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The aim and duties of the centre are as below;
To direct and manage basic and clinical research that will make a contribution to following current scientific developments in epilepsy, to gather data and come to conclusions, to support research on every level, to train personnel and scientists, to carry out studies working towards solving the health problems that are caused by epilepsy and to cooperate with other scientific institutions. The centre follows technological and scientific developments in medical science for epilepsy throughout the world, to support research projects and to carry out and conclude the same. The centre also researches the molecules that have a potential to be included in epilepsy treatment, and develops and implements studies to this end.
The centre secures research and development funds, and gives awards to those who provide education, including teaching and administrative staff, and others. The centre carries out cooperation with national and international institutions that carry out biological and clinical studies in epilepsy. The centre arranges scientific activities that are concerned with medical research and innovations in medicine, including conferences, seminars, congresses and symposiums and announces the attained results to the public and interested institutions. The centre participates in activities that are held to inform public institutions and private institutions and carries out all forms of research, publishing scientific reports, bulletins, projects, books, journals and similar works that support these studies. The centre, cooperating with the Ministry of Education to solve the health problems caused by epilepsy participates in education given to students and teachers in schools. The centre carries out official cooperation and advisory services. The centre carries out studies that are related to creating awareness in the public arena on the matter of epilepsy and scientific research. The centre trains technical medical staff and scientists. The centre assists in carrying out research and implementations primarily concerned with epilepsy and human health in order to raise the health standards of the country. The centre carries out the duties that have been given to it by the Rector of Marmara University in the matter of epilepsy.
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Ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
The Anglo-Irish Treaty is ratified by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on December 16, 1921. It is ratified by the British House of Commons by a vote of 401 to 58. On the same day the House of Lords votes in favour by 166 to 47.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty, commonly known as “The Treaty” and officially the “Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland,” is an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concludes the Irish War of Independence. It provides for the establishment of the Irish Free State within a year as a self-governing dominion within the “community of nations known as the British Empire,” a status “the same as that of the Dominion of Canada.” It also provides Northern Ireland, which had been created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, an option to opt out of the Irish Free State, which it exercises.
The agreement is signed in London on December 6, 1921, by representatives of the Government of the United Kingdom, which includes Prime Minister David Lloyd George, who is head of the British delegates, and by representatives of the Irish Republic including Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. The Irish representatives have plenipotentiary status (negotiators empowered to sign a treaty without reference back to their superiors) acting on behalf of the Irish Republic, though the British government declines to recognise that status. As required by its terms, the agreement is ratified by “a meeting” of the members elected to sit in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and separately by the British Parliament.
Éamon de Valera calls a cabinet meeting to discuss the treaty on December 8, where he comes out against the treaty as signed. The cabinet decides by four votes to three to recommend the treaty to Dáil Éireann on December 14. Though the treaty is narrowly ratified, the split leads to the Irish Civil War, which is won by the pro-treaty side.
The Irish Free State as contemplated by the treaty comes into existence when its constitution becomes law on December 6, 1922 by a royal proclamation giving the force of law to the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922.
(Pictured: Members of the Irish negotiation committee returning to Ireland in December 1921)
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Persistent Killamarsh fly-tipper jailed
Monday, December 9th, 2019 5:38pm
Waste dumped on Bentinck Road in Shuttlewood
On 2nd December 2019, Horace Piggott of Killamarsh, was given a two year prison sentence at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty to multiple waste offences and fraud.
North East Derbyshire District Council’s joint Environmental Enforcement Team carried out investigations alongside Rotherham Borough Council and brought a successful joint prosecution, as the fly tipping occurred over multiple authority boundaries.
During the council’s investigations, it became evident the scale of the operation was huge. The offences occurred over multiple counties, for a number of years. Piggott distributed leaflets in the Sheffield and Rotherham areas advertising a waste collection service under a false name and address. The waste was then subsequently collected and dumped at multiple sites across Sheffield, Rotherham and Bolsover.
Homeowners who initially believed they were dealing with a legitimate business, which was properly authorised to deal with waste, were in reality, being subject to a fraudulent, illegal waste operation.
Council officers retrieved evidence from the waste, obtained CCTV footage and interviewed witnesses proving that Piggott was responsible.
In addition to the prison sentence, Piggott received a ten year criminal behaviour order making it a further offence for him to be involved in any waste activities, and further vehicles were seized from him linked to recent fly tipping. Rotherham Borough council had previously seized fifteen vehicles from Piggott suspected of being involved in organised fly tipping.
Judge Thomas QC commented that Horace Piggott had shown a persistent disregard for the regulatory regime by continuing to fly-tip, despite already having a suspended sentence and being aware he was under investigation.
Horace Piggott’s son, Deano Piggott, was given a 12 month community order with up to 15 days rehabilitation activity and 120 hours unpaid work, also for fly-tipping offences.
Joanna Galvin was also sentenced to eight months imprisonment, which was suspended for 12 months with up to 15 days rehabilitation activity and 80 hours unpaid work for money laundering directly linked to the waste offences.
Councillor Martin Thacker, Leader of North East Derbyshire Council said, “Fly-tipping is an offence which affects areas all over the country. NEDDC takes this very seriously, as it is a blight on the countryside, a dangerous hazard and costs tax payers money. We will not tolerate such acts. The Council is delighted by the outcome of this case.
“There is no excuse to fly-tip. Our collaborative working with other authorities and agencies will serve as a stark message to those criminals that we will take robust enforcement action to ensure they are brought to justice.”
Bolsover District Council’s Cabinet Member for Street Scene and environmental Health, Councillor Deborah Watson said, ““This was not a single occurrence, but rather an organised operation of fly tipping which continued over a number of years, and so we are extremely pleased with the sentence the culprit has received.
“We hope that this serves as a warning to anyone not abiding by the law, that this authority will indeed use the full force of the law against these individuals and put an end to such criminal activity.”
Rotherham Council’s Assistant Director of Community Safety and Street Scene, Tom Smith, said: “This is a great result for all the staff that have been working hard on this case. The joint operation is one of the largest of its kind. Legitimate waste removal companies will have waste carriers licenses and a real business address. They will always offer receipts for the waste and be able to explain where it will be disposed. Where residents go for the cheap unofficial option to dispose of waste; they could also be committing an offence and can be prosecuted.”
Residents can ensure their waste is disposed of correctly by asking the following questions of waste providers:
Ask to see their waste carrier licence registration (provided by the Environment Agency). If they do not have waste carriers licence then do not allow them to take the waste.
Ask for a waste transfer note / receipt or invoice with all relevant details as outlined the waste duty of care code of practice.
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Many of today s automation & control systems use the same PC hardware (Intel), operating system (Windows) and communications (Ethernet TCP/IP) as corporate office and administrative networks. So automation systems security is an urgent issue, perhaps even a critical one.
Many of today’s control systems use the same PC hardware, operating system and communications as corporate office and administrative networks. So automation systems security is an urgent issue, perhaps even a critical one.
The use of common technologies – Intel PC-based computers, Microsoft Windows and Ethernet/TCP/IP – means that vital production and process control systems can be exposed to the same spam, virus and security threats that corporate IT departments have been facing for several years. It’s tempting to suggest that, because they have the immediate knowledge and experience, corporate IT people should be responsible for total network security, including that of the automation and control systems. But this is wrong. The problems are quite different, and the urge to delegate the responsibility is misleading.
With automation systems there are definite differences of goals, objectives and assumptions of what needs to be protected. It’s important to understand what “real time performance” and “continuous operation” really mean and recognize how well-intentioned software-based security solutions can interfere with automatic control systems.
Beyond the common architectures, many business networks are now connected with process networks. This has opened the door for hackers and viruses to enter the production and process environments. If ignored, or under-managed, this can lead to serious problems.
Many legacy process automation systems were designed for functionality and performance not security. They were largely proprietary and specialized knowledge was needed to work with them. System components were purchased as black boxes considering only their end-to-end function and there was little or no concern with interconnectivity with other systems. Control systems operated in isolation from the rest of the company, both technically and physically, assuming an environment of implicit trust. And so, when included in common networks, they are often the weak point in total network security.
It is important to have separate networks where access to automation and control systems is strictly limited by routers and firewalls. Users and applications on control networks should be limited to those specifically required for the processing of email, no games, no Internet browsing. Control rooms may also need a business network for email and business applications, and budget-conscious administrators may suggest network commonality. But that ’s short-sighted, and simply exposes the automation systems network to a plethora of problems. Parallel installation of different networks is not a luxury – it should be mandated.
There are two general categories of control network problems: accidental and deliberate. Accidental problems are typically caused by cabling or configuration errors, or by faulty network devices. Many errors may be caused unintentionally (example, installation of anti-virus software may limit real-time functionality). A common problem is a computer-savvy employee inadvertently changing the configuration of a device, causing process disruption. These days unauthorized tampering with networks by well-meaning employees is becoming more common because people are more computer literate and control systems are increasingly PC-based.
Deliberate problems are caused by individuals with malicious intent, such as disgruntled employees or ex-employees who may be involved in theft and retaliation. And there are “hackers” who may do it just for the thrill, plus vandals and opportunistic criminals (including terrorists). Passwords usually provide only limited protection against hacking because most production and process control groups use easy-to-remember (and easy-to-guess) passwords on their systems and typically don’t change them regularly. Accidental errors typically outnumber deliberate attacks in industrial environments. But the proliferation of viruses and the increase in PC-based control systems is causing a significant increase in deliberate system intrusions.
Viral Infection. Worms and trojans usually enter through mainstream software – Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Outlook email on Intel-based computers. The chances of infection have increased in the automation environment because these technologies are being used more and more in control systems due to low cost and interoperability. A not uncommon problem is vulnerability to what is called “sneaker net” – the use of portable memory like floppy-disks, CDROMs or USB memory sticks to transfer data or programs. These could insert a virus or worm intentionally or unintentionally. Security policies must include both network protection (firewalls) and physical protection (making the server inaccessible).
External Intrusion. Hacking of automation and control networks is increasing rapidly during recent years, as more plants and factories are connected to the Internet, or to corporate Intranets. Typically a hacker will get access to the business network, and then attempt to invade other computers or networked servers. Intranet web servers are a weak point in many industrial installations. They are used commonly as an effective data distribution tool; because they may not be directly exposed to the Internet, they are not usually maintained with the latest updates and security patches.
Network Spoofing and Denial of Service attacks: Process alarms are lost because the network is clogged with spurious requests. Beyond just performance degradation, these are serious safety issues.
Eavesdropping and password cracking: confidentiality and safety issues.
Tampering, impersonation, system modification: The system is open to malicious intent.
Security comes from proper design, operation and maintenance of security architectures and infrastructures which provide up to date protection. An acceptable network security environment includes built-in high security engineered into the architecture, at the same time allowing operators, supervisors and administrators the ability to interact with the system without constantly getting into arduous, tedious and prolonged procedures. If it’s too difficult, knowledgeable people will quickly find a way around the system – the well-intentioned, honest but impatient insider.
Well thought out network security architectures provide the mechanisms necessary to prioritize and manage traffic, restrict outside traffic, and give preferential treatment to control traffic. The system must have the ability to recognize broadcast attacks that can create denial of service conditions, to prevent problem situations before they occur. When anything happens outside the bounds established for the control network, it must be captured as an auditable event. The event logs must be reviewed regularly to determine if unauthorized changes are made.
Anti Virus software from companies like McAfee or Symantec could be part of a good security strategy, but this is not sufficient. Standard anti-virus and anti-spam packages were developed for typical PC users, not for sophisticated, real-time control systems. They need to be adapted specifically for use with automation control systems.
A good cyber-security system should provide preconfigured security settings for files, directories, and registry keys to protect against viruses, malicious users, and inadvertent actions. There should be preconfigured groups and group policies that defined desktop and console behavior: Operators should be limited to say just auto start applications, supervisors could be very secure, engineers could be restricted to relevant engineering functions, and administrators could have unlimited access with secure settings. Clearly the administrative procedures (password protection, etc.) should be subject to maximum security procedures.
Management of the network is the key to security protection. As they say about Quality, business performance, and even about Life – Network Security is a journey, not a destination!
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I asked our records department to tell me how many college-age youth we have in the Church. They responded 1,974,001. Good, I thought, I will speak to the one. You may be here in this congregation or somewhere in any one of 170 countries. You, the one of nearly two million, are in the early morning of your life, while I am in the late evening of mine. My college life began at Weber College, then a very small junior college. World War II had just ended. Most of the men in our class were recently returned from military service. We were, by and large, more mature than coll
President Wilford Woodruff and Thoughts for Youth
G. Homer Durham | February 6, 1983
Today is the ninety-seventh anniversary of the birth of Elder LeGrand Richards, who left us on Tuesday, 11 January of this year. His passing has reminded thoughtful people of the life of President Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many of us here tonight have touched the hand or heard the voice of Elder Richards. He in turn heard the voice and touched the hand of President Woodruff who was an associate of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Someday you may be able to tell your grandc
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Neil D. Schaerrer | August 2, 1978
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A Vision and a Hope for the Youth of Zion
Ezra Taft Benson | April 12, 1977
My beloved brethren and sisters, humbly and gratefully I stand before you this morning and seek an interest in your faith and prayers that the message that I have may be accompanied by the Spirit. It is a wonderful sight that I view here this morning. It is good to be with you, my beloved young friends, distinguished members of the faculty, and special guests. My wife and I have just returned from a glorious weekend at St. George, where I had the privilege of addressing three overflow audiences, two in the largest auditorium they have at Dixie College and made up largely of young peo
Opportunity and Challenge
Ezra Taft Benson | October 6, 1970
The youth of the Church will face increasing challenge in this world, but never has opportunity been so great for them and for the kingdom of God. The text for this speech is unavailable. Please see our FAQ page for more information.
Learn Wisdom in Thy Youth
Marion G. Romney | January 9, 1968
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Biden urges concern but not alarm in US as Omicron cases rise
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm as the United States set records for daily reported Covid-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the omicron variant.
In remarks Tuesday before a meeting with his Covid-19 response team at the White House, Biden aimed to convey his administration’s urgency in addressing omicron and convince wary Americans that the current situation bears little resemblance to the onset of the pandemic or last year’s deadly winter. The president emphasized that vaccines, booster shots and therapeutic drugs have lessened the danger for the overwhelming majority of Americans who are fully vaccinated.
“You can still get Covid, but it’s highly unlikely, very unlikely, that you’ll become seriously ill,” Biden said of vaccinated people.
“There’s no excuse, there’s no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated,” he added. “This continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” He also encouraged Americans, including newly eligible teenagers 12 to 15, to get a booster dose of the vaccines for maximum protection.
Compared with last year, more Americans are employed, most kids are in classrooms, and instances of death and serious illness are down _ precipitously so among the vaccinated.
“We’re in a very different place than we were a year ago,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki when asked if the country had lost control of the virus.
Still, over the past several weeks Americans have seen dire warnings about hospitals reaching capacity amid staffing shortages, thousands of holiday flight cancellations in part because crews were ill or in quarantine, and intermittent reports of school closures because of the more-transmissible variant.
On a conference call with governors, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden’s top Covid-19 science adviser, said Americans “should not be complacent” even though initial data shows the omicron variant to produce less severe disease than earlier strains. But, he said, the number of people getting infected by omicron “might overwhelm the positive impact of reduced severity” and “severely stress our hospitals”.
While most schools across the country remain open, Biden took aim at those that have closed, saying he believes they have the money for testing and other safety measures. “I believe schools should remain open,” he said.
The president also announced that the US is doubling its order for an anti-viral pill produced by Pfizer that was recently authorized by the FDA to prevent serious illness and death from Covid-19. That means 20 million doses, with the first 10 million pills to be delivered by June.
A senior administration official said that combined with other therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma, 4 million treatments that are effective against the omicron variant would be available by the end of January.
The pills are “a game changer and have the potential to dramatically alter the impact of Covid-19, the impact it’s had on this country and our people,” Biden said.
Biden is under pressure to ease a nationwide shortages of tests that people are using to determine whether they or their family members are infected. Long lines and chaotic scenes over the holidays marred the administration’s image as having the pandemic in hand.
“On testing, I know this remains frustrating. Believe me it’s frustrating to me, but we’re making improvements,” Biden said.
In a reversal, the White House announced last month that it would make 500 million rapid antigen tests available free to requesting Americans, but it will be weeks, if not months, before those tests are widely available. The administration notes those tests are on top of existing supply of rapid tests and that even a small increase will help ease some of the shortages. Additionally, private insurers will be required to cover the cost of at-home tests starting later this month.
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Test manufacturers have until Tuesday night to respond to the government’s contract request, and the first awards are expected to be made this week, Psaki said. The administration is still developing a system for Americans to order the tests as well as a means to ship them to people’s homes.
Pressed when the first tests would reach Americans, Psaki said, “I don’t have an update on that at this point in time.”
In a letter Monday, GOP Sens. Richard Burr and Roy Blunt, the top Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on health, respectively, pressed the Department of Health and Human Services for answers on how the administration was working to address nationwide testing shortages.
“With over $82.6 billion specifically appropriated for testing, and flexibility within the department to allocate additional funds from Covid-19 supplemental bills or annual appropriations if necessary, it is unclear to us why we are facing such dire circumstances now,” they wrote. “It does not appear to be because of lack of funding, but a more fundamental lack of strategy and a failure to anticipate future testing needs by the administration.”
White House officials have noted that the spike in testing demand is driven not just by omicron, but by people seeking to travel safely during the holidays and return to school after, and that the shortages are global in nature.
“Turns out, Omicron is driving a spike in demand for testing… everywhere,” tweeted Ben Wakana, the deputy director of strategic communications & engagement for the White House’s Covid-19 response team, highlighting similar shortages in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
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Edward Hillam takes a look at how goalkeepers can improve their concentration between the sticks.
The ability to concentrate is a hugely underrated aspect of the game. The focus is key and just a momentary blip could result in a crucial error that may win or lose the game for your team. As a goalkeeper, there is always the temptation to switch off for a few seconds, particularly if the action is taking place at the other end of the pitch; it is relatively common to let the mind wander.
Goalkeeping is one of the most important positions on the pitch. They may only be deployed on a handful of occasions, but they can be the difference between picking up a crucial point and being on the end of a heavy defeat. There have been many iconic stoppers over the years, with a number of them playing into their late 30s and or even early 40s.
Gigi Buffon is a household name and is still going strong despite turning 40 in January 2017.
He may have retired from international football but is still competing at the top level on a regular basis and remains one of the most consistent performers in Serie A.
Buffon's Juventus are in a two-way tussle for the title in the Italian top flight this season and are currently priced up as the 4/5 favourites to finish above Napoli once again and land their seventh successive Scudetto.
Buffon has played an integral part in every single one of those triumphs.
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Relaxing the mind is absolutely essential to producing a confident performance. Forgetting any off-the-field troubles is a necessity. Stressed athletes are regularly unable to perform to their highest standard and it's easy to get tangled up in thoughts of a financial or personal nature whilst there is a lull in play. This must be avoided at all costs. A good night's sleep is the best way of relaxing whilst listening to music or ten minutes of meditation are two other methods which are regularly deployed by professionals.
Familiar routines are also a vital part of any sportsman's day and these are able to focus the body and mind ahead of the match. They also help avoid any external distractions which may creep into a goalkeeper's conscience during the 90 minutes. Players such as David James would often implement a routine which began the night before a game and continued all the way until kick-off. Footballers are a superstitious bunch, but these help them focus and keep their mind on the job.
Diet also plays a bit part of the process and although many footballers who compete at an elite level will have nutritionists and teams of experts ensuring they only eat the right foods, this simply isn't applicable or affordable at the lower level. Drinking plenty of water will help sharpen the mind and also improve reaction time and coupled with a diet containing plenty of greens such as spinach, kale and broccoli can have a hugely positive effect on the brain and subsequently performance.
Being a goalkeeper may not be the most glamorous position in a football team, but it is an important role which can sometimes result in achieving hero status and helping your side climb the table or qualify for the next round of the cup. It is imperative that the mind is sharp, fresh and focused and ready for action and there are a number of techniques which can help ensure your brain is firmly focussed on the action.
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Q: Eclipse not recognizing my "Main" method I'm trying to write a "Hello, World" variant program in Eclipse, and I can't seem to be able to run my program.
Here's the code:
/**
*
*/
package GreeterPackage;
/**
* @author Raven Dreamer
* Prints out "Hello, World" in three languages:
* English, French, and Spanish.
*/
public class GreeterProg {
/**
* returns "Hello, World" three times, once
* in English, once in French, and once in
* Spanish.
*/
public static void Main(String[] args){
/** instances of the three greeter
* classes so the non-static methods
* can be called.
*/
EnglishGreeter eng = new EnglishGreeter();
FrenchGreeter fre = new FrenchGreeter();
SpanishGreeter spa = new SpanishGreeter();
System.out.println(eng.greet());
System.out.println(fre.greet());
System.out.println(spa.greet());
}
}
And here's my code for SpanishGreeter (French and English greeter are identical, currently)
/**
*
*/
package GreeterPackage;
/**
* @author Raven Dreamer
* Returns "Hello, World!" but in Spanish!
*/
public class SpanishGreeter extends greeter {
/**Spanish string of "Hello, World!"
*/
private String GREET = "¡Hola, World!";
/**
* returns "Hello, World" in Spanish
*/
public String greet() {
return GREET;
}
}
The code compiles fine with no errors, but when I try to run the program as a java application, I get the following error:
So I am left baffled as to what, exactly, the problem is. Am I missing something salient in terms of how I set the project up in the first place?
A: The problem is that you have Main with a capital letter. Java is case-sensitive.
The full method signature is: public static void main(String [] args)
A: Your main method needs to be a lowercase "main".
A: "main" must be in lowercase only. Java method names are case-sensitive.
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GW37 REVIEW – A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
Posted on May 12, 2018 May 12, 2018 by Peter Cronin
Welcome to the GW37 REVIEW – A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
With Chris away in Poland this week, apparently interspersing work with vodka consumption, it’s down to me to deliver this week’s review. In fact Chris’ Polish hangover was that bad he said it was one of the worst one he’s ever had. But I did warn him about drinking polish 😉
It’s ok you can carry on chuckling as you read, as that joke is the perfect segue into this week’s track and theme. There’s a scene in the film Withnail and I when one of the protagonists resorts to drinking lighter fluid – “a far superior drink to meths”. I just hope you don’t have antifreeze in your toolbox Chris. This week’s track is a true classic, originally by Procol Harum, that featured in Withnail and I: A WHITER SHADE OF PALE. I’m sure you will welcome the various vomit-related puns and quotes from both the film and the song throughout this review. And if you haven’t seen the film or don’t know the song then you should.
I for one went A WHITER SHADE OF PALE several times during GW37, including when Monreal was left out of Arsenal’s starting line-up, when Monreal was left out of Arsenal’s starting line-up for a second time, when Sterling was left out Man City’s starting line-up, when I heard that Arnautovic was injured, and twice more when Jesus – who I’d Triple Captained – blanked in each of his appearances. And that was all before my ‘Best Gameweek Score’ was beaten (more on that later). I was certainly feeling kinda seasick.
Indeed, despite the hype surrounding what was expected to be a mammoth double gameweek, it ended up leaving many of us feeling slightly queasy. This time last year Lester Deeble (6th) scored 192 points in GW37 to secure the prize for Best Gameweek Score of 2016/17. That was after playing his Bench Boost chip and benefiting from four goals from his captain Harry Kane. This time around many FFUKers were hoping for déjà vu, with 93 of you handing Harry Kane the captain’s armband, and 35 of going a step further and making him their Triple Captain:
FFUK GW37 STATS BY STATTO STEVE
Plenty of others used the Triple Captain chip on the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling, whereas 38 of you utilised the Bench Boost chip. There were even three Free Hits in play. But even those that didn’t play a chip took steps to maximise the number of double gameweek players in their ranks. Unfortunately, for the majority of us, things didn’t really pan out as we all hoped and we were left feeling a bit worse for wear.
It all started a day earlier than normal, on Friday evening. Brighton players didn’t exactly look very appetising with Man United and then Man City as their double gameweek opponents, but those of us who kept faith with Pascal Gross profited from his goal as Brighton upset an off-colour Man United side. Plenty of FFUKers also had Matt Ryan (who ended up with 10 points for the week) in their squads, but a scan through the teams illustrated that he was mostly consigned to a place on people’s benches, no doubt making many of you feel a bit nauseous.
Points were sickeningly sparse on Saturday, with the highest scoring players including the likes of Dubravka, Livermore, Fraser, Joao Mario, Pereyra, Foster, McArthur and Noble. If you had any of these lot then you probably skipped a light fandango and turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor. But I bet that won’t have been many of you. The supposed big hitters like Kane, Eriksen, Vardy and Mahrez did FFUK all. Indeed, by this point, many of us were drifting into the arena of the unwell.
No problem, so we thought, as most of us had Man City players to fall back on in the Sunday lunchtime match, and when they named arguably their strongest XI for the visit of Huddersfield, those that captained Kane instead of Jesus could hardly p!ss straight with fear. However, the Terriers battled hard and whilst the crowd called out for more, Huddersfield ultimately churned out a 0-0. With Jesus as my Triple Captain I felt like a pig shat in my head.
Then Salah owners must have been looking like they’d seen a ghost when he picked up a yellow card and Liverpool lost 1-0 to Chelsea, with Mo only managing a solitary point.
Finally, at the Emirates, a couple of big hitters managed to return some decent points. Arsenal gave Arsene Wenger a proper send-off against Burnley as Alexandre Lacazette returned a goal and an assist, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang went one better with a brace and an assist in a 5-0 win. But only a handful of FFUKers took a chance on these guys. With most of us opting for Kane and Jesus up top, affording Aubameyang or Lacazette as the third striker was always going to be unlikely, and it was a case of the their points being free to those that can afford it, very expensive to those that can’t.
Despite there being six re-arranged games, there was no MNF, meaning we missed out Monday but came up smiling on Tuesday morning. A tense relegation battle ensued between Swansea and Southampton, with the Saints coming out 1-0 winners and essentially securing their top flight status for another year. Those who punted on Cedric for the double gameweek were rewarded with a clean sheet to add to the assist he accrued on Saturday. But Swansea were definitely left feeling A WHITER SHADE OF PALE as they waited to see if Huddersfield could snatch an unlikely point from Chelsea the following evening, which, incredibly, they managed to do with a 1-1 draw. Depoitre’s goal cost Chelsea defenders a clean sheet, but the numerous Alonso owners had the colour brought back into their faces when he claimed a fortuitous goal that also earned him two bonus points and took his total for GW37 to a tasty 15 points.
Finally on Thursday evening West Ham and Man United played out a 0-0 stalemate at Upton Park to bring GW37 to a close. That was enough secure Jose and his troops second spot in the Premier League, but other than when Mark Noble tried to stick his fingers in Pogba’s eyes (not down his throat), there wasn’t really a great deal of entertainment. The winner on the night was Adrian with 11 points from a clean sheet, 6 saves and 3 bonus points.
THE FFUK TOP 50 AFTER GW37
With most of the top 10 using their Triple Captain chip, our leader Jamie Stewart (1st), aka JDS, aka RSF, went against the grain and played his Bench Boost to decent effect, helping him to 97 points for the week (after a -4 point hit). Jamie now has a lead of 42 points over Dan McBrearty (2nd), who managed 81 points and might be feeling a bit sick at the thought of that deficit. It’s not a bad lead, but I’m sure Jamie’s stomach will be churning right until the last of the final whistles on Sunday. John Harper (3rd) and James Amar (5th) remain in the chase after scoring 73 and 100 (-16) points, respectively.
But one FFUKer who definitely won’t be feeling pale is Matt Cox (4th) who made a big move up the table with 125 points thanks to an extremely successful Bench Boost. Kane (8 x 2 = 16), Alonso (15), Cedric (11), Cresswell (11), Ryan (10), De Gea (9), Mahrez (9) and Dunk (9) all scored big for Matt. Crucial.
In fact Matt’s 125 points was the best score in the whole league this week and has been submitted… it’s enough for Matt to jump straight to the top of the ‘Best Gameweek Score’ table. I can’t believe I’m gonna be knocked off the top of the table by that perfumed ponce, it feels gut-wrenching. I must have some booze, I demand to have some booze!!
Other excellent scores worthy of mention include Euan Phillips (98th) with 119 points and Darren Webb (180th) with 118 points. And Yabah Turnbull (50th) managed a whopping 120 points, although this was after a -12 point hit. Well done chaps – I guess GW37 wasn’t that sickening for everyone.
But Haroon Rashid (218th) was definitely left feeling A WHITER SHADE OF PALE after scoring just 36 points – the lowest in the league this week. No doubt the FFUKer will rue the day!
The FPL average for GW37 was 73.58 points, whereas the FFUK average was 67. Not bad at all fellas, but not a patch on this time last year when our average would have been far higher.
The penultimate heroes and zeroes of the 2017/18 season are:
Have a cup of petrol on us:
Euan Philips (98th) who rose a massive 24 places with 119 points.
Jamie Cooper (85th) who rose an impressive 18 places with 108 points.
My old mate Vladimir Voronkovs (126th) who rose 17 places with 102 points.
Have a glass of home made urine:
Barry Clarke (109th), your lack of bothering has seen you fall 57 places in 6 weeks.
Ben Hudson (112th) fell 19 places with 44 points.
and Mateusz Kaleta (102nd) who fell 18 places with 45 points.
THE FINAL CONT!
Mark Turnbull (15th) and Daron Russell (61st) played out the Conts finale this week. With Mark in contention for a top 10 spot in the main league he couldn’t be too gung-ho with his transfers and made three (Schmeichel, Shaw and Willian out for Ederson, Naughton and Ramsey) for a -8 hit. Daz on the other hand went all out for Conts glory and made 10 transfers (-36) to pretty much replace his first XI. They both played their Triple Captain chip with Mark going with Jesus and Daz going with Kane. This one move made a big difference that meant Daz earned an extra 12 points for his captain, winning the finale by 15.
But this game was always about getting there, by any means, and Daz nailed it. After realising maybe 10 or 11 gameweeks ago that he had nothing left other than taking money of a drunkard he thought he’d had a pop at this and he really played it right.
Well done Daz, you absolute Cont.
We are now well set up for a great final gameweek in the Cups. Fair play to Paul Browne (12th) who took a -24 to set up his team for the dgw and the last month of the Cups. He obviously remembered that hits don’t count in the first week of the game month so wouldn’t affect his score. Paul really wants to win that FFUK Cup. Current Cup scores are as follows:
FFUK CUP FINAL: Paul Browne 77 v Tom Shepherd 69
CHALLENGE CUP FINAL: Sean Galsworthy 77 v Sam Breen 76
That’s it for this week as we move rapidly towards the final gameweek of the season. The good news is that Chris is back in the UK. He’s feeling better and is now prepared to step back into society and start tossing his orb about. Thank god, as he’s back on review duty next week…
Peace out FFUKers, I’ll be back with a round-up in a couple of weeks analysing how the prizes fall, but for now, congratulations to all our 2017/18 winners so far…
And to anyone still fighting? Have a great Sunday afternoon!
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THE HUMAN FACTION PREPARES to attack, the Wizard King Cartman leading his people to battle.
The sepulcher erected from the studios of Obsidian and past creator THQ has finally surfaced and taken a gasp of air. South Park: The Stick of Truth, a video game created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker is the coagulation of all things South Park created within the 16 year framework since the show’s creation.
Taking on the model of a traditional RPG game, the game revolves around Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny’s quest for the magical “Stick of Truth.” The game begins with the player starting out as a new kid entering the small and quiet town of South Park. While quickly embarking into the quest for the stick and dominion of South Park, the player comes upon the opportunity of choosing a class in which to characterize “The New Kid.” Sticking to traditional style offered in class based RPG games, the classes strike a similar tone: Mage, Thief, and Warrior, but the addition of the fourth class—Jew—is bound to turn some heads, and even offer some enticement into choosing that particular class. Warning: this game aims to offend and prides itself upon it.
While completing quests for the various characters of the game, the whole map of South Park, assimilated from the show, is finally laid out in its entirety. It allows players easy carry-over from the game if lost or a quest item or place is misunderstood; while fast travel becomes a convenience later on in the game due to some exploration.
In the end, I was disappointed by the lack of key items related to each class. Much of the items that can be bought throughout the game can be accessible to all characters, making my choice in the beginning feel uneventful and extraneous. I wanted my decision of selecting the Jew class to feel special and powerful, but it blended in with my later decision to be a Warrior in another run through of the campaign. Also, due to the length of the campaign, 14–16 hours, I found myself laughing the whole way through, but not enough to give the whole campaign another run through. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-22T18:28:57Z', 'url': 'https://poly.rpi.edu/2014/03/19/stick_of_truth__is_just_what_yoursquod_expect/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Caribbean decor need not always be represented by heavy colonial or rattan furnishings with light and breezy pastel tones.
If you ever had a chance to take a non-resort type Caribbean visit, you may have noticed that the locals are very industrious people, recycling and repurposing things out of necessity, ingenuity and as a way of life. On this SCW Style Page, that spirit along with the rhythmic vibes of reggae serve as inspiration for a remixed style that blends easily with natural materials such as leather, wood, tin, metal and burlap. The look is otherwise worldly, current and laid-back like a tropical vacation.
1. 1960s Danish three-seat vintage design sofa; $3,000 USD from 1stdibs. 2.1950s Thonet-style table lamp from 1stdibs. 3. Red, yellow and black pottery pots; $41.63 ea. CAD from Charity Elise on Etsy. 4. Green and golden velvet pillows; $125 USD from Arianna Belle and Burlap coffee-bag pillows covers; $31.22 and $41.63 CAD from Old Lake George. 5. Ivory Beni Ouarain Rug; $500-$5000. Search online for the best prices and quality. This one from 1stdibs. 6. Luxembourg-metal cabinet from Abigail Ahern. 7. Hubert rustic lodge white-washed wood coffee table from Houzz. 8. Corrugated zinc pot from Save-on-crafts. Potted palm not included. 9. Haitian Recycled Metal Steel Drum Sun Mask; $34.99 USD from Gifts with Humanity.10. Vintage metal numbers, #5 #4, #6; $21-$26 CAD from The Old Time Junk Shop on Etsy, #4; $21 CAD from Time Passages, also on Etsy. 11. Cadillac-style, retro chair from, Not on High Street. 12. From Life 3, mixed media on wood, 60x48in; contact artist for price, Sandra Brewster. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-22T14:17:44Z', 'url': 'http://www.suitecitywoman.com/2016/01/27/in-a-rub-a-dub-style-2/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
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Are You Ready to Discover Secrets About Marriage Women Need to Know but Seldom Share? Marriage doesn’t come with a manual! Once you get married there are always surprises. When dozens of women shared answers to the question, “What do you wish you had known before you were married?” they discovered they had lots in common. What they shared in Being Married: Secrets Women Wish They Knew will help you have a happier and more satisfying marriage! • Would you like to avoid the heartbreak of making poor choices? • Do you know what triggers you should NEVER ignore – before or after you’re married? • Can you tell the difference between his culture and values and yours? Learning that the fairy tales about marriage are usually not the truth is especially important for women contemplating getting or staying married.
After over 40 years practicing psychotherapy and coaching, Dr. Laurie Weiss had no intention of starting a new phase of her career. Then a colleague helped her resolve a persistent, stressful problem using an amazing new technique. She was astounded that he did it in just a few minutes, while standing on the sidewalk outside of a restaurant, using only words. She has a multifaceted background as an internationally known psychotherapist, executive and life coach, marriage counselor, relationship communication expert, trainer of professionals, speaker, grandmother and author of 12 books. Her current focus is on helping clients reclaim their life energy and find joy in all areas of their lives.
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Family Patterns are Important
“I wish I had known just how much family patterns
could influence our marriage.”
“What families have in common the world around is that they are the place where people learn who they are and how to be that way.”
—Jean Illsley Clarke
Your Past Impacts Your Expectations
After 14 years of marriage, Rachel wishes she had known “that coming from different family backgrounds made such a big difference. His mother did not work. She hired people for tasks, but in my family we did everything ourselves.”
Rachel didn’t discover the problem until she asked her husband to help with the household chores. When he said, “Just hire someone,” she was appalled. That was not her idea of how to use their limited resources. Besides, she took pride in her ability to do so many useful things by herself.
Over ten years later they still need to spend lots of time negotiating what tasks they each do and which ones they choose to have done by paid help.
