's largest of its kind – yet people here know almost nothing about us."
Vekselberg admitted that no deals regarding innovative industries were signed during his visit to Shanghai. That stands at odds with the energy sector – which has reported billions of dollars worth of agreements in just the last few days.
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In Search of Our Dream Bungalow by Mary Mae Lewis
It has often been said that moving house involves a level of stress that's akin to divorce. I've never been through a divorce, but I can testify that trying to up sticks from our traditional four-bedroom detached house to a retirement bungalow is proving to be that proverbial 'pain in the back-side'. I am stressed out about it, and have been for over eighteen months… and we still haven't found what we want.
Admittedly, my husband was reluctant to put our family home on the market, but me, at 70, with double sciatica and arthritic hips, was pushing for a move. Luckily for hubby, even at 78, he had no idea of the pain such afflictions can cause.
We put the house on the market in March 2020 and started looking for a three- to four-bedroomed property with two bathrooms (one en-suite), double garage and a dine-in kitchen. Our new home had to be in a good area, not on a main road, with a medium-sized garden. We'd prefer not to be overlooked by neighbours and really wanted a home with a lovely view. Oh, and it had to be within ten miles of Stoke-on-Trent. We weren't asking for much, I thought. And, if the price tag could be less than £555,000, we truly would have found our slice of heaven.
By April, we had a potential buyer for our house, but the euphoria of that news didn't last. One bungalow we liked very much, even though the garage wasn't big enough for hubby and it was on a main road, proved to have a sceptic tank which needed overhauling before it could be sold. We hesitated, as the tank was cited underneath a greenhouse in a farmer's field.
We then fell in love with another place that had a swathe of apple trees in the garden; it was one mile down a country lane, on the side of a corn field. I swooned at the thought of cows mooing over the fence and the bird song waking us every morning. The three stables could easily have been converted to an enormous garage/workshop. Again, this wasn't going to be Shangri-La; the house's water supply came from a 'friendly' farmer's spring and likewise the septic tank - a WW2 construction - was situated in his field. "We can overcome all of this," I cried. "I just love the greenhouse…" but I relented when, on further inspection, the bare roof space contained, not only a mass of cobwebs, but a mind-boggling array of electricity wires and cables. Just too much of a DIY prospect for us at our time of life.
After a few more disappointments and our buyer asking for a reduction on the purchase price, due to the house needing an update, we took the decision to take our house off the market and do the sprucing up ourselves. We spent three months painting, decorating and rearranging the bathroom, before finally having more viewings.
We quickly had a buyer, again, even though we had upped the asking price; after all, house prices were on the rise. During the time that our house was not sold, many bungalows came onto the market and were sold before we could view them, which we found soul-destroying but luckily our buyers were in no hurry to move in; they said they could wait for at least six months as they were living with relatives.
Even so, we went into full action mode to scour the area for our dream home. We set up searches on all of the main property sites, including: Rightmove, Zoopla and Prime Location; and I waited each morning with bated breath to see what was on offer.
Two bungalows that looked like they would be ideal were sold before we even got to see them. One viewing appointment that we were looking forward to had to be cancelled, as my husband was too ill to go. Another bungalow we couldn't reach, as the road to it had been completely blocked. This particular dwelling was on a higgledy-piggledy lane, up a steep hill, definitely not the best location for us. Another had a pylon by the front door, which wasn't shown on the photos.
Yet another property, a converted coach house, we would have bought… but the people who viewed that morning, before us, snapped it up.
Another one, in a complex known as the 'Hollywood of Stoke-on-Trent' was stunning, but in need of TLC. Hubby didn't like the look of the flat roofs over two bedrooms or the lift that was essential in order to reach the house from the double garage.
There was one which I really liked as it was in a woodland setting, but my husband wasn't so keen. It was advertised at £575,000, as a three-bedroom bungalow - but it was really two-bedroomed; they were using the dining room to sleep in. The estate agent had seriously misled buyers with an inaccurate description of other aspects of the property too. A double garage at the back turned out to be nothing more than a concrete shed that could not have housed even a small car. 'Immaculate' the bumph said – but the living room carpet was marked and scruffy. Even so… it did have a tandem integral garage, a field to one side, a fabulous kitchen and a modern en-suite. We offered £490,000 for it, but the owners wouldn't budge. It's still on the market now, so I don't think we were mistaken in our offer.
Another fabulous bungalow was just in the wrong place; you could hear the traffic's roar from the garden, even though it was tucked away behind a row of three-storey houses. We thought we might be able to tolerate the traffic noise, but then decided that wasn't a good idea. That proved to be a good job too, as soon after we learned that a housing estate was going to be built on those lovely fields out back.
Okay, we were still being ardent in our searching and, not finding a bungalow to suit, thought that perhaps we should go for a house with extra sleeping space downstairs? That change of tactic proved to be a waste of time until we almost fell for a 1980's bespoke five-bedroom, two-bathroom home built on farmer's land, hidden down a private road. Advertised as having three garages, we found one had been converted to an annex (bedroom and en-suite, plus kitchen). It seemed ideal… until we found out that sewerage had to be pumped uphill to the mains drains. and we wondered too why the floor plan online had not shown this annex and showed only 4 bedrooms and one bathroom upstairs, when we saw more! The journalist in me pondered… had the house been built contrary to planning permission? This was such a shame as the property had lovely views over the Cheshire Plane on the west side and a south facing garden with a few out-buildings for chickens (or a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, I fantasised.) After we had backed off, we learned that the gorgeous view was again to be marred by new homes. So it was back to searching again.