As a child, you absorbed the background of your family without thinking about it. Since it was all you knew and experienced, you never questioned whether it was right, wrong or neutral—it was just the way things were. If you always slept in a bed, you quickly came to expect to sleep in a bed. On the other hand, if you always slept in a mat on the floor, or in a hammock slung between two trees, that’s what you expected to continue to do. In other words, as a child, you expected whatever you were accustomed to. And, to a large extent, you still do.
It can be either an exciting adventure or a horrifying experience to learn that others do things very differently. Whether it is exciting or horrifying also depends on your family background. If change was welcomed as an opportunity for exploration, you are excited at the prospect of doing something new and different. But if change was judged and criticized in your family, you probably tend to resist it, even if the change might be for the better.
In any case, it’s important to know that your family backgrounds do matter. If you don’t know how much you are influenced by your early family experiences, you and your husband may both be shocked by how different your “right way” is from his “right way.”
Each Family Has Different Rules
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One of the main reasons I became a Financial Advisor/Money Coach is my kids. Only one of my three gained much financial knowledge in their teens and 20’s. My goal is to help other peoples’ kids achieve the “money sense” they would need to have a successful life. That’s why I volunteer with Junior Achievement. My recent class of fifth graders was a wonderful group.
I have written many times that one of the most important things we can do as parents is teach our kids about money. A good way to do that is to set the right example. Another way is to give them an allowance as a way to help them learn how to handle their own money.
One – You need money before you can buy things. Many kids think money comes from banks or purses or small plastic cards. They need to know you must have money and then you can exchange it for something you need or want.
Two – There is a difference between needs and wants. The child will learn to prioritize purchases.
Three – If you don’t have enough money in your jar to buy something, then you must save until you have enough money. Many adults still don’t get this concept. I recommend jars for these adults also.
I favor four jars: (1) buy something now. (2) save to buy something later. (3) save for college. (4) give to someone less fortunate than you. I suggest a minimum weekly allowance paid on the same day with no strings attached. Then there can be a list of extra chores for extra money. Let your child make decisions about his or her money and then talk about the result.
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Darya Grebenshchikova was born in Moscow to the unlikely couple of a white émigré father who returned to the Soviet Union and a mother who was from a family of Nizhny Novgorod merchants. She was educated as a stage artist at the MKhAT Drama School and worked at the Lenkom Theater as a costume artist before, in the 1990s, accidentally buying a house in a tiny village of Sheshurino with her husband, and then overcoming her fear of cows and dark forests. She has lived there ever since, enjoying the company of the last three remaining babushka neighbors. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-24T04:39:39Z', 'url': 'https://russianlife.com/contributors/darya-grebenshchikova/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Walk - Penzance to St Ives - Day 1
10.9 miles (17.5 km)
Penzance Station main car park TR18 2LT Porthcurno
Challenging -
Penzance to Porthcurno from Penzance Railway Station
A tour of history ancient and modern, with breathtaking scenery that has inspired many artists. This walk also passes through spectacular rock formations, fishing hamlets and a nature reserve. It features a giant, a Stone Age residence, Romans and some high-spirited sailors charged with restoring the 80-ton rock they dislodged.
The Flower Shed
The Flower Shed is in a quiet location, 1 km from Penberth Cove, half a km from the village of Treen. Poldark and Pilcher land.
Castallack Farm
Small farmhouse B&B located between Lamorna Cove & Mousehole, West Cornwall
Lamorna Pottery B&B
We offer an en-suite Twin or King Size rooms. Evening meal by arrangement. Seating area and outlook onto patio and woods.
Glencree House
We're a friendly, award-winning B&B located 50 yards from the Promenade. Cozy beds and great breakfasts in an award winning B&B
The Tremont Hotel
The Tremont is approx. 300 metres from the South West Coast Path offering quality bed & breakfast, packed lunches and drying facilities. Walkers welcome.
Keigwin House
Popular 'home from home', 5 minutes from the Path and town centre. Great breakfasts and a warm welcome awaits. 1 x standard single and 2 x family ensuite rooms
Number Nine B&B
Number Nine offers extremely comfortable accommodation in a lovely Georgian house in central Penzance. Conveniently situated for the South West Coast Path.
Mount View Hotel
Ten minutes from the Coast Path. Open all year. B*B includes a full Cornish breakfast. Dogs welcome and free of charge.
The architect designed Studio is located on the west side of Penberth valley in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 8 mins walk from the Path. Continental breakfast for walkers.continental
You'll be spoilt for choice for where to eat and drink along the Path. With lots of local seasonal food on offer, fresh from the farm, field and waters. Try our local ales, ciders, wines and spirits, increasing in variety by the year, as you sit in a cosy pub, fine dining restaurant or chilled café on the beach. The businesses that support the Path, where you've chosen to visit, are listed here.
The Hoxton Special Cafe & Watersports
(In)famous “Life Changing Coffee” an epic selection of Ice Cream, Cakes, Cream Teas. Watersports including kite-surfing & paddleboarding .
Explore In Cornwall
Guided walking with a qualified Mountain Training Instructor and professional ecologist exploring everything about the path
Western Discoveries Walking Holidays
Unbeatable walking holidays in Cornwall provided by the local experts
From Penzance Railway Station follow Station road past Sullivan’s Diner onto Wharf Road. Walk down Wharf Road with the car park to your left. Pass the old lifeboat house to cross the Abbey Basin on the Ross Bridge walkway and continue to Battery Road and the Jubilee Pool.
There are a number of fascinating historical buildings in this part of Penzance. See the Penzance Town Trail for more information.
From the Jubilee Pool carry on Western Promenade Road, along Cornwall's only promenade,through Wherry Town.
At the end of the promenade bear to the left to carry on along the lane ahead. Then turn left on to Jack Lane. Bear left once more here, crossing the stream by the Fishermans Mission. Carry on around the harbour and past the South Pier. At the end of the Strand keep left as it turns into Fore Street, carrying on ahead until you come to the layby on the left hand side of the road.
Newlyn was home to a post-Impressionist art movement, the Newlyn School. When the Great Western Railway was extended to West Cornwall in 1877, a number of artists settled here. The Tate Gallery recalls that they were, 'drawn by the beauty of the scenery, quality of light, simplicity of life and drama of the sea'. Led by artists Stanhope Forbes and Frank Bramley, who both moved here in the 1880s, the Newlyn School adopted the Impressionist style of working directly from the subject, to depict scenes from rural life, often that of fishermen.
Fork left at the layby, onto the cycleway/South West Coast Path, and follow it along between the rocks and the trees until the cycleway pulls back up onto the Cliff Road at the end of the quarry. Carry on ahead, following the footpath past the memorial and Penlee Point, until you come to Mousehole.
Although the lifeboat for this area. is now in Newlyn, the old lifeboat house in Penlee was kept as a memorial to the crew lost in a tragedy in 1981. On 19 December of that year, the cargo-carrying coaster the Union Star got into difficulty on its maiden voyage between Holland and Ireland. With a total of eight on board, the ship reported engine failure eight miles east of the Wolf Rock. With the wind gusting at speeds of up to 100 mph, the Sea King helicopter sent to the ship's aid from RNAS Culdrose was unable to winch anyone to safety. Despite the appalling conditions the Penlee Lifeboat, the Solomon Browne, was launched. As was the custom in operations that were particularly risky, just one crew member per family was selected for the rescue.
All eight of the men aboard were lost in the rescue attempt, as were all those on the Union Star.
Reaching the car park in Mousehole, carry on ahead on Quay Street and around the harbour, bearing left at the end onto Portland Place. Turn left on Chapel Street at the T-junction and fork right past St Clements Terrace and then left beyond to walk up Raginnis Hill. When the road swings right towards Raginnis, carry straight on ahead on the lane heading south.
Mousehole (pronounced 'mowzel') is named after a small cave of that name. It is famous for its narrow granite streets and tiny harbour, the landing place for the Knights of St John on their return from the Holy Land. Mousehole is also renowned for its 'starry gazy' fish pie and its Christmas lights. Poet Dylan Thomas called it the prettiest village in England, and there is speculation that it was the inspiration for Llaregub, the village at the centre of his 'Under Milk Wood'.
St Clement's Isle, just off the coast, was once a hermit's home.
Point Spaniard, just beyond, is where Carlos de Amesquita landed with 400 men in 1595 during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). Despite outnumbering the Spanish, the English militias posted here to resist any invasion attempt turned tail and fled. This left just 12 men under the leadership of Francis Godolphin, the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. There was nothing left for him to do but withdraw.
Penzance was bombarded by the Spanish fleet and 400 houses were destroyed and three ships sunk. The settlements at Newlyn, Mousehole and Paul were burnt down, and the Spanish seized the cannon from Henry VIII's forts along the coastline and mounted them on their own ships.
After Penzer Point the path drops to carry on above the rocks, staying low as it heads around Kemyel Point and Carn-du to drop into Lamorna Cove.
The conifer plantation sloping down to the sea is the Kemyel Crease Nature Reserve, managed by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Although not a native species, Monterey pine was planted to provide shelter on this exposed part of the coast, thanks to its rapid growth and salt tolerance. Another fast-growing evergreen, Monterey cypress, was also introduced as a windbreak.
In the late nineteenth century, fuchsia hedges were planted around the edge of small flower and potato gardens, which flourished in the south-facing, well-drained cliffs. At one time Kemyel Crease had over a hundred of these gardens, or 'quillets' as they were known, using donkeys to work the land and carry up seaweed as a fertiliser. Early potatoes and flowers were taken to London by train, and the gardens were still being cultivated in the 1930s.
Lamorna Cove was popular with artists of the Newlyn School, being particularly associated with S. J. "Lamorna" Birch who lived here, as well as Alfred Munnings, and Laura and Harold Knight. There is still an active association of artists and craftspeople living and working in Lamorna today, and an Arts Festival is held here every Autumn.
Lamorna has long been a source of granite for construction work, and buildings using the stone include the docks at Dover and Devonport, lighthouses at Bishop Rock and Wolf Rock, and breakwaters at Alderney and Portland. In London, Lloyds Bank, the New Zealand Bank, New Scotland Yard, steps to the National Gallery, the Embankment and the obelisk for the Great Exhibition were all built using Lamorna granite.
Continuing around the quay at Lamorna and bearing left at the end, the path carries on around the bottom of Tregurnow Cliff. It then climbs Rosemodress Cliff above Carn Barges and passes the lighthouse on Tater-du.As you head towards Boscawen Point, you pass above Zawn Gamper and Chough Zawn, bearing right to stay high as the path starts to round Boscawen Point and then dropping into the trees on Boskenna Cliff above Paynter's Cove and St Loy's Cove.
Boskenna Cliff was the home of author Derek Tangye, who wrote a number of books about Cornwall, including 'The Minack Chronicles'. His land here has been turned into a nature reserve.
At St Loy’s Cove the path heads inland towards St Loy. The path forks left at the top to continue through the trees and around Merthen Point. It then climbs high above Trevedran Cliff and Coffin Rock. At Porthguarnon it drops steeply down to the stream and ascends the other side, to pass the Gazells and carry on around Le Scathe Cove.
Fork left and left again to stay close to the cliffs as the path descends to Penberth.
At one time the tiny hamlet of Penberth had a fleet of some fifteen fishing boats, and it is still functioning as a fishing cove, but only a handful of boats fish from here now. An electric winch is used to draw the boats up the granite slipway, instead of the massive man-powered capstan which still has pride of place above the water.
In 1957 Penberth was transferred to the National Trust through the National Heritage Fund, in memory of those who died in the Second World War.
On the far side of Penberth the path climbs steeply around Cribba Head and carries on around the back of Logan Rock and Treryn Dinas.
People have occupied the impressive rocky promontory at Treryn Dinas since early prehistoric times. Flint tools have been found dating back to the Mesolithic (or Middle Stone Age) period. The local eighteenth-century antiquarian William Borlase mentioned a Neolithic stone circle, although there is little to be seen of it now.
The ramparts and ditches of the Iron Age promontory fort are visible, however, defending the landward part of the headland, as are the remains of stone houses within. Coins and a copper brooch from Roman times have also been found here.
At the end of the promontory is the famous Logan Rock, or rocking stone. Logan (pronounced 'loggan') is derived from an English dialect word meaning 'to rock'. It is thought that the original word was the Norse name for 'wagging the tail'. Weighing some 80 tons, the Logan Rock was dislodged in 1824 by a group of high-spirited British seamen, led by the nephew of poet Oliver Goldsmith. It had become a popular tourist feature, and local residents insisted that the Admiralty should make the men restore the stone. This they did, with the help of 60 men using 13 capstans with blocks and chains from the dock yard at Plymouth, at a cost of £130 8s 6d.
Local legend says that a giant and his wife once lived here. There is a smaller Logan Rock nearby known as the Lady Logan Rock. This is supposedly the form of the giantess after she was turned to rock by the curses of the husband she had just murdered.
From Treryn Dinas the path carries on above sandy beaches to Porthcurno. If you are travelling back to Penzance by bus then turn right to head up the path through the car park. You will find the bus stop at the car park entrance.
Porthcurno has a remote and beautiful beach with turquoise waters and white sand made of crushed seashells. It is internationally famous for its role in the history of telegraphy, dating back to the nineteenth century. Then it was the British end of submarine cables reaching from here to India. It is also famous for the Minack theatre, an outdoor amphitheatre carved into the cliffs with spectacular views across the bay.
Click to view Penzance to St Ives - Day 2
Penzance was the final stop of Brunel's Great Western Railway and is easily reached by train (including a sleeper service) from most of the UK. There is a regular bus service between Penzance and Porthcurno, and if you want to shorten the walk, you can also catch buses to and from Mousehole and Lamorna. For timetable information, zoom in on the interactive map and click on the train station and bus stop symbols, visit Traveline or phone 0871 200 22 33.
Walks along the SW Coast Path - Penzance to St Ives
Penzance to Mousehole
Penzance Town Trail
Penzance to Marazion seafront walk
Penzance from Marazion
Perranuthnoe from Marazion seafront
Penzance via Marazion Marsh
Marazion Marsh from Penzance Station
Perranuthnoe Circular from Marazion seafront
Lamorna & The Kemyel Nature Reserve
Lamorna & St Loy
Penzance to St Ives - Day 1
Mousehole to Lamorna and back
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Deadline To Join Volkswagen Emissions Dieselgate Action Approaching!
Deadline to join the Volkswagen Emission “DieselGate” action fast approaching!
The deadline is set by the court, but we can tell you now that the deadline is likely to be set in the next few months.
This means that, if you have yet to start your Volkswagen Emissions Claim and you’re serious about making a claim, you need to get started now.
It’s easy to join and we are helping people on a No Win, No Fee basis. For these types of actions, you don’t need to do a lot as we will do all the legal work for you.
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We should soon be able to confirm exactly when it will be. We should be able to do this after the next big hearing, which is set for next week.
However, what we can say is that the deadline is likely to be set by the court to be in the next few months. Time is therefore very short.
When should I start my VW Emissions claim?
We’re working on a No Win, No Fee basis, so what do you have to lose?
The case and the way claims are being pursued has already changed numerous times over the last two years… we’ve been fighting for victims since the news of emissions scandal broke so, to avoid any problems, you should claim now if you’re serious about being involved in the dieselgate action.
Based on previous actions we’ve been involved in, if you miss the deadline to join an action, you’ll be unable to benefit from any of the outcomes in the litigation.
If you try and join after the deadline, the judge will normally refuse unless you have a very, very, very good reason. Unfortunately, “not knowing about it” is not an excuse that’s usually accepted.
Deadlines are there for a reason. Missing a court deadline is usually a massive issue, and not one we can just resolve.
Do I have to do much?
Not usually in a case of this nature. Normally, we do all the legwork and you provide us with information here and there when required.
We keep our clients updated as to the progress of things as well.
We strongly believe VW should be punished for what they’ve done.
The human and environmental impact of the scandal has been massive. We also believe consumers should be compensated, and legislation could allow the recovery of thousands of pounds in damages, or even up to one hundred percent of the purchase price of the vehicle.
We say it’s definitely worth it!
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The first of two semi-annual utility invoices from the City for 2019 will be mailed to UA households by the end of January. These invoices include the Solid Waste fee, the Stormwater Utility fee, and in some cases a Neighborhood Lighting Utility fee. All fees remain the same for 2019.
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Enabling Net Zero Markets: Greening Public Financial Management
A nation’s ability to mobilize resources to combat and cope with climate change is primarily constrained by its resources and financial capacity, which vary dramatically across developing contexts. While external sources of funding like the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are critical to meeting a nation’s Paris Agreement goals, they are often out of reach without domestic financial systems and processes to absorb such funds and use them productively. To achieve the proper level of financing for national climate initiatives, countries should first look domestically and identify how public financial management (PFM) systems can be tailored to reflect climate priorities and how fiscal tools could be utilized to spur a net-zero market economy through targeted incentives. Doing so can encourage innovative climate entrepreneurs to cultivate solutions, reduce barriers to green investment, and lower future climate-related macro-fiscal risks, contributing to future public revenues. With the right assistance and political momentum, policy champions, leaders, and finance ministers can facilitate this transition through sequencing and tailoring existing PFM frameworks to achieve pressing climate objectives without a complete overhaul. The good news is that governments already possess the core fiscal instruments to catalyze a broader green market shift. The development community can also assist at all stages throughout this transition to provide critical support, particularly in developing contexts where foundational PFM systems often remain weak.
Green PFM: An Integrated Framework for the Budget Cycle
Robust PFM is at the heart of a well-functioning public administration, transforming public resources (collected through taxes and fees) into activities and services and creating funding channels to support fiscal policies tied to national objectives and strategies (e.g., Nationally Determined Contributions). It can target and address the underlying causes of distortionary market behaviors that encourage high emissions and climate-vulnerable growth by creating the enabling environment, capacity, and incentives that promote public and private investments to facilitate an equitable and just climate transition.
Akin to other priority-based budgeting approaches (e.g., gender-responsive budgeting), green PFM integrates specific-issue topics into existing PFM practices and processes. Similarly, existing PFM systems can be adapted through a sustainable, green lens. At the core of all PFM is the annual budget cycle, through which line ministries develop, execute, monitor, and have their budgets audited. IMF’s holistic approach to green PFM presents the key entry points for integrating climate commitments across the budget cycle through conceptual presentation supplemented by country case studies, whose core concepts are described below.
Legal Precondition. The budget cycle must be underpinned by strong legal foundations that will decrease the likelihood of policy reversals arising from economic or political changes and sustain the forward momentum and continued application of green PFM practices. Demand for green PFM reforms originates with climate awareness and commitment among internal (e.g., legislative branch) and external stakeholders (e.g., civil society, private sector, media) and can be promoted through active public consultation meetings and workshops. Active dialogue and public participation are critical for building greater accountability and deeper fiscal transparency around plans and expenditures that lead to meaningful climate action. As an example, using a local systems approach, the USAID Guatemala Biodiversity Project improved coordination among government authorities and facilitated consensus-building dialogue between the private sector and civil society at both the subnational and national legal levels. This cooperation was crucial to rectifying existing legal and regulatory contradictions and led to 10 policies and legal provisions in sustainable livestock and protected areas.
Strategic planning and fiscal framework. Every budget cycle begins with priority-setting at the strategic planning phase, establishing the fiscal framework and resource constraints. Green priorities should be integrated into medium-term fiscal frameworks (MTFF), which outline the budget’s macroeconomic assumptions and establish the macro-fiscal baseline, ensuring that climate change initiatives fall within the country’s fiscal means and are sustainable across multiple budget cycles. For instance, introducing a carbon tax could significantly expand the tax base and fiscal space (see below). Climate-related fiscal risks should also inform the fiscal framework, including the uncertainty of costs associated with mitigation (e.g., costs associated with transitions to a low carbon economy) and adaptation due to climate change (e.g., natural disasters affecting infrastructure and weather patterns affecting agriculture yields).
Budget Preparation. During the budget preparation phase, climate-related instructions and requirements are integrated into annual budget circulars (critical guidance documents that provide operational guidelines and targets to sectoral ministries), motivating agencies to consider line items based on GHG emission factors, climate-friendly investment projects or use carbon pricing methods. As budgets are developed in line with the circulars, ministries should then incorporate climate initiatives into their own budget priorities – including green public investments and subnational government financing (see next section). Green budget tagging can support monitoring climate-related and tax expenditures by “tagging” individual components based on whether they negatively or positively impact green objectives. Such outcome-targeting aligns well with program and performance budgeting, where USAID and other partners have provided extensive support.
Budget Execution and Accounting. In an effective green PFM system, legislatures approve budgets which must then be executed, monitored, and reported based on climate-related expenditures (for instance, through leveraging the green tagging system). Budget execution systems should also build flexibility and responsiveness that tackle climate-related emergencies while ensuring robust accounting systems are in place to prevent leaks and deter corrupt activities during vulnerabilities.
Control and Audit. Specific expertise is needed to implement control and internal/external audit methodologies to assess the efficiency and efficacy of climate-related expenditures. Development partners can step in to build the capacity of a government’s internal (e.g., Congressional oversight bodies) and external audit institutions (e.g., Supreme Audit Institutions) to carry out ex-post evaluations that assess whether budgets have been implemented in line with climate goals and national strategies. Such oversight frameworks should also be built for sub-national governments where a sizable piece of the budget may be executed. For example, the USAID Vietnam Governance for Inclusive Growth Program created an auditors’ manual used by the State Audit Office of Vietnam that featured detailed steps in audit planning, implementation, and reporting on specific environmental issues, including projects, environmental impact assessments, waste management, water pollution, and climate change.
Targeted Fiscal Tools to Spur Market Action
With the green PFM framework serving as a holistic guide underpinning climate-responsive budget formulation and expenditures, specific fiscal tools can be deployed in line with the budget cycle to stimulate market movements in the green space and achieve national climate objectives.
Carbon Taxation and Tax Expenditures. Carbon pricing (charges on the carbon content of fossil fuels or their emissions) is an essential mitigation instrument that encourages low-carbon investment and lowers energy consumption choices by raising the cost of carbon-intensive assets. Carbon pricing also generates domestic revenue, which can be used to fund further green investments, and may dovetail well with carbon credit markets as emitters seek to reduce their tax obligation through purchasing credits, as they provide funds to support communities engaged in sustainable income-generating activities. Tax expenditure policies can also complement the introduction of certain green tax policies. For example, subsidies and expenditures that support energy efficiency projects can smooth the impact of carbon pricing when implemented in the future. Environmental tax revenues can also be redistributed to support the livelihoods of vulnerable households adversely impacted by green fiscal policies (e.g., those working in unsustainable, high-emitting industries).
Example: Colombia passed a national carbon tax on liquid fossil fuels to encourage and fund environmental conservation efforts in 2016. This tax encouraged fuel distributors to reduce their carbon tax obligation by buying carbon credits from renewable energy and forest protection projects. In this context, the USAID Bio-REDD+ project helped 19 Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities in Colombia establish 8 REDD+ projects. These projects generated carbon credits for sale, funding forest conservation and community services, and the model is being adopted and scaled for use in other areas of the country. The Colombian Ministry of Finance estimates this tax will generate USD $250 million in annual financing for conservation and restoration projects.
Public Investment. Fiscal policies that combine green investments with carbon taxation can demonstrate a strong multiplier effect. Targeted public investment, underpinned by robust environmental impact assessments used for their approval and selection, can help align market expectations on a green transition and crowd-in private investment. Resilient infrastructure is critical for adaptation purposes, whether it improves early warning systems, dryland agriculture, or efficient water resource management. Significant public investment should also flow into re-skilling and up-skilling the workforce through training and policies that facilitate transitions to green jobs. To amplify impact, private investment can be mobilized through developing bankable, climate-resilient public-private partnership projects with appropriate risk-sharing arrangements in project design: technical assistance that USAID projects can support. Global methods that are in development to support climate-informed public investment and asset management include the International Monetary Fund’s new climate module for the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and the World Bank’s collation of approaches to climate-smart public investment management.
Example: The USAID B+WISER project in the Philippines advanced conservation finance through the design and replication of payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes, working closely with governments, the private sector, and local communities to leverage investments in forest protection. Together with private investment and local fee collection and retention initiatives, B+WISER leveraged $58.7 million in public and private investment for forest and biodiversity protection, and 30,000 people, including women and indigenous peoples, received increased economic benefits.
Subnational Government Financing. Subnational governments (SNGs) play a crucial role in a nation’s climate transition, delivering services for adaptation, identifying and taxing large emitters, and constructing resilient infrastructure. Central governments can incentivize SNGs through fiscal transfers explicitly tied to low-carbon investments or green policies and require reporting obligations and monitoring of performance indicators for their usage. Equalization mechanisms could also play a role in ensuring that the SNGs that are more vulnerable to climate change receive additional resources. Expenditure tagging is then necessary to monitor how transferred funds are being used and whether to its climate-positive objectives.
Example: The USAID Mozambique Coastal Cities Adaptation Program (CCAP) developed a Local Government Self-Assessment tool used to assess levels of climate change preparedness and resilience in three coastal cities and then helped the cities develop mechanisms to become climate resilient, including potential financial needs. Municipal councils ratified resulting adaptation plans to inform city planning and budgeting decisions, with participating cities raising $5.07 million in climate change adaptation funding from public and private sources. The city of Pemba, for example, mobilized $2 million to address climate-related priorities identified in its local adaptation plan.
Conclusion: A Word on Strategic Sequencing
Green PFM reforms require many years of iteration and are nascent in most countries. A medium- to long-term strategy is critical, and countries must make strategic decisions on priority entry points in line with existing national priorities and capacity constraints. As the IMF recommends in their Green PFM framework, strategies must be sequenced appropriately, with concrete action plans and realistic timelines, and should pilot practices and processes in key ministries before full roll-out. For instance, green PFM systems only make sense if basic elements of a functional traditional PFM system, like financial compliance and budget preparation, are in place, which is further required to access public climate finance. As capacity gaps are identified, development partners can play an important role in providing training, grants, international expertise, and global best practices to ensure that PFM reforms will sustain over time through building state capacity. As such, the development community must support governments in their transition journeys, as greening PFM processes and tailored fiscal policies have the potential to unlock significant market interest in the climate-positive space.
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Remembering Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Envoy to the Dalai Lama
The late activist, journalist, politician, humanitarian, and negotiator changed American-Tibetan relations.
By Joan Duncan Oliver
Lodi Gyari | Photo courtesy of the International Campaign for Tibet
Even to many in the Buddhist world, the name Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari might not ring a bell. Though his half-century career as an activist, journalist, politician, humanitarian, negotiator, and emissary for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was impressive by any standards, much of Gyari’s work went on out of public view. But since his death on October 29, after a lengthy battle with liver cancer, diplomats, legislators, and other global figures have joined Tibetans around the world in mourning the loss of one of Tibet’s most tireless champions. Gyari was 69 years old.
To the Tibetan community, he was Gyari Rinpoche. He was recognized at age four as a reincarnate lama, but never ordained; the honorific “rinpoche” was a sign of the respect he engendered. Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan government-in-exile), hailed Gyari as a “true Tibetan patriot [who] leaves behind a legacy of public service.” In its tribute, the International Campaign for Tibet, which Gyari served from 1991 to 2014 as president and then board chairman, described him as “an impassioned advocate for the Tibetan people, universal human rights, and global democratic reform.”
In the world arena, Lodi Gyari is best remembered as a skilled diplomat, whose expertise on the Tibet question and relations with China, India, and the US was sought after by government leaders and policy makers. Appointed the Dalai Lama’s special envoy in Washington, DC, in 1991, Gyari led nine rounds of high-level negotiations with the Chinese government between 2002 and 2010, in an effort to resolve the status of the Tibetan Autonomous Region under Chinese rule. Despite Gyari’s back-channel efforts to keep the process on track, the talks broke down. The Chinese flatly rejected the Dalai Lama’s “Middle Way” proposal to grant Tibet “genuine autonomy” while remaining within China, claiming that it was not “mutually beneficial,” as His Holiness suggested, but a backhanded move to gain independence. Undeterred, Gyari continued to work for reopening the dialogue until it was clear further effort would be fruitless. (Midway through the process, he had commented, “For someone like me, engaged in the negotiations, I see it more as a spiritual practice than an exercise in diplomacy.”) When the Dalai Lama transferred political power to the elected Tibetan government-in-exile in 2012, Gyari resigned as special envoy.
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More successful were his efforts to rally the global community behind the Tibetan cause. The International Campaign for Tibet, which under Gyari’s leadership increased its membership from less than 1,000 to over 75,000, played a key role in helping put Tibet on the international agenda. The Chinese took a dim view of Gyari’s lobbying, but he persisted. A major coup was persuading the US government to “institutionalize” support for Tibet through legislation. For decades the US had supplied aid fitfully and unofficially, wary of antagonizing the Chinese. But the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 made the aid official: its stated purpose was “to support the aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity.” The act established a Special Coordinator on Tibetan Issues within the State Department and laid out policies and allocated funds to benefit Tibetans in Tibet and in exile. The 2002 act also offered support for the Dalai Lama’s efforts to reach a negotiated solution with the Chinese.
Lodi Gyari is further credited with garnering bipartisan support in the US Congress for awarding His Holiness the legislative branch’s highest expression of national appreciation, the Congressional Gold Medal, “in recognition of his many enduring and outstanding contributions to peace, non-violence, human rights, and religious understanding.” George W. Bush, who presented the award, was the first US president to meet the Dalai Lama in public.
Gyari was frequently consulted by members of Congress. It was a big change from his early days in Washington, when Tibet wasn’t on anyone’s agenda. “Some junior officials would meet me in some coffee shop that was as far away as possible from Foggy Bottom,” he told the Washington Post in 2007. A Congressional aide interviewed for the Post described Gyari as “very humble, quiet, very persistent, but in a way that is never threatening.”
When Gyari retired as special envoy in 2012, the US Senate passed a resolution (S. Res. 557) commending his achievements “in building an international coalition of support for Tibet” that recognizes the importance of Tibetan culture and the need for Tibetan autonomy in China. In a statement after Gyari’s death, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House, recalled his legacy and said, “Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle benefited from Lodi’s insight and wisdom.”
Lodi Gyari’s commitment to the Tibetan cause was instilled early on. He was born in 1949 to an influential family of activists in Nyarong, a region in Eastern Kham. After the Chinese occupied Tibet (1950–1951), Gyari’s father, who was the regional administrator, was placed under house arrest, as was his grandfather, who later died in detention. After being recognized at age four as a reincarnation of the Nyingma master Khenchen Jampal Dewe Nyima, Gyari was taken to Lumorap Monastery in Nyarong for a traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastic education. His training was cut short in 1959, however, when his family fled to India to escape Chinese persecution. Gyari resumed study with Tibetan Buddhist masters in India, but early on he joined the struggle for Tibetan freedom and did not complete the training for ordination. The CIA tapped Gyari to be schooled as an interpreter for Tibetan freedom fighters being trained in the US, but he declined the offer and went into journalism instead. He edited Sheja (Tibetan Freedom), a Tibetan-language weekly, and in 1967 helped launch The Voice of Tibet, a monthly later renamed Tibetan Review that was the first English-language publication for Tibetans.
Though Lodi Gyari continued to support armed resistance against the Chinese, in 1970 he and three friends established the Tibetan Youth Congress to motivate young people to join the political struggle for Tibet’s future. Today, the Tibetan Youth Congress, which identifies itself as a “worldwide organization of Tibetans pledged to restore complete independence,” is the largest grassroots political organization for Tibetans in exile, with over 30,000 members.
As Gyari gained attention for his democratic principles and progressive ideas, his views on the future of Tibet evolved. Influenced by the Dalai Lama, he gradually rejected armed resistance in favor of a nonviolent negotiated settlement. In 1979, Gyari was elected to the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, becoming, at age 30, the youngest person to preside over that body. He also served as a member of the Kashag (Cabinet) and as Minister of the Department of Information and International Relations, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Gyari made his first trips to China in 1982 and 1984 as part of a three-person delegation to explore the possibility of talks. Nothing came of those visits, and in 1991, he moved to Washington, DC, to take up his post as the Dalai Lama’s special envoy.
Humanitarian work
Gyari’s efforts on behalf of the Tibetan people went beyond his service to the Dalai Lama and his leadership of the International Campaign for Tibet. He chaired the board of the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture, a US-based nonprofit dedicated to preserving Tibet’s living heritage in partnership with institutions, scholars, and religious leaders. And both formally and informally, he supported a number of initiatives focused on such areas as cultural and environmental preservation, health and education, job development, and protecting sacred sites and Tibetan Buddhist texts.
Gyari’s humanitarian activities extended to the wider world as well. He was a founder of the Allied Committee, formed to address issues common to Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Mongolians under Chinese rule, and a founder of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, established before the dissolution of the Soviet Union to promote human rights through democracy and nonviolence.
The Institute for Asian Democracy, another US-based organization that Gyari co-founded, is said to be one of the “most enduring and effective organizations working for human rights and democratic reform in Burma [Myanmar].”
Gyari was a frequent lecturer at universities and other institutions in the US, Europe, and Asia. A prolific writer, he published articles and editorials, and contributed book chapters on the challenges facing the Tibetans. At his death, he is said to have been putting the final touches on his memoir.
Lodi Gyari lived with his wife, Dawa Chokyi, in McLean, Virginia, where they raised five daughters and a son. He is also survived by his mother, four brothers, three sisters, and a number of grandchildren.
Joan Duncan Oliver is a Tricycle contributing editor. The author of six books, including Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices, she also edited Commit to Sit, an anthology of articles from Tricycle.
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L'épargne logement est un système d'épargne donnant accès ultérieurement à un crédit immobilier à un taux privilégié pour contribuer à l'achat d'un logement (prêt habitat) pour l'habitat principal de l'intéressé ou de sa famille.
France
En France, les deux produits d'épargne logement sont le compte épargne logement (CEL) et le plan épargne logement (PEL) sur la base desquels une banque peut accorder un prêt épargne logement.
Suisse
En 2012, l'Initiative populaire « pour un traitement fiscal privilégié de l'épargne-logement destinée à l'acquisition d'une habitation à usage personnel ou au financement de travaux visant à économiser l'énergie ou à préserver l'environnement » a été rejetée par le peuple.
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Alves, Neymar planned response to racist banana toss long ago
By Nicholas MendolaApr 30, 2014, 12:30 PM EDT
Perhaps the only fortunate thing about racism being quite real is that you can plan for it to pop up.
And so when Dani Alves picked up the banana tossed at his feet before a corner kick and proceeded to eat it, the act was the culmination of a long plan orchestrated by the Barcelona player, his teammate Neymar and a public relations form.
As you can imagine, plenty of times a player has said, “The next time some #$%@#$ throws a banana at me, I’m gonna (insert action here).” Neymar and Alves saw it as an opportunity to orchestrate a public display against racism.
Stars across the world Tweeted photos eating bananas with the hashtag #WeAreAllMonkeys and #somostodosmacacos. Philippe Countino, Luis Suarez, Sergio Aguero and Marta were among the players to take part.
The Mirror explains how it all went down:
Spanish paper AS claims that it was a campaign planned well in advance, after the Brazilian duo were racially abused at Espanyol back in late March.
Together with marketing agency Loducca, Neymar and Alves planned to eat the next banana thrown at them live in front of a TV audience, and use that moment to kick-start a social media campaign.
Within minutes of Alves eating a banana thrown at him on the pitch, Neymar tweeted his picture, which has been mimicked by a host of high-profile sportsmen, celebrities and political figures.
Pretty genius (and pretty sad that it took less than a month for a banana toss to be aimed at one of the two plotting players). If you missed it, the banana-throwing suspect has been arrested and is receiving his punishment soon. | {"pred_label": "__label__wiki", "pred_label_prob": 0.6344407200813293, "wiki_prob": 0.6344407200813293, "source": "cc/2022-05/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line1393442"} |
Burger King Japan is teasing a Whopper-scented cologne.
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It's Thanksgiving on a bun -- what could be more American than that?
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Disaster Response original
Disaster Response Network (DRN):
The DRN was developed by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1991 as part of the association’s 100-year anniversary commemoration of signing a memorandum of understanding between APA and the American Red Cross. LPA’s DRN is a network of psychologists who are trained in disaster mental health and provide pro bono services to disaster survivors and relief workers. The DRN works collaboratively with the American Red Cross and other relief organizations to provide assistance to disaster survivors and first responders from licensed psychologists. The aim is to address psychological well-being and mental health needs of those affected by disasters with a swift response coordinated by the DNR.
If you are interested in learning more about the DRN, disaster response, and ways you can help, please contact Public Affairs Chair, Courtland Chaney, Ph.D.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) offers a comprehensive list of trainings and resources pertinent to disaster mental health for both survivors and first responders including a video series on Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health and a comprehensive Disaster Planning Handbook for Behavioral Health Treatment programs.
National Disaster Resources
APA: Responding to a Disaster
FEMA: Emergency Management Institute
National Center for PTSD: Psychological First Aid
State-Level Disaster Resources
Louisiana Emergency Preparedness
LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute
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Congratulations to Morgan Larson and the crew of Oman Air, who in their first Extreme Sailing Series regatta on Friday overhauled Groupe Edmond de Rothschild to claim victory in Muscat. The westerly Volvo Ocean Race boats are set to thread their way through the exotic Solomon Islands. In the Global Ocean Race the remaining boats at sea are upwind to Punta del Este. The Melges 32 Miami Championship is underway with the Japanese Swing team ahead, while Heineken St Maarten Regatta has also started. See details of the modified 49er – the FX – which is one of the contenders for the women’s skiff slot for Rio 2016. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-21T02:48:15Z', 'url': 'http://www.thedailysail.com/blogs/12/james-boyd/victory-to-oman-air-newbies', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Joey Hanzich ’10 Remembered; Tribute Site on Facebook.com
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A memorial service to celebrate the life of Joey Hanzich ’10 was held on Sunday, September 30, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. in the Yale Law School auditorium. A reception followed in the Yale Law School dining hall.
To read Dean Harold Hongju Koh’s memorial remarks about Joey, click here.
Joey, a first-year student at Yale Law School, was found dead in his New Haven apartment on Sept. 13, from what appeared to be natural causes.
“He was a gifted and wonderful young man,” said Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh in a message to the Law School community (see below). “How privileged we were to have him with us, even for such a short time.”
Yale Law School has established a memorial scholarship fund in Joey’s name. The Joey Hanzich ’10 Fund at Yale Law School will serve as a lasting memorial to Joey’s life of service, humanity and compassion. The Fund will provide financial aid support to deserving and talented students who reflect Joey’s commitment to public service and the common good. It may also be used to support activities related to healthcare law or other policy interests, which Joey so passionately pursued.
Donations may be sent to Yale Law School Fund, P.O. Box 208341, New Haven, CT 06520-8341, with a note stating the check is for The Joey Hanzich ’10 Fund. Checks should be made payable to "Yale Law School Fund." For more information, call 203-432-6080.
If you would like to share your reflections about Joey or read the many tributes that have been posted in his honor, visit the Facebook website. Follow the simple directions to register. Facebook will send you a confirming email. Click on the link in the email, and in the window that comes up, click on “Groups” in the left column. In the top right search field, type “Joey Hanzich” and press enter. To read the many tributes, click “View Group.” To add your own tribute, click “Join Group.”
Dean Harold Hongju Koh's message to the Yale Law School community, sent Sept. 14, 2007.
I am deeply saddened to tell you that we have lost a precious member of our Yale Law School community. On Thursday, first-year student Joey Hanzich was found dead in his New Haven apartment, from what we believe to be natural causes.
Joey was a special member of our Yale Law School family, whom some of you already knew quite well and others were just getting to know.
He graduated as valedictorian of his class from Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California. He went on to Harvard College where he received numerous honors, including Phi Beta Kappa, John Harvard Scholar, and the Detur Book Prize. He was the U.S. Presidential Scholar representing California.
Outside the classroom, Joey was a dedicated member of the Harvard College Democrats who worked on John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. He was active in community service; when one of his friends was diagnosed with cancer, Joey joined the American Cancer Society and helped raise money for medical research as the director of Harvard's Relay for Life. He used his fluency in Spanish to provide translation services to the poor in Harvard Law School's legal services clinic, and he volunteered in nursing homes, providing music and entertainment to the elderly. Academically, he was passionate about health care policy and traveled to Santiago, Chile, to work for the Chilean National Health Care Fund, about which he wrote his undergraduate thesis. He spent last year at Pembroke College Cambridge studying health care policy.
I ask you to support one another during this time of great sorrow. Please draw upon the resources of our Law School community and the larger Yale community, if you have questions or concerns or need to talk to someone.
In her 2007 commencement speech, Professor Pam Karlan quoted this line from the poem, “The Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Joey Hanzich did so much with his life; he would have done so much more. He was a gifted and wonderful young man. How privileged we were to have him with us, even for such a short time. | {"pred_label": "__label__wiki", "pred_label_prob": 0.762250542640686, "wiki_prob": 0.762250542640686, "source": "cc/2023-06/en_head_0006.json.gz/line1623747"} |
AgriRecovery Program Funding Details Announced For Saskatchewan
Released on August 30, 2021
Today, Agriculture Minister David Marit announced details of the AgriRecovery program, now referred to as the 2021 Canada-Saskatchewan Drought Response Initiative. Producers can submit applications toward the Initiative on September 1, 2021.
The Initiative will consist of two payments totaling up to $200/head for cattle, with adjustments based on animal unit equivalents for other livestock. The initial payment will provide producers with $100 per breeding female equivalent in inventory as of August 1, 2021. Secondary payments will be up to $100 per breeding female equivalent in inventory as of December 31, 2021.
"We are here to support livestock producers during this difficult time," Marit said. "We have worked efficiently to solidify initiative details and understand producers need financial assistance to help offset costs associated with herd management decisions. We are eager to begin accepting applications for the Initiative on September 1."
Eligible livestock for the Initiative include Canadian-owned female beef and dairy cattle, bison, elk, sheep or goats that are bred or intended to be bred. The number of open replacement females that can be considered eligible livestock is 15 per cent of the total number of bred females.
Earlier this month, Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $119 million in direct support for drought-affected livestock producers under the AgriRecovery program. AgriRecovery is part of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership agreement, with funding shared on a 60-40 federal-provincial basis.
The 2021 Canada-Saskatchewan Drought Response Initiative will provide financial relief to help offset the extraordinary costs livestock producers face related to the current drought, with a per head payment on female breeding livestock.
Further details on the Initiative and applications will be available on the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation's website, www.scic.ca.
Tessa Krofchek
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC)
Email: [email protected]
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Non-fungible Tokens — by Alessandro Civati
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are digital assets that include a wide range of unique tangible and intangible items such as virtual real estate, sports cards, and digital sneakers.
One significant advantage of owning a digital collectible over a physical collectible such as a rare minted coin is that the NFTs contain distinguishing information to make it unique and verifiable. That makes it impossible to create and circulate fake collectibles since each asset can be traced back to the original issuer.
An NFT cannot be directly exchanged for another NFT since they cannot be identical even when existing in the same platform, game, or collection. The feature distinguishes them from regular cryptocurrencies. They have been compared to festival tickets that bear the event’s name, the purchaser’s name, date of the event, and venue. It is not possible to exchange a ticket for one festival with a ticket for another festival.
A considerable number of NFTs were built using Ethereum token standards ERC-721 and ERC-1155. These standards represent blueprints created by Ethereum to facilitate the deployment of NFTs and compatibility with the broader ecosystem, including exchanges and wallet services. NFTs are stored in digital wallets as collector’s items, and their use is being adopted beyond arts and sports into virtual gaming and real estate.
The following are other notable features of NFTs:
Non-interoperable: NFTs cannot be used across the board to replace or in exchange for another NFT. For example, a CryptoPunk cannot be used in the CryptoKitties game and vice versa. The same applied to collectibles and trading cards that cannot be used interchangeably across platforms.
Indivisible: NFTs cannot be divided into smaller units as it happens with Bitcoin that can be divided into smaller denominations called satoshis. An NFT will only exist as a whole item. You cannot own part of an NFT.
Indestructible: Non-fungible tokens cannot be destroyed, replicated, or destroyed since all data is stored on the blockchain via smart contracts. The ownership of NFTs is immutable, meaning that gamers and collectors are the proper owners of their NFTs and not the companies that created them. The ownership of NFTs is entirely different and cannot be compared to buying music from iTunes, where you do not own whatever you are buying as a user. In these scenarios, you are only purchasing the license to listen to the music and not holding it.
Verifiable: One of the significant benefits of blockchains is the storing of historical ownership data. Therefore, the ownership of a digital artwork can be traced back to the original creator, which helps in authenticating art pieces without the need for verification by third parties.
NFTs are increasingly becoming highly popular with companies and crypto users because they have revolutionized the gaming and collectible spaces. With the widespread adoption of blockchain technology, we have more and more investment in NFTs, with gamers and collectors happy to become immutable owners of in-game items and other unique assets.
The opportunity to make money from these digital assets is very attractive. Individuals can directly sell their digital assets, which they accumulate as they play games in the secondary market, including avatars, costumes, and in-game currency. Artists have been happy to sell their artwork in digital form without using galleries and auction houses. The ability to directly sell to a global audience means they can retain a significant portion of their profits, resulting in settling agent commissions and other administrative fees. A substantial benefit of the digital assets is that royalties can be directly programmed in the digital artwork, ensuring that the original creator continues to receive a percentage of sales whenever the piece is sold to a new owner. Some players in the space have been able to develop structures and monetize. Examples of the systems have been virtual casinos and theme parks such as Decentraland and The Sandbox.
The value in digital assets follows the rules of supply and demand, just like in other markets. The scarcity of NFTs coupled with the high demand from investors, gamers, and collectors means that people are ready to pay high prices for them. Many NFTs have made lots of money for their owners, such as an investor parting with $220,000 to buy a segment of digital Monaco racing track in the F1 Delta time game. Through the NFT receives 5% dividends from all races that take place on it.
Digital collectibles, especially art and sports memorabilia, are attracting hundreds of thousands of dollars. NFTs have inspired a crypto art movement as we witness more people join the craze. For example, NBA Top Shot, a platform by Dapper Labs in collaboration with the basketball league, has attracted huge sales driven by celebrities and sports fans. The increased interest in the tokens comes as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have experienced big rallies.
Non-fungible tokens are expected to transform fortunes for content creators. They will allow creators to own property rights for their creations and profit them in many different ways. Musicians have struggled to earn a living from their work in the digital age, and NFTs can help prove ownership of work and create an additional revenue stream from their work. Crypto art has been the most robust growing section of the digital collectible market. More people look for digital native asset classes outside of the established asset markets. The NFT market is maturing nicely and attracting people who have amassed wealth and reputation looking to invest in purely virtual assets. Well-established digital artists such as Beeple have recently sold their NFT-based art pieces through famed auction houses such as Christie’s.
NFTs are here to stay despite the surge in prices being likened to the speculative crypto-mania surrounding cryptocurrencies. NFTs are strongly backed as the route to the formalization of digital ownership and extending ownership beyond the life of any game, company, or platform. Many sports franchises and governing bodies, and the entertainment industry have shown strong interest in developing NFTs for their ardent fans. The NBA Top Shot already boasts more than 100,000 active collectors and more than $215 million in sales.
In this way, NFT are another disruptive innovation linked to Blockchain Technology. The world is changing faster, and the regulators should not be only lawyers or politicians but technicians too. We are already inside the new digital-world, and before corruption and crisis arrive, clear rules must be applied to the international system. Like every opportunity, risks are outside the door.
Author: Alessandro Civati
Email: [email protected]
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Fearless Ideas: The Campaign for Maryland—the University of Maryland's most ambitious fundraising campaign to-date—will focus on elevating and expanding our mission of service, enhancing our academic distinction, and bolstering a leading-edge research enterprise that has the power to improve the lives of millions.
Join us in bringing the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to even greater heights by supporting program that you feel passionate about.
Gifts to this facility help further the new Whiting-Turner Infrastructure Engineering Laboratories, supplying students with top-of-the-line equipment for examining the behaviors of steel, asphalt, soil composites, and other infrastructure design materials.
Gifts to this fund support the student and faculty educational and research departmental needs.
Gifts to this fund provide support for students involved with large and small design projects.
Through support of this endowment, the Maryland section of ASCE provides an annual scholarship for students enrolled in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of academic merit and financial need, must be members of the ASCE student chapter and are undergraduate students who have obtained junior or senior class standing.
This fund has been created to honor Dr. Matthew Witczak, a graduate advisor and teacher from 1973 to 1999, and to support scholarships to graduate students focusing on geotechnical engineering and pavement design. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-21T20:50:52Z', 'url': 'https://cee.umd.edu/give', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)
By Timothy J. O'Neill (Updated by Encyclopedia staff in September 2019)
Related cases in Campaign Finance and Other Political Campaign Regulations, Corporations (Free Speech of)
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is flanked by his legal counsel Jon Baran, left, and Floyd Abrams, right, as he speaks to media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. The Supreme Court heard arguments regarding McConnell's challenge to campaign finance reform laws in the case McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003). The Court upheld the major provisions of the McCain–Feingold campaign finance law, officially known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002. This finding rejected opponents’ claims that the act stifled First Amendment rights of free speech and association. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, used with permission from the Associated Press)
In McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, 540 U.S. 93 (2003), a sharply divided Supreme Court upheld the major provisions of the McCain–Feingold campaign finance law, officially known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002. This finding rejected opponents’ claims that the act stifled First Amendment rights of free speech and association.
The dangers of the amassed wealth and improper use of stockholder and union member moneys have long concerned reformers. However, laws restricting the political activities of corporations were not passed until the Progressive era, and restrictions were not placed on labor unions until World War II. The Watergate scandal that afflicted President Richard Nixon’s administration gave rise to the next wave of significant reforms. Congress required fuller disclosure of and imposed limits on campaign contributions and expenditures in the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).
Supreme Court struck down many FECA provisions
The Supreme Court struck down many of FECA’s key provisions in Buckley v. Valeo (1976). Although upholding the cap on campaign contributions on the grounds that it served a “compelling governmental interest” in “limiting the actuality or the appearance of corruption,” the Court held that limits on independent expenditures unconstitutionally burdened the right to political speech. The Court also narrowed the disclosure rules so that only political advertisements that used expressed words of advocacy (so-called “magic words” such as “vote for” or “vote against”) were regulated.
The Watergate scandal that afflicted President Richard Nixon’s administration gave rise to the next wave of significant reforms. Congress required fuller disclosure of and imposed limits on campaign contributions and expenditures in the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). The Supreme Court struck down many of FECA’s key provisions in Buckley v. Valeo (1976). In this photo, former Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, Mrs. Cox, Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Penna., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left to right, enter the Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 1975, to hear argument on the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 in Buckley v. Valeo. A wide range of political figures and organizations are challenging so-called post-Watergate campaign revisions. (AP Photo, used with permission from the Associated Press)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act was another attempt at campaign finance reform
Candidates and organized interests soon exploited loopholes in the contribution and disclosure laws. Continuing public concern about the potentially corrupting influence of money on elections prompted Congress to try to reimpose meaningful contribution limits and disclosure rules. However, only after Congress was energized by allegations of favoritism toward soft money donors during the Clinton and Bush administrations did it enact BCRA in March 2002.
BCRA prohibited the national, state, and local political parties from using soft money to affect federal elections. All funds used must be heavily regulated “hard money,” complying with federal election restrictions on contributions and requirements for disclosure. The law also prohibited corporations, unions, and individuals from using their own funds to pay for election-related broadcast radio or television commercials that target candidates for federal office 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election. It eliminated Buckley’s distinction between campaign (“Vote for Smith”) and issue advocacy (“Smith is soft on terrorism”) commercials. Stricter disclosure rules about who funded the permitted commercials were imposed.
BCRA faced immediate challenges
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the most prominent congressional opponent to BCRA, and 84 organizations with such diverse political agendas as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Republican National Committee, the California Democratic Party, and the National Rifle Association challenged BCRA within days of its passage. Anticipating such challenges, BCRA contained provisions accelerating lawsuits against it so that its constitutionality could be settled before the 2004 elections. A special three-judge federal court met and issued a 1,638-page ruling. It struck down some of the bans on soft money but upheld the restrictions on political commercials.
Court ruled that Congress could ban unregulated political donations
The Supreme Court interrupted its summer recess to hold a special four-hour oral argument. On December 10, 2003, the Court issued a 298-page decision. Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and John Paul Stevens held that Congress’s authority to regulate the impact of money on federal elections permitted bans on unregulated (“soft money”) donations to political parties from individuals, corporations, and unions and allowed new limits on campaign political advertising.
The majority ruled that provisions banning soft money and the “sham” issue advocacy commercials were appropriately designed to combat a widespread perception that large contributors exercise undue influence over government. They applied a relaxed “sufficiently important interest” standard, rather than the normal “strict scrutiny” test applied when a First Amendment right is contested, because the BCRA limits only marginally affected core political speech and association.
Stricter scrutiny applied to political advertising
O’Connor and Stevens did apply the stricter standard to the political advertising provisions because the provisions regulate explicit political expression. Nonetheless, these provisions met the compelling governmental interest requirement because Congress had not banned all commercials, regulating only how such commercials were funded and the disclosure of their sponsors.
In this Jan. 25, 2006 photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, chats with Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. on Capitol Hill in Washington. The two senators worked together to create the McCain–Feingold campaign finance law, officially known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002. The Spreme Court upheld major provisions of the law in McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, used with permission from the Associated Press)
Dissenters thought BCRA affected political speech
The four dissenters — Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist — feared that BCRA was “an incumbency protection plan” because bans on soft money inevitably favor incumbents who already possess powerful advantages, such as name recognition, over challengers. They also saw BCRA as affecting core political speech in an unprecedented manner.
Justice Scalia wondered how a court that had recently struck down restrictions on “virtual child pornography . . . tobacco advertising . . . dissemination of illegally intercepted communications . . . and sexually explicit cable programming” could affirm “a law that cuts to the heart of what the First Amendment is meant to protect: the right to criticize the government.”
Justice Thomas once again called for the Court to overrule Buckley and accord political campaign speech greater First Amendment protection.
BCRA did not have a dramatic impact
BCRA’s short-term impact was less dramatic than its supporters had hoped and its opponents had feared. The cost, conduct, and competitiveness of the 2004 election seemed little affected.
It is clear that members of the Court, like the Congress, fundamentally disagree about how a well-functioning democracy should operate. Where the majority saw the potential for corruption in the everyday favoritisms and influence between public officials and interest groups, the dissenters saw it more narrowly focused on the explicit exchange of legislative votes for money.
Court struck down BCRA in a later cases
The change in the Court’s composition with John G. Roberts Jr. as chief justice led to a different outcome in Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007), in which the Court invalidated a provision in the BCRA related to corporations’ election ads. Some view this decision as at least a partial reversal of the McConnell v. FEC decision.
The Court reversed itself more completely in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010). In Citizens United, the Court said "[t]he Government may regulate corporate political speech through disclaimer and disclosure requirements, but it may not suppress that speech altogether" and invalidated the BCRA's provision that prohibited corporations and unions from using their general treasury funds for express advocacy or electioneering communications.
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Colorado State basketball recruit Paige continues high-scoring streak in prep playoffs
Matt L. Stephens
Jeremiah Paige hasn’t let the pressure of the postseason get to him.
The CSU basketball signee out of Rangeview High School in Aurora finished the regular season playing as well as any player in the state and has continued that trend through the first two games of the Class 5A playoffs.
Paige, a combo guard, led the way for Rangeview with 34 points Wednesday, as the Raiders squeaked past Chaparral, 88-85, in the Sweet 16. During a 70-67 victory over Montbello in the second round, he scored 29 points with five assists.
Rangeview will play crosstown rival Overland in the Great Eight at 4 p.m. on Friday at the Denver Coliseum. Should the Raiders and Denver East win, it would set up a meeting between Paige and the Angels’ Dominique Collier — leading candidates for the 2013-14 Mr. Basketball award. Collier has signed with the University of Colorado.
Paige ranks third in scoring in Class 5A, averaging 23.3 points per game. The last time he failed to reach the 20-point mark was Jan. 28 against Westminster.
He holds school records for career scoring (1,547), steals (202) and points in a single game (52). He is the only high school recruit from Colorado State University’s 2014 signing class who won’t be attending prep school next season.
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Nearly Half of Interventional Cardiologists May Have Pre-Cataract Lesions
Based on eye exams conducted at last year’s SCAI meeting, investigators say 47% of operators screened had radiation-related damage.
NEW ORLEANS, LA—Up to half of interventional cardiologists who are exposed to ionizing radiation in the cath lab may have early evidence of eye changes that could eventually become cataracts, according to data from a small study.
“Studies in cosmonauts, Chernobyl disaster survivors, and others have shown an association between ionizing radiation and damage to the lens, specifically an area that has been traditionally considered the most radiosensitive, which is located in the posterior,” said Aris Karatasakis, MD (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas), in an interview with TCTMD.
Last year at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) meeting, as reported by TCTMD, Karatasakis and colleagues including Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD (Dallas VA Medical Center, TX), conducted eye exams as part of the iC-CATARACT program to look for these posterior subcapsular cataracts among attendees.
Speaking with TCTMD this year at the SCAI 2017 Scientific Sessions—the data have not yet been formally presented or published—Karatasakis reported that 117 participants were consented into the study. These included 99 people who were interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, or other healthcare providers who filled out a survey while attending SCAI 2017 and were confirmed to be exposed to occupational radiation, as well as 18 controls drawn from exhibitors, research professionals, and others with no occupational exposure to radiation.
“In the 99 exposed participants who were consented and examined with a slit lamp, we found that the prevalence of these relatively minor, but potentially pre-cataract lesions was approximately 47% compared with 17% in the control group, which was found to be a statistically significant relationship,” Karatasakis said. The difference persisted after multivariable adjustment for age, smoking, and diabetes. However, there was no difference between the occupational exposure and nonexposure groups for more serious eye disorders.
Karatasakis said the lesions, which appear as small vacuoles on the lens, have the potential to become serious, and while some may be reversible, their presence is strongly correlated with cataract development and need for laser removal.
If people feel compelled after all this to be more careful and take more precautions with radiation-reducing measures in the cath lab—that is the goal of our study. Emmanouil S. Brilakis
“So, while these were not visually impairing lesions, we believe that given the body of evidence connecting even such minor changes to an increased propensity for cataract, they are definitely something to keep track of,” he said, adding that “many of [the attendees] were completely unaware that they had any findings on their lens until they came in for the screening at SCAI.”
Among the other, more serious findings of which patients were unaware they had, Brilakis said, there were instances of high intraocular pressure and abnormalities of the retina.
“I had many informal conversations with people about their findings,” he added. “There were some who were super concerned, but the majority actually took it well and found it reassuring that they didn’t have more changes than what we found.”
The bottom line, Brilakis said, “is if you have exposure to radiation you have much more likelihood of pre-cataract lesions than if you are not. And, although they are not yet visually impairing, you don’t want them. If people feel compelled after all this to be more careful and take more precautions with radiation reducing measures in the cath lab—that is the goal of our study.”
Brilakis noted that the full the data from the eye exam study has been submitted to a journal for publication and is currently under review.
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On This Day In 1999 KISS Received Their Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
It was on this day (August 11), 1999 when KISS became the 2,325th recipient of a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A large crowd of fans, many decked out as their favorite band member, turned out for the ceremony. All four original band members were there. As KISS music blared from loudspeakers and large crowd of fans, many decked out as their favorite band member, turned out for the ceremony as well as representatives of the media, VIPs including Detroit Rock City director Adam Rifkin, producers Kathleen Haase and Barry Levine, associate producer Tim Sullivan and Marilyn Manson guitarist John Lowrey, and KISS’ family members stood by as the KISS star was unveiled at the intersection of LaBrea and Hollywood. The band received commemorative plaques from Hollywood’s honorary mayor Johnny Grant, who proclaimed it “KISS Day.” Paul Stanley thanked the fans and Peter Criss expressed his gratitude to everyone.
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Monrow's primary focus is to grow its online customer base through its mobile site and lifestyle-focused e-commerce portals like Myntra and AJIO. (Photo: iStock)
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Monrow sells its products across 14 locations in India through partnerships with retailers, including Shoppers Stop, Future Group, and Reliance. The brand claims to have reinvented the footwear experience of Gen-Z and Millennials
NEW DELHI: Women's direct-to-consumer footwear brand Monrow has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from venture capital fund 9Unicorns.
In November, the startup had raised a pre-Series A investment from early-stage investors such as Venture Catalysts, Blume Ventures, LetsVenture, and other super angels - Aprameya Radhakrishna (Founder of Taxiforsure and Koo app), Sweta Rau, Archana Priyadarshini, and Ravi Soni.
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Monrow has received a total of Rs5 crore in funding so far.
"At a time when most emerging ventures were thinking greatly before taking the next step forward in an uncertain environment, we have doubled down and accelerated our growth. We posted double-digit growth during the pandemic. Our funding speaks volumes about our ability to bounce back faster than most of the other brands in the space to register strong post-pandemic recovery," said Veena Ashiya, Founder, Monrow.
The company’s gross revenue run rate is around Rs9 crore, Ashiya added.
The funds will be used for expansion in India's tier 2 and 3 towns through its omni-channel approach. While Monrow's primary focus is to grow its online customer base through its mobile site and lifestyle-focused e-commerce portals like Myntra and AJIO, it also plans to open more brick-and-mortar stores this year.
Monrow currently sells its products across 14 locations in India through partnerships with retailers, including Shoppers Stop, Future Group, and Reliance. The brand claims to have reinvented the footwear experience of Gen-Z and Millennials who thrive in comfort zones.
The startup also plans to use part of the funding to build a digital experience by focusing on creativity and innovation in the Web space expansion and virtual reality as a tool for achieving the highest accuracy rate.
The company said it is out to make shoes more comfortable by striking a delicate balance between fashion and comfort. About 90% of existing women's footwear brands in India leverage European/American shape and fitting, making them unfit and uncomfortable for the Indian lifestyle, Ashiya said.
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So the promise of using statistical algorithms, forecasting and predictive analytics is now added to the list of a company’s number one priorities. There is a sense of urgency surrounding this new high profile initiative. One may ask, “What’s next?” Well, here are a few steps that you will need to take to deploy your forecasts successfully.
1. Define the project: This is the most critical step in ensuring a successful outcome. In far too many cases, forecasts are done as a fishing expedition where analysts run the data through predictive algorithms to see what “pops.” These types of models are doomed to fail. Analysts, those producing the models, must be in close collaboration with the business. Defining the relationships between the two as supplier/customer with the analyst being the supplier and the business being the customer goes a long way to successfully defining the project.
2. Take a data asset inventory: Once the project is defined, it is critical that an inventory of all data assets be taken. Answering the questions that the business has may require gathering additional data, purchasing data from third parties, or reformatting existing data sources. Statistical modeling will help the company understand what data are most useful.
3. Use the right methodology: There is no one best algorithm or methodology. Often, analysts like to try different ways of looking at the data. Now, modern computing power allows analysts to run hundreds of models and to pick the winners. Care should be taken not to create complicated black-box voodoo models but to choose methodologies that support models that can be explained in a business context.
4. Data Preparation: Here lies a classic example of garbage in, garbage out. All data can be thrown into a model, but dirty data will guarantee that the results of the model will be inaccurate. Dirty data leads to significant variables being excluded from the model. Non-significant variables can be erroneously included in the model along with greater variability and less explanatory power.
Select, extract, and transform data upon which to create models. Although the data will never be perfect, for best results, make sure the data is as clean as possible before undertaking a modeling effort.
5. Exploration of the data: Once you have the data as close to accurate as possible, make sure there are a sufficient number of records, history, and fields to ensure that patterns and relationships can be found and data is easily updatable. Most importantly, make sure that the data being used in the models has significant business value.
6. Model Building: Here’s the fun part. Building analytic models is both art and science. The analyst runs one or more algorithms against a data set and tries to find predictors for the dependent variable. Next, the data set is split so that the analyst can “train” the model to predict a known set of results. Finally, the models are created, tested, validated, and then evaluated to ensure that they will meet the project metrics and goals.
7. Train Users on appropriate uses: This may be one of the most overlooked steps of all. Models are useless, unless users know how to use them correctly. It is necessary for users to understand that all forecasts have errors and, in many cases, the models can be useful even when they are not 100% accurate. Evaluate the forecasting power against the risk level of the decisions that are being made.
8. Deploy the model: So, the model is written; and users have been trained. Now comes the hard part. Even the best forecasting models can fail if the business users ignore the results, or if the forecast fails to produce a positive outcome for the business. More importantly, it is not the model results that determine business values. It is rather the human decision of what action to take based on the data and how to apply it that results in positive outcomes for the company.
9. Managing the model: As time goes on, an on-going maintenance program to manage models and improve their performance should be formulized. The only way to improve forecasting is to track results. Model management helps to improve performance, control access to the models, and promote reuse. This helps minimize overhead costs associated with the rebuilding of the models when they age.
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The HEROES Act: What Could It Mean for the Domestic HIV Response?
The HEROES Act, passed by the House of Representatives on May 11, proposes to allocate $3 trillion to fund our fourth national stimulus relief package in response to COVID-19. HEROES includes, among other things, $200 billion in hazard pay for essential workers, six additional months of COVID-19 unemployment compensation, and funding for hard-hit state, local and tribal governments. It would also boost food stamps and provide, among many other benefits, emergency grants to help small businesses temporarily disabled by the COVID-19 lock-downs.
The three previous federal emergency response packages proposed in March and April passed both Congressional chambers quickly to start blunting the pandemic’s devastation. However, the Senate’s Republican leadership reversed its position on such collaboration and announced that the House of Representatives’ proposed HEROES Act was “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell instead declared that the Senate is likely to respond with a fourth bill of its own, but that it would not be under discussion until after Memorial Day.
Virtually all Americans, according to Forbes magazine, “including the unemployed, employed, employers, governments, students and families, have an interest in many aspects of the newest stimulus package.” At the Academy, of course, our primary focus is on how legislation affects HIV care providers and people living with or at high risk of acquiring HIV. Like many of you, no doubt, we are focusing on how people with HIV are likely to be affected and what we can do to help reduce their risk of COVID-19 exposure. Simultaneously, we are joining in advocacy to help ensure their access to supplies (especially antiretroviral prescriptions for more than 30 days) and other supports they need to “shelter in place” safely.
This means we are looking carefully at the HEROES bill and other emerging legislation likely to affect the HIV response – and how the Academy can use its voice to help ensure that the needs of people with HIV and their health care professionals are included. At present, the HEROES Act proposes to allocate an additional $10 million to the Ryan White Care Act Program for its use by September 30, 2022 “to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus” by adapting their RWCA Programs as needed. It also includes $15 million for Housing Opportunities for People with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) and modest increases for several other programs benefitting low-income people with HIV directly or indirectly. Among these are $11.1 billion for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), $2.1 billion for the Indian Health Service, $100 billion for emergency rental assistance and several other assistance programs. Together with other organizations, we will be advocating strenuously to get these provisions included in whatever legislation emerges as Congress develops a fourth stimulus package in response to this pandemic.
While focusing on the above, we are also aware that the rate of new HIV infections are likely to escalate as more people are impoverished by this economic collapse. HIV transmission is associated with homelessness and inadequate and/or over-crowded housing conditions. An economics professor at Columbia University projects that homelessness is likely to increase by 40-45% between January 2019 and the end of 2020 (an addition of nearly 250,000 people) “if homelessness follows unemployment the way that it has done in the earlier part of this century.”
In a webinar last April hosted by the International AIDS Society, Monica Gandhi, MD of UCSF noted that, “in the setting of HIV, there’s an overlap with homelessness and food insecurity which is contrary to the directive that ‘people can shelter in place and stay home.” How can you safely shelter in place if the only “place” available to you is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks, Gandhi asked, adding that the largest COVID-19 outbreak in San Francisco recently occurred at a homeless shelter.
We know that the pandemic is leading to sharp increases in unemployment which, in turn, leads to increased homelessness. This dynamic puts impoverished people at higher risk of HIV and/or COVID-19. Finally, Gandhi noted that “the very people who spent all their time on HIV are being pulled for the COVID response” and are being required to figure out how to “work with telehealth in a setting of poverty” as more and more patients no longer have stable housing.
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After the 1939 Soviet and 1941 Nazi invasions, the people of Southeast Poland underwent a third and even more terrible ordeal when they were subjected to mass genocide by the Ukrainian Nationalists. Tens of thousands of Poles were tortured and murdered, not by foreign invaders, but by their fellow citizens, who sometimes turned out ot be their neighbors, relatives, and former friends. Other Ukrainians took terrible risks to protect Poles from the slaughter, and often paid for their compassion with their lives. The children who survived them vividly remember these atrocities and now, many decades later, tell their tragic tales. These accounts, never before published in English, describe the brutal murders these children witnessed, their own miraculous survival, and the heroic rescues that saved them. Demographic and other statistical information on the area is provided. Also included are appendices listing the Ukrainian victims and providing additional stories from other provinces, as well as ample Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, German, and Jewish documentation and a comprehensive chronology. An index and bibliography are also included.
A native of Wolyn, Tadeusz Piotrowski and his family lived under both the Soviet and the German occupations of Poland's eastern territories until August 1943. He is a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, where he received the Outstanding Associate Professor Award for 1996-1997. Piotrowski won the 1998 Literary Award from the Polish Socio-Cultural Centre of the Polish Library in London and the 1995 Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture.
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Rob Schenck on NPR?
By Kyle Mantyla | August 22, 2008 3:33 pm
Rob Schenck is not exactly a household name – in fact, he’s barely known even to those who monitor the Religious Right, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a history of influence with member of Congress and the right-wing movement.
We’ve been writing about Schenck for awhile now, primarily in the context of his crusade to expose the fact that Barack Obama might really be a Muslim infidel … and even if he’s not, his Christian faith is “woefully deficient,” as well as his reportedly successful efforts to sneak into the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room and anoint the chairs with oil before Samuel Alito’s confirmation hearings.
While Schenck might not be a right-wing powerbroker, he is something of a name dropper as this video check-in from earlier in the week demonstrates in which he reports that he’s on his way to Utah to join Sen. Orrin Hatch for a golf tournament before meeting up with Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice.
None of this is particularly relevant or groundbreaking and we probably wouldn’t even bother mentioning it were it not for the announcement at the end that he will be attending and providing commentary for both the Democratic and Republican conventions on behalf of National Public Radio:
Schenck released a statement today confirming that he “will travel to Denver on Saturday, August 23, to observe and comment on the Democratic National Convention and surrounding events” but makes no mention of NPR.
Is Schenck really going to be providing commentary for NPR on the Democratic Convention? If so, did NPR bother to do any research on just who they were bringing on-board?
During the early 1990s … [Schenck] was arrested a dozen times during protests outside women’s health clinics and abortion doctors’ homes, and is renowned for outrageous publicity stunts, including dangling an aborted fetus in Bill Clinton’s face outside the 1992 Democratic National Convention. With former Elim classmate Randall Terry, Schenck helped start Operation Rescue, a hardline anti-abortion group that embraced “direct action” in an effort to shut down reproductive health clinics and prevent doctors from practicing abortion.
Schenck, along with his twin brother Paul, have a long history of militant anti-abortion activism and first came to fame by targeting local doctor Barnett Slepian who was, in 1998, assassinated by an anti-abortion activist:
BOOK EXAMINES SCHENCKS’ ROLE IN SLEPIAN CASE
Two years after Dr. Barnett A. Slepian’s assassination, a new book written by a former local pro-life activist raises the question of whether the Schenck twins played an indirect role in singling out Slepian as a potential target for violence.
Author Jerry Reiter, a former member of the Town of Tonawanda church led by the Revs. Paul and Robert Schenck, never accuses the twin brothers of being involved in any murder plot or the harboring of the killer.
But in his book, “Live From the Gates of Hell,” Reiter writes that his former pastors brought national Operation Rescue leaders here for protests outside the same home where Slepian later was killed.
The author questions how “an obscure physician from a midsize city like Buffalo” wound up on a national short list of targeted abortion providers.
“It was impossible to say with certainty who had put Slepian on the secret list, but it was possible that the national leadership would not have known about Slepian at all if it had not been for Rob and Paul Schenck,” Reiter writes. “They were the first to choose him as a target for anti-abortion protesters.”
Reiter writes that he was shocked when Robert Schenck told him that neither brother had heard of James C. Kopp before the FBI announced him as a suspect in Slepian’s murder. The Schencks and Kopp had been arrested at demonstrations in the same cities.