Meanwhile, after having had several inspections on our house our buyers asked for a £2000 reduction, as a drain was found to be damaged by tree roots. We refused, as we felt it wouldn't cost that much to put right. That might be a deal breaker for them though. Time is ticking – if they really want to move in, we have to move out - and quickly. We have decided to move into a rental if the sale now goes through speedily; but we are on holiday at the moment, so can't look for bungalows. Even if we magically found our dream home, we couldn't possibly have the solicitors' side of things completed so quickly.
While we are away from home, the subject of moving into a bungalow is not far from my mind; I am even dreaming about single story dwellings. Only this week, I dreamed I had tea with the Queen. This is probably because Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee Weekend celebrations, are being beamed onto Spanish TV. In the dream, Queen Elizabeth had come to Stoke-on-Trent to open a new pottery factory in Tunstall; a local mayor had offered to host her for tea in his house in Summerbank (where I went to school). The 'High Tea', for her Royal Highness, coincided with me arriving at the dignitary's bungalow, which was for sale. I was invited in and told to sit next to the Queen. Her Majesty was eating cream cakes and seemed aware of my reason for visiting.
"So, a bungalow is what you require, is it?" The Queen inquired. "Actually, I wouldn't mind one myself… Buckingham Palace has far too many stairs and it's awfully draughty. And, Windsor Castle is just too big for Philip and I!" she winked at me and I told her just how hard it has been to find my dream bungalow.
The Queen nodded sympathetically and patted my head. "Patience my dear. But I am sure this bungalow will suit you well." She turned her head slightly and looked at the mayor, who was hovering dutifully two yards to her right. "Don't you think so, Mayor Sudworth?"
"Yes Ma'am," the mayor spluttered.
"And how much are you asking for it?"
"£500,000, Ma'am," he blurted out.
"Come, come, that's being rather greedy, my good man," the Queen shot the petrified fellow a solemn look of disapproval.
Sudworth coughed.
"I would say that £250,000 is a fair price to charge this charming lady." The Queen raised her voice…
But then, of course, I woke up!
Remembering that one bungalow, (we rejected) advertised as being in a 'bucolic paradise' of a village we were disappointed to find it was on a rat-run bank where all the cars and lorries changed gear and then revved madly up the hill, I was beginning to despair. How many more disappointments were we to face!
Still, alongside the traumas and disappointments, we've had some fun searching for our dream retirement home. Experiences that we will in time, look back on with a smile. Like the time we went to view a bungalow in the rain…
On the way to the viewing, the agent phoned to say that road works had been set up on a route that led to the property, but he said there was a way around them, to the north. This would mean us going down a set of country lanes. Our first attempt led us up a lane blocked by bales of hay! We turned around and approached from another direction; I then put on the Sat Nav. On and on we drove for miles and wound our way over hills and down vales before we were instructed to "…turn sharp left". (onto a dirt track).
"Is this right?" my worried husband questioned, as our route became steeper, narrower, and bumpier.
"Yes – that's what the Sat Nav says…" I replied with assurance, until we came to a slithering stop, about half a mile in. "Damn! I'll call the breakdown service," I said begrudgingly as I extracted my mobile from my handbag. But even that was not going to give us a smooth ride.
"No! No! My phone's dead – give me yours?" I requested of my husband, who looked deflated.
"I, um, didn't bring it – sorry."
I got out of the car, fuming, and tried to push the car uphill. The wheels skidded in the mud and I got splattered. At the same time, as if by celestial order, the rain came down harder. "Okay… I am going to walk there – see you later then…" I declared emphatically, whilst trudging off, leaving my husband with his face in his hands. It was another half mile of uphill slog to the bungalow, I stumbled, but did eventually make it to the appointment, half an hour late. The owners opened the door to me, and the sight must have given them a great shock: a potential buyer who looks like a drowned rat. I tried to explain what happened and their hesitancy to let me in made me feel like running away. I apologised, (not that any of what we had been through was exactly my fault) and was eventually let in and dutifully shown around. On the tour of the house, I relayed the fact that my husband was stuck in a field, but that didn't move them.
When starting my long walk back to the car I was met by my husband; he'd backed the car down to the tarmac lane and galloped up the dirt track to meet me. What a man… my hero! Together we headed into the bungalow again, to an altogether more welcoming reception, but our hearts were just not moved and we said our goodbyes.
Then there was the traditional three-bed detached bungalow that had been extended to accommodate a fourth bedroom. It had a double garage and was set in a cul-de-sac on a prestigious residential estate. From the outside it appeared very respectable: middle-class 1950s - but the deceased, previous occupiers must have been a somewhat eccentric couple. The 6m square lounge was carpeted in plush red carpet that set off the spectacular grand piano and an oversized, elaborately carved bar with mirrored tiles. Two of the walls were papered in gold patterned lamé and two in silver. In the middle of the floor was a sunken garden; lilies and other similar plants were in flower. "Liberace, perhaps?" I ventured. "We're just ever so slightly north-east of Hollywood…" I continued, and we all laughed.
"Wait until you see the master bedroom's en-suite," the estate agent giggled.
It was indeed impressive, and much bigger than the bedroom. A round jacuzzi that would have comfortably fitted six was situated in one corner; its cast brass tap, in the form of an eagle, stood about a foot high. Plush brown carpet covered the floor. Twin sinks stood sentry-like side-by-side and a door led to the garden. Caesar's Palace Las Vegas now came to mind.
"Hell of a project to put that lot right…" my husband groaned. He was right.
"Thank you for showing us… but no, it's not right for us…" we said with a spring in our step, and moved on.
To this day we are still looking for our dream bungalow… the only trouble is… we need to move out of our house in seven weeks and it looks like we will be in that rental property for a while!
Maybe we shouldn't have been so hasty in turning down Liberace's former home!
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