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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Votes: 4
Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides. Votes: 4
Ruth Hubbard
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. Votes: 4
The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food. Votes: 4
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. Votes: 4
The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea. Votes: 3
Framework, (...) addiction to female beauty and sex; deprivation of the beautiful woman and sex with her until the man guarantees economic security in return; (... Votes: 3
Warren Farrell
My business is the analytical framework. Votes: 2
You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame. Votes: 2
Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom. Votes: 2
Loretta Napoleoni
Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. Votes: 2
Benjamin Lee Whorf
It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame. Votes: 2
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test. Votes: 2
I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life. Votes: 2
Paul Bremer
While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here. Votes: 2
Christopher Bond
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena. Votes: 2
Erwin Schrodinger
The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't. Votes: 2
Byron Dorgan
You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. Votes: 2
By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state. Votes: 2
Roy Barnes
Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance. Votes: 2
I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining. Votes: 2
To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise. Votes: 2
Vannevar Bush
You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it. Votes: 2
Anatoly Chubais
I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying. Votes: 2
First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed in the mouth of Moses and within the narrative framework of the sojourn at Sinai. Votes: 2
On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have - as they had for the - for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state. Votes: 2
Hassan Nasrallah
Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework. Votes: 2
Kenneth Lay
Perhaps I was always intensely curious, but my Columbia education gave me a framework and a perspective to investigate new things - things that could be put into a historical and philosophical lineage. Votes: 2
Daniel S. Loeb
Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security. Votes: 2
J. D. Hayworth
As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision. Votes: 2
LZ Granderson
Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster. Votes: 2
Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life. Votes: 2
Fernand Braudel
Orphans' reflects unconscious elements in myself that were, at the time, indigestible and butting up against each other in my psyche; issues I wasn't really in touch with but was trying to put into a dramatic framework. Votes: 2
Lyle Kessler
I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests. Votes: 2
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. Votes: 2
Ibrahim Babangida
The most important thing for people to understand is that the basic rule that people have a right to send information over the Internet - even when they are using a wireless device - is part of the framework. Votes: 2
Julius Genachowski
When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences - the first person - with what the measurements show - the third person. Votes: 2
A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework. Votes: 2
You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me. Votes: 2
I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach. Votes: 2
Don Shula
I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like. Votes: 2
Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism. Votes: 2
Gary Bauer
One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom. Votes: 2
The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief. Votes: 2
Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America. Votes: 2
Ken Salazar
Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Earth. But there is no equation sitting there in Darwin's 'Origin of Species' that you apply and say, 'What is this species going to look like in 100 years or 1,000 years?' Biology isn't there yet with that kind of predictive precision. Votes: 2
I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that I received from the electorate, I am committed to operating in the framework of moderation, which calls inter alia for a balance between realism and the pursuit of the ideals of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Votes: 2
Music is the framework around the silence. Votes: 0
My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework. Votes: 0
Ken Livingstone
Resiliency is the essence of a global positive framework... Votes: 0
Asa Don Brown
Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law. Votes: 0
You cannot talk about evil without assuming a moral framework. Votes: 0
Use design as a framework to bring order out of chaos. Votes: 0
Nita Leland
Every happy home has a foundation of love and a framework of support Votes: 0
Wes Fesler
Within the framework of something very dramatic, funny things happen. Organically, from them. Votes: 0
Gloria Calderon Kellett
I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework. Votes: 0
Mohammed Morsi
It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality. Votes: 0
Anyone who takes a seat in the Bundestag does so within a Europeanized constitutional framework. Votes: 0
Udo Di Fabio
If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations. Votes: 0
It's about using the right tools, with the right triggers, within a proper marketing framework Votes: 0
Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which the problems were created. Votes: 0
Drumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together. Votes: 0
James Genn
The more you learn, the more you have a framework that the knowledge fits into. Votes: 0
Our role is to maintain and monitor a framework in which fair competition can flourish. Votes: 0
Arthur Levitt
Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge Votes: 0
This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature. Votes: 0
Northrop Frye
On intervention under the UN framework, I think that sometimes that's legitimate, in fact even helpful. Votes: 0
art is a framework, a kind of living trellis, on which public dreaming can shape itself ... Votes: 0
Your scheme must be the framework of the universe; all other schemes will soon be ruins. Votes: 0
What we wish for, dream and imagine is the very framework and foundation of everything we create Votes: 0
Cynthia Sue Larson
Pig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable. Votes: 0
The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. Votes: 0
Norwood Russell Hanson
We are talking about creating a legal framework to regulate the production, transit and consumption of drugs. Votes: 0
Otto Perez Molina
I am saying that the economic approach provides a valuable unified framework for understanding all human behaviour Votes: 0
Gary Becker
The framework of men's wear is so narrow, that when you play at the edges you get labeled. Votes: 0
Politics is the activity by which the framework of human life is sustained; it is not life itself. Votes: 0
Kenneth Minogue
Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality. Votes: 0
The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework. Votes: 0
Physics is a good framework for thinking. ... Boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there. Votes: 0
Data only exists within the framework of a vision you're building to, a hypothesis of where you're moving to. Votes: 0
The incredible diversity oflife on this planet, most of which is microbial, can only beunderstood in an evolutionary framework Votes: 0
Carl Woese
My imagination doesn't require anything more of the book than to provide a framework within which it can wander. Votes: 0
Nature allows only experimental situations to occur which can be described within the framework of the formalism of quantum mechanics Votes: 0
The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda. Votes: 0
Lee Myung-bak
The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms. Votes: 0
Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function. Votes: 0
The Neo-Pagan religious framework is based on a polytheistic outlook- a view that allows differing perspectives and ideas to coexist Votes: 0
Margot Adler
There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers. Votes: 0
The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm? Votes: 0
The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person. Votes: 0
Warren G. Bennis
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest. Votes: 0
Love is too large, too deep ever to be truly understood or measured or limited within the framework of words. Votes: 0
M. Scott Peck
If rules make a framework for the mind to climb about in, why should the mind not climb right out? Votes: 0
Talking about your hair becomes a framework for talking about your vanity, your self-esteem, your relationships with your family, your mortality. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Benedict
Within alpinism's narrow framework we seek transcendence and relentlessly pursue what remains hidden from us on flat ground: our true selves. Votes: 0
Steve House
Quantum mechanics broke the mold of the previous framework, classical mechanics, by establishing that the predictions of science are necessarily probabilistic. Votes: 0
There's a real existential anxiety at having to exist not just in a generalised social framework, but a capitalist social framework. Votes: 0
Autre Ne Veut
They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework. Votes: 0
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework. Votes: 0
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. Votes: 0
Having a place to live is a fundamental right and the state must establish a framework that ensures that apartments are affordable. Votes: 0
Kit Bond
Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals. Votes: 0
Simon Kuznets
The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances. Votes: 0
You will not understand your part within the framework of nature until you actually see yourselves in danger of tearing it apart. Votes: 0
The framework for peace signed by Egypt and Israel is almost a peace treaty. We solved the problem for the peace treaty 98%. Votes: 0
Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework. Votes: 0
Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government. Votes: 0
Jay Weatherill
[Religion is a way of reconstructing] what has come to feel like a crumbling moral framework in the life of our nation. Votes: 0
I firmly believe that the principles behind Contraction & Convergence provide the best long-term framework for a fair and equitable climate change mitigation policy Votes: 0
There are a lot of things that can be done within the framework of existing institutions which would be very valuable for people. Votes: 0
The Goal of Science is understanding lawful relations among natural phenomena. Religion is a way of life within a larger framework of meaning. Votes: 0
Ian Barbour
My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework. Votes: 0
Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation. Votes: 0
Bob Latta
I'd like to incite people to break the framework, to be disobedient in school, to stick their tongues out, to keep insulting authority. Votes: 0
Once introduced discontinuity, once challenge any of the properties of visual space, and as they flow from each other, the whole conceptual framework collapses. Votes: 0
Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language. Votes: 0
There is an international treaty framework for this. It's the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Most countries in the world are members of the treaty. Votes: 0
John Burroughs
Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality. Votes: 0
Bede Griffiths
The Costa Rica experience shows that with dedicated resources, creative institutions, and a sound legal framework, deforestation can be reversed and forest cover expanded. Votes: 0
Bruno Stagno Ugarte
In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. Votes: 0
The reality is that the institutional framework in which Wall Street operates is fundamentally inappropriate, and it inevitably generates violent fluctuations of the market. Votes: 0
Maurice Allais
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation. Votes: 0
James Bryant Conant
Just having medicine isn't equivalent to medical care. You need the health systems, you need to create the social framework so that people feel safe. Votes: 0
I often have discussions with people who demand pluralism and much more. One can discuss these issues, but only within the framework of the law. Votes: 0
Nguyen Minh Triet
Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy. Votes: 0
Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story. Votes: 0
Martha Grimes
The dissolution of the Oslo Accords would serve as the official act validating what we already know - that this failed framework is totally irrelevant in 2013. Votes: 0
Danny Danon
That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question. Votes: 0
Talcott Parsons
Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure. Votes: 0
Buck Rodgers
Not scared.But excited in thatjiggering-on-too-much-hot-saucekind of waythat it's time tostep outof my old framework,raw and amorphous,to become something I've never thought of before. Votes: 0
Thalia Chaltas
I'd like to be able to show 'Rapid Fire' to my dad. I'm that proud of what we've accomplished within the framework of the action-adventure formula. Votes: 0
The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation. Votes: 0
As a writer I try to operate within a framework of Christian principles, and the words that are important to me are religious words: witness, pilgrimage, intention. Votes: 0
It's time to place the market within a moral framework - even if that means standing up to companies who make life harder for parents and families. Votes: 0
I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money. Votes: 0
Muhammad Yunus
Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion. Votes: 0
Robert Winston
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society. Votes: 0
Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework. Votes: 0
Dick Butkus
In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people. Votes: 0
Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted. Votes: 0
If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money. Votes: 0
Estelle Morris
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics. Votes: 0
In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships. Votes: 0
Lee R. Raymond
When the responses elicited by the Epic of Evolution are gathered together several religious principles emerge that I can believe, serve as a framework for a global Ethos. Votes: 0
Ursula Goodenough
Man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives. Votes: 0
Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value. Votes: 0
We are pleased with the very positive reception our offer has received, and are confident that progress is being made towards establishing the regulatory framework for the offer. Votes: 0
There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those beliefs in any kind of scientific framework. Votes: 0
A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company that treats its people like disposable assets. Votes: 0
Winning peace means the triumph of our pledge to establish, on a democratic basis, a new social framework of tolerance and generosity from which no one will feel excluded. Votes: 0
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a scaffold of heavy private brooding; and thought. Votes: 0
Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework. Votes: 0
George Papandreou
Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way. Votes: 0
Barton Gellman
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing âpatterns of change' rather than static âsnapshots.' Votes: 0
Peter Senge
When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom, the work is likely to sprawl. Votes: 0
I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable. Votes: 0
Samuel Wilson
Indeed, Britain was set to repeat the old, familiar cycle of boom and bust. Since then, we have created and rigorously adhered to a new framework of modern economic management Votes: 0
The tragic nuclear accident at Fukushima underscored the urgent need to enhance nuclear safety and the international emergency response framework. I commend the International Atomic Energy Agency for its work. Votes: 0
The term "paradigm," from the Greek paradeigma ("pattern"), was used by Kuhn to denote a conceptual framework shared by a community of scientists and providing them with model problems and solutions Votes: 0
Fritjof Capra
We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve the anti-terrorism international legal framework. Votes: 0
Li Peng
The development of a political-economic framework to explore long-run institutional change occupied me during all of the 1980s and led to the publication of Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in 1990. Votes: 0
Douglass North
The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different regions of Bolivia. It's right there in the constitution. Votes: 0
The framework of the artist's ideas is clearly only that which he is forever seeking for universality, and must be far wider than the framework of the ideals of the patriot. Votes: 0
Sean O Faolain
I expect that after the election and the results that the international community will understand which was the framework of this process and under which law we have done this process. Votes: 0
Alberto Fujimori
The seminary of the future must relate itself to flesh-and-blood men, or it provides a framework that only talks about the people of God but never really shares life with them. Votes: 0
Eugene Kennedy
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis. Votes: 0
Environmental history fit[s] into the framework of New Left history. [It is] history "from the bottom up," except that here the exploited element [is] the biota and the land itself. Votes: 0
Roderick Nash
Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society. Votes: 0
Charley Reese
The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard. Votes: 0
The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus which puts particular emphasis on the education of undergraduates within the framework of a College system. Votes: 0
Abraham Robinson
Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school. Votes: 0
We're trying to tell stories. We're a company that's concerned with global change and the effect of global cinema. We're not simply tied to the very limiting framework of U.S. film-making. Votes: 0
The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom. Votes: 0
Dahlia Lithwick
My mom used to get involved with the Black Panther activities in Los Angeles. For me it was more about how to view my consciousness on these issues with a biblical framework. Votes: 0
Sho Baraka
We're excited to be appearing in Tel Aviv in the framework of the Pic.nic festival. This is an important tour for us and we're glad that Israel is part of it Votes: 0
A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes. Votes: 0
Hal Abelson
It is the recognition of history as a record of human experience which has inevitably resulted in the inclusion of this conquest of civilization within the framework of a complete human history. Votes: 0
James Henry Breasted
Democracy is such a framework that everyone has the right to live their lives, fix their goals, their aims, their dreams and the ways to achieve them according to their own choice. Votes: 0
It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable. Votes: 0
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Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got a theory and I haven't got a framework. Votes: 0
Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being incorporated into the system. And as that happens the underlying framework of industrialism is collapsing and causing disintegration. Votes: 0
Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found. Votes: 0
Efficiency innovations arise in industries that already exist. They provide existing goods and services at much lower costs. They are not empowering. Efficiency innovators become the low cost providers within an existing framework. Votes: 0
This covenant energy holds and mirrors the pact that we have made of self-fulfillment for ourselves in this lifetime, and that covenant energy holds the full reflection of our promise within its framework. Votes: 0
Christine McCormick Day
The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates humans from the apes, so morality separates civilisation from the barbarians. Votes: 0
Eric Corley
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults. Votes: 0
Daniel Bell
The underlying purpose of all art is to create patterns of imagery which somehow convey a sense of life set in a framework of order ... all great art ... harmonises consciousness with the ego-transcending Self. Votes: 0
We are always creating new tools and techniques to help people, but the fundamental framework is remarkably resilient, which means it must have something to do with the nature of organizations or human nature. Votes: 0
John P. Kotter
Drawing from art history and mythology allows me to connect with viewers in a familiar, yet loose visual framework. Blending disparate histories and themes can give the overall presentation a recognizable, yet unique flavor. Votes: 0
John Dyer Baizley
Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law. Votes: 0
Sergei Lavrov
The goal of long-run economic growth without asset price bubbles is not only achievable, but is something we should expect if we put a sound regulatory framework in place and if policymakers remain vigilant. Votes: 0
Christina Romer
Markets themselves are looking for stability, and I think we have underestimated the capacity of Europe... to actually create a more stable framework for the whole issue of debt management, bonds, and so on. Votes: 0
A God who fits within the confines of our conception is useless. God cannot be comprehended by man's conception or logic. God is an eternal being who transcends the framework of man's limited logic. Votes: 0
Sun Myung Moon
People like rich applications on their desktop, and there is no reason why you can't have both a rich desktop and a light, cloud-based application framework. Why is it always either/or for people? Votes: 0
Jason Calacanis
The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love. Votes: 0
One can speak of an alterity of desire - a paradigm defined outside the tired, tacitly accepted regime, but one comes up short when attempting to posit a framework of desire beyond available, known desires. Votes: 0
Place-based initiatives can provide a useful framework to judge our progress in raising people out of poverty. They allow us to see whether or not a neighborhood is improving and its residents are living better. Votes: 0
Henry Cisneros
The anarch knows the rules. He has studied them as a historian and goes along with them as a contemporary. Wherever possible, he plays his own game within their framework; this makes the fewest waves. Votes: 0
We allow people to be creative. We set a direction, we set the vision, we set the strategy, but within that framework, we allow our people to be as creative as they want to be. Votes: 0
Jochen Zeitz
I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material. Votes: 0
Michael Sandel
I think of modern marriage as a car strangely fashioned out of an old abandoned horse carriage, built upon the framework of a mule cart. All the original engineering is still there, underneath it all. Votes: 0
I suspect that my thinking is an eclectic mix, not pure net-net because I couldn't do it anyway so you have to have a new something to hang your hat on. But the framework stays the same.
Peter Cundill
In two senses: One is that you cannot go on the street and shout that you are an atheist, the other is that you are never given the intellectual framework for calling your faith into question.
What an ideology is is a conceptual framework with the way people deal with reality. Everyone has one. You have to, to exist you need an ideology. The question is whether it is accurate or not.
The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve.
I very much consider the Internet a garden, and I'm a gardener, and I plant things in it and I work within the framework of the soil, the seasons, the climate, and the temperature, to produce plants.
Mark Pesce
The play of conflicting interests in a framework of shared purposes is the drama of a free society. It is a robust exercise, and often a noisy one. It is not for the faint-hearted, or the tidy-minded.
John W. Gardner
A lot of the times I'm looking at something that I discover is part of a larger framework and not just a couple jokes. I see that it's a set, a story that I'll be telling. Sometimes I get lost in that.
The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.
It seemed as though the main framework had been put together once and for all, and that little remained to be done but to measure physical constants to the increased accuracy represented by another decimal point.
William Cecil Dampier
We spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.
When I was playing with synth players, I was still within a conceptual framework of playing music. When I started playing solo, I became much more aware of the acoustic phenomena that the instruments were producing.
I have always felt that books help me feel less alone in the world. They make our lives bigger - they help us to feel feelings we wouldn't otherwise feel and to understand feelings that we don't have a framework for.
Lisa Lucas
People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.
I just know that sameness, repetition, and conceptualizing are the acting craft's adversaries, and it seems more intelligent to start off within a framework where those things are, to some degree, taken out of your hands.
Nowhere else you will find a country of India's diversity, of India's complexity, one billion people trying to seek their social and economic salvation in the framework of a democracy, in the framework of an open economy.
In all teaching there must be a fusion of authority as an adult providing a stable framework for the children in one's care, and humility as another human being ready to educate an equal who may turn out to be a superior.
Yehudi Menuhin
Global is a unifying bond for people. Once they get outside their own heads and their own communities and see themselves in a broader framework, it really changes their sense of what they can get done. It all adds up for us.
Kathy Calvin
Marriage is a framework to preserve friendship. It is valuable because it gives much more room to develop than just living together. It provides a base from which a person can work at understanding himself and another person.
Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we all have the capacity to treasure life and enrich the world in incalculable ways.
My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.
What I want to make clear though is that we oppose terrorism in any form. However, any operation against terrorism should be under the framework of the United Nations and follow the fundamental principles of international laws.
Nong ?uc Manh
The majority of the ten thousand states of mind cannot be discussed. It is rather a question of teaching a person to step outside the conceptual framework they have and transmitting blocks of awareness to an individual psychically.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I mean, why do people fight over sports? Because of the framework, the schematic of sports, those particular people seize upon these opportunities to be violent. And the number one problem using the same framework would be religion.
India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework of a democracy. I believe it will have some lessons for all the multicultural societies.
there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.
Ruth Rendell
Thinking about writing as an act of celebration is sometimes a helpful framework for me. It allows me to prioritize what I want to call attention to and what I want others to know about me. It makes me ask: What is worth celebrating?
The zestful but scientific exploration of possibilities and of the techniques for realizing them will make our hopes rational, and will set our ideals within the framework of reality, by showing how much of them are indeed realizable.
Julian Huxley
In our generation there is no agreed-upon framework. All issues are up for grabs. Morality no longer has any broad-based theology upon which to rest its case. We are no longer a 'Christian nation,' not even a 'Judeo-Christian culture.'
F. LaGard Smith
Governments must take on the central role of creating an investment climate across Africa that supports enterprise and the role of the private sector and provides a clear and predictable economic policy framework for business to succeed.
Jeroen van der Veer
I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my own choices, the reason for my life will be missing. I will be unable to recognize that which I have the power to change.
And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of Tivoli (which is a framework of discipline and order) is also a very encouraging and loving one.
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they're proud experts about. To write a character, find out what they know best, and THEN you'll know how they'll describe a "hot day." Or a "pretty girl."
Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and bust....Under this Government, there is an entirely new framework for economic management in place
I will just say, appropriation is an intellectual idea until it happens to you. It's a philosophy, and it's got its own intellectual framework. Then there's what happens when it's your photograph. Then it's personal, and that's all I'll say.
Sam Abell
We have this huge, massive information, but what is it that matters? What doesn't matter? What makes sense, what doesn't make sense? You have to have a framework for understanding and of interpretation in order to make use of the information.
You have to listen a lot, and you have to be open and ready to adjust to anything. It kind of provides a framework that you use all the time. You never really shut off that part of your brain when you're doing something. It's invaluable to have.
It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because the greatest suffering among the people at the moment is caused by lack of justice and lack of the rule of law.
Elections themselves do not necessarily lead to more corporate uncertainty - quite the reverse, stable democracies create a reliable environment. And elections have caused hardly any change in the basic economic framework in the last few decades.
Nicholas Bloom
Within the United States especially, the often violent response to nonviolent forms of youth protests must be analyzed within the framework of a mammoth military-industrial state and its commitment to war and the militarization of the entire society.
Henry Giroux
I believe that without looking at each other as rivals or as competitors, in a democratic India, operating in the framework of an open economy, an open society has, I think, some significance for developing countries, not only in Asia but outside Asia.
There is no way anything of value can be done without some framework. It might well be that the framework is discarded or the rules opposed; that is not important. What is essential is that they exist so that one knows when one is in opposition to them.
Margot Fonteyn
In any endeavor, leaders should inspire members of the team with a passion for success, but within the framework of team effort. One of the most crucial things to realize, feel and remember is that when one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds.
Stacy Allison
I fervently believe that people shouldn't stay in bad relationships just because of some artificial rom-com notion of true love being "forever." In fact, I think that the pressure of conforming to that framework ruins-literally RUINS-a lot of people's lives.
Lindy West
Genetic engineering is having a serious impact on the food we eat, on the environment, and on farmers. To ensure we can maximize benefits and minimize hazards, Congress must provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for all genetically engineered products.
Trans rights formation that mimics the models and strategies of the lesbian and gay rights framework is growing, and there are many significant strategy disagreements between those building that work and those doing racial and economic justice centered trans work.
Dean Spade
I have found in my experience that expediency, whether it is practical or not, is an unreliable guide for behavior. Human behavior must be guided by a higher principle. Practicality has its place but only within a framework of values, which all men of good will share.
King Hussein I
The key to culture is it's a framework for making decisions. And if it's baked into your culture, people learn how to make decisions across that culture without you ever saying anything. You never have to really do anything except watch and promote and move people around.
Keith Rabois
Graphic Design is the communication framework through which these messages about what the world is now, and what we should aspire to. It's the way they reach us. The designer has an enormous responsibility. Those are the people, you know, putting their wires into our heads
Rick Poynor
When each of us is free to work out his own economic destiny, within the framework of the market economy, the institution of private property, and the general rule of law, we will all improve our economic condition much faster than when we are ordered around by bureaucrats.
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.
Precisely because Galilean science is, in the formation of its concepts, the technic of a specific Lebenswelt , it does not and cannot transcend this Lebenswelt . It remains essentially within the basic experiential framework and within the universe of ends set by this reality.
Anyone who has examined into the history of the theories of earth evolution must have been astounded to observe the manner in which the unique and the difficultly explainable has been made to take the place of the common and the natural in deriving the framework of these theories.
William Herbert Hobbs
Recruit entrepreneurial leaders and give them freedom to determine the best path to achieving their objectives. On the other hand, individuals must commit fully to the system you use and be held rigorously accountable for their objectives. You give them freedom, but freedom within a framework.
James C. Collins
What is failure for some is success for others. It depends on where they stand in the struggles over "democratic governance" and related rights - civil, social and economic, and broadly cultural, to adopt the framework of the Universal Declaration that is formally endorsed but constantly undermined.
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. You must supply the emotional discipline.
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Ernest L. Boyer
Parking Reform Made Easy provides both a theoretical framework and practical methods for reforming parking requirements. By giving planners a sound basis for developing reforms, Richard Willson remedies the problem that many planners feel unqualified to challenge and change long-standing minimum parking requirements.
Donald Shoup
I think it is now time for social scientists to step out of the shadow and to establish an advanced social sciences methodology that integrates science (third-person view) social transformation (second-person view) and the evolution of self (first-person view) into a coherent framework of consciousness-based action research
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE - RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Immediately loaded bicortical implants inserted in fresh extraction and healed sites in patients with and without a history of periodontal disease
Łukasz R Palka1, Aleksandar Lazarov2
1 Private Dental Practice, Żary, Poland
2 Private Dental Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Łukasz R Palka
Private Dental Practice, Żary
Background: Bicortical screw implants may be used in both healed bone and fresh extraction sockets and loaded immediately. To date, there have not been too many studies reporting clinical results of such screws used in periodontally involved sites. This study aimed to assess many aspects of bicortical screw implants used to retain full-arch and segmental cemented prostheses in the rehabilitation of the mandible and maxilla in patients with or without a history of periodontal disease. Materials and Methods: This retrospective review involved 87 patients, of whom 77 had a history of periodontitis diagnosed before implant placement and 10 did not. They were treated following the same surgical procedure and received a total of 1019 implants which were immediately loaded with fixed prosthetic works. Results: A total of 1019 polished surface, one-piece, bicortical screw implants were used in 87 patients who underwent the same surgical treatment, i.e., tooth extraction and immediate implant placement were investigated, of which 526 were placed in the healed bone and 493 in fresh extraction sockets with the mean follow-up time of 22.2 ± 7.3 months. Results were analyzed using log-rank test, the Kaplan–Meier method, Chi-square test, and t-test. Cumulative survival at 12, 24, and 35 months after placement was 99.3%, 98.6%, and 97.0%, respectively. Conclusion: Bicortical smooth surface implant concept with immediate loading protocol provided predictable outcomes and survival rate of 99% in patients with and without a history of periodontitis. More studies are needed to further support the clinical advantages of bicortical anchoraged smooth surface implants.
Keywords: Bicortical anchorage, dental implants, immediate rehabilitation, periodontitis, smooth surface implant
Palka &R, Lazarov A. Immediately loaded bicortical implants inserted in fresh extraction and healed sites in patients with and without a history of periodontal disease. Ann Maxillofac Surg 2019;9:371-8
Palka &R, Lazarov A. Immediately loaded bicortical implants inserted in fresh extraction and healed sites in patients with and without a history of periodontal disease. Ann Maxillofac Surg [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 18];9:371-8. Available from: http://www.amsjournal.com/text.asp?2019/9/2/371/272522
Dental implants are used to restore missing tooth or periodontally compromised teeth. At the same time, one of the main reasons of tooth loss is periodontal disease.[1],[2],[3] For dental specialists, it is crucial to know what is the correlation between long-term implant survival rate and history of periodontitis and if there are safe, reliable implant designs which can be used in these particular clinical cases.[4]
In the literature, there are many studies and systematic reviews with meta-analyses showing strong evidence that history of periodontitis is a risk factor for such complications as implant loss, peri-implantitis, and implant bone-loss.[5],[6],[7],[8],[9] Despite that, some researchers took the risk and conducted studies in periodontally compromised patients and provided encouraging results.[10],[11],[12],[13] Meyle et al. reported survival rates of 100% and 92.3% for the implants in the mandible and in the maxilla respectively,[10] Graetz et al. in their retrospective cohort study reported a 5-year success rate of 97% of implant treatment for patients with and without chronic periodontitis and what is more, after a 10-year follow-up, the success rate in periodontally compromised patients was 93%, which was higher than in the control group where it was 91%.[11] According to Li et al. the cumulative survival rate of the implants was 98.75% after an average of 5 years [12] and Correia et al. reported that survival rates in patients without periodontitis and those suffering from that condition were 95.8% and 93.1%, respectively.[13] However, it is important to bear in mind the fact all these findings may be based on different definitions for the presence or severity of the periodontal disease, as well as for periimplantitis or socket depth after bone loss around the implant. The longer the follow-up period, the higher the possibility of failure, especially if it is extended beyond functional loading, since other factors like general health changes may influence success rate as well.[14],[15],[16]
Fresh extraction sockets are among risk factors for immediate implant placement protocols as the bone volume in such cases is significantly reduced, and as a result, primary implant stability may not be achieved. According to Balshi and Wolfinger survival rates for immediately loaded implants in fresh extraction sites and healed bone amounted to 80% and 82.4%, respectively,[17] whereas Glauser et al. reported success rates of 88% and 78%.[18] However, some authors have come up with more encouraging results proving that it is possible to achieve survival rates ranging from 97.3% to 100%.[19],[20],[21],[22] Cooper et al., and Vanden Bogaerde et al. reported 100% survival rate for implants placed in fresh extraction sockets.[19],[20] Furthermore, Villa and Rangert achieved 100% survival rate for implants placed in fresh extraction sockets in the mandible in patients presenting endodontic and periodontal lesions in the interforaminal area.[21] A slightly lower overall survival rate of 87.50%–97.26% for the maxilla and the mandible, respectively, was reported by Grunder.[22]
There are very few scientific articles describing polished surface one-piece screw implants in periodontally involved cases with successful results and those available are mainly case reports.[23],[24],[25],[26],[27] One of the reasons for this may be the fact that the Italian school of screw implants with the longest long-term observations and richest experience in this field rarely published in English.[28],[29],[30],[31]
Therefore, the aim of this study was to perform a clinical follow-up to evaluate immediately loaded bicortical screw implants placed in fresh extraction sockets and healed bone, used to retain full-arch and segment cemented prostheses in the rehabilitation of mandible and maxilla in patients with and without a history of periodontal disease.
All patients were treated in one specialized dental center between 2014 and 2017, but the procedures were performed by different qualified surgeons. Various prosthodontists performed the prosthetic procedures and one dental laboratory technician delivered all restorations.
The examination was directed by the standards exemplified in the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 for biomedical research including human subjects, following amendments introduced in 2008. Patients were educated of the idea of the examination, benefits, risks, and possible alternative treatments. Moreover, participants who met criteria for survival analysis were required to deliver signed informed consent for the treatment and agree for regular control visits in the dental office. The following exclusion criteria were applied: general health conditions that could lead to bone healing problems (bisphosphonate therapy or metabolic bone disease), radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the head-and-neck area, pregnancy or breastfeeding, psychiatric problems, uncontrolled diabetes, and inability to commit to a follow-up. Eighty-seven patients (42 males and 45 females) aged 22–72, (average 52, standard deviation 14) were enrolled in the study. A total of 1019 polished surface, one-piece, bicortical screw implants (IhdeDental AG, Switzerland) were inserted, of which 493 in fresh extraction sockets and 526 in the healed bone, always reaching second cortical anchorage. The main patient's characteristics are presented in [Table 1]. All the patients who qualified for this study were in good general health (controlled diabetes and smokers were also included), demonstrated completely or partially edentulous condition, with remaining teeth to be extracted, included periodontitis Stage III and IV,[32] endodontic failure or cases where no other restorative treatment was possible. Diagnosis and treatment planning included: study models articulated in articulator, panoramic radiographs, and computerized tomography to identify the anatomical structures and visualize the presence of well mineralized second cortical bone [Figure 1].
Table 1: Prosthetic methods applied
Figure 1: Surgical procedures. (a) Preoperative view of a patient with periodontal disease. (b) Mid-operative view after first implant placement and hole drilling with 2.0 mm drill for the second implant. (c) Frontal view of the mandible before abutment bending. (d) Final view of the mandible after all implant placement and abutment bending. (e) View of the maxilla after extractions. (f) Hole drilling with a straigthpiece; in the posterior maxillae double tuberopterygoid implants are visible
Surgical protocol
A total of 2 g dose of antibiotic (Augmentin, GlaxoSmithKline, Italy) (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) was provided to each patient at least 1 h before surgery. Afterward, the oral cavity was rinsed with 10% povidonum iodinatum solution (Betadine, Egis, Hungary) for 5 min. A 4% articaine chlorhydrate with adrenaline 1:100,000 solution (Ubistesin forte, 3M, Neuss, Germany) was used to locally anesthetize the patient. No soft-tissue incision was performed. Teeth showing a poor prognosis for further use as prosthetic abutment were extracted with most caution to preserve as much vestibular bone as possible and the socket was carefully debrided with curette. Each patient received from 3 to 10 implants bicortically anchoraged and placed in the most strategic positions according to the supporting polygon concept.[33] Placing implants in strategic position creating a polygon can reduce extra-axial load: Canines and tubero-pterygoid regions in maxilla and zone of mylohyoid ridge in mandible, thus “supporting polygon” concept has been proposed as an alternative to bone grafting to rehabilitate edentulous jaws with fixed prosthesis.[33],[34],[35] A maximum polygon is formed in sagittal and transversal directions and reduces leverage and flexural moments to a minimum.[33],[34],[35]
In the maxilla, the implants positioned most distally were inserted throughout the posterior sinus wall and pterygoid processes of sphenoid bone at an angle of 30°–45°. The medial and frontal implants were placed using a similar procedure penetrating the lower sinus wall and nasal floor ensuring anchorage in the second cortical bone. In the mandible, the distal implants were placed in the second and first molar region utilizing the undercut for mylohyoid muscle attachment with angulation of 30°–45°. In the frontal region, implants were placed in the position of canines and lateral incisors laterally inclined toward the mentum region of high mineralization. Postextraction implants were placed close to the palatal side, 1–2 mm below the crest. All implants were inserted according to the manufacturer's instructions to achieve as much cortical bone anchorage as possible. The diameter of the drill was 2.0 or 2.2 depending on the bone density, which was assessed during the drilling phase by an experienced operator accordingly to Lekholm et al. classification.[36] As a result, a minimum insertion torque of 40Ncm and maximum of 90Ncm was obtained. After implant placement, the abutments were bent to achieve parallelism with IT and TW 2 wrenches (Ihde Dental AG, Switzerland). The soft tissues where needed were closed with the use of a 5.0 resorbable suture (Vicryl Plus, Johnson and Johnson - Ethicon, Hamburg, Germany) [Figure 1]. After finishing all the procedures including implant placement, all patients were provided with oral and written instructions.
Prosthetic protocol
Impressions of the implants were taken right after the surgery with prosthetic transfers and closed-tray technique. One layer of putty impression material was used; transfers were splinted with self-curing acrylic resin or light cure composite to avoid mobility and displacement of impression transfers. All maxillary-mandibular relations were recorded twice: first bite registration on the day of surgery with the help of “tray set silicone” technique and Occlufast (Zhermapol, Germany); second bite registration during the metal try by fabrication of anterior deprogrammer, made of pattern resin. The final restorations (metal-ceramic) were fabricated postsurgically. Afterward, they were loaded within 3 days and restored with fixed prostheses metal-ceramic bridges cemented with permanent glass-ionomer cement (GC Fuji Plus, GC, Japan) in all cases.
All centric and lateral contacts were evaluated using a 40 μm articulating paper. The occlusal contacts were designed according to “supporting polygon” concept [33] and bilaterally balanced occlusion with strict anterior disocclusion, i.e., the contacts were on the premolars and mesial part of the first molar. Patients underwent clinical and radiological evaluation at each follow-up visit, as well as every 3 months from surgery as the maintenance program indicated [Figure 1].
Among the prosthetics methods applied full-bridge restorations in the maxillae (59%) and full-bridge restorations in the mandible (32%) prevailed [Table 2] and [Figure 2].
Table 2: Summary of patient and implants related characteristics.
Figure 2: (a) Final restoration frontal view, 2 weeks postoperative. (b) Final restoration frontal view, 36 months postoperative
The definition of implant survival followed criteria mentioned by Misch et al.[37] and included:
Absence of mobility
Absence of persistent subjective complaints (pain, foreign body sensation, and/or dysesthesia) or exudates on function
Absence of continuous radiolucency around the implant
Absence of severe bone loss.
All the patients underwent clinical and radiological inspection during which such factors as marginal bone level, probing pocket depth, peri-implant mucositis, and peri-implantitis, technical failures like fracture of the framework, and/or veneering ceramic, loss of retention, and esthetic parameters were evaluated [Figure 3] and [Figure 4]. Most patients underwent clinical follow-up at 12 and 24 months after implant placement (22.2 ± 7.3 months). One patient was lost to follow-up at 3 months. Afterward, the survival rate of implants and prosthetics were calculated.
Figure 3: Panoramic orthopantomographs. (a) Before treatment (general periodontitis visible in the maxillae and mandible). (b) A few weeks after surgery. (c) Six months after surgery. (d) After 24 months
Figure 4: Kaplan–Meier survival curves for implants survival
Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistica version 13 software (data analysis software system, USA). For the quantitative variables, mean, minimum and maximum values, the standard deviation was calculated. The qualitative variables were analyzed according to descriptive statistics, using absolute and percentage frequency distribution. In the survival analysis, the Kaplan–Meier method was used to calculate implant survival rate, whereas overall survival of implants according to the implant inserted (in the healed bone vs. in fresh extraction sockets) was conducted using log-rank test. Survival time of implants was calculated from the time of placement to the time of failure, lost to follow-up, or the end time of the study. Comparison of variables of patients and implants related characteristics depending on the implant inserted (in the healed bone vs. in fresh extraction sockets) were analyzed using the Chi-square test (for qualitative variables) or t-test for quantitative variables. Results were considered statistically significant at P < 0.05.
[Table 1] presents the characteristics of patients and implants. A total of 87 patients (42 males and 45 females) were included in the analysis. The mean age of the participants was 54.3 ± 10.1 years. Of the participants, five (5.7%) had diabetes, two (2.3%) hypertension, and 26 (30.2%) were tobacco smokers. Most patients presented (advanced) periodontal involvement (n = 77, 88.5%), mainly in both jaws (n = 58; 66.7%).
A total of 1019 polished surface, one-piece, bicortical screw implants were inserted, of which 493 were in fresh extraction sockets and 526 in healed bone, always reaching second cortical anchorage. Detailed characteristics regarding location, anchorage, length, and diameter of implants and preoperative periodontal involvement are presented in [Table 1]. Analysis of the survival of the implants is shown in the Kaplan–Meier survival curves [Figure 4]. The mean follow-up time of total implants was 22.2 ± 7.3 months. Twelve out of 1019 implants failed. Three of these implants were placed in fresh extraction sockets and nine in healed bone. Six failed in one patient-two in fresh extraction sockets with periodontal involvement, position anchoraged in distal mandible and four in healed bone without periodontal involvement, anchoraged in the interforaminal area, and distal mandible. Two other implants failed in healed bone without periodontal involvement, anchoraged in the sinus floor position; three in the healed bone without periodontal involvement, anchoraged in the distal mandible position and one in a fresh extraction socket with periodontal involvement anchoraged in the sinus floor. Cumulative survival at 12, 24, and 35 months after placement was 99.3%, 98.6%, and 97.0%, respectively. The comparison of general survival considering the implants inserted (in healed bone versus in fresh extraction sockets) is presented in [Figure 3]. Based on these data, it can be observed that the rate of OS of implants inserted in the healed bone is nonstatistically significant (P = 0.11). Cumulative survival at 12, 24, and 35 months for implants inserted in the healed bone equaled 98.6%, 97.9%, and 97.9%, respectively. For implants inserted in the fresh extraction sockets was 99.6%, 99.0%, and 99.0%, respectively [Figure 5]. A-preoperative view of periodontal involvement; B-postoperative view-implants placed directly after removal of the teeth and the periodontally involved tissues into the sockets; C-12 month postoperative view, bone has grown vertically on all implants. Full integration of the implant in area 45 (to the crestal bone line) is not yet achieved after 1 year.
Figure 5: (a) Preoperative view of periodontal involvement; (b) postoperative view - implants placed directly after removal of the teeth and the periodontally involved tissues into the sockets; (c) 12-month postoperative view, bone has grown vertically on all implants. Full integration of the implant in area 45 (to the crestal bone line) is not yet achieved after one year
Comparison of variables of patients and implant-related characteristics depending on the implant inserted (in the in healed bone vs. in fresh extraction sockets) is presented in [Table 3] and [Table 4]. There were no statistically significant differences in the occurrence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, number of smokers, and periodontal involvement [Table 1]. However, significant statistical differences have been observed regarding the location, anchorage in the second cortical, preoperative periodontal involvement, and length or diameter of implants [Table 3].
Table 3: Comparison of variables of patients characteristics depending on the implant inserted (in the healed bone versus in fresh extraction sockets)
Table 4: Comparison of variables of implants related characteristics depending on the implant inserted (in the healed bone versus in fresh extraction sockets)
The implants placed in the healed bone were more likely to be in the posterior area (n = 387, 73.6%), the percentage of implants placed posteriorly in fresh extraction sockets was 41.8% (n = 206). When it comes to implants placed in the healed bone, anchorage in the 2nd cortical most often concerned the area of the floor of the nose (n = 110, 20.9%), sinus floor (n = 108, 20.5%), and tuberopterygoid region (n = 93, 17.7%), while the implants placed in fresh extraction sockets were mainly related to the area of floor of nose/anterior maxillae (n = 204, 41.4%) and interformainal region (n = 132, 26.8%). Slightly shorter implants were placed in the healed bone (n = 77, 14.6%) than in fresh extraction sockets (n = 40, 8.1%), whereas fewer with a smaller diameter were placed in the healed bone (n = 369, 74.9% vs. n = 335, 63.7%). More implants placed in fresh extraction sockets (n = 214, 43.4%), than in the healed bone (n = 162, 30.1%) were bent after insertion.
In this study, cumulative survival at 12, 24, and 35 months for implants inserted in the healed bone equaled 98.6%, 97.9%, and 97.9%, respectively, and for implants inserted in the fresh extraction sockets was 99.6%, 99.0%, and 99.0%, respectively, which was similar to survival rates for immediately loaded implants reported by other authors.[17],[18],[19],[20],[21],[22] Baelum and Ellegaard reported 5-year survival rates of 97% for the two-stage implants and 94% for the one-stage implants inserted in periodontally compromised areas.[38] In their systematic review, Chen et al. reported similar survival rates for implants placed in healthy sites and infected regions in the esthetic zone amounting to 97.6%–98.4%, respectively, providing that surgical procedures and treatment plan are carefully designed and executed.[39] As it has already been mentioned, most researchers consider periodontitis a risk factor for implant loss and peri-implantitis.[5],[6],[7],[8],[9] Moreover, patients with periodontitis have a higher implant-bone loss and biological complications.[40],[41],[42] This issue was even discussed in the House of Lords, which indicates how serious a problem it is with conclusions that the placement of implants in patients with periodontal disease is not a treatment that should be performed without full periodontal assessment and stabilization of periodontal disease first,[43] which clearly denies the possibility of immediate implant placement in such cases not to mention functional immediate loading. On the other hand, there are also studies showing no correlation between the history of periodontal disease and the implant survival rate,[11],[12],[13] but all of them concerned intra-osseous rough surface implants. Therefore, if compared to our results, it can be concluded that one of the problems may be surface design.[11],[12],[13] Bicortical screw implants provide bendability in the neck area and have polished surface and the thin neck which, according to Berglundh et al., might be the reason for lower progression rate of peri-implantitis.[44]
Statistical difference related to bendability of implants in case of implants placed in the fresh extraction socket results from the fact that the long implant axis is not always the same as the long axis of the extracted tooth. In some designs, additional threads or a slightly thicker metal prop in the area of the 1st cortical is provided, which means better stabilization in the 1st cortical which helps directing the bending.[34] The main anchorage for the implant (osseofixation) is arranged by the surgeon in the 2nd cortical of the jaw bone.[34] The implant then osseointegrates in all other endosseous regions during the following 6–12 months.[34] One of the biggest advantages of bicortical implants is that the number of failures is limited to situations of implant overloading, for example, due to unilateral chewing patterns or wrong implant placement, i.e., the anchorage in the second cortical was not reached, or iatrogenic mistakes.[14],[40],[45] In contrast to conventional rough endosseous implants, mobility of bicortical implants induced by overloading is in most cases reversible.[16] Along with those advantageous features, we decided to examine if there is relation between the implant survival rate and history of periodontitis.
Being able to anticipate the outcomes of treatment and estimate short- and long-term risks for both surgical and prosthetic procedures is extremely important in dental practice. Because of many implant designs, materials, surfaces or even placement methods and anchorage techniques the risk factors are not homogenous for all of them. One of the old implant concepts with completely new design is a bicortical screw implant. The main features of this implant are smooth polished surface, the long thin shaft with aggressive apical threads, designed to achieve perfect stabilization in the second and third cortical.[34] Second and third corticals are the distant cortical bones located outside of the oral cavity, bordering anatomical structures such as sinuses, nasal cavity, or symphysis of two or more bones, for example, tubero-pterygoid region.[34]
The differences of implant length between healed and fresh extraction socket stem from the fact that after tooth extraction bone of the alveolar process undergoes remodeling and physiological resorption. The increased length of implants used in maxillary tuberosity according to literature should be more than 14 mm. In order to reach the junction between pterygoid plates and maxillary bone.[46],[47],[48]
Statistical difference related to bendability of implants in case of implants placed in the fresh extraction socket results from the fact that the long implant axis is not always the same as the long axis of the extracted tooth.[49]
Based on this study, the bicortical smooth surface implant concept with immediate loading protocol provided predictable outcomes and survival rate of 98% in patients with and without history of periodontitis. Moreover, the survival rate of bicortical implants was not dependent on the presence of periodontal disease. In particular, it means that no contraindications to immediately placed bicortical smooth surface implants in the case of patients with periodontal involvement were observed.
Bicortical smooth surface implant concept with immediate loading protocol provided predictable outcomes and survival rate of 99% in patients with and without a history of periodontitis in 2-year follow-ups.
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Guns don’t make us safer
by Goldy — Monday, 5/17/10 , 3:38 pm
Authorities don’t yet know what sparked this weekend’s tragic shooting by an off duty Pierce County deputy of his in-laws and himself. But we do know what enabled the shootings: a gun.
I’m not pointing this out as an argument for gun control. The guy was a police officer after all, so it’s kinda unrealistic to expect him not to have a weapon.
But I would argue that this tragedy once again points out that generally, guns do not make us safer. Had this man not had easy access to a weapon, he would not have shot his in-laws or himself. He might still have gotten physically violent, but the result would likely not have been nearly as tragic.
I mean, honestly, how many shootings do we read of that are the result of horrible accidents or crazed crimes of passion? And how many are legitimate acts of self defense?
So own a gun if you want. It’s your 2nd Amendment right, the current Supreme Court tells us, and both hunting and target shooting can be reasonable pastimes, and even downright fun. Just know that your number one risk factor for being involved in a shooting is to own gun.
Monday, 5/17/10 at 3:41 pm
Cops don’t carry guns in Great Britain if I’m not mistaken.
Do autos make us safer? Why do you endanger your daughter by letting her ride in a car?
Dr. Dre spews:
@1..some police do, some dont…..but what does that have to do with anything?
YLB,
There are many armed cops in the U.K. They don’t screw around. When armed they carry MP-5s.
tenderhands YLB isnt going to know what an MP-5 is, you will just confuse him.
like goldy, YLB is of the “gunz are teh scaireey” llk.
but like you said earlier, neither has any problems stuffing the wife and kids into a piece of shit car and zooming down I-5….
ignorance is bliss I suppose….
Chris spews:
Study after study has shown guns do make us safer. Less restrictive gun laws= lower crime rates. This has been consistently shown. Im not advocating allowing insane people or criminals to have guns, but gun laws dont work because criminals will find ways to get them. “outlaw guns and only outlaws have guns.” If you believe gun laws work in stopping bad people from having them, then I guess you also believe no one uses illegal drugs, since they being illegal would stop people from using them.
@3 Uh did you say something?
yep..sure did.
imitation is a great form of flattery….
5 – Grew up with weapons in the house a good part of my life. I have no issues with responsible gun owners. Unlike the dead people and those close to them have with irresponsible, intoxicated or momentarily insane gun owners.
By the way did you say something?
9 – Huh?
I grew up shooting guns, but I still don’t see any legitimate purpose behind allowing civilians to own assault rifle. If you like to hunt but can’t hit your target with your first round, you really shouldn’t be out hunting until you can.
Likewise, the best weapon for home defense isn’t an assault rifle, it’s a double-barrelled shotgun. That way you can more efficiently dispatch your son who’s trying to sneak into your house late at night, whom you thought was a burglar.
Unlike police in other developed countries, the vast majority of British police officers do not carry firearms on standard patrol; they do however carry Extendable “Asp” or fixed Monadnock PR-24 batons and CS/PAVA spray.
There are, however, exceptions. Every territorial force has a specialist Firearms Unit[44] which maintains Armed Response Vehicles to respond to firearms related emergency calls, while one territorial force (the Police Service of Northern Ireland) and two of the special police forces, (the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of Defence Police) are routinely armed. The British Transport Police is the only police force in the country without firearms officers, relying on the local territorial force should an armed incident occur on the railways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.....ed_Kingdom
There you go. If it was a British cop, some people might be hurt but most likely alive.
SJ spews:
Study after study has shown guns do make us safer.
Can you cite any such evidence?
I just assume keep my long rifles and assault rifles, TYVM.
If you dont like them, then dont own one.
and before anyone pipes in with “ya, but machine guns arent legal”….yes, they are – if you have the proper licence.
Now THIS is a fucking gun….20mm sniper rifle…order yours today.
http://www.anzioironworks.com/
http://www.anzioironworks.com/Anzio-20-50.html
this thing probably weighs more than Tenderhands YLBleeder soaking wet..
Mark1 spews:
Since pansy-assed girly-man Goldy couldn’t defend himself against a wet paper bag, perhaps he of all people should look into the purchase of a firearm.
From Goldy’s post.
So own a gun if you want. It’s your 2nd Amendment right, the current Supreme Court tells us, and both hunting and target shooting can be reasonable pastimes, and even downright fun.
From what I’ve read of this, chronic pain, depression, economic stress and a failing marriage played a big role in this.
Goldy’s just saying think things through and make decisions based on facts. He had a pic up at one point of his daughter in summer camp learning how to shoot a .22.
Add me to the list of folks that grew up in a cast and blast for recreation family. Other than an antique Winchester (1885 made in 1913) that belonged to my grandpa, I got rid of my guns about a decade ago.
Alki Postings spews:
“guns do not make us safer. Had this man not had easy access to a weapon, he would not have shot his in-laws or himself. ”
Not logical. Having or not having a gun has no logical relationship to the intent to kill. It’s just a tool, not a desire or motivation.
1) He might not have shot his in-laws, but that wouldn’t have saved them. He might have stabbed them to death, beat them with a brick, poisoned them, ran over them with a car, tied them up and drowned them. Millions were murdered before the gun was invented.
2) If his ‘victims’ ALSO had a gun, they might have been able to defend themselves.
If this guy, a “hero”, was in such a mental state he intended to commit multiple murders, of his family even, then what WOULD have saved them? It’s PURE conjecture to say if he didn’t have a gun (like most cops in England) that he wouldn’t have harmed his family. Nice to “imagine” but just pulling that out of your ass. He might have done like the crazy lady who tied up her kids, put them in a car and drove it into a lake. You can’t stop crazy.
Capt. Binghamton spews:
Well, the off duty cop was no pansy ass — and his in laws could attest to that if he had not killed them with a pistol.
They probably could have defended themselves with their own guns if they had had time to take them out of the gun safe and remove the trigger locks.
The point being that gun safety and self defense are often at odds with each other. A couple of large dogs and a stout stick would be a better defense from a home invasion than a gun locked in a safe.
Since pansy-assed girly-man Goldy couldn’t defend himself against a wet paper bag,
And yet he’s somehow made it to the ripe old age of 48 (or somewhere around there)…
You can’t stop crazy.
You can often catch it and fix things before they get to the point of killing people.
Alki @21,
I might be wrong, but it doesn’t sound to me like a premeditated crime. Rather a crime of impulse and opportunity. And guns are the perfect impulse weapon.
And while it’s true that, if perhaps his in-laws had been equally armed, they might have defended themselves, if everybody was armed in anticipation that a loved one might go crazy and shoot them, then just think of how many more of these crimes of impulse and opportunity there would be. Not to mention tragic accidents.
elmlish spews:
I believe I am mostly ok with gun ownership as a right, but I feel strongly that strict laws and regulations for their purchase and use are important for the reason of increasing the likelihood that people will take these dangerous tools seriously. When I was young, I went through a hunter’s safety course and was part of a family that hunted and had guns.
People here have brought up the car analogy. Sure, we stuff our kids into these dangerous metal boxes and hurtle ourselves down the road at high speeds, but those speeds are regulated and enforced. People can’t drive until they get a license and there are many laws in force which dictate how we can use our automobiles. Without these, death tolls would likely be much higher. Alternatively, having such well spelled out rules allows for people to take for granted that things will always work in expected ways, which can tend to increase accidents.
We’ll never totally be able to eliminate the randomness of a messed up individual, but emphasizing the seriousness of a subject can have a positive effect on safety.
“…the current Supreme Court tells us…”
You expecting some changes along those lines, Goldy?
Goldy and Alki
PULEEZ ….
Is there even one example where the presence of guns in the home have stopped an impulse murder?
About the only way I can imagine this happening is if Ma, Pa and the kids have their peacemakers belted to their thighs, gun slinger style.
Even then, all confrontations woudl have to be done at ten paces. It would be unfair to sneak up on your unfaithful spice at night and shoot her in the back while she slept!
Even cops do not carry guns to protect themselves .. Real cops, as opposed to the TV kind, carry guns as a show of force. “Stop or I will shoot!” is a lot more likely to have an effect than “Don’t shoot me first cuz if you miss I will shoot back!.”
BTW, in Israel there are LOTS of guns everywhere. I do not remember of reading of any examples where a gun has blocked someone else’s bullet.
proud leftist spews:
Well-said.
SJ @ 28
Your post brings this awful/hilarious image to mind. Picture this: the family reunion where everyone is packing. Once the beers kick in, and old family squabbles are raised yet again, everyone would be aiming at everyone else. I’m quite sure that such a family reunion would be a safer place to be than a reunion where no one was packing.
Elmlish,
They don’t even enforce the traffic laws. You know what happened when an uninsured driver totalled my car? The SPD wrote a ticket and let him drive off. You know what happened when I was hit buy an unlicened, uninsured driver that ultimately left the scene? SPD asked why I didn’t take his keys from him. Do you remember the caterwalling about it being unfair when they started impounding the cars of unlicensed drivers in Seattle? That is now well they enforce the law.
PL @ 30:
“the family reunion where everyone is packing. Once the beers kick in, and old family squabbles are raised yet again, everyone would be aiming at everyone else.”
Sounds like a lot of family reunions where I grew up. The news reports had quite a few stories of one guy getting mad, another pulling a gun and tilling the first to “git”, the first guy does “git”, but only far enough to retrieve his own gun from the car… And then the bullets started flying. The only thing which kept the kill count down was the amount of alchohol which had been consumed previously (it’s surprising how many rounds those guys could shoot and miss every time).
Of course, the holidays around here aren’t much better.
There used to be a kindly, widowed elderly woman who lived across the street from us when I was growing up. One night she thought someone was trying to break into the house, so she called my Dad, then she called her sons. By the time my Dad had his clothes and shoes on, and had walked across the street, her sons had arrived and were roaming around the house and the adjoining woods, armed to the teeth.
My Dad, a combat veteran of Korea with a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, came back into the house a few minutes later, looking concerned. My Mom and asked him what was happening. “Those idiots are going to shoot themselves or somebody else before they ever find a burglar!” he announced. He then had us all go into the basement, because he was concerned that a stray bullet would end up in our house.
Shortly thereafter, there was a commotion, shouting, one shot, then a whole bunch of shots. About then the police arrived, who were very concerned about the armed men roaming around in the dark around the house and the adjoining woods. They ordered everyone to come out – with their weapons over their heads.
Turns out the only casualty was a stump of a tree, mistaken for the burglar. It had about six rounds in it, but the house on the other side of the woods had three rounds in it (those were discovered the next day).
righton spews:
Goldy, you always brag about the lefts great brainpower and reliance on science and facts versus us great unwashed knuckledraggers
I don’t think you have evidence that supports “#1 risk factor is to own a gun”
I suspect its “be proximate to a gun, especially by living in a lower income , possibly gang infested neighborhoodd.” The accidental, family, and other shootings are far less common than the liquor store, gang bang, drive by, etc.
In 2005 there were 30,694 fatalities caused by firearms in the U.S. In the same year there were 43,443 vehicular deaths.
Now for a second, compare the number of operators and operated hours of vehicles vs operators and operated hours of handguns and you’ll realize your comparison is not only rediculous, it’s the crappiest soundbite driven bit of illogic involved in the gun debate.
Are you suggesting that 70% of automobile users are also firearms owners?
@34 Righton
Suspect what you want but where is there data that packing guns makes anyone safer?
Of course it is perfectly fair to ask about the evidejnce form the other side. Are Americans more endangered because of the gins than Canadians are w/o them?
Maybe it really does not matter? I tend to think the best idea is to have better controls on who can and can nto have guns and who can and can not have ammo.
As a Jefferonian, I tend to think that the 2nd Amednment is there to preserve some balance between the State and the individual. I am not sure just what that means today but if Tom wanted it, I can see it as being at least symbolic.
@14 type myths lies and downright stupidity into youtube, and youll see a 20/20 segment about it. A little after the 4 minute mark it is mentioned that the national academy of sciences reviewed hundreds of gun control laws and could not find one time where increased restrictions reduced crime. Somone being interviewed asks, if someone wants to kill or rob you do you want a telephone or a gun?
Are you kidding? A telephone!
sj, 36; i agree a reading of the 2nd amend, and its original intent is to arm state militias, and preserve some rights. Robert Bork says such too.
Now since lefties have gutted all our states rights, i’m not prepared to give up this right…that is, give me back all our stolen prohibitions from federal laws…and i’ll give you 2nd is for the militas only.
yes, its not logical, but doggone, you’ve ripped apart the entire constitution over the years.
As a middle aged, suburban, white guy, I’m far more likely to die from a slip in the shower or a car wreck than I am from gun violence. I’m not “anti-gun” I grew up around them, did a little hunting, have been on target shooting teams. But, the idea that I need a gun to protect my self or to be safe is myth.
http://www.cdc.gov/men/lcod/index.htm
Puddybud sez, Ask the arschloch the backend of every thread spews:
SeattleJew…
In 1995 Texas passed a concealed carry law. The Uniform Crime Report from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) indicated in 2004 the overall crime rate in Texas dropped over the 7 years. In 1997, DPS reported 5,478 crimes per 100,000 Texans, based on a population of 19,355,427 peeps. With almost 3 million more Texans in 2004, the crime rate is 5,032 per 100,000.
Hope that helps SJ!
so….like….should we have gun laws like china?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35.....iapacific/
Dr Dre,
And you found it in the arschloch’s favrit useless news service… PMSNBC! Good catch!
Monday, 5/17/10 at 11:57 pm
Puddy doesn’t do analysis (numbers rounded for ease of digestion.)
Violent crime nationwide in 1995 685 per 100,000 citizens. In 2005, 469 per 100,000 citizens. But in Texas, the drop CAN ONLY be attributed to concealed carry in Puddyworld.
Putting the lie to the theory that Texas’ concealed carry keeps Texans safer than say non concealed carry states…
The crime rate in Texas is 23% higher than the national average. The violent crime rate is 14% hihger than the national average. In 1995, Texas ranked 17th in the nation in violent crime rates. By 2004, Texas ranked 12th. Why was the crime rate going down at a more rapid rate in other states if Texas’ concealed carry law was so effective?
That’s an issue Puddy won’t get into ’cause it would take some actual critical thought or GASP, analysis.
Polst-hoc ergo propter hoc. Puddy’s particular specialty among logical falacies.
Tuesday, 5/18/10 at 1:34 am
@38 A telephone as in calling the police. You can either use a gun to shoot an intruder or use a telephone to call 911 and then the police can arrive and take a picture of your dead body.
-dan z- spews:
“generally, guns do not make us safer.” False. In the US the crime rate has dropped drastically for 25 years. During this same period gun ownership has increased by 10’s of millions, and 40 states have passed laws allowing any law-abiding citizen to carry a concealed firearm. Meanwhile, in cities, states and countries that have passed increasingly strict gun control laws, crime rates have increased. Instead of publishing your feelings, why not check the facts?
46 – ehh. Someone earlier posted contradictory evidence that crime in Texas has stayed stubbornly higher than the national average despite a concealed carry law.
Guess border state/drug trade blows that one out of the water. Those narco pistoleros brook no quarter in pursuit of profit.
Good old chechsez doesn’t do ANAL-ysis well. He does ANAL superbly as evidenced by the manure left here as a HorsesASS!
Of course the FOOL misses the big one from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and their Uniform Crime Report. FBI’s UCR demonstrated an 18% drop in handgun murders. It was 838 in 1995 in Texas to 688 in 2004. There was a 13% drop in handgun murders per 100,000 population. It went from 4.5 murders in 1995 per 100,000 peeps to 3.95 murders per 100,000 in 2004.
“As you know, I was very outspoken in my opposition to the passage of the Concealed Handgun Act. I did not feel that such legislation was in the public interest and presented a clear and present danger to law abiding citizens by placing more handguns on our streets,” Holmes wrote. “Boy was I wrong. Our experience in Harris County , and indeed state-wide, has proven my initial fears absolutely groundless.” – John Holmes, Harris County district attorney
“I lobbied against the law in 1993 and 1995 because I thought it would lead to wholesale armed conflict. That hasn’t happened. All the horror stories I thought would come to pass didn’t happen. No bogeyman. I think it’s worked out well, and that says good things about the citizens who have permits. I’m a convert.” Glenn White, Dallas Police Association President
“Many predicted that minor incidents would escalate into bloody shootouts if Texas passed a concealed-carry law. That prediction was dead wrong.” – H. Sterling Burnett, National Center for Policy Analysis senior policy analyst
Notice who brought up the rear… the caboose AKA the arschloch@47. Never an original thought!
Puddy uses the FBI. Always have, always will checksez.
Take a look at the well-known libtardo led sanctuary cities with “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” policies, Houston and the capital city of Austin where the University of Texas is. They both experienced violent crime rates. Houston experienced an additional 314 violent crimes in 2007 over 2006. Austin had 213 more violent crimes in 2007 over 2006.
One other thing checksez, the drooling moron. Violent crime went up in Texas after the friendly N’Awlins folk arrived after Katrina. Google it FOOL!
What chechsez FORGETS to tell you in regards to the prison population is the violence by his good buds the illegal aliens. Google search it fool. Your EYES will be opened more than the libtardo arschloch guy with the left porn eye, the caboose of every thread!
correctnotright spews:
Puddy once again uses a falacious argument and poorly selects his “facts”.
Cherry-picking two cites, failure to cite statistics in other cities, using raw numbers without a comparison – you flunk Puddy. You just screwed every major statistical analysis rule.
And the drop in murders from 1995 – 2004- hmm, wasn’t that pretty much everywhere the crime rate went down during Clintons term because the economy was up?
Yup, the murder rates went down in Connecticut too and in almost every state from 1995-2004. I don’t seem to recall every state with a concealed weapons law.
Once again, Puddy uses statistics wrong and fails to grasp the big picture.
Should we trust ANYTHING Puddy writes when he puts out this kind of BS?
However, you are good at calling people names, changing the topic when wrong and pretending to be intelligent.
Oh, forgot the link:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.or.....-and-state
Oh Pudddddddyyyyyyy?
Did you by any chance look up post-hoc ergo propter hoc? Your cite of the arrival of Katrina victims is a classic example.
Were the increases in crimes committed BY Katrina Victims or AGAINST them? Puddy doesn’t know. Puddy doesn’t think about it. Did the handgun murder rate drop at a slower rate in Texas than the U.S. as a whole BECUASE of concealed carry or did federal funding of increased police officers play a role in the decline? Did socio-economic factors come into play? In Puddyworld, nope. Just concealed carry.
Careful when you ask for someone to google. It comes up with a study that a crime wave in Texas post Katrina was “non-existent.” (But naturally, it turns up a Brietbart story that also fails to consider how many Katrina evacuees were victims vs. suspects. They use the convenient phrase “Katrina evacuee as either victim or suspect” but no breakdown.)
Puddy doesn’t think about complex issues. Nope. It’s concealed carry. That’s the ONLY explanation. Post-hoc ergo propter hoc.
Daddy Love spews:
In 2005 there were 30,694 fatalities caused by firearms in the U.S.
And in the same period how many successful defenses were there?
I would guess without taking the time to research that the stupid, ignorant, impulsive, drunken, or willfully malicious uses of handguns FAR outnumber the legitimate self-defense uses.
Tuesday, 5/18/10 at 10:24 am
And in a timely bit of irony, it is indisputable fact that if a certain Washington resident didn’t own guns, he would be alive today.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/94133739.html
Bet he used them to protect his property exactly never.
Tuesday, 5/18/10 at 1:28 pm
Accidents will happen. Life is eventually fatal for all of us whether or not we own guns or not.
We need guns to protect ourselves from porcupines!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....nt02m.html
SPOKANE — — A Spokane County man has died from an apparent accidental self-inflicted gunshot after he set out to kill a problematic porcupine in his property
By the way, I’ve known quite a few policemen, and while they all are quite happy having firearms for their own protection, none of them I’ve known thought that having a firearm in a home for personal protection was a good idea.
Every one of them said that the odds of using one for successful defense of home and family were far outweighed by the likelihood that the same firearm would be (a) stolen during a burglary while the house was unoccupied; or (b) that it would be taken by a kid for play purposes; or (c) that a friend or family member would be mistaken for a burglar and shot; or (d) the firearm would be accidently discharged resulting in death or serious injury; or (e) the firearm would be retrieved and used in a family argument; or (f) the homeowner would be disarmed and the gun used against them by the burlars.
Perhaps they might feel differently if all gun owners were adequately trained, but currently there is no requirement to that effect (and the NRA would have a fit at any attempt to do so, which would ammount to a licensing of gun ownership).
I’m sure that there are some officers who believe differently, but I’ve been surprised at the consistency of the answers from those who have talked about it.
But accidents are not all equal. Some are 100% preventable. In this case the gentleman had three opportunities to keep this from happening.
1. Not owning a gun (covered already)
2. Not keeping a gun loaded
3. Making sure rounds or shells are removed before transporting a gun.
There are behaviors that increase the likelyhood of accidental death. Things like skydiving, motorcycle riding, free diving and careless gun ownership.
@58…or the biggest of them all: driving a car.
@56…darwinism in full effect….
Back on that? See #35.
The percentage of car users who kill or are killed in cars is but a miniscule fraction of the number of gun users who kill or are killed by guns.
It’s a B.S. comparison.
tell that to the people who are killed by cars.
if you dont like guns, then dont own one. pretty simple enough….because you sure as fuck arent going to be able to outlaw and confiscate them.
Don’t want to. Have one. Have a concealed carry permit too. Used to work the kind of job that involved handling large sums of cash late at night after closing. Haven’t carried since I got out of that business because I’m not a paranoid who worries that every day might be the day I’m in the wrong place at the wrong time.
But when you say driving a car is the “biggest one of all,” you’re horribly incorrect. There are many, many, many human activities that are more likely to cause your death if you engage in them than car driver/ridership.
But it’s a good soundbite the true gun nuts like to spout.
By the way, the home invasion is the scenario most favored by gun advocates who see their gun as giving them the opportunity to defend their family from criminals.
Despite the news they generate, home invasion robberies are incredibly rare, and usually focus on minorities who are known to keep large amounts of cash in the home.
More importantly, criminals involved in a home invasion robbery are concerned about the possibility that a gun is present in the home. That’s why they make sure they have the element of surprise, and immediately take a family member hostage in order to force the remaining family members into compliance. An armed homeowner (if he is able to get to the gun in time) is then faced with an ultimatum: your gun or your kid’s life. In the meantime they are faced with three or more other guns pointed at him, knowing that any attempt to fire on one will probably result in the death of himself and several other of his family members. Most (wisely) surrender the gun at that point.
So despite visions of heroic actions by the homeowner, guns are almost never successful at stopping a home invasion.
Take a look at the Sarah Palin pic and tell me what’s wrong with this picture?
http://www.opposingviews.com/i.....er-nothing
no clip.
Since there’s someone she’s not intending to shoot in front of her I’d hope there no magazine in that rifle. Try again.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.....nstration-
holy shit! now that is big….
Trigger finger isn’t indexed.
czechsaaz,
You want to define hours of “using” the gun? I have one being “used” much more an I am driving. The weapon is sitting there at the ready in case it is needed….that makes it many more hours in the day than I drive. I hope it is not needed. I have had to use one once (to save a pet from a predator). I have been injured more times in vehicle accidents than by firearms.
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Chhattisgarh delegation tours Bihar to learn from its prohibition exprience
News Agencies | Updated on: 30 June 2018, 15:14 IST
An 11-member delegation from Chhattisgarh, comprising lawmakers, officials and others, today returned after a three-day tour of Bihar during which it studied about prohibition law in force in the state for over two years.
Earlier, in November last year, a similar delegation from Karnataka had toured the state, meeting common people and also Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who took the radical step of enforcing liquor ban in April 2016 keeping with the promise he had made to the state's women before last assembly polls.
The delegation from Chhattisgarh, which visited the Bihar Chief Minister's official residence 1, Anney Marg, yesterday, could not meet Kumar as he was indisposed though its members were briefed on the prohibition experience by former Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, who has been appointed as Advisor, Policy and Programme Implementation, upon his retirement.
The delegation, which comprised MPs Dinesh Kashyap and Kamla Devi Patle, MLAs Ashok Sahu and Rohit Kumar Sai and the tribal state's Secretary for Excise D D Singh, among others, told the Chief Minister's Advisor that during their tour of various parts of Bihar, they found that women were highly appreciative of prohibition, chief minister office sources said here.
They also claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh was also in support of prohibition and "trying to build an environment to introduce the measure".
Anjani Kumar Singh told the delegation that the state imposed a ban on sale and consumption of liquor in April, 2016 notwithstanding an annual revenue loss of about Rs 5,000 crore as it took the view that the people would be able to save up to Rs 15,000 crore a year which they were spending on alcohol and thus benefits would far outweigh the costs.
He told the delegation that people were now spending more on their children's education and raising their own standards of living and there has been a drop in incidence of road accidents and domestic violence.
He also said that soon after Kumar's return to power in November, 2015, a campaign had been lodged to channel public sentiment in favour of the radical step by means of street plays, graffiti etc.
First published: 30 June 2018, 15:14 IST
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Want cheaper tuition? Then don’t encourage schools to build ‘lazy rivers’!
I came across this story from Fox News and it reminded me of one of the often overlooked contributors to rising tuition costs – when colleges try to attract students by spending money on luxuries. I am an LSU alumni and I have to say I had a great time there. There was always something to do and since New Orleans was only an hour way, if you were bored on the weekend you just hopped in the car for a night on the town. I lived in a cheap apartment on the edge of campus with great roommates and got a great education. What I didn’t get and didn’t need was a luxury swimming pool with a lazy river that spelled out LSU. So why is LSU building one for $85 MILLION DOLLARS? Because student feedback indicated that students wanted more recreation options.
But is that what college is really about? Should students be taking out record breaking amounts of student loans to pay for luxury pools, big screen TVs in the dorm rooms, and fancy fitness facilities? NO. If you are taking out loans, you should be doing so in order to pay for an education from the best faculty that money can buy.
There is a misconception that faculty are the cause for the rise in tuition, but at most universities that is not the case. According to a survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, the average Assistant Professor in the visual and performing arts has a salary of $56,692. At full professor rank, the average pay is $85,634. For professionals with doctorate degrees, that is hardly an excessive salary.
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When the terminally ill Count Hervé de Kerloquen (Pierre Brasseur, Goto, Isle of Love) vanishes without trace, his heirs are told that they have to wait five years before he can be declared legally dead, forcing them to devise ways of paying for the upkeep of the vast family château in the meantime. While they set about transforming the place into an elaborate son et lumière tourist attraction, they are beset by a series of tragic accidents – if that’s really what they are…
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“We kept telling them we had three years to save the planet, and then we told them we had five years, then two, then eight, but they wouldn’t listen.”
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People will continue to count years even when there's nothing left to save. I've recently visited Inishbofin - the "colonies" of seals and sea birds are now reduced to single animals clinging to the rocks. The waters are barren - they have nothing to eat. I just hope I won't have to look at this much longer.
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Superficially, this story might belong in the Trump thread, but the house organ of the no-deal Tories decided to open their pay wall for Trump disses May since, presumably, they think it will strengthen the resolve of the Farage-Johnson-Mogg supporters.
So I am playing around with the idea of putting on a PA trade that will pay out if Boris does his thing by Halloween (or even a bit later). Slightly OTM January puts on EWU (iShares ETF tracking the MSCI UK index) look favorable, with implied vols in the 10% range last I looked. As I understand it, that ETF (which trades in USD) does not do any currency hedging, and should therefore capture both the domestic share price action as well as the drop in Sterling. And I am pretty sure our compliance rules will actually allow me to buy these things. Any better ideas?
So cliché...
One is reminded of the old joke about why computer scientists get Halloween and Christmas confused. Because Oct 31 = Dec 25
what does the term structure look like for that product? Oct vs. Jan vs. Apr?
Great joke, but I think the last (?) version of BoJo's plan mentioned Xmas
For the record, I'm not a computer scientist - I despise them! ;-D
The Oxford Union was a place where bluster, self-belief and rhetorical flourish trounced detail, groundwork and planning. David McWillliams, Irish Times July 6 2019
Not how the technocratic, detail-oriented graduates of the College of Europe have been trained. Not so much bluff nor swashbuckling.
(David McW is a graduate)
No deal.
Sir Ivan Rogers had to resign because he said UK-EU negotiations would take 10 years to effect.
He said that May and her advisers' approach was to attempt to deal directly with the leaders of the major governments within the EU but the "reflex in the British system (is) always to think that we can deal direct with the organ grinders and not the monkeys: it never works like that. It didn’t work like that in the Cameron renegotiation either. That stuff is not done in the way British politics works, leader to leader. It’s done via the bureaucrats, and the sherpas, and the people at the top of the institutions.
UK ambassador got shafted (by his own group). The next one will probably be BREXIT poodle?
That's it in a nub.
A third-rate europhile PM sent in a third-rate europhile negotiating team to negotiate with people whose salaries and pension are proportional to how long they can delay anything they do. Not rocket science.
If you think that’s negotiating then I have a bridge to sell that you might be interested in.
You mean like this guy?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORNfD8e_sk
At least the Incumbents seem to be financially independent so they won't care one way or the other. There's always journalism and the tour if things go pear-shaped.
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It looks like Boris is on his way to become a PM. Let's see how a true Brexiteer handles this stuff.
*opens popcorn*
It may be a disaster, he might well fail. But at least he will try. And that's more than you can say about most MPs.
"at least he will try"
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When Julia Gillard referred to Tony Abbott’s blue ties I thought she was being puerile. Now every day I see Tony Abbott in a blue tie I know he’s puerile. I don’t agree with other feminists who get cross about journalists focussing on what politicians wear and their hairstyles etc. I agree they monitor women pollies’ appearances more closely and maybe more scornfully. But let’s face it, women pollies’ clothes and hairstyles are more interesting. In any event I think what people wear tells you something about them – clothes maketh the man (and woman). And in Tony’s case I think his blue ties tell us this.
First, he’s still waging war on Julia Gillard. Because it was she who drew attention to the blue tie, so it must have riled her, so let’s keep doing it, to keep riling her. Which is pathetic. He won an election. He’s Prime Minister. He can put his arguments with Julia Gillard behind him now. But he can’t. Which is pretty interesting. And I think the reason he can’t is because his fight with Julia was personal. It wasn’t about policies. Or the direction of the country. It was personal. I wonder if he dreams about her.
A second reason he sticks to the blue tie is that it get’s up the nose of Julia’s feminist supporters. Well that’s probably true. And even people who aren’t Julia’s feminist supporters! That’s a sign it really is puerile. But guess what? When you’re Prime Minister you’re meant to represent all of us. Most Prime Ministers give at least lip service to the ideal and put it into practice some of the time. The worst of them look at everything purely in terms of partisan political advantage. But even they haven’t gone out of their way to irritate a section of the population for no good reason. The best Prime Ministers have regard to good public policy when making decisions and only tweak them for political purposes. Having a Prime Minister who uses the colour of his tie to give a section of the community the creeps is pretty exceptional.
The third, and maybe most troubling rationale is the one given by the PM himself. That he likes a uniform. This suggests at the least a distinct lack of imagination. At worst it confirms David Marr’s insight, that Tony Abbott hasn’t grown in the job at all. Zilch. He’s just the same old Tony that he’s always been. Loves a uniform. CFA. Lycra. Army. You don’t have to think about uniforms. Once you put them on you do what people in those uniforms do. By rote. Which is where all his problems arise. You can’t be a Prime Minister by rote. You have to get into all sorts of new and different policy areas, you have to absorb new facts and figures, you have to think deeply about things, be open to different points of view, exercise judgement. When you have a Prime Minister who doesn’t like choosing a tie we, and the nation, are in trouble!
Other aspects of this fetish are also troubling. As more attention has been given to the ties – mostly by cartoonists who, whilst slow on the uptake are now lampooning them with a vengeance – a male friend complained to me about the shade of blue. It isn’t even an authoritative shade, he opined. That’s right. Not old school tie dark blue, not Melbourne Demons blue, not even Union Jack blue. It’s a light, icy blue – the sort of blue that people associate with baby boys. This accords with Tony Abbott’s seeming death wish about being Prime Minister at all as evidenced by his behaviour in office. Perhaps he prefers it back in Bubs rather than being Head Prefect.
Another thing Tony’s love of blue ties has lead to is the wearing blue tie in sympathy brigade. In the first leadership challenge (a second is coming soon one hopes) the praetorian guard of mostly senior Ministers all wore blue ties. It makes me wonder how much time are they spending on this little frolic. They’re meant to be busy people, preoccupied one hopes with their portfolios, making important decisions, collectively steering the ship of state. Instead they’re fretting over whether to wear the right shade of blue tie. Who buys them the things? Wives or staff? How do they ensure they get the right shade? Do they ring each other in the morning to check who else is wearing the tie. It really is too puerile.
One final point. The thing is they’re ties. So they’re (mostly) only worn by men. Good thing there are only two women in Tony’s Cabinet.
I leave you with this cartoon from Leunig. One of many featuring the PM’s blue tie, and I think the best. Tony’s all tangled up in blue! (Apologies to Bob Dylan).
Or to have a scintilla of your brain! This is a great piece, did you ever consider journalism? | {'timestamp': '2019-04-24T14:21:18Z', 'url': 'http://ephemeralwhispering.com/2015/02/tangled-up-in-blue/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot announced last week that Barbara Cook, medical director of the Access Partnership, also known as TAP, at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, is the winner of the 2010 Dr. Sebastian Russo Memorial Award.
The award was created by the city’s Health Department in 2007 to recognize health care providers who have made significant contributions to their fields by providing dedicated and compassionate service to low-income individuals and families. Sebastian Russo, who died in 1980, was a family physician known for his tireless and devoted service to his patients. He made house calls, learned multiple languages to communicate more effectively, charged only when patients were able to pay and was embraced by his community.
Cook, who retired from her role as president of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, serves as the medical director for TAP, which provides free specialty-care access to uninsured patients who live in the neighborhoods around The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center in coordination with their dedicated primary care clinicians. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-23T14:49:08Z', 'url': 'https://gazette.jhu.edu/2010/09/07/physiciancommunity-advocate-receives-prestigious-city-award/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
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The Dolphins have certainly had an interesting offseason. They traded away their most dynamic offensive player in Brandon Marshall, and whiffed on just about every big name coach/free agent they went after, including Peyton Manning.
The Dolphins have serious issues on the offensive side of the ball, particularly at tackle, quarterback, and wide receiver. Now that they are converting to a 4-3 defense, they will need to add some personnel to fit their new scheme.
If Jeff Ireland wants to survive the season, he is going to have to make this draft one of his best and find players that can contribute early on. Here is how I see the draft playing out for the Fins.
There was a time when taking Tannehill with the eighth pick in the draft was considered to be a reach. Now, if the Dolphins want him, they may have to trade up.
Tannehill is going to take some time to develop, as he only has one year of experience as a starting quarterback at the college level. He has great natural arm talent and great athleticism to compliment his arm, but he does not anticipate and have the "feel" for the game that more experienced players do. If the Dolphins are patient, Tannehill could turn out to be something special.
In a relatively weak safety class, Smith is widely considered to be the second best safety in the draft, behind Mark Barron. With Jeremiah Bell on his way out, the Dolphins will need a replacement. Harrison has the ideal skill set for a strong safety and should still be on the board when the Dolphins pick early in the second round.
Even if Bell was on the roster, the Phins would be looking for his replacement anyway.
Jones is a rather raw prospect that has dealt with his share of injuries, but he is explosive and has some upside. Jones could be a good fit as a supplement to Cameron Wake as a pass rusher.
Jones is a undersized, but his skill sets still translates to playing in a 4-3 system.
Jones has great speed and will be able to be an immediate downfield threat that the Dolphins have been lacking.
Toon is not the kind of receiver to take the top off defenses, but he can gain separation and has exceptional hands. He as all of the ability and measurables to develop into a solid #2 receiver.
Potter will have a chance to compete with Artis Hicks for the starting right tackle job. If nothing else, Potter will add depth to a depleted and aging offensive line.
Franklin has ideal measurables and experience as a four year starter to eventually develop into a starter. At the very least, Franklin can contribute on special teams and provide depth immediately.
Not a terribly explosive player, Boykin knows how to get open downfield and can make tough catches in traffic. The Fins need as much depth at the receiver position as they can. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-20T07:06:48Z', 'url': 'https://fantasyknuckleheads.com/miami-dolphins-2012-mock-draft-full-7-round-projections/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
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Meet the Cast: Joseph Guenther
Christina Johnson
Joseph Guenther, he plays Judge Turpin in the spring musical.
Christina JohnsonJoseph Guenther, he plays Judge Turpin in the spring musical.
Senior Joseph Guenther is playing Judge Turpin in this year’s spring musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”. The show has been full of new experiences for Gunther, as it’s his first show as a major lead, and one with particularly hard music. “[The music] is in time signatures and keys that I am not used to singing… I’ve learned how to sing different in styles” Guenther said.
This is Guenther’s eighth, and final, show here at Lowell, he’s been involved with Lowell theater since freshman year, when he was first in the Fall Play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
However, he’s been involved with theater since the Summer after fourth grade when he did an SFArts Education Project summer camp, a program that provides public elementary and middle school students with arts education. He was then invited to join their school year program and continued with it through middle school. He The first time Guenther stepped on stage, he was nervous. “Throughout the rehearsals for my first show at Arts Ed, I didn’t really think about it. But when I got on stage I was like. ‘Woah, this is happening. I gotta do this right, and if I mess up…’” he said. Nerves still affect Guenther, but he’s learned to use them to enhance his performance rather than hinder it. past them, “If the first night goes well, I feel alright. Nerves push me to do better,” Guenther said.
Lowell Drama’s supportive environment has also made working in the theater enjoyable for him, “Everyone is so nice and supportive of each other,” Guenther said. “The teachers and directors always make sure you’re comfortable, that you’re doing your best.”
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Asylum-Seekers Are Entering The U.S. Again — But Many More Migrants Are Left Behind
By John Burnett
These are among the Central Americans who were expelled by the border patrol from the United States and left in Reynosa, Mexico. They say Mexican officials told them if they don't leave they would be sprayed with water.
Sandra Zuniga and her teenaged son, Elder, are among the lucky ones.
Earlier this week, the Honduran migrants walked across the international bridge from the infamous migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, received a notice to appear in U.S. immigration court, and settled into a cozy condo in Brownsville, Texas.
"Glory be to God," Zuniga says. "The day I arrived I spent the whole day crying — to end up in such a beautiful place with my own bedroom and bathroom. We passed a great test in the camp. Some people even doubted the existence of God. But we overcame!"
U.S. immigration agents have begun admitting some asylum-seekers after the Biden administration reversed policies put in place by the Trump administration, which had forced them to wait in Mexico while their cases are considered and then suspended most asylum applications because of the pandemic.
But many migrants will not be so lucky.
Left behind are people like Danilo Peraza, also from Honduras. He continues to wait in the squalid encampment in Matamoros even though he's already lost his asylum case. Like many people, he forged close relationships in the adversity of camp life and fell in love with a woman he met there. Now he hopes one day they can reunite.
"She and her daughter crossed the border last Friday," he says. "She didn't want to go without me. She cried and cried and cried, but I had to convince her that she had to go."
And now, even more migrants are surging to the U.S. border.
Dilicia Mejia, who also fled Honduras with her teenaged daughter, is among them. They had been staying in Monterrey, Mexico, for the past year. Then a couple of weeks ago, with President Biden in charge, they hopped a bus to Reynosa, a border town where they're waiting for an opportunity to cross into Hidalgo, Texas.
"This is the faith we have before God," she says. "We know that Joe Biden is a good person who has made a good government."
Border getting "more and more jammed up"
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week called the border situation a "stressful challenge" — stopping short of branding it a crisis. He emphasized the Biden administration has not fully re-opened the border because of the ongoing pandemic, and that now is not the time for more migrants to come.
Mayorkas urged would-be migrants to stay in their home countries and apply for humanitarian relief from there, saying it will take time to fix the nation's broken immigration system.
"We are not saying don't come," Mayorkas said. "We are saying don't come now."
Immigration agents are slowly processing asylum-seekers already enrolled in the Trump-era Remain in Mexico program. There are about 25,000 migrants scattered up and down the border between Matamoros and Tijuana — many waiting well over a year to press their asylum cases in the U.S.
The vast majority of new arrivals are still being expelled to Mexico under pandemic guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"If families come, if single adults come to the border, we are obligated to, in the service of public health, to impose the travel restrictions ... and return them to Mexico," Mayorkas said. "And we have done that."
Nonetheless, a growing number of migrants are fleeing crime and poverty in Central America and rushing to the U.S.-Mexico border seeking entry.
"The numbers are growing," says Pastor Hector Silva, who runs a Reynosa migrant shelter, where Mejia and her daughter are staying. Silva has been watching immigration cycles since he opened his doors 26 years ago.
"The border is getting more and more jammed up with people who were either fooled into coming here or misunderstood the new American government."
The Border Patrol is arresting more than 1,200 unauthorized migrants a day in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, according to Customs and Border Protection. That's a sharp jump over recent months.
False expectations
So many migrants are now crossing into the U.S. that the administration has opened two family shelters and re-opened a facility for unaccompanied children in Texas.
In addition, NPR has learned, the administration is planning to convert two large migrant detention centers into processing centers so that asylum-seekers can be released into the country more quickly.
In Mexico, this is what that U.S. policy of expulsion looks like: About 150 mothers and young children are sleeping on the cold, hard plaza of a Mexican federal building in Reynosa. They're filthy and miserable. Their sneakers still caked with the mud of their failed trek north.
"Where we are now, the Mexican officials have said if we don't leave here they'll spray us with water. It's lamentable. We're not criminals!" says Olga Damasio, who traveled from Guatemala with her young daughter, Meyli.
They crossed over the Rio Grande in the last couple weeks with the false expectation that every family with kids would be allowed to stay under the new Biden policies. They were detained by Customs and Border Protection and returned to Mexico.
"They dumped us here three days ago on the bridge; they left us here without any explanation," Damasio says. "We thought the new president would create new opportunities for migrants, but from what we've seen there is nothing for us."
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Iris Coto is stranded in Reynosa after she and her two twins, Justin and David, were expelled from Hidalgo, Texas, after they crossed illegally seeking asylum. Justin Coto, 10, from El Salvador, wore out the sole of his sneaker on the journey north with his twin brother and mother to the U.S. border.
"Not fair that they don't acknowledge us"
There is a lot of confusion about the new policies. Several mothers in Reynosa, including Iris Coto from Honduras, say U.S. border agents told them they are only admitting, as humanitarian cases, mothers with very young children. Coto, who was traveling with her 8-year-old twin boys, says agents told her they didn't qualify. She was incredulous.
"They're all children and they all need help!" she says.
CBP officials declined to comment on these mothers' accounts.
There is also confusion — and anxiety — over how the administration is selecting the asylum-seekers enrolled in Remain in Mexico who are allowed to cross.
About 400 Cubans have been waiting in Reynosa. Many are crowded into apartments and doing odd jobs around town.
"Our uncertainty is enormous because no one in Reynosa has crossed yet," says Yady Milan, a 34-year-old Cuban chemist who's trying to get to Miami. "I understand the camp in Matamoros was in precarious condition. But it's not fair that they don't acknowledge us here in Reynosa."
The nearly empty Matamoros camp looks like a deserted shanty town, with abandoned camping tents flapping in the Gulf breeze and city workers hauling away great piles of garbage and personal belongings left behind.
Yady Milan is with the large Cuban community enrolled under Remain in Mexico who is living in the dangerous border city of Reynosa. They fear they will not be allowed into the United States to seek asylum, despite assurances from the Biden administration.
Finally got a break
A month ago, the camp teemed with more than 600 migrants. U.S. immigration agents began processing migrants there first, in part, because of the intense international focus on wretched conditions at the camp.
Amy Maldonado, a pro bono attorney with the nonprofit ALDEA — The People's Justice Center, has several clients who are seeking asylum and are enrolled in Remain in Mexico. Some ended up living in the Matamoros camp "without services, without jobs, without support," she says.
The Trump-era policy "was a way to make asylum-seekers suffer so much that they would give up and go away," Maldonado says.
One of her clients, though, finally got a break when Biden reversed that policy. Manfredo, 20, was admitted into U.S. last week after more than a year in Matamoros — carrying nothing but a backpack with a shirt and some papers. NPR is not using his full name because Maldonado fears it could affect his asylum case.
Once Manfredo, who is from Honduras, tested negative for COVID-19, he was allowed to cross into Brownsville. Now Manfredo lives with his extended family in Florida, where he will wait until he can present his case to a judge, which could take years.
Danilo Peraza, 28, from Honduras, takes a pizza to his tent in the nearly empty migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico. Most of the other migrants in the camp have been admitted into the U.S. but Peraza was left behind because his asylum case was rejected.
"God will still deliver"
"If he wins his case, he will get a green card," she says. "If he doesn't win his case, he's got an appeals process, and ultimately he would have to leave if he doesn't win."
Dozens of asylum-seekers are being processed daily at three ports of entry.
Sandra Zuniga, the early beneficiary of the Biden policy change, says she fled Honduras with her son to get away from an abusive husband and violent extortionists in her neighborhood. She recalls when her kindergarten students at a free school in the Matamoros camp realized their ordeal was finally over.
"There was a little boy who told me goodbye, crying. He always asked me, 'Teacher, when can we leave here?' He gave me a big hug and said through his tears, 'At last, teacher, we are crossing over.' "
But it's bittersweet for people like Danilo Peraza, who says he fled Honduras to escape thugs and corrupt police in his home country. He's staying in Matamoros despite his harrowing time there, including a mugging last year that left his face a swollen mass of bruises.
Peraza says he believes God will still deliver him across the border, if the Biden administration will have mercy on people like him who have suffered in the camp for so long.
"There is sadness, because we were left behind," Peraza says. "But there is happiness because so many have been able to leave and finally get into the United States."
As NPR's Southwest correspondent based in Austin, Texas, John Burnett covers immigration, border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. In 2018, 2019 and again in 2020, he won national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for continuing coverage of the immigration beat. In 2020, Burnett along with other NPR journalists, were finalists for a duPont-Columbia Award for their coverage of the Trump Administration's Remain in Mexico program. In December 2018, Burnett was invited to participate in a workshop on Refugees, Immigration and Border Security in Western Europe, sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission.
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Nathan lay on his stomach on Kai's couch, waiting for her to return with whatever medical supplies she thought she needed. He heard her muttering to herself as she rummaged in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom.
He'd already selected the knife – a short, sharp paring knife from her kitchen, part of a set he'd given her last Winterfaire.
Not Winterfaire. Christmas. That's what they called the celebration of the winter solstice here. Even after all these years, in the privacy of his mind he sometimes forgot to name things in the common way.
She'd given him a present, too – a suede shirt the color of sand, soft as a mare's nose. He was glad he hadn't worn it tonight... but that was silly thinking. He wanted to keep it for as long as possible, so he seldom wore it. Certainly not for a hunt, even such a limited one as tonight's had been.
Kai had laughed when she opened his gift and said something about the difference between men's presents and women's. She did see him as a man. Sometimes he wanted to ask her why. Was it only his shape that made her think of him that way? Or were his thoughts man-shaped in some ways?
That could be. He'd been here a long time. Perhaps he wasn't as far from human as he sometimes felt.
Feelings spiked in him at the thought. Complicated feelings. Humans dwelled within their complications so consistently, even as they squirmed and disavowed and tried to make the world simple by thinking it so. Nathan had never grown accustomed to human complexities, even – especially – when he experienced them. This wash of huge, contradictory feelings made him want to weep.
Instead he paid attention to the texture of the blanket beneath him, the rhythm of his breath, and the hot pain in his shoulder.
Tonight's shirt was ruined, but it was only cloth, not a gift. She'd helped him remove it. At his suggestion, she'd placed a blanket on the couch to keep it dry, since he hadn't taken off his wet jeans. He'd have been more comfortable without them, but that would have sent a sexual signal.
The blanket would also absorb blood, and there would be some. He could limit bleeding, but he couldn't stop it entirely without prematurely sealing the wound.
The first bright shock of pain from the bullet's entry had long since subsided to a crimson haze, unpleasant but manageable. Controlling pain did not mean setting up some magical shield to deny it, but going into it, accepting it fully. Just as his muscles would accept the knife's message when it sliced into him.
Harder, much harder, was making himself vulnerable to that knife. But Kai would be wielding it, so that was all right.
He lay quietly, waiting, bemused at himself. How odd that he'd come here. It had been instinct, of course. He'd been hurt, in need of help. He'd come to his friend.
His friend. Nathan basked in the wonder of that. He'd known he liked Kai, that he felt good around her, but hadn't realized... gods. He'd just found her. A year ago he would have felt nothing but joy at the finding. Now...
"Okay, I've got gauze and antibiotic ointment and peroxide," Kai said. Her footsteps, soft as they were on the carpet, were audible to him as she approached. "And I found my tweezers. I sterilized them with the peroxide, but I should probably boil them and the knife."
"Not necessary. I'm not susceptible to bacteria or viruses."
"Oh." She took a deep breath. "I'll still clean the area around the wound. It will make me feel better, and I need to get the dried blood off so I can see what I'm doing."
"All right." He slowed his breathing further, closing his eyes. The couch smelled musty; she gave off the fresh, bright scent of a healthy young woman, plus the subtle mix that said Kai to him.
He couldn't go under all the way. Her scent might be enough to keep him from interpreting the knife as an attack, but he wouldn't risk it. Besides, he needed to guide her.
"Where were you that you weren't supposed to be?"
The peroxide was cool and wet. Her touch was firm enough to do the job without being rough. It hurt, but he liked having her touch him. He wished she could do it more often. "At the morgue."
"Are you going to make me pull your story out question by question?"
He smiled at the image of her extracting answers with her tweezers. "I'd prefer to discuss it after the bullet's out."
Another deep breath. "I guess I'm trying to delay."
"Are your hands shaking?"
A pause. "No." She sounded surprised.
"You know how to cause pain when it's needed for healing." They'd talked about that, about how she'd had to learn to allow, even encourage, others to hurt in order to help them reclaim their bodies.
"Yes. Yes, I do. All right. Let's do it."
"You see the entry."
"Yes. It, ah, it's scabbed over and looks about three days old, but I see it."
"Good. The bullet's path was slightly up and to the left, leaving it wedged just beneath the edge of the shoulder blade. I've delayed the internal healing enough that I think you'll be able to see its path. Make a vertical cut, starting about two inches above the entry hole and extending an inch below to give you room to work. There will be some bleeding. I can't prevent that entirely without sealing up around the knife."
The next several minutes went about as he'd expected. Nathan didn't like pain, but it was a familiar enemy. He only tensed once, when her knife skidded across the bullet, sending it deeper.
Otherwise she did well. Kai wasn't trained in this sort of thing, but she understood the basic layout of the body. Her hand remained steady and she followed his directions meticulously. Still, by the time she finished it was a relief to relinquish control and let his body heal. He lay there and panted, exhausted.
She seemed to be doing the same, sitting back on her heels with her eyes closed and her face pale. After a moment she spoke. "It's closing up."
Her voice sounded odd. Spooked, maybe. He couldn't think of what he was supposed to say – agreeing that the wound was, indeed, closing seemed pointless. Perhaps she wanted to know what to expect. "The visible part of the wound heals first, to seal it. Since no vital organs were affected and I'm not in combat, the rest will heal more slowly."
"How slowly?"
"Several hours, probably."
"If you were in combat, it would heal faster?"
"Do you control the healing?"
"No." He reconsidered. That wasn't entirely accurate. "I can, to some extent. I slowed it on the way here, but it's difficult. Tiring."
"Your body prioritizes for you." A thread of humor lightened her voice.
She wasn't too spooked, then. Relieved, he made the effort to sit up. The pain was much less now. "Yes. A good way to put it. May I see the bullet?"
Her eyebrows lifted. "Ghoulish interest, or a souvenir?" She handed him the clump of bloody gauze where she'd dropped the slug.
"I haven't been shot in a long time, and ammunition has changed. It could be useful to know what kind of damage to expect from today's weapons."
"If you're well enough to sit up and examine your bullet, you're well enough to explain why a cop shot you in the back."
"He couldn't shoot me from the front. I was running away." He inspected the smashed lump. Hollow point, as he'd expected. That was standard police-issue and what he used himself. Good stopping power, and less likely to pass through the target and harm a nearby civilian or hostage. Probably a lightweight .38, he decided. Some of the older officers clung to their .38s.
"The officer will be disciplined, I imagine." He lifted his hip so he could slip the slug in his pocket. "He was too hasty in using his weapon. Chief Roberts thinks within narrow channels, but he's correct within his limits."
She huffed out a breath. "That is not an explanation."
He felt a smile start. Kai was angry. If he told her she was pretty when temper brought that flush to her skin, she might pick up the knife again. But she was.
Her Gift was linked to water, and she wore its colors often. The soft flannel she wore tonight was a pale green that made him think of one of the many bright pools in the Summer Lady's land. Her throat rose from the neck of her pajamas, a strong and beautiful pillar the color of warm, wet sand. She would smell so good right there, in the hollow between neck and collarbone.
He took a moment to rein in his body, but the smile lingered inside. "I've been searching for the killer."
"I know that. I don't know why you were at the morgue. Or why you were shot for being there."
"I wanted to see the bodies of the two who were slain. I didn't have permission." The two victims had been killed within city limits, so the city police were handling the investigation. Chief Roberts didn't play well with others, particularly those in the sheriff's office. "I hoped to pick up a... a scent. Traces left by the killer."
"Are you a – a werewolf? A lupus, I mean."
"Eh." The question startled him. Kai had always been careful not to pry, not to ask too many direct questions. But she was his friend. He knew her secret; he could give her more of his. "No," he said, then decided that wasn't enough. "This is the only realm with lupi. They're native to it. I'm not."
She nodded solemnly.
His muscles loosened in relief. She didn't fear him, wasn't upset – and she didn't go on to ask the obvious questions, the ones he wasn't sure he could answer. "I said I wanted to find the killer's scent. I meant the physical scent, but I... there's more, for me. I pick up other traces, psychic traces, but sensually, as a smell. Like you receive thoughts visually."
"Oh." She cocked her head. "I like that. It makes me feel less of a freak to know your talent works a bit like mine."
"You are not a freak."
She tapped her head. "This knows that." She touched her chest. "This doesn't. Did you get a scent from the bodies?"
He grimaced. "I never reached the bodies. The police have them under guard."
"I guess the morgue usually has someone there. An attendant."
"I allowed for that," he said dryly. He'd been sloppy, but not that sloppy. "I didn't expect officers to be stationed at the bodies." He could have killed or disarmed them, of course, but one action would have been immoral, the other stupid. He shook his head. "I don't understand why they were there. Chief Roberts is narrow, not stupid. He must have some reason to guard the bodies, but I can't come up with one."
"He may be thinking of vampires. A lot of people are right now. The bodies were drained of blood, right? So he might have posted people to watch and make sure they don't – well, rise or something."
Nathan snorted. "If he's trying to find a vampire, he's wasting his time. They don't exist. Not the way they're depicted in fiction."
"But... they do exist?"
"Blood-drinkers are real, but not native to this realm. Most of them aren't intelligent, and none of them reproduce by endowing their victims with the ability to rise from the dead."
She grinned. "Or go around seducing young virgins?"
They'd watched Interview With the Vampire together last Halloween. Funny show. He'd chuckled at what she claimed were all the wrong places. "Exactly."
"So you think it's a human who killed those people?"
"Unlikely. A deranged or evil human might drink blood, but he or she couldn't suck out the entire ten pints in the average body. Nor is it easy to drain a body completely in other ways, and the victims were apparently exsanguinated in the same places the bodies were found."
"Then it's an animal of some sort. Something that came in on the power wind."
"Probably." He considered his words for a moment. "By 'animal' I don't just mean inhuman. I mean a species incapable of complex communication."
"Communication? You think that's the dividing line between animal and, uh... I guess I can't say human, but I'm not sure how to put it."
"Sentient is the closest word in English."
"Okay, then. I would have thought the level of sentience depended on intelligence, the ability to reason."
"Reason can be denned in different ways, and intelligence is a slippery scale to apply. Is a severely retarded man a beast?"
She grimaced. "You make your point."
"Sophisticated communication which conveys concepts rather than just 'danger' or 'food' is essential because without it, intelligence and moral reasoning don't develop. A potentially intelligent being that is unable to communicate effectively never develops its potential. Take cats, for example."
"Uh... cats?"
"Cats are potentially sentient, but only those who live closely with other sentients develop fully because they lack the stimulus of clear communication. Not all cats develop a high level of sentience," he added. "But some do. The ones with good telepathic skills."
"Cats." Her voice and expression were blank. Then a smile spread across her face like the early colors of dawn. She shook her head, rueful, smiling. "I think I'm weirded out. Also wiped," she said, rising. "And so are you. Do you want to stay here for what's left of the night?"
"That would be good." Healing drained him. Delaying the healing drained him more. "Did you see that in my colors?" he asked, suddenly curious. "That I need rest?"
"Not the colors so much as the way they're behaving. Droopy and sluggish."
He nodded. That made sense – his thoughts felt sluggish. "Thank you. For the offer of your couch, and for helping."
"You're welcome. I'll get you a pillow and a cover." A yawn caught her, and she stretched.
Long-buried feelings stirred inside him. He had to be stern with his body in order to quiet it before she noticed. "A sheet would be welcome. I don't need a blanket. Is it all right if I remove my jeans? They're wet."
"Sure." Her smile came a shade too quickly, a tint too bright. "I'll get you that sheet."
He didn't remove his pants yet. He'd do that after she was in bed. Kai couldn't regulate her body the way he did, nor could she hide her response from him. He couldn't hide his response from her, either, for that matter – she'd see it in his colors if he allowed himself to become aroused. So he hadn't. He didn't want to raise expectations. But he allowed himself the rare indulgence of enjoying the way her body moved beneath her loose pajamas as she left the room. Maybe...
He wouldn't rush things. But he knew her now for a friend, so... maybe.
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Santander Arena is still an economic force 20…
Santander Arena is still an economic force 20 years later
Officials are happy the arena was built and is still going strong.
BEN HASTY – READING EAGLE,
Santander Arena in downtown Reading. (Reading Eagle)
By Jeremy Long | Reading Eagle
PUBLISHED: September 13, 2021 at 5:53 a.m. | UPDATED: September 13, 2021 at 6:15 a.m.
City Council President Jeffrey S. Waltman Sr. watched from his office in the former Exide Building in the 600 block of Penn Street as the then-Sovereign Center was starting to be constructed.
“It seems like yesterday,” he said. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years.”
A lot of the legislation that brought that venue — now named Santander Arena — to Reading was passed before Waltman was on council, but he said he would have supported its construction.
“It’s like anything,” he said. “There were naysayers and a lot of people opposed to the project. They didn’t want some of the old properties to come down.”
Waltman believed Reading was ahead of other cities at the time by building a convention center downtown.
“The reality is a lot of people did come, and we got a lot of big-name acts,” he said. “It’s been a great anchor for not only the city, but Berks County.”
When Mayor Eddie Moran first moved to Reading, the arena was already built, so he did not know what life here was like without it. He doesn’t want to find out.
“When I first moved to Reading all I really knew about Reading were the outlets,” Moran said. “I quickly learned about this jewel here that my kids would come to. My son, Daniel, keeps asking me every day when we are going to get (Royals) tickets.”
Moran also supported the city giving the arena $3 million in American Rescue Plan funds for upgrades
“When I took office, I made a commitment to work with our community to make a better Reading,” Moran said. “This is part of that.”
Berks County officials played a significant role in getting the arena built, and today’s county commissioners remain supportive of the arena two decades later.
The commissioners recently praised the arena and pledged $3 million to the Berks County Convention Authority for upgrades.
“The Santander Arena has brought economic vitality to our community,” Commissioner Michael Rivera said. “It has brought top-notch entertainment, sporting events and community events to our city and our county.
“The Santander Arena is about more than just entertainment. It’s about economic development, community development, helping other local businesses and providing a venue that benefits our community.”
Commissioner Kevin Barnhardt cannot imagine what it would be like if the arena had not been around for the past 20 years.
“The Santander Arena and the Performing Arts Center are critical to the ongoing success of our downtown and are cornerstones for the continued positive rebirth of greater Reading,” he said. “The venues not only provide world-class entertainment for our residents but also attract people from neighboring communities and states.”
Economic gain
Santander Arena is not only a place for concerts and shows, it serves as a driving force of economic revitalization for Reading and Berks, officials said.
Over the years, David Farrar, general manager of the arena, was proud to bring artists such as Elton John, Eric Church, Avenged Sevenfold, Hall & Oates and many more performed at the arena.
“I’m most proud that we were able to bring Latin acts such as Marc Anthony, Romeo Santos, Bad Bunny, and other to the market,” he said. “Reading has such a large Latino population that was underserved for so long — to be able to break that market and get Reading on the map was huge for the building and market.”
The arena has generated $5.8 million in amusement tax revenue, $5.8 million in parking revenue and $8 million in attendance revenue over the past 20 years, Farrar said.
The arena has done a good job of bringing people downtown who might have not come otherwise, said Crystal Seitz, president of Pennsylvania’s Americana Region.
“I think one of the things is the arena does a good job of helping us draw people downtown because of the events they put on,” she said.
The arena has also been home to Jehovah’s Witnesses conventions for years.
When conventions would take place over a series of nine weekends in a summer, there was about a $10 million economic impact to the region every summer, Seitz said.
The convention has not happened the past two summers because of COVID-19, and the convention was cut back to fewer weekends each summer before that. However, Seitz believes the events still deliver a $2 million to $3 million economic impact.
“Anytime a large meeting or convention uses the arena,” Seitz said, “it can provide hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars of economic impact to our area.”
Seitz believes the arena and Berks are poised to capitalize on the return of concerts and conventions in a post-COVID-19 world.
“I think we have an advantage now because we are a smaller arena than many,” she said. “As meetings start to consider coming back full force, they may be looking for a smaller locations because we now have the pandemic to work with.
“Anytime someone comes into our area it brings new money into Berks County, and that’s what we like. It’s not our residents spending their money. Although, that’s important, it’s really important that new money comes in. That’s the icing on the cake.”
A person who takes an overnight trip to Reading spends an average of $317, a person on a business trip spends $493 on average and a day-tripper spends $139 a day on average, Seitz said.
“Besides the economic impact it has created a better quality of place and life for the residents of Berks County,” Seitz said. “And that’s so important. As we seek to keep people here, bring new talent in and businesses in, they look at that and say, ‘What is there to do here?'”
Spurred redevelopment
Aaron Gantz, senior director of economic development for the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance and Deb Milliman, president of Greater Berks Development Fund, say the arena has spurred other development. Among the most notable was the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, which opened in 2015.
“The DoubleTree would not be here if not for the Santander arena,” Millman said. “I don’t know if we would have an award-winning hotel without the arena.”
Gantz pointed out that the entire block has been redeveloped over the past 20 years.
The downtown would be noticeably different if the arena were never built, Millman and Gantz said.
“I think we know there’s a difference having just gone through a pandemic in 2020,” Gantz said. “We know what it was like with the arena and without having events in 2020.”
Millman said it attracts businesses from outside.
“It shows a livelihood to the community for a town this size, and I think that’s pretty important,” Millman said.
DoubbleTree by Hilton General Manager Craig E. Poole said that once word got around that a hotel was across the street from the arena, business boomed.
“We started picking up a massive amount of business off of them,” Poole said.
“People are repeatedly coming here, and they are bringing people back with them because of the experience of the Santander Arena and DoubleTree,” he said. “It’s a marriage made in heaven.”
The hotel’s market quickly expanded to Baltimore, Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia and beyond.
When Judas Priest played at the arena last week, the hotel was nearly sold out, with many of the guests coming from around the Northeast.
“These are people that are looking for a venue that they can afford, stay overnight, have dinner and have this whole experience,” Poole said. “They all said it’s cheaper to come here, get the ticket, get the hotel room and get dinner than go to New York City.”
Members of Judas Priest stayed in the hotel, and guests were able to interact with them, Poole said.
“It’s all about memorable experiences, and that brings people back,” Poole said. “They get to see the band, actor, whoever in a smaller venue for a very good price, and they then get to see the entertainer walk through the hotel and maybe talk to them or get pictures and autographs.”
Jeremy Long | City reporter
Jeremy Long came to the Reading Eagle in 2017 as a reporter covering the Reading School District city edition and was later named the city reporter. He has been a journalist since 2006 either as a freelancer or on staff at a local newspaper. Jeremy worked as a photojournalist for the Lebanon Daily News for seven years before coming to the Reading Eagle.
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Luxembourg 01 01 - Liquidity Support EUR 2020-09-07
Luxembourg 01A 01A - Short-term lending EUR KPMG. https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2020/04/luxembourg-government-and-institution-measures-in-response-to-covid.html (accessed 21 May 2020) 2020-09-07
No amount/estimate: May 20, The government will grant financial aid up to EUR500,000 in the form of a repayable advance to cover documented loss of income.
Luxembourg 01B 01B - Support policies for short-term lending EUR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 19 April 2020). 2020-09-07
No amount/estimate: In line with the European Central Bank's (ECB’s) recommendation on dividend distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic, banks were advised to refrain from distributing accumulated profits should this constrains their capacity to meet their clients’ credit and liquidity needs.
Luxembourg 01C 01C - Forex operations EUR 2020-09-07
Luxembourg 02 02 - Credit creation EUR 6,100,000,000 6,747,787,611 2020-09-07
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Luxembourg 02B 02B - Support policies for long-term lending EUR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 19 April 2020). 2020-09-07
No amount/estimate: (i) The Luxembourg authorities have intensified off-site oversight of key risks in the banking sector and stepped up surveillance of investment funds, including new requirements for weekly updates on financial data and fund managers’ governance arrangements. They have introduced a draft law which, among others, grants the supervisory bodies powers to extend, for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis, reporting deadlines for entities under their remit; (ii) Banks were advised to refrain from distributing accumulated profits should this constrains their capacity to meet their clients’ credit and liquidity needs.
Luxembourg 02C 02C - Loan guarantees EUR 6,100,000,000 6,747,787,611 OECD. https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/ (accessed 19 April 2020); IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 9 May 2020). 2020-09-07
(i) March 25: EUR2.5 billion (3.9% of 2019 GDP) loan guarantee facility of the State of 85% of credit lines granted by selected banks between 18 Mar and 31 Dec 2020; (ii) No amount/estimate: Export guarantees provided by the Office du Ducroire; (iii) No amount/estimate: Companies with cash flow difficulties can request guarantees from the “mutualités de cautionnement”; (ii) April 30, EUR3.6 billion from extending credit guarantees for new bank loans and special anti-crisis financing for SMEs and large companies.
Luxembourg 03 03 - Direct long-term lending EUR 1,000,000,000 1,106,194,690 2020-09-07
Luxembourg 03A 03A - Long-term lending EUR 1,000,000,000 1,106,194,690 SNCI. https://www.snci.lu/newsfeed/publications/covid-19-special-anti-crisis-financing/ (accessed 13 April 2020); European Commission. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_516 (accessed 11 April 2020); Mutualite de Cautionnement. https://www.cautionnement.lu/actualites/detail/pme-grandes-entreprises-et-independants-lancement-de-laide-remboursable-covid-19-de-500000-euros/ (accessed 13 April 2020) 2020-09-07
(i) EUR700 million new loan facility by Societe Nationale de Credit et d'Investissement (SNCI, a public bank) in collaboration with commercial banks, with maximum duration of 5 years; (ii) March 25, EUR300 million for repayable advances to companies, as well as liberal professions, to cover operating costs (repayment will begin 12 months after obtaining the repayable advance).
Luxembourg 03B 03B - Forbearance EUR Clifford Chance. https://www.cliffordchance.com/content/dam/cliffordchance/briefings/2020/03/Covid-19-Luxembourg-government-takes-economic-measures.pdf (accessed 15 April 2020) 2020-09-07
No amount/estimate: (i) The SNCI has announced the relaxation of repayment conditions for existing loans granted by it, suspending principal repayments for direct and indirect loans at the March 31 and June 30 maturities. The duration of all these financings will be automatically extended by 6 months; (ii) April, Commitment by Luxembourg banks to offer a 6-month moratorium on loans for SMEs, self-employed and liberal professionals.
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Luxembourg 05A 05A - Health support EUR 194,000,000 214,601,770 OECD. https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/ (accessed 9 May 2020). 2020-09-07
Additional expenditures in the context of health and crisis management, notably for the procurement of medical equipment and infrastructure (up to EUR194 million).
Luxembourg 05B 05B - Income support EUR 8,863,000,000 9,804,203,540 IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 16 July 2020). EU https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/2020-european-semester-stability-programme-luxembourg_fr_0.pdf (accessed 14 May 2020). Luxembourg government. https://gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites/toutes_actualites/communiques/2020/05-mai/20-neistart-relance.html (accessed 4 June 2020) Luxembourg government. https://gouvernement.lu/en/actualites/toutes_actualites/communiques/2020/07-juillet/22-aides-investissements.html (accessed 25 July 2020) 2020-09-07
March 25: (i) EUR1.45 billion fiscal package adopted by the Parliament, including: (a) EUR400 million (0.6% of 2019 GDP) coverage of employees’ leave for family reasons, (b) EUR1 billion (1.6% GDP) paying partial-unemployment benefits, and (c) EUR50 million (0.1% percent of 2019 GDP) providing non-repayable financial aid to micro enterprises; (ii) Part of the fiscal package adopted by the Parliament: Postponing tax and social-security contribution payments for the first two quarters of the year (EUR4.5 billion); April 30, EUR2.257 billion fiscal package has been partly adopted by the Parliament, including spending measures: Key spending measures include: (a) acquiring medical equipment and infrastructure (EUR194 million, 0.3% of 2019 GDP); (b) covering employees’ leave for family reasons (EUR226 million, 0.4% of 2019 GDP) and sick leave (EUR106 million, 0.2% of 2019 GDP); (c) paying partial-unemployment benefits (EUR1 billion, 1.6% of 2019 GDP); (d) granting capital advances to cover companies’ operating costs (EUR400 million, 0.6% of 2019 GDP); and (e) providing non-repayable financial aid to micro enterprises and eligible self-employed (EUR250 million, 0.4% of 2019 GDP); (iii) Liquidity support measures include postponing tax and social-security contribution payments for the first half of the year (EUR4.55 billion); (iv) EUR800 million estimated as total cost of the following measures: (a) cash grants to companies in heavily affected sectors that still do not have authorization to reopen, (b) lump-sum stimulus for SMEs in retail trade, (c) doubling the cost-of-living-allowance and introducing a family-support leave, and (d) investment aid for development, process/organizational innovation, or energy efficiency projects; (iv) No amount/estimate: July 9, the government announced a series of measures to fight unemployment by providing support for unemployed people of advanced age and incentives for businesses to further educate young workers, and making professional training programs more accessible to young workers; (v) No amount/estimate: July 22, Approved a new aid instrument to cover up to 50% of investments in companies suffering from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Luxembourg 11 11 - Other Economic Measures EUR OECD. https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/ (accessed 30 April 2020); WTO. https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/covid19_e/covid19_e.htm#faq (accessed 28 May 2020); RTL. https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1505902.html (accessed 9 May 2020) 2020-09-07
(i) Temporary suspension of refunds for cancelled package holidays in support of travel agents; (ii) Commitment by Luxembourg banks to offer a 6-month moratorium on loans for SMEs, self-employed and liberal professionals; (iii) The Luxembourg authorities issued guidance on COVID19-related financial crime and AML/CT issues; (iv) To finance measures, the government issued a EUR2.5 billion bond (3.9% of 2019 GDP) at a negative interest rate. One quarter of the lenders come from the insurance sector. The other investors are based in the eurozone, Great Britain, and Switzerland; (v) Bilateral agreements with France and Belgium regarding the taxation of cross-border workers resorting to telework in the context of the current crisis.
Luxembourg 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures EUR OECD. http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/ (accessed 19 April 2020); IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 23 July 2020). KPMG. https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2020/04/luxembourg-government-and-institution-measures-in-response-to-covid.html (accessed 21 May 2020). 2020-09-07
(i) People have been encouraged to self-isolate and should only leave the house for essential activities such as food shopping, going to work (note: working-from-home if possible), going to doctors and to help vulnerable people; (ii) All public gatherings are prohibited; (iii) All cultural and recreational events (incl. sport events) are suspended; (iv) All schools, universities and kindergartens have been closed since 16 March, until at least 4 May 2020; (v) On April 15, the government announced a multiphase lockdown exit strategy, with phases comprising activities/tentative opening dates as follows: phase 1-construction sites and selected activities-including craft, landscaping, and recycling services (April 20); Phase 2-secondary education (May 11); Phase 3: basic education and childcare facilities (May 25); later phases-commercial activities and the hospitality sector (dates to be determined); (vi) To achieve a well-sequenced lifting of the lockdown restrictions and avoid a second wave of Covid-19 infections, the government envisages to perform large-scale testing on a voluntary basis, including cross-border commuters; (vii) May 20, The Luxembourg Ministry for the Economy has set-up a hotline and website with information for enterprises, which includes a FAQ on existing measures for companies, including SMEs (financial support and partial employment); (viii) July 16, Mandatory face masks for both public and private gatherings of more than 20 people in case physical distance of 2 meters cannot be guaranteed; (ix) July 16, Fines for customers of bars and restaurants if they disregard the precautionary measures.
Luxembourg 01A 01A - Short-term lending EUR 2020-04-20
Luxembourg 02C 02C - Loan guarantees EUR 2,500,000,000 2,765,486,726 OECD. https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/ (accessed 30 April 2020). 2020-04-20
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NDC, NPP have failed to tackle galamsey – Casely-Hayford
An anti-corruption campaigner, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has chastised successive governments for failing to deal effectively with illegal mining in the country.
According to him, unless a clear strategy is created to deal with ‘galamsey’ as it is locally known, by the two leading contenders in this year’s election, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), neither party deserves to be in power.
[contextly_sidebar id=”dKHn7MvX0cNFe0yYz01WgTUrVhNl04u9″]”If we are not careful and we keep doing what we are doing now, paying lip-service to this galamsey thing when there are major players, encouraging mining of the river beds, conniving with foreigners in order to be able to tap into the river bed because there’s a semblance of wealth. There has to be some wealth in there because if there wasn’t, people would not be going in there and committing suicide by digging holes and expecting that it will stay safe,” he said on Citi FM‘s news analysis programme The Big Issue
“We set up a task-force to combat galamsey but for as long as our governments turn a blind eye towards this disaster that is going on, neither one of them deserves to be in place.”
The Kyebi Water Treatment plant, which serves much of the Eastern Region, was shut down last week because the water is no more treatable due to the effects of galamsey.
However, Sydney Casely-Hayford believes that the negative effects of galamsey go beyond untreatable water, as the soil is also being polluted, affecting farming activities in these areas.
“I look at what is going on and I trust that the Minister Lands and Natural Resources, as well as the Minister for Environment, have all been around to see the extent of devastation,” he said.
“The pollution isn’t only affecting the water, it’s affecting the soil around because the water seeps into it. We are killing the people who live in those areas for the sheer lack of non-performance, we’re not doing anything. ”
Sydney Casely-Hayford
Create jobs in galamsey areas
Several arguments have been made that clamping down on galamsey in certain areas would destroy the only source of income for the youth in those communities and create a potential threat to national security.
According to Sydney, government could create alternative sources of income for the people in these areas to take advantage of to pave way for decisive action to be taken against illegal mining activities.
“We have many laws. There is a small scale mining law which if we applied properly, we wouldn’t have any of these issues. We have declared that galamsey is illegal but there is a fight back. They fight back on a cultural level and a socio-economic level, telling you that if you stop them from doing this illegal small-scale mining, they’ll have no livelihood and the next thing you’ll have is a national security alert. If that is the case, why don’t you create enough employment there so that they will have something to do,” he said.
“Why should they take the easier option of allowing the water bodies to be continuously polluted, rather than take the more difficult road of ensuring that we have enough rural community development at the district level so that everybody who lives there and wants to live there will have something to do rather than destroying the environment for the future .”
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Home Articles International Just In News Trending Viral Captain Marvel Settles a Major Misconception About Her Powers
Captain Marvel Settles a Major Misconception About Her Powers
Warning: contain spoilers for Captain Marvel #30!
Captain Marvel has a vast set of powers that sometimes make her seem unstoppable, but while her abilities are impressive, Carol Danvers would be the first to admit that she has plenty of limitations. While magic may be her greatest weakness, one of Captain Marvel’s powers also leaves her susceptible to taking some brutal punishment, even though many fans think it makes her invulnerable.
Recently, Carol Danvers was swept away into an apocalyptic future in which the majority of Earth’s heroes were dead. Ove, the son of Namor and the Enchantress, acted as a corrupt ruler for the survivors of this barren wasteland, but before Captain Marvel was able to defeat him, he traveled back to the present in hopes of taking over the world. Upon returning from the future, Carol decided to contact some of her mystical allies in hopes of removing her vulnerability to Ove's magic, but Doctor Strange instructed these heroes not to help. Desperate, Captain Marvel turned to the Enchantress for assistance and the Asgardian agreed, leading her on a journey to Atlantis for an artifact known as the Heart of the Serpent.
Related: Captain Marvel Proves She Doesn't Need Powers To Be An Avenger
Successful in retrieving the magical relic, Carol reconvenes with the Enchantress in Captain Marvel #30 by Kelly Thompson, Jamie Mckelvie, Jacopo Camagni, Espen Grundetjurn, and Clayton Cowles. Here, she is surprised to learn that the Heart of the Serpent can grant her permanent immunity from magic, as she originally hoped to gain some mystical powers of her own. While Carol considers her options, the Enchantress reads her mind and discovers that Captain Marvel has been tricking her into betraying her own son all along. With that, the villain attacks Carol, knocking her unconscious.
When Captain Marvel comes to, she is no longer alone with the Enchantress, as Ove has also arrived on the scene. Realizing that she won’t be able to take the mother and son down at the same time, she sends the Enchantress soaring with an energy blast that leaves her severely depleted. Enraged, Ove unleashes a barrage of punches, pummeling Captain Marvel through walls and across the sky. As she gets hit by her enemy’s devastating attacks, she discerns that, as long as Ove doesn’t use any magic, she’ll be able to absorb enough energy from his blows to stand a chance. But what's crucial is that the comic confirms that absorbing Ove's punches doesn't mean Carol is immune to them.
Luckily, Captain Marvel is able to hold her own, and with an additional energy boost courtesy of War Machine, she manages to defeat her futuristic villain. Energy absorption is an incredible ability, but unlike what some fans may believe, it doesn’t make Captain Marvel invincible. While scenes like the one where Rhodey charges her up may make it seem as though Carol is immune to whatever she absorbs, her battle with Ove proves this to be false. Although each of Ove’s strikes powers her up more and more, it’s clear that she feels every single one of his punches and is certainly being affected by them. This confirms that absorbing attacks makes Captain Marvel stronger, but she still takes the hits and whatever pain comes with them.
Thankfully, while Carol may not be invulnerable, she's more than a match for Ove, tricking him into negating his own magical abilities by consuming the Heart of the Serpent. Superheroes are at their best when they're forced to work around their limitations, and as powerful as Captain Marvel is, she ultimately defeats Ove not by turning his power back on him, but by lulling him into a false sense of security, playing off the all-consuming arrogance of her enemy.
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A number of all-candidate events in the Saanich Peninsula have been cancelled after organizers say the format and intent became its own political issue for the group.
In a release today from the Saanich Peninusla Chamber of Commerce, executive director Denny Warner said they’ve decided to cancel events in Sidney, Central Saanich and North Saanich ahead of the 2018 municipal election as these had become a distraction.
“We want to ensure the focus remains squarely on the candidates and their positions on issues of interest to the business community,” the release stated.
Refunds will be issued to those that had already registered for the events and the Chamber said they would consider alternatives in order to still provide members with the opportunity to make informed decisions about the candidates.
The forums would have included a networking component and a moderated question and answer period.
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Morris man charged after allegedly leaving "hickeys" on neck of 10-year-old
MORRIS >> A local man was arrested and charged after allegedly leaving hickeys on the neck of a 10-year-old girl, according to state police.
David Morgan, 48, of 147 County Road, Morris, was arrested June 22, according to state records, and charged with risk of injury to child.
Risk of injury to child — state statute 53-21, is a class C felony in the state of Connecticut, carrying a possible sentence of one to 10 years in prison.
Morgan allegedly left “hickeys” on the neck of a 10-year-old girl, according to an affidavit written by state police.
The girl came to school with the bruises in May, according to staff members at James Morris Elementary School, according to the affidavit.
Staff reported the incident to the Department of Children and Families, who notified state police, who then conducted an investigation, and received a warrant seeking Morgan’s arrest on June 7.
Although he initially he would speak to police about the incident involving the child, Morgan declined on the advice of legal representation, according to the affidavit.
He was held in lieu of $50,000 bond in connection with the case, according to state records, and is next scheduled to appear in court July 5.
The case was transferred to Litchfield Superior Court June 22, according to court records.
Morgan is also charged with two counts of failure to register an offense against minor victim or nonviolent sexual offense in a separate case, according to state records, and, in a third case stemming from the incident in May, second-degree violation of probation.
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Zach Galifianakis nearly kills Matthew Mcconaughey in first trailer for Between Two Ferns: Watch
The very meta film comes to Netflix on September 20th
Zach Galifianakis in Between Two Ferns
September 3, 2019 | 12:24pm ET
Because sometimes life is worth living, a feature-length film version of Zach Galifianakis’ Between Two Ferns is coming to Netflix later this month.
As evidenced by today’s newly released trailer, the film is a very meta take on Galifianakis’ award-winning web series. Galifianakis has his eyes set on a network TV show, but after nearly killing Matthew Mcconaughey, he’s begrudgingly forced to film 10 more episodes of Between Two Ferns. He hits the road to interview offend stars like Benedict Cumberbatch, Brie Larson, Jon Hamm, and David Letterman. He’ll also encounter Peter Dinklage, Keanu Reeves, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Chance the Rapper, and Chrissy Teigen.
Co-written and directed by Scott Aukerman, Between the Ferns comes to Netflix on September 20th.
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The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution – Robert Service
Published: August 14, 2019 by source
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Robert Service in conversation with Patrick Geoghegan
The Last of the Tsars is a masterful study of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, a man who was almost entirely out of his depth, perhaps even willfully so. It is also a compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of Alexander Kerensky’s February Revolution, the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917 and the beginnings of Lenin’s Soviet republic.
Robert Service is a Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford. He has written biographies of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin and several other books on Russia past and present.
Patrick Geoghegan is Professor of Modern History at Trinity College Dublin.
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Published: 5:02 PM September 29, 2016 Updated: 10:40 AM October 14, 2020
Peter Holt owner of Howling Hops brewery in Queen’s Yard E9 rips the Cog-Zilla brew poster. - Credit: Archant
The multi-billion-pound Japanese film company that owns the rights to Godzilla has torn through Hackney Wick to crush a craft beer brand.
Godzilla owners Toho Co said the combination of the name 'Cogzilla' in conjunction with a 'lizard-like/monster-like/reptile-like character and a city-scape' gave the impression it was endorsed them - Credit: Archant
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With Christmas just a couple of days away there is no doubt that many of you have been enjoying taking artistic photos of your Christmas tree and other Holiday decor. All those colorful and tiny lights make perfect bokeh fodder. And highly processed detail shots like this are also fun.
This is one of my favorite Christmas photos of all time. Even in black and white (shot in B&W mode so there is no color version) I can totally feel the warmth of the twinkle lights and even smell the fresh pine fragrance of the Frasier fir tree. With this in mind I decided to figure out what makes good Christmas tree photos and do a bit of a tutorial aimed at DSLR users while I was at it.
Step 1: Turn off your flash!
Out of the box in Program Auto mode just about all DSLRs are going to pop the flash in an attempt to achieve “proper” exposure. While this may accurately capture the image, I doubt that anyone will find the results very warm and inviting.
This is a 1/8 second hand-held exposure at f/3.5 and ISO 400. I actually had to dial in +1EV of exposure compensation because my Pentax K10D’s matrix metering was underexposing the image considerably trying to compensate for the brightness of the tree lights and lamp to the right just off frame. While the image more accurately captures the look and feel of the decorated tree, it isn’t very dynamic and compelling.
Steps 2 & 3: Get out the tripod and close down the aperture.
This shot is essentially identical to the previous shot except it is a 15 second exposure at f/16 and ISO 100 (shot in Aperture Priority mode). The small aperture does three things here. First it creates all those dreamy starbursts. Second, and more notably, it forces a long exposure. This long exposure time pulls in more ambient light, giving the entire scene more apparent dynamic range. Finally, it sharpens up the details. Zooming into this image you will find much crisper detail than the rather soft previous f/3.5 shot. As a bonus, using a lower ISO means richer colors, better detail, smoother gradients, and less noise.
Step 4: Attend to the details.
While the previous shot had come a long way from the Program Automatic blown-out flash shot, I felt there was still room for improvement. I didn’t like the reflections in the windows behind the tree coming from the upstairs lights and the lamp to the right was a bit harsh. Also, there were a few unsightly items cluttering up the foreground of the earlier shots and I wanted to add a better sense of grandeur to the shot.
RAW file post processing in Lightroom was limited to setting the white balance (tungsten) and dialing in a bit of Sharpness, Clarity and Vibrance. You may want to tweak the Recovery slider a tad to compensate for any blown-out Christmas lights from the long exposure.
This is a picture of my Christmas tree I took last week using the small aperture/long exposure technique described above. The photos for this tutorial were shot at my in-laws house. When you travel to visit friends and family this Christmas be sure to pack your camera and tripod. Take pictures of your non-photographer friends’ trees and send them a copy as a Holiday treat! Tis the season of giving, right?
Nice tutorial! And it’s creatively adaptable to other ops during the non-Christmas tree seasons. Thanks for taking the time to do this. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-22T16:26:27Z', 'url': 'http://www.booleansplit.com/?p=205', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
"All hail His Grace, Joffrey of Houses Baratheon and Lannister, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm."
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Sumac can grow fast and spread to overwhelm the area. Our sumacs are a deep shade of red.
I’ve seen some large clusters of sumac here, too. In terms of color, the leaves of ours vary, with red often a component.
Even though I was housebound, I can say that 2018 was a foliage bust here in WMass. But I think your late summer and early winter flowers make up for your lack of sumac foliage.
One of the early lessons I learned when I started photographing native plants is how different a species can look from one year to the next. I remember going back to a place where I’d found great wildflowers on the same date a year earlier and finding—nothing. While it’s true that our sumacs had a bad year for colorful fall foliage, some other species stepped in to fill the gap. And as you said, we still have a few wildflowers even now.
The blackened edges really aid in the suggestion of self-immolation. It’s great to see the warm color in these shots, the fall foliage season was too brief this year.
Ah, so like Steve Gingold, you had non-spectacular fall foliage this year, unless it blazed during its brief period. Interesting that you saw the tips of the leaflets as little Brünnhildes.
Yes, on a small scale, at least for the sumacs. Some other trees did much better.
Until I saw these photos and read your commentary, I hadn’t realized that I’ve seen no colorful sumac this year. That’s mostly due to my being stuck here on the coast, where it’s almost non-existent, so I called my friend in the hill country and asked how her sumac had performed. The word she chose to describe it was “blah.” Apparently non-glorious sumac was a thing this year.
On the other hand, you should see the possumhaw down here. You may remember my gentle grumping the last couple of years about the lack of berries. This year, no matter which road you take or which direction you look, there they are, and they’re thick. I had no idea there were so many possumhaw trees around. As a special treat, I found my first bright orange one; I didn’t realize the native possumhaw also come in orange.
I’m not surprised you got confirmation from farther west on the Edwards Plateau that this was a blah year for flameleaf sumac. And to the contrary I’ll confirm that possumhaw is having a fine time here, as you say it is over by the coast. I’ve photographed several of them over the past month, including two more this morning. The yaupon trees are also doing well this season.
In addition to orange possumhaw fruit, there’s occasionally a tree with yellow fruit, which is by far the least common color. I know I once photographed some but in checking just now I see that I never included it in a post.
One of my favourite trees in Central Texas for that glorious fall colour. Coincidentally, just this year I noticed a little sapling growing next to an ageing (and declining) pecan in my front yard. I wasn’t sure what it was until this fall when the leaves seemed to catch fire: all red and bright orange. I hope they can be buddies for many years to come.
It’s one of my favorites too, even if it didn’t perform this year.
I’ve heard of the buddy system; I’m glad to hear you’ve got it going in your yard between a pecan and a flameleaf sumac.
Nice to see some colors!
Given the dates when I saw these, I’ll have to say you were experiencing grander color at that time than we were. That said, even in this last week of 2018 we have small isolated instances of leaves turning yellow, orange, and red.
On the other hand, here on the coast (where I don’t think I’ve ever seen sumac) we had some glorious color from the big leaf maples and especially the vine maple this year. I think it’s the best color I’ve seen since I moved to the coast some 24 years ago.
I like the isolated shot of the sumac with the sky for background, but I also like the textures of the rock/cliff and dry grasses behind your first image.
Steve Gingold reports poor fall foliage this year in Massachusetts, as far from me to the northeast as you are to the northwest. From what you say, that shift in direction made all the difference. I’m glad to hear it was the best color you’ve seen in your 24 years on the Oregon coast.
I often try to photograph bright fall foliage against a clear sky to isolate it and of course to contrast the warm colors with the blue behind them. The first picture doesn’t please me as much esthetically but it serves as what I call an informational or documentary image, showing the environment in which the plant was growing.
Nice Fall colors Steve! Almost looks like they are on fire!
Not for nothing do people call this sumac “flameleaf.” It certainly kindles my photographic fire each fall.
Your photos highlight the glory of the flameleaf sumac, Steve, a plant I am not familiar with. I’m glad you found it and pulled over.
While flameleaf sumac grows here, I remember another from New York, and there may well be one in your neck of the woods. You can check the BONAP maps to see.
The blue sky complements the orange wonderfully, Steve. The last photo resembles a flag flying at half-staff (I don’t think there is a purely orange flag among this planet’s countries).
I mentioned to someone here a few years ago that in the county I grew up in on Long Island the police cars in the late 1950s were painted two-tone orange and blue. I think you’re right about no country having a purely orange flag. You can create an imaginary country and use the leaflet in the last picture as its flag.
I’m sorry to hear you sounding pessimistic, Tanja. Lots of wonder still lurks out there.
I agree that many wonders remain on this unique and beautiful earth, Steve, but we are wantonly destroying it. What other animal annihilates its own habitat?
Thank you for your efforts to help me (and probably you) feel better, Steve . While it is healthy not to think that we know it all, to keep an open mind towards potential beneficial effects of climate change, and not to lose our optimism, it is still very disconcerting to see how loss or modification of habitat has effected many species. It makes me sad because I will never get to see a Passenger Pigeon, a Great Auk, or a Carolina Parakeet (unless they are genetically engineered).
May we become better caretakers in 2019 than we were in 2018.
Over the last several years I’ve been saddened by the number of properties—at least two dozen—in and around Austin that I’ve lost to development. Of course they weren’t my properties, but they were places where I’d taken nature pictures, in some cases once or twice, in other cases many times. When I see buildings, streets, etc., in those places now, I always remember how the land used to be, and the many native plants (and some animals) I found and photographed there.
I can relate to, and am also saddened by, your loss, Steve.
Many times I have wished to be fabulously wealthy, so that I could buy up land and set it aside. Fortunately, there are some wealthy individuals or environmental organizations that do just that. More power to them!
I feel your sorrow. I want to mention that the 30,000 + acres that got set aside here in Lake county, Il, were a result of voters wanting it. Several decades ago a woman saw wanton development beginning to happen around here, and she started agitating to have some land set aside. A forest Preserve District was created, funds were raised, and now we have a wonderful network of reserves. Some have trails, some are strictly for preservation. Perhaps you can do that where you live?
It is inspiring to see what human engagement can do, Melissa. I am trying to keep an eye on the plans for the spot in question, and might join others in trying to mitigate the impact.
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She may resume her blog there.
Thank you, Steve. If she announced this decision, I might have missed it. Right now nothing comes up under Blog on her webpage.
It really is inspiring, isn’t it? In fact, it blows me away what a few people can accomplish. I don’t know that I’d have the courage to do it but if others were also committed then maybe.
So, here’s what happened. I wanted to create a nifty website connected to my blog, so I upgraded my subscription…and then everything went wrong. I was in quite a battle with WP. Honestly, it seemed like the minute I handed over money they had what they wanted from me and couldn’t be bothered anymore. So I transferred my domain to Format, and am working on a new website there. That killed my existing blog…I didn’t realize that would happen until I did it, although in hindsight it should have been obvious to me. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. I plan to write a blog at the new site, but I don’t know how that will work yet.
I am sorry for what sounds like a nightmare, Melissa! I hope you can figure it all out. Thank you for letting me know.
Thank you so much, Tanja. Everyone keeps telling me I need a website but most of my paintings sell at galleries, so I’m tempted to forget the whole thing.
You should do what feels right to you, Melissa. If you are enjoying the web and blogging, go for it. If not, it might not be for you.
On the other hand, it is good for my mind. It really doesn’t come easily to me, so every day I have a puzzle to solve.
If these lovely leaves eventually blacken all over ( do they?) we could consider them poster leaves for Orange is the New Black. Why we would want to consider such a silly thing I have no idea but, as we near the end of the year, a little silliness is mandatory.
Good question. While I haven’t done a study, my impression is that the leaflets don’t turn completely black. For one thing, most of them loosen while they still have some or even a lot of color, and if I touch a leaflet in the state shown here, it may well fall off.
As for a little silliness, you know that that’s fine with me, whatever its colors.
The only native sumac I remember in Oklahoma was already bare when we got there in late October. I don’t remember why. It was likely defoliated by rain or wind. I really do not remember asking. The blackjack oaks were still foliated with brown foliage. I remember the sumac because I had never seen them before. I do not know how many specie are native there.
Goodness! That certainly narrows it down! I did not bother to look because I figured that there were several specie there. As it turns out, there are only three, and I know it was not Rhus aromatica. It would have been either Rhus copallinum or Rhus glabra. Now I am wondering. I suppose it could have been both. Some seemed to be more stout, with branches that looked like antlers with seeded trusses on top. Thank you for sending that.
Sure thing. BONAP is a great resource.
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I want to start my automata blog with a Rowland Emett video post. His kinetic artworks take me to a fantasy world; the other side of the mirror. Flying pans, windy spoons, sliding dishes, turning bicycle wheels, toy passengers… I happened to learn about him last summer. I run into this video below while I was browsing about automata and I got totally fashinated by the art he created. This video was made by David Sweeney using a serious of clips he shot during Rowland Emett machines exhibition in The Ontario Science Centre in 2012.
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While this is a class IV+ run, it's tight. Paddlers venturing in here should be able to "get friendly" with wood, 'cuz there's lots of it in here! Our 2010 trip forced us to portage twice. The rest of the wood we ducked and dodged.
2000-4000 cfs is about what you want to look for on the Satsop @ Satsop Gauge. 2000 should be the low end of Medium Low: At this flow you'll find it to be scrapey and bony in places, but skilled paddlers should be able to boat clean enough lines.
The concrete footing of the T.O. bridge has several "steps". The water level should be above the bottom edge of the bottom most step. half way up this bottom step should be a decent medium. If it is even with the mossy top edge of the bottom most step, it may be a nice juicy medium. Maybe higher.
This is a beautiful little run in a narrow canyon. there is some pleasant class II and III in the beginning (expect some minor wood to portage), building up to some nice class IV.
"Jaws" has a few very large boulders, and the whole river is plugged up with an impressive log jam at the top of it. Climbing over some big downed trees on R. Left, you'll see a spot where you can put back in in the middle of the rapid if you'd like: On a trip in early 2010 some limbo logs were encountered here that you need to duck under as you boof. Immediately below here is a nice 7' boof over a pouover in the center of the river. That's Jaws for ya.
The run might be described as an easier, simpler Elkhorn Canyon. One of the OP's nicer runs, however short. It seems to run frequently in the winter months as well, which is nice.
Aside from the wood that needs to be portaged, expect to encounter lots more wood that you need to duck and dodge (par for the OP course). Some of these run ins with wood are kinda dicey and require advanced "Limbo" skills: "How low can you go?"
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8 TV Shows That Helped Solve Real Mysteries, From ‘The Jinx’ to ‘Who Killed Malcolm X?’ (Photos)
The rise in docuseries has led to a number of real-life impacts
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The true crime genre is alive and well, and the rise in popularity of true crime documentary series has also had real-world consequences. Most recently, a Netflix documentary about Malcolm X led to the vacating of sentences for two men (including Muhammad Aziz, pictured) who had been convicted of killing the civil rights leader in 1965, and that's not to mention shows like "The Jinx," which led to the arrest of Robert Durst, and "Extinct or Alive," which found a living animal thought to have died out over 100 years ago.
Here, we round up other TV shows that have cracked real cases.
“Who Killed Malcolm X?”
The 2019-20 Netflix docuseries “Who Killed Malcolm X?” looked into the assassination of Malcolm X and cast doubt on the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, who were convicted of killing Malcolm X in 1966. In November 2021, a New York Judge granted a motion to vacate the convictions against both men, who had spent more than 20 years in prison for the crime. (Islam died in 2009.)
"The Jinx"
This Robert Durst miniseries, written by "All Good Things" director Andrew Jarecki, led to Durst's long-awaited arrest for the murder of Susan Berman just one day before the finale of "The Jinx" aired on TV. Durst had admired Jarecki's work on "All Good Things" and had offered to be interviewed for the miniseries. Durst was convicted of murdering Berman in 2021.
"Unsolved Mysteries"
Back before Netflix rebooted the show in 2020, this classic series was on network television. Creator Terry Meurer told TheWrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped to solve over 260 cold cases.
"Cold Justice"
This crime series from Dick Wolf and Magical Elves, which works with local law enforcement to solve cold cases, has resulted in 45 arrests and 18 convictions, according to Oxygen.
"Extinct or Alive"
This one has more to do with animals than humans, but we have to give Animal Planet credit for discovering live members of a species that was believed to have been extinct. In 2019, series host and biologist Forrest Galante found a female Fernandina Tortoise, presumed extinct since 1906, on a remote volcanic island in the Galapagos.
"Expedition Unknown"
Host Josh Gates took part in the unveiling one of the treasure boxes that were buried nearly 40 years ago by Bryon Preiss, whose 1982 book "The Secret" encourages people to solve puzzles in order to locate 12 boxes he buried in different American cities. In one episode, Gates meets a family who located the Boston box.
"America's Most Wanted"
This longrunning Fox series was successful in finding many fugitives wanted by the FBI, including Ricky Allen Bright, Steven Ray Stout, Robert Lee Jones, and more, according to CBS News.
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
This Larry David HBO series unknowingly was key to freeing Juan Catalan, a man who was on death row for a murder he did not commit. "Curb" had been filming at L.A.'s Dodger Stadium on the day of the murder, providing evidence that Catalan was watching the game with his 6-year-old daughter and could not have been at the crime scene. Catalan and David both later appeared in the 2017 Netflix documentary "Long Shot."
“The Last Defense”
The death sentence of Julius Jones, whose case was documented in “The Last Defense” in 2018, was commuted on Nov. 18, 2021, mere hours before his execution was scheduled to take place.
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2022 ZAMBOANGA CITY TRAVEL GUIDE with Requirements, Itinerary & Budget
Welcome to our comprehensive ZAMBOANGA TRAVEL GUIDE! In this article, you’ll find the information you need to plan a trip to Zamboanga City, including recommendations on where to stay, where to eat, and how to build an itinerary. We’ll also break down our expenses so you get an idea on how much budget to set aside for this trip.
The pandemic drained almost all the color out of our little worlds. For most of us, we burned over two years cooped up inside four bleak, off-white walls, isolated from all this planet’s vibrance to which travel used to treat us. For most of us, the only trips we made were to the grocery. The only flights we took were of fancy. As for me, when I let our imagination run wild, it usually takes me back to Zamboanga.
When we think of Zamboanga, we think of colors. And we’re not just talking about the iconic vinta that has become a symbol for this region! From the subtle rosy hues of its Pink Beach to the delicious bright orange plates of curacha crabs to the vibrant costumes at the Hermosa Festival, Zamboanga is definitely one of the brightest, most colorful destinations in the Philippines.
The term “Zamboanga” can refer to many geographical areas. Zamboanga City is the biggest urban hub in Region IX, called Zamboanga Peninsula, which is also made up of the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay and four other cities (Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, and Isabela de Basilan).
Map by Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In the airline industry, Zamboanga most often refers to the city, where the Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is located. But for the purpose of this travel guide, when we mention Zamboanga, we mean the city.
The name Zamboanga is most likely to have come from Samboangan, which means “mooring place”. Samboang is a Sinama term referring to poles used for mooring. Other sources claim that its etymology leads to Indonesian jambangan, which means a place for flowers, which is why Zamboanga is also called “City of Flowers”.
Zamboanga City’s history as a settlement is deep, running all the way to the 12th century when the Subanon (Subanen) people reached the area. Over the next centuries, many Tausug, Yakan, Sama-Banguingui and Sama-Bajau people moved here from the Basilan and the Sulu archipelago. When Islam arrived, it became the dominant religion.
When the Spaniards began its colonization of the Philippines, they chose Zamboanga as a military stronghold in Mindanao, paving way for Christian settlers. Fort Pilar was later established to defend the settlement.
This long history led to the complex, eclectic mix that is Zamboanga. Its proximity to Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia also allows a flood of influences to seep through. This diversity is evident in almost all aspects of its culture, including its languages, religions, cuisines.
Today, Zamboanga City is a highly urbanized, chartered city. It is politically independent, although for statistical purposes, it is clustered with Zamboanga del Sur. It also serves as the region’s economic, educational, and cultural hub.
Here are some essential bits about Zamboanga that you might need to know before your trip, especially if you’re coming from abroad.
Location: Zamboanga City, Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), Philippines. Coordinates: 6°54′29″N 122°04′35″E
Nicknames: Asia’s Latin City, City of Flowers.
Time Zone: UTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time). If you’re visiting from Malaysia or Singapore, Zamboanga (and the entire Philippines) is in the same time zone.
Language: The most commonly spoken is Chavacano or Chabacano, a Spanish-based Creole, which is a mix of Spanish and other native languages.
Currency: Philippine Peso (PHP, ₱).
Modes of Payment: Bring cash. You’ll need it for most transportation options and small purchases. Many establishments accept credit cards and GCash, but most still prefer good old-fashioned cash.
Zamboanga City is under ALERT LEVEL 1, as of this writing. For leisure travelers from similar Alert Level or lower, here are the travel requirements:
FOR FULLY VACCINATED
valid government ID
vaccination card
FOR NON-FULLY VACCINATED
negative RT-PCR test result from an accredited laboratory, issued 120 hours or 5 days before departure.
FOR TRAVELERS FROM AREAS UNDER HIGHER ALERT LEVEL or other areas with known cases of concerning variants (according to IATF), here are the requirements:
negative RT-PCR test result from an accredited laboratory, issued 120 hours or 5 days before departure
negative rapid antigen test result from an accredited lab, issued within 24 hours prior to departure
Children/Minors under eighteen (18) years are exempted from testing requirements. But all travelers may be subject to random antigen testing upon entry into the city.
Zamboanga City and nearby municipalities are served by Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM), which also serves as the gateway to Basilan. Because there are no direct flights from Luzon or Visayas to Bongao, most Tawi-tawi-bound travelers also make a transfer at Zamboanga Airport.
Most local airlines operate flights to Zamboanga from Manila. But if you’re after affordable fares, AirAsia flies daily to Zamboanga City. Travel time is 1 hour and 40 minutes.
I did a quick search for flights and found fares like these:
Each booking comes with a complimentary 7kg carry-on baggage allowance. This can be enough for a weekend trip. But note that this does not yet include check-in baggage allowance.
For a worry-free and more comfortable journey, you can also add a Value Pack, which includes 20kg check-in baggage allowance, standard selection, a meal, and Tune Protect insurance (for baggage delay & 1 hour on-time guarantee protection). Meanwhile, their Premium Flex option allows you to change the date and time of your flight up to two times.
If you’re coming from Manila, AirAsia’s Zamboanga flights operate from NAIA Terminal 4.
Upon Arrival at the Airport
After disembarking, you will be led to the Arrival area, where you’ll be waiting for your check-in baggage (if you have any).
As soon as you exit the Arrival Hall, you’ll notice a white tent immediately in front of it. This is where they check the entry requirements. The process is pretty straightforward. In our experience, they just asked which part of the Philippines we flew from and asked to see our ID and vaccination card. In just a few minutes, we were through.
However, a line may start forming towards the checking tent, so add some time allowance if you need to catch a certain schedule.
Zamboanga Airport to City Center
Zamboanga Airport is located within the city center, so you don’t need to worry about long transfer times. After you emerge from the checking tent, you’ll be greeted by taxi drivers, offering to take you to the city. You may also walk all the way to the gate, outside of which you’ll find a line of tricycles.
According to our local friends, these usual rates should apply:
Taxi: Flagdown rate, P40. Cost to the City Hall area should be around P80.
Tricycle: P20 for the first km, P5 per additional km
However, the driver might try to strike a deal with you regarding the cost. It is quite common to be charged P150-200 for the trip.
Most hotels in Zamboanga are concentrated in two key areas: the city core (which is closer to the seaport) and the area near the airport. Both harbor a lot of dining and shopping establishments. Both have its share of budget-friendly options (although there are more expensive properties near the airport). Both are easily accessible and are not too far away from each other. However, during rush hour, traffic in between can be a problem. For this reason, which is better depends on your itinerary.
If the reason you’re in Zamboanga is primarily to see the Pink Beach or go on a day trip to Basilan, then stay at the heart of the city. But if your target destinations are mostly north of the city — say Once Islas and Merloquet Falls — or you’re the type who doesn’t want to worry about missing your flight out, then the area near the airport makes more sense.
Either way, generally, accommodations in Zamboanga is much more affordable than in other highly urbanized cities in the Philippines. Average rate for a double or twin room at a business hotel should play within P1500-P1800 per night. But you can find a room for less than PhP 1500, even lower when there are ongoing promos.
Twin Room at Ever O Business Hotel, Zamboanga City
We have tried three different hotels in Zamboanga and all of them were decent and pleasant:
If you have a bigger budget, you may also check out these other properties in the area:
For even more affordable options, you may stay at a pension house, guest house or other inns. The Department of Tourism (DOT) has a list of accredited Mabuhay accommodations. We’ll be publishing the list in another post so be sure to check back soon.
By Public Transportation
The three most usual modes of transportation within the city are the jeepney, the tricycle, and the taxi. But because we didn’t want to deal with the routes, we ended up using the tricycle most of the time. Tricycles, usually shortened to “tricy” in this part of Mindanao, are the most common.
Ideally, here’s the approved tricycle fare:
P20 for the first kilometer
P5 per succeeding km.
That said, the reality on the ground is different. While many tricycle drivers followed the fare matrix, we also encountered those who, when asked how much the fare is, would reply with: “Kayo na po ang bahala. (It’s up to you.)” This makes things awkward especially if you really have no idea at all. To be fair, this is not exclusive to Zamboanga. It happens in many other parts of the country.
But based on experience, we were usually charged P40-P50 per person for a tricycle ride. We were also charged P75 per person for longer distances (e.g. airport area to seaport).
Taxis are also available but they are not as ubiquitous. Flagdown rate is P40.
Whatever mode you pick, take the rush hour traffic into consideration especially if you’re trying to catch a flight or boat.
By Packaged Tour
Zamboanga City is rich in history, so the best way to get around is to join a guided tour. This way, you’ll have a better understanding and appreciation of the attractions. We’ve only tried two tour companies so far: Buenas Travel & Tours and iTravel Tourist Lane.
Here are their contact details:
iTravel Tourist Lane
Contact person: Errold Bayona
(062) 991-1174, +63917-722-6410
www.itraveltouristlane.com
Buenas Travel and Tours
Contact person: Jun Camins
Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, join-in tours are not advisable as of this writing. Most tour packages available we found are for private groups, which can be pretty pricey if you’re a small group of 2-4. For example, a half-day city tour could cost you P3150/head if you’re a party of 2 but only P1350/head if you’re a group of 10 or more.
Regardless, get in touch with them for a quotation or just to check the latest policies on group tours because things might have changed since our visit.
Zamboanga City has so much to offer, we can’t possibly list them all here. So we created a separate article discussing its tourist attractions in detail one by one. You can find it here: ZAMBOANGA TOURIST SPOTS!
But below are some of the most popular tours that you might want to consider.
Pink Beach (Grande Sta. Cruz Island)
Off the coast of Zamboanga Peninsula lies an island that, when kissed by the sun, glows with a natural rosy blush. Hailed by the National Geographic as one of the World’s 21 Best Beaches in 2017, Pink Beach is Zamboanga City’s most popular tourist attraction.
To manage your expectations, the pink hue isn’t vivid or bright. From afar, the sandy shore looks like the usual white beach, but the closer you get, the pink taint becomes more apparent. The sand’s pale pink tint is the result of the weathering of the red organ-pipe corals (tubipora musica) that were brought to the shore by the waves.
Zamboanga City’s Paseo del Mar is the main jump-off point to the island and its Pink Beach. Visitors can hire a tricycle from the city center to Santa Cruz Island Ferry Terminal in Paseo del Mar. The boat ride takes about 20 minutes.
But the Pink Beach is but a narrow section of the island, which is dominated by a vast lagoon, covered with mangroves, nourishing wildlife and promoting biodiversity. To explore it, you may join a separate guided boat tour. You’ll learn about the types of mangroves and meet upside-down jellyfish. Don’t leave without grabbing an opportunity to row an iconic vinta!
You may also drop by Little Santa Cruz Island, a completely separate islet, for a quick sandbar experience. Quick because you’re only allowed to stay here for 10 minutes.
Here are some essential info about visiting Santa Cruz Islands.
Register in advance! The number of visitors is strictly regulated.
Registration and boat service start at 7:00 AM. Overnight stay is not permitted and only day tours are allowed.
Boat fee to Pink Beach is P1000, good for up to 10 passengers. If your group is smaller, you’ll still need to pay the same amount.
To join a lagoon boat tour, let the boatmen that brought you to Pink Beach know. They will take you to a small community near the entrance to the lagoon. This transfer will cost you an additional P200.
At the lagoon entrance, you’ll be transferring to a smaller “yellow boat.” Rental of each yellow boat costs P300, good for 2 passengers.
Lagoon tour guide fee is P300. A tour guide can lead up to 5 boats max. You can team up with other boats so you could split the guide fee.
You can only arrange a tour before 12 noon! They won’t be accepting any booking beyond that time. Please follow the rules and regulations when exploring. The Grande Santa Cruz Island, together with the smaller Little Santa Cruz Island, is a protected area.
Single-use plastic is strictly prohibited in the island. Junk food in plastic containers, plastic candy wrappers, plastic straws, sachets, single-use water bottles, and plastic bags are not allowed. Bring a reusable water bottle. If you must bring food, you need to place them in reusable containers. They thoroughly inspect all bags before boarding.
Here’s a summary of the expenses.
Pink Beach Entrance Fee: P20 + P5 (terminal fee)
Boat to Pink Beach: P1000 (boat can accommodate up to 10 pax)
Boat to entrance: P200 (good for up to 10 pax)
Yellow paddle boat rental: P300 (good for 2 pax)
Tour guide fee: P300 (good for up to 5 boats)
Additional stop at Sandbar: P200 (good for up to 10 pax)
Cottage Rental Fee: P100 – P500 (depending on the size)
Once Islas Cruise (11 Islands)
Once Islas is a string of islands off the eastern coast of Zamboanga City. Not all islands are open to the public, but those that are accessible are great for swimming, sunbathing, and further exploring. There are designated snorkeling spots for those who want to take a peek into the underwater scene.
The four islands that are accessible to the public are the following:
Sirommon Island
Bisaya-Bisaya Island, with white beach and scenic rocky cliffs. Nearby island also has a natural pool, good for a dip. Buko juice is available.
Buh-Buh Island, known for a seaside mosque.
Baung-Baung Island, with fair sand too.
Sirommon Island, often the lunch stop. Also blessed with fine white sand and a viewpoint.
The islands are only open for day trips. A limit of 200 visitors per day is implemented, so advance registration is required. You need to book online through [email protected] one week before your planned visit. Guidelines and steps will be emailed upon booking inquiry. Walk-ins are not entertained.
The jump off point is the Panubigan Ferry Terminal, roughly 1.5 hours from the city center.
Jump-off Point: Panubigan Ferry Terminal in Barangay Panubigan
Operating Hours: 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Tuesday – Thursday, Saturday – Sunday); CLOSED (Mondays & Fridays). Note that the schedule might change without prior notice, so check first before going.
Boat Rates: P1,200 (BiBa or Bisaya-Bisaya and Baung-Baung Route, good for 5 pax); P2,000 (Island Cruise, good for 5 pax)
Fees: P100/head (Entrance Fee); P100/head (Environmental Fee); P300 (Guide Fee; good for 5 pax); P150 (Cottage Fee)
Zamboanga City Tour
The map of the city center and surrounding areas is dotted with several historic and recreational sites that will provide a glimpse into the city’s colorful past. You may visit these independently by taking public transportation, but these are also the common stops of organized tours.
El Museo de Zamboanga, which has two galleries, showcasing the history and culture of the city.
Pasonanca Park, a lovely spacious green space where you’ll find Scout Limbaga campsite, a convention center, an amphitheater, an aviary, a floral garden and butterfly sanctuary, and public swimming pools.
Climaco Freedom Park, named after the late Zamboanga City Mayor Cesar Climaco, a local hero who was assassinated in 1984.
Fort Pilar Shrine and Museum, dating back to the 17th century, originally serving as a Spanish military defense post. It cradles an open-air 18th-century Marian shrine — Our Lady of the Pillar — with an altar and stone seating for the devotees who want to pray and reflect.
ZSCMST Bird Sanctuary, a protected area, where great white egrets breed and thrive, located inside the Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology.
Paseo del Mar, a waterfront recreational park lined with souvenir shops, local food vendors, and eateries. Great view of the sunset, too!
Zamboanga City Hall, recognized as a National Historical Site. It was originally used as the official residence of the US Military Governor of the then Moro Province.
Heritage Shops & Markets
These shops are also often included in city tours, but we’re giving them a dedicated section to highlight them better.
Canelar Barter Trade Center, a shopping center brimming with a wide array of local and imported goods (from Malaysia and Indonesia), including souvenirs, food, clothes, fabrics, and accessories.
Yakan Weaving Village, which harbors local shops selling traditional products and practical accessories including bags, purses, pencil cases, and even yards of Yakan fabrics. You can also watch (or try for yourself!) the traditional process of Yakan weaving.
Aderes Flea Market, located in Guiwan, where you can purchase freshly caught curacha (spanner crabs, a local delicacy), lobsters, shellfish, and other seafood!
Merloquet Falls
Located about two hours away from the city center, near the boundary with Zamboanga Sibugay in the north and Zamboanga del Norte in the west, the magnificent two-tiered Merloquet Falls is regarded as one of the most beautiful not only in the region but in the country. The most photographed is the wide terraced drop, creating magical, intricate textured cascades instead of just a smooth straight drop.
Location: Merloquet Falls Road, Barangay Sibulao, Zamboanga City
Admission Fee: FREE
Parking Fee: P20
Day Trip to Malamawi Island
Malamawi Island is not in Zamboanga City. It is part of Isabela City in neighboring Basilan province. But is easily accessible from Zamboanga City’s port.
Malamawi Island has a stunning white beach on its northern edge. Formerly called Malamawi White Beach, it is now a private beach and has been renamed Pahali Resort.
Day trips are allowed but you’ll need to purchase the cheapest package they have, which is a seafood tray (P2,999, good for 5 pax). Yep, even if you’re solo or duo, you’ll need to order it to avail of a day trip. But it’s delicious!
To book, just message the resort via its Facebook page. Upon arrival in Isabela City, you may register at the Tourist Assistance Center or you may also go straight to the resort.
To get to Malamawi/Pahali Resort from Zamboanga sea port, take the ferry or fast craft to Isabela City. Travel time is around 1 hour 40 minutes. After exiting Isabela Port, turn right to James Strong Boulevard, until find a waiting shed to your right. Here, board a boat to Malamawi Carbon Port (P10). Take a tricycle to Pahali Resort. Fare is P50 per person, one-way.
One of the best things about Zamboanga City is the sheer diversity of what it has to bring to the dining table. Thanks to its colorful and complicated history, its cuisine has been a true reflection of the melting pot that the city has become over the years. Here are some of the most iconic food spots that you shouldn’t miss and what to order.
Tiyulah itum at the center, surrounded by (clockwise from the top) cucumber sambal, piyassak, chicken kiyaliya, utak-utak, beef adobo, fried fish, beef kulma, chicken piyanggang, fried shrimps.
Alavar Seafood Restaurant, best known for curacha (spanner crabs) in their signature Alavar sauce, made with coconut milk, aligue (crab meat), and various spices. It’s quite pricey, though. A serving costs P1500-P1700 per kilo, but it’s good for at least four persons. An order can have two to four crabs, depending on the size.
Bay Tal Mal, a Moro restaurant. Order their latal (P749), which is a platter of 10 native dishes, from tiyula itum (beef in black soup, made from charred coconut) to beef kulma (similar to the familiar beef curry).
Dennis Coffee Garden, whose roots can be traced back to Jolo, Sulu. It serves traditional Tausug coffee called kahawa sug and a smorgasbord of native merienda items or bangbang sug (P65 each), from rice cakes to deep fried bananas and sweet potatoes.
Jimmy’s Satti, a favorite among locals who crave satti, similar to chicken or beef satay, dipped in a sweet and sometimes spicy sauce. A local friend also recommended Andy’s Special Satti.
Hacienda de Palmeras Hotel and Restaurant, credited as the inventor of knickerbocker, a cold dessert similar to halo-halo, but with an assortment of fruits like mango, watermelon and pineapple, topped with strawberry ice cream.
Tetuan, where you’ll find a street lined with kiosks selling kilo after kilo of delicious lechon! One of the most popular is Prince Tasty Lechon, whose recipe includes calamansi, onions, garlic, pepper and bay leaf. P550 per kilo, P350 per half-kilo.
As you explore, don’t forget to grab some street food. While Pinoy faves like banana que, fish balls, and kwek-kwek are available, you’ll also stumble upon chikalang (purple rice cake similar to pilipit or karioka), pastil (empanada), and mee goreng, especially at hotspots like the RT Lim Boulevard and Paseo del Mar.
For more information about these restaurants and food spots, we have a separate article about it. READ: WHERE TO EAT IN ZAMBOANGA CITY!
Here’s a sample 4-day 3-night ZAMBOANGA CITY itinerary with breakdown of expenses. Please note that this itinerary below assumes the following:
You’re a party of 4, splitting some of the costs.
You’re staying at a hotel in the city center.
You’re using public transportation DIY-style for this itinerary. While we recommend joining a guided tour, it’s going to be much more costly because we have yet to confirm that join-in group tours are allowed. I don’t know which area exactly you will be staying so I set the budget for short-distance tricycle ride at P30/pax. While there is a lower set fare, it’s best to have an allowance to compensate for instances when you get charged more.
DAY 1 – ARRIVAL, CITY TOUR
7:45 am – Arrival in Zamboanga
8:30 am – Tricycle to hotel, P100
8:50 am – Drop bags at hotel
09:10 am – Tricycle to Pasonanca Jeepney terminal, P30
09:25 am – Jeepney to Pasonanca Park
10:00 am – Explore Pasonanca Park
11:00 am – El Museo de Zamboanga, P10
11:30 am – Butterfly Sanctuary, P10
12:00 pm – Jeepney to Palmeras
12:30 pm – Palmeras (lunch + knickerbocker), P325
02:00 pm – Jeepney to city center
02:15 pm – Hotel check in, rest
03:00 pm – Tricycle to Fort Pilar, P30
03:15 pm – Fort Pilar & Museum, P20
03:45 pm – Pilar Shrine
04:15 pm – ZSCMST Bird Sanctuary
05:00 pm – Paseo del Mar
06:40 pm – Tricycle to SM Mindpro, P30
07:00 pm – Dinner at Bay Tal Mal, P300/pax
08:30 pm – Back to hotel
DAY 2 – PINK BEACH, CANELAR BARTER
05:30 am – Wake up call
06:30 am – Buy food for lunch & snacks, P200
– (to be packed in reusable container)
07:00 am – Tricycle to Paseo del Mar, P30
07:15 am – Registration/briefing, P25 entrance/terminal fee
08:00 am – Boat to Pink Beach, P250 (P1000/4pax)
08:30 am – Explore Pink Beach
– Cottage rental: P25 (P100/4pax)
10:00 am – Lagoon Tour
– Boat to lagoon entrance, P50 (P200/4pax)
– Yellow boat rental, P150 (P300/2pax)
– Guide fee: P75 (P300/4pax)
11:30 am – Lunch
01:30 pm – Stop at sandbar, P50 (P200/4pax)
01:40 pm – Boat to mainland
02:15 pm – Tricycle to hotel, P30
02:30 pm – Back to hotel to freshen up
04:00 pm – Tricycle to Canelar, P30
04:10 pm – Shopping at Canelar Barter
05:00 pm – Tricycle to Alavar, P30
05:15 pm – Alavar curacha – P500/head budget
07:15 pm – Hotel rest
DAY 3 – ONCE ISLAS
06:30 am – Tricycle to Bus/Van terminal, P30
07:00 am – Bus/Van to Panubigan Crossing, P50-70
08:30 am – Tricycle/Habal-habal to Panubigan port, P30
08:45 am – Registration
– Entrance fee: P100
– Environmental fee: P100
– Cottage fee: P37.5 (P150/4pax)
– Boat fee: P500 (P2000/4pax)
09:00 am – Island hopping tour
02:00 pm – Tricycle/habal-habal back to highway
02:30 pm – Wait for bus back to city center
– freshen up at hotel after
05:30 pm – Tricycle to Dennis Coffee Garden, P50
06:00 pm – Dennis Coffee Garden, P260
07:30 pm – Tricycle back to hotel, P50
08:00 pm – Rest
DAY 4 – DEPARTURE
06:30 am – Wake up, pack up
08:00 am – Hotel checkout
08:30 am – Tricycle to airport, P100
08:00 am – Flight check in
10:40 am – Flight back to Manila
The above itinerary will cost you around P4500, excluding airfare and accommodations but with some allowance for tips and possible price adjustments.
If you decide to book a double/twin room for P1500 per night (P750/person), prepare to shell out P6750 excluding airfare.
If you’re able to snag fares for only P3000 roundtrip, then prepare around P9750 total.
You can drastically reduce your expenses if you’re part of a bigger group.
When is the best time to visit Zamboanga City?
January to May, the driest period.
Zamboanga is a year-round destination. Unlike most regions in the Philippines, the weather patterns here are stable and it is not usually battered by typhoons. That said, the best period for tourists is January to May because it’s when the chances of rain are lowest.
Graph and data by Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)
The rainiest period is June-November, peaking in October. But the amount of rainfall in Zamboanga is still considerably low compared to other regions, so it shouldn’t cause you much concern. Besides, its wettest month October is one of the best times to visit the city because it’s when the Hermosa Festival happens!
Hermosa Festival is the city’s fiesta, in honor of their patron saint La Virgen Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, which is believed to be miraculous. It’s a month-long festivity that builds up to October 12, the actual feast day. The first two weeks of October are filled with exciting activities like the Regatta, a vinta race!
How to say common greetings and phrases in Zamboanga City
The most commonly spoken language in Zamboanga City is Chavacano (or Chabacano), the only Spanish-based creole language in Asia. It is like the “love child” of Spanish and Filipino languages. While most vocabularies of the Chavacano varieties are borrowed from Spanish, the grammatical constructions or structures generally follow other Philippine languages.
Start from the basics such as greetings and useful phrases that you can use while in the city. It is also a good way to interact with the locals and learn more about their culture.
Welcome! – Bienvenidos!
Thank you very much! – Muchisimas Gracias!
Good morning! – Buenas Dias!
Good afternoon! – Buenas Tardes!
Good evening! – Buenas Noches!
I’m sorry! – Perdona mi.
How much is this? – Cuanto esté?
How’s the data signal in Zamboanga City?
Globe and Smart are strong in the city center but becomes spotty and unreliable in the islands and other remote corners of city. Based on our experience.
We had no data signal for most of our Once Islas tour, especially at Panubigan Port. It suddenly pops up in some islands but they don’t usually last, for some reason.
What power plug type is used in Zamboanga City?
110V, 60Hz. Type A sockets are most common. Plugs have two flat pins.
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5 Threats Shaping the 2022 Cybersecurity Landscape
January 4th, 2022 dgulling Security
The past two years have been great for business — if you’re in the cybercrime business. Economists say cybercrime now generates at least $1.5 trillion in revenues every year, roughly equal to the annual GDP of Russia. It is now more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined.
Here are some of the factors likely to define the cybersecurity landscape in the months ahead:
Ransomware evolves. The rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) will drive more frequent attacks. Subscription-based RaaS exploits are available on the Dark Web for about $50 a month, a price point that will allow threat actors with limited skills to cash in on the ransomware economy. Meanwhile, more sophisticated players are likely to step up their attacks targeting healthcare organizations and other critical infrastructure. These are enticing targets because there is greater urgency to pay a ransom in order to minimize the impact on large swaths of the civilian population.
The log4j flaw will keep everyone busy. The recently discovered flaw in the open-source logging library for Java applications makes hundreds of millions of devices vulnerable to attack. In early December, it was discovered that attackers can trick log4j into storing log entries that contain a string of malicious code. It can be as easy as typing a line of bad code into the public chat box of a multiplayer online video game or changing the device name of a smartphone to an exploit string. With the ability to write malicious code directly into the logging library, attackers can bypass antivirus, antimalware and other standard defenses. Researchers expect attackers to use the flaw to establish backdoors into corporate networks that can later be sold to ransomware operators.
Supply chain attacks will become more frequent. The notorious SolarWinds and Kaseya hacks are noteworthy examples of attacks in which criminals compromise a single weak link in a supply chain to spread malware to hundreds or thousands of victims. This attack scenario has become a particular favorite for cybercrime groups by nation-states such as Russia, China, North Korea and other adversarial governments. These threat actors are well-funded, sophisticated and have access to cutting-edge technology. Nation-state-backed attacks against companies and interests in the U.S. have increased 100 percent since 2017, according to one recent academic study.
Cloud resources will be increasingly targeted. The accelerated use of cloud services and applications to support remote work has dramatically expanded the typical organization’s attack surface. At the same time, configuration errors, insecure interfaces, unpatched applications, and poor encryption and authentication practices are opening the door for a variety of exploits. Malicious actors are seizing the opportunity — 98 percent of companies surveyed recently by IDC said they experienced at least one cloud data breach within the previous 18 months, with 67 percent reporting three or more such incidents.
Cryptojacking is a worsening threat. There was a steep rise in reported cryptojacking attacks in 2021, as malicious actors infiltrated networks to install malware that covertly uses system resources to mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The process drains system resources, consumes valuable bandwidth and increases energy consumption. Analysts warn that Bitcoin-mining malware increasingly includes additional malicious payloads designed to exfiltrate data from compromised systems.
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Goo Hye Sun Recalls Suffering A Concussion While Filming “Boys Over Flowers”
“I was so busy I didn’t even have time to get mad.”
On a recent episode of MBC‘s Point of Omniscient Interfere, Goo Hye Sun made her first TV appearance since her divorce controversy, where she revealed a behind-the-scenes story about the time she suffered a concussion on the set of Boys Over Flowers.
On the show, Goo Hye Sun’s current agency CEO mentioned just how fierce the competition was for the casting of the hit drama.
The casting of Boys Over Flowers was crazy. Pretty much all the female actresses tried out for it.
— CEO
And Goo Hye Sun confessed that all she remembers is the difficult time in response.
It wasn’t fair. Once I went through all the hardship of getting hit by flour and eggs, the guys would appear at the very end looking cool.
— Goo Hye Sun
But the more shocking revelation was the fact that Goo Hye Sun suffered a concussion during one of the scenes.
We were filming the scene where she falls backwards into the pool, but I fell in head first and suffered a concussion. Since we would’ve had to cancel the episode if we stopped, we kept filming the scene.
On top of that, Goo Hye Sun suffered the aftermath of the injury one week later, as well as another injury.
I fainted in the middle of filming a week later. On top of that, we got into a car accident, and I split my lip.
Goo Hye Sun explained that back then, female actresses had to be brave.
Back then, you had to be that brave to be an actress. You couldn’t just say no because it was scary. It was a repetition of getting hurt and going to the hospital. I was so busy I didn’t even have time to get mad.
Although the result of her struggles was a viral drama that took the world by storm, it’s still unfortunate she had to suffer at all!
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Kemp Town Enclosures is a Grade II Listed, communal garden, owned collectively by the freeholders of the 105 houses that make up the Kemp Town Estate in Brighton & Hove. The Board of Management for Kemp Town Enclosures wanted a new, interactive website so that they could communicate easily with the users of the gardens, share pictures, create a platform for discussion, and be able to do all this easily themselves.
We identified and prioritised the needs of the Kemp Town Enclosures Board, then set about creating a website that could show the world the beauty of the gardens. It was clear that being able to communicate with the people who use the gardens, and give them a voice was key, so we built a brand new, responsive website which not only featured a blog and area for management reports, but also a forum so that everybody involved could communicate their ideas and concerns. We provided a customised WordPress design with full CMS editing and training enabling the board to a complete communications platform. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-20T05:17:51Z', 'url': 'https://www.creativesprout.co.uk/work/kemp-town-enclosures-website/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Real Madrid star adds to confusion over Chelsea and Guardiola £30.1m battle
July 19, 2017 9SportPro FOOTBALL 0
Keylor Navas has claimed that Danilo doesn’t want to leave Real Madrid despite repeated speculation linking his teammate with Chelsea and Manchester City. Meanwhile, the Costa Rica international keeper is also confident that Alvaro Morata will remain at the Santiago Bernabeu for the 2017-2018 campaign.
Danilo has served as second string to Dani Carvajal at the Real Madrid right-back since completing his move from Porto in the summer of 2015.
The 25-year-old has since helped Los Blancos to conquer two Champions League crowns and one La Liga title but he is reportedly keen on increasing his game time at a new club to bolster his chances of playing at the 2018 World Cup with Brazil.
Chelsea and Manchester City have emerged as the two main candidates to secure his services with both Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola looking to strengthen their squads in the position.
The Blues were reportedly leading the race after Brazilian publication Globo Esporte claimed that the player has already agreed personal terms to join the Premier League champions.
However, Marca is now suggesting that Guardiola has convinced Danilo to snub Chelsea and move to City in a deal worth up to €35m (£30.1m, $40.3m).
But Navas still believes that his teammate will eventually reject the overtures from the Premier League giants to stay at Real Madrid.
“I think he’s doing fine, he’s a great professional. I see him as being really excited and happy and he’s working hard. He’s part of the group,” the Real Madrid keeper said in a press conference. “I don’t see him as being nervous and as if he’s looking to leave the club. All of the squad want to be here at Real Madrid.”
Morata’s future at the Santiago Bernabeu also remains uncertain despite Manchester United having failed to agree terms with Real Madrid and scooped up Romelu Lukaku instead.
Chelsea and AC Milan are said to be still interested in luring him away from the Champions League winners but Navas has encouraged the striker to continue at Real Madrid.
“I’m happy to be able to have the best players amongst my teammates and Álvaro is one of them. He’s a great guy, a top player and he really made a contribution last term,” Navas said. “He can continue to help us out this year and I hope that he stays here for many years to come”.
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// Copyright Yahoo. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
package com.yahoo.jdisc.application;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.Metric;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
/**
* @author Simon Thoresen Hult
*/
public class ContainerThreadTestCase {
@Test
void requireThatAccessorsWork() {
MetricConsumer consumer = new MyConsumer();
ContainerThread thread = new ContainerThread(new MyTask(), consumer);
assertSame(consumer, thread.consumer());
}
@Test
void requireThatTaskIsRun() throws InterruptedException {
MyTask task = new MyTask();
ContainerThread thread = new ContainerThread(task, null);
thread.start();
task.latch.await(600, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
private static class MyConsumer implements MetricConsumer {
@Override
public void set(String key, Number val, Metric.Context ctx) {
}
@Override
public void add(String key, Number val, Metric.Context ctx) {
}
@Override
public Metric.Context createContext(Map<String, ?> properties) {
return null;
}
}
private static class MyTask implements Runnable {
final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
@Override
public void run() {
latch.countDown();
}
}
}
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This picture memory game is directed at families and young players and features a simple but fun and exciting addition to the traditional picture memory game.
Controls: Mouse. Help Millie deliver all her items in time for Christmas. Pick items and deliver them to the open doors, avoiding snowballs. Do it fast for a higher score.
Cook this Christmas pudding dish for the holidays and make a yummy dessert that everyone is sure to enjoy. The perfect addition to your holiday meal, follow the recipe in this cooking game to learn how to make pudding.
Farmer Brown has discovered crop circles appearing in his fields every morning when he wakes up. All of these crop circles are making it hard for him to grow what he needs so Farmer Brown is on a mission. Help Brown exterminate these pestering Aliens in Alien Extermination.
This is a challenging mind game. The purpose of this game is to flip all the pegs to the opposite side. The difficult part is that when you flip a peg, its surrounding pegs will also be flipped.
Explore the dreams of a young boy, foreshadowing the events of his future. There are 6 hidden orbs that you need to find.
The Journery starts in Egypt and continutes to China, then Russia and finally: America. The game has 4 levels and each and every one of them takes place in another country. On your vacation there may be some obstacles or bonuses depending on your behave. Enjoy! | {'timestamp': '2019-04-25T20:38:04Z', 'url': 'http://www.flashgames.town/ghostmemory-game.html', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Finding God's Truth In The Storms Of Life - As Christians, we are not immune to troubles in this world. In fact, John 16:33 promises they will come. If you are facing the storms of life right now, this devotional is for you. It is a reminder of the hope that gets us through life's storms. And if you aren't facing any struggles in this moment, it will give you the foundation that will help you through future trials.
As Christians, we are not immune to troubles in this world. In fact, John 16:33 promises they will come. If you are facing the storms of life right now, this devotional is for you. It is a reminder of the hope that gets us through life's storms. And if you aren't facing any struggles in this moment, it will give you the foundation that will help you through future trials. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-23T20:10:46Z', 'url': 'https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/12468-finding-gods-truth-in-the-storms-of-life', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Ever since technology began invading golf a generation ago, the holy grail of club engineers has been to exorcise the demons of the devilishly hard-to-hit long irons. First came the hybrids, brandishing the comforting confidence of wood head with the loft of an iron, whose sole mission was to oust long irons from the bag and into the back of the garage for most players.
However, just because you happen to be a good golfer doesn’t mean longer irons are easy to hit. Ask Lee Westwood. He’s a good golfer—the best in the world for a while—but he was still looking for long irons with more forgiveness and a touch higher ball flight than could be wrested from a traditional blade.
Enter the PING i series. PING, which has always been at the vanguard of club technology since Karsten Solheim pioneered perimeter weighting, has long produced two lines of clubs. Their iconic player-development clubs for higher handicappers have integrated into the G Series, while better players, including PING’s stable of touring pros like Westwood and Bubba Watson, wield the blade-style, more workable S Series.
Into the netherworld between the two steps the i Series, which wants to be both. PING began testing these in-between waters a few years back with an i15 line, and this year the category has morphed into the just plain old i series.
Essentially what PING strives for in its i Series is a progression through the bag; to make the longer irons more forgiving while keeping the shorter irons behaving as precise scoring clubs. The quest begins with a shift to 431 stainless steel for the clubheads, which is a lighter and softer-feeling material than the 17-4 stainless steel it replaces.
PING has shifted the extra weight into the perimeter to make those long irons easier to launch into the air. The clubfaces on the longer irons also stretched out a bit to provide more impact area. At the same time, the top rail has been reworked to be five percent thinner than previous i Series irons to give better players the pleasing look of a blade, disguising the wider sole. Also with the new PING i Series irons, you get a progressive set design. The long irons feature larger heads for improved forgiveness, while the short irons have smaller heads for the ultimate in precision and control.
The enhanced playability features have also allowed PING to give the i Series less offset and to make the lofts one-degree stronger. This addresses the concerns of players who find that the ultra-forgiving G Series irons fly shorter than desired on flush hits compared to rival clubmakers’ offerings. The standard shaft lengths for the irons – available in 3 through 9 – is also a quarter-inch longer, providing even more oomph from the i Series.
So is the i Series, with a little bit of this and a little bit of that, the club of your dreams? If you are happy with your game from 120 yards in but are looking for more height and punch from the longer irons, the i Series has been designed with you in mind. That may be a smallish sliver of the golfing population but as with all PING product introductions, the i Series makes progressive improvements without rendering your current clubs obsolete.
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